Monkey business

You know the world is coming to an end when a car dealer challenges Taylor Lautner to a push-up challenge instead of going to court to settle a $300,000 case. Apparently the monkey man wanted a few specifications in his range rover. Boo hoo kiddo, you're out of luck. I feel as if he would have taken on the challenge if it weren't for his intellectual advisors.

This ridiculous competition got me thinking (as does everything else). Why can't things in life be settled in this fashion? Wouldn't it be much simpler if we did this on a day to day basis instead of suing people or threatening to sue them? Let's say the neighbor's cat defecated on your lawn. You angrily knock on the neighbor's door. 1-2-3 push-up challenge! If you win you get to eat the cat (or some other equivalent 'reward'). If not then you pick up the feces and continue your life. Of course, if this were the case everyone would have crazy ripped arms and "The Perfect Push-up" would be selling as fast as SAT prep books. Hmm, maybe this would do something for our insanely obese society? Who knows. I think those crazy southerners had something good going with the whole quick draw shootouts. May the useless one die! I'm kidding. There's a snake in my boot. I don't know what I'm saying I must be delirious again. Anyway, if no one sued one another there would be no need for lawyers. I wonder where their salaries would go to? Probably to physical trainers. See?! One step closer to solving the obesity problem once again.

eat celery & squish ants <3

It's back!

Guess what everyone? The US Open has officially commenced! I know no one except for me cares, but I just thought I should inform you guys so that in case someone talks about the US Open you'll know that they're talking about tennis and not golf, karate, or surfing (America needs to start coming up with more original names for sporting events, we should be more like England i.e. Wimbledon). Anyway, Elena Dementieva is playing so you know I'll be following her. After taking a long break and skipping Wimbledon her injuries are finally healed.

Today I got into a fight with a Comcast sales representative because he attempted to deprive me of my modem. He finally gave it to me and added a large sum to the total amount. That is the price to pay for high speed internet. Of course me getting into a fight is the equivalent of me threatening to throw marshmallows at someone and eating them instead. What can I say, I'm just not a very angry person unless you push all of the buttons at once. Only those skilled in the art of being inconsiderate are able to do that. Huh, funny how there are so many of those out there. Surprise, surprise.

So it worked. Last night I decided that I would put out the recycling in a separate bag for the old lady that comes around picking at my garbage can. As her rickety cart came past the house it stopped for a brief second and continued down the street. Obviously I woke up, but I was able to fall back to sleep pretty quickly. This time, there wasn't the banging of the lid and the clinking of bottles. She better be grateful.

Ahh, so much to do so little time. I'm trying to pack for three things at once. Also... would it be unreasonable to buy a 170 dollar knife? It's pretty amazing, but I feel like that's a bit much.

make foam & sauté <3

Naming

This is ridiculous. September is arriving in a day? The heck? What is going on here? I can't believe school is going to start in less than a month. Reality hit when I went shopping today. Office Depot, Kinokuniya, Target, and Barnes & Noble. School supplies and house supplies. Now my room has limited walking space. I'm pretty sure I spent over 300 dollars. Wonderful.

When one thinks about Barnes & Noble you don't feel like its' name is strange or out of the ordinary mainly because we've become accustomed to this popular bookstore. However, when you think about it you realize... what the heck does that mean? As you all know, I think too much, so as I was driving on the way home this is what I was thinking about. Perhaps the first bookstores happened to be in barns and they spelled it incorrectly? Perhaps the men/women selling the novels were very noble? Well it turns out the first true bookstore was opened up by a man named William Barnes in conjunction with another man named G. Clifford Noble. I suppose that makes sense; however, it's rather boring don't you think? Oh well, I learned something new today. Still, I don't understand why everyone names everything after themselves. Probably because humans are so self-centered. At the very least we should be thankful that we don't have planets named Sara Renee Madison Rachel Bradley (I think long names are a byproduct of indecisive parents, I feel sorry for these kids because they must feel confused when asked to write "middle initial"). I'm sure I would have failed second grade if that were the case.

buy things & tie bags <3

Pass the coke

Last night after went to my aunt's hotel room, I went back. I usually run at least three times a week and go to the gym five out of seven days. I felt pretty guilty after eating a bunch of bread, so I decided to get ready to run. I really don't understand my body nowadays. I don't understand why I'm so tired all of the time. I lied down on my bed and decided to close my eyes and wait until 11:30pm to leave. Before I knew it I woke up, looked at the clock and realized that it was exactly 5:00am. What the heck where did the time go? So I went to the gym at 5:00am. The crazy thing is there were people there. Who on earth would run at 5:00am? Crazy people.

