Still Alive Apparently
Well, it has been a rather long time since I've posted so I decided to put out some updates in case anyone is interested. I'll do this by category so it's more organized.
WORK:
Not too bad~ A couple of months ago I was promoted and given the opportunity to work from home so that I may more directly assist all our customers in Japan, China, Korea, pretty much all of South East Asia or more like the eastern hemisphere as a whole. It's the swing shift so I work from 3pm-11pm now. Fun times. It's like I'm back in college or something. I go to sleep when the sun is up, around 6 or 7am and wake up at 2pm. I absolutely LOVE it. However, I'm still not enthralled about working for this company. Don't get me wrong, it takes care of me really well, and I prefer the IT field over a lot of other lame ass fields out there, but I don't like being stuck in an office (though it's not really an issue anymore) and just slaving away so that someone else above me makes more money. I'd rather do something where I feel like I make a difference, at least to some degree... which kind of brings us to the next topic...
MUSIC:
This facet of life has really, really started picking up and breathing life back into my ol' sack of bones. Everything is starting to fall into place, including our first gig layout, a possible third member: femal vocalist. (starting to feel a bit M-Flo~ish hahaha). I'm currently on the search for a better mic because mine right now isn't really intended for recording -_-;; I'm going to go to my friend's house and try out his mic and see if I might be getting something similar. If you're truly interested in our music up to this point, come on over because I don't send our files out (mostly because I don't want some jackass stealing the beats). So, if you want to have a listen, come over and check out the recorded songs, or watch us throw down on our tables and freestyle *shrugs* otherwise, see you at the top.. or rather from the top.
SCHOOL:
Even though I got accepted into various graduate schools a year and a half back, I have to reapply again.. *sigh*... This time though I've narrowed down the schools I'm going to be choosing between. I was accepted, among others, to these four last year so I don't foresee there being any problem with being accepted again. The only reason I'm even applying to these four is because they are each dependent on different situations and outcomes.
Stanford -- 95% chance I'm going to submit my intent to enroll to this school. Plain and simple it's arguably the best school for what I do: East Asian languages and literature. Plus, my homie I make music with is going to be applying to law school here so we're going to roll Tatsujin-style on the same campus for the first time together, should be immense amounts of fun.
Harvard -- 3% chance I'll submit my intent to enroll here. Basically the only way I'll ever feel like putting up with snobby ass rich people in a city that I have no desire to be in and pay over 70K each year for a school that isn't even that known for my area of expertise is if I just feel like it. I mean, regardless of how I feel about this school... it's fucking Harvard.. sadly the world DOES care about the name of your school instead of what you actually KNOW and CAN do~ *sigh* learn that fact quickly folks, my only advice..
UCLA -- 1% The only way I'll go here is if I see some incredibly awesome opportunity arise out of finishing out my Korean studies (with a degree I mean) because UCLA is one of the few schools that actually offers a degree in Korean.
UCI -- 1% I really only apply here because it's my alma mater and I'll always be an anteater at heart. Plus, if I decide to stay in Orange County this would prove to be most convenient.
PLACE OF RESIDENCE:
I will be moving out of Orange County for the very first time in my life in a few weeks. Although I was finally given the chance to move to Japan for my job, I strangely came to the decision that I didn't want to move there at this point in time. Plus, I can always move there whenever I want anyways, so it really doesn't matter. But, right now, I feel that I should be here with my partner working on music and seeing how things roll. So, instead I'm just going to move to a cheaper place for the time being. Nothing else tying me to this godforsakingly expensive place anyways. Plus, this way, with the saved up money, if things somehow tragically fall through I will be able to purchase a house next year. Or even if things take a little longer to work out, I will be able to keep the property and have some equity, rent it out, and move to Japan. Either way will be just fine.
**Always have a backup for your backup's backup..*
Anyways, I'm kind of bored talking about all this crap right now. If you want to know something, you know how to get a hold of me. Almost time to logoff work..
Take care everybody, I hope everything is going great for you guys~ Peace outside!