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Monday, April 27, 2009

didn't really feel like one. thats not necessarily a bad thing. it just felt like a family vacation day haha.

it scares me that i'm getting so old that my birthday isn't THAT big of a deal anymore. when i was a kid, i couldnt imagine not caring! it was like one of the 2 best days of the year! but yesterday i had to keep reminding myself that it was my birthday and i was turning 19. - -' fail...

back to studying for finals!

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as of friday, school was officially over.
i know, i know you guys are jealous ;)

so anyhow, after two weeks of final project and final exam hell, i am done with freshman year! took a lot of strength to get past that last stretch...

anyhow i am currently in new hampshire, 10 hours away from pittsburgh (!)

i will be heading to barcelona, spain in a matter of days. O_o. barcelona! gaudi, picasso, beaches, seafood, gotic, la rambla, etc. remember the good ol' days of spanish class when we would learn about the wonnerful ciudad de barthelona! con el ceceo.

and after being in barcelona for a couple of days, i will be heading off to munich and augsburg, germany!

i'll be back home may 18th

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we can do it.

hello all,
crazy last stretch of school ey? yeah. we sandiegans are now entering 5th week out of 10 for the last quarter of our freshman year. cuhrazay!
how are you guys?
for me i've been so caught up in school and lost in the work that i've been really tired recently and actually haven't talked to high school friends in a long time. this blog is no exception.. i'm not gonna lie, i haven't had time to get online to check this in a while. =\
anyway, i find myself a lot less on aim. i mean i always knew it coudln't be the most efficient way to spend my time but yeahh, now that i done with my writing requirement, i dont need the computer so much for long periods of time. so i just check my email, school account, and maybe facebook and thats it for the day. it kind of kills off my high school connections though. that's bad.
it's sad how i was afraid of losing all my high school friends when we all move to college and how everyone kept saying we'd keep in touch.. but when it comes down to it, everyone's pretty overwhelmed with the new we dont always tend the old. and this isn't really directed toward you guys btw ahha. you guys are different..even though this blog is pretty slow communication between us i feel like we still have an underlying conncetion..that when we meet up its like we never left, yano? like that glue that keeps us together is always there even when you dont always make sure its still sticky..or like when you think back it's like, yeah i guess we didnt keep in touch liek we were supposed to but if i were to come to any of you today with a problem, you'd be there for me. and not just like a friend but someone who's known me for years, knows who i relly am, yah? and thats what makes us different and who we are. <3 but yeahh.
anyways, i just heard back from the EAP (education abroad program) office and they selected me to go to england next year! i know this is kind of shocking but i applied a couple months ago and decided if i got accepted, i'd make my choice from there. the drop deadline is may 10th. i'd be starting school oct 4 and get back for winter break and end school mid june. i wanted to get into a london university, king's college london in particular, but the spots were full (i came in as a late applicant but not by a big gap) and i got offered the university of sussex. its about an hour train ride from london but a little less international and urban. which could be a good thing since i've never lived in an urban city before. haha from cerritos to san diego isn't such a big change i blieve. xD anyway, it's pretty set right now, just waiting back from the university to confirm. so i suppose there's still a chance i might nto go xD i'll for sure keep you guys posted though.:]
what else? oh! my college here is hosting a semi-formal (kinda like a winter formal) and i feel liek im in high school again - -'' i guess its kinda cute but yeahh. ahha im already hearing about my friend wanting to ask my other friend and stuff ahhah good stuff but eh sick of it kinda. xd
the school year's flying by. trying to enjoy it while i can, but i've been having a tough time recently. struggling with a lot-faith, direction, friends, and definitely school work. :[ i dropped one of my classes so hopefully it'll ease up a little bit.
anyhow, that's it for me this time. i hope you guys are diong well. i do miss you guys terriby :[
i have to wake up at 8 tmrw :[ (it woulda been 7 if i didnt drop it.. thank goodness). i love you guys<3
-kat

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Hey guys,

It's been a while. Things seem to have slowed down a lot, at least on the blog front. The weather's turned really nice over here. Well, today it's a whopping 93 degrees... so Scott and I are going out to Longwood gardens to admire the beautiful nature-ness and weather. Last night was pretty sweet. We sat out on my driveway and watched the stars. It was gorgeous. And we did some cloud watching too. This was at like 3 in the morning while we were doing laundry at my house, but we could still see everything. I was wondering why it was so easy to see the clouds, even during the dead of night. Is it because of the light pollution? that's really sad... while we were able to see a lot of stars (we had trouble finding the little dipper, but the big dipper was easy), it was still difficult to see a lot of them. Either way, it was a warm night and it was so nice just sitting out on the driveway admiring the stars. We even fell asleep out there... whoops. But I guess that's just one of my midnight adventures out here.

