I'm off!

That's me flying to Thailand! I'll be back on July 30th. See you all then!

First of all...I will fix the White Stripes pic. Just give me time, and check back in a few days. Oh wait...I'm not going to be here in a few days. I leave for Thailand tomorrow! And another thing: sorry about the ugly links section. I am trying to fix that too.
Aaaah, summer. I love it. On Wednesday night, Cammy and I watched some people filming a movie over on Melrose. It was this Victorian house that they had set up to look like an inn at Christmas--there were Christmas lights and fake snow on the ground! So cammy and I watched them film for about an hour, but people kept looking at us, and they weren't even really doing any filming that we could see, and we didn't recognize any big stars, so we left. But it was still fun.
Then yesterday, on Thursday, I drove all the way down to Palos Verdes to visit my buddy Crystal, whom I worked with at Epson last summer. We had a lot of fun driving around Palos Verdes doing nothing, because everything in that town seems to close at eight--and there was nothing to do besides rent a movie! So we rented "The Very Thought of You",simply because it has Joseph Fiennes (who we both agree is hot).

And what a surprise! The movie was boring and predictable! And Joseph Fiennes was only in about a third of it! But oh well. It was worth it. I guess.
And now here I am. Friday morning, the day before I leave. I'll write everyone postcards!

Awww. I [found another picture where] think they both look so cute! This is them at the VMA's last year. Whenever Jack smiles, he always looks like he's trying to hold back from a big smile. And Meg makes me laugh. I need bowler hat like that.

Sometimes, I honestly don't understand Jack White. I just read in one of his interviews that he likes the Justin Timberlake song, "rock your body." What the???

Ok! It's all done! Graduation, Grad Nite, and (most of) my plans to go to Thailand with Pauline on the 28th! My, how things happen quickly around here! Well, it has been a stellar week (I don't know why that adjective just popped into my head. But it works). The graduation went smoothly--I did get my sleeve caught on the railing, despite being warned over ten times, but everything turned out ok. Grad Nite was AWESOME! I'm not sure if I could have had more fun last night (this morning?). What can I say--who better to sit next to than Miguel, Adair, and Vivian on Pirates of the Caribbean and Indiana Jones? They crack me up. I wasn't even tired at all! I got back at 7:30 and slept until my mum woke me up at 10 am for breakfast. Yes! 2 and a half hours of sleep! And I'm still awake now! Granted, I do seem to be mixing up my words a lot today...
And tomorrow, I get to go to people's graduation parties. And the day after tomorrow, Leah goes to Japan until August. And then a week from tomorrow, I go to Bangkok with Pauline to visit her dad and her family for 4 weeks! I can't believe it!

We're even going to fly down to Phuket, which is a beautiful beach, for a few days, too. Isn't it gorgeous??

I can't wait to go--it will definitely be an experience!

Aaah...school is almost done! Graduation is tomorrow--I had to buy white shoes today, to match my cap and gown, since I don't have any dressy white shoes. And I think I might take Vivian's idea of staying up all night on the night of graduation, and then sleeping on the day before grad nite. But I don't know if I have the ability to go all night without sleeping...I need something exciting to DO in order to stay awake that long!
So, I went to a banquet tonight for Leah (since she's going to Japan this Sunday) at McCormick and Schmicks in El Segundo. It's a long story. Don't ask me to explain. But I met this guy, Ryan something, who also went to Japan, like me, 5 years ago (he's like 20, though), and we were talking about travel, and he just finished studying abroad in London for a semester! It was so exciting--he said it's really great there, because it's just enough like a foreign country--the people still speak English, but it's a totally different culture, and they are still hard to understand because of their accents and the slang that they use. I can't wait! Oh yeah, and he said he also visited Paris while he was abroad, and he said that London is way better. I knew it all along! So yeah. Maybe I'll study in London during my junior year of college. I'm not sure yet. But if anyone sees Leah before the 22nd, wish her good luck! Because she's going to Japan for 6 weeks! I'm gonna miss her! *sniff*

You knew the White Stripes were going to appear up here eventually! Well, the July issue of Interview Magazine was talking to Elton John about his favorite music right now, and I loved what he had to say:

Ingrid Sischy (for Interview Magazine): Okay Elton, it's summer and the stereo is on. What are you listening to?
Elton John: The White Stripes record, Elephant. It's one hell of an album. I haven't heard better rock and roll since Nirvana's Nevermind. Jack White's guitar playing is fabulous. Meg White's drumming is great. It reminds me of great blues music--really soulful, really heartfelt. It's because there are only two of them. Sometimes with small units-Cream, Jimi Hendrix, The Who--there's so much space betwen the musicians that the soul comes through. Elepant is really a classic album. I cannot stop playing it.
IS: And the people who say that they're just this year's flavor...
EJ: Well I don't think they can be this year flavor because they've made three albums before. The've been around for a while. They opened for the Roling Stones last year and they held their own. I also think the image they present is very interesting, and I love the fact that their music comes from the blues. All the great guitarists--Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Keith Richards, Pete Townshend--all their music comes from the blues
IS: The whole attitude feels very American
EJ: Yeah, absolutely. The blues came out of America. But you know what's exciting about the White Stripes? The musicianship. With many American bands everything is a formula--They're quiet, then they're loud a bit, and the singers always sound the same. The White Strips have a star quality because they're different.
YES, Elton! I totally agree with you! The White Stripes DO have star quality!

