just a description, nothing more interesting than that.

Friday...
was busy, and I was away from my apartment for most of the day. Japanese class - coffee/talk with a friend - volunteer shift (my phone ran out of battery during my shift, so I felt lost from the world for a little bit) - Japanese Student Society meeting - returned home...
A few friends came over for drinking and board games. 4 of us walked to the movie theatre to see Where the Wild Things Are, but they were sold out, so we bought tickets for the next day. Everyone else had gone to see Paranormal Activity, so we went to Shaun's place and chilled for the rest of the night.
Saturday...
we were all exhausted from the night prior (the roommates and I had slept around 4am) so we slept in for a long time. Winston had a hankering for sushi, so we all went to Mio Sushi on 23rd and had our fill. Since we were by Robot (piercing/tattoo place), I decided to get two more ear piercings on a whim. It hurt a bit, but nothing too bad. Shaun, JJ, Yasha and I finally went to see the movie. Bought too much popcorn and other food. Sat in the very front, because the theatre was packed. It was a good film! Afterward, more chilling at Shaun's place. A group of us decided to walk to Taco Bell, which isn't very close, but we were determined! Unfortunately it was around midnight, and only the drive-thru was open. The lady wouldn't let us order from the drive-thru unless we had a car. Still very determined, we flagged down a taxi and asked them to take us through the drive-thru to order. Luckily the driver was really nice, and accepted a dr. pepper as payment.

Sunday...
slept in, more sushi for lunch with a friend, went to the fabric store for costume things...
and here we are, studying and doing homework.
oh sunday nights.

Grizzly Bears

I was randomly asked to accompany a friend to this show, so I thought, sure, why the hell not?

They played a really great show (sweet set up and lights!)

but we were standing in the middle
and it was really hot
and I started feeling like I needed to puke
and everything was turning white
and I felt like I was going to pass out
and I look up at my friend and say
"I don't feel very good..." and drop down to the floor
and he helps me back up and drags me out of the crowd
and I stumble to get water
and we just listened to them from the lobby.

It was pretty interesting.

Fried foods and chili for late night dinner.

and here I am! sleepy. but I need to study.

the list below brought to you by Ashley, Victoria, and Priscilla.

The Rules of Apt. 2216

1st rule:
Blame Tate.

2nd rule:
ALWAYS blame Tate.

3rd rule:
If someone pukes, goes crazy, blacks out, the drinking is over.

4th rule:
Only one beer for each hand.

5th rule:
One shot at a time.

6th rule:
Shoes on, we will fuck with you.

7th rule:
Parties will go on as long as they have to.

8th rule:
If this is your first time at our apartment, you HAVE to drink.

brr

It's starting to look and feel like autumn... I wake up to gray clouds covering the sunrise.

I slept around 10:30pm last night, which is pretty early for me. Partly because I just wanted to sleep, partly because I was hoping I'd be more awake today. No such luck, I dozed off again in art history...if you look at my notes, they get steadily sloppier.

lol

Anyway, we made homemade chicken pot pie for dinner! mmm

.

I am one ever-growing mass of confusion.


The remedy might be to get away,
refresh and return to default
to feel, but not those kinds of feelings
the kind that makes your chest and head hurt
simultaneously.

A bubble popped and to cure the unhappiness
were pretty dresses worn for no one
a breeze on the balcony
Noah and the Whale, "I Have Nothing"
a cup of cold, black coffee
and a cigarette.

woop woop!

i'm 20 years old!

going to have lunch with my pops soon.

sushi with friends for dinner!

yay food!

and party everyday.

I've been pretty busy this last week, I'm sorry about the absence of blogging. :-(
It was a great/interesting week...I wish I'd blogged about them the night of, so I could dish out the details without having to dig my brain for them. Shoulda woulda coulda. I did a lot of going out, being with people, and drinking...lots of drinking...every day. hahaha.

Oh, my classes started today. Japanese at 9:00am. Luckily my apartment is a block away from the building the class is in. :-) We just did some review this morning. My next class is computer graphics, 3:00pm-5:50pm...though I'm not expecting it to last that long, considering it's the first day.
I'm in the apartment alone right now. :-o

The last week seems all blurred together, but here are some events I recall:
- Charlotte arrived in Portland on Wednesday. We met up on Thursday afternoon, browsed the bookstore, had some coffee. Cricket drove us to Alberta, across the bridge, to Last Thursday (an art walk thing). We had a really good time, tons of interesting/strange things there. 3 bean vegan chili and cornbread for dinner. Around 11pm, I was with Char and her friends. They had planned to go to some party, and I had no ride home...and I was cold...so I called a cab. I went to a different party where my roommates were. By the time I got there, everyone was already drunk...so to catch up, I went back to my place and had a few shots of vodka and tequila...and I did catch up, ahaha.

- Friday...I had orientation from 10am-4pm to volunteer at the Women's Resource Center. I got the position of office assistant and staff writer for the website. I should be working mostly on Fridays from 1pm-5pm. Afterward, we had some people over at our place and got our first noise complaint. Our bass was too loud. :s

- Saturday... Ashley and I went to the farmer's market. I ate a "sweet northern italian sausage sandwich"...and it's safe to say that it was the fucking greatest. I kept telling Ashley how happy it was making me because it tasted so good, ahaha. We got strawberries and green beans. Went to the Portland Art Museum for a while, then headed to 23rd to visit Urban Outfitters, where I purchased a nice little rug for our kitchen. It was close to a very good tattoo/piercing shop, so we stopped by there. The urge to get a piercing hit me so hard, we went straight to Claire's (a lot cheaper) and got second earlobe piercings. I really like it. Ash went back to her aunt's place to house-sit. I met up with some friends, had German food for dinner, and partied. and won a round of beer pong.

