Funky Garden Fresh

Wow.

2011-06-16T19:09:00.002-04:00

Its been ... SIX MONTHS since the last post.

Okay, I'm done. I have no idea what's going on. So tell me what's going on with y'all. =D

btw did you know that the NHS honors society website is still up?
http://www.angelfire.com/nj4/jpsnhs/index.html

your future

2011-01-21T18:28:00.002-05:00

click the image to blow it up

New Year New you and all that crap

2011-01-04T00:20:00.003-05:00

So Happy New Year all!!

In the spirit, does anyone have a resolution, or specific plans for 2011?
I myself have none so far =P But I was curious about you all AND we haven't posted since November (boo, us!)

Spot the Fake Smile

2010-11-10T03:25:00.002-05:00

Thanks for the responses for my previous post, guys! I just wanted to know what everyone's approach/thinking was on what determines love for you, so it was nice to read what people thought.

This test is pretty fun: http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/surveys/smiles/index.shtml - how good are you at spotting fake smiles? I got 17 out of 20. What about you? :)

On the Moment

2010-11-07T23:28:00.002-05:00

It is wrong to think that love comes from long companionship and persevering courtship. Love is the offspring of spiritual affinity and unless that affinity is created in a moment, it will not be created for years or even generations.
~ Khalil Gibran (via Jason Mraz)

I'm extending the trend...discuss! Is it necessary to have that "moment" or not? If it is, how long should you wait to experience that "moment" to happen until you decide to move on?

2010-11-05T16:38:00.003-04:00

Do you think marriage can work between atheists and theists? What about between democrats and republicans? I guess individuals can make it work, but what about for their families?
thoughts please

ten days

2010-10-20T23:26:00.003-04:00

Poll!!!

a- angelasun913 ( a t ) gmail (dot) com
b- angelawu.sun ( a t ) gmail (dot) com
c- keep miss.angelawu (a t) gmail (doooot) com

to be or not to be . . .

2010-10-18T00:54:00.003-04:00

a hipster (?)
so in the spirit of not letting our beloved blog die I have a question
So the raj and I were talking and I told him about my idea for an outfit container my oxfords, high waisted pants, shirt, and suspenders. After a long pause he asked me if I was a hipster. I immediately said no, but now I looked it up, and am unsure. I really dont know why I said no,bc some definitions lead me to think that I am and just thought I was just your avg. freak. Hipster always equaled poser to me. What do you guys think?

Hipster
Aged indie kids, Hipsters still maintain the air of snobbery, still shop at salvation army, and still have a completely astonishing array of knowledge when it comes to obscure music, pop-culture non-sequiturs, and political sneers. Absolutely a blast to be friends with, hell to be enemies of, hipsters are the most bi-polar of all the stereotypes when it comes to how they treat you. Can be recognized by books like "The Clockwork Orange", "Everything is Illuminated", or obscure philosophy books, by authors akin to Dostoevsky.

or
Hipster
Hipsters are a subculture of men and women typically in their 20's and 30's that value independent thinking, counter-culture, progressive politics, an appreciation of art and indie-rock, creativity, intelligence, and witty banter. The greatest concentrations of hipsters can be found living in the Williamsburg, Wicker Park, and Mission District neighborhoods of major cosmopolitan centers such as New York, Chicago, and San Francisco respectively. Although "hipsterism" is really a state of mind,it is also often intertwined with distinct fashion sensibilities. Hipsters reject the culturally-ignorant attitudes of mainstream consumers, and are often be seen wearing vintage and thrift store inspired fashions, tight-fitting jeans, old-school sneakers, and sometimes thick rimmed glasses. Both hipster men and women sport similar androgynous hair styles that include combinations of messy shag cuts and asymmetric side-swept bangs. Such styles are often associated with the work of creative stylists at urban salons, and are usually too "edgy" for the culturally-sheltered mainstream consumer. The "effortless cool" urban bohemian look of a hipster is exemplified in Urban Outfitters and American Apparel ads which cater towards the hipster demographic. Despite misconceptions based on their aesthetic tastes, hipsters tend to be well educated and often have liberal arts degrees, or degrees in maths and sciences, which also require certain creative analytical thinking abilities. Consequently many hipsters tend to have jobs in the music, art, and fashion industries. It is a myth that most hipsters are unemployed and live off of their parent's trust funds.
Hipsters shun mainstream societal conventions that apply to dating preferences and traditional "rules" of physical attraction. It is part of the hipster central dogma not to be influenced by mainsream advertising and media, which tends to only promote ethnocentric ideals of beauty. The concepts of androgyny and feminism have influenced hipster culture, where hipster men are often as thin as the women they date. The muscular and athletic all-American male ideal is not seen as attractive by confident and culturally-empowered hipster women who instead view them as symbols of male oppression, sexism, and misogyny. Likewise, culturally-vapid sorority-type girls with fake blond hair, overly tanned skin, and "Britney Spears tube-tops" are not seen as attractive by cultured hipster males who instead see them as symbols of female insecurity, low self-esteem, and lack of cultural intelligence and independent thinking. Hipsters are also very racially open-minded, and the greatest number of interracial couples in any urban environment are typically found within the hipster subculture.
Although hipsters are technically conformists within their own subculture, in comparison to the much larger mainstream mass, they are pioneers and leaders of the latest cultural trends and ideals. For example, the surge of jeans made to look old and worn (i.e. "distressed"), that have become prevalent at stores such as The Gap, American Eagle, Abercrombie and Fitch, and Hollister, were originally paraded by hipsters who shopped in thrift stores years before such clothing items were mass produced and sold to the mainstream consumer. The true irony here is that many of the detractors of hipster culture are in fact unknowingly following a path that hipsters have carved out years before them. This phenomena also applies to music as well, as many bands have become successful and known to mainstream audiences only because hipsters first found and listened to them as early-adopters of new culture. Once certain concepts of fashion and music have reached mainstream audiences, hipsters move on to something new and improved.
Because of the rise of various online photo-blog and social networking sites, insights into urban hipster culture is reaching sheltered suburban audiences at an exponential rate. Cultural "norms" have been deconstructed by hipster culture as a whole. Hipsterism is often dismissed as just an image thing by some, but the culture as a whole is effecting changes in society, leading to feelings of insecurity and resentment in people who are no longer a part of the cultural ruling class. For example, a lot of anti-hipster sentiment evidently comes from culturally-clueless suburban frat boy types who feel that the more sensitive, intelligent, and culturally aware hipster ideal threatens their insecure sense of masculinity. Anti-hipster sentiment often comes from people who simply can't keep up with social change and are envious of those who can.