Anyway, my aunt decided that she wanted to go to Gilroy Outlets. Freak my life. This is the third weekend straight that I've gone there. However, this time I didn't buy as much as I usually would. This excessive spending isn't really doing anything good for my checking account. Oh, but my aunt was nice enough to buy me a mini rice cooker. Quite random right? I mentioned it to her before on the phone casually not expecting anything. Who knew that she would bring me one from San Diego? She's awesome. She also brought 50lbs worth of pills for me to bring back to my grandma which cost more than my plane ticket. Sigh. As you all know if you travel internationally you can only send two cases of luggage (each weighing 50lbs) and one carry on. Well since I already have the "drug luggage" I can only bring one more suitcase for my clothes-- or so I thought. My aunt that lives here said that she already bought 40lbs worth of pills as well. I'm not sure if they noticed, but hello I kind of need to bring clothes. Hey, I wear clothes to benefit other people. I really have no problem being naked, but I wear clothes so that people don't go blind. Y'alls should be grateful.

I haven't looked at a calendar in the longest time. I was surprised to see that today is the 28th. It seems like time is flying by a bit too quickly. I still can't believe this is real. It seems like a dream. However, I checked the news this morning when I woke up and Paris Hilton got arrested for cocaine. Definitely real.

drive & sing <3

Blegh

My head hurts again. If I don't finish this post it probably means that I've fallen asleep. Yeah.

chop celery & paint <3

Ant stories

"Where are you going?"

"Oh, just out with some friends"

"Wait come back!"

"Huh?"

"Put on something uglier, you'll seduce guys like that"

"Isn't that the point? Haha bye!"
"What?!"

I just thought this was a hilarious. I went out for dinner with a few friends tonight. Before I went out I went to ask my aunt something. You know, I was wearing a dress shirt and shorts. Come on, that's not even seductive. I love my aunt she's so funny. I love it even more when she tries to say Gilroy because it always sounds like "gear-ey."

Then going along with my aunt story, my other aunt that lives in Taiwan sent me a newspaper article that was written by doctors at the hospital she works at. I was excited because she sends me random surgical articles once in a while. I look at the title of the article and it says "To Be Clear." Well, that's odd. I read further down the page and I realize that it's an article about pimples. Thanks aunt. So kind of you to be concerned about the volcanoes bursting on my face.

Last aunt story. My rich aunt in San Diego is coming here tomorrow! She's going to bring pills that my grandma wants for me to bring back to Taiwan. I'm excited. I usually only get to see her once a year.

cry & laugh <3

Spend it

I need to go and buy another telephone card. I was up until 6:00 am this morning talking to my grandma and my aunt. I thought I had 200 minutes left on the card, but when I checked it today it said that I only had 60 minutes left. I'm pretty sure I didn't talk for over two hours. Oh well. Sometimes money should be spent.

You know, I can't stand stingy people. I mean frugality is of course a good thing because that way one can insure a decent future. But at the same time, to what extent are you going to save? Are you really not going to spend the extra 25 cents because that's considered too expensive? It's understandable that some people have financial issues; heck, I get it I used to be one of them, but there's a difference between being resourceful and being that one stingy person that doesn't watch the movie in 3D because it costs three more dollars than the normal one, so everyone ends up not watching it in 3D. Do you really want to be that person that ruins the mood so that they can then go to spend that money on themselves? So annoying. I feel like if you're by yourself then you should go ahead and save as much money as you want. Then when you're with your friends you can say that you did save a few dollars a while ago so it would be okay to spend just a bit more this time. At least that's my strategy. What I'm saying is, don't be that one person. It's a bad position to be in. (by the way, the 3D movie thing was hypothetical)

Whoo, that was a mouthful. But seriously, some people... driving me insane here.

How to say this? I feel sad. Distanced in a way. Everything is the same, but everything is different. Often times I find that I question myself. I wonder if it's me that has changed or if it's 對方 (don't know how to phrase this in English, I'm so fob) that has changed. Either way, as I've said before I'm not going to bother. Why would I call you if you don't call me? Why should we hang out when neither of us want to put in that effort anymore? Things like these require effort from both parties. It's useless to force things. I've learned that the hard way. I'll just brood for a while and get over it. After all, everyone changes eventually right? I just never thought it would be us. This whole situation is quietly messed up. I say quietly because it feels as if we're playing into the facade and avoiding what's actually happening. Letting go is harder said than done, but being away from here will allow me to embrace acceptance.

I went to Fresh Choice today. That was probably the highlight of my day. Oh and also I finished Red Dragon (psychological thriller by Thomas Harris-- first book of the Hannibal Lecter series). It was so good that I finished it in two days. Highly recommended read if you're bored.

recycle & brush hair <3

Not again?!

Today was a bit too exciting for my granny lifestyle. Let's start at the beginning shall we?

I woke up this morning to Joe Brooks's beautiful voice (listen to superman if you haven't already the music video is super cute as well, if you fall in love with him keep in mine that he's already mine). I ate a banana. Okay I'll skip this part and just say that I went to go eat lunch at Korean Tofu House with a cool person which was delicious of course. I was stuffed. But, I'm kind of disappointed in myself because today was a vegetable-less day. Anyway, after KTH we went to Office Depot where I met a stalker clone. I saw this guy there that looked too much like a recent stalker, so that was pretty uncalled for. I suppose it wasn't his fault that he resembled someone unpleasant, but I was disgusted regardless.

