My first Thanksgiving

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

Wow it has been a super long time since I last updated! I just have not had time to do anything as I don't have a single day where I get home past 11 anymore. I can't stay up anymore so I haven't been able to make a new post. But thank goodness for a small Thanksgiving break! I finally had a couple days where I did nothing! No school, rehearsal, or either job! XD After my show opens and closes next week, I will finally be able to post normally again! After I finish all my assignments I've pushed off for a whole month and a half...

So here is what I've done all month. It's just school, eat, see Kyle, see shows, rehearsal, and work. Same same same but always enjoyable!

Monday the 5th

Packed a lunch cause my mum made spicy pork the night before.

 

I was in a rush in the morning so I forgot to pack my lettuce.

Cute orange juice and cookie to accompany the Murakami novel I was reading before rehearsal.

 

Dana and Carolyn rehearsing their lesbian scene. Sexy time oh yehhhhh

Tuesday the 6th

I was craving gyros and was too lazy to walk far for lunch after dance so I went to Pita Heaven.

 

I saw this tea thingy with different flavors! There's something about these many-in-one drink machines that I like even though the flavors end up mixing cause they're all coming out of one spout.

Wednesday the 7th

I'm on a search for the best parfait. A classmate recommended me the cinnamon apple one at Caribou so I tried.

 

Got a hot chocolate with it. McDonald's parfaits are still the best unfortunately.

After class, I met Kyle at Caribou where we just sat and waited for a friend not sure if she was joining us to eat. She couldn't so we just went to Pita Belly before the show we were gonna watch. He had a shwarma for the first time! I was so glad he liked it.

 

While waiting for another show at 9, we sat at Caribou again and just talked while I had a smoothie.

We don't have rehearsal on Wednesday so we have to take the opportunity to watch the shows that are happening at school!

Wednesday the 8th

To celebrate Obama winning his rightful second term, my scene study teacher took the class to Starbucks during a fire drill (my first one I've ever experienced in my three years at school!) and even paid for all of our drinks! I took this chance to get a medium drink because I'd never get it on my own. XD Thank you, Ms. Weber~!<3 

 

It was funny because none of the guys showed up to class that day!

After I finished class, I stepped in Trader Joe's for the first time to get some meat for the curry I made for rehearsal the next day. I also grabbed a frozen pizza to have at Kyle's dorm. While I was walking to the dorm, I noticed an 'Urban Pantry' and had a look. Look at what Argo sells!

 

Bottled tea! Ha

 

We ate our good pizza while watching anime on Netflix. I convinced Kyle to put on Keroro but I couldn't take it when I realized it was dubbed. NOOooo! So we just watched and commented on how ridiculous Fruits Basket is instead.

Not much later we headed to the university center to eat again ha ha ha ha!

 

The first time I've ever set foot and eaten in the school's cafeteria the whole three years I've been there! It was a cool experience cause I saw the revolving used dish thingy :O

Went to rehearsal after and we were all assigned new lines. A whole page of nonsense! Frikkin impossible to memorize!!

 

Made myself a cheat sheet on my arm. Wouldn't it be a cool tattoo? XD

We had to have this memorized in three days and get faster after every paragraph but it was so impossible. I went home and for two hours I sat down with a metronome trying to do it and wanting to punch myself in the  face and crying cause I was so frustrated T____T Worst lines ever.

Saturday the 10th

Look at what treasure I got in the mail that day!

 

AHHHHHHHH~~~~~!!!! Best thing to wake up to ever!

Took off work to go to Naomi's birthday celebration.

 

She's too cute!

It was a sober selebration so it was an ice cream party.

 

Wasn't intentional but my ice cream totally matched the flannel shirt I was wearing.

Naomi and her fellow comedy studies at the Second City friends performing for us.

Being the antisocial awkward person I am, I just sat quietly in the corner watching everyone. I did play apples to apples for a little bit but half the people weren't invested at all so it was a bit meh. I'm thankful that Paco went so I at least had one person I knew other than the birthday girl. >_>

It was a little sad though because that day was actually Sandy's birthday! Her god dang 21st too! But she was too busy to do anything D: Must go wild in celebration during winter break! >O

Sunday the 11th

Pepero Day! I totally forgot until my boss gave me a stick to eat ha ha ha. What is totally awesome is that this mart gets the special Pepero Day boxes of Pepero! They're giant! I shoulda got one for myself!

