I keep having ideas of random little bits I want to blog about, but when I sit down to blog I don't remember them or I don't feel like blogging anymore. Umm...
Oh yeah. WTF. Berkeley raised student fees by 10% because they're under budget. But then I walk to class and Haas is giving itself an UNNECESSARY paint job?! WTF. Ok, fine, Haas money is primarily from donations. But it's still pretty annoying. That money could be used for so many more things. Like, more free beer and Top Dog for Haas students.
I want to have a body flush and just eat vegetables for a week. I feel like there is all this processed sugar sitting in my body. Gross.
I wish I were capable of not obsessing about the past. I never used to until college. I'm in one of my "let's revisit the past and scrutinize everything that I could have done differently" modes. It is annoying because I remember at the time I was like "ok, I feel like I am doing everything I can do, so I know I'm not going to regret anything." I think I'm just bored with life - I have no drama so I like to create it in my head.
Sleep time! I'm rereading The Time Traveller's Wife. I feel like I will only ever read non-fiction for the rest of my life, except when I feel like reading fiction, I'd just cycle between this book, Life of Pi, and Where The Heart Is. And the Harry Potters.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Better Off Ted
I remember watching the pilot of Better Off Ted and falling asleep because I was super tired. Then I never watched it again. Well, I'm happy some people out there did, because I'm watching episodes on hulu (FINALLY, ABC joins Hulu - the ABC online player is so shitty) and it's pretty hilarious. Yay! It's renewed for a new season!
I also watched the tv version of 10 Things I hate About You that premiered last night. It was supposed to be good. I watched and it was so SO BAD! It's the first ABC Family show that I've seen - maybe I need to lower my standards. But I will continue watching, because I really like Lindsay Shaw. It's weird because the dad from the movie version is also the dad in the TV version. And he doesn't look any different
I also watched the tv version of 10 Things I hate About You that premiered last night. It was supposed to be good. I watched and it was so SO BAD! It's the first ABC Family show that I've seen - maybe I need to lower my standards. But I will continue watching, because I really like Lindsay Shaw. It's weird because the dad from the movie version is also the dad in the TV version. And he doesn't look any different
Monday, July 6, 2009
Summer School Friends
My summer school started today. I finally looked at my financial statement analysis textbook and it looks like a lot of words and not very many numbers. I think it may be possible for me to get through the course without actually reading the chapters.
The class is 68 students. I wanted to make new Haas friends this summer, but looking around the room, I'm not so sure it will happen. Out of the 68 students, there were exactly three white girls and two white guys (all exchange students who speak German). There were two Indian guys, and everyone else was Asian. Out of the Asians girls, I'd say that three of them were not fobby Asian girls. I didn't count how many non-fobby Asian boys there were, but I don't think there are that many, nor do I usually befriend Asian business boys anyway. I talked to one of the German girls today ... so that leaves me with two more friends to make. HAHA just kidding. Open mind!
I went to Core Blast today after three days of ZERO exercise and ridiculous eating. I could not do shit. If anything, Core Blast just made me feel worse about myself! Usually, I mouth "WHAT THE FUCK" to Paulo for one particularly hard exercise. But today, every exercise elicited a "FUCK NO" or a "who does he think we are?!" At least I sweated, but I know I'm not going to feel sore at all tomorrow. Ugh, I'm so disappointed in myself. I better be able to run 3.5mi straight tomorrow, or I'm going to have NO MERCY on my body for the next week.
The class is 68 students. I wanted to make new Haas friends this summer, but looking around the room, I'm not so sure it will happen. Out of the 68 students, there were exactly three white girls and two white guys (all exchange students who speak German). There were two Indian guys, and everyone else was Asian. Out of the Asians girls, I'd say that three of them were not fobby Asian girls. I didn't count how many non-fobby Asian boys there were, but I don't think there are that many, nor do I usually befriend Asian business boys anyway. I talked to one of the German girls today ... so that leaves me with two more friends to make. HAHA just kidding. Open mind!
I went to Core Blast today after three days of ZERO exercise and ridiculous eating. I could not do shit. If anything, Core Blast just made me feel worse about myself! Usually, I mouth "WHAT THE FUCK" to Paulo for one particularly hard exercise. But today, every exercise elicited a "FUCK NO" or a "who does he think we are?!" At least I sweated, but I know I'm not going to feel sore at all tomorrow. Ugh, I'm so disappointed in myself. I better be able to run 3.5mi straight tomorrow, or I'm going to have NO MERCY on my body for the next week.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Bing!
Everytime I see some advertisement for Bing, Microsoft's new search engine, a scene from Mean Girls pops in my head. The one where Regina George sharply says "Gretchen, stop trying to make fetch happen. It's not going to happen." That is what I think of Bing. Why does Microsoft even bother trying to make a competitive search engine? Who searches anything on msn.com?! I may leave msn.com as my homepage out of laziness and some enjoyment over having stupid articles greet me whenever I open my browser, but I would never actually use msn.com to take me somewhere else. Dumb.