Here the real adventure starts. We went to Crate and Barrel and The Container Store for fun. Doesn't anyone else like sitting on expensive furniture? I'm pretty sure the lady there despised us because came over and asked us if we needed help with anything. She probably wanted us to stop drawing on the suede couch. How greedy. So we decided to sit on the patio furniture and take pictures. We're strange children to say the least. After Crate and Barrel we headed to The Container Store to look at more random stuff. La la la time to go-- or not. Where the heck were my keys?!

I thought I was going to have a heart attack. Good thing I happened to be accompanied by a calm person. But seriously, you have got to be kidding me right? After that day I lost my keys in the pouring rain I vowed to never lose my keys ever again. Why must I fail at life? After frivolous looking and asking around it turns out my keys were at Crate and Barrel... in the patio section where we were fooling around like idiots. I swear if I ever lose my keys again I'm going to quit school and open my own falafel stand on the side of the road. I probably shouldn't say something like that because my keys are more pro than Houdini. How about this then, if I ever lose my keys again I'm going to punish myself by going on a three month diet. Ugh. So utterly useless.

paper gangster & giants <3

The future

I went to retrieve the mail today and there was a copy of working mother. I thought, okay well that's weird I don't know why anyone would subscribe to this. I look at the name on the address portion of the magazine and I see Joanna Lo. Okay, woah woah woah hold up. When did I become a working mother. Whoever sent this to me was probably mistaken by my large stomach and thought that I was expecting. Well, if anything at least they got the working part right. As for mother... I'm not as against the idea as I used to be. I really don't want kids but I realize that if I do indeed get married and my future husband really wants children I think I would be okay with it. At least I would try to be okay with it (but seriously 2 is my limit). After all, marriage is about compromise right? Chances are I'm probably not going to get married because I'm too picky about guys. People say that it's okay to settle, but is it so wrong to wait for my prince charming? Ahem... actually I already have a prince charming he just doesn't know that I exist yet. It's okay one day I'll bump into Blue at Taoyuan airport and he'll fall in love with me and we'll get married and live happily ever after. Either that or I'll meet Joe Brooks and we can get married as well. I could use an Englishman as a husband (he's only 23!).

Man, every single Monday morning at 4:13am an old woman (at least I think it's an old woman) comes around in a rickety shopping cart and attempts to collect recyclable good from the recycling trashcan. It's so annoying getting woken up after I'm already asleep, so I choose to stay up until the old woman takes the bottles and leaves. I think I should start bagging the recyclables separately for her so that she can just grab it and leave. That way I can get a bit more sleep. Either that or be a creeper and have a stakeout outside the house waiting for her.

It's hot today.

eat corn & gummi bears <3

Leaving

I don't know if you guys remember my previous post explaining my random aunt, but I have finally made my decision... to get the heck out of here and go to Taiwan for the remainder of the summer. After I told her "yes" my aunt called me 1 hour later and said that she already booked the round-trip flight and that I am to leave on September 3rd and come back on September 19th. I really wanted to come back on the 18th, but my grandma wanted me to stay for an extra day. What concerns me is the amount of tasks that I may need to perform after I come back. Those of you that know me well understand that I need to prepare my life several months in advance. I despise procrastination and if I ever procrastinate it's because I know I can get away with it (essentially not real procrastination...). Anyway, when I get back I'm going straight to school to set up my room, go to re-carding (I don't know why they won't just stick to the same cards, but I don't care because I look hideous and orange in my picture), buy textbooks and get a bunch of water from Costco before school starts.

Everything smells like bacon today, what the heck.

drive fast & bubble bath <3

Mosqueetoe

I got bitten by a mosquito today. In the strangest place possible. What kind of mosquito would bite someone on their armpit. This is so unfair (and not to mention so unattractive). I wasn't even wearing a tank top.

Anyway, today I had another shopping extravaganza. Who can help it when I'm staying so close to Gilroy Outlets? Banana Republic calls out to me. I swear I can hear it from my house, "Buy me, buy me 40% off!" And also, today I learned that you get an extra 10% if you have AAA. I saved an extra 2 dollars. Yahoo! The girl was really nice, but too talkative. Normally I don't mind answering questions, but she asked me about my whole life. Where I was going for college, what my major was, where I volunteered in the past... it was a bit overwhelming. Then she told me she was studying to be a rn (registered nurse) and I finally realized why she asked me all of those questions. I happened to be wearing my Standford University Medical Center shirt under a jacket. No wonder why she asked me if I was studying to become a nurse or doctor. I guess it all makes sense now. It's nice to know that there are no creepy stalkers at Banana. That will remain true until I decide to work there. Ha.

read books & dry clean <3

Frosty the snowman

Today I choked on a carrot. That was the highlight of my day. Not really. My cousin was telling me all about how my aunt was trying to teach her how to be a thief and I started laughing because it was ridiculous. I tried to say something and I choked. I could feel the carrot lodged in the bridge of my nose as tears came to my eyes. After around 10 minutes, the carrot decided to go back down to my throat and into my stomach like a good little carrot should. This event reminded me of something that happened in fourth grade.

