chore / accountability

I tend to be less disciplined when my blog is private. I write less. Blogging feels like a chore! Well, this is also because there isn't anything really to talk about. Except for one class which I took pass-fail, I got all my grades. No need to put life on hold! Hooray! I did pretty badly in one class but I deserved it -- and it was the floor of acceptability so I'll live. Life, bring it on!

so bad at accomplishing things

I used to have goals. I even had goals for this summer. I have yet to accomplish a single one of my very specific goals. Boo.

skull scarf

I want a skull scarf. Maybe, I'll buy it for myself on my birthday. Ohmygosh, I'm so bored!

no stalker

I privatized my blog. Tina just privatized her after hearing from her partner about online flops. I'm privatizing until further notice because my blog has become uninteresting. Well, that's because my life is really uninteresting at the moment. Another reason is...I don't have anyone at the moment who should (?) be stalking me. I'll open it up when I have someone who I feel should stalk me.

new discovery: kim kang woo

This blog is to keep track of my life for myself, right? Sorry for boring you with my new discovery. I just finished watching a twenty-series drama in a span of three days (each episode was more than an hour and ten minutes...yes this is the only thing I can brag about these days). I really don't like the main actor (used to like him) because he is not fit to act in 2010. Too short. Too girly. But I hit jackpot with this drama and discovered Kim Kang Woo (pictured right) and Philip Lee. And discovered a liking for Park Shi Yeon.

He was a total psychopath in this series but was pretty amazing. Now, I must watch everything he's ever been in...and maintain this obsession until I find another one. Then, I will abandon him or keep him in my closet full of past obsessions.

He acted with Park Shi Yeon twice. I must go watch the movie Marine Boy and see if I can maintain this appreciation.  They look good together. I guess there exists some special chemistry between specific actors...that make them do more performances together. Like Kate and Leo. They were even better in Revolutionary Road than in Titanic.

(Update: umm..just finished the music video that I posted before watching...it's cute until it gets a little inappropriate at the end...-_-)




My life update: not much is going on. Life is still on hold until I emerge from my house and quit staring at my laptop screen. How are you doing?

Day update: I spent an amount of money on an item of casual clothing that I consider unacceptable (actually it's not that much..I'm just cheap when it comes to spending money on casual clothes). I must wear it at least once a week in order to feel that the purchase was justified.

it's been a week

I think in weeks. I remember episodes in my life referencing it as a specific weekday. For example, I would think...the last time I saw that person was on a Wednesday around 4pm. And then for weeks, I would just keep track in that manner...two weeks ago today...three weeks ago today...etc. Seven is after all, a perfect number.

It's been a week since I left my Ann Arbor apartment...and Ann Arbor for Buffalo. I haven't done much at all. I've been a waste of space for the past week. Am I entitled (?) to continue this lifestyle for another week, you think?

new york, ny (yesterday)

I came back from NYC. Got my hair done. Went to the Korean Consulate only to be turned away. I have to go back next month. Had breakfast and lunch and dinner at various joints. Liz was our chauffeur -- driving us from and to the airport and in between! Awesomeness.

Saw Suah. Always a pleasure. Went to Ippudo. Crazy place. Wait was crazy. I would recommend going to anyone out in NYC -- the ramen was great -- but go with someone you lovee-- you have to do a lot of chatting during the wait. The pork buns were really good too...but I keep forgetting that I'm allergic to pork. Fail.

I'm having second thoughts as to whether I can really live in New York, NY. I realized that while I love getting things done in the city -- I don't like the mood of the city...maybe it's tainted with a feeling of dread and familiarity. I love the people in NYC -- but the sinking feeling ain't so hot. I don't know. I need to think about this but I realize that I will go wherever there are opportunities. In times like these, I can't be too picky! I will enter any (or most) doors that open my way,

I forgot to take my camera. I took some pictures with my I-phone but the battery died by the time I was sipping tea at my favorite tea place...Cha-an. I will definitely spend many days at that place during my seven weeks working in the city. If I'm nowhere to be found, surprise me there! (A challenge to any of my readers...who are curious/clever/charismatic/crazy enough to chase me.)

