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August 29, 2003
I have destroyed my lower
I have destroyed my lower right ear hole. Somehow, I have managed to transfer the infection from my top ear hole to the bottom one. It hurts like a mofo. I really should stop playing with my ears so much. I think by the time I am done, I am going to be permanently scarred. I don't like the ear scabbing, so I keep ripping off the scab, and I don't think that really helps in the healing process. I'm like one of those little kids who can't stop picking...
Btw, tonight, I feel like drinking. Doesn't matter that drinking has uber number of calories. Maybe we can go to Penn Brewery. Hmm...
Posted by szujin at 01:28 PM | Comments (1)
August 27, 2003
Our garbage disposal is broke.
Our garbage disposal is broke. It is so nasty. Not only does it not take food down (which btw, I don't put down in large amounts anyway), but it doesn't drain either. So, for the last few days, my cousin and I have been very limited in our sink usage. Within ten seconds of running the water (to wash a pot or two), the drain will start gurgling up food chunks from like, I swear, a week ago. You can imagine the smells that come from our sink nowadays. The worst part is that we ran out of dish washer detergent, so we've been keeping house with a broken sink and a smelly dishwasher. I am thinking our kitchen is pretty unattractive.
Posted by szujin at 09:52 AM | Comments (0)
August 25, 2003
Ohmigod. Someone stinks. This is
Ohmigod. Someone stinks. This is what I hate most about summer. Sheesh.
Posted by szujin at 04:57 PM | Comments (0)
I have decided, desperation is
I have decided, desperation is the biggest turn-off possible in a guy. Even if I am dating someone, watching my friends talk the way they do at times, makes me slightly sick. It's like, if I were at one time interested (which I totally am not...this is for Mike's sake *wink wink*), listening to them would totally make me not want to see what would happen. So, moral of the story, even if you are just friends with a girl, and there is no possible way to attract them at the time *ahem...me* please please PLEASE do not emphasize or show how desperate you are. I have friends who are girls...don't expect me to be introducing you to any of them if I see you as a loser!!!
Stupid boys. Stupid friends. Stupid stupid all around.
Posted by szujin at 02:58 PM | Comments (3)
August 22, 2003
Today is a depressing day.
Today is a depressing day. Although I'm not quite sure why yet, but I just feel icky all over and a little bit like crying. Too bad it's too early in 'the' month to blame it on PMS, but man...I do feel blue today. I think a little bit on money woes, a bit on dealing with a stupid ass friend of mine, a bit of sleep deprivation, and a bit of "man...I just suck today." I'm so glad today is Friday.
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August 19, 2003
Eww...I popped a zit. And
Eww...I popped a zit. And now it hurts like a mofo. It's right on my cheekbone and I can't stop wanting to pick at it. Stupid me, it was already a zit from previous that had a scab on it, and the scab fell off, more zit underneath...and BOOM...and I can't help myself. I have a feeling that it's going to be a zit-ful cheek for a while. Man...
Anyway, this weekend Mike came up and visited me. It was pretty uneventful. We went to Cinema on the Park on Flagstaff Hill on Sunday night and watched John Q. We ate a Pamela's twice since their chocolate banana hotcakes were so good. We bought stuff for my apartment, and his apartment. We went kitten shopping, but alas we did not find one that stood out at Animal Friends. There was one cat with these great fuzzy paws that I really wanted, but Mike didn't seem so inclined toward her, so we didn't get her. I was a little disappointed, but I guess being able to watch a kitten grow up into a cat is an experience in itself. Guess I'll have to go shopping for kittens some more later. Other than that, we watched Psycho (the original) and He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not with Audreu Tatou. I absolutely adore her, and so I try to watch all of her movies, although the last one I saw with her in it, Happenstance, wasn't very good. But yeah, that movie was really good. Psycho was really good too. For the last half of the movie, I basically was holding onto my cousin like there was no tomorrow. I think it was one of the scarier movies I have seen.
I think that was basically it. Mike left last night, and I went to the "sex gym" as Mike calls it. Cardio kickboxing there is awesome. Am still contemplating if I should shell out the $50/month to go to the gym, but I really like their kickboxing class, so I might so be inclined to do so. Hmm...more money out of pocket...
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August 15, 2003
I hate being a girl.
I hate being a girl. You kno, when you feel like you need to be treated special, and when you are not, you get mad at the other person even though in actuality they have no reason to be nice to you? Yeah, I'm in that stupid boat. *sigh* I suck.