After Chinese School (I can't believe I took 13 years of that crap) I went to my friend Joyce's house for a sleepover. Her mom made a salad and as I was eating it Joyce was washing her hands in the restroom. Out of nowhere I choke on the salad and I feel it go up my nose. It continues to move inside my nose as I cough and drink water repeatedly in hopes that the piece of lettuce returns to my stomach. It doesn't budge. I feel as if I will eternally have a piece of lettuce lodged in my nasal cavity-- that is until I see the lettuce sticking out of my nose. I yanked the piece of lettuce out of my nose like one would a booger and I threw it away in the trashcan. I then preceded to clean my nose out with dish-washing soap. Joyce returned to the table and I acted as if nothing was out of the ordinary. Yeah, lettuce comes out of my nose on a daily basis. That's how I roll.

eat corn & heat pizza <3

Controversial

Abortion is such a touchy topic. Especially if you happen to be discussing it with an extreme right wing and an extreme left wing (I stayed quiet and ate jelly beans during this heated argument). I'm not saying that anyone is right or wrong. I feel that the position I take is the one that makes the most sense to me. You guys can choose to agree or disagree as much as you like or convince me otherwise; however, I still think that my perspective is the most reasonable.

Neither am I against abortion nor am I for it. Does this make sense? I'm not going to go around advocating abortion and telling people to get rid of their babies because they cry too much and defecate on expensive rugs and I'm not going to tell people to keep their babies if they're not ready to take on that responsibility. Obviously, if you're not ready to take care of a baby why are you going around and getting yourself pregnant (wink wink). Common sense tells you to use protection, so it's ridiculous to think that abortions are a type of convenient tool available in event of a pregnancy. People that think in this manner are abusing the system because abortion is something that is not meant to be used irresponsibly. Yet there are instances in which abortion may be essential i.e. rape. Is it not reasonable that someone pregnant due to the aftermath of rape would not want to raise the child of her rapist? Is it even possible to love this child?

Essentially, I think that's why abortion is such a controversial topic. There are so many different situations that it's hard for one to pass judgement for each individual. Everyone is different. However, who are you to tell someone what to do with their zygote? Let people make their own decisions.

string cheese & bell peppers <3

Random trip?

I feel so bleh. I don't know if it's the sugar free gummi bears or if it's because these headaches refuse to go away. I think it could very well be a combination of both.

Last night I studied until 6:00am and then I fell asleep on my book. Thank goodness there was no drooling action or else the resale value would have gone down. That's kind of what Chemistry does to you. Scum of the Earth. Although I must admit, Chemistry is less painful than Physics. So it turns out that I really shouldn't have worried so much because it's all review, at least so far it is. Anyway, stupid sleep depravity. I think I should sleep earlier and more often that way I won't fail at life so much i.e. this morning when I failed to make it to tennis (sorry, again).

I was so tired that I decided to take the day off of work. Unfortunately, I promised my cousins that I would cook them lunch today, so I made some filet minon, garlic bread, and jello. It was quite tasty if I must say so myself.

My random aunt in San Diego and I were texting each other today (she told me she was dying her hair). She asked me when I started school I told her on the 23rd of September. She happily exclaimed that I had so much time left that I should go to Taiwan to visit my grandparents. I told her I was broke because I just bought my keyboard. She said she would finance my trip. I told her that I had to take care of apartment stuff on the 1st of September and she responded with "who cares?" She wants me to leave on September 4th and come back September 18th. I'm not too sure how I feel about this because it's quite sudden and I like to plan things months in advance. However, given recent events it would be nice to get the heck out of here for a while. I'm not too sure what I want to do yet, but I'll let you guys know what I decide on doing.

That seems to be what I need to do more often... make decisions.

burn ants & shoot deer <3

Premium shopping

I can't believe that I just got back from shopping. This has probably been the greatest shopping adventure since I took my cousins on a five hour shopping trip to Valley Fair (I know, you wouldn't think that it's possible to shop that long at VF, but we did it).

This morning I went to go play tennis. I kind of like this getting-the-blood-moving type of thing that those people in movies and television shows do. I now understand why they do it. You feel more refreshed after you exercise in the morning. However, being the self-conscious person that I am, I still prefer running at night. Something strange has been happening after I play tennis. My chest hurts. By chest I don't mean breasts (as all of you perverts out there are thinking). It feels like a lot of pressure is built up underneath that area. Sorry of the random side note. Anyway, after tennis I went to the house and my cousins had just woken up. They never wake up before 12:00pm so I was pretty shocked to see them awake. They started pestering me in hopes that I would cook them food. I was tired so I said, "sucks for you" and I plopped down onto the bed. When my aunt got back she asked us if we wanted to go out and eat. My cousins said yes and we all decided to go to Pacific Buffet (it's near the Bart Station and it's super delicious).

