The move went well, all things considered. I managed to cram everything into boxes and thanks to Kai and my Uncle's SUV, we managed to move everything to the new place in only 2 and a half car loads. The real pain was actually getting stuff into the cars and then unloading them and hauling them up to the new place on the third floor. I swear if I ever move again, it'll be too soon. In fact, even if this new place turns out to be somewhat less than spectacular, i might just end up staying, if only to avoid having to haul all this stuff around the place again. I was practically dying yesterday, and I didn't even move the most stuff. Kai was the one who ended up carrying up most of the really heavy stuff, books, mattress, etc. My uncle, who's 80 years old or something, though you wouldn't guess just from looking, even ended up helping carry some stuff, although apparently at lunch his hands were shaking pretty badly. I was kinda hoping my other cousin would come help, but I guess he was busy or something.

Most of the stuff is all arranged, just need to toss out the mattress and some stuff after my dad leaves, then it'll be nice and cosy for my brother and I. The loft is still kinda scary, although most of it is because of the craptastic ladder/staircase that they have. It's too steep to walk up normally, so you're sorta climbing and what not, which makes it a real hazard at night or something. I just hope nothing happens, it should be safe enough anyway, especially once we get used to it. Or my brother gets used to it at any rate, he's going to be staying up here when my dad goes back, I'm just sorta up here until my dad goes back.

I can't wait until my dad goes back, not because like I don't like having him around (although I kinda don't because he gets on my nerves a lot), but because it'll mean my aunt finally is farrrrr farrrrrrr away from here, and no longer a stone's throw by car, so she can't randomly drop in on us. Geez, in the car earlier and when they came over it was all "blah blah blah yadda yadda yadda". She was going on about how I'm always morose or moody or something. She can't seriously believe I'm like that 24/7 right? Then again seeing as she obviously can't figure out that the reason I'm moody or morose is because I can't stand to be around her, who knows.

Anyway, I guess I'll go find some housework to do or something. Ciao.

Current Mood: tired

Ugh. It's been one whirlwind week, filled with cleaning and packing and more packing and moving via the bus. I picked up the keys to the new place on Wednesday, and I've been having to juggle cleaning the old place and packing everything single handedly, it's seriously pissing me off. Neither my brother nor my dad are lifting a finger to help, which really pisses me off. Sigh.

The new place is actually somewhat larger than I remembered it being, then again, the one and only time I saw it, there was actually a lot of furniture and stuff in it, so I guess that throws off the perception somewhat. It'll be a real cram having the three of us in there too, until my dad leaves in like 3 weeks. And to make things worse I think my parents are both coming down again over X'mas, so it'll be 4 of us in that tiny little apartment. Sigh. Seriously, is anyone willing to put me up for the Christmas holidays? *whimper*

Anyway, I have to go shower and then move some more stuff over to the new place, after which I have to come back and like vigorously scrub the tub, or the kitchen, or something, I dunno. It's going to be a serious pain in the ass until we're all moved, which we'll be doing tomorrow, thanks to my cousin and her hubby, and possibly my uncle too, I'm not sure. I hope it doesn't take too long to move too, since it's going to be a pain hauling everything up to the third floor, and also since I don't really want to bother them for any longer than absolutely necessary, so yeah.

Saturday move, Sunday/Monday cleaning out old place. Gawd I am so not moving anymore.

Current Mood: busy

My dad arrives tomorrow, for another month long stay. I have to say I'm about as excited as I was the last time he came, which wasn't very excited at all. Having to put up with his damn perpetually grouchiness and everything is really frustrating. I can't even cook since everything I cook is apparently not good enough for him, pfeh. And then my mom tells me off for not "taking care" of my dad. Sigh.

There's also less than 3 weeks to go till we move to the new place, which is going to be another major pain in the ass. I don't even know how we're all going to squeeze into the new apartment, seeing as it's much smaller than the one I'm living in now. Hell, I don't even know if I'll be able to put all the furniture I have now into there. The only time I've actually seen the layout is when we were looking at it, shortly before we decided we'd take it, so I really have no idea of the exact dimensions or space or whatever. I still have to contact AT&T and the City of Austin utilities and figure out how I'm going to shift it all over to the new address and how long it'll take, since I don't want to be like, powerless and waterless or something for a week while they shift it and have to stay at my aunt's place or something. *Shudder*

Speaking of which, I can't belive she actually invited us to stay at her place for a few days or something. Yeah. Because summer vacation means I'm so free I actually want to LIVE there, even temporarily. I may be bored at home with nothing to do but at least I'm bored with nothing to do in the comfort of my own home, with no one to annoy the hell out of me. I dunno. I'll probably be seeing a lot more of my aunt and uncle in the next few weeks seeing as my dad will be here.

I duno. I've been feeling kinda depressed for the past coupla days, the whole thing about my dad's visit and figuring out how and when to move and everything. And other stuff too. Sigh. I can't wait for summer to end and school to start again. At least then I'll have other things to occupy my time and my mind.

