As I was standing in Rite Aid yesterday waiting in line, I heard the strains of an oddly familiar song. I listened more carefully... could it be? Nooo.... wait! Yes. Yes it is. The sound of Joey McIntyre singing with all his pre-pubescent heart "I'll Be Loving You Forever." I was filled with joy as memories from third grade came rushing back. Ah New Kids. You'll always be a part of me.

It's Monday! BOOO. Remind not to take a nap in the middle of the day again, cause it messes me up at night. Could not fall asleep last night!

What a wonderful weekend. The weather was beauuuuutiful. Cherry blossoms are starting to bloom everywhere. Sunny, breezy, gorgeous. Made me very very happy. I had a very chill weekend, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Nothing much going on with me lately. Starting volunteering at a tutoring place once a week, been thinking about law/grad school some more. I think I need to do more stuff to fill up my time. Besides watching TV.

So the cherry blossom festival started this weekend, which in addition to beautiful flowers also means TOURISTS. Lots of them. They're everywhere. They crowd the metros, being loud and obnoxious. They stand to the left on escalators. Stand to the right people! And it's only just begun. Tourist season is my enemy!

I dislike President Bush's policies. I am a woman.
This editorial explains part of why I don't like Bush.

It's a beautiful, sunny, lovely California-style day! Yay! Although I'm a little bummed I'm inside instead of outside, my mood is still GREAT, cause sun and warmth have a very good effect on me. It's days like this that make me wonder how someone could not believe in God, and the joy of His creation. Look around! The beauty and life out there is a miracle-- not some sort of accident. Only His power could create all that. I know I'm being cheesy, but after weeks and months of cold, a beautiful day makes me a cheesy, happy person. Damn straight.

Leave the Bushman alone!!!!!

It's Tuesday! I slept at 11:30 last night, and I'm feeling goooood. Seriously, this whole getting to bed earlier thing is working out for me. I think I'll try to do it more often.

Watched Starsky and Hutch this weekend. It was funny, in a dumb funny kind of way. But Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson are always amusing, and it was an entertaining movie to watch when you're in the mood to laugh and see something silly. I liked Snoop Dog a lot. And the little kid with the afro.

As for my bracket, it's officially CRAP. Cause I had both Stanford and Kentucky in the final four, and look how well that turned out! ASS. I'm not rooting for anyone anymore.

Two things that disturb me today: Israel's killing of Ahmed Yassin and Richard Clarke's new book. I think Israel just opened up a whole new can of craziness and terror. And if what Richard Clarke alleges is true, I'm even more disturbed by the careless and arrogant policy and thinking of the Bush administration.

I think I should stop reading the newspaper and the news. It just depresses me. From now on, I'll just stick to The Daily Show.

STUPID STANFORD. I thought this was their year. I HAD THEM WINNING IT ALL. Now my bracket is all jacked up. Stupid smart jocks. Grrrrr.
I'm never filling one of these out again, cause I'm getting waaaaay too into it.

It's Saturday morning, 9:38 AM. Guess where I am?? At work!! Crazy. Big meeting going on, I'm helping out. It'll be nice to get the overtime pay. Cause I sho need it.

The thing about Washington DC is, it's a 9-5 kind of town, especially the downtown area. Most people live in the outskirts of the city, or in the suburbs, so it's completely empty around here during the evenings and weekends. Seriously, walking to work this morning, it's like a ghost town around here.

Update on my bracket:
St. Louis-- I got 5 right and 3 wrong (I picked Pacific! See, my California instinct paid off.)
East Rutherford-- 6 right, 2 wrong.
Atlanta-- 5 right, 3 wrong.
Phoenix-- 7 right, 1 wrong.
Not bad right? Especially considering my lack of basketball knowledge.

Here's something that's been on my mind lately: I need to change the world and make it a better place. I've been thinking a lot about law school lately, and I'm starting to believe more and more that it might be the best way for me to do that, even if it's in a small way. I look at some of the lawyers around me, and they work in law and policy to try to make things better in this country. I'm trying to figure out how to fulfill God's vision for my life is, and part of my thinking is that I don't think He would have me care so deeply about issues of poverty, civil rights, immigration etc. if He didn't want me to try to help people in some of those areas. Right? So that's why I'm thinking about law school and/or grad school. It's all still very hazy though. I need to think about this more. Any thoughts out there? Suggestions?

So I put a site meter thing on, and since I've put it on, almost 500 people have visited my blog. Really, that's misleading, since I'm sure I have friends who check this page more than once a day on the off chance that in the 20 minutes they were doing something else I updated (I know this cause that's what I do. I get bored easily). I was looking at Parry Shen's xanga (by the way, he's a cool guy. I met him at NU last year. He used his star power to get me into the screening of BLT cause I was Angry Asian Man's sister. Whole other story. But he's a cool AsianAmerican actor and you should support him. Go out and rent "The New Guy." Or, call Dell and demand they play his commercial. Actually, support Asian-American actors, period. Cause they're just like any other actors, but often get shafted cause they're Asian-American. Once again, whole other story. But I've become kinda crazy, I think it's being AAM's sister, cause whenever I watch TV and I see an Asian-American actor/actress I shriek "Yeah Asian!!!) Wow tangent. What was I talking about again? ..... yeah, Parry Shen's xanga. It's been up for like a month, and he has had 10000 visitors. It makes my little space on the web seem very small and insignifigant. Oh well. I guess it doesn't hurt that he's in the moving pictures. And I'm just a nobody. But at least I'm an ass-kicking nobody.

