Yikes I have been neglecting this blog. Sorry guys! It’s just that my life has been pretty uneventful – school is keeping me busy. Here’s some snippets of what I’ve been up to lately that isn’t horribly boring:
- Saw Zombieland with Paul which was AMAZING. Everyone needs to go see it, even if you don’t like zombies. Jesse Eisenberg is adorable and Woody Harrelson was hilarious.
- A guy at a bar tried to set me up with his friend who turned out to be a classmate of mine! That was pretty funny.
- I went to the Silk Road Gala, which is a benefit gala for the Asian-American Task Force Against Domestic Violence. 5 of the top local chefs provided Asian-themed cuisine which was amazing. I wish I could have eaten more. There were 5 different types of curry, duck, pork, noodles, sashimi, shrimp dumplings, and the most amazing apple-type desserts a girl could ask for. There were live and silent auctions, and my one regret is not having any money to bid on the stuff. A private dinner by Ming Tsai and friends went for $33,000!! O_O It was a great evening and I feel honored to have been invited (even if I was a backup heehee).
- Last Saturday I went to Haymarket to buy some produce. I love that it’s so inexpensive and so close to my apartment. <3 I bought some pears, apples, and tomatoes for $4! What a deal. It was also fun hanging out with Vatsady, who lives so close to me! It's nice having friends who live close by and likes to do stuff. Vatsady also took me out to Quincy, which was my first time in the city. We went to this delicious Japanese restaurant and I had an unagi rice bowl which was delicious. (In case you couldn't tell, my life kind of revolves around food)
- Finally, I started a new project: The 365 Toy Project. Basically I take a (creative) photo of my toys every day for a year. I feel like I have a hard time following through with long-term things, and I felt like this was a good way to help me develop that. Plus, any excuse to play with toys is fine with me ^_^ You can see my progress here, and there’s a link to the RSS feed on the bottom. Also, I try to update my progress on my Twitter, which is also a good way to follow my random ramblings.
This weekend is Halloween, which I am so excited for! I’m dressing up as Shaun of the Dead and my cricket bat should be here either today or tomorrow. Squee!
~Jen
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On Tuesdays, I have class from 4-9:30pm. It’s very difficult to focus because by evening I’m starting to get tired and would rather be at home.
However, after Internet Law, I head over to Burger King and buy myself some onion rings as a reward for getting through class.
Sometimes I also get a burger (depending on whether I had dinner earlier), but there’s always onion rings that I devour pretty quickly once I get home. ^_^ I know BK isn’t the most glamorous of places, but greasy onion rings are great! Plus they usually have to cook a fresh batch since I guess no one else wants onion rings at 9:30pm on Tuesdays (I know, wtf!) YUM.
~Jen
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Every once in a while I thought I would share with you a good memory from my past – this is a photo of me and my brother on the Matterhorn Bobsleds at Disneyland in 2005. I love Disneyland and wouldn’t mind going every year. It really is a happy place and I always have tons of fun. I owe a lot of that to my younger (but taller) brother Benedict, because he’s a good sport and lets me pick most of the rides we go on :]
~jen
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So apparently I am to give codenames to my classmates if I’m referencing them. So let’s say my friend “Laser” said some stuff that I wish I hadn’t heard today – let’s just say he decided to talk about temporary sterilization and his “cycle.” And when he asked me if I was glad that I was in this conversation I told him that I would blog about this, and he thought it was cool that I had a blog (hah. hah.). And I would have walked right by the three of them because I am unobservant like that – but thankfully they aren’t. Or I guess, considering the content of the conversation, that maybe I shouldn’t be so thankful. 
~jen
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Last Friday was Emily’s birthday, and we went out to celebrate of course! It was good times. I met up with everyone at Hong Kong, the most inappropriately named bar as it is one of the whitest bars ever. There is nothing Hong Kong about it at all. It’s a fun place though, because the food is pretty okay (and inexpensive), and there’s karaoke which always makes things more fun.
We then went to The Place, which was really nice. It is always nice seeing my 1C friends, especially since I don’t have classes anymore with some of them :[ One small complaint though - the past three times I have tried to order an Old Fashioned, the bar never has bitters. Boo.
This past summer I learned I really don't like going to clubs, and Friday night kind of affirmed that - I don't like club music, don't like the atmosphere, don't like having to dress up. Bars are much more my scene. :]
And now that it’s Monday, back to the daily grind of school and studying. Go me. :]
~Jen
p.s. One thing I’m really excited about that it’s September, which means that it’s risotto season! I love making risotto so I’m looking forward to a month of making nothing but risotto for me and my friends. :]
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On Labor Day I went to a health care reform rally in The Commons. It was pretty cool seeing so many people there, and even more that people were engaged in (what I hope and assume to be) intelligent, engaged conversations about the state of our health care in this country. Some people were creative and brought their own signs (like the two above); others received a sign from some of the pro-reform organizations that were present. I had never been to a political rally before, so it was a cool experience, seeing so many people gathered in support of something that they strongly believed in.
