Goodbye blogger..

Today I have come to say farewell to blogger.com because I am moving to something bigger and better. This new place is like blogger but 10x better. Everything looks nicer and all the features from other blog sites are all combined onto this new one for easier, more customizable and nice-looking updates.

Do not worry. I will still update often and visit my other blogger friends for good readups.

Here is the link to my new site:
VEEH.WORDPRESS.COM

Thank you blogger for a good place to convey my thoughts. And to my blogger.com friends, check wordpress.com out! Haha, I sound like a damn advertisement.

neighbors, always about the goddamn neighbors.

why do i always get *BLESSED* with the worst neighbors ever? 1 year ago it was the guys that lived across from me that pissed off the balcony and threw glass down a floor and ran around naked and broke their damn door. 2 years ago it was the guys the lived below me who would jam their music so loud so they could hear it at the pool at various hours of the day when i wanted to sleep or study. now it's the stupid fat bitches that live downstairs that won't shut their fuckin dog up and leave it running loose around the pool and party during dead days at the pool right before everyone has finals.

goddamnit...

i am so thrilled to find out what kind of neighbors i will have next year. they get younger and younger as i grow older, and my desire to move far, far away from here grows as well. i really need to be close to campus though, especially with rx school starting and the thought of waking up at 5-6am to make an 8am class because i need to find parking/ride the shuttle to school is unappealing.

SCIENCE 4 LIFE!

Either I am a nerd or I really am destined for a science-related profession. I just added a link under the 'sites that keep me entertained' entitled Discover(science) which leads you to www.discovermagazine.com. On their site are a bunch of science articles related to all the different parts of science and I can't deny the fact that I frequent that page a lot.

probably because I am a science nerd at heart :]

ughhhhhhhaiosjdf;oij;

Wow, I just found a bunch of ANGRY pharmacy related blogs (now newly listed as a sub element to the left) and I can totally relate to all those stories.

So next time before you go fill a prescription try hitting up one or two of those pharmacy blogs to see all the other BS we have to go through. And in my opinion, I think the technicians have it worse. We have to interact more with the patients (initially) and we get looked down on more for not having the white jacket. Although the pharmacist do have it hard though because in the end they get the brunt of the bullshit from angry, annoyed, uneducated people.

Of course anyone that is my friend who reads my blog is courteous and educated enough to act polite. And oh yes, I'm forgetting that the people that need to read these pharmacy blogs the most probably can't even afford internet, so who am I kidding?

Oh well, I guess these blogs just bring humor because one day I am going to be the pharmacist taking all the blame in the end.

I can't wait.

quotes..

The smallest good deed is better than the grandest good intention.

I guess in that way actions are bigger than thoughts/words/ideas/theories that haven't been acted out in reality. Al gave me a free monthly planner today at the pharmacy which I am now using to schedule in my random summer days of work, and on each month there is a random quote included. One reads:

Solutions are not the answer. - Richard Nixon

What do you suppose that means?? Especially coming from Richard Nixon...

Ahh quotes. How I love them; they are so ambiguous sometimes and almost anyone could interpret them differently with a outside-of-the-box analytical approach. It kind of reminds me of one exercise I had at my UH interview, where we were put in a scenario of being in a hot-air balloon crash in the middle of an Egyptian desert and then asked to rank random items (e.g. a plastic box of figs, water purifying tablets, a newspaper, plastic bags, sunblock, a bottle of alcohol) in order of importance.

Of course my think-outside-of-the-box approach kicked into gear and I ranked alcohol pretty high because it has hidden uses such as a first aid antiseptic and also a fire-starter. But of course my group members all thought differently and put alcohol last..

i guess i just try to view things alternatively and on all sides..

DONE!

Today marks the end of my 4 year long journey of undergraduate college. Congrats to me, I have just earned a bachelor of arts degree that I will probably never use in my life. Whoopee! What an expensive $25,000+ piece of paper that will probably just sit on my wall for the rest of my life. At least it makes me feel somewhat good about my academic skills.. so I guess it isn't useless after all.

I do feel as if I have learned much, but I feel a lot of the things learned in classes have been useless, and that I learned much more just from being a college student. But I am really excited that I do not have to take any more classes by force that are of no interest to me.

Case in point: plant molecular biology. I needed a plant biology class to graduate, so I was coerced into taking this class because no other plant biologies were available this spring. At first I tried to make this a good thing; I am one that usually thirsts for knowledge, and tried to apply that to thirst to learning about plants. But as the days dragged on, I found the lectures to be extremely dry and I loathed the class. The class actually made me hate plants even more in the end.

But starting today and every day after today my friends there will be no more pointless classes like that. From now on and out it's all classes about drugs, something I hopefully will want to learn about forever.

Raindrops are falling on my head..

It's raining cats and dogs outside and I have a strong urge to go outside and test out my brand new rain boots that were just delivered to my apartment an hour ago.

*splash splash* on everyone but me!

I have always secretly liked rainy days. Although it's usually gloomy and dark when it rains, the sound of rain soothes and calms me down. I actually prefer rainy days to sunshine days, because when the sun is out that means I am usually sweating profusely and I loathe the thought of sweat and taking 5 showers on an ordinary Texas summer day just to keep clean. When it's rainy, the air is still a bit humid but any warmth in the air is balanced by the coolness of the raindrops.

pitter patter..

Ugh, Never again..

So this weekend has been pretty eventful, but definitely at a cost.

Last week, I knew that I had two tests and a research paper all due on Thursday the 3rd, my last day of undergradate classes ever. So I planned to get a lot of studying done this weekend so I could focus on writing my 10-15 page research paper. But guess what I did instead?!? I partied.

On Friday we surprised Jun for her birthday and then I came home to spend the night with my baby for our 1 year and 8 month. Then on Saturday I skipped out on the weiner dog races in Buda, Tx (DAMNIT!) to sleep, and then went to the mall to spend, spend, spend. I only spent around $200 ish, which is really surprising for me. I thought I would spend more like $500 but I guess I really have become thriftier (is that a word??) over these years.

Then came formal, where I began drinking as soon as I got there. That lasted about 4 hours and it was extremely surreal because it was my last formal ever as an undergraduate. I may attend formals again in the future but I know it definitely will not be the same.. And the senior speeches were sad and I still can't believe how far some of us have come and that we are
parting ways so soon.



Then, already nursing a buzz, I headed down to 4th street with good company and had drinks at Saba, Cuba Libre, and finally Foundation. I really like 4th street a lot better; the people are classier/older because the drinks are more expensive, and the bars are definitely more friendly. For example if you go to the popular bar the Library on 6th, you might wait 15 minutes just to get the bartender's attention, and then he gets your order, and charges you for it. Sounds like a pretty normal transaction, no?

Well at Foundation, Bao and I waited about 10 minutes, and the bartender kept apologizing for "making us wait" and felt so bad that she paid for our round of 3 patron shots and a Malibu pineapple!! (I know that had to be a LOT..) mm I can't wait to go to 4th street more. It is so me..

So after 4th street I got home around 3am, ate some food to soak up the copious amounts of alcohol in my system, and passed out around 4am to wake up for work at 9am. And that I did, but I was still DRUNK!

And then I had the WORST day at work ever. Never again will I go out the night before work. I couldn't calculate numbers or even type in birthdays right at the pharmacy this morning. It was horrible!

Oh well. Cheers to pharmacy school and UT Graduation! :)

UPDATE: check out this awesome $5 dollar picture we took at the foundation! HAHAHA check out everyone's poses, HAHAHA esp JOY!

Impromptu speaking.

I never realized how much we speak 'impromptu' on a daily basis. And yet, it's true. Common and frequent situations include any time a friend puts you on the spot, running into an old peer after not seeing each other in months and finding common ground to communicate, ordering food at a restaurant when the waiter asks you about a preference, etc. The list goes on and on and on...

But this past week I had an assigned impromptu speech. So this impromptu was rather a planned impromptu. I got nervous before the day came and I began to think of topics I could talk about. Immigration...the Virginia Tech tragedy...racism...passion.. all these thoughts came together and I began to make main points for each of these possible topics that would be on the never-seen-before list on Speech day.

I especially wanted to talk about one topic I knew well, and that was the consequences of our actions. I sincerely believe that our actions, believe it or not, have a ripple effect. That ripple spreads in a manner of consequences which we will never find the end to.

"The situation we always live in is like that of the wise Chinese farmer whose horse ran off. When his horse returned the next day with a herd of horses following her, the foolish neighbor came to congratulate him on his good fortune. Then, when the farmer's son broke his leg trying to ride one of the new horses, the foolish neighbor came to console him again. When the army passed through, conscripting men for war, they passed over the farmer's son because of his broken leg. When do we expect the story to end???" - Buddhism Plain and Simple, by Steven Hagen


Ultimately, our actions affect others in ways that never end, so taking a step back to look at the big picture, we are ALL interconnected in some shape or form. So it is in our best interest to respect others and treat everyone to the best of our ability.

So next time you are at a fork in the road and considering which pathway to take in actions, it's good to consider the immediate consequence, but just remember: each action creates a huge ripple effect that has no end..

Mannerisms.

My dog, Tequila, is the sweetest dog you'll ever meet. She's a good size, easy to snuggle and cuddle with. She is a pretty bright dog too, considering she learned her name as an adult in less than 3 months. She will let you hold her, pull her tail or ears, and blow in her ear, and she won't bite you. All she wants is for you to pet her...

Sounds like a pretty perfect dog right?

Not exactly.

