Imagine there's no heaven, it's easy if you try.
No hell below us, above us only sky.
Imagine all the people
living for today...

Imagine there's no countries, it isnt hard to do.
Nothing to kill or die for, no religion too.
Imagine all the people
living life in peace...

Imagine no possesions, I wonder if you can.
No need for greed or hunger, a brotherhood of man.
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...

You may say I'm a dreamer,
but I'm not the only one,
I hope some day you'll join us,
And the world will live as one.

Hello! Spring break is almost over. Craaaaaazy. I've had a fun week. A lonely week. What have I done? Gone to work, gone to SPAC, worked on my resume and job search, and watched a lot of movies. A LOT of movies. What have I watched this week? Let's see. Miss Congeniality, When Harry Met Sally, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Wedding Singer, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, The Sandlot, Return to Me, to name a few.

New favorite movie: Return to Me, with Minnie Driver and David Duchovny. It was just a really sweet romantic comedy, with no nastiness, no freakiness, just a nice, sweet, romantic movie. I loved it. Seriously, my new goal is to buy this movie. So I can watch it over and over again. : )

Yo, so I watched American Idol this week. Good stuff. I am a much bigger fan of the men than the women this year. I like Clay, Ruben and Josh a lot. I'm really glad Julia got kicked off- she sucked. But dude, on Wednesday they sang this "God Bless the USA" song, which I just thought was sweet and well-sung, but so horribly cheesy. Really, let's all show our patriotism by singing about how great our country is and how we're better than every other country. Personally, I think you can show patriotism much better by doing things like VOTING, participating in debates, thinking about issues, reading the news, forming opinions. The only person I thought was ok was Josh Gracin, cause at least he's a Marine and is putting his money where his mouth is and serving. But hey. That's just my opinion. Time to get off my soapbox now.

I need a job. Anyone know anyone who works in D.C. and wants to hire me?

OMG! I bought thin mint cookie ice cream. It's AWESOME!!!

I'm coming to California May 7-17!! Mark your calenders all you home people who read this! WHOOOHOO!

Wow. Lots of things going on. Kind of crazy. I had a fun weekend-- mainly hung out with Tina and Naomi. I've been on my own a lot too, hanging out in Melissa's apartment, trying to amuse myself. Kind of lonely, but relaxing.

Yo, my Friday night was CRAZY. I drove some DZ's to the airport at 2 in in the morning. I was more than halfway home when I got a call saying that one of the girls forgot her birth certificate. So, I turned around, drove back to the airport, picked her up, drove her back to Evanston, drove her back to the airport, and then headed back home. I got home around 5 AM. It SUCKED. Saturday I had to drive Julie and Dan to the airport too. Boo O'Hare! I'm so sick of you!

I watched the Oscars Sunday at Erica's. It was fun. The thing was, I think the only movie I'd seen out of all the ones nominated was Lord of the Rings. Here's the thing-- lately, I've been avoiding movies I know I'm going to come out of feeling depressed. Maybe it's just what's going on in the world, maybe it's just how I'm feeling in my life, but I don't want to watch a movie and feel sad and depressed. I want to watch a movie that will entertain me and make me feel happy! So yeah, I haven't actually been watching movies much lately. But on a purely superficial level, here are my thoughts! I thought Catherine Zeta Jones looked damned good for a nine months pregnant lady, and I hear she is very good in Chicago, so hooray for her. I'm glad Chris Coooper won, cause he was really good in American Beauty, and cause his speech was so great-- short, sweet, sincere. I didn't want Nicole Kidman to win, cause I just don't like her. I was surprised Adrian Brody won, but I liked his speech. It was sincere, and I think it really resonated in regards to what's going on in the world and what his movie is about. Plus, he kissed Halle Berry! Peter O'Toole's speech was so great. What a cool, intelligent, well-spoken man. I though the whole past Oscar winners thing was cool, except for the fact that they stuck all these incredible actors and actresses like Mickey Rooney and Olivia DeHavilland and Chita Rivera in the way back of the auditorium while Ben Affleck and J-Lo sat in the front. What the..? Best dresses: Renee Zellweger, Kate Hudson, Salma Hayak. Oh! And did anyone else notice that at the beginning of the show, before Catherine Zeta Jones performed, her seat filler was this cute Asian chick wearing a pink dress? She was sitting next to Michael Douglas, and it took us forever to figure out who she was.

And then there was Michael Moore. I'm glad he did what he did. Maybe it wasn't the most appropriate place, but if you want to make a statement, the Oscar stage is a pretty cool place to do it. And hey, he won. He can say whatever the heck he pleases. All those people who clapped for peace but booed Moore for criticizing Bush-- really, is Bush not at all responsible for war? Come on. I think a huge part of being patriotic is caring about this country enough to be critical of what our elected officials are doing. Michael Moore makes people stop and think about the state of our society through his documentaries, and I think his speech was his way of trying to make people think about the cause of this war.

You're probably not interestd, but I have very mixed feelings about the war in Iraq. I think that Saddam Hussein is dangerous, and I think the production of chemical and nuclear weapons by Iraq needs to be stopped. But I am incredibly against America thinking she can make any country do whatever the heck she wants. We are a part of an international community, whether we like it or not. Diving into this war without U.N. backing is a bad idea for this country's future standing in the world. There are other ways we could have disarmed Saddam, and we just happened to choose the most violent, agressive, bullying option. I am very angry that we are at war right now. But at this point, I just want us to win. Quickly. Because it makes me so sad to think of these soldiers, most of whom are my age, fighting a war so far away. It makes me sad to think of their families, waiting and hoping. I really pray they come home safetly.