huh

2010-10-13T15:44:00.002-04:00

wait so now that you guys all have boyfriends and/or are getting married you can let this blog die?!?!

2010-09-15T14:16:00.002-04:00

i have no idea why that other blog posted.

my point was: sorry ive been sooo MIA girls... i work 12+ hours a day ever since i landed a job [thats asia for you!] and im exhausted!! xiao knows... she sees me online when she goes to bed... then im still at work when she goes in to work. IN CALI. tha's a 15 hr diff ladies n gents. SIGH.

miss ya'll to pieces. gonna be home frm 23rd oct - 6th nov. anyone around edison???

love,
P.

2010-09-15T14:15:00.001-04:00

I JUST WROTE A LONG BLOG AND GOOGLE DELETED IT!! some stupid chinese error msg popped up!! AHHHHHH

BUMP

2010-09-12T01:06:00.000-04:00

That's what people do on forums to show their presence, apparently.

elbows

2010-07-26T00:03:00.002-04:00

does it bother you to see elbows on the dining table?

Edison

2010-06-30T14:23:00.000-04:00

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1999416,00.html

2010-06-23T21:36:00.001-04:00

hello

2010-05-12T10:13:00.001-04:00

who else has not yet gotten a pap smear?

(christopher is excluded from this question haha sorry. go get your prostate checked)

my friend just got her results back and she has cervical cancer. I need a smear!!!

Thicker Thighs Could Lead to a Longer Life!!

2010-05-07T13:35:00.001-04:00

http://news.discovery.com/human/thicker-thighs-longer-life.html

PA?

2010-03-26T23:34:00.002-04:00

Today I found out through my expert fb stalking that a certain individual from our past, whose mental capacity and wisdom left much to be desired (at the time..maybe not anymore?) is in school to be a physician's assistant. I don't mean to be a jerk or anything but I am very curious to know... what exactly does a PA do?

so you say boys are stupid

2010-03-25T02:20:00.001-04:00

it's because you're beautiful

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/6132718/Men-lose-their-minds-speaking-to-pretty-women.html

list of high school regrets

2010-02-19T00:19:00.002-05:00

1. giving a shit about honor societies

2. volunteering at the library

3. (your regret here)

is this the best way to do this?

2010-02-01T18:50:00.001-05:00

I'm seeing someone. =X

!!!

Boardroom Animals

2010-01-22T11:11:00.000-05:00

After having done a workshop with the client this week, I realized just how much I hate the metaphors consultants like to constantly stick in unnecessarily. Like, they'll explain they need to break down a big problem into several smaller parts...just like that, in a literal way. And then they follow it up with a metaphor like..."Like cutting the elephant into ten pieces." First of all, this is totally unnecessary, and I, being slightly slow, take longer to visualize this image and apply it to what was already literally explained. Second, I do not need the image of an animal chopped up. And I noticed that a lot of the metaphors consultants use relate to animals. Don't know why...and don't know why we feel the need to use them.

Some examples:
- the elephant one
- the 800 pound gorilla in the room (common one)
- we need to skin the cat (common one)
- it's like the tail wagging the dog (creative and weird visual)

I just really hate consultant-speak.

responsibility

2009-12-09T00:56:00.003-05:00

do you guys ever get shocked when people take you seriously? like about serious business. like when you're dealing with huge amounts of money. or when you're talking about 'important' ideas.

half the time i'm thinking. dude don't listen to me. i play videogames in my free time.

dude.

8 So-Called “Chivalrous” Moves That Creep Us Out

2009-12-02T10:50:00.002-05:00

Do you agree these things are awkward? Any strange chivalrous things that confuse you?

Ordering my meal for me. This has always struck me as bizarro, because chances are you don’t know what I want. The only time this is cool is if I have no idea how to pronounce something and you do.
Letting me win at a game of Scrabble/pool/bowling when you are clearly better. No fun! Please give it your best shot. I want the satisfaction of really beating you.
Using a code term for going to the bathroom. Especially retro words like “tinkle.” You can just say, “I’ll be back in a minute.” I’ll get it.
Pulling out my chair. Someone told me this tradition started when women wore loads of crinolines and, thus, scooting in your chair was difficult. That’s no longer the case. It just makes me nervous that you won’t push it in at the right moment and I’ll land on the ground with a thud.
Carrying my purse. Yeah, it’s heavy, but I’m pretty used to it at this point. You carrying it just looks funny. I have enough of a hard time with murses.
Asking my dad for my hand in marriage. So outdated. Pops just shouldn’t be involved in our relationship. No one should know you want to marry them before they do.
If you’re paying for dinner, not letting me put in for tip. Or get a round of drinks after. If I offer, it’s because I want to. I swear.
Helping me put me coat on. This is sweet, but it’s always awkward because my hand misses the sleeve or gets stuck somewhere in there. It’s easier to just do it on my own.

Source: http://www.thefrisky.com/post/246-8-so-called-chivalrous-moves-that-creep-us-out/?cnn=yes

Interesting?

