These are the schools I'm considering for transfer:
Tufts
Vassar
Emerson
NYU
Barnard
Bard
If anyone has any info on any of them, or knows anyone at them, let me know!
Monday, May 19, 2008
Friday, May 16, 2008
All the fallen leaves will find their branches again...
(The Whigs)
I'm definitely a fallen leaf. I'm looking for my branch but I don't know where it is. Europe? America? If it's America, is it in Boston? NYC? California? I'm really not sure what I want to do with myself these days.
In other less methaphorical news, it is SO HOT here. Like 90s. Awful heat. We're going shopping for swim suits today so we can hit the beach this weekend.
I have strep too, which sucks but my poor body will fend it off I'm sure. It's been through way too much already this year, but hopefully this will be the last sickness.
Oh and I got a job at Borronne's, for those of you that don't already know. I'm working there this summer. Come find me among the other gorgeous employees (that's what Borronne's is known for among me and my friends)!
I'm definitely a fallen leaf. I'm looking for my branch but I don't know where it is. Europe? America? If it's America, is it in Boston? NYC? California? I'm really not sure what I want to do with myself these days.
In other less methaphorical news, it is SO HOT here. Like 90s. Awful heat. We're going shopping for swim suits today so we can hit the beach this weekend.
I have strep too, which sucks but my poor body will fend it off I'm sure. It's been through way too much already this year, but hopefully this will be the last sickness.
Oh and I got a job at Borronne's, for those of you that don't already know. I'm working there this summer. Come find me among the other gorgeous employees (that's what Borronne's is known for among me and my friends)!
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Hard Candy
(Madonna!)
There are tons of concerts in California this summer! I plan on attending a copious amount, as usual.
Starting today, there will be a concert list running at the end of each post. Because music is my life and I love talking about it.
Concert 1:
Projekt Revolution 08 featuring Ashes Divide, Linkin Park, Chris Cornell, Hawthorne Heights, The Bravery, 10 Years, and others.
Has so many headliners I want to see I am not sure what to do with myself!
Concert 2:
San Francisco Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival, featuring Jack Johnson, Cold War Kids, Lupe Fiasco, Tom Petty, Beck, Wilco, Radiohead, Ben Harper, and others.
The NorCal version of Cochella.
Concert 3:
Maroon 5, Augustana, and Counting Crows!
Concert 4:
Madonna in November
Concert 5:
NIN in September
Concert 6:
Stone Temple Pilots with Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
That's all for now. I'm hoping Eagles of Death Metal will get added to that list, but you never know.
There are tons of concerts in California this summer! I plan on attending a copious amount, as usual.
Starting today, there will be a concert list running at the end of each post. Because music is my life and I love talking about it.
Concert 1:
Projekt Revolution 08 featuring Ashes Divide, Linkin Park, Chris Cornell, Hawthorne Heights, The Bravery, 10 Years, and others.
Has so many headliners I want to see I am not sure what to do with myself!
Concert 2:
San Francisco Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival, featuring Jack Johnson, Cold War Kids, Lupe Fiasco, Tom Petty, Beck, Wilco, Radiohead, Ben Harper, and others.
The NorCal version of Cochella.
Concert 3:
Maroon 5, Augustana, and Counting Crows!
Concert 4:
Madonna in November
Concert 5:
NIN in September
Concert 6:
Stone Temple Pilots with Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
That's all for now. I'm hoping Eagles of Death Metal will get added to that list, but you never know.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Utopia...
(Goldfrapp)
Today I went to Yogurtland again. Hehe. I'm gonna get fat.
Not the point of this post. The point:
I donated to save people in Burma today. And it felt HELLA GOOD.
I've been hearing about Burma on the news. How its own government won't allow humanitarian aid, and how our government is urging them to allow us to help them out, but they're refusing on the basis of our poor reputation. So it was pretty awesome when my aunt linked me to this site. They donate to Burma's monks to bypass the government directly, so aid gets to the civilians.
I have a friend who donates to charity every month. I think I'm going to start doing it too. It feels really good.
Because, like my title says, we don't live in utopia. We actually live in a pretty crappy world. And I'd like it to be better, even if my measly $20.00 only does so much.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
I'll Carry You Home
(Hold me now...Sweet and Low, little girl...by Augustana)
This week brings disillusionment, confusionment, and some good ol' amusement.