Since we got her she's been developing aggression towards other dogs. Additionally she will go crazy on a leash when outside and ignore all commands to hunt like a wild beast. Just today we tried to take her to Town Lake for a calming walk around the beautiful scenery, but that attempt was cut short due to Tequila's atrocious manners and disregard. I am contemplating taking her to a dog manners class, because I really hate a non-social, aggressive, leash-tugging dog that I can't take anywhere public. Bao argues that it's innate, because she's a wolf inside. But if it was innate, why aren't all the other dogs at Town Lake acting like this too??

Inner peace

Ever since I took the writing class last summer on Buddhism, I have always been a fan of quiet meditation to calm my thoughts and find inner peace. I remember when I was younger, I was brainwashed by Christians and thought Buddhists were merely shaven-head incense lovers. Oh, how I was wrong.

And it's funny now, because I am completely the opposite. I am Christianity's biggest enemy. Well, maybe second biggest, because I'm not a Satanist, but I really do criticize and put down Christianity at any possible given chance that I can. I am a person of science, evidence, and material proof, which is, coincidentally, something that Buddhism preaches.

The Buddhists claim to not merely believe in something that someone higher has told you, but instead to discover the theory at hand for yourself - question it and gather data to prove it wrong or right. And after you have done that, you may choose to accept or reject that theory. Doesn't that sound like a lot like scientific method??

Although I cannot say I live the Buddhist lifestyle, I deeply respect it. I just probably don't have enough discipline to live it. But one thing I have been wanting to do for awhile now is yoga. Too bad I can't find anyone to do it with me. I am too scared to go in alone, because my flexibility is just about nilch.

I can't even do a back bend right now; I have no idea how I survived 8 years of ballet!

These couple of days..

These days have definitely have been a big blur, with bits and pieces of crystal clear moments that make life all the more enjoyable. My hard work has finally paid off, my future is (almost) set, and I have been getting shitty almost every night that I could since last week. I've taken up my favorite pastimes before I became a diligent nerd again and it just makes me appreciate life all the more.

I do not know how to describe this feeling that has overcome me. It is like I can actually breathe again. I can settle in my own skin and just relax finally after all these stressful years. I know this euphoria is only temporary, but I'm going to definitly enjoy it to its fullest while its here.

What else could I ask for?

My parents want me to make a list of desired vacations, fully financed by them as my graduation/getting into pharmacy school present. My elder brother wants me to make a list of potential graduation gifts. My family wants to shower me with congratulatory gifts, and usually I'd have a list full of wonderful, unnecessary items that I don't need to add to my growing collection of excessive luxuries, but so far it is empty and I cannot think of anything that I want.

Over the years I have either a) already bought the little things with the budget my dad gives me, b) bought it by saving up money and then splurging, or c) financed wisely with my paychecks from work + the monthly budget my dad gives me, or d) stupidly put the whole purchase on a new credit card only to pay later.

So today I sit here wondering what else I could ask for. I'm content with my life right now. I'm fulfilling one of my life-long dreams -- to go to pharmacy school, and the COP at UT of all schools.

I have my basic necessities, and of course more would be nice but I guess now I want more things that money can't buy. Those type of goals/dreams seem much harder to reach, but more rewarding in the end anyway. It seems like any artificial, shallow desire I have that is material results only in a temporary satiation that leads to wanting more luxurious, more artificial, more expensive, etc.

But one that's grounded in something money can't buy that I have to work hard for just makes me feel better inside. Soo..I guess I'll just work towards fulfilling those goals, and being happy in life. :)

A big fan of the Happy Hours..

So now that school is really done for me, I can relax, sit back and kick it for awhile. And to do just that, I've decided to check out Austin's hottest Happy Hours one by one. So far I have only been to 219 West, Saba Happy Hour, and Benihanas. My list must grow now that I have nothing to do between the hours of 3-7 on weekdays. Cheap drinks and cheap food all for fun! Here I come.

One by one, I will conquer them all with different friends. Anyone care to join?

That's one good thing about Austin: the upscale but awesome happy hour deals in the warehouse district. It makes me feel all grown up and pre-professional. :)

Topic: Why do people use drugs?

It was been well documented and even more well known through firsthand experience that humans use drugs. The question at hand today is why. There are several answers to WHY someone might use a drug, and the reason of why may differ from individual to individual.

The first case is a person who has a chemical imbalance of some sort that a chemical drug may fix. For example, a diabetic patient may need special insulin injections to ensure proper sugar levels. For another example, truly chemically unbalanced depression patients might need a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI for short) such as Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft - just to name a few, to balance their serotonin, aka 5-HT, molecules in the system. This category of patients is the first and foremost because it is the largest. The majority of people who use drugs are because they want to cure something or alleviate sypmtoms, whether it be an a fungal infection, bacterial infection, hypertension, diabetes, HIV, and the list goes on and on.

The second and more unfortunate type are people who do not need drugs, begin a therapy for that particular drug, become habituated to the drug, and then when trying to wean off of the therapy they find they are 'addicted' to the drug. By "addicted" I mean the body has changed in response to the drug that it cannot function properly with out it. A good example of this is young kids who are misdiagnosed with ADHD, formerly known as ADD. Most kids don't need the drug adderall to calm them down. They are kids. They are SUPPOSED to be hyper, and if the kid is over hyper it is really just a discipline fault on the parents' behalf. Anyway, the parent takes the child to the doctor, and the doctor prescribes the child a prescription of Adderall. The child begins to take the medicine even though he does not need it. He continues to take this drug until he is a teenager. It's time to get ready for college. Money is short and he can barely afford Adderall. He tries to study without the help of Adderall but his mind is jumping here and there, and he can't focus. He NEEDS Adderall just to read a simple assignment. And here, we have created an unfortunate problem from a pseudo-disorder with the help of pharmaceutical formed speed. Of course, this category of people is rather low, as there are not many drugs that make you dependent on it in a manner such as Adderall.

The final case are people who use drugs for recreation. Why use a drug recreationally? Well, to have fun of course. Often times however, these type of people may use the drug so much because it's fun, but then when the drugs run out it's hard to have fun without it again.

I am not condemning or scolding people who fall in the final case, because I know many friends and almost all my peers have fallen to this category at least time or another in their lives. And honestly, so have I at one time or another in my life.

So the bottom line: We use drugs because we have to, because we think we have to, or because we become addicted to them.

And as a future pharmacist, I don't feel good about some of the cases, but in other cases where drugs save a person's life, makes my future job more worthwhile.

I LOVE THE KILLERS EVEN MORE!

..Is that even possible???!?!

Tonight was one bad ass fuckin CONCERT!!!!!


The front man, brandon flowers is fuckin bad ass!!!!

They sound BETTER live than they do on CD! That is REALLY REALLY hard to find in bands. long live the killers!


Yes Brandon, sing out your heart to me please! :)

Also, tonight was an extremely hectic night. After RUSHING home and frantically calling around to find a ride home because my CAR WAS TOWED for the first time in 4 years that I have lived here, I had to find another ride to the Erwin center. I called taxicab and they was a one hour wait, so I said screw that. It was 8:15 and the concert doors had already opened at 8:00! I had to find a ride FAST. Finally Kevin my sib rival finally came to the rescue and delivered us to the Erwin center, and we got there JUST in time - like 5 minutes before the killers came on!

Craziness I tell you. And I had happy hour with some lovely ladies today and I really miss drinking / eating cheap food with them! We must do it again sometime soon. I can't wait until the crawfish boil tomorrow, mmm!

Pharm school update.

Still no word from Houston yet, so it seems like I am destined for UT Pharmacy..

Which isn't a bad thing of course. UT and UH...my desire to go to either one is split down the middle: 50/50.

So i'm hoping that UH will just make the decision for me, say no and decide for me, because it will be the hardest decision of my life. All in all, I am very grateful that UT and TT both have accepted me. I would have gladly gone to TT (except that it's in Amarillo), but prefer to go to UT now because I would rather not uproot to a desolate, unpopulated city where I know absolutely nobody.

My fate is on pause..... .and I hate waiting.

it seems like with each new school acceptance, the worse i suffer from senioritis.

skipped first class today, contemplating skipping another.

and using the fact that i have a test in the third as an excuse to skip the first two...

and really it's an invalid excuse bc instead of procrastinating this weekend and last night, i should have prepped for the test. oh well...i guess that is what senioritis is all about!

Note to all: TRY GOLD PEAK GREEN TEA.

it is the SHIT! mmm, mmm!

it's my new cocaine, or heroin. i can't stop drinking it! and i look weird buying like 10 bottles of this stuff at the grocery store but i don't care! it's so good.

trust me :) find and get it if you can.

oh yes, STRIDE peppermint gum is also really, really good.

that is all.

2/3, whee!

Congrats to me, *pats on back to self*, I have just been accepted by anoter pharmacy school, bringing up the count to two of three.

UT Pharmacy e-mailed me today around 5 PM and I honestly thought it was j ust a letter from Texas Tech confirming that they had received my letter, but it was one from UT saying I had been accepted!!

Ahhhh, Now all I have to do is wait for UH to say yes or no.

Now considering all three say yes, what am I going to choose? I know I ranked the three schools by how I felt at the time but now that UT actually said yes I almost want to go to UT more than Texas Tech just because of familiarity/rank, even though I know I would be a hypocrite and that they really did fail to impress me the most at the interview.

But really, the thought of being in Amarillo, population 200,000 for 2 years really turns me off..
The campus was really nice though..
And what about Houston: the familiar suburbs and Asian food + the Galleria that I have missed so dearly these years...

*sigh.......

Flip a three-sided coin I say.

YES!! One out of Three..

YES!! I made it into one of the three schools I applied to! Texas Tech University at Amarillo! :) I got the letter in the mail today, and it was stuffed with confetti. Cute. I also got the coveted Dallas campus assignment after 2 years too so that sounds good.

