Cold As You--Taylor Swift

You have a way of coming easily to me

And when you take, you take the very best of me

So I start a fight cause I need to feel something

And you do what you want cause I'm not what you wanted

Oh what a shame, what a rainy ending given to a perfect day

Just walk away, no use defending words that you will never say

And now that I'm sitting here thinking it through

I've never been anywhere cold as you

You put up walls and paint them all a shade of gray

And I stood there loving you and wished them all away

And you come away with a great little story

Of a mess of a dreamer with the nerve to adore you

You never did give a damn thing honey but I cried, cried for you

And I know you wouldn't have told nobody if I died, died for you

Oh what a shame, what a rainy ending given to a perfect day

Every smile you fake is so condescending

Counting all the scars you made

And now that I'm sitting here thinking it through

I've never been anywhere cold as you.

Everbody's Free to Wear Sunscreen

I've always found this to be really inspirational:

Wear sunscreen.

If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. I will dispense this advice now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Oh, never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they've faded. But trust me, in 20 years, you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked.

You are not as fat as you imagine.

Don't worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside you at 4 pm on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

Sing.

Don't be reckless with other people's hearts. Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.

Floss.

Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long and, in the end, it's only with yourself.

Remember compliments you receive. Forget the insults. If you succeed in doing this, tell me how.

Keep your old love letters. Throw away your old bank statements.

Stretch.

Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives. Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't.

Get plenty of calcium. Be kind to your knees. You'll miss them when they're gone.

Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much, or berate yourself either. Your choices are half chance. So are everybody else's.

Enjoy your body. Use it every way you can. Don't be afraid of it or of what other people think of it. It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own.

Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room.

Read the directions, even if you don't follow them.

Do not read beauty magazines. They will only make you feel ugly.

Get to know your parents. You never know when they'll be gone for good. Be nice to your siblings. They're your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.

Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle, because the older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young.

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard. Live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft. Travel.

Accept certain inalienable truths: Prices will rise. Politicians will philander. You, too, will get old. And when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young, prices were reasonable, politicians were noble, and children respected their elders.

Respect your elders.

Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund. Maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when either one might run out.

Don't mess too much with your hair or by the time you're 40 it will look 85.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth.

But trust me on the sunscreen.

Not so Bad After All

Sitting at boulder cafe, a few blocks from where I dorm because I'm too lazy to walk all the way to campus to study lol. It's a really nice cozy place to study--with delicious coffee too =)

The wheels are starting to turn this semester & everything's kinda moving along pretty well. Then again, it's just the beginning so it might get more difficult later on but I kinda like it the way it is right now. I just got the job that I really wanted. It's a program assistant job at the Office of Mental Health Promotions. It's a pretty big deal (to me anyways)--I help organize health fairs and any health-related events. I get my own office space and the staff is just wonderful. I'm so excited to get the job.

I also have a lab job where I autoclave the fly bottles and then rinse them out and stuff. It's pretty chillax and I get a lot of free paid time because I just sit around and do my hw or surf the computer while I wait for the fly stuff to get finished. I got the keys to the building & the lab so I can pretty much go in whenever I feel like it.

First week of Rush is finally over but there's another week left. It's been pretty successful & the events are always fun. Met a lot of really nice girls, and most of them are freshman so it makes me feel a bit old :)

Went to Victor He's birthday party @ Jeremy's suite yesterday. It was a lot of fun, and it was nice to have time to relax even with the busy schedule and all that. I love chilling with my syzters <3

Now I'm going back to doing my finance homework--probably going to be here for a while because I think I'm going out tonight. It's great to be 21 =)

Busy as a Bee

Rush just started soo it's going to be a busy week. There's something to do almost everyday. Today's the first official day I'm having a back-to-school mentality lol. Even though school started last week, I didn't really crack open a textbook or gave a second thought to reviewing notes and whatnot. I just kinda did anything that's unrelated to academics. But today everything kind of piled up and it was just really time to settle down and do work.

Interviewed for the Bio Lab Assistant job today & I got hired on the spot. I'm really glad that's one thing I don't have to worry about. I had 4 classes today but skipped the recitation class. Tabled for rush and then after all my classes--I headed straight to the library and stayed there til around 10:30PM.

Pretty early night, I must say. It's going to be a really busy semester but I guess in a way I'm not really dreading it all that much. All this stuff keeps me busy and I like feeling productive so I'm thinking this semester will fly by fast.

Oh yea, tomorrow's 09/09/09. Good luck? Bad Luck? Can't wait for 10/10/10....and then it's gonna be another millenium before we start over at 01/01/01 ---> 3001 that is haha :)

Beginning of the End

Sometimes its hard to grasp the idea that this is the last year of college. That's the end of 16 years of education. That means everyone who graduates will finally move on into true adulthood full of careers and responsibilities. Sounds a bit scary, no?

Albert drove me up to Rochester on his way to Buffalo and helped me move in. I'm living in Riverview this year--a new apartment style complex across the bridge from campus. It's a bit of a far walk, but there are buses running and it's absolutely gorgeous! It's so different from the last three years of living in the regular dorms. The regular dorms is pretty much living in literally one room with another person. It's like compacting your entire lifestyle in half a room haha.

But here, everyone's got their own room and their own bathroom. And we all share a kitchen and living room area. It's really awesome because it's like a real apartment, I love it! I'm living with three of my sorority sisters this year. It's been fun so far :)

So far it's been pretty fun. Been to a party or two and attended a senior night event at Soho East (bar/dance floor). It was a fun night, and we stopped by Pearl Club too. Spent some fun time at another dorm yesterday talking and playing Street Fighter 2 and Wii Fit.

Had a sister picnic today & it was really nice because soon we won't be able to have picnics in the harsh winters of Rochester :)