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August 14, 2003
Yay...Cedar Point! Yesterday, I woke
Yay...Cedar Point! Yesterday, I woke up at 6:15 to get ready. I remembered to bring everything except the most important thing, my WALLET. How dumb am I. So, the entire day I was bumming money off of Scott. Felt sort of bad (and stupid for that matter), but whatever. Anyway, we got to C.P. around 10:30 in the morning, and the first ride we hit already had an 1 1/2 wait already!! Since Jim really wanted to ride it (as it was the second highest roller coaster in the world, the first also being at C.P. but was broken for the moment), we waited in line. The next ride we rode was also a two hour wait. It was pretty ridiculous. I don't know about anybody else, but I was pretty grumpy (I kno, I have low tolerance for waiting ridiculous amounts of time) by the end of the second ride. But, after the two major rides, we rode a bunch of smaller ("less exciting") rides that had like 15 - 20 minute waits, and that made it a little better. I think until after dinner time, I was slightly disappointed with C.P. I dunno, maybe since I built it up to be something spectacular, I was expecting much more. Or maybe it was just the long waits in the sweltering sun. But after dinner, things got much better. We wrote this thing called the Wicked Twister that was mad crazy fun, and also this other ride called Chaos. I think that I just like the cheesy carnival rides better. Or maybe it was b/c the lines were much shorter. Kehehe. But yeah, the second half of the day was much better. We took some stupid pictures (ie, while others were sleeping...), and had a pretty good time. Got home around 3:00 in the morning...I was totally passed out the entire trip home. Kudos to Jen for staying awake...I was pretty impressed. Don't think I would've been able to make a three hour drive after an entire day at any amusement park. Go Jen! :)
So, yeah, now I am back at school (bleh). Tonight we are going to go watch Thoroughly Modern Millie. Sort of excited...low productivity level already. Do not feel so inclined to be doing anything. Flashing fire alarm lights are going around our building for testing...drilling going above my head. How is a girl supposed to get any work done regardless of her motivation level??
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August 12, 2003
Today has been a somewhat
Today has been a somewhat frustrating day. We're going to Cedar Point tomorrow, and a friend of mine that another friend (who organized the trip) doesn't like managed to invite himself to the trip. Of course, as always it was my fault for even mentioning the event, but now said friend is pissy that he is going. And because there aren't very many of us who are going, said friend is threatening to a) not go at all or b) not hang out with us while we are at Cedar Point. And although I'm sure she's not really mad at me, I think she is frustrated. So, now I have to somehow massage said friend into not being pissy. This is more difficult than I think it should be, and I feel like it's my fault. So, Scott thinks that we should "regulate" on friend, but I'm not really the confrontational type of person.
Posted by szujin at 04:01 PM | Comments (0)
August 11, 2003
Today is a mad crazy
Today is a mad crazy tired day. Not sure why, really, since I got more sleep last night than all the other nights this weekend, but I can't stop yawning, and the thought of reading a paper is making me yawn as we speak (or as I type...). This weekend, I spent the entire time cleaning my new apartment with my cousin and Scott. We managed to mop the entire apartment twice, sop up all the disgusting crap on the floor, put in some furniture, rearrange the couches I borrowed, and buy a couple of rugs too. We planned to throw a party for Matt and Seny on Sunday, so it was of utmost importance for the entire apartment to be clean. We stayed up pretty late every night, sacraficed our weekend nights to make the place nice. It was pretty worth it though. Our place was clean, and looked lived in (ie all the stuff that made it look homey was there) by the time Sunday night rolled around. Scott made chicken parmesan, and I made chocolate fondue for dessert. We watched Solaris, which was really boring, but overall, the night went pretty smoothly. By the end of the night, I was so tired, I was just sort of sitting there staring blankly at everyone. This morning I woke up pretty early to go clean up my old apartment, and so now, I'm just exhausted. I want to take a nap, but since I'm not going to be here on Wednesday (yay...Cedar Point!!), I figure I should try to get as much work done now as possible. Too bad my productivity level has basically diminished to nothing. *sigh* Hope I can get something done...
Posted by szujin at 01:07 PM | Comments (0)
August 07, 2003
Last night, my cousin and
Last night, my cousin and I went to the Bruce Springsteen concert. We were about 30 minutes late due to various reasons, but we were still early enough to catch the beginning of the show, as well as wait 30 minutes for it to start. It was decently exciting, I suppose. There must be something to be said about being in a mass of people who all are raving about one thing. Too bad neither my cousin or I were great Springsteen fans...or even knew of one of the songs that he sang. Nevertheless, we enjoyed it anyway. We mumbled words when the crowd sang, and we bopped to the music like we knew what was going on. It was sort of strange since we were like, the only two Asians in sight (or of any minority for that matter), but it was still decently fun. Both of us got really hungry at the end (and as we know, I become unfunctional without food), so we left after the first encore (I heard there were two). But we were able to beat the traffic, get lost looking for my car, and end up at India Garden eating yummy nan and chicken tikka masala. So, overall it wasn't too bad of a day.
