Elated but tired...

Had a great time out yesterday!

I met up with a friend i haven't seen for months and we went out for a movie and shopping. We saw "It's Complicated" which starrs Meryl Streep (Okay, in fact, she's the reason we chose the film in the first place) and it was so-so. It's a feel good kind of movie since it's about two divorcees wondering if they still have feelings for each other while external issues complicate the matter.

I'm the kind of the girl who doesn't go to the movies as much as others. i go to the cinemas 4-5 times a year MAX. This year's an exception, since The Road, and Harry Potter 6 were supposed to show last year. So I'll have seen 7 movies before Jan 1, 2010.

-The Ugly Truth
-The Proposal
-HP6
-G.I. Joes
-The Road
-It's Complicated
-Ninja Assassin

This year is also strange, because G.I. Joes and Ninja Assassin are as far away from my genre of choice as possible. The only reason i watched the former was because of the smoldering Lee ByungHun and the latter because of Rain.

So if you minus those, i will have seen 5 movies.

The ones I've bolded are chick-flicks, meaning I was probably not the one who recommended seeing them. In my opinion, chick flicks can be enjoyed at home just as much as at the theater, for for a fraction of the cost. Movies like HP, and The Road, you need the huge screen and surround sound system to complete that movie experience.

Anyway, I vow to never spend money on chick-flicks movie tickets again.

I mean, if i minus the chick-flicks, i will have seen 4 movies. By the way, i cannot sacrifice G.I.Joes or Ninja Assassin because watching their movies is the only way i can support my fave. artists, since i don't buy any of their merchandise. Years ago, i was going to to go Rain's concert, i paid 250$ and all. But in the end, the venue was not adequately prepared by the sponsor so it got cancelled. I remember being upset about that for days, since it was a rare chance that Rain came to Canada.

Anyway--i spent $180 yesterday, including movie tickets, food and shopping. I must say, this is a grande amount for one trip. Rich, shopaholics may laugh at this "measely" amount, since they spurge $500 everytime, but i am very pleased with my purchases.

-$12-Movie ---i paid w/ gift card, thus not in the 180)
-$10-food/drink
-$25-leggings from Jacob (i've them forever---the price isn't the best, but it's cheapper than a lot of places i've tried. And besides, miraculously, i canfit into an XS, so that made me feel good)
-$28-turquiose shirt dress from fcuk. (Carrie says she doesn't like it, but i disagree. It's not bad, and it got marked down to25$ from the original price of 109$!!! Besides, i really need dresses. Having been a sort of tomyboy for most of my teenage life, I have like zero dresses. And since there are tons of events at uni-i have nothing to wear!)
-$25-La Senza (my best buy! It feels indecent to talk about undergarments on a blog so i'll refrain. But !!!!!!!!!!! 10 for 30 bucks! And i had a 5$ off coupon.)
-$22-Jeans from Jacob C. (According to Carrie, jeans are supposed to be tight tight even if they're not skinny jeans. I don't know, tight clothes make me feel suffocated sometimes. But these look good, which never happens on a frist try for me. It takes me at least 5 different pairs to find the right wash and fit, so this is incredible. And cheap too!)
-$75-Leather wedge boots. (Finally! I have been looking around since practically the fall for boots. My dad has very specific requirements, so it's really impossible to find such a pair. This one doesn't fit all the critirias, and Dad expressed that when he saw it, but it's the best i can do. Also, it makes me taller AND it was 50% off! It was 130$ originally)

I don't think i missed anything--but yeah, that's what i got yesterday. I'm a very very picky shopper and i never get something without going to other stores to shop for a better deal. In my opinion, clothes often never fit me the way they're suppose to. For example, i tried on at least 10 different dresses, but only found one satisfactory. There was 3 others taht looked good, but were 100$ each-meaning they weren't really reduced prices. And the rest, some too clingy, long, thin, you mean it. I feel really exposed in clothes that are both thin and drappy--so that rules a lot of things out.

So here's what my list of outings for the rest of the holiday:

-Dec 30---lunch with friend (10?)
-Dec 30---movie and dinner with other friends (12? +20 at the most)
-Jan 2 ---Lunch and movie marathon (dvds) (15$)
-Chapters (not sure when this will happen, but it must--i still haven't gone!) ($5 for coffee)

The grand total comes to a whopping $62!! This plus the 200 i already spent =262!

Sigh, there goes my "going to save up for mic" plan. I mean, i still have money, but it's so depressing qatching that account balance drop like a waterfall.

I should really get a job this summer. For real--i must get one! Or at least some kind of internship so i gain some experience!

