littlestar

i hadn't realized that some of my friends didn't know about this, so i'm reposting something i posted on my old xanga blog:

just in case you haven't heard of this phenomenon, i stole it off his weblog which he stole off an email, apparently:

stolen by me from an email (I tried the LA number and it did in fact work - I felt pretty rejected though):

In case you meet anybody who you don't want to give your telephone number to, but you do anyway because you feel bad - try this instead:

Rejection line:
If you are a woman/man and are constantly approached by unattractive or undesirable women/men asking for your phone number, give them this number:

Boston: 617-658-7083
New York City: 212-479-7990
Los Angeles: 310-217-7638
San Francisco: 415-356-9833
Atlanta: 770-908-7383
Charlotte: 704-559-4169
Chicago: 773-509-5096
Cleveland: 216-556-0051
Denver: 303-575-1696
Las Vegas: 702-387-2619
Miami: 305-460-3285
Seattle: 206-781-3928
Washington, DC: 202-452-7468

when the guy/woman calls that number, they get a friendly message saying that they were rejected. Call the phone number. It's hilarious.

yeah.... actually, it's downright brutal. still funny though.

Posted by littlestar at 11:26 PM | Permalink | Comments (4)

red states are ones i've visited. :)

create your own visited states map
or write about it on the open travel guide

check out my friends':
kwc
metamanda
tonya via pqbon's blog

i just like how everyone's is continuous. and how kwc carefully avoided vermont. whereas metamanda obviously has something against nebraska. :)

Posted by littlestar at 11:12 PM | Permalink

i don't know how much he'd update it, but here you go:

parakkum's blog

i've also linked it under friends at the side. :)

Posted by littlestar at 09:14 PM | Permalink

my first class is fundamentals of animation and illustration. the prof's name is jeff b and he is basically psychotic. he's one of those charismatic people that appeal to me but intimidate at the same time.

i also have to think of some activity or story to act out in front of my classmates for 30 minutes next tuesday because i'm one of the first in-class models. any ideas? the prof said that he was a kickboxer for one of the sessions, with various rounds of winning and losing and winning.

i need suggestions.

i've too long lived a life of sitting at home to think of activities.

and no, we're not allowed to pretend sleeping for 30 minutes. ;)

Posted by littlestar at 08:58 PM | Permalink

only my throat really hurts now. in the mornings i have the sniffles, but i feel mostly human. i am tired, but that's to be expected when i'm sick and have been keeping eratic sleeping hours.

besides, my problems seem small compared to ken's since he is now broken. hopefully his new treatment regimen helps him to rejoin the mobile world.

my apartment is slowly being put together again. i've sorted through most of my books and placed them in my own obsessed order. i've found that there are books to get rid of, but i don't necessarily know what to do with them just yet. there are also books that i've only held on to for the sake of reading them. i think once i read them, i can get rid of the fluff.

i'm also trying to create a vortex for the boxes i'd used to move since they are currently bunny food in the middle of the living room.

as a side:
west wing is a very confusing show. it leaves me with a sense of angst and tension in addition to the frustration of not knowing what is happening. i don't think it will be one of the shows i would keep up with when i get tv again in a few months.

Posted by littlestar at 09:33 PM | Permalink

i'm coughing, i have muscle aches and my head hurts.

i was originally going to blame ken, but i remembered that i was feeling some of the symptoms before i left home. i think the 6 hour drive pretty much killed my immune system for a day and the cold caught up with me then.

my bunnies are also showing signs of stress by not eating vegetables.

also we are not going mendochino on saturday because i didn't realize that it's a 4 hour drive. 8 hours of driving means a day trip is not feasible. :p

Posted by littlestar at 10:21 AM | Permalink

i don't know if i posted this before, i'll also link it to the side:

pretty much all my classes are in three hour blocks.

