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I think for most adults, life is a constant struggle to not give in to despair, depression and self-loathing.  But it's a worthy struggle, and a sign that a person is pushing themselves toward a goal rather than stagnantly accepting life as it is.  Those who are happy have found ways to conquer melancholy and make happiness a habit, a permanent ( Read more... )

Seriously.   After recently being rejected for a first date because I WOULDN'T TAKE THE GIRL OUT TO DINNER, I began to chat with my mom and other people about what a working young male barely making ends meet can do to take a lady out on a first date.  (Also, this same chick, when I suggested we see a highly-praised French thriller "Tell No One," ( Read more... )

I have moments where I want to update and write a little something in this blog, but I always feel like the time devoted to typing and getting into detail on something spectacular or painful seems like too much of an ordeal.  I think I prefer human interactions and chatting with real people on what's been in happening in my life ( Read more... )

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It's up and running.  I still have a lot of designing to do, but it's about time I just started writing and posting.

I've cooled off after the confrontation and am more level-headed.  The roommate situation will resolve itself by either me getting off the lease soon and Milton taking the room or him leaving and I'll find a subletter to rent the entire room  I need to leave either way because I don't have a job and I can job hunt in Ventura if I don't find ( Read more... )

If I want to pursue cooking I'd like to learn more about that career choice, but how?  Career Center?  Nope. Italian department? I sent them an email.  I saw this beautiful Italian Culinary Academy in NY that costs $37,000 for a 30 week program, including a 16-week field trip to Parma, Italy ( Read more... )

I ran around the UCLA campus 3 times yesterday, which took a total of 122 minutes to run 12.7 miles.  That's an average 9.6 min. mile!  I'm sure next time I could do it faster considering I hadn't run in over 1.5 weeks because of the ash in the air.  The marathon won't be until March and won't have nearly as many hills as the campus loop, so right ( Read more... )

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"It's not just an action picture. Above all, the dialogue is complex enough to allow the characters to say what they're thinking: They are eloquent, insightful, fanciful, poetic when necessary. They're not trapped with cliches ( Read more... )