On the bright side, it's a lovely day out

I don't know what's worse, that there's a big gaping hole at the end of my driveway or that I woke up at 12pm with no one else home =S

-JianSeismicRetrofit
(The Midday Loner)

Meet my new project.

This is what's been keeping me busy for the past... 2 weeks or so.

As you can see, it's slowly but steadily getting whipped into shape. I hate myself for always letting it get so bad. I just can't keep it clean.

So it has progressively gotten better. I think this may be as clean as it's gonna get right now since I'll have to move everything out in two weeks anyway. It's gonna be a pain in the ass. I haven't been able to go out since forever because my room hasn't been clean. Ugh.

P.S.

I have no idea where my boyfriend is.

-JianSeismicRetrofit
(The "exhausted from cleaning a tornado-hit bedroom" boyfriend finder)

It's alive! It's aliiiiive!

You know what I just realized this morning? I have a blog! And apparently I haven't written anything for 5 months... I just read the last post I made, talking about getting accepted to CURRY. Well that's long gone. A lot has happened in the last 5 months, it really feels like it's been longer...

So anyway. This blog SUCKS. The choices came down to UPDATE or DELETE aaaand seeing as I don't like to delete things (I can't even bear to part with my dearly neglected myspace and BEBO accounts for God's sake) I guess I'll just revive this thang. Yeh, I said thang. Deal.

Well let's see. What have I been up to? I really don't remember lol. This may take a while since I'm probably gonna have to do some digging to find clues as to what I've been doing.

Okie, so first big thing that happened was actually kinda strange. So looking back at how excited I was with the acceptance letter from Curry, it kinda makes me mad that I didn't get that whole feeling with Wentworth, my first choice college. Allow me to share my letter with you, tell me how you would feel.

From: WIT admissions

"Jian Mei - We have had a chance to review your file very carefully. At this point in time we cannot offer you Admission into the Architecture program..."

You know what, F%$# YOU WIT! It's your loss, you can go ahead and kiss my a-- oh wait. There's more...

"The Admission Committee would like to encourage you to look into a different major. We feel that with your course work you might be a better fit for another major, such as Interior Design, Industrial Design Facilitates, Planning and Management..."

So... I'm not accepted... But I am? I think I'm pissed... But I'm not?

"We do not normally offer students this opportunity, but we feel with your background you would be a good fit for Wentworth. If you are interested in changing your major, you can indicate so by simply e-mailing me back."

So there it is. My 2-in-1 rejection/acceptance letter. It really upset me because I got rejected by the architecture program due to my lame excuse for a grade in pre-calculus (a pre-requisite for arch)... And you know what? I didn't need them to tell me about my incompetency in pre-calc, I can tell myself that no problem. In fact, I was so sure I would fail pre-calc that I had already e-mailed them about a month before I even got this email, asking to change my major to interior design! They pretty much just told me everything I already knew, and instead of saying "CONGRATULATIONS, YOU HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED TO WIT" I get a speech about changing my major WHICH I had already done. No happy jumpy exciting acceptance letter reading, all I got was this lame "pick again" e-mail. And all they got back was an angry email from yours truly saying I already changed my damn major and that they should go back to school and take a class about reading e-mails about changes in majors so that people can get the happy jumpy exciting acceptance letters that they deserve. True story. And by the way, I passed pre-calculus XP

By the skin of my teeth, that is.

So POOP YOU WIT!

Haha, just kidding. I love WIT. It's an adorable school with a cozy campus that's in the most amazing city ever INVENTED. Mhmm. I'm excited to be living there this coming fall and I especially can't wait to explore a city I have already fallen in love with over the summer. I actually also fell in love with the school's design department, so it wasn't just my incompetency in pre-calc that made me switch majors.

OH YEH, I spent a whole week this summer up at WIT for a drawing intensive program. We practically drew everyday from 9-5, in the classroom, at museums and all over the city.

I met some amazing people whom I spent every night in the city with. I even met my first drunk guy after a Red Sox game in the subway lol. One of the most memorable moments of the week was when we decided to take the T over to Harvard square. As soon as we got off, everyone except me went nuts looking for a bathroom (I was smart and went before we left the dorm ;D). It kinda got ridiculous because we ran into so many buildings that by the end of it I barely knew where we were. I guess we ended up running into a random high-class hotel to use their bathroom. Lovely. But that's not the part I loved.

After operation urinal, our group of about 7 or 8 guys and gals decided to grab some ice cream at the JP Licks in front of Harvard. There's 2 other branches that I know of, one on Newbury St and the other about 5 minutes up the street from our dorms lol. So we got our ice cream and sat outside at the chairs and tables. There was a man with dreads playing the guitar. We swayed to his beat while eating our ice cream. I got coffee w/ oreo chunks. YUM. The man, whose name we learned was Frankie J, asked us where we were from and we all said we were incoming freshmen from all over the East Coast. He then told us that he noticed how we moved to his music and it made him feel our free-spirited energy. Or something like that lol. He was a fun, chill guy. I then asked him if he could play us a love song! He played a reggae song called "So Royal" which was adorable and amazing in so many ways. We all got up and danced in all sorts of alternative and eccentric to the mellowness of Frankie J. Oh, this was at about 11:30pm by the way, so people walking past Harvard stopped to watch us for a bit. The atmosphere was so comfortable and warm, I didn't want the night to end. But sadly, we had class the next day so we had to leave after Frankie J's next song dedicated to organic marijuana. All in all, it was a fantastic week. Great people + amazing city = a wonderful start to what will be the best 4 years of my life. Take THAT, high school.

Speaking of which, what else have I been up to??

Why, I graduated, silly. No more high school. And while everyone else in my class blubbered and bawled over the fact that they won't be seeing the same old people in the same old building EVER AGAIN, I said PEACE and jetted.

