Hi Everyone, including me. I'm really excited because I got the adoption statistics for 1971-1988 from Homeland Security. Turns out that in the year 1971 there were only 37 kids from Taiwan and China adopted by Americans. I can't believe the number is so low! That means that if it wasn't for me, there would only be 36. I don't think I belong ( Read more... )

Today I had a kind of fun day at work, if you can believe it. We had a party which started because some of our bosses would be out today. Sara ordered Pizza Papalis and everyone brought stuff in, and it was fun just standing around talking. The people at Honigman are pretty nice; sometimes I feel like it will be difficult for me when I finally ( Read more... )

My friend Jenny is so thoughtful. She sent me a DVD player in the mail. It's because my VCR player broke a couple months ago and I didn't want to get a new one because I rarely rent movies anyway. I figured I would just read instead. I was so surprised to find the package in my door when I got home from work. I tried to hook the DVD player up ( Read more... )

I'm dead tired. I'd better go to sleep now so I can wake up in the morning.

Okay I really like working at Sam Bernstein's office. The people there are so nice. They are always praising me and telling me how much they appreciate my work. Today I mentioned that I'm only there for the summer, and a woman in my department said she's already sad I'll be leaving. They even rearranged their lunch outings so that I can try ( Read more... )

Today was a great day, maybe because I did nothing, including clean my house as planned. Perhaps now I'm refreshed enough to meet the week head on ( Read more... )

I just got back from seeing Mr. And Mrs. Smith with Tiffany. I thought it was pretty good-- somewhat boring sometimes, and not a very complicated plot, but entertaining nonetheless. I like Angelina Jolie because she is a real person with a complicated history, not just some stupid talking mannequin. And I like that she is concerned with the well- ( Read more... )

Sitting in the audience of an elementary school band concert, I see the faces of several Asian children on the stage. I peruse the program and realize that there are no Asian surnames to match the Asian faces. Smiling to myself, I think of how this fact would at one time have been confusing. But since international and interracial adoption have ( Read more... )

I have been having such mood swings lately. Today I am feeling much better than yesterday, and it is so encouraging to read everyone's nice comments. I'm glad I'm not as depressed now as yesterday, but I'm so afraid it's going to come back. I think what I need to do is plan a vacation! I'm beginning to think that maybe I will be able to go to ( Read more... )

This is my first time using Live Journal, and I don't even know if anyone is going to read it. I have been feeling very depressed lately. I'm starting to feel like this is the new me and that there's nothing I can do about it. It's not a nice feeling, but I guess it's better than doing something drastic or feeling desperate ( Read more... )