 

I'm not really a bread person but these breads were so cute that I couldn't help myself! They're really yummy too! I've been told that they get them from Mitsuwa. Getting these breads is becoming a weekly thing >.>

I was really craving pad see ewe so I grub hubbed some on my phone on the drive back home. We got home to a black out! The first one I've had since I've moved here! The elevator wasn't working so I had to run down and back up four flights of stairs to get my food -_-

 

But it was worth it! Glorious food!

Tuesday the 13th

I had leftover pad see ewe the night before but I was still craving it again. The weather was cold that day and I was sick and lazy so I just went to this Thai place that is also next to my dance class.

 

It was yummy but the portion was so small! So I finished and ordered a roll. It had gold flecks on it!

Wednesday the 14th

Was craving salad after class so I had a quick lunch at Panera before heading off to my first ever photoshoot!

 

They give way less salad now! Grr..

Headed back to campus after the shoot to meet up with Hannah and Kyle so we could watch a show together. Kyle had reservations but when we got there, they had redone the reservation list because they decided to change the rules and not allow students to reserve tickets for directing projects. -_- So we didn't get to see it.

I was starving so we went to Flaco's Tacos and hung out there as I ate.

 

I got a burrito bowl but it was really just a salad. There was no rice! It was good at least. Not. ~_~

Thursday the 15th

Our teacher wasn't going to be in class that day so we were just watching the movie version of one of the Chekov plays we worked on. In the email she sent us, she told us we could bring snacks to help keep us awake. So I did.

 

I bought five frikkin dollars worth of vending machine snacks cause I didn't have time to get actual food. I still fell asleep >_>

I skipped dance so I could catch the last showing of July 7, 1994. 

 

It was good. The ending is quite sad. The lady behind me couldn't stop crying after it was over. I teared up too.

I coincidentally decided to wait for rehearsal to start in the basement and realized that the show I didn't get to see on Wednesday was starting in an hour so I took a waiting number and got to see the show! I originally thought I couldn't watch cause I thought it was at 6. 

 

It was a good little musical. But I fell asleep for like five minutes right before the end. I was so tired >.< I can't imagine directing a musical! There's so many things you have to...direct! 

Friday the 16th

I had to get to campus five hours earlier so I could meet with my class scene partner to rehearse. I had a lot of time to kill after we finished so I just went shopping like I had money -___________-;;;

 

Wah aren't these adorable?? I really wanted these especially since Betsey Johnson is no more but all her dangly earrings are so heavy! 

Tech/dress rehearsal begins.

Ha ha ha ha the tricycle from the July 7th, 1994 show was still in the dressing room so...

 

Our gorgeous set that my camera phone does not do justice.

 

Hopefully I will get the pictures that were taken for us soon!

Saturday the 17th

13 hour tech. Wooooooo. It was actually the most fun/enjoyable tech rehearsal I've had I think! Can only happen with wonderful cast members <3 

Lunch break at Potbelly's

 

I always get roast beef but I had pizza that day.

 

Kyle looking all angelic.

Monday the 19th

I am starting to get addicted to Trader Joe's...

 

They have such awesome snacks! And it's just so adorable in there!

 

I went and got more food during the break we got during rehearsal.

So it was our first full dress so that meant makeup too. It was the first time we tried out mine and this is what almost happened:

 

Heroine addict demon child. Ha ha ha ha the director hated it so my eyes are just smudgey black and smoked out. 

ARGH I can't believe the show opens next week! I'm dying. I'm not ready!!! T___T Did you know an actor's stress level on opening night of a show is the same as someone who has gotten into a car accident? OTL  

Tuesday the 20th

My production tech section has moved on to the set section. My 8:30 class has been moving the set in for Chicago into the theater. 

 

We got to wheel in 16 foot things on the bike lane it the street with cars in traffic.

 

Andy climbing under the flats to shim and clamp them.

