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Thursday, 27 November 2008

life goal #153263 and #153264

"Rhapsody in Blue" couldn't be a more fitting title for this song. Listening to it never fails to cheer me up, even on the crappiest of crappy days. Sometimes I just listen to The 5 Brown's piano version on repeat while I study. (It's a much calmer version than this full orchestra one.) Someday I'd like to learn this entire song, but sadly I'm still stuck on the 1st section. It'll take years, maybe even decades to learn. The full song is about 16 minutes.

When I was young I used to hate Fantasia. It was in my shitty-Disney-movie-pile with Dumbo and Pinocchio. I still think it's kind of weird. Like the animators were on crack or something. Just a random thought.

The other life goal:

Man this is depressing to watch for me. This guy does a pretty decent job though. Classical Gas is the song that made me want to start guitar. The quest began about 5 years ago, when I found a dusty classical guitar in my grandma's closet. My uncle bought in college.. it had been sitting there for about 25 years. Still a long way to go with this one too. The day I can play this song to true tempo, I will post that shit on xanga.

Among many other things, today I am thankful Gershwin, Mason Williams, and Eric Clapton for giving me a hobby.

Friday, 31 October 2008

Who cares what Jane says?

5
years since I wrote my first entry on this site.

16
my age when I started writing.

48 & 52.
subscriptions and subscribers.

4
subscriptions I actually read.
(the rest rarely update, or don't use xanga at all.)

25
the most comments I've ever gotten.
It was because of the_Studs_friend, who is too cool for xanga now.

3
number of subscribers that actually read my site, to my knowledge.

3
number of other sites I've started and quit on xanga.

1
people that have hacked this site. Three different people have written on it, but I took their entries down.

5
jobs I have held since I started this site. (#1, #3. I'll write about #6 sometime.)

2
times I have written entries saying "holy crap I've had this xanga for a long time. My old entries are stupid."
(not counting this time.)

1,028,299,346
times I have said I will start writing in xanga again, but didn't.

My favorite dead sites:
I_am_getting_married
Reef
urtoasted
theveggieavenger

[ why'd you all have to die? ]

My favorite sites that still write about shit i think is funny/interesting:
chrischoi
CaKaLusa
sweetness8o8

My favorite thing to read online instead of xanga:
-deviantart.com
-facebook.com
-ultimate-guitar.com forums

My favorite things to write about:
food
music
rants about people
recent obsessions
things that happened a really, really long time ago.

My favorite entries:
ant book
shopping in Japan [the pictures don't work!!! ugh stupid imageshack.]
cereal and milk poll

My favorite comments ever:
Responses to whether you would kill a dog for $1,000,000.

the weirdest one:
"this reminded me of that south park episode when mr. garrison was gonna kill himself because he thought his dad didn't love him since he wasn't sexually abused as a child. the only way for the dad to let mr. garrison know that he still loved him was to sexually abuse him. so the dad asked that question to the guys at the bar, "would you have sex with your son to save his life?" then the guys in the bar started asking other questions like "would you have sex with your mom to save your dad's life?" and so on. anyway, the point i'm trying to make is that those questions are pretty pointless to ask, but interesting all the same." -sovereignman

Thanks for letting me waste your time for 5 years. This is my peer pressure- resurrect your xangas. Peace :)

Currently Listening
The Battle of Los Angeles
By Rage Against the Machine
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Thursday, 03 April 2008

The Test

Sonny: "I'll tell you something. You're only allowed three great women in your lifetime. They come along like great fighters, once every ten years. Rocky Marciano. Sugar Ray Robinson. Joe Louis... That's the way it goes, you know? Tell you right now. See this girl? Maybe this girl puts wind in your sails. Maybe she's your first great one."

C: "Thanks, Sonny. I think I'll go for it."

Sonny: "Is she a good kid?"

C: "I just met her. I hope so."

Sonny: "Tomorrow, you borrow my car."

C: "You don't lend it to anybody."

Sonny: "I'll lend it to you. I want you to make a good impression. You borrow my car, and you give her the test."

C: "The 'Mario test'?"

Sonny: "Mario's a fucking psycho. Why do you listen to him? Give her my test, the door test."

C: "What's that?"