Part I: Disillusionment
I want to be a journalist. But I also want to be whatever I will love the most. Would I be better as a producer or as journalist? Producer is something I never considered before. Music is something I never thought I would go into, but after having it suggested to me, I suddenly thought maybe it would be a good niche for me. Or signing bands to record labels...I just don't know.
But I want to affect things. Will I affect things by helping people make music? I think music changes the world, but it doesn't stop people in Somalia from being massacred. But could I really do that if I was a journalist? I probably wouldn't even be able to write what I wanted to write half the time.
Which brings us to Part II: Confusionment.
As I was mulling this over, I realized I'm not 100% sure of where I'll end up next year. I don't have housing for UCI for fall 08, which I need, because I won't be able to stay and finish my work here for winter transfer if I don't have it. I might be dropping out early and transferring with a quarter's work missing. And I don't know where I'll be come a half a year from now--I could be in NYC, Boston, Switzerland, or even Montreal...
That's scary.
But it was all washed away by Part III: Amusement.
We went to Yogurtland last night. If you've never heard of this place, god, you're missing out. It's orgasmic. You get to take a cup (one of two sizes, large or extra large) and walk along this giant wall full of flavors of fro yo, and then fill your cup as full as you want. Then you scoop on toppings (fresh fruit, sprinkles, chocolate, mochi balls, candy...etc) and pay by the ounce! They even have fresh water with strawberries, and for those of you who are lactose intolerant (like me) this place claims their fro yo helps with that. I've even heard rumors that it's not dairy based (which, so far, seems to be true). So yes, it's delicious, healthy, and coming to Cupertino!!!
Yogurtland Irvine
Scratch that, it's already in Cupertino! YAY!
This week brings disillusionment, confusionment, and some good ol' amusement.
Part I: Disillusionment
I want to be a journalist. But I also want to be whatever I will love the most. Would I be better as a producer or as journalist? Producer is something I never considered before. Music is something I never thought I would go into, but after having it suggested to me, I suddenly thought maybe it would be a good niche for me. Or signing bands to record labels...I just don't know.
But I want to affect things. Will I affect things by helping people make music? I think music changes the world, but it doesn't stop people in Somalia from being massacred. But could I really do that if I was a journalist? I probably wouldn't even be able to write what I wanted to write half the time.
Which brings us to Part II: Confusionment.
As I was mulling this over, I realized I'm not 100% sure of where I'll end up next year. I don't have housing for UCI for fall 08, which I need, because I won't be able to stay and finish my work here for winter transfer if I don't have it. I might be dropping out early and transferring with a quarter's work missing. And I don't know where I'll be come a half a year from now--I could be in NYC, Boston, Switzerland, or even Montreal...
That's scary.
But it was all washed away by Part III: Amusement.
We went to Yogurtland last night. If you've never heard of this place, god, you're missing out. It's orgasmic. You get to take a cup (one of two sizes, large or extra large) and walk along this giant wall full of flavors of fro yo, and then fill your cup as full as you want. Then you scoop on toppings (fresh fruit, sprinkles, chocolate, mochi balls, candy...etc) and pay by the ounce! They even have fresh water with strawberries, and for those of you who are lactose intolerant (like me) this place claims their fro yo helps with that. I've even heard rumors that it's not dairy based (which, so far, seems to be true). So yes, it's delicious, healthy, and coming to Cupertino!!!
Yogurtland Irvine
Scratch that, it's already in Cupertino! YAY!
Saturday, April 26, 2008
She lives in a dream
(Eleanor Rigby, Beatles)
Well, I've declared my major. As of now, I'm going to major in Journalism with a dash of poli sci thrown in and possibly another sprinkle of French, if I can find time to double minor. Goodness, now to find a school that has a good Journalism program (too bad I'm leaving one that has one of the best).
And this weekend, I decided that I wanted to change the world.
Yeah, kind of a revolutionary statement to make in a sentence. But I plan on doing it. I want to be that girl who goes to Rwanda or Sudan or Tibet and nearly loses her life to come back with a story that makes the rest of the priviliged world realize that the rest of the world isn't so lucky all the time. Or the girl that stumbles across a tragedy and makes it important to everyone. I want people to care about things like I care about them.
