Sunshine, you are my fickle lover.

I had a great day. I slept like someone who is untroubled until 12:30. I woke up to sunshine and 68 degree temperatures. I got coffee and walked around the park with Jackie. We laid out on a blanket in the rose garden at Manito (technically a "thorn garden" since there are no roses in bloom yet) and let the sun burn up our jeans. Then we got some food and then we got some movies, and we ate some chocolate cappucino pie and watched our movies, and here I am. Happy happy happy. All sun-kissed and sun-glassed and for now, everything is right in the world.

"we are as unto diamonds."

First, the irritated.
1. No, my earrings are not "ethnic", whatever that means.
2. Yes, I speak English well. I have been speaking it and reading it since I was 2 years old and I did study it for 4 years and I do have a degree in it. So I would hope that I spoke it well.


Second, the sublime.
1. Anis Mojgani.
2. I too want to be small and powerful in the purest and most beautiful sense.

Third.

confusion.

today, i participated in a conversation that went something like this:

man: so are you from around here?
me: no.
man: where are you from?
me: nevada.
man: nevada... so it's quite a bit warmer there.
me: no.
man: it's not?
me: no. it's about the same as it is here.
man: oh. i went to a casino in nevada once. it was up in the mountains near a lake...what was it called?
me: reno?
man: no. it was in the mountains...
me: lake tahoe?
man: yes, that's it. lake tahoe. it's beautiful up there.
me: yes.
man: are you native american?
me: no.

and i left it at that.

I’ve decided.

My ride on the negative train ends here.

Maybe it’s the sunshine and the sudden 70 degree weather. Maybe it’s the fact that I’m going to be moving halfway across the country in less than 6 months and be completely on my own.

All I know is that I need to get my life together and quit stressing about dumb things. I’ll allow the crying occasionally because I’ll have to.

But from here, I’ll be waving to the negative train as it chugs away.

Cue the trumpets…

Behold, my triumphant return. My laptop is in the process of being fixed and all blogging activities will return to normal shortly.

In other news, New Kids on the Block are reuniting. NKOTB 4 lyfe! Seriously though, this is either the best thing ever or the worst. I can't decide, but either way, I'm totally excited. Anyone want to be my date for their reunion tour?

a thousand times, whee!

sunshine, how i've missed you. you make me joyful. i walked out of my house this morning and didn't want to crawl back into bed or kill myself.

please never go again.

Thanks to Amaya...

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1. Sometimes, when I see a couple talking quietly by themselves, I'm secretly wishing they're breaking up or having a life-changing conversation that is not happy.

2. When I was little, I used to love reading so much but also loved riding my bike, so I would go outside and ride my bike around the driveway and read my book at the same time. My parents always got mad at me when I did this, and I'm not really sure why.

3. I have a secret addiction to karaoke, but I will only fully indulge in this addiction when I am by myself or with my family. My favorite karaoke song is "All Out of Love" by Air Supply.

4. I was on the bottle until I was 5. About a week or so into kindergarten, my mom finally took my bottle away. Consequently, I refused to drink any milk. During milk and cookies time in kindergarten, I remember marching over to the sink and pouring my milk down the drain, while the teacher's aide or whoever was pleading with me to drink it and I was shaking my head "Uh-uh, I don't think so." I still don't like milk.

5. I have a really awesome talent for getting myself into awkward situations. I also have a really awesome talent for saying awkward things, like, "Sure, I have lots of secs!" and "I love women!" in front of people I don't really know.

6. Some of my favorite memories are of crying hysterically and finding someone else who is crying just as hysterically as I am.

7. I hate Trick Shot Dixie's. But I keep going because I have faith that one day it will provide me with a valuable and/or enjoyably memorable time. It's an expensive faith. $5 a pop.

8. I love mix tapes. I've been making them since I was six or seven. I miss mix tapes.

9. Some people crave different foods or a certain kind of music or a particular band. I crave the airport.

10. I used to be what some would call a "daddy's girl," which may be surprising if you know anything about my family dynamics. He used to call me "The Girl with the Tumbleweed Hair" and whenever he said, "Kili-kili!" I would raise up my arms ("Kili-kili" means "armpit" in Tagalog) and he'd tickle me. I fell for it every time.