I love to buy things

And I just bought a new swimsuit!:



Hopefully it fits me... I don't like online shopping for that reason but I really, really wanted this swimsuit! Anyway, I need to stop online shopping because my online buying has become more and more frequent.

Note to self: You get paid in a week, so chill til then!

Musiq

Two songs I could never get tired of.. (:

Day 08 - Short term goals for this month and why

Hmm.. Since it's the end of the month already I'll just do short-term goals for the last few days of this month and next month.

01. Work out daily (or almost daily)! Going to Hawaii in LESS THAN three weeks so I gotta keep my body as bangin' as possible. (;

02. Spend more time on the piano. This needs no explanation, except that music is THE most constant thing in my life and I'd honestly be nowhere without it as my escape.

03. Save money! Gotta keep at least six bills for Hawaiian fun, and the rest for the fact that my paychecks will stop coming soon... What a sad thought ):

04. Organize and clean. Throw stuff out that I no longer need. Gotta seriously downsize and I have way too much stuff in here that I do not need. Moving out of Berkeley finally means having to throw the past out of my life and make room for the future.

05. Find a jobbbbbbbbbbbbb & start giving my life some direction. This one is scary.

06. Have an AMAZING time in Hawaii!!! Going with my wonderful boyfriend and some of my bestfriends. I'm so glad we're making it happen.

07. Get a camera. My life has been so empty without one! I think this will be happening soon, though.

08. Get a new bank account..... And MAYBE a new credit card too. The latter is kind of scary though. Gotta stabilize my finances!

09. Go shopping! Gotta buy some new business clothes, and then stock up for Hawaii. Also, my wardrobe just needs some updating. It sucks not being able to buy clothes all the time ): I also need to buy some shoes and some bags.. Etc

10. Wake up earlier and be on time to things. This one's a toughie, but it needs to happen.

Anyway, thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat's that. I've got a busy couple weeks ahead and I don't know if I'll manage but I guess I have no choice! My bro is finally moving back to Cali and I finally get to chill with my niece next week. (:

Sooo much to look forward to!!!

Day 07 - A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you

My family. This picture is from 2008 cuz it's hard to get us all together these days, but to this age and time in my life they are still able to impact my choices and my feelings, whether positively or negatively. Biggest impact most definitely.

SNAKE!

OMGGGG I THINK THIS IS SOO COOL. I used to be super addicted to playing Snake on my old phone.. It was one of those games that kept me awake at night! When I was lying in bed in the dark! Hahahaha. Wowww.

Things to do!

Bah. It's been a long night, and it's not nearly finished.
So tomorrow here's the things I NEEEED to do:

1. Work-out! Hawaii's coming so soon..
2. Clean my rooom
3. Last-minute touches on my resume
4. Look up job thingies
5. Call my bro?
6. Spend time in the music room
7. Side project!

Hopefully I can accomplish everything. Just gotta stay FOCUSED!

À moi, tu es parfait

What we had before was an intimate friendship without the intimacies of a romance.


Look where we are now,
& I wouldn't have it any other way.

You've been so good to me since day one, always making me happy when others failed and when I couldn't do it myself. You are absolutely amazing, and I've never felt more loved than I do with you. I don't have to hide my feelings and I always know that you feel the same, just by the way you look at me.

À moi, tu es parfait. J'adore tout de toi.

I love you.

Day 06 - Favorite super hero and why

HA. If Hello Kitty were a superhero she'd be mine, obv.
Since she's not, I'm gonna have to go with...



okay okay, I know. He's kind of a cheapo superhero because he has all those powers. But honestly, all the powers he has are all the powers that I want for myself!!! Not to mention he is able to mask his identity just by wearing glasses, and his real self gets the girl of his alter ego's dreams.

And let's face it, we all have our kryptonite....

I guess you could chalk this up to my knowledge of superhero ignorance, but I was more of a Final Fantasy RPG girl growing up than comic books. Oopsie.

