are you ready?

smile upon me and i'll smile upon you

2009-12-21T07:48:30Z

YOU'RE THE BEST DAMN FRIEND THAT I'VE EVER HAD

i'm okay.

2009-12-17T06:26:47Z

DEFERRED.

submitted!

2009-11-26T23:28:35Z

january 2010 seems even closer.

A:LKGJA!

MAMAAAA? YOOHOOOO

2009-11-25T03:49:50Z

note to self: never pick up phone calls while napping. i was just like blughgughhahahuhuhuh

and i don't even remember what i said or agreed to. HAHA

wtf paint samples

2009-11-12T05:16:36Z

so i'm fixing up the paint samples so i can cut them up when i have time and you know how they all have cheesy names liek "steel wool" or "cranberry sauce" or "rubber ducky" or "firetruck red"

WELL. so this one is BLACK. like BLACK BLACK. i was like, seriously please let the name of this be black PLEASE.

NOPE. MIDNIGHT BLACK.

facepalm

owwie

2009-11-12T00:42:41Z

yesterday's WAC lecture was fascinating as usual. i liked the variation in experience of the three women - one older, very blunt and realistic about the harshness of the field, the young one super idealistic. it was really amazing, what they've done, and inspiring (international project? :O)

and then yesterday. THE FOOD was awesome. jessica and christine were going CRAZY and we were all laughing so hard. so then i wake up this morning, bloated AND stomach crampy. note to self: never overeat right before you start surfing.

number of times i've been to WAC: 2
number of speakers seen: 4
number of people whose lives need to change: too many

number of times i've played washington post today: 3

as for college essays, i really need to get cracking. darn cramps are making me not feel like doing ANYTHING, though. wait... i have an idea.

to do tonight: essays. burn through gov notes. tape over paint samples. glance at math hw.

senior quote hunting

2009-09-27T04:30:15Z

too bad this is too long. cutting it detracts.

The heart has its reasons, which reason does not know. We feel it in a thousand things. It is the heart which experiences God, and not the reason. This, then, is faith: God felt by the heart, not by the reason. -Pascal

LOVE.

2009-09-21T06:30:01Z

"Saying 'I notice you're a nerd' is like saying, 'Hey, I notice that you'd rather be intelligent than be stupid, that you'd rather be thoughtful than be vapid, that you believe that there are things that matter more than the arrest record of Lindsay Lohan. Why is that?' In fact, it seems to me that most contemporary insults are pretty lame. Even 'lame' is kind of lame. Saying 'You're lame' is like saying 'You walk with a limp.' Yeah, whatever, so does 50 Cent, and he's done all right for himself."
- john green

your imaginary friend, penelope?

2009-09-07T05:03:07Z

she's the only female i know who tells the truth.

ba-dum-tshhhh

OH DID I MENTION (II)

2009-08-29T00:34:28Z

last night, i made BUTTERSCOTCH CREAM CHEESE BROWNIES, and they are GODLY.

for future reference: do not melt something, then add cold cream cheese to it. it'll harden and won't mix properly. you'd think something like this would be obvious...apparently not.

avoiding hw, as usual

2009-08-26T04:47:27Z

ode to flashcards

whenever people view me on facebook
my profile is frequently mistook.
my relationship status is oft misconstrued
people without AP history haven't a clue -
i've been in a three-year relationship with notecards...
and yes, "it's complicated."

working on tuesday

2009-08-23T04:48:53Z

bill clinton is a gqmf

2009-08-04T22:10:20Z

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/north-korean-tv-coverage-of-clinton-visit/?hp

i was so glad...until i read the comments. then i became depressed.

cruise chronicle : two days in copenhagen, part I

2009-08-04T04:55:14Z

YAY.

saturday, july 12: we leave the house at 12:30ish, surrender our keys to aunt fe. marcia only realizes at the airport that she was supposed to leave her phone + charger at home, so she gives that to aunt fe last minute in the car. into SFO! i'm excited. we check in our luggage and go through security, then wait and wait and wait for the gate to open. i played checkers with marcie, who WON with BEGINNERS' LUCK, BEGINNERS' LUCK I SAY. then i pwned her at chess. either that or she pwned me, i don't remember. but it wasn't a fair fight, she had the help of my dad!!! okay. well anyway, we board the plane. i call my aunt that we're boarding and then turn off my phone. i don't turn it on for a long time after.