Current Mood: depressed

It's been one helluva boring summer so far, with 10am-4am days mostly, and lots of sitting around the house doing nothing. I managed to get out last friday for Indy 4 at Galaxy Highland with my brother though! It marks the first time I've actually seen a George Lucas film in a cinema. Okay it's not exactly Lucas since it was directed by Spielberg, but whatever. I never even bothered watching the Star Wars prequels since they were all trash, but with Indy, well, it's INDIANA FUCKING JONES! So yeah. I have to say it was a helluva lot better than the Star Wars prequels, but still, it just lacked a certain something. I guess maybe it's the fact that Harrison Ford is nearing 60 or something crazy like that, or that the whole movie just went fucking X-Files on me at the end. It just can't compare to the first three movies, plus the ending is kinda tacky as hell, especially the bit where "Shit the Beef" went and tried to pick up Indy's hat. Uhhhhhhhhhhhh, "possible continuation of series with new lead" anyone? Still, it was great seeing all the little refs to the previous movies and stuff, like Hangar 51, where they stored the Ark, and even the Ark itself.

I think I'll probably be getting a job or something soon, though I've been saying that for a helluva long time. It's kinda like I've gone back to living in Taiwan again. Wake up, do nothing, afternoon, do nothing, evening, cook dinner, night, do nothing. I dunno, I'll probably go drop in on some people at college one of these days, just for lack of things to do. I need to start figuring out how I'm going to pack all my stuff as well, since we'll be moving in about 3 weeks. My cousin sorta volunteered her help, or well, Kai's help at any rate, since she's apparently pregnant again, with a girl this time! I'm like the last person ever to find out these things. =\ I swear my mom knew when she came over during X'mas and I sorta had a feeling during CNY when my cousin was avoiding certain types of meat and stuff.

Ooooookay. I should really sleep early. Between sleeping at really odd hours, and going out and roasting in this near 40 deg  C weather, I really feel tired as hell with a headache to boot. I'm beginning to look like a panda. Yep. And not in a good way either. And I'm still feeling melancholy too. Man. I miss SG. =(

Current Mood: tired

I've been feeling pretty down lately, dunno if it's because of the summer holidays and the absolute boredom or what, but yeah. I really miss SG for some reason, and a couple of people in particular, heh. It's been over a year since I went back and it doesn't look like I'm going to be going back anytime in the foreseeable future, barring me winning the state lottery or something anyway.

I decided not to take summer classes too, partly because of the horrible times for the specific courses I was looking at and the fact that they're all filled up, so yeah. I guess this means I should try and find a job, but we'll see how that goes. I'll probably still drop by campus to say hi to the profs though, but I guess I won't be studying again until Sept.

Anyway, yeah. I wish I could stop dreaming about the past. =\ I still don't get why I'm always dreaming of life in sec sch. Well not ALWAYS, but a lot of the time, old classmates, sometimes intermixed with the present.

Okay seriously I better just go to bed, and stop listening to slow jazzy melancholy music this late at night.

Current Mood: melancholy

Welp, it's just about done. Signed the applications and signed the check for the new apartment. I really hope I'm not making a mistake. After getting home I was looking around on the internet for information about the leasing agent or the group, and the few reviews I've seen haven't been very positive. To be fair though, the reviews for the management group I've gotten at my current place weren't very good either, but it's been 9 months or something without incident, sooooo, I guess I'll find out if the shit ever hits the fan at the new place. It's a 12 month lease so I guess I'll be hoping if the shit does hit the fan, that either I'm going to be able to sucker someone else into taking over, or that time will fly, I dunno.

I ran into another snafu trying to add my brother to the lease here as well, since technically he needs to be on the lease in order to stay here for longer than like a week. Apparently there can't be more than two people on the lease, and since my dad was already added, because of his longgggggggggggg stay in Nov, my brother is more or less screwed. Now I have to decide if I should just say screw it and let him stay, since he really has no where else to go, or obey the lease and have him move to my aunt's place, which is not any better. Decisions, decisions. Pfeh. It's not like it makes a huge difference anyway since I'm going to be leaving in a little over a month, but I dunno. I mean now that they actually know someone else is living here, even if there are extenuating circumstances, it's still problematic.

Well, my brother's finally moved in. It went pretty well, although I'm surprised at how much stuff he's accumulated in the 8 or 9 months. He also went and got himself an NDS, which is pretty neat I guess.

A while after we moved in my aunt and uncle came by to give us a ride to Chinatown to buy groceries. Man. Wtf. She didn't even knock on the damn door. And I hadn't bothered locking the door 'cos like, wtf who would come in without knocking the door here right? Meh. That seriously just pisses me off. And then she goes on and on and on about stuff when we're in the supermarket. DEH. WHAT BLOODY DIFFERENCE IS IT TO YOU WHAT RICE I EAT? Dot. Dot. Dot. So freaking irritating.

