tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62744702011-12-05T08:18:27.716+08:00Here, I am my own celebrity.Feinoreply@blogger.comBlogger5341100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274470.post-64570154406857479302007-01-30T23:38:00.000+08:002007-01-31T00:45:12.021+08:00

Thanks for coming here to keep up with me, but Almost Faye-mous 2.2 is back up so I will be back there blogging again. So what are you still doing here? Go back there! Shoo!Blogger, you are wonderful. I'll be back, I'm sure, though I hope not too soon from now!

Feinoreply@blogger.com49tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274470.post-30538451756349367942007-01-29T01:17:00.001+08:002007-01-29T01:17:46.051+08:00

Oops. Big oops.Really reluctant to write this, but I think sometimes stupidity needs to be recorded, for posterity's sake. And so I remember to NEVER MAKE THAT MISTAKE AGAIN.Uhm. Yeah. Turns out my cats aren't lesbian. I don't know HOW I was so oblivious and why I assumed that Red/Your Whineness was female. But well, he's not. Great.Why didn't anyone tell me?! I took them to the vet lots when

Feinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274470.post-76941783864896967312007-01-28T02:00:00.000+08:002007-01-28T03:19:50.752+08:00

After reading Liz's post on her results from a personality test, I took the test again myself (wondering if I had changed from an extrovert to an introvert: and the answer is no, but probably because I want to be an extrovert so I will always test out that way) I spent a long time writing this post about how I love personality tests and why, which lead me to do a lot of psych-related reading on

Feinoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274470.post-5340728806908945952007-01-27T20:13:00.000+08:002007-01-27T20:27:33.547+08:00

So I now have access to my files from within China, thanks to ftplive.com. Not very secure, but I couldn't care less about that at the moment. It's a very slow and tedious process backing up 5 files at a time, but it works and it makes me happy. The last thing I'll have to do, is get a hold of mySQL database but I can't log in to PhpMyAdmin from here. Or can I? Argh. Why can't I have a geek

Feinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274470.post-19271573494139357642007-01-27T02:49:00.000+08:002007-01-27T02:58:51.454+08:00

Uhm. Yeah.The pathetic mewing every night isn't great but ignorable. But not the fact that my "runt" red cat Your Whineness, who is now bigger than the other cats, is constantly trying to mount her sister, Whisper. Lesbian cats? Lesbian incestuous cats. The depravity.She pins Whisper down, and then bites on her ear or something while Whisper kicks her hind legs like she's trying to escape while

Feinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274470.post-13182529423514257392007-01-27T00:32:00.000+08:002007-01-27T00:40:13.138+08:00

Just that once, maybe! But it worked!I'm a genius!!!!!!!! Self-taught computer geek. Get that straight. Uhuh.This means that all I have to do is decide on a new hosting provider: one that is NOT based in Malaysia and has 99.9% guaranteed uptime - that I can afford since this one is only cheap on trial and not otherwise (recommendations anyone?), point my domain over there (and lose more emails in

Feinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274470.post-76774810355433741432007-01-27T00:08:00.001+08:002007-01-27T00:08:57.374+08:00

http://www.answers.com/topic/internet-censorship-in-mainland-china

Feinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274470.post-60265371614723135462007-01-26T23:36:00.000+08:002007-01-27T00:01:52.197+08:00

So I signed up for a "free" trial on a new web server and just pointed my domain there. I think that's what you call it. Geez. I really should actually take a proper computer class someday and get all my jargon right.I paid 1 cent for a month. Well, my mom did. I accidentally charged it to her credit card. Heh.Point is: this means that for the next couple of days, lots of mails will be lost in

Feinoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274470.post-26011155555292258122007-01-23T00:06:00.000+08:002007-01-23T01:29:34.410+08:00

Too tired to write a real post but still want to keep this updated frequently enough so here is a mess of thoughts I can think of right now which are relevant to today:1) Su is leavning for the MTC in *gulp* 6 days. I hadn't ever talked to her that often, but now that I know I CAN'T talk to her whenever I want, I really feel the limitation. I hope it turns out that I will actually communicate

Feinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274470.post-69327340528357244282007-01-19T21:14:00.000+08:002007-01-21T01:32:25.876+08:00

It's like... kissing (to keep it PG) your ex-boyfriend while yourcurrent one is away on an extended business trip. Or something. Iguess I wouldn't know how that feels so I can't draw that comparison.But what felt like a simple grain in my shoe has now turned into adesperate need. So much so that I am claiming that it is an issue thatis big enough to drive me from this country. All over having my

Feinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274470.post-77888985106540982432007-01-19T01:37:00.000+08:002007-01-19T02:03:13.433+08:00

I feel like I've been locked out of my own house, being unable to access my own domain like that. And it's like I'm waiting it out to figure out if it's just a problem with my lock and key or if the locks got changed by the landlady because she doesn't want me in there ever again. Y'know?Anyway. That is minor. It sucks, but it's good because it leaves me time to be busy doing other things besides

Feinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274470.post-29000816970705685922007-01-16T16:11:00.000+08:002007-01-16T16:23:30.652+08:00

Ironic that instead of posting on my self-hosted, Wordpress powered blog, I am back to using blogger. How is it that this time around, blogspot is more reliable than my own blog?Well, I still love blogspot. I don't think I ever stopped loving it. It is now a Google product after all.Anyway. I have to write here to overcome the overwhelming suffocation of being unable to access my own blog from

Feinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274470.post-1135215178165990002005-12-22T09:28:00.000+08:002005-12-22T09:32:58.180+08:00

So, www.fayemin.com is finally up. I have hosting! (Thanks, Dad!!!)Good riddance to 5 gigs - you suck butt, and goodbye once again, blogspot. You've been mostly good to me, but Wordpress is what the real bloggers use. Please update your links to http://www.fayemin.com/blog (Keep the www, it works without it, but it's so much easier to track who links to me when it's all the same)

Feinoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274470.post-1134236341858139062005-12-11T00:13:00.000+08:002005-12-11T01:48:21.476+08:00

So much for unblocking blogspot. The moment I start writing here again, the Chinese governement decides to reblock the blogs. They are out to get me, I swear. Fortunately, I was finally introduced to the option of using proxies on sites to access them. Slow and pain in a butt, but a definite option. I feel like I'm drifting because I don't have a blog. It's like a part of me is missing because I

Feinoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274470.post-1133273721843636672005-11-29T21:29:00.000+08:002005-11-29T22:25:41.446+08:00

ARGH! FIVE GIGS CAN SUCK MY BUTT!And yes. Blogspot, how nice of you to take me back again. I've been feeling slightly empty lately, hence the sudden urge to blog after a whole month of empty space. I read the entries from last year. That was an exciting time for Faye of 2004. She just met the guy she thought really could be it. It was butterflies and flirting and daydreaming and crazy grinning

Feinoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274470.post-1121499923515688722005-07-16T15:37:00.000+08:002005-07-16T15:45:23.973+08:00

For some reason, this Internet Kiosk here at the Narita airport can't open my blog. So, I am blogging here temporarily until I can transfer this post to where it rightly belongs.I am safe. I am good. I enjoyed the flight. I wish I chose the salmon instead of the chicken for the meal, and wish they had some better movies. The view from the plane was gorgeous. Especially just leaving Hawaii. The

Feinoreply@blogger.com57tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274470.post-1121261136320542152005-07-13T21:10:00.000+08:002005-07-13T21:25:36.353+08:00

What, were you looking for my blog? Oh. So sorry, but I've moved!!! We are now at ALMOST FAYE-MOUS 2.0Please, please please please please update your links to http://fayemin.5gigs.com. I link to about every reader that I am aware of, all the blogs I read and the blogs of people I know personally. Now that my incoming links are considerably less than my outgoing ones my Blogshares valuation is

Feinoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274470.post-1120826977798037552005-07-08T20:45:00.000+08:002005-07-08T20:49:37.806+08:00

Oh my Gosh. I thought I was about to die. But Yahoo cached my page recently. The last time I backed up my database was a week ago, so I had most of my posts and comments saved. I have saved all the posts I wrote since then, up till "Chapter One" and I've only lost 2 posts. One on the music, which was inconsequencial anyway, and one on the analogy. I miss the analogy one, but it's ok. Nothing too

Feinoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274470.post-1120822368832195272005-07-08T19:29:00.000+08:002005-07-08T19:32:48.833+08:00

I am ready to pull my hair out strand by strand after banging my head repeatedly against the wall and then running into cars on the highway. I am an idiot. Something happened to my blog on 5 gigs and in trying to remedy it, I deleted my SQL database. I don't know crap about what that does, but I'm pretty sure that means that all the posts and comments from my last backup have been wiped out. I

Feinoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274470.post-1118069896882151152005-06-06T22:47:00.000+08:002005-06-07T00:40:21.776+08:00

