SAMANTHA

spicy_spice @ 2:38am: i didn't steal your boyfriend.

miche_elle @ 11:19pm: STUDYING RAMPAGE AT STARBUCKS AND AT CRYSTAL'S
I can't believe I woke up at 6:30 AM this morning to go to Starbucks with Crystal (again) by 7:20 AM ish to study. This is quite the accomplishment - the fact that I actually GOT up, not the studying part LOL!!! It's funny because we walked in and Crystal knew the people working (who DOESN'T she know that works there?) and even THEY TOLD HER TO GO HOME AND SLEEP LMFAO!!!!

Well the bitter cold and the coffee definitely did help me study like crazy for the morning. We left at lunchtime to eat dim sum with Crystal's parents, then headed back to Crystal's to study some more. By the time it hit 3 PM though, I definitely needed a nap. So I napped in Crystal's room (I love how I can do that even when it's not my house LOL) and APPARENTLY I was mumbling out loud in my sleep (I do that when I'm exhausted WHILE sleeping). I also had a huge sequence of dreams that I remember in great detail about, which is really weird considering how I only napped for a bit under 1 hour. HOW THE HELL DID I GET SO MUCH REM SLEEP?! It doesn't click together! It appears that the entire lecture I learned yesterday ABOUT SLEEP in Physiological Psych was wrong! =O Damnit!! Then again, considering how abnormally fast I eat sometimes, maybe I'm abnormally fast when going through my sleep-wake cycles too, HAHAHA!!

Anyway, after my short yet powerful nap, we studied some more until dinner. Dinner was super yummy (thanks Crystal!!) and I think after that, I had lost all motivation to continue. I tried though, but the food was hitting me and I was getting sleepy again. So at around 10:30 PM (?) Crystal drove me home. I must point out though, that I STUDIED THE WHOLE FREAKING DAY. It's ridiculous.

I'm still feeling super exhausted right now. It feels like it's 1 AM or something, when really it's ONLY around 11 PM!!! I'm going to take a shower, wash off the Starbucks smells that stick to my hair, and hope that it wakes me up enough to allow me to study a bit more. Then I'm going to have a decent night's rest FOR SURE! I'm just super super happy that my exam tomorrow (Analytical Chem) is at 7-10 PM, so I have all morning to cram some more. Eeeeks!

RANDOM So I have this thing where I freak out when Crystal doesn't talk for a long time and just has a deadpan expression on her face, because I think she's angry at something! And Crystal always makes fun of me for talking A LOT whenever she does that (I guess because I'm freaking out from the silence that I fill it in for her). Anyway, today we were talking about that again...
Crystal: You freak out so much!!! WHY?!
Me: Because you have a DEADPAN EXPRESSION on your face that looks like you're super pissed!
Crystal: You know actually...I know now whenever I have that expression on my face because you start talking SO much that I wonder, "Why isn't Michelle BREATHING?", and then I realize, "Maybe it's MY FACE!!!!"

That cracked me up SO MUCH because when she said that, it sounded like I stopped breathing because I saw her face LMFAO LMFAO LMFAO LMFAO LMFAO!!!!!!

P.S. This morning, Crystal had to open her garage door with her own two hands (because it wouldn't open automatically). I have a video of her doing it. She P90X-ed that garage door FOR SURE. Definitely an amusing sight at 7 something in the morning!
P.P.S. I don't know if the studying got to Crystal's brain or if it was the "curry" (butter chicken) that we had, but after dinner today...Crystal was REALLY WEIRD. So weird that even I didn't join in with her. You know what she did? She kept saying "five" at the lowest tone she possibly could with her voice, and then she laughed at herself. U OF T IS MAKING US GO NUTS!

miche_elle @ 12:30am: NEVER THOUGHT IT'D BE LIKE THIS
So it's been a while and I can honestly say that life has been good to me lately. Since I've last posted, I've been able to relax quite a bit, which I hadn't done in a month (literally). It was a nice little break. But of course, I couldn't do it for long since finals were/are coming, but it was still nice.

( November )

TODAY
Although there is a huge time gap between Nov 27 and today, there isn't much detail I could possibly go into. Not like I did anything special. I studied a lot. Or tried to anyway, haha! In any case, today after work, I went to Starbucks with Crystal to study. We really studied. Most people would assume that in that environment and with a really good friend with you, there's no way - but obviously they have never seen how Crystal and I study. WE ARE HARDCORE! We don't talk to each other. I think in a way, it's motivational to see the other being so focused on their studies so even if you think about being distracted, you don't become distracted.

HOWEVER, my dad doesn't understand how this works (obviously not) and I had a slight argument in the car with him today on the way there. The only reason it became an argument though, was because he did the stupid Chinese parent thing where he COMES TO RANDOM ACCUSATORY CONCLUSIONS BASED ON BULLSHIT. Of course I understand why he doesn't know why I can't study at home, and of course I understand why he doesn't know why environment matters. And I KNOW FOR SURE that he won't understand why a PUBLIC PLACE LIKE STARBUCKS is better than home (in fact, I'm sure most of you might not either). But the second he goes and says shit like, "People who go to places like this...not going to achieve anything in life..." I WILL GET MAD. Nothing irks me more than when my dad says shit about people (NOT EVEN JUST ABOUT ME) based on NOTHING BUT HIS OWN IDEAS OF LIFE, which HE THINKS IS SO RIGHT. Honestly, sometimes I wonder how I am able to see things from both sides but how he can be SO narrow-minded. Definitely got my mom's gene there.

ANYWAY, I did manage to study quite a bit, and AMAZINGLY ENOUGH I DIDN'T FALL ASLEEP (which I totally would've done if I stayed home to study after work). I had dinner with Crystal and her family, and then we stayed at Crystal's house to study some more. It was productive, but I still feel super behind. Given that fact, Crystal and I are going to go to Starbucks at 7 AM tomorrow to get going on it again. I know. Crazy. But it's Crystal's regular schedule I guess LOL!

Random: Lately I've been trying to become less irritated and more contained whenever I want to argue. I know I just had a slight argument with my dad today, but everyone has a borderline and that was mine. Aside from that though, I have been more open to things that used to irritate me. I guess I like being in a happy mood lately, and I don't want to let anything ruin it. I've had very bad moments in life actually, but they seem to always turn out alright in the end. I'm on a good luck roll here, which is amazing since I never been so lucky before, and I really hope it doesn't stop anytime soon. I've never felt happier.

fcblueprint @ 3:51am: 2002
Ed Belfour
Rob Blake
Eric Brewer
Martin Brodeur
Theoren Fleury
Adam Foote
Simon Gagné
Jarome Iginla
Curtis Joseph
Ed Jovanovski
Paul Kariya
Mario Lemieux
Eric Lindros
Al MacInnis
Scott Niedermayer
Joe Nieuwendyk
Owen Nolan
Michael Peca
Chris Pronger
Joe Sakic
Brendan Shanahan
Ryan Smyth
Steve Yzerman


looking at this roster just makes me think.. whoa. that was an insane lineup