Day 05 - A picture of somewhere you’ve been to

Basically my summer 2009. Tres coooool.

California State Fair

This past weekend I went to the Cal State Fair with Collin. If you know me well enough, you should know that I LOOOOOOOOOVE the San Diego (ahem, Del Mar) Fair. I'm such a fair person. Haha.

Anyway, the Cal State Fair was still fun. And I loved my company (:

I watched a hypnotist show, the first hypnotist show I've ever seen, and it was hilaaaaaaarious. Looked at the art exhibits, the Disney exhibit, and the animal exhibit. Spent some time in the ride/game zone. Took photobooth pictures (of course!), bought cotton candy (of course!), and had Dip n Dots. The Cal State Fair DOES beat SD Fair in that it has a nightly fireworks show, so seeing fireworks was nice since we didn't get to watch any on the Fourth of July.

Anyway, pictures (and please bear with poor quality, I have no working camera so these are mobile uploads)--

Day 04 - A habit that you wish you didn’t have

I wish I didn't blame myself for things I can't control.

He makes me (:

"my boy bruno took these lyrics right outta my mind haha"

(:

Day 03 - A picture of you and your friends

The Fantastic Four, AKA the best people you could ever meet. LooOOoOOoove


My Berkeley girlfriends!


The best guy friends I could ask for


Friendships going strong since the 4th grade (:

Day 02 - The meaning behind your Tumblr Blogspot name

SteadyL0VE. Why?

Cuz the world's so chaotic and at the end of the day the steadiest thing that I could ever want or ask for is love.. & the most constant thing I'd like to exude is love.

Seems simple enough, but in practice is a bit harder than it sounds.

Day 01 - A recent picture of you and 15 interesting facts about yourself

01. My birthday is on December 24.. Yes, Christmas Eve. That's why my name is Christine. And no, my birthday does NOT suck, thank you very much.
02. Recently received my B.A. in Political Science & Legal Studies from UC Berkeley. I've wanted to go to UC Berkeley since the 4th grade.
03. I used to dream of being a back-up singer for someone famous because singing harmonies is my favorite. This is still true.
04. I've had surgery twice before--a cyst under my left eye in fourth grade, and wisdom teeth.
05. I am currently in love with my bestfriend. It's the most honest, open, and loving relationship I've ever been with. Collin Thomas is amazing and perfect and mine.
06. My niece is the coolest three-year old EVER. I love her so much, and when I'm ballin' I'm going to spoil her rotten.
07. I got my first speeding ticket this past May. It was $382 and I'm still waiting to see if they'll reduce my fine.
08. I like hot summers. Bay Area is too cold in the summer.
09. I'm allergic to grass and cats.
10. Final Fantasy RPGs are my guilty pleasure. They really are the best. I have yet to move on to another RPG game.. But I will.
11. I'm addicted to fast food and soda. I also love ketchup and rice and almost always have to have one of the two in every meal.
12. I'm 5'2" and I like my height. I USED to want to be 5'7" or taller so I could be a model or a WNBA player, but since I stopped growing I've accepted that it is what it is.
13. My dog Poopy is the biggest bed hog but she's so cute and cuddly and I love and miss her.
14. I make horrible first impressions and I have an extremely hard time trusting people. Don't take it personal.
15. Faith, family, boyfriend, & friends are number one, always.

Why not?

So I don't have a Tumblr and don't feel the need to get one because Blogspot is treating me well as is, but I thought I'd do this little 30-day thing that I found. I figure why not, since it's kind of interesting and it gives me incentive to blog more anyhow. So here we goo....

I hate waking up..

..after unsettling dreams. Why you were in my dream last night I will never know.

But just the thought of it brings a lot of questions in my head, and a lot of negative emotions. Followed by that same feeling of apathy I always feel when I think about you.

In my dream we were friends and we wanted to live next door to each other and manipulated a lot of other people's living situations to do so. It was all well and good and there was no awkwardness or contempt, just me and you as friends. Hmm, friends.

