This is my room...

And it's supposed to be all cleared out next week? Okay, I really don't think this will happen, but I am determined to at least be able to walk to my door without the fear of tripping by tomorrow night.

They're baaaack!

 

Someone get these kids some tissues. I honestly despise this song, so there's only so many times I can listen to it. But I really, really just wanna watch this on repeat and giggle to myself until bedtime.

Last Week's Highlights

So this was a rather freaking tiring couple weeks. I haven't really had the chance to let myself get a full night's sleep, and today is no exception cause I feel like blogging. It's hard to believe that I don't have to wake up on Monday morning at 7 to get ready for work. It's been an unforgettable experience, and I am so grateful for all of the knowledge, friendships, and memories I gained in the last year and a half.

The past few weeks were made up of:  Make shift magazine ad wrapping paper. Surprise gifts for the bosses. Oreos baked into chocolate chip cookies. Labor Day sales. Cleaning off my awesome desk. The first of many San Diego adventures. It's been good.

Sometimes...

Sometimes, I have a very strong urge to say, "Bi-yatch, please! I know what I'm doing.."
But I refrain.




:)

Fail

Finishing my 6th stripe on my blanket, only to decide that I hated the color scheme I chose and that I wanted 2 new colors. Sigh...

Labor Day

-slept in til 10:30 

-Chic-fil-a and ironic underwear

-watched a ton of Gilmore Girls and finished 2 rows of my blanket

-"that's a nice sweater" x 20
-matching Star Wars shirts 

-more Gilmore Girls and more crocheting 

-milk & cookies
-"okay, new blogger isn't so bad." 

In case anyone was wondering, I fit into Boys' large shirt at Old Navy. 

Good day. 

Question:

How do you ask someone to stop coughing in their hands, but rather into their elbows (as doctors and most of the world recommends) without sounding like a jerk?

I will not be happy if I get sick with the rest of the office.

Girl Rant! Sorry..

There's always that one week each month that almost every girl dreads. (Yeah, I'm going there.) And girls always know this week has arrived when their skin just isn't behaving, the small things are enough to drive them crazy, and they find themselves crying into a pillow at night for no good reason. And then sometimes they do have good reasons.



I'm scared.

Scared of living without my parents for the first time. Scared of the same lack of friendships as I had at OCC. Scared of relationships diminishing from distances that aren't so long. Scared of not knowing how to cook dinner for myself each night besides mac & cheese and ramen. Scared that I never have a real plan or answer when people ask me what I want to do after college. But for the most part, it's a general scared for the general future.

And I'm coming up very close to the point where I no longer want to tell people just how scared I'm getting because I'm tired of the same response. "Don't be scared! You'll be fine, so stop worrying." Cause quite frankly, that's not what I want to hear. I know that I will be fine because I've got God as my support group. But that does not mean that parts of me won't freak out beforehand.

Sometimes, a girl just needs a hug in order to know that things will be okay.

Rant over.

Monday Updates:

8:20 am: It took me 20 minutes longer to get to work today now that Oxford Academy, Cypress High, Cypress College, and Cal State Fullerton have all started. Gee-reat.

9:15 am: The office has coffee again!

10:22 am: Got an email from Jameson today. Definitely highlight thus far..

7:39 pm: Milk and cookies for dessert. Thank goodness for impulse buying at Target.

7:42 pm: Antsy to do something artistic. Gaaah..

True story.

Source: bitsotruth.blogspot.com via Michelle on Pinterest

Foster the People - Pumped up Kicks

Young Padawan

So, I've come to the realization that I tend to take out any implusive urges I have on my hair. Mostly cause I hate permanent change, and I can always tell myself that hair grows.. la, la, la.

This time next month, I will be rather nauseous and terrified.

I know San Diego isn't far, but like I've written before.. it might as well be on the other side of the country. And in the back of my head, I keep making lists and lists of everything I want to do before I move. All of the things I need to buy. I keep telling myself to finally write down all of these lists, but I am lazy. Here is one..