2009-12-02T10:40:00.000-05:00

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/25/victorias.secret.model/index.html

I'll let you decide.

what is a good friend

2009-11-16T02:58:00.003-05:00

so this guy i know told his best friend to give up on his dream job because he sucks at it. they both do the same kind of work. is it his duty as 'best friend' to encourage and help his buddy be better or is he right to tell him to stop?

are good friends the ones that encourage you or the ones that tell you when you fail?

On Being a Woman and Marriage

2009-10-29T08:16:00.002-04:00

Its hard to find that balance, eh?

On Being a Woman
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/24/opinion/24lipman.html

On Money and Marriage
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/24/your-money/24money.html

2009-10-27T00:40:00.003-04:00

I just wanted to say that being a woman is definitely not boring, even if it isn't great sometimes. You cyclically get bigger and smaller in all sorts of ways; it's like having a different body at different parts of the month. Sometimes you can be more of a boy looking thing, sometimes more voluptuous. You get to eat more of all sorts of fun things without feeling guilty when you have your period. Like chocolate and fat stuff. And feel like you do when it rains but you're not like depressed and just happy that it's wet and you get to stay inside. Anyway, yay for the ever exciting days of womanhood. It's really quite adventurous.

I'm going to post the heck out of this blog.

2009-10-21T11:02:00.002-04:00

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/fashion/18Love.html

But isn’t that the risk of love? To be willing to stand on the stern on a beautiful summer day and, not knowing the outcome, to leap?

2009-10-20T10:21:00.002-04:00

This is an excerpt from an article I was reading today. Miyamoto is a video game designer for Nintendo.

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Wired.com: Why isn’t Princess Peach a playable character in New Super Mario Bros. Wii?

Miyamoto: Well, originally I thought it would be nice to have Princess Peach in there as a playable character, but in fact, the Toad characters have a physique that’s a little bit closer to Mario and Luigi. And in particular if we had one character out of the four that wore a dress, we would have to have a special programming to handle how the skirt is handled in the gameplay (laughs).

And that’s the only reason that Princess Peach is not there. Of course, if we had Wario in there, we’d have to program him to fart.

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Reference: http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2009/10/shigeru-miyamoto/ Miyamoto: New Mario Tests Your Hard-Core Gaming Chops

happiness

2009-10-19T17:45:00.004-04:00

i think someone's talked about this before but whatever it's interesting.

when we choose our occupations we are supposed to choose what we love. right?

my mentor thinks so. but that sort of idealism drives people away from jobs where they are "good enough." do we really expect to both love every moment of our jobs and be eternally happy with them?

maybe our society sets us up for disappointment. it says that if you follow your dreams you'll love your job. if you love your job you will be successful. essentially, love predicates success. but that's not true is it?

what do you think?

Overheard:

2009-10-13T21:33:00.002-04:00

(outside my closet door)

1st grade girl a: MISS WU MIGHT BE IN HERE!

1st grade girl b: Let's sing a song! Hannah Montana! I love Hannah Montana!

1st grade girl a: Okay. No this one. P-p-p-pker face p-p-oker face.

1st grade girl b: (joins in - scarily accurate) whoooa whoa yea whooa whoa yea

1st grade girl a: NO she doesn't sing whooa whoa

1st grade girl b: YES she does..

1st grade girl a: NO and I bet you don't even know her name. Her name is LADY GAGA and she doesn't sing whooa whoa.

1st grade girl b: HAHAHAHA

1st grade girl a: Why do you even like her song if you are laughing at her name!!??

1st grade girl b: Because I just like her MUSIC.

1st grade girl a: Miss Wu is not here...

me: O.o

Christmas Cakes and Women

2009-10-12T18:30:00.002-04:00

Hahaha, I just found this joke, and I like it. I just hope it's not true.

"How is a woman like a Christmas cake? They sell like crazy on 22, 23, 24; they slow down on 25, and after 26 they are half-priced."

fangirl time

2009-10-11T01:55:00.002-04:00

sooo...who's willing to go to Rutgers with me on November 5 to see Wong Fu with me? Please..?

someone do this for my wedding

2009-10-08T00:24:00.001-04:00

Please.

2009-10-03T17:04:00.001-04:00

this commercial is so awkward...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6MNvg40x3g

Chores

2009-10-02T19:09:00.002-04:00

The worst way to instill household chore responsibilities into your kids:

Wait until they're in their 20's and then pester them to help out around the house.

Yes, I'm spoiled, and I know this post will make me sound spoiled, but it's true. And it doesn't mean I don't help out. I'm just a little reluctant sometimes haha.

The Check Dance

2009-09-29T11:27:00.002-04:00

So I have a question for all you lovely people:

When going on a lunch date/dinner date/any date that involves someone having to pay, do you think the person who asked the other person on the date should be the one to pay and the other person assumes the asker will pay, or should both parties do the "check dance" and offer to pay until one gives in and the other pays?

I think that both parties should offer to pay for the check, or even go dutch although I'd rather have one party pay and the other offer to pay for next time. Unless there is no next time, in which case, ha, free meal! But in all seriousness, I think it's only fair to do the check dance because even though the other person asked you to go on a date, you obviously wanted to spend time with that person as well if you agreed to go on the date, so you should both show appreciation of having been able to spend time together by offering to pay. Unless of course the date was a total disaster or you agreed to go on the date when you were drunk.

FYI, none of this is coming from personal experience hahaha

WHAT THE HECK YO

2009-09-28T02:10:00.003-04:00

MORE THAN A MONTH WITHOUT A POST?? WAT IS GOIN ON???

Title = Mrs.

2009-09-17T15:35:00.001-04:00

Um, yeah, not that type of "Title" ...

foot

2009-08-31T08:43:00.003-04:00

long story short- fell down the step of my townhouse in VA yesterday and may have fractured/broken foot. came back home to NJ and getting xray today. missing out on my orientation for grad school (BAH) and borrowing terry's crutches for now (BAHHHH). sucks (thanks tammy for asking for the crutches!)

