i accidentally took an unintended (is that redundant?) hiatus.. but i've missed blogging, especially recently with all these changes in my life. i get extremely overwhelmed when i think of everything i haven't written about... have a compact list instead. links to lj entries.

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since may, i have:

x graduated (+)
x traveled to taiwan & china for two months (+++)
x gotten a digital perm that i love (+)
x had overdramatic boy drama which has since then calmed down (+)
x celebrated many, many birthdays and halloween
x gotten a job as a producer at the nbc affiliate in co springs! and tonsillitis. (+)
x half-moved to the cutest apt in podunk close to my job - but close to my real home as well :)

i should be in bed right now.

but here's something: the strangest, most random things will strike me with bouts of nostalgia, most of them centered around childhood christmases. today, driving down elizabeth st. with the oncoming snow, i slowed down for two people to cross the road in their winter jackets and i zoned out for a second only to suddenly remember all the holiday parties my father used to take me to at wang yeye's huge manor on romantic 6th avenue, where i always wanted to live. i used to sit by the bay windows next to the christmas tree eating chinese finger foods and snowman cookies from a paper plate, and the room would always be dark, light streaming in from the parlor where most of the adults would congregate. afterwards, i'd wander up the mahogany stairs and sit at the television showing some cartoon, but mostly watch the boys slide down the railing. when we left for home, it was always from the back kitchen door into the night.

i'll be back soon.
(can't wait for christmas.)

mood_ nostalgic
music_ the tide (ft. dj friz) - tablo
crave_ december

Labels: family, friends, holidays, life, love, months, nostalgia, weekly sum-up