in search of a midnight kiss
My friend's boyfriend's in the movie. He's the guy with the Asian girlfriend who offers the male protagonist a bunch of condoms.
(i spy Miss Geist from Clueless).
12.30.2009
two unsolved mysteries:
1. Somebody left a hand-made, orange snowflake ornament in my mailbox, and I have no idea who it was. The only clue was that it was placed in an envelope with "Merry Christmas" written in fancy penmanship.
2. Also, a pair of tan, worn-in gladiator sandals appeared in my house today. They were kind of cute. My only guess was that it was a lady friend of my brother's, but it wasn't. If no one claims 'em, I might just keep them. There was also a cute red mini-cooper in front of my house too. Maybe belated presents from Santa?
-edit-
I am officially the best detective ever. Call me Encyclopedia Brown.
2. Also, a pair of tan, worn-in gladiator sandals appeared in my house today. They were kind of cute. My only guess was that it was a lady friend of my brother's, but it wasn't. If no one claims 'em, I might just keep them. There was also a cute red mini-cooper in front of my house too. Maybe belated presents from Santa?
-edit-
I am officially the best detective ever. Call me Encyclopedia Brown.
12.27.2009
how to be alone.
I don't know if i could be called a film buff, but i do love watching movies. I especially love the experience of actually going to the theater... buying tickets, smelling popcorn (or caramel popcorn if you're in Korea), observing upcoming movie posters, walking through the carpeted corridors, having the lights dim, watching previews, etc. (that is why I hate going into movie theaters late... previews are the best part). But since I've been on a rather lengthy dating hiatus, I haven't had opportunities to go as often as i would like. I enjoy watching movies with friends, but (with the exception of a few) my friends generally think it's a waste of time and money to go to the movie theaters, especially when you can just rent it in DVD in a few months. Also, most friends think it's more fun to hang out, talk, eat, drink, and be merry. But I find it great quality time to watch a movie together... it's a "shared experience." Plus I love critiquing things afterwards.
I've been saying this for a long time now, and I will officially post it on my blog to set it in stone... but I will go to the theaters and watch a movie by myself. It's kind of strange, because I enjoy hanging out by myself (I am great company... just not to other people haha), but I have this complex of eating/watching a movie alone. But I will do it! I just wish there were some smaller, obscurer movie theaters nearby (like there were in LA) so I wouldn't feel so lame.
I've been saying this for a long time now, and I will officially post it on my blog to set it in stone... but I will go to the theaters and watch a movie by myself. It's kind of strange, because I enjoy hanging out by myself (I am great company... just not to other people haha), but I have this complex of eating/watching a movie alone. But I will do it! I just wish there were some smaller, obscurer movie theaters nearby (like there were in LA) so I wouldn't feel so lame.
12.26.2009
kids say the darndest things
I spent all day with my 7-year old niece Natalie.
(while tutoring)
J: So Election is when we vote for someone or something.
N: Oh... we had a pretend election in our class once and we had to vote for Obama or the other guy.
J: Oh who'd you vote for?
N: the other guy.
J: Why?
N: Because he's white.
J: Oh dear. Did you tell your teacher that?
N: No. because my friend already did and he got a time-out.
N: When are you going to get married?
J: Umm...I don't know... why?
N: I want you to marry G-Dragon.
J: Why?
N: So I can see him everyday... at like church and stuff.
J: Then why don't YOU marry him?
N: Because when I'm a mom, he'll be a grandpa.
J: Why not TOP?
N: Because he's scary and killed that Chinese girl.
(while tutoring)
J: So Election is when we vote for someone or something.
N: Oh... we had a pretend election in our class once and we had to vote for Obama or the other guy.
J: Oh who'd you vote for?
N: the other guy.
J: Why?
N: Because he's white.
J: Oh dear. Did you tell your teacher that?
N: No. because my friend already did and he got a time-out.
N: When are you going to get married?
J: Umm...I don't know... why?
N: I want you to marry G-Dragon.
J: Why?
N: So I can see him everyday... at like church and stuff.
J: Then why don't YOU marry him?