I brought my laptop to school so I could work on the assignments that were due that day (and are all late now. Still have to finish them T____T) in between classes and before rehearsal cause I had fallen asleep at 2 when I was supposed to have stayed up all night. Deep down I knew I wouldn't do my work but I lugged the heavy thing all the way to school anyways. -_-

 

Trader Joe's wrap and Jewel's chicken. The wrap itself was disgusting so I got the chicken to save it.

Wednesday the 21st

I woke up the window super white so I thought it had snowed but it was this crazy awesome fog!

 

I love fog! I wish we had more foggy days.

It was the last day of class before Thanksgiving break. I only had one class so I had to go all the way downtown for that one class. -_- Then I got my period and the worst cramps I've had in awhile so I went home and died. 

Yesterday

I celebrated Thanksgiving for the first time in my life with a turkey and everything! Not with my family though, with Tina's! Ha ha ha ha! She know's that my family doesn't celebrate anything so she invited me to her family's Thanksgiving ^_^

 

Viet food first and then American food!  Her sister even made frozen yogurt!

Oh and Tina has dark hair now. It was so strange cause I haven't seen her with dark hair since high school!

I was going through webcam pictures last night and found this:

 

Ha ha ha ha we've flip flopped! 

Today

Tina and I munched out before she left for Champaign again. I feel special cause she always takes time to spend time together when she visits XD

Haven't had Buffalo Joe's in forever!

Green tea milk tea boba~

A week where absolutely nothing goes right & the xx

Wah a couple days late. I'm just really busy these days >__>

Saturday the 13th

I love CVS and I buy stuff from there a lot especially cause it's right down the street. I had $11.50 extrabucks and a 25% off coupon so I had to go out and buy more useless stuff. One of those was:

All for myself. They were very disappointing especially cause they're Lindt and I had high expectations! Their chocolates are so good but these were so meh!

Sunday the 14th

Started my second job. This came at a really good time because I can only work one day at the Sauna now that rehearsals have begun. It's a Korean makeup shop. I'm really just the cleaning/garbage/errand/sometimes register girl cause I don't know much about makeup and I definitely don't have the vocabulary to explain anything to the ajummas.

The unni I really enjoyed working with even though we didn't really talk until after we sat down and had lunch. Too bad she only worked that day!

Adorable free bread and bitter coffee.

Had boneless spicy chicken from the food court for dinner.

Monday the 15th

Went to Goodwill after class before rehearsal and bought a ton of stuff again for a small price. Found this little treasure:

50 cents!! I frikkin love this musical! I remember in stagecraft or something in high school, we had to "stage manage" cues to a song from this and my classmates would lip sync to it on stage! XD

Rehearsal that night was held in Claire's apartment! She's our very good stage manager.

Oh god damn it I don't know how but this picture I took of these really pretty vases that her room mate made for the paper roses her room mate also made is gone! Whyyyyyy D: I wanted to share awesomenesssss >[

0ur fabulous director and the rest of the cast minus Megan. I think she was in the bathroom.

Bogart! Claire's room mate's doggy! He's so friendly! And heavy too. He walked over me and it really hurt lmao.

Omg his face should be a meme. We were listening to some sad Alanis Morriset song and I just kept looking at Bogart's face and I couldn't stop laughing!

Carolyn trying to turn his face so he looks at the camera but makes it look like she's choking him instead.

Tuesday the 16th

This is my schedule for this month.

After the 11th, I've not really had a day of rest and I won't until the end of November. I really like filling in my calendar and I like feeling busy but I am definitely not used to it! I've never put work, school, and theatre on my plate at once. It was always either school + work or school + theatre and it has been pretty tiring especially since I need a lot of sleep to function as well as overwhelming cause I'm not used to this kind of load. Living an hour and a half away and having an 8:30 class after getting home at like 12 sure doesn't help that. Not that I'm complaining cause I chose to commit to this.

