bad news / good news

friday afternoon, i found a small envelope from columbia teachers college. never a good sign. so, i braced myself for bad news, and there it was.

I regret to inform you... blah blah blah and so on. i was mildly disappointed, but i knew columbia was kind of a reach. twice now columbia has denied me. i'm seeing the pattern for the lack of love from new york. and so, a door was clearly shut.

that evening, a bunch of the girls went out to spazzo's for happy hour to celebrate grace's engagement to the totally awesome joe. we had us some fun :)

today, robert (potential seattle u law student starting fall 2005) and i had lunch at gordito's and then visited the seattle u campus. it was smaller than i expected, and i'd been there twice before. we skipped over the education building since i've seen it and toured the law building, which is pretty swank. when i got back home, another letter was waiting for me from UCLA. and it was another small envelope. i didn't think that boded well for me, but at the urging of kristie and shiv, i ripped it open, and saw the following words:

I am very pleased to inform you...

and with a small envelope, a new door opens. this pretty much seals my future for the next couple of years. this fall, i'm bound for LA. funny, the one place i never wanted to go as an undergrad, california.

hay fever

every spring, my system turns against me and decides to freak out. this year is worse because of all the lovely weather we've been having. and, i have a new allergy reaction to add, coughing and weird throat issues. it feels like i can't breathe in and out as easily, like when you're sick or have asthma. this can in no way be good news. and since my eyes and sinuses are going crazy too, i need it to rain - ASAP and for many, many, many days.

bride and prejudice

i just got back from watching bride and prejudice, gurinder chadha's version of jane austen's pride and prejudice. it was cheesy fun. i loved every minute of it. what's not to love? there's singing, dancing, and a jane austen storyline. i'm so buying this movie on dvd.

as requested...

it feels weird taking a picture of yourself, but i suppose it's not any weirder than running to the mirror every few minutes to check out my own hair. haha. for wendy and chris:



huh. and now seeing the hair in a picture, it doesn't look as short as i thought. oh well.

bad eyes, shorter hair

i had my eyes examined today and sadly, i'm getting more nearsighted. boo.

in totally unrelated news, i cut my hair. i had maybe seven inches or so hacked off. it now falls just below the shoulders. and it's great! i would've gone shorter, but since i'm in a wedding in may, i kept it long enough for a wedding hair-do. i love it. shiv and garrett were laughing because i couldn't stop playing with it and running to the mirror to look at it.

update

i rested earlier, which means i'm feeling a little too awake now. so, i decided to change the look of the blog. wendy said it's very pink. picasso had his blue period and i'm having my pink. and i'm now using the commenting system offered by blogger. bye-bye previously posted comments.

feeling sickly

i am ill. who i caught this cold from i do not know. but they suck. my throat is scratchy and itchy and when i cough, it totally hurts. bah.

at robert's request, i have updated photos that can be viewed here. it's pictures from fall through last weekend. i need to start snapping more photos, but i always seem to forget my camera.