I hope no one is looking for a book on Japanese education at the library.
or any of the libraries around town.

Summer's Over

Summer 2010

Read:
The Uglies, Pretties, Specials, Extras Series
Peeps
Sword of Truth Series(well Wizards 1st rule)
Mockingjay
Deathly Hallows (getting pumped,again)
Sookie Stackhouse #1
#2( almost done)
The Red Pyramid
The Forest of Hands and Teeth


Play(need to buy a mouse):
Final Fantasy XIII(totally fell out of love with this)
Mass Effect 2
Sigh:: So no more fun reading until X-mas/Summer

Batgirls!

I've been trying to read all the Batgirl issues, but they are proving hard to find. Even though I really really hate reading on my computer. I'm working my way backwards but finding all the Cassie issues are proving difficult.

Blowin this joint.

I'm off to Asia!

Koda's english is SO GOOD.

A dirty song from miss koda. Whatever you think she is saying, trust me that's not it. Look up the lyrics.

It's Gun O'Clock!!!

Might need to get this.

im remembering..

Se7en and Lil Kim

This is what happened today...

Sweet Dream

I had a dream that I went shopping in Akihabara and then drove to Taiwan.
Best Dream Ever.

Mexico [2010]

So my family and I went to an all-inclusive place for my grandparents 50th wedding anniversary. Which means booze and food whenever you want it. Saw the pyramid at Chichen Itza, did some adventuring around a Mayan village and climbing a pyramid at Coba. All around a good time.

It's too bad you can't climb Chichen Itza anymore.

Before adventuring!

Momosa(s) in the morning!

Woot, a wonder of the world! So wonderful!

A cenote(underwater sinkhole) at Chichen Itza. ~150ft deep, scary but awesome

before zipline!

Chichen Itza

Mayan Village cenote. ~75ft deep

hiking

Mayan food!

Evelyn: Look, I... I may not be an explorer, or an adventurer, or a treasure-seeker, or a gunfighter, Mr. O'Connell, but I am proud of what I am.
Rick: And what is that?
Evelyn: I... am a librarian.

Got a part-time job at the library. woot!

Summer 2010

There is some exciting news. My family is going to Mexico for my grandparents anniversary. At first Alex and I weren't going, but now we are. Woot!

Also, Alex and I are going to Japan and China in August. That's the plan anyway.

I'm really sick of school/papers/reading boring shit. So I'm going to make a list of all the stuff I want to do this summer.

Summer 2010

Read:
The Uglies
Peeps
Sword of Truth Series
The Mockingjay
The Tales of the Beedle and the Bard
Deathly Hallows (getting pumped)
The Maze Runner
First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
Seeing Red?
Swan Song?
The Stand?

Play(need to buy a mouse):
Final Fantasy XIII
Fallout 3
Mass Effect 2
Uncharted2(again to get moar trophies)

If anyone has any suggestions let me know! I like to keep it YA, post-apocalyptic, and dystopian. But you know, whatever is good.

omg food

i cannot stop eating. omg mrs. fields your cookies are so so good.

Real life sucks....

Almost everyday I freak out about school/work/life. I'm wondering what if after all this, I have the MA after my name and on my resume and I still can't find a job. I'll be 80,000 in debt and unemployed. I'd like to think that it is very unlikely, but I still can't help thinking about it.

So yeah I found this:
KNOW WHAT EMPLOYERS WANT
So what are employers in international education looking for anyway? A standard list may include:
• Master’s degree in a related field
• Cultural sensitivity and awareness
• Previous experience living/working/studying abroad
• Strong organizational skills and administrative skills
• Excellent oral/written communication skills
• Second language capability
• Ability to work with persons from culturally diverse backgrounds
• Working knowledge of federal immigration regulations
• Ability to travel

So I'm working towards getting all these qualifications. So its all good right? I really wanted to volunteer/intern abroad this summer, but the programs are so expensive. And since I have to live near DC, I pay my soul monthly in rent. If I didn't have to pay that much I would probably have some loan money left over to go. Sigh::

I am a dumbass. If I didn't suck at life, I would have signed up to volunteer at the World Expo in Shanghai. I'd be moving to China for the summer.

I really should be focusing on the now. Which is not failing this semester and graduating on time.

It is super stress time. It's the last month of school so I have tons of work to do. I need a job/internship. I need a new cheaper place to live. I need to plan the Asia trip. I need to pass my classes. I need a million dollars. It's all papers and projects and presentations from here on out. They canceled the summer class I wanted to take, so there goes getting ahead on my credit hours. I need to find a work from home job so I can move back home for the summer and save up some money. I need a rich husband.

2NE1 on Discovery Channel Yuna Kim's Documentary

Rolls n' Rice

So Monday after class me and my friend went to dinner because we were hungry and didn't want to go home and cook. So we decide to go to a sushi place called Rolls n' Rice in Rockville. Well I planned on getting some rolls, but I saw bulgogi and I never pass up on that action. It was really nice and cute inside. They played American music and I even heard some k-pop. AND as we were leaving I even heard 2ne1. whoop!

nonfunctional.

