| No effing way |
[Jan. 4th, 2007|08:57 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  restless | ] |
| [ | Sounds |
| | Stadium Arcadium - RHCP | ] |
So I have been reading the Economist's Pocket World in Figures (really, it's quite interesting, if you are interested in that sort of thing), and apparently China consumes more rice than it produces. Isn't that totally bizarre? I guess not really. I guess I am just stereotyping here and when I think of China I see one giant rice paddy. Well I mean I don't really think that. I just think it's astounding that they eat more than they produce.
In other news, I go back to Princeton tomorrow, thank God. Although I think Ian might be the only one there.... Whatever. I will force him to hang out. In any case, this is my last night in Durham for many many months. In fact, I don't know when I will be back at all. If everything works out well, I plan on going straight from Princeton to London for the summer, so I won't be back until the end of the summer, when, presumably, I will stop by here before returning to campus. So mid-August.
Also, I did not do nearly enough paper writing over break. That is to say, I desperately need to figure out a thesis for my history paper. Because at the moment I have no idea what to do. |
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| Well well well |
[Jan. 1st, 2007|09:07 pm] |
It's getting close to reading period/exam week again, so obviously I am reviving my posting habits. I don't really have much to say at the moment, except that I don't know what else to do with myself and I don't want to do work. I really need to figure out exactly what I am writing my twenty page history paper about. Bah.
That was the most pathetic attempt at a post I've ever seen. |
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| Change of blog |
[Aug. 19th, 2006|12:39 am] |
Hey everyone,
I have decided to start a new blog that is supported by google. Here is the new url:
http://takethesechances09.blogspot.com
I realize a lot of you probably only read this because it appears on your friends page, but whatever. I am switching because I just signed up for Writely (you should all do it), and you can post to your blog right from Writely. Writely will actually post right to LJ as well, but Blogger is supported by Google, and at this point I'm pretty much convinced that Google will one day take over the world. And so I am siding with them right now.
The ironic thing about all this is that I have not yet been able to figure out exactly how to post a blog from Writely to Blogger. I am working on it though. |
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| Inconsistency |
[Aug. 13th, 2006|12:04 am] |
I am pretty much the most erratic blogger ever.
In other news, I got a pair of boots today and I'm in love with them.
Also, I have started planning my room and it is going to be really cool. I think slash hope. |
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| On the drawbacks of the digital music age... |
[Aug. 3rd, 2006|10:54 am] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Lab | ] |
| [ | mood |
| |  contemplative | ] |
| [ | Sounds |
| | Athlete - Vehicles and Animals | ] |
So what is it about actually owning a CD? Believe me, I am by no means against downloading music, and I do it all the time. But there's still something better about actually going somewhere and purchasing a CD. I was thinking about it today as I was pipetting and listening to my ipod. I got a lot of CDs from Princeton Record Exchange last year, and I was thinking how efficient it would be if I bought the CDs, put the music on my computer, and then brought them back, got store credit, and then purchased more CDs with that credit, etc. But then for some reason I still want to own those CDs. I don't know why. I have the music. I bought the CD. It's the best of both worlds. I pretty much never listen to CDs (except when I'm home and I have a car, but then I usually make mix CDs anyway...).
Speaking of mix CDs, I was also thinking back to the era of mix TAPES, and what a commitment making a mix tape would be. All your music is on tapes (or 8-tracks???), so you need a double cassett deck, and then you have to sit there and song by song, hit "record" and exchange tapes and everything. It seems like so much work compared to just throwing together a playlist on iTunes and burning it. And what if you mess up halfway through the tape? Then you have to go back and fix it. Today I suppose it's still cute to make mix CDs for various people in your life, but I can't help feeling that a mix tape had so much more sentimental value. It's a one-of-a-kind.
Cassetts and 8-tracks must feel like the ultimate rejects of sound-recording media. CDs, while being somewhat outdated by mp3 files, are hardly disappearing from the market. And records of various kinds and sizes are still around because they are so undeniably cool. But tapes and even more so 8-tracks are simply lame. 8-tracks are extinct and tapes are quickly dying out. I suppose the novelty of a tape was its size. It's much more practical for transportation than a record. Other than that, I can't think of a reason why people would switch to tapes. They are so hard to manipulate in terms of finding a track. Just holding a record, on the other hand, is far more exhilarating. I read somewhere about how records are better because they record the "space" around every note, something that digital recordings get rid of. I don't know that my ear is sophisticated enough to process the advantages and disadvantages of a note's space, but I do know that even though the technical sound quality of a record is not as good as a CD, I still love listening to records.
