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Name: Tracy
Country: United States
State: California
Birthday: 6/7/1984
Gender: Female
Interests: movies, books, pop culture, talking about life. getting to know Jesus and myself better.
Expertise: umm. complaining, being sarcastic, and more!
Occupation: slave
Industry: film, kinda.
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AIM:  oingyboing02
Member Since:
3/9/2003
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so life is returning back to normal since i've been back from my travels to India (for missions) and China (for the Olympics & family).
"normal" being a very subjective term. I am still unemployed, bumming around, living with 2-3 boys (depending on who nomads their way through here any given day) that i love but who are insane and drive me a little bit insane as well. i am also still looking for a condo for my parentals, the bane of my existence. something that i appreciate (they're buying for me) but am just really really sick of. (it's been almost a year and a half now.)
i keep myself pretty busy with a lot of random things, but nothing really beneficial to society. i have been able to give lots of friends rides to the airport, that kinda stuff. go, me.
guys, as usual, taking up way too much of my brain functionality. I will never understand them. and i will continue to get jacked and hurt and confused, probably for the rest of my life.
i am also pretty sick of election season. i spend so much of my time youtubing videos that piss me off. i spent a couple hours the other day looking exclusively and Bill O'reilly and Ann Coulter stuff. i don't think it's a stretch when Keith Olbermann says "worst person in the world." i'm serious. i wish i could see them face to face so i could punch them, or throttle them or something. and I have nothing against Sarah Palin as a person, but seriously? SERIOUSLY? i'm gonna cry if McCain wins this election. i'm not kidding. and what happened to the clean campaigning, people? i'm talking both parties. everyone just keeps saying the same stupid stuff and everyone just hates everyone and i just feel somewhere between hopeless and pissed. and what the HECK is going on with the financial world? GAH
when i'm not reading the news and watching youtube incessently, i've been applying for jobs. i had an interview & a second interview at a great company for a great position a few weeks ago, and although I've been told I'm one of two people left in consideration, they won't tell me if it's a yes or a no. I'm gonna go in tomorrow and they're gonna test me out, apparently.
sometimes i think everyone's trying to drive me crazy. and they're doing a pretty good job. but i guess the world doesn't revolve around me. and i realize i just drive myself crazy most of the time.
for the first time i took a moment to think about what i would do if i really had to decide not to pursue this career in film. and i came up with nothing. despite my UCLA education, my communication studies major/global studies minor is pretty friggin useless. two years out of college. i'm turning 25 next year. and i'd be starving without my parents. it's quite sad.
i know people coming out of college these days take longer and longer to find a "career," but you still hope you're the one person who figures it out sooner than later, i guess.
sometimes i get bogged down with myself, but i am grateful for a lot of things. i really appreciate the awesome people in my life, and am constantly amazed by their patience and love. and i love movies. i just watched Love & Basketball again. what a great film. hehehe.
India also was great. above is a video/slideshow of a very condensed version of what we did there.
One part of Harvest India's ministry works with women trying to come out of prostitution. So they were taught how to sew and have been making these awesome purses to sell. But karma is a big thing in Indian culture, and many people believe that it's bad luck to buy something made by prostitutes. So we brought 300 purses back from there. Let me know if you're interested in buying any. :)
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| i'm leaving for india tomorrow morning! for 2.5 weeks!
and then i'm off to China! for another 2 weeks! i hope no one blows up the olympics!
so see you in about a month! not that i post that often anymore anyway!
more exclamation points!!!
oh, and check for updates on our india team blog!!!!!!!!
i love you!!!!!!!! 
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| My letter_editedDear Friends,
This July, I am going to India to serve the poor. My team and I are fundraising to purchase a mobile clinic for people in rural areas who don't have access to proper medical care as a practical way of making a lasting impact in the lives of people there.
A quick personal update: In these last couple years since I graduated from UCLA, I've been trying to find a place in the film/TV business here in Los Angeles. Though things aren't always easy, i firmly believe in the power of film-the stories it can tell, the emotions it can touch, and the lessons it can teach. Part of what drives me is my desire to pursue a life of faith, love, and justice, modeled by what I have seen in Jesus Christ. When questioned, Jesus proclaimed that the greatest commandments are to love God and love your neighbor as yourself. I feel this call to love has been overlooked by many Christians today, but is an integral part of who we should be. I believe we must realized that the title of neighbor extends beyond those who live next door or those who look the same as us, ans especially to those who have been marginalized and victimized. That is the heart of Jesus, and I am excited to participate in his work in India.