War sucks. I think that about sums it up.

Dang. It's been a looooong time since I've blogged. OOOOpppps. I've been busy! School is hard! So let's get all caught up, shall we?

Reading week was some good times. I hung out with folk, chilled, slept a lot, and wasted large amounts of time. Good times. I went to the DZ date party with PatMin-- we hung out at Navy Pier with Grace and SJ and had some *interesting* conversations, mainly courtesy of Mr. SJ Lee. I think the highlight of the week came Wednesday-- Ms. ChristineByun's 22nd birthday! We went downtown to Millenium Park to ice skate outside, something Byun has been dying to do for many many years. Then we ate at some Japanese restaurant. After we got back, me, Art, Joy, Byun and Doug hung out. Lots of laughs, lots of fun-- hooray for friends! After Wednesday's fun, I had to write 2 five page papers for my poli sci class. That was not so fun. But, it got done. The LAST paper of my college career. It made me realize-- DANG. I've written a lot of papers the last four years.

Yo, on Tuesday I took my religion final, and it was dang hard. Much harder and longer than I thought it would be. I mean, it was a great class, but the final was freakin' hard. And then last night I took my Russian Lit final. I studied hard and everything, but I completely failed it. Why? Because I misidentified one of the quotes, and wrote an entire essay based on the wrong thing. AAHHH! So frustrated, still. Because I knew I could have done better, and because I wrote a dang good essay on the wrong thing. Maybe I'll get some credit? I hope so. Otherwise, big fat C in the class. What a disappointing way to end my college career.

Did I just say end my college career? That's right. I am done with university life!!! Crazy. After this quarter, I will have 46 credits, and will have completed the requirements for a major in political science. Therefore-- I am done!! Feels weird. College went by craaazy fast. I've had a great college experience. I feel like I could have done so much more, but I'm happy with what I've done, cause I've had fun and learned a lot.

My plan for next quarter is to LOOK FOR A JOB, work out, work at Kellogg, and have fun.

I need a job for next year. I really want to move to D.C. and work for the government or for a non-profit. But first, I need to work on my resume and apply to places and get some direction.

So guess what my next three weeks looks like? Okay, spring break this week. Jane and Susanna come to visit the week after. Phil comes to visit the week after. Hooray!!!

Now I'm just rambling. I just can't believe the quarter is over, that college is so close to being over. Kind of freaking me out. Causing me to ramble and just plain act craaaaazy. I think it's time that I sleep. Goodnight.

OH MAN. DM was crazy awesome. Good times. I had fun dancing with my AACM folk and my DZ girls, kicking rowdy football players off the dance floor, going up on stage for about a second with Al for the 120 hour club thing, chillin with Joy during the wee hours of the morning.... the memories go on and on. I can't believe I have done DM for four years. Let me tell you-- as much fun as I had, I'm glad I'm never doing it again. Wow. I can't believe it's over though-- making me feel like I'm even older, and graduation is even closer.

Late Happy Birthday to Miss Susanna Han! I don't even know if you read this, but dude, I love you. I've known this girl since, well, forever. Our parents have known each other longer than we've been alive, our brothers have the same birthday one year apart... everything that's ever happened in my life I've shared with this girl. And now she's 22!!! CRAAAAZY. Well Susanna Han, I hope your day was wonderful, and I can't wait till you come visit!!!

More Birthday props to Mister Cy Kim!! Yeah Cy! It's your birthday! DUDE. Cy is 29. Ladies, this man is an eligible bachelor. Happy Birthday Heat!!

Reading week starts today. I'm looking forward to doing a little bit of studying, a lot of paper writing, and a lot of playing. WOO HOO!

Sometimes I feel like no one really reads this, and I'm just talking to myself. Oh well, I guess I'm just not cool. Or, in the immortal words of Matthew "Pilgyu" Kim-- "YOU"RE NOT COOL!!!"

Hello! Hello! First of all-- Happy Birthday to sweet EuniceByun! It's been fun being your chingoo the past couple years, baby. Smooches.

This is my last week of classes. Seriously, I have two days of classes left in my undergraduate career. CRAAAAAZY. On Thursday, as soon as Professor Morson finishes his lecture, I'm going to yell "Hell YEAH! I am DONE with college!!" That's my plan. We'll see what the spirit really moves to me say though... But I will be yelling something. : )

So I have to write my final paper in religion. And I'm worried, cause this class is hard, the prof. is going to grade hard, and I'm just not that smart. So, I need to get cracking on this paper. My goal is to finish my Thursday 10 PM, cause I really want to get a good night's sleep Thursday night? Why? BECAUSE DM STARTS FRIDAY!!!!

Yes, that's right. DM starts on Friday. I'll probably be writing/thinking about DM all week. This is my fourth year of Dance Marathon. Crazy. This year I'm on dancer relations committee-- I'm one of those people who cheer and clap and who all the dancers want to kill. Yay me : ) I'm excited. However, I haven't raised all my money yet. So, please donate to the HannahYu DM fund. Go to www.nudm.org, click on "make a donation" and make a donation in my name through your credit card! All proceeds benefit the Chicago Urban Youth Scholarship Fund!

Alright. Time to do some reading. It's snowy and cold outside, so you know I have no desire to leave this building.