lucky post. number 13/14 (one's gotta be a draft/hidden or something). ooh.

currently listening to miss independent - ne-yo. it's an okay but catchy song.

so i woke up this morning and played Ace, my new geetar, for about an hour. felt good actually. i'm in the middle of class right now. oops. guitar lessons this morning instead of histories of the pacific. such is life.

i was meaning to write a blog yesterday about an observation i've made about my room here at the apartment. i'm sure many people can agree when i say that you can tell a lot about a person just by looking around their room.

for the longest time (aka this summer, for the first few months after move-in)... my room was very simplistic. now i'm starting to pile up papers.. and i should really clean those up. i should also get an organizer for my closet now that i moved my suitcase out of it.

anyway... let's go through my desk area.. (-_-) keep in mind i'm attempting to look at it on a first impression basis.

first: a side of the wall full of cut outs of pictures i took that ended up in the Targum. now there's plenty that aren't all the wall anymore (1. too lazy to put em up, and 2. too many! my wall might be covered in conceit/pride over pictures that were published). to the right of this montage is a poster that has the chinese characters for Truth, Beauty, Freedom, and Love. I've had this poster at my dad's house for the longest time (maybe 10 years now??) and I just recently put it up on my wall. I saw the same poster at Blockbuster last night (with a frame around it).. it was 'staring' at me through the window. hanging on the poster's side is a lanyard with the RAPS media crew 2008 credential. below that is a copy of my old resume, and a small RAPS business card.
then there's a white crate organizer filled with papers on top of it. from what i can see.. there's an WABC-TV spring 09 internships flyer; a Temple U summer programs brochure; the High School Musical 3 Soundtrack Costco box; Bose headphones; China Nite XIII DVD box; and a program for Pauline's Sweet 16 (a video gig I did).

onto the actual DESK! a photo frame given as a gift.. but I didn't fill all the pictures in yet. a heart picture collage i made in like, 2nd grade, with my sister/mom/dad and myself in the heart. HSM3 actual CD box. iClicker (ew). Bailamos flyer from a salsa gig last april. my computer (apple baby love). my portable hard drive. Time magazine with Obama/McCain on the cover (duh). A movie ticket for Star Wars Clone Wars (lol). more random papers, including an index card with a thousand and one things i wrote on it (it was a legal cheat sheet for an exam). bank of america statement mailing. moonlight path body cream. a desk lamp i've had for a long time at my dad's house.

the last noticeable thing is a poster i bought at rutgers of a sunset (or sunrise) with a palm tree silhouette. pretty.

things i feel i lack (unless you look at my computer's desktop) is a Heroes picture. or an 'obligatory' girlie picture of a hot guy (idk, james mcavoy? milo? christian bale? zac..efron? lol!).

gahdamn. what an overview. look on top of my fridge next to me. pandasal and my sample election ballot, ready to go for voting tomorrow back at home. water bottle (LOVE!). red bedsheets (favorite color!) black geetar, ace, with a playing cards geetar strap (hence the name Ace. besides, my previous geetar is Aiden. maybe I wanted to stick to the A theme.) eskrima sticks and a flashlight at my bedside. tissue box to boot. jewelry/girlie hair products/contact solution/perfume/water bottles/ clock and more on top of the clothes dresser.

ooh listening to spanish guitar - carlos santana. say word. mmm.

my closet needs work in the neat department. yea.

safe to say i've made me home here. paying for my apartment and my tuition and other expenses, all on my own, has been a feat these past few months. i guess i'm proud of myself for handling these responsibilities.. paying the bills on time... etc.

i'm not always here - most of the time i'm floating around, doing busy work... - so nothing has really changed by my living on campus. only big factor would be the convenience of not having to drive here and live out of my trunk.
big plus of living practically on campus.

i'm grateful. and well.. i'm...

lucky. yes.

lucky is the word.