Wedding Ideas

2009-08-25T16:04:00.000-04:00

News Flash!

2009-08-13T13:28:00.000-04:00

Nancy: i'm coming home

saturday

4:01 PM me: haha yay

WOW YAY

4:02 PM Nancy: hahaha

4:05 PM i'm coming home

by 6:3

me: WOW WOW

what does jason think

just bring him!!!

haha

4:06 PM Nancy: hahaha nah

he has a bbq to go to

his house is hosting it

yay

see you saturdya

heh

4:07 PM me: aaww yay

Nancy: ok i bought my ticket

woohooo

4:08 PM me: whoooo hoooooo

4:13 PM Nancy: you see!

THIS PROVES

that i do want to go home!

and that i'm not just crazy about jason!

me: HAHAHAHA

Nancy: HAHAHAHA

me: to who?

to who?

Nancy: everyone thinks i'm crazy I KNOW IT

me: hahaha

Nancy: to everyone!

me: HAHA

Nancy: i can't help it! i'm weak!

me: Virginia is for lovers

it's okay

Nancy: hahahahahah

hmph

i will be home

magic

2009-07-26T17:26:00.002-04:00

do you like it when magicians explain how their tricks work?

Test

2009-07-23T20:01:00.001-04:00

Just wanted to see who still reads this blog.

Do you have a dirty mind?

http://www.galumpia.co.uk/adult/adult_2.htm#

Thinking

2009-07-15T15:29:00.003-04:00

Deep Thinking:
Whom would you be more likely to help, a woman carrying a baby in one hand, groceries in the other while attempting to push along the stroller, or a dirty homeless man with his hands full of all his worldly possessions while attempting to push along his cart already filled to the top with more of his stuff?

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Fun Thinking:
What would you do/make with:
- 2 wooden skewer sticks
- a plastic bottle cap
- a maple leaf
- a plastic straw
- 3 cotton balls
- the wire coil from a spiral notebook
- a piece of gum
- 2 paper clips
- a rubber band
- a pine cone

2009-07-06T23:21:00.002-04:00

this will probably be one of those things that seemed funny at the time but then is only funny to the people involved! but oh well. :)

jen: wait did you start your job yet??
7:39 PM
Angela: haha noo way school year starts in september dude :)

me: ohh

how funnnnn

what're you going ot be doing?

Angela: teaching general music and chorus

2 special education autism classes
7:40 PM
3 days a week is 1-2 graders only

2 days is in south edison at another school i dont know what grades there yet, plus chorus

me: i thought you were working in the administrative office
7:41 PM
Angela: haha whaaatt no way jen i'm a teacher

:)
7:44 PM
me: I HAVE A JOB FOR SEPTEMBER TOO!! WORKING FOR EDISON BOARD OF EDUCATION!

ohhh as a teacher!

i thought you meant as an office person!
7:46 PM
did you know bong is going to cosmotology school?

11:13 PM
Angela: SORRY I WENT TO TEACH PIANO BEFORE

AND WHAT OH MY! CONGRATULATIONS!

I didnt even know you interviewed!!!!!
11:14 PM
me: huhh?

wrong person?

haha

Angela: Jennifer: I HAVE A JOB FOR SEPTEMBER TOO!! WORKING FOR EDISON BOARD OF EDUCATION!
ohhh as a teacher!
i thought you meant as an office person!
7:46 PM did you know bong is going to cosmotology school?

??

me: ohh
11:15 PM
but you said congratulations to me!

and that you didn't know that i interviewed

Angela: haha wait a minute

what?/

i thgouth you imed me and said

Jennifer: I HAVE A JOB FOR SEPTEMBER TOO!! WORKING FOR EDISON BOARD OF EDUCATION!

?
11:16 PM
??

me: nooooooo

HAHAHA

that's what YOU posted

on blogspot

i was showing it to show you that i thought that you were working at the BOE

and not as a teacher
11:17 PM
Angela: OH HAHAHAHA WHAT THE!!!!!!

I didnt realize
11:18 PM
me: wahaha

that's so funny

Angela: i thought YOU were telling me that you had a jobo!!!

HAHA I TOLD KAREN AND NANCY

me: HAHAHHA

Angela: THAT YOU HAD A JOB IN EDISON TOO

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

me: oh good grief!
11:20 PM
Angela: haha so silly
11:21 PM
write about this

lol

me: i'll just post the ocnvo

haha

How to Install LOVE

2009-07-05T21:40:00.002-04:00

This is too cute...I had to share!

How to Install LOVE

Tech Support: Hello … how can I help you?

Customer: Well, after much consideration, I’ve decided to install
Love. Can you guide me through the process?

Tech Support: Yes. I can help you. Are you ready to proceed?

Customer: Well, I’m not very technical, but I think I’m ready. What do I do first?

Tech Support: The first step is to open your Heart. Have you
located your Heart?

Customer: Yes, but there are several other programs running now.
Is it okay to install Love while they are running?

Tech Support: What programs are running ?

Customer: Let’s see, I have Past Hurt, Low Self-Esteem, Grudge
and Resentment running right now.

Tech Support: No problem, Love will gradually erase Past Hurt
from your current operating system. It may remain in your permanent
memory but it will no longer disrupt other programs. Love will
eventually override Low Self-Esteem with a module of its own called High
Self-Esteem. However, you have to completely turn off Grudge and
Resentment. Those programs prevent Love from being properly installed.
Can you turn those off ?

Customer: I don’t know how to turn them off. Can you tell me how?

Tech Support: With pleasure. Go to your start menu and invoke
Forgiveness. Do this as many times as necessary until Grudge and
Resentment have been completely erased.

Customer: Okay, done! Love has started installing itself. Is that
normal?

Tech Support: Yes, but remember that you have only the base
program. You need to begin connecting to other Hearts in order to get
the upgrades.