Ok. More like I've moved.Yes, ladies and gentlemen, one week of sleepless nights, murdered braincells, nearly-slit-wrists and free-host-hating later, I present to you my new WordPress powered blog:ALMOST FAYE-MOUS 2.0Please, please, please update your links. http://fayemin.5gigs.com. If you don't, then my stats won't be accurate and my valuation at blogshares decreases. If the link doesn't work,

Feinoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274470.post-1117811303433716172005-06-03T22:01:00.000+08:002005-06-06T17:26:10.226+08:00

My birthday being less than 2 weeks from now, I thought I'd give you the heads up on the perfect gifts to give me for my birthday. Although I know many things are too extravagant to be affordable, one can still dream.Wishlist roughly sorted in order of preference. There are some things on here that I would like to buy for myself but can't afford, so they are going on the list. I'll do my best in

Feinoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274470.post-1117803985290984502005-06-03T20:41:00.000+08:002005-06-03T21:10:13.696+08:00

I can only think of maybe 3 other instances when I have been this frustrated in my entire life!!!! Seriously, I'm ready to slit my wrist right about now. I'll settle for using the f word over and over again instead. The latter is at least a less painful way to go to hell. Yes, I said hell. DEAL WITH IT.It's just like me to make blogging a matter of life and death. Sheesh. Here's the deal. I've

Feinoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274470.post-1117736129983048172005-06-03T02:10:00.000+08:002005-06-03T02:15:29.990+08:00

I apologize for not having updated in a while. In reality, I've been blogging like a mad woman for the past week and am running on very low sleep. I did not expect to post here ever again (details later) but - let it be known - free hosting sucks hard and I am never going to use up that 5 gigs of bandwidth if the SQL databases are always down. Freakin' A! To cheer you up though, here is the most

Feinoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274470.post-1116828408155562692005-05-26T19:47:00.000+08:002005-05-27T12:17:32.720+08:00

In the midst of purusing an education, I am discovering something new about myself. It isn't new in a surprising way. It seems it has always been there, but I just never gave it a name and thus was never fully conscious of its existence. Only through recent events - particularly my LDS Perspectives & Psychology class - have I really come to be familiar with this side of me. While I've always

Feinoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274470.post-1117026333436573962005-05-25T20:30:00.000+08:002005-05-25T21:05:33.466+08:00

I have a ton of other things I would like to address on here, but I lack the time. This this will be quick enough, though, I think. I just need to understand it. Maybe writing it down will help. I need input from blogger world too. Set my mind at ease, please! I wonder if anyone else has noticed, but some time in the past, I began to be aware that, every once in a while, when I'm trying to

Feinoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274470.post-1116764759953303212005-05-22T20:17:00.000+08:002005-05-23T07:35:15.913+08:00

That was the Sooz "You are dead to me" spit by the way. Oh, don't worry. It's not that I can't go or anything serious like that, in fact the odds are looking good, but I'm almost considering NOT going now. Seriously. Why? Because, YOU CAN'T FREAKIN' ACCESS BLOGS IN CHINA! Yes, it's true. Because of government cencorship. They have major sticks up their butts. *pout*What this means? 1) Matthew

Feinoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274470.post-1116687684490881842005-05-21T18:01:00.000+08:002005-05-21T23:18:33.423+08:00

Hooray for construction paperHow much do I love you? Enough to actually do something resembling craft for you. Yikes. Of course, if I was really awesome like the rest of the women who embrace mo-culture completely, I'd make you a quilt or a cake or something that said the same thing. Sorry, but I'm not talented, creative or patient like that, so you'll just have to settle for crooked letters cut

Feinoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274470.post-1116561478697571172005-05-20T11:56:00.000+08:002005-05-20T11:57:58.703+08:00

Feinoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274470.post-1116490950316242342005-05-19T15:49:00.000+08:002005-05-19T16:26:13.453+08:00

Arrrgh! Tired of being clingy. Not. Going. To. Feel. Lonely. Seriously, I wonder sometimes when I'll ever be satisfied. No phone conversation is ever long enough, and if we were together, I know I'd never be ready to go home and will probably cry every night he was ready first. (Been there done that) Somewhere in my warped brain I'm thinking "But I've not had enough of you yet, you mean you've

Feinoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274470.post-1116416480706614282005-05-18T18:59:00.000+08:002005-05-18T19:41:20.726+08:00

