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| design exercise #1the worn look
paul says, "shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? may it never be!"
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| you know what's super?when you finally get an AWESOME playlist on pandora.
i searched "cake," the artist and this is what i've gotten to listen to so far:
cake - guitar
weezer - island in the sun
the presidents of the united states of america - peaches
okgo - here we go again
cake - pretty pink ribbon
jack johnson - breakdown
modest mouse - paper thin walls
the presidents of the united states of america - boil weevil
eagle eye cherry - save tonight
cake - rock'n'roll lifestyle
modest mouse - fire it up
weezer - knock down drag out
red hot chili peppers - dani california
cake - end of the movie
i win! 4 songs by cake out of 14. not bad at all.
but you know what i hate? spelling the word guarantee. i had to spell check that three times before i got it right. the variations: gaurantee, garuantee, guaruantee. it's a stupid spelling. it should be garantee and save the "u" from feeling useless and invisible.
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i'm living in champaign alone for a week and half. what i've discovered so far about being alone:
- i spend a lot of time doing dishes. you'd think i would have to do less but nooooo... but i must say i like my sinks empty and clean.
- i spend all of my time in the living room when i'm in the apartment. the only time i go into my bedroom is to sleep. and out of the 4 nights i've been here, i've slept twice in the living room because i got scared... i guess it doesn't help that the light switch in my room no longer works... during finals week, i flicked the switch, it gave a spark, and the light went away :( so now i use my reading lamp to navigate my room (even during the day sometimes).
- it's like a special treat to go outside and do something instead of staying inside on the couch. i went bowling thursday on my own. i was the only one there too. it was nice :) i broke my prior record of 132! i got a 147! yay! afterwards i had chick-fil-a. it tasted like high-quality chicken. they have really good waffle fries. yum. i sat and ate and read in front of the union. beautiful, peaceful day.
- cooking becomes a lot more fun. i made french onion soup! baked it and everything. although i didn't have any french baguettes so i subbed it with chicken-stuffing (the closest thing to bread in the kitchen). and mozzarella never tasted so good.
- light becomes as much of a comfort as the background noise from the tv. also my guitar is great comfort. i'm still missing the 6th string so i basically can't play any real songs... just ones i make up lol.
- junk food is enemy. i can never buy junk food when i'm living on my own. maybe something every now and then. but seriously, it's more of an enemy than when i was living in the dorms.
- i love the freedom.
... and that's all for this entry. less than a week before i get to go back to chicago, go camping, then start summer school. yay.
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| You know what's crazy?
Commercials for books.
I saw the first one just now for a James Patterson book. It looks like one of those bad reenactments from documentaries and tlc shows. As weird as it is, it's kind of nice to see books being advertised on screen.
I am halfway through completing my 600 page gd book. I'm not sure what to do about the other half. Then after that I am moving onwards to my 50 page book. Yay graphic design! Boo work.
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| i've never felt settled into life. school has always been uprooting me to new places. preschool, stewart, lasalle, northside, uiuc... as interesting as it is to meet and click with new people, i just want to be done with college already so i can stop feeling unsettled and fall into a dependable routine with a few friends i can rely on. for someone as unorganized as myself, i need routine and control. it's interesting because i think that need makes me a plain, boring, unadventurous and safe person. i think i'm okay with that. my so-called weirdness makes up for it.
i'm not sure why i have a blog. i hate reading my old entries. they're all quite embarassing really. i tell myself i'll maybe read it 5 years from now but i have yet to read blog entries i wrote in my freshman year of high school (gosh, that's 6.5 years ago!) but then again, almost everything a teenager writes is embarassing and i was no exception. one day it was a "why me!?" rant, the next it was like giddyland. makes me cover my face and shake my head. there was a lot of growing and still plenty more ahead of me. perhaps the entries written in the past year aren't as bad. surely crossing over into the 20s did something to me.
i am 21 and i still love reading grammar school books. so far that's all i've been reading for the past 2 months. when i want to start thinking intellectually again when i read, i'll pick up 1984 where i left off.
bah, i don't like baking but i do it anyways because not being able to do it well bugs me. also, i want to have a signature dish someday, the one dish i am depended on to bring to gatherings and parties. lasagna just takes too long when making it from scratch.
tyrus owned me in the nose this past week. but for the first time in my life it physically feels like i actually have a nose 
if you have time, check out digital kitchen. they're an awesome video design company with major talents.
that's all for this update. elephants hold on to each others' tails when they walk.
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