Color the Soul

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2011-02-06T19:02:00.001-05:00

A good friend of mine mentioned that tumblr is actually way more convenient than blogger so I'm packing up shop and shifting!

Well, considering I have no steady followers, this shouldn't be a devastating move, but nonetheless, I have enjoyed your user-friendly interface and colorful themes.

Goodbye, Blogger

Lazy days, please enter

2011-01-27T21:30:00.028-05:00

Super epic song:

Animal by Neon Trees

Midterms ended yesterday!!! *cough*ididn'tstudyatall*cough*

Anywayyyyyyyy~ end of midterms means....

SENIORITIS HAS ENTERED THE BUILDING!

Actually, I've had senioritis since the end of my junior year.... but.... that's not the point.... it's just.... go with it, okay?

Anyway, since I'm now free to not do any schoolwork (without feeling guilty), I've decided to do something that I've wanted to learn since I was little....

Here's a rough list of the most important things I have yet to learn/do:

1. Learn how to read Chinese (Yeah, I'm Korean but it's kind of like learning Latin to understand romance languages better)

2. Learn to really play guitar (psssh two weeks of summer classes and all I can manage are 4 chords)

3, Memorize Moonlight Sonata

4. Learn to knit

5. Write a novel

So... I am tackling number 4!!!! Huzzah!

But....... OTL my first attempt was rather failure-filled:

I don't know any English terminology because my mom has been teaching me in Korean but I will attempt to explain... -_-

There are two types of stitches. My mom calls them forward and backward (I think backward is calling purling in English but I'm too fried to remember that).

Forward stitches create a vertical pattern.

Backward stitches, on the other hand, create a horizontal pattern.

Sorry about the terrible lighting but I have a migraine so most of my lights in my room are off

-_-

Anyway, my first attempt may look fine but that's only because I had to use my feet and my free hand to keep it flat. Since it was my first try, I alternated each row with forward and backward stitches. At first it looked ok but it CURLS UP LIKE A ROLY-POLY BUG! ARGH!

So, after I got enough roly-poly practice, I moved on to really making a scarf eUe

Since I had a snow day today (8 inches of snow, goodness), the above picture is a result of just today's work.

Notice that my feet are not needed to make this one lie flat.

The magical magicky magic secret my mom revealed to me is to alternate the (*sigh* this is too annoying to type. from here on, backward stitches are BS and forward are FS) FS and BS to create ribbing(? I think that's the terminology)

So it's 2 FS and 2 BS -u-

Hahaha I hope this doesn't turn into my knitting blog.

I don't know if this is obvious, but whenever I start something, I get obsessed. So from Maple Story to the Sims to knitting, my newest obsession is being an old lady hunched over a ball of yarn.....

Ah I almost forgot, I got accepted into Binghamton a couple of weeks ago! Yay!

But I'm really waiting for the spring when all my super-reach schools reply with either "YES" or "NOGTFO"

I also have my interview for reach school #4 sometime soon. OTL I hate talking to strangers. Wish me luck!

Conflict RESOLUTION

2010-12-19T15:49:00.003-05:00

I typed the word "conflic" around 4 times before I finally added the t properly at the end -_-

Uh so thief-woman-lady-girl apologized and fixed the comments on her story to include me.
Ufufufufu she probably got an angry email from the admins at ff.net 0U0

Anyyyyway, my friend and I were talking and we guessed that since this girl deleted her story every time she made a change, we figured out that she is unable to figure out that you can simply edit stories instead of deleting them and starting all over again... I hope... I'm really giving her the benefit of the doubt....
Okay... DRAMA TIME OVER

ON TO MORE CHEERFUL NEWS:

I AM DONE WITH COLLEGE APPS !!!! YAYYYY!

I already got my acceptance letter from Rutgers but I really don't want to go there. I mean, it's a pretty good school but EVERYONE from my high school goes there... And my cousin.... and like 5 family friends go there too....

Yeaaah...
Here's to me hopefully getting into my dream school! :D

Continued Thievery, Yes?