NCAA Tournament Bracket I filled one out, but then I forgot to turn it in to the person in charge of the pool. So I'm just doing my own little one, seeing how I do. And let me tell you-- I know jack about college basketball, and it shows. Let's just say I have all the number 1 seeds making it to the final four. And how likely is it that that's going to happen? Not very likely. But really-- I don't know jack about basketball. Let's see how I did yesterday:
St. Louis-- Um yeah, stupid Michigan State. But yay Gonzaga!
East Rutherford-- Stupid Florida! What the freak Manhattan! lame. Other than that, I did ok.
Atlanta: Umm... so Duke won. Yay. But dumb Arizona! Pac-10 sucks!!! And I put Air Force and Princeton to win. Why? Cause I thought it would be cool if a military school won, and cause I thought maybe Princeton's brains would lead to a win. OOooooops.
Phoenix: I got Stanford, Alabama, Syracuse, DePaul and Connecticut. And maybe it's a good thing that Maryland won (even though I put UTEP), cause my boss is a CRAZY Terps fan.
So that's what I got so far. I'll write periodically with how my bracket is looking. Seriously, I have no basketball knowledge, so I base my decisions on which team I like better, which school is cooler, what state they're in (yay illinois and cali schools) etc. BTW, I have Stanford and Kentucky in the finals. Stanford cause, well, it's Stanford, and I gotta keep it real with the Bay Area pride (also, to bug Cy. hahahha), and Kentucky cause, well, Ashley Judd went there and they have a good cheerleading team. I'm serious.

Exactly a year ago, I graduated from college. Weird. Part of me feels like it was yesterday, part of me feels like it was soooo long ago. I still remember exactly what I did when I took my very last final, my last act as a college student. Took the final in Coon Auditorium, and drank a beer outside the room with Amy in the middle of the hallway at Kellogg. That was pretty awesome.
The thing is, I graduated a year ago, but I feel like I haven't done anything in that year. I haven't produced anything, or helped anyone or contributed. I've basically been a pile. It's about time I got off my ass and started doing something. Don't you think?

Say what you will about gay marriage, etc., but my goodness, that can't be more morally wrong and unjust than what's being proposed in Rhea County, TN.
Tennessee County Wants to Charge Homosexuals
They may be homosexuals, but they're still HUMAN BEINGS and CITIZENS.
This is just so ridiculous and absurd, it makes me laugh. But it's also scary, because there are people out there with that much hate and ignorance. I wonder how many of those commissioners proclaim to be Christians.
Sometimes people really disappoint me. I mean, believe anything you want-- but let's not hate.

It's just another Manic Moooooonday oooooh ooooooooh. Yep, it's Monday all right. Someone's got a case of the Mondays! Have I ever told you I dislike Mondays??

Had a very chill weekend. Vegged in front of the TV with some Alias on Friday night, and then woke up early (for a Saturday) to meet Julia for brunch. Then she took me Korean grocery shopping! Yay! Didn't buy as much as I should have-- I forgot the list! But I did manage to buy some melon bars. Yummmm. Saturday afternoon I vegged out some more, and then met up with Tina, Michelle and Kerri to go to a party in Woodley Park. Hanging out with the sorority sisters-- oh yeah! Had some, um, funny things happen at the party. Yeah. Why do short guys always think they got the most game?

Sunday was the huuuuuuuge pile o' nothing day. Sat in front of the TV and watched the director's commentary of Bend it Like Beckham, started reading "The Corrections," talked on the phone, and then watched the new ABCFamily romantic comedy "Celeste in the City." Ethan Embry- SO CUTE. But the movie was too much other stuff and not enough him. And then it was time for Alias! Here's what I thought: Ricky Gervais was great, Jack Bristow is an ass kicker, is Sark going to escape or rat out Lauren, Michael Vartan in glasses- HOT, Sydney cries a lot, bomb in the airplane was lame but still tense, Sloane and psychiatrist-- what is she THINKING???

Have I ever told you that my older brother is a righteous awesome smarty pants ass kicker?? Cause he is. Watch out Jason Hahn-- here comes the real "perfesser." USC is my new favorite school. Yay PHIL!!!!

Warm weather-- where are you????

It's Friday afternoon, and I cannot tell you how badly I want to go HOME. I'm sleeeeeepy.