Customer: Oops! I have an error message already. It says, “Error
- Program not run on external components.” What should I do?

Tech Support: Don’t worry. It means that the Love program is set
up to run on Internal Hearts, but has not yet been run on your Heart. In
non-technical terms, it simply means you have to Love yourself before
you can Love others.

Customer: So, what should I do?

Tech Support: Pull down Self-Acceptance; then click on the
following files: Forgive-Self; Realize Your Worth; and Acknowledge your
Limitations.

Customer: Okay, done.

Tech Support: Now, copy them to the “My Heart” directory. The
system will overwrite any conflicting files and begin patching faulty
programming. Also, you need to delete Verbose Self-Criticism from all
directories and empty your Recycle Bin to make sure it is completely
gone and never comes back.

Customer: Got it. Hey! My heart is filling up with new files.
Smile is playing on my monitor and Peace and Contentment are copying
themselves all over My Heart. Is this normal?

Tech Support: Sometimes. For others it takes awhile, but
eventually everything gets it at the proper time. So Love is installed
and running. One more thing before we hang up. Love is Freeware. Be sure
to give it and its various modules to everyone you meet. They will in
turn share it with others and return some cool modules back to you.

Customer: Thank you, God.

2009-07-01T21:24:00.004-04:00

i feel like i'm living the bad parts of nyc or something. there's a pounding bass coming from across the fence, some car making really loud engine noises, and another car's alarm going off. aghh what is this?? can't a girl drink her sherry in peace? maybe not a bad part. although my neighbor's ex-boyfriend who is in the witness protection program (mafia connections) got jumped and was robbed of his enormous chains at the corner of our circle. that was an anomaly though, for sure. so still, not a bad part of nyc. maybe just. the annoying parts, with young working people, and loud music. ok they turned if off phewf. back to reading...

woo edison! holler! and real housewives of new jersey!! hoboken! mrs. ermi! woo!!

Strangers

2009-06-30T21:40:00.003-04:00

http://omegle.com/

Go talk to a stranger! Okay, some are creepy, but you can mess with their heads so it's okay. After the first 5 conversations that all started with "egg," I got one who told me a story...it was cute, so I'm sharing :)

Stranger: once upon a time there was a tulip
Stranger: it was a happy tulip
Stranger: it danced around a fire
Stranger: with other happy tulips
Stranger: then one day the rain came
Stranger: and it poured for forty days and forty nights
Stranger: and the tulips were sad
Stranger: because they couldn't dance any more
Stranger: on day 25 a wizard approached them
Stranger: he said
Stranger: tulips why why are you not happy and dancing
Stranger: the tulips replied that they were sad because of the rain
Stranger: the wizard thought for a moment
Stranger: and looked at the tulips
Stranger: you should dance... do not let the rain make you sad... dance because the rain makes you grow
Stranger: besides little tulips the rain does not last forever

harry potter musical

2009-06-25T21:11:00.003-04:00

i'm on a posting roll. felicia sent me this. production run entirely by umich students. it's pretty incredible.

itunes

2009-06-21T00:04:00.002-04:00

here's a fun dilemma.

so i was just checkin my podcasts when i was reminded of something that happened in college.

as you probably know, itunes lets you share your music on the network with other itunes users. for whatever reason limewire uses the same protocols, so you can access limewire shares through itunes. i don't think most people realize that.

my roommate didn't realize that. i logged onto his limewire share thinking i could score some music. instead i found his porn collection. he had somewhat exotic tastes.

so what would you do then? tell him? or let it go, since he isn't the most open person about his shenanigans.

hottttt

2009-06-17T16:28:00.001-04:00

what's your fave junk food?

flamin hot cheetos cuts it close sometimes but it does give me (ok TMI moment here so watch out and skip below if you can't handle it) some burning poop bahahaha

http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=5394069&m=5394070

more news!

2009-06-11T16:13:00.002-04:00

I HAVE A JOB FOR SEPTEMBER TOO!! WORKING FOR EDISON BOARD OF EDUCATION!

I am on the July board meeting so that's when I'll sign the contract, but I got all the other paperwork today. 3 days a week at James Madison Primary School and 2 days a week at Lindenau Elementary.

ALSO pretty much DONE for the year because my two concerts at Piscataway are OVER. I hope I make it out alive without catching swine. Update on the township health situation: 1 confirmed case at an elementary school a couple miles from ours and still unnaturally high rate of absentees from my school. Personal update: Headache, red eye (what the heck? why are we all getting this??), sore throat, and newly developed cough. Nasty.

Let's celebrate Jen and my job this weekend dudes!

2009-06-10T23:23:00.003-04:00

hi guys, i found a part-time job after all! waitressing at a little metuchen place: alessio. so yeah, like stop by and gimme lots of tips! :] just kidding. stop by and watch me juggle plates (rather than work/social life).

if i step back and look at this situation objectively, mine does seem like a rather pathetic existence. what am i doing 23 and waitressing! it's like one of those lame hollywood wannabes waiting for their breakthrough moment. but no, i don't feel so horrible. i'm just glad to be doing something fun and something i to which i don't have to devote too much study bc i'll probably work during the semester too.

hey prema, i'm sure it's really hard to balance but it makes those rare hang out times even more delectable and sweet and precious.

juggling

2009-06-08T10:06:00.003-04:00

Hey guys! Yes, I do still exisit, in case anyone wondered ha. At times I feel like I've dropped off the face of the earth! A question I must pose: is it just me, or does anyone else feel like it's so hard to have a life with your friends AND work AND do all the other things you need to do? I feel like such a failure. Help. sigh

ps jen I loved that post where you were channelling a cat =)

2009-06-03T23:54:00.001-04:00

help me find a part time job you guys!

Hello

2009-06-02T11:42:00.001-04:00

Hi guys.

I'm bored.

Are you bored too?

Let's be friends!

