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Thursday, March 23, 2006
When you feel like you're losing grasp of yourself, what do you do?
Get back in touch with friends who know you well, go OUTSIDE the house, OUTSIDE your familiar zones, and into a life that is waiting for you. They will remind you who you are, and how far you've come, and how you're changing. Also, make new friends, establish better connections with interesting fringe friends -- establishing who you are to these new people is always a way to redefine yourself for your reference.
Use this as a post for finding a way back to who you really are.
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
Okay, to be honest here are the five songs I've been listening to over and over:
1) Dontcha, Pussycat Dolls
2) Hips Don't Lie, Shakira
3) Stickwitu, Pussycat Dolls
4) Pump It, Black Eyed Peas
5) Don't Bother, Shakira
Shauna and I have been having improptu dance parties and talking to each other through AIM because the loud bass that overpowers all sound in our apartment (and probably complex).
Here are five rules for all the girls in the world:
1) Don't trust charming boys.
2) Awkward won't fuck you over.
3) Don't vomit until your teeth fall out.
4) Keep your teeth in your mouth.
5) Always think about la malaise de l'orange
Five things I've been doing this week:
1) Living in the darkroom
2) Telling really long stories in an excited whisper to Ryan
3) Preparing for my Teach For America interview
4) Working on my story/novella
5) Celebrating finishing French!
I love finals week! It's my favorite week of all!
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Dear Spring,
So far I can live with your weather, as long as you keep your thunderstorms at night and the sky blue and sunny during the day. In fact, this is the most ideal climate ever. This relationship is going to work out fantastically.
Love,
Ann
Spring Quarter Goals
- work out 3x a week (start running again)
- find a(nother) job
- keep up morning pages
- read three books outside of class
- buy more groceries/cook at home/vegetarian
- reestablish connections, research resources
- clean out closet
- save money
- study for the GREs
- learn about typography
- work on/finish first draft of novella
- successfully keep an indoor flowering plant
- make a trip to Portland, OR
- take a train ride up the coast of California
Monday, March 20, 2006
Welcome, Spring!
Today is the first day of Spring, ushering in blooms and sunny weather to come. I can't wait until this summer, living two blocks from the beach will finally start to mean something.
As of noon today, I am officially DONE DONE DONE with French. There we go, seven painstaking, long drawn out quarters of French, done done done. I paid my dues to my Literature degree, and know my French literature.
It's pretty much the best feeling ever.
P.S. Peek in the Girl and Reading List section, because I actually updated.
Sunday, March 19, 2006
The Duo.
Last night my friend Trinh and I made vegetarian fajita suicides, as I like to call them, as most of the ingredients were collected from what could be found in my refrigerator. The recent bouts of cold rainy nights has left my friends and I less than eager to leave the house. Though we did go out to see Failure To Launch, which was even worse than I had expected it to be. SJP, why. Why did you ever cancel SATC.
We also opened a bottle of wine that my friend Kurt had given me for my birthday and had the open heart discussions that are the foundation of our friendship. There have been many nights in the past year that have included talking til 3 in the morning and end usually with Trinh crashing on my couch, which of course happened last night as well.
This morning we went to Thread, where Project Runway rejects go to congregate. Nonetheless, I scored myself a sweet jacket for $20, Trinh found a delicate pink skirt and a screenprinted shirt, and we got magazines galore -- I love fashion trade shows because I love free shiny glossy pretty things. Afterwards I took her on a maiden voyage to Kung Food for their brunch, then took in this gorgeous death by chocolate mousse at Extaordinary Desserts next door.
It was my kind of Sunday morning.
My goals for the rest of the day include:
- writing five page French final
- working out
- reading How Children Learn
- Grey's Anatomy
Monday, March 13, 2006
Spring Break: 11 days.
Interview with Teach for America: 18 days.
Cruise to Mexican Riviera: 20 days.
Graduation: 96 days.
