Thursday, February 28, 2008

oohhh trendy girl.



I love this song it is so catchy. Oh trendy girl....
I wonder if I am a trendy girl haha.

I just finished writing a SEVEN page paper on China's Influence in Darfur for AP English 11. I am tired but I think I did very well on that paper because I started at five and ended at like ten but took like hour and half break to watch America's Best Dance Crew. I am sad that Live in Color left but I think it was because they didn't really do anything different this week but their ending message was very emotional and I felt bad so I wanted to hurry up and get off stage so I could stop feeling bad for them losing. I finished my paper and NOW I have to stay up for at least a couple hours to study for my AP Chemistry mid-session tomorrow. I do not get a B+ on that test, I am probably going drop to a C. I failed my lab test. OMG and I have to finish my comp book because I didn't do anything. Then I have to do my stupid Spanish 3 homework. There are not enough hours in the day for a student. A lot of people procastinate of course and we can blame that but is it wrong to relax for a couple hours by not thinking about homework and school after just coming home from 7-8 hours of school. I ate some food after getting home and was taking a little nap but my mom yelled at me before she left to get up. Sigh. This whole week I haven't had any good sleep. I've been drained lately. I plan to sleep a lot SATURDAY!

I saw this soompi and I AM SO HAPPY AND EXCITED!!! KOREAN VERSION OF HANA YORI DANGO! Hahaha I hope I post this before PACHIA finds out. Pachia and I have been BIG BIG BIG FANS of Hana Yori Dango manga since we were in 8th grade. We beared through the ugly drawings of the first couple mangas and survived all 36 VOLUMES! I cannot tell you how much we love this manga and the Japanese drama. The Japanese drama pretty much made the manga came alive for me. I did not even attempt the Tawianese version after watching one episode. The girl who played Makino was like lifeless and cannot act to save her life. I am not sure how the Korean version will turn but I do know there is no doubt there is going to be a HOT F4 cast. There are plenty of Korean actors for a picking to make the perfect four flower boys. I hope they find the perfect Makino and
Domyoji and of course no cast is complete without a GREAT RUI! Actually I didn't really like Oguri Shun as Rui but I grew used to him. I don't think Ogrui Shun is suited for quiet, laid back roles. He is better as a comedic like in Stand UP! But Matsumoto Jun was cheesy but adorable in the end of HYD! But the mangaka writer is a big Hallyu (Korean wave) fan and she was really waiting to which company she wanted to pick to make the drama. She choose the company credited for making "Goong" and "Fantasy Couple". This could be the next GOONG hit if the right cast and script is put together.


(Volume 1 & Volume 36)

Korean Poster
(no one picked for cast yet)
Original Japanese Hana Yori Dango Cast
(I FREAKING LOVE THIS CAST)

The Cutest Couple in the World
(Makino + Domyoji)

RUMORED CAST
Makino Tskushi
(she wouldn't be too bad)

Tsukasa Domyoji
(way hotter than Matsumoto!
but how will he rock the afro that Domyoji HAS to have)

Rui
(omg..the PERFECT rui)

Though I wonder if the Korean drama can pull it off. Japanese mangas and Japanese drama have this cheesy silliness that is terribly cute and works only for Japanese people. When Koreans try to do that, they just look really dumb and cheesy.

---christina
-____- (tired)

It's Official

We have the ratified contract. We are now starting the the journey towards closing escrow and becoming homeowners. I am slowly starting to freak out about how much debt we are going to be in for a few months. It hurts, but this is going to be one of the best investments we could ever make. I freak out every now and then thinking about how we're going to make it, but you know, God allowed us to get the house for a great bargain, so there has to be a reason right? We'll make it through. Now it's time to tell the girls that I may be slowly moving out in about a month.

*sigh* This is going to be tough, but I couldn't ask for a better person to go through all this with.

Qoutes About Wanting To Have A Parent Back

SOY DE ERNESTO SABATO ... REFLECTIONS

SOY DE ...

True, there is no denying the pleasure to be able to hear that someone finds you. I'm not talking
manipulable object, but someone is sure who is in possession of part of your soul, part of your mind, part of your life.
of my old men that I miss most is the time as the most natural thing I had to know its people, its another world away from that shared with me, and with the greatest pride said "She is my girlfriend." What a joy to feel the pride and joy in their voices to make that claim ...! So simple, but both expressed.
The same happens when a place, your friend is just an acquaintance and the present moment you say "This is my friend ..." What joy! It is a moment they cross glances and brightness in both pairs of eyes said everything.
What's so important to feel someone's property? I think more than property, what matters is to feel "part of", because it generates all those pretty little sensations when it is reciprocal, and if it is reciprocal, it means that we share.
Speaking of sharing, we talk about our greatest individuality, because beyond having an explicit or not someone else, which actually reach a share will depend solely and exclusively on what we share. Will depend on how my individuality dance with you, and how both generate a link that will be unique in each relationship.
will never be two identical links. What they can exist are similar feelings to appreciate the particularities of each of the links.
Because anyone can be "bride" or "friend", but being "your girlfriend" or "your friend" for me is the most important things in life.