Posted by littlestar at 09:28 AM | Permalink

inconveniently (since i slept late last night, sorting through a month worth of mail), i found out this morning that my body is now trained to wake up some time between 730 and 8. actually, it tried to wake me up at 720 and i rebelled till 830 and gave up. it only took less than a month to do it, i guess, since my mom never lets anyone sleep later than 830.

now.... i'm wondering if i should run with this and sleep earlier, or if i should just break this habit and go back to my staying up later and getting enough sleep by sleeping in till 9 or 10.

it will probably be the latter. :)

as a side note:
my bunnies seem to be enjoying their regained freedom. well.... stormy definitely is. she did not like the little 3'x4' space she was trapped in every day. she'd spent all vacation thinking of ways to get out and eventually turned to violence.

beau on the other hand seems to have found the old arrangement cozy and nice. i think he's readjusting to the idea of having a bigger space--not quite sure what to make of it and running around.

as for me... i have unpacking, organizing and cleaning to do. before i'd left, i just shoved all my books on to the bookshelves for the sake of emptying boxes. now it's time for me to sort them. also, i have stuff to sort from being away for a month too.

Posted by littlestar at 08:50 AM | Permalink

but apparently, if i want to question, challenge and evolve i am an.....

Posted by littlestar at 10:22 PM | Permalink

why do these things always have scantily clad, big boobed women in their images? :P :)

though this particular image isn't that bad as far as that goes.

as for the result... it was either this or earth. i tend to prefer the ocean during the day, but it wasn't an option in the quiz.

You represent the element of Water! People often
view you as over-emotional, but you have a deep
understanding of your feelings and the emotions
of others. You are mysterious and, like water,
can be either calm or menacing in your ways.
You are also known to be creative.

Which of the Four Elements are You?
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Posted by littlestar at 04:40 PM | Permalink

i cut my hair today. :)

it was getting long and on my nerves. i think most of the hair that was tortured from hair dye is gone now. which means i cut about half a foot of hair.

it still touches my shoulder though. my mom was paying for the haircut, so i thought i'd accommodate.

mike asked me if i would go for a boy cut again.

maybe someday. when i feel like it. :) it's too cold to do it now. when i got my boy cuts before, i'd always done it in winter and ended up wearing beanies the whole time. besides... i'd have to find a decent hair stylist. most hair stylists don't really know how to cut girl hair short. they just give them literal boy cuts.

it's just not the same.

Posted by littlestar at 11:15 PM | Permalink

Pirates of the Caribbean 2

more swashbuckling fun. i wonder if johnny depp will be as amused with his role as he obviously was in the first film. :)

it's supposed to come out in 2005. exciting :)

the still prettiest one is also going to be in several other movies. he's paris in Troy and he'll be playing another blacksmith in the era of the crusades in Kingdom of Heaven. now... i don't really like paris and i feel that the crusades are quite a bit questionable, but i hope that both are good movies.

he has other movies like haven and the calcium kid. i remain a little skeptical about those. maybe the previews will turn me.

Posted by littlestar at 10:17 PM | Permalink

i've been meaning to post about this...

January 13, 2003 was the Centennial for Korean Immigration. some poor koreans moved to hawaii. :)

this year, in 2004, it was announced that January 13 of every year is now Korean-American Day.

now.... i don't tend to have a lot of KP (korean pride) personally. but i think this is something to be happy about. after all, one of my gripes about koreans is that they do a horrible job of marketing themselves to other people.

maybe with this new day, people might have more interest in korean-americans, their stories and their customs. :)

Posted by littlestar at 11:46 AM | Permalink

i think i did better on this quiz than the 80s quiz because....

1. it's multiple choice
2. i still don't know what their criterion is. for all i know, EVERYONE might "know their music"
3. i was strangely absent for the 80s.
4. i prefer rock/alternative/classic/etc music.

Good. You know your music. You should be able to
work at Championship Vinyl with Rob, Dick and
Barry

Do You Know Your Music (Sorry MTV Generation I Doubt You Can Handle This One)
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Posted by littlestar at 05:29 PM | Permalink

i wasn't at home to watch this on tv. neither did i know this was going on, since i basically have no contact with the non-korean world while i'm home.

NY Times: In Final Debate Before Caucuses, Democrats Tangle on Race Issues

it's no secret amongst my friends that i dislike bush and want him out of office. but who to pick?

do you vote for someone that has the best chance because you want bush out of office? or do you try to vote for someone that doesn't have a good chance of winning but you agree with the most? but if you do that, then are you in danger of splitting votes? blah blah.

i suppose, this time, i would have to vote democrat, muting my idealistic tendencies. no more nadars pulling enough votes to allow bush to win.

actually... now that i think about it, this is my first presidential election. i am a presidential election virgin. :) i got my citizenship in 2002. applied for it in 2001, but 9/11 happened and my application was delayed for about a year.

maybe i subconsciously hated bush so much, i decided to get off my butt and get my citizenship to vote against him.

any ideas on which democrat seems the most promising and reasonable?

from the article, i thought this was pretty funny:
Mr. Kucinich, who has often delivered some of the biggest laugh lines at the debates, produced another one early in the debate in response to a question about the emphasis he would place on the space program if elected. "You know, first of all, I've been wondering why the president would, while we're still in Iraq, talk about going to the moon and going to Mars," he said. "Maybe he's looking for the weapons of mass destruction still."