2010-12-12T14:08:00.004-05:00

So, this girl that ripped off my idea. Remember?
She conveniently deleted her story.
HOW SURPRISING!

Sorry, still burgeoning anger here.
So, I gave her two days and she decided to completely not include the fact her "plot bunnies" were actually partly mine.

So, I emailed the staff at ff.net and I hope that they'll get things sorted out soon.

Okay, so I'm really insulted because if you're going to steal something.....

DON'T TELL ME THAT YOU'RE TAKING MY WORK AND THEN LEAVE ME EVIDENCE TO REPORT!
So frustrated....

She must think I'm stupid or something.

*sigh*
I guess I'll post again if I get any news.

Wish me luck

Whoa... WHOAWHOAHOA

2010-12-10T23:26:00.007-05:00

Seriously?
Okay, so I've encountered some art thieves before and I've had a run-in with some people who like to "borrow" quotes from my stories. But this... this is... so bad that I can't even be angry:

Here it is

I don't even know what to say.
This person, reviewed in one of my stories saying that she liked my story and that she had already taken the liberty of taking my plot, my characters and even my story title and basically used them in her story.

I have no problem sharing.
But it kind of... no... it REALLY pisses me off that she would ask me AFTER she had posted.

But for some weird reason, I was really polite and just requested that she add my username to the credits and ask me for permission in advance in the future.

I stared at my sent message for five minutes until I exploded. Curse my strange moments of kindness! WHY DID I WRITE THAT EMAIL SO POLITELY?!

Okay, I know I know I'm not being super understanding about this but I was really angry. And in case it wasn't obvious, I'm no Mother Teresa. And my friend proceeded to make me laugh hard enough to forget about my anger anyway.

I know that if I was a mature person, I would just walk away from all this. But I'm not. I'm a pretty petty person and I tend to hold grudges. I mean, I won't go around harassing this girl all day. But I will post this, saying that if, in the future, anyone wants to borrow something from me, ask my permission first.

PLEASE.

I don't get angry that easily, but once I'm mad... I'm MAD.
So guys, don't do what this girl did.

And no.

I'm not exaggerating.

I was wondering....

2010-11-17T23:05:00.003-05:00

Whoever is reading this...
Are you Jewish? Atheist? Muslim? Christian? What do you believe?

Does it matter?

Why is there all this fuss and animosity and hatred about what we believe in? Shouldn't it be good enough that I have my own religion and you're free to have your own? When did it become acceptable that everyone hates each other for their different ideas?

I'm Christian.
I'm unashamed.
And I feel like for some reason, it is becoming harder and harder to say this without receiving some kind of hateful feedback.

Why are people so set on hating each other over something like religion?

It's too much.

We need to rethink this whole "freedom of religion" thing....

College Failure

2010-11-15T21:12:00.009-05:00

Yeah... so i have legitimately... two things and my essay left for my Rutgers app... and my body refuses to work....

Instead, at 11 pm last night, my brain goes,
"Ohhaithar.... WRITE A NEW STORY!"

So... I spent two hours... drawing... determining hair and eye colors and DRAWING CHARACTERS!!! Arggggh....
I mean, this story makes no sense!

Elise, college student and part-time masseuse, is asked by a random man on the street if she wants to make some money. No. Not prostitution. Even better. Babysitting his three troubled younger brothers while rejecting romantic advances from a spying neighbor. This should go well.

Also... I just slept for like two hours and I woke up more tired.... what is this madness?!

SENIOR YEAR, STOP THIS MADNESS NOW! ;A;

Story of my life

What is going on?

2010-11-08T22:18:00.004-05:00

When did this turn into a music blog?

Oh well~

Listen to this song

It is awesome and uplifting and the perfect way to make a bad day good.

Oh speaking of bad and good days....

I am DONE WITH MY COLLEGE ESSAY!

...or so I thought.

My loving, slighty-neurotic mother insisted that I get it checked by 3x10^15 people~ ;A;

Argh I am so sick of doing this.