When in reality, I wish nothing to do with you but always wish that you are doing well. Strange.

An amazing weekend with an amazing person

.. Well this happened a few weekends ago but it's still one of the best weekends, at least in my book.

A few months ago I posted a blog entitled "FIVE weeks!" which laid out a list of things I wanted to do in Berkeley before I leave this place for good. I finally updated it, and during that weekend we covered 5 of those things and even threw in a special date to San Francisco where we ate at the Cheesecake Factory and sat outside overlooking Union Square, which I had never done before.

I guess it's easier to narrate with pictures, so here's a glimpse of that weekend..

Trip to Botanical Gardens | June 18, 2010This was my second time being here, and I had a lot of fun trying to navigate my way around with Collin. So much nature O_o

Drive up to Lawrence Hall of Science | June 18, 2010.. Didn't quite make it into the actual museum, so I can't cross it off my list just yet. But the view from there is just amazing.

Dinner at Cheesecake Factory | June 18, 2010I'm glad we were able to sit outside and enjoy the view, despite the cold!

Happy 4 Months (:It's been such a short amount of time but it's been a long time coming and I have never found someone so perfect for me as he is. So blessed to have him in my life.

Golden Gate Bridge | June 19, 2010Another windy day but so worth it!

Pika Pika Pictures in Japantown (: | June 19, 2010Hehe, I'm so glad he took them with me (:

Picnic on Memorial Glade | June 20, 2010My first time sitting out on Memorial Glade, save for one short time during a freshman year Cal event. This was nice. It was warm and sunny and we ate a lot and pretty much any time I spend with him is the best.

Swimming at Strawberry Canyon | June 21, 2010Swimming! My first time up to Strawberry Canyon too. (: Jennie was with us too!

Anyway, that's pretty much how our weekend went. I'm so glad I have someone who actually wants to do things with me that I want to do, too. He's so so so good to me and I can't even put into words how much he means to me. He's my BESTfriend and I wouldn't have it any other way.

ILOVEYOU (:

Financial woes

It's hard being in charge of your own finances, especially when you've never been spoiled and have always needed to take care of things yourself.

I've been employed by the campus since my freshman year of college (although one summer I worked for an insurance company), so I couldn't really do much other extracurriculars except my a cappella group, which took up a lot of time, and cut into potential work time, but was worth making time for.

Now all I do is work.

What sucks is that this year I've been unfortunate enough to have to suffer so many financial crises, such as--
1. In April, right after spring break, my laptop broke. Seeing as how I was in the middle of all my paper-writing and music director-handling, I had to get a new one ASAP. My parents helped me out with this one, for which I gladly accepted their help, and what I consider a grad gift to me. :P
2. In April/May I also got 3 tickets: $75 parking, $25 expired registration, and $386 speeding. I'm still in the process of seeking a fine reduction on the last one..
3. My camera broke two weeks ago. I'm going to Hawaii in about a month and a half, so it's totally necessary that I need to buy a new one. This is like the least costly of my expenses, but still costly and unplanned for. I have to wait a week to get on this, though.
4. This morning I woke up to find that my phone hadn't been charging, although the charger was plugged in. When I pulled the charger thing out of the port, several gold prongs fell out. I'm pretty sure those are vital to its life, so when I called T-Mobile, there wasn't really much they could do about it since it's no longer under warranty. Another $200 for a new phone, although it's a nice phone (my first Smart phone, holla).
5. This is not really a crisis but it was still unplanned for: I paid for my own Hawaii airfare, and will be financing my own trip. It will totally be worth it, though.

Now it may seem like I'm ballin', but really, I just work hard. I try not to ask for my parents for help unless I really, really need it, so life gets hard. I make a lot of social sacrifices in order to make my life function. So far it's been going pretty well, but right now and lately I've just been struggling. Understandable.

Just don't question why I may seem irritated at you when you're bragging about buying this and that from this store and that store. I probably love you, but hate you at the moment.

Sometimes I wish I were spoiled.