The Fine Line

Mom's been bugging me about it, so I thought I go ahead and make it out for you guys.

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Hey guys! It's that time of year again, and I'm going to go ahead and bug the crap out of you until you tell me what you want for Christmas. I need to start shopping NOW before it gets to busy for me to do so otherwise, due to school, job, or my lack of transportation.

SO YES. CHRISTMAS LISTS. NOW.

(I'll upload my birthday/Christmas list soon, so you can't say I'm not doing the same!)

This semester needs to end now. I'm too tired to want to do any of my school work now, and that's not good, considering how I have a 12 pg. paper due in a week and a half, and a 18-20 pg. paper (6000 words, actually) due not long after that. I'm...actually pretty ahead of the game with my final project for Feminist Theory though, so that's good.

Mom has been bugging me about life, as usual. "Why are you planning a Disney trip?" Um...because I want to go with my friends? "How can you afford it?" I...save my money, mom. You know that. Only thing I ever spend money on is dining out, which I don't do that often. "What about your job? Can you take time off?" I don't have a job for the summer yet. I won't be working in publishing right away, I can tell you that, since a)nothing is really around here and b)it's a recession and jobs are hard to find. "You'll need to pay for a car, your car insurance, and your health insurance, you know." YES. I AM AWARE OF THIS. THANK YOU FOR TELLING ME LIKE I'M AN IDIOT. "I don't know how you're going to pay for rent. You should come home."

And that was the last straw and I stopped talking to her. It's not good when my blood is boiling. I wish she could get it through her head that I DO NOT WANT TO MOVE HOME. I LIKE HAVING MY OWN SPACE WHERE PEOPLE WON'T INTRUDE ON ME. WHAT A CONCEPT.

In better news, I started Danielle on "revolutionary Girl Utena." She is hooked and I love it :-) I even have the best way to break her brain now...BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

OH! I had a bunch of food I needed too cook up, since the mushrooms weren't going to last much longer, so I whipped up a tasty pasta dish:

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Besides that, everything is the same as usual. 28 more days until I turn 24 :-)

I don't know why I keep putting Super Junior's "It's You" on my CDs. It's not that I hate it--I LOVE IT, in fact--but it always makes me sad. I just want to curl up and lay in bed cause my heart gets heavy. And it's not a SAD song...it's not slow, it's got quite the tempo on it.

I think it just makes me miss Korea and Max too much. Because even though "Sorry Sorry" was SJ's big hit when I was over there, I listened to "It's You" and went "WOW. I REALLY like this song. Much more than 'Sorry Sorry'!" and Max just went "YES. ME TOO."

Aaaaand "Sorry Sorry" just came on. I'm good again ^_^ (Sorry Sorry Sorry Sorry, Naega naega naega meonjeo, Nege nege nege ppajyeo, Ppajyeo ppajyeo beoryeo baby! Shawty Shawty Shawty Shawty!
Nuni busyeo busyeo busye, Sumi makhyeo makhyeo makhyeo, Naega michyeo michyeo baby....)

(And yes, I did have to look up the lyrics. lol)

The Christmas radio station has already begun for the year.
THE CHRISTMAS RADIO STATION HAS ALREADY BEGUN FOR THE YEAR.
THE CHRISTMAS RADIO STATION HAS ALREADY BEGUN FOR THE YEAR.
THE CHRISTMAS RADIO STATION HAS ALREADY BEGUN FOR THE YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!

WTH?!?!?! Okay, Thanksgiving, you're not needed anymore, buh-bye!! *rolls eyes* Seriously, I need more time this term! Stop rushing me more than I have to! Damn!

On a more positive note, I totally made Japchae tonight for one of tomorrow's side dishes. Dad came over to sample it and he LOVED it. Laura had a bowl of it herself :-) I used cabbage, carrot, and mushrooms for the veggies. Super-easy to make...it's finding the noodles that are the hard part. Lucky for me, there's a Korean market in Baton Rouge (which reminds me, we need to go over there soon so I can run by and pick up more yumminess!)

These come from Heather. If you want to comment and have me ask, please continue to do so. Also, feel free to ask more questions. This is fun!

Would you ever move out of Louisiana?
Oh yeah. Please note, that I do not hate it here. I live in a fantastic city filled with nice people, great food, and tons of festivals. I really wish we could replace the stereotypical image of Louisiana of poor swamp folk with what Lafayette is now. But I can see myself moving as well.

Where would you move to and why?
Tough choice. I would want to stay in the south, mostly because I hate the cold, but to be perfectly frank, I dislike most of the other ones, lol. Georgia might be nice, and Florida too, but there's so much crazy there. Outside of the south, Chicago. It is my favorite big-city ever. Korea would be nice too, but I suck at learning other languages, and I'm not going to force English on everyone. Seriously--I refuse to be the dumb American, lol.

