It's Been Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

Seriously. Only Disney could come up with a word like that, just to describe how most of my week has been. In a previous post, I said I've been freakishly happy, it's been a few days after that post and I'm still pretty content. It never had to do with big gestures or anything like that, but just how small incidents have been meshed together.

I suppose some credit goes to midterms going well for me and being finally OVER only to have me nervous about the second round of exams, i.e. finals in about 2 weeks. Another would have to be about running into familiar faces and then later getting to hang out with those faces. School and work has gotten me so isolated from a social life it was starting to get kind of stressful.

And for the most part, being around Lewis has kept me incredibly sane and completely satisfied with how life is going for me right now. You are the greatest person in the whole wide world! Our One Year Anniversary passed on Thursday. It was just another ordinary day because we both had hw and other stuff to do. We had dinner and watched Lost, nothing special, spending time with each other was plenty happy-in-a-box. Even though it was just "another day" on Thursday, it made me really happy to know that Lewis and I have been together for a while now, it's been solid and concrete. It was such a good feeling overall :).

Happy One Year, Lewis! <3

My Apologies to the Owner of a Lost Dollar

I love running into old friends. I decided to leave for class early today and ran into Claudia. We caught up for 15 minutes or so and made plans to hang out next week. I haven't talked to her for so long. It was great seeing her again. Mmm and on my way to class I found a dollar, I felt bad for picking it up, but I kept it anyway.

I did forget my iClicker for class today though :(. Just wanted to bring my laptop to class so I switched bags. No work today but there's makeup session for AsAm 110, poo.

Also ran into Dana, Brennon, Jasmine, Grace, Mel, and Tracy. That was a handful. I should stay on campus more often. I can't stand being at my apartment anymore.

Unsweetened

Don't buy unsweetened soymilk that's flavored vanilla. It just gives off a vanilla aftertaste. So gross. Even if I'm trying to eat healthier, this stuff is nasty :(.

Techno Viking

I would probably do the dance right now if I could. I'm having such a good day right now, you have no idea.

Midterms finally ended yesterday for me. I studied as best I could and felt like crap afterward, but I actually did pretty well I found out today. I need to read ahead more often and pay attention to the "supplement reading" for psych. Pfft, Pinker...I still don't know what the hell "pidgin" and "creole" means in terms of psychology. I need to look it up.

I get to see some friends later today and I'm excited to get back to a social life, even if it's for a day. And for once, shopping! I honestly loathed shopping over winter break, it was so painful to go through the same malls again and again. I just haven't shopped for myself for about a year now.

I just feel like hugging and kissing you over and over again right now 'cause I'm this happy :).

Roommates

There are times when I do get along with them. Only those times are few and the moments that they are, they are usually out of forced politeness or pulled-by-your teeth responses to one another. I guess there was a downside to picking random roommates this year. Last year was absolutely lucky for me 'cause I got to meet V. This year has just been annoying. I'll trade my apartment mates anytime.

So here's instance #1 today that made me snicker and find it rather pathetic. I know some people are glued to the TV out of boredom, but others are just addicted. Addiction to the telly makes no sense to me. If there's only infomercials and Family Feud, why would you even turn the TV on? What a hypocrite, for someone that is also a "hippie". Way to conserve energy, and she complains that I leave my rice cooker plugged in for too long. She wastes her time in front of the TV for hours on everyday. So this afternoon, the TV in our living room decides to go berserk. It was plugged in, but would not turn on. The light was on. I was just standing there observing from a distance. Roommate A freaks out and gets pissed. She has like 2 hours to kill during her lunch hour and she has a midterm tomorrow. The TV is something she NEEDS to do to kill those hours. Are you freakin' kidding me? She gets all worked up and started to yell and have a mini tantrum. She decides to unplug and re-plug the TV cord back in. It works. The beast calms down and watches intently. Ridiculous.

