just to let you know - i AM aware at how boring and meaningless the following entry is :)

this is what i did today (warning: it's boring....as is my life)

• got my hair cut at vidal sassoon academy for $8.50 (you get 50% off with a student id)
• steve choi visited me while was getting my hair cut (he literally just stood there talking to me as they were cutting my hair)
• met up with mel on her last day of work (visited her at the office)
• went to costco and had a chicken bake and a slice of cheese pizza (i ate it all by myself on one of those benches)
• got my tires rotated and balanced and received wonderful customer service from miguel.
• spent 2 hours doing yard work (trimming bushes, cutting down some bamboo, raking, brooming) it was wonderfully relaxing
• thought of washing my car. then i  thought against it
• drank my blueberry shake
• talked to john 4 times even though he left for Guatemala today (first he called at LAX right before his flight, then he called me at his lay over in Texas to tell me that there was some sort of delay, then he called me to tell me that something happened to their pilot and that they would have to spend the night in Texas, then he called me from the hotel t to say goodnight). i miss him.

yup. that's what i did today.

subject change!

if i didn't work, these are the things i would like to learn how to do. why am i mentioning it? because i've been thinking about these things all summer break. i wish i had time for all these lessons. more than time, i wish i had the MONEY to afford all these classes and lessons. so if john ever becomes a millionaire and all our kids are old, i'll be taking 2-3 classes per day to catch up on all this stuff...

• play the drums like a crazy rock star
• play the electric guitar like a crazy rock star (oh say can you sing..by the dons...)
• play the acoustic guitar 
• play piano like a madman (eyes closed, body moving, and forehead sweating)
• sing like a bird 
• paint (oil and water) (landscape, portraits, still life)
• draw (cartoons, caricatures, animation)
• sketch (pencil, charcoal)
• floral arrangement 
• gardening (to the point of almost farming - growing all my own organic fruits and vegetables), and tons of flowers and trees
• home improvement (fix-ups, renovations - female Bob Vila or Tim Allen)
• car mechanic (i wish i could do everything myself - change my oil, rotate my tires, and fix everything)
• do hair (cut, perm, dye, highlight, style)
• do makeup (both everyday as well as "professional" like movies, etc)
• all the latin dances (so i can shake my bonbon)
• american sign language
• spanish
• french
• korean
• braille (wouldn't that be neat? i have a children's book in braille...)
• (i would put COOK...but honestly, i don't think i'm there yet. i honestly have no desire to learn to cook. my mom's #1)
• professional masseuse  (i think this would be an interestingly appreciated talent)
•  be fully ambidextrous (i used to practice when i was in elementary)
• do my mom's taxes
• LAW - so i know when my mom's getting screwed over and i could fight for her
• ski with a partner in that 8 shaped thing down a dangerous mountain
• horseback ride
• architecture/design

there's probably more...but this is just what i've been thinking about these days...

subject change!

did you know that john and i have talked EVERY SINGLE DAY for over a year and a half? (maybe 2 years) we talked everyday WAY before we started dating because that was back when we lived next door to each other in college (we started dating the day after i moved out). this is going to be the first time in a loooooooooooong time that we won't be able to talk every day.

you know what's weird? that when you date, you actually WANT to talk to the same person day after day after day. i mean really, you would think that me and john would have exhausted all conversation topics, right? but that's the weird thing! some how, there's always something to tell or something to discuss.

why is that? how come you can have so much to talk about with one person, but not much with others?

 i honestly don't have as much to say to my other friends - at least not enough for 10-20 hours of conversation a week (i'm sure they're thankful of this...hahahaa). you know what i think it is? i know other people aren't really interested in the small details of my life. so i just don't say it. but for some reason, john happily listens to them.

i think that's the secret in dating and relationships. you just have to find someone who'll be happy listening to you talk about the small details in life. but! you also have to make sure that YOU enjoy listening to THEIR small details as well.

that's what it's about - listening.

listening and laughing and enjoying each others company.

sigh.  (a happy, content sigh)

my "listening, laughing, enjoying each others company" partner is in guatemala.

by the way, hi jae in korea! thanks for the email :) it erased all our one-sided im conversations :)

mel - congrats on your "new" life ahead!