ira glass

i really wish i had a mentor or someone that could of guided me when i was younger.  i guess it's never too late and good thing asians look younger than their years. :)

fave food

my favorite food is french fries.

doesn't this make you want to go eat fries this minute?

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california accent

omg this is totally hilarious and embarassing because i know i talk like this...

caine's arcade

have you seen this? totally inspirational. i cried.

photos

i just got words of encouragement from my photo teacher.  she said that i should continue to take photo classes! or maybe she needs more photo majors...

i think the photos i have been turning in are pretty terrible... but i feel good this evening.

PS: the house feels empty without adam.
PPS: received some more good news. Happy Happy!


my favorite photo by William Eggleston

Home Alone

i have issues if you didn't already know that.  adam is heading to a conference in ohio this evening.  i usually tag along but i have a presentation tomorrow so i can't go with him. last time adam and i were apart was in 2009 (when i went to japan with my family). i have never slept in a house by myself. i'm totally scared. wish me luck. :)

adam is super excited about this trip. a little too excited..

image martine houghton for tmagazine

life

my mom has two younger brothers just like me.  her middle brother was born with a heart defect.  he has many holes in his heart and was not expected to live past infancy. then the doctors told my grandparents he will die by age two, he won't live to be an adult, he won't have children.  he defied all the odds and is still alive with three girls.  he has been in and out of the hospital for a few years now.  last week, he went to the hospital because he was having heart pains.  the doctor told our family he will have one to two weeks left to live.  adam says 'if dick cheney can get a new heart' why can't your uncle? i'm sure the circumstances are different.

my mom heads to Japan next week.  i hope he will stay well until she can say her goodbyes or better yet, i hope it's just one of those scares and he gets better.my mom is sad but doing well.  we know life happens.

lately, there has been a lot of death or near-death occurrences. JC dying last week was so shocking.  i haven't talked to him in years (he messaged me a few times after they broke up)... so tragic. i hope his family and friends are doing well. :(

photoshop

i have a love/hate (more hate) relationship with photoshop.  how i have managed this many years without learning how to use it is pretty amazing.

i'm working on layer composites for my photography class. it is due tomorrow and it is horrible.  illustrator and indesign wasn't this difficult to learn... does anyone else have this problem?  i wonder if there are classes i can take for photoshop?

photo: (unknown) sorry...