It's Almost Turkey Day...

The last time I updated was before this semester started, and now the semester is practically gone. I really don't know where all the time went. It's like autumn just came and went. On a side note, autumn on the KU campus is BEAUTIFUL.

School. So now that I've gotten a taste of the college life, I love it. There's so much freedom and it's just refreshing. Oh, and in my last post, I was wrong. I got 29 hours instead of 26 hours. One hour away from a sophmore. That means next semester I'm a sophmore and by the end of the spring semester, I'll be a junior. Crazy.

My classes are okay. My samurai class is interesting, but the independent reading is killing me. I have a week to read two books and write an essay that is 20 or 25% of my grade. I've never been one to get these things done before the night before it's due so :(. Monday night will not be a good night for me. And yes, slacker Beni is still existant and apparently will always be here.

My chemistry class is just annoying. I've skipped a lot of the class. It's not like anyone would miss me in there, what with 800 students in the damn study hall and all. I need to kick it up and maybe get an A at the end of the semester. Yea, my GPA isn't look so bright.

My economics class is boring but it's getting better. Oh shit I just remembered I have a test tomorrow and I need to study for it. Eh.

And Korean class is my favorite class of the day. It just wakes me up. The teachers are nice and my classmates crack me up.

As for next semester, I'm taking Korean, Chemistry, Biology, and Eastern Civilizations. What I really want is to replace Eastern Civilizations with Health and Human Sexuality. I've decided to minor in Sexuality. No, not because I'm a pervert, but I just find myself very interested in that topic. I think it has to do with the reaction of others to that topic. No matter how liberal our society becomes, or even how liberal the KU campus is, it's still a taboo topic, and that fascinates me. I guess everything taboo fascinates me. lol

Work. So I currently have 3 jobs. Sounds fascinating and impressive doesn't it? Not really. I work at one job once a week, another maybe twice a month, and the third job is my only nearly daily job. The once a week job is a job as a bio lab assistant. You may now be impressed. :D I make solutions for bacterial cultures and do a crapload of autoclaving as well as just cleaning around the lab and this tiny, tiny room that gives me the closest feeling to motion sickness. My twice a month job? Not so impressive. It's working for concessions at the football/basketball games. I've been thinking about quitting, but it does pay more than my third job, and gives me more hours at once. So by the end of it all, yea I'd make more money keeping this job but it's just annoying and the difference is negligable to me. Only a few dollars difference. But then, that starts adding up doesn't it? And yes I am at a point in my life where money does matter T.T (Hello, rent!) Oh and the nearly daily job is at the new McAlister's Deli in Lawrence. I love working there. The managers are fun and my co-workers are nice. The time can pass painfully when we're slow but that happens everywhere. I really should be picking up more hours if I want to get to my goal of buying a new laptop. >.< Speaking of which...

Electronics. Ahhhhhh My wishlist of electronics is so poopie. Am I the only one cursing T-Mobile for not carrying the damn Blackberry Storm?! It's just so cool. The darn thing clicks! So texting is just like texting on my Blackberry Pearl. Anyways, I guess I'll settle for the Blackberry Curve. Really, the only reason is because I'm getting tired of my Pearl. I love the pearl, but I just want something new in my life. It's an itch everyone gets, and I'm scratching.

Something else: a camera. I look at my apartment and there are no pictures hanging up. T.T Sad. Well I do have one picture, of me and my siblings from when my brother moved away. But that was a year and a half ago! So I've been wanting a camera for a while either. My dad has been telling me he'd buy me one and I guess I'll finally get it next weekend. [Not on Black Friday. Black Friday shoppers scare the living hell out of me. I'll settle with normal prices in exchange for keeping my face and body in tact, thank you very much.] And there aren't any pictures of me and Kiet either. Kind of pathetic... lol.

And then my third and final wish: a new laptop. I want something light and reliable and I've been looking at switching to a Mac. I just went to the Apple site the other day and behold: they've come out with a new macbook that I've become infatuated with. It's light and there are two versions of it. This is where I get pissed off. There are two versions of it. The cheaper 2.0GHz macbook for $1249 that I want, and the 2.4GHz macbook that is flippin' $1499 with a student discount. The only reason I'm even tempted to buy the 2.4GHz one is because they only included the cool light up keyboard feature with that version. UGH. I don't even care about the extra space and whatnot, I just want the light-up keyboard. Call me vain but does that not kickass?!

But whatever, it'll take a lot of work to even save up enough for the $1249 one. I was planning on using half of my excess financial aid (about $600) to help pay for it. Now I just need to save up for the other $800. Darn you, rent! I actually shouldn't be complaining that much because Kiet pays most of the rent ._. Yes, I know, bad Beni.

