August 2010
63 posts
Every time.
Last night’s shenanigans have made me so happy and so sad at the same time. I hope you guys have fun tonight and don’t destroy the new house! The warming in House-Warming has nothing to do with fire, fyi.
I was all primed and ready to go to an Indonesian festival today in Union Square. Images of tropical fruit and gold-threaded fabrics dyed bright hues and native dancers flew through...
July 2010
32 posts
My heart is full to bursting.
Round about 11 PM my time, I get a chat message from Scott. It read:
“We’re all here. Why aren’t you?”
Well…they solved that problem via Skype.
Brett was attacking Stephani while she tried to wave to me.
Jarrett, being Jarrett.
Scott was attempting to show me his crotch, so that I would in turn show them my boobs.
He was walking back and forth...
I listen to this on repeat when I’m on the...
"Just because it's real don't mean it's gonna...
Must stop buying things on ebay and forever21. Bad Candace, bad.
I didn’t get the gallery internship. Very upsetting.
Woke up and found out my photography final consists of a quiz and a 700 word paper. Awesome. Stupid annotated biblio. The bus downtown took forever and was so packed full of people I could barely breathe. Don’t even get me started on the little old woman who kept...
Ay...
All I had planned to do today was go get a plant at the nursery. I walked outside and it was so beautiful that I decided more fun should be in order.
Unfortunately, I forgot to look at the bus schedule and stood out in said beautiful sunlight for half an hour.
Was not amused.
I did manage to make it over to the Mission district, which might just be my favorite one now. It’s all Hispanic...
"This is where I want to be."
Feeling slightly better lately about life in general. There were alot of conditional words in that sentence. Anyway…
Now really, who wouldn’t hire me in this outfit?
Well, I went back to Westfield, which it turns out is actually 7 stories if you don’t count the floors that go to Nordstrom’s…which is another 3 stories. I was early for the interview at Benetton so I...
WatchAnnie-“I Know Ur Girlfriend Hates Me”
I downloaded this song about 2 years ago. I never thought it would apply to my life so often.
I can make jokes now that I’ve moved, haha!
Champagne in the food court?
This has been a singularly boring weekend for me. I miss you all, more than I can say. I’ve been having trouble sleeping too. I think that means I need to go buy some arbor mist.
In midst of being angry at men today, I decided it was time to shop. My first memory of this city was getting off the subway from the airport and seeing forever21. Well, you know what that means.
I have been a...
Down-time.
All those bus rides, solitary meals, long walks, quiet nights at home while the roommates are on vacation…it gives me alot of time to think. And like any good, respectable young woman of my generation, my thoughts turn into regrets.
They say that people with better memories are more depressed, having no filter for all the bad thoughts that come creeping up and consuming the good ones.
I...
How many buses can you miss before you're full-on...
I am officially, naturally 22 years old today. That’s right. I lied in June. Or rather, to the US government. But today is the actual anniversary of my birth way back when in China. It’s a long story.
I started off this auspicious date by missing my bus. Twice. I also got on the wrong direction going home. Goddammit.
I finally managed to get downtown for my birthday plan...
Feels like Florida in the Winter...but with more...
I had these fantastic plans today to visit the Academy of Science (natural history museum and aquarium all in one) and then grab some food and have a picnic in the Botanical Gardens.
Well. The line was ridiculous and I could have stood there for 2 hours but a) I hate waiting, b) it’s 50 degrees, and c) there are an awful lot of children in line. So I walked around for a long time looking...
Mayday! M'aidez!
Here’s a delightful thing they don’t tell you about San Francisco. Everyone parks on the street right? Well on street-cleaning days, about once a week in the early morning, you can’t. So everyone parks on the sidewalks, which are doubly wide. I thought it was cute.
I wake up very early here. Early enough that the light coming in from the window is still fairly blue. I like to...
The snozzberries taste like...
Early morning, very groggy. Spent a long time the night previous laughing at Kiran’s drunk fb chatting.
This is a beautiful school. It’s half old/half new, and completely enchanting.
As you walk into the main courtyard:
But, up on the rooftop:
So then I wandered down some stairs and saw a bunch of plums on the ground. Picnic gone awry? Strange art project? Political...
The important, life-affirming stuff is at the...
I woke up this morning and put my game clothes and my game face on.
One very long bus ride later, I was in the marina area. I was early for my bikini store (yes, I know) interview so I walked around. Mistake. There are so many boutiques and cafes that I was quite sad about my enforced will power. Also, I don’t know how many patisseries I passed on the way there, but it was alot. That...
“The Alchemist picked up a book that someone in the caravan had brought. Leafing...”
– Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
And then...and then...
I was lying in bed, reading today, all curled up with my multitudes of blankets and pillows. The french doors were open, the breeze wafting in on the edges of a really perfectly cloudless day. I was enjoying this quiet time to be home alone with my worries behind me because in the upcoming weeks, I will have less time for such simple, overlooked pleasures.
I finished a particularly nice chapter...
"We must all cultivate our gardens."
At first it hurt, and then I remembered to cultivate happiness for yours.
Because this is destiny. And I am choosing it.
Growing up is hard to do.
I miss you more than words can express and always wish you were here for me to talk to.
I hope that I’ll get to speak with you soon.
:(
Spent about 4 hrs today weeding the garden, first with a glorified bread knife and then with a very expensive fancy hula hoe I bought after walking 2 miles to get it. What did I discover?
The soil in the garden is too dry and too rocky to properly grow anything it without tons of work, tons of money, and tons of soil/compost/manure. Well goddamn.
Back to patio gardens it is. Stella will be so...
Secret Garden
I was doing some exploring around this house yesterday when I wandered down into the garage and found a boarded up door. If you know anything about me at all, you know I cannot resist opening doors that are supposed to be closed.
Lo and behold, I discover an over-run stepped garden and backyard. This incites the garden lust in me.
Coincidentally, while searching online for a bakery this...
“Every time a diminishing thought arises, I repeat the vow. I will not harbor...”
– Eat Pray Love, Elizabeth Gilbert
First impressions
Francis and Kayi are so incredibly nice. They are the first impression I have of this city, and I love it.
After waking up to the beauty of my room bathed in a soft white light, I went on a little walk around my neighborhood. It’s not the nicest or the prettiest, but even the weeds here are beautiful. And I can see all the hills around me. And everyone seems to have a tiny garden, as if the...
New city.
Lying in my new bed in my new house in my new city. This day felt like it went on forever, but now…I think I’m home. It sure feels like it anyway.
The adventure begins, tomorrow.
It is a beautiful, formless, and wondrous thing to always be so thankful for your friends.
