Tuesday, July 4, 2006
2:44
Kimberly Kim
2:44

nite cec ^^

Kimberly Kim
9:22

cec!

22:45
i'm thinking about going thurs to sunday...

23:06
i have a test that following week so i feel a bit uncomfortable about taking that monday off before the test...

23:12
alright...talk to you later~

Kimberly Kim
9:41

hey hey!

azhie23
9:41

hey kim

Kimberly Kim
9:41

did you happen to get my msg?

41:39
=]

41:44
helloo hello~

azhie23
9:41

which thursday?

Kimberly Kim
9:41

the 20th..

41:58
is that ok?

azhie23
9:42

i cant get there before the 21st

42:03
no flight

Kimberly Kim
9:42

it's just that i have a test the next week..

42:08
really?

42:11
crap.

azhie23
9:42

i'll be there on the 21st tho

Kimberly Kim
9:42

so you're arriving in hong kong on friday

42:31
is that friday?

azhie23
9:42

yeah

Kimberly Kim
9:42

oh..

42:56
alright well...

43:04
friday, saturday, and sunday then?

azhie23
9:43

yes

Kimberly Kim
9:43

early in the morning?

azhie23
9:43

you could always come on the 20th and walk around that day?

43:27
how abotu the following weekend?

Kimberly Kim
9:43

hmm..that following weekend is alright

43:38
i just have t est..

43:40
what about

azhie23
9:43

27th-20th?

43:44
i mean

43:48
27th - 30th

Kimberly Kim
9:44

oh well..i have a test then..

44:27
how about...the 28th, 29th,30th, 31st?

44:33
the end of the month..

44:34
?

azhie23
9:44

that works

44:44
i'll be there

Kimberly Kim
9:44

alright..cool..

44:50
hhaha awesome

44:52
=]

44:53
can't wait!

44:55
i'm so excited

azhie23
9:44

sorry about that!

Kimberly Kim
9:45

sorry about?

azhie23
9:45

i cant get there before 21st

45:22
the flight from saipan is only on monday or friday

Kimberly Kim
9:45

ohhh wow..

45:43
so you're heading over to saipan first?

azhie23
9:45

anyawy

Kimberly Kim
9:45

=]

azhie23
9:45

yeah

45:49
guam and then saipan

Kimberly Kim
9:45

awww

45:56
miss home, huh?

azhie23
9:46

my parents want to see me

46:16
i figuer i should go

46:34
since in the winter, i want to go on a buddhist retreat

46:40
so i might not go home

Kimberly Kim
9:46

aww...

46:51
but wait

46:56
when do you start nursing school?

azhie23
9:46

august

Kimberly Kim
9:47

oh wow..

47:06
excited?

47:09
=]

azhie23
9:47

somewhat

Kimberly Kim
9:47

heheh

azhie23
9:47

i'm not really looking forwadr to more school!

47:33
but i ugess i could do it

Kimberly Kim
9:47

aw...

47:49
would you ever do a research grant?

47:55
a fulbright maybe.....?

49:16
arg...

49:20
read any good blogs lately?

azhie23
9:49

no research grant

49:55
im looking into monastic life

50:02
i've been reading yours!

Kimberly Kim
9:50

hahaha

50:28
no way

50:36
i want to post on the open road more..

azhie23
9:50

why dont you?

Kimberly Kim
9:51

hmm..guess i want to improve my writing..

51:29
and improve my mind

azhie23
9:51

improving your writing...

51:51
you have to do that by writing more

Kimberly Kim
9:52

yea...

azhie23
9:52

i feel like ive gotten better posting on my other blog

Kimberly Kim
9:52

catan?

52:26
maybe i'm being too picky

azhie23
9:52

yeah

Kimberly Kim
9:52

oo..

azhie23
9:52

it's okay to be picky

Kimberly Kim
9:52

=/

azhie23
9:52

just write

Kimberly Kim
9:52

yea..

azhie23
9:52

and then revise revise revise

Kimberly Kim
9:52

i feel scared being around certain people

53:00


azhie23
9:53

like who?

Kimberly Kim
9:53

it makes me want to run away

53:12
one of my teachers at school scares me

53:17
im not sure if i should keep going

53:20
or if i should quit

53:22


azhie23
9:53

how?

Kimberly Kim
9:53

so serious..

53:33
i'm her bad side for some reason

azhie23
9:53

i had a writing teacher who hated ne

Kimberly Kim
9:53

therefore i'm worried that she'll treat me unfairly

azhie23
9:53

she gave me a C

Kimberly Kim
9:53

oh man...

azhie23
9:53

for creative writing workshop

Kimberly Kim
9:54

angela gave me a b-!

54:04
haha

azhie23
9:54

hahah

Kimberly Kim
9:54

oh wow...

azhie23
9:54

but in grad schoool

54:12
nobody gets lower than an A

54:16
unless you were really bad

Kimberly Kim
9:54

ahahahah

azhie23
9:54

angela gave me a b

Kimberly Kim
9:54

oh yea??