Recently, I feel slightly alienated from my friends. Although I'm not exactly sure how to put it, but I feel like the group that I am in suddenly seems very unfamiliar to me now. Gossip seems to riddle our friendships, and everyday I hear something that I either felt like I should've heard (as in, "that's strange, I would've thought she would've told me since we're pretty good friends"), or should not have heard (ie, "why the heck did you just tell me so-and-so did that?"). And of course, the previous one hurts a little bit more, and maybe I am being slightly sensitive to it, but there is a part of me that feels that maybe I did something to upset the balance in all of our friendships. And I feel like I'm a little bit battling my feelings of insecurity at the same time as trying to admonish myself for the things that I have done. How do you balance the two without losing part of yourself to either complacency or perpetual self-denunciation (and this sentence was so eloquent until I ruined it with my word choice *sigh*)? It's sort of a catch-22 situation when you feel that you want to lean on your friends to help you, but then you feel that only harassing them will drive them away. At times like these, you all of a sudden feel sort of, all alone...
Posted by szujin at 10:52 AM | Comments (0)
August 06, 2003
I won Bruce Springsteen tickets!
I won Bruce Springsteen tickets! YAY! Go me. We went bowling at Arsenal Lanes (yay 50 cent bowling) and I think the last five minutes of the second game we played were the luckiest of my life. Not only did I get two strikes (which has never happened to me) I won Bruce Springsteen tickets right after I got the two strikes. Too bad I don't really know Bruce Springsteen that well, but it's all good. Me and my cousin are going tomorrow. Yay.
So, other than that, we played three games of bowling (which I never broke 100, isn't that sad? With two strikes in a row, I still didn't manage to break 100 *sigh*), then went to Wendy's to pig out. I feel slightly sick now since I ate so much (lots of fries a couple of nuggets and great big junior bacon cheeseburger). My body is going to kill me later, but I guess I still ate it anyway. And now I'm home. Ugh...I think I am going to hurl...
Posted by szujin at 12:48 AM | Comments (0)
August 05, 2003
I think I am PMSing
I think I am PMSing a lot later than I usually do. Today we moved Jim into his new place. His new place is a lot smaller than this old place. And he has a lot of stuff. So, there's this couch that is really big, and no matter the dimensions that were measured for the door frame, that couch was NOT going to fit through the door. But Scott, Jim, and Avi (especially Avi) were insistent on trying to stuff the couch through the door. So, for two hours straight, they sat and tried to push and fanagle the couch through the door. But alas, it was to no avail. So after that, I got the couch. Yay. :) I feel like this big trash collector. You don't want your couch? Well hellz, I need more furniture, "gimmin here." Anyway, back to PMSing...Scott basically said that I was kind of useless in the furniture moving department, and I got really upset. And in most cases, I think I would realize that that's sort of true, but today I got really upset. And yesterday, while I was moving, Scott told me to throw out most of boxes, calling me a pack rat, and I got upset over that too. And THAT was really stupid. Yay PMS. Ugh.
Posted by szujin at 01:22 AM | Comments (0)
August 04, 2003
This weekend was pretty good.
This weekend was pretty good. Went rafting on Friday. I was pretty worried b/c it was slightly drizzling when we started off...but by the time we got to Ohiopyle, the skies were slightly overcast, but it wasn't raining or anything. The water was surprisingly refreshing. I kind of thought it would be butt cold, considering the skies and the temperature, but it was nice. Actually, sometime during the trip download, the sun actually did come out and we actually wanted it to stay overcast. Kinda of weird, huh? So anyway, I was on a raft with five other guys. I sort of expected that I wouldn't have to row as hard with five "manly" men with me, but alas I was wrong. I had to row just as hard as if there were five other girls. And the worst part...every time we hit a rock...who would go flying out of the raft? ME. I didn't fall out of the raft when we hit major rapids or anything, I fly out of the raft for minor little rocks. And the stupidest part (of course all due to me) is that I wore flip flops onto the raft. I mean, I knew that was stupid, but I didn't have water shoes or old shoes, so I just wore flip flops. Everytime I went flying out of the water...I came up screaming "My FLIP FLOPS!!!...". Everyone laughed at me. Actually, one time when I really thought I lost my flip flop, one of the guides came by on a kayak with the flip flop on his head. He was like, "saw it floating in the water. pretty easy to spot being bright blue and all..." and handed it back to me. Needless to say, I felt slightly stupid. But yeah, it was crazy fun. Next time, we are definitely going to go on the upper Yough. I can't wait!!
Other than that...I moved into my new place today. We spent most of Saturday night cleaning it up some. My cousin and I spent two hours just cleaning each of our bathrooms. We have so much more to go. But yeah, Scott and I rented the Uhaul and went around Pittsburgh picking up the random pieces of furniture that I managed to borrow from everyone. So even with all the furniture I snagged (two couches, a desk, and dining table...and yes, I am proud of myself), my place still looks pretty bare. Guess I might have to go shopping some more.
Anyway, I'm pretty exhausted. So, I think that's about it. Tomorrow we get to move Jim in. I have to say though, today Scott and I moved all of the heavy furniture ourselves. And that is to say that I didn't need another person to move that stuff. Just to prove that I can do it "myself". Go me. :)
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