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Friday, September 01, 2006

Fri, 01 Sep 2006 20:48:40 GMT

Transitions...

UVa is a tough place for me right now. I don't feel like I have any friends, I have no idea what's going on in class, and I certainly don't fit in by any normal standards. I feel like it's middle school with the cliques and the lockers and the "cool" people. I don't know why I should even care, but I do. Insecurities, I suppose. Anyway, here's hoping you all are doing better at your respective places in life. Cheers.

Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Tue, 13 Jun 2006 07:32:43 GMT

Ladies and gentlemen, gentleladies and manly gents:

It's official. I'm attending the University of Virginia in the fall. Wish me luck! :)

Sunday, May 07, 2006

Sun, 07 May 2006 23:54:13 GMT

My new favorite male tennis player is officially Dmitry Tursunov (Russian but is trying to obtain U.S. citizenship). Go read his blog... it's hilarious!!

http://www.atptennis.com/en/blog/tursunov.asp

A couple of examples that made me laugh (yes, laugh!):

And the second question - I’m NOT joking! - was, “What do you think about Marat?” Ummm… I’m speechless…. I wonder if the journalist woke up today and thought to herself… “Hmmm… I wonder what would be a good question for Dmitry?! I know!!! How about I ask him what he thinks about Marat!!! Yes, yes! That is indeed a brilliant question!!! I must write it down before I forget it! How didn’t I think of it sooner?!”

There is bacon, croissants, meats, sausages, and little cup cakes that are smiling at me and asking me to taste them.

Nothing better than smiling food!!! :) Have a great week!

Thursday, April 20, 2006

Thu, 20 Apr 2006 22:27:10 GMT

Okay! As of today, this is how the stupid law school app results stand:

Choosing between: UC Hastings and UC Davis.
Waitlisted to: Northwestern, Columbia, Michigan, Virginia, Boston, Penn.
Pending: UCLA, USC, Hah-vuhd (pointless but still no response!).
Offended by: Cornell, Boston, Duke (rejection today! pfft!).

Should I go to Davis or Hastings? Ack! I bought myself until June with a deposit....

Also, at the temp agency today my interviewer called me an overachiever. I haven't heard that since high school!!! Hahaha! Overachieve, me? Pfft!

On another sad note, apparently I type 95 wpm with corrections! I swear I usually type faster than that...

[20:54] moodsick15: apparently i only type 95 wpm though
[20:54] moodsick15: but i think that's wrong!!
[20:55] moodsick15: i messed up on the test
[20:55] moodsick15: and i clicked some button that made one of those windows things pop up
[20:55] moodsick15: that took me temporarily out of the typing test
[20:58] stephen403: lol
[20:58] stephen403: 95wpm is really good
[20:58] stephen403: haha
[20:58] stephen403: I think that's funny

p.s. i don't think people read my xanga anymore ;)

Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Tue, 28 Feb 2006 03:01:56 GMT

Sometimes you can see the good intentions of someone but what he is saying comes out all wrong. Okay, that happens a _lot_ in my family, especially with my dad.

So I tell him I got rejected from University of Chicago today, which really bummed me out because it is very intellectual and I am not a pragmatist. And I just _know_ he's trying to make me feel better, he's trying to say something about how my dean had told me that a lot of these schools are reach schools with my GPA so I should be unsurprised at many rejections and happy with an acceptance already.

Instead, it comes out like this: "well, you know your dean said you wouldn't even get into Hastings, so you shouldn't be upset about getting a lot of rejections."

Sometimes people ought stop why they're ahead ;).

Monday, February 13, 2006

Mon, 13 Feb 2006 22:26:20 GMT

The most persuasive reason to consider attending Santa Clara University Law School, seen on the faculty wall during Minority Law Day this past weekend:

Professor Mack A. Player.

Wednesday, December 28, 2005

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 21:25:25 GMT

Okay, so it's not like anybody reads this, but just wanted to announce that I _killed_ my computer! Weep!!! I tried to install an extra memory chip and now my computer is dead as dumb doornails.

Oh well! I think it's probably 'cause I didn't remove the battery before installing the chip; maybe I shorted the motherboard. But I did ground myself before tinkering...

Anyway, there are worse things in life than a broken computer. Just wanted to say hi and happy holidays and merry Christmas and happy Hanukkah and stuff! I would be p.c. and say happy Kwanzaa except I don't know anybody that celebrates it ;).

Take care, everyone! And if you appreciate irony and can suspend your disbelief for a little bit, read the book I just finished. It's unpolished at points and sometimes a bit unbelievable, but undeniably emotionally riveting.

Wednesday, November 23, 2005

Wed, 23 Nov 2005 09:24:19 GMT

So blogs can do some good. Reading a lot of other people's posts has inspired me to write, albeit at a bit past two am on a weekday night. Not that weekdays and weekends vary much in my life, except for the degree of likelihood of seeing friends.

Seeing as it's almost Thanksgiving, I'd like to do the generic, urbane, highly sane thing and say that I am dead grateful for all my friends and family, as dysfunctional as most of you are. And as I am most dysfunctional, I think that's a good match.

I'm allegedly staying up to work on my law school applications. But instead, I'm surfing long-forgotten xangas, resurfacing in this crazy online world, flatlining emotionally.

Why does everything sound better in threes? I wonder if it has something to do with the Trinity.

Okay, really going to shut off this computer. The humming sometimes soothes me asleep, sometimes keeps me on edge, closet insomniac at large. Like a substitute technologically superior aquarium, except not. Not at all.

Tuesday, October 25, 2005

Tue, 25 Oct 2005 03:19:06 GMT

I'm not really sure why I run away from people that I vaguely know, but I do. I flee like the wind! I saw a professor of mine at the gym and I didn't say hi. But that's my normal m.o.... and then I felt badly that I didn't have the courage to go up and say hello. Then again, the gym is gross and everyone is sweaty and I know if it were me I'd like to be left alone to workout in peace. I mean, who wants to see your friends or elders doing squats!

That's just my crappy justification for ignoring one of my favorite profs.

Oh, the complexes I have! I felt even worse because last Sunday the sermon was about taking the first step when the opportunities are given you. Not that I took this to be an evangelizing moment, but it did seem applicable just as a life lesson.

Monday, June 20, 2005

Mon, 20 Jun 2005 02:55:55 GMT

A bit of wisdom found on rottentomatoes.com:

Me and You and Everyone We Know brings a fresh perspective to age-old human dilemmas: the longing of children to become adults, the yearning of adults to recapture the innocence of youth, and the difficulty of finding true love at age 7 or 70."

Hope everyone is having a good one.