done and done.

last night was my first night in my new apartment!

apparently some of the new death cab has dropped.
for those interested: i will possess your heart

the final countdown

the movers come friday. my room is a mess. ive barely taken down all my posters; my clothes are all over the place; my belongings are in complete disarray.

i probably need to do something about that.

last weekend was a little insane. lots happened - none of it work related, for once - but still, it just made me think:

-james mcavoy is so englishly handsome
-some credit card companies are better than others - let's just say capitalone does not outsource to anywhere in the continental united states
-be careful driving in the rain. it only takes an inch and a half to hydroplane (a rhyme!)
-always wear your seatbelt (it still shocks me that some people dont)
-family, even if you havent seen them in a while, is still family. make an effort.
-sometimes people arent always what you think they are - i wish we'd spent more time with our cousins growing up. i think theyre probably far less jappy than i thought they were
-packing is hard
-not packing is easy

i need to stop procrastinating.

does anyone else think it's weird that when youre driving in a funeral party, youre supposed to just run all the red lights? how ironic is that?

tunes for you (all three of my devoted readers. mom, you out there?):
beat radio - elegy

oh, and major props to the standard tap for finding my wallet and keeping it intact!

moment on the lips, lifetime on the hips

dad met jude! and the world didnt implode!

ron, my dad, judy and i hung out a few weeks ago after i got back from sf. it was great - we did what the Chan's always do: talk about food, make fun of each other for being fat, be obnoxious, eat aforementioned food, and go to target.

luckily after months of spending time with me, jude was prepared to handle the ridiculousness / superficiality / all-around wackiness that can be my sister and i.

made a great little family dinner - italian sausage and grilled peppers and onions on warmed italian rolls and yummy salad with fresh avocados and a homemade rasberry / blackberry pie!
absolutely delicious. and reminded me of xmas/new years in pennington/yardley with our good family friends (and that one time where their daughter was eating leftover sausage by just wrapping it in a napkin and going at it popsicle-style).

finished off the night watching step up, which my father pretended not to like, but definitely joined us on the couch for, and then proceeded to ask, "is this that movie where.... ?" and gave us the entire plotline of save the last dance. seriously, he loves this stuff.

ooh also we tried this random place in hampden, rocket to venus. strange menu, but delicious balsamic-marinated brussel sprouts! followed that up with some cake love. the cake part of their cupcakes is always mediocre, but man that frosting! oh the buttercream! i highly recommend their pumpkin cake, too. moist moist moist!

soundtrack: battles - atlas

if this makes me white, im pretty sure shelley is, too

this is hilarious, and ridiculously accurate:

http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/full-list-of-stuff-white-people-like/

im a proud fan of arrested development, indie music and breakfast places!
although i dont think ive ever had yellow fever.

anything else missing from this list?

according to katie motyka, only dumb ass white kids wear shorts in the winter.