Well, technically I've been teething for a long time now. At least a semester ago I discovered little bits of wisdom teeth poking out of my gums. Great. First, I haven't gone to the orthodontist in over a year, using financial restraints as an excuse. Both wires have broken and I am in essence neither wearing braces nor retainers - just brackets for "decoration". Therefore my teeth are free to

Feinoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274470.post-1116365713814409462005-05-18T04:57:00.000+08:002005-05-18T05:39:31.283+08:00

I get to sleep in on T, Th & Sat because I have no classes. Usually, I plan to wake up about 2 hours before work at 12pm so I have time to do other things but I mostly don't make it. So today, after snoozing about a million times this morning, when I finally glance over at the clock and quickly calculate the time (my clock is 20 minutes fast, I think). Crap. 11.40. I can't eat lunch now. I force

Feinoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274470.post-1116230204391720332005-05-16T15:35:00.000+08:002005-05-17T08:39:08.960+08:00

*Warning: Post result of PMS (Poor Me Syndrome)*All semester so far, I've been working hard at taking care of myself physically. Counselling signified the beginning of pulling my life together. I did laundry even before I ran out of clothes, I try hard to put things away, you can see my bed and my floor, I make it to all my classes, try to do homework on a schedule (I mean, holy freak, I even

Feinoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274470.post-1116066709914334502005-05-14T18:10:00.000+08:002005-05-14T19:35:49.106+08:00

After barely 4 weeks of making a cool new friend and roommate, I had to say goodbye to Nisi today. She left for New Zealand and will be getting her diploma at USP instead. I hope she comes back here to complete her degree after that. I guess New Zealand was a lot more appealing than home. From what I hear, Niue is just too small an island to escape gossip. For those of us who are ignorant as I

Feinoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274470.post-1115873619732671042005-05-12T12:50:00.000+08:002005-05-12T20:27:54.946+08:00

Mothers' Day came and went, leaving cyberspace with a plethora of blogs as tribute to the wonderful calling of motherhood. I wanted to add my little bit here too, but struggled to find the right words to express my gratitude. I'm sure what I have to say right now will not even come within a mile of doing my mother justice. But I doubt anything ever could, so I'll at least make a feeble attempt.

Feinoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274470.post-1115720228766795442005-05-10T17:15:00.000+08:002005-05-10T18:17:09.090+08:00

1) Halelujah for teachers who put expensive textbooks on reserve in the library!2) People who write textbooks that are easy to read deserve, like, awards or serious kudos or something. 3) The real reason it's always wintertime in the Library is so that you can't fall asleep in there. 4) It's weird how Armi calls me Fei Min now, but the receptionist and only the awesomest academic advisor in the

Feinoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274470.post-1115705894634146472005-05-10T13:21:00.000+08:002005-05-10T20:25:30.210+08:00

I suppose it would be appropriate to take this time to acknowledge the decreased frequency in my blogging. School is going to be tough this semester, 1) because it's Spring and everything is being crammed into 6 weeks of classes. 2) I am taking 8 credits, trying to make up for lost time. 3) the 2 3-credit classes I am taking are major classes, slightly upper-level, with a huge load of reading and

Feinoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274470.post-1115463744849728272005-05-07T19:01:00.000+08:002005-05-07T19:02:24.853+08:00

but sometimes you really can't help but wonder how many other girls have to walk to Chevron alone on a Friday night.

Feinoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274470.post-1115295388571602412005-05-05T20:11:00.000+08:002005-05-05T20:16:52.733+08:00

Faye did what?!!!!Yes. After wasting a good 1/2 hour and $1.75 trying to get the vending machine to deliver her pizza for dinner, she finally caved in and called Judge to use him for his car as a ride to 7-11. Chicken curry manapua is great, but Judge's company is better. Seriously, when you don't hang out with people, you forget how cool they are.Thanks to Maslow's hierachy of needs. Hunger

Feinoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274470.post-1115294650044762832005-05-05T17:47:00.000+08:002005-05-05T20:08:26.113+08:00

Which profession suits you best?It's really good to be reminded that I am headed in the direction of doing what I love for the rest of my life. Don't really know why I needed a personality test to tell me that, since I've kind of already decided that and love what I am learning in school, but hey whatever. Thought this might help some of you out there. They even have write-ups on different

Feinoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274470.post-1115285527012296662005-05-05T16:55:00.000+08:002005-05-05T17:43:59.676+08:00

