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Name: Serena
Birthday: 9/6/1986
Gender: Female
Interests: sports, dancing, music, philosophy, psychology, medicine, innovation, intellectual conversations, people, anything deemed 'quality', frolicking, and cool words
Expertise: laying and talking
Occupation: Student
Industry: Medical
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Member Since:
3/6/2003
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| I have no idea how to write entries for a broad base. Instead, here are some funny stories:
Story 1:
I was shopping in Chicago today and waiting for my shoe mate (btw I love
that it is called “shoe mate”), and two gay guys were talking behind me.
Guy 1 said he’d take Guy 2 to some other guy’s place, but Guy 2 said no. Why?
Guy 2: No, I don’t know when Brian will be there. Anyway, I
have to go to Target.
Guy 1: Why?
Guy 2: I have to buy some Windex
Guy 1: Why? To clean off your ass juice on the mirror from
last night?
HAHAHAHAHA.
Story 2:
A man in a hot air balloon realized he was lost. He reduced
altitude and spotted a woman below. He descended a bit more and shouted, "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour
ago, but I don't know where I am."
The woman below replied, "You're in a hot air balloon hovering approximately 30 feet above the
ground. You're between 40 and 41 degrees north latitude and between 59 and 60
degrees west longitude."
"You must be an engineer," said the balloonist.
"I am," replied the woman, "How did you know?"
"Well," answered the balloonist, "everything you told me is
technically correct, but I've no idea what to make of your information, and the
fact is I'm still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help at all. If anything,
you've delayed my trip."
The woman below responded, "You must be in Management."
"I am," replied the balloonist, "but how did you know?"
"Well," said the woman, "you don't know where you are or where
you're going. You have risen to where you are due to a large quantity of hot
air. You made a promise, which you've no idea how to keep, and you expect
people beneath you to solve your problems. The fact is you are in exactly the
same position you were in before we met, but now, somehow, it's my fault."
Story 3:
On the night of unofficial, There's me and a group of guys waiting for the crosswalk on a dark street corner.
One guy: My penis is excited.
(I continue looking the other way with no reaction)
Another guy to me: .....did you hear that????
Me: Yes.
Dunno who: WANNA SEE?
Me: NO.
My last semester is going swell. Spring break so far has been spending a lot of quality time with my family, namely my mother. We went outlet shopping and then shopping downtown Chi today. My favorite part was when we just chilled at the Chicago Cultural Center, though. There was this art exhibit on the 4th floor I think, and its Theme was HereThereEverywhere. I only saw half the exhibit. There was some awful stuff, but two things were pretty cool. Photography is not allowed but I'm gonna try to sneak in some pics later this week when I go into Chi again.
The first one was of a map of the U.S., but with all the countries in the world crammed into it with their right shapes but obviously their sizes were unproportional. At first, I saw China and some wrong-shape-for-Taiwan island to the side of it with label that said (China). I was like aww snap... first this piece is pretty egotistical, trying to cram all of the world into the U.S. and it doesn't even recognize Taiwan?? In general there wasn't that much organization to how the countries were placed, but their general neighbors were next to each other. i.e. Norway/Sweden/Finland. I ended up finding Taiwan with Indonesia on the other side. :) The other one was this awesome awesome huge thing with different diagrams about creativity. And I can't describe it too well it's that cool.
Anyway let me know if you want to join me for some Chi adventures or adventures in the ville for that matter.
Salsa dancing will be at Frankie's Thursday night :)
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| 1. Spend less
In one week of being back, I spent $60 eating out, meeting friends or because I didn't pack a lunch. And then I spent $60 on clothes...
Let's do other things instead of meeting up for meals please!
2. Work more!!
3. Sleep early
4. Exercise AT LEAST 3x a week
5. Eat healthy, or at least smaller portions because I don't stop. tastes SO GOOD
6. Finish strong =)
7. Cook more :D
8. Leap!
9. Take random classes at Wimpe. I'm eyeing hip hop on sundays =)
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| From the moment I stepped off the plane, it hadn't hit me that I was in Cali. Not the pilot saying GO SC! to me on the way out, or the SuperShuttle guy and I talking trash to each other- he asked:
Why would you guys come all the way out here to watch your team lose???
To support my team! For (maybe) a once in a lifetime experience. If you think about where we were when I was a freshman- we were getting more Nobel Peace Prizes a year than the # of football games that we could win. Illinois won 9 games this year. In the four years before they won a total of 8. But of course, the average Californian does not care about the Nobel Prizes..... The guy just stared at my nerdiness when I said that. Anyway, he kept yelling at the Illinois fans coming out and makin fun of them, so I yelled I-L-L to them and they yelled I-N-I back.
Even as I stood in the stadium, surrounded by my friends and brother, I still could not believe it. And I think the football players were like that. For those who aren't taking a closer look, who didn't bother to watch the whole game, who gave up--- we didn't lose our chance to come back and win it until halfway through the third quarter when a guy caught a pass at the 5 yd line and then tried to go for a TD- but then four SC guys attacked him and he let go of the ball and freaking fumbled. OMG if our guys just held onto the ball, it wouldn't have been that bad. It really made me sad to read what other people were saying about our team, even people from Illinois. We had a chance if they weren't running the ball and playing so conservative the first quarter or we weren't robbed from our TD- keep the effing plays alive, ref!
