cassel

So at UCLA, there's this lab called CASSEL: the California Social Science Experimental Laboratory. You sign up for experiments, go for an hour, and get paid in cash. its GREAT.

so i've been saving up for this jacket..

from UO.. or something like it. (okay.. go ahead and slap me for falling into the leather trend, i like it okay!) i dislike the bomber-looking elastic cuffs though.. and i wish it were real leather because polyurethane doesnt comply with CA prop 65.. or something scary.

SO TODAY AT CASSEL i made enough to get the jacket! HOLLLERZZZ PLEATHER!

lame

HI. i havent done anything blog related since school started again. its just so busy with chem, life science 2, mcd bio, and internship..

anyway, these are the things i bought at the American Apparel sale at SF State in august.. WHICH SEEMS SO LONG AGO.

Here's the price breakdown for Sam:

Unisex Nylon Taffeta Swim Trunks (which I thought were just running shorts): $24 $8
Unisex Thick-Knit Jersey PE Shorts: $15 $8
Unisex Helvetica Alphabet T-Shirt (Mm for my cousin Melissa): $20 $6
Unisex Tri-Blend Short Sleeve Track Shirt (for Craig): $20 $6
Unisex Stripe Calf-High Socks: $8 $3

total: $87 $31 YEEEEUH

its only week 2.. but i feel like i've been here forever. goodbye for real summer. hello midterms beginning week 4!

last hurrah!

C and I are excited to finish finals and freshmen year!!! goodbye beautiful Broxton Avenue! goodbye pricey boutiques called Skyla and fobby ones with no names! goodbye SoCal skater/hipster stores called Active! goodbye cheap Diddy Reese cookies! goodbye homeless men who don't want your food, but want your money!



this might be an outfit pic





you look good from this angle C.



j: how hip do you feel just being in this store right now?
c: hipper now that we're not the only ones in it.



LABBIT?


Coming home on Saturday and I could not be more excited. I just hope its not too weird seeing old friends after such a long time apart. Summer consists of: kids camp wooot!, Asian American History at city college SKDFHLSKDJFSC,counseling at BAAYF camp, hopefully a job, exploring SF, guiding tours of SF, thrifting SF, playing with frensies, and LOTS of asian food. play with me!!!

Santa Monica Saturdays

Week 4 means midterms abound in the sunny socal, but with so much to do around the hood Saturdays have become exploration LA days. On the itinerary this weekend: 3rd St. Promenade on the water in Santa Monica. Before C, K, and I even got on the bus, we were spending money... well on this lady wearing metallic bubblegum pink lipstick (she was black.. so talk about contrast!) who asked for a dollar... and later got onto the bus without paying, which pissed off the bus driver who refused to drive until said bubblegum lady either paid her fare or got off.... BUT anyway, we got to 3rd eventually. Man everytime I'm here all I can think about is running into/stalking Miley Cyrus or Zach Efron or some other Disney Channel starlet!! They're SO close. I'd follow them with my camera phone the same way I followed Rumi. HAha

Anyway, Santa Monica has a really good Goodwill and Wasteland for the thrifty types, but Urban, a MASSIVE F21, and Jcrewwww (!!!), etc. for the retail types. Here are K and C, turning around because I told them to pose. haha

a tight bike that http://hypsterism.wordpress.com/ might appreciate.

Trastevere? I think it's a cool lookin restaurant

ma fit. HM dress, dad's wool cardigan, trusty reefs. taken in F21 window

check out my HSM 3 bag! hehehdude the red windows behind me look like the Golden Gate Bridge! 415!!

the little people on 3rd under the F21 window

gorgeous! it's gotta be LA with those palm trees.

ADORABLE jcrew-esque girl in tutu!

alright, back to midterms.

i need to cut my hair

cause my bangs are helllaaa long. or should I grow them out to be more like Blair?

MY ROOMIES! K and T celebrated mid week of finals with cookies I decorated during small group. This is the first picture we've taken together actually.. hard to believe, I know.

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays

Hills on Plastic

Remember when Heidi was a cute, sweet looking Colorado girl turned Lauren Conrad's best friend during season 1 of The Hills? Heidi told US Weekly in 2007 that...

“I’ve always been very insecure about my body. My whole life, I looked at my chest and was like, OK, they’re going to grow. This is my year! And it never happened. I was less than an A-cup. I wore pushup bras, which cut into my skin. If I was with a guy and there was a girl next to me with big boobs, I would be like, Oh, my God, he’s looking at her! On the beach, if I was standing next to a girl with big boobs, I’d be like, I hate her! I hated my nose too. I have my dad’s nose, which is huge. It took up so much of my face, when I looked down, I could see my nose. I couldn’t get away from it!”

UHhh.. okay.. Someone's insecure and hates her father. Well this is Heidi pre-0p.

And this is Heidi post-op. Notice: she went from A-cup to C-cup (do they need skin grafts for something like that? or does the boob skin stretch?), the nose job (which transformed her previously HUGE nose into this more acceptable one), the lip injections, and what Tess and I think is a chin reduction. Now Heidi looks just downright nasty, even more so with her wildly unattractive and unemployed hubby Spencer totting along.

Audrina!!! Crazy assssss girl who accused Lauren of hooking up with Justin Bobby two episodes ago, for sure had a boob job.

Before:
After:

GROSS

But who on the show has maintained her sense of good taste and overall awesomeness? Whitney! who landed a job at Diane Von Furstenberg in NY! Go Whit!

Season 1:

Season 4:

I can't wait for Whitney to have her own show. She freaking deserves it.

beautiful boy

It was pretty strange that one day all the Lowell people went walking to Westwood. Connie and I spotted this beautifully dressed and groomed boy, walked passed him, and then did a double take. HAHAHA then we laughed about it. It was a ... beautiful moment. THEN we spotted him at the pool. We took pictures to show the world how well he pulls off the "unkept" look.

and then someone thought he was a girl. but oh wells.


Here's a girl in a cute white dress! I followed her for a little bit to get this picture. har har har