My appropriately decorated graduation cap

You have no clue. I rejoiced over the idea of never returning again. I looked forward to it! Loved it. I threw it in the air and ROLLED in it. I hated high school. Don't ask me why, I couldn't tell you. I just never really got that into it. All I know is that I'm glad its over and that I'm already excited for college.

Wow, I've been writing this post for almost 2 hours. I think this is where I'll end my revival post. Or, part one if my revival post, at least.

-JianSeismicRetrofit
(The returning blogger)

One down, kiddies!

So guess what? My very first college acceptance letter came in the mail today! I really wanted to jump and scream and run a lap around the neighborhood BUT... I wasn't that excited lol. That's because someone from their admissions office already called me to congratulate me on Tuesday, so I've had a couple of days to calm down a bit. But HELL FREAKING YEH! Curry was my back up choice so no matter what happens with my other applications, I'M GOING TO COLLEGE!!

I found out on Tuesday so I decided to visit the campus with my parents yesterday. Actually, it was a very last minute decision. I was late for school (like an hour late XP) so I decided to take my time and have a long shower. By the time I got out, it was already about 8:30 so I was like, "Hey Mom, wanna go on a college visit...?" And that's how I ended up at the world's cutest admissions builing ever built. I'm really kicking myself for not taking a picture of it. It was like a fairly small 2 story cottage-like house that made me feel like I should be tending to my cattle... Haha, iunno. It was just the cutest thing ever.. We toured the campus and I met with one of the counselors. If I end up going to Curry, I'm going to major in Graphic design and minor in Music. Hopefully I can live on campus too! Fingers crossed >_<

Oh by the way, I encountered a strange being yesterday. My mom handed it to me before we left for Curry. What does this look like to you?

This is how the conversation went:
Mom: "Jian Mei! I have a present for you!!" *hands creature over*
Me: "WHAT THE EFF IS THAT!!!?"
Mom: "It's a tomato!" *chuckles*

Lol. It's actually a giant mutated grape which my dad ended up eating. I passsed because over lunch the other day, my friend had told me a story about a bunch of grapes infected with spider eggs. Yum.

It's Thursday night and now I'm just sitting, waiting for the weekend to come. I'm thinking about doing another video, I do still have a bunch of requests I haven't done yet. I'll think about.

That's all for now!

-JianSeismicRetrofit
(The College-Bound Senior)

Please don’t just laugh and clap right now, this is serious I’m not delirious

For some reason the knuckle on my left ring finger really hurts. Like I punched something. Or someone... Anyway, this is why I love...

The Guitar Center



I really want to buy another guitar. A really nice classical since I already have my acoustic. That's going on my graduation gift list!! Which... I just invented right now lol.

The kiddies



I swear to gosh I'm going to heck for this, but sometimes I just wanna throw something very sharp and pointy at those kids. But most of the time, they're amazing and they can really light up my day. Underneath all that loud, bratty, obnoxious mess, I really do love those kids =)

Snow



I need somebody to tell me what animal makes these footprints! Back in January we found these in our driveway leading up to our trashcan, it's been a mystery ever since! What do you think? A deer maybe?

My Mama

You know what they say: a family that poses in fake fur together, stays together, right?
Fo sho! I love my mama =)

Flight of the Conchords

Interracial hole-stretchers 2, LMAO!! Nuff said.

Jeeperz



Meet my newest teddy burr, Bleeker. And if you're wondering what he's guarding between his legs, it's his ballsack =) it was filled with delicious milk chocolate Lindor balls from Lindt and it was allll mine! Bwahhahahah! Thank you for the Valentine bub =*)

Well my vacation is coming to a close, I can't believe it's Friday already. That means my weekend is going to be over in a blink of an eye and before I know it I'll be dragging myself out of bed on Monday morning! Shitaki.

Right now, I have no plans for the rest of the day. Actually I'm probably going make some cookies and cream chocolates with the Oreos and the giant slab of white chocolate my mama gave me for New Years. Yum! Sounds like a plan.

Before I go, my feel-good song of the day =) Banana Man by Tally Hall!

-JianSeismicRetrofit
(The Procrastinator)

Popping my blog's cherry. POP!

I swear, this is probably the 5th time I've tried creating my first blog post! I'm never happy with what I write so I keep saving them in my drafts and going on my merry way. I hope this one actually ends up getting published!

So I guess for my inaugural post... A song maybe? Yes, that might be a good idea.

Here we go, this is a really fast version of I'm Yours by Jason Mraz. A friend of mine from Arizona requested this which was a coincidence because I was already practicing it at the time. Half of the reason why it's so fast is that it took several takes to record and by like, the 11th take, I just wanted to get it over and done with! Especially at the end after my mistake haha. Oh and I didn't acknowledge my friend in the video because a bunch of people ended up asking me for it after so I just made it non-specific to make people feel special. LOL wow that sounded horrible. Ok fine, so this was for my friend Christian, I'm Yours by Jason Mraz.

OH and don't forget to admire the constipated face I'm making because YouTube won't let me change the thumbnail. Mmmm, sexy screwed-up face, flared-up nostril goodness. My fav!

EDIT EDIT EDIT!!
Yay! It changed the thumbnail! Now it just looks like I'm about to sneeze =)





I think it's about time I started making videos again. I had my little video-making phase a few weeks ago and still have a couple requests lined up. One of which, is Crank Dat by Soulja Boy. Something tells me I'm being mocked... Or maybe it's a genuine request! Maybe somebody really does love that song! Hmmm... Nope, they're mocking me. Poop.

Anywho, here's me signing off on my very first [real] blogpost! Fingers crossed, I'll actually hit PUBLISH after a few more minutes of previewing and editing.

-JianSeismicRetrofit
(The Twix Fiend)