After dining we returned to the house (I went to work and came back after we ate) and out of nowhere one of my cousins says, "I feel like going shopping." Of course I agreed because I always feel like shopping. At first she said that she wanted to go to Great Mall. But, I don't think that Great Mall is that "great." Instead, I proposed that we go to Gilroy Outlets, which is where we ended up shopping until they closed. Overall, a wonderful day. I pigged out at Banana. I went to the register expecting to spend over 200... in reality I only spent 85. Not bad right? And to top it off I got a lot of clothes. I'm so happy.

Today definitely makes up for the horrible yesterday night.

grill steaks & barbecue corn <3

Let you down

I don't usually post this early, but I'm so irritated. I keep thinking about this and it's really irritating me. Before I delve into that let me first talk about my day.

I woke up this morning with a headache. Bad sign. I didn't have time to take Advil or Tylenol and rushed off to tennis (I blame this on the sleep depravity). However, in reality I had more time than I had anticipated which means I probably should have taken the pill before I went. I hate headaches. Anyway, I decided to go stalk William and capture him to go and play tennis. I have not seen my coach and the underclassmen (my children) in the longest time and it was nice to know that they were all doing alright. I'm pretty sure I looked like a strange person playing tennis in hi-top Jordan's (because I don't want a sock tan), a Totoro sweatshirt (with the hood up because I don't want to tan period), my hair down, sunglasses and a visor. I probably didn't look like I was going to play tennis at all. Soon enough tennis ended and I drove William home-- that is, I thought that's what was going to happen. We, being the food lovers that we are, decided to go to Elephant Bar on a whim.

When we sat down the waiter arrived and we asked for water. I was incredibly thirsty, so I finished all of the water immediately. When the waiter came back he looked at my empty glass and said that he would bring by more water. He came over with the pitcher and asked me if he should leave the pitcher at the table. He must have thought that I was some sort of sea creature. How embarrassing. I told him no and shooed him away. The rest of the day went as it usually does. Work and piano playing. However, after I finish this blog I'm going to start studying for MCAT's. I feel so threatened. Wish me luck and hopefully it reaches me.

Alright here it goes...

Is it reasonable to have expectations for people? I try really hard not to have expectations anymore because like I've stated previously, it's more than likely that people are just going to let you down. However, what if the people that you have expectations for are good friends of yours? Is it reasonable then? Ideally, the friends that you have will fulfill your expectations by default and for the majority of the time, they usually do. But, what if there are basic things that you expect them to do, yet they don't? Is that unreasonable?

I'm not an unreasonable person and I have been trying really hard not to let things bother me mostly because I think that it's easier to become angry than it is to use ones willpower and patience to suppress anger. You become a stronger person that way and thus, I have been testing myself in this manner. However, there are certain things that bother everyone. For me it's being on time and if you are to cancel or arrive late, do so several hours or days prior to the arranged date. This is because I hate wasting my life waiting for Godot (literary reference: someone that will never show up). Is this too much to expect? I feel as if these concepts are the basic principles of etiquette that everyone should already understand, which is why I expect this from people. And for the most part, I do this in return as well (the exception is William... for some reason only you have experienced my tardiness... perhaps you should be flattered, haha I kid I'm very sorry for my occasional late arrivals).

Maybe it's best to not have any expectations period. Even if it is for basic principles like manners. Why? Well because some people really do lack common sense when it comes to these types of things. In that case they should be forgiven right? I've been slowly trying to desensitize myself when it comes the certain things that annoy me the most. Even if it bothers me I pretend it doesn't while I force myself to smile and say it's okay. The difficulty arises when it happens to be the people that you care about doing these things. I realize that it naturally me trust less (apologizing repeatedly can only go so far right?). It's hard to smile when it's not okay because subconsciously, personal expectations have already developed. In that case, maybe I should stop caring about people because if someone that I don't care about disappoints me it won't matter.

Anyway, I just thought I would share what has been bothering me these past few days with you guys. Sorry about the overly long post.

make phone calls & act busy <3

Off

I wish someone would teach me how to turn off my brain. If only I knew how to control how much I think I wouldn't get constant migraines. I typed up a blog post earlier that pertained to what I was thinking about; however, I decided to change it and save it for another day seeing as how it wasn't very exciting and it was mostly my own introspection. Perhaps I will post it up at a later date, so that you guys can think about it as well and get a headache with me.

I need to play this headache away.

Waking up at 9:00am tomorrow after two consecutive sleepovers? This is going to be a difficult task.

Decisions, decisions.

laugh & play cards <3

No point

Is everyone becoming really lazy or is the world just becoming more technologically advanced? Perhaps it's a combination of both. I think inventions arise because people are lazy. Take the car, for example. Who on Earth wants to walk around (myself included) when you can have a machine do the walking for you? Of course, we all know how useful the car is. The real laziness comes into play when you see people at a sporting event drinking a beverage out of a straw connected to a hat with two cup holders or when you see someone using one of those grasping claws around the house.

