Thanksgiving break has been good to me so far. Lots of good food, and even more good sleep. Here are HP midnight movie premiere pictures. All of the pictures were taken in the hour and a half we had to kill before the movie started.



Inez and me. Oh, yes, as you can see I went dressed up as HP =D



Me and Tad. I look really happy in here. I couldn't help it; the excitement level was just so high. Definitely worth the four hours of sleep I got that night.



Ed and Min. Ed's trying to be Harry Potter...not bad.



Me and JoeChai



Nostril shot! It's supposed to look cool with a bunch of people, but since it was only the two of us we just look lame.



Ed's reaction to Min's fart.



Timmy with a highliter sitcking out of his cap (because he was studying before the movie started).



For most of the hour and a half, JoeChai conducted a photoshoot of Min. I think the people sitting next to us thought we were really weird...or at least thought Joe and Min were really weird. He came out with ten final pictures, but this is my favorite one. Joe: "Timmy, stand back there and look...sexy." hahaha. He looked really bizarre just standing by himself, with his hand on his head and highliter sticking out of his cap.



Ed drinking nacho cheese. GROSS. I love Joe's expression in the corner.



Ed eating the cheese.



My reaction after the movie. Simply amazing. Pure genius. To use Timmy's phrase...DAMN good movie.



Josh's reaction after the movie. I'm sure he's happy on the inside, and it's taking all of his strength to contain his excitement.


Next most anticipated movie...The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Ah, it's going to be so GOOD =D.

So, last weekend I was at a Growth in Christ Conference at the University of Delaware with InterVarsity. I took the class on Apologetics, and it was pretty intense. It was a lot more classroom time than I thought. Instead of giving me answers to my questions, they taught me how to deal with those questions. It was a lot for me to absorb one day, and I think they tried to cram too much into one day. I was definitely mentally tired by the end of the conference. I really expected to get answers to my many questions that weekend, but I actually left with more questions. In a way, I kinda wish I got some answers, but at the same time I'm glad I didn't because then it's just them telling me what to think, and I'm not thinking for myself. They just gave me the tools to answer faith-based questions and such. Right now, I'm not sure how much I took away from that weekend. I think I expected some glorious revelation of some sort...like a million lightbulbs would suddenly go off in my head, and all the pieces would fit together perfectly. Well, it's definitely not like that, and I know it's something that I have to work at. The conference partly inspired me to get those answers and do my own searching, and it partly deterred me because it showed me how much I don't know and how much work it takes to "know."

I received the schedule for self-scheduled examinations in my email the other day. Eeeks...finals are approaching.

I went shopping on Black Friday...woke up at the early hour of 6:30am to get the big sales. I'm armed with hats, scarves, gloves, and jackets, so I now feel semi-ready for winter. I was talking to Ed (a fellow NorCal friend...he's from Palo Alto) about winter, and he was just so pleasant...

FoolioABC: you think all that snow would be pleasant
FoolioABC: afterall, tahoe is nice
FoolioABC: but after 2 weeks
FoolioABC: you just want snow to die
FoolioABC: bring frosty the snowman to life just so i can kill him for being snow

Wonderful. Absolutely terrific.

My sister's new futon should be coming soon, so I have to go help her clear some room.

All my friends called me on Saturday to wish me a happy 18th birthday. It made me so happy to know that all you CA kids haven't forgotten about me =D. I especially enjoyed the four midnight calls that came one after the other. You guys are all too sweet. I actually wasn't at Haverford this weekend for my birthday because I attended the Growth in Christ conference at the University of Delaware. Somehow, it leaked out that it was my birthday and a whole bunch of random people I had known for only a couple hours sang me happy birthday exactly at midnight on the 19th. It was slightly awkward, but I have to admit it was cute and I enjoyed it. And it's always nice to get random happy birthday wishes and to get treated to dinner. I also got calls from some Haverford-folk...a happy birthday song on my voicemail left by roommate and lots of loud yelling from Joe and Josh.

So, nothing really big happened on my birthday, but I really really really (I mean, HELLA...I'm losing some of my NorCal talk. It's saddening) appreciated all the phone calls. I felt so special =D.

I feel tempted to say that I feel old, since I'm 18 and an adult now...but I feel just as young and spry as ever. It could be because last night I was watching a movie with a bunch of 21-22 yr. old seniors, and apparently to them I'm as young as 15. Or it could be that I'm still the youngest out of all my friends. Well, no matter...now I can partake in legal activities! i.e. buy a cigar, buy porn, go to a strip club, enter a sweepstake, buy a lotto ticket, and go clubbing.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was AMAZING. Of course I went to the midnight showing, and of course I went fully dressed up as Harry Potter. Pictures to come later.

I realized that since I've been at Haverford, I haven't really blogged about my thoughts or anything that matters a lot to me. My entries have been mindless, brainless, and full of pictures. I think the reason is that instead of putting my thoughts into my blog, I talk them out with friends...and I've had such good conversations with my friends (both at Haverford and back home...but especially at Haverford) that I don't have a need to dispense much into my blog. But lately I've been doing a lot of thinking (a little too much at that), and it tends to overcrowd my brain. I also don't always have time to have long, drawn-out conversations with friends about them, and sometimes I don't know how to approach a topic so I don't bring it up at all...so maybe I'll revert back to throwing down incoherent thoughts into this blog just to clear my mind, yeah? We'll see.

