im blogging again after three weeks of absence! i doubt anyone actually reads this, so the recent lack of new posts probably hasnt been a problem …but if anyone does, i apologize for providing no updates on my wondrously interesting life.
theres not much to say about the weeks before chinese new year, except maybe that after interim half day i went to ione for the first time ever. i actually had fun; it was rather interesting – cool, didnt suck at all. some things i learned:
1) a “guy” is pretty much interchangeable with a “gamer,” and
2) those mentioned above get a little way too worked up over video games.
and what i spent my entire break doing: nomming.
the day after school ended, i left for tainan, where upon getting picked up from the airport by an uncle, an aunt, and some bubble tea, we embarked on a search for good food. unfortunately, this search soon proved fruitless – it was new years eve and all our usual food places had closed for the holiday. this was depressing, but we were greeted at my grandparents’ house not only by most of our relatives but by my grandmas cooking, and soon after that, hot pot as we do every year. farewell, food deprivation. good (kind of?) riddance. from then on, all our time was spent on food. even when the good vendors and restaurants were closed, we managed to eat away our time. were good like that. food in taiwan that i love in some kind of order:
1) 小卷米粉
2) 石頭香玉米
3) 排骨酥
4) 香酥雞
the weather today was nothing short of miserable. sleepdeprived (thankyoummeforassigningthatimpossiblevideo), i walked outside in the morning only to be greeted by a damp world, grey sky, and plenty of fog – yumMMmM just what i was hoping for. after being dropped off at school i promptly headed to the study area where i halfslept for a majority of collab time. most people who came in were just as tired, cool everyone is going to die of fatigue.
surprisingly, however, the rest of my day was nowhere near as terrible as i had expected it would be. photo class went by quickly, and so did english. cheung split carol ariel and i up during studio, which was really stupid considering we were all working just fine thank you, but i dont think anyone was really reprimanded for their work today, which was good. french seemed three hours long as usual, but there have definitely been duller classes.
the people front – same as usual, but also appreciative and a little smiley.
finally, here i am writing a new post. ive been busy the past few days pretending to be busy – i suppose some productivity has come out of it. i am almost finished with two of my three risd drawings. i started the third last night, and because i am sick of rendering and displaying the “technical skills” i may or may not have, it is looking something like this. i figured that if they want to think i can draw theyll be able to see that from my other drawings, so this one can be more conceptual. im partly drawing from the cheetah sculpture i have in my living room, but im making parts of the machine up as i go. one side of the paper will be the half cheetah half machine and on the other side will be a silhouette of a cheetah. not the best idea, but unfortunately i was massively stuck.
in other news, i had my first and i believe last interview today. if you saw me between the hours of one and four, you will have seen me freaking out more than i have in a long long time. practically hyperventilating. yeah. not very cool. i thought it ended up going alright, but i dont have any other interviews to compare it to so im hoping my interviewer thought so too…
also, i went to shake em buns for the first time today with clara. was gute.
and i have to get “things” up on my 23things website before chinese new year. i must because buck says hes told the entire high school faculty that i would. kewlz, no pressure?
so im kind of lazy right now but ill write a legit blog entry soon! by soon i mean hopefully tomorrow and by legit i really just mean more …paragraphic-esque.
my formspring: http://www.formspring.me/xsabrinali
TOTES MAGOTES: name the movie this was from!
i had nooo idea so i had to look this up… i havent seen i love you, man but i want to.
So…why don’t you eat chicken nuggets? They seem pretty delicious to me…
i dont really remember how it started, but sometime in the seventh grade i learned that chicken nuggets are actually made with …chicken parts id rather not put in my mouth.
What’s your favorite book? Why?
why is naming favorite always so difficult… i think that there are so many good books out there its impossible to pick one that i think is above all the rest. as i mentioned in previous posts, i have been reading way less than i would like and am meaning to start reading more again. some books i love, however, include the five people you meet in heaven, to kill a mockingbird, the kite runner, and flushed .
How would you describe yourself?
short, probably overtly loud and kind of obnoxious. its okay – i annoy myself too.
do you like guys, girls or both?
guys, but i probably talk about hot girls a lot more than i do guys. its not my fault the guys in hong kong are generally so ugly. (sup any guys reading this …no offense?)
see? i took a picture.
no, i havent given up on this blog already.
today, i left my laptop at school again. i do this whenever i put it in my locker because i rarely bring it to school, and so when i do, i always forget about it. my mother had to bring my sister to the orthodontist (sucker), so they dropped me off at school where i got my laptop and then walked home.
while walking, i realized that everything felt really awkward. i dont even know why, but it definitely did. i think mostly it was the sky. i looked to my right and saw an unnaturally vivid blue with a clearly visible moon, then i turned to the right and it was all grey. storm clouds or something. and then i saw that the blue and the grey were separated by a really distinct strip of white. okay im pretty sure this is actually pretty common but fatigue does things to my brain…
^ most senseless post yet. i apologize.
this is bryce larkin.
my formspring: http://www.formspring.me/xsabrinali
why “larkin”?
