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[24 Dec 2006|10:22pm] [ mood | anxious ] i don't know about you, but i am experiencing the classic "quarter-life crisis" and it's the scariest, loneliest experience of my life so far. merry christmas. tip those cows

[10 Oct 2006|10:21pm] new wild and crazy dream: win the rome prize at the american academy in rome. someday.. i mean, chip sullivan did it. why can't i???? oy. tip those cows

[21 Aug 2006|11:30pm] oops, i did it again. tip those cows

:'( [18 Aug 2006|08:48pm] [ mood | nostalgic ] [ music | sweet child of mine- guns n roses ] i've officially been kicked off of the members only section of the cal band website. it's truly the end of an era. tear. tip those cows

[14 Aug 2006|05:48pm] [ mood | nostalgic ] [ music | dust in the wind - kansas ] i think my new favorite band might be boston. classic rock is so freakin amazing. hanging out with friends makes me the happiest, especially for the entire weekend. i miss band, but i miss daisuke more. 1 moo| tip those cows

back from europe! [22 Jul 2006|09:17am] [ mood | nervous ] 17 days of travelling was starting to take its toll. good thing i didn't catch the measles from germany. my dad and i took a tour of 9 countries in europe and by the end most of the people had become friends, and we had a pretty funny tour guide named steve who carried an orange umbrella and chain-smoked. i guess being a tour guide is pretty stressful. london was okay... the local tour guide there stuttered and spat when he talked so i could hardly understand him. paris was GORGEOUS but crowded as hell. i wish we could've stayed at the louvre longer than just enough time to see mona lisa, venus di milo, and winged victory of samothrace. um.. versailles was pretty cool too. then onto italy. milano was pretty blah except for the statue of da vinci. all the churches we visited, especially st. peter's and the duomo of brunelleschi in florence we breathtakingly BEAUTIFUL!! you certainly don't see stuff like that in the states because we are devoid of culture. the local tour guide in rome had a super thick accent and added an AH to every word he said. weAH areAH nowAH visitingAH st. peter's basilicaAH, eh? myAH englishAh, ees prettyAH good, EH? in venice our bus broke down in 100 degree weather and we had to WALK almost 2 miles to the restaurant for dinner. no one complained, so that was good even though we were all melting. the next day, we got a new bus and driver, although the old one made off with our tips for the whole trip. shady italians. the next few countries were okay, but vienna and budapest had good food, especially the goulash. mmmmmm.... a bunch of people on the tour went out at night in austria and brussels and got drunk and had good conversation. i had this fruity reddish beer. really good. the last place we visited was amsterdam. wow...seriously the most liberal place i've ever been. we're talking big red light district with sex shops and window girls, legal gay marriage, "coffeeshops" where you can smoke/eat pot legally (special brownies are called "space cakes.") we even visited the sex museum, which was really crazy. throughout the whole trip, we had mostly mediocre food but some interesting meals. the escargot was actually pretty good, but the goose liver was disgusting. i ate pasta every day in italy but their chicken was too dry and their water was 8 euros a bottle. sometimes the best food was at the rest stops, in austria especially. steak for lunch! at a rest stop! we went through 5 bus drivers. spent tons of money on souvenirs and my leg is still cramped up from all that walking and sitting. i even met a girl who went to cal and a guy who will be a freshman at cal, and saw lots of random people in europe with cal hats and shirts. best: rome, paris, goulash (beef stew) in hungary, the swiss alps (we went up 10,000 feet), gelatto in italy worst: HOT weather in italy, cramped bus, having to pay to pee. and now.. corporate slavery begins. sigh. 2 moos| tip those cows

[12 Jul 2006|11:43pm] [ mood | listless ] i'm in europe, rome. hotel is too far away from robert's and jeff's, so i guess we can't hang out in rome tonight. will try again in venice. oh well. will deal with landlord later. i hope that one works out because i'm flat broke. yay for free dial-up internet at holiday inns in milan and rome! 2 moos| tip those cows

