Christmas in Orange County: same as usual.

On a good note, me and my siblings got Best Buy gift cards this year. YES, something that we can use! No more neon green jean jackets or gift cards to stores that don't exist in NorCal. Memoirs of a Geisha was good. The trip was filled with plenty of tv time and hanging out with the kids under 10. That seems to be an improvement from other years.

By the way, I'm gonna be spending New Years with Jon in LA, Disneyland, and California Adventures. I'm gonna take so many pictures! Let's see if we can go thru "It's a Small World" happily high. ha! I can finally experience SoCal without the connotation of relatives or large, isolated houses on suburban hills.

And the verdict is in.

My mom met Jon ... for about 20 seconds. He happily greeted her and shook her hand and said goodbye after dropping me off at home. So I finally told my mom that I have a bf and Jon is it. Turns out, she's pleased and impressed by the simple gesture of a handshake. With one sentence that came out of his mouth and a simple gesture, she decided that she likes him and wants to know more.

So all it took was a handshake. Over lunch she ranted on and on about how much she liked the handshake/greeting. Quite simply, she just wants to be acknowledged and respected as the Mother authority and receive some common courtesy by male visitors. I think I get it now.

Studystudystudystudystudytime

My hardcore studying was interrupted when a group of girls + 1 guy plopped on my table. The boy went to the little boy's room (as they would call it) then the girls squealed and streaked and passed notes back and forth with giggles. The girl right next to me moved my backpack aside, smiled, then giggled. For the next couple hours they continued squealing and giggling and squealing and giggling with no words coming out of their mouths. I can't understand how any girl can giggle so much. And giggle at what? How is it humanly possible to squeal with every movement of any living thing?

They'd only stop giggling and put their heads down "studying" when I lift my head up to give my evil glare. I'm sure my glares invoked death into their bright, sunny hearts. Sure I could easily pick up and leave to another table, but I refuse to give up my territory. Nobody, not even annoying squealing girls with fluorescent shirts, 3 inch tall Sketchers, and pens that jingle, can make me give up MY table.

Somehow, I feel like the Christmas grinch has taken over my body. Too much happiness in ppl make me want to stab their eyes out. Or at least rip that jingling charm off their pens. Imagine writing an essay and all you hear is ching ching ching ching! Damn all that cheeriness! Girls like that need poo thrown at them.

hello hello. Yes, I'm still alive. This week has been a rollercoaster with the fraternity. After an intense week of drama, I think they're finally warming up to the idea of me dating an alumni during pledge quarter. That is the stupidest rule ever implemented - "pledge/active barrier". The quarter is done and what's done is done, so what can they do about it now? Besides, rules are made to be broken.

Oh yes, I saw Narnia. Too many happy moments and not enough suspense. Even though it's Disney, I expected more out of it. Finding Nemo was Disney but even that had more suspense and lovable characters than Narnia. Okay, time to go study finals! Physics and Bioenergenetics and Metabolism and Ecology and Paleobiology sound like FUN!

Oh yea, formals was chaotic. I think it runs in Ohana blood to be heavy drinkers, crazy dancers, and drama all over the place. A day after crossing and I'm all ready in trouble?!! Yea, actually in BIG trouble, but I'll go through that another day. Anyways, this is my AKPsi family: The Ohana Family - closest and craziest family in the fraternity.

l-r: Franco, Lorraine, My Big Lauren, Me, Jon, Jason, Evan

ALL OVER! I crossed and I'm now officially in Alpha Kappa Psi, woo! Now its time to get back to a normal life, as in wasting time at my computer and studying my arse off. The animated version of myself looks so typically Asian. Oh well.

I used up so much money this quarter that its ridiculous. I can't eat Wendy's or In-N-Out for at least another month. No more business attire or heels on Mondays and Wednesdays! I'm gonna wear sweats and look as random as I want now. I'm gonna miss spending 16/24 hours with the same 9 people everyday - eating, sleeping, pooing, singing, crying, yelling, acting a fool together. You'd be surprised at all the random stuff people would do under so much pressure. I'll post up pics when I get time, probably after finals.

I need to pull my grades up in Bioenergenetics and Physics. My life will now be spent in the liburrry. I can't wait to have TIME! Oh yes, I gotta make up my work hours to start rolling in the dough. Winter break is gonna be so good.