December 15, 2003

  • I really miss the person I was in high school sometimes...


    I realize now that all those years, it really was competition that kept me going, kept me striving and working harder, that and the fear of disappointing my teachers, because I was always blessed with teachers whom I really respected and inspired me. 


    Now...I don't know anyone in my classes anymore.  I have little to no respect for any of my professors.  I just don't feel like trying anymore.  And I know, deep down, that it's not their fault...it's mine.  Because I never reached out to make new friends, because I never tried to speak to any of my professors or TA's, never went to the lectures.  I don't know, ever since coming to Princeton, all I've wanted to do was curl up in a ball and just disappear under a mountain of covers.  And I hate that I feel like that...


    sigh...damn stress is piling up on me again.  this is a rather depressing winter break, so don't take anything I say too seriously. 





    UPDATE: I hate school....a lot.

December 13, 2003

  • It seems everyone's a little down lately, including me.


    It must be the pre/post exam stress, coupled with impending holiday blah-ness.  I know I'm depressed because it's supposed to be a nice long winter break, but I'm going to be stuck working on this or that paper/project/independent work/exam study all break long.


    At least I'll be home for the holidays~ Rob's going to drive down to NC with me to spend Christmas with my parents.  =) I'm happy.  I didn't want to exclude my parents for Christmas since it seems like they're going through the whole empty nest syndrome.  Especially since my brother moved to Japan, here's a conversation on the phone with him:


    hmm, yeah, oh yeah, yeah k, yeah, what? no, why?, I gotta go, now now, I gotta go. k bye.


    My poor mom~ Apparently he mailed a letter to them to let them know the address to mail the rest of his things to.  And all that was in it was the address.  No "Thanks for mailing my things" or "How are you doing?", not even a simple "Hi".  Guys are so damn clueless....or maybe it's just my brother.


    On a side note.  Something's Gotta Give is a really cute funny movie.  Although it is kind of weird watching old people (jack nicholson in particuular) get their mack on with people half their age...Still Diane Keaton and Jack Nicholson make a really cute couple.  And it's a date movie that's not so much a "chick flick" so you guys go watch~

December 12, 2003

  • You know what'd be cool?


    If you could use your eprops to bid on things or pay for things.  Like an upgrade to a premium account~ Don't really understand the whole point of eprops anyway.

December 9, 2003

  • My newest obsession is Ebay.  I've been trying to get rid of some old games and stuff, and lucky me, the games I bought are of the rare variety that no one bought before and therefore are selling for very near what I originally paid for them (even like 4 yrs later).  Just the strategy guide alone for one of the games is going for $36!!


    Now I'm very interested in how people make a living off ebay.  I wanna do it too!  Except I don't really know how.  Sigh...it'd be nice to make an extra $500 a month tho, for doing practically nothing.

December 5, 2003

  • Hehe sorry for not posting joanie~


    It's been a hectic year.


    It's snowing like mad outside...it's so beautiful, I always love the snow right before they start plowing...it's so white and pure and pretty~ The first real snow of the year too, I think we're supposed to get about 12 inches by the time it ends.  I wish I had a digital camera with me so I could take pictures.


    Oh here's a picture from my birthday lunch, we had it at Mars 2112, a restaurant that is Martian themed. Kinda cool~.  Anyway, this is one of the characters who was trying to mack on my boyfriend behind my back! hehehe =P






    I've been watching an anime called "Kodomo no Omocha" recently, and the snow outside reminds me of a particularly cute scene:


    The anime is about 2 6th graders, Sana and Hayama, her best friend/arch enemy. 


    Hayama didn't have a birthday party, so Sana decides to throw a "mannaka" (exactly in the middle) birthday party between their birthdays, which happens to fall on Christmas eve. 


    Hayama is so worried about getting her that perfect present that by the time christmas eve rolls around, he hasn't been able to get her anything.  Sana gives him the thing he likes most - dinosaurs.  He's feeling really guilty about not having a present for her, but Sana says that she heard from their friends that he hadn't been able to get one because he was worrying so much about it.  She says that she's really touched that he cared about it that much and that is present enough for her.


    Hayama is doing something outside after the party ends and Sana goes to see what he is up to.  Since he didn't have a present for her, he made her a cute little snowman.  Hayama tries to tell Sana how he feels about her, but he can't say it, so he kisses her instead.  Sana places the snowman in her freezer so that it won't melt.  ^o^


    A Christmas Kiss



    Cute little snowman in the freezer



    Oh also, Hayama has a really cute way of saying that he likes something, he says "kirai ja nai" - "I don't hate it"

December 4, 2003

October 7, 2003


  • I think this is supposed to be a comment on boh-shin-tang, a korean dish that uses dog meat.  Hehe...um, poor SunJun I hope this doesn't disturb you too much seeing as how you've eaten it.  Thanks to daniel for the link.


    More disturbing pics:



    Stole that from monstermarlo's site.


    Also from monstermarlo's site:



    Those of you who program should find this funny.