My number two choice accepted me! Yes!! Now I just have to wait to hear back from my number one choice (Houston)...

And it doesn't really matter if they do or don't accept me because irregardless I'm going to pharmacy school next year. I would be satisfied with going to Texas tech. In fact I think Texas Tech would be my first choice if it weren't for the isolated location of Amarillo. The campus is the newest and they are updated with technology and offer a crapload of clinical experience, which is the field I prefer to go into.

Steady career and finance, here I come. :]

!*#(&)^$ORUI

March 31st, 2007, 1:06 AM. This evening marks a prime example of why I hate my living situation in Austin, Texas.

It's late, and a rare night that I don't have to wake up at 8AM to get ready for my 9-7 shift at work because I have the day off. But this is also a rare night that I have time to catch up on my readings for a test coming up and also to get some long awaited homework completed.

And being the weekend, the campus libraries are all closed well before midnight, so I am left to study at my quiet home.

And so I prepare my desk, my laptop, and my notepad to do some serious note taking. I start perusing the questions I need to answer, flip through the table of contents to find out which article I need to read, and start reading the article. I get through the first few bullshit introduction paragraphs and I'm finally getting to the confusing part that I need to really nail for the test.

Then I hear a piercing drunken shriek from below "WHOOOOO CALL JOSHUA. CALL JOSHUA HE KNOWS. TRUST ME JUST CALL JOSHUA!!!!!" followed by off-tune singing of 3 drunken girls to some white old school song that only hicks would know the lyrics to. I try to ignore it and keep reading over Hamilton's inclusive fitness rules on siblicide (sounds complicated huh? you don't even know..) but they keep screaming at the top of their voices for no fucking reason.

And then I decide that maybe I should call the cops. But knowing APD and the fact that they are girls by the pool, I already know that calling the cops will be futile. In the past I've reported drug usage and underage drinking and the cops still didn't come, so why the hell would they come to tell three half naked girls by the pool to shut up?

And this, my friends, is why I have come to HATE Austin, TX. Yes, it was fun as a young adolscent that partied all the time, but I'm 7 weeks from graduating, and I want to settle down and grow up, not grow DOWN.

Of course when explaining this to my dad and asking to move to a more quiet complex, he didn't understand at all. And since he bought the unit I live in for me, I can't move..until I graduate. Or until I can pay for my own apartment elsewhere, because he paid for it, just for me.

Too bad the realtor conveniently left out how fucking LOUD this complex can be, huh?

I'm ready to move to the quiet suburbs of houston, tx..or the quiet hills of far west..

MMUSICC gasms :)

My new favorite band: The Fratellis!

They're English. They're trendy. and They're DAMN catchy.

At least try this song for beginners: Flathead. It was featured on one of the iPod commercials supposedly, so you know it's gotta be good.

Then if you like that, go ahead and download Whistle for the Choir - it's sweet and just the kind of song I like: passionate but cute.

Whenever I feel sleepy or sad or just out of it, I just flip my iPod to Flathead and the music just gets me in a good mood again. It's THAT good...just like a drug but without all the detrimental side effects and addiction :)

Writer's Bloc

Nowadays I have little to write about. It just seems like once I start a blogger entry and keep going, it begins to sound like useless rambling, so I end up deleting and not posting at all.

I'm running out of topics to write about, and my days are passing by and I'm getting closer to graduation.

I am finally feeling senioritis kick in. It's only seven weeks until I graduate and I don't want to study for my classes anymore, especially after the long week off for Spring break. It feels like I'm still in spring break mode, either that or I really do have an extreme case of senioritis.

But, I still have my commitments to attend to, and the nerd inside me still wants those A's. In fact, I have a long, hard week next week with 2 presentations and a test.

Maybe it's good thing I haven't heard from any of the pharmacy schools yet, because if I had, I would be "partying my ass" off right now.

And by partying, I mean sleeping, not going to class much, watching TV, drinking, reading books I've wanted to read, maybe taking up yoga or something, and just living life with no obligations..

note to self: nation, ltd. WHITE 3

We have only been back in town for one night and I think my dog is already depressed. She spent the whole week (almost two!) in Houston during spring break with her boyfriend Bosley. *sigh, now she's just moping around the apartment and she won't stop cuddling with me if she can help it.

In other news, I saw this tonight:

The BROADWAY version of course.

It was pretty good, but not as good as everyone else hyped it to be. I guess I was expecting it to trump Cirque shows, because everyone told me this was the BEST Broadway show, but I disagree. I liked RENT more than this for some reason. I really think it's because I've watched 3 Vegas shows this school year (2 of them being Cirque du Soleil shows!) and those are so much better than almost anything on Broadway.

I say ALMOST because I haven't seen all the shows. Maybe I'm just not a singing artsy type of person and I prefer mind-boggling shows? I don't know, I even liked Blue Man Group more than Lion King Broadway.

Or...I just have Vegas withdrawal. Yeeess, maybe it's that...

A touchy issue to many..

Weight has always been a big issue in my life since I came to college. Before college, I would dance about 5-6 hours a week, so my metabolism was at its peak and I could eat anything and not gain a pound. I was what you would call skinny back then; I was 5"2 and about 105 pounds. Of course I was still maturing so my curves were still developing back then. I still had the big black booty, a tiny waist, but other parts of my body were still developing.

Then, came college. I stopped dancing 5-6 hours a week because classes and hanging with friends without parental control took up all my time. My parents weren't there to tell me what I could or couldn't eat, and they weren't there to regulate my exercise habits either. Freshman fifteen was out to attack me. Initially, the freshman fifteen had little affect if at all on me because I still had a good metabolism from high school. But then it started to catch up with me. Soon I put on 5 pounds and clothes weren't loose on me anymore. The either fit just right or were a little tight. Still, being 110 and 5'2 wasn't bad.

Another year passed and 5 more pounds were gained. Being 115 and 5'2 was a little heavy for me at the time, or so I thought. I was still okay with my weight at that point, and concentrated on school and partying/drinking. Of course, this caused me to go up to 120.

Then summer came around and nobody was around. I got bored and started smoking weed and got lazy, and my weight jumped sky high to 125 -130. This was the worst summer of all to date, I knew I had to lose this weight fast. School began again and I began working out hardcore. I would run one mile in the morning, and then one at night followed by weights. I got my weight down to around 120, but I was will unhappy. I worked so hard to lose only 5 pounds. I soon realized that losing the weight was much, MUCh harder than putting it on. Time passed and the weight came back again as it always does. Finally I succumbed to drugs to help, which was definitely a low point in my life. I lost the weight; I was down to 110-115, almost high school weight. But I knew this couldnt' go on forever..

After that I gained all the weight back again. Gradually at first, but nonetheless it was back.

And today I still find myself struggling with my weight. Why is it such a big problem to me? Incidents of birth control use, drinking, eating wrong have all influenced my weight, but working out doesn't seem to work on me like it used to. What do I have to do to reach my ideal weight?


I know all of this is in my head because my mom pounds it into my head each time I go home. She always complains that I've gained weight, and tries to compare my current size to the size I was in high school. And despite the fact that I know and realize this, I still let it get to me.

And each time I want to lose weight I tell myself that this will be the time I reach 115. And then a month later, you see me GAINING weight as opposed to losing weight..
Will this vicious cycle never end?

And the results are in... Texas Tech outranks UT as well.

I'm sorry but I am not going to use RANK as a criteria in deciding which pharmacy school I'm going to attend.

Texas Tech offered a very detailed overview of the school, which I really liked. They were the only school that offered a formal powerpoint presentation that gave the applicants a concrete illustration of how the school worked - and I thought that that was very professional. Also all the classrooms were new and up to date, technology is great there (which I love), for example they need every student to be running with their own laptop with windows xp pro with microsoft office suite, etc.etc. So nobody will ask me to borrow my laptop and everyone will be up to date. Now, that I LIKEY.

The day went well except I had a really hard interviewer. I think he was straight from China, so he had really high expectations. You know how dem' Chineeees are! He asked about my MATH skills (what does that REALLy matter in pharmacy compared to all the other stuff you have to learn) and how I did in HIGH SCHOOL, and why I didn't do better, and he just seemed very cold and belittling. But of course, what can you expect from an Asian? Especially the FOB ones that made it big here..

Other than that the group exercise was actually FUN (unlike UH) and I think our group did well; I think I did bad on the essay because I started falling asleep at that point, but oh well. The skillls test was weird, it was like If the kadoodle is a boodle and the boodle is a lickdoodle, what is a dog? And then it had answer choices for you to choose from.

All the applicants were really nice too, and since the P1/P2 studnets weren't there it gave us applicants a chance to mingle amongst ourselves and get to know each other (which helped for the group part).

So in conclusion, Texas Tech's interview process impressed me the most out of all the schools. Here's is my final ranking of choices based on interviews, location of school, how impressive they are and how bad i want to go to them:

1. University of Houston
2. Texas Tech University
3. UT Austin

If only Texas Tech was located in a better, bigger city like Dallas or San Antonio - I would then definitely put it as Number 1 out of all of them. The location is a big downer though so I have to put it after Houston. Houston is a great combo of friendly students and location. And finally, UT did not try to appeal to me at all and because of that it made them seem snobby like "why should we even try to convince applicants to want to come here? everyone wants to come here cuz we're number 2".

And this is coming from a longhorn so...that's pretty sad IMO.

Hmm, so far Houston outranks UT..

So I had my UH PHarmacy school interview on Friday and I have to say, I really liked it. I liked the organization and friendlieness and copious amounts of information that I received when I had my interview there.

Of course I can't really reflect until I have my Texas Tech Interview, which is tomorrow. HOwever, I can say that UT Pharmacy school seemed snobbier than UH and that's a big no no on my list. Yea, so what if the school is ranked #2 in the nation, a Pharm D. is a Pharm D.

