EXTREMELY UNIMPRESSED and DISAPPOINTED that the Final Four will be all number one seeds. Dull. That's not March Madness, that's just uninspiring basketball
Weekend was really tiring. I forgot my tooth brush on the sorority retreat, so that was kind of gross, but I was able to get some mouthwash
From Wednesday - Friday I will be in Northridge participating in the American Society of Civil Engineers Pacific Southwest Regional Conference. It should be fun! Will have pictures
Currently listening to: Mariah Carey, "Touch My Body", E=MC2
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Another Goal Attained
As I go through my college experience, I often times find it crucial to make a list of "Things To Do Before I Graduate." Many parts of this list are added on the spot as they arise, but there are definitely some that I am determined to accomplish. Today I am proud to announce that I have in fact accomplished something on my list
Today I got a frat shirt
USC is teeming with Greek life - fraternities, sororities, the like. I am pretty indifferent to them, but I had decided last year that I was going to get a frat shirt some time before I graduate. Today in my class my friend was selling them as a philanthropy fundraiser, and I bought one hah hah. So I can officially scratch that off my list
Currently listening to: Mariah Carey "Touch My Body." If you haven't watch the music video. It's priceless. Has instantly shot to the top of my faves list, right behind Kanye's "Good Life" video. Also, saw the Alicia Keys music video today for her latest single, was pleasantly surprised to see my favorite artist Common in it wowow
Today I got a frat shirt
USC is teeming with Greek life - fraternities, sororities, the like. I am pretty indifferent to them, but I had decided last year that I was going to get a frat shirt some time before I graduate. Today in my class my friend was selling them as a philanthropy fundraiser, and I bought one hah hah. So I can officially scratch that off my list
Currently listening to: Mariah Carey "Touch My Body." If you haven't watch the music video. It's priceless. Has instantly shot to the top of my faves list, right behind Kanye's "Good Life" video. Also, saw the Alicia Keys music video today for her latest single, was pleasantly surprised to see my favorite artist Common in it wowow
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
I Am Wrong
Currently (re)listening to: Panic At The Disco Pretty. Odd. also, Ella
Okay, I was wrong when I said that PATD's new album is a sucker. I re-listened to it again (and again), and I must admit that the album grows on you. A lot of reviewers label it as PATD's Srgt. Peppers, and I can see where they are coming from. Good songs: "That Green Gentleman," "9 In The Afternoon," "Folking Around"
Hell yeah
Okay, I was wrong when I said that PATD's new album is a sucker. I re-listened to it again (and again), and I must admit that the album grows on you. A lot of reviewers label it as PATD's Srgt. Peppers, and I can see where they are coming from. Good songs: "That Green Gentleman," "9 In The Afternoon," "Folking Around"
Hell yeah
Monday, March 24, 2008
San Francisco Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival
August 22 - 24
Lineup:
Radiohead
Jack Johnson
Wilco
Beck
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals
Manu Chao
M. Ward
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Regina Spektor
Matt Nathanson
Lyris Born
Goapele
Hooooooly shit
Currently listening to: Amber Pacific Truth In Sincerity
Lineup:
Radiohead
Jack Johnson
Wilco
Beck
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals
Manu Chao
M. Ward
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Regina Spektor
Matt Nathanson
Lyris Born
Goapele
Hooooooly shit
Currently listening to: Amber Pacific Truth In Sincerity
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Lazy Days
Currently listening to - illegally obtained copy of Gnarls Barkley's upcoming CD, titled The Odd Couple; also, Panic At The Disco Pretty. Odd. (note the absence of the "!" from "Panic! At The Disco" of their debut album. this is a deliberate omission by the band to firmly establish themselves as a different brand of musicians)