[03 Jul 2006|10:43pm] [ mood | hot ] [ music | claire de lune - debussy ] had a great weekend hanging out with nitzya and the guys at the lanzafames' island. i wish we could've stayed longer. then had two sleepovers in a row with daisuke and hoh, just talking late into the morning about whatever. didn't get much sleep this weekend, but it was the best weekend of the summer so far. now im getting ready to jet off to europe for a few weeks with my dad. maybe we'll even run into robert and jeff in italy, but i kinda doubt it. that would be so cool though. la is HOT!!! can't wait to get outta here. tip those cows

ABCs [28 Jun 2006|12:23am] [ mood | tired ] [ music | just - radiohead ] A - Age: 22 B - Band listening to right now: radiohead C - Career: architect/artist/designer/wannabe musician D - Drink or smoke: drink E - Easiest person/s to talk to: bryan, ryan, brent, stephanie, i can talk to almost anyone F - Favorite song/s at the moment: fake plastic trees, my iron lung, airbag, don't stop believin' G - Gummy Bears or Gummy Worms: BEARS! J - Junk foods you like: chips and dip, cheesecake L - Longest car ride ever: los angeles to salt lake city, or berkeley to vegas M - My favorite Sport/s: swimming and football N - Number of relationships you've had: i don't know if they count as relationships, but 2 O - One wish you have: HM...just happiness for everyone. oh and i wish i could pay the rent and didn't have cavities P - Phobias: witches, escalators that go down, clowns, spiders, and live chickens Q - Favorite Quote: "the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars..." jack kerouac, on the road R - Reason to smile: it's summer! i have tons of great friends, i'm going to europe soon, life is good! S- Song: um.. heroin by the velvet underground T- Time you woke up: 11am U - Unknown fact about you: i'm secretly a hopeless romantic V - Vegetable/fruit you hate: onions W - Worst habit: procrastination, getting cavities X - X-rays you've had: teeth, fractured foot, dislocated arm Y- Yummy food/s: omg.. EVERYTHING - cheesecake, curry, chili, bbq, everything! Z- Zodiac sign: gemini baby! tip those cows

another graduation perk [23 Jun 2006|04:15am] [ mood | happy ] my cousin offered to buy me some architecture/art/design books from this famous store in santa monica as a graduation present. you probably don't care what the significance in that is, but i'll tell you anyway. i LOVE architecture/art/design books, but i can't afford them because they're so damn expensive because they're so damn hip. i love flipping through them and getting ideas and crap, although i usually never end up using them. but who cares, they're pretty and when it comes to design, looks matter the most. very thoughtful of him. so next weekend i hope to go over to the store and look at the books in person because the website doesn't do them justice. then i leave for europe! i am so spoiled. but whatever, i graduated from cal after working my ass off with a decent gpa, so i deserve a lil something special. i'm gonna be like a fat kid in a candy store. praise the lord! more boring tidbits about me: i can't wait to finish summer school, but i don't wanna work because i like my freedom. my burn wounds are healing too slowly, and sometimes the ripped skin freaks me out a little. i'm looking for some light summer reading. and people have brought up the fact that everyone who has lived in this room before me has gotten into a relationship while living here, and they expect me to continue that tradition. YEAH RIGHT! not gonna happen. i'm enjoying my freedom way too much. 1 moo| tip those cows

[17 Jun 2006|03:14pm] i wish i had a best friend. well, except for jesus because he's not here physically. like, a best friend you do everything with.. tell secrets, talk about anything, go places, have the same hobbies. i used to have one, but we split in high school because she became kinda slutty. we were best friends since kindergarten. and i haven't had one since. i guess i'm lucky though because instead of having one best friend i have tons of friends. and they're all so different, and i hang out with all different people instead of sticking to the same group all the time, like most people do. i don't have a specific "crew" that i hang out with all the time, i have lots of groups of friends. but still no best friend. 1 moo| tip those cows

scary dream [11 Jun 2006|02:33pm] last night i dreamed that all my architecture friends got into columbia and i got rejected. ouch. more ouch than my destroyed hand, which will take a while to heal. sigh. tip those cows