The student body at UH seems more diverse and fun and loving and close, and I want to be a part of a student body like that, not one where everyone is awkward and snobby with their noses in the air, no offense.

Maybe it was just the people on the days that I interviewed? Who knows..
The tour guide I had at UT was nice but he made it seem like he didn't want to be there at pharmacy school and was barely getting by. I guess that negatively impacted it as well.

Texas Tech's interview is coming up. I'm flying to Amarillo tomorrow and it looks exciting. THey have virtual tours of the rooms and everything looks new. Plus I just found out that Tech is only 2 years in the small town of Amarillo, and then you can move to any other campus - including one that's located in DALLAS! So that's kind of appealing. We shall see :)

Hopefully I'll get into all three. *crossing fingers..*

Sigh, I'm kind of bummed. I didn't do as swell as I thought I did on my speech. I tried though, I really did. I guess next time I just have to be less nervous and more audience-focused.

Damn speech class, I'm doing this for YOU, UH COP.

In other news, I have two tests back to back tomorrow. Great. Then I have to rush home and pack all my shiznats for Vegas + 2 weeks of out of town fun, and then rush home to Houston and prepare for my UH COP interview tomorrow.

Oh well, I guess I'll just look on the bright side. UH COP wants to get to know me, and I want to show them that I'm a good candidate for their school. And plus, each day brings me closer to VEGAS, where I can finally relax with my baby for a little bit.

omgomg sushi orgasm in my mouth!

Yesterday after work, pledge sis Julie invited me to go eat SUSHI with her. It's been about 2 months since I last had sushi in Houston with Bao's parents at Miyako.

We went to MIDORI sushi, and as soon as I got there I was apprehensive about the restaurant from it's external appearances. However, as soon as I opened the door, I was surprised to find a great environment which eased me a little more. Then I saw the sushi chefs; there was only one Asian sushi chef and the other two were Mexican! That's definitely a bad sign, I thought.

So then Julie arrived and we began to order sushis. The menu looked promising with unusual and Miyako-style look alike rolls. Then the food came out and Julie&David ordered a lot of appetizers that I got to sample and they were SOO delish! Bao ordered a chef salad which had ika and that was mouthwatering too.

Then the rolls we ordered and sashimi came out, and lemme tell you, that shiet was dope. (Lol, I resort to ghetto talk when food is really good. That's right.)

MMM! This place reminds me of a Austin style Miyako! Soo goood.

I will definitely be frequenting this place more often. Too bad it's all the way up at Anderson Mill and 183. MM yummy!

On the other hand I love..

-The feeling of satisfaction I get after working out.
-When guys pay for my food! =) or when guys open the door for me.
-Happy, hyper Tequila when I get home.
-Beauty products from Bath & Body works/Sephora. [I can't stop spending on these!! AHH!]
-Ebay and how easy it is to buy/sell stuff on there. [on the flip side I hate paypal right now..]
-Being able to fit into clothes properly again, all while looking good in them.
-Las Vegas.
-making new friends in class

I hate to sound pessimistic (as I did in my last entry). Things are going fairly okay in my life right now. Two interviews left and I am officially done with it all. I won't have to worry anymore about rx school, because I'll have done everything I can at that point. All I'll have left to do is sit tight and wait. As for school, classes are going fine, except maybe for plant molecular biology. I didn't do as well as I wanted on the test, but it still averaged out to a B. I need that A though..

The days are getting prettier and prettier, despite the heat that comes along with it. It's a good time for pool side tanning!

I hate...

-Warm temperatures above 75 degrees in February where when you walk home you are sweating balls already.
-Shiesty people, or people with money unwilling to spend and instead mooch off of other people when clearly, they can afford to pay for themselves.
-Dog poop on the sidewalk, with half of it stepped on. Nasty!!
-Plant molecular biology class.
-Overdrafting my debit card.
-Spring break diet/boot camp.

The weather has turned hot for a change and I don't like it. Please cold front, come in an rescue me from these fiery depths of lukewarm air hell!

Although being really really cold sucks, I would take that over a hot, humid day in an instant.

The longer I live here, the more I want to get out of Texas. *sigh..but then again, that statement isn't justified because I have no idea what it is like to live elsewhere in the first place.

My name is...

So today I got called something very unusual.

A young girl (and by young I mean 18) came in today with two young kids, 1 at each side holding her hands. Since the kids were walking on their own comfortably, I'd have to estimate their ages to be around 3 or 4. She didn't look too poor and was not rude at all. Instead I would guess that she was from a Puritan like or Orthodox community, judging from what she said next. While I was helping locate her prescription, she saw my necklace (that says Dior on it) and told me she liked it. Then she asked if my name was DIOR.

Uhhhh...

I don't think I have to even write anymore.

Speaking of cake..

I want to have my cake and eat it;
Not have my cake and not eat it.

Informative Speech... blah.

I have an 'informative speech' coming up, and I have absolutely no idea what to talk about. The teacher told us to talk about something we're passionate about. So, I started thinking about what I was passionate about.

Everything that amuses me is science based, especially drugs (and by this I mean mechanisms, not how they feel perse!), genetics, evolution, animal behavior, and diseases, etc. Now how could I go about picking a topic in one of these subjects and keeping the interest of a class of 30 NON-SCIENCE majors?

Perhaps I shall talk about color blindness, because a google search has linked me to a site stating that it is an interesting topic. But the more I think about it, the more boring it sounds.

I could talk about Plan B becoming over the counter, but I want to save that for my persuasive speech.

I would love to talk about evolution, but that also is mmore of a persuasive speech topic, and since practically nobody in the class is a science major, they are more than likely religious and would be offended by my arguments.

And so what is left? Drugs and Diseases. I could talk about drugs, but which one? And how to make it 3-5 minutes long? Or there's diseases like the BIRD FLU! I could qualm their fears and tell them what it's really all about.

Yes..maybe I shall do that.

In other news, I sold my sidekick 3 today for $215.00! I know, I know. I was in love with that thing in the summer, but it has betrayed me. It just doesn't float my boat anymore. It's too bulky for what it's worth, and I'm just tired of it. It's features don't impress me any longer. Poo. It's okay, I bought myself a sweet Samsung E900 to fall back on.

My crazy, hardcore thug life Itinerary.

My schedule just got a lot more chaotic over the course of an hour.

Texas Tech silently likes to torture their Pharmacy school candidates by quietly sneaking in an invitation to an interview which can be discovered only if the applicant feels like logging into their application online. If I hadn't logged into see if they received my last recommendation, I wouldn't have even found out in time!

So now...here's my new schedule:
Thursday March 8th: Finish classes around 3:30PM and then drive home to Houston.
Friday March 9th: All day interview at UH College of Pharmacy
Saturday March 10th: Prepare for Texas Tech interview, shop for last minute Vegas necessities
Sunday March 11th: Flight to Amarillo Tx at 7ish PM, Arrive in Amarillo around 8:30PM
Monday March 12th: All day interview at Texas Tech College of Pharmacy, Flight to Houston around 7PM, Arrive home around 10PM
Tuesday March 13th: Flight to Las Vegas, NV around 7ish PM
Wedesday March 14th-Saturday March 17th: GO CRAZY FROM ALL THIS HARDCORE INTERVIEWING!!, Fly back on Saturday 11PM
Sunday March 18th: Arrive at like 8am or something (YES SHITTY ASS FLIGHT!!), Sleep for a few hours, Drive back to Austin, TX
Monday March 19th: Presentation for BIO359K, 2PM

I have no idea when I'm going to prepare the presentation for BIO359K.. Oh well. IT SHALL BE DONE somehow.

Whopeee for a fun-filled, hectic spring break.

Senioritis alll over again.

School is becoming harder to focus in these days. Every day brings me closer to my graduation in May, and I know somewhere in my mind that anything I make this semester (an A, B, or C) doesn't really matter. This is because I have already finished applying to pharmacy schools and I feel like I will get into at least one. Unless I need to reapply (which I aforementioned will hopefully be unlikely), then my grades this semester won't matter. Of course the grades this semester will affect my overall GPA, but really, nobody will be looking at my GPA after this semester.

However, there is this nerdy side in me that still wants to strive for an A in every class. I received university honors last semester and it really feels damn good. I want to feel that rush of excitement again this semester; knowing that I'm at the top of all the vast students in natural sciences makes me feel smart. And while I don't necessarily need the university honors to tell me that I'm smart, it does really reinforce it and give me additional confidence.

So the trek continues, as I half ass study. I just need to keep telling myself that this is the last semester, and last semesters should end with a BANG, not a whimper.

And by whimper, I mean bad grades.

Again you say?? Yes, again. and again...and again!

It's official. I'm going to Las Vegas for spring break.

Yes, this will be my THIRD time going to Las Vegas this school year. What can I say? I just love the bright lights, unlimited gambling, and freedom fun that Las Vegas exhibits.

And this time I'm going with a crowd of friends! The more the merrier, right? There shall be some funny ass, 'what happens here stays here' stories created during this trip. It's going to be so fun, and I am uber ass excited.

Damnit, I will be paying off this trip for awhile, but I think my parents are rewarding me with extra Chinese New Year's money for all my hard work, and nearing proximity of graduation/rx school. At least this is what I'm hoping will happen.

WHeeeee I can't wait!

A sigh of relief from a hard, long week.

*Long sigh of (not really) relief.*

This week was very tedious, and tiresome. I had to muster up my communication skills (which I have completely lost through all these lecture type natural sciences class I've taken for the past 4 years), prepare perfect/ideal answers, and ponder my stand on many ethical issues this week.