What did you want to be when you were a little girl?
First, a marine biologist. That was because of my dad. Plus, the ocean is amazing. Then I wanted to be a minister. It was in the 8th grade that my love of English was secured, and the more I went into high school, the more I wanted to major in it.

What is your favorite cooking show to watch?
TOP CHEF. OMG I love me some Top Chef!!!!! If we're talking more about programs to help you learn to cook, it's a toss up between "Everyday Italian" and "30 Minute Meals." Paula Dean is also amusing, but I rarely cook her stuff because it's so fattening, haha!

Comment here and I will ask you five questions that you can answer in your own journal. I got mine from itsjustaphase. I'm also going to steal her idea and if you want to ask me any questions too, go ahead and leave them in the comments as well--I'll add them later ^^

Will you describe your perfect date?
I like doing things which allow us to talk. Movies are nice for once in a while, but I rather spend my time getting to know him rather than a film. Dinner is always a good one, and not just fancy ones. I think one of the best dates I ever went on was us just hopping into a car and driving aimlessly as we talked and joked about. But whatever it is, the best dates end with lots of cuddling. There's really nothing I like more than being curled up on a guy's chest. Mostly because they are very warm and I'm always freezing...it works well like that ^_^

What was the best thing about Korea?
Speaking strictly about what Korea has to offer, it's the food. There was just SO MUCH of it! And I ate things I never ever EVER would have thought to try (jellyfish, anyone?) and the vast majority of it was amazing (I still can't do raw fish though! UGH! It's a texture thing).
As for the trip as a whole, it was seeing my best friend. I had been worried that after so much time apart, we wouldn't have the same chemistry, but pretty much after getting seated on the bus to go to his apartment after picking us up, it all fell into place. :-)

If you could bump uglies with any celeb, who would it be?
Kim Jay (ie: Typhoon) from the Korean rock band "The Trax." As for people you might actually know, Neil Patrick Harris. Ooooooh yes...he is so damn PRETTY.

What's one of your favorite meals to eat?
Bulgogi. It's a Korean meal where you marinate a good cut of meat in various good-things, cut the meat into tiny strips, and then cook. Take meat, put into a lettuce leaf and put in rice, mushrooms, onions, roasted garlic, Korean-style black beans, kimchii...whatever side dishes you have. Wrap it up and put it in your mouth. NOM NOM NOM! I make a version of it at my house, but it's nowhere near as good as I had in Korea. Seriously, do yourself a favor and look up a recipe online.

If re-incarnation is real, and someone told you that you for sure were someone famous in a past life, who would you think you used to be and why?
Charlotte Bronte. We have alot of the same attitudes: day-dreamers, putting our families before ourselves, things like that. I think she is a very strong woman and I really do admire her. Plus, I would think of something as sappy as "Jane Eyre," lol. (Man, I love that book!)

I have a presentation due tomorrow and I just can't find myself caring enough to work on it. That's...not good. Not good at all, really. Then I have a paper to work on tomorrow and the day after. Hu...zzuh?

Work has been excellent though. Jessica and I have been working very well together. She taught me Indesign, which is the program we use to actually format the books. So...when Savage's book comes out (he still hasn't decided on a title), you should all buy it and go "I know the girl who helped edit and format this!!" and it would be super awesome. And through a weird flow of conversation, Jessica is going to help me use Indesign to create my final project for Feminism. I'm creating an Asian-American woman anthology, and she's going to help me figure out what in Indesign is going to help me the most. AWESOME. She is really amazing.

Did I mention that she's going to try dropping hints to my boss that they should offer me a contract after I graduate? We both know it's a super long shot, but the fact that she's going to push it makes me feel all warm inside ^^

Ugh, I had the worst nightmares last night.

The world was very grey, like it was diluted or I was watching it through a bad TV screen or something. I had been having a good time because Max and Ji-Hun had come for a visit. I suddenly started crying because they had to go back to Korea. It's supposed to be all of us (me, Max, his parents, and Ji-Hun) who are going to the airport to see them off, but it's only Max and myself. The airport is this big, metal building; it looked like an army barrack or something, and the planes were inside. So I'm crying because, well, that's what I do whenever Max leaves the country. We say our goodbyes at entrance to the hanger. We're waving to one another, because I can see him through these windows into the other, identical building. He's standing in line for the plane (like a prop plane, so he was to actually walk outside and get on the plane by climbing up the steps) when I get this major sense of dread. I start signaling him to get out of the line, take another plane. He's confused and walks out of the line, walking closer to the window like he can hear me or something. Suddenly, this huge burst of fire (in very bright colors, in contrast to the rest of the world) comes up from under the plane, completely destroying it. The airline ignores it and moves the line to the next plane. Max gets back in line. I start freaking out again, so I just break into the building and go and pull him out of line once again, telling him it's not safe. Plane number two goes up in flames, same as the first. People ignore it and move the line again.

