| my neighbor... |
[Jun. 23rd, 2006|09:51 pm] |
for some reason, i decided to facebook search "totoro" today (i swear i'm not an addict!)... and guess what?! some people actually have the last name "totoro"!! try it! i am in awe... not to mention jealous. :P
in honor of that:
isn't he so cute?!! :) i want one...
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in other news, i'm really enjoying all these new lj features, especially the autosave. luckily i haven't had to test it out yet, but i've had some pretty horrible experiences with losing long and meaningful entries (unlike this one... hehe) when i was about to hit submit. grr...
AND, what was up with the random hail storm today?! my parents and i were on our way to eat at a restaurant around northpoint, but the hail started pouring down and we ended up sitting at the mall foodcourt eating mandarin express. >.< how sad...
okay, enough rambling. i'm bored! someone entertain me! |
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| UGHHHHHHHHHHHH |
[May. 10th, 2006|06:43 pm] |
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| |  grumpy | ] |
...
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as if things weren't already bad enough with finals coming up, look at this ridiculous weather report!!!
[bad news courtesy of tian... gee thanks :P]
i'm really a very simple person. i don't need much to be happy. all i'm asking for is a little sunshine and dry! sheesh.
i wish my happiness didn't depend so much on the weather. but i guess my mood oscillates really quickly, anyway...
wish me luck... this is gonna take some mental strength to get through. |
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| Hello! Pictures! :) |
[Apr. 13th, 2006|04:06 pm] |
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| |  cheerful | ] |
Eh, not too much time to write a real post right now. But there's a 4-day weekend coming up soon, so there is hope!! ... now I just have to get through tonight's exam and mad problem setting... -_-'
But-- until this weekend-- check out my photos from the Yale taekwondo tournament and my spring break in Chile.
[Cici, read: I saw Jae. Commence jealousy. :)]
In other news, I have laryngitis and I sound like a man. But you know what? It's almost 70 degrees outside and life is bordering beautiful. Can't wait for this weekend... |
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| One Art |
[Mar. 20th, 2006|05:22 pm] |
Okay-- let me begin by saying I should be doing work (belt test tonight, 8.02 p-set due wednesday, 18.03 test wednesday, 7.013 p-set due friday, 9.00 essay due friday... oi). That being said, what the hell. I think pre-Spring Break "screw it" attitude has just kicked in...
Do you guys remember this poem from one of those AP Class of Hell [a.k.a. English Lit -_-'] practice essays? Hehe... I remember I was in love with it, but everyone else thought it was dumb. *shrug* Oh well, what's new.
And guess what else? Elizabeth Bishop was born in Worcester [pronounced "wush-chster" here... even though Dorchester is still "dorchester" and not "dush-chster"... that one's been bothering me for a while now. :P], MA! That's only 46 minutes (according to Google Earth) away! exciting. :)
And guess what else else? Life is beautiful. Enjoy--
One Art
Elizabeth Bishop
The art of losing isn't hard to master;
so many things seem filled with the intent
to be lost that their loss is no disaster.
Lose something every day. Accept the fluster
of lost door keys, the hour badly spent.
The art of losing isn't hard to master.
Then practice losing farther, losing faster:
places, and names, and where it was you meant
to travel. None of these will bring disaster.
I lost my mother's watch. And look! my last, or
next-to-last, of three loved houses went.
The art of losing isn't hard to master.
I lost two cities, lovely ones. And, vaster,
some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent.
I miss them, but it wasn't a disaster.
--Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture
I love) I shan't have lied. It's evident
the art of losing's not too hard to master
though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster.
Don't read too much into it... just something that's been floating around in my mind for a while. Back to work! >. |
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| blah. |
[Mar. 20th, 2006|02:07 am] |
| [ | music |
| | Fujis - Killing Me Softly | ] |
so i think it's time to start rebuilding some walls. |
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| awesome things |
[Feb. 27th, 2006|12:30 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| | take a guess | ] |
| [ | music |
| | john mayer | ] |
awesome things i have or have had recently:
- les miserables at the boston opera house
- thermal underwear!
awesome things i do not have or have not had recently:
- sleep
- sleep
- sleep
- time
- earmuffs
these lists are all-inclusive |
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| palm reading and such... |
[Feb. 2nd, 2006|02:14 pm] |
I realized just how infrequently I've been blogging when I clicked on my "update journal" bookmark, and lj asked me for my username and password. Poor, neglected journal... it didn't even recognize its owner! :( There there... *hugs computer*. Anywho, I know better than to guarantee more consistent posting. I'll try my best, though! :)
So... what have I been doing since I came back to school? Well, it's IAP (Independent Activities Period), so, no, I have not been going to spring semester classes (HAHAHAHAHA... I mean... I start next Tuesday [damn].) :P For two weeks, I took an introductory programming class. I'm also working at the Langer Lab and continuing taekwondo classes...
