Me

It's been awhile...as usual. I'm quite surprised that I checked my lj today. Perhaps it's because I'm thinking too much somehow that always leads me back to this.

I find that looking back on my past entries I've already grown up so much. I feel almost too old now. Or it could just be my haircut getting to my head.

I'm also just trying to prepare myself for my future...I have so much in store and I can't be thankful enough. But then again, I've worked so much harder in college than I did in high school that it finally feels like what I've done is worth something. Yes, I was severely disappointed after applying to college. I became pessimistic about everything I applied for after that. But I am in the right place. I'm where I'm supposed to be. And it's never felt more wonderful. Right after Thanksgiving Break and around exam time I found out that I got into the final round of the GLOBE program interviews. I found out less than a week later that I got in, which automatically gets me into the Business School at UNC. Basically, I will be gone my entire junior year. Fall I'll be in Copenhagen, Denmark and Spring semester I'll be in Hong Kong. This could possibly one of the best Christmas presents I could have ever asked for. Now I don't have to worry about B-school til February. This semester has been the most rewarding period of time in my life. I've joined a sorority and found some place that I feel like I belong. I managed my stress better, I worked out like a crazy head, and I still managed to raise my GPA. I have better analytical skills and I've just learned so much about life. It's truly amazing how much I have changed.

I just hope that all of ya'll that are going into college next fall can enjoy college as much as I have. Even if you don't get into your dream college, I believe that everything happens for a reason. And I just have to reiterate how thankful I am for my life right now.

P.S. What's even better is that the GLOBE program is heavily subsidized, so this summer I'm going to focus on getting spending money!

Best of luck to all who have college app.'s left.

i'm not dead. i'm in college. that's about it. and everyone should apply to unc! because it's pretty much awesome. and although i didn't get into my top two picks last year. i know that unc is the right place for me. and i'm right for it. i love it here. i love college. and i saw that the honors band clinic is here in april. so i'll be there. yea! i'm done with exams on may 4. i guess that's all you need to know now. and you would think that i'd actually use some capititalization now that i'm in college. but. no. i don't. well, i do in my papers. anyway. enjoy high school. love college. they really are the best times of your life.

btw, i have a yellow belt in tae kwon do!

i'm also a facebook junkie now.

Orientation was fun yet tiring. I learned tons of info. It was an info overload. All of the orientation leaders were awesome. There was a program called "The Heel World" and there were tons of skits and hot dancing. Oh yes. HOT dancing. It was frustrating choosing classes though. One tip for all future undergrads. Go to the FIRST orientation, or as early as possible! You'll get the best choice of classes. I got basically all the classes I wanted. I chose 13 hours/credits in just 20 mins. Then it took me another 40 mins. to find that last class, I finally gave up and just got a waitlisted class. I'm number 3 and it's a class of 100 so hopefully people drop out. If not, I'm showing up anyway and begging the professor to let me in. So I have 16 credits with my waitlisted class. Here's my schedule (even though it doesn't matter to most of you) it rocks, no 8 am classes!

MWF
Elementary Chinese I- 10:00-10:50am
Intro to Stat (waitlisted)-1:00-1:50pm
Eng 101 (since I didn't place out...damnit)-2:00-2:50pm

Tues and Thurs
Economics 101- 9:30-10:45am
FYS Asian Cultures/Cities/Modernities-11:00-12:15pm

Just Thurs
Econ Recitation-3:30-4:20

Some of orientation sucked...like the constant headache I had from lack of sleep. And the Academic Advising workshop hurt my head. I just love college because of the class schedule and everything. I'm super excited about the SRC (Student Rec Center), I'm probably gonna take Yogalates and Bellydancing classes! Mwah.And I'm gonna join the Scuba Diving club because they go to Florida somewhere every year to dive! AND I'm thinkin about Greek life...definitely doing lots of community service though..probably through Campus Y. And I'm gonna join some Asian organization. There's over 600 clubs and organizations at Carolina! Wheeee.... Oh yea! Even though Chris and I weren't near each other during class registration, we magically signed up for the same chinese class! YAY!

