success! fridge space, come back to mama!!

how sad is it that my fridge space is a priority in my life?? (over school work and a social life......)

how much sadder is it that it took me a week and a half to get it back??

hahaha

honestly though, i had like 3 or 4 passive aggressive ideas right off the bat (useful but not a long term solution).....it was the plotting of the "accidental non-confrontational confrontation" and trying to catch my housemate when she was home that took so long. why do i make my life a gazillion times harder than it actually is??

classes are taking off; i'm actually going to spring for ALL my books tomorrow (yes, all of them)....I think this is the first time in my college career I've ever bought all the books for every class I'm taking. I feel absurdly proud of myself for being so responsible.....haha... if buying them a week and a half into the sem (after faking my first assignments) is responsible. Maybe a better word is accomplished. I'm not sure why I'm bragging about feeling accomplished when I haven't bought them yet.....perhaps it's so I don't start crying over how insanely expensive they are when I actually have to pay...

bioarch: $130+$30+$22; historic preservation: $50+$30+$35+$42; cambodian: $50; etc, etc, etc

feeling like a good student: priceless

lol

maybe my "studious asian" gene is kicking in? I really hope it is. I think I might need it.

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this one's ticking me off

So that new housemate, you know, the one I've had something to complain about pretty much every day since I got back from winter break? Yeah well....apparently, annoying the crap out of me with painfully weird courtship behavior on the front porch and her creepy/evil laugh and by co-opting various bits of my personal crockery (and having the cheek to not allow me the chance to steal it back) isn't enough. I just found out that she's co-opted my fridge space as well! Bugger. I hate having to figure out how to smack someone down in an unassuming way so that the natural order of the house (in my mind at least) is restored without any hurt feelings. How do you (nicely) tell someone that "yes, I've finally figured out that you've been using my fridge space for the last three weeks while I've been gone and yes, it's nice and clean and organized because I make a point to keep it that way so take your stuff and take a hike cos I want my space back. And by the way, clean up the mess you've made of my formerly pristine fridge!" ?? Lol. OCD much? Gah! I hate any type of real confrontation (cos the imagined confrontation scenarios in my mind are always way more awesome :D ) but I think being all passive aggressive about this is not going to work :/ boo. This is gonna take some brain power. meh.

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oh god.

hysterical housemate and creepy laughing housemate are apparently one and the same.

and she's flirting and laughing outside my window right now. 

why?? whyyyyy??

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be careful what you ask for

So, I wanted something to keep me busy this semester and man, I shouldn't have even thought about it.

If last semester was a breeze where I lazed around and baked/went grocery shopping a lot (A LOT. seriously), I'm now....

Overcommitted

OMG. How the heck did that happen??

My little plan for 3 classes, a dance class/hobby and an internship has become 5 classes, an internship, a part-time job, 3 extracurriculars and a editorial position I forgot I had. oops. (maybe, just maybe, I might have been a little excited about the new year and new start (read: gone a little overboard with the whole "my life is stagnant and I should grab life by the balls" resolution thingy)

Also, I apparently have to hang out at my newly given office (yay office space!!) at least 10 hours a week in order to keep it (boo. can you tell i like the idea of it more than actually having it??)......I dunno if it's worth it.....it's got four people squished in, looks like a harem decided to throw up on the walls (to complement the 50s decor, of course) and kinda smells like an ashram. lol. On the other hand, it may come in handy since I've now got 9 (yes, NINE) housemates and I foresee a lack of peace and quiet. Why? Nothing super big or anything (apart from having 10 girls in one tiny house) but the two new girls on my floor are pretty noisy: one of them likes to have very long, very loud eastern european hysterics on the phone (I could hear her from outside the house) and another likes to giggle in that high-pitched-haunted-house/chucky kinda way. Seriously gives me the heebie jeebies.... especially when she laughs at night.... I've never been more thankful for the annoying streetlights and the lack of curtains if it means my room isn't pitch black when she randomly laughs. lol. it's funny and creepy at the same time.

Well, this semester is shaping up to be a super busy one (can't believe I'm only two days in and already dreading how stressed out I'll be) but I think it'll be fun.Wish me luck!

p.s: I still owe the last two weeks of Cambodia and the highlights of life in the aloha state. I promise they will come. soon. with pictures even.

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Second time around

5+ hour flight, 2+ hours in 3 different buses and I'm "home."

Aloha Hawaii, we meet again. Let's try this once more. I promise not to be a surly Hawaii-hatin' douche this time around.

Flight was infinitely better this time - I wasn't freezing and the 7 screaming babies from the last flight were not there. Awesome. I did disembark with the mother of all migraines but I figured it was dehydration and hunger. Managed to provide entertainment for my section of the plane when I played musical overhead compartments as I tried to find space for my luggage. One nice old man was kind enough to point out an empty space in one of the closed compartments. Why the heck do people close the damn things if they are not full?!? Idiots. Also, the entire Boise State basketball team was right there..... watching my little asian self struggle to put heavy bags overhead. Okay, I'm not that short but I still have to lift my admittedly heavy luggage over my head and these guys are all like 6 ft ++.....a little help would have been great. I hope UH beats your asses in today's game. lol.

Also, why is it that the 11 min car ride to my place is a 2 hour bus ride with at least 2 transfers? I'm already missing having a car.

Best part of the day? Getting to my place and realizing that my landlords had found another tenant for the house. On my floor. And as RA, I had to spend the rest of the day dealing with it. Apparently they cleared the storage room out and are going to rent it to these two little asian kids from Macau. What this means is that I have to share the bathroom/kitchenette with 5 other people GIRLS now. I guess that means I'm going to be showering a lot less now or at ridiculous times of the day. Ugh. I kinda really like my showers. A lot. oh well. At least these girls are nice.

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