Post-Concert Update:
-no scarring whatsoever. Yes for Mederma. TOTALLY WORTH THE MONEY.
-phone miraculously revived.
Life is good again.
Already bought:
Tuesdays with Morrie
All the Kings Men
Tropic of Cancer
The Great Gatsby
After Dark
Scarlet Memorial
Need to buy:
Lolita
Kant
Kafka
Atlas Shrugged
1984
Slaughterhouse Five
Beyond Good and Evil
Locke
Paulo Coelho's Collection
Madness and Civilization
I got kneed in the face at the Panic/Hushsound/Motion/Phantom Concert, and dropped my phone in the toilet (water damage does not entitle you to the warranty, note it) and therefore will not possess a phone for a bit more than a week (got a replacement on ebay because the cheapest one at retail at the store was $200).
As I was bitching and crying about my misfortunes, I realized something about myself that I need to change: I sometimes forget to remind myself that things such as scars, losing your cellphone, or even break ups should not be seen as the end of the world. Not when there are millions of people in this world who do not even have the basic necessities of life and are constantly fighting for survival.
Live the bigger picture.
It may just make you a happier person with what you already have rather than someone who cries over things they've lost.
I finally realized what they meant by 'slip.'
Mommy opened a franchise with her friend in Shanghai. 2 restaurants.
Profits are to finance poor students who got accepted to top universities such as Beijing University and Tsinghua University but who otherwise could not afford it.
I'm just swimming with pride.
I think I've just lost myself in life. I don't know where I am, what's going on, or what I should expect.
The Waa Mu show was amazing, I'm glad Sharon got me to go. I definitely need to go watch more shows. On my list (along with other things to do in Chicago):
1) Wicked
2) Secondcity
3) Avenue Q
4) Navy Pier
5) Loiter/window shop on Michigan Avenue
6) Millenium Park
7) Lincoln Park
This week will be busy. Dinner plans, PA training, math midterm, econ quiz.
I finally started reading The Little Prince in German. It's a relief that I actually understand everything I'm reading.
Went shopping yesterday. Call me preppy.
My 5 classes have been skimmed down to 4.
And even then it's not going as well as I hoped it to.
Time is eating away the fun, and it's just going to get worse once we finish May.
This summer better be as good as I'm making myself believe.
You deserve more than what you have, so go for it. Don't ever settle.
Life is what you make it to be. It's not where you live, when you live, but how you live. Happiness is a mentality that only you can create for yourself, not your surroundings.
Love,
Rachel
