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WISHLIST

2009-12-10T21:26:12Z

Here's my Christmas Wish List.

Rachel Nasvik Phoebe Bag in Black with 35% off code DCDEALS!

This Nixon Watch

Hunter Huntress Navy Rain Boots

My Destiny Reading

2009-05-06T19:49:28Z

Section 1: The Sun

Sun in Aries:

The truth that each of us is essentially alone and that we must ultimately answer to ourselves regarding our choices in life is one that resonates deeply within you. Thus, Ji , your first loyalty is to yourself and to living your own life as authentically as possible. When you are most yourself, you are a risk taker, a trailblazer, forging your own path rather than following anyone else's lead. Whether or not you have the courage to do so, to boldly assert yourself and follow your own star - standing alone when necessary - is crucial to fulfilling your life purpose.

There are many ways, both positive and negative, you could choose to express this core sense of singleness and this need to be an original or a pioneer. You may, for instance, simply choose to remain single. Your independence, autonomy, and freedom are very important to you, and at heart you really do not want to be distracted from your purposes or encumbered by the responsibilities and complications that accompany close, ongoing partnership with others. You are by nature a solo. This does not necessarily mean that you will avoid intimate relationships or commitments, but there must be some arena in you life where you are the chief, where you take initiative and make the decisions. Being a sole proprietor of an upstart business enterprise, free lancing, supporting yourself with as little external input as possible - they are all possible expressions of your inner drive to live life on your own terms, by your own inner creativity and dictates. If you do not feel you are your own boss, Ji , you simply will not be happy. Your lifestyle and work must reflect your strong impulses to be self-reliant as well as to create something NEW, in order for you to be in harmony.
From Astrology.com

Hmmm...

I don't know if I'll be alright

2009-01-23T19:31:55Z

Sometimes I think that I know
What love's all about
And when I see the light
I know I'll be alright

I've got my friends in the world,
I had my friends
When we were boys and girls
And the secrets came unfurled

City of brotherly love
Place I call home
Don't turn your back on me
I don't want to be alone
Love lasts forever

Someone is talking to me,
Calling my name
Tell me I'm not to blame
I won't be ashamed of love

Philadelphia,
City of brotherly love
Brotherly love

Sometimes I think that I know
What love's all about
And when I see the light
I know I'll be alright

Philadelphia

Color Test

2008-10-13T14:13:51Z

www.xrite.com/custom_page.aspx

Things I want from the new Destination Japan collection at the MoMA store

2008-05-08T14:34:27Z

KAWAII!!!

bad dreams

2008-04-25T14:16:58Z

for two nights in a row i've had dreams about babies. the first night, i gave birth and the baby died. last night i dreamt that my mother had a baby and as i was holding it, it opened its eyes really wide and STARED at me.

i am freaking. out. what does this mean?

glee02 @ 2008-04-02T00:00:00

2008-04-02T04:13:25Z

A reason to be sad

2008-02-13T20:58:21Z

Melancholia pushes against the easy "either/or" of the status quo. It thrives in unexplored middle ground between oppositions, in the "both/and." It fosters fresh insights into relationships between oppositions, especially that great polarity life and death. It encourages new ways of conceiving and naming the mysterious connections between antinomies. It returns us to innocence, to irony, that ability, temporary, to play in potential without being constrained to the actual. Such respites from causality refresh our relationship to the world, grant us beautiful vistas, energize our hearts and our minds.

Excerpt: 'Against Happiness' by Eric G. Wilson Source

Girly Stuff that won't interest you

2008-02-08T18:16:29Z

1. Fashion week makes me jealous. I want so badly to attend one of those shows, to hobnob with celebrities, to see the creations of zac posen, marc jacobs, badgley mischka, miss sixty, vera wang, etc etc before the ugly, regular people do. But so far, the only fashion I get to see is in the pages of Metro in the morning, or on "Full Frontal Fashion" on the NYC TV. Boo.

From a Philly.com blog I found out that a 21 year old graduate from my high school is an assistant designer for Peter Som. Lucky bastard.

When I worked near the tents, I would go on a break and gawk at the doors to catch a glimpse of someone famous. Sometimes I would skip lunch to do this. How pathetic. I am a LOSER.

By the way, I love LOVE Badgley Mischka gowns. Perhaps I will find one in white? Or for bridesmaids?