- Sunday...fried pickles, PBR, dinner with a Norwegian.

I don't expect anyone to read that...it's kind of rant-ish looking yeah?

Willamette Weekly Free Will Astrology

Libra
This is an excellent time to celebrate the pleasures of emptiness... to extol the virtues of the blank slate... to be open to endless possibilities but committed to none... to bask in the freedom of not having to be anything, anyone, or anywhere. Are you smart enough to need no motto to live by? Are you resourceful enough to rely on nothing but the raw truth of the present moment? If so, you will thrive in the coming days.

tid bits

I saw a completely white spider in my dad's car.
It was right above my head.

We had spring rolls for lunch at a relative's.
My uncle said to me, "Why do you look so sad? Is it because you miss your boyfriend?"

I moved the majority of my stuff to the new apartment,
I start living there tomorrow,
we won't have internet until Thursday.
but there is free wifi in the lobby.

woop woop

nightmares and things

I woke up suddenly from a nightmare this morning.
My family and I were in a car, dad driving. We were at the top of a parking structure. Suddenly, two giant objects crash onto the lot not too far from us. Other people in their cars start to freak out. We look into the sky, and the remains of a plane seem like they are coming in our direction. Though it also seemed far, something of that scale could easily reach us in no time. Dad quickly swerves the opposite way in panic. He had swerved the corner so hard that we went over the edge. We're falling to our death, and all I'm doing is screaming "Oh my god, Oh my god".
The end.

My heart was beating incredibly fast when I woke up...and of course, I didn't want to sleep again. Luckily it's not 4am like the last nightmare that kept me up. I wonder if it means anything.

Anyway, I should continue packing today. I went to Ikea with a few friends yesterday and bought $63 worth of things for the new flat, including a set of dishes.

just a tidbit of feelings

I'm longing so hard for something
that even I can't fully figure out
but whatever it is,
it makes my heart ache.

hi, i'm back

Haha, I'm really terrible at updating my blog sometimes. I'm sorry.

I also find that I can go on and on about days where I do absolutely nothing, whereas I go to something exciting (like Chicago) and I find it difficult to even begin. I'm not the only one, right? Yeah? Ok, thanks for the reassurance. :-9

First off, here are photos from my trip to Chicago.

I tried writing up something about my trip, but I'll copy/paste the blog I made on the Threadless forum:

Thank you, Threadless.
This weekend was by far one of the best I've experienced. Threadless and the Community has been such a huge part of my life, and I'm so happy it is.
I was secretly really afraid that I wasn't cool enough for people at the meet-up...but I felt the love. :-)

A few of my favorite moments, in no particular order.

- Seeing everyone all at once at the pizza place, and being so happy my chest hurt afterward.
- andyg calling me boysbeambitious.
- SUSHI.
- "Build Me Up Buttercup" being the last song at karaoke, everybody getting into it, and seeing Phil dance. Dancing Phil makes me happy.
- BACONTACO IRL.
- Lori being the best travel buddy EVER.
and more.

---

This obviously won't make much sense to some people, but that's ok. :-)

going to Chicago, brb

I leave Portland tomorrow morning...and of course today is very slow, and I am doing lots of loafing around. Maybe I should organize my room instead of watching Korean dramas online?

One of the main things I hope to benefit from this trip is lots of inspiration. I bought a small 3.5"x5" sketchpad to keep doodles in, along with an assortment of pens and watercolors.
and of course, I'll be snapping photos the whole time. ;-)

I really enjoy this song.

Noah and the Whale

I've been listening to them a lot lately.

things I'm enjoying right this moment.

feeling awake from iced coffee.

reading Doraemon comics (from the beginning).

my hair a day after curling it.

fresh air coming through my window.

the thought that i'm flying to Chicago on Friday.

ps.
I had an odd dream last night. It was the concept that if you're in a vehicle and you're going backwards, you'll have flashbacks. The faster you went, the more flashbacks you'll have. One scene involved being in the vehicle going backwards at a VERY high speed, and flashes of the past showing up...blip blip blip blip.

Kumoricon

I went to Kumoricon with Victoria yesterday. As our interest in anime has steadily declined, we figured going just Saturday, as opposed to all three days, would be enough (and it was). I dressed up in my Alice in Wonderland costume. I probably looked like some random maid from some random anime...which I didn't mind. I didn't expect anyone to take my photo but there were a few.
I also held back from buying anything from the exhibitors hall, considering I'm trying to sell a lot of my own junk, haha.



We splurged on some sushi for dinner. It was *delicious*. :-)

some kind of crazy karma?

I have a busted lip and a vicious canker sore

yet I have the best dream I could ever hope for

that i'm sad will probably never come true.

hello september

5 days until kumoricon (if I decide to go this year).

9 days until I get wire retainers on my bottom teeth.

10 days to get my postcard design and press release done for the art show.

11 days until I leave for Chicago.

14 days until I come back from the time of my life.

16 days until our apartment lease starts.

18 days until I see this new doctor.

21 days until I get a pap smear and other doctor-y stuff.

28 days until classes start.