Classrooom entertainment for today:"How long did it take Lehi and his family to complete the journey of 8 years?"- Elder Parsons, Book of Mormon IOne of the things I like most about myself, or that I hope to always keep up anyway, is my love of learning. Now, I will be the first to say that I haven't completely been taking advantage of my college education and have done far too much slacking off

Feinoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274470.post-1115283225218909032005-05-05T16:41:00.000+08:002005-05-05T16:53:45.900+08:00

So the scholarship department has approved my internship for this summer! I literally threw on some clothes and ran all the way from my dorm room to the admin building as soon as I found out that the results were available. I've jumped through ONE hoop. About 3 more to go. Flaming ones. I saw the internship counsellor and he mentioned something briefly about needing to get my housing approved. He

Feinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274470.post-1115032305610082922005-05-02T17:21:00.000+08:002005-05-02T22:24:07.393+08:00

"What we need are not short frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the steady and tranquil dedication of a lifetime" Adlai E. Stevenson.So, I didn't go to the broadcast with everyone else, but streamed Elder Oak's talk on my computer instead. What a great speaker he is! There were some hiccups in the streaming, so I decided to try listening to the Indonesian one for a little bit. I was so impressed

Feinoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274470.post-1114993345126091082005-05-02T07:18:00.000+08:002005-05-02T08:25:18.886+08:00

Clueless, that's what. I think our ward is meeting earlier with another ward. I missed announcements 2 weeks in a row and guess who showed up at an empty GCB for church at 1pm today. If any of you have the information I need (I attend the 2nd ward), please, enlighten me! And now I shall hide myself in utter shame and embarassment.

Feinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274470.post-1114992954185659932005-05-02T00:10:00.000+08:002005-05-02T08:15:54.186+08:00

Things to avoid in a future spouse吃喝嫖賭吃 - chi1 - to eat. Gluttonny. Drug abuse.喝 - he1 - to drink. Refering to alchoholism.嫖 - piao2 - to visit a prostitue. Whoredoms. Adultery. Infidelity. 賭 - du3 - to bet/gamble. These are some of the worst things a family can be plagued with. Mom said they probably made the list because they are all addictive. A faithful member of the Church should be free

Feinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274470.post-1114943225286017912005-05-01T15:22:00.000+08:002005-05-02T08:23:16.613+08:00

Jared's blog has officially been renamed from Lost in Laie to Menace in Mesa. And I get kudos and unclaimmable prize money for helping with the ingenious alliteration. Yay! Seriously though, why can't I ever come up with something as witty for my blog?

Feinoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274470.post-1114800678381285462005-04-29T22:05:00.000+08:002005-04-30T02:51:18.386+08:00

Lately, my relationship with Matthew has been foremost on my mind. I don't know what it is. Maybe it's China. Maybe it's that we're becoming anxious to be together. It's just become harder and harder to ignore that ticking clock in the background. Things are becoming more and more concrete as time passes. I've always been a dreamer, but Matthew loves to plan logistics. Concrete details. We're

Feinoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274470.post-1114781563175027112005-04-29T21:27:00.000+08:002005-04-29T21:32:43.183+08:00

A True and Sufficient LoveBurton C. Kelly, Ensign, Feb. 1979, 47When I first met Mike and Elaine, I knew right away that they meant a lot to each other. As they spoke to me in my office, I could also tell that they were a serious, concerned couple challenged by one of life’s most important decisions. There was a trace of anxiety in their voices. “Yes, we love each other,” they said, “but is our

Feinoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274470.post-1114697565467391282005-04-28T20:52:00.000+08:002005-04-28T22:12:45.476+08:00

So I guess I hadn't really been making full use of the internet lately. I've been using it, just not for blogging. I'm not sure, but I also think that I've been on my computer less this week - that's a good thing. Things are going quite well. I am really liking my new home and my roommate is pretty darn awesome. Nisi and I haven't seen a whole lot of each other because our schedules are almost

Feinoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274470.post-1114692008508991122005-04-26T06:40:00.000+08:002005-04-28T21:26:28.590+08:00

Long hair is a nice thing when you feel like being impulsive. Felt I needed some sort of image change to validate this "new me". $14.50 is also the most I have ever paid for a haircut. I guess that's not bad. That's better than using a straight edge to give yourself a makeover...I talked to Mele, a girl from Tonga and suggested that she should follow my lead and cut her hair so she could look

Feinoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274470.post-1114401712110243282005-04-25T11:48:00.000+08:002005-04-25T12:01:52.110+08:00

