i looooooove kickboxing. it is seriously the greatest. what other workout activity could I do that I actually want to get up at 8 am every morning for? and remember, for me, 8 am is early. I usually don't have class until 10:30. but don't you think for a second that i get 10 hours of sleep a night. haha. ha. no.

my bio midterm is tomorrow. i'm frightened for multiple multiple choice again. our professor told us to treat the questions as "a series of true-false statements". Yeah. a series of statements in which if you circle only one of the right answers, you get a third of the points. and if you circle one right and one wrong, you get no points. dumb dumb dumb.

i was reading a few random blogs and lj's today (i'm at work and there's nothing to do, what can I say) and stumbled across this. It has some funny moments in a satirical sense, most of them taking place during the controversy. if you're bored, i'd recommend jumping back into the archives. the rest of the stuff isn't as good.

in the other, more mundane lj's I read, I realized that there are so many people who are EXACTLY THE SAME. it's the ugg-wearing, britney spears-loving, self-important people who think they're so cool, but in fact they're just like everyone else. it makes me want to scream at them to go get some originality. what's left nowadays, though? and how much like all of them am I?

there's no combination, no words i could put on the back of a postcard
no song that I could sing
but I can try for your heart
our dreams, they are made out of real things
like a shoe box with photographs
things you can throw love in
love is the answer at least for most of the questions of my heart
like why we're here, where do we go
and how come it's so hard
it's not always easy and sometimes life can be deceiving
i tell you one thing, it's always better when we're together
mmm it's always better when we're together
yeah well look at them stars and we're together
well it's always better when we're together
yeah it's always better when we're together

Jack Johnson - Better Together (i may have to post more lyrics from this song at a later date)

last night Anna called me as I was leaving a cappella rehearsal. she had questions on the German homework, so I told her I'd come over in 20 minutes and we could finish it together. As soon as I hung up the phone, I promptly forgot about it and went to go study bio at Ian's. This all happened at about 9:10. Later on at about 11 I came back to my room and called Jeff. Halfway through the conversation, I suddenly remembered about Anna, and I looked at my cell phone and saw that there was a message. Of course I felt really bad that I had forgotten, so I listened to the voice mail message. What I heard cracked me up:

"Hey Kyla, it's Anna. Yeah, when you said you were coming over.. I couldn't remember whether you said 20 minutes or 20 hours, so it'd be great if you could call me. Bye!"

oh man.

funny aim convos... you know i've had these while I was supposed to be studying...

BlakMetalKrieg: hey, richie's softball team at gonzaga is named "Off in the Shower"
KillahKyla: off in the shower?
BlakMetalKrieg: because you can't beat Off in the Shower

lochnessrockster: no way
lochnessrockster: the doorbell?
KillahKyla: yes!
KillahKyla: idiots!
lochnessrockster: i wont rest
lochnessrockster: not until justice has been restored

i guess a lot of things seem funny when I'm tired.

dudes

today was long and drawn-out and without pause.

some things happened to me, and i thought I might share, since this is my blog and i can say whatever I want. Here they are, in no particular order:

-As I was helping clean up after Teen Feed, I spilled a cup of chocolate milk. It pretty much fell directly on my foot, and i was wearing flip flops, so it was milky nastiness on my foot. Awesome.

-Anna asked me what happened to my mother. I don't remember the last time anyone asked that. I was really pleased with the way she asked it - like she cared enough to know, and that it was important to know.

-Jack Johnson's new album has become my favorite. I can never go back once I hear a new album of his. The old one just isn't as good.

-Some college kids got mad at me for the parking prices for the soccer game. It was only 4 dollars, and there were 5 of them in the car. Not like they couldn't afford it. I told them I don't set the prices; I just work there and nothing more. One of them retorted with "well, I go to college." As if I don't. Jerk. This emphasises even more how much i empathize with entry-level workers. it really isn't their fault.

