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July 30, 2004
Huh
Last night I finished My Sister's Keeper . It was definitely one of the most moving books I've ever read. I think it's probably the first time where I was really depressed after reading a book. Went to bed, and just felt sad . It's kind of weird how emotions like that can happen. I guess the word is empathy, for understanding what people might be feeling (in this case, characters in a book), but most times I feel like I can remove myself from the situation and realize that it is a work of fiction. However, in this one, I was just sad.
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July 29, 2004
ATLANTA!
I'm so excited. Bought myself an eSaver ticket and heading back down to Atlanta this weekend!! :) There are lots of people to see, lots of food to eat, I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to meet up with everyone. My brother is already like, "Are you even going to SEE me at all when you come down here?" So excited *dancin*
On the other hand, Avi left CMU for good on Tuesday. So we decided to take him out (although I don't really remember paying for anything) for dinner at Mad Mex. Some of you might remember my last Mad Mex experience (this was not pleasant for me, the bus people, d-level people (well, actually, I think they thought it was funnie), or Mike for that matter), this time, it was more pleasant for me, not so pleasant for the Mad Mex people or Cindy. Making a long story short, we will probably NOT be visiting this restaurant for quite some time. Heh. It was fun though. Margaritas tend to be fun. :)
Think that's about it. Got new Nike test shoes yesterday. They are . . . interesting. Apparently Nike likes to send me shoes that I am not quite sure that I would ever buy. The color scheme of choice this time is peach with maroon on white. Huh. Oh well. Free pair of shoes. At least this time they are actually somewhat related to the stuff I do (athletically speaking).
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July 22, 2004
Emoticons
Got emoticons to work!!! :-D Of course, I am not sure how useful it will be. Prolly later I will get annoyed with it. But for now, :)
Hehehe.
Oh, like the color change? I think I will prolly try to personalize it more later on, but I am feeling slightly lazy about learning how to use stylesheets.
EDIT: Argh. My template change makes for really ugly archive pages (actually, it doesn't come out at all). Argh. So tired. Guess I will have to fix this tomorrow.
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July 19, 2004
Good things, bad things
I went on a minor cleaning spree again in my bathroom. I love you, Scrubbing Bubbles. You are my hero.
I also finally buckled down and bought the Oral-B D17545 electric toothbrush I have been eyeing it for like, forever. Finally found it for a decent price, and decided what the hell, I'm sick of tartar/plaque filled teeth. Shiny dentist office clean teeth, here I come!
On the annoying note, I managed to leave my Nalgene bottle at the gym. :( Not only that, I also lost the sip guard thingie that I bought to go with it. I really hope it will be there tomorrow when I go by the gym again. So disappointed. I was sorta attached to it. Grr...
Lastly, more Blair pictures are up. Some more Scotland pictures as well. Trying hard to get it all up. Enjoy!
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July 18, 2004
Photo Album
Ahh. Finally got my lazy ass and downloaded and installed Gallery . So proud of myself. Hahahha. Of course, takes like ten years to upload pictures, but all is well. Follow this link here to see my pictures. There are pictures of Goober and Portia up. Hopefully will have more pictures up later.
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July 15, 2004
GROSS
Today, Goober sufficed in totally grossing me out.
First, Goober managed to lick himself *down there* so much as to give himself a HUGE infection on his testicle. Not only did it smell like crap, it was oozing with pus. Needless to say, I was not impressed (actually, I was sort of worried about his health and freaking out as he was leaving pus stains on my floor whenever he sat down). So, I took him to the vet and got some topical ointment and oral medication.
No big deal right? HAH. FOOL ME! As I was applying ointment on his testicle later, which was already gross in itself, I noticed that there were white little things squirming out of his ASS. I looked (not TOO much) closer and noticed that they falling out of his butt hole and squirming around his anal region. Didn't take me more than two secs to realize that he has worms. OHMIGOD. I thought I was going to hurl right then and there. Little worms dancing OUT OF HIS BUTTHOLE *shrudder*. Looked it up online to discover that my little Goober has TAPEWORM *double shrudder*. Ran myself over to Petco ASAP and bought him some tapeworm de-wormer. Gave him and Portia (just in case) the medication and quarantined them from each other. Now, I'm supposed to wait as the tapeworm dies and slowly (but surely) comes out of his butthole some more. Apparently, as the Petco lady said, it'll just DRIP OUT. Not while he's pooing or anything, just merrily out at any random time. I'm SO excited.
Of course, I'm not particularly thrilled with the whole incident. Hopefully Goober will be all right. I think it's time I said goodbye to my sheets and comforter covers (until they are washed) though, as everything now feels like it could be potentially infested with tapeworm *shudder some more*. BLECH.