Speaking of inventions I think the most useless invention ever thought of was the banana saver. If you guys don't know what a banana saver is then look at the following link:

http://www.gadgets-reviews.com/uimg/banana-guard-gadget.jpg

Although bananas bruise, they don't bruise that easily. As long as you don't substitute it as a football, it's really not going to make a difference how many scratches or lines you have on the outer skin of the banana because the inside will be equally delicious (or not delicious depending on whether or not you like eating bananas). Secondly, take a took at the shape of the banana saver. Now, can someone actually try to reason to me that every single banana is going to fit into that flimsy piece of plastic? Is every single banana shaped exactly the same? No, of course not. I's common sense. In that case you can only use your banana saver for certain bananas that are arched at a certain angle. I mean you could bend your banana and force it in; however, doesn't that defeat the purpose of the banana saver in the first place? I just thought it was ridiculous when I saw this at Safeway today. It's something that you would expect to find at Daiso (Japanese dollar store) where they label "nail polish remover" as "nail remover," but definitely not at Safeway.

eat bananas & Subway <3

Song's house

The crew is together today. I'm kind of happy. We're all over at Song's house. Back to the days of poker dares, Egyptian war, and of course karaoke at night. We sung for two hours straight and I think my throat is going to burst anytime soon. It's times like these that make me realize that school is going to start soon. The semester kids are going to go back to school and the rest of us only have a few more weeks before school starts. It all feels a bit strange. The recurring thought in my mind is this: "Hold up, we're Sophomores in college already?" What's going on here?

I'm really tempted to draw on one of their faces or to do something to one of these people tonight... we'll see how it goes. In event that I do have the opportunity to do so I think I will attack.

Random thought. I need to buy some a new saucepan and a plate.

sleep & play games <3

Blue and Joe

I'm in a super good mood today. Mostly because the drama that I've been watching, 命中注定我愛你, ended in the cutest way possible. When my friend introduced it to me, I didn't really want to watch it because I feel as if every drama is the same. The story lines are all typical; however, this one was really good. For the most part, nothing was too melodramatic or overly ridiculous (seriously, how many times can the main characters pass each other in a soap opera before they finally meet each other under some destined spot). The best part is the fact that my favorite Taiwanese actress starred in it which made it that much better (有一天我會跟陳喬恩當朋友... at least I hope so). I love how she's willing to make herself look like a countryside hillbilly while people usually want the roles that make them look like hot models or something. While I'm on the topic of Taiwanese stars let me introduce you to the love of my life, Blue Lan (藍正龍). This guy... it is out of control how extraordinarily good looking he is. I pretty much stalk him on Youtube by listening to all of his interviews. He seems like such a nice person and he's the quiet type (nice quiet guys are my type... definitely).

http://fashion.msn.com.tw/images/Article/Misc/magazine/fq/0907/fq0907_11_3.jpg

How can you look at this guy and not fall in love? My gosh. He's definitely mine. We're getting married, so don't even think about stealing him.

wear hats & learn <3

Fear factor

I wonder if everyone is afraid of something. I may pretend that there is a solution to everything, but in reality not everything is solve-able. Although my philosophy is that there's nothing hard work and perseverance cannot conquer I'm not too sure what can conquer fear. If there's anything that I found out about myself it's that I'm afraid of many things. I'm afraid of failing, I'm afraid of change, I'm afraid of people, I'm afraid of those giant golden beetles that fly into my room in the middle of the night, and I'm afraid of not being able to become the person that people expect me to be. The list is virtually endless. None of these fears have solutions (minus the giant beetle thing, my friend is kind enough to kill them for me, thank goodness... she thinks that I'm stupid because I refuse to close the window at night even though I know that they're going to come and eat me; I would listen to her, but it's just so hot...).

The reason why I would bring this up is because I recently spent 300 dollars on MCAT books. I have eight sitting on my desk and I'm awaiting the arrival of three more (stupid idiots had to split up all of the sections to earn more money). Every time I lift up my head, all I see is my future taunting me. What I can't figure out is whether or not this is really what I want. For those of you that have known me since sixth grade know that I have wanted to become a surgeon since then; but, the lingering questions in the back of my head remain: What if I fail the test? What if I can't become a surgeon? What if I'm not good enough? And because I have this fear I have also been afraid to open the books. I feel as if I don't open the books I don't have anything to be afraid of.

Because if I fail, what am I supposed to tell my grandma? She has always supported me. Always. Recently she revealed that she put aside money for me to go to medical school. If I disappoint her there is absolutely no way I could live with myself.

Sorry guys, I'm having a minor panic attack. It'll probably blow over after I think about this for a couple more days. In the end, I know that I'm going to have to tell myself to suck it up, stop whining, and succeed.

If you do have any fears I hope that they are giant golden beetle fears and not ones without solutions.

hug pillows & stamp cards <3

Blimey

The neighbors are snoring so loud that I can hear them. Either that or there's a giant truck outside...

