This past weekend has been absolutely freaking amazing. I don't remember the last time I had this much or was this relaxed. At the beginning of the week I was absolutely DREADING the week because I had a ridiculous amount of work. And I remember thinking, "how the heck am I going to get through this week." And every time I said that, Joe would always tell me, "you'll get through it, you'll be fine." And it's one of those things you just tell people to console them, so I didn't think much about it. And obviously I knew I was going to get through it because as much as it sucked I didn't expect to drop dead in the middle of the week. But I think I finished the week off pretty damn successfully (well only my semester gpa will tell me how right I am...), and oh man the relief I felt afterwards was amazing. It's like a giant weight was lifted off my shoulders. So what did I do this weekend?

Well Haverfest is basically a huge schoolwide, school-sponsored party. Everyone basically just chills outside the entire day, drinking, lying around, listening to bands, and playing games. I spent all of Saturday afternoon lying outside, occassionally playing in an obstacle course, jumping in the moon bounce, and playing cornhole. Cornhole is such a random game. If you've ever seen people play it looks like the dumbest thing ever, but it's much harder than it looks. Who knew beanbags and a piece of wood with a hole in it could be so fun? I also played laser tag inside a huge moon bounce inflatable type thing. Quite fun.

Friday night there were a bunch of bands...underground hip hop type music, which I'm totally not into but according to Jessie that night I said I loved them and said they were my favorite and that they were the best band I had ever heard...? I guess....

Last night was the dance, and I have to say my school got the BEST DJ ever...no joke. No exaggeration. My fingers type only the truth. Seriously. It was like 4 or 6 DJ's all working together and mixing at once, and they did a damn good job of it. They picked only the best parts of songs, songs were changed every minute or two so they didn't get boring, and all the songs flowed together really well. And they picked such a wide range of music: pop, hip hop, rap, rock, 80's, and just about everything else. And they made it so all the songs were creatively mixed and not completely random and undanceable. Oh goodness I can go on and on forever about how good they are. But I'll stop. I'll control myself.

But yes, it was simply splendid to completely relax and party this weekend. I gave people more hugs in these two days than I think I gave in the past year. It really was a very happy weekend =]. Downside: I have quite a few scrapes and bruises on me. I know how I got a couple of them but some I have no idea where they came from. And yeah it's kinda painful. But whatever, it was well worth it.

Cheers to Haverfest 2006 =]

I went to bed past 5am last night, er this morning. As I was walking back to my apartment I could hear the birds chirping since it was early morning. hahaha.

I'm done with my Religion final and am now an expert movie maker. (ha, yeah right).

I'm also done with my 10 page PolySci paper. And what a beautiful paper it was. Or maybe not. I dunno. Hm. Now I'm questioning my judgement at 4:30am when I was revising the paper.

And I've just finished part of my Chinese final, the oral. Written part is next week.

So now I'm currently working on the first draft of my Writing Sem final, due in approximately three hours. And in approximately two hours people are going to start getting drunk. Actually, I'm sure some have already started.

I haven't done laundry for three weeks. I'm on my last pair of underwear right now. So before I partake in the festivities of Haverfest, I'm going to do insane amounts of laundry. What a way to celebrate finishing (most of) my finals.

The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King soundtrack was on repeat on my computer for about five hours last night. What a great soundtrack...that I'm slightly sick of now. It was so dramatic though, and it made my paper writing less dull. I could feel the mood changes, scene changes, and fluctuations of energy and emotion. I visualized it all in my head too. It was great.

Ok, I have to stop blogging if I ever want to finish this blasted essay. []Deace out homedawgs.

It has been pouring rain all day today.

My Chinese class went to Chinatown for dinner with our professor.

The amazing food (which was paid for by the Chinese dept) and hilarious laugh out loud moments was definitely worth how completely soaked we all got from walking in the cold, wet rain.

I love the people in my Chinese class.

"I've never eaten in Chinese restaurant before."
"WHAT!? You haven't?!?! How is that possible?"
"I'm from upstate New York. Everyone's white..."
"...and uncultured."

"Oh right...says the guy from upstate New York..."
"...Who can't use chopsticks."

"Paul, you douchebag!"

"I"ll tell you what I want what I really really want."

"Jason, are you ever angry?"
"Hey, I can get very angry and upset about certain things."
"Are you smiling when you're angry?"

"(Indian accent) Welcome to Dell tech support. My name is Bob. How may I help you?"

"Sarah why're you walking in the middle of the road when there's a car coming towards you?"
"I'm not used to traffic!"
"Yeah, you need your horse and carriage."
"More like the cows on her farm."

"I like it when she [Reese Witherspoon in Legally Blonde] walks."

Good times tonight. I'm so full.

I'm so fucked for my papers.

I would like to vent some frustration.

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ROAR.

The weather is absolutely gorgeous. It's a comfortable 75 degrees outside and there's a nice, cool breeze blowing. This is not work inducing weather. It's "lie on the grass and take a nap" inducing weather.

I got my passport in the mail today. I feel like I could've made something like that at Kinkos for a price not $160.

Facebook is the devil. devil. devil. devil. devil. devil.

I've gained so much weight since being at college...I'm turning into a whale. Boo.

In other news, Alias is back on tonight =].

In other other news...........actually I really can't think of anything else. This is how unexciting my life becomes around finals.

