two weeks in hawaii

on Wednesdays I have class from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with a break from 10-11. So there I was, sitting in Tutor Hall (swanky engineering building), in my usual spot (little side lobby with low benches), pretending to read my econ book (for my international trade class which I love), listening to some music. And I'm thinking about ADChi (I am the president, btw) and praying about it because we have decisions to make and all this stuff. So I'm praying and thinking about it and then I think, "wow. I really like this song... so calming... what am I listening to?" and look down and realize I'm listening to 'Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman' by Britney Spears (very calming? apparently) and I would like to tell you, from personal experience, that music takes you to places you never thought possible. I didn't even know I had that on my mp3 player*




*oh wait yes I did. I love pre-crazy Brit!!

"Death by Chocolate" (Sia)

um... I don't want to be emo or anything but I love this song so much. so much. video posted below isn't studio version, but you get the idea. oh and before I forget: buy the album.




Death by chocolate is myth
This I know because I lived
I've been around for broken hearts and how
Lay your head in my hands little girl
This is only right now

Death by crying doesn't exist, though
The headaches feel a bit like it
You might explode
But you reach the end of the road
And you, little tree
I'm certain you will grow

Tears on your pillow will dry and you will learn
Just how to love again
Oh my weeping willow
Let your leaves fall and return
Oh darling the seasons are your friend

Death by anger, this is true
Just let him go he can't hurt you
Oh little girl this is such a cruel cruel world
This is the first, of a million broken hearts

Tears on your pillow will dry and you will learn
Just how to love again
Oh my weeping willow
Let your leaves fall and return
Oh darling the seasons are your friend

Oh it wont be long you will grow strong
Up up and away

He's but a falling leaf, he's but a falling leaf, he's but a falling leaf

stranger things have happened i know

on friday, some shelves were pissing me off. So after class I went to the hardware store (a.k.a. ferreteria thank you l.a.) and got myself a 2'x4' piece of plywood and a pack of carpenters pencils. I proceeded to sharpen the pencils (with a KNIFE!), measure out the lengths I wanted with a measuring tape and mark them with my newly-sharpened pencil. I then went at them with a CIRCULAR SAW (plus gloves + old shirt to shield my clothes + oversized sunglasses as safety glasses). Then, I NAILED them to the back of the shelves that were pissing me off (stuff kept falling off the back).

I am the master of my domain.

smitten for kittens

oh hai.

I'm back at school. unpacking, reading, buying pretty flowers for my room. the usual. I've also been writing a lot more recently (i.e. more than the none i did last semester), as in song writing. mostly lyrics. that people might hopefully want to hear? also that aren't all emo sad. also that aren't trite. it's rough. but i like them. they come in little snippets and patches. like a quilt you make out of scraps. non emo or trite scraps. but it's fun, I keep a little file on my desktop to type them in. unfortunately, my guitar's coming tomorrow, so no music to put them to. yet.

when I flew back (ATL - CLT - LAX), I got two semi-smutty magazines for the long plane trip (marie claire and self... safe choices so you don't get the '50 ways to blow his mind in bed' articles). And I opened them up on my short ATL-CLT (charlotte, nc) flight and realized, less than I care about sex confessions, I don't even care about getting perfect winter skin or how to part your hair in new and exciting ways. So I flipped through them, pausing to smell the fragrance adds, and scanning the horoscopes (so ambiguous... I might find my husband, or I might like die and go into bankruptcy). So I bought an Economist at charlotte and read it cover to cover on the way to LAX (also watched Rush Hour 3, a.k.a. Asian mobsters in Paris, a.k.a. Lindy loves Jackie Chan movies). in other news: I've been wearing the same pants for six days in a row (in my defense, the rest of my clothes are arriving tomorrow. not in my defense: i knew it in advance and didn't care). I'm not very good at being a girl.

action/adventure

break has been.... long. long enough now. i need to get back to school. ADX is going well. Not excited about my classes. I checked out of school about a month ago, don't know if I'll get back into the groove of things.



But brooke and I are planning to go to Little Tokyo to the Japanese stationery stores to get our binders and notebooks so... there is hope!