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MIAMI (48) VS. LOUISIANA TECH. (0)

I kno its been a while since I have updated but not much has been going on. Well school started and so far im liking it. I have Geomerty, Dance, Physical Science, Web Design, American Government, and English 4. I am meeting old and making new friends in my class's, so thats good. I'm still working at the pool, but not as much. Ive been going to the gym and ive been getting nice comments from people. But anyways Friday night I went to the UM VS. FSU n I had SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much fun. I went with larry and all of his friends and people close to him and stuff. I wanted to meet his mom (from what i hear she is VERY nice/cool) but she was at Danny's football game. But thats ok cuz Larry bought me season tickets so im going with him to every home game. But his friends r nice, I have to get to kno them a little bit better though but when we where saying goddbye they where all like i hope to see you nice saturday so I dont think they hate me lol. Patrick IMed me, what an idiot. He askes if me and my bf r still going out and I was like yeah surprised and he was like no why and I go cuz he hasnt cheated on me yet like you did, so then I asked him why did you just decide to IM me and he was like guilt I was like ok w/e and he was like no im really sry and i was like right patrick you dont care. But w/e he's stupid. I got my senior pics a while ago, man im so happy that its my senior year. I cant wait till december cuz ill be dancing in a show that my dance teacher said we have to be in, but we got to pick the song and we picked switchfoot meant to live, so thats all ive been listening to lol. If anyone wants to come let me kno, its gonna be at my school but im not sure when the date is but its in dec. and before winter break so yeah, we where supposed to start dancing tomorrow but with this hurricane coming i dont kno if we r going to have school. Oh well. I have to go now and try to get a hold of my g-ma so I can ask her if she can take me to go get new shoes. I'll try when i have more good new lol, byeee!

<3 Justine
*~*R.I.P OREO 7/9/04*~*

Current Mood: happy
Current Music: Switchfoot-Meant to live :-D

My grandpa flew down yesterday from Tallahassee, so everyone went to go to eat at fudruckers, but i was here at work so i couldnt go. Then i got off of work then i went home and then went to the gym ive been going to with my cuz and grandma and stuff. Its nice, i'm starting to feel a little bit better about myself. I was sore in the first day and i was like ill never go back this sucks, but its awesome. lol. Then i came home and we had dinner, and then i went to my grandma's to give the new kitten a bath (she didnt like it at all), then i put her to sleep and then i went home and got ready for bed, but instead on sleeping in my bed i slept on the floor in my brother's room with my cat lol. I love cats, there's 2 other ones in front of my house and i wanna take care of them but its gonna cost money that im gonna have to pay for there shots and to get them fixed and get there claws taken out...well at least the front like my other cat, but thats if my mom lets me keep them. But anyways i guess im gonna go play a game or something.

<3 JUSTINE <3
*~*~*R.I.P. Oreo July 9, 2004*~*~*

Current Mood: bored

Hi. Well im here looking up stuff on Oreo. I went to his funeral this morning and damn it sucked. I keep trying to stop thinking about it but its just keeps playing in my head like a movie, and then when i try to talk about it to someone i start crying like crazy and wishing he was back here. I wrote in my other journal that i wished i would just wake up from a VERY bad dream and have him come back and start laughing again, but at the funeral it hit me that he was offically gone, forever. This hurts so much. At the funeral everytime i walked by police officers i started crying, and i thought i wouldnt cry, but i did, and it only got worse. We where then escorted to the cemetry where i just wanted to drop to my knees and cry. His bestfriend was in front of me, and when they where flooding the flag he started crying out loud and i couldnt stop crying, i felt so bad for him because he was recently in a motorcycle accident, and Oreo was right by his side in the hospital telling his bestfriends parents that he was gonna be fine, and he was. Oreo has done so much for so many people, and it hurts to see someone like him leave us. A 14 (now 16) yrs old girl got hit by lighting, she has a scar on her chest where her necklace was, but Oreo was the only one to give her CPR, and she survived. The mother was at the funeral, and when Oreo was being put in the walls at the cemetry she started crying out loud and screaming why him, he saved my daughters life, she could have been dead, why him. I just have a movie playing over and over and over in my head about him. Like when we went to the Disney soccer tournament he was singing and making the girls smile. "SHOOTING STARS FOR YOU TO SEE, SCORING GOALS AND VICTORY". I wish he would sing that one more time. He did everything for his girls and wife. Just seeing them cry today killed me. I never knew that losing someone hurts so much, Ive lost others in my life but i was way to young to understand it, I understand it now and i got to see it all happen. It really hurts to let someone you truely love go. My heart and prays go out to Oreo's family. I'm so sorry girls, I wish i could go back in time and fix it all for you.

<3 Justine <3
*~*~*R.I.P. OREO JULY 9, 2004*~*~*

NORTH MIAMI BEACH


Crash devastates police

North Miami Beach cops are struggling to deal with a tragedy that hits close to home: a popular detective is clinging to life after a car wreck Friday night.

BY DAVID OVALLE

dovalle@herald.com


Members of the North Miami Beach police department are grieving after one of its detectives was critically injured in a car wreck in Pembroke Pines on Friday night.

Detective Orestes ''Oreo'' Lorenzo was driving home from a late night at work at 11:30 p.m. when he was hit by another car attempting to turn left onto Pines Boulevard from 180th Avenue.