Things to do before I leave:

-trip to Catalina
-back to school shopping? (doubtful)
-watch lots of Lord of the Rings
-DISNEYLAND. (all day, err'day)
-Little Saigon with my mother, where lots of ramen, lichi jello, and shrimp chip will be purchased
-drag my brother to Costco so I can stock up on the random essentials (he doesn't know this yet)
-LA Museum trips!
-lots of couch sitting and tv watching with my best friend
-get the bosses their goodbye presents
-packing (understatement)
-find a cheap backpack
-OC Foodie Fest!!


I know I'm gonna run out of time.

Happy Wednesday!

14er's club

Whitney post! I don't really know what to say about this other than that this is defintely one amazing, unforgettable hike. I'm pretty bummed that I wasn't motivated to take more pictures at the time. I was super happy that there was a still a lot of snow on the trail and even more happy that I didn't have to poop in a bag. Yeah..

I'm starting a tradition where robots are involved whenever we sign books in cool places.

Monday Annoyances:

1. Getting the hiccups.. A LOT. My seventh one was literally 10 minutes ago.

2. Having a constant craving for chocolate that can't seem to be satisfied.

3. Getting a huge scratch on my leg from one of the shipments that came in today.

4. Lack of sleep.

Okay, gonna attempt to solve 2 out of my 4 annoyances right now, starting with chocolate.

Goodnight, world.

Yosemite Pt. 2

Hello, my pretties. Yosemite pt. 2 was pretty freaking awesome. Hiking this time was much easier on the way up, but my knees got pretty beat up for the second half of the trip. We met some pretty cool people at the top, and at one point I was surrounded by a rainbow while walking alongside a waterfall. It was probably one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen in life, minus the rather annoying tourists. Watching the sunrise at the top of Half Dome is absolutely unforgettable..

Fourth time making it to the top. I wish I had done a cheesy pose like this for each hike. That would've been fun. New life goal: go to every national park in the U.S.

Thursday Highlights:

Lunch date! Clearly, I haven't seen Super Size Me yet..

Audrey got a makeover! I had to get a new windshield cause the old one had a crack in it, which freaked me out. I no longer have to be terrified that my windshield will suddenly shatter while I'm driving on the freeway. That's appreciating the simple things right there..

Don't judge the Starbucks cup too quickly. Because Starbucks with Rachel usually means a couple hours of really good conversation, ranging from movies to politics to school to nail polish. Yeah... it's great. :)

Hey Ya

I'm at what may be the only place in existence that makes you feel punished for going to school. 30 minutes down. 8 hours to go...

Luckily I have this wonderful video that can brighten anyone's bad day:

Yosemite Pt. 1

Back from Yosemite.. I may not have missed Southern California, but I definitely missed my bed. Anyway, can you picture walking outside and having that view be your backyard? John Muir was freaking awesome. Anyone who has never gone to Yosemite before should definitely go. And go this year, if possible, cause those waterfalls are amazing.

That hike killed me.. haha. I honestly feel like it gets harder every year. And I can't believe I'll be going back in about 2 weeks. Anyway, there were lots of highs and lows during this trip. So here's my list.. I make a lot of lists if you can't tell already.

Highs:

-Hanging out with good people

-Taking a break from work and the rest of life

-Seeing so many waterfalls since there was so much snow this year

-Seeing Yosemite falls for the first time (Strange cause it was my 3rd trip to Yosemite)

-Hiking up the Mist Trail at night

-Hiking with Mitchell for only the second time in life

Lows:

-Going on 3 hours of sleep on the hike

-Mentally psyching myself out on the cables

-Getting mad at myself for freaking about about the cables when I've already done it twice

-Camera battery "dying" on the top of Half Dome = no pictures (I turned it on at the end of the day and it had a full battery.)

-Hearing about the people going over the falls

-Saying goodbyes for almost a month

So on the way down from Half Dome, the Mist Trail (steps that go up along Vernal Falls and Nevada Falls) was closed off with yellow police tape. After talking to a ranger, we found out that 3 people had fallen in the water and were missing. And it kills me to know that this couple fell over Vernal Falls because they had climbed over the railing at the falls and didn't expect the water to be so strong. (You can read an article about it here.) So I ask my readers two things:

1. Pray for the family and friends of the victims, as well as the victims themselves.

2. Please, please be careful when on your vacations, and don't take simple things for granted. Life is too precious to lose it by ignoring signs and climbing to the edges of waterfalls.