“larkin” is the surname of a character from chuck, which is my favorite show. unfortunately he is dead and i am widowed :/
i love you sabrina! and you know that penn rosen, matt mccormick and the rest of the bubs do too 
(except for maybe nick 
)
hahaha i love you becky 
When the temperature inside a particular house is 24 °C and the temperature outside is -10 °C, 28100 J of heat leaks out of the house.. What increase in the entropy of the universe does this heat loss produce?
i dont like you
why are you such a douche
carol go put on some pants you ho.
How many pushups can you do – real ones, not those fake “I’m a girl so I can do them on my knees” pushups?
…not very many?
Who would win in a fight, Batman or Superman?
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1884973
it is pretty self-explanatory, i think.
Why aren’t you running?
actually, i ran yesterday and the day before and im going to continue cause i dont even have pe anymore and i feel suuuper lazy.
What is your favorite color?
i dont really have one, but i like bright colors and pastels mostly. and i like black and white because they are easy to match with other colors (yes i know they arent colors themselves). turquoise and pink are probably up there though…
Define “antithetical”. Don’t cheat.
well, antithesis is opposite sooooo things that are opposite…?
Can you unwrap a Starburst with your tongue?
i havent tried, but now im tempted. too bad i dont have any lying around ): and i can lick my elbow. just, by the way.
How many chicken nuggets could you eat in one sitting?
that would be none – i havent eaten a chicken nugget since seventh grade – its just one of those things like sharksfin and goose liver that i dont eat.
What’s the scariest color?
the color of blood, i suppose.
what’s your favourite class at school?
i just dont like school in general, but id say transitions or photo cause theyre both super chill and we dont really get homework for either. at least so far. i really like subjects such as french and studio and english and everything, though – just not so much the classes.
Did you just lose the game? Awww!
thomas -_______-”
1) finish risd drawings + app
2) get tech 23things project underway
3) get yearbook layouts completed
4) all other homework
5) finish lord of the rings
6) start playing piano again!
this post shall be brief – a short account of my day.
first period (french) seemed to last around three hours, but otherwise school was alright. photo was basically a free, and we got let out of english early. studio was …typical.
so today i realized maybe im actually capable of exercising a decent amount of self control and being productive. shocking, no? i came home after school and moped around until 4:20, but then i decided to try writing out a schedule for myself and see how that worked for once. to my surprise, i came pretty close to keeping it – although i have to admit it only went up till dinner, after which my productivity took a nose dive. before dinner though, i managed to work (and even focus!) on my risd bike for over an hour, run for thirty-five minutes, take a shower, and start another episode of american idol / my homework. might not sound like much but for me that was really, really good. i plan on writing myself a schedule regularly now – i used to hate the prospect of doing so but apparently it actually helps…
why has it taken three and a half years, and being a second semester senior to teach me how to manage my time and be motivated?
day three and i still feel like blogging – good sign i think, considering my complete inability to maintain an interest in basically anything. maybe thats why im so unsure about what to do with my life. its difficult making decisions knowing i will probably change my mind soon after, and it doesnt help that this pretty much applies to every single aspect of my life. i may be easily amused, but im also easily irritated, easily distracted, easily bored.
we talked about the things we are and are not looking forward to about leaving for college in transitions today, and it all made me want to get out of here even more. dont get me wrong, i love hong kong and everything (okay by everything i probably mean most things, maybe even some things). cliché as it might sound (why is everything i say so seemingly cliché anyway…) im in desperate need of change. city, people, school, environment in general. i dont like the fact that im thinking like this, but so much is getting so old here. as is the case every summer, i know that after having left, ill enjoy this city and the people in it more when i return, and i look forward to that a lot.
but college isnt for over half a year, and i have lots to do before february, which is in less than two weeks. i must 1) finish the risd drawings my mom bugs me about at least three times a day (not joking whatsoever), and also i must 2) get the 23 things website im working on for my tech independent study running. teachers are getting their macs already, which means the site should be up, which it isnt. hopefully “thing one” will be out by sometime next week – im worried i otherwise wont get the tech credit and wont graduate. that would be some massive suck.
ps. i started american idol season nine today. i like simon cowell.
