a retro/introspection
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aruan15 Years Ago I:
1. was best friends with Susan
2. adored watching the Disney afternoon and singing along to the theme songs, which were entirely in English
3. loved the old black & white Tarzan films
4. could memorize by listening like nobody's business
5. was held back in kindergarten because I couldn't roll my R's
10 Years Ago I:
1. spoke a surprising amount of fluent English for having been in the country less than a year
2. had silent war declared on me by this Chinese kid over which one of us could score the best in class on math tests
3. was more grateful than grateful that my mom had the courage to leave my father
4. still played with Barbie dolls (just dressed them, never mussed their hair)
5. got one of the most placid, loving hamsters in the whole world, 'Big Guy'
5 Years Ago I:
1. was still deeply mired in depression and actively repressing the pain of being betrayed by my best friend and first love
2. wanted to become an astronaut
3. was voted 'Most Likely to be Featured in the Gossip Columns of People Magazine'
4. was hardcore into Sailor Moon
5. feared the silence of summer
2 Years Ago I:
1. was fretting about school more than my system could handle
2. was in a dead-end relationship neither of us was ready to let go of
3. would've killed to kiss Kevin, for the thrill of bringing something so otherwordly amazing down to Earth
4. still loved The X-Files
5. remember having the most fun with Miranda in the back of our English and History rooms during timed writings
1 Year Ago I:
1. wasn't fretting about school if my life had depended on it
2. went to see 'Zombie Prom' and was dazzled by how amazing an actor and amazingly happy acting Kevin was
3. cried over the Buffy season finale
4. had no idea I'd ever love an outdoor sport
5. thought receiving was better than giving
Yesterday I:
1. had to drive waaaay too much
2. got to cuddle a lapful of puppy
3. slept on the living room sofa I've made my own
4. found that there exists good coffee outside of Starbucks
5. wrote a bad rendering of 'Home on the Range'
Today I:
1. woke up at 9:30 (my parents will do the non-physical equivalent of beating a sensible sleep schedule into me yet)
2. folded laundry on an impulse
3. reread a few old favorites
4. speculated on the inner workings of a fictional character
5. sent some much-deserved feedback
Tomorrow I:
1. will wash my car
2. will unpack some of my stuff to start making my room habitable
3. will make a dent in those TWoP postings
4. will get around to reading one of Miranda's novella-length recs
5. will go see 'Ruthless' at Nova
Five Places I've Lived:
1. Budapest, Hungary
2. South Beach, FL.
3. Hollywood, FL.
4. Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
5. Gainesville, FL.
Top Five Biggest Worries At the Moment:
1. That my GPA is too screwed to recover enough to get me into a good grad school.
2. What my reaction will be if my father so much as alludes to my weight.
3. Getting a job at Barnes & Noble.
4. Sorting through my stuff and consolidating my two lives into one room.
5. Staying sane living with my parents all summer.
Top Five Biggest Joys At the Moment:
1. My 'Sorted Music' file
2. Having found Te
3. Getting writing kudos from Addie
4. That Jon's going to blow off God and everyone else (namely his parents) for all but dinner to hang with me on his birthday
5. the twisted and doomed dynamic playing out on Smallville
Five things you're wearing:
1. pastel green peasant girl shirt
2. brown corduroys
3. my seashell bracelet
4. a belly stud with an American flag in it
5. my glasses
Five albums that you can listen to over and over again:
1. Third Eye Blind - "Third Eye Blind"
2. Michelle Branch - "The Spirit Room"
3. Cruel Intentions soundtrack
4. Sarah McLachlan - "Fumbling Towards Ecstasy"
5. Ben Folds Five - "Whatever and Ever, Amen"
Five people who made you who you are today: (excluding parents)
1. Ms. Igualada, for giving me the passion and appreciation for writing that I have today
2. Miranda, for being one of the most understanding, intelligent, witty, and best people I've ever met - that and for being protector of my sanity
3. Muzzi for teaching me about friendship, illicit affairs, love, and betrayal
4. Ehnes, for making me look closer and answer for my actions
5. Mrs. Halvorsen, for getting me into Nova Middle, without which none of the aforementioned would've happened
Five regrets:
1. Not properly kicking Muzzi's ass when it was still pertinent to do it.
2. Not having put in slightly more effort in high school so I could be at UCLA right now.
3. Slacking off my entire freshman year of college, not boding well for things to come.
4. Having so many projects started that feel like they'll never come together.
5. Not being better at keeping in touch with people.
Five hopes:
1. that I will someday write a book
2. that I will always have true friends
3. that I will make the money to live the way I want to live
4. that I will go hardcore, like out until dawn and involving who only knows what or who kind of clubbing some night
5. that I will get to be on the set of a major television or movie production
Five cravings:
1. To go skiing again. And often.
2. To go back to Los Angeles.
3. To lick Lex.
4. To guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
5. To have a fake ID for when that sort of thing comes in handy.
Five current songs:
1. Hey Pretty - Poe
2. Breathe You In - Stabbing Westward
3. Slide - Dido
4. Save Me - Remy Zero
5. Falls Apart - Sugar Ray
Five current thoughts:
1. There are waaay too many TWoP postings to read.
2. I want my own place back.
3. My eyes are burning but I refuse to sleep just yet.
4. Te makes me weak in the knees. In the wanting to assume the 'not worthy' position.
5. I really need to figure something out in the way of an exercise routine this summer.
Five most wanted items:
1. unlimited Frequent Flyer Miles
2. lunch with the Smallville writers and cast
3. DDR arcade unit in my living room with all the songs ever made
4. a four-park annual Disney pass
5. my own backyard swimming pool
1. was best friends with Susan
2. adored watching the Disney afternoon and singing along to the theme songs, which were entirely in English
3. loved the old black & white Tarzan films
4. could memorize by listening like nobody's business
5. was held back in kindergarten because I couldn't roll my R's
10 Years Ago I:
1. spoke a surprising amount of fluent English for having been in the country less than a year
2. had silent war declared on me by this Chinese kid over which one of us could score the best in class on math tests
3. was more grateful than grateful that my mom had the courage to leave my father
4. still played with Barbie dolls (just dressed them, never mussed their hair)
5. got one of the most placid, loving hamsters in the whole world, 'Big Guy'
5 Years Ago I:
1. was still deeply mired in depression and actively repressing the pain of being betrayed by my best friend and first love
2. wanted to become an astronaut
3. was voted 'Most Likely to be Featured in the Gossip Columns of People Magazine'
4. was hardcore into Sailor Moon
5. feared the silence of summer
2 Years Ago I:
1. was fretting about school more than my system could handle
2. was in a dead-end relationship neither of us was ready to let go of
3. would've killed to kiss Kevin, for the thrill of bringing something so otherwordly amazing down to Earth
4. still loved The X-Files
5. remember having the most fun with Miranda in the back of our English and History rooms during timed writings
1 Year Ago I:
1. wasn't fretting about school if my life had depended on it
2. went to see 'Zombie Prom' and was dazzled by how amazing an actor and amazingly happy acting Kevin was
3. cried over the Buffy season finale
4. had no idea I'd ever love an outdoor sport
5. thought receiving was better than giving
Yesterday I:
1. had to drive waaaay too much
2. got to cuddle a lapful of puppy
3. slept on the living room sofa I've made my own
4. found that there exists good coffee outside of Starbucks
5. wrote a bad rendering of 'Home on the Range'
Today I:
1. woke up at 9:30 (my parents will do the non-physical equivalent of beating a sensible sleep schedule into me yet)
2. folded laundry on an impulse
3. reread a few old favorites
4. speculated on the inner workings of a fictional character
5. sent some much-deserved feedback
Tomorrow I:
1. will wash my car
2. will unpack some of my stuff to start making my room habitable
3. will make a dent in those TWoP postings
4. will get around to reading one of Miranda's novella-length recs
5. will go see 'Ruthless' at Nova
Five Places I've Lived:
1. Budapest, Hungary
2. South Beach, FL.
3. Hollywood, FL.
4. Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
5. Gainesville, FL.
Top Five Biggest Worries At the Moment:
1. That my GPA is too screwed to recover enough to get me into a good grad school.
2. What my reaction will be if my father so much as alludes to my weight.
3. Getting a job at Barnes & Noble.
4. Sorting through my stuff and consolidating my two lives into one room.
5. Staying sane living with my parents all summer.
Top Five Biggest Joys At the Moment:
1. My 'Sorted Music' file
2. Having found Te
3. Getting writing kudos from Addie
4. That Jon's going to blow off God and everyone else (namely his parents) for all but dinner to hang with me on his birthday
5. the twisted and doomed dynamic playing out on Smallville
Five things you're wearing:
1. pastel green peasant girl shirt
2. brown corduroys
3. my seashell bracelet
4. a belly stud with an American flag in it
5. my glasses
Five albums that you can listen to over and over again:
1. Third Eye Blind - "Third Eye Blind"
2. Michelle Branch - "The Spirit Room"
3. Cruel Intentions soundtrack
4. Sarah McLachlan - "Fumbling Towards Ecstasy"
5. Ben Folds Five - "Whatever and Ever, Amen"
Five people who made you who you are today: (excluding parents)
1. Ms. Igualada, for giving me the passion and appreciation for writing that I have today
2. Miranda, for being one of the most understanding, intelligent, witty, and best people I've ever met - that and for being protector of my sanity
3. Muzzi for teaching me about friendship, illicit affairs, love, and betrayal
4. Ehnes, for making me look closer and answer for my actions
5. Mrs. Halvorsen, for getting me into Nova Middle, without which none of the aforementioned would've happened
Five regrets:
1. Not properly kicking Muzzi's ass when it was still pertinent to do it.
2. Not having put in slightly more effort in high school so I could be at UCLA right now.
3. Slacking off my entire freshman year of college, not boding well for things to come.
4. Having so many projects started that feel like they'll never come together.
5. Not being better at keeping in touch with people.
Five hopes:
1. that I will someday write a book
2. that I will always have true friends
3. that I will make the money to live the way I want to live
4. that I will go hardcore, like out until dawn and involving who only knows what or who kind of clubbing some night
5. that I will get to be on the set of a major television or movie production
Five cravings:
1. To go skiing again. And often.
2. To go back to Los Angeles.
3. To lick Lex.
4. To guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
5. To have a fake ID for when that sort of thing comes in handy.
Five current songs:
1. Hey Pretty - Poe
2. Breathe You In - Stabbing Westward
3. Slide - Dido
4. Save Me - Remy Zero
5. Falls Apart - Sugar Ray
Five current thoughts:
1. There are waaay too many TWoP postings to read.
2. I want my own place back.
3. My eyes are burning but I refuse to sleep just yet.
4. Te makes me weak in the knees. In the wanting to assume the 'not worthy' position.
5. I really need to figure something out in the way of an exercise routine this summer.
Five most wanted items:
1. unlimited Frequent Flyer Miles
2. lunch with the Smallville writers and cast
3. DDR arcade unit in my living room with all the songs ever made
4. a four-park annual Disney pass
5. my own backyard swimming pool
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Re: well, U. of Florida anyway
Date: June 14th, 2002 08:52 am (UTC)But on to better things! Like that you have a lj and are writing Smallville and are in uni! Makes me happy beyond belief, because I'm *so* much better with keeping up with things here than in any other sector of life, and I'd been wondering what you were up to :-)
The fact that you're in Smallville now is just cracking me up, because when it first aired, me and Sheila had been sitting there going "Ohmygod! It's, like, Baby's First X-Files! X-Files Lite! (Just one calorie!) I-Can't-Believe-It's-Not-X-Files!". And that got me to thinking about you, because you're the only person that I really met more than once and got along with in that fandom. Even though I loved (note past tense, as the seasons progressed ;-) the show, the people never did much for me. And then I wondered if you'd get into this and thought about writing to say you should then discovered I had no idea if you were still at the same address and the dilemma! And not only that, but *youwritefic*! *g* We have a fic-in-progress as well, but like many of them, they're... well, in progress. But I'll definitely read anything you post.
Yeah, I've dabbled in the fandom as well. :-) That and popslash are sort my areas of amusement at the moment. Pretty, sparkly and low-guilt, y'know? After a few incidences of less-than-happiness over the past year, it's just... soothing.
And lastly... erm, how far are you from Orlando? Cuz we're going to be down there next month, in Orlando, for a week. From the 24th to the 31st, actually. Aside from the weekend, nothing else is set in stone yet and I'd love to wander off a bit, both to meet up with friends and to give my roommates some time alone. And it would be cool to see you again, so...
Re: well, U. of Florida anyway
Date: June 14th, 2002 11:30 pm (UTC)I can't believe Miranda and I were so late on jumping on the Smallville craze! We'd caught odds and ends for a while (we watch Buffy and the WB and UPN are one station in Gainesville so they aired back-to-back), but never really thought to watch it. Then one day I happened to have the TV on in the background while I was doing stuff on my computer and saw 'Nicodemus.' The day after, there was an E! interview with Michael Rosenbaum, that friday we went to see the premier of Sorority Boys, and the rest as they say... But wow. Dizzying at points, wouldn't trade a second of it. Very cool that you're into it, but that you're also writing fic? I simply adore the size this world has become sometimes. And just because I have a penchant for angsty futurefic doesn't mean I don't *know* about "pretty, sparkly, and low guilt." So so so not above the PWP genre here. And besides, they shouldn't be marketing the pretty boys if they don't want us to make life interesting for them.
I'm about three hours away from Orlando, a drive I am more than willing to make for some romping. Let me know how it all goes and just maybe you'll get to experience the source of my insta-sunshine on any given cloudy day. :) Plus coffee's never been known to complicate matters. We should definitely catch up.