2007 Bloggies: Best Teen Weblog [view: normal]

This stunning editorial was shot by Tyler William Parker. The nude shades against the desert sand and sky bring an almost otherworldly, ethereal quality to the pictures, and the model exudes such a quiet but undeniably haughty confidence... Yet at the same time there seems to be a sense of vacant...

My annoying essay refuses to write itself despite much cajoling on my part. Why must this be so difficult!!! All it has to do is to start existing as 5000 words, and then I'd be free to plan my 21st birthday party for next Friday! -- yes it is MY day next Friday and no one is allowed to be wittier...

I discovered this delightful collection the other day: Ruthie Davis Fall/Winter 2009I adore color accents against black, and just wish that I could wear fun shoes like these to work! Unfortunately the industry I am in (or rather, will be in soon) equates Boring with Professional. I love colors --...

Life has been a little too placid for me lately. It feels like the calm before the storm, and lately I've been so unnerved by the new-found inner peace that I ironically can no longer sleep well at night. It's really irritating, like the deafening silence of a small empty hotel room. I feel almost...

I was inspired to compile this quick list of red/black things, after I stumbled across this bag in the course of researching for my paper on patents (true story): Kate Spade Beantown Bag Quinn $299Made of thick wool, this bag is such a cute analogy to a winter coat! It reminded me of these daring...

I love dreaming because I make the most amazing observations in my dreams. Just five minutes ago I woke up from a nightmare: I was using the bathroom doing Number One when I spotted a centipede right across from me. Being a smart aleck, I decided to drown it with a hose from a safe distance, and at...

...of working on this research paper, and I'm really, really sick of patents. I was rather ambitious this semester and took on too many intensive modules way too quickly, and now I need a vacation! I could up and leave school for a week or two, because my current professors don't babysit us by...

"Maki! Makiiii~" (waves at bird)"Isn't that a mynah?""So cute.""...""Have I ever told you about the time I kept a mynah?""I don't think so.""Okay, I tell you. ...Uh, what happened ahh? Oh! When I was in the Army, I brought a nest home. A nest fell from the tree and there were two eggs inside.""So...

ACT V SCENE I. Dimly lit living room. FATHER has dozed off on a reclining massage chair which ceased to work last year, while MOTHER consolidates the day's trash and hangs a plastic bag full of garbage by the door.MOTHER (to FATHER) Make sure you throw away all the trash at the door.MOTHERCan't...

I used to feed my hamhams just before I left for school each morning.Today, my dad and I visited their grave adorned by withered leaves beneath a young tree, and we scattered at their resting place a variety of nuts and hamham treats. And then my dad drove me to school. After school, we passed by...

I CANNOT believe it's been over two weeks since my last entry. Law school eats up my life like whoa. It is a LIFE GOBBLER. I do have many interesting stories to share, but true to the nature of the industry, the most fascinating, mouth-watering main courses come with huge compulsory servings of...

I have many (happy) stories to share but too much work this weekend (and my whole life, really), so here are my dearly departed hamhams (who are drop dead cute -- literally, ha ha) to distract you while I deal with all my exams:

"We are all fundamentally disposable." I just woke up with that thought in my head just five minutes ago, for some reason. It's not a particularly depressing thought to me, though. It is simply a tacit facet of life that people usually invalidate (as best as they can) because it is too...

I am INSPIRED! Whether or not this inspiration will last is a very different issue, and one I try to run away from as soon/often/quickly as I can. But no matter. Everything starts with a little aspiration, and it's the thought that counts, right? After careful review of my personal goals (in...

This weekend has been kind, despite the relentless sense of emptiness within me since Maki's departure. My best friend called to check on me (so, so sweet); Neptune let me off my Big Ticket Bag Ban (!!!!!) (and with disastrous joyous consequences which I shall come to later); my parents are cutting...

August 2008 - September 17, 2009Dear Maki,When I checked on you this afternoon, I knew that it was time. But I didn't want it to be. So I convinced myself that the painkillers were working, and whispered to you, selfishly, that you could go when you thought fit... but that I really, really wanted...

Maki is dying. Last week I noticed a bump on her lower jaw, and over the past few days it has grown so large that she now has trouble swallowing. Yesterday we brought her (and a box of much-needed facial tissues) to the vet, who confirmed my worst fears: It's a tumor, and Maki might leave us in a...

Neptune: Hey, what did you do??Me: Huh? Nothing!Neptune:Neiman Marcus just calledThey wanna give me a VIP tour for their grand opening on FridayMe: LOLI MUST BE ON THEIR #1 CUSTOMER LISTI think I bought too many things from themand gave them your cell number because I don't have a U.S....

You'd think upon completion of two modules this semester that I'd have it easy this week, but life chose to be mean to me. It had a choice, and it CHOSE to smack me in the arse by making my laptop's hard disk die. I swear that thing hates me. Monday morning I sobbed myself out of a nightmare -- I'd...

Dear Maki,Exactly one year ago, Neptune and I hand-picked you and Mochi out of dozens of tiny hamhams. You were an itsy-bitsy white ball of fur with two glistening black eyes, so minute that you could hardly fit in the palm of my hand. Now you sprawl all over my palm (but only when there is good...

Yes I'm odd that way: I have these little "themes" in my head attached to each year like yellow Post-it sticky notes near the edges of well-used textbooks. Well, your well-used textbooks, anyway, since I don't happen to use any. It's one of those freaky coincidences inherent to human existence:...

Relish this entry because I probably won't be resurfacing for air till late August!Hamham update: Maki is still alive and well, and more responsive than ever; she's still burying her stash of food under tons of white fluffy bedding, sleeping in the most awkward of positions (try the...

I hate studying at night; the silence and the darkness plays with your mind, and I'd be the last person to deny having insecurities. When you're this vertically challenged, it's bound to happen. Tonight I am terrified. Just terrified and filled with fear, in general. Not that it's rational, or...

Extremely NSFW. Leave now if you're a minor, close-minded, or easily offended. I don't care if you care about what I say, but I care a whole lot when you care too much. KWIM?Today I come bearing second-hand dirt from Neptune's friend. I have come to like that friend immensely, and it doesn't hurt...

I'm sorry! I have stories to share, but... It's just, Paris fashion week sort of happened? And then there were all these fashion shows that I tried to find the time to watch but couldn't for the most part, because they either loaded too slowly, were too grainy for my liking, or didn't showcase the...