( i put the ' m e t r o ' in metronome )

SOO MANYY QUESTIONSSSSSSSSS fml

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:25:15 GMT

Ugh I always have SO many questions in class and I swear my GSI is getting annoyed of having to stay after every class for me. It's my World Politics class, and it's not that I don't get the material (international political economy), more like that I'm the kind of person who needs to understand every little thing she reads in order to move on. I can't go to her office hours because they're scheduled during my Econ lecture, which I cannot miss by any means. So she always has to stay after for me and I think in the beginning it was cool because it was like "Oh look someone who actually cares about the reading" but now I get the vibe that she's in a hurry and I'm just asking irrelevant questions that are too specific. But that's because I really like the class! And international relations is my major! And I am paying UMich $40K per year so aren't I entitled to ask as many questions as I want?!

So... decided I'm going to my prof's office hours tomorrow. Like, this guy is the most unapproachable prof ever. And I ALWAYS fall asleep excruciatingly obviously in his class (usually I can't even tell when I'm falling asleep and it's really obvious but the other day during lecture I could feel myself banging my head against the back of the seat because I was so tired and sleepy). He'll probably be really annoyed and just refer me back to the GSI. Should I give a disclaimer in the beginning? Like, "Ok I have many questions about the reading but that's just the kind of person I am so feel free to stop answering them at any point" no actually I would be really mad if he did that >:| BUT SERIOUSLY this guy is gonna hate me. Whatev, I pay his salary. BUT NO OMG WHAT DO I DO WITH ALL THESE QUESTIONS?! God, I'm such a nerd :D

Anyway. Completely useless post. But you get the point.

Speaking of which - my new icon. Prepare for an epic Christian Siriano Spring 2010 post.

guess what todayy is

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:08:47 GMT

H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y R A H M <3

LOLOLOLOL MY NOTES AT 5:55 AM

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:44:03 GMT

1936 – Hitler remilitarizes Rhineland

Britain’s like EHHH whatever, I guess they have the right to station troops on their own land. Not worth fighting him over this.
France is more like OMG OUR SECURITY but ugh what if Hitler’s troops are super strong. AND OMG BRITAIN NOT BACKING US UP uggghhhh guess this mean I have to acquiesce? Fml.
HITLER BLUFFED!!!!!111!!!1!!. AHAHAHAH SUCKERS – Hitler. Lol the German army was still weak at this point.

Oh dear god, I am having way too much fun with this.
This is unacceptably amusing.

Here, have this cool but completely unrelated picture that I like:

i am back

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:51:47 GMT

orientation was... EHH... ok, i suppose. i met some pretty cool people and i'm really excited about my classes this fall: intro to world politics, intro to microeconomics, intro to psychology, and research :D no math or science muahahaha >:D lol i love that whenever people asked me what i'm studying, i'd be like "I AM MAJORING IN ~*~*~SOCIOLOGY~*~*~." although i'm not sure anymore, i might end up taking the psych route instead (damn it psychology, why must you be the most popular major at UMich, why can't you sound as indie~ and elite*~*~* as sociology). idk the upper-level psych classes sounded amazing - ie. Political Psychology, Social Psychology, Psychopathology. I WAS ANGRY ALL THE PSYCH SEMINARS WERE FULL! oh well, anyway wtf area distribution requirements! a quarter of all the classes we take have to be in the natural sciences, humanities, and social sciences! i mean, not that social sciences is going to be hard to cover at all, but mannn i'm not paying for UMich to get a comprehensive liberal arts education. idk, why don't they just have interdisciplinary majors? those kinds of majors are so awesome and unique and completely useful! PERHAPS INTL RELATIONS, SOCIOLOGY, ECON, AND PSYCH COULD MERGE TO BECOME ONE AMAZING DEGREE :D

my MRC meeting went pretty well, except the 3 other guys in my group were total douchebags. they kept interrupting our advisor guy while he was talking to ask questions like:

guy #1: "so, what is research anyway? i mean, i don't think any of us here have ever done research."
me: *chimes in* "actually, i've done a bit of research in high school."
guy #1: "UHH... i don't mean looking stuff up on the internet."
guy #2: "yeah, he means like working in an actual lab!"
me: "yeah, my friend and i helped my dad do some research that we presented to the American Chemical Society."
guy #2: "that's pretty cool."
me: >:|

ugh really, all the guys there were like completely typical immature college boy looking. complete with the abercrombie shirt-cargo shorts-sandals ensemble (if you can call it that). gross gross gross D:< made me think of Hot Man at Work and how much more class he has. yes, i still have not stopped thinking about M, what can i say? he's charming.

anyway, i felt like i had so much to post but i can't think right now. OH THAT'S RIGHT so i wrote a floor statement for my Congressman last week, and he's reading it on the House Floor tomorrow between 6 and 7pm. it's a veteran tribute. so i'll get to listen to him read it on C-SPAN tomorrow night :D

ALSO MY KINDLE BROKE WTF AMAZON. well, it didn't break, but the screen has this weird crack in it now D: D: and my Kindle's only a little over a month old! i dropped it D:

PS. LOOK AT THIS MFING SCHEDULE!

hey you guys.