Decent post tomorrow. I'm in permanent sleep deprivation mode.

waste time & drink water <3

Cabeza

I didn't do a damn thing today and it felt great. Well, work doesn't count because work is work, but besides that I didn't do a damn thing. I went and played Super Mario Galaxy 2 again with my cousins today. I've almost beaten the game. I only have one stage left. I'm so useless. What I really should be doing is studying for MCAT's, but I figure I deserve at least a week to do absolutely nothing right?

Did you guys know that middle schoolers start school next Thursday? I just thought that was hilarious seeing as how I still have a month and a half to go.

These headaches really need to stop. I'm not sure what the cause is. Probably over-thinking everything as always. Time to go pop some pain killers.

shave ice & blend fruit <3

Run away!

Note to self: never run outside on Sunday nights.

Today, I was assured that gyms are invented for a reason. I started running outside and before I even got as far as one block, a black cat hissed and darted in front of me out of nowhere. I screamed and ran away like a little girl. I hate cats. I have always hated cats. Maybe they can sense this sort of thing. It was one cat, so be it. However, as I was running I noticed something... why did it smell like something was rotting everywhere I ran by? Ah-ha! Tomorrow is trash day, which means that everyone has their rotting goods out for display by the roadside. A very smart move on my part if you ask me. I totally forgot that it was trash day and decided to go outside and run in this "crisp, fresh, air" more like in imperative need of some Febreeze (I prefer spring breeze or clean linen). So, I decided to put one finger under my nose and breathe with my mouth as I ran, but I thought about it for a while longer... doesn't that mean that technically I'm eating rotten food air as I'm running. That thought sickened me and encouraged me to run faster-- right into a spider web. You can never see those pesky things.

Finally, as I rounded the bend and approached home I thought that nothing else would happen. However, this is the story of my life and as we all know, that means something has to go wrong. Right as I was distracted and changing my song, a blast of cold flew right at me. My primal instinct: oh my gosh, protect my ipod, and I stuck it inside the sleeve of my sweatshirt. Sprinklers have such great timing. They know exactly when I'm coming. I really love it when sprinklers water the sidewalk instead of watering the grass. It's just so useful, I mean the ants have to drink water somehow right? I swear, tonight I feel like everything is out to get me. And this is why I never leave the house.

This post was overly sarcastic, but I think you guys should be used to it by now and if you're still reading this means you like my sarcasm right? (--I can already see everyone getting ready to click on the big red x at the top right hand corner of the browser)

take pictures & sign checks <3

Avoid avoid

Ahh! I'm addicted to Wedding Dash and it's not even that fun. It's just funny how there are specific requests from the guests because they don't or do want to sit next to a specific person. I was laughing at how much it resembled reality. One of the characters, named Chloe, is a drama queen and no one ever wants to sit next to her except for "Granny Brie" because she is old, boring, and no one wants to sit next to her as well. In reality, we choose to avoid the drama queens and as much as you tell me that you love old people, I know that you never know what to say to them. Don't even try to deny it. Because as much as I love old people as well, I never know how to converse with them and I end up throwing myself into awkward situations in which I have to force myself not to be awkward by asking questions (people tend to like talking about themselves).

You know, I wonder if I'm the only one that does this. If you guys see someone out of the corner of your eye that you don't know that well at some sort of convenience store do you go up to them and say hi? Because if I'm by myself I'll pretend that I'm really into whatever it is that I'm looking at. Ah, yes yes look at the rings on that three ring binder they're just so shiny and ringesque-- Then, if I happen to be with someone at the moment, I pretend as if I'm engrossed in a very deep conversation with them. At times, it's pretty cumbersome to force conversation when in reality, you just don't care. Maybe you guys approach them and say hi like normal person would... Well, you all already know I'm anti-social. People?! No!! Run away!

Another mundane day. I went to fix my air conditioning today. There's a small leak in the pipe so as a temporary fix they told me to just fill it up with refrigerant. I asked the estimate to just take out the pipe and fix it. I think I need to sell part of my liver. The refrigerant refill cost about $200+ which is reasonable, but I wasn't happy about paying it.

run & hide <3

Friday

I think I'm getting old. I'm just so tired all of the time. For example, today I was supposed to go hiking, but I ended up taking my car to get a smog check while telling them to maintain it at the same time. Yet, when I got home I was exhausted and I fell asleep from 1pm - 8pm. You have got to love Fridays. Only on Fridays can one be ridiculously lazy and get away with it. After I woke up at 8, I started playing piano until... well until I decided to blog. I'm so absorbed by my piano playing that I keep forgetting to eat, which is bad, so I stuck a pink post-it on my piano "go eat you stupid." That should suffice.

Thank goodness for selling goods on Amazon. This is definitely contributing to my income.

You know what's strange? My credit card has not arrived yet. I thought it would be here last week, but I guess not? Ah, well. It doesn't really matter.

drink tea & chop fruit <3

Inside out

I'm so brown... again. Despite swimming in the shade, putting on gallons of sunblock and looking like a geisha, and wearing suspicious looking hats and sunglasses all the time, I turn three shades darker for every one second of exposure. This makes me sad.

