Posted by Cristalia on Oct 13, 2008 in
Anecdotes Other than being much cooler temperature wise and the mountains, I’m reminded of Gainesville, which I already miss greatly. But for each person, I believe there’s that one special place they‘ll gladly live at for the rest of their lives. I haven’t found mine yet, but I’m suspecting it’ll be Kailua, Hawaii. The one time I went there, I can relive it as if it was yesterday. I can sit at the beach there for hours, writing, sketching, thinking, or even doing nothing.
Anyway, that’s pretty much off topic as usual.
Around 11 A.M. I met up with my mom and cousin at her dorm. It was a nice dorm, but one bathroom and kitchen per floor made it inconvenient. I don’t know what’s up with the bathrooms there also, or what kind of freak women they have, but the women’s bathrooms have urinals in them… hmm.
Posted by Cristalia on Sep 24, 2008 in
Anecdotes First, a little tribute to Interstate 10…
I’ve been to the Eastern end of I-10 (Jacksonville)
I’ve almost been to the Western end of I-10 (Los Angeles, about 15 miles away from the “true” end in Santa Monica)
I’ve lived about 9 years in the middle of I-10 (Houston)
I’ve traveled the eastern half of I-10 between Houston and Lake City dozens of times.
Now I’ve visited another place where I-10 goes through - Phoenix. I-10 is really a big part of my life. When I become a writer, I imagine the most important roads are going to be somewhere northeast, so R.I.P. I-10! I’ll miss you… the number “10” will always mean something to me.
Posted by Cristalia on Sep 10, 2008 in
Anecdotes I ate lunch at the restaurant next to my parents’ home. I’ve never been to the restaurant, but it was really good and cheap. We ate spicy seafood hot pot, Hong Kong fried rice (the best kind), and tofu for like $10 total. And they don’t skimp. The hot pot was filled with squid, octopus, shrimp, mussels, and other seafood that was enough for 3 or 4 people easily.
At 5 my dad and I left to go to the Track & Field event in the Bird’s Nest stadium. I think it should be Track & Field, right? They dubbed it “Athletics”, which seems awkward to me. I wondered why we had to leave so early at first, and I soon discovered the reason. The line of people heading there was enormous. Taxis aren’t allowed to go right next to the stadium, and we had to get off at the nearest subway station. Neither my dad nor I knew how to get there. I was a little surprised since he went to the opening ceremony, but he said some official car took him in. Lucky!
Posted by Cristalia on Aug 25, 2008 in
Anecdotes When I am mad at somebody, sometimes I retreat to silence. But what I really want is for that person to talk to me. I really hate it when they respond to my silence with silence. It makes me so angry and hurt. I realize this is hypocritical, and I am trying to do away with the whole silent treatment crap, but it’s hard because the words that come out of my mouth can hurt too if I don’t watch it. I don’t think I am an insensitive person. In fact I can only consider myself an overly sensitive person, or I wouldn’t be hurt enough so easily to say the stuff I do in the first place. Anything I say when I am not thinking is what I believe to be the truth at the time, after all.
Anyway, self reflection aside…
My cousin’s kid is so cute. He’s 5 and virtually a genius!
Posted by Cristalia on Aug 21, 2008 in
Anecdotes I had an epiphany while I was at the hospital. I haven’t written much in weeks. I had forgotten how much writing helps me relax. How can I be too busy to write? Another thing I’m feeling guilty about. I’m feeling much better now after writing all this. I was given some medication for lowering my blood pressure, too. They said there may be other medical reasons for my sudden high blood pressure and I should check back in a few days. Maybe falling down the stairs had something to do with it. It was a frightening experience and my shoulder still hurts. It’s a weird, dull pain. I don’t want to bug my mom with more problems now though. She got no sleep last night. I’m going to run laps outside until I can’t run anymore. Exercise is stress relief too.
Hopefully the rest of the week will be better.