trying to finish eclipse...

so i want to hurry up and finish "Eclipse" so i could read other books, but i can't get myself to. i think i'm annoyed by bella and her immaturity. although she seemed mature in the two previous books in comparison to her high school counterparts, i feel that she is not thinking straight when it comes to her extremely rash decision and impatience with wanting to become a vampire. yeah, she wants to become a vampire because she is soooo in love with edward and that's all she sees. but there really is more to life than her supposed 'love'. ugh. i find her to be very irritating right now.

man, do i sound bitter. but i think it's disgusting.

my euphoric coldplay experience

i went to the coldplay concert yesterday!

it was one of the most unexplainable, amazing experiences i've ever had. i can't really explain it. i woke up this morning thinking about the the bright yellow lights flashing on stage and gigantic yellow balloons being released onto the floor and bleachers when they sang, 'yellow', the 'cell phone wave' that chris martin (lead singer) initiated that lit up the entire floor and bleachers, how coldplay performed part of their concert from the back of the arena (where my bro and i were sitting) so that the people in the back could get a closer look at them, the cover of 'billie jean' they sang as a tribute to michael jackson, and when they sang 'the hardest part' and left us feeling vulnerable and exposed and then feeding that exposure with the excitement of 'viva la vida,' not to mention pulling our heartstrings as they sang the piano version of 'fix you'.

coldplay is not the type of music you'd dance to or listen to to engage in any physical movements, but yesterday, i couldn't help standing up, swaying, jumping up and down and clapping and bobbing my head like a rockstar to the beats of 'viva la vida.'

i seriously felt like i fell in love last night. no kidding. i felt like my mind, body and soul surrendered to their music and in those moments of surrender, their music just hits me in all the right places. and you just felt it. hard. and then you're in this state of euphoria and you realize that nothing can really compare to that moment. ever. WOW..........*pause, inhale-exhale*

i'm listening to their songs right now, and i just get goosebumps all over as i pause for a moment and let the music take me back to the heartfelt moments of last night. i really can't get over what i felt last night. their music makes me feel so whole and enveloped and so complete. nothing will ever compare.

as coldplay bowed before the audience, i screamed wholeheartedly, 'I LOVVVVVVVE YOOOOOOUUUU!' the guy behind me mocked me and yelled in a high pitched voice, 'i love you, coldplay!' LOL.

i feel like i'm on cloud 9 ...

My Backyard

When I came back to Michigan last month, my backyard which is a tiny 5'x10' fenced in concrete space was overflowing with green leafy plants. It had turned into a jungle in the month and a half that I was in California. A jungle of weeds, that is. Maintenance came around and weeded and now the space is usable again. Strangely, instead of walking in through my apartment door to get to the yard, they took out a fence board to get in and then nailed it back when they were done). But, what could I use the backyard for? It's such a tiny space transparent to anyone walking by (widely spaced shoulder high fence) which is often since its next to my building entrance. I've tried hanging drying the laundry across two Ikea twine lines running the length which is great, but KT's shirt bottoms skim the ground which is not the cleanest. But with the space cleared again and the free sunlight, I have to hang dry my laundry. There's no other way, besides the dryer which is not as exciting or free. And it's not just exciting because I don't have job, it's exciting like really exciting things are.

So I've modified my laundry lines to run diagonally across making a big X for those in the floor 2 and 3 to look down on as well as raising the lines and hopefully, KT's shirts won't drag anymore.

The "Heart Healer"

Post-skydiving, on the way back home from our mini vacation, Maisterbate and I stopped by this little Danish town called Solvang. It's a cute little town with super awesome food, and the buildings look like they jumped out of a fairtytale book. But what makes it extra special is this store called Mystic Merchant. When you walk in, the first thing you'll notice is the smell. It's not bad, but you'll get a headache if you have a weak nose. But when you get past the weird mixture of a hundred different smells, you'll just want to stay there. They sell (I'm guesstimating) about a hundred kinds of stones and charms and some amulet things. Anyway, Maisterbate and I decided to buy The Heart Healer (aka Lover Bringer). It's this little pink stone that's supposed to heal your heart and bring you love (obviously).

I don't think it'll "heal" my "heart" or "bring" me "love." First of all, how do you "heal" something that's not even there. And plus, I wouldn't recognize "love" if it hit me in the face. I don't know what it looks like, so I just wouldn't know even if it was "brought" to me. But I think it's something cool to have just because for only two bucks, it promises one of the most coveted things in the history of the world. I don't own a lot of things that give me any false hopes, so this is cool. I like things that give false hope. :) But meh...it doesn't even look like a heart.

swirlberry

The tarty frozen yogurt fad has finally reached Michigan! Last week I was biking through State Street with a friend on the way to the mall (who bikes to a mall? It's not ideal because you get sweaty back syndrome) when I saw swirlberry which I very excitedly pointed out to my friend. I was sure it was froyo place even though I had only gotten a very quick look. But nobody could deny it. It had berry in its name like pinkberry. Its font was chic, mod, and cutely round also like Pinkberry, but also red mango (they also don't use capital letters) . I was so excited.

So last night KT and I went downtown for a car show with swirlberry also a planned stop. Oh, it was so disappointing. It looks right (almost) with mod furniture and huge pictures of fruit on the wall. It's even self serve like Yogurtland (I miss you!) which I love since I usually don't want that much. But, it came out of the machine strangely mushy, and then we paid and it was, woa, 65 cents/oz as compared with Yogurtland's 30-so cents. And then, the mochi balls were too doughy and floury. The froyo was at least tarty but it can't compare to any of the West Coast froyo chains.

Anyway, there was a thunder storm this morning which was weird as hell also. It rains in summer?! But I've gotten much more used to it, just not completely. It's humid and hot and I wish I were at Yogurtland!

Isn't this the cutest car ever?

Hello there!

haha, my goals for today were kind of like Maisterbate's but probably not as ambitious.

-make the bed/futon (sleeping in the living room because its closer to the TV)
-eat lunch
-eat dinner
-figure out the recycling
-apply for a job
-go downtown with KT

blob of lazies

wow. i'm just a blob of lazies today.

goals for today:

-sort through bills
-laundry
-tidy up apartment
-pack for tonight! OMGGGGGGG. omg. (so i woke up early this morning thinking, 'what the hell am i doing jumping out of a plane, am i trying to end my life?! then i realized we're jumping tandem. that made me feel better.)
-veg