Happy Easter! I know it's been a while since I've demonstrated any sort of doxology, but I am seriously considering returning to the religion circuit. As many know, I went to a Baptist middle school and a Catholic high school. I went to church pretty regularly during high school, staying for Sunday school even if the other kids didn't like me much or didn't act very welcoming to me. I am very familiar with the Bible. I think my religious side is starting to come out because of a certain decision. Several days ago, I decided that I was no longer going to consume either drugs or alcohol anymore. It's not really a big deal. I haven't done either in a pretty long time. I think everyone should be able to experiment because for most people, the stuff is not really for them anyways
Today was glorious. The weather was about 85 degrees. I picked up Lawrence from the airport, and we ate a nice lunch at Eat Street. Afterwards, I went home to watch some more NCAA basketball (Georgetown out - failed to reach the Sweet Sixteen after a Final Four last year, Hibbert not contributing at all; Memphis nearly losing but surviving - a common theme, Miami surprisingly nearly unseating Texas). Even though my bracket is very pulverized, all my final four selections are still intact. Ehh
Did I mention that today was the last day of Spring Break? Yes, it is time to return to the books, albeit for another eight weeks. I had a great time interning, gyming, swimming, and watching movies. It was the first time I lived by myself, and while it was a bit daunting at first, it was a beneficial experience. My biggest frustration was that I was not able to clean my car, even though I cleaned the house and got a lot of paperwork sorted. But my parents sent two rolls of quarters with my brother, so I will be able to go to a car wash and finally get the poor moto cleaned. I did all my homework yesterday, which is how I am able to swim today and leisurely eat lunch and watch the games
I think I watched approximately fifteen hours of college basketball between these two days. The number would be a lot higher had I not gone to work on Thursday and Friday, but during those days I "refreshed" the ESPN mobile on my phone over 200 times. Glorious
And last, but not least, I found this cute "Favorite" list from DJ info page on a local radio station's website. So, enjoy! (how did it feel to finally see something on this website besides damn college basketball?! hah)
Oh, before I forget, I hope you enjoy the new picture. It's a picture I found on flickr of downtown Los Angeles. I believe that is the 110N. My previous picture, while an amazing shot of a bridge's truss system, was not from Los Angeles. There was a conflict of interest: while I am involved in civil engineering, the picture wasn't an accurate LAdventurous portrayal.
Without further ado, my favorites:
Color: black
Scents: vanilla, chlorine, banana muffins
Flowers: lilies (surely you must have seen that one coming), the bird of paradise
Board games: SCRABBLE. and connect four
Sports to play: softball, basketball, dodgeball, swimming, and I'd rather be surfing
Sports teams: USC TROJANS, Oakland Athletics (thinly)
Outdoor activities: learning to surf this summer, "hiking," I can't ski or camp for my life
Bay Area hangout: Westfield San Francisco
(added) Los Angeles hangout: Westwood
Place to see a concert: on TV because I'm too short to enjoy the concert experience!
Music: Common, Kanye West, Sugarland, VHS or Beta, Gym Class Heroes
TV shows: Wonderfalls (cancelled, sigh), Futurama, The Office, Scrubs
Movies (all time): Amadeus, anything Pixar
Actors: John Krasinski (The Office!)
Actresses: Anne Hathaway
Magazines: New Yorker, Time, Modern Steel Construction, Reader's Digest......US Weekly
Books / Authors: The Stranger, Austen, The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Lahiri, Snow.....Kristin Gore (Al's daughter, wrote the Sammy stories)
Cereals: pretty much anything cinnamon. or with almonds. or frosted. or honeyed. NOT Trix
Fruits: mangoes, watermelon, oranges, honeydew. NOT grapes
Snack foods: cereal, carrots, yogurt......guilty pleasure - Cheetos and cookies
Cookies: pretty much anything from chocolate chip to M&Ms to snickerdoodles to gingerbread
Candy bars: snickers
Favorite animal: red tailed hawk, desert fox, box turtle
Pet's name: no pets!