the plane ride was normal. not so great food, but two meals which was nice, i got a bit of sleep. i loved watching the takeoff from sfo...watching the houses turn into boxes and pools turn into water drops and roads into hairs and cars into bugs, and the golden gate bridge looked gorgeous. and to think of the hundreds or thousands of people on the bridge that looked so thin i could snap it in half. then we passed over some mountains with SNOW and lakes. soon there were hella lakes (we thought it was Minnesota, since they have 16k lakes in that one state, but i think it was actually the eastern coast of canada, because the hella lakes turned into a few islands in a really big lake that didn't seem to end (ie, it was the ocean which meant only one thing : NAPTIME!) played cards with my mom and marcie.

then we landed at paris-charles de gaulle airport. sure, it's pretty, and it was nice and warm, but DAMN we had to walk all the way across and let me tell you, it is not fun. whoever came up with that floorplan deserves to be shot. of course i'm exaggerating, i'm sure he or she was a great engineer or architect, but they overestimate the average person's walking speed. especially with my aunt madelyn clogging up the middle walking lane like a heifer and forcing everyone to swerve around her (hello bottleneck). we go through immigration, and then line up to board.

then another flight to copenhagen. smaller plane, nice ride, flew over france, which was v. pretty. my dad frets about not having to go through immigration again but someone informs him that once you've gone into one EU country you don't need to do immigration again. this is nice and low hassle, but i kind of was sad i wouldn't get a lot of stamps. D: we hop into a taxi van, and begin our journey into copenhagen! we stayed two days before our cruise officially started.


this is our hotel, THE SQUARE. it is indeed very square in there. but not as in old-fashioned! the design was really very modern and there was free internet! :D :D on the right, taken from the taxi (or TAXA in denmark): HELLA BIKES.

so after taking a much needed nap, we go exploring down the main shopping street, the stroget. there are 7/11s on every corner. they have good bagels and croissants. i'll let the pictures speak for themselves, plus some alt-text for brief descriptions and/or feeble attempts at humor.





next installment: museum erotica, tivoli gardens, hotel snapshot, bye bye copenhagen, hello cruise ship

oh, nytimes

2009-08-01T21:26:55Z

"Law enforcement officials said they saw wires sticking out of coming from the bag."

say it again with a straight face.

boom de yada

2009-07-04T06:28:55Z

sixty symbols

is a scientific box of chocolates.

ktg came over today! and brought gluten-free brownies which were quite interesting in texture and taste :) and we talked for a LONG time XD

harry potters have been really good- but i don't want to be them again for halloween. XD

this meme looks fun..

2009-06-21T04:50:16Z

Try not to repeat a song title, or to repeat repetition. It's a lot harder than you think.

Pick Your Artist: Stars

Are you male or female: Heart

Describe yourself: What the Snowman Learned About Love

Describe where you currently live: On Peak Hill

How do you feel about yourself: Sad Robot

Your best friends are: Tru

Your favorite color is: Romantic Comedy

Your favorite mode of transportation: Going Going Gone

What's the weather like: The Vanishing

Favorite time of day: One More Night (Your Ex-Lover is Still Dead)

If your life was a tv show, what would it be called: Counting Stars on the Ceiling

If you could go anywhere, where would you go: The House that Dripped Blood

What is the best advice you have to give: Don't Be Afraid to Sing

If you could change your name, what would it be: Aspidistra Flies

Your favorite food is: My Radio

Thought for the Day: Elevator Love Letter

How I would like to die: Death To Death

My soul's present condition: Ageless Beauty

My motto: Set Yourself On Fire

sucks to be a celebrity.

2009-06-16T05:34:35Z

it seriously must. you could say it comes with the territory, but the biggest names have next to no privacy. sure, you'd make a lot of money, but what can you do with the money that avoids pretty much all civilization because the paparazzi are creepy moneygrubbing stalkers. and the gossip! living with people talking shit about you must be terrible. and your friends, your family - you'd quickly learn who would truly be there for you and who would sell out.

it would be so hard to do "normal people things.." but it's kind of the sadness of always wanting what you don't have. normal people aspire and dream of fame, of riches, of wonderful things, and the people who have them think their life is shit. funny how things turn out that way.

so the lesson? be happy with what you have? or like miley cyrus, "the best of both worlds!" luuulz

just thought i'd share

2009-06-16T05:26:58Z

ohnotheydidnt is like the lucy of my internet.
rofl.