Love. Longest relationship yet. Almost 11 months and come New Year's, one year. Holy flippin' cow. I never thought it'd be possible but I prove myself wrong. Yes, we are living together. [Insert awkward "Oh." here.] I'm tired of the awkward "...Oh." I get when people find out I live with my boyfriend. YES WE LIVE WITH EACHOTHER. Deal with it. I am. I really don't see the big deal about living with him. We don't do anything couples that aren't living with eachother don't do, except for the living with eachother part of it. We trust eachother and are capable of supporting and caring for the other. Yes, there is a huge deal of commitment involved and we realized that. We're doing great with it. So get the fuck off our backs, mmkay? :)

Anyways, we actually don't see eachother as much as you'd think. I see him late at night and mornings. Sometimes just the mornings. Ideally, we have the weekend to spend time with eachother but that's not true. He usually goes back to Wichita while I stay and work at one of my jobs here. That's actually where he is right now as I type this post out. Is it sad that some couples see eachother more than I see my boyfriend whom I live with? Oh well. It gives us space. And that's vital for a relationship. Otherwise I'd kill him. =] Not kidding. lol

This update is long enough. I only updated enough so that when I read over this in the future, it'll make me reminiscent enough to update again. Bye bye.

Growing Up...

Ahh, xanga. My reliable safeplace for memories; the good, the bad, and the just plain weird. How have you been my lovelies? Currently I've set my xanga up to be nonviewable except to um, three people? lol. I still don't get the concept. You have friends, but you also have subscribers. Do your subscribers get your entries still? Or just your friends? Xanga, go back to the simple days. And make an option to make mass old entries private. =] I'd even pay for that.

I graduated from highschool. East High Class of 2008. And now I'm on my way to being a college kid. WHOAAAA. I guess I'll go back to my old way of updating. It just looks so neat and organized. =]

School. So I'll be going to KU this year. [Rock Chalk Jayhawk, right? ] I've decided that I want a Bachelor's of Science degree. I'm just not sure what major I want yet. I told my advisor it's between Biochem and Psychology. lol He gave me weird looks. And I learned there's a big difference between the major of Biochem and the major of Chemistry with a biochem option. Obvious answer: chem with a biochem option has more chem. Anyways, school starts on the 21st. I hate to act like a freshman excited for the first day of highschool [except in this case, college], but I can't really hide it. The campus is beautiful. Lots of oxygen from trees. :D Oh, and my classes! I got a few hours of credit from IB and AP so I got to skip out on english and math and stuff, so here are my classes:

• Chemistry
• Korean
• Macoeconomics
• The Samarai

Unforunately, KU didn't give me credit for SLing in chem so I have to start chem just like everyone else. Boo. At least the class will be easier right? :D Yay! And as for korean, I could've started with spanish at a third-year level, but I decided I want to experiment with another language before I go back to spanish. Hell, I've gone one year without spanish, I can manage another year. I heard korean is an easy language, and since most of the music I listen to is korean anyway, why not? My advisor called me "interesting" for taking the classes I did. lol And "The Samarai". Sounds kickass doesn't it? lol. I hope it's a kickass class. I need about 5 books for it, but they're all relatively inexpensive so it's not too bad. Ahh I'm so excited, and I just can't hide it. I'm about to lose control and I think I like it.

IB. WOOOOOOOO! I got mi IB diploma. Yessir! Honestly, the entire summer up until July 6th, I was stressed out like crazy thinking I didn't get my diploma because of psychology. But I ended up doing pretty good.

• HL Bio - 5
• HL Psych - 5
• HL English - 6
• SL Chem - 5
• SL Spanish - 5
• SL Math - 7

Yea baby! 7 in MATH!! HAHAHAHAHA!!! All that plus an extra point from TOK/EE, gives me 34 points for my diploma. IB with AP gave me 26 hours of credit with KU. Yay.

Lawrence. I'm moving up to Lawrence on Friday. I'm stressing about growing up, but in the end, everything will be okay. You know there will be bumps along the way, and there's nothing you can do about it. All you have to do is deal with it and make the best out of what's to come. Afterall, it's what happens to us that shapes who we are in the end. [Wow I just sounded deep. Teehee.] Anyways, I haven't packed at all. >_< Next week will surely be interesting.