I'm not going to college. I will live in a yurt and have an alpaca farm in the mountains -m-;;;

This is completely random and unrelated, but I LOVE fall just because everything turns this really beautiful shade of golden-orange. I also happen to love my iPhone (Christened Gerard) that takes wonderful pictures.

Oh yeah, I haven't mentioned Gerard. My brother bought him for me for my birthday about two months ago and I LOVE IT! Yes, this is shameless advertising:
GET AN IPHONE! IT'S COOL AND HIP AND AWESOME :D

Anyway, voila, some pictures I took on the walk home from school:

Ah and the last epic piece of news:
I DROVE FOR THE FIRST TIME AT NIGHT!

Arggggh I was so nervous but my mom was tired from being at the hospital for a procedure today so my dad and I went to buy dinner at Panera Bread.

On the way home, a white cat jumped out of NOWHERE and nearly gave me a heart attack ;A;

Oh well, Mr. Kitty lived and we enjoyed dinner.

I should probably finish up my homework now~

Oooh cruel senioritis, why do you torment me?

Great News!

2010-11-04T16:12:00.005-04:00

The Collegeboard can kiss my big toe!
I am done with SATs!!!! *throws confetti*

Unfortunately... I am stuck.... like really stuck... trying to write my college essay ;3;

Haha it seems like every time I'm freed from one burden, another one smacks me in the face.

But I have the today and tomorrow off from school so I've been attempting to be productive.... I said attempted, not succeeded OTL

In more cheerful news, I discovered this amazing album by this band called Oceanlane. They're Japanese but they sing in perfect English~ It's been raining all day so it's been the perfect album to listen too oAo

[edit]

I found their album online! Haha this is sooo illegal -_-;

Ooh ooh click me click me!

Ah I don't think I've mentioned this, but I've been writing fanfiction since middle school (yes, haha, what a loser)~

But I actually take a lot of pride in my fanfictions so keep yer dirty dirty trap SHUT! :C

Sooo if anyone's a loser like me~ feel free to check it out oUo

Click Me to Readddd!

In unrelated news:

(I was at the mall with my friends and I developed a crush on this mannequin. Find me a guy that dresses like this and I'll be in utter LOVE >U< )

Errr... maybe not

2010-09-28T23:56:00.003-04:00

If you click the title, I have provided an example of the intelligent conversations I have with my friends. I'm the one in yellow.

Yes, we did just say "badbutt"

Anyway, in regards to the "err... maybe not"

I am not done with SATs....

Why?

Because.... adlfajwelifjalwejflajlfejfakjdlfkjslkfjsdklj SENIOR YEAR IS MURDER.

I am retaking SATs, handing in college apps while trying not to fall asleep every day.

IF YOU ARE NOT A SENIOR YET, LISTEN TO ME:
THEY ARE LYING! THEY ARE LYING THROUGH THEIR BUTTS!

JUNIOR YEAR IS NOTHING COMPARED TO THE FIRST HALF OF SENIOR YEAR.

Um.. yeah... just felt I needed to rant and say 'hi' to anyone who might be reading :3

Haha just kidding

2010-04-14T20:20:00.004-04:00

Yeah. I didn't feel like studying for Calculus.

So I decided to scan this instead.

It's really crappy and strange because it's definitely not my original style.

This was strongly based on the way Hazuki Kanae draws.

She is definitely one of my favorite mangakas.... minus the fact that she can't seem to draw anything without gratuitous amounts of.... adult activities. But I love her drawing style.

Anyway, I tried to imitate her style and failed miserably. Oh well.

I've alsos been sucked into reading MLIA posts before going to bed every night. And since my shiny itouch has wifi, I've been able to sneak in a few pages without getting yelled at ;A;

I've been seriously contemplating naming my itouch.

I have decided that the lime green case makes him a boy.

Yes.

I am that girl who names everything. My phone's name is Winston. My cello's name is Dylan. My piano's name is Sylvia.

Sorry. I'm crazy. Has no one noticed that yet?

Last Album

2010-04-14T20:07:00.004-04:00

Ohhhhh my goodness.

I don't have much time to write. But I find it absolutely necessary to do some shameless advertising.