I am super full. Yesterday I ate a crapload of sushi. I don't even know how many sushi roll and nigiri equivalents I ate. We ate at a sushi buffet in Newport Beach. I felt like I was in an episode of Laguna Beach. Seared salmon was incredible. I like Alvin's quote: "this dinner is either going to make us smarter or dumber."
I freaking ordered a textbook on amazon.com and stupidly sent it to my home address. I even paid more for express shipping! Of course, it has not come, and the post office is not going to be making deliveries today or tomorrow. I will be starting school without my textbook... boo
I could have sworn my summer school was MWF and Tuesday 8:00-11:00, but I checked it again and it's only MWF 8-10:30. Budget cuts? Or my own stupidity? In any case, I'm happy because I think I can more or less stick to my exercise schedule. Which is really the main contributor to my happiness about this summer. HAHA
BBQ now! It's deathly hot in Arcadia. I always wake up super early before it gets hot and I'm in SF before the sun really starts to shine in Berkeley. The only time I ever feel uncomfortably warm is the walk back from the bus stop to my apartment, and every day I'm like "UGH why is it so damn hot all of a sudden?!" Then I sit in my apartment and an hour later the sun goes down and I go swimming and it's cold again.
I am super full. Yesterday I ate a crapload of sushi. I don't even know how many sushi roll and nigiri equivalents I ate. We ate at a sushi buffet in Newport Beach. I felt like I was in an episode of Laguna Beach. Seared salmon was incredible. I like Alvin's quote: "this dinner is either going to make us smarter or dumber."
I freaking ordered a textbook on amazon.com and stupidly sent it to my home address. I even paid more for express shipping! Of course, it has not come, and the post office is not going to be making deliveries today or tomorrow. I will be starting school without my textbook... boo
I could have sworn my summer school was MWF and Tuesday 8:00-11:00, but I checked it again and it's only MWF 8-10:30. Budget cuts? Or my own stupidity? In any case, I'm happy because I think I can more or less stick to my exercise schedule. Which is really the main contributor to my happiness about this summer. HAHA
BBQ now! It's deathly hot in Arcadia. I always wake up super early before it gets hot and I'm in SF before the sun really starts to shine in Berkeley. The only time I ever feel uncomfortably warm is the walk back from the bus stop to my apartment, and every day I'm like "UGH why is it so damn hot all of a sudden?!" Then I sit in my apartment and an hour later the sun goes down and I go swimming and it's cold again.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
"Things to do in Vancouver"
I'm trying to make a suggestion list of things to do in Vancouver. Considering that I'm going with so many people who love to plan things, I feel pretty confident that no one is depending on me to plan, which is nice. But I figure I should see what there is to do so I can get my two cents in. (why is the saying "two cents?" Maybe my ideas are worth a dollar.) Ideally, when I type "things to do in vancouver," I would get people's blogs, where they post things like "I went to ____ for the first time and I can't believe I've never gone!" I want things that resident Canadians would really enjoy. Instead, I will only get commercialized listings. I hate when there is a list of things to do, and half of them are artsy/cultural things. I'm not 60. Also, just because I'm 20 doesn't mean my only other option is clubbing.
I never trust these "top things to do" lists that are publicized by travel companies. For instance, Fisherman's Wharf would be a top thing to do in SF, except Fisherman's Wharf is totally lame. And all tourists go to Alcatraz Island, but I've met tons of people who live in NorCal and have never been. Similarly, I have very rarely ever gone into downtown LA, and I only go into Hollywood when I have to accompany visiting relatives. Who decides that a place is a "tourist attraction" anyway? Did locals REALLY go there once upon a time, or is it all marketing?
HAHA I just looked up top things to do in Berkeley just to test it out. Someone suggested a gourmet ghetto walk, starting with "Gregoire's -> Cheeseboard -> Love At First Bite" HAHA THAT WAS THE EXACT order that 1:00-4:00 of the 12 hour food marathon was. I guess they didn't qualify the shack of Brazil Cafe as "gourmet eating"
You know what would be awesome is a trip advisor where you can select some characteristics that you have. For instance, I enjoy eating at small, unknown restaurants. Check. I enjoy walking through clean, new-looking commercial areas. Check. I enjoy looking at crafts. No check. Then it aggregates this and gives you a result. And my result would be: walk down North Berkeley, Shattuck Ave. Do not walk down Telegraph. Stop at Gregoire's for lunch. Also, possibly visit College Ave. And I'd be totally satisfied with these results.
Other grand ideas I have come up with, and if only I had the capital or the technical know-how to get these running, I would never even need a job!
