So You Think You Can Dance Season 6 Picks!


Kathryn McCormick


Pauline Mata


Billy Bell


Jakob Karr


NATHAN TRASORAS

SO FREAKING EXCITED!

Also, I'm loving Glee!
I heart Harry Shum Jr.


And Project Runway. Kalyn is my favorite model. Carol Hannah is my favorite designer.


And and... I just watched Every Little Step and realized that Jason Tam (who's from Hawaii) made the revival of A Chorus Line cast on broadway!


Okay I'm done with the pic spam.

Emmy's Dance Routine. A must see. I love Mark and Katee!

I saw The Time Traveler's Wife yesterday and one of the previews for the movie was of Love Happens, which is a film set in Seattle starring Jennifer Aniston and Aaron Eckhart. Seeing the preview actually made me a little sad and nostalgic. The way they portray Seattle is so beautiful and accurate, and knowing that I'm leaving soon made me think a LOT.

Firstly, Seattle is the ONLY other place I've actually RESIDED in other than Hawaii. I spent 4 years of my life in this city and the constant worry I have running through my mind is: will I regret the choice I made to move away from this place?. Sure, Hawaii is familiar to me and my family is there, but there's something about Seattle that you just can't get anywhere else... walking downtown with the Christmas lights while a light mist falls on your umbrella, your boots stepping through the rain puddles while you carry your tall vanilla latte strolling down the Ave, waiting for the bus with friends while freezing your ass off, taking random day trips to Pike's Place Market, wearing scarves, coats, hats and gloves while the snow falls on your lashes, lying on the grass at Gasworks park while watching the city skyline sit behind the calm waters of Lake Union, the laidback but friendly peoples of this wonderful city...

Saying goodbye to my friends will be really difficult, but I know that no matter where I am in this world, they will always be there to support me, lend an ear to listen to me, a shoulder to cry on. I have so much faith that they will always be there for me for a long, long time...

I guess for now, Hawaii is calling me for other reasons I can't fully explain.


But maybe someday in the future, I will decide to come back here and start life anew... maybe raise a family here, who knows. All I know is that the people and places of this wonderful city will always accept me and welcome me with arms wide open.



( Things I will always remember )

This video makes me want to go to Japan.



Gah I wish I looked like her!

My last day of work at the law library was on Friday and it was bittersweet to tell you the truth. As much as I'm thrilled to not have to work anymore, I will truly miss everyone that worked in my department. They were all so sweet and even threw me and another student worker, Seth, a goodbye party with cake, ice cream and thoughtful cards. It's moments like those that really make me think about how genuinely nice some people can be.

So the world of unemployment now welcomes me with arms wide open but I can't say that I want to embrace it very much. As of now, I am still in the pending process of the job search. Applied for a few jobs but waiting to hear back from some. One employer even made me take an Excel Assessment test in which I FAILED. I realized that I know absolutely nothing about Excel and now I feel like an idiot. In the meantime, I suppose I should keep looking around. The economy is just awful now with a lot of competition with even entry-level jobs. Even grad schools are getting harder to get into since many are going back to get higher degrees. Good time to have graduated college, Melanie.

On another note, as the summer winds down, I find myself having a lot of free time so I re-watched season 1 of Gossip Girl. I even picked up season 2 since it was just released on DVD last week. I love that show so much albeit its unrealistic circumstances, I still crave juicy drama here and there ;) I certainly went on a shopping spree at Target last week since I also bought season 3 of Entourage in which I am trying to finish up (yea yea I know I said I wouldn't buy anymore dvds till I go back home... I lied. Don't be hatin').



I can't wait for THIS to happen. Why can't they date in real life? I hate Stan Sebastian and not particularly thrilled with Jessica Szohr.


I also read Travels With Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck. I just did a random amazon search since I was looking for a book to read that dealt with traveling across the country since I read Into the Wild last year and loved every word of it. I really like books where the protagonist travels and encounters all sorts of different people and experiences. Yea this is because I haven't traveled to this extent, so why not read about it, right? In any case, after reading Travels With Charley, I closed the back cover with satisfaction. It was everything I hoped for in a travelogue and hearing it from John Steinbeck's voice... so honest. There were moments in the book where I wanted to cry and others where I actually laughed out loud. I read that his son claimed that Steinbeck decided to take the trip from coast to coast because he knew he was dying. Makes the book all the more special. I hope to one day visit the camper truck, Rocinante, where it is now on display at the National Steinbeck Center in Salinas, California. He is a remarkable writer and I would be more than privileged to read East of Eden and The Grapes of Wrath someday.

For right now, I'm reading She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb. Heard it's a pretty enticing one... so far it really reminds me of Caucasia and it's getting good, so I'm excited to see what happens. Man so many books I want to read! I have the 4th Harry Potter book awaiting me at home, so I'll have to finish the series when I return. Additionally, I read a review of a book about a love affair between Jackie Kennedy and Marlon Brando which looks really interesting and scandalous haha. I feel like I should read "A Woman Named Jackie" by the same author first though. Jackie Kennedy is such a fascinating woman so I'll have to read up more on her.

One trip I'm truly glad my parents pushed me to go on when I was younger was when we went to DC and Boston. There's so much that we got to see and learn about. I got to see JFK's childhood home in Boston and the Arlington National Ceremony where the Kennedys were buried. But what really sparked my interest in the Kennedys was going to the Smithsonian museums where I really read up on them. I so want to go back to the east coast...