So, I bet the burning question in your mind is....How did MY interview go????

Well, All I can say is that I had a hard interview. And I'm not sure if it went well or not, because I always think that it didn't go well, but then in reality I'll have done very well and get in. Or I'll think I did really well and then things were actually very bad, and I won't have got in.

So on the UT Pharmacy website, it says that each candidate will be interviewed by a faculty member such as a professor, and a student if possible.

Well, lucky old me got the Assistant Dean AND a current Pharmacist.

Pretty great, huh?

Now this could work both ways for me. It could be super excellent, because if the Assistant Dean really liked me, then he will definitely put me into the school, no questions asked. It could be super horrible, because if the Asst. Dean thought I was a complete dumbass, I could be rejected right away.

Let's just hope that the case in point is the first scenario.

But alas, I still have an interview with UH coming up in March. At that point, if either school lets me in, I'm going to decline my interview with Texas Tech. (Can people do that??) What's the point of going to another interview if one of your top two schools already let you in? Exactly, there is none.

Now school will resume as normal, and I can sigh a breath of relief for awhile.

Except I have another presentation coming up soon. God, I really LOVE having 60 eyes AND a camcorder looking at me with their cold, unwelcoming faces for 10 minutes as I talk about something they don't even care about. I wish I had a knack for public speaking, but I just DON'T.

Oh well, such is life and I really hate to sound like a whiny bitch. And in fact, I don't mean to, because things are actually finally looking up in my life. I've worked for 4 years for pharmacy school and I have real high expectations of getting in. And if I don't, that's fine too. I'll just take a (muchly desired) year off and travel around the world.

update from the middle of hell week

Greetings from the middle of my stressful, hectic week.

2 days down, 5 more to go.

today consisted of stress, stress, and just more plain ol' stress.
The kind of stress that arises from back to back classes and trying to visit your professor between the tiny 15 minutes in between classes because he told you to come at exactly that time, even though you have a test in the hardest, most abstruse kind of biology (PLANT) known to mankind ever in like 10 minutes (and it takes like..10 minutes to get there). AHH! and then finding your teacher wasn't there in that tiny-i-really-need-him-to-be-there 15 minutes and running back and forth between classrooms just to ship off your last minute recommendation overnight for $15.00!

*breath in, breathe out.*

tomorrow will be better, right? All I have is research, mock interviews, suit shopping, last minute presentation touchups, cardmaking for presentation, and rehearsal for presentation.

Thursday marks presentation day. Thursday I will get a little more relaxation/breathing in, but it is also the day I need to go in to talk to my BIO359K teacher.

Friday will encompass research and work, plus last minute interview preparations. At least I'll get to solidify and go over some issues with the rPh's on duty.

SATURDAY is the big day. Interview is in the afternoon, so I will be up in the morning to read over some issues and my personal statements. Then after the interview is more observing of the froggies.

Sunday will mark the end of the hectic week. All I have on Sunday is work (which is what usually happens anyway).

P.S. UH college of pharmacy scheduled me for an interview today! yipeee! This is without my letter of recommendation. They must want me BAD!! Hoping that is the case.. :)

O's restaurant = teachers from hell gathering

So on Mondays since I have research and then discussion an hour later all by the far away RLM area, the only place I can really get lunch is at O's Cafe.

Usually I just sit at one of the outer tables, play on my laptop and do catchup reading or studying.

So today began like any other day - I got my food, opened up my laptop and started eating/studying. Then in walks Dr. Jost, my crazy evolution teacher from the summer. I like to call her the evolution Nazi Marilyn Manson wannabe. Seriously, she looks like a Marilyn Manson even though she's a woman, if you could imagine that! She does roller derby and all that good stuff too so she's kind of butch.

Anyway then I go back to typing on my computer and reading.

Then later the teacher from my HIS350L class of hell (that I dropped just recently) walked by and I was scared. She had an even more monstrous look on her face than usual and I hid behind the white shelters of my laptop screen.

I'm debating whether or not to come eat here anymore if this keeps happening.

Seriously.

Speaking of black history month..

Today things got a little slow at the pharmacy around 8PM so the pharmacist on duty, Al, and me started talking about the past. As you guys may or may not know, Al is African American. He went to pharmacy school at the peak of racism and when anti-Black feelings were at their highest. He was a young adult in the 60s at the height of KKK and all that dirty business.

UT was racist against blacks at the time; they wouldn't even except African Americans into their pharmacy school then.

So Al went to TSU. And he became one of the first black pharmacists at his age.

And he told me the stories of first-hand racist acts against him and his people, yet today he is such a kind man.

I really gotta respect the man, because I know if a different race oppressed my race, I would not even be able to face them. I would be so full of anger and hatred, yet a man like Al serves the race that oppressed him for so long and helps them out so much.

But anyway, Al told me some great (but janky on his behalf) stories, like this one point in time where blacks weren't allowed to swim in pools designated for whites only - so Al and his friends would swim in the whites' pool at night and one time someone called the cops on him and they ended up draining and refilling the whole pool. Isn't that f'ed up?

It's just interesting to see how, of all animal species, this racism tends to only be apparent in humans.

Anyway, all of this is kind of ironic because it IS black history month. I learned me some firsthand history!!

good news!

as class is about to begin and i watch my professor fumble around with his recording device for class, i find time to sneak a blogger update.

today in my other class i received an email mid-class, and i, being a email OCD, checked it immediately.

it was an email from UT pharmacy school informing me that I was selected for an interview!

Now that's exciting.

And now it's back to boring translational regulation of RuBPCase LS by SS (???!??! what the hell are we talking about?!!)

Time to start breathing again; things are going to be okay after all..

Finally. I've sorted out the whole graduate missing history credit deal with my advisor. So it turns out that I alreayd received a writing credit from RHE 309 which I took in the summer last semester, so all I really needed was a damn US History credit, which I could have taken as a lower division-easy-ass-high-school-type-class. But now it's too late to add anything to anywhere, so I have to take it online now through UT Correspondence or ACC.

However, UT doesn't like it when you're enrolled in two universities at once (yes, UT Correspondence is NOT considered UT material), so I had to petition the Dean for concurrent enrollment. This usually takes 10 days for a response.

Luckily however, the woman who is in charge of approving graduation applications and the man (or woman) who approves of concurrent enrollment petition sit literally next to each other in the natural sciences office, so I got approved for concurrent enrollment for UT correspondence within an hour. I guess they looked over at each other for once and said, "Oh, hey. This is the same girl. APPROVE."

So it is solved. Now I get to take a $500 UT Online history course. There goes $500 down the drain - what a waste. This $500 mistake could have been easily avoided if only my advisor told me in time that the class wasn't the right one.

But, who am I kidding. UT Advising is a joke. There are way too many students and way too few advisors. I don't blame them, they have to keep up with, like, 5000+ students every semester. Oh well.

And oh yeah, I got to drop that disgusting HIS350L class. Thank God (Not really God, because in my book, he doesn't exist. But for the sake of cliches..)!

Survival of the "Fittest", or ... the most selfish?

The book I'm reading right now suggests that in nature, the fittest and ones that survive in the struggle for existence all have one thing in common - that they are selfish.

This makes sense. If there are 2 birds and only 1 worm, and the survival of the birds depend on getting that one particular worm, then the selfish bird who goes for the worm survives. The altruistic bird dies and does not / can not find a mate, and his genes are never passed along. The selfish bird continues to live, and may find a mate, passing his genes along. And this kind of thing really does happen in nature, because organisms propagate at a rate much faster than resources.

Now, humans are a paradoxical species. To be selfish is looked down upon in human society. But unknowingly, it's true that the ones most selfish get what they need or want more often than those who do not. It's true that the altruistic sacrifice some part of their needs for others at the risk of their own property. The benefit of selfishness, however, is hard to see immediately in humans, because we don't get rewarded directly for it. Instead, we get criticized and snubbed by our peers.

Therefore, society has programmed us to do believe that being selfish is "bad". conversely, however, to be selfish is to be fit, which is really something good in nature. Did humans ever rise above nature? Some would say yes, but I still believe that we are subject to the forces of nature.

This helps explains why some of my motives seem selfish, and it also explains why I have become independent after all these years - - because I truly believe that the 'fittest' are the most selfish.

Let me equate this thought in more common terms. Whoever thought of the quote/theory "Nice guys finish last.." presents a belief quite similar to mine, but not exactly. It's just that nice people get walked all over, and their needs are met last.

Oh yeah, and on a side note..
Darwin talks about the dangers of inbreeding in his book, yet he married his cousin. Is it just me or isn't that a bit demented and hypocritical?

Some of my favorite things..

I love The Killers, Sephora products, and Starbucks coffee.

THE KILLERS!! I have a pair of tickets to their upcoming concert in April! I am sooo excited. The only city in Texas they're playing in this time around is Austin. Yay I can't wait!

SEPHORA..has awesome ass products. From shimmery powder for the face to luxurious cream for the body to anything beauty, they have. I want to buy the whole store. There's so much to look at in there that I would need a whole week just to know about everything they had. I spent around $55 there on 2 pretty eyeliners, some eye shimmer, lip gloss, and a cuticule pen.

And finally, STARBUCKS. Starbucks has yummy coffee. Their lattes are rich and creamy. Seattle's Best is pretty good too, but I still like Starbucks the best. I think I'm addicted - I haven't not had a cup of joe everyday for the past week.

Oh yes, and I had today off which felt really good. This has been one of the first Saturdays I haven't had to wake at the ungodly hour of 8AM in awhile. I did, however, go in to research today. I tested female frogs for the first time, which wasn't that bad. It was pretty interesting, but I can see how this could get tedious, staring at a video camera image of a frog jumping toward one side or the other.