Event #2. Both Roommates A and B want to have friends over for their "Terrific Tuesday" or whatever the hell it's called. It was basically a dinner they held in our apartment every Tuesday night for their friends. They can't cook. That's fine, but at least have some common sense when you're cooking in the kitchen. "How do you make tomato soup from scratch? What about grilled cheese sandwiches, do we need the recipe book for that?" Don't have people over for dinner if you're not prepared to serve them something edible. I rather have ramen over their cooking. Their friends, at first thought, didn't bother me when the idea came to mind. Actually having them over was a mistake. I have never heard so many Borat impressions done in the same hour by a handful of people, both girls and guys alike. That was funny years back, get over it. You're not funny, you're just a bunch of asses that need to get your own lives. You're like animals, noise come out of your mouths, but nothing can be understood because you find random shit amusing. Go home already, you guys find the same stuff hilarious every time you meet up, go continue it some place else!

I hate Tuesday nights. And if this continued after I finished writing this post, I would have had to smack some bitches up tonight. Thank God I don't have to waste my energy then. Good night.

3-Day Weekend

For such a semi-emo week last week, it feels like it's looking up. I am super excited to get Thursday done and over with. I can then say that midterms are over and all I have to worry about are essays and playing catch-up with the reading. Fasho.

And yes I did mean to say that in the last sentence.

Happy Valentine's Day

There has been this story my Dad read from a Vietnamese magazine somewhere about a couple arguing on Valentine's Day that I've translated and posted in my LJ a few years ago. Here it is again:

This married couple had a huge fight. A completely chaotic one. The house was a mess because the deranged wife threw things at her husband. The husband was honestly trying to be calm. By the time the wife almost had a hammer above her wedding ring, he stopped her and said, "If you really want to divorce me over something this little, go ahead. But first, do me a favor and write out the reasons why you honestly hate me so much. I'll write a list about you as well to be fair, we'll trade after we're both done." The wife actually calmed down this time and agreed to write a list.

The two sat in opposite sides of the messy room and began to write the list. The husband seemed to have stopped writing early. The wife smiled to herself, knowing that she would make him feel guilty, she kept writing every little fault that she found with her husband after all these years. She was already furious that the husband dared to write anything at all about her, 20 minutes had past and her list was already a page long. The wife was satisfied and traded papers with her spouse with a cold look in her eyes. As the wife read the words her husband had wrote, her eyes softened and tears started to fall. She wanted to take her piece of paper back, she was pale by the time she finished reading her husband's paper.

Her husband had written: "I'm sorry. No matter what happens, I will still forever love and cherish you."

I'm not exactly a sap for these things as much anymore, but at the time I thought this story was really sweet. My parents awed over it for a while, or my Dad anyways.

Another link I'd like to share was one Lewis found a while ago. It's about what kids thought love really meant to them. To couples and non-couples alike, Happy Valentine's/Single Awareness Day.

And to Lewis, I'm glad I got to surprise you this morning! :)

Dissertations

As a "student assistant" in the Special Collections and Archives department of the main library on campus, I have the right to say how much I'm starting to despise dealing with dissertations. For anyone that doesn't know what a dissertation is, it's basically a really big essay students write, not necessary to get published by some companies, but mainly to get their masters or doctorate in whatever field they're shooting for. Correct me if I'm wrong.

It's funny that I'm dreading filing these immensely written essays before actually writing one myself. Come senior year or so, I'll probably have to write one of these babies (masters or doctorate). That's a scary thought.

Back to work in about a half hour...hopefully I won't have to deal with them today. The process of filing them is a definite time consume. I wish there was an easier way to get them organized. I've been programmed to be super anal when I have projects like that at work, I have a system of my own to get things organized. I think I've alphabetized piles and piles of papers in different stacks and then put them all into a master stack. My co-worker thinks I'm nuts. She was joking that I was literally trying to re-create the Egyptian pyramids with all those yellow envelopes of dissertations. I want a challenge to do at work!

BTW: (If you're reading this) I hope you feel better Lewis!

Nicknames

Do call me sweetie from time to time. I like it when you call me that :-*.

Lunar New Year

Happy Year of the Rat.