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 22:51:04 GMT

i am leaving for UMich orientation tomorrow.
i will be stuck there for the next 3 days of my life.

~please entertain me~
as i will probably be wanting to crawl in a hole and hide the entire time i am there.
i have "anxiety issues."

<3333

PS. ANA MARIE COX REPLIED TO ME ON TWITTER LAST NIGHT!!!111ONE!!

my therapist<3

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:01:10 GMT

rene: "linglu, i think you're scared of intimacy. i don't think you let anybody see the real you. do you even like talking to people about yourself?"
me: "of course, i love talking about myself--"
rene: "and i don't mean about politics or your beliefs--"
me: "LOL RENE"
rene: "LOL LINGLU"

i can't stay away

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 05:41:01 GMT

OH MAH GAWD VERONICAS CONCERT WAS AMAZING.

I WENT ALONE :'( BECAUSE MY FRIEND CLAIRE WOULD RATHER SPEND HER MONEY ON CLOTHES IN HONG KONG THAN GO TO CONCERTS WITH ME. SAD. CONCERTS ARE NOT MEANT TO BE ATTENDED SOLO. HAD NO ONE TO CRY WITH/HUG DURING "HEAVILY BROKEN." NO ONE TO FREAK OUT WITH DURING "UNTOUCHED."

ALSO SORRY FOR CAPSLOCK ATTACK I AM JUST RATHER EXCITED AT THE MOMENT.

I SHALL POST MORE TOMORROW WHEN IT IS NO LONGER 1:31 AM.

ETA: DAMN WTF JUST LEARNED THAT THE GIRLS STANDING NEXT TO ME IN FRONT ROW HAD DINNER WITH LISA AND JESS. I EVEN BECAME FRIENDS WITH THESE GIRLS AT CONCERT AND WE WERE PLANNING TO GO MEET THEM AFTER THE SHOW BUT I LEFT EARLY BC THEY ALL WENT TO THE BAR AND I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE AWKWARD SINCE I WOULD BE THE ONLY ONE WHO COULDN'T DRINK. WTF MY LIFE. EXCUSE ME WHILST I WALLOW IN SELF-PITY.

it's cyclical

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 22:09:27 GMT

fuck it happened again!
what the fuck is wrong with me?
why do i put myself through this torture?

i just want

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 05:51:44 GMT

to LIVE.

want much?

Sat, 06 Oct 2007 13:27:20 GMT

it smells SO good.

*UPDATE* i bought it today chyeeeeeeeeeea!

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 19:40:38 GMT

weight training is intense. my legs hurt like aaaaah. so the first day i couldn't lift the 45lb bar and had to switch to the 15lb one with 15 added pounds on the ends. the teacher was like "what are you doing" and we explained to him that i needed a lighter bar and he was like "oh well looks like we have a weak one over here" and i gave him this look like "what did you just call me?!" and he went "well it's true." i think it's a good thing i'm not a guy. i mean don't guys find that really really offensive?

i can't wait to be able to drive to school because i'll get to blast my techno/house/pop music!! bahaha listen to september (petra marklund) she's really good.

i have no idea what complacent means

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:18:07 GMT

yes it is official that i hate writing essays in 30 minutes. well i hate writing essays period for that matter. i'm actually deathly afraid of them. even though i guess you could say that i'm a decent writer. not exceptional, but decent. it's one of my stronger areas, although i do believe that i actually possess minimal talent for writing. let me explain that. i can produce an ok essay, but only if i spend at least 5 hours writing and rewriting and rewriting and rewriting. point taken? perfectionism sucks a lot of the time. people think you're a natural, but they don't know about the hours and hours and hours of effort you put into making things absolutely right. so you're not really a natural. and then you have to write an essay in 30 minutes. and maybe it's about dress codes.

i <3 fidelity

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:26:25 GMT

old stuff.

some of them i've never even posted, so i thought i'd upload it here. feel free to use them as long as you cmnt here and credit nolita_day.