N: Because when I'm a mom, he'll be a grandpa.
J: Why not TOP?
N: Because he's scary and killed that Chinese girl.
12.24.2009
proof that i can now get married:
1. i dyed AND curled my hair all by myself this week.2. i baked (i somehow magically used up like 8 sticks of butter and a whole bag of flour)
3. i (think) i have been more motherly towards kids (i.e. the students at my work)
4. i am going to cook christmas brunch.
5. i can cut fruit without slicing my fingers (though the peel is still kinda thick).
12.23.2009
12.16.2009
lazy morning
I remember I heard this saying that you know you made it in show business if there are gay rumors circulating about you.
Well, I think you know you made it in life when there is a google logo dedicated to you.
If you are a dedicated reader to my blog (probably unlikely...), you would know that I fancy these fun, festive logos and that they bring a small sense of wonder and joy to my long, dreary days staring at the computer.
I realized that the best bet of having your own google logo is:
1. being a world leader
2. inventing something
I think I'll go with the latter... since it seems a teensy bit more plausible. And by invent, I'm thinking artistically. I'm leaning towards an iconic character(s) of some sort. I mean just look at Sesame Street... those guys got like a week's worth of airtime~
Or maybe I can somehow seduce Dennis Hwang (google logo designer) and have him fall in love with me to a point of delirium.
We'll see...
On a sidenote:
In the past 24 hours, I've consumed more bright orange food than I have in my whole lifetime...
1. tangerines (5)
2. persimmons (3)
3. carrot ginger soup
4. sweet potato fries
5. cheddar ruffles
6. leftover orange fruit snacks from a coworker (she hates the orange ones!)
And that was all totally coincidental!
Well, I think you know you made it in life when there is a google logo dedicated to you.
If you are a dedicated reader to my blog (probably unlikely...), you would know that I fancy these fun, festive logos and that they bring a small sense of wonder and joy to my long, dreary days staring at the computer.
I realized that the best bet of having your own google logo is:
1. being a world leader
2. inventing something
I think I'll go with the latter... since it seems a teensy bit more plausible. And by invent, I'm thinking artistically. I'm leaning towards an iconic character(s) of some sort. I mean just look at Sesame Street... those guys got like a week's worth of airtime~
Or maybe I can somehow seduce Dennis Hwang (google logo designer) and have him fall in love with me to a point of delirium.
We'll see...
On a sidenote:
In the past 24 hours, I've consumed more bright orange food than I have in my whole lifetime...
1. tangerines (5)
2. persimmons (3)
3. carrot ginger soup
4. sweet potato fries
5. cheddar ruffles
6. leftover orange fruit snacks from a coworker (she hates the orange ones!)
And that was all totally coincidental!
12.15.2009
junkie
I can get really obsessive/invested in shows (if you hadn't noticed)... though it's not the cool shows (i.e. 24, House, Dexter, etc.) but the ones others would be embarrassed of watching.
However Glee, I would say, is quite trendy nowadays and more mainstream than I thought it would've been when I first started watching it. I honestly didn't think so many people would enjoy tv shows where the characters would break out into song & dance.
And with the magnificent creation of twitter, I can follow the actors of Glee and see that they're all hanging out with each other & such (hmm... this doesn't make me sound like a loser/stalker, does it?) But it seems as though they are a really tight-knit group... not gonna lie~ makes me kinda jealous.
I actually had a dream last week that I was cast as "the Asian girl" in Glee because the girl who normally plays her (Jenna Ushkowitz... I wonder if she's adopted?) had swine flu. Also in my dream, Artie (or the actor that plays him) had a huge crush on me. I was really confused about how I felt about him, and I even woke up feeling somewhat conflicted.
I feel like Glee filled the role that Degrassi: The Next Generation played in my heart all those years. I seriously watched every single episode up until season 7 (or was it 8?) when everyone started going off to college. I have learned (from multiple cases) that when a high school series sends their kids off to college, the show is headed towards doomsville.