[10 Jun 2006|05:08pm] [ mood | cold ] so the water is somewhat back to normal, but my left hand is destroyed. takes me twice as long to do things as it would if i had two working hands. dammit. i don't even think i can hold a trombone properly, since it requires the left hand to support its weight. this sucks so much. on a much less grim note, yesterday's bbq was hilarious. if you ever pass out in front of a group of people, don't be surprised if you wake up with sharpee drawings all over your face, bright pink nail polish all over your hands, and something long between your legs. i will decline to name the victim, but poor guy! tip those cows

[08 Jun 2006|01:12am] i think the water heater in north spruce isn't working. which means i had to take a FREEZING COLD shower. nooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!! also, i'm REALLY behind in my summer school homework because people keep visiting/calling me to hang out and i just can't say no! tip those cows

the summer of summers [02 Jun 2006|12:39am] [ mood | happy ] the grand european tour has been booked. my dad and i will be hitting up london, paris, switzerland, milan, pisa, rome, florence, venice, austria, germany, belgium, and amsterdam for almost 3 weeks in july. then i start working, which i'm thrilled about and not too thrilled about at the same time. meanwhile, i'm trying to get through summer school without doing TOO much work, looking forward to some calsos, and glad that graduation/moving are over. i'm lucky that the job and the housing pretty much fell into my lap this spring without me having to do much work, when i was busy with studio and had no time to search for a job/housing/new roommates. living on northside should be pretty interesting although i will miss the asian ghetto and telegraph. also, this summer marks the end of parental support and the beginning of life in the "real world." i'll be here and there all summer, sometimes in berkeley, sometimes not. like now. i'm in l.a. for the weekend (sucks). 1 moo| tip those cows

[26 May 2006|04:11pm] [ mood | frustrated ] my computer is such a bitch. and now it's gonna cost me another freaking 30 bucks just to have someone install my ram FOR me because i'm too retarded to make it work. bah. tip those cows

YAY!!!!!!!!!! [20 May 2006|11:11pm] [ mood | ecstatic ] I GOT AN A- IN STUDIO!!!!!!!!!!! (that's five units, btw). that's the best grade i have gotten in the past 4 studios!! I LOVE YOU, JEAN PAUL! (my studio teacher, who i loved/hated in studio). I CAN'T WAIT TO GRADUATE!! (on monday) tip those cows

more random memories [16 May 2006|02:09am] [ mood | nostalgic ] i'm avoiding studying for my poli sci final at all costs. more random memories in random order: th hit the slopes parties, especially that last one chang, chang, and chang in studios (amy, jenny, and me) reza. and sigma phi dinners and sleepovers "kat, you should join a sorority!" (i glared at him) "or live here over the summer, we can pretend we're dating and make some noises every so often" oy. max, the sigma phi dog north beach and city lights bookstore eric and domingo! fag hag chip and joe meeting hitasha at calso changababa in sam davis' class brian the health worker who didn't know anything about health, but was fun to hang out with anyway smoking out of an apple that brian and i stole from ed during the week of 4/20 greene & greene - BEAUTIFUL smoking on the deck of the greene & greene house (sigma phi) renting porn on the oregon trip 2nd year FASTBREAK! (ouch) mariners game on udub trip 4th year trombone dinners: the blue nile - jizzam! pizza at bonerland dick's in san diego the dc fenton's joe's bbqs joe's grandma's the rainforest cafe tamales and armenian food that little pizza place during the ski trip the bellagio buffet "he looooves you!" dirty dancing with reza my post-finals-done-with-freshman-year piercings terrible reality shows with katherine puking from raspberry vodka puking at milvia house in august basses bus, 3rd year heartbreaker and heartbroken - but bouncing back quickly the lost skeleton of cadavra - with miguel disneyland, summer before 3rd year rocky horror picture show virgin swimming at strawberry canyon with reza watching for shooting stars at tilden ananya roy savannah chicken and waffles yoshi's with cheney 5 joe and erik sitting in my living room in nothing but their underwear forcing jdlp to watch the oc the save the earth show - with the captain planet theme. my one and only big game bonfire rally what? what? you liiiike? spring break in new york and boston friendster tanya's hippie toothpaste bringing a desklamp to "bowling for columbine" at wheeler. tom and his pet snakes and excursions from studio to feed them rats dusty and "katster" girl lunches with magdalena, natalie, and agnessa guy lunch with ryan, ryan, harold, and eric steaks with cousin larry crazy fruits that looked like alien skulls spilling the guts at the westin st. francis being football game buddies with ryjo picnic days the heavenly beds in dallas milvia house movies the wurster courtyard orange and now, green bean the one nightstand. ha. hm.. that's all i can think of for now. in case you couldn't tell, i really miss all these people. 1 moo| tip those cows