Happy Birochday!

Are you ready for my awesome blog post? It's really not that awesome..

I tried to take pictures of the highlights of my day this week, so now you are all forced to look at them. (It's mostly food. That might tell you something about me..) Btw, if you are wondering why there are cheesy filters on my photos, it's because I got super bored earlier. Here we go...

-Monday: My boss decided that the kitchen could use a snow cone machine, since this summer has been proving to be a ridiculously hot one.

-Tuesday: I got me some new flippy floppies from REI. What makes these so awesome? They are made from yoga mats! These are like the memory foam mattresses 'cept for your feet.

-Wednesday: Giveaways at work may just be my favorite things about the job. Here lies 25 awesome gifts wrapped by Athena and me. If only I put in this much effort for the presents I give to my own family and friends..

-Thursday: Sometimes when you have rough weeks, you just need a doughnut to brighten up your morning. This week I had two. And my fun project at work this week: wrapping more gifts. Which I really loved doing.. It's also proof that Ruche isn't like anything other online clothing company. We found our top 3 customers and put together a gift worth over $150 for our birthday week.

-Friday/Saturday: Birthday cakes. I had a lot this week. Btw, how do you work at a cake shop and not know how to spell "birthday?"

Sorry if that was boring...

But now I have finally finished packing for the week for a beautiful trip to Yosemite. See you later, Southern California. I won't miss you much.

Raising Expectations

This marks the first night in a very, very long time when I have no obligations to be at a certain place at a certain time. And may I say.. it feels amazing. I finally get to do all of those small things I have been wanting to do all week. This includes (but is not limited to):

-laundry

-cleaning my room

-washing my car

-packing for Yosemite

-napping

-finally uploading pictures

-writing my letters

-updating the music on my ipod

-repainting the nails (maroon, on the off chance you were wondering)

-blogging

Hopefully I can finish most of this list tonight.. I'm grateful that I won't be too busy tomorrow too. Hopefully another post to come later tonight if I have time. I've been planning for this post all week. Be excited..

Pet Peeve

Which isn't really a pet peeve, but is more of something that just really grinds my gears: Being the scapegoat when other people are incapable of living up to their own mistakes. That basically made up my last two days... Luckily I had good company around to keep me sane. Now to attempt to just let it go and start over tomorrow.

Thank God I am leaving on Sunday for Yosemite for a few days. I definitely need this getaway..

Saturday:

Pretty bummed that I wasn't able to hike today, but after thinking about it more, I figure it would've been incredibly hot while hiking. And I got to sleep in this morning. So here is my overview of the day for my readers...

-woke up at 1pm
-watched a ton of Gilmore Girls and ate 3 sticks of string cheese
-went to Target and bought 4 things all for less than $10
-satisfied my crazy McDonald's french fries craving
-made a bracelet I've been wanting to make for months, maybe even a year (It only took me 2 hours..)
-watched more Gilmore Girls
-finished the last string cheese in the house, now I need more salty foods.

My beautiful creation
(found the tutorial to make it here)

It's cute cause it's true.

Great weekend:

- I feel like I was able to catch up with so many people this weekend. I just wish I had taken more pictures though.. my camera battery died due to my ill planning.
- Even though we just got together a couple weeks ago, it was especially nice having my family over for dinner. I love them so..
- Definitely growing more excited for school in the fall. I have a room! I'm already looking up decorating ideas. :)
- Had the best ham and swiss sandwich ever today. I'm excited to have my leftovers for lunch tomorrow.
- It's honestly like I'm smitten all over again.
- I am exhausted. Time for bed, world.

Fact:

I break at least one pair of sunglasses every year.

This is why I cannot pay more than $10 for a pair of sunglasses. Unnecessary story time: Today, I pulled out my favorite pair of sunglasses from my purse and realized that one arm was missing. So naturally, I went out and bought not just one, but 2 replacements that looked rather similar. And as I sat in the very same place I sit right now, a tiny little screw appeared out of no where. Sunglasses sorta fixed. (I screwed it back with my nail.) Now I own 3 pairs of floral designed sunglasses. Do not be surprised when all of them are broken by the end of summer. Or, by some freak luck, I'll still have all 3 of them in 30 years.

