I bumped into Liz and Inez at Starbucks. :D
I should not be allowed to go into drugstores alone. Or at least, I shouldn’t be allowed to go into them with my debit card because I always walk out $30 poorer.
I watched Zombieland (finally!) with Melody and it’s quite possibly my new favorite movie. I know [...]
Snow day!
So I’m now inclined to believe that there is a god and I’ve been sacrificing virgins or baby cows to this wondrous deity in my sleep or something. There are no words to describe how much I needed this snow day, despite finishing my paper proposal at freaking 4 AM in the morning.
I do [...]
So it’s “holy shit midterms and tests and everything is due” week. I’ve skipped a couple of classes and meals and have become an insomniac. I also managed to lose my voice for a couple of days (by ‘losing’ I mean that my voice alternated between sounding like that of a pixie fairy and that [...]
Guilty pleasure song.
I get so nostalgic about this song, ahahaha. I remember when I used to listen to this on repeat and sing along. Now I think I only liked it because it’s within my range– but I do like the first verse, especially the first two lines: “breathe in for luck/breathe in so deep”.
So today Andrea commented that I am terrible at taking care of myself, and I kinda have to agree. I stay up too late for no reason at all, am prone to getting sick, and will often forget/not eat unless I make lunch or dinner plans with friends1.
My head floods with thoughts and dizziness; the [...]
Seeing characters you need to memorize in your mind’s eye (chill out, you’ve got this), not living in Communist China–let’s just leave it at that, feeling remarkably awake even after an all-nighter, terrible 80s music (~hit me with your best shot!~), even more terrible 90s bubblegum pop (~sometimes she’s wrong/sometimes I’m right/sometimes we talk about [...]
Screw you, bed.
I definitely did not need a four hour nap today!
TO DO LIST:
Chinese homework/review of characters I still don’t know how to write (read: all).
Finish Wild Swans + paper.
Get at least 4 hrs of shelving done tomorrow, submit time sheet.
Prepare for my individual conference for tomorrow because I don’t know anything from this lesson.
Breaking [...]
Use lyrics from one artist or band to answer the questions:
1. Are you male or female?:
I’m a little good girl
I’m a little good girl
OLIVIA–Walk On By
2. Describe yourself:
Oh I, I might be small
but it doesn’t mean I can’t reach the sky
I, I might be weak
but it doesn’t mean you can knock me down
OLIVIA–Dress Me Up [...]
Things I Dislike:
1. Wearing socks/shoes/slippers inside a building… I like padding around bare-foot but I’ve learned that’s a bad idea in a dormitory setting. I stepped on a thumbtack earlier this year. :[
Things That Freak Me Out:
1. When my cell phone’s screen suddenly lights up for no reason whatsoever when I’m trying to [...]
Jesus, I am actually drawing a flow chart/family tree for my Japanese Civ reading.
We’re covering the first book of The Tale of Heike and I can’t keep anyone’s names straight (and I’m usually decent with names) which is a major problem. Plus I have to do a write-up for this and I’m so not up [...]
is getting lighter and I can see the sun peeping up over the hills.
I wish my brain would shut off at sane hours instead of slowing down when people are waking up.
I have to be up in a few hours for Plenary.
I’ll nap ’til then.
Then I’m going to find myself a tankard of caffeinated goodness. [...]
New Moon was terrible as expected1 and LOVE*COM was weirdly charming and I may or may not have projected onto it.
Not to sound like an Avril Lavigne song, but seriously, I’m starting to wonder if there’s something wrong with me– if I’m a tad bit defective, and that’s why I can’t have a happy ending.
Or, [...]
1. What’s up with me losing everything today? This is so not on. I’m upset over losing my favorite earring, it took me ten minutes for me to locate my iPod this morning, and another five minutes to find my iPod USB cable. :[
2. Aikawa Nanase and Shiina Ringo are the Queens of Japanese Rock.
3. [...]
1. I am currently crying on the inside because of my CITIES abstract. Not because it’s hard, but because I don’t want to do it. Siiiiigh.
2. I think I smell like chocolate. This really perplexes me.
3. Where did all my Shiina Ringo music go? I only have “La Salle de Bain”, “I Won’t Last a [...]
So yesterday I was in an incredibly foul mood because the girls who live on either side of me set their alarms at insane hours of the morning. One of them set their clock for 4 AM and I had just finished some work and trying to succumb to sweet, blessed unconsciousness when her alarm [...]
whine and cheese; please ignore.
I am so tired right now. On the bright side, I managed to complete my hellee’s schedule and it’s only about eight freaking pages because I’m a little crazy. I finished my discussion question for Chinese Revolution, copied some notes from a class I missed, am currently thoroughly knackered.
However, I still [...]
Inspiration always strikes when I already have my plate full.
One of my short fiction pieces has been sitting in Google Docs, untouched, since winter break and now I suddenly have a dozen ideas and perfect turn-of-phrases.
Because of course, this is how life works.