2. Lipstick Jungle review: I watched the premier last night because a) I have PMS and b) I have PMS. I feel sorry for Brooke Shields. She is old. And you can see it in her face (especially in daylight). They tried really hard to remake Sex and the City, but it just doesn't compare. Brooke Shields is not right for that role, as she is way too gawky and not sophisticated. I liked the other two actresses: Kim Raver (plays the same Audrey Raines-like character) and Lindsay Price because they are nicer to look at than Brooke's wrinkles. However, the characters and storyline are completely out of touch with reality. There were 4 (count them, 4!) instances of crying in the first episode (women don't cry THAT much), the dialogue was moronic, the namedropping was insulting, and the acting wasn't that great either. Even though it is written by Candace Bushnell, the storyline is either poorly executed, or not that interesting in the first place.

And P.S. There is no way a fashion designer, a magazine editor, and production exec would be shopping for $10 pashminas and perfumes on the street. sooooo corny.

I hope Cashmere Mafia is better. I adore Lucy Liu.

Okay, girly stuff is out of my system now. Back to Japan.
byes.

glee02 @ 2008-01-30T17:40:00

2008-01-30T22:43:06Z

dreams

2008-01-28T15:29:11Z

been having some really vivid dreams lately. my brain is on overdrive.

last night, i dreamt about my wedding for the first time in my life. except I wasn't getting married to matt. i was marrying some guy at my parents' church and there were little kids running around all over the place. I had a ring that had an unusual setting, with smaller diamonds surrounding the large one. i was wearing a light pink wedding dress. it was snowing outside and all the kids started snowboarding off the roof of the church, but they suddenly closed the awning and one boy fell off and broke his leg. after that, everything started going wrong: the guests started to leave, taking all the food with them. my cousin and his wife were taking all the delicious fuji apples with them, ones that my parents had brought for the ceremony. i wasn't that upset because i didn't want to marry that guy anyway. i looked down at my ring and the smaller diamonds had fallen out.
i found matt among the guests and told him i wanted to marry him. then i woke up smiling.

glee02 @ 2007-12-20T09:55:00

2007-12-20T15:16:46Z

I've already eaten two cookies and it's only 9:50AM. I'm gonna be sick today - there is too much food here!

Have you heard that song played during the JC Penney holiday commercial? It made me stop in my tracks the other night because I swore I recognized the voice as Deb Talan's. And I was right! I saw her at Club Passim in Cambridge in 1999 and literally cried at her beautiful voice. She is now in a group called The Weepies and they are enjoying commercial success. I heard the song again in last night's episode of Gossip Girl. It's called "All that I want." Good for her! I'm glad to see that her talent is recognized. I downloaded a few other tracks by the Weepies too - the song "Stars" is pretty good.

I'm still waiting for the Christmas spirit to kick in. It has been such a crazy few weeks that I haven't had time to feel holiday cheer. I'm not ready for Christmas yet! Wait up!

But I'm happy to report that my Christmas shopping is nearly finished. 'Tis the season of giving and giving and giving...

glee02 @ 2007-12-19T17:13:00

2007-12-19T22:37:15Z

Poor Jessica. Hahahahahaa. Cowboys fans are delusional. Open your eyes - Romo was never that good anyway!

Pop Burger opened right around the corner and although I haven't ventured in yet to try their mini burgers, coworkers' reviews haven't been favorable. Apparently, the fries tasted like they were fried in the same oil as the shrimp.
In the photo, you can see the yellow awning of the food express that I frequent right next door. I love that place.

Byrne on Yorke - I read this interview but it wasn't all that interesting. They just whine about the greediness of the music industry again and how touring harms the environment. Shut up I don't care. Just make sure you play where I can see you!

Guess what? I won a bottle of champagne yesterday!

glee02 @ 2007-12-06T11:47:00

2007-12-06T17:27:39Z

brrr.. it's cold in here
there must be some toros in the atmosphere

this morning i had my first lesson in color correction and i am so excited to learn more. it's incredible what photoshop can do, so much I don't know about yet. i'm so thankful that i have this opportunity to learn every week, one on one, for free! she not only teaches me how to do it, she explains why we do the stuff we do and it's so interesting and awesome. i feel like an apprentice, and i am greedy to know everything she knows...but we only get one hour per week, poo.

These weeks keep flying by - it'll be 2008 before we know it. Every year's end I feel this anxiety that I didn't accomplish anything or change anything or make a difference this year. It's a horrible feeling, because it's never satisfied. This year, I did make changes, but nothing's ever good enough...I want more. So greedy of me, but also valid. I don't feel I've reached my full potential yet, so I'll keep wanting more until I do. I hope someday I am satisfied.