Anyway, this week has been fantastic. I am loving summer so far, and I love that I get to see friends a lot. What I love more than that: unexpected phone calls from people I really like.

Highlights thus far in the week:
-Pieology
-baking & talking
-Disneyland
-Yoga during lunch breaks at work!

Looking forward to:
-More baking/cooking more tomorrow
-Bonfire with friends on Saturday
-Maybe rock climbing on Sunday?

Goodnight, world. Can't wait to see what tomorrow brings.
(I mix writing out numbers and not writing them out. Weird.)

Kimly ♥ lunch dates.

Pie-ology: the Chipotle of pizza, conveniently located across the street from the Chipotle in Fullerton.

My genius computer is incapable of rotating an image. Hopefully I'll get it fixed by tomorrow and no one will know what I am talking about. Or I'll get too lazy and will forever have a lame picture. Adds character, no? My computer can barely even handle writing this blog entry without slowing down: sad.

Anyway, this was quite delicious. Left: margarita pizza + mushrooms & extra cheese. Right: bbq chicken pizza. The place was sorta empty when we went in for lunch today, so we got to sit on the hip, awkward couches. Great service and all of the people there seem very friendly. It's definitely one of my new favorite places to eat right now.

Lunch dates have been some of the highlights of my week. They're my much needed breaks during long work days to keep Kimly sane.

Monday Morning:

-M&M blueberry doughnut

-coffee in my awesome anthropology mug

(My desk looks sooo clean.)

Thoughts of the Day

-YES. It's only 6:30, I can still sleep.
-Okay, 7:oo came to fast. Snooze button!
-Uhh... it's 7:35 and I normally leave the house five minutes ago. Great. Surprisingly still got to work only a few minutes later than I normally do. No, I didn't speed, I just didn't really get to think out my outfit as much as I wanted to. And no makeup..
-Lalala, daily routine: drive, get to the office and unlock the doors, make coffee, print packing slips, restocks and finish tasks. Easy day.
-Lunch at Tranquil for the first time in months! All that was missing was Robin.. Pretty surprised that a tea trio kept me full until 11pm.
-Missing certain people all day, but unexpectedly having the chance to see them after work is very nice.
-[Insert "Let's go to the Mall" song from How I Met Your Mother here]
-Very glad I decided to go to the gym. Slowly getting better. My hands sweat a tad bit just typing about it.
-NEW PHONE CASE CAME IN. I don't think anyone understands how frustrating it's been to have my old one literally fall off at least 5 times a day. Thank you free Amazon Prime.

Pretty darn good day.

Like I've blogged before, my 21st birthday is coming up. And this lovely toy would most definitely be one of those can't go wrong kinds of gifts.

But you know.. you don't need a birthday to get this for me. :)

Current Psyche

Just cause I haven't blogged in almost a month and I have nothing to do on my lunch..

-still obsessed with pinterest.com
-officially decided my college for next year. pretty nervous..
-tomorrow's my last day at OCC. and it's weird, because I'll actually miss it.
-2 more days! :D time does fly..
-nyquil is magical. I've said this many times.
-slowly detaching myself one day at a time.
-it doesn't feel like summer. probably because half my friends aren't coming home. :(
-I want to go somewhere crazy far away. I cannot wait for the day when I have someone to always go on fun adventures with. And when I do go, one of the places will be below:

Beach Cathedral, Ribadeo, Lugo, Galicia, Spain

Talk to you later, world.

Achievement

This is what I aim to achieve, to own a bracelet from Tiffany's. This bracelet from Tiffany's in particular. Of all the materialistic things I can drool over, it may always be this. Someday, Kimly.. someday.

Note: To all my family and friends-
The last exciting birthday of my life (21st) is just 7 months away. :D

Gibberish

a. Took a 5 hour long nap this afternoon, and missed the first 20 minutes of the Office. :(
b. Officially made it into Boston University.
c. Now it's time for bed.

