The flowers that Jason had sent to me. The beautiful flowers I've ever received. I *heart* happy flowers.

SNOW! The view from my room...(I know, it's not as much as the northeast, but it's still snow!)

It's snowing (for the 2nd time this winter!) Jen and I were talking about how we haven't had our fair share of snow yet since we moved out here from California. I'll post some pictures later of the snow. It's kinda cool. I feel like I'm really living on the East Coast. I'm sure I'd get tired of it in due time. But for now, I'm enjoying it.

So, let's see. What else can I ramble about today? So, I got picked up on at Barnes and Noble on Saturday night. That was an unexpected event. I was impressed and alarmed at the same time because I only had a 45 second conversation with the guy before he said, "So, you seem really friendly and you're cute. Would you like to get together sometime?" WOW! Props to guys who can take initiative and just lay it out there. Granted, I didn't accept. But, I tried to be really gracious. "Thanks for taking the initiative to strike up a conversation with me. I'm really flattered. But, I'm not interested. Thanks!" Guys, you don't really need to have too much game. Just balls. Ok, I dunno if that's true, and I'm not sure if I want to start a whole commentary about guys hitting on girls and real world game versus church-circle game, etc. So, we'll just leave this topic be.

I have to say, Jason is awesome. I like him. That's my little gush for today.

11 weeks of school left. That's crazy. I need to find a job. I can't believe that the 11 months has blown by so so so so fast. Where did it go? A lot has happened since June. ok. enough with the stream of consciousness writing.

Great cheese comes from happy cows. Happy cows come from where? from California.
That's right. =)

I'm homesick. I didn't think I would be. And then it hit me. Like the truck that hit my car over break. I heard that the weather has been great. People are hanging out together. Tri-Tip, Lost, and Alias. Home was refreshing and soul feeding. Wish I could've seen Jason more. But, he's coming to visit in 10 days! =) Hopefully he can bring my best friends, the sunny weather, my running pants, boba, chinese food, not needing to mapquest to get around, my papa, and my flipflops.

ok, the ode to sam will occur on a different day...boring post.

Hello, dear readers! Happy New Year!
Let's revisit my Great Vacation list and see how much I have accomplished! Well, Italy was great. Cold, rainy, and sick (Well, I was sick. Italy was not). Beautiful place. Rolling hills. Tuscany was beautiful! So, I've only been at half capacity this week. But, let's recount all the fun I've had:

[X] Watched Garden State and ate hotpot. Great movie. Great food.
[X] Spent the day with Jason. Sushi House, Berkeley Bowl. Bought a new Cal t-shirt. Wanted to get the Cal t-shirt with Calvin (a la Calvin and Hobbes) peeing on a BCS logo, but I didn't.
[X] Stuffed mushrooms and made a big piece of yummy beef with Bev
[X] Chili and cornbread, knitting, Lost, and Alias with the greatest gals in the world.
[X] Lunch in the City with Mary. It was actually sunny and blue in SF! Shopping. Keeping Mary from going back to work. Talking about people on the special school bus
[X] Brunch with Allen.
[ ] Wedding Tour 2005 kick-off with Jason & Marcia's wedding tomorrow. Can't wait. Will be GREAT

And from my previous list with 2 weeks left still:

[X] Hang out with my family - Could still do more of this, though.
[1/2] Hang out with friends, A LOT. Knitting, watching Gilmore Girls, drinks, dinners, lunches, coffee, movies, bowling, anything! - We've only just begun...
[1/2] Hang out with Jason - Not nearly enough..
[X] Sleep - 10 hours a night is G-R-E-A-T
[ ] Apply for fellowships/jobs for fall - Do i hafta?
[ ] Catch up with Chanthip - I think I missed her...

Things that still need to happen:
[ ] Fight Club and Braveheart with Bev, so that we can be on Allen's list of friends again.
[ ] Seeing Jen and Maria in Napa
[ ] Sitting around more with the girls
[ ] Seeing Janet
[ ] More time with the fam
[ ] Movies movies movies: Ocean's 12, Million Dollar Baby, Hotel Rwanda. Anyone wanna go with me?
[ ] Falafels! Indian food! Mexican food! Chinese food! Korean food!
[ ] Dancin'
[ ] Double dating
[ ] Finishing my 2 books in progress: Siddhartha and the Namesake
[ ] Knitting

ok. that's it. boring.