1) A new office-wide email program that trumps Outlook. I HATE outlook. Intensely. Clearly, the only reason companies continue to use Outlook is because it comes preinstalled, and because it's been in use for so long that it would take a tremendous amount of resources to switch over. But omg, every time I use Outlook, I feel like I'm back in 1998. I didn't really get why Equilar used it at first, but I was kind of whatever since I didn't get too many e-mails. Then I go to my job now, where people send emails left and right, and I'm like OH GOD WHYYYYY. There are SO many inefficiencies. And the layout is hideous. I was complaining about it to Laura/Soo Jin and was like "I hope I never have to use Outlook in the future" and they were like "uh... every company uses Outlook." UGH! Gmail should create a program specifically for office use.
That was actually the only idea I had that could be considered a profitable venture. The other idea I had was a food blog that gave Chinese recipes ... in English. I can never find people who will teach me how to make Chinese dishes. All I ever read are dessert recipes (no thank you! I'm on a diet, as delicious as everything looks) and things that look like they'd be served in an upscale restaurant. I just want to make things that have a max of three ingredients. Maybe one being water. Flavor is not required.
I guess instead of making a suggestions list, I ended up blogging. Whoops. I really, really want something sweet. Strange, because I don't think it's time for my period cravings yet. I think they are just hunger cravings. NO COOKIE. I feel fatter than I did last week. I ate too many carbs :( I will never be thin.
I realized a couple hours ago that I "know" a lot of Canadians. For some reason, a ton of tv recappers/people who write the tv blogs I read are Canadians. Unfortunately, I don't bother making online friends, so I can't ask any of them "what can I do in Vancouver?!" I should have networked earlier in life.
I never trust these "top things to do" lists that are publicized by travel companies. For instance, Fisherman's Wharf would be a top thing to do in SF, except Fisherman's Wharf is totally lame. And all tourists go to Alcatraz Island, but I've met tons of people who live in NorCal and have never been. Similarly, I have very rarely ever gone into downtown LA, and I only go into Hollywood when I have to accompany visiting relatives. Who decides that a place is a "tourist attraction" anyway? Did locals REALLY go there once upon a time, or is it all marketing?
HAHA I just looked up top things to do in Berkeley just to test it out. Someone suggested a gourmet ghetto walk, starting with "Gregoire's -> Cheeseboard -> Love At First Bite" HAHA THAT WAS THE EXACT order that 1:00-4:00 of the 12 hour food marathon was. I guess they didn't qualify the shack of Brazil Cafe as "gourmet eating"
You know what would be awesome is a trip advisor where you can select some characteristics that you have. For instance, I enjoy eating at small, unknown restaurants. Check. I enjoy walking through clean, new-looking commercial areas. Check. I enjoy looking at crafts. No check. Then it aggregates this and gives you a result. And my result would be: walk down North Berkeley, Shattuck Ave. Do not walk down Telegraph. Stop at Gregoire's for lunch. Also, possibly visit College Ave. And I'd be totally satisfied with these results.
Other grand ideas I have come up with, and if only I had the capital or the technical know-how to get these running, I would never even need a job!
1) A new office-wide email program that trumps Outlook. I HATE outlook. Intensely. Clearly, the only reason companies continue to use Outlook is because it comes preinstalled, and because it's been in use for so long that it would take a tremendous amount of resources to switch over. But omg, every time I use Outlook, I feel like I'm back in 1998. I didn't really get why Equilar used it at first, but I was kind of whatever since I didn't get too many e-mails. Then I go to my job now, where people send emails left and right, and I'm like OH GOD WHYYYYY. There are SO many inefficiencies. And the layout is hideous. I was complaining about it to Laura/Soo Jin and was like "I hope I never have to use Outlook in the future" and they were like "uh... every company uses Outlook." UGH! Gmail should create a program specifically for office use.
That was actually the only idea I had that could be considered a profitable venture. The other idea I had was a food blog that gave Chinese recipes ... in English. I can never find people who will teach me how to make Chinese dishes. All I ever read are dessert recipes (no thank you! I'm on a diet, as delicious as everything looks) and things that look like they'd be served in an upscale restaurant. I just want to make things that have a max of three ingredients. Maybe one being water. Flavor is not required.
I guess instead of making a suggestions list, I ended up blogging. Whoops. I really, really want something sweet. Strange, because I don't think it's time for my period cravings yet. I think they are just hunger cravings. NO COOKIE. I feel fatter than I did last week. I ate too many carbs :( I will never be thin.
I realized a couple hours ago that I "know" a lot of Canadians. For some reason, a ton of tv recappers/people who write the tv blogs I read are Canadians. Unfortunately, I don't bother making online friends, so I can't ask any of them "what can I do in Vancouver?!" I should have networked earlier in life.
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