The Truth

I have failed my resolution to become better at blogging here, and I apologize for this. My humblest apologies for all whom I've led on to believe that I will be a totally awesome blogger for this site.

The fact of the matter is that I am currently focused on new site for more "professional" (or so I'd hope) writing -- a project that will hopefully teach me to write on a regular basis (I've already failed and must write one post per day for the next three days since I've been so busy this week) and to showcase my skills (or something as pretentious as that).

Furthermore, my friends and I have created a new project which is in the process of maturation. However, we plan to keep it a secret until we're all good and ready, so please be patient with me if I fall off the face of the planet. With any luck, we will have our project up and running by the end of the summer! I've been busy planning for this and letting it keep me from falling asleep (first grad schools, and now this! What to do?).

In the meantime, I'll leave you with today's to-do list!

1. Blog
2. Have lunch with the sister
   
3. Laundry?
4. Sketches
5. Make iced (strawberry green) tea
6. Prepare for sleepover at my friend's
   
7. Check for Borders package
   

GAH (June 6, 2011)

So it's been a while since my last post. But I swear I'm trying to get better at this.

In recent news, I've been thinking hard about grad schools and trying to figure out my plans to get in. This plan mainly comprises poison-dipped shuriken which I shall use to prevent all other applicants in my year from sending in their submissions. This means that I will not only be the only student applying for graduate studies in my year (and that all universities shall then clamor over me with delicious offers) but also that I am guaranteed the spot of valedictorian (if they have that or something similar for graduate schools).
This plan seems foolproof, yes?

Actually... all joking aside, I've been thinking a lot about the things I need to do. I've made a list of things I should consider/accomplish:

• Research
• Publish
• Write articles for magazines/newspapers
• Blog
• Research graduate schools
• Volunteer
  

As you can see, I'm thinking mainly of things for experience and for my résumé. I've been keeping really busy with these endeavors. Hopefully, all will work out well. In any case, I think I should take things one step at a time and stop over-thinking (this is my goal of the week, actually).

I'm very excited for tomorrow; my friend is roadtripping and will stay for the night. The sad parts of this story are that she'll arrive pretty late and leave rather early the next day and that I have work tomorrow evening. However, 'twould be nice to see her for even a little bit since I've not seen her in about a year and a half. It's nice to think that we're still good even though we've not seen each other in that long. I miss her and will hopefully be baking delicious cookies for her arrival. These cookies should also find their way to my friend, whose birthday is on Wednesday (the other two friends who share this birthday are out of town, so I guess I'll just have to eat their share, haha).

That's pretty much it for now. :]
Peace

P. S. Here's the link to TheDailyCanvas, my new blog. I will probably be using it as my main blog from now on. However, it's more "professional," so this blog may get an update once in a while, but posts will be more informal.

Been a While... (5/22)

Things have, as always, been busy, which explains my 13-month hiatus from blogging (and the many-month hiatus preceding that). Of course, I have no one to blame but myself for being lazy and negligent -- this is a true story.
However, I'm trying to start over now that it's the summer! Therefore, I will not do a full recap of everything that has happened to me since my last post (I am neither too dramatic to say that a lot has happened since then nor too dishonest to lie that nothing has really occurred) but will provide some highlights or momentous incidents.

I met some great friends within the past year and have been really enjoying my time with them. An unfortunate amount of drama also happened, which was a bit of a bummer. Still, I love my friends and will accept them, drama and all.
Summer's here! I'm waiting to hear back from an internship which has been trying to set up an interview with me for two weeks (before the person got sick... So now I'm waiting).
In the meantime, I'm starting a part-time job tomorrow at a retail store (I'm not allowed to post the name on blogs and such since the company's really serious about not having bad employees who might make a verbal or written boo-boo). Technically, I'm just starting training tomorrow, but it's still exciting since it'll be my first job. Also, I'll be working with my friend, so I'll have a support system. This is exciting, yeah?

Actually, that's pretty much it. Well, clearly more has happened than what I've mentioned. However, I'm going to take this getting-back-into-blogging thing slowly, so please bear with me for now. :]
I'm sure I'll have more to share later.

Ciao

P.S. Lady Gaga's third album drops tomorrow! I'm so excited, GAAAAAAAH.

8:47 PM
May 22, 2011

Busybusybusybusybusybusybusy like a bee! (2/22)

Goodness, how time flies when you're occupied!
Anyways! It's been a while, but I'm back and blogging.

