New Layout + Some Events

New layout!

The colours are a bit messy, but I'm trying to work them out. I'm trying to decide if I want to keep the new banner or not. The sizing seems off, and I'm a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to blogging. I'll try a new banner and colour scheme tomorrow, stay tuned!

I did two things I normally wouldn't do: Photoshop-ing when I have a Math test tomorrow and studying for Math when I have Photoshop work to do. But I did them both, and now I'm quite happy with myself.

I called Daniel last night because it was his birthday (Beijing Standard Time) yesterday, and we talked for awhile. I miss the days when we would talk for hours and hours about life, philosophy, SAT vocab, dining and wining, and of course, sexuality. He's one of those prodigies I actually get along with. Too bad we're an ocean apart (geographically). It's his eighteenth birthday, so he's finally "legal" in China. He entered high school at age nine, and graduated at age 15. Then he went to QingHua University for two years, and then quit school to teach little kids in the AIDS village in Henan Province. Now, he's preparing to apply to Princeton University and MIT. That's alot for someone who's only 18. I always thought I had alot of accompolishments under my belt. After I met him, I actually became modest. Well, somewhat, at least. I still flaunt my stuff when I have to. Anyway, back to the conversation with Dan: he was really happy that both Rody and I called him, and I promised him I would meet up with him first day after I go back to Beijing next summer. I remember calling him at the airport three months ago when I came back from Beijing. He's the first straight guy that I became really attached to in a non-romantic way. And it was because he was the first person I could really call my "intellectual peer". Happy birthday, Daniel darling, I miss you so much it's beyond words. Muah.

I trimmed my nails today, and they hurt as I type. Now I really regret it, because I was hoping to do a really nice design for the holiday season! Now they're too short... I'm such a nail-whore, I know, I know. I was hoping to break into my Anna Sui limited edition nail polish "butterfly" set next week, but looks like my nails will be too short for nail-design. Maybe I'll keep it simple and just use the purple one from the Anna Sui set.

This weekend will be a great one, I can tell. Saturday is materialistic shopping with Nicole, and Sunday I'm hanging out with Kishi! I haven't seen her in such a long time it's ridiculous. Out of all the dykes I know in Vancouver, she's the one that I get along with the best. She tells me when I'm having surreal expectations about love, and I tell her when she's being a perverted freak. It's perfect. Also, it'll give me a chance to go to Daiso and pick up some "storage options" for my growing make-up collection.

I'm starting on my Xmas card-writing today. I have more than 30 cards to write, and at least 20 of them have to be written in a thoughtful manner, in Chinese, because they're for my friends. It's so hard. I love writing, in both English and Chinese (more in Chinese, I'd say), but 20 Xmas cards are just too many! Seriously, I have a life too! Namely I need to get my room clean before next week, because Xiu the neat freak will bitch about my messiness incessantly if she sees what a hell hole my room is.

P.S. Today is the 70th anniversary of The Rape of Nanjing. As a proud Chinese national, I shall never forget what Japan did to us, and how the people of China suffered in WWII. We shall always remember, as the elders did. 勿忘国耻，振兴中华. (Never forget the pain of the nation, and strengthen China).