I had a slight panic attack last night because I realized I don't want to make a fool of myself at college next year. I really don't remember a LOT of the math that I've learned, except how to take the derivative and the anti-derivative of basic equations. So, I've decided that I'm going to go through my textbook software stuff that I have left over from my summer course of precal 2 years ago. AND I'll make an effort on the foreign language placement test next week at orientation even if I know I'm not gonna take Spanish this fall. I really need to look over those notes...I don't remember any of the endings. I've also been on a reading rampage. I've read through The Undomestic Goddess and I just finished Confessions of a Shopaholic. Tomorrow, I'm starting my summer reading for Carolina, The Namesake. I've heard it's okay though, so good. It just sucks because I feel like I'm already back at school..I mean, I could not make any effort at all on any of this. But I seriously need to do this...bleh. At least I had about a 3 week vacay so far!

So, next Sunday-Tuesday I'll be in Chapel Hill for orientation. Sunday is just a day I'm hanging out with my sis up there. Then Wednesday I'm getting 2 of my 4 wisdom teeth taken out. AHHHHHHHH! I'm absolutely terrified. But while I'm basically lying around all day, I'll be relearning Chinese the mainland way, reteaching myself Precal with trig, reading the Namesake, scrapbooking, movie watching, and just being super productive.

I would also like to mention that Aerosmith and Motley Crue will be at Alltel Pavilion Oct. 23rd. Sweet.

I would just like to make an announcement to everyone. I love life right now. Sure I'm a still a little sore and bruised from scuba diving the other day (for the first time in the ocean!!), but life really rocks. Las Vegas was the shit and I now have a new goal in life. To go back and watch all of the other Cirque du Soleil shows. Sure, my sister and I think that the guy who created them was probably on crack when he thought of these shows...but they're absolutely positively amazing and pure genius. And human bodies are just not supposed to bend that way. Anyway, I'm not going to talk all about Vegas here, you just have to ask me how it went. But one more thing...the shopping is amazing. You CAN have a good time in Vegas without going to see some lame strip show or gamble. It's true. Oh yea, I had some In n' Out Burger. Mmmmm....not as greasy feeling as McDonald's goodness.

Tomorrow begins the weeklong sleepover with the girls! Sure, it might storm a lot, but I have DVDs and some lame board games to pass the time. Meanwhile, we'll just catch up and talk so much that our mouths run dry and we'll have to take water breaks. Or we'll dance in the rain. Whatever.

I would also like to suggest that I quite possibly may have had one of the greatest combination of Graduation gifts ever. Thank you family for that. I couldn't have asked for anything more. I even got Tarheel cookies! Yum yum yum.

Now I'm off to play more cutsie addictive games introduced to me by Christina. www.orisinal.com

BTW, some seniors that went to Roland Grise are goin to visit tomorrow. We're meeting out front at 9:30!

I can't believe that Graduation is almost here. No high school ever again. No finals. YES! My sister is coming home this Friday and I'm just so excited I think I'm going to implode. So, update for everyone. I'm leaving for Las Vegas next Monday and I'll be back late Friday. www.bellagio.com Ha! That's where I'm staying. Don't worry though, it's a regular room. Not a crazy penthouse or anything. But I can't wait to see the fountains at night! And the shopping...oh the shopping. And I'm going to be chilling by the pools for sure. They're beautiful. And now that I have a camera that will take pictures faster (aka a camera with no 29375492374 seconds of lag...I'll take millions of pictures while I'm there. And no one can stop me. I'm going to see two shows: O (a Cirque du Soleil show) and Mama Mia! Wheeeeee. I also got my first Graduation card in the mail today. It's from the guy we bought our piano from. So nice. Well, I'm going back to listening to music and staring at the rain. Summer has officially begun...at least for me. Because...no finals for me! And yes, I have to rub that in your face. You're welcome.

Oh yea, my future summers are kind of planned out too.
Next summer- Love Boat aka trip to Taiwan with other Asian students and learning more about the Asian culture in general.
Possibilities for summers after that: DCI, Internship, or study abroad in Italy or France. After I'm out of Undergrad, my family is supposed to be taking a trip to mainland China! Well...depending on how the whole Bird Flu thing goes. I don't really feel like dying that soon...

