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Gettin' too old. Two all-nighters lie ahead, but I highly doubt that my body will be able to handle it. It baffles me how I stayed up for almost a week these past two years; ridiculous. I can't wait for Thursday night when it'll be over for the week.
Coca cola, here I come.
22 October 2008
19 October 2008
all the mavericks in the house put your hands up
so very amusing.
The past few days have been very exciting! I am lucky to have met student filmmakers, and am even more humbled and appreciative that I can help out on their projects. Saturday = CMF filming day. Saw about five different crews scattered around the apartments/campus, all trying to complete the difficult task of having to film their movies in less than a week.
Being involved with their films, regardless of what I was doing, was definitely fun for me and made me realize how much I do want to pursue something on the creative side of filmmaking. That's a lofty goal, but I think it is reasonable enough to achieve successfully within the next ten years or so...
I am so proud of Ty and Alex! Congrats on getting your films made, and congrats on Alaska, Alex! Maybe Palin will make an appearance at the festival and you can all shoo out the foreigners together while admiring Russia.
Reminder: MONDAY OCT. 20th is the last day to postmark any voter registration forms!!! So please register! UCLA is sooooooooo close to winning the campus voter reg so hopefully we can get to #1 after tomorrow. Free Death Cab concert in the future???!
My food stock is running dangerously low. I cooked a lot last week so I'm gonna need to go on a Ralph's run soon. For the most part, having the kitchen is working out well. I just need to buy more balanced foods so I'm not just eating sausage, spam and eggs all week long. That, plus I need to cut down on eating out too much...it hits the checking account hard. On that note, while I was driving to Roscoe's the other night, I discovered that there is a Boston Market nearby. Oh dear...
The past few days have been very exciting! I am lucky to have met student filmmakers, and am even more humbled and appreciative that I can help out on their projects. Saturday = CMF filming day. Saw about five different crews scattered around the apartments/campus, all trying to complete the difficult task of having to film their movies in less than a week.
Being involved with their films, regardless of what I was doing, was definitely fun for me and made me realize how much I do want to pursue something on the creative side of filmmaking. That's a lofty goal, but I think it is reasonable enough to achieve successfully within the next ten years or so...
I am so proud of Ty and Alex! Congrats on getting your films made, and congrats on Alaska, Alex! Maybe Palin will make an appearance at the festival and you can all shoo out the foreigners together while admiring Russia.
Reminder: MONDAY OCT. 20th is the last day to postmark any voter registration forms!!! So please register! UCLA is sooooooooo close to winning the campus voter reg so hopefully we can get to #1 after tomorrow. Free Death Cab concert in the future???!
My food stock is running dangerously low. I cooked a lot last week so I'm gonna need to go on a Ralph's run soon. For the most part, having the kitchen is working out well. I just need to buy more balanced foods so I'm not just eating sausage, spam and eggs all week long. That, plus I need to cut down on eating out too much...it hits the checking account hard. On that note, while I was driving to Roscoe's the other night, I discovered that there is a Boston Market nearby. Oh dear...
16 October 2008
sausquitoweedilla
Sausage + Taquito + Seaweed + Quesadilla = disgusting/delicious. Smoothie for dessert à la Magic Bullet. A wise decision by mother and me!
So much for Bruin Night Out. We got lazy after the meeting and ditched Acapulco, as much as I was craving their Sea of Cortez and steak fajitas...drool. As you can see from the above equation, I cooked the most random dinner certainly not for six strangers. They came, they ate, shenanigans happened as expected when Allen and Bobby reunite.
Bobby brought up the QuesaNachoRito from Freebirds. yum.
He and Allen attempted Lady and the Tramp with fruit roll-ups. Not romantic in any way.
We also discussed the beauty of a turducken (de-boned chicken within de-boned duck within de-boned turkey), which I'm determined to try this Thanksgiving. Though, I doubt I'll find anyone insane enough to eat it with me. Turducken might just be the last straw for my metabs. I put so much strain on that internal factory, I'm surprised it hasn't shutdown already.
SEBN meeting was short 'n' sweet. Afterward, we basically "vandalized" the chalkboards with any and every equation we could think of, philosophical questions, and yes, me tagging?! It's true. Apparently I have a decent tagging font. True story: I used to write out my friend's names on black paper with gel pens and cut them out for them to stick in their binders. It was a hot seller during recess and lunch. I also enjoyed Shawn's rendition of Bobby as a K-pop anime superhero with the coolest chalk goggles. Looked like a pokemaster.