21 February 2008

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

let's think positive :)

sushi was a bit disappointing : not bad, but just disappointing. i guess it was the timing, in which we went to eat sushi. i’m not sure. it just wasn’t as exciting as i envisioned it, or as it usually is. oh well.

today we chose our classes for our schedule next year. i can’t believe we’re already seniors. but i feel so stupid. i’m ranked 91 out of our junior class of 509 students, but i still feel dumb compared to my friends who are ranked in the 20s and who have perfect gpas. ahhhh. well, atleast I have an average grade. “that is good enough! that is good enough!” i shouldn’t be so obsessed with grades, and i’m not! but suddenly when everyone else starts getting better grades then me, i start to complain. whhaaat a bum.

on another note, i think i’m going blind!!!! hopefully not literally, but my allergies have kicked in and suddenly my vision is starting to blur (again, like last year). i’ve noticed a constant cycle with my eye problems, even though the optometrist and my pediatrician say i’m okay, and i think something’s up. on the positive side, i can now go and get myself some nice emo glasses, which i’ve always had a keen fetish for, and wear them whenever allergy season comes around so hopefully my eyes don’t go sore on me and I can see the white board in class. :)











- PACHIA ♥

Theory

At the end of Madame Bovary, Flaubert leaves Emma's dead body on display, sparing his readers nothing, even the way the rigor mortis makes her stiffened lips separate.I don't think Flaubert was cold hearted. It's just that his words were more important than his characters.Words are EVERYTHING for a writer. When it's really happening, the plot is born fully formed from out of the top of the

Natural Popcorn Calories

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difficult decisions that at times convinced me mean nothing and others with millions of voices bungle recriminatory push me back. And try again, to know that I went back to the place where, in an endless cycle.

There is no right time or the exact time to talk about the things we give a sad end. But there is an urgent need to cut the thread when the thread worn over us still hang, risking our lives.

My feelings are becoming more ephemeral, they fly with intermittent breathing of a dying, they are fragile as the petals of a jasmine thrown into space.

And believing that one day I will be sure to catch them is that I'm traveling this path with thorns, the only hope to unravel the mystery, to feel more human, and even if it means losing that force me to decide.

reunited with the loneliness inside me, to the dissatisfaction of a life inert. Convinced that there is no point being deceived by the company of others, despair lies dormant, under the guise of happiness.

A synthetic costume feelings, uncertain, play with my credulity, dañándome, and causing deception in others.

not want to be the victim, I beat looking for my freedom.

Find the end that determines the start.

In A Mood Today


I've been working on two plays for a little over a year. Worked on both of 'em at the same time.

The first was completed a couple of weeks ago.


The second was completed last night!


Woo-woo! Party on Saturday! Be there! byob ...

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

its not over tonite


I just got finished writing my speech on my AP English research paper on China's Influence in Darfur and my speech is tomorrow. I think I am being too cocky thinking that I don't have to practice much but I really do love the subject I am talking about. For those who dont know, there is a genocide in Darfur going on. And where does China fit in? Well China contributes to seventy percent of Sudanese oil revenue (they buy oil from Sudan) who in return purchase Chinese weapons to finance a war against the non-Arabic people in Darfur. I read like 20 sources to fully understand the situation in Sudan and China's part in it. China has been targeted by international critics of protecting the Sudanese government in the UN because of China's position as a permanent member of the UN National Security Council. Though China has finally been able to pressure Sudan to allow UN peace troops to aid the African Union troops in Sudan, why now? Why not for the last five years that the UN has tried to pass a resolution to aid Sudan? Because of the 2008 Olympics. China wants to keep its prestige image as host by resolving the Sudanese problem and look good before the Olympics begin. I am not going to blab my whole speech and essay to you. My brain is already sick of it but I can spout off facts about the Darfur genocide on the top of my head, that is how full my brain is. I just hope I don't go over the five minute time because my speech is so long because it has so much info so I have cut it off so it will make barely 5 minutes.
I wish I could afford to be as lazy as this cat.

