photographers everywhere

makes me sad.
Basically, Daniel S. is a tech geek and has a sick blog, knows what his ip address is (really. who is like that. if my ip address changed, i would not even know), and takes nice pictures. I love looking at nice photographs. They make me so giddy, it's ridiculous.
OMG. And I am really obsessed with baking/cooking these days too. Not that I really do bake/cook, but I keep looking at recipes of cakes and cupcakes and learning all these tips that I just want to make everything now. If I had a week to do anything I wanted with a $1000 budget, I would so just steal someone's big kitchen for a day and bake a ton of things. I bet I'm a really good baker at heart. I just haven't gotten around to showcase my talent and you (and I both) are just missing out on my probably-super-scrumptious baked goods :(
What is it with my blogs-obsession these days? I never thought I would be caught in this 21st century trend, but here I am, admiring blogs of photographers and bakers.
 I guess my new little goal in life is to own a DSLR and several different lenses for it, an INSTAX camera with an unlimited number of film so I can take pictures with it my entire life, and a holga camera with different lenses for that one too. And to also make time each weekend (after all my education is done with) to bake something, anything.
Sigh.
My lifestyle will probably cost me a ton of money.

new hobby

I'm not going to talk about the new year. Eh. Maybe I will after I write what I originally signed onto blogger to write.

New hobby: photography.

Fine, I don't have a DSLR or whatever cool cameras are out there. But after my wedding obsession, I came upon a ton of photography blogs and all these people are just so darn crazily creative. How do they do it? First, Amelia Lyon. Second, the image is found. I don't know. I think they're good photographers. I just love the image is found. They have this instax camera that's like a polaroid camera but cheaper and they take so many pictures with it that

they made a heart with them. And look at their orange wall and white accents? I am starting to love orange more and more..

As for my 2010 year's resolution, I will..

Cool effect, no? I'm trying to jazzy things up in my blog. But anyway, yes. I plan to show more compassion, give a hug every day to anybody I feel like I suppose, eat healthier, appreciate things/people more, and worry less. I guess my mantra for this year will be to stop thinking about what others may think of me and just do what I want to do unless it's something really stupid. Go, carefree Jane! :$

So many desires

I'm in a serious need of unnecessary things at the moment. Maybe it's because it's the holiday season so I keep thinking of shopping and sales and whatnot. Maybe it's because I just have senioritis and can't focus on schoolwork. Maybe it's because I'm more fashion conscientious in general (freaking Gossip Girl, ugh). I don't know what it is but I just can't stop wanting. basically. everything. So I'm going to let my frustration out by listing everything I want :)

I want...

_100 things of different clothing pieces (casual shirts; dressy shirts; dresses; jeans; cardigans; coats; scarves; hats; you name it, i want it)

_100 pairs of shoes

_100 handbags/clutches/pairs of earrings

_to donate $100 to LiNK

_God to give me some sort of "sign." like in bruce almighty. even that kind of sign is fine. i just need a sign.

_more dreams

_anyone to say anything nice to me each day. something meaningfully nice.

_more hugs

_more people to say "hey jane" instead of just "hey" or "whats up." i don't know what it is but i love hearing my name; it makes it seem like i have a personal-enough relationship with that person. (do you see the pattern here? i guess i just need more love in my life..)

_to get my braces off NOW (but i think i'm getting them off next month so i'm kind.of.excited.)

_more time in a day to be able to do all the crap i have to do + read jodi picoult/others + write more in my blog or whatever.

_to be able to wake up in the morning at 545 each day to go run to the beach. but it's so cold and i'm so not athletic and i hate running and i don't like that people in the cars might be watching me fail at running and gah, the list goes on about why i don't run in the morning-- or heck, run at all..

_more will power, i supppppppose

_to have a pen pal

_to go to korea so badly

_to travel anywhere! anywhere.

_to volunteer for a cause i strongly believe in (human rights/water=my #1)

_a pet companion (preferably a dog. like a jack russell. or a west highland white terrier. a cat= russian blue)

_more visible sunsets

_winter wonderland (aka snow)

_to know how my future is going to be exactly

_more people i want to hang out with to want to hang out with me

_to send in a secret to postsecret that'll be featured on the website

_a car. . . . desperately needed.

_LAPTOP. more desperately needed.

_to paint my walls robin-egg blue

_a michael kors/juicy couture/fendi watch

_a white christmas tree

_to celebrate christmas in nyc/boston (i will do this someday.)

& much more probably. the list is endless.

merry christmas!

December Frenzy

Common application. Supplemental "short answer" essays to write for 8 schools.
Michelle Trinh's birthday.
Church Christmas project.
Youth & Government White Elephant.
Sleepover at Kim's.
Parent's wedding anniversary.

Stress is burdened upon my shoulders once again as I try to figure out how to handle work with fun. There is simply not enough hours in a day. I wish we had 30-hr days..

Christmas is in less than three weeks away! Unfortunately, I am a poor, broke bugger :'( I am only able to get my best friends gifts this year: Kim, Kevin, Michelle. I wish I could spend $200 like everybody else for my other good friends' Christmas presents as well.. But I believe that Christmas should be a time of giving/receiving love! Not just materials we're bound to throw away sometime sooner or later.. Remember "The Gift of the Magi"? In the end, the couple just gave each other love and gratitude. Oh! But it's not like I'm not giving my other friends NOTHING. I'm giving them baked goodies I'm pretty excited about baking. I'm just worried about the time crunch. I have so much to do, I just reminded myself..

So off I go yet again.

Christmas is here! (almost)

The past week was hell. I need to sleep. My conscience is just going to set an early New Year's resolutions list for me:
1. Finish busywork homework (such as tedious stats/anatomy/korean homework) by 7pm each day. It's not even hard. You just procrastinate. You need to manage your freaking time more wisely from now on. Guh, you piss me off, Jane Park.
2. You need to set a bedtime. You haven't had a bad time since you were in elementary school, I think. And you need your beauty sleep; beauty sleep = burning more calories, growing at least an inch more by 2011, looking more awake, and being a happier, not crankier, person.
3. Your allowance is $10 a week. Get a job after apps, for sure.
I think she's done nagging me.. Ha.

Anyway, so I calculated how much applications would cost me. Would you like to know?
Envelopes: $15
Stamps: $20
CollegeBoard score reports: $119
Application: $765
Gifts of gratitude for teachers who wrote me letters: $30
Total: $949
Can you say, "HOLY FREAKING COW"!? REALLY? Spending nearly $1000 on colleges that could all potentially reject me. I hate them.

Dang it. I was in a writing mood so I was going to write an hour's worth of freely-flowing blog post, but I got preoccupied by homework and I don't want to write anymore. Goodbye until next time.