The Biggest Loser: Wong Family Edition

2009-05-25T23:28:00.003-04:00

So in an effort to help my sister lose weight (the freshman 15 are evil), my mom got the brilliant idea to enforce a weight loss plan on the whole family and pay us all $100 per pound lost. The person who loses the most gets paid double or something. There are even weekly weigh-ins. Any tips?

help

2009-05-22T23:27:00.001-04:00

unfortunately, while "playing around" with gmail, I deleted all my contacts.

hooray. how useful. please email me at nancilyk@gmail.com so that I can have your email address stored in gmail again :( this is depressing.

2009-05-22T11:05:00.003-04:00

nancy and i were inspired by James's lovely story about the beach. nancy told me to write a story of my own. so here goes!

meooow. it is 12am, and time to play. it is cat morning and i am a young, sprightly thing. i wonder what wonders await me in this cat world. meow, there is the meowing of a delicious little puffball of a cat girl. oh, she is calling to me from over the fence, miss jennifer's sad little fence. she put it up to keep me out, but see me tense my strong hind muscles and spring like over an anthill across that sad fence. my beloved, where is she. i smell the mashed chicken liver on her whiskers and it makes my heart's mouth salivate. meow, there she calls again. my heart is racing, my fur is standing as if someone had rubbed a balloon all over me! there she is, my beloved, with the most lush white fur coat i've ever laid my green eyes on. oh i can see it already, the kittens striped her white and my yellow running across the yard, fur glistening in the setting sun. then to it i go, to my love, my sweet, my fate! up and away!

Do you tweet?

2009-05-15T20:30:00.004-04:00

So the reason for my silence thus far is that I have not yet found a subject upon which to expound. (Although I must admit that Starbucks Chai Tea Lattes and Chipotle come mighty close.) So I've given up on trying to find something interesting enough to pique your interest and instead choose to ask: do any of you Twitter?

kids say the darndest things

2009-05-02T11:01:00.001-04:00

@Career Day - Policeman Room

Brandon (Kindergarten) - "My mom has handcuffs too"

Policeman - o.O

Brandon - "She keeps them in her secret place."

brain tickles

2009-05-01T16:48:00.003-04:00

if neuro has taught me anything, it's that we are relatively poor at interpreting the world. magicians take advantage of the fallacies inherent in our supposedly logical systems, exposing both cognitive and sensory flaws.

i like this video. there's a whole symposium titled 'Mind Science - Magic of Consciousness' that tickles me to know end. here:

http://www.nature.com/nrn/journal/v9/n11/suppinfo/nrn2473.html

for more i guess

5 Years

2009-04-28T11:19:00.000-04:00

Did you guys realize that it's almost been 5 years since we graduated high school, and we'd be able to have a 5-year reunion? Crazy. Does anyone else feel like they're still 17/18 years old rather than 22/23 years old?

NC Oddness

2009-04-27T16:26:00.003-04:00

Seen on a store sign for a photo place near the client office:
"SARAH PALIN FRAMES AVAILABLE HERE"

Seen on the highway on the way to the client site on the side of a truck:
"BOOZE IT OR LOSE IT"

(I wish I could take pictures of these things when I see them.)

On the plus side, NC has really pretty trees and I have no allergies here, so I can enjoy them bleary-eye-free!

(I can't believe I've been here for almost 10 months...)

rant rant rant

2009-04-26T01:32:00.003-04:00

I haven't shared anything in a long time so let me rant.

Now I'm pretty good at ignoring hunger pangs, but today was pretty durn ridiculous. So I gave up my weekend for lab, go figure. Woke up this morning, made myself some oatmeal (mmm oatmeal) and stomped on down to the research building and signed myself in. My game plan was to be out by 6:00, enjoy a nice little dinner, and perhaps head down to NYC if I wasn't too tired.

Didn't happen. Sat down, started some surgeries (braaainnnnn surgeries), dealt with some prep stuff, and BAM. My cell reads 10 o farking clock. I'm literally like WHAT THE HELL and I go turn on my uber cool netbook to check its time, just in case my cell phone went retarded. It says 10 (o farking clock). So then I get really freaked out and walk into the hallway to check the hallway clock. It says ELEVEN (o farking clock). But then I remember that that clock is crazy retarded and it is never to be trusted.

How the heck does time fly like that? And how did my stomach fail me? Actually, finding out it was 10 totally woke my stomach up, and I almost collapsed from hunger right then and there. So I hurry up and close up my 'patient' and head on home. I hope mouse #8 is okay...

So I walk home wondering what has transpired, and have settled on this:

If time flies when you're having fun
And time flew
Then I must have been having fun

I think I am where I am supposed to be.

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edit some time later

arggh now that that's settled maybe i should be looking for a meaningful relationship with some wholesome young lady

2009-04-16T10:32:00.000-04:00

I wish my cat were this awesome/dumb.

MICHELLE OBAMA

2009-04-15T00:07:00.002-04:00

Thats right! SHE SHOOK MY HAND!!! ^_^

Jen's Future Kid

2009-04-13T13:00:00.002-04:00

Not going to lie, this picture is pretty HOT.

2009-04-13T09:02:00.001-04:00

I get all these pictures in my emails ... WHY?!?!?!

growing up

2009-04-11T23:42:00.004-04:00

when do you stop wishing you were older and start wishing you were younger?

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i'm going to have youtube withdrawal next week.

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leaves much to the imagination ... or not?

2009-04-07T14:20:00.002-04:00

Guess what ad this appeared for? In my e-mail box too ...

