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Just a small blurb about my parents’ English skills. At dinner, we were talking about camels (don’t ask why) and we wanted to let my parents in on the discussion. However, we didn’t know what the Vietnamese word for camel was, so we first described it as “that one creature with the lumpy back”. My dad’s first response was: “a dinosaur?”

Timestamp – 7:38PM

My Christmas Report

Hmm, Christmas this year was pretty interesting. It kind snuck up on me, and before I knew it, I was opening gifts. My list of acquirements, in no particular order, follows: Avatar Season Two DVD Box Set, a new shirt, cologne, $40, and a 40 dollar Starbucks gift card. All colognes/deodorants/male hygiene products smell the same to me, but it is nice not smelling like Old Spice all the time to people that can tell the difference. The shirt looks nice although I’m not a big fan of long sleeve shirts. I like long sleeve jackets/sweaters but not shirts. I don’t know why. Sure I’ll wear them, but given the choice between long sleeves and short sleeve shirts; well, my tan line can tell you which one prevails. I don’t go to Starbucks all that often, and I don’t really like coffee, so that card will be in my wallet for a while. Why did I get a Starbucks card when I don’t like coffee? I don’t know ask my sister lol.  Money is money, there’s not much else to say really.

Now for Avatar Season Two DVD Box set...YAY!!!. Lol, I love Avatar: The Last Airbender. I got Season 1 Box set a while back, and was eagerly stalking the local Target for Season 2, but it never showed up. I was kind of expecting Season 2 set since when asked for an Xmas wishlist, the only definite thing I mentioned was the set :3.  I watched the entire Season 1 set with my sister Julie (she’s the one who lives in Connecticut for med school for those of you keeping track of my various siblings) in one sitting if I remember. After Christmas, we then proceeded to watch Season 2. I love Avatar :3.

I was supposed to play tennis with my friend Lac (I met him at my weekly volunteer work at Tully Library) on Wednesday, but he never called me. Maybe another day?

Warning: Semi-spoilers for the movie “I am Legend” below

I saw “I am Legend” today with two of my sisters, Dianna (the youngest sister) and Julie. I liked it, although I’m not very good with scary/suspenseful stuff. A few things didn’t make sense to me, being: How did Will Smith trap himself and why didn’t he just throw the grenade out through the hole in the glass? Besides those two things though, I say it was pretty enjoyable. Good story. Not too amazing, but an okay story.

Pretty eventful holiday so far; no homework whatsoever has been done. Not much else to say really. Hopefully I’ll get back into updating this thing more frequently; Blogging is pretty fun.

Ending thoughts: I love Toph :3

Timestamp – 12:57AM

Tired

Just plain tired. No real excuse for the recent updates except that I was just lazy. A whole slew of things happened in between this post and the post before this one, but I don’t feel like digging through my memory banks for them.

Right now I’m at my friend Dustin’s house celebrating his older brother David’s birthday party. It’s like five AM, and I am still awake. I really felt like going to sleep a few hours ago, but I can’t bring myself to. Weird huh? Party was freaking awesome. Lots of Rockband. The singing part is so much easier on Rockband than on Karaoke Revolution. (some of you maybe remember my difficulty with “Headstrong” at Juliette’s party) Pretty fun day.

Went to volunteering before the party, but the Vietnamese language class (the one I help with) didn’t meet this time around. I hung out with the Citizenship volunteers instead. Pretty cool time there, except for the fact that Nhat and Lac got me Christmas cards, and I didn’t have anything to give back. I’ll make it up with something next week, lol.

Warning: The following contains a serious tone towards my emotional state. Do not read if uninterested and/or finding out I can get depressed shocks you.

You know, Thursday afternoon (Dec. 20), for the first time in my life I was actually depressed about my future/life. I usually just worry for a bit and then move on. But on Thursday, I was just depressed. It doesn’t feel like I’m getting anywhere, you know? Day after day, just going through the motions of my daily life. Sure, on AIM I sound alright, but I lie a lot when it comes to matters involving me. It sounds really bad, but I don’t really have anyone in my life I want to show my weaknesses to. That’s the honest truth. I have close friends, and I can trust them with my life. But not with my flaws. Not with my problems. Is it because I don’t want you guys to worry about me? Or maybe it’s because I don’t trust you guys enough to open up. Practically everyone in my life has seen my fun side. A good majority of those people have seen my angry side. But there are few that have seen me sad. Few that have seen me weak. Even still, those that I have broken down in front of are there usually by the time I simply break down.  I don’t really want to open up, I just burst. It makes me sad to think about it, but it’s true

So far into vacation I’ve had some spots of fun, but every now, and my chest starts to feel heavier than normal.

Timestamp – 5:47AM