*EDIT. Now I just blew an addition $95.00 on goodies from Sephora. Damnit, Sephora will be the death of me. Oh well, at least I will have cum-cream pretty skin on my face. {from nip/tuck}

wow, i'm officially a dumbass.

So a few weeks ago I decided to run a degree audit for no reason, just to make sure I was on the right pathway to graduation this May.

Then I forgot I had run the degree audit, classes began, and I started focusing on class work and etc. Then, today, I suddenly remember to check my degree audit just to make sure I'm a-okay.

Everything looks great. Every "MET REQUIREMENT?" has a big fat "YES" next it, except for one, that stands out in a big fat bold "NO". And that requirement has to do with my history credit. Last summer, I took US History 2, US Government, and Tx/Local Government at ACC. I was going to take the other US History but I decided to drop it and just party it down. And I'm glad I did, because I had a blast that summer. I figured I could just take it later at UT or the next summer.

Then I went to see my advisor before registration for senior year. She told me I didn't have to take actual US history but I could take some other upper division history class that could count. So I scoped out my options and decided to take HIS 350L: history of human nature and biology since Darwin.

And lo and behold, today I find out that it doesn't count as a US history credit.

double triple 10 10 10 10 crap.

This means that, if my advisor's don't hook me up and consider me a rare and extenuating circumstance, I will have to stay for 1 stupid class in the summer just to graduate. And I won't graduate in May.

How shitty is that?

Now let's just cross our fingers and beg to Darwin that someone out there (my advisor) will pity my dumbass-ness and add a damn US history class credit that I need.

I'm kind of excited inside though that I don't have to take that dreadful class anymore. I had it today, and when you don't talk, guess what? The teacher CALLS on you to answer even harder questions, and then when you're trying to answer, she interrupts you with other mini-questions that you have no idea the answer to, therefore losing the entire train of thought and sounding like an idiot in front of the whole class.

So..I am kind of happy that I will not have to deal with that anymore.




Please oh please help me out advisors!

I am so tired. But WHY??

I have been really tired lately and I have no idea why. I have been getting adequate sleep - something like 8+ hours on some nights - yet I'm still exhausted before it's bedtime.

I have no energy.

Am I sick? I don't feel sick. I'm not coughing, my temperature is at a standard 98.6 degrees F. What's wrong with me??

Usually during school I'm very enthusiastic, because the idea of getting A's excites me. But this semester and especially these days I've found myself extremely tired and devoid of energy. Maybe I just need a break from it all.

Who knows?

Maybe I should work out more. I heard that gives you energy. Or maybe I should just dedicate one day to 24 hours of sleep. Maybe THAT will cure it.

IF singers can't sing live, then why even try?

I don't consider singers true singers if they can't sing live. For example, if you sound great on your album or your produced music, it doesn't say much because today we have synthesizers that smooth out any audible flaws in your voice.

Now when you go live, it's a totally different case in point. There are no synthesizers to hide the flaws in your voice. The producers have no time to take what you sing, convert it in the millisecond they have, and output the altered form of your voice.

Unless, you lip sync. Then that's just cheating.

Some examples of singers that can't really sing but try to: Avril Lavigne and Ashlee Simpson and Britney Speas

Not that I don't respect them or anything. I just don't like the genre of singers that can't sing. Why would we listen to you out of all the other artists out there that CAn really sing? Sigh.

Have you guys met Tequila?

I don't believe I've introduced my dog, Tequila, to the blog world yet. And I don't know why I haven't yet, because I've mentioned her in a few posts too. Oops.

Anyway, Here is a picture of the lovely Tequila, looking quite a bit sad actually.

It may not do much justice, but it's the only one I could find of her uploaded already.

I can honestly say that she is (dare I say it??!??!) the best dog I have ever had. Yes, even over zoe and chloe. She beats them, put together, despite how cute they are. [shown below] They just aren't as sweet and loyal as Tequila .


Bao and I adopted Tequila almost 6 months ago from the SPCA. When we took her home, she was a little bit depressed from shelter life, but she got used to us and warmed up to us quickly. Ever since then she's been the sweetest, most awesome dog! :)


Today I bought Tiff's treats for Mike and the cookies were SOOOO good. They were warm and soft in the middle, and perfectly crispy on the outer edges. Sooo Good. I wish I had their recipes. I ate wayyy too many coookies.. now I gotta go work it allll off.

TV! TV is brainwashing me this semester.

I have been watching quite a bit of TV these past few days, including American Idol. Man, some of the people on their are fuckin BAD and WEIRD and yet they really think they deserve a spot in Hollywood to compete for American Idol. For example, today they had one girl who KNEW she was tone deaf and couldn't sing, yet she had this bizarre theory that she didn't need to have the skill of singing and that the producers or coaches on American Idol could TEACH her how to sing, and that would be the way she could become the next American Idol.

Then she got mad when the judges said NO. WTF? American Idol just shows how weird some Americans are out there. I don't even want to get started on the queen Ian Bernado (was on tonight's episode) that had a one sided hand-made chinchilla scarf that was supposed to show how he could be wealthy, yet he looked like he did heroin and was dying from AIDS infection.

I feel bad for the judges on American Idol. They have to go through some shitty ass candidates, but I guess they get reimbursed by millions of dollars, so it's all gravy to them. I don't know how much you'd have to pay me to sit through 90% shitty, weird contestants.

In other news, today I finally had my first HIS350L meeting - the class about history of biology since Darwin. It's a damn seminar class, meaning we have to speak up for our grades. I've always hated those type of classes because I'm on the more introverted side. I'm afraid that when and if I do speak up, it'll sound stupid or inaccurate. Yet, I already know inside that that isn't true because I'm more competent in the topic than let's say 70% of the people in the class because a_ they aren't even biology majors or b_ they haven't ever taken evolution.

I am afraid to raise my hand to say stuff, and then people keep talking and talking and take everything I want to say and then nothing is left to say. Ahhhh.

Time to watch TV, read some, and go to sleep early so I can wake early tomorrow.

just a growing list of topics to remember to write about

Future controversial topics to write about:

-Plan B being OTC: good or bad?
-Creation versus Evolution: the bottom line
-Drugs; illegal but mostly legal: the greatest invention or man's ultimate downfall?

YES 5 HOURS OF MAN POWER!!!! But, is it really worht it?

Today I stopped by the campus computer store (which is TINY) and I just asked to see if they had an iBOOK G4 14" rechargable battery in stock because well.. I just wanted to know but I really was doubting they would have it. Much to my surprise, they had 2 in stock!! And apple brand, for $120. (it's $129 on the apple site) Woo HOo! I saved nine dollars from being a UT student. Well technically that is inaccurate without considering the thousands I pay each semester for tuition, books, unfair parking tickets, unforseen fines (the list goes on and on...)

But now after charging the battery fully, I have 5 hours and about 45 minutes of PURE MAN POWER. I am so excited because this is a big change from the old battery which only had a mere little boy power of 45 minutes.

Also today I met Beth's frogs and I got to feed them fruit flies. They are so TINY!!!!!!! They are tungara frogs and very cute. I thought I was going to work with huge nasty toads but these are cute little frogs. I want to see them mate. Does that make me a pervert? Hhaha oh well, it's part of our research project so I guess I am justified.

What a busy Monday. tomorrow will be a busy tuesday. And now, it's time to get prepped for my favorite show 24!

Good News and Bad News, + the Daily Review.

Good News: Finally took the walking class at the humane society so now I can walk dogs out on the field instead of just the tiny gated area! Today I got to meet dogs Lucy and Annie. Lucy is a cute ass black dog that is full of hyper and energy but is the sweetest thing ever. Then there's Annie, who is a female Jack Russell Terrier and very shy but sweet to anyone that approaches her.

Bad News: I just met Lucy and Annie today and they got adopted! BOTH OF THEM TODAY!! And also Patterson (see earlier post) who I was thinking about adopting actually, and Salsa, a soft and awesome beagle mix. I guess this is really a good thing, but it's sad to me because I'll never see them again. I'm really getting too attached to these shelter dogs, sigh.

So today I did that and I also went to my first ASR meeting after a long ass time. I met approximately 17 new faces! It was awkward at first because I had forgotten how the meetings go, and plus I didn't know like half the sorority! It was good to see old faces though and meet new ones.

And I also paid a long awaited visit to Mr. Gregory (the gym). Was still able to run a mile without stopping, after 2 months of not running! I'm impressed. I did however, run it 1.5 minutes slower than usual. Damnit. I need to get my mile time down again.

Good Quote. Thanks Steph.

"...Eminem himself must have been a pharmacist, or a tenured pharmacy tech at the very least. I mean, he his angry. Real angry. Just listen to his lyrics. This man is filled with anger. Ambiguous third party rejection anger. Idiot customer anger. Can I get my Soma and Vicodin filled early anger. Yeah, that angry. The only logical explanation is that Marshall Mathers once worked in a retail pharmacy."

man, if people only KNEW.


As I read this quote I was nodding the entire time. This quote is so true. Thanks for the tip, Stephanie.

my saturdays (every other from next saturday) suck balls for the most part.

Yeah so I've come to realize that my Saturday's really suck now. Well, every other Saturday that is.

I work an open to close shift at the pharmacy on every rotating Saturday (starting from next week) from 9AM to 7PM. That means I wake up at 8AM on Saturday morning and work for 10 hours until 7PM. Saturdays have become pretty busy now too for some reason. Barely enough time to sit, and only a mere 30 minute break within those 10 hours. By the time I get home, I'm too tired to even pet Tequila. Now that my friends, is effin' tired.