Today I skipped Tahitian practice to go to AP Chemistry tutoring. I really didn't want to go to tutoring because I have that nerd mentality where tutoring is bad but I went. Too bad I didnt really learn much because I actually understand acids and bases but I don't understand everything else. Sigh well I am going to tutoring for the next two days until the Midterm. Ahhh and then my research paper is due Friday and I still have like at least 3 hours worth needed on that paper to be polished. I am starting to hate school again. AHHH. The pressure is starting to get to me. again. well for junior prom. ticket bought. got dress. have shoes. no worries about makeup and hair. just need some extra money. but pretty much set. cept need to buy boutiner. im not super excited bout junior prom but it will be nice to have a break.

so for intermediate web design, we have been experimenting with a lot of web templates and our theme is food. and ive done cupcakes and i have been obessessed with food blogs now!!! I LOVE CUPCAKE BLOGS! they make such BEAUTIFUL cupcakes it is amazing. HOW DO THEY DO IT? like i said before, i want to make a cupcake shop. some cupcake blog was talking about these cupcake target finds which are pretty cute! look cupcake pillow.
i finally got to mixing a song for the korean fan dance but it is a really rough mix right now. i have to shorten the big bang parts and maybe add more parts to girl rock. and maybe add more to tell me too. hopefully i can get choregraphy done this weekend cuz i dont think i have any major plans. here is the rough mix of the whole song; it is too long also:



then here is the girl rock by itself. i hate how i put fade in beginning cuz it is sooo noticeable.



if anyone knows someone who can mix songs please TELL ME!! haha.

i am a noob at this so i did it bad.
hopefully figuring out the dance moves will be easier (doubt it).
and i have like fourteen girls do the whole thing. or even more.
well we have like two months to prepare... sort of.


--ckkkkkkkkkaaayyy.

CONTROL YOUR MIND!

the other day my physics teacher was talking about how we have two types of pain. the first type of pain, is the pain which warns us of possible tissue damage. and the second type of pain is simply, our body telling us that our tissue is damaged. he told us about his friend who underwent serious therapy after her surgery to a spinal cord injury on one of her discs, and how now she can control her pain (since the horrible pain she kept feeling was the “first type” of pain). the trick is that she controls her mind! her two month long therapy session taught her how to control her mind, ultimately telling it that she knows the danger is there, but that her tissue is not actually damaged, and that the brain does not need to keep telling her she is in pain. the analogy my teacher used was that, it was like putting on a ring. at first you can tell its there, but after a while, your nerves stop detecting its there and you don’t even realize its there anymore.

so this morning, when I woke up at four in the morning due to really bad menstrual cramps, and couldn’t go back to sleep, i thought about that story and decided to try it out myself. i was pretty amazed that it worked for a few seconds… but then again i think it just might’ve been coincidence. when I get older, i think i’m going to take a meditation or yoga class :) that would be fun.

we were learning about the korean war today and i thought...
OMO! i haven’t had korean food in forever…. yuuum. come to think of it, i haven’t done anything korean for a while. ahhh, oh how i cant wait to go to korea and japan with ck after high school :)



i think i might go eat sushi tomorrow! i’m excited. i always get excited when i go out to eat sushi.







this is my current favorite song! its by this canadian band from quebec that sings in french. i love the music video :) it oddly reminds me of juno.

Pour contrôler mon impudicité,
j'ai couvert mon coeur d'une
pâte filo
qui me protège de toi et de ta libido

Et pour contrôler ma
mouillabilité,
j'ai appliqué la nitro sur la pâte filo
et je
m'incline
devant toi et ta libido

Pour contrôler ma sensibilité,
j'ai couvert
mon coeur d'une pâte filo
qui me protège de toi et de
ta libido

Pour
contrôler ma sexualité,
j'ai appliqué la nitro
sur la pâte filo
et je
m'incline devant toi et ta libido

oh!ho!




by stijlintact on 06-21-2006 @ 05:26:19 AM
The man singing has a girlfriend with a sexdrive thats out of control, basically. He's trying to protect himself from her with pâte filo, a type of french dough, around his heart so he isnt affected by her. But he admits defeat with the line 'je m'incline devant toi et ta libido' and gives himself over to her libido.
by suzy323 on 01-03-2007 @ 04:04:14 PM
stijlintact , I never thought of it that way but I think it's about some guy who's afraid to hurt his girlfriend if he sleeps with her so he tries to control himself but in the end he just gives in.
by maruree on 11-13-2007 @ 12:28:04 PM
I actually think he's afraid of getting hurt himself. It's "Qui *me* protège", isn't it. If he was trying to protect the one with the libido he would have said it differently. But what does nitro mean?

i don't know. i really don't know either.



- PACHIA ♥

Sunday, February 24, 2008

sunday mornings


the storm is not as bad as i thought it would be. fences around my barren neighborhood are still in place, and no trees, as far as eyes can see outside my windows, have fallen yet.

today i smell like summer and the first couple of months that i moved into my house. this morning i took a shower in my mom's bathroom, and used her Head&Shoulder shampoo that i used to use over the summer (because at that time my bathroom did not have a shower curtain so i used her shower with her shampoo). and now i am reminded of the beginning of my summer. the smell actually reminds me of a boy because during that time i had a crush on this boy in fresno, hahaha. so today i smell like that boy, even though he doesnt really smell like Head&Shoulders at all. i think its just funny though. every once in a while i'll come across a specific smell and be reminded of a certain time in my life. it happens quite often actually. and smells are usually things like shamoo, lotion, fabric softeners, laundry detergent, soaps, perfumes. and since we usually don't stick to the same laundry detergent, i get a new smell every once in a while. lol. maybe years from now, when i happen to use bounce as my fabric softener again, i'll be reminded of these days of my life.






marissa's birthday :)
tommy bowling!

http://s16.photobucket.com/albums/b33/aishchee/?action=view&current=marissabday027.flv


us!

http://s16.photobucket.com/albums/b33/aishchee/?action=view&current=marissabday028.flv


-- PACHIA

Dream

I dreamt that the Hayward agent called us to meet with him about the builders response to our offer. When we got there, he proceeded to tell us that they didn't accept our offer but they counter offered with $475. We looked at each other, and then said, we'll take it. Then I woke up.

