Nov 30, 2007

we are elves.

dale and i are elves for christmas, we are spreading the christmas cheer.

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1122543695

Nov 29, 2007

sparks


"let's never be apart"

-my boy.


three weeks.

three weeks til i'm home.

but i'm busy with finishing up projects, papers, assignments, and then it's onto studying.
and then more studying.

one week til i go to vancouver to see the boy and my parents.
hurrah.

in vancouver, i have to be serious and do some christmas shopping! also, dale and i made the plans to go to science world. we like being tourists.

we going to shop robson, and eat at our regular spot of vancouver. we are also in search for a new place to eat that we can make ours.
any ideas?

anyways, math time.

xx

Nov 28, 2007

a fine frenzy


you fingertips across my skin,
the palm trees swaying in the wind.

you sang me spanish lullabies.

we walked along a crowded street
you took my hand and danced with me.

Nov 27, 2007



today brings good things: sunshine, only one class, the snow is melting, grocery shopping, and a countdown to vancouver time on the 6th.


as well: this is the last week of classes. i am very very excited.

last night it felt like christmas, and i wished for a snow day.
today, it's like spring!

Nov 26, 2007

we are the brat pack.

sooo i just returned back to my room after making two trips to my profs office (basically across campus) to pick up 4 garbage bags full of clothes for my clothing drive i held.
picure me: dragging bags along the street, one over my shoulder, and every once in awhile stopping to breath. or pull them both on the ground.
my prof asked ' is your car close?'
i said 'no, i don't have a car, i live in res'

and then i get this blank look from her, and a sorta well, you're shit out of luck. have fun, kinda stare.

she asked 'do you have a friend to help you?'
i said 'no'

so me, myself, and i, took on the challenge of dragging these huge/heavy bags back to my room. where they are now taking up half my room. my cleaning lady asked me if i was moving, i told her no, that i was not, and she came back with a, 'well your room is much too small to fit all of that'
i said, 'yup, it is sure'

--oh my adventures i have.

anyways. so i just had a most lovely past 5 days with my boy. he came here on tuesday night, and left yesterday night. it was a really good amount of time. because when he came here last time, it was rushed, and much too short.
So we mostly just hung out and watched movies, ate icecream, and cuddled.
we went downtown once, and went out for two dinners.

it was also sierra's birthday last wednesday, so on friday we had dinner and cake at her place.
i drank too much, and laughed a lot with alex about giants, blue teeth, and hamburgers.
it was a delightful night because it was all topped off with CAKE.

dale and i throughly enjoyed that part.
we also ate at the noodle box with alex, julian, sierra, and alanna one night.
it was deeee-lish.

now im in my most busiest week .. finishing up my PE project, and starting to study for finals. i have two in class finals and a paper due next monday and tuesday. but then, on the 4th, im done classes, and just have to study and hang out here til the 21st. BLEH.

ciao bellas,
xx


Nov 18, 2007

mainland marvels

sunday night blues:
iii hate sunday nights, cause i hate monday mornings. haha. so i just had the most wonderful weekend in vancouver evvvva.
on friday, carli and i bussed our way to the ferry, caught the 3 oclock ferry, and arrived in van at 430. and it was friggen dark by the time we got our luggage (TIP: as walk on passengers...CHECK YOUR LUGGAGE IN. its soo good), and were waiting for the bus!
ohmygosh. so then we got this bus to take to a stop, and it was SOOO FULL. but carli and i somehow managed to find seats, but we had to apologize like a bazillion timesss for our luggage being in the way. so then we got off at the transfer station, and had to board yet another bus to meet up with my mom. ohmygod. this bus .. it was a city bus.. but set up like greyhound style.. and carli and i had to stand in the aisle and i think i fell into her a few dozen times. and soon, we started to get advice from the sitting passengers about how to hold on for dear life.. and then a man held my suitcase so i could have better balance. (TIP: do not text and ride the bus at the same time, if you are STANDING)
so then we got lost, but someone my momma found us on the side of the road. so then we had visits with both sets of grandparents, and went to metrotown to send my phone away, and get me a loner phone.. its a chunk PDA. hahaha. old school.