Out.

i'm going to miss the homeroom's when gus would bring his ratty old briefcase in and unlock it, snap it open, and offer us a piece of candy. ha...

i also completely freaked out the other night because all of the sudden college was really scary to me. i'm fine now. and i'm excited about CTOPS!!! but i know i'll be visiting state a lot next year. not every weekend or anything...because i'm definitely makin the girls come visit me in chapel hill and i'll give them a tour of franklin street. i can't wait til halloween there. ah...i can't stop thinking about college and graduating. this summer will rock, sure all of my friends will have jobs and i won't have a lot to do...but i'm still technically busy'd.
June= graduation, LAS VEGAS!!, and the beach house!
July=CTOPS and getting my wisdom teeth pulled...bleh. i'll be eating ice cream, pudding, yogurt, and soup for 2 weeks. i can't wait for that.

Moe-nika's pool party in a week! And my final band concert of high school. Because watch out Carolina Percussion Ensemble and Wind Ensemble, I'm comin!

Also, I'm walkin tonight from 11pm-1am for Relay for Life with Stephanie. Much fun to be had.

Meanwhile, I leave you with this.
"JAMIE!!!! Finally! We can now OFFICIALLY be REAL friends....lol. Facebook friends is the REAL DEAL, make no mistake about it....ha ha. I love you Jammers!
Welcome to the ultimate college procrastination device! This system is of great importance to your college career. It will enrich your life in all academic aspects. Forget books and lectures, notes, and research papers....parents send their kids to college for socialization. They really pay 30,000 tuitions for stress, sleep-deprived, over-worked, alcoholic, 15 pounds heavier adults addicted to facebook....yeah....um.....Congradulations Jamie, your new facebook account is your official right of passage to the world of college! haha....anyway...I'm so glad you have facebook now and we can really keep in touch better!
I miss you so much! I hope things are going well for your final year in highschool....savor your senior year before you have the time of your life at UNC! Well, this wall post is ridiculously long. Keep in touch!" ~My bestestestest friend Vicky on facebook.

I've had a pretty rockin senior year. The beginning was a little rough because I hated my classes. But it seems like smooth sailing from here. Prom was a blast. I definitely got a workout from laughing and dancing so much. Thanks John. You just have to get those pics to me!!!

And then the band banquet. I felt awful because I misunderstood some of Mr. Reed's directions on the phone. Hopefully I can make it right and all the honors/awards that the seniors have accomplished will be announced at the concert. I thought he just wanted our post high school plans. Gah... But I'm glad the slideshow turned out well. Someone mentioned that they loved our music choice. Yay! It felt good to see the finished product. And the pictures of Mr. Reed....man...thanks Mrs. Reed! The entire night went by way too fast for me. But it was one of the best nights of my life. I felt great and I think everything went smoothly. It was depressing when I realized that I will probably never be a part of any marching band again, especially this one. I will truly miss it, these have been some of the best times of my life. (middle school suuuuucked). I'm definitely planning to visit though. After months, it has finally hit me that I'm a senior. In a month I'll be graduating and I might not see some of these people ever again. It's been a great ride. But I need to get another one soon. But I'm forever grateful that I chose to continue on with band. I can't believe that I was so close to quitting high school band. So thank you everyone, for this experience and thanks for believing in me.

A little change in direction here. The next time I complain about something trivial. Knock some sense into me please. I have a great life. I'm going to a great college. I have a roof over my head. I have a car. I have great friends and family. I hate it when I lose sight of what's important. Emily's right. There are bigger issues. The world is so much bigger than just...us. Sure, I complain about school. But at least I have the chance to learn, teach others, and hopefully make a difference with everything I learn. I take too many things for granted everyday. The end of Kellee's speech for her Graduation Project on the hearing impaired went something like this, "So next time your iPod runs out of batteries or your cell phone conversation breaks up, just remember that these things don't mean anything to those who can't hear...." I can't remember the rest, but that's the one part that I will always remember next time I get mad at my phone or something of the sort. Man..this last paragraph is really anti-flowing. But hopefully you get the point.

so yesterday i went to the beach with christina and vicky. we were just walkin along and some guy with a beer in his hand comes up to us and asks if we'll take a picture with his friends on his beach couch for his myspace. he was explaining how he was tryin to start a trend with the beach couch. it'll sweep the nation and everyone will be bringing couches to the beach. i was thinkin no thanks. then vicky said yes. ahhhhhhh! but really, it was awesomely funny. we're hopin the pics didn't turn out, and christina and i had sunglasses on..so whatever. but, i ended up holdin a beer and vicky got a flower in her hair for the picture. we also got to sit next to their pile of cancer sticks. gross. anyway, that was the worst storytelling ever. but it was just strange yet funny.