Watched the Oscars last night, and gotta say, it's no fun to watch alone. Usually I'm either with someone, or on the phone with someone, and last night I had neither. So I was left to yell at the screen because of the stupid way they gave out awards in the middle of the audience, laugh at how cheesy it was when that Phantom dude came out during the middle of Beyo.nce's song, and comment to myself on what dresses I like and which I didn't (liked Hi1ary Swank cause it was different, Kate Wins1et, Cate B1achett, Renee Ze11weger, didn't like Gwy.neth Pa1trow, Laura Lin.ney, and Sa1ma Hay.ak's bangs). I was also happy cause many of my predictions came true. Which was even awesome this morning when I got into work and discovered I had won the office Oscar pool! Yay me! I bought a bag of chips and a coffee in celebration.

In addition to being Oscar weekend, it was also "FAF.SA stinks like heaping piles of ddong" weekend. I had to get my FAF.SA done this weekend, and let me tell you, what a pain in the ass. Makes me appreciate my momma so much more. Thanks mom, for filing a gajillion years of FAF.SA's.

App1e lowered the price of the i.pod. Oy. What's a girl to do?? I want a mini sooooo bad. But I am soooo poor. I guess we'll just have to see what Mr.Tax Return has to say!

Time for my Monday night ritual: Gym, shower, 24. Love it.

It's Friday! One of my favorite days of the week. I can't believe February's almost over. This month flew by. The winter has flown by. I can't wait till spring! Sunshine and warmth!!

No big weekend plans. I'm kind of on a spending moratorium. Last weekend bankrupted me. So I'm trying to be a little more conscientious.

Man. I really need to get my FAFSA done this weekend.

I turned in my Os.car predictions for the office competition. Unlike last year, when I had seen ROTK and I knew it was going to win everything, I have seen exactly zero movies nominated this year. So I just voted randomly. Last year I came in second, I have no such hopes for this year.

Happy weekend!

Lost last night was goooood. Danie1 D. Kim was gooood. And I think his Korean is improving. I hope he's not the character they kill off.

And A1ias! Anna E. and Sar.k were back. And it was crazy. Good to see Mr. Sar.k, that crazy mofo bastard. And the fight in the store was hilarious and awesome.

Big news: I'll be taking a little trip to the motherland in April. Can't wait.

It's snowing outside! It struck me today that if this is the last snowfall of the season, this may be the last time I see snow snow snow in a while. Sad. I dislike the cold, but experiencing winter has started to grow on me. Oh well. Guess Ill need to make lots of trips to Tahoe!

Oh Man. I looooove three day weekends. And I'm so tired. Susan visited this weekend, and basically all we did was eat and walk around. Took her to Ja1eo, Laureol Plaza, peruvian chicken, P.Pita-- all my favorite places to eat. We also did some shopping and sightseeing. Good times, and great to see an old friend.

Watched Gurinda Chadha's "Br1de and Prejud1ce" on Friday night. It was good. I love how just like a Bo11ywood film, or any musical for that matter, characters would bust out into song and dance at random moments. And, I love love love the way Indians dance and party. Lots of pretty people and pretty visuals. However, I also re-watched Bend it L1ke Beck.ham this weekend, and it's waaay better in comparison. Now that is a great movie, with a lot of heart and humor. Love it.

Before I forget... HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Miss Tina Yang. One of my favorite people on the planet, Tina just celebrated her birthday on Sunday. Yay Teenereeno!

Alright. Last night I watched 24 on TV... I swear, that show makes me SO TENSE. I watch it and it just freaks me out. I'm also sitting at the edge of my seat, about to have a heart attack. At the end, I'm always tired. Oy. Great show, but not so great for my poor heart.

Back to work.

Hooray for friends! Best friend since high school Susan is town this weekend. I'm going to try to show her a rockin' good time. Touristy stuff, favorite restaurants and a lot of walking are in this weekend's plans. I love three day weekends!

It's been another looong week. Winter makes me unhappy. And I'm starting to get itchy-- itchin' to move on.

"Longing for the idea while criticizing the real is evidence of immaturity. Settling for the real without strivin for the ideal is evidence of complacency. Maturity is living with the tension."

Now why does that seem so familiar...