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July 12, 2004
Thoughts
So here is an entry that gives you a glimpse into my silly little brain:
Two things have been crossing my mind recently. One of which, I definitely need to figure out, the other, not so much, just more of a "I'm bored and so I think about these things" kind of thing.
I met up with a friend today. We had dinner and drinks and went to a video game arcade (he beat the shit out of me in this guitar playing game). He was talking about how excited he was about interning at this particular company. How it was really tiring (since he worked a bazillion hours a week), but it was really rewarding. He wasn't particularly sure what part of Industrial Design he was most passionate about, but he was really happy about ID. Then he asked me, "Are you happy?" and I just kind of sat there. I feel like I've been struggling with this question a lot recently, and the more I think about it, the more I want to say "no." And everytime I start to hesistate, every person I've talked to says, "Why the f*** are you getting a PhD then?" and I'm not really sure I know what to say. I wish I knew what I really wanted to do. I wish I could find that "niche" which would make me happy, but I'm not sure how to go about to finding it. Sometimes I feel like I am doing the right thing (ie I won't regret later on life), sometimes I just want to get the hell out. They say that all PhD students go through this, and so I wonder if maybe I'm just the same as every other student. The waves go up and down, but recently I've hit another lull.
I think I'm slightly tired...so I guess I'm not going to talk about the other stuff. Heh. It's mainly frivolous stuff anyway. :)
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July 06, 2004
wow
I have been shamed about my pencil twirling skills:
http://www.koreus.com/files/200406/jonglage_stylo_doigt.html
of course, this guy must've been super duper bored. hahahha....
Posted by szujin at 10:23 AM | Comments (0)
Wedding
On Saturday, my friend Dan got married. I didn't attend the wedding, but I really wish I did. Somehow, it seems that that's a pretty major milestone in someone's life, and I wish I had been there to celebrate it with him. He was one of my closest friends in college (we've definitely been through thick and thin, well, mostly thick...but then again, what does that mean exactly?, is the thick part the good part or the thin part the good part? b/c there are so many interpretations for it...but I digress...), and it's sort of weird knowing that now he definitely (legally?) belongs to someone else. Hehe. I dunno. I think his marriage really signifies that we're all starting to grow up. I've been to a few weddings recently, of most significant, my brother's, but he is a lot older than me, so it doesn't seem as weird. I dunno, I think every wedding I attend takes a small part of my childhood away. Next thing you know it, we're all going to be old and have kids. . .
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July 05, 2004
Kitties galore
I adopted a new kitty on Saturday. His name is . . . well, I haven't really decided a name yet (Ok, so I named him "Henry" at first, but then I decided Henry wasn't so hot. I kind of like "Texas" just b/c he is orange, but he is not orange ENOUGH. Then I thought about "Forte", but what if he is not later on? So, now he is nameless). But his nickname is "Goober", of which the two people have heard this name have decided it is retarded (Goober, I believe is Smucker's peanut butter and jelly spread, and I'm not sure why, but he acts like what I would define as a "goober", although I'm not sure there is any relationship to the PB&J stuff from Smuckers). He's a buff white and orange tabby kitty that is 10 wks old. He is super SUPER loud at night (and during the day too. Ok, he is loud always) and hates to be alone. Portia is slowly taking a liking to him. She wasn't very happy when he first showed up (i.e. extraordinarily pouty for a kitty if you can believe that). But today she hasn't hissed at him at all, and in actuality, they have chased each other around a little bit (this makes me extremely happy). I want to post pictures up of Goober (and Portia for that matter), but Goober doesn't stay still long enough for me to take a decent picture.
Other than that, July 4th was pretty decent. I watched two episodes of Long Vacation (Ohmigod, it is SO good...), and threw a BBQ at night (haha, I guess that should be the more important part). We had beef and chicken kabobs and some Whole Food sausage *yum*. Marination is key to flavorful beef and chicken, btw (ok, so I knew that too, but it was readily apparent this time around). We went out to see fireworks around up in Schenley Park. This place was supposed to be one of the "it" places to see the fireworks if you did not want to go downtown. THAT was a major disappointment. The fireworks showed up BEHIND one of the taller buildings in Pittsburgh. It was like watching the fireworks behind closed curtains. All you could see were the edges of the fireworks, but the main attraction part? Nada. All of us were like "What the heck..." and next time around, I'm going downtown. I don't feel much for fireworks (usually), but then when you only get to see a small part of it, suddenly it's imperative you see the whole thing. Bah. I feel so cheated.
That's about it. My aunt and uncle are coming pretty soon. Have to clean up like a mad woman. My cousin's propensity for cleanliness comes from my uncle, who I believe is five times worse than she is (he actually KNOWS how to clean. heh). Nervous he is going to think our place is a pigsty or something (it's not!!).
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