If life is studio, then life cost over $830 this year. Every time I go to buy supplies and dole out 50 or more bucks I always wonder what the total will be at the end of the year. All in all, not too bad this time around. At least I didn't go over the 1,000 mark like I did last year...

Although, if you count laptops as a studio supply... which they are... then you'd have to add another couple thousand.
Shoot.

anyways, that was a boring post. sorry.

Life has taken an interesting turn… I’ve always held myself at a distance from any prestigious schools; partly because I hate buying in to any sort of snobbery, partly because I’m often skeptical of “brands”, but also because I never really see myself as some sort of amazing. Applying to undergrad, I made it a point not to apply to any Ivy Leagues. I was coming from a not-so-amazing high school and was pretty sure the only reason I had A’s was cuz nobody at the school cared.

I’m not sure if this is true of people outside of the asian community, but there’s always this idea within the asian community that life is about doing well in high school to go to a good college to get good grades to get into a good grad school to do well in school to get a good job… Honestly, I don’t see myself as part of that cycle. Through undergrad, I’ve never really aimed or worked towards getting into a good grad school or a good job. I’ve just been pushing myself to produce good work, because it’s interesting to me, and because I want to make the best of what I’ve given, to never waste the opportunities in my path.

I think what amazes me the most at this point is that even in the midst of not really trying for a certain status, I’ve somehow attained it. It makes me think a lot harder about what I’m meant to be doing with my future and with my life. I feel like all I’ve received in life has been completely undeserved.

waitlisted at yale. hmm.

 

In other news, in the past year I've used chemicals in my projects that are shown to cause cancer, lead poisoning, and do something terrible to male reproductive organs.

Currently I'm putting myself at risk for cancer. Great fun!

(it's a good thing i'm not male, eh?)

well... got into michigan.

Antsy anticipation on other schools..... eeeeeee!

So maybe buying me expensive chocolates doesn't work out so well when I have roomate chocolate lovers who'll eat all of them before i even realize the packages are opened...

boo, i was hoping to try making some godiva chocolate smores for all 3 of us. But I guess I don't have to share in order to share.

I suppose the lesson is not to leave packages of chocolate on the living room table if I don't want them eaten, but I also suppose I've had chocolates eaten away from the pantry (old apt) and from my room...

arg.. I now deem studio the sole "Safe Chocolate Storage"!

but I guess i've had enough stuff taken from there as well. huh. kleptos.