I am so tired. I want to cry and die.
Time for class!

This will be the longest week ever!

Zhong's Osaka album is what will help me get through the rest of this week without wanting to kill myself or burn all my books.

OLYMPICS!!!!

I watch the olympics everyday. everyone knows this. I LOVE IT. I'll be pretty sad when its all over. Anyways, I had to tivo womens figure skating because on Thursdays I don't get home till after 11. BUT ohhh man KIM YU NA is one fierce beast.

You go yu na, you dance to james bond.

I bet everyone in S. Korea is flipping their shit.

R/Hr: I Ship It!

1. Ship

N: Short for romantic relationship, popularized in fanfiction circles.

V: To endorse a romantic relationship.

N: I see a 'ship developing between Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley.
V: I ship Ron/Hermione

Thanks, urban dictionary.
I literally just understood where 'ship' came from as I was typing relationSHIP. I am slow.

Update and Randomness

One more week til SPRING BREAK! I'm pretty excited. Just 2 classes left, one tommorrow and one next tuesday. I have a paper due monday and probably have to meet my group then. Oh! now that I have health insurance through school I can go to the doctor, so that is also getting done tomorrow. Probably 2 meetings next week, but I should be done by Thursday at 1pm. woot!

I'm really bad at doing work. It's like work, blog, tumblr, tumblr, tumblr, lj, work, check blog again, work, facebook, tumblr, tumblr. Yeahh, like that.

I'm going to buy a mouse and get back on with fallout3 and mass effect2. Only on the weekends/spring break. Those things can zap hours of your life without you realizing. OH YEAH FINAL FANTASY 13 comes out on MARCH 9th! HD nom nom beautifulness.

SO, I'm might fail grad school. Lightning!It's all for you and your gunblade!

It's supposed to snow. again. It is really starting to drive me nuts. I miss the sun.

I need a hairstyle. seriously.

The Last Airbender: No hair loopy's?

I've posted my issues about this movie a thousand times so I don't know. Does the trailer make the movie sound interesting?

Daria

SNOW DAY!

No class tomorrow!OMG YES!

Avatar: Now with and without Asians!!!

I saw Avatar a while ago actually and loved it. So so pretty. People are all like its like Pocahontas in Space and dances with whatever. Guess what? Pocahontas was a GOOD movie. But you know...






Also, this is going to air during the superbowl


I discovered .gifs. I'm sorry.

Just trying to enjoy my chai.

Are there any quiet/semi-quiet Starbucks in DC?? Also I don't understand how you can wear leggings as pants when its freezing out. DC tells me I better dress up and look presentable when I go out. oh, city life. so interesting.

I wanted mom to come shopping with me this weekend, but looks like snow is going to ruin that. thanks.

I finally got my refund check from financial aid. woot!.

I need a haircut. so bad.

I also need to be enrolled in a Chinese class. stat.

ain't no shame in this game

Um, so I downloaded some Miley songs. And Taylor Swift. The last 10 books I read were young adult/independent reader novels. I'm obsessed with Legend of the Seeker. I am not ashamed of any of these things! Oh yeah look at that photoshop fantasy cheese goodness. Kahlan nom nom. I would read the books but I probably won't have time to in the next 2 years. yeahh.

LIFE

life is hard, nerve-racking, and scary.
But you gotta do what you gotta do right?
Well at least you have to try.
I guess I need more guts.

grad school update! : My BA doesn't mean shizz

Okay, so first week of grad school update. It is weird being back on a campus, but it feels good because I am going to learn(hopefully) some interesting and practical stuff. I'm taking 3 classes that meet once a week and are 3 credits each(full-time). I already have reading out the butthole. Classes are pretty much discussion based and you have to lead discussions and give presentations and all that stuff. I feel the need to take a public speaking class or something. Maybe I will this summer if I have any money. Commuting to school is weird, but also means I can't be lazy. I signed up for Equality and Edu class, global and mulitcultural edu, and cross-cultural communications. I dropped out of the communications class because I hated the book we had to read, the class was all theoretical, and it had 30 ppl in it. It was an elective so I really wasn't going to pay to take it. I added a Training Program Design class that I haven't been to yet, so we'll see. It's a requirement so I guess it doesn't really matter.

Um, one of my professors called me out as Indian, so I'm really back in school.

good diet.

Just ate a whole bag.
I don't know.

I moved!

I moved into my room last night. The apartment is sweet, but my room pretty much only has my air mattress and my tv. Classes start tomorrow and I'm really nervous and anxious. I haven't been in a academic setting in a while, so I can't spell and I just feel generally dumb. Anyway I took the metro and then the shuttle to campus. Huge campus is huge. Or maybe just bigger than the smcm. I had my map and went walking/exploring/getting lost. I crossed the same street 3x trying to figure out which side the bus is going to stop on. I saw the bookstore, but could not find the door to get in. Major Fail. Since I have to read some book by next week I gotta find it tomorrow. My butt got frozen and my hands were numb so I called it a day. I didn't really find where my classes were going to be exactly, but I'll wing it tomorrow. Also, there's a McDonalds on campus. So there's that.