Thank goodness for:
1. Understanding parents (of course, they’re only understanding since I’m gone most of the year)
2. Libraries with free wifi.
3. Some semblance of self-discipline so I’ve gone through about half of all the readings I need for CITIES.
4. Indescribably beautiful weather. Goodbye Seasonal Affective Disorder!
5. Sleep.
My parents are getting a little concerned since [...]
1. I didn’t get the internship I wanted so I’m not going to Nanjing to teach English this summer. This means, I need to start applying for other internships… now. FML.
2. I watched Hachiko: A Dog’s Tale which is an excellent movie, but a complete tearjerker. I was anticipating that since I knew the story [...]
I’ve been wanting a netbook for over a year now.
My Macbook is too clunky and has too many scratches/dents from me hauling it to class.
A netbook, on the other hand, is tiny and portable which means it won’t threaten to split my bag when I lug it to class for note-taking.
The main thing that deters [...]
So after cramming a 150 years of Chinese history into my brain and late night study sessions with Andrea and Kelsey for what turned out to be the easiest midterm ever, and finding out that I’ve been approved to study abroad (Hong Kong is within sight! yes!)… my body decided that it would conk out [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
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 need to watch myself.
I know most of my faults very well and I keep track of them.
For example: I’m self-deprecating (and I’m working on that, thank you very much) and I’m afraid that I’ll self-deprecate myself to death one day. I’m unbearably self-conscious and always nervous (especially around people I want to impress). They’re [...]
My body is still displeased with me from my work out yesterday (note to self: work out more often!) so I’m currently walking like a bowl-legged cat. I’m sure it’s very attractive to those around me.
It’s also 19 degrees out and with windchill, it feels like it’s 6 degrees out.
Time to break out my leggings. [...]
1. iPad? … iPad? Seriously, Steve Jobs? I’m an Apple geek through and through but no.
2. I am embarrassingly excited for Zombieland when it becomes available on Netflix. I may have a slight obsession with zombie movies (I find them hilarious, okay?).
3. Words cannot describe how much I want the weekend to be here already. [...]
Apparently someone sitting in front of Kathy during Inglourious Basterds complained about my hiccuping (I think I hiccuped like, three times during the movie) and now I’m back to being insanely paranoid that I annoy everyone around me when I hiccup.
I’m self-conscious about my involuntarily, squeaky hiccups to begin with. I’ve been to two doctors [...]
Things I Love:
My Japanese Civilization class! (I am such a fake East Asian Studies major.)
The (500) Days of Summer soundtrack. So many great tracks. I’ve always loved The Smiths, Regina Spektor, and Carla Bruni but the movie introduced me to The Temper Trap’s “Sweet Disposition” and Mumm-Ra’s “She’s Got You High”.
My late morning classes. [...]
So, I know by now that my skin is extremely sensitive. I will randomly get temporary blisters/welts (for no apparent reason, and it kinda freaks me out) and I always have to wear SPF 15 everyday.
I know that my body is sensitive because I have allergies and I’m asthmatic.
And now, I’m beginning to think that [...]
Dear Sun,
Please come back. I miss you!
Love,
Stacy
I’m desperate to finish something today.
I love seeing all my friends, but I feel this need to create something beautiful (beautiful being awfully subjective) may it be in writing or in art.
Whenever this happens, I always get a bit crazy and a little OCD. That in addition to my [...]
I had breakfast with Audra and Olivia and we went grocery shopping at Trader Joe’s so now my mini-fridge is stocked! Ironically enough, I forgot to buy shampoo/conditioner– stuff I originally intended to buy and needed.
A+ self, A+.
I just talked to Avery and I feel somewhat reassured that everyone is probably in the same boat [...]
I should probably post something insightful or witty, but I’m too enamored with the picture below:
Hell yes.
I don’t have high expectations at all.
Good Things:
Making a work out playlist and titling it “Run Like You’ve Stole Something”.
The adrenaline high you get after running. (Mind you, I hate the actual running part, give me ice skates or a bike any day.) To quote Chris Colfer, “I hate the treadmill. I run like a duck with an enema.” Horrifically [...]
I’m wearing my headphones and blasting Nobuo Uematsu music in hopes of drowning out the sound of Tiffany’s kpop songs.
Oh, life.
The good:
The original fiction piece I’m working on is actually getting somewhere! EXCITING. It’s 50% inspiration from (500) Days of Summer, 25% from listening to my friends talk, and 25% from imagination and listening to my music collection. It should be interesting, provided that my writing’s good enough to keep it afloat.
My .01 mm [...]
To be honest, I’ve always found the concept of New Year’s resolutions kinda hokey.
I mean, think about it.
When the new year rolls around, everyone decides that they’re going to a) go to the gym and b) quit smoking/drink less alcohol. And they always start out okay, but mid-way through the second week– everything tends to [...]
I was so wired from all the caffeine I consumed yesterday that I didn’t fall asleep until 8 AM today.
I just woke up a little while ago.
My mom is less than impressed with me right now and I have a splitting headache.
Counting down the days until I get back to the Mawr. That’s for sure.
Hanging out with my friends is like breathing sunshine.
I’ve missed them.