Birthday. Speaking of next week, guess who's turning 18? One more month and I'll be legally 18, which means I can apply for better jobs, and get a credit card. And go to a strip club. Why oh why do I have to have two birthdays?! If only my legal birthday would fall a month BEFORE my real birthday. Then I could enjoy all the pirks beforehand. Hehehehehhehehe.

Random. So I was thinking to myself a few weeks ago and wondered something. You know how if you dig deep enough into the earth, the dirt becomes a lighter color, like a poopie color, as opposed to the dirt on top? I always wondered why the dirt below looked lighter. Then it hit me: because the dirt on top is dirtier than the dirt on the bottom! LMAO! I crack myself up.

I am in love with 2008. Why?

I got my car.

New start in the semester.

I understood Calc today.

New kickass dance.

Year of graduation.

Best of all, I met my Kiet.

Yay!

Yay, it's my birthday! Happy birthday to me and my brother!

Males. This entire week, I've been having weird interactions between guys. Extremely weird interactions. First the old man from the last entry tries to get me to live with him, but that's not just it. No siree. Wednesday, someone random popped up on my on aim saying disgusting and perverted things about my picture. He admitted he's my friend, but has yet to tell me which friend. Thursday, a guy kept looking at my butt. He had actually gone up to ask for napkins just to see me walk away and look at my butt some more. When he wasn't looking at my butt, however, he was busy staring at my face. Later that night, I broke up with Paul. All things are good between us. Then today, a mormon hit on me at work. Then another man seemed to try hitting on me as well. He actually commented on my sushi. (Something I've never even thought of happening.) However, it's topped off with ridiculously cute moments from a hot chef at work.  If only I knew cantonese, *snaps in disappointment*!

Birthday. Whoot! It's my birthday. I had my first party today at the park in the morning. It was fun. Not many people showed up, as expected. I didn't invite most of the people that came to my parties in previous years. My second party is on Monday. I can't wait!

Origami. Did you know it really originated in China? Crazy. Since I got a bunch of origami presents today, I'm gonna start learning origami. Weee!

I. am. so. ridiculously. freakin. bored.

It's 2 am and I couldn't think of anything else I'd rather do, so I'm choosing to update my Xanga. I'll separate stuff like I did in the past few entries because again, it makes me look cool and professional. WEEEEE!!

Tian Wai Fei Xian / The Little Fairy / Fairy From Wonderland. AHHHHHHHH!! My current favorite actress is Ariel Lin. If you've ever seen any of her Taiwanese dramas (It Started With a Kiss, Love Contract, Tokyo Juliet, etc.), you'd see how versatile and cool she is. I discovered Tian Wai Fei Xian from a S.H.E music video (awesome song btw) and thought it was her upcoming drama The Legend of the Condors, but apparently not. I watched a few episodes off of YouTube and am now downloading all the episodes. (2 freakin entire days to download. RIDICULOUS!) The only thing is, there are no subtitles after epsisode 9 because the subs have yet to be completed. However, I shall continue to watch all I can. I JUST found out that YesAsia.com has the entire series with English subtitles for $50 which I feel is completely worth it so hehehehhehehehehhehehhe. I plan on buying it and not sleeping for a few days. There are about 39 episodes total.  They dubbed Ariel's voice in it, which is highly annoying cuz I love her voice, but you get used to the high-pitched, childish voice. Check it out on YouTube sometime!

School. I bought my two books for the IB reading assignment. How to Read Literature Like a Professor and Purple Hibiscus. I feel cool. I know what a hibiscus is. AND what it looks like. Hehehehehehe. I'm reading the How-To book first and though I'm only on chapter 5, I think I really like this book. It's actually interesting and not like a text book at all. I've actually even highlighted the stuff I think is important. (This would be an OH MY GOD moment, just so you know.) However, homework is homework, and this is homework. So I'm still procrastinating on it when I have the chance. =]

Health. Hehe I'm finally working out on a semi-regular schedule. I've been running and I'm finally sore so I'm pretty happy. I love the pain of being sore. For some reason, I lost 5 lbs after my first day of working out. I don't know how that happened but okay. I'm slowly reaching my goal of being fit and skinny and it feels good. The only challenge is sticking to it because I have one of the worst problems with commitment. 

Birthday. WEEE! I'm turning 17 in 2 weeks!!!!!! I love birthdays but I honestly don't know what I'm going to do this year. The only solid thing I know will happen is my annual water balloon fight.  No one will keep me from my water balloon fight. No one. The problem is what to do after that. My birthday is on a Saturday this year so I was planning on celebrating it on Saturday but I have work later that day so I guess I'll be doing that.

Friends. I miss Annie & Teresa. We need to get together and burn all those calories by laughing our butts off again.