Updates on summer plans and etcetera. I got the position as a Russell Fellow and Orientation Assistant so I'll be living with Freshmen again next year and working at the University this summer! I'm really excited cuz this is my first real job. What I do as an orientation assistant for the Honors program is take the new honors freshmen around and help them plan their schedules, answer questions, tell them all about my exciting time at the university... it'll be a lot of fun. And then as a Russell fellow i'm basically the liason b/w the freshmen and the honors program so i remind them of requirements, plan programs for them, get them involved, etc. I'm looking forward to it. And hopefully i'll be getting a single next year! So no roommate drama to worry about.

Speaking of roommate drama, things b/w Kelly and I have sizzled to the non-existent. I've pretty much moved out of the room and i'm staying with Scott full time now. It's nice, being able to be with him as much as I am and not be sick of him. This summer we'll see how we do without each other. But i'm hoping to take him with me to California, so hopefully you'll all get to meet him! But no promises yet.

Other than that, things are going well. Classes end the 20th and then we're out of here by the 30th. It'll be a fun and busy summer, so i'm looking forward to it! I'll definitely be in California sometime in August, so i'll catch you guys then.

Stay cool!

Labels: Gealina

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by meg & dia.

hi guys. i only have a week and a half left of school.

*pauses for a moment of gloating*

so i've been relaxing lately because there isn't too much work to do. its nice. finals are next week, riiight after my birthday. but i'm not sweating it too much because i have a paper, project, test, and final. each class is different. paper and project = a lot easier to BS. yep.

i cant wait to get out of here. i think i'm getting sick of pepperdine because i hate it a little more each day and i really cant wait to get out of here. doesnt help how freaking NASTY the weather was monday and tuesday. omg. unbearable. i hate not having AC on days like those.

hooray for freshman year almost being over. i'm so done here.

Labels: Kristen

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Los Campesinos, a band. They visited Threadless once. There were videos. (The titles of most of posts are the titles of songs, good twin. The band's name is usually in the first paragraph.)

Oh my goodness, it's crunch time. Two lab practicals (Botany and Chem 2), two science tests (Botany and Chem 2), a 7 page film essay. All happening this week, I'm going to explode. After my finals, I'm going down to Austin for a few days to hangout.

It's been a long while since my last frenetic posts. So, the diamond mine thing did not pan out that weekend, but we went the weekend after. Spent a good 5 hours digging and sifting dirt in the giant dirt field that was the "mine". The hole ended up being 5 feet deep, and maybe 5 feet wide. I forgot my camera, so no pictures. All we ended up finding was some jaspar and volcanic rocks.

On the way there, we saw a bunch of tanks! They were on back of some cars, and missing the cannon barrels, but still tanks. I do have pictures of that.


We also saw a sign that said "Warning, God is approaching." It was hilarious.

We ate at a buffet that day. It was great, since I had not eaten anything for the last day and a half asides from ramen. There was sushi, frog legs, etc. I had 3 plates full, maybe more.

School has been going marvelously for once, getting A's on recent tests in Chem 2 and Botany. Which is good, as I need them. Film and French? I'm flailing a little, but managing B's hopefully. I can do better I hope.

This past weekend, went up northwest to Fayetteville, AR. Met the parents of two of my friends, Matt and Casie. Casie had a house that was like Joseph de Jesus's, and Matt had a sprawling Wesley sized house. He even had a guest house! Though he had no neighbors. Really nice parents.

One of the parents, as we were walking in (note: that it was very dark), said "...I made some funky Asian food..." As I walk into the house, I hear Casie say "Oh! He's Thai!" Her mom, very enthused, had me try her own Thai cooking, a soup and a Thai beef salad. The soup was like a more flavorful version of what I get at home (it had ginger, mushrooms, shrimp, some basil, maybe a bit of coconut milk, pepper(?)). The salad was like a salad. Eh. So while I was eating, she ask me where I come from, and I respond "Calfornia."

She says, "You're not a real Thai then!" Hopefully you guys can imagine my reaction, as I find it hard to describe. She later explained, that as a nurse, she has many patients, and the Asian patients she gets are never raised as in the culture, which really is quite understandable, being in Arkansas.