the next day (saturday)... was the big shopping event. and it was raining. bleh. but oh well.. on we shopped. i managed to get 3 pairs of shoes, 5 tops, 2 sunglasses, 2 mac eyeshadows, and body shop holiday bronzer.. and some other odds and ends at london drugs... it was succcessful!
TIP: when its raining in vancouver, and you are shopping, use a very UNIQUE patterned umbrella, so that other people don't mistake it as theirs, and take it out of the store with them.
carli and my mom both lost their umbrellas yesterday

then we headed back to the hotel for happy hour in the lounge area, and i drank two glasses of red wine.. very fast.
hm hm.
so then we went back to the room to get ready to meet up with my moms friends for drinks, and i chugged a redbull.
then we went over to beneta (i think?!) met up with my mom's wonderful friends.. and we drank mojitos and lots of vodka...
then we all stumbled over to cobre for dinner and i think it was neuvo latino cuisine. yummers.
carli and i drank caesars while everyone else kept drinking mojitos (we started a trend!)

then after a very late dinner, we all got tired and went home to crash. there was no dancing, but it was super super super fun.
however, i need to stop wearing heels out.. i always get blisters. UGH.

so then this morning, we just got up, and my grandpa drove us to the ferry.. and then he drove my mom to the airport. but carli and i caught the 1 olcock ferry, but then had to take two more very crowded buses home, and it was a very long trip indeed.

LAST TIP: the guys that unpack your luggage at the ferry terminal are not gentle, so don't pack your mom's oatmeal cookies in your suitcase, cause its gonna get tossed and do a face plant right in front of you. : (

xx

Nov 15, 2007

raindrops

PSYCH: done. finally. i wrote my midterm (i'm feeling okay about it! so fingers crossed that it went well), and my paper is well on its way to completion

after psych, i went to work out with sierra, and then we had salads for dinner.

now, i am just working on some astro homework, but its terribly boring.. so i think i might start looking through my chinese books, but im feeling pretty lazy right now..

tomorrow: i have a meeting with my PE partner at 1030, then working out with sierra, and then basically packing really quick, and heading to vancouver!
carli and i are catching the 1:50 direct bus to the ferry, and then hoping to get the 3:00 ferry.. we should get to vancouver at 4:45, and then we have to take the ferry bus to meet up downtown with my momma, and then we should go for dinner or something in around there! hip hip.

i am soo excited.

tonight im also eating jell-o and watching grey's. i looove thursday nights.

xxo

hip hip

tomorrow finally! i will be off this island tomorrow, headed for vancouver. hip hip. i am really excited.
today i have class, and i get my midterm back (maathyy).. so im kinda nervous right now about it, cause i don't feel like i did all that great. but we'll see.

then im coming home to study (more like cram, but its not cramming) for a few hours before my psych midterm at 430.
then afterwards, im headed to the gym to workout with sierraaa.. then probably eat some dinns, and then start on my chinese paper, or add to my PE project.

ah. so much to do. and only like 2 and a half weeks left of classes! yaaay.

--xx

Nov 14, 2007

cut and paste


last day of reading break.

well let's first start off with yesterday:
sierra and i had dinner, and then i hustled my butt over to the library.
after a rude encounter and very little help with the librarian i decided that i needed to do book searching myself. now this was a very daunting task, the thing i had been dreading all reading break: searching and then finding all my books in our huuuge library.

so i set off to search books, which was really hard because the whole search system on the computer is very tricky and picky! but finally i found some chinese history/culture results on filial piety. so i wrote all the call numbers down, and grabbed a map of the library floors, then i mapped out all the floors i needed to go to find my books.

once i did that, i climbed up to the third floor and starting searching. OHMYGOD. i didnt know that searching for books could be so fun and rewarding. haha. im a book geek. but i just love it.
the only downfall of the night, was that when i was looking for my LAST book, some boy snatched it UP right before my eyes, arg, if only i had been a little faster. oh well. i still left happy with three good books to dive into.