Posted by littlestar at 09:14 AM | Permalink

depending on what i choose for the last question, since that was the only one i had ambivalence on:

Super!! You are WILLEM DE KOONING.
You think just like you paint: in the abstract. You
live well outside of the box and never know
where life will take you next. Your friends
admire your ability to fearlessly veer away
from the boundaries of society.

Which famous artist most reflects your personality?
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or

Fantastic!! You are GEORGIA O'KEEFE.
You are a true spirit of nature, and it shows in
the flowing floral paintings for which you are
most famous. You feel the beauty of all things
around you, and your friends appreciate you for
your ability to share that extraordinary beauty
with them.

Which famous artist most reflects your personality?
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Posted by littlestar at 12:02 AM | Permalink

the terminator's proposal

i doubt this is a surprise to anybody. what other solution is there when you don't have additional revenue from taxes and you don't want to raise them???

just in the last semester that i've been attending sjsu, there have already been a $300 fee increase from the original $1200. that's 25%.

now they're expecting at least 10%. i'm guessing there will probably be more.

and welfare programs and health insurance and aid for the poor and disadvantaged are also proposed to be cut. meanwhile, he wants $15 billion in bonds.

that's just great.

because of course businesses couldn't afford to give their workers health coverage and neither can the state of california take care of their own. after all, arnold knows what it feels like "to sign the front of the check, not just the back of one."

and wtf is bush doing anyway? he's trying to allow illegal immigrants more rights at the same time his administration is claiming there is risk of terrorist activities and fingerprinting and taking mugshots of international visitors. isn't it obvious that he's just doing this to look favorable for re-election?

bitch bitch bitch. i know.

this gets exacerbated while i'm home because my parents are ridiculously conservative and that many people supporting bush means anything besides that many people are stupid and easily influenced by media. oh yeah.... and get this:

they think that bush is a good christian.

now... i don't want to speculate on his religious life or activities... but i don't think i've seen anything in his policies to support the idea that he's a good christian unless it's the dumb kind.

you know... the ones that persecute others for holding different beliefs from them. or the ones that are complacent in the things that they've been blessed with and think that the others have less not because they weren't as fortunate but because they're LAZY or CORRUPT or IMMORAL.

damn them.

they misrepresent what they say they believe in, what they choose to call christianity, spreading hate, discord, death and suffering for the sake of their own insecurities, complacency and lack of compassion.

phooey to all of them!

Posted by littlestar at 11:51 PM | Permalink

due to my being the oldest child and older sister, my life has been full of errands to do and helping out with family.

sometimes this means long talks/yells/fights with my sister in hopes that she doesn't grow up to be a lazy, pv brat. or mediating between her and my parents when she's managed to make them very unhappy.

other times it means going out every day with my mom to take care of things she wants support and help making decisions on.

by the time i'm done playing the role of a member of the family, it's usually 10pm. then i feed my bunnies. and i try to call parakkum once a day and read so that i can maintain at least a little of what i consider to be "my life." ideally, i can get to bed by 1230 at the latest.

sometimes, when things have become particularly busy, it's 12 by the time that things are all done with. then soon 1 or 2 when i sleep. and my days start at 8am here, since my mom is somewhat puritanical in the lifestyle that she demands in her household.

basically... i'm tired. :P and a little worn out/thin.

but there are definite pay offs sometimes, like when my dad got his first cell phone ever. and it's a color flip phone, so he was excited to learn about all the details and give it a try.

or when my sister has minor epiphanies while i'm trying to explain things to her and is inspired to change some of her reactions and behaviors.

still.... this makes me want to put off having a family for a long while. :)

and of course i haven't been able to play legend of zelda since i last posted about it. :P

Posted by littlestar at 09:25 AM | Permalink

i am finally halfway through the game.