Most of my dreams tend to be like a pathway to the future because they usually come true. But in this case, I think I may have dreamt what I wanted to come true.

Saturday, February 23, 2008

Offers Galore

Okay, so we made our very first real estate offer. This is definitely not going to be the last offer we ever make. I hope we do a lot more to reach our dream home. We made a really low offer to our Hayward choice, which I knew that it would be rejected, but there's no harm in trying. Also, our low offer gives them the flexibility to counter offer and we can work things out to reach the best deal for us both. However, we don't know what the builders are looking for, so they can just flat out reject our offer without giving a counter offer. Somehow I don't think so though because they'll see we actually got pre-approved for a lot more, so that should show them we have a lot more flexibility. I don't know. I've never done this before. It's a learning process for both of us. I must admit though that I was sad when I actually heard that our offer could get rejected. It's one thing to know that it most likely won't be accepted, but it's another to actually hear it. I really don't know what it is, but that home feels like the right one for now. I do like the place. Granted, it's not a place to raise a family because the school district sucks, but hopefully by then we would've saved enough to be able to move out of that area and into a better one.

All I know is that for the past week or so, I've decided to put this decision in God's hands. If it is really meant to be for us to take Hayward, then our offer will go through, or at least the counter offer will be something in our range. We set a max price, so we'll see what happens. God will show us which is best for us. If we're not meant to be there, this process won't turn out right. Maybe He'll point us more towards Ardenwood. This is a very big decision, and as much analyzing and freaking out that we do (well me, because he doesn't freak out, it's only me) that isn't enough. It's also what God thinks will be best for us for the near future. What if He knows that we won't be able to move out of Hayward before we start a family? He may point us towards Ardenwood. Or if He knows things will work out okay, he'll allow Hayward to go well.

I'm rambling on now. I don't care. This is just something that's very important and will affect our future. It was just very cute when Ira rubbed my belly today and mentioned what if we have a baby and can't move out? That mini little gesture made me really happy and I just know that whatever the hardships, God will pull us through.

obsessions, inspirations, and everything in between.


This post is probably going to be picture loaded because pictures = 100000 words. And yes I would like to talk about the The Other Boleyn Girl also. I read one of the books from the same other and Pachia recommended me The Other Boleyn Girl. And yes Pachia you do have my book. I forgot about that too. I did like the book (minus all the sex). We were only young little eighth graders and we read that book haha. I was really obsessed with Queen Elizabeth and her time period. I guess the part that King Henry VIII having so many wives was so fascinating. I read a bunch of books on his wives or his daughters at the time. I was obsessed with the story about when Elizabeth and Bloody Mary her sister were young . I didn't really like who they picked to be Anne Boleyn and Mary Boleyn because Scarlett Johannsan and Natalie Portman what I had pictured. Anne is supposed to have BLACK HAIR! And I didn't really see Mary with blonde hair. I think they should have switched the actresses but dyed their hair because Scarlett seems better as a more "evil" girl. But watching the trailer, Natalie is quite good as a Anne Boleyn but I don't think Scarlett suits as Mary.

I love the dresses they are wearing. It is so elegant and not too form fitting but gives them a nice figure. I really like the silver for Scarlett's dress.
I was going to put these pictures back awhile ago but forgot but YES GOSSIP GIRL IS COMING BACK in April. Thank goodness the writer's strike is OVER!!!!!

What makes me laugh is that they did the photoshoot for a gay magazine. Haha. But man those guys are SEXY. Though I am totally not going for the scruffy look that Chace (Nate) is sporting.

So what I am really obsessed about and always will be is FOOD. The Food Network channel is on 24/7 for me. I love Dinner Impossible and Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives! My dream is to go on a road trip across America and stop at a diner in every state. Who wants to go? My dad gets disgusted by American food and he says it is too greasy but him and my mom always watch the Korean channel about food. That is good too. So Pachia and I alway had this little dream back in middle school that we would open up a little shop where people could read mangas (think of the Borders' manga section where all the kids are sitting and reading for free, but x100 bigger) and then a little bakery/cafe next door. We were really obsessed with reading mangas back then. But yeah I still keep that little business idea in the back of my head. We could always add a place to watch dramas too. :] But I get more inspired with these pictures of a cupcake place in Malaysia. IT IS SO CUTE! I remember back when I was watching Coffee Prince and it made me want to open a little coffee place. Not just a typical Starbucks but a really nice coffee place with REAL baristas with GOOD coffee all the time.