I got used to working open to close on Sundays; it's only 8 hours which isn't too bad at all. But Saturdays, barf. I'm too tired to go out afterwards, and have to wake up too early on Saturday to go out Friday. Oh well, enough whining. At least I'm getting paid.

In other news, Lenny the cute shelter dog (see earlier post) got adopted today! LENNY!!!! Me and Bao had been talking about adopting another dog for Tequila to play with. She seems very depressed and has been this way since we left Houston where her boyfriend BOSLEY lives (bao's sister's male dog). I think she's just lonely. But now Lenny's gone :(, I hope his new owners treat him well. Maybe Patterson...? Heh heh heh...

I got so much done today and now I'm pooped, but I can't poo, How IRONIC.

Are you lovin' my long ass blog titles? Cuz I AM. They sometimes make absolutely no sense, but that makes the post even more desirable to read.

So today was a long day. Had all of my classes except one. Here's how the classes break down:

BIO359K. Animal Behavior: I think my teacher is a dike. But that's okay, she seems funny and interesting, but she also seems strict. On her syllabus an 89.9% is a B! NOT an A. She doesn't round up! *GASP* That's college illegal. Another good thing about this class is Kenny, Sue, and Jun are in my class. I'll never be bored and alone in this class! A bad thing: there is no outlet in the class except in the veryyy back row (too far for me!) so I really need to get a new battery for my pos-almost-dead stock battery.

CMS306M. Professional Communication Skills: My teacher is really young, pretty, but nerdy. Kind of reminds me of...well, ME. Except she's white. She's tiny and speaks well, and she complimented me on my hair! That's a big plus. Everyone in the class is either a business student and knows other business students in the class, or a freshman. Luckily, however, a friend from middle school walked in and alas! I was not alone in the class anymore. However, she was still on the wait list, so she wasn't technically IN the class yet. Hopefully she'll get to stay. Again, no plug in this room either. Even if I got a new battery, it would probably die in this class.

BIO350M. Plant Molecular Biology: This class will be the bane of my existence. The teacher seems very competent and organized at first glance, but as the class progressed, everything about my first impression of him started to unravel. He rambles on about things not on the slide and concepts that are so abstruse that I'll just stop writing notes and think to myself, "What the FUCK is he talkign about now?" I guess the topic of the class itself is not very appealing so it would be hard to make it interesting. No plug in this classroom either. I'm going to need my iBOOK to survive this class, despite the fact that I have lovely Sarah in my class. And if my new battery hadn't died in the last class yet, it would definitely die here.

I can't use my battery for 4.5 hours, even if it was brand new - it proabably wouldn't even last 4 hours. Bao suggested using both the new one and my old one, even though my old one only lasts, oh.. about 30 minutes without being plugged in. Pity, I say.

Today I also turned in all my requests to Dr. Sata, talked to research head Beth, ran errands for Dr. Sata and Beth to complete forms, journeyed to Wal-mart to get my rec letters from Al, AND still managed to catch Grey's Anatomy.

I'm so pooped and I've been so busy that I haven't been able to poop! My stomach has been clawing at me since 5 or something, NOT A GOOD SIGN! Sigh, time to eat chocolate lax bars, GROSS.

Wow, so the roads really ARE treacherous.

Uhh, a lot of unusual and rather scary things have been happening around Austin since the cold weather has come in. First of all, everything around us is iced over like 2 inches, which I've never seen before in my life. It's weird to see everything covered with a blanket of ice and snow. That never happens in Houston. The last time it did, I was like 8 or something and I don't remember it at all.

First, a guy decided to open up a sewer tunnel and jump in for some reason. And lo and behold, he got stuck and probably fainted due to hyperthermia. This happened at 25th and Rio Grande, a pretty major intersection West Campus. I saw and heard the sirens right before I was getting ready to walk Tequila, and then a spectator told me what had happened. I saw the guy get wheeled away on a stretcher! But, what the hell? What kind of strange desire is it to open the sewer tunnel and jump in, especially on a day like this?? It's like 0 degrees celsius outside, and the ice someone dumped out from their drink has been sitting on the porch outside my door for the past 2 days, UNMELTED!

Second, as I was driving on the feeder of I-35, I saw a bunch of police cars huddled near the exit. What happened was an Accord slid off the freeway, down the side of the highway which was a hill covered in ice, and smashed into the feeder. The car's front was totally destroyed, and you could see where the tire marks had ripped through the ice on the hill.

Third, as I myself was on the highway driving home, a huge shard of ice from another car decided to come loose and the wind smashed it into my car, going about 50 mph. I was scared shitless when it made its way towards me because it looked like a huge shard of glass, but when it hit my car, it just crumpled into a million pieces and did not hurt my car at all. Phew.

We also went to HEB to get some food for the night, but it seemed like everyone and their mama was there. ALL the Hot Pockets, Lean Pockets, and all brands of frozen pizza were GONE! This isn't y2k people! *Sigh. Stop acting like it is. It's going to warm up tomorrow (meaning that school is starting finally, yay)

A plan, to rid of boredom.

Since yesterday was so useless, I've decided to come up with an actual PLAN today to remedy boredom. Today I am going to:
-go volunteer at the spca from whenever I get there to close (5pm, it's closing early today!)
-after, go to the pharmacy and turn in my recommendation letter to Al
-pick up some toilet paper while I'm there
-go eat somewhere.. wherever is open! It's not too bad today so I'm hoping businesses will be open again today.

Now all that stuff will take up my time until about 6:30 or 7pm. What shall I do all night then????

Well, my professor for his350L, biology since Darwin, finally emailed us today. He has assigned us 5 chapters to read from Darwin's Origin of the Species, which is written in old style English. So I'll get to battle that monster for a few hours tonight. Then also I can study for my communications class too, even though I don't think I have the right book.

Yay, A plAN! Let's see how far I can get with Darwin though. Eesh.

Mindlessly bored.

I am so mindlessly bored. Everything is closed, we've stocked up on food, and the roads are way too icy to drive anywhere anyway. So I've been sitting at home watching TV for the whole day, getting up occasionally to eat. I've finished my essays, written in here once already (now twice including this), started studying for my class, napped, and now I am still bored.

So I typed in "I AM BORED" on my google search bar and alas a site popped up for people that feel useless when school is cancelled.

www.i-am-bored.com, you are my new best friend. Pathetic, isn't it?

Oh yeah, btw, School is cancelled yet AGAIN tomorrow. I swear, this is almost like torture. Good thing the dog shelter is open tomorrow. I'll be spending all day there, thanks.

wheee it's finally winter foreals!

i almost busted my ass on the patch of ice right outside of my door. And it's been there for quite a while, yet I keep walking over it stupidly and almost busting my ass each time. Silly me.

IT'S SNOWING! Yay for snow. But then that also means a possibility of MORE school cancellation. Boooo. I need to get things started and I need to talk to my professor and the OOA but I can't do that until UT opens back up! ARG!!

I knew this would happen sooner or later.

There's this really cute dachshund/terrier mix at the SPCA named Patterson. He's reddish brown, quiet, and very cute. I haven't had the chance to play or walk with him yet because he is color-coded a level higher than I am, so I'm not allowed to do so yet. But today I pet him through his cage and opened the door a little to pet him more. He put his paws over my hand and it was the cutest thing ever. [picture from austin human society site.]

And now I want to bring him home. Damnit... I knew this was going to happen.

There's also another cute chihuahua mix there named Lenny that's my color level so I've walked and played with him a lot. He is the sweetest thing ever and loves playing with toys. I like him a lot too but he has an awkward butt. Also he's kind of small for Tequila to play with (he seems so fragile that Tequila could break him if she pounced on him) and doesn't seem like the type to play well with other dogs. He's very sweet though - I hope he gets adopted into a good home soon. [picture from austin human society site.]

As I was heading toward the SPCA today there was ice EVERYWHERE! Yay, winter is FINALLY here. I've been waiting for cold weather for the longest time. Now I can put my cute furry boots to good use! I was worrying about it staying warm and me spending money on boots that I would never get to wear.

I think they're going to cancel classes tomorrow and I'm kind of sad about that. Call me a nerd, but I like school. And plus, cancelling classes also means they;re going to take away a day of holidays from spring break or something. So really, there's nothing to be happy about because we still have to make it up one way or another.

I'm still deciding whether or not to do undergraduate research. With it, my schedule becomes very full and I'm going to be waking up every day at 10AM (I'm NOT a morning person). Without it, I'd only have 1 class on Mondays and Wednesdays (see picture below, you can click on it to enlarge too). Every research thing is in red on the schedule below. See how uncluttered and free it would be without it? Thursdays and Saturdays times are exchangable. For example, on one week if I worked Saturday 2-7, then I wouldn't be working on Thursday 3-7. Same thing vice versa. But still...*SIGH. It sounds like a cool research project though - it has to do with FROGS! And I've never done a research project at UT even though I've wanted to for awhile, plus it would help me out with my animal behavior class. Ahh, decisions, decisions..

I also might add more volunteer hours to the schedule because I really like working at the SPCA, and 2 hours/week is the minimum.

Also today on the way to SPCA I went to Starbucks to get coffee and ran into my brother. That was the awkwardest moment I've had in awhile. It's just weird to see him back in Austin as a student. Oh well, I guess it'll be fun. Free food at the Castillian!
:)

Dude, it's raining cats and dogs.

Literally, man.

My dog wouldn't even go outside to pee even though it's been over 12 hours since she last peed. Poor thing, I know she has to go really bad. It's been raining like this nonstop since last night too.

Rain, rain go away so my dog can PEE!

My boyfriend is a dog biter!!!