I've also been going to random seminars! On Sunday, I went to a 3-hour class on palmistry. Yeah, yeah, roll your eyes... but I've been intrigued by palm reading for a while. It's one of those... not-exactly-scientific-but-kind-of-since-it's-been-done-for-so-long-type things... *shrug*
So I went to this seminar and learned about the different hand shapes, lines, mounts, etc. Then, at the end of class, the lady running the seminar gave us all short palm readings. I was first. Here's what she said (exact quotations are in " "s):
About me:
- I have a "well of sensitivity" in my palm. I cry easily.
- My thumb shows a strong sense of leadership and stubborn will, but I hold this back for some reason...
- I enjoy fine things ("No cheap toilet paper for you, honey!") -_-'
- I have "great friend lines" (yay friends!) :)
- I am "physically sensual" (o.O???), so I probably won't do well in long-distance relationships
Then she proceeded to project into the future:
- I excel at the things I've chosen to do, but I'm not sure if they're what I really want to do. I will experience a major change in path around the age of 27 (??)
Aaaand, the juicy stuff ;):
- I already know the person I am going to marry (!!), or will meet him very soon. "I see someone who was maybe in your life, then out of your life for a while, but who is now back." (?)
- He will be a very "noble" person, maybe in the medical field, but probably a researcher. My family will love him. (haha... knowing my mom, if he's even close to a doctor, she'll love him). -_-'
So that was all good and interesting...
I guess I try not to put too much stock into these things, since, if you think about them too much, they might end up being self-fulfilling prophecies.
But, nevertheless, there's a part of me that really wants palmistry to be true, its results definite-- something or someone to tell me what I should be doing-- what I want-- because I really don't know. |
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| Christmas! |
[Dec. 26th, 2005|02:02 am] |
| [ | mood |
| |  content | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Coldplay | ] |
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...
It's SO good to be home. :)
Jennifer got me a flickr pro account for Christmas, so I just did a massive uploading.
Photos from Christmas and more...
Merry Christmas, everyone! Hoping you're warm and happy wherever you are... |
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| Day after Turkey Day! |
[Nov. 25th, 2005|12:41 pm] |
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| | content | ] |
Hello from sunny (but freezing... 28 degrees -_-') Portland, Maine! I'm here for Thanksgiving break with someone from my dorm, and missing everyone at home dearly. I can't wait to see the old 'phretta when I come home for Christmas (December 22... mark your calendars and buy me presents!) ;) According to Vincent, the "most exciting" development since I left is that the Dollar Store in Northpoint Mall has disappeared... oh... my... zzz. Nevertheless, I can't wait!
Ahhh... I'm very content right now. Well-fed :)... plus, the ground outside is covered in a thin layer of snow and ice. This is only the second time I've seen snow since I've been in the northeast (the first time being the day before Halloween). I don't know what it is, but cold weather has some strange effect on me. Every day on the half-mile walk home from classes, bundled in scarf, hat, gloves, peacoat... that's when I feel most content. It's so refreshing, so romantic. Hmm... I guess I really am an "ice queen"...
Anyway, I think we're about to head out to the L.L. Bean outlet. I have many pictures to post, and I'll do it as soon as I get back to the dorm...
Happy Day-After-Turkey-Day! :)
With love,
Christine |
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| BRRR!!! |
[Sep. 30th, 2005|10:54 am] |
| [ | mood |
| | content | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Dido - see you when you're 40 | ] |
"Be a hearty New-Englander" --Sunny, my roommate
It was 49 degrees when I woke up today. Yesterday I almost got blown away by 40 mi/hr wind gusts. I've unpacked my scarves, joined the facebook group "Afraid of Freezing at MIT," and washed out my thermos. And I can't stop coughing.
But for some reason I feel just fine! :)
"Here comes the cold
Break out the winter clothes
And find a love to call your own" |
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| Flickr is awesome. |
[Aug. 20th, 2005|10:24 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  accomplished | ] |
Yay, I finally got around to loading pictures onto my Flickr Photostream! I'll probably be photoblogging more often for now, as there doesn't seem to be much to say as of late...
So check them out! (pictures from the Harry Potter and the HBP midnight release party, Ocee Park, and California Pizza Kitchen).