Idealistic, I know, but if I don't start out that way, I'll have nothing to lose, and protecting my ideals will make me work all the harder to get where I want to go.
And I want people in America to care less about the tabloids and more about the New York Times. Less about what Britney Spears did on the freeway yesterday and more about how many Iraqis died in the same time frame. Less about the appearance of wrinkles on their faces and more about the appearance of smog on the skyline.
America is a pretty messed-up nation. We are so full of ourselves we forget the rest of the world exists. It's this I hope changes soon.
So IR (International Relations) seems to be the place for me. IR or an editorial on fashion (what a contrast!).
Well, I've declared my major. As of now, I'm going to major in Journalism with a dash of poli sci thrown in and possibly another sprinkle of French, if I can find time to double minor. Goodness, now to find a school that has a good Journalism program (too bad I'm leaving one that has one of the best).
And this weekend, I decided that I wanted to change the world.
Yeah, kind of a revolutionary statement to make in a sentence. But I plan on doing it. I want to be that girl who goes to Rwanda or Sudan or Tibet and nearly loses her life to come back with a story that makes the rest of the priviliged world realize that the rest of the world isn't so lucky all the time. Or the girl that stumbles across a tragedy and makes it important to everyone. I want people to care about things like I care about them.
Idealistic, I know, but if I don't start out that way, I'll have nothing to lose, and protecting my ideals will make me work all the harder to get where I want to go.
And I want people in America to care less about the tabloids and more about the New York Times. Less about what Britney Spears did on the freeway yesterday and more about how many Iraqis died in the same time frame. Less about the appearance of wrinkles on their faces and more about the appearance of smog on the skyline.
America is a pretty messed-up nation. We are so full of ourselves we forget the rest of the world exists. It's this I hope changes soon.
So IR (International Relations) seems to be the place for me. IR or an editorial on fashion (what a contrast!).
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Where I Belong
(Motion City Soundtrack)
Which is ironic because the content of this post has to do with the song title and the place I first heard this band.
I really don't belong in Southern California.
I realized this today when someone told me again how "that's so gay" and how they're "moderate." This place may have some great slang (legit) and some great people, but it also has some really crappy ideals.
This school also has some really bad flaws. It's located in a terrible conservative area, it empties out on the weekends, it can be really lonely, the classes aren't as hard as I expected, and although they do have a variety of classes, they aren't focused in one direction. In other words, it's not the liberal arts education I wanted from Sarah Lawrence.
Transfering is still what I'm using to get me through this year. Problem is, it's getting harder and harder to face the idea of leaving Alliey and Aditi and Lauren behind.
If anyone has any knowledge of any good schools in New York City, let me know. Right now I'm considering applying to Columbia, Fordham (ooh in the Bronx, ahhh), and Stonybrook. Well I did apply there, I'm waiting to see if I get in.
If anyone can come up with some good schools in SoCal where the majority of the students are not FROM here and that are not UCs, that would be okay too.
It's either NYC or LA.
Which is ironic because the content of this post has to do with the song title and the place I first heard this band.
I really don't belong in Southern California.
I realized this today when someone told me again how "that's so gay" and how they're "moderate." This place may have some great slang (legit) and some great people, but it also has some really crappy ideals.
This school also has some really bad flaws. It's located in a terrible conservative area, it empties out on the weekends, it can be really lonely, the classes aren't as hard as I expected, and although they do have a variety of classes, they aren't focused in one direction. In other words, it's not the liberal arts education I wanted from Sarah Lawrence.
Transfering is still what I'm using to get me through this year. Problem is, it's getting harder and harder to face the idea of leaving Alliey and Aditi and Lauren behind.
If anyone has any knowledge of any good schools in New York City, let me know. Right now I'm considering applying to Columbia, Fordham (ooh in the Bronx, ahhh), and Stonybrook. Well I did apply there, I'm waiting to see if I get in.
If anyone can come up with some good schools in SoCal where the majority of the students are not FROM here and that are not UCs, that would be okay too.
It's either NYC or LA.
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