To those who celebrate this joyous holiday, I want to wish you a Happy New Year with good health, luck that will aid you to your heart's desires, and of course, good fortune.

I really wished I was home. It's only been 1.5 months, but school has been suffocating, not that I'm sick of it, I just need a break from working for everything. I miss everyone. I think I don't realize the things I miss and all that until I have time to myself. Maybe that's why I try to keep myself busy, so I have other things to worry about. At least I managed to talk to everyone in the family on the phone for the past few days. I get to go home in about a month or so, I shouldn't be whining. This year was new though, making that many phone calls to the relatives and what not, I haven't talked to most of them for months.

My grandma and I talked a lot this week. I miss her so much. She got my card right on time on her birthday! I could hear her in the background telling everyone that I didn't miss an accent mark because I wrote in Vietnamese. That made me laugh because I had help by using a dictionary, I really don't know how to write in my native tongue. My cousins called me a few times, too. They better take a lot of pictures, 'cause I want to see them!

Sorry for the gloomy mood, I'm just a little sad. But on the other hand, I'm really excited for the upcoming dates in this month though, it's something to definitely look forward to :). And midterms are over in two weeks so I can breathe a bit.

Lent

Lent: For this year, I'd like to try and stop talking about people behind their backs. That's right, I gossip just as much as the next person. I want to see if I can will myself out of this bad habit.

Most of you who follow the religious calendar, you will notice that it will be Ash Wednesday this week. Yes I am using Lent as an excuse to redeem myself into a better person, but at the same time, it forces me to practice some self-control, with the idea that breaking a "promise" made for the next 40 days will be "a greater sin against God".

I'm already creating a controversy by writing this post at all. First off, I consider myself somewhat religious. Yes, I pray, and yes, I believe that there is a God that is out there somewhere that watches over us and possibly allow things to happen for a reason. I have to confess I have a fear of the super religious. Sometimes I don't know whether to feel intimidated or hypocritical. Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against those that follow the Bible word for word, nor do I have a problem with those that want to preach the teachings of their church to the public...just don't flaunt it shamelessly and then try to convert others.

This reminded me of an incident that happened last week. I was sitting in Aldrich Park and was trying to relax for the next half hour before my last class. I took no notice of anyone around me except for these two girls that started to approach me. Confused, I was hoping they were really walking the wrong direction and wanted to ask me for help. Instead they both stood there with plastered smiles, hoping I'd give them the time of day and take off my headphones to let them talk to me. I look at my watch, 20 minutes left, "Hell, why not".

They introduced themselves as (I can't remember their names), Person A and Person B from Church X. I already knew where this was going, but for some reason I didn't say no. I was hoping they were going to talk about some social event their church was going to hold sometime soon, but instead these girls decided to sit on both sides of me to teach me about the ways of God. This annoyed me because I know these type of people already assume that "everyone has lost their way with the Lord and deserves to be led back" and what not. I don't see how different they are from the rest of us, they have no right to do something like that.

Person A decides to read me the little yellow pamphlet she was holding. She literally read word for word from this, I would have been happy with a summary. And no, this did not take "5 minutes" like they promised. Halfway through "establishing a better path to a religious life" and a prayer, I got fed up. I finally said that I was in fact, Catholic and religious. Of course the reactions of the girls were surprised and then excitedly asked how my church went about their ways and what prayers we said. It took them 2 minutes to factor out that me being Catholic wasn't as equal as them being super religious.

I excused and white-lied myself out of the presentation and said I had class soon. Both Person A and B shake hands with me and assures me I have "friends" I can count on, earning me two phone numbers (wow!) that if I had any questions or needed someone to talk to, they were the people to go to.

This wasn't some hotline and should not be treated as so and I'm not lost. I'm perfectly fine about where I am. I don't need to be another clone. Religion for me has always been through my personal interpretation, otherwise I'd be brainwashed and wouldn't be able to think for myself through a religious perspective.

New Blog

Testing, testing. 1, 2, 1, 2.

I honestly cannot say for sure why I decided to make another blog, but I do have to admit, I enjoy the look of this blog a lot better than my Livejournal.