Bedshaped - Keane

I apologize for neglecting this blog. I wasn't expecting the first day of school to be this tough. My days are filled with endless hours of reading, pages of math homework, you get the idea. Now I know that people weren't kidding around when they said junior year will be extremely stressful. Through this, I'm going to attempt to have a life by playing water polo, going on adventures, and finishing Atonement.

While going to Home Depot with my mom the other day, a sales associate told us that he got laid off his job now has to help around here to pay his house payments. His job? A successful computer engineer. It got me thinking. I'm extremely blessed and grateful that my mom still has a job, that we have a roof over our heads, and a family that's so caring (at times). Do you count your blessings?

Delicate

A U, get out of here!

I find it silly how I thrilled I feel to have my internet back.

The days are winding down, my homework's still incomplete, and there's so many plans to fufill. This year, I need to concentrate! concentrate! concentrate! I'm not going to be some AP class hoarding freak (which my family thinks I am) but I need to get my GPA up. Water polo practice is going to be at the Independence pool for the next few weeks, so I'm going to be able to get my tan back! It just freaking sucks that it's not at Piedmont and it's 3 hours long.

Academic sh*t aside, I'm kind of excited to move into my new house (stupid real estate agent is lagging....). I've already picked out my room color and room decorations! I'm just not excited about the 25 minute commute to Piedmont.

Internetless..... still.

I'm going to keep this short and brief, I still don't have internet and I'm at the library with Natasha. Anyways, it was great seeing everyone yesterday!

01- Crowther - English 3AP
02- Beaupre- French 2
03- Martin - Psychology AP
04- Method- Graphic design
05- Landshof - US History AP
06- Macasaet- Chemistry Honors
07- Hewitt- Algebra 2

I'm in freaking Algebra 2 because of the stupid school system, criessssss. =(

Internet-less...

I'm back in SJ and I'm feeling great! Well... Looks like my internet got mysteriously terminated and we can't renew our contract until July 2010... Great. On the bright side, I've found more fun things to do other than sit my lazy ass in front of this screen and go on AIM/Facebook/ etc... I painted my room all by myself today! Hooray! I'm also finishing up The Scarlet Letter, The Tipping Point, and I'm starting Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte.

Life's good right now!

Sorry if I appear to be jumpy. I'm just so glad to be back.

Take a note..

WOMEN’S LANGUAGE.

(1) Fine: This is the word women use to end an argument when they are right and you need to shut up.

(2) Five Minutes: If she is getting dressed, this means a half an hour. Five minutes is only five minutes if you have just been given five more minutes to watch the game before helping around the house.

(3) Nothing: This is the calm before the storm. This means something, and you should be on your toes . Arguments that begin with nothing usually end in fine.

(4) Go Ahead: This is a dare, not permission. Don’t Do It!

(5) Loud Sigh: This isnt actually a word, but is a non-verbal statement often misunderstood by men. A loud sigh means she thinks you are an idiot and wonders why she is wasting her time standing here and arguing with you about nothing. (Refer back to 3 for the meaning of nothing.)

(6) That’s Okay: This is one of the most dangerous statements a woman can make to a man. That’s okay means she wants to think long and hard before deciding how and when you will pay for your mistake.

(7) Thanks: A woman is thanking you, do not question, or Faint. Just say you’re welcome. (I want to add in a clause here - This is true, unless she says ‘Thanks a lot’ - that is PURE sarcasm and she is not thanking you at all. DO NOT say ‘you’re welcome’ … that will bring on a ‘whatever’).

(8) Whatever: Is a women’s way of saying FUCK YOU!

(9) Don’t worry about it, I got it: Another dangerous statement, meaning this is something that a woman has told a man to do several times, but is now doing it herself. This will later result in a man asking ‘What’s wrong?’ For the woman’s response refer to 3.

Dramatic lemur

The Selby

I'm sitting in a cushy rocking chair with a blanket wrapped around me because of the freezing cold weather in San Francisco. Though San Jose isn't that far from San Francisco, I feel as if I'm in a different country. For me, the downtown shopping sprees and whatever everyone is so fascinated by bores me now. I miss my friends and family in San Jose dearly and I can't wait to come home (I'm not sure when that is...)! I'm going to do some reading now.. I'm determined to finish half of The Scarlet Letter by this evening.

