Boom-de-ah-da, boom-de-ah-da, I love my life

Okay, so I haven't posted anything substantial in the past two months or so and it's because my life has just been that incredible busy.

Early June:

• Finals


• Finishing up my last quarter of undergrad


• Taking care of financial aid (which I'm STILL not finished with)


• Finding work in the summer


• Running around getting legal documents for one of my job applications


• Graduating


• GRADUATING--BOOYAH!

So yeah, I'm the proud owner of two Bachelors of Arts; one in English, and one in Design.

Late June-Early July:

• TAing for DES 117, a web design course


• Logo clean up for the Yolo County Visitor's Bureau (unpaid)


• Scrambling to create a departmental brochure, conference program, and flyer for Food Science when no one would e-mail me back in time or kept sending me corrections after corrections from the copy THEY gave me

The last one I did for $8.50 an hour, the university so takes advantage of its student assistants and has caused me the most grief. I even worked through a weekend vacation with my family to Lake Tahoe, that was how tight this project was. Honestly, I asked in early June, May even, if there were any projects and they slam this all at me late June and it's needed for the IFT conference this past weekend. Design should be made at the drop of a hat, my God!

But the whole reason I got off my butt and posted pertains to

• Running around getting legal documents for one of my job applications

because guess what? I GOT IT! I'm going to go to Korea (South, needless to say) for a year in testing my teaching abilities. Salary is a modest $2k per month, but housing is included and I never had a chance to study abroad. In addition, this ESL job will help me learn whether teaching is a possible career for me.

Of course, I only found this out yesterday and that I'll be leaving the States August 17th. This means giving my notice to two of my obligations, clean and move out of apartment, and pack for it. I need to get a laptop with video capabilities (Skype! and sys reqs for CS5) and maybe a new camera as my point-and-shoot is about 5-years-old. Any one ever been there and have suggestions and/or advice for this Asian American, recent college graduate girl? I normally find lectures tolerable at best, but any ranting/essays you have would be awesome!

To DO:

• Finished 27 sketches to be finalized for a small company


• Finish laying out health journal issue


• Call Aunt L for advice on airfare from SFO to ICN


• Eat all the food in fridge and freezer


• Go see Inception and/or Toy Story 3


• Aforementioned stuff about apartment


• Wait for contract/info packet and then apply for E2 visa

Yesterday, I was doing my laundry around midnight. When I went to take it out of the dryer, the dryer was empty and I went to sleep depressed and curious: why would anyone want to steal my spring wardrobe? Out on a limb--perhaps it was a mistake and they returned everything to the laundry room?--I returned there in the morning. And realized that some bastard or bitch had taken offense of my 5-minute-tardiness in taking out my clothes for everything was on the ground outside the window. There was dirt, pebbles, and a freaking SPIDER in my formerly clean laundry. All I cam hope is for karma.

On a similarly disheartening note, I have many, many deadlines next week. On Monday, I have a CSS/coding/internet protocol quiz, a short history paper, and a longer English paper due. On Wednesday, I have a history final, a web site redesign final project, and a huge English paper due. On Thursday, I have TWO huge design projects due. Let's see... That makes EIGHT deadlines in FOUR days. Kill me now?

On a more entertaining, completely unrelated note, I have gained a new 'ship! Hurrah for the awesomeness of Sulu/Chekov-love! Too bad I won't be able to really explore this pairing until after this week. T^T

Oh, and I was rejected from a job and club officer position these past few days too.

There's a Quickly opening right across the street from my apartment.

YEEEESSS~!

Mis parentes visitan por a mi ayer! If I'm remembering my Spanish correctly, the last sentence should have read, "My parents visited my yesterday!" Anyone know how to do the upside-down "!" on lj? XD

So my parents, they arrived right after I got off work. They had near-perfect timing: I was just done with a quick shower before they knocked on the door. It was great seeing them and my little sister again, but the best thing about their visit? Fresh fruit and Chinese cuisine! >.< Mom also generously brought a mango cake for the delicious Kay Wah bakery in Milpitas. Just looking at it made my mouth water. I think it was to sweeten the oatmeal-and-spinach deal she brought me. XD During their lengthy visit, I did my laundry with my sister's assistance. The grapes will be eaten soon, the apples I'll save and admire, and if I continue delving into my new stash of Clementines at the current rate, they'll be gone before this week is over. Wonders of wonders, Mom'd also brewed some fresh cane juice at home and had thoughtfully bottled my some. *is in heaven*

On that note, my sister, darkestnight12 is selling a piece of her art! From what I could make out from the cell phone picture, it was an impressively colored piece. It didn't look much like the cubism piece it was supposed to be, but the colors were vibrant and the contrast with the plain, jagged black was pretty impressive. She's selling it for $65, even though the buyer was willing to go up to $100! It's a large piece, darkestnight12 tells me, about 3 ft by 2 ft and painted on wood.

On the subject of my sister; she was dressed up more than a mere visit to a sibling in college would call for. She's so strange. The quirky style was a strange mix of emo (black jacket, black shirt, black-and-purple striped socks) and cutsy (momoko piggies of the shirt, a small embroidered white flower on the pocket of the pants, and purple-and-black striped socks). Yes, I notice things like this.

Mom also brought some All-Star--Converses?--some pretty cute sneaker-like shoes that my Aunt L had discovered and bought pretty cheap online. They're a pale purple with a charming green apple and dark purple flowers print. Mom also had me try on some nice jeans and jackets or any future interviews I may have for potential internships and/or jobs. All this while, she lectured me on eating healthier, exercising more, to call home more often, and asked nosy questions about my poor roommate. snahjerblah, however, had intelligently vacated the premises.

On a completely unrelated note, I have discovered that there is a small, but loyal fandom devoted to Chad and Ryan from HSM, and Freddy and Zack from SoR. *light shines, cue chorus*

On yet another completely unrelated and trivial note, I've been getting headaches. I've always been disgusting healthy except for a week-long or so cold during the winter, but these past couple of days have been painful. One came after I took a short nap and the most recent disappeared only after I took a nap. Where is the rhyme or reason to this folly? And the skin of my hands are so dry again, they're cracking. XP