Credits to Cuppcakes

Isn't that the cutest thing ever? If only I could bake. Hah, I'll just hire Min because she makes the best cupcakes! Looking at little cute pictures like that make me happy. Oh so I go to a lot of fashion blogs and sites that are very eceltic and inspiring. I notice that a lot of them like to make inspiration boards which are always beautiful. Well I thought I didn't really have an "inspiration" board but last winter I did a fashion collage on my wall. My little sister helped me and it took like three nights to finish. I didn't do my whole room because that would have been too chaotic and it would hurt my eyes. It turned out pretty good but I kind of want to tear it down and put new ones. My sister copied my idea and tore out other pictures that I didn't tear out from our magazines and her wall looks more cuter than mine now because she spaced out her pictures! I wish I had a photo of it but I don't.

Here are some cute inspiration boards I found online:

Here is pictures of my collage on my walls:

Vogue has the best pictures to pull out of course. And no I did not just slap it together. I carefully picked out each picture and thought about where to place to make it fun but creative. The first day, I started in the middle and spanned out then went to bed. The next day, it was hard to start because I LOST INSPIRATION and then I started to slap it together kind of. It turned pretty well I guess. Later on I took a bunch of funny pictures from my childhood and our family photos and put them on the top because I had space on the top. I kind miss the days of regular cameras, not digital cameras. With the age of digital cameras and plastering your pictures online all the time, we tend to want to have pictures with perfection. Even if you are being silly, you are still trying to take "cool" pictures. I like the days of simple film where there were negatives. And looking back at those pictures, the negatives are the best pictures. The pictures where you look really dorky with your mouth open and your eyes close or when you are seen actually enjoying what you were doing when you were photographed. It is sad to say that a lot of people care about having fun just so they can show off online instead of actually enjoying what they are doing and not caring about pictures. I do it all the time and it gets tiring sometimes. Sigh the world of myspace and facebook and everyone aspiring to be photographers.

But I do have fun just taking silly pictures with my friends. I tend to like to take silly pictures instead of perfect pictures. I don't like taking pictures were we are all trying to look hot and sexy. I feel really uncomfortable because I am not photogenic at all. That is why I am not really into taking pictures of myself. By avoiding the camera and the mirror, I don't have to see my physical flaws. Haha. Silly me.

Oh so I cleaned the house this weekend so I can go to jr prom but my parents are still dangling the possiblity of me not going. Hah. I always go in the end so no worries. Well I actually have a dress now. Well actually my mom has had it for a couple years because she bought it for a wedding awhile back. I remember my mom not looking good in the dress (sorry mom) but I tried it on (without my mom not knowing heehee) and I actually LIKE IT. It is really nice. Though it wasn't what I pictured and it is a long dress. I actually don't look short and I actually look skinny. YEAHHH. It is similar to this.
But I think the gold is a bit darker? and more shimmery. The v-cut is similar but it has straps instead. I like it a lot. AND I HAVE GOLD SHOES! But isn't gold and gold too much?



--christina.

rain, rain, go away...

i'm excited because on friday, this: turns to this:




i remember reading that book back in seventh grade, and loving it-- even though it was filled with tons of sex. i think i've kinda been waiting ever since then, for the movie to come out. i guess i've just always had a feeling that there would be a movie based on it. now that i think of it, i might still have ck's copy of the "the queen's fool" which is another story by the same author with me! i never finished reading it and i havent checked my boxes of books for a while, so i dont remember if i still have it or not. but other than that there really isnt anything that exciting going on. i've been really obsessed with watching rock of love 2 and flavor of love 3. i also forgot to mention the last time i blogged, that i finally got a used phone from my uncle, along with a new phone charger from the flea market last weekend! so now i have my phone back. i've been super crazy about dr. mario and tetris, which i've been playing nonstop on our old super nintendo :) but lately i've actually gotten so good, that i've just become sick of it. and there's this fun bowling game on my phone that i've just been c-c-c-c-crazy over! ahhh. speaking about bowling, last night i went bowling and lasertagging for marissa's 17th birthday! that was fun :)

oh, well the downside to all this goodness, however, is that i'm not keeping up with "new years resolutions." i havent been doing any of my homework. . well actually i have been doing homework. its just that... i'm still failing! gaah. i think im just a failure at math and science in general. so i guess i'll just have to live with it, because aside from those two subjects i'm goood.


two nights ago, i went on a photography-crazed internet hunt. or actually, an internet-crazed photography hunt:
http://sannahkvist.se/
http://jnilsson.se/
http://www.idaborg.com/
i love this place: http://http://iheartphotograph.blogspot.com/


i need new music! and a nice camera for photography class... still.