Sonny: "Listen to me.
You pull up, right where she is.
Before you get out of the car, lock both doors.
You get out of the car, you walk over to her. You bring her over to the car.
You take out the key, unlock it, open the door for her. You let her get in.
Then you close the door for her.
You walk behind the car and look through the rear window.
If she doesn't reach over and lift up that button for you so you can get in... dump her."

C: "Just like that?"

Sonny: "Listen to me, kid. If she doesn't reach over, lift up that button for you... she's a selfish broad and all
you're seeing is the tip of the iceberg. You dump her fast."

C: "What about the beautiful things you just told me? Do what my heart tells me to do. Find someone to put wind in my sails. She could be a great one."

Sonny: "Bullshit, kid. The door test is what counts. You dump her, and you dump her fast."

C: "Dump her?"

Sonny: "Dump her."

Too bad cars have automatic locks these days, this test doesn't work anymore. Actually, not too bad. I am lazy and like having automatic locks.

I love, love, love this movie- "A Bronx Tale." The best part is the NY-Italian accents. Part of the movie focuses on C's (frowned upon) relationship with this girl. I watched it over spring break, and it got me thinking.

Personally I don't know of any "tests" like Sonny's.

I do have a few conditions.
(Yepp another list. You know that's what this blog is all about.)

1. I would never go out with a guy that treats his mom badly.
after all, she only gave birth to him.
2. Anyone who can't get along with my quirky family is not boyfriend material.
sitting through those family christmas parties and everything.
3. If I can kick his ass, I can't date him.
Maybe a bit shallow, but seriously. I think boys should be the stronger one.
4. I can't date an idiot.
or someone that plans on working at Fun Factory his whole life.
5. I can't date someone who is hideous.
I can't wake up next to them and want to scream.
6. Boy must make girl laugh.
yes possibly one of the most important ones.
7. No broke dudes or bad-hygeine guys.
but almost broke is ok. I'm gonna be poor for the first 10 years of my career, so we can struggle together!

How easy is that? All I need is a boy who worships his mom, can get a huge Japanese family to approve of him, can defend me single-handedly from a gang attacking us with guns in a dark alley, has a 3.8+ cummalative GPA, has the physique of Jake Gyllenhaal in Jarhead, can do a perfect impression of every celebrity on the Food Network (including Paula Deen), smells like axe deodorant 24/7, and buys me lots of things... easy.

Currently Listening
Lateralus
By Tool
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Wednesday, 19 March 2008

I do not understand the madness of March

I don't! I just finished my NCAA tournament bracket.
I have some thoughts on this basketball........stuff.

Firstly, filling out this bracket like a normal person is waay too much thinking for me.

especially for a sport that already takes concentration for me to watch.

or considering that I don't even like to play basuketoboru. Too much contact with people who are too sweaty.
(Tennis... is good. Sweaty people, 60 feet away. Swimming... no sweaty people. + lane lines.)

So, the way people argue about basketball is actually very fascinating to me. It's like I'm witnessing Hannity and Combs discussing basketball, live! All I hear is "blah blah blah hansbrough blah blah"

-"TeamX, a #th seed? that is just absurd. ridiculous. psh. in alabama. psh. what a slap in the face."

-"TeamY got SNUBBED, how are they not in when they beat so-and-so! ugh stupid selection committee!"

-"TeamZ is my sleeper!"
(i dunno but the term "sleeper" sounds like some secret weapon pokemon or something)

-"You heard it here first guys.. UNC is losing in the Sweet16.. Baylor is making the final 4. Trust Me."

-"After the first round, you're gonna be riding home on your bike crying, 'Baaaaylor?!?!'"

All the stats, team comparisons, player analysis and research, hours and hours of game-watching... seriously. It's so amazing. I thought football was complicated.. basketball is just over my head. Too many teams, both pro and college. How do boys learn all these things, but can't even remember some easy, basic stuff in life... like anniversaries or types of designer shoes?

This year, majority of my picks were based off the advice from friends (boys who actually watch basketball, or at least know that Kevin Love and O.J. Mayo are not Doug Funnie's friends.) However, I did pick my final four and on... very unorthodox (read: ignorant) picking methods.

["University of National Champions" (along with the little "(1)" next to their name) sounded like a good choice. Likewise, "University of Championship Losers.. Again" seemed like a good runner up.. wo0!]