Okay, clearly this post is because I'm bored at work. |
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| Remember, Remember... |
[Aug. 1st, 2006|09:56 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | My Room | ] |
| [ | mood |
| | Revolutionary | ] |
| [ | Sounds |
| | V for Vendetta | ] |
Yay! I'm so happy! Gabe and I went to get V for Vendetta today, and then we watched it. Now I am watching all the special features on the second disc, and therefore don't have time to blog.
Except to say that my head is no longer stapled together. |
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| Fuck, man |
[Jul. 31st, 2006|12:04 am] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | My House | ] |
| [ | mood |
| |  tired | ] |
| [ | Sounds |
| | Counting Sheep? | ] |
I can't sleep. For the past two nights I've had a really hard time falling asleep. I don't know why. All I can think about is how much I miss Princeton.
Okay, I realize that it is only just a little after midnight, and therefore it is not as though I am having terrible problems falling asleep. Gah. I'm just tired and I would like to sleep. Help. |
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| This is how cool blogging can be |
[Jul. 30th, 2006|06:48 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | My House | ] |
| [ | mood |
| | Bloggish | ] |
alyx825 (6:47:32 PM): alice. you just posted a reply on my lj while you were talking to me, didn't you
stardustfactory (6:47:44 PM): hahahahahaha. yes. |
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| Orange and Black! |
[Jul. 29th, 2006|05:45 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | My House | ] |
| [ | mood |
| | Skinny | ] |
| [ | Sounds |
| | Star Trek: First Contact | ] |
I just got a really really cute bikini. It is orange with black polka dots. I love it.
The lasted injury-induced problem with my life (have you been noticing a trend? All I do these days is bitch about the hole in my head) is that I can't eat very much at a time. My mom thinks this is because of tension. I'm not sure what causes it, but as a result, I can't eat very much. I'm down to 86 lbs, which is way too light for me. During the year I'm almost ten pounds heavier than that. Gross. |
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| Matisse is a cool one |
[Jul. 28th, 2006|11:16 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | My House | ] |
| [ | mood |
| | restless | ] |
| [ | Sounds |
| | Best Week Ever | ] |
Yeah so I just changed how my LJ looks and now I can't stop checking it. I can't decide if I like how it looks or not, but apparently I am entertained enough just looking at it.
Right, so consequently I'm just kind of absently posting, not because I have anything significant to say. I am watching VH1's "Best Week Ever", and maybe I am promoting senseless badgering of celebrities or perhaps the sickening fascination with "the industry of cool" (Almost Famous), but I LOVE this show. I had basically forgotten about it because I didn't watch it all year (no TV, cool), but now I have randomly stumbled upon it and it's amazing. Also, if you don't read it already: http://www.thesuperficial.com. I read it religiously.
Speaking of blogs that I read religiously, I am obsessed with postsecret.com too. Some Saturday nights I start checking the website at, like, 12:10 am to see if it's been updated yet. How many do you think are real? I feel like a lot of people just think of a secret that would be shocking and/or revealing and/or profoud and/or whatever, and then think of a cool/supposedly cool concept for a postcard and send it in so that they can see themselves on the website.
Isn't it funny how I have so much to say about nothing at all? I'm going to shut up now. |
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| "I don't know, maybe you did kill someone. Should we turn on the TV and see?" |
[Jul. 28th, 2006|08:16 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | My House | ] |
| [ | mood |
| |  crazy | ] |
| [ | Sounds |
| | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | ] |
I am watching Eternal Sunshine (obvi)* and doing a puzzle. Well I'm not actually doing the puzzle right this second. But in a general sort of way.
Here is a list of things I would like:
1. $$ in a general sense. When does my paycheck arrive?
2. The Portable Dorothy Parker. The new Penguin deluxe edition, thanks.
3. My art history books for next semester (unrealistic because I don't want to haul them to Jersey, but still).
4. Pretty hair. My hair is so ugly right now
5. True Religion Joey Jean Stretch in Pony Express Dark
6. James Cured by Seun 5 pocket stretch bootleg
7. Citizens of Humanity RicRac Wide Leg stretch jean
I am too focused on things, yes? Yes. I am greedy and selfish.