But, we're back in business!!! I officially unpacked the last little knick-knack from my suitcase. Bags have been put away, drawers all organized. I decided to officiate my move in here by turning my computer on, even though I knew it'd just frustrate me more for not having internet. And, strangely enough - I HAVE internet! What the crap? But I thought.... hmmm... Maybe my celebration will be

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I move out of my room tomorrow and I really should be packing or something. Instead, I'm on my computer because after tomorrow, I will be net-less on this computer for at least 5 days. FIVE DAYS!!! I can see it now. Me ready to pull my hair out, feeling claustrophobic, pacing my room, sitting down at my computer trying to do something, recapping my frustration on the lack of internet. Blah. I've

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I just returned from nearly an hour of meeting with Armi today. It was what I would consider to be my first experience in therapy. It was easier than I thought it would be. Overall, I left feeling good. The first time I heard the D word suggested was a week and a half ago by Dr. Bradford who teaches 3 of my classes - all the music ones. He wanted to know what was wrong. First, he suggested a

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Did you get it right?

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Hah. Good luck with that!!!

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I thought the last personality test I took (see results below) to be a rather well written test. If the answers were a little obvious, I felt that the questions addressed important aspects of the relationship and if you were willing to put some honest thought into the answers, you could learn a lot about where you stand in your relationship.There was one question that I was particularly hesitant

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Timeless LoveYou scored 31 Infatuation, 83 Love, and 4 Friendship! You got a nearly perfect score in Love, which means that this relationship is built as solid as a rock. You have the core pilars to stand on - commitment, compromise, and communication down pat. There isn't anything that can beat you two, as long as you keep working at it. You have likely been together for a while, or the time you

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And I did read many modified scriptures which were written in the Blog of Kristi; but that I might more fully persuade you to believe in the hilarity of her words I do post, here, a recommendation unto you to read that which was written by the Kristi herself; for I did liken all her scriptures unto us, that it might be for our profit and entertainment.

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free-think-er n. A person who forms opinions about religion on the basis of reason, independently of tradition, authority, or established belief. Freethinkers include atheists, agnostics and rationalists.-- Freedom from Religion Foundation.It strikes me as unfair to imply that those of us who belong to some sort of organized religion or hold a set of beliefs that have been previously labeled and

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So, apparently all the tests I have to take for finals are not enough. I had to do this and be told that I am anEnglish GeniusYou scored 100% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 100% Advanced, and 100% Expert! You did so extremely well, even I can't find a word to describe your excellence! You have the uncommon intelligence necessary to understand things that most people don't. You have an extensive

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When you spend most of your waking hours sitting like a zombie staring at the computer screen in avoidance of homework, you run out of things to do really fast. It used to be that I would check my various email accounts and blogs compulsively. Well, now most of my mail has been transfered to my Gmail account (incidentally, they give us 2GB now! I love them!) so I don't check my other accounts

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Opinions needed: do you think that I'm sending out the wrong message (I don't understand completely what that wrong message could be) by putting my Paypal donation link right below my picture and profile? I received a surprisingly indicting email today. I'd like to give the writer of that email the benefit of the doubt and say that it was just a misunderstanding. I hope that's all it is. But it

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I should have been suspicious when my roommate and I received a call from our Bishop. When she said that it was for me, I thought “Oh no. What did I do now?!” The first thing he asked was “When was the last time you gave a talk?” Uh… I came to school nearly 3 years ago and is was the first time I have been asked to speak. While I was home in Malaysia, I’d been asked to speak 3 times in the 10

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I will be seeing the woman in charge of my entire financial situation right now. I believe she holds the key to China. At Matthew's suggestion, I'm doing my homework: preparing what to say to the people who I need to talk to to get me to China. If it is poorly written it's just a draft, written just so I could semi-organize my thoughts. First I have to be convinced to be convincing. I am rather

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From left to right: Barbara Ansley, The waiter, Grace Ansley (Mrs. Horace Ansley), Aletha Slade (Mrs. Delphin Slade) and Jenny Slade.

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Perfect Mormon7 Orthodoxy, 3 LDS knowledge, 6 Cultural homogeneityOrthodoxy ranges from (-) anti-, non- and liberal Mormon, to mainstream, conservative, and fundamentalist Mormon (+). The obedient Latter-day Saint. Temple recommend in hand, you live the gospel every day. Like a city on a hill, you remember the slogan every member a missionary. You beat your peers in seminary scripture chase, and

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It's about time we made this gig official! Join | List Previous | NextPowered by RingSurf

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Thank you Justin, for the intellectual stimulation you always provide. For posing the wonderfully thought provoking question for some: "What do you like about yourself". I should know better, but I was surprised at how unprepared or reluctant people could be in responding. It was a good night's worth of conversation. People should think about that more often.For someone who strives for

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Distance is his sidekick.

