interactions

c: "but Horseman likes every movie"

s: "yeah, and you don't like any movie...like i can't believe you fell asleep in Tropic Thunder"

c: "hmm...yeah"

h: "i dunno, _____.....you liked The Proposal"

interesting...

peace and love. apologies.

i gotta feeling...

unicorn tattoos...it's definitely the new "it" thing.

 just ask "Shannon Renee":

personal fav:

i'm so tired that my eyes burn constantly!

the jonathan legend experience

(if that's what it's called)

holla...seeing john legend september 6th! in berksturbia!

let's document johnny's various personas:

classy can i

nasty can i

weirdo can he not

blogging dry spell

my b!

06.07.08 - 06.07.09

it's hard to believe it's been one year already...crazy sauce!

and now you can blink on command, what a doozy, RKJ

such fortunution!

i'm pretty sure i've told a lot of people, but the other day i got to see Wicked again!

i was with nina that day and earlier we tried to go to the Academy of Sciences using my dad's membership card. but it took me a while to decide whether or not to say i was Randall (and when they would ask for my ID i'd say i left it at home) or if i should tell the truth (overrated) and say i'm randall's son. so i chose The Truth and basically lady denied entrance. rude beezy. why she gotta do her job like that. so feeling unlucky, we went to do other touristy things. like ghiradelli square. and city hall (which has legitimate bathrooms). and then at 5:30 we went to the orpheum to enter the wicked drawing. 

so you write your name on a sheet of paper, and you put it into this uhh...raffle machine? so we crumpled our papers and then flattened them to give them more bulk and dropped them in. and i turn around and who do i see? cindy chan and jeannie sun of cornerstone trinity baptist church! so i yell kinda loudly "JEANNIE SUN!" and good times ensue...for example, there was one man who just straight up lied down on the floor and took a nap. so we made fun of him. 

then they called my name! i was quite surprised. so we all yelled pretty loud. then i got my tickets. but jeannie and cindy didn't get called...which was sad. i was looking forward to seeing it with them. but they went "clubbin" instead, so they had a nice night too. haha

so our seats were for row C seats 5 and 7, and that was the second row (even though it was "C") on the left. and yeah, it was limited view, but i think the only things you couldn't see were the things that happened deeper on the stage. i think i liked this performance of Wicked the best because i think i have appreciation for detail (in costumes and facial expressions) and kinda behind-the-scenes things. so it was cool because we got to see the performers up close (we waved at them whenever they came to our side of the stage...but in a subtle way) and our angle also let us see into the wings. which i REALLY liked. i think it's pretty cool thinking about uhh theater magic and how the props glide in and out as if on they own! and you could see characters skip off stage in character until they know they're not visible then they walk and look tired. and the Roadies (? or stage hands?) they get into it too...one of them was dancing to the music in the most not-cool way. sigh...if i wasn't doing kcdc i'd apply to be a Roady. 

it was a good day. 

and in Wicked they speak in this really weird language that i really like...i'm going to try to copy it. for example, fortunution = fortune. 

it's gonna be hezza wonderiffic. 

disturbia

the following is a real-life occurrence that is completely non-fictional. i also realize that it is a rant about a burrito joint, but i can deal with such (and so should you):

the day is: june 2, 2009

the time is: approx 4:15 in the afternoon

the weather is: sunny with patchy clouds, moderate temperature

the location is: Chipotle at westlake shopping centah, daly city

my people, i am in the mood for some chipotle! if i was at berkeley i would've just gone to telegraph and gotten a nice lil burrito bowl and a free drank! but back home i had to drive to the closest chipotle at westlake...it's kinda new. my mom also wanted a burrito bowl so when i got to the counter, i say:

"hi i'd like two burrito bowls"

then the chipotle man says:

"alright, for here or to go?"

"to go"

"okay. what kind of beans?"

"oh no beans in one of them and black beans in the other"

"okay. oh, excuse me John can we get more rice. yeah, more rice...rice... yeha okay so what kind of meat can i get for you"

"um carne asada in the bowl with the beans and chicken in the other"

and then homey proceeds to put chicken in both of them...but i let it slide cause i felt bad and he'd have to start assembling the beaned burrito bowl all over again

"alright and what else do you want in them?"

"uhh in the one with the beans can i get tomato salsa, corn salsa, sour cream, lettuce, cheese, guac. and the same thing in the other one except no sour cream"

"okay...so you wanted hot sauce in the second one?"

"oh no.....i meant no sour cream"

"okay. and it was steak in both of these, yah?"

"oh no, they're actually both chicken"

so he puts the foil lid on them and writes a big S on both of them...and i'm confused and didn't want to correct him cause what if in chipotle language, "S" means "chicken?"...you never know.

so the cashier says:

"alright two steak bowls to go?"

"oh actually they're chicken"

"oh really? how comes it says S"

"yeah i don't really know...i just told that man that they were chicken. you can ask him if you want"

"oh no. fine by me...as long as you aren't lying to me, then everything's cool"

"yeah i'm not lying"

"alright! have a grand day then"

but i could see through his falsitudes! homeboy thought i was lying!

alright, bottom lines: i was having communication issues. i prefer berkeley chipotle over westlake chipotle. i feel the need to express myself through childish rants via weblog.

and such is my life thus far this summer

haha just kidding, life is good. i gave myself a haircut today so i might be lookin kinda funky for a few weeks...i can't really tell if my hair is even or not. 

fill up my cup...mazal tov!

it is the summertime! 

i ended school maybe two weeks ago actually...it's been quite productive so far! let us see. i: moved out of the dorms, hung out in cupertino, CA, saw Wicked, went on a retreat with IV in Challenge, CA (at some bougie campgrounds that had their very own blob, zipline, kayaks, and see-through shower doors), and i have yet to clean my room/finish moving back in. 

so that brings me to my Summer List, which i've never had before!

o. rent from netflix and watch such great movies like: recess, the power rangers movie, the first season of pokemon, finding neverland, i am sam, zoolander, and maybe some other things

1. keep a journal...doodling things, talking to jesus, writing down thoughts

2. become better friends with my dog (maybe i'll teach her a trick...like to blink on command)

3. pull the 6-foot dandelion weeds in my backyard. holla

4. go work out or do something active each day

5. choreograph something

6. learn how to use my family's DVR

7. win the wicked front-row lottery

8. go to pinkberry

9. learn to give myself a haircut

10. go karaoking

11. read 'omnivore's dilemma' and finish 'crazy love' (i aim high)

12. learn to cook for next year...aye aye aye

and now some more longer-goal dreams

1. learn to harmonize

2. learn to isolate my eyebrows and do the wave with them

3. meet someone and talk to them in an accent and convince them i'm from some foreign land

4. learn to speak cantonese...aye

it's kinda a boring, weird list. that's why i made it different colors, to create the illusion that it was exciting. sorry for deceiveries

def not as adventurous as, say, Carl Frederickson or Katie's Wonderful Summer Indeed (shoutout whatcha know about that katherine!)

alright i don't know what to leave you with...lemme see here.

here's a cool song that i enjoy:

black eyed peas - alive

my small group... u1uKnow (my own personal catchphrase that i don't think will ever catch on)

oh and lookie! this is a picture of me taken exactly 1 year ago, on June 1, 2008.

it's me, two bags of multi-colored pasta, and some steam!

and some tasty-looking gelato!

go and be merry, fools!