So honestly, a class like African dance is last on my list of priorities while the other classes are higher because they all pertain to my major. Here is where the week starts to crumble. I went to my dance class super sleep deprived and super sensitive cause that's what lack of sleep does to me. It is no mystery that I am the absolute worst one in the class, even among the girls who aren't dance majors. I just have absolutely no sense of rhythm and I just cannot follow especially if someone doesn't break it down step by step for me. So like usual, I am really having trouble and the teacher says out loud: "You know what will really help you, Jin? If you just practice." Now I know he meant it to be helpful, but like I said, I was really sensitive and it just struck something in me. Cause honestly, before I got really busy, I would practice the things we learned at home. I did. And so I'm just thinking 'When the heck am I supposed to practice this??? I do not have the time! And did he have to say that out in front of the whole class??' I mean, I really do want to do well in the class! I really really do! I don't like looking like an idiot in front of these dance majors either! But I'm sorry I suck at anything physical and now I don't really have the time anymore. I just really felt overwhelmed and tears just started coming so I finished the sequence we were doing and then had to excuse myself to just let it all out in the bathroom. After I calmed down, I went back and of course that day would be the day when the teacher is making everyone do solos. -_- I could not do it. I just could not bring myself to dance after that meltdown yet he still called me up even though it was obvious that I was super upset. I shook my head no and it made me cry again, this time with the whole class watching yet he wouldn't let up! That went on for a couple minutes and finally he moved on to the other girls and I just sat there crying. I don't know why but I couldn't stop. And then he came back to me and made me walk up to him and wouldn't leave me be until I said the exact words "Can I talk you after." So after class I did talk to him and while I was already telling him about what was going on, I also brought up the fact that I couldn't get better when he was ignoring me. This class was really fun until he started completely ignoring my existence. He'll correct the dance majors on their technique or the pretty non dance majors but he doesn't even look my way even though I'm standing next to a girl he's helping to learn as well. His reply was that "maybe I don't say anything because I see that you have a big load" which is bullshit because I just told him that. -__________- Of course I didn't say that to him but come on. Gawd I cried so hard I got hiccups. Baby need sleep or baby is baby.

But food and good company makes everything better. I've been getting to know Maya from that class and we went to eat together for the first time.

Her veggie burger, my bacon mac n cheese, and red velvet cake slice. Turns out we've got lots in common! Especially in regards to food!

Rehearsal after. Rehearsal always makes me happy cause everyone is so freaking hilarious.

*taken from Claire's instagram*

Making vignettes.

Wednesday the 17th

There's no rehearsal on Wednesdays but my teacher asked me to do a TV department shoot that day so I did.

Had Pita Belly before the shoot. I honestly felt like it was a waste of time because it's really just used for the first year directing majors to try out filming their shots first hand so there's like no real work for the people who are cast for the parts cause they're not paying attention to the acting. No feedback, no real direction, etc. The director also interpreted the script exactly how it was written which was dull and I am quite sure it doesn't look good at all. Definitely not putting this on my reel. At least I got like $16 out of it cause the teacher signed for two hours even though it was done in like not even one. My first paid "acting" gig! Ha!

I did get to go home early though. It felt soooo nice getting home before 11!

OK day, until I got in the car and my mum said "I was really sad today." Something about the way she said it just broke my heart. Chester died that day. Some lady was speeding down the street while he was coming back home for a walk and she hit him.

He was a really good dog.

My mum's friend came over to see my mum before leaving for Korea. She had just come from visiting Canada so she gave us these:

When my mum told me about Chester in the car, I was just silent and cried a little. When I tried to go to bed I was tossing and turning for so long. It wasn't until after I bawled a bit over him that I finally fell asleep. Sometimes you just have to take some time to cry.

Thursday the 18th

Went to Burnham Mart again for food.

This is where my week really took a turn for the worst. I usually sit with my back to the wall so that I'm facing the door or I put my backpack on the table in front of me. I was pretty spent from the last two days so I guess my mind was muddled but I sat with my back to the door and I hung my backpack on the back of my chair. While I was reading/eating, someone went through my backpack and stole my wallet and pencil case. I had absolutely no idea! And everything was in my wallet. EVERYTHING. Every piece of information that a person needs to steal my identity was in there, including my social security card. I kept forgetting to take it out even though three different people told me. -______- Hopefully the person isn't smart enough to do that shit. And the pencil case I had since like third grade and all the super colorful/cute and nice Asian pens and pencils I've collected my whole life. Wahhh my ice cream pens that I didn't even get to use uppppp. The worst part is the thief throwing all my stuff out after discovering that they're useless to them. UGHHHH.

