wild manatee

submitted. it's out of our hands now.

...just one life to live?

Tonight, Catherin and I had a long-awaited reunion hangout and dinner with our roommates from freshman/sophomore year. It's pretty shocking how quickly two years can fly by -- I almost feel like those memories that were brought up were from a different life. These girls were some of the first friends I made when I entered as a freshman, being my neighbors and all, and through the crazy Toys 'R Us + Chuck 'E Cheese outings, Bruno's pastries, movie marathons, secret santa parties, and outlet mall shopathons, we've accumulated quite the collection of inside jokes and embarrassing pictures. While Brittney was flipping through the pictures we took our freshman/sophomore year, I could barely even recognize myself in those pictures. It wasn't that my physical appearance looked that different; I simply couldn't remember who or how I was back then. What was I passionate about? Who did I consider my closest friends? Where did I envision my life going?

On the train ride back into Manhattan from Brooklyn, I looked at them and said "I expect to be receiving wedding invitations from all of you!" Man, that's such a scary statement. Since we'll be graduating this year and either moving back to our respective hometowns or staying in the city, our lives will rarely intersect in the future. The next time we meet after we graduate, who knows where each of us will be, or more importantly, who each of us will be. The memories of our college days will have been so faded in our minds that even pictures won't be enough to restore those moments.

This is something I have really been struggling with ever since senior year started. Life simply goes too fast, and I just can't keep up. Shoot, I'm only 21 but I feel like the pace of life grows at an exponential rate after you turn 20. Weddings, graduation, moving around, people coming in and out... The people and circumstances that surround me are constantly shifting, and I myself am transforming at the very same time.

I feel a giant disconnect in my past and my present, in the circles I am in now and were in back then, and I don't know how to reconcile that just yet.

throwdown!

Derrick sent me an article about the Food Network doing a special piece on the Dessert Truck, and I rsvp'ed to be an audience member for the taping. Unfortunately, I had a bunch of work that I needed to get done so I didn't end up going when it started, but as I was sitting in UHall not studying Japanese, too many people were telling me about the filming so I was just like "screw it, I'm gonna go check it out." I ran out without telling anyone where I was going, and minutes later Mallory called and was like "NANCY WHERE ARE YOU??" A little hurt that I didn't tell her (oops!), she quickly sprinted over and together with K-dub we squealed over Bobby Flay.

The area was pretty crowded, but we managed to squeeze our way and try some of BFlay's bread pudding (kinda strange flavors and textures involved). The best part was that Mallory and I got pulled to be front and center (because we look like kids, no joke), right in front of Bobby Flay, as they shot the last scene for the show. Hahahaaha, awesomeness.

So if you watch the show come November, you'll see the two of us :D One day, maybe Bobby Flay will do a throwdown against the Wild Manatee and whatever it is we become famous for =P Hahaha

fall.ing

'09

Is anything too hard, too wonderful for the LORD?

mazui

This is just going to be a really random list of my ramblings...

- I got a B on my Japanese test :( I am ... really really sad. As we learn more vocab and grammar, I find myself unable to keep up and feeling really inadequate and stupid in class (which meets every single day, mind you)... It's not even that I can't learn it -- I just don't have the time to devote to it like I should.

- Time... It's not that there isn't even enough time to do stuff because I manage to get it done (even if it is up to the last minute) but more importantly, I just get drained in fitting so much stuff into my life. I handle it, but barely scraping by. God's grace is sufficient for me every single day, and I tell myself that, but my flesh is oh so weak when my spirit is still willing... I don't know though, my spirit's been taking a pretty bad beating and I'm just tired....

- Life goes by way too fast. Engagements, talk of careers, writing a business plan, watching the weeks slip by before my very eyes... goodness gracious, this is scary.

- I stepped in dog poop today. The owner didn't feel a need to warn me that her dog had JUST pooped in front of where I was stepping... I was looking around for a restaurant, and after I stepped in it (which was pretty squishy), she was like "oh and she just stepped in it..." (why did she say "she" when she could've addressed me directly as "you"?!) Hmph.

- I need to stop spending money. I think in this past week alone (starting like ... Sunday) I've spent more than $100. Ridiculous. I don't even have a job either, so I'm using my parents' money... Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh

- Baked prosciutto is so money.

- This morning's QT... Ps 23:3. He restores my soul....

i'll have the ... special

11:43 AM Mike:11:45 AM you going to byol?

me: yeah

11:46 AM can't decide what to get for lunch

what're you getting?

Mike: i have no idea yet

what am i in the mood for

me: you are in the mood for .....

11:47 AM Mike: mmm.... i do love my "..."

11:48 AM me: me tooooooooooo

Mike: you should open a restaurant

called "..."

theyll go there when theyre indecisive

11:49 AM and the staple dessert can be "confused"

me: HAHAHAAHA

"it's a good show!"

One of my classmates just cheerfully asked my really renowned entrepreneur professor if he watches Jimmy Neutron because he reminds her of Neutron's dad and she wanted to tell him a joke...

... seriously? I am terribly embarrassed for her. And for the Stern student body .... -_-"

mds yop

this is a gchat conversation with Mallory regarding her heartburn....:

1:09 AM Mallory: i have heartburn nancy.

me: stop lying

but if you do

go buy some medicine

Mallory: i'm not

me: otherwise it'll hurt like crazy when you sleep

Mallory: my heart really hurhts

i think its the burger.

1:11 AM me: hmmm

how long?

drink some water

and green tea

1:12 AM but get some mds yop

1:13 AM *meds yo

wow

i can't type

oops

Mallory: wow

i was looking up mds yop

thinking it is a heartburn medicine.

me: HAHAAHAHAH

SORRY

Mallory: .....

1:14 AM yea i didnt get medicine in the google search.

zoop

time flies like an arrow, and fruit flies like ______



...



a banana!


Does anyone else notice that September takes forever to get through, but once October hits, the rest of the year just seems to fly by? :( Each day is so long, but each next week is so short... Slow down, October, slow down!!