Expertise:Sleep marathon at school, the art of procrastinashun 'n edumacation, making things more complimicated than they really are... Occupation:Student Industry:Education/Research
There are many things that I could be doing right now. Many, many productive things.
But I rly, rly, don't wanna do anything productive.
So far, all I've been doing at Berkeley is record my performance at Sather Tower, but it is STILL not good enough (in my perfectionistic anality) to send it in for the exam. I play the same songs over and over again and make new mistakes each and every time. I think it's getting to a point where I should just call it quits. I've also e-mailed some ppl to arrange an informal informational meeting about different careers, trying to plan out the DeCal class this semester, edited my resume, shopped for professional clothing...
...but man, I felt like I never truly rested. It was as though I've never taken a break. Once the semester starts, imma put the "ho" back in "homework" b/c I get down and dirty like dat.
So what do I do? I get bored. When I get bored, I do...stuff.
I talked to ppl. The other day, I talked to one of the most Christian conservative Asian guys in the world...who taught me how to lockpick (at little). It turns out that he and his roommate were bored freshman yr, so they had a padlock and some lockpicking tools to practice w/ until they got rly good at it. I also learned that the BEST padlocks (BEST is the brand name) are one of the hardest padlocks to open (unless if you use the bumpkey technique). According to his research on forums, the bumpkey technique works 4 out of 5 times.
Just now, I was chatting w/ a friend on AIM and he linked me to a site where they have (warning) extremely graphic pictures of motor vehicle accidents. I admit that I'm not easily grossed out by gory things, but looking at the picts reminds me of how fragile our existence is. I've seen squashed goldfishes and worms, disemboweled rats, and so on...but it's different to see this with human beings.
I was looking thru different music videos, including Mika. I wonder how our nation will receive him, seeing how he comes off as gay...
And lastly, I was having a Craigslist adventure in which I'll leave for my next entry.
Heh...a friend of mine read my xanga and couldn't believe that I'm a bio major. We bio ppl have feelings too (haven't u seen the emo premeds/grad students? c'mon now...they're not gonna be an extinct species anytime soon)
It's good to be back in Berkeley. However, looking back on what I did at home, I think that boredom can be quite productive. I did a lotta stuff. For example:
I attempted to make a cartesian plane origami figure (can u see the X and Y axis?) haha, it's not as neat as the book, but I'll get there someday.
I also had these lying around the house:
I also had lots of paper; so these are some of the things I've made:
Collapsing arches
A lotus-lily-like flower thingy
Er...some kind of square thingy
Another...flower-like thingy?
Christmas trees
The entire collection + my cousin's laptop (been mooching off of his laptop for my study abroad applications)
dollar bill flowers made from my Christmas money. heh. I am only "rich" until it is time to pay the rent :(
And here's some of the stuff I did before going home to SoCal:
Hehe. Look at all the flavors :) If I were to name 'em...let's see...starting from the bottom left box, I'd name it olive garden, chocolate mint, and raspberry delight. I gave these away to the place where I interned at.
While I was at home, I watched SO much trashy T.V. Some of the shows were:
Wifeswap Crowned Sex and the City People's Court Dr. Phil Nanny 911 Jerry Springer Maury Tyra some kind of Japanese show MTV Tres (Yo Momma)
At first, I felt like my braincells were slowly dying while watching those. However, after a while, I was thinkin' that it might be a source of inspiration for my future plays...who knows? :D
