like a goldfish...

Seriously, shortest attention span ever.

I've got 3 25 pg papers, 2 powerpoint presentations, a final and a ton of Khmer homework to catch up on ....all due within the next 6 days!!

Why was I stalking my new celeb crush last week instead of doing work??? Aahhhh.

Luckily, this insanity has only lasted for a week....I'm kinda over it now. Which is insane because seriously? GOLDFISH. and really, it's not all that different from my attention span regarding boys. lol. that says a lot about my dating life, doesn't it? Aside from my inability to keep an interest in the guys around me, the last week's been a bit nostalgic. I think the last time I had a celeb crush was in high school. aah, those were the days.....urm. yeah.

So really, what has this experience taught me?
a) I'm super shallow. lol. As attractive as someone's talent is, it's all about the looks. haha :p and yeah, it's really really hard to fangirl over someone who's physical attributes you can kinda admire but you're not really attracted to.
b) The fangirls/fanboys of today are very, very, very, very hardcore (especially in the tween age range. They are Crazy MoFos and are obsessive as heck!)  Meep. It scares me. Someone please tell me I was never as obsessive as that. If I were their parents, I'd invest in some very expensive, very intensive therapy asap. Hmm, makes me wonder about the numbers of psychos out there who start out as obsessive fans....or maybe I watch too many crime series...
c) I discovered twitter AND tumbler. At the same time. I still don't really know how it all works but it also freaks me out. I'm technologically challenged and in some ways I'm glad for it because my foray into the madness that is twitter AND tumbler (tumbler in particular) has shown me that technology has made it ridiculously easy to stalk someone (not that I didn't realize this before....I just didn't realize how hardcore it was) 

Lol. And that ladies and gentlemen, was my daily musing on life/ random rant/words 'o wisdom/word vomit/i need to sleep to make sense moment because I'm procrastinating over trying to write a paper...one more weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek and it'll be over!! yay!

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youtube + emails = introspective?

I've been spending a lot of time on youtube. There are a lot of ridiculous people out there just waiting to entertain me with their random talents and antics :D It kinda makes me think about my own talents and antics.... like being able to sort rocks in a short amount of time....and (totally unrelated), throwing them at ppl....urm, yeah.  Just got an email from my advisor listing the new students coming in under her with a message to contact them and welcome them. I'm all for it. I love showing people around and helping them get adjusted. Seriously, just give me a soapbox right now; I'd happily prattle for hours. If this academic gig ever bombed, I'd be great supervising refugee camps or integrating new immigrants or something. lol. I'm actually really excited about the coming year and I know I'm going to be exploring the island a lot more since my roomie from last year's excavation at Angkor is going to be here for a year on the Luce program. Mita is awesome and we're totally gonna have a blast.

But, this message kinda twinges. It's one of those times when some of that low self-esteem left over from my middle/high school days rears its ugly head. I think about how the past and future students coming into the program all received/will receive such a welcome or something like it and wonder why I didn't qualify for one. I'm doing great in the here and now and life has always had a way of falling into place exceptionally well for me but sometimes it's the little things that make me wonder why I keep getting left behind every so often; why I seem to lose out on certain aspects of life that I never realize I'm missing out on until after the fact. It's a little funny and I'm positive a large part of it is just me being oblivious but it does make me wonder. I'm sure it happens to all of us at some point but it doesn't stop me from feeling sad for a little bit. It does however, make me count my blessings and be thankful for everything in life, every person I've met and every experience - good and bad. It reminds me to get off my butt and appreciate living life; to try and live it to the fullest extent.

Lol. there's my little introspective spiel on easter sunday.  Happy Easter guys!

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so totally not cool

Got woken up to the sounds of a hammer banging away and rapid fire Czech at like 7am. Okay. Whatever. Halfway through my shower I spied someone on the roof right outside the kitchen/bathroom window through the shower curtains. Apparently hyena girl's boyfriend was installing a mini air-cond in her room window (which is far enough away that he shouldn't have appeared in the bathroom window in the first place). I don't care if he was looking through the window or not. It is not okay to be hanging around a window when you know someone is showering! I don't care if you're about to fall off the roof! It would serve you right! Also, aren't you supposed to get permission before doing something like installing an aircond?!?

So, today started off with what was probably unintentional peeping (still doesn't make it right), hammering, sawing and about an hour ++ of listening to someone complain and whine in a foreign language. I totally want to punch both of them. repeatedly. in the nuts.

Why would you do this to me on my day off?? Whyyyyy??

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crunch time

Hmm, youtube is ruining my life! I can't help but watch random things instead of doing work that really, really needs to be done. I've got zero will power :/

Went for the Cambodian New Year celebrations this weekend when I should have been hard at work. Eh, oh well. It was good. Had some awesome food, saw some traditional performances and got to get to know some ppl a little better. The dances were alright but I have to admit, I'm not a big fan of Cambodian social dancing.... I dunno, the moves and music throw me off and I end up looking like a huge dork, well, a bigger dork than usual, on the dance floor. Not to mention my tendency to trip over little old Cambodian ladies who are gracefully getting their groove on. lol. I'm a right disaster on any Cambodian dance floor.

I can't believe how fast this sem has flown past. I've got less than a month to catch up on homework I've fallen terribly behind on, write my papers and take my exams. Then it's a whirlwind of packing up, flights and too short stays in some of my fav cities seeing some of my fav people. And Hugh Jackman. Yup, Charl n I have a sister's day out in SF planned and Hugh Jackman singing broadway is the perfect way to end the night :) I'm psyched to catch up with people in SF and KL and see + make new friends in Phnom Penh. I've never been but I've been promised a good time and great hidden food places :D It's Cambodia round two: The Phnom Penh edition and I'm hoping to be more on top of updates (meaning I'll finish the Siem Reap series after school is done...only like a year late, whatev :p) while traipsing all over the world. We'll see.

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yay....err, not quite...

Just got a small grant. Yay.

I think I might have to give it back because of the FLAS. Boo.

It's like telling someone Santa isn't real on Christmas day.

It makes me sad. Seriously, if I earned it, why can't I keep it? Some merit award this is.

Bah humbug.

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