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It's been a wonderful weekend, spent mostly feasting upon the word of the prophets. I didn't ever think that I would enjoy conference so much. My biggest concern when trying to bring friends to church when I was younger was that they would be bored. I couldn't understand why missionaries would bring investigators to video conference (we would watch one session of conference on video 2 months

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The downside of streaming conference talks in your room instead of watching the broadcast is that you don't get to see the speaker's name pop up at the halfway mark or at the end of the talk.

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Quiz to a better RelationshipeXpressive: 6/10Practical: 6/10Physical: 2/10Giver: 6/10 You are a XPIG--Expressive Practical Intellectual Giver. This makes you a Catch.You are a magazine-cover, matinee idol dreamboat. Parents love you and want to set you up with their kids. However, first dates are tough because it takes time for your qualities to come out. You are generous and kind. You think

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On Sunday, Jared and JD introduced me to the idea of going over to Taiwan for 6 months starting this Summer to teach English. Ooooh, I got excited over the idea. A new experience, a new country, a break from school: count me in! When I ran the idea by Matthew, he said that I should teach English in Beijing instead. Why didn't I think of that?! He's going to be there on an internship this Summer.

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Scared the freakin' crap out of me. Enjoyed it in the most surreal way. Two words: Fascination and cringing. 9.5 stars out of 10. Probably will never, ever watch it again in my life. Ok. Maybe just once more.

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I haven't cried from missing someone in a long time.

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A whole week since the last time Matthew walked me home and kissed me goodnight. Two since we watched A Midsummer Night's Dream together. Then it was back to trying to focus in school and readjust priorities so the void wasn't so blatantly obvious. Hasn't been a great week for either of us. For me, at least, it hasn't been because it has been particularly bad. In fact, it held many great moments

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"I have nothing to say / and I am saying it / and that is poetry / as I needed it" --John CageIn the process of writing my last post, I started on this invigorating train of thought that was sparked by a simple observation of what people choose to do given a blank (and seemingly unlimited) space on the internet. I connected that observation with an analogy my father had begun to draw on his most

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Much to my delight, I received an email from Dad today announcing the birth of yet another blog - by him! http://familylane.blogspot.com I can't begin to tell you how excited I am. I shall be known as the matriarch of blogging in the family of Chongs henceforth and forever. Muahaha. It's almost silly how excited I get when people begin to blog. In my head, bloggers belong to this exclusive club

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This email is a prologue to the article I published on here. That was one of the many articles I had read in between and after writing to Matthew. There were many good ones, but I found that the most appropriate. You can count on me publishing a few more here in the future. For those interested in finding out the inner workings of my relationship with Matthew (can you spell Mom?), I hope you

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by Thomas B. Holman (Ensign, Sept. 2002, 62)Prophetic counsel teaches us that finding a marriage partner takes spiritual sensitivity, maturity, and preparation—including preparing ourselves to be the right spouse.President Gordon B. Hinckley has counseled that marriage “will be the most important decision of your life. … Marry the right person in the right place at the right time.” 1 But who is

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The goodbye was surprisingly painless. So far, anyway. Just like the first meeting scene was casual and simple, this time around, all there was to this airport scene was a couple of quick kisses, a hug (leied him again) and driving away without looking back. We did our crying before. I got to talk to him on the phone before he took off. That was especially reasurring to me. To know that things

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Reality is starting to hit us, and all of the sudden we've become painfully aware of the little time we have with each other.How morbid of me to miss him already.

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Home finally, after days of floating around and having fun outside of my room. Feels good to have time alone. It's conflicting. I want to spend every single minute with Matt, but I also understand how important it is to have me time still. This week is going just wonderful. I have made so many new friends, and am simply on cloud number nine with this romance thing. It's going way too fast!It's an

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I know I will kick myself later for not taking a TON of pictures or writing every single little detail down, but I need my beauty sleep. So much for all the worrying about not being attracted to each other. Now I'm worrying about what we're going to do to get us in the same place in the future. There's just too much to write down. But the most vivid memory I have of today (one of the many, anyway

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My name is Faye Min and this is going to be the longest day of my life.