I need a pro and con's list. And lots of prayers to help me with my decision. And my best friend to talk about this with. I don't know what to choose! :(

La, la, la.

It feels like summer. :)

DIY: Spoons!

This look so fun and clever! I found it here on Green Wedding Shoes. I definitely want to try this someday..

Notes to self:

1. You REALLY need to stop pushing your luck. Really.

2. Everything happens according to plan, even if it's not your plan.

3. Stop going to bed after midnight when you promise yourself to sleep early. Example: now.

Never too old

There are times when your mom may seem to drive you crazy, and you think to yourself that you will never be like them when you grow up. Well, 93.4% of you reading this will turn out to be A LOT like your parents. Fight it all you want, but it's true.

And you know what? That may not be a bad thing.
Because mom are actually quite wonderful behind the occasional nagging. And what I was once told almost 10 years ago is still very true today: You are never too old to be mothered.

At the end of the day, they still worry about you and cook your favorite dinners and make you dessert for your birthdays and love you more than life itself. Whether you're six or thirty-six, mom is always there for your scraped knees or cooking tips and advice.

I bet you can easily look back and remember a time when your mom spoiled you for no good reason, and it was the best feeling in the world. Well, now that Mother's Day is coming up, it's her turn to spoil her. Shopping here makes it easy. :)

Disclaimer: I make up like all of my percentages on this blog.

Rough start

Couldn't sleep til like 2. Was so tired from lack of sleep that I slept through 2 alarms and missed a cool trip and disappointed my big brother. Stopped a car crash at one church. Drove to go to a second church and my car broke down. Now I don't know how long it'll be before I have it back. Or how much this will cost.



Other than all of the above, it was a pretty good Easter. I honestly love rain AND God, so how can I be all that sad?

Life is hard, but life is good.
God gives you exactly what He knows you can handle.
Even if you don't think you can.

Yesterday, I had another one of those "is-this-real?" kind of moments. It's like the person sitting beside you was some figment of your imagination for the past couple years. And your first thoughts are, "This is good. Really, really good." Followed closely by, "Thank you so much, God, for this gift sitting next to me."

It was nice. :)

Why am I up?

I finally used a gift card I've had since Christmas on some awesome stuff. I love gift cards.. They're life's way of saying, "Here, Kimly, have some guilt free shopping."

Okay, goodnight world.

15 more minutes til class...

She's one of the bloggers for Ruche, and got the purse and shoes from us. (Note: I also own the purse and shoes.) Ever since we got the purse in like a month ago, I've been wanting to wear it with my floral shoes. I am a little sad that she beat me to it. Haha, how petty of me.

I'm doing it tomorrow, danggit!

Booooored

On the way to class this morning, I thought to myself, "Wouldn't it be nice if one of my classes like music was canceled? Too bad music is never canceled.." Dudes, my readers... it was totally canceled this morning. So here I sit in my computer lab, listening to music, and waiting for stats to start. It's nice..

It's getting harder to go to school these days and actually be motivated to do well.. It's like I have senioritis, but I'm not even done with college yet. Just community college.. I'm scared, but also really looking forward to transferring in the fall. Either staying home or going across the country. (I'll probably still be in California next year. It's just really exciting and fun to think about leaving for a few years.)

No matter how much I like the last song I posted, I love this one like 20 times more. (I haven't seen 180 Degrees South yet.)

I've sorta been obsessed with this song ever since I heard it at a concert like a week ago. It's probably one of the most cheesy, too good to be true kind of songs. So, naturally, I like it a lot. That and I really, really just like the melody of the chorus. It's easy to hum since I am incapable of remembering any lyrics to any song.

5 words

on repeat.






I can't do this anymore.

Repetition

I keep telling myself that I should really, REALLY be used to this by now. But I never am. I fear there are some things I may never learn.

It was a nice 2 weeks..

Anyway, I listened to this song like 4 times tonight. It's catchy, but I have no idea what they're talking about.

Ramblings for Wednesday

I am not a fan when people act grumpy towards me for no reason. They may actually be grumpy or not be grumpy at all, but overall... just giving off bad vibes for no clear reason? Even when I am working hard to be super nice? Uncoool. Oh well, maybe they do have a good reason in the end. Maybe I was being particularly annoying but didn't realize it.