there is supposed to be ANOTHER big storm on its way today/tonight/tomorrow :[] i'm not very excited about it. winds are supposed to be up in the 50s (as in miles per hour). this morning i went to tutor my kids and their assignment was to write about what they were going to do since they can't go play outside today. the teacher told them a story about how when she was little her mom didnt let her to go outside when or after it rained because (as tradition goes) when there is a rainbow outside, dragons are out and about (there was obviously a rainbow out that morning). hahaha, it was really cute. all the kids drew pictures of a dragon covering the sky as a rainbow. i wish i had had my camera with me to take pictures of all those drawings. those kids amaze me. they draw realllly good. they had supermans, spidermans, barbies, dinosaurs, and all sorts of things in their dragon pictures. if you give me a piece of paper today, all i can put down are a bunch of hearts scattered in one place. that's how far my imagination gets these days.

``PACHIAAAAAAA

Thank Heaven For 7-Eleven

(long exposure)Some days are spent dreaming away the storm, that gripping grey of fear that has the ability to turn me into a sick animal, twitching and cowering in the darkness. I call them my acute depressions since they come and go so quickly, usually within the span of a couple of hours. They used to happen frequently, every week or so, now, after years of therapy they are rare. It usually

Friday, February 22, 2008

103 Things You May Not Know About Me

These are not listed in the order in which they occurred, only in which I thought of them. Nor are they necessarily the most important things about my life.


1. What I do, I take very seriously. Myself I never take seriously at all.

2. I know a man who was born when Franklin Pierce was President. (I haven’t seen this man recently.)

3. I was in the first grade for two years.

4. My agent used to advertise me as “the third dead Indian from the left.”

5. When I was five my best friends were Jeff and Tony.

6. At one time I herded sheep as a part-time job.

7. The people who mean the most to me don’t fall comfortably into “types.” (Nor do they wish to.)

8. I love sailing and horseback riding.

9. I make tuna salad better than anybody I know.

10. Judy Piper was my first girlfriend.

11. I retired unbeaten as a master swordsman.

12. My first play was produced when John Kennedy was President, but I don’t think he saw it.

13. The rum I like best is not imported into the United States.

14. I am ambidextrous.

15. My favorite colors are greens and browns. Earth colors.

16. I’ve lived in five states. One of them was California. The others weren’t.

17. One of my best friends in the whole world is a small dog named Herman.

18. I have driven several hundreds of miles through Canada.

19. I have driven several hundreds of feet through Mexico.

20. Beating on a hollow log with a stick was considered cutting edge technology when I first started working in broadcasting.

21. I can handle any answer except “yes.”

22. I’ve always wanted to visit Russia.

23. For a peanut butter cookie, I’ll say nice things about you in my next play. As far as I’m concerned, that’s a commission.

24. I’m still waiting to discover what I’m qualified to do in real life. I have a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from UCLA.

25. I’m an Evangelical Christian.

26. I like model airplanes made out of wood.

27. It’s much easier for me to avoid temptation if it isn’t offered.

28. I enjoy mowing the lawn.

29. My birthday is on December 26th. It’s been on the same date every year for as far back as I can remember.

30. I can communicate in four languages, and read a fifth.. After I learned the third one, I discovered I could no longer spell in any of ‘em.

31. Both of my eyes are brown.

32. I danced with Marge Champion once. Given the opportunity, I’d do it again.

33. I have a great appetite for real Greek salads.

34. I’ve picked my way along the edge of both North American oceans. I’ve waded out the length of a city block into the Gulf of Mexico.

35. I’ve always enjoyed being married except when the toilet overflows.

36. I directed my 100th stage play in 1994.

37. To my true astonishment, I’ve discovered I thoroughly appreciate fine poetry. When did that happen?

38. I am one-quarter American Indian, but I don’t know which quarter.

39. I’ve been in 42 of the United States. I’ve never been in one I didn’t like.

40. When I’m not writing, I’m reading.

41. My first car was a very old 1939 Chevy coup.

42. Hugh O’Brian once asked me if he could use my telephone.

43. I never learned how to skate backwards.

44. I’ve always wanted to fly in a B-17.

45. Everyone I vote for, loses. This knowledge could be a real source of power.

46. I collect unusual teapots.

47. The more words I learn, the more aware I become that I haven’t learned that many words.

48. I’ve been in one opera and one ballet, just so I could experience what that was like. I learned that whoever designed tights probably hated men.

49. Until recently, I always thought a pod was something aliens came out of, in order to take over our bodies while we slept.

50. I’ve been told I’m a romantic in the classic sense of the word. After a great amount of deliberation, I think I like that.

51. I’m a feminist. On purpose. I think I like that, as well.

52. I believe in miracles. I’ve seen too many of ‘em to be a doubter.

53. I have a suit that was hand made for me in Hong Kong. It looks almost like the suit I bought in the mall down the street. As a rule I don’t feel completely at ease around those people who can easily spot the differences.

