I am in severe denial about the fact that I'm moving from Boston back to HK permanently.
On the other hand, have become a major fan of DBSK. A fan's relationship with their idols are always so fickle, I feel. I've liked w-inds. since their debut when they and I were 15 years old, and I've liked them all until the end of last year. Their sound started changing so that I'd buy their albums but I wouldn't listen to their songs again, and I didn't like magazines and such that gave Ryuichi less space and attention because he was less popular than Keita or Ryohei. I understand the business, and they're in it to make money, so. I'm into DBSK now, but who knows? I'm already feeling chotto frustrated about the way they focus so much on Jaejoong in Japan. And when I was watching the tv show of someone called Tetsuko or dude I don't even know her name, she mixed up Junsu and Yoochun.
Dude.
And I prefer their Korean songs because I get to hear the other members sing; it's not so Jaejoong oriented/dominated, whatever.
So here's my flavour of the week by my 東方神起, called Whatever They Say.
What the hell am I doing? Essay due in 5 hours. That's an hour a page. And instead I just joined half a bajillion groups on vox. EVIL EVIL INTERNET!!!! At least I am in the computer lab, away from the lure of my comfortable bed and very comfortable teddy bears. But then there is also the issue of dinner.
Speaking of which, I am starving. Eat? Not eat?
Eat.
and super homesick.
and her friend says that going skiing is better than going home because she's going home after graduation anyway. friend has a point. vivi does want to learn how to snowboard. maybe if she stays at a really nice place. hmmm...
Well, it's already 4 days into the new year. So far, I'm not really keeping with any of my resolutions. I haven't actually listed any of them out, mostly because I myself only have a very vague idea of what they actually are. The one definite one I have is to learn to use chopsticks with my left hand, and then gradually do chores (like brushing my teeth) with my left hand. Would be pretty cool I think.
Another is, of course, to lose weight. It's always my resolution, and I achieved it last year so let's hope I can do it again this year.
I'm so tired. zzzz
It's absolutely brilliant how, during moments of mind-numbing procrastination the night before finals start (I have three 2-hour exams tomorrow) my friend manages to find and send me a link to all the HK celebrity blogs on Yahoo!
Brilliant, isn't it? Not to mention rationalising blogging with one hand because I have to blow-dry my hair after my nightly shower even though Buddha knows that i won't be sleeping a wink tonight...or perhaps I will. So freaking tired.
Anyway, I always find celebrity blogs to be a weird thing. I find celebrities to be odd in general. Celebrities are, like, this completely different species, I feel. Trying to stereotype a celebrity would just be like stereotyping any random person off the street - completely inaccurate - but no one can deny that they live in a world that commoners like us would just never understand. There are things about it that seem so normal, like meeting friends for drinks, going shopping, going karaoke...and then there's the whole thousands of screaming fangirls (boys?) thing. XD Regardless, I find celebrity blogs to be just another perpetuation of this crazed need too know every last thing about your favourite idol. Helps their fan base, of course, though I am rather partial to the belief that celebrities want to appear personable and all that jazz, but secretly nurture condescending feelings of the utmost towards fangirls and fanboys in general.
There is, of course, a clear distinction (to me, at least) between being a fan and a fangirl/boy. Let's just refer to the latter as 'fangirls', shall we? Though I sometimes like to think I am one, I do not fool myself into thinking that my entire life revolves around that one idol/group. On the spectrum of fan to fangirl, I rate myself an amateur fangirl - I have no idea what their latest projects are, apart from their monthly appearance in Junon, I have absolutely no interest in knowing what they're doing with their lives, and I don't fool myself into thinking that I like them based on any deeper reasons than their appearance and their 'public face'.
Celebrity blogs, therefore, cater to those veering into the fangirl category. It just provides another outlet in which the fangirl can fantasise about their favourite idol. It helps the image they're promoting for themselves, and it satisfies consumer demand. Win-win situation. Ergo, EFFICIENT. This may even be, yes, Pareto Efficiency. Now let me go to my textbook and see if I mixed up the definition again.
Keep a lookout for my next entry: Procrastination and Celebrities Only Tell You What They Know You Want To Hear, primarily featuring Yamapi (山下智久）in his January 2007 Vivi interview. I want to laugh at how horribly cliche it is, but there are only 9 hours left until my first exam and there is no time for laughing, not any more. Isn't it brilliant how you always have so much you want to rant about when there are 9 hours left and 3 inches of journal articles and essays to read? Brilliant, if I do say so myself.
I missed two, so I'm uploading two songs.
One is 烈女 by 楊千嬅. It's sort of a girl-power song, I guess. I dunno. Here we go:
If it wasn't for technology, I wouldn't be here at 1:30am on a Tuesday (Monday?) morning, printing and photocopying my application for the JET programme while scanning and printing my passport. Back in the old days (back before P-S-Cs were common household items), you had to go to a copy center or library or something to make photocopies. I would have had to do my application ahead of time (oh my god) instead of doing it last minute, hahahaha.
Off to Disney World tomorrow with Ran!!! YAY!!!! I'm so excited! I've never been! I think I slept maybe a total of 8 hours since Friday night, so this is going to be a hell of a plane ride for me. I hope I pass out as soon as I get on.
This week's song is the Piano Sonata No. 8, "Pathetique", by Beethoven. It's sort of a change from the usual, but I discovered the score in my collection yesterday and have since played it through once. Need to practise. I only have the Adagio, but the entire sonata is worth listening to.
Of course, I have an economics exam tomorrow, which explains the procrastination...
I just found out that in 2005, Boston University was ranked 54, and in 2006 it was ranked 66.
I had no idea I was in a top 100 university in the world. So I guess BU doesn't suck THAT much after all, AHAHAHAHA...i'm so shallow...
Today I took my first driving lesson.
My teacher pulled up to the curb, got out, and was like, "Get into the driver's seat."
And that was it.
And then I drove. At like 10mph down Commonwealth Avenue, which is arguably one of the busiest streets in Boston. But I'm from HK, so I don't think it's anything special. XD Afterwards I told my flatmates about it and they were all, OMG WEREN'T YOU SCARED?
I wasn't. It was AWESOME. I'd totally drive all over Boston. But I totally would not even get into a driver's seat in HK so help me Buddha.
I learned how to make right and left turns and I even attempted a 3-point turn. Sooooo much fun heeheehee!!!
In other news, it's just after 2am and I realised about an hour ago that I have a ton of homework due tomorrow for IR, never mind the assigned readings. I'm about 1/4 of the way through, and I just spent 30mins doing a quiz on MSN Japan Beauty and searching for grad schools in Japan. Awesomeness, man. Awesomeness.
And I can't believe that 'awesomeness' didn't show up as a spelling error on my browser's spell-check. Oh, Buddha, what is the world coming to?
Another driving lesson tomorrow. Apparently it's going to rain again, so totally not looking forward to that. But I am looking forward to learning how to drive in reverse and parallel park and stuff.
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