four years under the belt. [10 May 2006|11:27pm] [ mood | nostalgic ] [ music | hail to california ] graduated today! well, sort of. i guess it doesn't really count if i didn't even bring my hat or bother to dress up properly (i wore jeans and flip flops). i sat by ling, daisuke, chappy, noah, and john. the speaker didn't bother to show up to our graduation, so the chancellor spoke instead. he has a funny accent, kinda lispy. it was HOT, and i received a text message from the wind ensemble. heh. i felt like i just sort of melted in the heat. unfortunately, we were separated from rachel, ryjo, will, and bruno but we met up afterwards. tons of food at the campanile, and then raleigh's afterward. this tops a week of fancy meals, including fenton's and claim jumpers. shat mentioned it would be great if we could somehow combine all of our photos from the past four years, but that would be a HUGE project to undertake, and i'm not sure it'll happen. still, how convenient it would be to have all my memories of my best friends from the past 4 years in one package. sigh. FOUR YEARS ALREADY! these guys and i have been through it all together.. just like we recalled in our north tunnel senior yell, and much more beyond it. and i'm not too sad, because i know many of us will still be around, so those memories are not quite finished. heck i still have one more month of school at cal left because i stupidly decided to take summer school. anyway, tomorrow is a new day, we shall see what's in store. i'll be gone until tuesday, then my last final of the semester, my real graduation, and missing people who will be gone for the summer. life couldn't be better. some memories of the past four years: 1st year: missing ftp davis my newman year hiro and aaron a-m zach and brad, my tas julie, my first "friend" in band jessica duhe and david santo in my ta group ben & jerry's vermonster because fenton's had burned down that year the l.a. trip my newman year - oh god! fniss, the yellow boot bucket the porkfitch stealing the letter with the other bone newmen the ritual with the secret OBJECT the take a ride show crazy bone oldmen this dude in my dorm, whose name i will decline to state crazy griffiths 6th floor parties 2nd year: the fearsome foursome oregon trip and the flags really starting to make friends lovefest bitchfest wassailing! bruno spaghetti fest for christmas eve the christmas pageant five iron frenzy farewell tour! beating u$C! the insight bowl duncan, my hot construction gsi joe, the hot photo lab guy 3rd year: being a ta too many unneccessary, hot performances worst ex-comm EVER! tower of power caroling the big game show tv dropping steam tunnels lisa iwamoto- bitch awesome 21st bday zimmer gunsul frasca - lovely architecture! hot ryan stunt! 4th year: stunt retreat!! TAOP! FTP! being thrown in the pool udub the cartoon and doors shows newmen.. lots of newman love lots of making out vegas! ski trip turmoil in spring semester barn party! th dinners final days with my awesome friends more memories to come... 22 moos| tip those cows

short update [08 May 2006|10:40pm] [ mood | calm ] [ music | reel big fish ] studio is done. final review raped me in the ass, but i'm still hoping for a b+ or higher (yeah right!). i missed my presentation for poli sci because i pulled 3 all nighters in a row and didn't eat for 24 hours because of studio. i hope my poli sci gsi doesn't fail me because all i need is a P. all in all, SCHOOL SUCKS MY NONEXISTANT BALLS. one more final, and it's over. in the meantime, i'm doing some major chillin, partying, having dinners with friends, and looking forward to graduations and going home for several days. will be back in time for my stupid final for stupid poli sci. the weather is beautiful, life is glorious. go bears. tip those cows

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