i love this song!...what are they saying?

recently, my friend ryan roped me into creating a k-pop music video cover for the song "blue" by bigbang. i, along with other members of his friend group, have entered this contest in the hopes of winning a trip to korea and meeting the members of bigbang. i found this to be a marvelous opportunity at forging stronger friendships with seniors whom i hadn't known too well prior to embarking on this creative escapade. i'm thankful to have created new friendships with melody, gordon, tyler, cuyler, max, and joey. moreover, i couldn't be more grateful to ryan for asking for me to be involved in this project for i admire his perfectionism and sharp attention to detail. i believe ryan to be extremely thoughtful for including me in this project; the prizes are extremely valuable, but i value my friendship with ryan a lot more than the prizes we may or may not reap. (let's hope we win, nonetheless.)

does the learning company still exist? i wonder.

my sister, olivia, is alive and quite well. everyone in the family wants to know where she is and what she's been up to. luckily, i'm an avid follower of her travel blog and have been living my life vicariously through her posts and photos. i'm so glad (jealous) that she's able to experience the many facets to european culture in a seemingly short amount of time. this gets me excited for my college experience and i hope to travel abroad to a place that will provide me with great inspiration.

my other sister, michelle, will be leaving to europe soon on a trip with this fellow she's become well-acquainted with. i am very happy for her, and wish her the best in all regards. she works extremely hard and definitely deserves a break from real life. i hear she's staying in a penthouse suite during one of her three stops in europe—i believe she's going to paris, barcelona, and italy. i'm not too sure, nor do i think i will clarify this later.

i'm very much confused in my life right now. i can't even explain the root of my confusion without putting others' feelings at potential harm; hence, i will just thank one of my best friends, kamden, for exhibiting enough emotional intelligence to provide me the advice i need to continue living my life. we're going to have an amazing summer, working together as the english teaching aides.

mr. lippert was very lenient in allowing me to play in the orchestra for "into the woods". i'm very happy for many of the people performing in it but unfortunately, i will not be able to see the show as i will be concealed by the underground orchestra pit, formulaically placed beneath the stage. the music department contains some extremely caring individuals including my band director. i was saddened by the news that he would not be joining us for the 2012-2013 school year; however, i wish him the best of luck in his endeavors. without him pushing me to achieve above and beyond through music, i would not have taken the opportunity to display my musicianship through this musical. i would like to thank both mr. lippert and mr. sivill.

last, but most certainly not least, i'd like to thank my best friend ariel. her family is graciously allowing me to accompany them on their trip to seattle during spring break. i'll be missing school on friday which is a definite upside to my week. ariel helped me purchase some great rain shoes, and has honestly done a lot for me as a friend. i'm so excited for what seattle has in store for the both of us, but i'm also thankful for this opportunity to solidify and strengthen our friendship. i'm not saying there's anything wrong with the current state of our friendship, but i'd definitely like to hang out with ariel more than i have time to.

and i will be doing just that in the near future. i'll keep you posted through some form of travel documentation.

we're gonna work again!

it has been quite awhile since my last post, and i apologize; although there's not much of an audience to apologize to, i am still thankful that there is at least one person who appreciates what i have to say. who knows? maybe no one appreciates this blog, nor what i have to say. screw it, this is for me to keep.

so, here's a recap of many scattered things that i would like to acknowledge:

i'm so grateful for the job i was offered this summer. i applied for the academy english teacher's aide position (same job as last summer) and was recently notified of my acceptance. i'm not absolutely sure if i'm the english ta, but i will continue to believe so until proven incorrect. moreover, i'm thankful for the opportunity to work with one of my greatest friends, kamden. i'm excited to grow as a writer through working with him and his absolutely brilliant mind.

kamden also introduced me to tune-yards...well not really. but i downloaded their second album, w h o k i l l, after listen to him sing "my country." on a side-note, kamden's impersonation of merrill garbus is spot on. i believe in a past-life he existed as a loud voiced, howling woman (if you're reading this, i just mentioned you twice. happy?)

today, i bought a new pair of headphones, which were pretty inexpensive considering how good they are. radioshack has me on their system so if i ever break them, i can get a replacement! the headphones pretty much cut out all noise from the outside world, so when i hate everyone, i can simply put on my headphones and not even listen to music. i can simply listen to the pulses of my temporal lobes.

and finally, junior function was so wonderful and better than last year. i'm not saying that my function experience from last year was unenjoyable, because it was definitely the opposite - i'm very much obliged to katie for taking me; however, i feel because it was me and grace's function to plan, i was allowed more creativity. we dressed up as the asian version of barbie & ken (our official pictures are soon to come, but for now i will post this one.)

life in plastic, it's fantastic!

grace was such a wonderful date and i was definitely privileged to attend function with such a charismatic friend. i really admire how she was so enthusiastic about our theme throughout the night. it's very refreshing to have a friend who doesn't want to grind on the dancefloor; rather, we danced like fools and a great time was had by all...even when my pants ripped...thanks also to maya who spent nearly 35 minutes in that awful bathroom stall with me as we attempted sewing my pants together. function was a night to remember (despite how many times that cliché is used.)

thank you grace - forever the barbara to my kenneth.