Must get back to life now,

MyWay25

PS. If i feel up to it, i'll take pics of the stuff I bought later.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS!!!

Before anyone says "the correct term is Merry Christmas", let me just say that in Harry Potter, Hermione said "Happy Christmas" - so it is grammatically correct.

Also, I thought it was really cute.

Anyway--so my stomach pain is completely over and done with, meaning I no longer have a good excuse to lounge in bed after the morning hours. Thus, I've decided to be proactive and actually work on my TO-DO LIST for this holiday.

I am planning to read (and finish reading) John Locke's Second Treatise of Government and John Cameron Mitchell's Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

...Is it just me, or is Harry Potter everywhere today? I mean, HEDWIG! Sigh, i loved her. I remember wanting a white snowy owl so badly in my more manic days of Harry Potter fandom.

So yeah, I shall read these two (actually thin) books and hopefully watch Will It Snow For Christmas (WISFC) Ep.8 with English subs.

If you're reading this blog, it's probably because of either:

1. I bullied you into doing it OR 2. You accidentally stumbled across it and decided to see whether a 18 year old girl's life is really that mundane.

Therefore, chances are, you have NO IDEA what WISFC is all about. WISFC is a Korean melodrama that started airing this December. A melodrama=romance+lots and lots of angst. Now i used to be an avid watcher of all Korean dramas, but the plots has been pretty dismal of late--so i got bored. Hence, it's really lucky that i checked out Dramabean.com

It's a blog/site that focuses on exploring K-dramas. Dramabean OR Sarah has a great, witty writing style that i really enjoy reading. She writes a lot of drama recaps that summarizes and analyzes individual drama episodes (I initially checked out her site because she did an recap of Hero, which Lee Junki starrs in). Anyway, i refreshed the site and saw WISFC.

Now, the name didn't really seem all that interesting, but it caught my eye because it wasn't the usual kind of name K-dramas have (it's missing the word Love, first of all). So i read her recap of the first two episodes. And man oh man, it is good. I've come to realize that sometimes her recaps are better than watching the dramas themselves! But this isn't one of those cases. So i instantly went onto Mysoju and watched those two episodes. And they were amazing.

I don't know what it is about child actors--but they this innocence/ honesty that adult actors often lack. I always find that the latter's performances aren't as real or believable as the kid actors.

Anyway, for those of you that are interested, head over to dramabean's site and read about WISFC yourself! You won't regret it.

Now, the main story of WISFC is that of KJ and JW (I'll be using initals to save time). KJ is a gr.11 boy that just transferred high school and JW is a gr. 9 girl that's constantly causing mayhem unintentionally. Let me just say, the kid actor that portrays KJ is fantastic! He has this quiet, smoldering kind of charisma that gets under your skin. A rare case in K-dramas, the adult KJ is even better--acted by the immortal (imho) Go Soo (or is that Ko Soo?).

Go Soo came back from his mandatory military training about 2 years ago and he's better than ever. This guy used to have this gentle, cute kind of vibe---but now at age 30, he's suddenly become this manly hunk with the most amazing eyes.

THE EYES. I swear i am not exaggerating. If any eyes can penetrate to the depths of my soul, they are Go Soo's. Sigh---let me stop my fan-girling here.

The point is WISFC is worth a watch for the child actors, Go Soo and the storyline. It started off really great, but recently, the angst's got tuned up real high--so i hope it doesn't get overtly weepy and drags on.

It's 4:30pm and i haven't had anything to eat for the whole day. So i shall go grab myself some dinner and finally crack down on those books.

Happy Christmas everyone!

MyWay25

PS. This post is REALLY disjointed, i know. I kept trying not to drool over WISFC, so that's why i break myself off so many times.

Breaking Bread

"Do one thing every day that scares you." - Eleanor Roosevelt



Well, to other people, starting a blog might not seem like such a big deal, but Oh, God-let me just quickly try to remember how many abandoned blogs I have up to now.

Hmm...Four or five, I think.

Exactly! Creating a blog doesn't require much-just Internet, the ability to type and a funky, if not completely random (and also often lame) name. But it's the "keep blogging" part that intimidates me. It's such a commitment to come back regularly and update. Hell, it's hard to remember to come back and post something. And now that I'm starting university in practically 8 days---the odds of this happening are even worse.

But anyway-I'm going to put my faith to the test. I shall think of this as an experiment.

"How Long I Can Keep This Up"

Or HLICKTU, if you prefer the short form. Although I can't say much about the fact that the word "lick" is spelt in this challenge name's abbreviation.