Vacation spot: the South. or Arizona
Fluent in other languages: Chinese, four years of HS Spanish (I know, doesn't count as fluent)
If you were a spice, which one would you be: cayenne because I put it in everything heh
Hometown: DALY CITY
Your hero: anyone that's made a positive difference in someone else's life
Sparkling or still: I have no idea what this means. water? fashion style? I guess I'd choose still because sparkling kind of irks me. hah
In closing, the new Gnarls Barkley does not disappoint, but the Panic At The Disco severely does. Save its It'll-Grow-On-You single "Nine In The Afternoon," the album is a mess. Be prepared
Happy Easter! I know it's been a while since I've demonstrated any sort of doxology, but I am seriously considering returning to the religion circuit. As many know, I went to a Baptist middle school and a Catholic high school. I went to church pretty regularly during high school, staying for Sunday school even if the other kids didn't like me much or didn't act very welcoming to me. I am very familiar with the Bible. I think my religious side is starting to come out because of a certain decision. Several days ago, I decided that I was no longer going to consume either drugs or alcohol anymore. It's not really a big deal. I haven't done either in a pretty long time. I think everyone should be able to experiment because for most people, the stuff is not really for them anyways
Today was glorious. The weather was about 85 degrees. I picked up Lawrence from the airport, and we ate a nice lunch at Eat Street. Afterwards, I went home to watch some more NCAA basketball (Georgetown out - failed to reach the Sweet Sixteen after a Final Four last year, Hibbert not contributing at all; Memphis nearly losing but surviving - a common theme, Miami surprisingly nearly unseating Texas). Even though my bracket is very pulverized, all my final four selections are still intact. Ehh
Did I mention that today was the last day of Spring Break? Yes, it is time to return to the books, albeit for another eight weeks. I had a great time interning, gyming, swimming, and watching movies. It was the first time I lived by myself, and while it was a bit daunting at first, it was a beneficial experience. My biggest frustration was that I was not able to clean my car, even though I cleaned the house and got a lot of paperwork sorted. But my parents sent two rolls of quarters with my brother, so I will be able to go to a car wash and finally get the poor moto cleaned. I did all my homework yesterday, which is how I am able to swim today and leisurely eat lunch and watch the games
I think I watched approximately fifteen hours of college basketball between these two days. The number would be a lot higher had I not gone to work on Thursday and Friday, but during those days I "refreshed" the ESPN mobile on my phone over 200 times. Glorious
And last, but not least, I found this cute "Favorite" list from DJ info page on a local radio station's website. So, enjoy! (how did it feel to finally see something on this website besides damn college basketball?! hah)
Oh, before I forget, I hope you enjoy the new picture. It's a picture I found on flickr of downtown Los Angeles. I believe that is the 110N. My previous picture, while an amazing shot of a bridge's truss system, was not from Los Angeles. There was a conflict of interest: while I am involved in civil engineering, the picture wasn't an accurate LAdventurous portrayal.
Without further ado, my favorites:
Color: black
Scents: vanilla, chlorine, banana muffins
Flowers: lilies (surely you must have seen that one coming), the bird of paradise
Board games: SCRABBLE. and connect four
Sports to play: softball, basketball, dodgeball, swimming, and I'd rather be surfing
Sports teams: USC TROJANS, Oakland Athletics (thinly)
Outdoor activities: learning to surf this summer, "hiking," I can't ski or camp for my life
Bay Area hangout: Westfield San Francisco
(added) Los Angeles hangout: Westwood
Place to see a concert: on TV because I'm too short to enjoy the concert experience!
Music: Common, Kanye West, Sugarland, VHS or Beta, Gym Class Heroes
TV shows: Wonderfalls (cancelled, sigh), Futurama, The Office, Scrubs
Movies (all time): Amadeus, anything Pixar
Actors: John Krasinski (The Office!)
Actresses: Anne Hathaway
Magazines: New Yorker, Time, Modern Steel Construction, Reader's Digest......US Weekly
Books / Authors: The Stranger, Austen, The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Lahiri, Snow.....Kristin Gore (Al's daughter, wrote the Sammy stories)
Cereals: pretty much anything cinnamon. or with almonds. or frosted. or honeyed. NOT Trix
Fruits: mangoes, watermelon, oranges, honeydew. NOT grapes
Snack foods: cereal, carrots, yogurt......guilty pleasure - Cheetos and cookies
Cookies: pretty much anything from chocolate chip to M&Ms to snickerdoodles to gingerbread
Candy bars: snickers
Favorite animal: red tailed hawk, desert fox, box turtle
Pet's name: no pets!