Signs

2009-04-06T22:00:00.000-04:00

Watch and enjoy :)
http://www.vimeo.com/2980266

2009-03-28T21:47:00.002-04:00

quote someone from this blogging group: "I don't like being sick because I just want to MAKE OUT but he won't MAKE OUT with me while i'm sick. ugh I just want to MAKE OUT"

2009-03-27T21:50:00.003-04:00

2009-03-27T21:03:00.003-04:00

dum dee dum

2009-03-24T13:48:00.002-04:00

I have no substantial thoughts on anything profound (like always) but this is what's been on my agenda/mind:

-pedicures by flesh-nibbling fish. in the alexandria, VA area! x, i'll take you there for your birthday hahaha. leave it to chinese people to actually use these crazy ideas.
-i'm currently addicted to anything that's happy!! jen, please upload this movie on alan's server
-I think this is happy too. she sounds like regina skeptor.
-and discovered this really weird video while looking for lenka. this link is primarily for jen.
-grace is asking me to sign up to teach english in korea with her this summer....ahahaha while my mom is pressuring me to on a mini study abroad trip to china with random MBA students. i just want to go to the beach! who misses the beach??

morning bird

2009-03-24T12:00:00.000-04:00

what does a lone bird sitting on a telephone wire in the early morning make you think of? lonely and sad, or strong-willed and self-sufficient? simply ambitious because the early bird gets the worm? or something else?

2009-03-23T10:45:00.003-04:00

I petition for a new entry. for the entertainment of people like myself, who lead ineffective and stagnant lives. even if it means some pictures and entries while jen's on the toilet.

2009-03-17T01:05:00.010-04:00

ahhhh!!!! some more cool females. go girls!

kate bush- wuthering heights

about the book. this lady.. has to be on something. something that makes you think you are goddess of the weird.

bjork- possibly maybe

i think riverside church is by immanuel, around columbia (joyce's church). bjork is my style icon!

joanna newsom- only skin

she is super cool and i guess classical? well folk but incorporates strings etc. van dyke parks did the orchestral arrangement for this song. angela must know him. ange-- a harp! one time i was in the car with angela, and beyonce's single ladies came on, and she was like, "ugh i can't listen to this garbage!" or something musically elitist like that. :]

and a picture of me with the hat i knit for my momz.

and another of me just for fun!!

yup that's the bathroom. guess what i was doing!

i need to interact with more people...

*
just found out my friend's sister died in a car accident. :[ actually, dong, most of this group's friend. very sad.

2009-03-16T00:08:00.007-04:00

bat for lashes is really good. what are some adjectives to describe her music? i'm really bad at this part. beautiful, gentle, ethereal, whimsical, lovely, and weird but accessibly so. something like that. also i like her style; i will recycle the above adjectives to describe it.

finally i got this video thing to work. check it out guys! this girl is so cool.

some more adjectives: "meditative and moody"

nice guys

2009-03-09T02:05:00.002-04:00

y'know

i think nice guys do get ahead

we just don't hear about it

because they're nice guys

Our Hero

2009-03-02T22:20:00.001-05:00

2009-02-25T14:24:00.005-05:00

Watch this from beginning to end!

2009-02-24T13:46:00.002-05:00

Randomness

2009-02-17T11:43:00.001-05:00

How do you get a job as a travel/food tv host? Because I'd be willing to endure a lifetime of layovers and delays for a job like that.

Why do we stop giving out those little Valentine cards once we are no longer in elementary school? Don't we all still want to feel special and thought of when we get older? (Or maybe it's just me, and I just like to receive mail…this may explain why I compulsively check my email.)

Why is it that you can tell when someone is talking to his/her significant other on the phone and it makes you happy to be privy to it?

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Also, for those who might need it:
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Mugger%27s-Wallet
hahahahaha

happy valentines day!

2009-02-14T23:04:00.000-05:00

Now
... Which one of y'all sent me flowers?!?!?!

this is why you're fat

2009-02-11T18:18:00.003-05:00

krispy kreme sloppy joe sandwich?

DELICIOUS

for more, go to:

www.thisiswhyyourefat.com

My Butt Just Hung Up On You ... Sorry

2009-02-02T22:03:00.002-05:00

2009-01-28T16:09:00.002-05:00

so I paid a visit to our lovely edison library today and I got to sit next to the young adults section, which has some REALLY weird book titles (btw, what the heck does the "young adult" category mean?? what age group??) .... like Sexy, How to be Bad, Boytchy, etc.

BUT before I went to the library (sorry i'm telling this story in reverse), I went to BN first and GUESS WHAT I SAW IN FRONT OF CHEESECAKE FACTORY....a huge SYSCO truck unloading junk!!!!!!

OH MY GOSH. cheesecake factory gets food from SYSCO?? our dining hall food used to come from SYSCO and not only can I thank SYSCO for giving me my freshman 15, I would also like to thank SYSCO for providing us with the crappiest food alive. our meal plan's quality was ranked BELOW the quality that SYSCO provided to inmates in jails. holy cow. I'm appalled. but i'm not going to boycott cheesecake.

seriously. ok the end.

All In

2009-01-27T18:38:00.002-05:00

I was watching the Travel Channel, and they were doing a feature on Thailand. Part of the segment focused on Buddhism's influence on Thailand's culture. One of the hosts said that she thinks that Thai people smile all the time and seem to be so happy because of this Buddhist mindset. She said that Buddhists always seem content with the present and don't let worries bother them. And that's a pleasant way to live, to always feel content with where you are in life and what you have. But for those people that are just content to feel content - or rather no emotions or sentiments at all since generally Buddhists aren't allowed to feel attached to things, people, the past, the future, even themselves - isn't life too short to feel nothing rather than something? Whether it's sad, happy, angry, excited…doesn't it feel like you're living more when you allow yourself to feel something?

But then the problem becomes how much you should allow yourself to feel because the more you let yourself feel, the higher the risk of getting hurt, and the harder you can fall. So how high of a wall should you build around yourself to protect yourself from getting hurt, to keep yourself from being too attached to something? Or should you just go all in?

