Friday, June 20, 2003

Fuuuuun week. Tuesday was senior bbq, where we sat and ate and chilled. Headed to Last Lecture at the Keg... Professor Morson is awesome! His lecture was totally inappropriate in a setting like the Keg, but still awesome. However, that place was the biggest fire hazard I had ever been in. Huge crowds of people surging out of the door while more people surge in the same door is just not a good idea. I was frightened for my life. Afterwards, we headed up to Bobb for a game of Hide and Seek... Bobb was empty, and all the doors were open, so we had our way with the place. I got caught three times... so had to face the consequences three times...

Wednesday.... ahhh, Wednesday. I think the highlight of my week. Dorm reunion- Yay NMQ! Good times in that place. Saw me old room... dude, looked so small. Saw all the old haunts, tried to remember the names of all the people who lived there. Dang, I loved that place. I can't wait till Precious and Alan's wedding... NMQ Reunion!! Wednesday night was Senior Formal at the Field Museum... the same place our Fling was freshman year. Only difference was that there was a cash bar : ) Danced my little heart out, despite my shoes of death. Highly amused by the wild antics of some of my friends out there (who will remain nameless... hahha... what a ho... get ur freak on... ) and amused by all the people who I hadn't seen in forever who I ran into. Seriously, I saw a girl I graduated with from high school for just the second time this year. Crazy. Senior Formal was just a big dance party, surrounded by good friends. I loved it.

Hung out with the parents yesterday, who made it into Chicago for the first time in all the times they've moved their kids in and out. Took the architecture cruise-- wow. It was awesome. It was also FREEZING. The weather out here is WACK. Spent last night downtown with my senior girls- NU Senior Hotties '03. We laughed ate talked... the things we do best. Man, do I love these girls. I will miss them incredibly.

Oh yeah. Today was Commencement. I commenced. Felt sooo weird to be sitting there, wearing my cap and gown and surrounded by friends and classmates. Dude. We're graduating. I felt like I was playing dress up or something. I'm just glad I got good pictures, and got to take a picture with my boy Ankur. And I'm glad my family was there to help me celebrate. INDEED.

I bought Harry Potter 5 tonight!! Can't wait to get started on it. I know once I pick it up I wont' be able to put it down. So I'm holding myself back until at least tomorrow or Sunday. Yay HP!!

CAS Convocation, 11-1 Saturday June 21. It's going to be long and boring. Bring a book. I hope I don't trip when I walk across the gym.

Where have these four years gone? I can't believe tomorrow I'll be saying goodbye to my best friends. Let's just bust out the tissues now, shall we?

Tuesday, June 17, 2003

TIIIIRED. Senior week is fuuuun.... but sooo tiring. Maybe it's just cause I'm getting old! Saturday I had dinner with a whole lotta seniors for sweet Sophia Chae's birthday, then had some roommate bonding with Julie. It was fun. And if I called you... I'm sorry!

Sunday night I went to Second City. My first time there. Soooo funny. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Totally made me laugh. And it was fun hanging out with my friends, and seeing a whole bunch of other people. Afterwards, me, Tina, Art and Emmy ate at some diner. Terrible service, but great conversation.

Dude. Yesterday I went to Six Flags Great America. Now, back home we have a Paramount's Great America. I thought that the similarities in name was just a coincidence. However, the two parks are EXACTLY the same. The layout is the same, the rides are the same (just with different names), the food is the same... it was really crazy. I thought I was in some parallel universe. But besides being tripped out by that, I realized that I really am old and tired now. After three hours, I was so tired and ready to go home. I used to be able to ride roller coasters with no problem-- I felt nauseous after every ride yesterday. Seriously. Give me Disneyland anyday.

Fun times ahead-- bbq, last lecture at the Keg, dorm reunion, formal, parents getting here, sleepover with the girls, graduation! I can't believe my fam willl be here day after tomorrow!!! It's all going by so fast. Pbbbblllltttttt.

I need to finish packing. I need to wrap up my life!!

Saturday, June 14, 2003

Oh man. Sent the underclassmen off to Cedar this morning. Got up at 4:45 and went over to Plex to see all the madness and mayhem that accompanies a sleepness night and leaving for Cedar Campus. I was so sad.... I love Cedar! Some of my favorite memories from college come from Cedar.... it's where I first became friends with people like Emmy, Al, Sophia, Paul... watched awesome sunsets.... saw gorgeous rainbows... relaxed in front of the bluest lake I've ever seen... played powder puff football... grew closer to Jesus... sighhh.... Needless to say, it was sad seeing them all leave- but it was also exciting to see a whole new crop of leaders leave to fall in love with Cedar Campus and grow closer to God. Some of my friends were a little emotional, but I held it together pretty well.

I think I'm going to just need one big cry this week.... at one point it'll just hit me that this is the last week I'll be spending with some of the closest friends I've ever met. I know we'll stay in touch, but it just won't be the same. So I guess we'll just have to enjoy senior week as much as possible! I'm excited about this week... lots of good times and good friends. Yay! I've kind of been feeling like I've been really disconnected lately, and that people are avoiding me.... is it all in my head? Am I just freaking out cause it's almost graduation? Or have I grown an ugly extra head and pepole don't want to tell me about so they are avoiding hanging out with me? I guess we'll see. Hannah? Paranoid? Never!!

Yo, I'm leaving for D.C. in one week. Crazy. I'm driving out with Pat Min. To start a whole new life. No job, no money... thank goodness for awesome parents! I'm determined to have a job by August. In the meantime, I'm going to temp my little heart out.

I cut my hair yesterday!

To Tim, Susanna, Susan and all my friends graduating this weekend.... YOU DID IT!! I'm very very proud of you guys!

Happy Birthday Sophia! I'm off for a day of celebrating the 22nd birthday of Ms. Chae.... YAY!

Tuesday, June 10, 2003

Alright, so it's been foreva and a half since I've blogged, but I have a good excue-- I have a terrible cold. Seriously. Woke up last Monday with a headache, sore throat, the whole shebang. Wednesday my throat started hurting sooo bad, so I went to Searle and got a little doctorly advice. Sore throat starting getting better, but starting Thursday, I developed the most horrible, hacking, loud cough, which is still going on. I can't go more than twenty seconds without coughing up a huge chunk o' phlegm. Gross, I know. But it's the ugly truth. My abs are sore from coughing so much. Saaaaad. Seriously, if I'm not better my Friday, I'm going to cry. Go away cold! Go away!!

Life hasn't just been about this cold though lately. Other things have been going on. Last Friday was the Spring Celebration Focus aka Senior Focus. Cute skits, cute kids, cute emcees.... and then the annual slideshow. After scanning hundreds of photos, then selecting the chosen few that made it in with Byun, then "helping" Art, Jer and John Friday afternoon, it finally came together. Pretty damn good, I must say. Good job boys!

So this is the last week before senior week. Crazy. I feel like I should be doing all this stuff, meeting up with all these people... instead, I've been bumming around. Perhap I should start calling up all those underclassmen I love so much and trying to spend some quality time with them. Perhaps, perhap, perhaps.

RAYMOND LEE!! FAAAAAME!!! Dude, this kid rocks. Ever since he was an itty bitty freshman, we all knew he had "IT" And yesterday, he showed American he had "it." He kicked ass!! Go Raymond!! Everyone at NU is supporting you! I'm so proud of him! I was seriously sitting in my room screaming yesterday while he was performing. Sigh. I hope he wins!

Things to do this week:
go to Shedd Aquarium
go to White Sox game
hang out with underclassmen
pack pack pack