The reason i started NATURE'S DOING (I'm sorry, I really just couldn't come up with anything. I was going to name is Dash of Brilliance, but i thought that sounded to pompous.) is because my good friend, a fellow blogger decided to revive her blog. And that began my obsession all over again (for those of you that all keeping count of how many more lame names i have made up-here's one to add to the list: obsession101. Yes, i am completely serious-my old and spelling/grammar error ladden blog is at obsession101.wordpress.com Go ahead, read it and mock me. Haha)

Speaking of friends---mine say that my emails sound "just like [me]!" I'm not certain what this means. Apparently, my writing style is so "unique" that they can tell it's me who wrote without having to look at the "from" tab. (This is slightly alerting. I mean, if I ever wanted to prank email someone, it is impossible! Since I'm too obvious.) The thing is, I don't even realize that I'm utilizing a "unique" way of writing. My style is out there! Everywhere! Loads of people write like this. Perhaps the catch is that I, in fact, talk like this.

Seriously. If you and I were having a conversation in, say, "cyberland" or something-you would actually hear the above coming out of my mouth.

Anyway---more mundane issues to crack:

Today's been a lazy day. I woke up at 10am with a funny feeling in my neck, which is both annoying and bothersome. I suppose this discomfort is to pay for the 3 extras hours I used for sleeping.

I dragged myself out of bed and washed and brush and everything. As per my usual, I sat in front of my computer (which is here, really) and checked my various online accounts.

And guess what? Nothing new. Yup---well, I can't really blame that for happening since I was up all night trying to buy books for my Philosophy course---and during all the waiting that comes with online shopping, I just checked the said things a lot, and late.

30 minutes later, my Dad yelled from the other side of the house saying that I have to eat breakfast. Since this is actually the 3rd time he said that, i decided to give in and had some Honey Cheerios (sp?). I think they taste better dry than with milk. I generally hate milk, due to the fact that i was given tons of it as an infant and so developed an acute distaste for it. But nevertheless, i got my physical exam a few weeks ago and my doctor said that i needed to up my Vit. D intake. Who knew milk was useful for so many things? I thought it was just a calcium contributor.

Anyway, breakfast wasn't that fulfilling. I have frozen waffles in the freezer---but it's such a hassle to thaw them, toast them, melt the butter and everything, that i just gave up on the idea. The good thing is, lunch is only like 90 minutes away from now (assuming that I eat on time, unlike what normally happens). Other than this whole breakfast debate, nothing worth noting has happened (and according to most people, I'm betting-even this breakfast debate isn't worth mentioning).

It is currently 11:24am and I am still writing this. I have to say, writing really is a form of relaxation for me. Even if i have to copy out facts from a physics textbook, (God knows how many times I've done that just to try and retain some of the knowledge!) I see it almost as a therapeutic activity.

That's a part of why i want to be a writer. Who doesn't want to spend they life, relaxing? Of course, it's MUCH, MUCH, MUCH harder than that. Jokes aside, I love writing (except essays-I'm not good at arguing. And while i realize that this is a gigantic flaw-I am working on it.) and i do it religiously. Meaning that if i believe in nothing else-i will believe in my writing. Because God knows it has gotten me out of some dreadful times.

Oh, and by the way. I tend to say OMG, Oh God, Oh Lord a lot. Even though i don't think i believe in anything. It's just a habit. What should i say instead? Oh My Goodness? Or...

MERLIN.

Yes-that is what i shall say from now on. It is only write to say tribute to Harry Potter, possibly 7 of my favorite books. MERLIN knows it helped me sleep. It still does. And not because it's boring! Listening to Jim Dale's voice just calms me (it would calm you too, if you have heard HP3 28 times, as it says in my itunes play count column.)

My arms are a little stiff from typing. I think i shall go and grab some vanilla sundae to smooth my nerves. Haha!

On that note, here's another great quotation (not QUOTE! Honestly, I was reading my syllabus just now and my ENGLISH PROF wrote quote instead of QUOTATIONS! That really stunned me. Ever since 10th grade, the word's proper use has been drilled in my head, thanks to Ms. Mondrow. Now, everytime someone says QUOTE, i feel like giving them a lecture.) from Eleanor Roosevelt:


"All human beings have failings, all human beings have needs and temptations and stresses. Men and women who live together through long years get to know one another's failings; but they also come to know what is worthy of respect and admiration ... "

Isn't it great? I found it on Wiki---which during times of boredom is extremely useful!

With that said---I'll be back with that wretched misuse of the word "quote" in a bit.

UNTIL THEN-

MyWay25