December 2010
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i don’t love studying. i hate studying. i like learning. learning is beautiful. —natalie portman
2011 resolution number five: learn more stuff and things. vietnamese. graphic design. law?!? history. cooking. surfing. literature. grammar. writing. teaching. games. sports. patience.
daddy did ask me how much money i’d need to go back to school. maybe i should think about that. maybe...
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mae: let’s work on our lists. me: okay. [time goes by; we are writing furiously and the pensive air is riddled with guilty giggles and heavy sighs.] me: sooohhh, i organized my list into different areas. mae: me, too. me: …hmm, what are yours? mae: career, personal/social, cash money, and wishlist. me: [laughing] i have “frivolous” [with air quotes] instead of wishlist....
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i live in a great little bubble i set myself up in. if you listen to the good you might as well listen to the bad, and i’d rather not listen to anything. if you’re going to give me praise, i won’t listen to it, and if you’re going to shit on me, i won’t listen to that either. i’m a great little self-contained apparatus. —mila kunis
2011 resolution number four: do not listen* to anyone. i...
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“she loved to walk down the street with a book under her arm. it had the same...”
– from the unbearable lightness of being by milan kundera
2011 resolution number three: as always, read more.
carry books. inspire people to read ((more)). push for literacy; actively—volunteer, encourage, do something. share the books you love.
ps. trrryyy to keep the book buying under...
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“a friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself.”
– jim morrison
2011 resolution number two: be the bestest friend i can be. encourage my friends to be themselves. support and love them. remind them that they are perfect.
ps. listen to more jim morrison and the doors.
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“the pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being...”
– nabokov
2011 resolution number one: write more.
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things i love: the crew
i am—and ever since i can remember being “into” clothes and fashion—in love with the crew. everyone gives me a hard time about it—especially my dad. he calls me “grandma” alllllll the time. he’s a hater.
i bought this adorable wool coat as a birthday present to myself. OH MY GOD THE RUFFLES and that collar and those...
things i love: the crew
i am—and ever since i can remember being “into” clothes and fashion—in love with the crew. everyone gives me a hard time about it—especially my dad. he calls me “grandma” alllllll the time. he’s a hater.
i bought this adorable wool coat as a birthday present to myself. OH MY GOD THE RUFFLES and that collar and those...
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bosslady: okay, well if you’ve got everything you needed to get done go ahead and get outta there. i’ll be back in an hour or so but you don’t need to be there! if i don’t see you, have a happy new year! i’ll see you monday!!! thanks sooohhh much!!!
best conversation ever. i didn’t even know we are taking tmrw anddd friday off. this is alllllll sorts of...
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my sisters told me that my dad refers to me as my daughter love when i’m not around.
anddd thennn he told me, you are my heart outside my body.
i cannot handle this.
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“yes, “everybody’s happy nowadays.” we begin giving the children that...”
– aldous huxley
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“i had a dream that you were wearing overalls—floral overalls. you said,...”
– mae
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thursday, december 23rd, howl at the moon, houston, texas
i have the bestest of the bestest friends.
k dd’ed. sam brought the texas santa hat for me to wear. jenna and brian forced me on stage. sam bravely joined me on said stage—i couldn’t have done it without her. toy stick ponies were involved. gray took a picture of me on said stage with the pony toy in btwn my legs and...
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houston will have to wait.
imma be a good little asian and work tmrw am for the bosslady. we have a lot of shit to wrap up before the new year. this has been the longest work week of my life. my double halvsies ((half days mon, tues, and wed)) wk turned into mon halvsie, tues and wed all day, anddd thurs halvsie. you gotta earn your keep somehow.
besides, afternoon mini-roadtrips are much...
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“a woman’s perfume tells more about her than her handwriting.”
– christian dior
things i love: my perfumes. it’s the only way to carry flowers with you all the time.
((note: i also really love my handwriting.))
when you get your typewriter, i still expect my handwritten notes. your asian handwriting is so pretty. —carlos
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you never wanted someone so bad you’re...
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“don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’t edit your...”
– franz kafka
this is of the utmost importance: follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.
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the room is really stuffy! —aida
yeah, it’s hot yoga.
we ((darlinaida, aida’s mom, and mae)) did hot yoga tonight up north in the arboretum. idk why i keep doing this fucking hot yoga mess. i’ll find another way to work up a sweat.
reallllllllly what i should be doing is dance. after the holiday shit storm settles and i find myself a goddamn apartment, imma get back...
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“i have never been able, really, to regret anything in all my life. i have always...”
– the stranger by albert camus
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“and remember this, that if you’ve been hated, you’ve also been loved.”
– the portrait of a lady by henry james
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“have fun on your adventures, and drive carefully. it’s okay that...”
– mae
we send each other sappy emails/txts when we know we won’t see each other for a few days. everyone, try not to awwwww at once.
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thursday: graduation | kristin | san antonio friday: wedding | tyler | houston saturday: secret santa sleepover | the girls | rr
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march 2007, the hellraiser house “smoke room”
me: aww, i wish we had a camera tyler: don’t you have one on this phone? me: OHHHHHHHH YEAH I DO!!! tyler: SCHWEET *click* tyler: that was a real fucked up picture, lima bean.
one of my most favoritest people, tyler “the evil twin” arrington is getting married THIS FRIDAY afternoon at the courthouse in houston anddd i...