Oh so I was talking with my friend today about how much freedom we get in college, and it's so easy to get carried away with it. And I don't necessarily mean drinking every night till you puke. In my case, it's not focusing on work. In high school, my life was so routine, partly because my parents regulated a lot of the things I did and put restrictions on me. I guess I never really thought of them as restrictions though because I was pretty much able to do what I wanted...the thing is I never really wanted to do much that fell outside the realm of their "restrictions." Like every day after school I'd come home (after tennis or rehearsal or Interact or w/e else I'd be doing after school), eat a snack, do my homework, eat dinner, and do my homework. I didn't go out on schoolnights, I didn't watch tv, and didn't play on the computer (because I didn't have my own). So basically my life was pretty structured, and it didn't take a lot of self-control to focus on my work...the way things worked out, I didn't have a lot of options except to do work. haha.

But anyways, I can't decided if those "restrictions " were good not. They were definitely good in the sense that it helped me succeed in school, but then I wonder if I hadn't had those "restrictions" then maybe I would know how to deal with my freedom better in college. But then again, it's not like my "restrictions" were very restrictive. I mean, I couldn't "party" (whatever that means in high school), but it's not like I had a strong desire to either. I don't even know if I can call them restrictions...all they did was give my life structure. In the beginning of freshman year, I took me awhile to get my life structured. Without parents it's so easy to do what you want, go where you want, eat what you want (which explains my fatty fatness now), etc. And sometimes it's not like I even WANT to do the things I do REALLY REALLY badly...it's more like I CAN do it, so why not? That sounds worse than it actually is. But it's not a good mentality to have. And it's also not good for my health because I can eat whenever I want, I don't have set meals, and no one is there to set them for me, so what the hell might as well take advantage of it and eat whenever I want. And since no one is regulating what I eat might as well eat whatever the hell I want also. But it's not like I PURPOSELY take this mentality; it just sort of...happens. (haha, that sounds like something you would see on a talk show. "Why did you sleep with him you slut!" "I dont know; it just sort of...happened"). ANYWAYS, back to what I was saying. I don't purposely think that way; I just noticed that I kinda fell into that way of thinking and it has seriously changed my lifestyle. Well not SERIOUSLY. I noticed that I say things and use adjective/adverbs that grossly exaggerate what I actually mean.

Well, looking over those last two paragraphs, I don't remember why I wrote them.

I didn't floss last night. Ew. I'm going to do it now. []Deace out.

Happy Easter everyone =]

Now that Lent is over, I'm done with my Facebook fast. I just wasted about 45 minutes on facebook. Curses. I think I might just continue my fast until finals are over because it's freaking distracting.

I dont' want to do my work. There's so much of it. I hate finals. I also hate having to do finals before finals week actually starts. My professors are mental.

After church today, I had a nice brunch with two of my apartment mates, Jessie and Paul. We actually dressed nicely and decided to spend some extra money to go to a nice restaurant (called Tango) in Bryn Mawr. It was really nice to be able to sit down with my friends, eat some good food, and catch up with them. Even though we live together it seems I barely talk to them. So we were able to have a nice long conversation over delicious, non-school-cafeteria food. Afterwards, we stopped by Trader Joe's, bought a pint of passion fruit sorbet, went back to the apartment and enjoyed desssert. What a splendid way to spend an Easter afternoon. Of course now I'll be up late studying for my Chinese midterm and getting my homework finished, but it was worth it =].

And now I think I'm going to start my facebook fast again.

I have to pay, not $60, but $160 for a new passport. DOUBLE WTF.

Anywho, I'm going to be in seclusion for the next two weeks since I have two 10-page papers and a movie for religion due the last week of April. And then my Chinese final the Monday following that. Oh dear me dear. I'm going to be a pressure cooker until finals are over.

I was at church last night for the Good Friday service. It was very interesting to say the least because the service was conducted in three languages: English, Mandarin, and Korean. It actually worked surprisingly well. I was impressed.

Weather is absolutely gorgeous now. It's a very comfortable 80 degrees today =].

I can't believe I only have two more weeks of classes. Cuuuuhraaaaazy. Much to reflect on, much to say, but now is not the time. Now is the time for me to work on my religion final. []Deace out homedogs.

OH, before I forget, CONGRATUMALATIONS TO ALL MY PRECIOUS SENIORS IN HIGH SCHOOL GOING TO ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL COLLEGES! I seriously feel like a proud parent =].

I'm making a short 3 minute movie for my religion final. It is so freaking extremely hard.

And renewing passports is hella expensive. It's like 60-something dollars. WTF.

I'm becoming so scatterbrained....

I lost my cellphone on the bus from Bryn Mawr to Haverford, and I FREAKED out. Luckily, I used my friend's cell phone to call it, and the bus driver picked it up. So my precious has been returned to me...but for the half hour that I thought it was gone forever, it was like my world was falling apart. I know, it's sad. I have a terribly bad dependency on my cell phone. It's not healthy. But my point is that I'm losing things left and right. I don't know what I'm thinking half the time I'm walking around. All I can think about is the three weeks of classses I have left. And then it's two weeks of finals. How crazy is that. Freshman year is going to be over in a month. Intense.

I hate doing financial aid crap. What a pain in the ass.

I slept for four hours last night. I'm so effing tired now.

I complain too much.

Urbana's happening in St.Louis this year from Dec. 27-31. For those that don't know what Urbana is, it's basically an enormous student missions conference that takes place once every four years. From what I've heard from my friends, it's a really amazing experience. I would love to go, but the timing is really bad since I don't live on the East Coast. Well it's not for hella months so I have time to think about it.

Time to get crizzacking on my homework. []Deace out.

Ryla CIT interview tomorrow. Oh man, I want this so badly.

I hope my housing luck doesn't carry over to tomorrow.

Effing housing. I have shitty luck.

On the bright side, I've been doing much better on my essays =]

On the not bright side, I feel like I'm coughing up my lungs.

My suitemates bought sea monkeys. I named mine Big Bird.

Housing makes me stressed out. And grumpy. Je le deteste.