January 2009
30 posts
k2 final, it's goin dooown
The morning of my first final, round 2. I have gone through my outline once more and now I am eating breakfast while watching the office. I am trying not to feel nervous. But I ammmm! I am going to wear the lucky earrings Jenny sent and I am going to rock this.
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And I’m done. Relatively painless! But imagine my horror when minutes before the exam was to start, I reached for my right...
chris m.
This morning I found out that one of my classmates from high school passed away. I didn’t personally know him, I didn’t personally know a lot of people, as my high school was more than 4,000 students strong. But the reality of his being alive then and knowing that he is gone now, has settled heavily. Sort of how I felt when I found out my high school European History teacher passed...
finals week: day 1 of 9
A good day of studying. I feel much more secure about what to study this time around. I am feeling good about the contracts final now, but feeling very worried about the rest. One step at a time.
I had dinner with Kana at the Lake Brazos Steakhouse today. The last time I went there was with my parents when I came to Texas to look for an apartment.
This is from the summer, what it looks like...
last day of class as a 2q
The frozen leafless trees melted under the heat of the sun today. It was beautiful. The ice caused the branches to look like they’d been dipped in glitter. Shimmer everywhere!
I had planned on going to the Property review but while I was taking pictures of the icicles that had formed, two of my neighbors fell down the stairs. But for my love for taking pictures of everything, that would...
hard
This is hard. But I think it’s supposed to be and I think it’s okay that it’s hard. But I can’t shake this panicky feeling that overwhelms me when I think too broadly about what I need to study. It feels terrible. I see the wave building over my head and I hope I can gracefully dive under before it comes crashing down. Ah, to swim in the frigid pacific instead of sorting...
mist
It was a cold and misty day. I am tired. The pressure to study every free moment is on and it makes me very, very sleepy. I don’t think two reading days is enough for 4 finals. But t-minus 5 days until the Contracts II final, Saturday at 8am. I’ve heard myths about students throwing up before the Contracts II final. So I better get to reviewing now.
dry bones
That orange coffee cake I mentioned making the other day. Now I know it looks homely. But I promise it is scrumptious! I used half whole wheat flour which accounts for its darkness.
Yesterday I got an email from an old friend asking me about my experience working at S.A.Y. Yes. And in trying to describe my experience I explained, that despite all the terrible things in skid row, perhaps,...
do the stanky leg
Yesterday I went to Subway to buy dinner. People were doing the stanky leg right by the door. I sort of wanted to join them. What might be considered loitering in L.A. is called hanging out in Waco. Fantastic.
If you’ve never heard of the stanky leg, you can see it here (starts 30 seconds in).
During winter break Patty and I tried to show our friends in L.A. how to do the stanky leg in the...
here comes the sun!
I am LOVING the warm weather. Sun dress CHECK.
is it already thursday???
Hallelujah I am done with my opinion letter!
To celebrate, I baked this orange coffee cake. I can’t wait to try it for breakfast tomorrow. Perhaps it’s odd, but in the moments before I drift off to sleep I like to think about what I will eat for breakfast. It’s definitely my favorite meal of the day. It pairs well with my love for mornings in general.
I feel such relief now...
opinion letter
I feel the heat of finals, it’s almost exciting! This time I know what to expect and I know what I need to do. It feels much better.
I have enjoyed working on the Opinion Letter. It’s fun researching and gathering information to kick ass for my pretend client. Prof. LARC said it would be unlike anything we’ve ever done, but I think it’s similar to writing a research paper...
hungry hungry hippo
Rachel and I stayed in the library study room for 6 hours. That is the longest I’ve ever stayed at school. Ho-ly-cow. We left out of hunger. Next time we need to bring sustenance.
A couple hours later we went to Barbara’s apartment to play Hungry Hungry Hippos, drink their drank, and share generally awesome stories. Topics including Hugo Chavez, the Mexico-Guatemalan border,...
i am alive!
I’ve been going through the motions, keeping up with school and trying to make up for the outlining I didn’t do over winter break. It has been well. I obviously haven’t had much to say since I can only be found in one of two places: class learning or home studying. I’ve been eating the same thing for breakfast everyday and I can’t stop: an egg over medium (it’s...
chinese ma'am
Two things that would not have happened if I was in L.A.:
1. I went to the “nice” H.E.B. on Wooded Acres today. A little girl sitting in the front part of a shopping cart pointed at me and said, “Chineeeese!” as I passed. Her mom continued searching intently for something frozen. It made me feel badly.
