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Day 194 - NYC Day 24 - Words unspoken.
Frozen Hot Chocolate from Serendipity 3.
Thanks for a memorable night, friends :)
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So much on my mind right now, I don't even know where to start. I am so tired but I know I won't be able to fall asleep. My body and it's weaknesses are finally kicking in... I think it's about time I realize what's strength and what's pain. Don't you think?
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Woke up at 7:30am.
Dunkin' for breakfast, didn't finish the croissant. Been having a lack of appetite lately. Whatever.
Walked into Best Buy since I was early, looked at lenses... wished I was a bajillionare, then left for class.
Lecture by Elisabeth on Museum Controversies... quite interesting, had a short discussion on it afterward and headed to Kimmel around 10am.
Kimmel didn't open until 11am for lunch so while the other girls took a nap on the couches, I walked over to what could be one of the most interesting store (to me at least) - Lomography. They sell all these "weird toy cameras" like the Fisheye2 or the Dianas. Once again, wished I was a bajillionaire... texted my brother to let him know in advance that I will be occupying his Fisheye2 for a while when I get home. Then my up with the girls for lunch at Kimmel at 11am. Wanted to go up to the 8th floor to visit Marc's ex-colleagues again but had too much stuff. Chicken strips, california rolls, chips, curly fries. Yum (I still have the sushi here! I'm not that big of a fatty!)
Walked back to Lomography to meet up with Thieny... bought some photo holders (yay for scrapbooking!) and started walking back when it started raining. We got back and after a short while, we had to go to our field trip at the Time Warner / AOL Building close to Columbus Circle. Got there... went to the 5th floor for a perfect view, heard a guest speaker for a bit and then left to see the Lincoln Center. After the tour, a few of us just head home.
Dani, Thieny, and I went to get our eyebrows threaded for the first time (not like I have an abundance of brows... in fact, my brows are running kind of low if I must say.) - thought it would be much more painful, but it turned out fine and I feel less self-conscious now :P $7 can make a big difference!
Here is when my day started falling a bit downhill.
Quickly heated dumplings in Alysha's room (thank you!) then headed to Times Square with Dani to enter the lottery for American Idiot at 5pm. We rush there only to find out the lottery didn't start until 6pm (show was at 8pm not 9pm) so we went to Sbarro... I watched him he pasta and he watched my head bob every time I almost fell asleep.
Sorry for being grumpy. I really dislike wasting time... especially after confirming that I wouldn't be wasting time.
Went to sign up for the lottery... 25 tickets available, over 100 names and max two tickets per "chosen one" so obviously with my luck, we didn't get tickets... and at that point we were both very bummed.
Dani - hope your best friend is doing better! and that the baby's okay. <3
Headed back to the dorms and decided to join on the Serendipity run to kill the bad mood. Left around 7:45pm, got to the restaurant with reservations and was told we had to wait one more hour. Ridiculous, I know.
That was good though because we all went to Dylan's Candy Shop a few stores down and hung out :)
So something that happened that and still bugging my right now is that while we were taking a group picture... everyone put their cameras together on one table, and as I put my camera stuff down, someone else's camera fell only the floor (right on the lens, sound familiar?) and broke. It was a camera as a gift from her boyfriend... and I feel terrible now because it wasn't until we got home and the Best Buy guy told her it was cheaper to buy a new camera than to fix this one, that I realized that I was the most at fault for the camera dropping.
I am upset at myself because I should have noticed that it was easily my fault because my bag was near. It just never clicked. I spoke to her but she won't let me chip in for her new camera...
I don't know what to do.
Serendipity means "fortunate accident" - that definitely was not tonight.
I feel uneasy.
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People have been asking each other "Are you ready to go home?"
To be honest, I really don't know how to answer that on.
There is so much going on at home. It's like the reality everyone has to face eventually. But I do miss what I have been used to for the past 19 years. Yesterday at Flushing, I was really thinking about how different I would be if I were born ing NYC instead of LA. Who would I be? What would I be doing?
I love it here, but maybe not for the current situation(s) that I am in. I am not sure... here, I feel like my life is more exciting, but that could just be because I am living a limited-time life here, while at home, nothing seems special anymore.
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How come my photos never get re-blogged? I continuously remind myself that I am doing this all for me, but it's kind of creepy to think that there are people reading about my life on a daily basis, but no one dares admit their readership by replying back to this one way street.
But then again, what if you are feeling something I don't want to hear from you?
What is it that I want out of this project? Out of life? I am almost to day 200... almost. And I'm gonna make it all the way through 365... maybe even 500. But I am starting to notice that I am blogging to an audience, unlike what it used to be like, blogging to a blank wall.
The situations different now.
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Trying to buy a new lens for my Canon Rebel XSi before the 20th so I can give Aaron his lens back before he leaves! Any suggestions? Something around or below $300 is preferable :)
I wish money actually meant more than a sheet a paper. The way we hype up the value of a bill is very far from it's actual worth. But who am I to say anything?
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There so much more I want to say. Currently waiting for the laundry to be down in an hour or so.
Maybe it's time to go home.
At least I home, I don't have to be afraid of being alone or misunderstood.
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I am not surprised.
But still, this is upsetting.
