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LIKE ALWAYS,

all the activities I engaged in while procrastinating became boring once As were over. Funny how I’d be desperate to finish a book (and usually will within a five hour study break.. if you can call it one..) during the period of As, but right now can only finish ONE novel in like, two weeks.

Right so I’ve been reading:

1) 

as per Zephyr’s recommendation. Have been craving crime for ages (fueled by Castle, the Mentalist, and John Douglas) and Natsuo Kirino is apparently really good. Like all other books I’ve read written by Asian authors, it didn’t disappoint. I loved the extremely biased and personalized angles for the different characters – you can never know who’s telling the truth. Every character is flawed, twisted, and beautiful because of that. It deals a lot about aesthetics and (i guess) controversial stuff including incest, prostitution, bla. but honestly when you read the novel those aren’t the things that jump up at you. it’s really mostly about human failings. nothing is resolved in the end, though. you just get to know how everyone screwed up. it’s good.

Not much about crime, though. If you know any good crime titles PLEASE RECOMMEND. Maybe of the Agatha Christie/Sidney Sheldon variety? Actually, whatever, I’m a very non-discriminatory reader.

2) http://cracked.com. I love lists. I love lists. I LOVE LISTS.

3) Alright like I said I’ve only read that one book so far. :-( Am somewhat into Kiran Desai’s Inheritance of Loss.. but I keep getting bored, distracted or sleepy. NOT that it isn’t a promising novel. Next I’ll do Neil Gaiman and William Golding like a true book whore yes I promise.

And I’ve been watching:

1) You’re the Apple of my Eye.

Guy is cute. Ass is cute. Girl is ANNOYING. Yeah I know most guys are in love with her, but I have no idea why. Girl has got stick up her ass. Dude, who gets pissed over their boyfriend FIGHTING? FIGHTING. IS. AWESOME. It’s a badass sport that MAKES men. Every man must fight at least once in their lives or they aren’t men. You don’t cry and fuss and make your man run in the rain because you decide to spontaneously condemn what natural and, oh did I mention, AWESOME? ALSO HE HAS A CUTE ASS (BARE). YOUR LOSS.

But still, GREAT movie. Consistently hilarious and has a kind of irreverence that brings back a strange nostalgia. Will watch again for cute guy ass parts. I was laughing so hard I cried where the cute ass guy kissed the groom. Cel and Gee cried when they watched too, but for very different reasons.

2) STUDIO GHIBLI MARATHON at Becky’s.

Because Studio Ghibli makes only the most magical of films, like. Watched Nausicaa. I don’t know how, but Ghibli makes a bunch of huge city-devouring bugs and warships incredibly interesting. I feel like I know a greater part of the universe every time I finish a Studio Ghibli movie. So after that everyone wanted to watch Spirited Away which we’ve watched a gabazillionmillion times, so I pulled some votes for Grave of the Fireflies WHICH WAS SAD AS ALWAYS. ALWAYS. I LOVE THAT FILM. Yeah, actually that was all we watched HAHAHA.

OH and Date Night the morning after WHICH WAS SURPRISINGLY GOOD? I mean – Steve Carell and Tina Fey? Not a fan of either, but together they’re funny in a retarded way. Or maybe it’s the tight plot.

3) Rewatched: Easy A, Confessions, The Incredibles. THE THREE MOVIES I NEVER EVER SEEM TO GET TIRED OF EVEN AFTER REPEATED VIEWS. Especially The Incredibles. It’s amazing how many times I’ve watched it and still feel excited when it comes on TV. And that is when I have the DVD.

4) Watched half of Se7en. Because Rotten Tomatoes promised me it’s a good show. But I was NOT prepared for the gore, I repeat NOT. All the dead fats and spewing guts and blood and Brad Pitts, so I went on to else-things.

5) SUCH AS WATCHING MAURY’S. Which I spent the afternoon today doing. HAHA. HAHAHA. Please guys. You have to watch

TOP 10 SLUTS ON MAURY’S

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cz-wX2RiIc

AND. Top 10 Best Maury Moments 2009 (or any other year, really)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dP-JbmDMfk

6) Starting Castle over from Season 1. Finished all HIMYM, Big Bang Theory, My Little Pony and New Girl episodes – so now I’m just wasting away in a fetid circle of waity waitingness by my computer for the new ones. I’m such a loser.

So besides all that I’ve been living in the outdoors too, PEOPLE:

1) OK MAYBE NOT since I’m concurrently playing Pokemon Yellow, Sapphire, FireRed and SoulSilver. SOME HEAVY NERD-TASKING HERE, NO?

2) SLEEPOVERS -> at Xin’s and Becky’s has led us to the conclusion that we are the most ourselves and have the most fun when without undergarments. OK BUT THAT ASIDE, really. I think those moments of rolling around, giggling over nothing and everything, just chilling and pigging out, trolling each other, being at total ease – are what I’ve been looking forward to in the half a year preparing for As. happiness is just that simple.

3) SHOPPIN’. So far physical shopping has yielded little except a blouse and a dress. Ordered my prom dress online but it’s not shipped over yet ANGST.

4) BAKING~~~ at Vanessa’s where we watched hilarious videos on her bed, lolled around, and BAKED plastic-fumed brownies with gay icing. One of the best ways to start out post-As, really. OH and the gooey brownies were (y)

5) SPEAKING OF BAKING. I’VE BEEN EATING. SO. MUCH.

During As I might have forgotten to pig out as much as I do usually (especially with braces). Now with time and companionship, I’ve been travelling the island for FOOD. Also I think my parents think I’ve been starving myself so they’ve been subtly stuffing me up with ice-cream and pizza and fat kid food. WHICH I LOVE.

6) Had a productive meeting with the Pedestrian Productions group. Ok will keep you guys updated on that soon a’ight.

I PROMISE I’LL DO LOTS OF AMAZING THINGS SOON, THINK AMAZING THOUGHTS AND COME BACK HERE AYE-K?