54:35
which writing class?

azhie23
9:54

argumentative writing

Kimberly Kim
9:54

ohhhh that's challenging

54:56
how many papers?

azhie23
9:54

ALOT

Kimberly Kim
9:55

what were some of the topics?

55:05
ahha..

azhie23
9:55

8

Kimberly Kim
9:55

WHOA

55:12
that's like 2 a month

azhie23
9:55

yeah

55:22
4 were bigger

Kimberly Kim
9:55

that's soooo many..i was thinking like 5

azhie23
9:55

the other 4 were smaller

Kimberly Kim
9:55

ohhh..

azhie23
9:55

little wtiting assignments

Kimberly Kim
9:55

=]

azhie23
9:55

i dont ermmeber the topics now

55:51
we got to choose our topics

Kimberly Kim
9:56

=]

56:15
hmm...

56:21
what about creative writing?

azhie23
9:56

in umich/

56:33
?

Kimberly Kim
9:56

did you have rubeduex?

azhie23
9:56

i had him for essay writing

Kimberly Kim
9:56

i dont think i spelled his last name correctly

azhie23
9:56

he had us write personal statements

57:04
rubadeau

57:11
close enough!

Kimberly Kim
9:57

ohh ahhaha..that sounds like prep for grad school admissions

57:18
ahha

57:19
aw

57:35
what are personal statements like?

azhie23
9:57

he wanted them super creative

57:55
focus on a story

58:05
use metaphors

58:06
etc

Kimberly Kim
9:58

hahah aw

azhie23
9:58

it was okay

58:43
the whole class woudl critique it

Kimberly Kim
9:58

oooo

58:50
was it harsh?

azhie23
9:59

it was harsher than most workshops i've been in

Kimberly Kim
9:59

oh darn

azhie23
9:59

rubadeau demanded everyone filled the pages with comments

Kimberly Kim
9:59

that's difficult to take

59:30
geesh..

azhie23
9:59

soo everyone pointed every single thing out

59:41
yuo put your ego on the line

Kimberly Kim
9:59

that's too much

59:46
did you ever take poetry?

azhie23
9:59

but theyre all nice

59:49
nope

59:56
i had to write poetry in creative writing tho

59:58
eng 223

00:17
it was hard

Kimberly Kim
10:00

alright

00:48
you aren't telling me much

azhie23
10:00

hahaah

Kimberly Kim
10:00

dropping a lot of class titles

00:54
haha

azhie23
10:00

i guses you can say i'm not a poetry writer

Kimberly Kim
10:00

thanks, though.

azhie23
10:01

it was open topics

Kimberly Kim
10:01

aw dont sell yourself short.

azhie23
10:01

you can write anything you want

Kimberly Kim
10:01

anyway..

azhie23
10:01

but poetry writing is a specific skill

01:32
john's mom told me wiiting poetry helped her write fiction better

01:39
and i have no doubt that poetry is a higher form of language

Kimberly Kim
10:01

what did she like about it

02:00
sounds snobby and elitest

02:03
like she's hiding something

azhie23
10:02

she said it made her think more about what words to use

Kimberly Kim
10:02

maybe she's a closet competition freak

azhie23
10:02

can write more condensed stuff

02:18
hahaah

02:20
possibily

02:33
john is elitest

02:39
so, i wouldn't be surprised

03:04
my creative writing GSI also thought that poetry was far superior to fiction

Kimberly Kim
10:03

oh gosh...what a generic gsi thing to say

03:41
maybe they get together and agree

azhie23
10:03

hahaha

Kimberly Kim
10:03

that that's what they are going to tell all undergrads

azhie23
10:03

i think it's because poetry is harder

04:13
a lot of undergrads don't even go there

04:29
very few poeple from eng 223 go on to 323

04:35
the higher level creative writing

04:46
and only a handful of those go to 423

05:02
i dont know what else to call these classes

Kimberly Kim
10:05

gosh i feel so unresolved...

05:09
like an unresolved painting

05:11
so clueless.

azhie23
10:05

the creative writing workshops go 223, 323, 423; the essay writing goes 225, 325, 424

05:32
just so we're cclear

Kimberly Kim
10:05

but i do feel a lot of suspense in my life

azhie23
10:05

why unresolved?

Kimberly Kim
10:05

guess that's the most exciting thing

05:59
there isn't any result in my life that has revealed itself

azhie23
10:06

what makes you say that?

06:15
what is the suspsense?

Kimberly Kim
10:06

i jjust have this temporary feeling of acceptance

06:27
and it turns into disbelief

azhie23
10:06

acceptance of?

Kimberly Kim
10:06

i guess it's a common theme in my life

azhie23
10:06

everything in life is impermanent

Kimberly Kim
10:06

there was a lot of conflict in my life

07:03
but it's not really resolved

07:10
guess it's not so good

azhie23
10:07

do you want to resolve them?

Kimberly Kim
10:07

of course

07:41
no one wants to feel unresolved

azhie23
10:07

are you saying past conflicts aren't resolved?

07:46
and then carries on to present?

Kimberly Kim
10:07

it's like a half finished painting

07:53
yep.

azhie23
10:07

being unresolved is part of the human experience