I felt like I grew up with those kids... I have experienced their first periods, their first encounter with drugs (when Ashley took ecstasy... that was hilarious), their first relationships, their first jobs, their first fight, their first cars, their first time having sex, their first pregnancy, their first abortion, their coming-out-of-the-closet moment, their first bi-curious moment, their first shooting, their first death (noo~~ JT), their first affair with a teacher, their first encounter with an online predator, and so on.
Yeah it's been 100% intense. It's a Canadian show, and I have yet to see an American show quite like it. It has all the melodrama and controversy of 90210 yet the cheese and naivete of Saved by the Bell. And I have to say that the actors on this show had the best transitioning through puberty... they were such awkward, weird looking little kids, but they all grew up to be really hot teenagers!
I recently came across an episode on TeenNick (they changed the name of the channel) of season 9, and most of the characters were unrecognizable. Plus, they all looked like babies. Blech. Though that Sav Bhandari is pretty cute.
So it was also quite a shocker when I saw lil Jimmy Brooks on some rap video on t.v. All the kids are growing up and expanding their horizons. Darcy's now on 90210... Mia Jones is on Vampire Diaries. They've all graduated and grown up quite nicely.
However Glee, I would say, is quite trendy nowadays and more mainstream than I thought it would've been when I first started watching it. I honestly didn't think so many people would enjoy tv shows where the characters would break out into song & dance.
And with the magnificent creation of twitter, I can follow the actors of Glee and see that they're all hanging out with each other & such (hmm... this doesn't make me sound like a loser/stalker, does it?) But it seems as though they are a really tight-knit group... not gonna lie~ makes me kinda jealous.
I actually had a dream last week that I was cast as "the Asian girl" in Glee because the girl who normally plays her (Jenna Ushkowitz... I wonder if she's adopted?) had swine flu. Also in my dream, Artie (or the actor that plays him) had a huge crush on me. I was really confused about how I felt about him, and I even woke up feeling somewhat conflicted.
I feel like Glee filled the role that Degrassi: The Next Generation played in my heart all those years. I seriously watched every single episode up until season 7 (or was it 8?) when everyone started going off to college. I have learned (from multiple cases) that when a high school series sends their kids off to college, the show is headed towards doomsville.
I felt like I grew up with those kids... I have experienced their first periods, their first encounter with drugs (when Ashley took ecstasy... that was hilarious), their first relationships, their first jobs, their first fight, their first cars, their first time having sex, their first pregnancy, their first abortion, their coming-out-of-the-closet moment, their first bi-curious moment, their first shooting, their first death (noo~~ JT), their first affair with a teacher, their first encounter with an online predator, and so on.
Yeah it's been 100% intense. It's a Canadian show, and I have yet to see an American show quite like it. It has all the melodrama and controversy of 90210 yet the cheese and naivete of Saved by the Bell. And I have to say that the actors on this show had the best transitioning through puberty... they were such awkward, weird looking little kids, but they all grew up to be really hot teenagers!
I recently came across an episode on TeenNick (they changed the name of the channel) of season 9, and most of the characters were unrecognizable. Plus, they all looked like babies. Blech. Though that Sav Bhandari is pretty cute.
So it was also quite a shocker when I saw lil Jimmy Brooks on some rap video on t.v. All the kids are growing up and expanding their horizons. Darcy's now on 90210... Mia Jones is on Vampire Diaries. They've all graduated and grown up quite nicely.
12.13.2009
food for thought
I am currently reading Jonathan Safran Foer's Eating Animals. I was always very reluctant to know about the horrors of factory farming, because I preferred living in oblivion. Basically, I did not want any emotions or guilt to interfere with my eating habits. But now that I'm a bit older and less hedonistic when it comes to food, I decided I should be more responsible with my life choices especially since food is something that is such a central part of our lives (and the fact that JSF is my hero has nothing to do with any of this... ahh who am I kidding... or course it does).
But anyway, as I read more and more about the mass production of meat, eggs, & fish farming, I really wonder how did things get so bad?