But I'm really thankful to the snacks I bought. If I didn't open my backpack to put them in my bag, I would have had no idea until the end of the day after rehearsal. I went to the bank next door and got everything canceled and made new accounts and stuff in time before the thief tried to use $100 something at the CTA stop. GAH I'm a frikkin dumbass. I hadn't even deposited my pay from that Sunday yet either. And I had just gotten my replacement upass the week before and I can't get another one cause yer only allowed one replacement per semester. After an hour and a half at the bank, my dad came to get me so I could file a police report where the police lady who was "helping" me would talk to the other officers about their upcoming party the entire time. She'd ask me a question and then interrupt me in the middle to talk about the party! Like wtf. We went around getting things like a monthly train pass for $86 that my dad had to pay for cause I had nothing. -________________- Fuck. I hate making him pay for unnecessary things. I should have gotten hit by a bus for my stupidity.

Then I went to rehearsal. Oh, and my planner string snapped. And I got my period.

Friday the 19th

Slept in and then spent most of the afternoon getting a new ID and permit. UGH so much money going to replace things. I hope the thief falls in a hole D<

Rushed back to rehearsal. Kyle and I decided ourselves that every Friday would be a potluck. This was our first potluck:

Fail. Everyone forgot besides me so Megan went out and bought animal crackers and grapes from Trader Joe's on our break ha ha ha ha! I didn't have time to make anything so I just bought krispy kremes >.<

Saturday the 20th

The day I'd been waiting for the whole week. Finally something that had to cheer me up after the worst week of my life; the xx concert!!

Tina (a different Tina, not the usual Tina) kindly drove us to the venue! Ah thank you so much again, Tina! You made it much more enjoyable!

Went to a Thai/Asian place called Blue Sprout. I finally forced myself to get pad thai after constantly getting pad see ewe but it was bad. Eva's pad see ewe tasted more like pad thai! Her's had so much sauce while mine had none. Tina enjoyed her fried rice. And we were all gonna get pad thai! Everyone escaped but me.

*from Tina*

Ha ha ha my eyebrows disappeared. And yes, I know, my roots are freaking disgusting. I am getting my hurr did this Friday!!

I love how when she first sent this to me, it was a white background and then she sent it to me a second time with a nicer background XD

Ha ha ha Waka Flaka is so random. And UGH I WANNA SEE JUSTICE SO BAD!!!! BUT I CAN'T!!! CRYING!!!!

The theater they were playing at was soooo cool. It really must have been something back in it's heyday.

Oh I think I've dropped my phone so much to the point where the camera is taking awful pictures now so yeah here are some awful pictures.

Opening acts:

2:54 or 2:45. I forget which. They were alright. Wasn't really paying attention to them to be honest >.<

This lady kept talking while they were playing and complaining how this young generation doesn't move to music anymore and how they don't appreciate it. How it's now the cool thing not to move blah blah and how she feels music. Deep. Um.. She did not dance the entire time. She just talked. -_- 

John Talbot. They were actually really good! I likey!

Somehow Eva and I always happen to stand by the worst people. We were behind these two couples and one of them, lets call them the stupid couple because they were seriously so stupid, had so much room in front of them. I kept eyeing it and kept telling Tina that we should move up there because it obviously wasn't being saved for this couple's friends or anything. So the first act ends and the lesbian couple that was in front left so Tina whispers "Go, go!" to me so I rush through, hear "are you serious?" in the middle of it, and somehow end up in front of the stupid couple. I have no idea how it happened but it did. I'm usually the one who follows the person who pushes through but I was the one in front while Tina and Eva are stuck behind the stupid couple because the lady, who was a complete bitch btw, wouldn't let them through. The guy was going to let Eva through but the lady was like "No, we have to stand our ground." BUT THERE WAS STILL SO MUCH ROOM!! Like we could have put four more people in the space but the lady was not letting that happen. Like wtf I do not understand! They could either move up and fill the space or frikkin let people in front. There should be no open space! So then there's this girl who I'm now standing behind who has been drunk since the first act and is getting even more drunk, turns around to talk to the lady and she then notices me and is like "Who are you? Why are you here? How did you get here?" So I just shrug and tell her that I honestly don't know cause I don't. But then the bitch lady is like "She's leaving soon." -_- I ignore her and her boyfriend who is obviously her lackey says "I don't think so" for her to reply with "We'll make her." Uhhhhhh excuse me?? You are not gonna make me do anything. Do you not have any sense? If you took a step forward you would be standing next to me, not behind me. Omg Y U SO STUPID. So I listened to the second act while this drunk girl is being annoying and drinking more and pushing the girl next to her and walking in and out of the crowd to pee or get another beer which she obviously did not need. She was in the first row by the way. Like omg, if you walk out of your spot, that spot is fair game. Luckily her friends were sensible and took her to the balcony. Not without trouble though cause the girl kept refusing to go. Oh and I love how the bitch lady felt entitled to their spot even though the friend was going to give it to the couple next to them.