One of my favorite bands from middle school to freshman year was definitely UVERworld. They're this Japanese Rock/Pop band that seems to have this knack for nailing absolutely wonderful songs or coming up with really random crap. Anyway, I had recently lost interest with them as their sound had started to become really strange. I started to really start loving bands like Clazziquai Project and Winterplay over the mainstream bands. I assumed that I had just outgrown UVERworld's sound.

I WAS SO WRONG.
Their latest album was definitely one of their best in a while.

I know this is technically bad and I shouldn't be doing this as a real band, but I'll provide a link for anyone to download if they're interested.

I strongly recommend tracks 2 and 7.

On another note, I really do recommend iHoneyjoo for all your music needs. They provide albums on the day they are released at no charge. The only downside is that all songs have "ihoneyjoo.com" in the comment and lyric sections of songs. I find it kind of annoying, but it only takes a second to erase so it's fine.

No, I am not getting paid for this. It's just that I tend to get people who whine about how I get my music so quickly.

I'll try to get back and start actually posting again....... possibly after SATs....

WORST SPRING BREAK EVER!

http://www.ihoneyjoo.com/albums/uverworld-last-album/

The SATs have passsssed!

2010-03-13T21:49:00.002-05:00

You heard me! Er... read me....

I am DONE with the SATs! YES!

*sigh* Sadly, I've still got four subject tests to go~

Ugh I'm so lazy that I can't even get off my dumb butt to update this whole thing~

SOOOOO *dramatic drumroll*

Story TIME!

I've been obsessed with magic, drawing dresses and drawing guys with zippers and swords (Don't ask about the last part). As a result, I've started this whole huge story in my head that sometimes makes me wonder where my imagination comes from...

I will probably get around to posting this at fictionpress and some point~

But here's an excerpt to make you smile like an idiot (just like I'm doing right now):

The Bounty Hunter stared at the huge castle for a minute. The sheer size of the castle made his head spin as he tried to figure out where the gigantic structure ended. Tall stone chimneys laced with ivy reached towards the heavens. Guards strutted up and down the thick outer walls, comparing fighting techniques and joking with one another.

"HALT! WHAT BUSINESS DO YOU HAVE IN THE CASTLE!" one guard hollered, suddenly noticing the stranger with a huge sword strapped to his back. The Bounty Hunter scratched the back of his head. As if it would make a difference, he looked down at his dog who look equally perplexed. What was he supposed to say?

"Er... I've got a friend who asked me to drop something off for her. She gave me this letter?" he replied, digging the bent paper out of his pocket. The guard snatched it away and took a minute to look it over. When he saw the blue stamp at the bottom, his eyes widened.

"You're the High Court Mage's guest? My deepest apologies! Right this way, sir!" he blurted out, turning bright red. With an exaggerated salute, the guard pushed the gate open. The Bounty Hunter arched his eyebrow at the sudden politeness. He shoved the letter back into his pocket as he walked through the castle's east gate. The smooth stone path led into a lush garden, filled with colorful flowers and several gurgling fountains. A few servants paused to stare at the handsome stranger and his large dog.

"So... where should we go?" the Bounty Hunter muttered to himself. But his dog quickly caught a scent that led him through a bed of red hollyhock and past a white gazebo draped with morning glory. The Bounty Hunter tagged along, trusting the mutt's keen nose. They walked down a few open hallways and climbed a few flights of stairs before the dog stopped in front of a wooden door, furiously wagging his tail.

"Is this it?" he muttered to the excited canine, not really expecting an answer. Taking a deep breath, he knocked on the door.

BEHIND THE DOOR IS AN EVIL MONSTER THAT EATS THEM! THE END!

Not really, but I'm having immense fun writing this. Ugh stupid daylight savings~

Don't forget to change your clocks everyone!

Good niiiight!

Ah failure~

2010-03-01T19:07:00.001-05:00

So.... HSPAs tomorrow~

Honestly, my friends and I had to miss AP Physics (T_T because I absolutely adore my physics teacher) to sit through this terrible 45 minute long lecture about bringing pencils and how to not fail at high school (here's a hint: DON'T DO POT).