Life is hard, but life is good. You know what's good? Or actually who's good? God. :)

I am making it a point to be more open minded and not judge people too harshly for no good reason. It's possibly the hardest thing I've ever had to do.

My tent came today! I was sooo happy. I wanted to build it in my room, but it's not a free standing tent, so I gotta build it in my front yard sometime..

Of all the lame days this week, today was probably the worst. No, it definitely was the worst. But Rachel is coming over soon! And then..


Modern Family, Arrested Development, and Thrifty's ice cream: my happy ending to a very rough day. :)

It's fun watching random online videos with one of my best friends because I find videos like this. This totally reinforces why owls are one of my favorite animals, btw.




His facial expressions when he is scared is priceless.

See January 27th

What feels like many moons ago, I made a list of all the things I had been wanting to do. And the only 2 that were left on my list were:

-go somewhere for more than just a night. I am pretty sure the last thing that could be considered a vacation was back in August. But even then, I was super tired after hiking Half Dome. I was thinking East Coast for Spring Break. But $150 there and back is a lot.

-get dressed up and have a fancy dinner. Just cause they're nice and yummy.

Well, I get to go to Big Bear this weekend. I am pretty excited.




One more left on my list. Someone go out to dinner with me! :D

It's raining. I'm watching How I Met your Mother, while eating chocolate chip cookies. And I get to crochet and chat with my friends.

It's a good night..

Help!

Less than one week ago, Japan was hit by a devastating earthquake. Picture your home, car, and entire life swept away within hours.. Please make some effort to donate even just a few dollars to help out. Amazon makes it as easy as buying a new textbook for school, so no more excuses to put it off.

Make a donation now!

God works in mysterious ways..

Praying for Japan today.

Current Favorite

I used to think that I was lucky to have people in my life to introduce good music to me. But thinking about it, I think a better way to say it is that I am actually really blessed. They seem like the same thing, but it's not. I always took being lucky as something that was random. But being blessed with something has a sense of purpose behind it, if that makes any sense. I know that each and every person was placed in my life for a reason, whether they may seem good or bad to me.

I have people who can turn a boring night into crazy driving adventures and can talk to for hours at a time about anything. And people who are willing to pick up the phone at any late hour of the night if I need them. People who love me and look out for me. Who can turn a bad night into an amazing one and make me smile in the worst times. In case I forget to say it, which I know I will, thank you.

Food Binge

I've felt like I've been hungry all day.. which has been awful.
Especially because my hands get all shaky.
Plus there's the cold that makes me shaky too,
amongst other things.

You know what would be nice?
Making a quesadilla or grilled cheese with someone and splitting it.



In need of a food binge.

Threadsence Lookbook!

Threadsence Lookbook!
I give up trying to make it look cool.. haha.

Secret (which may not be so secret): I love lace. All things lace. I always have, but more recently have embraced that love so much more. It's pretty obvious if you just glance at my closet. And after working where I do for a little over a year, how could I not also fall in love with anything covered in floral print?

So naturally, this lookbook now has a place in my heart. I am totally and completely being dramatic, but I do not care. This lookbook is amazing with some wonderful photography by Vu Bui and Mai Trinh.

Many people think that spending money and so much time on clothes is such a waste. But it's only a multi-billion dollar industry for a reason. It's a lifestyle, and in this case, it's quite the lacy lifestyle. Enjoy! :)

Nice

-Slept in til 1:30
-Watched a ton of TV
-Slept again for 2 hours
-Watched more TV

I love days off when I don't even have to change out of my PJ's or have any particular obligations. Most unproductive Monday EVER. It was pretty nice.

My song of the night

It's so freaking cute.

when I go

I've listened to this song about 9.76 times tonight

Okay, last one..

All I really, really want on Monday are those plain, simple red lollipops in the shape of hearts that used to be everywhere when I was a kid. They are so delicious.