Ryan found out last week that he got into CalArts. I don't think I could have been bursting with any more excitement and joy than if I had gotten in (as if I need more school). I'm so unbelievably proud of him.
To Do List for this Week
- finish Artsbridge project with students
- binding party with Aimee this weekend (?)
- plan performance date for kids
- print final projects for photo (I'm writing from the digital darkroom right now)
- French test 4
- start French paper
- revise story for fiction class
- shoot extra credit project with Trinh
- presentation for education
- lunch with Robin
- dinner with Tony
- car inspection
- dinner with Dan
- meet with Aimee to propose next quarter's project
- Flashbacks job offer
Friday, March 10, 2006
Put your ipod/any music device on shuffle and answer the following questions:
How does the world see you? : on love, in sadness - jason mraz
Will I have a happy life? : firecracker - lisa loeb
What do my friends really think of me?: the lady is a tramp - ella fitzgerald
Do people secretly lust after me?: all the umbrellas in london - the magnetic fields
How can I make myself happy?: the blower's daughter - damien rice
What should I do with my life?: let's forget about it - lisa loeb
Will I ever have children?: toxic - britney spears (haha!)
What is some good advice for me?: streetcorner symphony - rob thomas
How will I be remembered?: you were meant for me - jewel
What is my signature dancing song?: oh well - fiona apple
What do I think my current theme song is?: pretty girls don't cry - chris isaak
What does everyone else think my current theme song is?: witness - sarah mclachlan
What song will play at my funeral?: my blue manhattan - ryan adams
What type of men/women do you like?: common pleasure - jason mraz
What is my day going to be like?: kid fears - indigo girls
That was fun. A real entry later.
Monday, March 06, 2006
There is a path rolling out in front of me; I got invited back for an interview with Teach for America. The interview is from 9am - 6pm, no joke.
The arts magnet coordinator at the elementary school where I'm doing my ArtsBridge project asked me to develop my project into next quarter, and the ArtsBridge coordinator is waving another scholarship at me.
My favorite professor asked me to be a tutor (again) for her introduction to fiction class next quarter. (A tutor in the Literature department is an undergraduate TA).
I am so excited that America's Next Top Model is starting again this week!! It will fill the hole that Project Runway will leave this upcoming Wednesday. Speaking of which, I must clear up that though I'm in love with Daniel Vosovic and want to make out with his face, I think Santino is going to win with his gorgeous line.
& I canNOT get enough of the taco shop next door!
Believe it or not, my life is fulfilling.
Sunday, March 05, 2006
If I were to describe my perfect day, it would be something like today.
Waking up with my favorite boy next to me, then spending the morning browsing the farmer's market by myself, my arms weighed down with bags of pink navel oranges, creamer potatoes, pungent goat cheese, fresh baked pita breads, vined tomatoes, and one brisk cucumber.
Then eating, writing critiques, finding out the taco shop around the corner makes THE BEST TACOS, and watching an episode of Gilmore Girls on DVD.
Followed by seeing some VAGINA GIRLS! Seeing them always shakes me, wakes me, makes me. Huge hugs from girls, there's nothing like that in the world. Our unending support for each other, just HEARING that, is amazing. I grew up in a household where praise is a foreign concept, but I'm sure that's the case with many parents from different cultures.
Then I picked up balloons and had a little photoshoot involving Ryan, half a dozen red balloons, and my baby Marc Jacobs (my camera).
Reese Witherspoon won the Oscar for Best Actress, and Crash won for Best Picture. And I realized, much to my dismay, that I may never date Jake Gyllenhaal because when I see him, I don't hear a single word he says. I think my pupils expand beyond the extent of my corneas.
Oh speaking of corneas, my mild eye irritation that rendered me spectacle-bearing and a potential patient with an eye tumor went away too! Whee! (Goddamn student health).
So so so much has been going on that I think I might just have to break it up into a couple entries. But most directly relevant to this site, would be that I have my first photography collection ready, as soon as I code it up you can view my first series.
It's been a good Sunday.
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