Vacation spot: the South. or Arizona
Fluent in other languages: Chinese, four years of HS Spanish (I know, doesn't count as fluent)
If you were a spice, which one would you be: cayenne because I put it in everything heh
Hometown: DALY CITY
Your hero: anyone that's made a positive difference in someone else's life
Sparkling or still: I have no idea what this means. water? fashion style? I guess I'd choose still because sparkling kind of irks me. hah
In closing, the new Gnarls Barkley does not disappoint, but the Panic At The Disco severely does. Save its It'll-Grow-On-You single "Nine In The Afternoon," the album is a mess. Be prepared
Saturday, March 22, 2008
My Bracket Is Destroyed
It's over. My bracket is done. With wins today by West Virginia over Duke (I should have known better after last year's VCU performance) and Washington State over Notre Dame (ND looked so good on paper!), my bracket lines have seriously asphyxiated. Now, for better or worse, I can watch each game pretty much not being forced to root for the team that I've picked to win. Such as tonight, in which UCLA narrowly defeated Texas A&M. UCLA is too....good. How I loathe them. And yet they are clutch enough to make the shots when they need to
And I hate to be a very wet blanket, but I was reading today in the Times and the sports section was discussing return scenarios of USC's biggest impact players: OJ Mayo (probably not), Davon Jefferson, Taj Gibson. I hate to say it, but if two of those three leave, then USC is not looking very good next year. A big problem we had this year is our lack of post players and a legit bench. It doesn't look as if the bench problem will be solved any time soon, as only 2 - 3 commitments look to truly be impact players. As a comparison, look at our bench versus UCLA's bench. SIGH
What happened to Washington State? How were they able to stifle the Fighting Irish? I had both teams picked, but I thought that Notre Dame's reputed high-octane offense would be able to overrun WSU and that since WSU is all defense, this would only detriment anything on the other end. Instead, WSU shames Notre Dame, winning by twenty points to easily coast into the Sweet Sixteen. That's not supposed to happen! Again, reducing me to "enjoy" each game for the game itself
I spent the whole day with the telly on CBS, watching each game, although I did fall asleep on the couch during the Purdue - Butler game to wake up to Stanford's clutch OT victory. Stanford I must begrudgingly admit is pretty good, but then again, any team with two seven foot post twins would be pretty damn dominant
I saw an excellent Gatorade commercial that featured black and white profiles of college teams of various sports practicing / performing their famous clutch plays, with the words "Cinderella doesn't exist" or something like that. I think the ad was trying to say that Cinderella teams aren't a fluke and that, for that one game, the "underdog" team turned out to not be the underdog team after all. The teams featured included Boise State practicing their Statue of Liberty Play and I believe George Mason and the Final Four run, though I'm not sure on the latter
I don't know who I am cheering for now. I guess for the "better team"? Of course, there are teams that I will always cheer against, such as UCLA and Duke, but I guess Kansas would still be nice to cheer for even if they are a number one seed, as I would still like my bracket to be vindicated with correctly picking the overall tourney champion
So today was a good day for college basketball, an extremely horrendous day for my bracket. And as today was such a nice day, I think I will go out tomorrow (90 degrees weather! crazy). But there are still plenty of epic games to watch, including the two 12-13 seed meetings for Sweet Sixteen Bragging Rights
Maaaaaaaaaaaarch On!
