ねじまき鳥クロニクル

I finished The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle last night; it took longer than usual for me to get through 607 pages but it was absolutely worth every second. I find myself with more questions at the end than when I started (and I was lost for a cool minute), but I think that just goes to show the genius of Murakami. Hopefully I get my hands on a copy of Kafka on the Shore this weekend...

In a place far away from anyone or anywhere, I drifted off for a moment.

Haruki Murakami, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, 607

Christian Ignorance Revives Discrimination in Virginia

en·nui

n. a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom


The Bible as Literature (aka ENG23) is going to stress me into an aneurysm by the end of this semester—everybody's defending the Bible's contradictions up the ass at 10:30 AM doesn't sit well with me; the only person I can stand in that class is the teacher because she raises questions.

On an unrelated note Keita and I've decided that, after extensive testing, I'm his bad luck charm on Dinglepop (Kevin, we haven't OMGPOP'd with you in days!) :(

New Year's Resolutions (Part II), etc.

And in the movement of the sun, I felt something I hardly know how to name: some huge, cosmic love.

Haruki Marukami, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, 138

Earlier, as I was waiting for the 1, a man approached me asking if I had 20¢ to spare. Usually and unfortunately I never make street donations, be it for an official cause or a personal one—but on a whim I decided not to dig through the change in my wallet and instead just give him my last $5 bill; he needed to get back to Washington. With a kind smile and soft-spoken words, he thanked me and told me to have a good day. I don't know if he was just down on his luck with no way to traverse the state lines home or if this was the biggest lie I've heard in a while, but it felt nice to help a stranger out with no motives or strings attached. If I hadn't given him money he would've gotten it from somebody else, so why not? I'm very blessed, especially when compared to much of the world, what's $5 out of my pocket? It would've just gone towards eating out (which isn't necessary) or cigarettes (also unnecessary) anyway, might as well help out a fellow human being just trying to live. One of my New Year's resolutions was to be nicer and I'm extending that to all of humanity, not just the people I come into contact with on a regular basis.

On a completely unrelated note:

http://donatingwealth.com/

I started RCC this Tuesday and I'm already feelin' it! The campus is lovely, the boys make for tastier eye candy than at UCR, the professors (especially my art history one) seem down, and my schedule is light and perfect. Also, going to school in Downtown Riverside opens up many opportunities for previously unexplored eateries... :3 This is the first time in a long time that I've looked forward to school three days in a row; it feels nice having gotten myself back on that study grind, DUAN IT.

Sex and the City

Welcome to the age of "un-innocence." No one has breakfast at Tiffany's and no one has affairs to remember. Instead, we have breakfast at 7:00 AM and affairs we try to forget as quickly as possible. Self-protection and closing the deal are paramount. Cupid has flown the co-op. How the hell did we get into this mess?

Sex and the City

RIP Alexander McQueen (031669 - 021110)

The Hangover

It's not gambling if you know you're gonna win.

The Hangover

I finally watched this; I get the hype. Happy Chinese New Year! :)

3 HITS 4 KILLS, dominating bitches at Balloono :)

If you go by emotions, not reason, it means you're going against reality.

Ayn Rand

Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.

Chinese proverb

Throwback (August 2008)

I MISS SUMMER, when there was sun and warmth, when I had long hair and thought I was cute, when I was just a tranny-slash-skankbeast-in-training~

Now the only thing I miss about sex is the cigarette afterward. Next to the first one in the morning, it's the best one of all. It tasted so good that even if I had been frigid I would have pretended otherwise just to be able to smoke it.

Florence King

Goodnight Moon

Trijicon Removes Bible References from Rifle Scopes

*update from this post

At this very moment I'd like to say my life is going down the drain and just break down indefinitely in a messy pile, but amor fati, c'est la vie, etc.

Sometimes I wish I were lucky in love. I'm good just doing me as I have for the past forever, but I think it'd be nice if it were ~real... I just got over my exception (or so I thought) but I'm missing everything again—perhaps it's post-period hormone overload, perhaps it's how I haven't been able to see the moon or stars lately, perhaps it's because it is February. I'll just blame this out of character-ness on my excessive Korean drama/movie watching lately. :|

Happy February!

I can hardly believe a month of 2010 is already over! Starting out this one correct with my new favorite meal (hot water + sugar lemon + lemon, Chinese sausages, cream cheese + toast), a cigarette, Haruki Murakami's The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, and Corinne Bailey Rae's The Sea~ I wish every afternoon could be like this; too bad I have work at 6:30... Oh well, I need to hustle and play.