light 'em up.

There's really been nothing to report these past few months. Or maybe just too much meshing altogether so that when I sit down like this to try and refocus my thoughts, nothing too important comes up. So, just a few updates:

• Learned how to wash my car by hand so I won't need to go to the car wash and spend $10+ every time, including tip even though they always miss the biggest bird poop spots.
• School starts in a week. For some reason I can't fathom, I'm incredibly nervous. Maybe it's because I need to secure my spot in an Anatomy class, maybe it's because it's the start of a whole new career path. Something I've never seen myself doing until this year -- but it should and needs to be done when I'm young. 
• Began going to church actively again just last Friday. It was a rather impulsive decision, and I ended up going to an all-Korean service instead of the English Ministry I was looking for, but everyone's been warm and welcoming and is around my age. This will be a good opportunity for me to learn - not just language skills, but also the way they seem to approach worship with so much more fervor and passion than I ever could.  Mom says it's not cultural difference, but I sort of disagree.  Most American churches I've been to don't have their pastors screaming out "LORD!" over and over again in their prayers.
• Pacific Rim and Star Trek: Into Darkness were both amazing movies and I am so thankful I watched both of them in theaters. 
• My brother will be coming home for a brief stint, and then heading off to Macedonia in around October.  He'll be gone for two years and I feel like this will be the two years of incredible change -- for the both of us.  It's bittersweet.
• Starting to wash dishes because it's begun to seriously irritate me to see a dirty sink. 
• Tried an online dating at the recommendation of my close friend. Within three days, got cussed out by a Korean American dude for being disrespectful (l-o-l) but I've always hated the clingy type, so no big.  Deleted my profile in a week because I couldn't handle the attention. Some guy was telling me he'd move to Los Angeles for me and cuddle with me to watch movies (listed on my interests) and that was all from just reading my profile. It's definitely not for me.
• Listing things again, for the pleasure of being able to cross them out. However long it might take.
• Decided to stay true to BB Cream instead of spending $$ on brand name foundation. The product doesn't matter so much as the condition of my skin does, anyway.
• Trying to open up to my parents more. This is a big one, an important one. I don't want cultural differences to have any cause for rifts between us.  I need to get over my tendency to cling onto the past hurts I've had to deal with. 
• Still can't recall most memories without cringing into my pillow when I try to sleep.