I have looked in like 4 different stores including Ralphs and Target and can't find them anywhere. Sad day.. :(

The Illusionist

For some reason, I feel like people have been talking about The Illusionist a lot lately.
I finally saw it today. Pretty darn good, but I guessed the ending correctly. So my mind wasn't as blown as other people's were. I think I was mostly distracted when I couldn't figure out what movies I had seen Edward Norton and Rufus Sewell in. (The Italian Job and The Holiday)

Okay, I don't know why I am still up.
Gonna do some bouldering tomorrow. I am hoping my finger will stop hurting by then.

Goodnight, world.

I think that one of the things people are always in a search for is that little sense of reassurance. You go through life and find yourself hurt by others, whether it was intentional or not. Or, your own thoughts manage to betray you. So you search for that reassurance of knowing that everything will be okay in order to fight the insecurities that get bottled up inside. Fears. Doubts. Jealousies..

And the thing about your own insecurities is that they are damn near impossible to rid yourself of. If it was easy, then I wouldn't even be writing about them in the first place. Any third party can quickly say something like "Don't be jealous of that girl. She isn't nearly as pretty as you." or "Stop stressing, everything with work out just fine.." But all of your rationality left you long ago..

So what do you do? Call up a friend for a long talk or go visit someone you hadn't seen in a few days just to confirm that things are okay. And some nights, those phone conversations help. You can go to bed feeling much better, calmer. Other nights, you are left driving home with questions after question going unanswered with each red light you are stuck at.

Tonight, all I can do is hope and pray and let God take care of me. Tonight, I still feel pretty insecure.

Last one for the night..

Threadsence Look Book!

Waaah, I want that dress! :(

I'm blog happy tonight.

Sooo, I reread my posts from the past month and saw this list of all the things I wanted to do:

I want to...

-hike! So badly.. I went and bought one of those sterilite tubs from Target to keep all of my backpacking stuff in. And it feels like such a waste to see it just sit. I want to go somewhere.

-go somewhere for more than just a night. I am pretty sure the last thing that could be considered a vacation was back in August. But even then, I was super tired after hiking Half Dome. I was thinking East Coast for Spring Break. But $150 there and back is a lot.

-get dressed up and have a fancy dinner. Just cause they're nice and yummy.

-go to Disneyland! This may be the only thing that I get to do on my list. Got a month off a school, the family just got passes and a couple friends have it too. It'll be good.

-not have to pay for more car repairs. Sigh.. I hope fixing this window is the last thing I have to pay for in a while. I want to save up for something biiig.

-play in the snow! It seems like such a waste for it to be so cold this winter and for me NOT to see the snow yet. I may have to bug some friends to take me...

I crossed out all of the ones I was able to do. I'd say that was rather successful. :)

Just remembered I have a half eaten cookie in my car.

:)

Looking back on my English notes

Believe it or not, my critical reasoning and literature class taught me the four characteristics of a romantic comedy. And I am gonna share it with you.. just cause I can. (My professor would be so proud.) Anyway, the four characteristics:

1. Boy meets girl. Easy enough..
2. Conflict leads to choice. Boy loses girl because of an issue with an ego or because of corrupt relative and/or friend and/or boss.
3. There is a leap of faith where the boy gets the girl.
4. Dues ex machina "machine of the gods" or a coincidence. This is the part of the movie where the boy or girl suddenly has to run through an airport before a plane takes off to stop the opposite sex from flying across the country, so they can say their "I'm sorry's" and "You were right's" and "I love you's."

Why on Earth am I writing all of this? Because I am a girl and I just watched a chick flick. So of course, I am in that kind of mood that girls get in when they see chick flicks, and this is my way of sharing it with you. No Strings Attached took chick flicks to a whole other awkward level, but still with enough can't-stop-laughing funny and pretty much impossibly cute moments to make me happy with it in the end. Plus, there were a lot of songs that I enjoyed, particularly one play list in it. Second plus, Natalie Portman being weird and awkward is always entertaining. I think, overall, the movie turned out to be a lot better than I had planned.

I still stand by my argument that guys should watch chick flicks in order to steal ideas to win girls over if they need it. It'll work, especially considering one of the ideas in the movie was coincidentally one that I had thought of last week.

All right, enough gibberish..

note: Thank you for being the start of my good night.