Anyway, tomorrow gotta start looking for apartments, probably take a bus down to town and look around some. I'm really sick of all the searching and I haven't even gone out to look yet, only what has been online on craigslist and such. So I'll probably end up signing the first apartment I see, which probably isn't a really good idea, but eh, whatever.

Well at least I got a free dinner today, sorta. Meh. Relatives. Who needs 'em.

Current Mood: annoyed

Yaaaaaaaay. I have survived another semester! And I'm 90% sure my GPA will be intact! YAAAAY. Now I get to zone out for the next 3 months and do noooooooootttttthiiiiiii- o-shit. Belay that. I'm going to start looking for apartments tomorrow, and this weekend my brother is moving out of the dorms and in with me for good, or at least the foreseeable future. And then I have to decide whether I want to get a job or register for summer semester courses. At the moment I'm leaning towards summer semester though, since my chances of finding any job that isn't like waitering or retail are fairly incredibly slim. Although the notion of working at toys 'r us or something does sound enticing, maybe a Gamestop job. Anyway, the reason being I was supposed to be taking 5 courses in 4 semesters, but so far I've only been taking 4, so unless I make up for the previous two semesters I may not be able to complete the Assoc Deg in 2 yeras flat. Of course since I'm going to be transfering, or hoping to get accepted for transfer, it may not even matter. But yeah.

Anyway, it was another great semester, although I think I could have taken another course and made it 5 instead of 4. I probably won't get to take 5 classes in the fall either, since I'll probably end up taking organic chem, engineering physics and calc 2, which is certainly enough to kill me. I dunno yet, I still have  afew weeks before I have to decide whether I want to take summer or not.

Come to think of it, doesn't seem like I'll be having a very enjoyable summer after all. Oh well. =\

And I think I'll be buying that nice big bucket of juicy fried chicken tomorrow for lunch, since I didn't feel like getting it tonight. Yum. A bucket of fried chicken, all for me. Mmmmmmmmmmm. =9

Current Mood: bouncy

Once again I have been the victim of a vicious curve-ball, one not seen since last semester's history final. Man. Talk about a shock. I studied my ass off memorizing my essay summary and what not, and then I get in ther and find the test is a short 10 short answer questions and bonus points for a map. Basically it was like half of last semester's test, everything but the essay question. In hindsight I can't say I'm too surprised. He's a really nice prof so I guess he wanted to give the half or more of the class that wasn't doing so well a chance to earn some easy points. Well I hope I did well anyway, I was contemplating writing an essay just for the hell of it, but I'm hungry as hell and not feeling very inspired at all, so I just finished it and left, grinning like an idiot all the way.

It's been a pretty crazy week too, with more craziness ahead. I've got another 4 tests to go, two of which are comprehensive finals. I'm pretty safe as far as chemistry goes though, I could fail miserably the final and still manage an A, as long as I score like 40 points out of 120 or something, it's a bit of a joke at this moment. Of course that doesn't mean I'm blowing it off or anything, but my focus is more on calculus where my A is rather shaky and really depends on how well I do on the 4th test and final. I'm pretty sure my nice shiny GPA is safe this semester though. Well I hope so anyway.

As far as summer goes, still no plans, although I'm toying with the idea of taking some summer courses. I don't really have to make up my mind for a few weeks yet, since summer doesn't begin until late may, and I've got bigger problems to worry about, like where I'm going to be moving to come mid-June. I think my brother stopped looking since his finals are here and I've been too lazy and busy to bother. I guess we'll get around to doing it the week after, so yeah. I'm more worried about the clause in the lease that says I have to give 2 months notification or something, so I'll probably go talk to someone at the office tomorrow morning and get that sorted out.

Anyway, time to go eat dinner and then maybe I'll go and slack off for a few hours since I'll be spending all of tomorrow studying. =\

Current Mood: chipper

OMG YAY I AM ONLINE AGAIN. That's the first time since last September that I got this connection that I've had anything go wrong, and man. DSL outage for like 18 hours or something. I had to call them and blah blah blah. The call was almost obviously routed to somewhere in India, considering the guy had an accent and was trying not to have an accent, but yeah. And then eventually after he runs through all the idiotic "reset your modem, blah blah blah" routines, which mind you I have done all of myself and no, none of them worked, I get transfered to the real tech support. Now I'm not sure if this guy was local either, I mean, he had a Southern accent, but after watching that doc where they visited a tech support center in Bangalore and were putting on all sorts of funky weird accents, I'm not sure anymore. But hey who cares, at least I'm back online!

I completely blew off this entire weekend too. I spent most of friday sleeping and sitting on my ass, then I spent most of yesterday sitting on my ass, and spent even more of today sleeping and sitting on my ass. This is not the type of behavior I should be doing 2 weeks before the end of the semester.

Current Mood: happy