This is pretty neat. I keep thinking of things I would like to have if I had a bigger apartment. Maybe I'll move to the suburbs so I can have this thing in my bathroom and sing adult contemporary songs in my shower as loud as i choose. I can't do this now, not in NYC, where I can hear every conversation going on in my building, maybe even my block, if I keep real quiet.

i also want a kitchen with a window. maybe then i'll learn to cook - when it doesn't smell like the food i cooked for weeks after.

and i want a puppy.

Maybe I'm just homesick. Good thing I'm headed to BB tomorrow.

But I can't shake this feeling. Maybe it's the dry cleaners, maybe it's work. Why am I feeling so unsettled today?

glee02 @ 2007-12-03T23:51:00

2007-12-04T04:51:50Z

i am happy.

but ouch! also in pain.

I should go to sleep now.

foo fooo

ok goodnight.

hey wait! what are you going to do?

maybe you should go to bed too.
(you look a little tired.)

it's so cold outside. the wind is howwwlling.
snuggle up and rest

ok ok

glee02 @ 2007-11-20T12:42:00

2007-11-20T18:15:06Z

Today is draggin.

Wish I could work on all my other stuff right now. It's making me anxious that I get nothing done at home.

But I'm sick of doing extra work - dad's stuff, freelance stuff. Wish I could just be lazy for a month or two. Or just have more hours in a day.

At least I got one day off. PHEW!
I'm going to enjoy it very much.

Goodbye Rings, Hello Snowman!
Goodbye 2007, Hello New Year!
Goodbye New York, Hello Philadelphia!
Goodbye Toeface, Hello Turkey!
Goodbyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

I may never come back.

gonna lose it.

2007-10-18T17:29:21Z

wow.

i'm about to snap on people.
i have NO tolerance today. none for your 'cutesy-wootsy', none for your laughing for no reason, none for your bitchy tone and grating voice, none for you taking credit, none for this fake bs that makes me want to scream. AND YET I TAKE IT!

WHY

wtf am i doing here.
i don't belong here.

omg this is what happens when i don't sleep.

help!
HELP!

a;lksdjf;lkajdf

let's drink tonight.

music recommendation

2007-10-12T17:03:47Z

download some tracks by Lo-Fi-Fnk
they are synthtastic.

try "wake up" or "steppin out"

I saw them open for Architecture in Helsinki last night and enjoyed them more than the main act.

Swedes are awesome-o.

In Rainbows

2007-10-10T15:08:01Z

OMG.
All is better now.
This is heavenly.
Thank you Thom and Co.

Boo Wednesday

2007-10-10T14:50:29Z

In Rainbows is available for download. Do I wait until I get home so I can download it on my laptop and give it my full attention? Or do I download it here at work and listen as background music? Once I download onto one computer, will it play on another?

Today is the opening of our Wall Street Store. I want to get a copy of the WSJ because I worked on our ad in it. It is raining, which is good luck. Water = Money. We got BLUE & White cookies to celebrate. It looks delicious but I'm gonna save it for Matthew.

Aggravations:
1. I keep falling asleep at night without getting ready for bed. I can't control myself. Why am I so exhausted every night? Last night, I was in the middle of my freelance project and I passed out, only to wake up late this morning. I am a failure.

2. There is a mosquito in my room that eats me alive at night. I have huge welts that itch like crazy. ARGH.

3. NYC Transit is slacking. I waited for the M31 Bus for a full 45 minutes yesterday after work, only to have it almost break down. This morning, I couldn't catch a cab to save my life. Why do they change shifts during rush hour? Why not have the drivers start earlier so that they can work through until lunch time? They're never there when you need them most.

What a day.

OK I can't wait. I must download now.

hi

2007-10-09T15:42:44Z

This is what I want to be for Halloween.

glee02 @ 2007-10-05T12:00:00

2007-10-05T16:02:12Z

COMPLAIN COMPLAIN COMPLAIN
TOO MUCH WORK COMPLAIN
COMPLAIN
AND I'M HUNGOVER
COMPLAIN COMPLAIN

whineeee

In my inbox this morning

2007-10-01T13:58:00Z

OMG.

Reminder to Self

2007-09-28T04:56:19Z

http://radioheadlp7.com/007788/lp7.cfm

10AM Saturday.

What IS it???

glee02 @ 2007-09-27T11:50:00

2007-09-27T15:52:22Z

I'm not dealing well with stress today.

Please someone lend me a hand.