But first, I need an income.

Wow re-reading this entry makes me sound like a total nerd.

RPattz and Ed Westwick could TOTALLY be Brit bros. ha. This photo looks like a photographer specifically asked them to pose together and they don't really know each other. lol.



I'm sad that I finished the Twilight series. I miss having my Edward Cullen fix. :( On the other hand, I've been watching a lot of old RPattz interviews circa pre-Twilight phenomenon.

And I miss watching Entourage. I can't wait to buy season 3 of Entourage when I go back home. I decided that I shouldn't buy anymore DVDS while I'm still here... more to pack.

My new celebrity inspiration/icon is Rose Byrne. She's gorgeous! And I want to see her new film, Adam.

Howdy! It's been a while since I've had a real update and I can't believe how early in the morning I'm posting this. It's 8:20 am and I don't have work, but I actually have the motivation to write a blog entry. I've been updating my tumblr a little more recently. I realized that I should blog more (even if no one really reads it), but you know, writing editorials, press releases, blogs and more are most likely what my future career path has in store for me, so I should use blogging as practice. It'll keep my mind active if I write as much as every day or every other day and hopefully my writing skills will develop even more.

My roommate brought up the idea of starting a wordpress which I was going to sign up for initially, but I found tumblr which is yet another technologically quirky social networking site. It's a little different from the usual wordpress or blogspot because if its ease of blogging, uploading photos and videos. It's also quite different from livejournal. So anyway, the reason why I have a second blog is because I want to write more review-type entries like about movies, restaurants, tv show, etc. You know, the usual stuff you find in a typical blog, and hopefully I'll become the next Perez. Just kidding.

ANYWAY.

A little update. This summer has been really good and definitely LAID BACK. I'm kind of living the good life here (but believe me people, it won't last forever) only working 16 hours/week and having time to do things like go to the gym every day, reading for pleasure and study my butt off for the GRE exam. I finally finished the entire Twilight series and I say that the first book is the best.

Not to mention, I get a lot of time to hang out with friends. I even got to go on a weekend trip to Lake Chelan, a popular tourist destination in central or "eastern" Washington with a bunch of friends. One of things I had to do/experience was be immersed in a lake since I had always seen photos of people doing it and after going to Chelan, I finally achieved that goal. I love the lake. Something about it is just so different from the ocean which I am so much more used to. You can actually swim a lot better in a lake since the waves don't constantly pull you to shore.

So anyway, we rented a boat and went inner tubing and wake boarding which was FUN. My friend Nina was driving the boat while inner tubing and I swear she drives like a crazy person but that was the most exhilarating feeling- I felt like I was flying. And wake boarding was crazy. I stood up for a really short time, but the feeling of knowing you're balancing is so fulfilling. Will definitely need to try it again someday and also need to give surfing a second chance after giving up a couple years ago. I really wanted to try jet skiing, but the first two people that hopped on to try it out lost us while we were on the boat, so they ended up using it for 4 hours lol. It's alright, it's something I can always do when I'm in Hawaii I guess.

Which reminds me. For those that don't know, I made the decision to return to Hawaii on August 31 with no short-term intentions to return to Seattle to live. It was a decision that took a LOT and I mean A LOT of thought. It had constantly been on my mind since the beginning of this year, but after much deliberation, I finally concluded that moving back home would be the best decision at this point. I don't have the extra money to pay for rent anymore and it's exhausting to see my checking balance lower and lower every time I pay for bills, groceries and other necessities. And I know I sound like a baby, but I miss my mom and dad A LOT and through my four years away from home, I learned to appreciate what they do for me so much.

BUT I will miss Seattle SO MUCH. I will always consider it my second home. It's opened up so many doors for me and my time here has made me grow TREMENDOUSLY. I will never forget all the memories I've made here with my friends. Things I will miss: MY FRIENDS, my alma mater, the environment, the people, independence, bubble tea. I will definitely visit as much as I can. I can see myself raising a family here, so there's possibility of returning to Seattle to actually live someday in the future depending on what it may have in store.

I have intentions of continuing my education and going to graduate school next year (which is why I'm studying for the GRE, that evil thing) and hopefully I will have enough money to return to the mainland. It depends on what programs I eventually apply to, but I am looking at schools in California, Arizona and even one in Philadelphia.

I'm also currently looking for a job in Hawaii and hope to use the money I save up to this year to help me with grad school expenses. ASSUMING I even get in to grad school! I have a friend who applied to 5 schools to get her doctorate, with a 3.9 GPA at UW and a sufficient GRE score, but she didn't get in to ANY of the schools she applied to. Isn't that messed up? UGHHH competition is frigging skyrocketing for EVERYTHING these days thanks to the economy.

So anyway, those are my plans in a nutshell. Sorry this is such a long update. It's been such a long time!

Howdy ya'll. So I caved and got myself a Tumblr blog. I thought to myself one day that I wouldn't mind writing as a freelance writer, but should probably get more blogging experience, thus I created a tumblr. I'll probably use it for more random thoughts, whereas, I'll keep this livejournal for more personal posts. If you have Tumblr, please add me as a friend!

New lj post soon to give you the scoop of what's been going on the past couple of weeks. It definitely has been a while. I need to get to bed first...

Does anyone even use Livejournal anymore?