Life is going pretty well, I suppose. Things are starting to fall into place now that Lent is upon us -- you'll see why soon enough. Before that, let's have story-time!
So it was the Tuesday of last week (2/16), right? I'm in the gym with my teammates when the topic of Mardi Gras comes up. And I'm like, "Mardi Gras? How random. When's that?" To which my teammates are like, "Um... Today?" And so I just stared at them and panicked. Not because I had missed my opportunity to pig out* but because Lent had crept up on me without my realization. Thankfully, I found out about Lent before it actually started, else I'd have missed Ash Wednesday Mass and potentially cried (though I probs. would've just felt crummy instead). But anyways, here is how Lent relates to life falling into place: for Lent, I've given up internet- and TV-related distractions. I could figure out where Blogspot fell into my plans, but I figured that this is pretty safe because I write anyways (and this is my eco-friendly journal). Besides, this is not like Facebook, which gnaws at my soul and time. (That I had to give up for Lent.) But yeah. With this new development, I have effectively cut down my procrastination time and am now (gulp) getting assignments started a week before they're due? What the heck?
But yeah. If only Lent were all year round... (Actually, that would be kinda sad. I'd be rather sad to not be able to rejoice, y'know? And I always look forward to the Easter Vigil Mass, which comes at the end of Lent. Hence Lent being year-round would not make me as happy as I falsely claimed.)

But yeah. It's exhilarating to get stuff done and to feel good about my work. But at the same time, I'm really busy (still). It's as if the work just keeps on coming no matter how much I get done. It's an endless cascade of work! Woewoewoe, sadface.
But I've had time to think about my life during these past days (regardless of my busy schedule). And I'm still kinda *sigh* about the whole I'll-probably-never-find-my-soul-mate thing, but I guess it's okay:

"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat (or drink), or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?
Look at the birds in the sky; they do not sow or reap, they gather nothing into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are not you more important than they?
Can any of you by worrying add a single moment to your life-span?
Why are you anxious about clothes? Learn from the way the wild flowers grow. They do not work or spin.
But I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was clothed like one of them.
If God so clothes the grass of the field, which grows today and is thrown into the oven tomorrow, will he not much more provide for you, O you of little faith?
So do not worry and say, 'What are we to eat?' or 'What are we to drink?' or 'What are we to wear?'
All these things the pagans seek. Your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.
But seek first the kingdom (of God) and his righteousness, and all these things will be given you besides.
Do not worry about tomorrow; tomorrow will take care of itself. Sufficient for a day is its own evil."

~Matthew 6 : 25 - 34

So yeah. I'm going to be fine, eh? I guess I should quit worrying so much and let life flow as it's going to flow. That passage is my favorite (I think... I always go back and forth between this and the entirety of 1 Corinthians 13). And so I'll end with some lyrics from one of my favorite songs:

先読みのし過ぎなんて意味の無いことは止めて
今日はおいしい物を食べようよ
未来はずっと先だよ
僕にも分からない

~光 by 宇多田 ヒカル

February 22, 2010
7:37 PM

two-ten-ten

So! Today is February 10th, and I've had (due to extremely cold -- but lucky -- circumstances) three snow days in a row. And of course, I have made do with procrastinatory deeds instead of actually doing work. This is so predictable of me. -_-

Anyways, I have kept busy with visiting my friends who live down the hall and with lovely snow-related procrastination (like sledding and snow-fights... ish). As well as other methods of distraction, of course (including an extremely overdue reunion with my PS2, which had been neglected for six months).

But de todos modos, two holidays are coming up! And they would be:
Chinese New Year!
Valentine's Day!

So it kinda sucks to be without family for Chinese New Year. But what can I do, right? I mean, no amount of wishing will get me any closer to my family. I'll just take it as any other day, I guess. Meh... It's just a little depressing to actually write that this will be the first Chinese New Year without any family. Sigh.
And then there's Valentine's Day, which makes it like a double-whammy. So it's like, you have no family AND no one special with which to spend your Chinese New Year/Valentine's Day. Ehhh... I guess it's no biggie, though. I mean, I've never been one to say, "Omigosh, Valentine's Day without someone is social suicide. I would rather consume arsenic than go on alone!" So it's not like I'm one of those death-without-a-partner kind of people. Still, it would be nice to be able to spend time with someone in a special way, right?

Waitaminnit. I've never spoken much about this topic, have I?
Well, my view on this is as follows (more or less, depending on the time of day): I would really like to find someone with whom I can share my life -- happiness, sadness, embarrassments, and difficulties. I'd like someone to hold at night. I'd like someone to see when I first wake each morning. I'd like someone to hold my hand in the park. I'd like someone to be silly with me when I get tired. I'd like someone to laugh at my jokes -- or at me when I make terrible ones. I'd like someone to tell me I'm being stupid when I overthink things. I'd like someone to tell me that I have smelly breath in the morning and that my feet stink after a hard day's work (if they do, in fact, do so. I don't make a habit of smelling my feet, you know).
HOWEVER, I don't need someone to complete me. I've managed for all of my life, so it's not imperative for me to find my other half. Still, I'd kinda be a little sad to spend the rest of my life alone... -_-
Bleak existence, meh... But I think I should get used to this concept because I have certain parameters for my soul mate... Parameters which limit me to to a tiny (if existent) pool of people, eh...
But yes. These are my musings for the night as I procrastinate some more.

Ciao

10:31 PM
February 10, 2010