Madness.
Friday night was Laura's birthday which meant a trip to the Main St. for bar crawling which was incredibly scandalous and eventful and I can't really discuss it on LJ. More so for her than for me. I know, I'm a tease... what are you going to do? I'll just say that as birthdays go this one will be very very memorable.

Saturday afternoon was a luncheon for my mom's friends' birthday. We went to this killer posh hotel on 2nd street and Wilshire, ate lunch at the top floor with a view of all of Santa Monica. Gorgeous.
Saturday night Jia-Meng and Réda and their friend Yasseen (sp) came to pick me up and we went to Malibu to watch Mason Jennings live in concert. AMAZING because, 1) JIA-MENG IS BACK!!!, 2) Mason Jennings is one cool guy. I'm so excited to have my wonderful friend back to the States. Dinner at Swingers on Lincoln.

Sunday I saw "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" in L.A. (most of the original cast). Pretty good show, cute to be sure. My main complaint would be that it lacks really catchy songs that leave you singing after the show is over. I guess I'm just an old-fashioned musical kind of girl, but it's always nice to see a show.

This week= last final exam (DONE), interview for job (DONE), turning in last Lit J piece (today), Flag Day party (tomorrow), Ian party (Friday), and then... Graduation.
About that interview-- it went very well and I'm overwhelmed. Could I be working for one of the top 3 PR firms in the country by the end of the month? Am I ready to work in... "the business"? I was told not to say yes to other job offers. This seems serious.

My cap and gown are hanging in my dad's office. It's so weird.

Well, 2x in one website, anyway. Fortunately I've been published before... but ANYWAY!!!!

My work has finally made it onto the UCI Literary Journalism Department's website, and I wanted to put the link to my work on here so that people who read my LJ and have been interested to read my piece about the dominatrix can read it through the website. Also on the site is a piece I wrote about Hasidic Jews a year ago. I hope some of you guys can take the time to read one of the pieces. I can at least promise the dominatrix piece will be titilating.

Go to the "Students' Work" section and scroll down.
CLICK FOR MY WRITING

I think I enjoyed "Music and Lyrics" a little too much...

So it appears that I have been on Myspace for 3 1/2 years and not realized it. I know, I know... this is quite the accomplishment.

3 1/2 years ago I signed up for Myspace and never got into it. Until today I thought that I had deleted my account, but this weekend when Laura and Anya tried to get me to sign up for Myspace, they discovered that my account was still active. Today, Anya informed me of their findings.
I reckon what happened was I didn't follow all the instructions for deletion of my account, thus my account was never completely deleted. I signed in a few minutes ago and found random messages from very good looking men... I could have kicked myself!

No matter, I am in the process of really officially deleting myself. I think Myspace is unsavory, I don't know. Perhaps after I graduate I'll delete Facebook and make a Myspace, but I don't know... Facebook is just mo betta'!

I feel oddly creepy about having my page up for all these years... like people have been watching me without my knowledge. *shudder* Well, in 48 hours I should be off the Myspace merry-go-round.

Jon gave me his super awesome mix CD and this song is amazing... the more I listen to it the more I love it and feel like it speaks to me completely. You all should download it, despite the heavy lyrics it's actually a really poppy fun song.

Phoenix-- "If I Ever Feel Better"

They say an end can be a start
Feels like I've been buried yet I'm still alive
It's like a bad day that never ends
I feel the chaos around me
A thing I don't try to deny
I'd better learn to accept that
There are things in my life that I can't control

They say love ain't nothing but a sore
I don't even know what love is
Too many tears have had to fall
Don't you know I'm so tired of it all
I have known terror dizzy spells
Finding out the secrets words won't tell
Whatever it is it can't be named
There's a part of my world that' s fading away
You know I don't want to be clever
To be brilliant or superior
True like ice, true like fire
Now I know that a breeze can blow me away
Now I know there's much more dignity
In defeat than in the brightest victory
I'm losing my balance on the tight rope
Tell me please, tell me please, tell me please...