Hey, wouldn't it be awful if I went crazy because I busted my head open?
*Actually not so obvious because LJ doesn't let you see a little picture of whatever it is that I am reading/watching/listening to. However, my subject heading is a quote from the movie, and if you really love it and watch all the novelty out of it like I do, then you would know that. |
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| Clumps |
[Jul. 26th, 2006|02:32 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  drained | ] |
| [ | Sounds |
| | Text Twist Noises | ] |
Okay, this is really nasty and disgusting, but I'm incredibly bored because I've been trapped in my house for several days, so I'm going to tell you about it anyway.
I have a huge clump of matted hair in the back of my head. The section of hair where the staples are. And it's clumpy and matted because it is full of dried blood. And my mom just washed it and mushed it around because we are trying to make it unclumpy and unmatted so that I don't have to get my hair cut short. But because she was just fussing with my head, my staples kind of hurt and my neck is sore from holding it at a funny angle.
That is my story for the day. It was not really fascinating, and rather disgusting, so actually I kind of regret deciding to post at all. I guess I could just not post it.... Eh. Whatever. |
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| Whiskey, Rock, Hospital |
[Jul. 24th, 2006|12:11 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  groggy | ] |
So... Saturday night I was at a party and slipped and split my head open on a rock. I was rushed to the emergency room and now I have a stitch and seven staples in my head. I broke open an artery, so they has to suture that shut. I'm okay now though. I just have to sit around and regain my strength. Apparently I lost a lot of blood.
Ummm I think that's all the news.... |
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| Pain, Tigers, and Comic Books |
[Jul. 18th, 2006|10:28 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  sore | ] |
| [ | Sounds |
| | Reading: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay | ] |
So... I went to ballet on Monday and today. And actually this morning I was just a little stiff, but not really in pain. But right now I hurt all over. I threw a couple of Aleve down my throat, so hopefully I will be able to move tomorrow morning.
I had a giant tidal wave of Princeton-sickness today. I realized that I do not like being here. It's probably partially because I'm a different person when I'm home, and that person is kind of bitter and weird (not that I'm not weird at Princeton, but this is bad weird). And it's probably also related to various other personal details, unsuitable for the blog medium. In any case, the bottom line is that I literally do not know if I will be able to make it through the next 52 days. Princeton is my happy place. Today I watched House, half because of the total of 10 seconds of screen shots of campus. There were too many "of"s in that sentence....
As a final note, everyone should read The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay because I'm approximately two thirds of the way through it and I love it. It's fantastic. Go buy it now. Or use the library. |
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| WooHoo and I need $$ |
[Jul. 4th, 2006|12:58 am] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Sarah's TV room | ] |
| [ | mood |
| |  sleepy | ] |
| [ | Sounds |
| | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | ] |
Blogging when drinking is awesome!!!
I really need to travel. Which is sad because I just got home from ASIA, and therefore it seems as though I should have had my fill of traveling for a while, but I really just want to go somewhere. I mean, I'm going to VA Beach tomorrow for the July 4th Dave Matthews Band concert (I know, it's awesome; I'm so excited; I love Dave; I love pregaming), so I guess that's technically traveling, but it's not the same. I love feeling like you can just pack up and leave. How liberating is that?? I mean seriously, avoidance is my favorite coping technique (never mind the fact that avoiding is not coping), and traveling means continuously avoiding whatever you feel like avoiding. I love hotels. I want to lock myself up in some castle and seduct handsome European boys who will recklessly romance me for a night.
Why isn't Phil answering his phone? He's probably sleeping. Lucky. I'm so tired, but Sarah is making me watch the Harry Potter movies. I just want to sleep. Actually that's a lie. All I really want is to cuddle. Bahhhhh. Where is he when I need him?
Also, I really miss Japan, which is weird, because I'm Korean. I really really hope I'm half Japanese. Because I really like Japan. And I didn't really like Korea. Awkward. Oh well, nothing I can do about it. I mean really. What? I don't even know what I'm talking about anymore. |
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| With Grape Crush in hand... |
[May. 30th, 2006|08:41 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  bored | ] |
| [ | Sounds |
| | Under Rug Swept ~ Alanis Morissette | ] |
I am posting because I do not want to think about packing. Which is stupid because I go to Camden tomorrow for IRAs and I get back Saturday, and I'm going to be smashed Saturday night through, like, Monday morning. And I leave on Tuesday. So I'll really be a much happier person if I get some packing done now. Which is why I'm posting.