So I spent the rest of THAT dream just trying to keep Max from dying, hoping the next plane won't randomly burst into flames.

My heart was racing when I woke up this morning. It was just so damn surreal. Didn't help that Max didn't sign in this morning, but I know he's probably playing with his new HD channels on his TV or playing one of the many new video games I finally mailed him (his TV screen works as his computer screen, so he can't be on both at the same time).

I really can't stand dreams in which my friends, especially him, get hurt :-(

First, the party!

After going to Wal-Mart and realizing just how much stuff I would need to buy, it was actually the same price just to order pizza. So we're doing that. I'm still paying for the bulk of it, but if you're not bringing anything, it be nice if you could chip in two-three dollars. Mostly for tip, since I never have any cash on me, lol. Also, if you have any idea when you'll be heading over, just let me know so I can make sure the house is ready on time. :-D

Now, for Disney.
Megan called me and said that she is not going to be able to come with us. So, that means it's down to five. I need feedback on where I should book and when I should book for. Call me/leave me a comment to give me your voice. (Laura already gave me her opinion).

So, due to various reasons, my first two costume ideas got shot down. So, now I am rocking the Dark Hunter look this Halloween season! I created my own Dark Hunter with her own tragic back story. She's very much a self-insert, but this is me not caring LALALALALALA :-P She's not Mary-Sue-ish though, so that's alright (it's...really hard to overpower a character in this series. Just don't make them Acheron....or in love with him, lol). Dani's making one with me. This should be fun ^^

Oh, and if you don't know what the hell I'm talking about, Here's the Wiki page. If you want to read the stories, DON'T read the character list. Yeah, it's a romance series, but it's a REALLY REALLY GOOD ONE. Seriously. Pick one up.

Other than that, we picked up our pumpkins yesterday. We each got two. I'm making a vampire one and a funny face one. It should be good ^^ We're going to line them up the sidewalk to the front door so people know to come on up. There's quite a few kids in the neighborhood, so I'm really really hoping we get alot of trick-or-treaters. Mostly because we already have like, seven bags of candy to hand out. And it's the GOOD stuff (Milk Duds, Starbursts, Twix, Three Muskaters, Milky Ways, Snickers, etc. etc. etc.).

Oh, and any word on your BR folks about heading in/are you coming at all? Did you invite Linda? What time you'll be arriving? Anything?

I've been thinking about this since Megan called me the other day asking about it, so I thought I would go ahead and put something up on LJ for you guys to read.

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I'm tired. I came home an hour early from work because I wasn't feeling good/was starving (seriously did not pack enough food today). My eyes were killing me, so I didn't start reading or writing. I got the ice pack out and plopped it on my head, because I felt my forehead and it seemed to be burning up. Turns out I was just really overheated, which is not a good thing, because I tend to pass out when that happens.

Came into my room and started reading "Brave New World" for Utopia, which is a really good book so far. But as I did so, I fell asleep. This is why I can't read in my room--I get too comfy. I woke up to find myself drooling slightly (I only do this when I am in a DEEP, DEEP sleep). I get up and take a shower in an attempt to wake me up more. So now I am working on my paper due Thursday for Wilson's class. Hoping it goes well--I feel more confident about this one than the last one for some really REALLY odd reason. Here's hoping I didn't just jinx it.

But I am still so tired. My body can't handle the stress and emotions I've been going through recently. If I can just survive until Thursday afternoon, I am crashing SO HARD that night. Gah.

Yesterday, I got to go hang out with my friend Kyle, which was really awesome since he attends school in Chicago. We grabbed some dinner at Louisiana PoBoys, which was pretty good (I had the fried shrimp one. NOM NOM NOM). We then headed out and, after getting to the theater, we finally decided on "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs." Now, I'm going to say, the trailers made it look dumb, and I had no idea that it was originally a children's book--I just thought it was some animators crazy-idea (because, let's face it, a lot of animated movies that aren't Disney-made--and even some that ARE--just seem like poor, POOR ideas).

I was really, really surprised at how funny it was. Plus it had the voice-acting talents of Lauren Graham (LOVE), Neil Patrick Harris (LOVE), and......get this.....Mr. T. Yeah...he had one of best characters too, lol. Twas great.

And now though, I get to spend the rest of my weekend writing papers. Don't know when Dani's coming over today. I think Laura and I are also going to head to the Public library since they're having their giant-ass book-sale (a dollar buys you a huge bag and you can bring home as many books as you can fit in. NICE). Oh, and lunch with Mark tomorrow. Very important!