-i declared my major first thing this morning. no more "pre-major" for me. I'm a full-fledged Cell and Molecular Biology Major at the UW. Go me!

now it's time for bed. kickboxing tomorrow morning!!! but i will tell some stories from this last weekend when I get the chance. they are funny, and my sister requested one in particular. :) :) :)

when your mind is a mess, so is mine
i can't sleep cuz it hurts when i think
my thoughts on a piece with the plans that we make
chances we take
they're not yours they're not mine
there's waves that can break
all the words that we said and the words that we mean
words can fall short, can see the unseen
cuz the world is awake for somebody's sake
now please close your eyes woman
please get some sleep
and know that if I knew all the answers
i would not hold them from you, no
all of the things that i know
we told each other
there is no other way

Jack Johnson - No Other Way

i'm in oly! and the tradition is that i blog at the office! always! even if it's a short post...

sing me sweet, sing me low
say you'll never let me go
this has gone on long enough
waiting for wonderful
sing me sweet, sing me low
say you'll never let me go
so won't you stay
and never fail
never let me go

Matt Nathanson - Sing Me Sweet

hmm. at work. very bored. boss is out of office for lunch and my job is to "answer phones". one call in the last hour. i am also listening to my iPod, which Jo does not like. she hasn't ever caught me yet, so i'm not sure what her wrath on that issue is like, but rest assured it wouldn't be good to have her come back from lunch and see me with headphones in. "don't worry, the volume is down really low so I can hear if the phone rings." that might not fly.

mmm, i have peanut M&Ms ready for me to eat if I get hungry/bored. I'm not really hungry... but I sure am bored.

what's been up the last few days... lemme see. Not a whole lot, really... i planned to go to bed early last night so that I could get up and have a lot of energy for kickboxing this morning. of course, that didn't happen... i took a long nap from 7 to 10 last night, and then got up and studied biology in the library for a good 3 hours. Then I could have been in bed by 1:30, but i spent a half-hour updating my chem lab notebook. So it was 2, and then my roommate and a friend of hers from down the hall took a break from their architecture project to come chat in our room. The three of us got into a discussion about gay marriage, which was good, and enlightening, and engaging, like any good informed argument. but by the time they left again it was 3:15 and I only got 5 hours of sleep. thank goodness for coffee. well, and plus, we had a sub for kickboxing this morning, so the exercise wasn't as strenuous as usual, which kinda made me mad... i felt like i wasted my time by going down there. but rest assured, it will be back up to its usual level of butt-kicking awesomeness when Elizabeth comes back on Tuesday.

speaking of chem lab, Ashley and I ran into my TA Steve today after chem class. Steve is quite possibly the coolest lab TA ever, and he and Ashley and I had fun last quarter in lab together. now that Ash can't take organic lab this quarter, i'm the one who gets to talk to steve bi-weekly, and Ashley usually only gets to hear the stories. Which is why running into him today was such a momentous occasion, because she never sees him anymore. It's really a shame that she can't take lab; it's really fun with all three of us there. Granted, I wasn't as efficient last quarter in lab for that very reason. But this quarter is super fun because of the unknown determinations. (do I sound like a dork for saying that?) No, but it's really true: we have access to all these chemicals, and 3 hours to just play with them. I could spend an entire lab period creating a series of small explosions in my chem hood and no one would say a word. Of course, i have to determine the structure of my unknown at some point in all of that, but my unknowns have been delightful - moderately challenging, but easy enough that it only takes about 7 tests to figure out exactly which substance is my unknown. plus they make good derivitaves. i hope writing all this down doesn't jinx me...



my unknowns have been named Apu, Han Solo, and Ralph. (when I got that last one from Steve, all I had to say was "Tastes like burning!" in a high-pitched voice. He knew immediately what unknown i had chosen, and gave it to me. it's a solid. boo.)

in other news: i've called jeff twice in the last week. i'm going home this weekend to work at Dad's new office. it would be a good idea to call the Languths at some point, since i have a calling card at the moment. i've been eating healthier than normal and it makes me feel good about myself.

boss is back. time to work!

AAH!!! They are showing Captain Planet on Wednesday in Mary Gates room 258 from 4:30 to 6:30!!!!!

I will SO be there from 5 to 6. :)

i really am not getting enough sleep!!!!!

and get lost
in the poetry of the rain

i'm not really getting much done in the way of homework, so i'm going to bed to minimize my losses. night y'all!

oh crap. i'm on a public computer and I think I just clicked on "yes" when it asked me if I wanted to save my password. oh well, i'll just have to shut down the computer when i'm done. it usually erases any settings the user imparted on the machine.

today I get to show a high school prospect around to all of my classes!! it'll be fun, plus I can delay going to work for another half hour in the name of fun volunteer work :P

Jeff's dad told me last night that Jeff re-injured his ankle in a mosh pit in Germany. This is not good news. Jeff, wherever you are, pleeeeeeeaaaase take care of yourself. Ice, elevate, that whole drill.

hmm boy. well this week doesn't seem like it'll be too daunting. just regular stuff, with the exception of one test in German on Wednesday, but those are never very hard. I just got an email back from my lovely host family in Hannover (it took me sending them a real letter for that to happen, but what can you do), and everyone is doing well. Sarah writes her final high school exams (Abschluss Arbeiten) in 3 weeks.

that's all I have time for now. gotta go pick up my prospect and then go to class!

