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..
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Friday, March 30, 2007
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..
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..
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
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...
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...
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
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?
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?
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
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.
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.
Sunday, March 11, 2007
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..*
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..*
Thursday, March 08, 2007
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.
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.
Monday, March 05, 2007
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!
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!
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