Am I a party person?

Last Saturday was Eight Elephants 2nd anniversary/x-mas party. It was lots of fun. We did a gift exchange, and I must say my screaming rubber chicken was a hit.
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Today is X-mas Eve and it's also Wednesday which means its Roxy night. I can't even get my crunk on because I can't be hungover for class tomorrow. So I plan to be back home by 12. I can't party Christmas day because I have to study for my test on Friday. And since I can't seem to pass a test to save my life I really do have to stay in. :(

Qingyu in the kitchen?

Yesterday was Winter Solstice(冬至). I had no idea until Zoe came home and was like its winter now, we have to eat 湯圓(tangyuan). So we had some sesame seed and peanut butter dumplings. The black sesame ones pwn. She also gave me some tea with flowers in it. I asked what kind of flowers were in it and she said 菊花 ju hua? which translates to chrysanthemum.

Also yesterday I helped Laslzo make chili, which was pretty good. And today i figured out how to use the stove without blowing up the apartment and made spaghetti. It's really the first thing I've made besides pizza bagels and tea. Yeah, I bought some mushrooms and cheese and threw that in with my Prego! sauce lol. With a piece of garlic bread dinner was done. It may not look that good in the picture, but take my word it was delicious.

Soul Torture

I just performed a massive soul torture. Yeah, I got on flickr and looked at my uncle's photostream of X-mas pictures. I even added my own background music, the Carpenters x-mas album that Laura uploaded. (thank you!) I really really wish I could just pop home for Christmas. Seriously, Why hasn't anyone invented teleportation yet?

I mean no food, no tree, no fights, no cats playing in x-mas boxes, no presents, no craziness, no x-mas morning video game playing!, im not even making my not-so-famous pie, no food tasting! Gah! I don't get to test the macaroni and cheese or the deviled eggs! or the chicken wings! Or the Turkey! sigh and soo many more things.

Wow, will this be the first Christmas Eve that it will be easy for me to fall asleep because of the lack of excitement of the next day? Yes Im 22 years old and I still get too excited to sleep. Bite Me.

Growing up is lame and stupid.

Anyway after looking at the pixx i was just reminded that..Goddammit, my family does Christmas right!

To Zanarkand: Me being a nerd. again.

Nobuo Uematsu is a genius. After playing Final-Fantasy VIII and hearing those tight beats I was in love. And now almost 10 years later I still am. I can listen to it and know exactly what boss I was fighting or what forest I was in. I study best to the FFVIII soundtrack and probably always will. I LOVE it. From beginning to end, the beats are tight. Alex and I played this game so hard. Our Brady Games strategy guide was falling apart, which was fine because we really didn't need it. We knew every monster, HP, MP, weaknesses etc. Something about that game and those characters I will always love no matter how much people try and hate.

Wikipedia says, "Eyes on Me" sold a shitload of copies "placing it as the best-selling video game music disc ever released in that country until "Hikari" by Utada Hikaru for Kingdom Hearts." That's not bad company, not at all.

And if you didn't know already the FFVIII track"Fithos Lusec Wecos Vinosec" is an anagram for "Succession of Witches" and "Love". try it. cool right?

Also, Final Fantasy X. Good. "Suteki da ne" and "To Zanarkand" being my favorites. haha oh yeah and the Song of the Fayth. I also like the intensity of the crazy German "Otherworld". Haha.

From Final Fantasy X-2 which Nobuo had no part in, obviously; but seriously one of my all time favorites is "Eternity ~ Memory of Lightwaves"/"Eternity ~Memories of Waves and Light". I liked it so much, I even learned how to play it on the piano.

We do know that Real Emotion and 1000 words are tight beats, especially during karaoke.

This is how I avoid studying.

also, you know my squall ring got messed up. that will be getting replaced. also, i will find somewhere to put wings on my body. somehow. i want my PS.

Terminator Salvation

mmm Christian Bale
It's been a while since I've posted anything about cyborgs...heh

Happy Birthday Zhong!

Happy Birthday Baby! Now come over here and lick me!

I need Love Actually to download faster..

Instrumental Shit is the best, whether its from Final Fantasy, Lost in Translation, or my my favorite X-mas movie Love Actually. It's all good, all the time.

Wanna get inked?

Last week after orientation a couple of people from the hostel and I went to lunch. We ended up going to Ximending for Xiao Tao to get a tattoo. Since it was her birthday and I knew where tattoo alley was we decided to go. I think it cost her ~$60. Not too bad. I really want wind now...

Also a tatoo artist in training gave us his card. His name is...Monster. LOL.

So, Kevin Tattoo looked pretty sketch with the dogs and the lack of a proper patient chair. But whatev's cause like she said she's 小桃 forever. 桃(táo) means 'peach', much like our very own Momo.

This would be much easier if I was an ABC...

Strange Things Happen at the 1-2 Point.

Chinese is stressing me out, but comicals make me happy. So do my dad's pep talks. sigh:::


Why can't I just be fluent already?

Why is chinese so hard?

I had my first day of school yesterday. It was totally intimidating. I was put in the class that uses, Practical Audio and Visual Chinese book 3. Kinda hard shit. Of course no one i know is in class with me, and we are all at different levels. Yesterday I couldn't write 因为 yeah, thats how much I suck right now. But, other than that class was good, difficult, but good. I'm always like three steps behind everyone else. I'll understand it, but it might take me a minute or two. HA. So I will be the retard of the class, I'm the only American so no one to take the heat off me. Traditional Characters are stupid pieces of shit, and no one will change my mind on that. So is Bopomofo, or at least my supplementary class about it is. I can't tell how hard its going to be yet. Hopefully I'll figure that out before the class change period is over. I have a quiz tomorrow, sighh:::

In other news, I won an autographed picture of Thomas Dekker a.k.a John Connor!!I hope its of him as John Connor after he cut his emo hair. Either way the fangirl! is excited!!!

Oh, more john news. The girl came and got her fish(my john). I was pretty sad, but my friend said he would take care of my fish when i leave so maybe i will get some fish!

Zhong and Mao BFFS!!!!

Okay, I have GREAT news. Laura is coming to visit me!!!!!
I am the happiest person alive!!!!
I'm already trying to think of excuses to get out of class...
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