Yay reunited in time for the xx!

I love how we went to eat so we wouldn't wait in line and were like meh we don't have to go to the front and then end up in the third row.

Woo!!

The awesome scrim.

Grr stupid phone ruining my nice shot.

I love that they don't tease and do their encore right away.

So we thought we were done with the stupid people. Nope. We ended up next to these three Asians. One of them decided to be stupid and bring a big ass backpack. WHY WOULD YOU BRING A BIG ASS BACKPACK TO A SHOW. The guys who happened to be the tallest Asian guy ever kept bending down to it like every ten minutes to check on it or something. -_____- Two people could have stood on the spot. But that's not it. They kept talking during the songs!!! REALLY LOUD. Like not only in between the end and start of a song but in the middle of it too. Again, REALLY LOUD. I kept looking back at Eva and we kept giving each other the "are you fucking serious" face. Like Eva said, what are they even saying!!!!??? Every frikkin song!?!?!?! I was already annoyed because the Asian guy standing in front of me happened to have the biggest head in the world. And his "dancing" was only moving his head!! His head was shaved yet it covered the whole stage. -_- For a good twenty minutes all I could see was his head. And he was talking loud as fuck. Omgoodness I wanted to punch the back of his head so bad. So my anger is rising and rising and then the xx come back out for their encore and the first encore song is the intro which I had been waiting for all night and is my favorite favorite favorite! It's so beautiful and I'm getting emotional and tearing up because it's been such a shitty week and then 看噢俄嚄围棋!! so I just snap and yell at them to talk after before they even finish.  So the big head guy is like "Yeah sure." and turns back around. Oh my god. I have never snapped at strangers but no one was going to ruin this for me. They talked through the whole show! And they would lean back in my face to talk!! And either the tall guy would try to get in front of me or the big head guy would try to move the girl closer to him cause they thought I was trying to get in front of them when I was trying to see around this basketball head! And it shouldn't even matter if I got in front cause the guy is so tall and would be able to see the same. -____- There was a time when he turned to the girl to say something and then turned right back lmao. Gawd they're lucky that's all I said. -______-

The show was still amazing. THEY ARE AMAZING!!! 

I didn't know the guy's voice was exactly how he sings when he talks and omg it was so sexy.

I first heard of them in I think my writing and rhetoric 1 class in first year cause the teacher gave us an article to read and it was about their concert. I wasn't in to them at first but after I heard 'Intro', and listened again, I was all for it. UGHH TOO GOOD!!!

Today

Work

 

Winking breakfast! The coffee was super bitter though.

 

Lunch. Omg do not drink melon Milkis. It is disgusting.

 

Goodies from work. Finally got a big version of my Anna Sui mirror! This one is a knock off dough.

We're having a buy 1 get 1 free sale so if you like lashes and know where I work, pop in with yer mum, say hi and pick up some stuff! It's mostly older women stuff but there's racks with some handy things! *cough* Jessica *cough* :D

Went to Hmart after I finished to pick up some stuff.

 

More maki for dinner. I think I prefer the hmart one.

 

I have such a habit of reaching for my pencil case. It drove me crazy that it wasn't there anymore so I finally got a replacement. Realized after I got home that it wast mostly blue. And I forgot to get an eraser. -_-

Oh and this happened. I don't know how or when. 

This better be the last bad thing that happens to me!!!! Gah till the very end of the week!!