I like my meat. And I have nothing against people eating animals (hey~it's the food cycle), but it's pretty disgusting how far the meat/egg/fishing industry will go to get the most bang for their buck. And I'm not saying that animals are in any way equivalent to humans. But just because we are the "superior" species, doesn't mean that we have to treat animals as cost-efficient commodities for our greedy, gluttonous minds. I honestly wouldn't mind paying a little more for my meat if it meant that it would improve factory farming standards. And not only for the poor little animals, but for our own health and the overall environment.
But the more I read, the more helpless I feel.
JSF on "Sentimentality":
The value of emotions over reality. Sentimentality is widely considered otu of touch, weak. Very often, those who express concern about (or even an interest in) the conditions in which farmed animals are raised are disregarded as sentimentalists. But it's worth taking a step back to ask who is the sentimentalist and who is the realist.
Is caring to know about the treatment of farmed animals a confrontation with the facts about the animals and ourselves or an avoidance of them? Is arguing that a sentiment of compassion should be given greater value than a cheaper burger (or having a burger at all) an expression of emotion and impulse or an engagement with reality and our moral intuitions?
Two friends are ordering lunch. One says, "I'm in the mood for a burger," and orders it. The other says, "I'm in the mood for a burger," but remembers that there are things more important to him than what he is in the mood for at any given moment, and orders something else. Who is the sentimentalist?
more on this later.
But anyway, as I read more and more about the mass production of meat, eggs, & fish farming, I really wonder how did things get so bad?
I like my meat. And I have nothing against people eating animals (hey~it's the food cycle), but it's pretty disgusting how far the meat/egg/fishing industry will go to get the most bang for their buck. And I'm not saying that animals are in any way equivalent to humans. But just because we are the "superior" species, doesn't mean that we have to treat animals as cost-efficient commodities for our greedy, gluttonous minds. I honestly wouldn't mind paying a little more for my meat if it meant that it would improve factory farming standards. And not only for the poor little animals, but for our own health and the overall environment.
But the more I read, the more helpless I feel.
JSF on "Sentimentality":
The value of emotions over reality. Sentimentality is widely considered otu of touch, weak. Very often, those who express concern about (or even an interest in) the conditions in which farmed animals are raised are disregarded as sentimentalists. But it's worth taking a step back to ask who is the sentimentalist and who is the realist.
Is caring to know about the treatment of farmed animals a confrontation with the facts about the animals and ourselves or an avoidance of them? Is arguing that a sentiment of compassion should be given greater value than a cheaper burger (or having a burger at all) an expression of emotion and impulse or an engagement with reality and our moral intuitions?
Two friends are ordering lunch. One says, "I'm in the mood for a burger," and orders it. The other says, "I'm in the mood for a burger," but remembers that there are things more important to him than what he is in the mood for at any given moment, and orders something else. Who is the sentimentalist?
12.12.2009
12.10.2009
12.08.2009
facebook is the devil!
I think I've said this sometime before, but I guess I have this sudden urge to reiterate it.
I think Joyce said it best when she said it's like tabloids for the normal folks you know... or people you don't really know that well at all.
Just like how Star or InTouch can make you feel like you "know" famous stars to some extent, Facebook gives you this entitled feeling that you know certain people, making everyone into your B.F.F. as well as a mini-celebrity.
Just the other day, I saw this guy who I never, ever formally met (but I believe we have mutual friends), and we just kind of looked at each other for an uncomfortable amount of time (I think he was trying to figure where he remembered me from). We were both like... "Uhh... I know you from somewhere..."
Except the sad thing is I knew where I knew him from, but was too embarrassed to say it. I've seen him in photos of friends on Facebook. And I'm sure he knew me from Facebook too! Kind of unsettling...
And we've become celebrities in the sense that there are all these unwarranted photos of ourselves floating in cyberspace that we can't remove. Yeah, we can untag ourselves all we want, but they'll still be there!
Yeah okay, Facebook does have its good qualities... like setting up Events or getting in touch with old friends. But then again, I feel I have less of a desire to see people that I would otherwise miss, since I get the latest scoop of their lives on FB neway. Also, I get to see all these cool things and places other people are doing. Though I don't know if that's a good thing, since it makes my life seem rather mediocre in comparison (that's actually probably more my fault than anyone else's...) But really how do these people have the time & moolah to travel the world?!?! It really stirs up the wanderlust in my sad, yearning soul.