Oy. Right now I'm remembering why I don't go out on weeknights-- I hate feeling the way I'm feeling right now. Just a leeeeetle bit hung over. Went out with a bunch of friends last night to celebrate Valentine's Day. It was very very fun.

Some people get mean when they drink, some people get wild, some people get sleepy. Me? When I'm drinking, the one thing I have no control over is my relationship with my cell phone. Yes. I am a drunk dialer. If I called you last night-- sorry. I don't know what it is, I just feel compelled to call people and tell them I love them. Oy. Oh well. I suppose it could be worse.

Did I mention I'm tired?

I've got a case of the Mondays. Big time. But I did have a great weekend. Friday night small group came over and we played games. Saturday I went and saw another cute small baby! Hooray for little Lucie Cho!! And on Sunday I went over to the Chungs and have some good Korean food. Yum.

It wasn't all babies and food though. I also watched three movies. Friday night I finally watched Nap01ean Dynam.ite. It was good. I didn't think it was as awesome as everyone said it was though. I thought it was a good movie overall, with moments of sheer, hilarious, incredible brilliance. I think I liked certain moments more than I liked the film as a whole. Certain scenes I was hysterical with laughter. The part where Nap01ean hits his brother and runs away gave me flashbacks to my childhood. My favorite part? "Pedr0 offers you pr0tection." hahahha. Thumbs up!

Also caught "In G00d C0mpany" on Saturday night. It wasn't the romantic comedy it's being advertised as, and I was glad. It was funny, kind of sad, and really sweet. I thought Den.nis Qua.id and T0pher Grace were both great, and Charl0tte J0hanssen was pretty much eye candy. Overall, I dug this movie. Thumbs Up!

Aaaand, last night I watched the last Matrix movie on HBo. Now, usually I understand movies pretty well, and don't have trouble understand what's going on or picking up on things. The notable exception? The very end of the second Matrix movie. Once again, I had absolutely NO IDEA what the heck was going at the end of this movie. It went right over my head. If you can explain this to me, please contact me. Thumbs Down!

But the very best movie I watched this weekend was a short twenty second clip that my roommate showed me. It was this video of these people who I assumed were cheerleaders. They were at a basketball court, right next to the hoop, and it was four guys and one girl. The guys tossed the girls up like a normal toss, except that they somehow aimed it that she went through the basketball hoop as she was flipping through the air. She hit her head on the hoop, but she definitely went through the basket. And then the guys were cheering and cracking up. It was pretty sweet. Thumbs Up!!

Today is Valentine's Day. Happy Valentine's Day. I hope you have a lot of love in your life, whether from a signifigant other, or from friends and family. All you need is love.

Happy Lunar New Year! It's the Year of the Rooster- which just happens to be my year!

According to an article from the Chronicle:
"...And pride is just one of a rooster's many characteristics, according to traditional Chinese belief. Roosters are said to be independent and flamboyant, and they like to showcase their talents. They are hard working and unwavering. At times, they may be overconfident or too detail oriented. Famous roosters include actress Michelle Pfeiffer, musician Eric Clapton, actress Katharine Hepburn and statesman Benjamin Franklin."

Huh. Does that sound like me? I have no idea.

Happy Lunar New Year! It's the Year of the Rooster- which just happens to be my year!

According to an article from the Chronicle:
"...And pride is just one of a rooster's many characteristics, according to traditional Chinese belief. Roosters are said to be independent and flamboyant, and they like to showcase their talents. They are hard working and unwavering. At times, they may be overconfident or too detail oriented. Famous roosters include actress Michelle Pfeiffer, musician Eric Clapton, actress Katharine Hepburn and statesman Benjamin Franklin."

Huh. Does that sound like me? I have no idea.

Happy Lunar New Year! It's the Year of the Rooster- which just happens to be my year!

According to an article from the Chronicle:
"...And pride is just one of a rooster's many characteristics, according to traditional Chinese belief. Roosters are said to be independent and flamboyant, and they like to showcase their talents. They are hard working and unwavering. At times, they may be overconfident or too detail oriented. Famous roosters include actress Michelle Pfeiffer, musician Eric Clapton, actress Katharine Hepburn and statesman Benjamin Franklin."