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Yesterday's sneak of Repo! The Genetic Opera was certainly amusing above all things. I was thoroughly entertained. There were some gawd awful moments, but I loved the unintentional Rocky Horror/Labyrinth parallels and Sarah Brightman. I'm probably one of the sad few who knew who she was before the film. She's brilliant, though.
Another successful Q&A followed the film. Seeing and hearing how the filmmakers basically screwed the standard and did what they really wanted to do was inspiring. Just makes me want to quit school and pursue all the random activities I loved doing when I was younger. Draw, play the piano, arts and crafts, read more, maybe a skip-it and lite brite while I'm at it. Sigh. Of course, I can't forget my ultimate dream/fantasy to sing and dance in a musical, but for now we'll just stick with the occasional Miley karaoke-dance party.
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It's Blue and Gold week. Rally and bonfire are tonight, as well as Mike's hockey game. I don't really feel like attending any of these festivities. I'm tired, lazy, and Debbie Downer this quarter; I hate that I feel like this. Plus, midterms and papers approach, adding onto the depression.
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In other news, I just watched Baby Mama with Ryan. I think it's a film that only Ryan and I would appreciate at 12:30 in the morning over bowl noodles and cereal. Overall horrible, but we laughed anyway. I'm currently writing this blog while trying to watch 2046 and read its subtitles. Let's just consider it all a failed attempt at multi-tasking. Basically, I just want to mail these back asap so I can keep the movies coming. Tsotsi and The Valet are next in queue. Should be excellent!
So much for Bruin Night Out. We got lazy after the meeting and ditched Acapulco, as much as I was craving their Sea of Cortez and steak fajitas...drool. As you can see from the above equation, I cooked the most random dinner certainly not for six strangers. They came, they ate, shenanigans happened as expected when Allen and Bobby reunite.
Bobby brought up the QuesaNachoRito from Freebirds. yum.
He and Allen attempted Lady and the Tramp with fruit roll-ups. Not romantic in any way.
We also discussed the beauty of a turducken (de-boned chicken within de-boned duck within de-boned turkey), which I'm determined to try this Thanksgiving. Though, I doubt I'll find anyone insane enough to eat it with me. Turducken might just be the last straw for my metabs. I put so much strain on that internal factory, I'm surprised it hasn't shutdown already.
SEBN meeting was short 'n' sweet. Afterward, we basically "vandalized" the chalkboards with any and every equation we could think of, philosophical questions, and yes, me tagging?! It's true. Apparently I have a decent tagging font. True story: I used to write out my friend's names on black paper with gel pens and cut them out for them to stick in their binders. It was a hot seller during recess and lunch. I also enjoyed Shawn's rendition of Bobby as a K-pop anime superhero with the coolest chalk goggles. Looked like a pokemaster.
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Yesterday's sneak of Repo! The Genetic Opera was certainly amusing above all things. I was thoroughly entertained. There were some gawd awful moments, but I loved the unintentional Rocky Horror/Labyrinth parallels and Sarah Brightman. I'm probably one of the sad few who knew who she was before the film. She's brilliant, though.
Another successful Q&A followed the film. Seeing and hearing how the filmmakers basically screwed the standard and did what they really wanted to do was inspiring. Just makes me want to quit school and pursue all the random activities I loved doing when I was younger. Draw, play the piano, arts and crafts, read more, maybe a skip-it and lite brite while I'm at it. Sigh. Of course, I can't forget my ultimate dream/fantasy to sing and dance in a musical, but for now we'll just stick with the occasional Miley karaoke-dance party.
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It's Blue and Gold week. Rally and bonfire are tonight, as well as Mike's hockey game. I don't really feel like attending any of these festivities. I'm tired, lazy, and Debbie Downer this quarter; I hate that I feel like this. Plus, midterms and papers approach, adding onto the depression.
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In other news, I just watched Baby Mama with Ryan. I think it's a film that only Ryan and I would appreciate at 12:30 in the morning over bowl noodles and cereal. Overall horrible, but we laughed anyway. I'm currently writing this blog while trying to watch 2046 and read its subtitles. Let's just consider it all a failed attempt at multi-tasking. Basically, I just want to mail these back asap so I can keep the movies coming. Tsotsi and The Valet are next in queue. Should be excellent!
13 October 2008
ridiculous
The CEC retreat this weekend was insane, tiring, but lovely. I admit I was apprehensive, at first, to all the team building/bonding/ice-breakery, but I'm glad to have met more of the staff and gotten closer to those i knew.
Too many incidents and stories to recount, but I did enjoy the squiggly purple line that took up my entire GPS screen: 30 miles up Big Bear mountain. nausea + pitch black + gusts of fog + occasional spurts of blindness from oncoming car headlights = jolly good time / the opening sequence of Scary Movie 18.