*Note: my generalizations about Buddhism are from what I remember from college...I could probably be wrong.

first dates

2009-01-16T22:57:00.001-05:00

here's a heartwarming little diddly...

source: http://humboldt.craigslist.org/rnr/989335350.html

To the woman who crapped her pants in my car (mckinleyville)

Reply to: pers-989335350@craigslist.org ^[?]
Date: 2009-01-11, 7:55PM PST

We met on Craigslist so I am hoping that this post finds you. I know that it could quite possibly be the most humiliating first date that you have ever been on, but I am willing to look past that.

I thought we had chemistry sitting at 6 rivers sharing that basket of hot wings while drinking the chili beer. I really felt like there was a connection there. I found you to be intelligent and witty and looked forward to further conversation with you.

At some point in life, everyone has gambled on a fart and lost. It just happened to be on a first date in the passenger seat of my car. Please don’t feel bad. The package I sent you with Pepto the next day and the note that said “First dates are always a crap shoot. Call me” was meant to be funny, not offensive.

I have gambled on a fart and lost on multiple occasions. The first time I did it was very memorable. It happened when I was five and sitting on my uncle's lap. I am lactose intolerant, but love cheese. I probably win 95% of the time, but I don't think anyone wins 100% of the time. That's why they call it "gambling". I'm the last person to judge you for crapping your pants. In fact, I am impressed by your boldness. The timing on the other hand, could have been a tad bit better...like when you're not sitting on a heated leather seat...

What I am trying to say is that if you want to go out again, I would be more than happy to take you someplace where we can get a meal that is high in fiber and less taxing on the digestive tract.

I await your call,
Tad

P.S. - If you shat yourself on purpose to end the evening early…Touché…

2009-01-12T18:10:00.003-05:00

i'm like the asian version of bridget jones - the epitome of a single woman. it's currently 6:10pm and what I have planned for the night is some pilates, a bubble bath, reading a little bit of my jane eyre, and then turning in early. like really early. hopefully I'll make it to 10pm.

and even though I blame it on the mcats, I'm afraid this is what I'm like normally. oh maaan.

tell me you're like this too!

Love?

2009-01-06T00:04:00.003-05:00

Just a question to throw out there and get opinions on-

I watched a movie with black ppl the other day [SORRY I DON'T REMEMBER THE TITLE, I JUST WALKED IN ON IT!!] and the guy and girl were sitting at a bar. They were fighting, obviously, and the guy had just asked her to marry him. She responds with silence, and he asks her to melt her heart and let him in. (She's been traumatized before, duh.) But she continues in silence. Then the guy gets up in anger and walks away and the girl reaches to grab his hand and whispers, "Can't we still be...". He flings her hands off and replies, "Be what? Friends? I want all of you, not half. If you truly love somebody, you can never just be FRIENDS with them." And he walks out.

If you're friends with your ex now, do you think that means you were never truly in love with them?

2009-01-04T00:24:00.003-05:00

the nanny and I just spent the last two minutes trying to spy on my brother and his mysterious female guest. so my parents went out for some social gathering and then my brother invited a girl over and so when the doorbell rang because her parents came to pick her up, i snuck out of my room to spy and i saw my nanny walking out of her room to spy too. aahahahah

and so we just whispered to each other and she told me to hide and peek from the bathroom while she was squatting near the staircase and mimi was just in her room screaming, "WHO'S HERE??" and eventually she runs out of the room going "MOMMY IS THAT YOU??" way to mess up our plans to be cool spies.

asian men

2009-01-02T19:39:00.003-05:00

hi. i think some of you would appreciate this.

http://www.dannydanphoto.com/amred/gallery.html

editt:

no no no this is not porn!!! just shirtless dudes.

2008-12-30T01:57:00.002-05:00

Wow. So the last time I read this blog was when Prema and Raj went to a concert back in August..

=X

2008-12-22T01:05:00.001-05:00

Our love is like a blade of grass, forever green and growing.

Happy holidays, guys!!

is smell important to you?

2008-12-20T17:07:00.002-05:00

A bunch of (slightly kooky) studies are out there looking at how mate choice (love?) is influenced by scent. I refer mostly to the (in)famous studies involving women sniffing t-shirts worn by men for two consecutive nights (also known as the 'sweaty t-shirt experiment') and rating attractiveness.

From what I've read, the 'sweaty t-shirt' literature is in a bit of a bind, as their previous paradigms looking at femininity/masculinity in terms of facial features and symmetry has been put in question. One of the more established ideas though, is that females have more enticing odors during their ovulatory phase than when they're not ovulating (now you know when your prime is!!). A more recent focus is on major histocompatibility complexes (MHCs). Long story short, mates with very different MHCs produce offspring that have strong immune systems, something that would be strongly selected for in this evolutionary world that we live in.

These studies posit that we can detect these differences through olfaction, and that there is therefore an evolutionary and genetic basis for attraction.

Some (definitely kooky) companies have taken this a step further and now offer tests to say how good your genetic match is with your partner. For the singles out there, they even offer to set you up with someone who has good homology according to those genetic principles I've outlined.

I thought I'd share this with you because of Angela's post about soulmates. If you draw some wild conclusions, these studies do sort of support the notion of someone with a 100% match. Granted, it doesn't discount the fact that there might be more than one person out there, but the chances of more than one match would slim down significantly if you're looking for that 100%. On the other hand, if you're thinking straight up probabilities, then arguing for a single soul-mate opens up the possibility of having no soul mate.

ANYWAYS. What I MEAN to ask is...

What does smell mean to you?

Yes. This is the random crap I read in lab while my experiments are running. References follow; the first two are non-technical.

References:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19025491.300-love-special-how-to-pick-a-perfect-mate.html
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026873.600-dna-dating-can-genes-help-you-pick-a-mate.html
http://journals.royalsociety.org/content/6dkb8bvt3rpe5j46/
http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/xhp/34/4/884.html
http://journals.royalsociety.org/content/eg93h541912m44g0/
http://journals.royalsociety.org/content/f542428772r96x64/