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OKAY OKAY OKAY i'm going to do homework now. REALLY!

Survey time! then i'll go do homework.

1. YOUR PORN STAR NAME: (Name of first pet + Street you lived on as a child):
Bo Maplewood

2. YOUR MOVIE STAR NAME: (Name of your favorite snack food + Grandfather's first name):
Pepperjack Enoch

3. YOUR FASHION DESIGNER NAME: (First word you see on your left + Favorite restaurant):
Changes Thai Garden

4. EXOTIC FOREIGNER ALIAS: (Favorite Spice + Last Vacation Spot):
Saffron Los Angeles

5. "FLY GIRL" ALIAS (a la J. Lo): (First Initial + First Two or Three Letters of your Last Name):
K. Lin

6. ICON ALIAS: (Something Sweet Within Sight + Any Liquid in Kitchen):
Chocolate Water

7. DETECTIVE ALIAS: (Favorite Baby Animal + Where You Went to High School):
Monkey Capital (haha... I have Monkey Capital and I wish to spend it.)

8. SOAP OPERA ALIAS: (Middle Name + Street Where Your Best Friend Lives):
DeAnn Waterbury

9. ROCK STAR ALIAS: (Favorite Candy + Last Name Of Favorite Musician):
York Peppermint Patty Pulkrabek

10. BARFLY ALIAS: (Last Snack Food You Ate + Your Favorite Soft Drink):
Ritter Joghurt Fanta

aww, those all suck. except for Chocolate Water and Monkey Capital. Would anyone really call me K. Lin?

Now's the time. It's 11:30 pm, I don't feel like doing anything. I want to just go to bed.

That's where you come in. ready to just chill out and talk until I fall asleep for 10 minutes and then wake up thinking that no time has passed. That's what I would like to do right now.

I guess I lied when I said I don't feel like doing anything.

i'm wondering if i can't just be who i think i am. maybe the person i think i am is not really who i am. who am i?

many times i do things just because i think people will find it more pleasant, or more attractive. this is dumb. but it's also necessary to function in society. so what's the more important contributor to overall happiness? accepting yourself, or adjusting your behavior so society accepts you too?

i talked to many different people at andy's tonight, many of whom i did not know before i got there. I swear, i was different with each new conversation. i smiled a lot more during some, i made eye contact more often during others. my voice got higher or lower depending on the other person's energy. In one, we talked about evolution as an event facilitated by an intelligent omniscient being, and in the other we talked about the O.C. and i refrained from making any sort of witty comment. overall, i hardly disagreed with any statement made. there was a lot of grinning, a lot of nodding.

what is wrong with me?

oh noes!!
Somebody has figured out that our dryers in mccarty give us 80 minutes if you push the button twice in rapid succession. now they are down to 60. (at least the one I was using tonight.) THE HORROR.

My roommate and I went to the orientation for working at Teen Feed, the local homeless youth dinner program. It was called Homelessness 101. I think we were both impressed with how much we learned about being on the streets. I mean, much of it was obvious, like horrible home lives, drug abuse, mental problems, rebellion, rejection - all of those things. But then again, a few things I never thought of. For instance, the issue with getting an ID. I mean, if you lose your ID or get it stolen, and you have no proof of who you are, there are all these complications that arise. You can't get a job, a loan, sign a lease, open a bank account, or even be admitted to a majority of shelters, due to the BECCA bill. It can take 6 to 10 months to get all the documentation necessary to get the state to furnish you with an ID card. And after that - trying to get a job when you have little idea what day it even is, or you have to bring in your bag with all you own in it with you, or you haven't showered for a while (at least not since you and your friends scraped together enough money to sleep in a Motel 6 room for a night, quite the luxury).

There's also a video, "Kids on the Ave". It's quite a good documentary from 1996. Check it out, all of you.

Next post, I will talk about the awesome Dane Cook show that I saw on Monday night.

back to the laundry.