If I ever feel better
Remind me to spend some good time with you

You can give me your number
When it's all over I'll let you know

Hang on to the good days
I can lean on my friends
They help me going through hard times
But I'm feeding the enemy
I'm in league with the foe
Blame me for what's happening
I can't try, I can't try, I can't try...
No one knows the hard times I went through
If happiness came I miss the call
The stormy days ain't over
I've tried and lost know I think that I pay the cost
Now I've watched all my castles fall
They were made of dust, after all
Someday all this mess will make me laugh
I can't wait, I can't wait, I can't wait...

If I ever feel better
Remind me to spend some good time with you
You can give me your number
When it's all over I'll let you know

It's like somebody took my place
I ain't even playing my own game
The rules have changed well I didn't know
There are things in my life I can't control
I feel the chaos around me
A thing I don't try to deny
I'd better learn to accept that
There's a part of my life that will go away
Dark is the night, cold is the ground
In the circular solitude of my heart
As one who strives a hill to climb
I am sure I'll come through I don't know how
They say an end can be a start
Feels like I've been buried yet I'm still alive
I'm losing my balance on the tight rope
Tell me please, tell me please, tell me please...

the internet nerd in me could live off of Gwen Stefani and Gael Garcia Bernal LJ icons...

mmm... sexy icons.

Lit. J is going to be the death of me.

I am officially freaking out.
You know you're in a bad place when a ghost hunter sends you an email that makes you cry and call your parents for consolation.

The story is long and probably meaningless to most people, but I have been working on this journalism piece and every story I have come up with is crumbling in my hands. I don't know what to do, except lose it. I have like 3 different story ideas and all of them are in some state of defunctness. I have one last idea to try and work out, but if that doesn't happen I am going to go nuts. Lit. J is the only major where you really depend on other people's cooperation in order to get a good grade on an assignment. All of my subjects have or are in the process of letting me down.

So after shedding some tears, eating a burrito, and doing some deep breathing exercises, I know that I need to calm the f*ck down and get my head in the game again. No matter what happens, I will know where I stand by tomorrow evening. This is going to be a long 24 hours... but fortunately I have a fiesta to go to that should take my mind of things a little bit. ARRRGHHH!!! ARRRRGGGHHHH!! ARRRGHHHH!!!

Here's to the three best flags in the world!
Happy May 1st.

I think I just saw the most ridiculous television show ever on the ABC Family Channel while I was working out at the gym. Mind you, the sound was even off and I knew that the show was wack.

The show is called "Kyle XY", and from what I could tell it was another story about some amazingly hot alien-like guy who comes into this community he has to blend in with the help of normal people. Naturally he's taken in by a family and the kids try to help him navigate this new world he's in. I swear, haven't we all seen at least 5 shows just like this? Superman, obviously, comes to mind... and thus, Smallville. Then there's one that I remember well but one that no one else is likely to remember, a Disney Channel show from the mid/late 90s called "The Secret World of Allen Strange" (or something like that).
Still, this isn't the most ridiculous part of the premise. The real doozey is that the main character (Kyle-- duh!) has a foster sister who he is secretly in love with. In the episode I saw, this sister confronts Kyle about the feelings that she suspects that he has for her. Kyle's interior monologue reveals that he IS in love with his pseudo-sis, but is keeping it a secret because he know she'd be happier with the guy she's seeing..

.. did I mention these kids are in HIGH SCHOOL!?
Of course she's better of with this guy... since they're totally going to get married and live happily ever after!

Then there's this: the guy who plays Kyle on the show looks like this:

Like we're supposed to believe that any sane girl would pass up a chance to jump a guy who looks like this?! Unbelievable! I don't care what your "type" is... this guy is *everyone's* type!

Oh, and the actor who plays Kyle? He's 25 years old. He's older than ME, and he's playing a high schooler. He even looks like a 25 year old... IMDB him and see what I mean.

Ok, that's it for my rant!

I have kind of a random question, but I'm hoping you guys can help me out!

I acquired a new copy of MS Word for Mac, however the language is set to Italian! While I've always wanted to learn Italian, I'm not interested in doing it through MS Word... does anyone know how to set the language options to English?? Keep in mind, I'm using a Mac!

Any help would be super appreciated!