So last week I went to an NU club DM fundraiser, and last night I went to a NU young alumni happy hour. Both times, I saw so many people who I knew from somewhere, but couldn't figure out where. Out of the NU bubble, it's so hard to place people. It was fun hanging out, talking to people, reacquainting and stuff. But still very very weird. It was a surreal night.

Oh, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my girl ChristineByun. The world would not be same without an awesome, creative, witty, passionate person like her. So here's to you.

Going Korean grocery shopping tomorrow!! YAY! One huge drawback to not having a car is not having access to Korean grocery. Thank goodness for cool unnis with cars who are willing to drive you to get your Korean food fix. Note to self: refrain from buying pocky stick, rice candy, kimchee sabalmyun, choco pie and mochi ice cream.

Been watching Alias box sets lately. Season 1 was crazy, cause I hadn't seen a lot of it. Season 2 is crazy, cause even though I saw a lot of it, it's still CRAAAAZY. And this season's Alias'... OH man. Damn you Sloane! If you are Sydney's father I will... I don't know what I'll do. And damn you Sark! You evil bastard! Dude, David Anders is like 22, my age. He looks soooo much older. And by the way- DAMN YOU LAUREN! Stupid ho. I don't think Sydney and Vaughn should hook up anymore, cause now I think he doesn't deserve her, cause he's stupid enough to marry a stupid ho like Lauren. Jack will figure it out Lauren! He always does. I looooove Jack Bristow. Victor Garber is an ass kicker.
And that's my rant for the day.

Joy and I: Islands of calm in a sea of insanity.

It's true.

Happy late birthday to Susanna Han, a girl I've known my whole life. Dude, we're getting ooooold.

Julie's baby shower this weekend! It was fuuuuun. Julie, Robyn, Jess, Janet, Laura, me, Joy, Tina and June. A group of girls from college, talking, laughing, eating and enjoying each others' company. It was great. It felt so normal and so comfortable. We played games, Julie opened presents (baby girl clothes are SO CUTE), ate a lot... went to the Lincoln Memorial and took a lot of pictures... went to Annandale... watched "A Perfect Wedding" and SNL. Sunday we went to Dihan's church, and then hung out at Julie and Dihan's place. Their house is adorable. We also watched the video that Dihan made for Julie's proposal. All her friends videotaped little skits and messages... it was hilarious. Philee, Hanyul, BChang and Ron in formal dresses=pure comedy. Oh man. Overall, it was a great day, and I know Julie and Dihan will be great parents.

I need a vacation.

It was 80 degrees back home yesterday! What the...??!! Someone please remind me why I'm not in California. Geez. Oh well. The cherry blossom festival is probably going to be in late March/early April. I hear it's beautiful. Take that, California!

My allergies are acting up... itchy eyes, itchy nose. Damn you alleriges!

Tomorrow's Julie's baby shower! Yay! Friends from New York, friends from DC, friends from Cali-- friends all around. It's going to be muy fun.

Went an an NU alumni event last night. I saw a bunch of people I kinda knew in college... it was one of those "You look really familiar to me. Did you do ?" kind of things. Good times.

It's DM weekend back at NU. I did DM for four years, and for the life of me, I can't figure out how the heck I did it. If I had to stay awake for that long now, I think I would die. Really. But good luck to Sarah and all the DM kids... dance, baby, dance.

VIRUSES SUCK. Those sneaky virus bastards tried to trick me into opening one. But they can't fool me! I don't care if my friends at "abanet.org" and my friends at "nwu.edu" and "northwestern.edu" think that I should open this attachement. I ain't opening it. Suckas!

If you search "Ja/net Jacks0ns r1ght bre.ast uncens0red" you'll apparantely get my blog! Isn't that exciting? I am disturbed and amused. I mean, I support Janet Jackson and her right breast, but not that much. Geez.

It's a beautiful day! This morning, walking to work the sun was shining and the sky was blue. It was pleasant. It made me happy. Here's to eating lunch outside!

Can't wait to see the girls this weekend! Party at Joy and Hannah's!!!

Yay Lord of the Rings! I Lord of the Rings, so I'm very happy about all its Oscar wins last night. I entered an Oscar pool at work, and I ALMOST WON! I tied for 18 right predictions, but lost the tiebreaker (prediction the temperature in LA at the start of the Oscars). Dammit. I voted against Lord of the Rings in two categories- WHAT WAS I THINKING???? I just figured it had to lose something. This is what happens when you doubt your favorite movie. Best part of the night: I predicted Chernobyl Heart, Two Soldiers and Barbarian Invasions were going to win just cause I thought they had Oscar winner type of names. I'm awesome. Also, I thought Renee Zellweger was beautiful, the hobbits were awesome, Liv Tyler's hair was wack, and the dude from Finding Nemo's speech was the sweetest thing ever.

Beautiful weather this weekend! It made me very very happy. Had lunch with Art JY and Joy, took a walk, got some groceries, watched me some Alias, went to church, hung out at Eastern Market and watched the Oscars. My weekend in a sentence.