basically, i've been playing this game on and off for the past week. with my mom around, it means we have a pretty puritanical environment in the home. which means my playing time is severely limited.

i got in more hours than i would've done while my parents were on a trip from saturday morning to sunday night.

even still... i am only halfway through the game.

it makes me want to strangle someone.

then i remembered... i never did finish the original zelda game. TOO DAMN LONG.

if i finish this game, i would be demostrating great endurance and fortitude. :)

thank goodness for game "walkthroughs", that's all i can say.

i think all games should be mindless and fun. :) like the crazy super-bunny attached the weasel game that kwc and metamanda got me for christmas. :)

Posted by littlestar at 09:20 PM | Permalink

my parents went on their very first trip without children for the first time since their honeymoon.

this means i can play my new obsession without being stopped by my mom for wasting time:

the legend of zelda: wind waker.

i like the game, it's fun. it's frustrating as all get. but cute. it's a minor goal of mine to try and finish this before i go back to sj. we'll see, i only get to play for about 30 minutes, if even that, while i'm with my mom.

as for the title of this post:
i took my sister to church today, since i always go to church when i'm home in la.

since it is the first sunday of the new year, we had communion ("take this bread, it is my body broken for you. take this wine, it is my blood shed for you...").

and communion is one of the things that i find deeply moving, but i couldn't help noticing a couple things during this ceremony.

1. the row of men in black suits that were to serve the bread and wine. it just struck me that this couldn't have been what god meant, to have only men be seen publicly in his churches. that might be what the writers of the bible was used to thinking, since they were even more patriarchal than we are today... but reformed jews have women rabbis, why should supposedly "modern" protestant churches restrict public services like this to males?

2. the rows of koreans that were partaking of the bread and wine. and i realize that this has much to do with the fact that my parents attend a korean church... but it occurred to me that this can't exactly be what god wants for his ideal church either. i mean... when we all meet in heaven, i doubt we'd have segregated areas ("oh, you're korean, so chapel #11. you're "white" so chapel #14...etc etc).

but it seems like so many churches are segregated depending on ethnicity, socio-economic conditions...

i know i'm an idealist, i always have been. but i think if there were enough people striving for the ideal, instead of settling for something that's comfortable/known/safe/easy, life and the world would be a better place.

anyway... i just feel funny going to a "korean" church when it doesn't match the different types/ethnicities/sexually-oriented people that i encounter every day. and i think in god's ideal heavenly church, all would be welcome, all would be together.

but that's just ideals.

i think as far as practical application goes, people could start by helping other people, instead of just other people of their ethnic groups. and talking to other people, isntead of just those within their ethnic groups.

i'm prepared to allow those that have a language barrier... but for those that don't, they just don't really have an excuse. (well... unless you're going through a life crisis and you need a familiar support groups, or other extraneous circumstances that make your reason something else than "i am lazy"

Posted by littlestar at 06:58 PM | Permalink

You're Skittles!!! You have a very interesting
personality, you're so unique. You're the kind
of person who always thinks outside of the box.
You're also a very accepting individual, and
believe in inner beauty.

Which kind of candy are you?
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because i'm such a dork:
does it bother anyone else that the word "unique" so frequently gets used as a comparative word instead of being a state of being?

to be unique is to be one of a kind. you can't be MORE of a one of a kind. you just ARE. :P

Posted by littlestar at 07:14 PM | Permalink

whenever i'm home, it usually turns out to be a long period of time for me to babysit my sister, help out my parents would random errands, meet up with some of my friends occasionally, play limited amounts of video games and do some reading.

admittedly, i don't get as much reading done as i would like, but i try to squeeze in as much as i can.

i finally read through all the usagi books i borrowed from shane. i only borrowed half because i was busy with school. with the lack of time i have to myself at home, it took me about three days to get through.

and now i'm obsessed with the samurai rabbit and stan sakai's awesome skills of storytelling and composition.

Posted by littlestar at 05:30 PM | Permalink

a little late, but still.

happy new year, everyone.

for those of you who've seen me drink... wouldn't you agree that i don't turn red, really?

i had some rice wine with my parents, and for whatever freakish reason, i seem to have a healthy glow about me now.

not cherry red or anything, though i've seen that on other people. but just a healthy blush. strange, no?

must be some strange korean rice drink thing. :)

Posted by littlestar at 08:32 PM | Permalink