AFTER FINISHING SHOPAHOLIC and Baby I have the ridiculous desire to begin, from now on, each blog entry in caps lock-- similar to the beginnings of each chapter in the book.

Shopaholic and Baby is fabulous. Better than Shopaholic and Sister in my opinion. I finished it in two days which my boss said is quite disciplined because she would have finished in one night. Unfortunately I do have to put it down for such frivolous (in comparison) things as... oh you know. Class. Work. Friends. Stuff like that.

Today we were dropping Koko back onto campus after preparing for our Palliative presentation and I asked Koko what song she wanted to listen to from my ipod.

"I like Chinese songs though," She says in a don't-bother-because-you-won't-have-anything-i-like voice.

"We're not as white as you think!!" Kat retorts almost instantly.

Laughing, I shoot Kat a dubious glance.

"Okay," correcting herself, "I'm not as white as you think. I watch ket jap."

A blog was really useful before, when i updated it daily, because it allowed me to record my thoughts-- sometimes i'll get lost in mini epiphanies, or maybe i'll suddenly think up good line of poetry or think of something funny or interesting -- but pull me out of the thought bubble for a while and those thoughts are lost and i find myself hopelessly trying to recall them.

On an aside-- know what was really fun? St. Paddy's Day!! :)
Last minutedly, kat, jo, jess, clara, and i went over to aaron and carson's and drank our brains out while playing taboo, eating wings and shanghai noodles, singing along(badly)to aaron's guitar playing (mostly just vitamin c over and over and over), and running screaming around the house incoherently. LOL it was so much fun! and I pick that over lining up for hours outside of a bar any day!! :D

I'm beginning to realize our "time" together is really limited... and I'm trying to treasure simple, happy moments more. 7man party, chocolate covered strawberries and bananas, NV 70% off sale hehe, mochas, and shopaholic and baby! These things make days smile-worthy.

understanding the "new me"

I used to be pretty clear on what was real & what I made up, but with everything going on in the world, none of that seems to matter, so I just decided to talk less & smile to myself more, so as not to add to the general confusion. -brian andreas