Motivation

For the past few days, I've been trying so hard not to distract myself from completing my 3AP assignments.. But obviously, that didn't work. There's a couple more weeks left until school starts and I'm in deep shit. I'm not even supposed to be writing this right now. I have my Word Document open, and all I have typed is my name and "English 3AP". The blinking line is haunting me, screaming "TYPE ALREADY!" This is quite lame... So, I'm going to make a motivation plan.

1 Chapter read (of each book) daily - Go out for rainbow sherbet ice cream!

2 Chapters read + Doing some reading notes daily - Hang out with friends

3+ Chapters read + Doing reading notes daily- Shopping! + watching 500 Days of Summer with friends

Finishing BOTH assignments before school starts - I'm not sure what I'll reward myself with, but I'm leaning towards dying my hair a chocolatey brown. Who knows.

If this doesn't work out, I don't know what will...

My life on the D-List

A few things...

1) I love Comcast commercials.
2) I can never grow tired of eating fruit.
3) When I grow up, I want to live in either Berlin, Paris, Copenhagen or the East Coast of the USA.
4) I can never stick to a plan. Ever.
5) Honestly, I get very annoyed when people misspell my first name as Vicky. It's tough enough that no one can spell my last name.
6) I used to be pale. 13 years ago.

Berry stains

Look, the eyebrow dog!
In other news, I may be the worst blogger yet. Usually, I'd post every 1-2 days, but now it's more like once every week. Nothing extraordinary happened since my last post, besides learning how to drive. My mom drove me to an abandoned parking lot and skeptically allowed me to take the wheel. It took me an hour to learn how to drive straight, yet I still can't do it. I question myself sometimes whether I can do anything right. -_- This will be my last week in San Francisco (because I'm doing driver's training here) and I'm sad, but I miss my friends and my family a lot. There's a month left of summer, and still, a lot needs to be done. I should stop avoiding reading my 3AP books.

Well, I'm going to go now. My cousin's showing me a YouTube clip on a "tree man".

Whatever you're looking for..

The Selby.

Quel dommage!

Forgive me for neglecting my blog for almost (or maybe) a week already. I've lost track of the days either from having too much fun or from being too bored. My week consisted of playing tennis badly, swimming, eating sushi, avoiding reading The Scarlet Letter and The Tipping Point, and many other things I can't remember.

I'll be returning to sweet ol' San Jose tomorrow to keep my sick mom company (sorry Alan, Miguel and Olivia for being unable to go to SF) and take care of other matters as well. I'm quite nervous about the permit test I'll be taking on Weds. because I suck at remembering traffic signs. Oh well.

Truth or dare?

Another great day in San Jose. Happy 4th of July everyone!

I hung out with Dan and Kimmy again. We watched Benjamin Button be a "bear" before heading off to Yogurt Twist (my first time). After shopping for picnic foods, we headed to the football field (?!) where the fireworks were to take place. There, I saw many of my friends which made the day even better. We played truth or dare while eating our portion of McDonald's Nuggets. The most funniest thing that happened was Sara walking up to a random boy and taking his hat off... His whole kiddie clique proceeded to stare us down and threaten to squirt us with cold water. Jane also ran up to random adults and took pictures of them wearing her sunglasseThen there came the "bear", a creepy man who kept posing behind our pictures. Ew...The fireworks were alright, my photos are a bit "eh" but what can you expect with my shaky hands? The ceremonies concluded with a spaz of fireworks which made me go apesh*t... Walking out of the damn place made me go insane as well. Stupid people pushing. Too bad Jane couldn't eat cake with us at Dan and Kimmy's. Hopefully we'll hang out again!

To dust

Staying in San Jose for the weekend really helped me relax and have fun for the first time this summer...
Today, I had to go to my mom's friend's party up in the hills and I thought I'd be bored to bits. Instead, I enjoyed my time there with Dan and Kimmy, along with the rest of the gang. We strayed far away from "bears", hunted jackrabbits, ate expired snow cones and snuck out of the house to go lay on the lush golf course and take pictures. To top off my day, we walked about a mile to a country club where they had an awesome Fourth of July celebration. There were hundreds of people in red, white and blue attire sitting on their lawn chairs and waiting for the show to begin. Dan, Kimmy and I laid on a beach towel while taking crappy pictures with my camera (which conveniently ran out of batteries after the beginning of the fireworks show) and cellphone, while texting Leyna. I was scared to death by the fireworks because I keep thinking I'll be hit... Obviously not.