afterwards, i came back home and watched gossip girl. soo good. im in love.

then i read some psych, talked to dale, and called it a night around 1130.

so far this morning, i woke up, ate breakfast, and studied some psych! now im just taking a break and drinking coffee. ohmygod. coffee. haha.
then im going to study some more, eat lunch, talk to dale, study more, and then work out with sierra.

later on, i have to do some laundry, study more, and i have a dinner date with jo-anne! woop woop. then back home to study. and then its THURSDAY. woop. i am soo excited. cause that means that friday is very close.

xx



Nov 13, 2007

fireworks and comets.


hearts

she's on my friggen IM








i'd swim the ocean for you, the ocean for you.

it's going to get harder
it's going to burn brighter


thoughts

i haven't had any new news or thoughts lately, so i just copied and pasted some old blog thingers from my myspace from like months and months ago onto here.
whoa long, bad sentence.

anyways, so today i took the bus with alex and sierra downtown, and then sierra and i worked out, and then i ate lunch, and now i'm about to talk to dale on skype.. and sometime or another, im going to have to study psych and work on my chinese paper. i was so motivated at the beginning of reading break, and now i am NOT.
i am back to the old procrastinator that i was last week. changes are so hard to make within yourself haha.


ordinary longings

"It's sad if people think that's a dull existence, [but] you can't just buy an apartment and furnish it and walk away," she said, "It's the flowers you choose, the music you play, the smile you have waiting. I want it to be gay and cheerful, a haven in this troubled world. I don't want my husband and children to come home and find a rattled woman. Our era is already rattled enough, isn't it?"

[audrey hepburn]

loves

how can i stand here with you, and not be moved by you?
would you tell me how it could get any better than this?

fetish for fall.

"we aren't inhibited. if a girl wants to dance, a girl wants to dance."


--audrey hepburn in funny face

Nov 12, 2007

chocolate covered jube jubes

day four of my break.

woke up this morning really early around like 730, because it was sooo windy outside and the howling of the wind was making a screaming noise against my building..
ugh, but then luckily i fell back asleep until about 930, got up, had breakfast, annnnd then studied psych a bit, and worked on my paper a bit more...

then i talked to dale, ate lunch awhile later, and walked over to sierra's

we had tea and laughed a lot about her birthday plans and the sims.

then, we walked down to safeway to pick up chocolate and toilet paper.

walked back, and i layed down for a bit, and watched the hills. now i am just waiting to hear from alex and sierra, and we might hit the library for a bit to study, and then watch the NEWWW HILLS and eat cookies.

anyways, it's back to reading my psych now. fun.

xx

Nov 11, 2007

repeat

so i'm into my third day now of the reading break, and i have seriously done nothing with my LIFE for the past two. haha. well i have gotten lots of studying accomplished which is really good... but other than working out and hanging out with sierra i haven't gotten up to that much.

i think today i will go grab some breaky at the caf, study a bit more, get my ideas flying for my psych paper, work out, eat a salad, and probably study some more. it's actually really nice to have SO much time on my hands haha.

tomorrow is the hills with alex and sierra, and hopefully some chocolate covered jube jubes will be accompanying us.

dale is coming on the 20th. horrraaaY! that's the tuesday, and he is staying until the sunday. i told him we are going to be spending a lot of time in the library doing homework and studying.

also coming up: the 21st is sierra's birthday, so on the friday night we will be going out to celebrate. i am terribly excited.. because finally our little baby can come out dancing. and i'm so excited to go out with alex and sierra.
anyways, hopefully a few friends will join us on the friday night, and we're going to go for dinner/drinks, and then cake and out for some goood fun. eeps.

cheers.
xx

Nov 9, 2007

things

first day of reading break!
woke up pretty early, and showered, got ready, ate breakfast, and then watched episodes from the hills season one. so many good episodes. ahh.