54. Every time it snows I wonder why I still live in a part of the country where it snows.

55. Friends can talk me into doing things beyond my normal inclinations. This post is a prime example.

56. I couldn’t catch a ball if it had Elmer’s glue on it. That’s a line from A CHORUS LINE, but it applies.

57. I spent a short season employed as a Flamenco dancer. I was so embarrassingly bad that even I couldn’t stand me. Since I had no sword, I’d occasionally throw myself on a bottle of Tequila. Ole’.

58. I’ve always had a fierce wanderlust.

59. I was thrilled the first time an actor spoke words that I had written.

60. Roger was my best friend in High School. He died in an auto accident right after we graduated.

61. I’m not comfortable sleeping where there’s a possibility that a buffalo might step on me.

62. I consider myself an old-fashioned adult Sunday School teacher.

63. If I was asked to select a hair color that most represents me, I probably couldn’t.

64. I’m strongly opposed to amnesty for illegal aliens. I’m strongly opposed to rewarding anyone’s illegal activities, except for maybe grey squirrels.

65. I’m also not in favor of global warming. Just because I don’t want it to snow here doesn’t mean I don’t want it to snow where my ex-wife lives.

66. When I’m not writing or reading, I’m sleeping.

67. My favorite art style is Art Deco. I like Max Parrish, Vinny Van Gogh. My favorite living artist is Steve Hanks.

68. I don’t have a favorite performer, however I have two favorite film directors; John Ford and Leni Riefenstahl. I like them both for exactly the same reasons.

69. When I’m working on a play, I’ve done my best thinking while walking. I’ve gotten lost a few times.

70. I’m beginning to really like Lutherans.

71. 23-28-13 was our Post Office Box lock combination when I was three. I was told never to forget that number, and I never have.

72. I am most impressed with how sophisticated Canadians are. They put gravy on their French fries.

73. I think children should be seen and not often.

74. I’d like to win a Pulitzer Prize, and I’d like to be interviewed by Matt Lauer on the Today show. There. Now you know all my secrets.

75. I have a friend who has six children. I admire the fact that she doesn’t seem all that much different from the rest of us.

76. I rarely wear shoes and socks. I’m most comfortable in moccasins, an old pair of jeans, and a flannel shirt. Maybe it’s an Indian thing.

77. When I was a college freshman, I worked as a busboy in a sorority.

78. When I was 12 I had the biggest heaviest meanest Schwinn bicycle known to man. A few years later I hung it up on the side wall of the garage. For years I never gave it a thought. Lately, and for reasons I choose not to dwell on, I’ve wondered if that bike was still there. Probably not. I’ve wondered if that garage was still there. Probably not.

79. There have been times in my life when I’ve wanted to just pick a direction and go. And I’ve done it.

80. I used to sing in a quartet. We weren’t very good, and that’s a fact. But it was fun.

81. I can read Egyptian hieroglyphics reasonably well. (It’s not a gift – it’s a language class like any other.) Problem is – with whom do I correspond?

82. I enjoy eating raw peanuts right off the plant.

83. Contrary to how much fun Gene Kelly makes it appear to be, I’ve never tried singing in the rain.

84. My mother used to make soap, and I used to eat it when she wasn’t looking.

85. I’m qualified by the FAA to taxi certain specific airplanes around an airport.

86. I like being a part of other people’s lives, and I like having them be a part of mine.

87. I have a fondness for cucumber sandwiches.

88. The last time I wore a necktie was three years ago.

89. The last time I wore a horned Viking helmet was … Oops. Never mind. I’m still wearing it.

90. I think red M&M’s taste much better than the green ones.

91. I used to be quite good at falling off a horse.

92. I have two Emmy awards. A TV station is holding one, and the other one I use as a doorstop.

93 I search blogs for samples of personality eccentricities.

94. I am roughly 40 in hippopotamus years.

95. I’m getting tired of watching sound bites of people running for president – even the people I like.

96. I was born in Chicago, in the hospital where the TV show ER is supposedly filmed.

97. At one time I belonged to a military organization called “Pershing’s Rifles.” Colin Powell belonged to the same organization, but I don’t remember seeing him at any of the luncheons.

98. I once found a high altitude weather balloon. Nobody I know ever thought it was part of a flying saucer.

99. My first paying job was stacking firewood for a grade school teacher.

100. I have a younger sister. What I really wanted was a border collie.

101. Sometimes I drink too much coffee.

102. I used to hypnotize people.

103. I’m amazed that so many trivium can be stuffed into one life.

Should You Shower After You Wax



friends thanks all who participated in the initiation of Q STORIES HEAL
we read the story "jewel in the dustbin" by Juan Antonio Vallejo Nagera
opened this space to q can leave their messages, thoughts, feelings, how they felt yesterday
, q are the story appeared, I leave,
so if anyone wants to read the story and no access to the book, please send us an email that we send
(celae@logoterapia.com.uy)
will inform you of the new date
Greetings Alejandro and Marcela

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Thrice

I'm sad because Thrice is currently playing at the Fillmore and I'm not there to see them. Right now! They're starting their concert. Waaaa! The tickets are only $20. I have to see them. They're coming again in May. I must see them. I must. I have been wanting to see them in concert for sooooo long.