2. The checkout boy said “ma’am” after every...
where have all the good men gone?
I just came back from happy hour at Elite Circle. It was anything but a happy hour. The food was good and the sharing too, but my spirits dawdle low. We shared 3 appetizers for dinner and there were more leftovers than what we ate. Then we couldn’t fit all the leftovers into the to-go boxes so there were leftovers after we packed our leftovers. For shame. Chicken lettuce wraps, onion rings...
a girl can hope
I just wanna dance.
Why doesn’t Waco have anywhere to go dancing? Non-cowboy dancing, that is. What if Basaberu coverted their second floor into a club? Yeah? Yeah? Or what about playing really loud booty music by the bar at Scruff’s? Yeah? Yeah? Just a thought, the potential for success is there, this is a college town afterall. New goal in life: convince one of these establishments...
church
I am filled with restoration and hope after each sermon at Redeemer. This has everything to do with the fact that each sermon ultimately points to the gospel, and the fact that our victory has already been won. The sermons are never centered on a 10 step process to being more like Paul or Job or Mary or any other pious character in the bible. Sermons like that are tiring and more burdensome than...
car troubles
My mini would not start again today. My battery was completely dead. I couldn’t even lock my car! But Rachel came to my rescue with jumper cables and I wish I recorded the hilarity that ensued. I’m not a very big person but Rachel is considerably smaller than me. There we were trying to push my mini into a position that would reach her car with short jumper cables. I would help push...
happy birthday shapiro!
Ninfaritas are amazing! What’s in them?
I discovered while tubing several months back that my abdomen gets splotchy-red when I drink. I never knew this before because I never had my abdomen exposed. Today I got to see it again. Cool man.
Uh-WOO!
it's friday!
I found a grape jolly rancher in my jacket this morning and just knew it was going to be a good day.
I finally used the pumpkin sitting in my fridge yesterday and I baked this vegan pumpkin pie. I tried a piece just now and it tastes like pumpkin pie! Good stuff. Only trouble is, I don’t really like pumpkin pie, so halfway through my slice I didn’t want it anymore. It’s just so...
the usual
The weather was warm today. Some much needed sunshine after two cold and dreary days. The sky’s way of showing sympathy to BLS students for having to go back to school after a very short 2 week break. All is well though I have been trying to catch up on all the work I didn’t do. It’s been slow but my inability to fall asleep has greatly aided my cause.
Not much to report. I...
grades
First quarter grades were due today and now I’ve gotten all my grades. Not surprisingly my highest mark was in Civil Procedure, of course the test wherein I was in a state of panic for the first ten minutes because I thought I couldn’t answer the first three of only seven questions. In any case I am satisfied overall, I met my mediocre expectations of simply passing. I aimed low for my...
back to school
It’s tiring going from LAX to ACT. Winter break passed so quickly. But I had a blast. And now I am ready to go back to school! As I sat waiting all day to board, and to land, then to board and to land again, my emotions shifted from sadness to excitement. Winter break is over. But there is learning to be done and that excites me. I felt so emotional driving along Cameron Park tonight...
happy birthday nancy!
I picked up Jenny from the airport yesterday and chilled for most of the day on her jungee-jang-pan which is a giant heating mat. The best thing on a cold day. We ordered-in thai food and Jenny gave me some of her bok-choy because they skimped out on mine. Now that’s love. It was also love when she said, “OK, I guess you can throw up on my sentence strips.”
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first day of 2009
A day of sloth. I slept until noon and helped my mom make mandoo (dumplings) all day. I was her official taste-tester so I don’t want to eat mandoo for a long time. Between taste tests I took naps.
I feel my time in California winding down and it makes me very sad. At the same time, I cannot go on living this way for much longer. A few more days to live it up before going back to study...
happy new years!
Started my day outlining for Contracts. My outline is ten lines long. I am digging myself a huge hole by slacking so much this break. Then went shopping. Ate kimbap and ddukbboki for lunch. After the sun went down drank bubbly at Chase Park overlooking the marina. Hide and go seek. I love to play kid games. Watched “Seven Pounds”. Ate Honey Kettle Chicken for dinner. Danced at Rush...