then i hung out with my dear cousin for a few hours, and we went for lunch at village greens. mhmm. so delicious.

afterwards, i hauled my butt to the library, and started to work on my PE project, and i studied for a bit for psych.

then, i headed back to my room to watch episodes from the hills season two. haha.
and now, im just waiting for my boy to call me. he is back in corvallis tonight after his surgery...

tonight: working out with sierra at six, and then hanging out with her and alex. finally some girl time.

it's so weird here. cause it's soo quiet. i was talking to someone on my floor, and he said there is only like 3 of us on our floor for reading break! everyone else packed up and went home.

i wish i went home too. or went somewhere! im getting bored of doing the same thing everyday. it's really repetitive and just annoying. but i get to get off the island in a week. so ill just keep being stoked about that.

xx

Nov 8, 2007

kites

don't come up to me and say you like it
it's better if you say you hate it, that's the truth exactly
when we go out dancing, i don't want to be bothered
i just want to be bothered with real love

tonight i have to leave it.

hello, reading break.

my reading break includes: sleeping in, hanging out, writing two papers, studying psych, and finishing/starting a project .. ooh and maybe a clothing drive with my PE partner, arden!
i am excited for the clothing drive, i think it'll be really fun.. thats if everyone participates!

i had my math midterm today. it was okay, but i still hate probability. i just can't wrap my head around all those things!

today my love bug had his shoulder surgery. i am really amazed with him. seriously, he is so tough.. if i just had surgery i would be laying in bed and watching audrey hepburn, eating chocolate. ... haha. wait.. that's what i always do anyways.
but no, dale is just good like that. he never complains, ever.

tomorrow i hope to see my cousin before she goes back home for the break. i miss her. we need to catch up over tea or something. so maybe she will stop by my place tomorrow.

also on the list is cleaning. i have this horrible problem with keeping my room clean. i clean it, and then an hour later, it's a mess all over again. gosh. i really need some post-cleaning tips.

download shake it by metro station. it's a gooder. i have been jumping and dancing around to it for the past half hour.

ooh. happy birthday to the beautiful one: tash. she is finally 19. and i am so excited to go out with her. i am sad that i am not there to celebrate with her this weekend.

ah. i am soo excited to go to vancouver. ah ah ah. one week.

xx

Nov 7, 2007

stand in the rain tonight.

wednesday:
i have two tests today .. the regular chinese and astro quiz that i have every two weeks. but this time, i have really studied, i mean really studied for them! cause last time i didn't do too well on them, so now is my chance to try to get my grade back to where it was.

thursday:
tomorrow i have a math midterm, which i haven't studied that much for. i find it hard to study for math, because its like you either know how to do things or you don't. you can practice lots of problems and things, but there will always be a different question on the midterm.. so i dunno i mean i have studied for a bit. and i will later on... but i am not studying for it too too much.
ah, but the final exam in math is worth 60%!! isn't that crazy. you could pass all your assignments and midterms, and then bomb the final, and fail the course. so yikes, there will be lots of studying for that one.

i am just rationalizing all my ideas. and its dumb, but i can't stop rambling haha.

then once i finish my midterms, it's right into reading break, which means catching up on papers and projects that i have left til the last minute.. over reading break i have to write my psych paper .. start to really crack down on my PE project, and study for my psych midterm for the following thursday. but then if i work really really hard, then i'll feel super stoked about going to vancouver with carli to shop and see my mom! and it will kinda be my reward for all my hard work.

annnnnnnnd then. dale is coming on the 21! two weeks today. i am so excited to see him again. but i warned him that while he is here we are going to spend lots of time in the library studying and lots of time on campus. haha. but at least we'll be together! yeeeow.

tomorrow, dale gets his surgery for his shoulder, so while he is here he will still be recovering quite a bit (well the whole recovery process is like 6 months depending on the person/situation i guess), but i hope he is okay to travel and such with his shoulder.
tomorrow, is also tasha's 19th birthday! i am excited for her. i love when people joiin the 19 club, cause its like i am turning 19 all over again, cause i have more friends to go out with! yiipee.

anyways, i should study some math.
blah

xx

Nov 4, 2007

sand in my shoes

we're kissing without kissing.
we've got it down to a fine art.






