So here's my little tease of a post so satisfy everyone who keeps complaining that I don't blog anymore. It certainly didn't help that HaloScan somehow lost all my comments for the past 2 years. Bastards. But I promise I will keep *thinking* about blogging. Whether or not I actually blog will probably depend on my somehow sleeping 48 hours straight, clearing up my HUGE backlog of errands, and being locked into a room with nothing but my laptop and the internet so I'd have absolutely nothing else to do. But all I can say is...

I LOVE LIFE!

In the words of the immortal Ali G: check it - keep it realness, aiiiiiight. I'm your slightly delicious, always ambitious host, signing off for now...

- justin

[sotm] Frou Frou's Let Go.

For one, I thought it'd be similar to all the other summer study abroad programs that I've done in the past, with HKU and Oxford - but those were different. Those were undergrad programs. I knew that this would be different since instead of earning undergrad credits, I'd be getting a certificate. What I didn't count on, was that the courses I'd be taking are actually grad school courses. As in MBA school. Add to the fact that it's compressing THREE courses into a summer, and you've got my position - class 9-to-5 straight, work on group projects til 8, eat dinner, work some more, read my textbooks til 3am, sleep for 4 hours, wake up and repeat.

And I wouldn't have it any other way!

I've always thrived under the gun. When I'm pushed to the limit, I love rolling up my sleeves and getting to work. When I assert myself, I really assert myself. I'm learning so much, I've probably learned more than I have in an entire year back at UT. Of course, it helps that I can read and study on the lawn of a beautiful campus in Westwood, the beaches in Malibu, or the cafes in Santa Monica. I'm only 10 minutes away from each!!

Anyway, that's enough for now. My deepest apologies to all my friends for not doing a better job of staying in touch, but if you leave me a message, I promise I'll get back to you soon!! My LA phone number is on my MSN, so gimme a shout sometime! =)

[sotm] La Tortura by Shakira featuring Alejandro Sanz

Cause it's you and me and all of the people
Nothing to do, nothing to lose
And it's you and me and all of the people and
I don't know why I can't keep my eyes off of you

All of the things that I want to say
Just aren't coming out right
I'm tripping on words, you got my head spinning
I don't know where to go from here

Cause it's you and me and all of the people
With nothing to do, nothing to prove
And it's you and me and all of the people and
I don't why I can't keep my eyes off you

Something about you now
I can't quite figure out
Everything she does is beautiful
Everything she does is right

Cause it's you and me and all of the people
With nothing to do, nothing to lose
And it's you and me and all of the people and
I don't know why I can't keep my eyes off of

You and me and all of the people
With nothing to do nothin to prove and
It's you and me and all of the people and
I don't why I can't keep my eyes off of you

What day is it
And in what month
This clock never seemed so alive

[sotm] Lifehouse's You and Me.