Oh, and FB really needs to stop suggesting who I should be friends with. If I really wanted to friend him, I would've added him already. So leave me alone! Stop trying to run my life.
I think Joyce said it best when she said it's like tabloids for the normal folks you know... or people you don't really know that well at all.
Just like how Star or InTouch can make you feel like you "know" famous stars to some extent, Facebook gives you this entitled feeling that you know certain people, making everyone into your B.F.F. as well as a mini-celebrity.
Just the other day, I saw this guy who I never, ever formally met (but I believe we have mutual friends), and we just kind of looked at each other for an uncomfortable amount of time (I think he was trying to figure where he remembered me from). We were both like... "Uhh... I know you from somewhere..."
Except the sad thing is I knew where I knew him from, but was too embarrassed to say it. I've seen him in photos of friends on Facebook. And I'm sure he knew me from Facebook too! Kind of unsettling...
And we've become celebrities in the sense that there are all these unwarranted photos of ourselves floating in cyberspace that we can't remove. Yeah, we can untag ourselves all we want, but they'll still be there!
Yeah okay, Facebook does have its good qualities... like setting up Events or getting in touch with old friends. But then again, I feel I have less of a desire to see people that I would otherwise miss, since I get the latest scoop of their lives on FB neway. Also, I get to see all these cool things and places other people are doing. Though I don't know if that's a good thing, since it makes my life seem rather mediocre in comparison (that's actually probably more my fault than anyone else's...) But really how do these people have the time & moolah to travel the world?!?! It really stirs up the wanderlust in my sad, yearning soul.
Oh, and FB really needs to stop suggesting who I should be friends with. If I really wanted to friend him, I would've added him already. So leave me alone! Stop trying to run my life.
12.06.2009
funnies
So my friend (i'll call her j. for the sake of anonymity) has this quirk of referring to people and categorizing them by Harry Potter houses.
For example (5 min ago on gchat), she messages me
j: i hate white slytherins
As if this is a completely normal thing to say. I'm not a big Harry Potter fan (I only read 2.5 books and watched a few movies here and there), but she once gave me a little tutorial of the Houses of Hogwarts via wikipedia. She classified me as a Ravenclaw. We want to be traveling buddies and we're (kind of) planning a Europe trip together... as we were discussing other people we can possibly add to our crew, she said she prefers traveling with fellow Ravenclaws and that she absolutely cannot travel with Slytherins. I realized I'm not prejudiced against any of the houses though it'd be kind of cool to date a Gryffindor.
Also on gchat:
me: this weekend was like a revelation for me that i really don't like clubbing/going out HAHA
j: AHA i know! let's not compromise ourselves anymore... new yrs resolution #1=im not compromising my introvertedness ANYMORE
touché, my friend.
For example (5 min ago on gchat), she messages me
j: i hate white slytherins
As if this is a completely normal thing to say. I'm not a big Harry Potter fan (I only read 2.5 books and watched a few movies here and there), but she once gave me a little tutorial of the Houses of Hogwarts via wikipedia. She classified me as a Ravenclaw. We want to be traveling buddies and we're (kind of) planning a Europe trip together... as we were discussing other people we can possibly add to our crew, she said she prefers traveling with fellow Ravenclaws and that she absolutely cannot travel with Slytherins. I realized I'm not prejudiced against any of the houses though it'd be kind of cool to date a Gryffindor.
Also on gchat:
me: this weekend was like a revelation for me that i really don't like clubbing/going out HAHA
j: AHA i know! let's not compromise ourselves anymore... new yrs resolution #1=im not compromising my introvertedness ANYMORE
touché, my friend.
12.03.2009
koreans are so sweet
Dear Julie,
I am always satisfied with your editing.
Your editing is second to none.
Thank you always.
yours sincerely,
xxxx
I am always satisfied with your editing.
Your editing is second to none.
Thank you always.
yours sincerely,
xxxx
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