Day 194 - NYC Day 24 - Words unspoken.
Frozen Hot Chocolate from Serendipity 3.
Thanks for a memorable night, friends :)
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So much on my mind right now, I don't even know where to start. I am so tired but I know I won't be able to fall asleep. My body and it's weaknesses are finally kicking in... I think it's about time I realize what's strength and what's pain. Don't you think?
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Woke up at 7:30am.
Dunkin' for breakfast, didn't finish the croissant. Been having a lack of appetite lately. Whatever.
Walked into Best Buy since I was early, looked at lenses... wished I was a bajillionare, then left for class.
Lecture by Elisabeth on Museum Controversies... quite interesting, had a short discussion on it afterward and headed to Kimmel around 10am.
Kimmel didn't open until 11am for lunch so while the other girls took a nap on the couches, I walked over to what could be one of the most interesting store (to me at least) - Lomography. They sell all these "weird toy cameras" like the Fisheye2 or the Dianas. Once again, wished I was a bajillionaire... texted my brother to let him know in advance that I will be occupying his Fisheye2 for a while when I get home. Then my up with the girls for lunch at Kimmel at 11am. Wanted to go up to the 8th floor to visit Marc's ex-colleagues again but had too much stuff. Chicken strips, california rolls, chips, curly fries. Yum (I still have the sushi here! I'm not that big of a fatty!)
Walked back to Lomography to meet up with Thieny... bought some photo holders (yay for scrapbooking!) and started walking back when it started raining. We got back and after a short while, we had to go to our field trip at the Time Warner / AOL Building close to Columbus Circle. Got there... went to the 5th floor for a perfect view, heard a guest speaker for a bit and then left to see the Lincoln Center. After the tour, a few of us just head home.
Dani, Thieny, and I went to get our eyebrows threaded for the first time (not like I have an abundance of brows... in fact, my brows are running kind of low if I must say.) - thought it would be much more painful, but it turned out fine and I feel less self-conscious now :P $7 can make a big difference!
Here is when my day started falling a bit downhill.
Quickly heated dumplings in Alysha's room (thank you!) then headed to Times Square with Dani to enter the lottery for American Idiot at 5pm. We rush there only to find out the lottery didn't start until 6pm (show was at 8pm not 9pm) so we went to Sbarro... I watched him he pasta and he watched my head bob every time I almost fell asleep.
Sorry for being grumpy. I really dislike wasting time... especially after confirming that I wouldn't be wasting time.
Went to sign up for the lottery... 25 tickets available, over 100 names and max two tickets per "chosen one" so obviously with my luck, we didn't get tickets... and at that point we were both very bummed.
Dani - hope your best friend is doing better! and that the baby's okay. <3
Headed back to the dorms and decided to join on the Serendipity run to kill the bad mood. Left around 7:45pm, got to the restaurant with reservations and was told we had to wait one more hour. Ridiculous, I know.
That was good though because we all went to Dylan's Candy Shop a few stores down and hung out :)
So something that happened that and still bugging my right now is that while we were taking a group picture... everyone put their cameras together on one table, and as I put my camera stuff down, someone else's camera fell only the floor (right on the lens, sound familiar?) and broke. It was a camera as a gift from her boyfriend... and I feel terrible now because it wasn't until we got home and the Best Buy guy told her it was cheaper to buy a new camera than to fix this one, that I realized that I was the most at fault for the camera dropping.
I am upset at myself because I should have noticed that it was easily my fault because my bag was near. It just never clicked. I spoke to her but she won't let me chip in for her new camera...
I don't know what to do.
Serendipity means "fortunate accident" - that definitely was not tonight.
I feel uneasy.
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People have been asking each other "Are you ready to go home?"
To be honest, I really don't know how to answer that on.
There is so much going on at home. It's like the reality everyone has to face eventually. But I do miss what I have been used to for the past 19 years. Yesterday at Flushing, I was really thinking about how different I would be if I were born ing NYC instead of LA. Who would I be? What would I be doing?
I love it here, but maybe not for the current situation(s) that I am in. I am not sure... here, I feel like my life is more exciting, but that could just be because I am living a limited-time life here, while at home, nothing seems special anymore.
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How come my photos never get re-blogged? I continuously remind myself that I am doing this all for me, but it's kind of creepy to think that there are people reading about my life on a daily basis, but no one dares admit their readership by replying back to this one way street.
But then again, what if you are feeling something I don't want to hear from you?
What is it that I want out of this project? Out of life? I am almost to day 200... almost. And I'm gonna make it all the way through 365... maybe even 500. But I am starting to notice that I am blogging to an audience, unlike what it used to be like, blogging to a blank wall.
The situations different now.
-------
Trying to buy a new lens for my Canon Rebel XSi before the 20th so I can give Aaron his lens back before he leaves! Any suggestions? Something around or below $300 is preferable :)
I wish money actually meant more than a sheet a paper. The way we hype up the value of a bill is very far from it's actual worth. But who am I to say anything?
-------
There so much more I want to say. Currently waiting for the laundry to be down in an hour or so.
Maybe it's time to go home.
At least I home, I don't have to be afraid of being alone or misunderstood.
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I am not surprised.
But still, this is upsetting.