There were so many calls taht just slowed our momentum. Like the pass interference. Or the one where we caught the ball and got pushed out of bounds and they said we caught when it was out when it was clearly in. OR even the calls that weren't even called! Freaking Refs. AND UGH! the USC player's attitudes! Our players would never showboat and do a somersault before a TD!
Nevertheless, I am extremely glad I got to experience the game, even if it was disappointing. It was GREAT to see all the ORANGE everywhere. I have to properly thank my parents when I get home. So what if we didn't perform well.. I'll still bleed orange and blue!
 
The Marching Illini's awesome formations. All USC did was spell out USC once. They also played a few chords the entire time, that was it.
Here is the map of the US and Illinois in the middle:
 
In other parts of the trip, the Rose Bowl Parade was awesome, I'm just sad I missed the Taiwan float.
San Diego and the zoo was lots of fun with Dev, Jon squared :P and Hiral. Ah, to travel with friends =)
Probably my favorite picture from the zoo:
There were these murals painted by kids and hehe we got a kick of that one
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| WOW I can't believe it.
Here's how it went down. Last week I stood in line for 4+ hours when my tix were going on sale for student season ticket holders to get one for my brother (he's ALWAYS dreamed about going).
Earlier in the week then:
Ryan: what do you want for xmas
Me: nothing.
Ryan: I have a free air ticket...
Me: nah it's ok dont worry about it.
Ryan: seriously what do you want.
Me: nothing!
but then when Dev told me he got some extra tickets, I was like hmm I want to go, but only if I could fly for free... Dev is awesome enough to sell me a ticket v. making a profit off of other people!
So last night, my mom called to tell me about a dentist appt, and she's like, I heard you waited for four hours to buy your brother a rose bowl ticket!
Me: well, yeah.. but it wasn't that bad (downplays it so she doesnt get angry at me for being in the cold that long).
Mom: Wah, your brother must be thinking about how to thank you properly.
I mentioned to her in passing I was interested in going (due to an awesome friend), and that maybe I could if Ryan gave me a free air plane ticket (you know... testing the waters). And then she actually said I COULD if I wanted to!!!
(Five minutes later my dad calls)
Daddy: I hear you want to go to the Rose Bowl.
Me (sheepish): well... kind of... only if I could somehow fly there for free. ryan kind of offered me his air ticket, so maybe I could.... otherwise it's fine.
Daddy: I have some free mileage.
and then bought me a ticket!!!!
WAH I FEEL SO LOVED, BLESSED, AND WAYYY TOO FORTUNATE.
LA HERE I COME: 12/31-1/5
and.. GO ILLINI! :D
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| Thanksgiving break (second half anyway...) = dancing fun, eating fun, black friday fun, potluck/who's line is it fun :D
First things first. I had my Wendy's Spicy Chicken within the first 24 hours of being home, so you guys can stop being on my case for that :P har har
Went to Frankie's Blue Room downtown Naperville Wed night for swing dancing.. It was such a great atmosphere! I love it. It's not too bright on the dance floor, not too dark around the bar and the live band was amazzzinggg and fun! The place was sensual, intimate, fun, and chill all at the same time! Jazzzzz <3 YAY I can't wait to go back again during winter break!!! Of course it helps that the group we always go dancing with is so fun!! Haha, I can officially say I got Eric to go out this year =D
Thanksgiving. The best food was my sister's delicious Pumpkin Pie. It's DELICIOUS. Basically an orgy in your mouth. What's cool about it is there was no crust. mmm. If I wasn't so lazy, I'd go downstairs and post the recipe...
Black Friday!
Outlets = way too many people I knew, but good times.
Store I went to with the best planned out logistics: Banana Republic. Sure there was a line to get in (kind of like in a bar when they're at capacity) but when I walked in, I felt like I was shopping on any ol' day. No crowd! And they grabbed your hangers from you while you were in line, and took the security stuff out right before you got to the register. Quick, easy, painless.
Biggest surprise (because of the crowd): Kohl's- I went there with Sonia to get domestic stuff (she wanted a comforter) and the line was at least a block long. We were like, meh, we'll just show up at 4am exactly. Oh wth? And they didn't man their doors or orders, so a buncha ppl who just showed up walked right in while the people a block away were still slowly filing in. Yep. It was bad.
Store with the worst plan: Express, because there was no plan at all. Way to put the free sweatpants after 11am, so everyone is awake and not have a routing plan ready. etcetc. The only perk was getting free sweatpants, a sweet pink button down, and seeing Dunping and Leo again.
Afterthought: The stores had the same deals today when I went to return a few things, the only difference is the supply was obviously a lot smaller. I think it may actually best to go to the outlets the weekend before and screw the crowds.
Potluck/Who's Line Is It, etc.
All I gotta say is that was the most fun improv we've done and it was ridiculous. oh man I laughed so much all night. Top performers are definitely Joe, Jenny P, and Tom. Tom and JP's singing improv, and Joe acting out "physically repulsed by the bachelor/ette but lips magnetically drawn to the bachelor/ette's butt" AHAHA
A high school party
Involved seeing people whom I actually met in college but they all knew each other before... uhm yes, most of us go to the same college but never see other haha. Taboo + DDR = Chill times, thanks KD for hosting!
Thanks for a good break everyone =)
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