I did have a game on here called Stripeout, which was like a White Stripes version of Pong, but then Cammy told me it didn't work. For a while you could download it, but I guess you can't anymore. I'm sure everyone is very disappointed about this, but don't worry! This site is so much better--just remember to have a sense of humor!

Ok, I'll bet Billy already knows this, but guess what:
Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston are starting a production company, and the first movie they are going to produce is a remake of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory! Now that's all well and good, I guess, but here's the bad part: Tim Burton is going to be the director!! (he's the one who did Edward Scissorhands and Beetlejuice and Nightmare Before Christmas). So basically, this is probably going to be the creepy, evil version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It hasn't even been cast yet. Who do people think should play Willy Wonka? I think Jack Nicholson would be good, or Alan Cummings or Ewan McGregor, except that the latter two are a little on the young side. Supposedly the boy who plays Ron in Harry Potter movies is being considered for the part of Charlie. Very interesting, in my opinion.

And school is officially done. Today, our last day, was kind of bittersweet, because I there have been a lot of sad things happening recently, but I'm glad that I've finished up the year with so many great friends, great teachers, and great memories. I thought I wouldn't like Monrovia High School when I first started, but now I'm glad I went there.
Oh yeah, I also read from Hannah's site that Gregory Peck died today. Of course I will always think of him as Atticus in To Kill a Mockingbird--one of my favorite books turned into one of my favorite movies. He was such a great actor.

Well, we haven't had a picture up here for a while, so here is a much-anticipated picture of Jude Law:

Ok, maybe it was only much-anticipated by me, but you know what? The Jude Law Love deserves to be shared! I surrender to him on the battlefield of love. So feel free to bask in his glory. Just remember that he's (ahem) mine.
Hope everyone had a great Tuesday!

AAargh! I am destined to have metal on my teeth for the rest of my life!! And i'm not kidding. My nasty bottom tooth that sticks out now, thanks to my orthodontist who just looks at the back teeth, needs to have braces on it. So I'm getting braces for my whole bottom row of teeth. Doesn't that just...for lack of a better word, suck? I think it does! Oh well. I can console myself by thinking that there are no more tests left during high school! And I get my yearbook tonight! Yay!

Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.
Surely some revelation is at hand;
Surely the Second Coming is at hand
The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out
When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi
Troubles my sight: somewhere in the sands of the desert
A shape with lion body and the head of a man,
A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,
Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it
Reel shadows of th indignant desert birds.
The darkness drops again; but ow I know
That twenty centuries of stony sleep
Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last
Slouches toward Bethlehem to be born?
-Yeats (1921)

This poem gives me the creeps, but I really like it. Amazing how studying poems for the English final until one in the morning can affect you.
ps-why does the line "Things fall apart" sound really familiar? Is it the name of a movie or a song or something?

Wow...what a weekend
Friday: I went on a walk with Kim and Jenny and her cousin's dog, Sam, who's a shepherd mix, I think. We had fun walking around the block, and I think Kim enjoyed bullying Sam, who's about twice as big as she is. Then I went with Cammy and her family to the streetfair (wow, it's been so long since I've done that!) and we had fun looking at all the merchandise that NEVER CHANGES no matter how long it's been! But I did find a cute red messanger-bag style purse that has a cat on it...maybe next friday...
Saturday: Went out to lunch for my dad's birthday and with his whole side of the family at Caffe Citron. It was really nice--they have AWESOME chocolate cake. And then in the evening we went to see Garrison Keillor at the Greek Theatre in Hollywood. It was great--probably one of the funniest "episodes" of A Prairie Home Companion I've ever heard. And Leah and I had a very exciting adventure. Ask me if you want to know about it!
Sunday: I started freaking out because I hadn't studied enough for the English final. Then we went to lunch with my grandma in Venice for her birthday. Good food yet again. And then I came back and studied with people at Monrovia Coffee Company. Ok, how can people (ahem-Alex and Robbie) live in Monrovia and not know where the Coffee company is?? They both got lost on the way there!! It's crazy! But yeah...we had fun quizzing eachother on quotes and making fun of Alex because he knew all of them. And here I am, online at 12:15 AM on Monday morning! Good times!
I hope everyone else had a good weekend!
Only 4 more days of school!

Ok, I had to blog this:


Was everyone else aware that Victoria Adams, or Posh Spice from the Spice Girls, and David Beckham, ie the soccer, or football player of Bend it Like Beckham, were married?? That is so crazy!! They are a cooler match-up than Brad and Jennifer, or Jennifer and Ben (and not just because they're British)! I am in awe! I am also a major dork, as I am just realizing. Why do I care so much?

Okay, everyone should go see the Italian Job. If not for the awesome Minis, or the hot guys, or the guilty pleasure that it is, at least to laugh at the way that Mark Wahlberg walks.