September 16, 2003

  • Quote from my Astro professor:


    "Your textbooks for this class, while containing some very interesting information, are not unlike diet books.  Diet books, on the whole, tend to be rather large, thick books, and yet they can generally be summed up into two very simple words, 'eat less'"

September 12, 2003

  • Hehe funny little email I found from a while back:


    For all of you who occasionally have a really bad day when you just need to take it out on somoene!!! Don't take that bad day out on someone you know, take it out on someone you DON'T know!! Now get this.  I was sitting at my desk, when I remembered a phone call I had to make.  I found hte number and dialed it.  A man answered nicely saying, "Hello?" I politiely said, "This is Patrick Hanifin and could I please speak to Robin Carter?"  Suddenly the phone was slammed down on me!!! I couldn't believe that anyone could be that rude.  I tracked down Robin's correct number and called her.  She had transposed the last two digits incorrectly.


    After I hung up with Robin, I spotted the wrong number still lying there on my desk.  I decided to call it again.  When the same person once more answered, I yelled, "You're a jackass!" and hung up.  Next to his phone number I wrote the word "jackass" and put it in my desk drawer.


    Every couple of weeks, when I was paying bills, or had a really bad day, I'd call him up. He'd answer, and I'd yell, "You're a jackass!" It would always cheer me up.  Later in the year the phone company introduced caller ID.  This was a real disappointment for me, I woud have to stop calling the jackass.  THen one day I had an idea.  I dialed his number, then heard his voice, "Hello."  I made up a name. "Hi.  This is the sales office of the telephone company and I'm just calling to see if you're familiar with our caller ID program?"  He went "No!" and slammed the phone down.  I quickly called him back and said, "That's because you're a jackass!"


    The reason I took the time to tell you this story is to show you how if there's ever anything really bothering you, you an do something about it.  Just dial 823-4863.


    [Keep reading.  It gets better]


    The old lady at the mall really took her time pulling out of the parking space.  I didn't think she was ever going to leave.  Finally her car began to move and she started to very slowly back out of the slot.  I backed up a little more to give her plenty of room to pull out.  Great, I thought, she's finally leaving.  All of a sudden this black Camaro comes flying up into her space.  I started honking my horn and yelling "You can't just do that, Buddy.  I was here first!"  The guy climbed out of his Camaro completely ignoring me.  He walked toward the mall as if he didn't even hear me.  I thought to myself, this guy's a jackass, there sure are a lot of jackasses in this world.  I noticed he had a "For Sale" sign in the back window of his car.  I wrote down the number. THen I hunted for another place to park. 


     A couple of days later, I'm at home sitting at my desk.  I had just gotten off the phone after calling 823-4863 and yelling, "You're a jackass!" (It's really easy to call him now since I have his number on speed dial.)  I noticed the number of the guy with the black Camaro lying on my desk and thought I better call this guy too.


    He answered the phone and said, "Hello." I said, "is this the man with the black Camaro for sale?"


    "Yes it is"
    "Can you tell me where I can see it?"
    "Yes, I live at 1802 West 34th Street.  It's a yellow house and the car's parked right out front."


    I said, "What's your name?"
    "My name is Don Hansen."
    "When's a good time to catch you, Don?"
    "I'm home in the evenings."
    "Listen, Don, can I tell you something?"
    "Yes."
    "Don, you're a jackass!" And I slammed the phone down. 


    After I hung up, I added Don Hansen's number to my speed dialer.  For a while things seemed to be going better for me.  Now when I had a problem I had two jackasses to call.  Then, after several months of calling the jackasses and hanging up on them, it just wasn't as enjoyable as it used to be.  I gave the problem some serious thought and came up  with a solution:


    First, I had my phone dial Jackass #1.  A man answered nicely saying "Hello."  I yelled "You're a jackass!", but I didn't hang up.
    The jackass said, "Are you still there?"
    I said, "Yeah."
    He said, "Stop calling me"
    I said, "No"
    He said, "What's your name Pal?"
    I said, "Don Hansen."
    He said, "Where do you live?"
    "1802 West 34th St. It's a yellow house and my black Camaro is parked out front."
    "I'm coming over right now, Don.  You'd better start saying your prayers."
    "Yeah, like I'm really scared, Jackass!" and I hung up.


    Then I called Jackass #2/
    He answered, "Hello."
    I said, "Hello Jackass!"
    He said, "If I ever find out who you are..."
    "You'll what?"
    "I'll kick your butt."
    "Well, here's your chance. I"m coming over right now Jackass!"
    And I hung up.


    Then I picked up the phone and called the police.  I told them I was at 1802 W. 34th St. and that I was going to kill my gay lover as soon as he got home.  Another quick call to Channel 13 about the gang war going on down W. 34th St.  After that I cilmbed into my car and headed over to 34th street to watch the whole thing.


    Glorious!  Watching two jackasses kciking the crap out of each other in front of 6 squad cars and a police helicopter was one of the greatest experiences of my life!

September 11, 2003

  • unpack, clean, unpack...
    eww....I had a bunch of boxes sitting in my sister's garage most of the summer (thought this would be ok as I did this at home for over a year and nothing bad happened) but anyway~ there is mold on EVERYTHING. From my clothes to my blankets down to my books and papers!
    .................this is gonna be a bitch and a half to clean....half of this stuff may not even be salvagable...


    sniff...my poor safety blanket.