Huh. Does that sound like me? I have no idea.

On Monday, someone from my church had a baby. My roommate and I headed over to the hospital last night to check her out. Man O Man, this little girl is cuuuuuute. Little Lydia Cha has a full head of hair (actually, more hair than her 13 month old sister has right now), opened her eyes a couple times, and sucked on her pacifier vigorously. What a cutie. I held her for about fifteen minutes, and she was so tiny and sleepy and cute. I'm such a puddle around babies.

That said, I have no desire to have one for many many many years. I've been having this conversation a lot lately actually. My senior year roomate's sister just had a baby, after 42 hours of labor, a c-section and did I mention the baby was two weeks late?? When I used to tell Julie G. how freaked out I was about the notion of childbirth, she'd always tell me that it's a natural thing, and that millions of women have gone through it, and that she was going to have a natural childbirth herself. After her sister's experience-- that went out the window. Now Julie G. seems just as freaked out about it as I am. I mean pregnancy seems difficult enough, but childbirth seems positively torturous. This is not a topic I think about all that much, but it's just been at the forefront lately because of Julie G.'s sister, Julie L., Hannah H., Alice L., Tina C. and Joy C. all having babies within the past seven months. Moral of the story: childbirth is scary and I'm not having kids for a long time. Also, to all the men who read this: You better buy your wives big ol' jewelries or something when they have babies, cause while you're sitting around with your digital cameras, they're doing all the hard stuff.

What a woooonderful, low key weekend. Friday night I went to small group, then proceeded to sleep for twelve hours that night. Awesome. Saturday I walked to Old Town and window shopped and people watched and read in the bookstore, then ate some Chipotle. It was some good, reflective alone time. I dug it.

Yesterday I watched the Super Bowl with my roommate and a bunch of her Penn friends. It was interesting, them being Eagles fans and me being a Terre11 0wens un-fan. I really didn't care who won. But some of the commercials were good, and the Simpson's always manages to crack me up, despite it's randomness.

It's been pretty slow at work lately, so I've become re-obsessed with Friendster. I've found so many people I forgot existed. I don't add people, I just stalk them. Its pretty fun. I've found it's even better than google stalking someone when you're bored.

Joy left for the Phillipines today. Sad.

I'm always amazed by how small the world is. Whenever I meet an Asian person, I swear they know people that I know. Northwestern, Calif., family friends... it really is a small, small world.

Operation Rid Hannah of Laziness is still in play. Not going so great right now, but she has high hopes for the upcoming weeks.

State of the Union was last night. Didn't watch. By the time I remembered it was on, it was half over, so I just didn't bother. And I knew it would probably piss me off anyway, based on past experiences. I think it's kind of funny to see a guy who is SO RICH, whose family has been SO RICH forever, who kids are already SO RICH talk about social security and his dumb ideas for preserving it when no one in his family will ever have any need for it and the issue will never really have any resonance with his life or his kids. Don't you think it makes it easier for him to make risky and irresponsible decisions, knowing that he has nothing to lose? It's cynical and closed-minded, I know. I just can't help thinking that way. Yes, something needs to be done with social security, considering how senior heavy our society is going to become. I just don't think the solutions he's proposing are the right ones. Also, I think the idea of permanent tax cuts suck. Just another example of the rich getting richer and the president taking care of himself and his money above the needs and interests of people who weren't privleged enough to be born into a family like his.

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I was very cranky and tired when I wrote this. I have nothing against rich people. I'm just a little frustrated at the Dubya right now.

Enough of my bleeding heart liberal ideas. The work week has seemed soooo long, but overall it's been fun. I've been hanging out with my roommate a lot, and it's been great laughing, eating and playing a whole lotta boggle.

ALRIGHT. The year before I graduated the graduation speaker was UN Secretary General Kof1 Annan. The year after, it was NBC News anchor T0m Br0kaw. My year-- Wendy Chamber1ain. Who?? Former ambassador to Pakistan, NU alum, crappiest graduation speaker ever, who gave advice like "work hard" "follow your dreams" "don't give up" "love people." My sister just emailed me with their graduation speaker- US Senator and Republican presidential candidate John McCa1n. WTF?? Every year but mine they get someone good. Class of 2003 got JACKED.