He was thrown from his unmarked police car. It appears his seat belt tore during the accident, said Pines police spokesman David Golt.

Lorenzo was five blocks from home.

Pines police investigators have not determined whether to file any charges against the driver of the other car, Natasha Russo, Golt said. She was not injured.

Lorenzo, 40, an eight-year department veteran, had not regained consciousness after the accident and was in critical condition at Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood as of Tuesday night.

''He's very, very popular,'' Chief Bill Berger said. ``Just a real class act.''

Lorenzo had been promoted to the agency's detective bureau less than two years ago and had just wrapped up a stint as the department's union president.

He is known for his easy-going nature -- always quick to crack a joke or do an impersonation, colleagues said.

Lorenzo worked in the airline industry before switching careers and joining the North Miami Beach force. But he came in with street instincts that made him invaluable, whether interviewing a street thug or soothing a domestic disturbance.

''He was an incredible interviewer. He had a gift of gab, he really did,'' said Sgt. Eddie Busquet. ``Anyone could talk to Oreo, and Oreo could talk to anyone.''

But, his friends around the department say, Lorenzo is most admired for his devotion to his wife and three daughters, ages 5, 12 and 14.

After work, he goes home and helps his daughters do homework. A couple of times a week, he takes them to play soccer.

He even sports three tattoos of the Pebbles cartoon character from The Flintstones on his right upper arm to signify his daughters, said Officer Juan Dolcine.

''His life revolved around his girls,'' said Dolcine, who went to the police academy with Lorenzo.

The department has set up a fund to help his family deal with medical bills and other expenses.

Over the holiday weekend, scores of officers from various police agencies visited the hospital. The mood was somber.

The crash is the latest in a string of difficult incidents for North Miami Beach police. Last fall, Dolcine -- one of Lorenzo's best friends in the department -- nearly died in a motorcycle crash. Lorenzo was instrumental in helping raise money for Dolcine as he recovered.

About two months ago, Officer Chris Starnes, was also involved in a car accident while leaving a town meeting in Eastern Shores.

''It's really affected the department tremendously,'' deputy chief Linda Loizzo said of Lorenzo's accident. ``The guys are just traumatized by it. He's very well-respected, and very well-thought of guy. The department is devastated.''

This is the only update i can give you. He has died and went to a better place, so i try to make my self think that he has gone to a better place. I found out yesterday and i cried all night long. *R.I.P.Oreo*. Im gonna go.
*~*~*R.I.P OREO, JULY 9, 2004*~*~*

Current Mood: crushed

Hey well, yesterday my mom went to the hosptial to see Oreo. She told my sister that they did the test for his brain activity, but its not excatly the numbers and stuff that the doctors r looking for. My mom said that numbers r going up but they rnt what they r want. SO all we can do now is pray that he gets those numbers up and he moves to jackson, which is a better hospital for him to go to. But other then that i have no updates for you. but maybe by the end of the day i will, bye xoxo.

<3 Justine <3

Well today is a good day(hopefully it will stay that way). today we will find out if Oreo has any brain activity, which will tell us weither he stays alive or not, if he has brain activity he will stay with us but if he doesnt his wife will has to decide. I prayed for him all last night so hopefully god will hear my pray and help return Oreo's smile back to us. But anyways, im on the phone now with my bf, and he's leaving me for a week to Las Vegas with his mother and brother, not cool. But anyways i dont have to go to work today, haha im happy. There is nothing to do. Ok im gonna go, ttyl.

<3 Justine <3

Current Mood: nervous

NORTH MIAMI BEACH


After crash, detective in critical condition


Orestes ''Oreo'' Lorenzo, a North Miami Beach police detective, was clinging to life Saturday after he was injured in a car crash Friday night in Pembroke Pines.

Lorenzo, an eight-year department veteran, was driving home from work at 11:30 p.m. when he was collided with another car attempting to turn left onto Pines Boulevard from 180th Avenue.

He was ejected from his unmarked police car. It appears his seat belt tore during the accident, said Pines police spokesman David Golt. The other driver was not injured.

Lorenzo was in critical condition at Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood.

Saturday morning, scores of officers from various agencies visited the hospital. Lorenzo, 39, had been promoted to the agency's detective bureau about 1 ½ years ago and had just wrapped up a stint as the department's union president.

He has a wife and three daughters, said North Miami Beach Police Chief Bill Berger. ''He's very, very popular,'' the chief said. ``Just a real class act.''


*I HOPE YOU GET BETTER AND RETURN TO US*

Current Mood: crushed

I went to a cemetry yesterday after i got out of school, and boy did that suck. I didnt go to see a funeral, i just went to see someone i knew that died recently. I got the chills once i stepped out of the car and towards where he was. I didnt wanna be there anymore then i had to be, but i knew it was the right thing to do. So i went over there and i collected my thoughts and then i left. It will be two years since his death (june 28th) and even though i didnt know him that well i feel like i did. I saw a funeral not to fair away from him, and it just hit me that one day i was gonna die, and that scared me, im young and i dont need to be afraid of death but i am. *We miss you Mario* *R.I.P*. (A moment of silence). Today i was supposed to go to my sister's soccer games, but i just dont feel like sitting out in the sun and watching soccer today, and today is the only day that it is going to be going on, but i mean we have so many more tournaments to go to so i told her i would go to the next one. So im home alone, and it sucks but w/e. Well im going to go. Bye!!!