The paper due Monday isn't that bad...but Wilson's is going to scare me half to death. At least I can write on "The Yellow Wall-paper," i.e.: THE BEST SHORT STORY EVER WRITTEN. :D

Various sites are reporting that the Walt Disney Company has just bought the rights to Marvel Entertainment.

This could get very interesting very quickly if this is true. Ignoring the merchandising rights, I'm just thinking of Universal Studios. They're probably going to have to shut-down and re-theme alot of attractions...

Guys, we need to book FAST.

Laura and I were looking at the Corrinado Springs Resort the other day, trying to figure out prices and such since Cat and Mark confirmed that Linda is going. I tried looking up the info again today--and the CSR is booked for the week I was trying to get estimates on, leaving only suites available. We had also figured that two rooms were cheaper than the suite...go figure. ANYWAY, this is what I came up with for the other moderate resorts. This is for: Katie, Mark, Catherine, Laura, Megan, and Linda. I figured if Dani and Dus wanted to go, they were going to want their own room.


Moderate resort
A four day trip: 772.32 per person
A five day trip: 900.88 per person

I also looked into the POP Century (a value), just to see. POP is the *only* value resort I will stay in. Call me a snob, but yeah. Also note that, while cheaper, the resort will be much more crowded.

Pop Century
A four day trip:693.55 per person
A five day trip: 801.73 per person


This does not include the Universal ticket (add about about another 90 bucks for that) or gas money to get us there. But look at the difference between a four-day moderate and a five day Pop: 29.41 per person. You might want to take that into consideration.

Ticket prices are set for next year, so we don't need to worry about that. However, value and moderate resorts book up fast during the summer, and are actually more expensive as a result while deluxe resorts go into value season-it's a way to try to get others to go to the less-crowded deluxes (mods are still cheaper though).

If we're going to do this, we need to start planing now. I plan on using Magical Journeys again, so that should help. Please, respond with any input you have--if you think you are or are not going, dates that would be good, anything. The faster we can book this, the better--otherwise we might have to upgrade to a deluxe (not that I *mind*, but it will make prices go up).

I just got the most interesting (ie: hilarious) e-mail sent to my spam folder. It reads:

Sex can be one of the most enjoyable parts of your life. It strengthens relationships and adds excitement.Always be ready.

...no product placement, no link to check anything out. Just...that. Thank you, spam e-mail! Thanks to you I will always be ready for sex. What would I have done without such warning!

This amuses me WAAAAY more than it should, haha!

I was in my bed, sleeping, when something woke me up around 1 AM. I look up and see my fan slowly dying. I worry about this, since I looooove my fan, so I get up and turn on the lights...but nothing happened. And, in case you didn't know this about me, I am scared of being in the dark by myself. But! Laura and Ster were already on the case. They found this AMAZING camp-lamp and we went outside to try to find the fuse box.

You can tell how old this house is because, there were no switches in the fuse box. Just these two...battery-like things. And we sure as hell wasn't going to play around with THAT. So we go back in, and I look up LUS on my computer, call and report the power outage. They have no idea what is wrong, though they're trying to fix it. They have no idea how long it will be.

Ster and I get a great idea. Screw this sitting in the old, scary, dark house! It is a Friday night/Saturday morning! IHOP is open 24 hours! Let us go and eat pancakes (or country omlettes for Ster and myself) to drown our sorrow in!

We get there at about two and stay for a little over an hour. There was much food, fun, and talking. We had a great time! So when we leave, we figure if power isn't on still, we will go for a 3 AM drive...somewhere. Just not in the general area of downtown, since you know...bars and drunk people. Lucky for us though, we drive up and we see lights in the windows! YAY!

It was a small summer adventure, but a nice one. Wouldn't mind doing it again, actually, if I knew power would come back on :-P

My grandmother moved to Nebraska today--probably just got on the road with my Aunt Pam and her boyfriend Ralph (who was very nice--much better for her than my Uncle Ross ever was). I'm kinda torn about it. One the one hand, my grandmother is going to be happy. She's away from Hurricane Alley now, and her new apartment complex is a gated one designated for senior citizens only. So the odds of her making lots of friends there is very high, and that does warm my heart.

I guess the part that makes me sad deals more with me. I took advantage of her eight years here; I didn't visit as often as I should have. She was always around, there was no rush. But now that she's moving, and she is in her 70s, I realize that I might not get to see her again. We do plan on visiting her, but it's not the same.

In good news though, I went ahead and formatted my novel to the usual printing standards my job uses (page size, margins, font, etc). and realized I have about 55 pages worth of novel following those guidelines. And I'm just getting started. NICE :-)

I had a weird dream that made it difficult for me to sleep last night.

( If anyone wants to read about it )

Like I said, weird. I don't even know how A.B. got in there...