Aaaannnndddd I'm listening to Alanis Morissette right now which is a little more than embarrassing. This album just reminds me of the end of freshman year of high school. And now it's the end of freshman year of college and I have no idea how those four years passed so quickly. And despite my embarrasment, or perhaps because of it, it somehow seems appropriate that I should be listening to this right now.
I can't believe that I'm going to be home in a week. In the middle of winter there's just a feeling that you'll always be here. Not a conscious belief, but as you go about the grunt work, it just never occurs to you that you'll have to move out in a few months. I guess it will be good to go home for a bit, although it will be stressful to live with parents again. Also to see how everyone from high school has changed.
I really don't want to pack. I never knew it was possible to have this much to do and be so bored.
I'm supposed to be eating right now. I'm supposed to gain weight for this weekend. Gaining weight is a very uncomfortable experience for me. I don't like feeling this full all the time. It makes me feel yucky. At least cox weigh-ins are tomorrow, so after that I'll be able to go work out and then I'll feel a lot better.
Oh my god there's so much stuff in my room. I will never be able to pack it all. I should start. My room's a mess and it's starting to drive me insane. |
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| "I can't remember all the times I tried to tell myself... |
[May. 23rd, 2006|01:51 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| | hung over | ] |
| [ | Sounds |
| | Seinfeld | ] |
...to hold on to these moments as they pass"
Well I'm done with freshman year. Last night was absurd. I woke up and couldn't move for an hour. I'm still in bed actually. Watching Seinfeld. Chelsea and I went to Ivy last night. I can't write a coherent paragraph right now, apparently, so maybe I won't even try.
So I can't really comprehend the fact that I have no school work to do. My brain can't process it. I am doing nothing right now, and I don't have to feel guilty about it. Although I do have a variety of things to do. Like go get boxes, clean my room because it's all cluttered right now and I can't stand to live in clutter, crew practice, think about packing, do laundry. But it's life related things rather than work related things so I don't even care.
I do care that I smell like Ivy's tap room though, so I'm going to go shower. Probably more later because I have nothing else to do. |
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| Well yeah |
[May. 18th, 2006|03:14 am] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | My Room | ] |
| [ | mood |
| |  satisfied | ] |
| [ | Sounds |
| | Luckiest ~ Ben Folds | ] |
Dean's Date... thank god that's over. The good news is that I now only have one exam because I wrote all those freakin papers. Except that it's really hard to focus on just one exam when you know you have a week to study for it.
I just spent three hours with Chelsea and Easton, two kids from my writing seminar class. Also two of my favorite people ever. We did nothing and it was fantastic. I am sure there will be pictures on Facebook soon. We took some ridiculous pictures. I love them. The pictures. And the people.
Easton leaves in six days though, which is the saddest thing ever. I can't believe it's leaving time already. I feel like we shouldn't even be halfway through the year. Also, it means I'm getting older and that's no good. I have reached the point where it's no longer "cool" to be getting older. Or not "cool." I just have no desire to be anywhere in life other than where I am right now. I don't really see life getting any better.
In other news, crew is swallowing my life. At first I was helping out my team with IRAs, even though I don't have a boat because they're doing a lot of work in fours. But now I'm helping out the guys' lightweight team as well. And Turk insinuated/said that I had a boat with them, which is very strange. So we'll see how that goes. The point is that I'm going to be living out of the boathouse.
It's late. I didn't mean to be up this late. I meant to go to bed early and wake up early. And get lots of work done. Which is clearly not happening at all because I'm not even tired.
I just want to snuggle. |
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| I hate dean's date |
[May. 16th, 2006|04:31 am] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | My Room | ] |
| [ | mood |
| |  exhausted | ] |
| [ | Sounds |
| | Silence | ] |
So now I have at least completed thoughts for all three of the papers I have due tomorrow. I need to edit two of them, and write an end-of-term reflection for Writing Seminar. And put together my portfolio. All by noon tomorrow. Although really more like 11:00 tomorrow, because that's when I have a bio review session. That means I have about 7.5 hours. I think I'm going to take a nap for, like, an hour right now. AND I have to go to stupid crew practice tomorrow because other coxswains bailed out. And today I was just thinking about how great it was to have all the time I normally spend at practice to myself. Damn it.
I shouldn't have taken those three hours to watch Grey's.... |
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