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| I am heading back to Hartford soon  / . This semester I will learn about the Vietnam War...finally. I am Vietnamese, but I pretty much know nothing about this war besides the fact that I would not exist had it not happened. In all honesty, I don't really know what happened in U.S. History after LBJ because none of my teachers ever got to that part. I probably should have read ahead. Will history books get thicker or will textbook writers decide to condense some parts of history into mere paragraphs? That sounds really sad. I wonder what the part we're living now will sound like? It will probably be very boring compared to the rest of the book. Our kids probably won't even get to that part because their teacher will have to start reviewing them for the AP test and so they'll never learn about the Iraq War. I'm not so sure if I understand it either. | | |
| ...and I don't feel any different. I also have no resolutions. My usual resolution is to drink water more often than I do. This could easily be achieved by at least taking a sip of water.. once a day.. even a week. month. ever? but for some reason I have never been able to achieve this. I am going to die. I hate text messaging. That makes me one hungry, hungry hypocrite because I text everyday, but goddamn it's annoying. Just one more thing adding to the downfall of humanity. Everything is so falsely urgent, needed so immediately. I love checking the mail, but nobody uses the postal service anymore except people trying to convince me to get a college loan. Boo. I wrote my best friend a letter during this semester, but she doesn't even check her mail. Will someone please sacrifice some saliva to lick an envelope for me! Or buy the self adhesive ones, geez. Maybe not as a "resolution", but you know ...a goal, or daily affirmation, if you will, I will calm the fuck down. breathe sometimes. go to sleep at reasonable hours of the day. accept my B+ in psychology. except NOT. I will dwell on this for a little longer, because #@&%! I had AP credit for this class! I will accept it later. andddd maybe I'll try to stop texting! As much, that is. It's pretty convenient | | |
| It's snowing today and I am going to write from the perspective of a native Houstonian, one who has never seen snow. So for all of you who hate snow because you lived with it every winter of your life, shh. Snow is falling and I am watching from my window. It's so cute and perfect and everything I always thought it would be. Quiet and white. Like on Home Alone and the Santa Clause, my favorite holiday movies.. as a child. or maybe as a ..young adult (whatever it is we call ourselves these days) too :] I swear my kids will see snow when they're kids. It's just sorta unfair not to. Because everyone here is all, .. snow? whatev. And here I am all excited like a five year old. I guess I was always a late bloomer. I will probably hate snow soon, but I am writing this to remind myself that the first time I saw snow, I liked it. 
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| Today one of the dining service workers started lecturing me upon learning that I, like she, was Vietnamese. Apparently, I should start greeting all Vietnamese elders properly in Vietnamese so that I can begin integrating the culture into my life and become "in touch" with my roots. I didn't have the heart (or enough knowledge of the Vietnamese language) to tell her that I already knew how to greet my elders, so I just nodded and smiled. Then! She starts warning me that I'd better decide on a major very soon or I will be "undecided" for my entire life. Then! Lawyer? You have to *points to forehead* think very hard! ... I'm not so sure what she meant by this, but it wasn't very encouraging.  This all in Vietnamese. Geez, I thought I was going to get the hook up on some secret good desserts from the back or something, but nope...just good ol Vietnamese lecturing. No disrespect, I just don't know how my parents managed to get to this lady before I did. | | |
| So, the store officially closed down today...which sucks. 1) Money will no longer enter my bank account, but it will undoubtedly still leave [in large portions] and 2) West Oaks just became useless to me and is starting its journey on the path towards death. Today was my last day of work and the good bye was pretty awkward. Actually this entire week was pretty awkward at work. me: when are you working next? coworker: never. today's my last day me: oh. *cheeseball smile* well. ..bye. me: forever. and then today...well, I didn't even know how to say bye to my manager. I was debating whether I should end it with a hug or something, but I nixed that idea. A hug would have been the equivalent of a HAGS KIT 143637 LYLAS, etc yearbook signing, which I'm fully against. Her last words: see you when I see you. Mine? Okay. | | |
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