Sooooo~ I spent a lot of time wedged between my friend's boyfriend (who happens to also be my friend and also an angry Russian. I will refer to him as Vladimir henceforth) and my other friend (who I shall refer to as Boris). On Boris's other side sat my friend since elementary school (who I shall call Frenchie because she is a French nerd like me :3 ).

Inevitably, I began to fall asleep so I began drawing on post-its to make my life a little more bearable. To amuse myself, I made up a sample HSPA problem:

Bob has 5 nickels. Tina takes 2 nickels. How much money does Bob have left?

a)$0.15

b)$0.03

c)Tina is a whore.

d)None of the above.

Being high schoolers, we snorted over answer C and made a huge fuss over how funny it was. As Boris would say, "It made me lol."

I've been thinking about it. And I never would have made such a joke in my freshman year. I was really sheltered up until then. I guess when I started hanging out with people like Vladimir (or the Russian as his girlfriend calls him) and Boris, I've learned that having a weird or dry sense of humor is pretty nice. It's also funny because Boris called one of our friends in Calculus "dirt".

Other words/phrases we tend to insult people with are:

-incompetent

-struggling... just struggling

-fail

- ..... I revoke your speaking privileges. (One of my original creations~ :P)

- (the classic) NO

And I have cram school in 20 minutes. I honestly just want to crawl into bed and sleep for the next year or so.

SATs in 2 weeks

SAT II literature and math in May

AP Exams (ALL 3) in May

SAT II physics and french in June

....helllllp ;A;

Oh well~ on the plus side, I have no annoying boyfriend to look after or drag around. Honestly, I was thinking about how much I wanted a boyfriend until my friend mentioned how her ex was being completely rude and spreading terrible rumors about her.....

Please. I see enough drama during the day when my (adorable but technologically failing) Calc teacher tries to turn on the smartboard.

Okay. Time to go study waves and frequency for the next two hours!

Ciao!

Work in progress

2009-10-26T00:36:00.003-04:00

AHHHHHHHH

2009-10-26T00:27:00.002-04:00

Soooo I have no school tomorrow because.... my town is full of failure. Actually, that's today, but since I have insomnia, anything I say can be discredited to extreme fatigue and sleep deprivation~ :3

School's been good... I think. I have yet to completely fail a Calculus/Physics test. Although I am struggling slightly with friction and tension.
Friction should not exist.
Period.
It makes life so much easier to not take friction into account.

OTL now I forget what I was going to write....
Oh yes.

So... I have to start my writing submission for the scholastic writing competition this year.
I have an EPIC IDEA that is sure to make everyone go "WAHHHHH?!"

I was so inspired that I drew a picture to get the basic ideas for characters down. I have a horrible tendency to forget details otherwise.

... I think I will try to sleep now.
....... or I'll be back up here writing another submission at 2 AM.

WE SHALL SEE!
FARE THE WELL, SAILORS! :3

A little procrastination

2009-10-17T21:10:00.002-04:00

.... is very healthy.

I am almost unhealthily obsessed with facebook graffiti at the moment.

It is like OpenCanvas with less tools.

BEAUTIFUL, YES?!

I should actually be cleaning my room.
Hmmm... I'm feeling artsy fartsy.
Maybe I'll write something too :D

OTL so tirrred

2009-09-26T14:32:00.002-04:00

I almost forgot about this thing.
*FAIL*
Show just how good I am at keeping track of things.
Oh well, let's try again.

I will eventually post the t-shirt designs I made for Asian culture club this year.
I am veeeeeery excited! <3
>m<

I don't have any photos from missions because I didn't bring my camera. I got lucky though. On the last night, the tents frickin FLOODED BECAUSE IT WAS RAINING TOO MUCH!
FLOOOOODED!

And the outhouse made me very grateful for my toilet when I got home. Seriously. I sat in the bathroom for an hour when I got back home because I COULD. (The stench in that outhouse was just unbearable and nasty.)