SCENE TWO. EXT. NIGHT.
Humble teens in Toyota Matrix are lost trying to find cabin and pull into rubble driveway of stranger's log home. Shirtless, tattooed-chest, piercings dude walks out, approaches car.
DUDE
What are you guys doing here?
ME
Dougal, get back in the car please!
MICHELLE & RAMEE
This is where we lock our doors.
ME
So sorry, we're lost! (nervous giggle) . . .
Dougal, get back in the car please!
MICHELLE & RAMEE
This is where we lock our doors.
ME
So sorry, we're lost! (nervous giggle) . . .
Other than that, retreat was a great success. I lost my voice during the Miley dance party including most of films staff + Hannah! + others staring in disgust.
Pirates 2. was as nauseating as the windy road. I'm not sure I wanna staff that one. Sorry, Alex! But I baked the chocolate cake to make up for missing out.
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Tempus fugit. Cliché to say, but it's too true. This is Blue and Gold week already! Week 3! What the...?
Classes, homework, sneak, work, applications, concert, meetings, rally, bonfire, hockey game, going out (if there's even time).
I decided to drop one of my classes so I can focus on others, which has freed up my week. Thus, I'm maybe looking for a second job. I might work at Sprinkles, yes, as in the cupcakes! Apparently they pay $11/hour. I think it might be perfect because I actually don't adore Sprinkles cupcakes as everyone else seems to, so I can't really get sick of it either way. I'll just treat it as a product to sell. Plus, I get to take home any defect cupcakes, i.e. ones I accidentally press too hard and imprint with my fingers. So it'll be me accidentally touching 8 cupcakes in attempts to grab one. Oopsie daisies!
Netflix continues. I currently have 2046 and Baby Mama. Kar Wai Wong! Tina Fey + Amy Poehler + babies? !
Thanks Jarod.
09 October 2008
Bah, Humbug
Everyone seems to be burnt out, over school, unmotivated. I don't know how to go about solving this problem. Midterms are coming up. Winter break could not be further away. I really hope I can change up my attitude somehow, or I'll end up the biggest Scrooge McDowner. Ugh.
In other news, I spent some quality time alone in the CEC office today, admiring the ridonkulous screen on the MAC, answering a phone call from a gentleman who was wondering if we had any events celebrating Yom Kippur. I let him down politely.
Tomorrow is gonna be an arduous work day from nine to five, yes, just like Dolly, except I won't be holding my boss hostage with the help of Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda.
I'll be setting up voter registration forms in the post office, a personal project in my efforts to do whatever I can for this election, and to help UCLA reach the highest percentage of registrants so we can win a Death Cab concert! I even made flyers! I couldn't go crazy with them, since it's the post office, but they get the major points across.
Life observation and pet peeve: people never read instructions when filling out forms. I find myself robotically repeating the speech on "Certified Mail is ...", "Delivery Confirmation is..." and it's frustrating. Even with voter registration, I've had people who fill out the form in front of me, asking whether they need to fill out the next line, then the next, and the next. There are 18 items, two of which are noted optional. Please read.
Tonight holds much potential for fun! We've decided to go all out and have dinner Gossip Girl style, i.e., us trying to put together our snazziest Chuck, Blair, and Serena ensembles. This is probably the only time we'll be going to the Hotel Angeleno for a fancy dinner; might as well dress up and enjoy it.
In other news, I spent some quality time alone in the CEC office today, admiring the ridonkulous screen on the MAC, answering a phone call from a gentleman who was wondering if we had any events celebrating Yom Kippur. I let him down politely.
Tomorrow is gonna be an arduous work day from nine to five, yes, just like Dolly, except I won't be holding my boss hostage with the help of Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda.
I'll be setting up voter registration forms in the post office, a personal project in my efforts to do whatever I can for this election, and to help UCLA reach the highest percentage of registrants so we can win a Death Cab concert! I even made flyers! I couldn't go crazy with them, since it's the post office, but they get the major points across.
Life observation and pet peeve: people never read instructions when filling out forms. I find myself robotically repeating the speech on "Certified Mail is ...", "Delivery Confirmation is..." and it's frustrating. Even with voter registration, I've had people who fill out the form in front of me, asking whether they need to fill out the next line, then the next, and the next. There are 18 items, two of which are noted optional. Please read.
Tonight holds much potential for fun! We've decided to go all out and have dinner Gossip Girl style, i.e., us trying to put together our snazziest Chuck, Blair, and Serena ensembles. This is probably the only time we'll be going to the Hotel Angeleno for a fancy dinner; might as well dress up and enjoy it.
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