We Are All Precious

On my list of things that will make me scream if they don't happen: Precious getting at least ONE Academy Award. Or to be more specific, Gabby Sidibe receiving a Best Actress award. Long story short, it's about an overweight pregnant teen living in an abusive home who can't read -- and that's just the half of it. It's basically a story about one of the most downtrodden of downtrodden people. Since I'm a sucker for stories like these (because you know they'll be empowering as hell at the end), I totally saw and loved this.

This sh*t is heavy like it weighs a ton!

Reasons why you wish you were me last week

1. The picture on the left says it all. I turned 13!

2. Ninja Assassin star/Stephen Colbert's arch nemesis Rain, sent me a birthday card! What can I say, international popstars...they love me.

3. My mom's birthday is the day before mine. Every year, I tell her the same thing and it never gets old:"I'm the best birthday present ever." Never gets old, trust me. The restaurant we ate at to celebrate our birthdays was also chosen as "Review of the Day" on Yelp! Maybe my third or fourth review this year chosen. What can I say, Yelpers think I have great taste.

4. SwanDiary.com launched last week. In addition to being the expert on Asian pop culture and being cute, it's my responsibility to be a vampire expert. Come to me boys.

5. Speaking of blogging, my 10 -Year Blogging Anniversary happened. I've been at this for a decade! Who would've thought I'd go from blogging away my teenage angst to getting paid to talk about stuff I like?

6. The Pac Man. I don't think I need to say anymore about this.

7. My current GPA right now is four-point-OH-MAN, I am awesome.

8. Did I mention it was my birthday last week? This picture captures the essence of how I felt all last week.


I'm not sure if anything can top this, really.

THREESOME

Not gonna lie -- if Lady Gaga and Beyonce invited me for a threesome, I'd say yes. What's the rule about threesomes? Doesn't the third person have to be a stranger? I qualify as a stranger, I think. Before I get too creepy on you, czech out this amazeballs music Beyonce video featuring Lady Gaga, "Videophone." (One of my fave songs from I Am...Sasha Fierce.)

Beyoncé - New Music - More Music Videos

More to talk about soon. Kinda busy, ciao!

I am feeling so much love!

I love Ningin.com and the whole entire MixrMedia staff! Thank you SOOOO FREAKING MUCH.

It's My 10 Year Blogging Anniversary

If you've ever wondered why I write such excellent, entertaining, thought-provoking blogposts, it's because as of today, I'm a 10 year blogging veteran.

A decade ago, I fought in a cruel battle where I sided with the handwritten word, but lost and was made a prisoner of the Blogosphere. Yes, a whole sphere. Under the powerful influence of the Blogosphere, I was brainwashed to believe that my Hello Kitty Diary was no longer a vehicle worthy of conveying my own crazy 15 year old thoughts. My Hello Kitty Diary was seized and captured, never to be found again. Or rather, put in a random box hidden in the deep, dark crevices of my room only to resurface just 4 years ago during a search-and-rescue mission for an expensive necklace that belonged to my mom. (She still thinks it belongs to her -- don't tell anyone I have it still.)

Being thrust into the Blogosophere so soon and so fast along with the tragic loss of my Hello Kitty Diary sent me on a downward spiral of e-recklessness and emotional strife. I swore never to love another Hello Kitty Diary again, yet entered many destructive relationships with other blogs. A few months at one blog, a few years at the next, then all of a sudden another blog and then sometimes I wouldn't blog because I was a lazy teenager or college student -- I was completely shameless. Regardless, here I am. Still blogging, but on a professional level. What was once thought of as a loss, is now a complete victory for me.

To commemorate my 10 Year Blogging Anniversary, here is the one blogpost that changed my e-life forever, my very first blogpost at 15:


As you can see, some things just don't change. I still love attention:

2000-2001: Different Variations of Nothing (15 years old)
2001: Different Variations of Nothing II, Different Variations of Nothing III, Onestarleft.com/Jinra (16 years old), Script.nu/jinra, Annplified.com/jinra
2002-2008: Livejournal
2006-2008: Myspace
2008: Facebook Notes
2008 to present: Ningin.com, GirlyBubble.com, SwanDiary.com, and this blog obviously.

Cheers to myself for another decade of blogging! Or 5 years. Depends on if I feel like a 15 year anniversary. If you're reading this, feel free to make an e-toast!

Lady Gaga's Bad Romance music video

I am in love with Alexander McQueen. Is it no surprise that I am also in love with Lady Gaga's new Bad Romance music video? I seriously want to live in it.

memory triggers

If my memory were a loaded gun, I'd say that it's a faulty gun with the safety turned off. It fires memories at random, without notice. This evening, I was eating dinner with my brother on the couch watching ABC's Nightline -- an almost daily ritual. As I shoveled a bite of rice with veggies into my mouth, my memory gun fired off to a time that I was having a painfully somber dinner with someone I haven't spoken to in almost 4 years. Not a lot was said or exchanged then. It was one of those dinners.

It was then that I'd wished I'd farted really loudly or accidently belched the most disgusting burp I've ever belched before. Because then, on the couch with my brother tonight, I'd be randomly laughing about something that happened almost 4 years ago. I still do laugh about it, but it would've been funnier and more epic if a fart/burp happened.

Note to self: Do more embarassing things.