OH DID I MENTION

2009-06-11T14:20:16Z

rotary installation was hecka fun :)

more pins! + DELICIOUS food. and funny people (even sick wesley) haha. and heidi randomly laughing omg.

this year went by really really fast.

dammit, janet

2009-06-09T17:04:26Z

i love you!

ARGH i dragged myself out of bed at like...5:30, came to millbrae, went back to bed at 6, woke up at 8:20, OH CRAP DOCTOR APPT AT 10, shower, dash to BART. when i get to one bart stop before the doctor's office...i realize my appointment is at 10:45, not 10. -___-. yeah. so now i'm at the apple store! typing this entry, debating whether to camwhore on photobooth. i woul play around with the iphone to my left but it currently displays "password incorrect...."

WHOA they have a periodic table app :)

Actinium (Ac) 89
Atomic Weight (g/mol): 227 (would like more accuracy here :P)
State: Solid
Group: Actinoid
Electron Configuration: [Rn]7s26d1
Melting Point (K): 1323
Boiling Point (K) 3471
Atomic Radius (pm): 195
Covalent Radius: --
Discovered: 1899

HELLA COOL YO. hahahaha

everyone keeps peering over my shoulder looking at the prices and stuff. hahah $1299 for this i think dang. but if you get one for college you get a free iTouch. apple really knows what it's doing when it's coming to these deals XDD

okay well i still have half an hour to burn. maybe i'll get something to eat..but i wanted to get nubi later...D:

this is the first summer

2009-06-09T02:56:12Z

where i'm not really doing anything...no cty, no ohs, no GATE, the cruise in july but that's so far away...

and in a way, it's nice, because i can just kick back and relax and not worry about anything so much; i can read read read read read and play piano and watch dramas and basically do everything that i put off for studying during the school year. but it's weird because it also seems like everyone is doing something. internships, jobs, classes, volunteer work. it kind of makes me feel useless by comparison...like i should be doing as well. i guess it's okay. i'll find a way to do something useful. i hope.

ACHOO. i just forgot what i was about to say....OH! i finished how to read literature... it was alright. kind of interesting how he thinks that every story is just a different take on the big picture, whatever that may be. wish he would name-drop a bigger variety of stories, though. :/

tiff's party was fun! i have a vague idea of how to play mahjong now lolll. didn't go into the bouncehouse...but that's okay!

wow i'm on like, a public entry roll. i guess summer vacation makes me less secretive, too. HAH.

a happy life with little regret.

2009-06-07T23:44:31Z

i guess, is what i wish for.

if i didn't do better on SATs this time around, i don't know what i'll do. but enough of that. no use worrying about things that can't be changed. except for asshole kid sitting next to me with his prep book reading sneakiness.

weird things happen to me. kelia's brother conversation, the bart ride back from the doctor, now the cheating kid. oh well. it makes for good stories (saving it for another entry)

yay june for being the awesome birthday month :) :) i'm so excited for EVERYTHING. book sales, great america with CTY buddies, fun fun fun.

after looking at google images, ben stiller does not much look like tim geithner. but it was funny imagining the parallel.

it's so weird watching people get college counselors and watching my parents worry if they're doing right by me, talking about the pros of SAT classes and silly things. i wish my parents wouldn't have to compare themselves and fuel the whole college/test-prep industry. i don't want to package myself into something i'm not. i'll do my best with what i have, thanks.

i don't know who i want to be, but i'm not going to lose who i am in the process of going for it.

good day today.

2009-06-07T05:21:50Z

PAAAAAAAAAARK. <3 <3

and friendship bracelets, and really bad movies, even when you have to sit alone.

oh edit to add: ben stiller in a suit looks oddly like timothy geithner.

SAT scores will come out on my birthday.

2009-06-05T05:58:48Z

well, isn't that just great.