And I hate to be a very wet blanket, but I was reading today in the Times and the sports section was discussing return scenarios of USC's biggest impact players: OJ Mayo (probably not), Davon Jefferson, Taj Gibson. I hate to say it, but if two of those three leave, then USC is not looking very good next year. A big problem we had this year is our lack of post players and a legit bench. It doesn't look as if the bench problem will be solved any time soon, as only 2 - 3 commitments look to truly be impact players. As a comparison, look at our bench versus UCLA's bench. SIGH
What happened to Washington State? How were they able to stifle the Fighting Irish? I had both teams picked, but I thought that Notre Dame's reputed high-octane offense would be able to overrun WSU and that since WSU is all defense, this would only detriment anything on the other end. Instead, WSU shames Notre Dame, winning by twenty points to easily coast into the Sweet Sixteen. That's not supposed to happen! Again, reducing me to "enjoy" each game for the game itself
I spent the whole day with the telly on CBS, watching each game, although I did fall asleep on the couch during the Purdue - Butler game to wake up to Stanford's clutch OT victory. Stanford I must begrudgingly admit is pretty good, but then again, any team with two seven foot post twins would be pretty damn dominant
I saw an excellent Gatorade commercial that featured black and white profiles of college teams of various sports practicing / performing their famous clutch plays, with the words "Cinderella doesn't exist" or something like that. I think the ad was trying to say that Cinderella teams aren't a fluke and that, for that one game, the "underdog" team turned out to not be the underdog team after all. The teams featured included Boise State practicing their Statue of Liberty Play and I believe George Mason and the Final Four run, though I'm not sure on the latter
I don't know who I am cheering for now. I guess for the "better team"? Of course, there are teams that I will always cheer against, such as UCLA and Duke, but I guess Kansas would still be nice to cheer for even if they are a number one seed, as I would still like my bracket to be vindicated with correctly picking the overall tourney champion
So today was a good day for college basketball, an extremely horrendous day for my bracket. And as today was such a nice day, I think I will go out tomorrow (90 degrees weather! crazy). But there are still plenty of epic games to watch, including the two 12-13 seed meetings for Sweet Sixteen Bragging Rights
Maaaaaaaaaaaarch On!
Friday, March 21, 2008
Upset!
What yesterday lacked in upsets today's round of games completely made up for it. As a result, whatever dominance I had in my pools completely disappeared as my brackets take their worst beating to date. My day's bracket successes were about.... 3 / 16. Dear lord. With both Drake and Clemson out, two teams I had projected to make the Sweet Sixteen if not the Elite Eight, I am looking at the bottom of the rankings in both pools, after staying in first and second place all of yesterday
Upset victories:
1. WESTERN KENTUCKY OVER DRAKE. Buzzer beater
2. San Diego over UConn. Yes, the same USD that beat Gonzaga to win the WCC Tourney
3. Siena over Vanderbilt
4. VILLANOVA OVER CLEMSON.
I had Drake and Clemson in my sweet sixteen! Clemson was fucking FIERCE in the tournament, beating Duke to play UNC! Damn it
But, yes, this is truly the March Madness that last year's was lacking. For the first time ever, there will be TWO 12-13 matchups in the battle to the sweet sixteen. Also, all these upsets took place in Florida. Man, talk about an upset city! My facebook status: "Lily is UPSET!" Of course, I was talking originally about USC's upset to Kansas State, but yes, Cinderella did finally decide to show up to the Big Dance after all
Best moment: the WKU bench (players and coaches combined) running onto the court, arms waving, papers flying in frantic madness over the game winning shot
Currently listening to: the entire Ella Fitzgerald discography
Upset victories:
1. WESTERN KENTUCKY OVER DRAKE. Buzzer beater
2. San Diego over UConn. Yes, the same USD that beat Gonzaga to win the WCC Tourney
3. Siena over Vanderbilt
4. VILLANOVA OVER CLEMSON.
I had Drake and Clemson in my sweet sixteen! Clemson was fucking FIERCE in the tournament, beating Duke to play UNC! Damn it
But, yes, this is truly the March Madness that last year's was lacking. For the first time ever, there will be TWO 12-13 matchups in the battle to the sweet sixteen. Also, all these upsets took place in Florida. Man, talk about an upset city! My facebook status: "Lily is UPSET!" Of course, I was talking originally about USC's upset to Kansas State, but yes, Cinderella did finally decide to show up to the Big Dance after all
Best moment: the WKU bench (players and coaches combined) running onto the court, arms waving, papers flying in frantic madness over the game winning shot
Currently listening to: the entire Ella Fitzgerald discography
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