Our antics are borderline childish more often than not, but we make each other laugh with occasional witticism and a healthy helping of easily misconstrued sexual innuendo jokes.
It feels good to be crowded on my bed in front of someone’s Macbook, watching an episode we’ve [...]
Resigning myself to sleep before I fall asleep while doing something stupid (have you ever fallen asleep while taking a shower or a bath? Kinda awkward when one’s sibling bangs on the bathroom door to inquire whether or not you’re still alive, but it’s not necessarily unpleasant).
There’s a book I’m dying to read but I’m [...]
Good Things
Hanging out with Maria. I adore her, it’s so easy being friends with her and I like that, a lot. I love friendships where we can go from not talking for weeks and fall back into a easy, laid-back friendship with no awkwardness.
Drugstore shopping is ah-may-zingly therapeutic. I bought new shampoo (Organix Tea [...]
I’m currently sitting in Magill and getting distracted by the wicked cool Chinese calligraphy exhibit instead of, you know, actually being productive1. I am actually really impressed by some of the scrolls– one of them looks to be a scorpion and the tail is made up of Chinese characters. Another one like it is a [...]
Two things unrelated things that give me butterflies
1. Crushes/infatuations
2. Chinese oral exams
I feel like I have a colony of Monarch butterflies in my stomach.
Park that car, drop that phone,
Sleep on the floor, dream about me
–Broken Social Scene– Anthems for a Seventeen Year Old Girl–
The rain seeps in through everything, my rainboots, my socks, chilling me to the bone.
It’s not as melancholy as it sounds, since the pitter-patter of rain drops provides a beautiful soundtrack to a night of [...]
Every time I update my Facebook status, I ask myself before posting, “On a scale from 1-10, how ridiculously nerdy/lame do I sound?”
And the answer every time is “very”.
Current facebook status: Stacy wishes she were secretly saving the world every day to explain her less-than-stellar academic performance and frequent absences this semester.
(Unfortunately, I am no [...]
I need to make a list of reasons why I’m awesome and tape it to my door.
I’m mentally, emotionally, and physically drained.
I’m usually a pretty chill, cheerful person by nature but I’ve managed to through an impressive number of tissues today.
All I want to do is pass all my classes, go home, and sleep all [...]
Today:
iGoogle weather lied to me. It said it was 79 degrees outside so I cheerily sprinted out the door of Merion in a tee and a thin black cardigan… into the freezing cold. (It’s sunny, but it’s actually 32 degrees out.)
Woke up at 10 AM because yesterday was the last day of classes for [...]
Just got back from the Extreme Keys acapella concert and caught sight of my reflection in the mirror while walking up the stairs in Merion.
I nearly screamed, “Oh my god, it’s Shan-Yu!”
(My bangs have not been cooperative lately.)
Yeah, I think I’m okay now. :)
Also, I witnessed what had to be world’s most awkward break up [...]
GOALS:
To limit my time on Facebook to twice a day. (And turn off Facebook mobile notifications.) Semi-hiatus, ahoy!
To ignore tumblr.
To ignore Twitter.
To ignore my Google Reader ( including all my political blog feeds). :|
No YouTube.
No iChat/AIM.
So there goes most of my distractions…
Only this blog is safe. (If I don’t have an outlet where I [...]
Dear body,
I’m still not pleased with your current shenanigans.
I coughed–> hiccuped–> nearly passed out today.
This is a problem. :|
No love,
Stacy
Epiphany: I would probably save a lot of time and energy if I got “it’s a hiccup, not a sneeze” tattooed to my forehead.
DONE.
Finally.
There’s time for me to sleep before I hobble off to my doom. I need to remember that the best way for me to finish a paper is to listen to Daft Punk.
(Also Taylor Swift. Bless her heart, her rendition of “Last Christmas” makes me cringe but it also made me type faster.)
I have the [...]
I’m listening to the Pokemon: The First Movie soundtrack and I swear to god, if Pokemon music cannot get me to work on my freaking Anthro paper then that means there is no hope anywhere.
I bought the cassette (cassettes! so old-school!) of the soundtrack when I was ten and I swear this is still one [...]
1. I woke up this morning at 10:55 AM. The Blue Bus leaves at around 11: 05 AM. I had never gotten dressed so quickly in my life.
2. We watched The Core in Geology lab today. Here’s the thing: I like terrible movies. I like making fun of them. However, I do not like [...]
My night is going to look like this: Canaday, 3rd floor, alternating between my J-rock and my favorite songs playlists, and alternating between writing my Chinese dialogue and my Anthro paper.
You know you’re a Mawryter when you seriously contemplate skipping one of your classes to study/do work for another one of your classes. (Will I [...]
So true, xkcd. So true.
Although whenever Facebook ’suggests’ I friend or reconnect with someone, there’s usually a very good reason why I’m not interacting with that said person in the first place. (Hello high school classmate who sat next to me in Biology. I don’t think we’ve ever had a proper conversation aside from “what’s [...]
New discovery: my “SELF, CHILL THE FUCK OUT– YOU GOT THIS” playlist sounds very similar to my “Insomnia, a Harsh Mistress” playlist.
Well, I probably needed that nap anyway.