In other news: yay! Only three more days..! |
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| to do... |
[Aug. 6th, 2005|12:25 am] |
| [ | mood |
| |  tired | ] |
i promise i'm still alive, just very busy and slightly stressed out. been trying to get all the typical pre-leaving-for-college-things done while keeping up a 40-hour work week and preparing for my senior recital (reserve saturday, august 13th at 3 pm). So far I've: (1)bought a laptop (finally settled on a latitude d810. sweet, huh?) and (2)opened a checking account... both of which were much harder than i expected. the very day i opened my account, i somehow managed to misplace the folder with all my account information, which led to much confusion and a frantic trip to the starbucks parking lot at 12:40 am (i was afraid i had driven away with the folder on the hood of my car)... yeeaaaah. things have been rough like that.
hopefully something will inspire me to write a real post in the near future, but in the meantime:
this is peter. peter teeters (like one of those scary clowns that pop back up if you punch them). i bought him in taiwan for 30NT (about $1 US). i like peter because he has a contented smile and can break dance.
some things (like peter) are undeniably cute, i.e.:
this mascot for some japanese airline we saw in the nagoya airport.
and
my true love. i think the trick is that they have to be simple, with an only slightly curved up smile.
i become too attached to inanimate objects.
really, this entry was intended to have a point. |
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| stolen from ginger (thank you!) :) |
[Jul. 15th, 2005|02:29 am] |
Oh yeah. Anyone who's interested, we're meeting tomorrow at 11 at the Forum B&N. I'll be the one in full gryffindor costume, and robin, too. (*in a Count voice*: "von! two! gryffindors!") :P
( and for good measure )
:):):)! |
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| yes, i'm tired. |
[Jul. 15th, 2005|01:20 am] |
| [ | mood |
| |  frazzled | ] |
*grumblegrumble* effing MIT security. it took me way too long to get the stupid certificates i needed just to enter the stupid HASS-D (HASS = humanities, arts, and social sciences) lottery. (and i just used "stupid" twice in the same sentence. hmm...)
Anyway, you're allowed to rank up to 6 classes, but you only get one. Paperwork (er, computerwork) at MIT must be very complicated...
So here were my choices, in order of preference:
1. American Foreign Policy: Past, Present, and Future
2. Fundamentals of Public Policy
3. Introduction to Western Music
4. The Film Experience
5. Moral Problems and the Good Life
6. Introduction to Fiction ("Christine, this is Fiction. Fiction, Christine." </daydream>)
Yeah, yeah... tell me I'm boring. I just didn't have it in me to add Introduction to Art History (that would make 3 classes from the visual and performing arts category) or Introduction to Japanese Culture (the course description was basically, "We watch anime"). :P
Too many choices as of late. That should be a good thing, but you know me... hopelessly indecisive. runs in the family. all these little independencies (?) are adding up, and it ends up being very confusing and stressful, instead of what it should be (liberating, empowering...) :P
On a brighter note, tomorrow's Friday the 15th, which means HALF BLOOD PRINCE AT 12:01!!!
hp + cl = bff |
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| scurvy |
[Jul. 13th, 2005|05:36 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  annoyed | ] |
"Life ees hard"
-- my supervisor, upon yet another failure in our attempt to define the mechanism of the reaction between hydrogen and ethanol
I think I know why work is so depressing: my lab has no windows! It didn't really hit me until yesterday at 6 pm, when I walked outside and realized it had been raining the entire day without my even knowing it. My god, how sad. :P
Besides that, I really have nothing to complain about.
...
( ... what, are you kidding?? )
On the positive side: my desk is shoved off in a corner with my back facing the only opening, so it's very easy to nap while looking like I'm staring at the computer.
Plus, there's only four weeks left.
...
it's all in the attitude. :/
(wahhh!) |
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| Fourth of July |
[Jul. 6th, 2005|11:50 am] |
It's a little late now, but happy Independence Day! Recent Independence Days haven't been all that exciting, so this year's was especially nice. It's good to have a way to celebrate that doesn't involve (1)painting my nails alternately red, white, and blue, or (2)posting a scrolling red white and blue "Happy Fourth of July!!" in my journal... *rolls eyes* :P
Jennifer and I left the house at 6:30 to watch the Peachtree, partly because neither of us had been to it before, and partly to support her friends, (Ethan and Matt), and my friend, (Vincent)-- all of whom were running. The weather was nice, and it felt good just being outside and walking around... plus, there were lots of enthusiastic people and cute dogs. :) Most of the time, I really like the city.
After the race, I tagged along with Jennifer and her friends. We spent an uneventful (but comfortable) afternoon at Ethan and Matt's apartment at Tech, being lazy and watching The West Wing on TV (what could be more American?). Then we headed over to Lenox to watch the fireworks.
photos.
included: some shots of runners and cute dogs, and fireworks pictures that turned out better than expected (though Ethan puts me to shame) :P
not included: a picture of a 50-something Tech alumnus who ran the Peachtree with two other alumni wearing fancy GT jerseys :)
oh, and for good measure:
:D |
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