Even though India has one of the fastest growing economies in the world, a great number of its citizens are being left behind. There exists a deep poverty that most of us in America can’t imagine. And although the caste system is technically illegal, there are still immense socio-economic strongholds present today. We will be working with an organization called Harvest India, located in the Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh (website www.harvest-india.org), which recognizes and addresses these issues.
Their vision is to show genuine love to the starving, sick and suffering people through feeding, clothing, healing, and rehabilitating. They currently our looking after 1150 orphans in 9 different homes, have 4 homes for widows and the elderly, a Nursing school, 6 medical centers, an HIV Clinic, a safe drinking water ministry, mass meal feedings for the hungry, and a ministry for prostitutes to form micro-enterprises in order to leave that occupation.
I will be traveling for two weeks with a group of 6 like-minded friends from my church Newsong LA. I realize some people have qualms about supporting “missionary” work, but our goal first and foremost is to serve and care for the people we will be interacting with - regardless of their religious beliefs. We do, however, hope to share about our own experiences with Jesus in our lives.
I would love your partnership with my team in our journey to serve those in need in India, in particular toward the purchase of the mobile clinic. Any contribution, no matter how small or large, would be greatly appreciated. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions at tracy.chiawen@gmail.com. Also, check out our website for updates at www.ambulance4india.blogspot.com.
Trip Details:
Dates: July 18th - August 2nd
Cost: $39,500 (7 people at $3500/person [travel, food, lodging, etc.] plus $15,000 for ambulance) deadline to mail in checks: July 5th.
Please write your check to Newsong, and mail to: Newsong, 18842 Teller Ave., Irvine, CA 92612
You can also contribute at the website via Paypal. And please share the link with your friends!
(All donations are tax-deductible)
I appreciate your support, friends!!
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| hallo friends.
how are you? it's been awhile.
a few updates:
1) I'm going to India in July for two weeks with my small group! we're gonna be working with a group called Harvest India there.. lots of prep to do, money to raise, etc... but i'm excited.  let me know if you'd like a support letter.
2) i've been working project to project on some music videos and promos, but they're all inconsistent and only last a few days each. so i am happy to say i got this job working with this Chinese actress who's coming in town for a month and a half. which is perfect for me right before i go to India (and then to China for 2 weeks for the Olympics!). plus, my parents are happy cause i get to practice my Chinese. PLUS this lady's famous over there, so they think it's a good opportunity. haha.. i'm pretty much gonna be her personal/production assistant/translator/driver/bitch. in a nutshell.
btw, my interview for this job at William Morris (her talent rep here in the states) was SO BAD. i got all frazzled and intimidated and it just sucked. so i thought it was over.. i lost my chance. they said they'd notify me by Friday or Monday, and Monday night they still hadn't called me so i was all sad cause i really wanted the job. then I was reading a couple of my favorite passages in the Bible.. jeremiah 29 about how God has plans for me.. to give me hope and a future. and then in Romans 8 about how God works for the good of those who love Him and i was like alright God. i'm gonna trust that you have my best interest at heart. and if this doesn't work out, i know you have something better for me. and seriously, i felt a lot better. and then the next day at like 6PM i got the call.. and i was really really really surprised. but also very happy. 
3) the weblog thing i did for that website in China is up. i can't read the Chinese, so I don't know how they translated my stuff, but here it is. haha.
4) i've been babysitting a lot lately and i love babies. but man.. they are a lot of work. and i was reading a book that was describing a childbirth and they were talking about the head coming out, and then the shoulders.. and i was like holy crap.... shoulders are really wide. that's gonna SUCK. i dont know how i'm gonna take care of 5. well.. the plan is have 2, adopt 3. but 2, even! we'll see...
5) i have some great friends. I had this interesting experience the other week where I had a couple friends stand up for me when someone hurt my feelings. and it made me really happy because i've had some bad experiences with people not doing that for me. seriously.. i am a lucky girl.
soo. i mostly love my life right now. which means i should probably brace myself cause things are gonna get hard/bad again soon. haha
i think i should get a new digital camera. mine's 5 or 6 years old and i think it might fall apart soon. probably cause i dropped it so much. :P does anyone have any suggestions for an inexpensive but good casual-use camera?
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