feelin' red

i've been drawn to the color red lately

and since i've cut my hair, i haven't left

the house without donning matte red

lipstick from nars. funny how i always

feel more feminine whenever i chop off

the puffy lion's mane i have on my head.

and hooray for me using my camera again,

though it was to entertain the little vanity i have.

sunset boulevard

joe: i didn't know you were making a comeback.

norma: i hate that word. it's a return, a return to the millions of people who's never forgiven me for deserting the screen.

birthday wishes

i just want to take this time out to thank everyone for their birthday greetings and well wishes! every one of you are amazing, i definitely felt all the love around me. i do want to apologize for not thanking you guys sooner; i'm afraid i'm just barely recovering from the most wildest birthday weekend i've ever had in my life! from truck stop (best. experience. ever.), to last night's korean barbeque, the intoxication and "oh fuck, why did we do that?" didn't end. now it's monday, i'm so worn out and i really wonder how i used to do this every damn weekend for the most part of 2010. gahdamn, i really must be getting old.

happy monday, everyone, and thank you for celebrating with me :)

oh, and ps, i totally fell in love with this video over the weekend.

used books

i went to one of my favorite used book stores, which i now live very close to (thanks to the recent move into a new place) and i went ahead and indulged. i absolutely love this place, and i bought most of these books for less than a dollar (heaven, if you ask me).

gangnam style

i heard gangnam style on the radio today,

and i'm not gonna go on about how genius psy is

and rant about the deeper meaning of this song + video.

all i'm gonna say is that i'm proud that kpop finally brokethrough

into american pop culture after years and years of trying and falling short

and also that i find it highly ironic that psy was the one to succeed what the

rest of the cookie-cutter kpop celebrities couldn't, despite all the $$ their labels spent.

if you really want to know what "gangnam style" is, click here.

mes cheveux

impatience is taking over me.

this is me, right now, puffy-eyed and half-awake,

lying on my stomach doing homework i've neglected

in just a mere two hours before i have to leave the house for

a 1.5 hour metro commute i have to make to get to school.

right now, i wish i had a desk, and i'm thinking that

maybe i should just miss out today and fight this sore throat +

cold combination i feel coming on like the trickling sense of

dread you feel when you wake up in the same clothes you wore

last night in a place you don't recognize next to a plastic bag.

i mean, not that that's happened to me but, you know, one can imagine.

and...is it really drizzling right now?!