I hope everyone has a happy fourth of July celebration tomorrow! I'll probably be going to Dan and Kimmy's for some fireworks fun, and hopefully Jane will be there too!

ORANGE YOU GLAD...

Not to sound like a pessimist, but my summer is hardly worth elaborating about. No surprise, I've been babysitting my cousin for the past few days and I'm quite tired of running around like a maniac. But hey, at least I'm burning calories! Pretty soon (meaning a day), my cousin will be leaving for Pennsylvania and there shall be some adventures in store. Just text me if you want to hang out!

But for now, I'll resort to eating orange sherbet with my cousins while watching endless marathons of Ghost Hunters on the SciFi channel (which will soon be renamed the SyFy channel).

Beachin'

Chasing the sun back to the West coast

Today, I visited San Jose, and I have a question...
Why was it so ^%$!ing hot?!


And I also had to babysit this mister in the blazing sun...

Back to old habits...

Tumblr or blogspot? Tumblr or blogspot?!
Alright, guess I have to make a pros and cons list for using Tumblr.

PROS User-friendly, easy to use, nicely organized

CONS People reblog everything and make it an AIM conversation, too many people use it and explain every minute detail of their days, not a lot of publishing tools.

I'm looking for an adventure here in San Francisco. I have to admit, it does get quite lonely here since I haven't been in contact with my SF friends for years except for Christina. And tomorrow is Saturday! Which means no babysitting. Oh, the things I do for love.

If you're feeling fine, it ain't the swine.

Wow, really? I think people are making this a way bigger deal than it actually is.

Just let me know what I've done wrong

withasianstereotypes

I want to find those bracelets. For some strange reason, I'm heading off to the beach later despite the paper-white sky and gusty winds. I miss Alemeda and my cousin's beach front house. Plus, he has an unlimited supply of chicken bakes.

I love foreign exchange students.

Yurisa is a foreign exchange student. She's going to go back to Japan on June 19, and it blows.

I'm kind of getting bored of tumblr. All you do is reblog, reblog, reblog. Post a picture of pigs (due to swine flu, I mean H1N1 influenza A) and whatnot. We'll see.

Hmmm....

I forgot I had this blog.

Oops.

I'll update when the time comes.

Right now, I'm being a very PMSy beeotch.

Never really said too much.

For once, AE has pretty cute spring clothes.

I watched the Uninvited today. I give it 3/5 stars, because the ending confused me horribly. Pictures are on my Tumblr. After, I browsed around the mall in hopes of looking for some cute spring dresses, but I had no luck in doing so. Maybe I need to look outside of the mall. But in SJ, there's no special stores around. Or at least I don't think so.

Vogue March 09 is the size of a phone book...

But I love it. I have yet to leaf through it. I'm so tired and busy...

Today, I woke up at 5 and studied for my 9:30am exam for 4 hours. When I
left my dorm at 9, it was dark outside. Turns out I slept through the entire day
and woke up at 5pm. FML
-VIA FMYLIFE.COM

Blogger, for the win?

So many people are using Tumblr, it's not my little obscure blog hideout any longer. I was thinking maybe Wordpress or Livejournal, but I need blog-customization in order to be sane. I don't know, that's just me. Today was fun. It consisted of hanging out with my favorite peeps and playing basketball, walking to 711, and so on. I also went to the West party. I kind of miss that place. And everyone there. We'll see. I need some ching ching before I even think of going into year-round swimming. Coaches that force me to do backstroke with an injury can SMD. :) Marcelo said he won't make me do such a thing though.

I'm not sure why I have the history channel on, while I'm totally doing my own thing on the laptop. Maybe I just like to feel smart sometimes.

Straddling the line.

Tumblr vs. Blogger... I love both!

I'm really tired. My mom thought I didn't wash my makeup due to the dark circles under my eyes. Thing is, I don't wear make up. Today, I bought a few things from JC Penney's. A few studded bangles and some socks. That basically made up my day. I'm quite boring.

Inspire me.

Teen Vogue group. Ah! I love the tye-dye.

I wish my wrists were adorned with hardware and studs.

Chanel.



Louboutin never fails to amaze.

Via JAK & JIL

New things.

Since you've gone I've lost a chip on my shoulder,
Since you've gone I feel like I've gotten older,
And now you've gone it feels as if the whole wide world is my stage
And now you've gone it's like I've been let out of my cage