Nov 3, 2007

paris when it sizzles.

she orders champagne, a pot of earl grey tea, hamburgers with extra chips, and tiny english strawberries and vanilla ice cream. i haven't the heart to tell her i've lost my appetite.

thank you, no thank you.

so my evening last night, started out with lots of crazy things, and the realization that sierra and i should have our very own reality show..

umm well i will start from this afternoon. sierra and i went to work out, then home to shower and change, and then i went over to her house to have a salad, and then we booked it over to safeway to pick up some treats.
on the way over we managed to piss off some old man while switching lanes, all the while he is staring us down and shaking his head. an old man, wearing a turtle neck being all grumpppy. boo him.

so then we go into safeway, and im looking forward to my chocolate covered jubes .. and they are OUT. the ONLY thing they are out of. is my jubes.

anyways, so then we leave safeway and call alex to tell her that we are on our way and will be there soon. so we're driving down one of the main streets and its busy, and some man driving a mini-van with a plastic playground strapped down on it it waving his arms and yelling at us. so i roll down the window thinking we're going to get yelled at for some illegal move we have done .. anyways he yells that he thinks we just a hub cab back at the last intersection. great.

so when we go back to check it out, there's out hub cab sitting there all destroyed in the middle of the intersection.

onwards we go, and we're almost to alex's, passing the crack playground and we see a car pulled over on the side of a road, and a kid just bolting it away from the car. so i get all freaked out that a child is being kidnapped, and now he is running away from the vehicle. so we circle the block and sierra and i are already discussing what heroes we could be. so we come back around, and to our surprise there's the kid on the corner with his friend, going back to the car.. they were being picked up for a PLAY DATE. jeezeee. then i wave the children and announce that jesus i am now a pedofile. greeeat.

so we finally make it to alex's and run in to tell her and boomer our stories. and all i wanted was to give boomer a first good impression, but now it's too late cause he thinks we are crazy girls. haha.

then we baked more cookies, and watched saw 3. the end.
haha. and we made alex and boomer watch saw 2 before the third one. so they had double doses of heart attacks.


Nov 2, 2007

charmed.


i just finished watching roman holiday with audrey hepburn in it.
i think i am going to be audrey to a costume party sometime.

i have much love for her and her style.


anyways, the movie was typical girl falls in love with guy.. but it was still pretty good. cause it was all in original format, black and white and such. and audrey is just so adorable, you can't help but LOVE her.
anyways, watch it sometime.


tell me the story again.



i let him go because i couldn't keep him.
when someone wants very much to have an adventure in life, it's impossible to hold them back,
no matter how hard you try.

park lane.

i don't care.
he spins through the heat and noise, a golden, glittering being-Orpheus playing in the underworld.
we're immortal.
invincible.
in love.

Nov 1, 2007

five cent candies.

well, for my halloween, us girls (sierra, alex, julian, and i .. haha yes us girls) got together and binged out on pizza, chocolates, and five cent candies. while we pigged out, we watched saw.

this morning, i had two classes, and then sierra and i went to work out for an hour. after working out, we ate oranges.. and then went to psych. i actually payed attention. and i actually remembered things from last class.

after class, sierra and i made salads and reviewed more psych for our midterm in two weeks. i have to score at least 60% to pick up my grade. while that doesn't sound like a lot, it is to me. psych is my hardest class this year, so i am really going to have to work hard to do well on this test.
after we reviewed psych, we watched saw 2. those movies are way too disturbing.

tomorrow i get to sleep in (yay!), and then sierra and i are going to work out. and then its studying studying studying for mee! woooop.

i don't have many things to say today, but i'll write more tomorrow.

xx

past stories.

tweet tweet twitters

    follow me on Twitter