Anyway, again with the bikini. I hate this. I really need to go and buy another swimsuit (my other one was too old and one of the straps broke), but I happen to be in a minor financial crisis at the moment . I'll consider it when I get my paycheck after I buy another scanner/printer. Ah freak, money money money... again. In the meantime, I must apologize to anyone that has to see that/has already seen that. It's pretty unnecessary because I don't have a six pack. However, I should be grateful that my friend was kind enough to lend it to me for the time being or else I would be swimming completely naked and I'm sure everyone would go blind if that were the case.

So after showering and changing we made a routine trip to Pinkberry. Two words: Pinkberry mango. Incredibly and ridiculously delicious. It's the sole determinant of my existence.

I went back to the house and headed towards the bathroom because I really needed to pee. When I looked down I realized my underwear was inside out. Wow. How did I not notice? It really didn't feel any different though. Oh well, we all know I fail at life in general. So I took a shower, promptly got out, and put on my clothes. I looked down. Again?! Seriously? Twice in one day? You have got to be kidding me.

I'm off to play some more piano~

shave & bake <3

Happiness

It came. It came today at 7:34pm. As I raised my chopsticks to shovel some vegetables into my mouth the door bell rang. I threw everything down and ran to the door. I was so close to squealing and jumping up and down like the Japanese school girls in those anime shows, but I didn't, I held it inside... until the delivery man left that is. This thing is really heavy. I didn't think it was going to be this heavy, but it's a grand so it's kind of expected. Ahh, it's so sexy. I've been playing piano nonstop for five hours, basically.

So much for that final tomorrow? Oops. Whatever. I should at least do five problems though, then I won't feel as guilty.

What a ripoff. The scantron cost me 30 cents. You could buy two for that price at school. I'm just saying... You know what you can buy with 30 cents? ...absolutely nothing. Peace.

sleep & water plants <3

Ray-b

I was so close to buying another pair of Ray-Bans today, but I stopped myself (thank goodness). I'm useless. The bank already thinks that I'm suspicious. I really need to stop spending. Hey, I'm just trying to help our economy you know? Ha. Lame excuse.

http://www.ray-ban.com/usa/products/RB8041/001-M2

Does this make me ridiculous? Yeah, pretty much. I was inspired by Maggie Lawson and Jennifer Aniston because they were both wearing these the other day and they go really well with any color blazer. I need to stop justifying my actions. Bad Joanna, bad. Does anyone else every put things in the shopping cart, type in the credit card number, stare at the page, and then close all of the windows through willpower? I find myself doing this too often.

Also, Zhang dong liang really isn't that good looking but I get the "I'm so hot" vibe from him and I don't like it when I get that feeling from guys (actually, from girls too). I tend to ignore people like that.

wear beanies & wave <3

Red bean

One hour of sleep + work, work, work = pimples, pimples, pimples. That's the equation of death right there. I need to stop this madness. I keep falling asleep everywhere. Also the air conditioning in my car is broken. I hope it's just that there's no more coolant left and all I have to do is add some. I really do not have the money to fix the whole damn thing right now. Come to think of it, I think it's about time to maintain my car. Freak my life.

Money. I hate it but would like to have more of it.

My keyboard is coming on Wednesday! It's already in California. I'm so excited.

I'm about to collapse; however, I must first tell my friend to kill the spider that's staring at me from the side of the wall before I go to sleep. Toodles noodles.

pinkberry & almonds <3

Freud or fraud?

I accidentally fell asleep while I was supposed to be doing my lab prep work. I should just clap for myself. Anyway, I just woke up about an hour ago. Has anyone ever woken up angry or scared? That's kind of what just happened. I woke up and I was grabbing my throat. In my dream I had been screaming and yelling at everyone and everything. I screamed so much that when I tried to scream at my parents no sound would come out. Instead, what came out of my mouth was blood and I vomited everywhere, which then caused me to scream some more. I suppose that's why I woke up clutching my throat.

I wonder if dreaming really does depict the subconscious mind, i.e. my psychological repression. The funny thing is, lately I really have been wanting to scream at nearly everyone and everything. Normally, not many things irritate me to the point of insanity; however, I find that these past few days the opposite has been true. Even those stupid morning doves outside my window have become victims of my rampage (I usually ignore them with a nonchalant "meh" and throw the blanket over my head, but the other day I went outside and told them to shut the hell up... not like I expected them to understand or anything, in fact they continued their "hoo-hoo-hoo-ing", but seriously 4 am is too early to be woken up especially since I've been sleeping at 3). I really do want to scream at everything though, of course not to the point where blood comes out of my mouth... but I'm starting to think Sigmund Freud might have had a point.

I think it would be best if I were to clear my mind. My keyboard has not come yet. It is currently in Oakcreek, Wisconsin. Therefore, option #2. Off to the gym it is. Thank goodness for 24 hour fitness. It has saved me from insanity a countless number of times.

jump rope & burn your neighbors <3