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Growing up

I'm becoming very nervous about our appointment on Saturday. I've got to be strong. I must not give in. Things are going to come into play. I want to go there at night to see what the area is like at night. I mean, if that's where I'm going to live, it would be nice to see what it's like at night right? Hmmm. I'm becoming very nervous. God has a plan. He really does. If it's meant to be that we stay in Hayward, then they will give in to our offer. It will come through for us.

lemme break the ice.

my horoscope for today:
Taurus
-- Today is a 7 (wtf does that mean?) For the next several weeks, you'll be more involved in group endeavors. Your social calendar will be full. Warn the family; they'll have to do without you for awhile.

So I never really believe horoscopes but I usually check them when I get the newspaper. I hadn't checked mine in awhile so I looked and yes it is true. I think I am going to screw myself over because the next couple months are going to be very important.

  1. taking three ap tests in may (chem, us history, ap english comp&lang); have to STUDY a lot beforehand for those
  2. i am doing luau; 2 dances for luau (APRIL 26th!; four days before my bday)
  3. my friend just called me to see if i want to choreography a dance for asian club charity event; and i said yes because it was so fun doing it for multicultural (may)
  4. sats in may and june
  5. jr prom in march
and hopefully that is all. my schedule is pretty packed. luau practice is at least 3 times a week. i need to come up with choreography for fan dance. i am thinking of combining clazziquai song, big bang's "last farewell" and wonder girls "tell me" for a modernized fan dance. luckily i checked the calendar and we have some half days and we have a lot of time until asian club charity event so i am thinking of doing scattered practices up until end up april and beginning of may; then it will be practice every week. i wont study for first sat (not much) and then study my ass for july one. then i have start studying for ap tests like right after jr prom and CONCENTRATE!! it is going to be a hectic life from now till like...summer. i hope i can do it without screwing my grades over. i think i can. and it will be FUN. and i will not regret not doing it.

--christina


Monday, February 18, 2008

2008 junior prom (pachia)

FINALLY! after months of blogging about this thing, it has finally happened :) i'm sad that its over, but i think it was a good experience. i barely took any picture, but even though it happened two nights ago, i'm still exhausted, so all i'm going to do is post up pictures!



my brother was being the biggest butt!







waiting at denise’s house!






denise and mee


our dinner, lol.


us again (i look pregnant)


my hair got suuuuper ugly, after it uncurled :( I just took it down after a while.



me and marissa!


my mom said “is that her date?” when she looked at this picture. hahaha. apparently she didn’t recognize tommy.


our dinner was $75, and we went to eat at this pretty casual place called Tokyo Fros. i was disappointed, because we ordered a $13 sushi roll, and it was so small, we each only got two rolls. lol. then our actual plates werent even that good, and none of us finished them, haha. everyone liked my gloves!!! i was the only one wearing gloves at jp! i thought there'd be more people who wore gloves too, but i guess not. it didnt really matter though, everyone still looked really nice :) i'm glad i got the dress i did, because i saw my friend aimee wearing this green one from macy's that i really liked, but hers was purple. lol. everything was good, except my corsage kept falling apart, hahaha, until denise's mom pinned it for the second time with a safety pin and it finally stayed together. my hair also got really ugly by the time the actual junior prom event rolled around, and ewwww. it's funny because the first time i tried out my hair i really liked it. the second time it was alright. and the actual night of jp, i just thought it just looked blah : oh well, i guess i looked fine. i was also kinda moody when it came to dancing... but by the end of the night, everything was alright. and i had fun. i can't wait to see the actual (professional) junior prom pictures we took :D i'm excited to pass them out. lol! after junior prom denise and i wanted to go hookah, haha. but i guess we were a little too late on that, and my parents also wanted me to come straight home (my uncle had gotten in a bad motorcycle accident -- but no worries, he's going to be okay, just a badly broken leg), so i just went straight home. tommy slept over at my house, and then the next morning we went to the flea market, and were exhausted! we actually tried watching "across the universe" after we got home that night, and stayed up until 3am watching it, but we never finished and just went to bed.

"17 Feb 2008 02:32 PM
Okay so after prom, we (Anna, Maura, Kristina, Courtney, and I) have dubbed you and Tommy as the cutest couple in the whole entire world. <33"

-melanie chu (myspace comment)


that made me smile, hahaha.


this is our song!

the morning after (in the car) at the flea market



CK IS NEXT!!!! hahaha, i'm excited to see her junior prom pictures next month :)

--PACHIA!!!!!!!