A new car AND a new job. WOW. Everything always works out for the darnedest reasons. If only I had a new man, today would have been perfectly hunky-dory. I half-kid.



Watching students bike around the USC campus today reminded me of Berkeley and Sweden. I miss both.

I hate talking about myself, but I can't sleep. I cannot believe how taxing this was to complete.


TEN RANDOM THINGS ABOUT ME:
10. I have the memory of an elephant. And ears like one too.
9. I detest ugly teeth.
8. I said my first word when I was 9 months old.
7. I do not enjoy the company of stupid people.
6. I like the cathartic feeling of popping pimples and bubble wrap.
5. I only watch the upper right-hand corner of scary movies.
4. I take immense joy in taking ddongs.
3. I am a condiment whore.
2. I don’t know how to cut my fingernails so I usually wait until they break so I can bite them off.
1. I love to poke squishy things like dduk and marshmallows with my index finger.

NINE PLACES I VISITED:
9. Prague, Czech Republic
8. Budapest, Hungary
7. London, England
6. Paris, France
5. Italy
4. Krakow, Poland
3. Berlin, Germany
2. Copenhagen, Denmark
1. Lund, Sweden

EIGHT THINGS I WANT TO DO BEFORE I DIE:
8. Return to Sweden.
7. Learn to play the piano.
6. Churn butter.
5. Learn to sail.
4. Visit all the 7/8 continents and all 50 states.
3. Open up a flower shop or a work at the library.
2. Learn to drive stick.
1. Send my parents to someplace fabulous.

SEVEN WAYS TO WIN MY HEART
7. Be intelligent.
6. Possess the ability to make me laugh until I pee in my pants.
5. Be a voracious eater such as myself.
4. Always strive to be a better person.
3. Have a strong relationship with family and friends.
2. Love children.
1. Love God.

SIX THINGS I BELIEVE IN:
6. Simplicity.
5. The lessons derived from our mistakes.
4. Counting my blessings instead of dwelling on petty frivolities.
3. Everything happens for a reason.
2. Using your strengths to better the world.
1. God’s amazing grace.

FIVE THINGS I'M AFRAID OF:
5. Clowns and anything else relatively scary.
4. That I will get the chicken pox from my kids and die before them.
3. Selling myself short throughout life.
2. Being unable to provide for my parents.
1. Not being honest with myself.

FOUR SONGS ON MY MIND:
4. John Legend- Ordinary People
3. Justin McRoberts- Movie of My Life
2. Remy Zero- Fair
1. Ciara- 1,2 Step

THREE THINGS I TOUCH EVERYDAY:
3. Food
2. Toilet paper
1. Tuxie

TWO THINGS I AM TRYING NOT TO DO RIGHT NOW:
2. Associate myself with people who I don’t want to be around.
1. Stay up past 3 a.m.

ONE PERSON I WANT TO SEE RIGHT NOW:
1. My grandmother.

a duck egg white (6:42:56 PM): oh yeah
a duck egg white (6:43:02 PM): i did the damn bros appreciation
a duck egg white (6:43:05 PM): and i freakin cried
a duck egg white (6:43:09 PM): what the hell



a duck egg white (6:56:43 PM): ...
a duck egg white (6:56:47 PM): u alwayas just copy paste
a duck egg white (6:56:54 PM): and u make me sound all ugly and bitter!
jahndee (6:57:01 PM): ahahha
jahndee (6:57:14 PM): then say something pretty and encouraging
a duck egg white (6:58:00 PM): hahah
a duck egg white (6:58:04 PM): but i never do!!


Hahahaha.

"For a saint is just a sinner who's got back up again."


We can get back up again. It's not too late to get back up again.

I went to Target for the first time since I left for Sweden with Esther and Hannah. I adore Target. To celebrate, I frivolously bought a love-themed photo album which I have absolutely no use for but which I think is very pretty. =]

A Little Slice of Heaven. My new favorite Hallmark card. =]

I've been getting evocative tingles of Sweden.


Six days before I left Sweden, my friends finally told me how ridiculous I looked on my bike, miserably hunched over my handlebars, and with my knees nearly reaching my chest while pedaling.

Six days before I left Sweden, I learned that not only could the bicycle seat be raised, but the handlebars as well.




Jag längtar efter min cykel, SS. =[

I've been home exactly one month now, but it feels much, much longer. I've come back, realizing new and better things about myself, people, and life in general, and it's been difficult to see those who haven't changed at all. And yet paradoxically, it still comforts me a little to encounter the lack thereof to know that it is not concurrent with my own developments. Because then I know it's for myself, and myself alone. And that's a good thing.



"I'd love to go back to when we played as kids,
But things changed, and that's the way it is."
-Tupac.

Today was my first experience of having the interviewer persuading the interviewee to decline a job position with a compliment one can only classify as slightly insulting.


Whenever two no-lifes get together and decide to be gluttonous heifers, the results are always disappointing.


I'm enjoying simplifying my life.

"It isn't for the moment you are stuck that you need courage, but for the long uphill climb back to sanity and faith and security." -Anne Morrow Lindbergh.



"So, let go
Jump in
Oh well, what you waiting for?
It's all right
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown"
-Frou Frou

There aren't enough words.






St. Mark's Square, Venezia, Italy.

"I can elect to change all thoughts that hurt."


A little something that neatly sums up a tumultuous 2004.

A slight modification: "Single! Single! Taken! Single!"

God Jul och Gott Nytt År!





Hej då, Sverige.

With a print run of over 131 million copies, the IKEA catalogue is the most widely distributed commercial and free publication in the world. It is produced in 38 different editions, and in 17 languages for 28 countries. 110 million catalogues were circulated last year-three times higher than that of the Bible.



Every H&M store is restocked with new merchandise daily. The bulk of the restocking is done between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m., so there's almost a science to shopping H&M. Experienced bargain hunters learn that the store displays two of every size at a time. When the mediums are sold out, for example, there will be more the next morning. Employees advise friends to come Tuesday to Friday mornings, within hours of the restocking. Sources report that H&M turns over its entire inventory a whopping eight times a year.

I get happy when I open a pack of Mamba's and one of the three flavors ends up being strawberry. That's my favorite.

a duck egg white: how come u dont write a blog
a duck egg white: about me and MY freakin bday
a duck egg white: -.-
a duck egg white: and im the MOST important





Försent grattis på födelsedagen till min yngre syster, Susan!

I believe that everyone is entitled to one utterly senseless and happy purchase every once in a while.


Mine came in the form of a black houndstooth check print with red trim Fred Perry purse. =]

There's less than one week left here in Lund, and suddenly the endless barrage of anxiety attacks, butterflies, and sleepless nights. How can I already be leaving a place when I feel like I've yet to arrive?


I thought I was prepared, but apparently not. I hate saying goodbyes and I hate even more how I react to goodbyes.



I wish I had my pillows so I could burrow myself in them.

You Are the Peacemaker

9 You are emotionally stable and willing to find common ground with others. Your friends and family often look to you to be the mediator when there is conflict. You are easy going and accepting. You take things as they come. Avoding conflict at all costs, you're content when things are calm.

What number are you?

Hmph.