We went out afterward, us and some of Casie's friends,down some long winding country roads, and to the town square. Later on at the Main Street, which has so much hustle and bustle it reminded me of L.A., we went into a hookah bar. I didn't try any, neither did Matt and Tate, and I don't really plan on doing anything involving purposefully inhaling smoke. Played some pool while we were there, and it was nice having a not shifty table.

We went out for pizza after the hookah bar, at a place called "Mordour's". It was pretty good pizza. Went back to school after. Then went out to a friend's lake house for the rest of the weekend (Saturday night to Sunday evening). It was nice,
beautiful. It was nice just chilling with some friends.

I also got a bunch of Threadless shirts. My first ones! That I bought myself!

Labels: (label this post).. don't tell me what to do, lamebutts picture, Outings, Richard, Tests, Texas, travel

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amidst much peer pressure from a very specific peer, i am now the proud owner of a tumblr! it sounds like a kitchen electrical product, but its really not. a blog.

timblog.tumblr.com

check. it. oooooout! and get a tumblr yall. now three out of amoeba has it (unless there are more i dont know of) GET IT NOW!

Labels: Timothy

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by lee hyori.

oh my goshhh hello, you beautiful people who i love so so so dearly.
i just want to hug you all!
hmm i don't really know what to say, there's just this FEELING of restlessness. i really want to spend time with people that are effortless to be around. so my heart aches for my amoeba x.x
maybe i should just be totally honest. hmm...
1. i want to drop great books because i really hate how much work it is. i dont know if its even worth it anymore, ugh. but i already took 2 classes out of 4! so to drop it now would make me behind on my academic plan
2. sometimes i wish i was going to usc or ucla... i imagine getting to see timothy or ashton every day and i wish i could... i can totally imagine me and ashton getting into 'fights' where we disagree, but we would have so much fun too! i just wanna be me. with eiichiro and jihan and them, i am too boyish to hang out with the girls, and too girl to hang out with the boys so i'm in a strange in-between. at church too! i am away too much to be 'in' but back enough to not really be missed too much. at the garden church i am familiar enough to not be treated with a lot of attention like a newcomer, but still not... 'in'. i am a floater and it sucks. it causes a lot of anxiety. i know that if i neglect to talk to an amoeba member for a while, we'd still be friends and itd take a lot for us NOT to be friends. but with all these other groups, i have to try really hard to maintain a friendship.
3. who am i? where is my life going?
4. i still really dont like white people. i really dont know what it is. maybe it is their general lack of proper-ness and grace. but its especially white boys. i cant relate on ANY level! to me they just seem ... retarded. okay, there is one (and a half) white guy(s) that i consider myself friends with. but a lot of times i wish i just went to uci where i can be with all the other asians. i know diversity is supposed to be good for me but i dont really like it.
5. i freaking hate sharing answers with people, especially on study guides for tests. i worked hard to make it, and then someone is going to leech off me because they were too darn lazy to do it themselves. so i say no when someone asks me to see my lists. THATS RIGHT. NO.
6. i am so scared of studying abroad its not even funny. I AM SO SCARED. everything can go wrong, and i cant escape home! i dont want to be away from calvin or my family, and i dont want to face the expectation for me to know chinese just because i look like one... i worry about it all the time even though its months away

i'm going to cry if i keep going like this. i think its time for a change - i'm going to be honest, but not like... deep-feelings-from-deep-in-my-heart honest

7. i'm sad that the korean drama i was watching is finished now! but i guess i will have 2 extra hours of free time now... x]
8. there was mexican food in the cafeteria every day this week. i am so frustrated with the caf its not even funny. i'm starting to know what estevan feels. im hungry but i dont want to eat anything here!!!
9. ONLY 3 MORE WEEKS OF SCHOOL! I WILL BE GOING TO CERRITOS COLLEGE AND HOPEFULLY WORKING THIS SUMMER! its the normal college experience! i am excited about it!
10. i buy too much fobby stuff on ebay, so much so that i told calvin that i wont let myself buy anything this week, and from now on i have to get his approval to buy things. this way no more impulse buys! (but everything ive gotten so far has been an excellent deal!)

can we please hang out so much this summer? like... a LOT? maybe we can take that weekend vacation we talked about at the end of snr yr!

Labels: Kristen

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Labels: Jeannie

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