So I woke up this morning and Bao goes, "Omg Vivian I had the worst dream EVER." And I was like okay, this must not be anything out of the ordinary because everyone has so-called worst dreams ever, so I continued to listen nonchalantly. Then, he told me the story and it WAS a bit odd;

He dreamnt that he was fighting a bunch of people - guys and girls. At first he kicked all the guys asses but then one of the guys' girlfriends came to fight him but she was 7 feet tall and huge. Bao started to beat on her but she had the upper hand, size-wise. He began to lose to her and soon, she was beating the shit out of him! Then he saw a perfect opportunity to get a good lick on her - he was going to bite her hand. When it came near his face, he bit it as hard as he could.

But then, it turned out that he actually bit Tequila's paw in real life. Tequila yelped so loud that it woke him from his dream!!! My boyfriend bites dogs in his sleep! Imagine that. Apparently I was too passed out to notice because I had no idea this happened.

I think what really happened was Tequila was pawing at Bao (she does that occasionally when she wants to be pet or when she is dreaming)and he incorporated that into his dream as the huge giant girlfriend man thing beating him up. And she kept doing it that Bao could feel the paws and see it in his dream - and that's how he ended up biting her.

Lol, now isn't that a story? The people at the humane society would ban Bao from volunteering if they knew what had happened. Tequila must think that Bao is a monster now..

The eyes worsen..

I finally got my eyes checked after over a year and yes, they got worse. My eyes were -2.75 (-12.00 is completely blind and -6.00 is legally blind) over a year ago and today they are at -3.25. AHH! They're over halfway to legally blind! Isn't that a scary thought? I guess my eyes worsened over the year but not a lot, comparatively. They could be at -6.00 so I consider myself lucky. As my eyes venture toward -4.0 and beyond, I guess I'll have to consider the option of lasik, because I don't ever want to reach -6.00. I can't imagine watching a laser shave off part of my eye though - I can barely stand the part of the eye exam where they puff some air into your eye.

We drove back to Austin today. I really don't like driving between Houston and Austin at night anymore because of the deer. I saw deer along the side of highway 71 the other day, and they could jump out at any time towards our car and we'd be GONE. Maybe not gone perse but things could be really bad. For example, my car could be damaged, a deer could bust through the windshield upon impact, and we could be severely injured. No more driving from Austin to Houston or vice versa at night if I can help it!

Mmm, Bao's mom was nice enough to cook food for us to bring back to Austin before we left. There's nothing like good ol' comfort, home-cooked food. I wish my mom cooked.. She hasn't cooked since I was like 8 or something. Kinda surprising, eh? I guess that's what happens when your brothers leave the house for college and cooking just for one person isn't worth it anymore. Also things got really busy for my parents when their business took off so she just didn't have time anymore. That explains why I can't cook worth a shit - because I was never taught how.

Spamming the post list, I know. BUT FOR GOOD REASON...

I'm posting way too much. But this one's a rather important one.

This post marks the enabling of my comments, only because I'm super ecstatic that one of my friends has started writing on blogspot again. I've always liked reading people's posts on blogspot more than xanga. They seem to write more freely and things sound more personal to me here than there.

Xanga just seems so commercial and showy. It's the damn 'my subscriptions' link that kills it for me.

In light of enabling the comments, I am just reiterating that I write NOT for the comments, and will not really care for quantity of feedback. Just quality.

Anyway, welcome Steph. Glad to finally have you back.

Two essays down, one last one to go!

Woo HOO! I've finished 2 of 3 essays so I am almost done with my applications (FINALLY). Man, I started these things way back in November, maybe even October and I just kept wasting time and kept telling myself, don't worry I'll do 'em later. Man I am such a procrastinator.

I wrote a really good Texas Tech essay but I'm not feeling my UT essay at ALL. I think I might actually go back and just rewrite the damn UT essay because I wrote it in a personal tone, and I think I'm supposed to be more professional or whatever. But the prompt was to write about a personal past experience so maybe not. Whatever the case, I need to restructure my sentences becaue Word is saying that I wrote at a 10th grade level on my UT essay. WTF! That's really low, hah. My Texas Tech one was a 12 (that's the maximum) though so I'm leaving that how it is.

Anyway before I started working on the essays me and Bao had dimsum at Ocean Palace today. Finally: I can scratch that to-do off my list. We have been trying to wake up to catch dimsum since winter break started and couldn't do it. Isn't that sad? Dimsum is served until 3pm daily and we couldn't make it ONCE! We are such slobs, heh.

After that I got my car inspected and it passed. I'm surprised (but happy nonetheless) that I lasted 5 months of expired inspection without getting a ticket. The guys at the inspection place were too. I was kind of apprehensive because my check engine light has been on for the past few months, but today it suddenly turned off so I took the opportunity to get it inspected. I heard if your engine light is on, it's an automatic FAIL. Phew, good Lola.

Then we came home and later Tequila broke her dew claw nail real bad. It was a very nasty tear with blood everywhere. She kept licking it and had her tail tucked in between her legs so we called the emergency vet. We journeyed to hick town and beyond for the emergency vet where we spent about 1.5 hours and $100 to have them cut off her bloody torn dew claw nail and put some powder on it to stop the bleeding. Poor girl, she HATED the vet. She tried to jump off the table and succeeding in doing so. She also kept hiding between me and Bao's legs whenever a nurse or doctor came in! Poor girl. It's okay though becanse now she's all good and happy.

And now, to reward myself I shall play countless hours of WOW before I have to write my next essay, which will probably be tomorrow.

Yay for tomorrow though, when I shall enjoy ample amounts of delectable sushi in good company, and when I shall finally get a pair of glasses that I have been secretly coveting for the longest time now.

Maybe I should also journey to the Galleria and buy that pair of Dior sunglasses that I want soooooo bad with the money I'm saving going to this cheap ass Asian optometrist.

OMG, apple introduces the iPHONE!!

DUDE!! APPLE just came out with a new phone called the iPHONE [click on the link to get to the site externally]! I WANT I WANT I WANT!!!!! too bad it's like $600 WITH a 2 year contract from cingular. that's a big ouch on my finances! If its $600 WITH a contract I wonder how much it will go for without a contract?

Anyway the new phone has got all these cool revolutionary specs. It's like an ipod AND a cell phone put together, with some other nifty stuff. First of all it's touchscreen and becomes full screen too when you want to watch something. Remember those rumors about a touchscreen next generation iPOD? Well I think they were confused and looking at early maps of the iPHONE or something! Also if you turn it horizontally it has sensors and will automatically fix the screen to landscape and if you turn it back vertically it will switch back to portrait! It has all these other COOL things that I haven't really discovered just yet but man it looks so clean and sweet. *sigh.

Too bad I JUST renewed my contract with Tmo for my sk3. I'm happy with my sk3 and all but it sucks as a phone. It's like the folks at danger forgot the primary purpose of the sidekick: To be a CELL phone. For example, when someone calls me it's sometimes hard to make out what they're saying. It's not a volume issue but more of a clarity issue. I can hear you just find but you're blurry. Second, the person on the other end sometimes reports a really bad echo and I know it's a sidekick thing because none of my other previous phones (samsung, motorola) have had that issue. Third, it drops calls without warning. Fourth, it's hard to reach me sometimes. Bao will finally get through to me after 10 times of trying and he'll say 'what the hell I just called you 10 times why didn't you pick up?' -and I won't have a history of any calls from him. These issues are all very basic and annoy the shit out of me because well...a cell phone is cool if it has extra features but I really bought this thing for it's primary use: to be a cell phone. Don't get me wrong, I love how the sidekick has internet, good aim features, allt his other shit but man it sucks as a PHONE!!

I want to buy a phone that is good at being a phone first, and then all the extras come second because well, I can buy a laptop that does all the extras 10x better you know?

Hands on with cute sweet dogs, awesome.

Had my one-on-one at the SPCA today. The dogs are sooo sweet and cute!! I can't wait to go back again, but Bao keeps getting allergy attacks so it prevents us from staying a long time. Poor Bao. I can just imagine how much allergies must suck - it's almost as bad as an autoimmune disease. And there's no way to really combat allergies; it is just your immune system overreacting to normal things, so the ultimate cure would just be to knock out your immune system to prevent these overreactions, but then you would have no defense against deleterious pathogens. You would have to live in a bubble or something or face the other consequence: death. So basically, that isn't even an option even though it would indefinitely stop you from having allergic reactions.

Good thing there's like 4 different types of antihistamines out on the market that Bao can try. Let's see there's allegra (fexofenadine), zyrtec, clarinex, claritin (loratidine) and I am pretty sure there are more that I just can't think of off the top of my head. One day we'll find the right one for him.

Anyway back to the dogs. It's awesome there just like I had imagined. The other volunteers are nice, some dogs cuddle with you and you leave feeling a better person.

Since we were around the area I got to try Arby's for the FIRST time. It was pretty good! I can see why the Girls Next Door (that E! show where they film the girlfriends of Hugh Hefner) like Arby's. MmmMm... I tried the market fresh sandwich and it was way better than a lot of other sandwich places out there, which is kind of sad because Arby's is a fast food joint, not a sandwich place. Oh well, good for them.

Tomorrow we're going back to Houston for 2 days to get our eyes checked, new contacts, and new glasses because I just ran out of my last contact and Bao has a tear in one of his contacts and it is driving him crazy. And by crazy I mean cranky (he even said so!). Other things I need to do while I'm in Houston are..

-finish my applications by the end of this week
-buy some sunglasses (DIOR?? :] Am I willing to throw $300 down for a pair??)
-eat some damn dimsum (We never woke up in time to eat dimsum over winter break! How sad is that?!?!)
-watch Pursuit of Happyness (Yes I STILL haven't seen it since I last listed it as a to-do item.)

But before all this I am going to go cuddle with the sweetest and most loving dog ever: Tequila.