As a girl... who enjoys watching HGTV... that still does not understand how rpi works... who planned on picking Ohio St. as her overall winner until she found out they were playing in the NIT... I have some helpful advice for anyone trying to predict anything in this tournament.

Like practically everything I study these days, the percent of correct picks is related to several variables.

where,

T = the time you put into filling out your bracket

f = on a scale from 1-10, the coolness level of the schools' names that you pick. Butler = 9.8. Washington State University = 1.25.

i = some value related to scope of knowledge of overall NCAA teams, or validity of your guy friends' advice if you are a clueless girl.

C^k = the number of essay pages you are neglecting to write by researching for your bracket instead, with k being the percentage of your grade that essay is worth.

U = the "fierceness" of a team's mascot. (ex: u = 298.34 for UConn Huskies, u = 0.00003 for Tennessee Volunteers.)

So then you have,

% correct picks is proportional to... (f *U*(C^k) -- i) / T.

yup. you heard it here first. so keep that in mind, all 2-3 of you readers. (and random people from Europe who find my page through google searches) I know you don't have much time left to pick, but it's not too late to follow this foolproof criteria!

I should probably invest in a real journal so I don't ramble on like this and pop up in your Xanga Subscription Digest emails.... which I wish I could turn off

Currently Listening
Blue Scholars
By Blue Scholars
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Tuesday, 08 January 2008

YOBOSEYO.

This winter break I was introduced to Evil in a DVD set... Korean dramas.

So my aunties have all been watching these dvds for the past year or so. I'd hear them talking all the time about Hyun Ji Ryu Lee Eun Dae Jung Kim blah blah blah and how quickly they finished their latest dvd. Sometimes we'd even be walking around the mall and they'd run into friends and immediately gush over which dvds they watched. One of my aunty's friends said she was so addicted that she didn't even decorate her Christmas tree. (Her 12-year old son placed ribbons on the tree as he opened his presents on Christmas Day.)

I thought that was insane. I know that woman, she's not the addictive type, and she likes decorating! I had to see what was so amazing about these shows. I was convinced that I would not be swayed. I'm not even a tv kind of person, I like movies much better. Soap operas seem silly to me, they all of them have the same type of plot line. Plus, FOB guys are not my type. hah.

I told my aunty to bring it... lend me the BEST series she had and I would watch it over the break.
She gave me "My Lovely Kim Sam-Soon." It's a romantic comedy, sort of like a Korean Bridget Jones.

Initially, I fought the addiction.
"This is so unrealistic. Who lives in a world where everyone's skin is flawless?"

Then, the first episode opened with a cheating boyfriend and a bawling girlfriend.
Ooooh. Hmmm. Interesting.
Two hours later, after seeing my ass imprint in the sofa, I came to terms that I was hooked.

First of all, there is usually at least one character that is SUPER RICH. (My aunty said she saw a show with a house that had an escalator in it.. wtf) I loved seeing the clean, beautiful houses, fancy cars, nice clothes.

There is usually one character that is undeniably good looking. I'll openly admit that most of the girls are really pretty. In "My Lovely Sam-Soon," one of the main characters is half white half Korean and in my humble opinion, SOOOOO HOT. Once I got over the fact that guys in Korea are metrosexual and look borderline gay per US stsandards, I found most of them to be pretty hot as well.

Also, Korean actresses are very good at crying. There was even a 5-year old girl that burst into tears numerous times. And none of that fake crying, fake tears stuff either. Good old hyperventilating, "how could you do this to me?!" sobbing.

Anyway, I ended up finishing the whole series (6 discs, 16 hours) in 5 DAYS. If I wasn't obligated to do stuff like go outside, eat, sleep, and have human interaction, I probably could've finished it faster. My aunty readily offered to lend me more series, but I had to decline. That stuff is dangerous. If I had one of those DVD sets while I was at school, I'd probably never study.

While I don't think these shows are for everyone, I see what gets my aunties so addicted now. But I bet after watching a lot of these, I'd get sick of all the crying and slapping (man, Korean mothers do a lot of that to their grown-up kids.) But everything is good in moderation, right?

Well I know what I'll be doing over spring break.

edit: One of my favorite scenes.. The piano dude doesn't like to play that song because it was his ex's favorite, but he does so reluctantly. But then someone walks in =)

on a side note, being good at the piano is so hot!