Uhhhh I should actually be vacuuming because we're having guests over tomorrow. I can't leave my dear little mommy to do it because she's been feeling sick lately. -_-; My brother is coming home from IHOP tonight (International House of Prayer, not the pancake place) so I am veeery happy about that....

Uhhh it's my dad's birthday on Tuesday and I still don't know what to get him. Ohhh well~ I'll think of something... hopefully... :D Actually, I can post my t-shirt designs now.

Voila!

Ninja ONE link

Ninja TWO link

Ninja THREE link

See what I mean?

2009-08-15T20:49:00.003-04:00

I did mention that I do draw.
Here's a quick, 15-minute sketch and color drawing on PS.
I got lazy at the end with the shading.

Oh well.

Oh, haha, in case anyone was curious.
That is supposed to be CL from the Korean girl band, 2NE1...

Admittedly, I am a huge fan. -_-;;

It's finally here~

2009-08-15T20:06:00.008-04:00

Ahhhh...
I kept reminding myself to update this monstrosity I've decided to take under my horribly ungroomed wing... buuuut.....

Between cram school, studying and packing for my short term mission starting tomorrow, I've been running around hardly getting much sleep. I'm also taking free time to pull my hair over the fact that my school schedule has NOT come in the mail ... while all my friends have received theirs~

Oh well. I guess I'll check it out after I get home.

Well, this short term mission I'm going on is organized by Youth and Family Focus.
I'm super nervous because I've never gone on a mission that wasn't with my own church... or with my own youth group members... OTL
I guess I'll have to overcome my ridiculous inability to meet new people at some point in my life.

Anyway, it goes from Sunday (tomorrow, kiddies) until Saturday of next week. It'll be a week full of living in a tent, no electricity, no proper toilet (hole in the ground. hurrah), doing back-breaking labor aaaaanddd...

I may possible have to strangle mother nature if she drops a little present by while I'm there.
Those of you (if there are any) will wonder:

WHY WOULD ANYBODY DO THIS TO THEMSELF?!

My answer: TuT
I guess my yearly adventures to get myself eaten by mosquitoes and sleep in uncomfortable places isn't strictly masochistic. [Last year was Costa Rica. I still have scars from mosquito bites that just won't go away.]
I feel like every time I come home from these places, I learn new things and become a (hopefully) better person.

Ummm... it completely has nothing to do with the fact that this looks FAAAABULOUS on college applications. (But shhh~)
Actually, it really doesn't, but I'm not complaining if it helps me.

Anyway, I got back from the orientation yesterday and there were a lot of kids in the group going too. Some were people who had gone before, but many, like me, had no idea what was going on. Apparently we spend some time at a nursing home, talk to inmates in jail and build homes (at Habitat... which I thought closed because it didn't have enough money.... umm.... what?!), and fight off hoards of mosquitoes in the process....

I can't decide whether to be excited or nottt~
And out of the 11 groups, there are only 3 groups of girls.

Roughly 18 of us.

Versus

Roughly 50 boys....

OH wellll~ more time for bonding between the girls... I hope.

Oh yes.
This whole "Color the Soul" thing.

Yes, you may say "wtf is this?!"

The whole idea of "coloring the soul" is that I'm going to honestly say what happens in my slightly abnormal and strange life.
No lies.
No exaggerations.
The truth.

And I may post some short stories or art if I get the urge :3

As I still have to pack for my journey into the unknown, I will end my blabbering here and wish the world a wonderful week while I live in virtual isolation.
I pray that I will not forget the bugsprayyy T_T

Au revoir!

Welcome to the craziness!

2009-08-10T23:30:00.000-04:00

I doubt that anyone will ever be reading this. Nonetheless, this is an aspiring writer's little space to express her insane life.

I am 15, turning 16 in just about one month.
With SAT prep, AP classes and high school drama, I sometimes find it hard to sit down and just... write (or draw if I'm in the mood).

Forgive the occasional whining and nonsensical babbling.
I have an excuse:

I'm learning to add color to the human soul.

So this will be my place to never have to hold back and simply write about ... things in general, I guess~

Today's mood: Tired