Dinner time.

After my horrible performance on the Chem test on Friday, I was feeling all mopey...but Piece of Pizza, a Bryn Mawr dinner, an awesome Outskirts (acapella) concert, and Drag Ball fixed that. Drag Ball was one of the most fun dances I've been to. I have to say that I. LOVE. GUYS'. CLOTHES. They are so comfortable, and I can fit everything in my pockets. It's terrific. I especially love boxers. Here are some pictures from the night...



Some of 46 before the dance



Austin getting ready. I'm sad I don't have a front picture of him...he looked like a drugged up hooker.



Dave and Eric...two very sexy ladies



J Wu, Me, and Po. Po was an Asian girl that night, hence the peace sign. hahaha.



Eric after having some drinks. I believe he's standing on two poles...this is on the way to dance.



Kaplan and Jack from 42



Mary and Jen at the dance. Jen put on a freaking amazing performance with Bounce, the hip-hop dance group.



Drag Ball



Eric, J Wu, Inez, and Me on the windowsill. Eric's boobs are practically on his shoulder.



Tharrison was the best dressed girl at the dance, hands down. He makes a better girl than I do. And I don't know who did his boobs, but she did such a good job...they were in tact even during the Bounce performance.



Zhao and Me. I love this guy...he's an Econ genius. I would die on my problem sets without him.



Issac. He's wearing a school girls outfit...looked like it came straight out of the Britney Spears "Baby One More Time" music video.



Tim and Me



Me and a super drunk Jesse



Me and J Wu



A couple girls from 42 and Kaplan dancing on the windowsill




Po sandwiched between two HUGE guys...er "girls." It was hilarious. They both saw Po and screamed, "LET'S GET PAUL!" HAHAHA. Kodak moment right here.



Eric looking preppy and tired after the dance. After taking off his woman clothes, he put on a dress shirt and tied a sweater around his neck...and this is about 3am. Who does that!?



J Wu and Me after the dance


Screw Your Roommate is this weekend. It's basically a dance where your roommate sets you up with someone for the dance...I guess the screwing part is up to you.

I actually want to do homework tonight, but I have nothing to do. Something's wrong with my computer. It won't go on standby. I took it in to get it fixed today, and the guy there fixed it....but when I brought it back home it didn't work again. This makes me sad.

HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE MOVIE PREMIERE IN THREE DAYS!!!!!

I have successfully failed another Chem test today. This is getting to be very frustrating, not to mention fucking depressing. I can't even get excited for Drag Ball tonight. I just want to sleep.

I'm so productive with my time...

The sorting hat says that I belong in Ravenclaw!

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Said Ravenclaw, "We'll teach those whose intelligence is surest."

Ravenclaw students tend to be clever, witty, intelligent, and knowledgeable.
Notable residents include Cho Chang and Padma Patil (objects of Harry and Ron's affections), and Luna Lovegood (daughter of The Quibbler magazine's editor).

Take the most scientific Harry Potter
Quiz ever created.

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I wasn't able to go trick-or-treating on Halloween because I had to study like mad for my Chinese test that night, and I had to catch up for work I didn't do on Sunday when I went to the Switchfoot concert. But still, the weekend before Halloween was fun...



Of course, I dressed up as Harry Potter. My entire costume cost $1.50. My mom knitted the scarf I'm wearing. It's freaking amazing...looks exactly like the one from the movie. And it's super warm =D. I got the glasses from the midnight party at Borders when the sixth book came out, I got the wand on the street, and I bought the robe from a thrift store.



Timmy as Luigi and JoeChai as Mario. This picture is adorable...I love it. And Timmy looks so young with his cap on backwards.


Me with Mario and Luigi. They were celebrities that night.



CoolBlue...thelocal boyband.
Back: Kaplan, Tad, Eric.
Front: guy from tennis team I don't know and Dave.
When they arrived at the Bryn Mawr dance, they all took off their jackets and slid on their knees to the middle of the dance floor. Very cool.


guy I don't know, Eric, and Dave singing to the camera.


Eric trying on Inez's pants. HAHA. They were way too tight.



Jesse as an old woman obsessed with power-walking and losing weight.



J Wu extremely pregnant.


The doctor and his patients. J Wu, Po, Mary



Back: Jen, J Wu, Mary, Po, Iris.
Middle: Inez
Front: Me, Lorin



Eric at the end of the night. I think he's faking it though...


Bryn Mawr girls dressed hella slutty for the dance. I also didn't know people could get that freaky on the dance floor. Now I know. It's like sex with clothes on. All in all though, I had a good time, and next year I'm going to trick-or-treat for sure because the area I live in is insanely rich and they give out good candy...like king-size bars.

I BOUGHT MY HARRY POTTER TICKET FOR THE MIDNIGHT SHOWING. It's going to be freaking awesome. I'm going to be dressed as Harry Potter. Timmy thinks he's going to be HP, but he's wrong. He's going to be my broomstick. Two other people will be acting as my owl and golden snitch. We're going to put on a mini skit at the theater. It's going to be great.

I haven't had enough sleep this past week. Falling asleep in class is detrimental to my learning...as in, I don't learn anything because I'm not awake and the random moments that I am awake, I'm completely lost and confused.

My apartment has ants. Gross.