This is Ground Control to Major Tom

Space Oddity - David Bowie


It's been a whirlwind of a past few days and I don't know if I'll ever touch back down to a state of calm. I mean... excitement?! Fall semester is starting soon, the good friends are leaving, and there is the push and desire to savor these last few weeks, cramming in time together as much as we can.

I spent Tuesday cleaning, and reminiscing a bit, as a result. Going through old papers (which I really should throw away) definitely brings back memories of who we were before. I also stumbled across the wonderful This is Not a Book, which keeps being forgotten. I spent a bit of time pulling out pens and making my marks in the pages once again.

I taped 35 cents into that wishing well in my desire to accomplish things. I don't know if any of those wishes will come true...

Oh, yes, I also decided to paint all my nails the bold pink color from Joy from some time ago. I enjoy the shininess of the nail polish. (:

With things stacked neatly and floor areas vacuumed clean by noon on Wednesday, the MOB came over, and we had a wonderful time with videogames, music, and snacks.

There was spaghetti, mint tuxedos, white cheddar popcorn, pop chips, jellybeans... Mmm. Guitar playing, piano playing, singing, Disney, Madonna, Rock Band, chaos. I had the old record player up and running for a little while, too. Afterwards, we all crammed our way to Pearlridge to enjoy dinner together (though we were getting pretty tired). California Pizza Kitchen!

I ordered the Greek. Delicious~ These pizzas that look like they've just had salads dumped on them are not that bad... Though Renee's BLT looked like it had too much L and not enough B. After we had our fill, we perused Borders for a bit (of course I gave in to the sales and the wonderful silly Knock Knock note-pads) before we headed to Fun Factory where fun was to be had!

Our eternally musical souls always found us at games requiring some sense of rhythm. It was fun to watch the others play (and be pro!). I kind of wanted to play a shooting game, but eh, violence and money spending can be avoided until another time. =D

It was an amazing adventure.

Today I returned to the high school to speak at the Alumni panel for the wonderful high school upperclassmen and such that so kindly took the time to listen to us (-coughcough-). It was great seeing everybody, and feeling that kind of camaraderie gained from having all had experienced something that the group before us had not yet. I can't say that what I said was particularly helpful or interesting, but it was enjoyable, and there was a lot to nod my head to.

The lunch they had for us afterwards was amazing. Too bad I didn't get to try the desserts before I left. However, that's probably for the best because they looked so decadent. My mother picked me up and we finished the remainder of our lunches together at Moanalua Gardens, before heading to Ranch to drink some of Bee's taro (smoothie style) bubble tea and to purchase some other goods. I love taro flavored things. I also love that it's purple.

I got my sisters elephants from Watanabe Bakery 'cause they were cute things like that. (So pro this sidewards picture yeah?)

I'm not sure why I told my mom I wanted bubble tea on the very day that we would be tasting all our practice bubble teas for our club's upcoming fundraiser. When I got dropped off there... it was interesting, to say the least. Cute rabbit! There really was a lot of bubble tea to try (yay strawberry, honeydew, coffee, mocha, milk tea flavors), but my favorite part was definitely the bubbles. I met some new people, spoke a little, drank a lot, and left with a pretty content stomach, haha.

Tomorrow is yet another adventure (which I need to practice for). See ya!

Remembering Sunday

It's been a while since we've gone on such a shopping adventure as a family... and it turned out to be an amazing day, though we spent a lot of money. Does money = happiness? Well, only if you desire material things.

Since YSI rehearsal had to be attended, the rest of us went and chowed down on mom's food at Ala Moana. Then, instead of shopping there and waiting, we headed off to Office Depot, got my sister her TI-84 Silver Edition (my favorite, by far, is till the TI-89!). I also picked up some quick use black pens (to counteract the blue I've been using all of this past year!), a few small cork bars (since our new dorm rooms won't have huge cork boards like the towers), the oh-so-necessary computer-to-printer cord, and some black expo pens (for the dry-erase boards that I have still been putting to good use!).

Nordstrom Rack was right next to Office Depot, so, for the first time ever, we headed in there. It was an interesting experience, leading to not so hot comments from our parents. It resulted in my new description of certain types of blouses as "bat shirts". To the pending horror of others, I got a basic pink tee and another very-not-my-usual-style blouse. I've just got to figure out what to wear under it. (This actually seems to be a recurring problem with many blouses I purchase). I've actually be on a rut of buying more basic pieces, since my closet surely lacks them. We ran into Kiyana's mom (surprise!) and then soon headed out of there to... Waikele Outlets!

I got my Jack Purcells. My happiness is palpable in the form of hugs. Now I have enough pairs of sneakers to last me three more years (they better!). We went into Everblue Casuals afterwards, in which there were lots of cute clothes that I got none of (but my sister got many of). It was fun, though. And there were owls.

I've tackled my pictures folder on my laptop, checking them with the external hard drive that they should be all saved to, and succeeded in clearing up about 2 GB of space (not that i was in dire need of it). Cleaning definitely makes me feel better about things! It's probably why I'm so anxious to get moving to the dorms.

I wrote on a lot of envelopes yesterday night. Maybe I'm getting used to 0.5 point G2 pens.

I did a bunch of easy sudoku today (though I was busting my brain out over it), had a chat with the choir director, and made soup. I mentioned this a few days ago, and today I was told "You're cooking today!" when I woke up. However, it didn't quite turn out as it should have. That might have to do with the fact that instead of water and white wine, I used chicken broth made from a bouillon cube, and soybeans instead of peas. =P I also had no parsley. Regardless, it was interesting as the arborio rice was fluffy and the potatoes were overcooked to the point of being squishy (too much liquid).

It seems like this week definitely will be filled with more adventures! I'm looking forward to it all!