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Jared finally wrote his response to all the comments on the post "American Woman". You can find it here.I have to say that I am very disappointed with the climate in which that discussion took place. There were some very, very good insights offered by some readers, but on the whole I don't feel that we handled it as maturely as we could have. I do wish I had better reasoning skills. It would be

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Ready? Here's another blog about blogging: As much as I would love to take the credit, it was Jared who first began this blogging trend within our social group. His predecessors were Wendy and Steph. When he first started, he would write about a lot of personal experiences and feelings. That's mostly what my blog was for as well. This post, written way back when is a good example. I've been doing

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I spent a good chunk of last week's paycheck on much needed toiletries at Walmart yesterday. It's not as bad as it sounds, I'm on a work study program so I only get less than $60 every 2 weeks. Cashflow is pretty tight(as it should be for most kids in college), so I have to really watch what I spend my money on. It was quite the ordeal trying to find the best product for the cheapest price. The

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The one and only Jared Bodine has started an awesome discussion thread about American vs. Asian women and dating (especially relating to BYUH) on his blog. It sparked a lot of reactions, and has been wonderful nourishment for my little feminist, culture/gender comparing heart. I wish I had addressed the issue myself. But if I did, it would probably have been too long, and too thought out /

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You get them in movies. You recognize it when you hear that melody playing again and you know what to expect. It almost gives you the feeling of deja vu. A sense of familiarity. Somewhere in my consiousness, there is this sense of a recurring theme in my life. It's not clear enough to grasp yet, but I have a feeling that there are a few things that I will become very familiar with throughout my

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More than a week of silence on my blog. Uh-oh. What is this world coming to?! I apologize for not keeping up with my writing. Life has been busy, and timing has been bad for my extremely time consuming hobby. I know after such a long period of silence, this certainly isn't a blog worth waiting for (yes, I know you were all at the edge of your seats just waiting eagerly for me to post) With only

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Have I progressed?As of late, my thoughts have been turned to my personal progression: where I am now vs. where I've been. Kind of like balancing the checkbook of life. If you made a list, the results could be very discouraging. You'll see that I am still battling some of the same basic character flaws and bad habits (i.e. disorganization, procrastination, etc.) that began even in my childhood,

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I love the beach. I love taking pictures. I love people. Put them altogether and you get lots and lots of pictures. Ok, so my batteries didn't allow me that many. But I think people are so beautiful on the beach. So here are some pictures of my beautiful friends: (I am no pro, the cropping on some of them is lousy, but I left them all uncropped so you can do whatever you want with them yourselves

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Being only months away from turning 21, accompanied with this sprouting romance that I am encoutering, the issue of serving a mission has become more and more pressing on my mind. Ever since I understood what a mission was, I've developed a growing desire to serve. My father always had cool stories to tell about his mission, and I grew up secretly disappointed that my mother had gotten married at

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Aaaaaaaah!!! Happy Single Awareness Day everyone!

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I started to write my reply to all the comments to my post on Education vs. Early Motherhood and it went on and on and on and on. The post itself wasn't well thought out, just an initial reaction to something that I felt I needed to write down so I could pursue that train of thought. Thanks to the comments, I have had much more time to ruminate on the issue. Here is the duplicate of my thoughts:

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Content as I am with my life as it is right now, I have to say that I haven't been getting a whole lot of satisfaction from my social life. I apologize ahead of time - I know many of you who read this are directly involved. I think you guys are wonderful, I simply am struggling to find my place here. I sense that I am not the only who feels this way. In the fall, our social group expanded far too

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After an entire day of working at it, I have finally published the story - in English! While it looks really simple, it took me forever. I didn't know anything about HTML tables before. Most of the time I spent on it was trying to learn how to use the tags and trying to get them to work. The fact that I had to make 47 pages total kinda made it a tedious job too. But, it was worth it. Now you have

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Blogger has updated their comments interface at the request of many. Unfortunately, it has messed up the hack that I'd been using to side step the problems their last interface caused. Now, I am back to using blogger's comments - hack free. Well, mostly, anyway. No hacks for this new system will be out for a while, hopefully I won't need any. Don't be alarmed if it looks different. All the old

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I FOUND THE BIG O! But, it was on that page in the language that I can't identify. However, it has all the pictures. Right now, I am working on trying to match the poem with the pictures, so I can "translate" the book back into English. Yes, I like it THAT much. I am crazy. If you want to look at it and try to do the matching thing by yourself, go right ahead and do it here In the meantime,

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