I just realized that I’m crazy particular with carrels the same way my mom is crazy particular with parking spaces.
You see, whenever my mom goes anywhere– she is obsessed with finding the perfect parking space. It has to be near the entrance of the store and it has to be roomy (also preferably with neighbors [...]
I spent my Saturday afternoon catching up on readings for a couple of my classes (I’m still behind!) with Andy. Then we had a dogsitting job at Van’s.
I swear Andrea and I are the world’s boringest people.
At Van’s, we did even more homework/studying and we watched a History Channel documentary on Atlantis, Penelope, and two [...]
I wish I could just turn my brain off so I can stop remembering things I don’t need to remember–of individuals I’m better off simply forgetting.
I feel like I have tired melodies of heartbreak and missed opportunities crosshatched into my skin, the shape of the words–lyrics–bitter and dry in my mouth.
And it’s not like I [...]
More things I like: ordering way too much mediocre Chinese take-out (online! without having to be awkward on the phone), watching Zhang Yimou movies with Kelsey and Andrea, trolling youtube for Chinese music, knowing all the lines to all these embarrassing Taylor Swift songs, reminiscing about Chinese classics, getting phone calls from my parents (because [...]
1. Derek Morgan is hands down my favorite character on Criminal Minds.I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, Shemar Morgan is a beautiful human being. Even Andrea conceded that he wore stubble well. :P
2. I’m getting nostalgic about music I listened to in high school. Meaning, all the Japanese rock I’m currently missing. [...]
1. YouTube just recommended me a Gackt music video, one of BoA’s cringe-worthy American debut releases, something with John Hodgman, a clip from one of my favorite Taiwanese dramas, a video featuring adorable puppies, and an OLIVIA fanvid tribute. I’m not sure if I should be impressed, amused, or a little terrified that it knows [...]
Have a terrible haiku:
snow day, knife in throat
blue forget-me-not skies
sulking in my room.
I wish we were allowed to return our bodies or demand a refund. Mine’s totally defective and I’m not sure if it’s because I was a preemie and therefore my health was severely compromised early on or if I’m just unlucky.
I’m asthmatic [...]
It’s a Metric kind of night and I’m a little wired. My throat is sore and aching, a sure sign that those delicious onion rings were probably a poor decision.
Have I been on your mind
What’s a voice without a song
Something in your head
You’ve been fighting all the long
Maybe I’ll finally finish one of my short [...]
“SNOW DAY! NO CLASSES TOMORROW!”
That was what was being shrieked in the hallways of my dorm (Merion’s reputably “the quiet dorm”, pfft– dorm stereotypes can sometimes be very off) after dinner. I had just finished making hot chocolate and was planning on turning in early because I’m really a senior citizen at heart.
Also, the Snowpocalypse [...]
I’m dizzy from lack of stress. It is a glorious feeling.
Snow days are fantastic. I could probably do with less apocalyptic thunder though.
Although I intended to catch up on work that I needed to do, I’m seriously contemplating going back to bed. I stayed up at late at Andrea’s– we were both tired, stressed, and [...]
THIS WEEKEND I….:
watched Stage Beauty, The Tin Man (rewatch), and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (rewatch) with friends.
called my parents to let them know that I’m still alive.
managed to bruise my left thumb because I’m a first class idiot. I grabbed my closet doorknob thinking it was my door doorknob and smashed my thumb [...]
Things I love: the scent of pomegranate and green tea, people who don’t take life too seriously, crossdressing gender-bending situations, Coke with lemon, random compliments, professors who go the extra mile, having cereal for dinner (Fruity Pebbles!), Asian snack foods, illustrating my notes from class complete with ships and mini-temples, frolicking in the snow while [...]
TRUTHS
♥ Michelle Branch can’t even be classified as a guilty pleasure.
If I just breathe/fill the space between/I know everything is all right
(I wish that were true, but for now, I can pretend.)
♥ I don’t know why I’m so tired right now…?
♥ I am terrified of bombing my Chinese exam. I’ve been trying to study– but [...]
I plan on bottling all my anger and rage into being productive– so I plan on studying my ass off (with breaks for food and my PE class) for my Chinese test tomorrow, starting now.
Do not fall asleep with wet hair.
I now resemble a very grumpy Troll doll.
It’s not even artfully disheveled bedhead, it’s “I am an idiot who takes showers at 2 AM and I don’t own a hairdryer” bedhead.
Sometimes you just have to crank up the music and study until your eyeballs fall out.
I still harbor total non-ironic love for Michelle Branch, even after all these years.
Michelle Branch–If Only She Knew
I have Chinese children songs stuck in my head. Unless Chiang Laoshi is easily impressed by kid songs about frogs, I am so screwed for my oral test tomorrow.
I’ve basically been a big ball of stress because I have so much shit to do between this week and next. Yesterday at around 11 PM, I was all “…screw this, I’m going to bed.” And I did and had wacky dreams because my subconscious likes to fuck with my mental health.
I woke up today [...]