One that that did slightly bother me, however, was how some people seemed to use Ted Kennedy to push their agenda. “Do it for Ted!” was chanted for a little bit and that made me kind of sad. However, I felt much better when Representative Michael Capuano spoke what I was thinking – that while this is what Ted Kennedy would have wanted and that while he supports the former Senator’s vision, that who we’re really doing this for is the American people – so that people who are sick can get the care they need and that people can take preventative measures so they won’t get sick.
There was also a march, but I didn’t participate in that – I went to buy a book from Borders instead 
Karma got me though, as a lady’s cup of Starbucks accidentally spit some really hot coffee onto my shoulder while I was looking at books outside. 
Thankfully, the shirt was dark gray so no major staining was visible >_> I ended up buying Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior by Ori Brafman and Rom Brafman. It wasn’t until after I got home when I realized that it was basically like Predictably Irrational, which my parents have been trying to get me to read for the past year or so. Sorry mom, sorry dad. I should have listened to you.
Anyway, good times on Labor Day ^_^
~Jen
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The weather has been so delightful lately! No humidity but warm and sunny! As a result I took some of my kidrobot toys out to the park to get some pictures. The one above, of Lrrr and Zapp, is one of my favorites. You can see the rest on my flickr.
I’ve been buying a lot of bind box vinyls lately, because they’re so much fun to collect! I’ve started collecting the Futurama Series, and I want to collect the rest of the BFF by Travis Cain collection (and they’re on sale for $5 each at Urban Outfitters). I’m super-excited because the ‘09 Dunny Series comes out later this week, and there one of them is designed by Andy Bell (tcimh.com)!
Another new thing I got to do was try Beacon Hill Bistro’s breakfast with my friend and classmate Hee. I was afraid that it would be uber expensive and the portions would be small, but as you can tell from the photo below the portions were super-filling, and $9.50 for a smoked salmon omelette is reasonable, so I was really happy. Plus it was good hanging out with Hee.
Besides that, school has been school. I’m superbummed that I don’t have any classes with certain people but hopefully I’ll get to see them a lot outside of school, which would be 1000x better anyway. I’m also excited that I do have classes with the people I have classes with as it makes class a lot more bearable and I’ll have study buddies.
Yay school! >_>
~Jen
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Hi everyone!
I’m in Seattle after a wonderful 10-week internship at the Woburn District Court. It’s been so nice being at home and having good homecooked meals (thanks mom!) and being able to see all my friends. However, I’ve also gotten lazy which means that the posts have died a bit. Here’s one post over on my What Up, Seattle?!? page about last Thursday evening. I hope y’all are enjoying your summer! I start school again next Monday which really sucks.
~Jen
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While I upload the rest of my photos and rest up before recapping my weekend, here is a picture of me and my Seattle gal pals at Ray and Jamie’s wedding looking all pretty and stuff
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(From the Minus The Bear concert that Cindy took me to for my birthday two years ago)
Last week I was getting bored of my playlist, so I asked my twitter followers for some song recommendations. Here are the contributions from my twitter friends:
@beansprout22
“Aganjú” by Bebel Gilberto. (“Bonus: it’s in Portuguese so you won’t know what it is about!”)
“Roda” by CeU
@Tarty
“Corner of the Earth” by Jamiroquai
“Teenage Lobotomy” – by The Ramones
@frostyplum
“Shatterproof” by Lucky Pierre
“Summertime Clothes.” by Animal Collective
@MrBildango
Anything by Nouvelle Vague
“New Casablanca” by Shivaree (“or really anything off of the Who’s Got Trouble album”)
“Twilight” by Anthony and the Johnsons
@CrazyCStudios
“My Backwards Walk” by Frightened Rabbit http://bit.ly/tLZMv
“Modern Mystery” by Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
@JacksonFerrell
“When I Get Sad” by Chris Merritt http://tr.im/whenigetsad
@geekbot
“Creepy Doll” by Jonathan Coulton
“Down to Earth” by Peter Gabriel
@Gugger_Fane
“Kids” by Chiddy Bang http://bit.ly/r3ejJ
@jehucampos
“California One/Youth and Beauty Brigade” by The Decemberists
and here are few of my own recommendations
@hugparty
“Merry Happy” by Kate Nash
“Heads Will Roll” by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
“Day Too Soon” by Sia
“Love Drunk” by Boys Like Girls
“Jimmy” by Of Montreal
All of my twitter buddies are supercool and if you’re on twitter you should follow them.
<3 jen
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