Topshop was a disappointment. I asked Sally and Liz whether I should purchase these shoes...they said no. Boo. Regrets. I should have just bought them and regretted buying them...rather than regretting not buying them...

Cupcake stand. So weird.

One of my favorite things to do in NYC -- sipping tea at Cha-an.

Have fun in NYC Tina Hoang!

buffalo goals

I'm in Buffalo..lounging until I start work on June 21. My life can't start until I know my grades from last semester. That's just how it works. My life is on pause. Yesterday, Prof. West sent the class an e-mail saying he had posted the grades and told us to e-mail him if we were impatient and curious. I am both but I think it'll be better for me to wait it out and see it posted online rather than hear it from him via an e-mail. But it hasn't posted!! My pride(?) doesn't allow me to ask him now. Should have done it when he first offered. Ughs. I'm really worried about one of my grades (not Japanese Law). Grades technically shouldn't matter anymore but I still have to write an application...and though I'm not sure what their threshold is, I don't want to worry about not getting in. Ugh, I'm almost 25! Grades really should be a non-factor in life. Period. Why does it still matter, why? Woes.

Buffalo goals:

1) lose weight?
2) finish 1Q84 volumes 1 and 2
3) start and finish Anna Karenina
4) practice my Japanese
5) make packing list for Japan/Korea
6) master the art of taking pictures of myself

jetblue blow-out sale event

For their 10th anniversary, JetBlue had a blow-out sale. They were selling one-way tickets for $10. So, without thinking twice, I purchased tickets to NYC this Wednesday. I will be in the city for a little more than twelve hours. I will get my hair done and go to the Korean embassy. And eat ramen with Suah. And drink tea at Cha-an. And possibly just roam around the city for a day! Yay!

i have internet!

My Buffalo home finally has internet! I have internet!

never ever trust law professors

that is all.

I am so glad I took Kyle's (Prof. Logue) exam pass-fail. I think I passed. Don't think I wrote a very good exam though. Whew.

Yay! Next semester, I will have a 4.0 semester. Every class will be pass/fail except for my research paper under Mark (Prof. West). Well...never mind. "Never ever trust law professors."

My life is sweet right now. I realized that Professors Logue and West have really cute names. One syllable first names and one syllable last names. Both their middle initials are D. I used to be torn about my fave-- but I've made up my mind. At least for now.

I am packing to move out! It's hard to pack up my 1 year and 9 months of Ann Arbor living! Hello SUMMER!

oh no

So much on mind but so little time on my hands. I must fall asleep reading my hornbook and pray that I get a C or above in corporate tax and get a PASS as my grade instead of a letter grade. I had to say my goodbyes to three people today! Sad but it's okay. Bittersweet.

I have a pretty privileged existence.

pass-fail option!

I decided to pass-fail my last exam. I am too exhausted. I have no confidence. I am burned out! Yay, best life decision this semester. I will not let K. Logue grade 10-credits of mine. He already graded 7.

MLcontinuestoS

thursday, please come.


doug, please be kind.

MLstillS

it really really sucks.

MLS

MLS = my life sucks.

Michigan Law School makes MY LIFE SUCK.

five years +/-

So sometimes, to make myself feel better, I allow myself lots of tv-time. Tina can testify but I have no shame when it comes to watching korean/japanese soaps in the Reading Room. I ain't ashamed! The amount of tv I watch is correlated in some shape or form with how my life is going. I watch a ton of tv during finals. I don't watch much tv when my life is uber-busy (exception: finals time) or my thoughts are preoccupied (exception: finals time). My tv philosophy is not...watch the most current thing...it's more like...watch a current thing and if I like someone in the show, watch everything he/she has been in (I guess the she is kind of a lie). In the beginning of the semester, a japanese actor who is five years younger than me captured my heart!

For the past few weeks, a korean actor who is 5 years older than me has preoccupied my television-time. He just came back from the army. He was a better actor in 2006 than he is now. Sad.

plus or minus five years. I remember being twenty. I wonder what thirty will be like. I don't think it'll be all that different...but I might have to act differently. Some will perceive me as so old. I used to think thirty was so so so old.