Television

I'm pretty excited... all of my favorite shows are coming back on television for the Fall season. That may mean a lot of time will be wasted on watching television, but the shows are oh-so-good!

I already have my line up for the week. On Mondays I'm watching How I Met Your Mother, and I am going to try out a few episode of Two and a Half Men. Tuesdays are for Glee. Wednesdays are for Modern Family, and Thursday are for The Big Bang Theory and Bones (when it comes back in November).

There are a lot of new shows coming out, but I fear I will be addicted to new shows, so I think I will resist unless someone tells me otherwise.

Oh, I can already see the lazy nights watching television. Don't worry, I'm going to exercise too so I don't become a total couch potato. :)

Modern Toilet

(Imagine taken from spotcoolstuff.com)

I love food. I am the first to admit that I may love it a little to much. All it takes is some good food to make me extremely happy. There is something about eating a bowl of curry or a nice cup of ice cream. I love trying foods from different culture, and probably spend a great deal of time thinking about what my next meal should be. I love food so much that I even love to watch food related television shows.

I was watching a program last night, and saw something that made me cringe, but at the same time fascinated me. There is a restaurant in Taiwan that is themed after the restroom. All the food is served in a toilet theme dishware.

For example there is a chocolate swirl of ice cream served in a squatting toilet (those toilets are popular in Asia. I remember using them as a little girl.). There are stews and curry served in toilet looking bowls. Drinks are served in urinal shaped cups. The chairs you sit on are toilets, and the tables are sinks with glass over it.

I believe that I would be too mentally disturbed to eat at such a place, but at the same time I am intrigued. Would this be too gross for me or would I have a laugh while I am eating my chunky curry (that looks too much like diarrhea)?

I just don't know what to think, but I think it's a clever idea for a restaurant. People like strange and crazy things, and as much as I do not want to think about poo while I'm eating... I think even I am willing to try it.

Hair Cut

I have been trying to grow out my hair for the last year, so that I could donate it. The problem with that is that I never brush my hair, and it had became a huge mess. It was so messy that I would have to rip out knots. It's hard to brush my hair because I permed it. Every time I brush my hair, it would become a big frizzy mess, so I tend to not brush my hair.

Another problem was in order to donate my hair, I must not have layered hair because they cannot make a wig with uneven hair lengths (which is what I had). So I asked my mom to even out my hair.

My mother cut a large chunk of hair, and now I have pretty short hair. (It's pretty short... not that it's pretty. Although I kind of like it.) I like having shorter hair (less shampoo, less tangles, less fuss), but now it's going to take longer to grow out my hair.

It looks like it'll take me at least another year to grow out my hair to the desired length for donating. At least now I can take care of my hair, and not leave it as a big mess. :)

Side note: Today is the 10th anniversary of 9/11. I pray for the victims and the survivors. It was a terrible time, and I know it will take a long time for the United States to recover.

Heat Wave

I know I often complain about the weather, but it has been over 100 degrees in the last few days, and I am at my limit. Goodness gracious, it is hot. I just want to lie on my tile floor all day, and drink something frozen.

It's impossible to wake up in the morning without a layer of sweat dripping off of me. It's extremely hot at night, and I often wake up in the middle of the night to sit next to the fan.

I find that I am extremely lazy when it's this hot. I have spent a large chunk of time watching home makeovers. I am surprised to find myself enjoying the shows as I lack a sense of good fashion. I think rather than liking what I see on television, I like to see what crazy things people would actually put in their home. I would never put a giant hand couch thing in my house, and it surprises how many people actually would like that. I guess I really am not fashionable. ;)

Because it has been so hot, I have had to expand my cooking skills. No one wants hot soup when it's 103 degrees out, so I have learned to make things like cold noodles for my family. I'm not sure if I am getting better at cooking, but I am glad my family eats my cooking without complaining too much.

I seriously just hope the weather cools down soon before I loose my marbles. It's hard to do anything productive when you are sweating buckets, and can't move without your clothes sticking to you. It makes me extremely cranky.

September, Already?

Wow, so much time has passed since I last posted anything, but at the same time... I feel like no time has passed at all. Could it already be September? I am not prepared for summer to end. I still crave the sunshine and beach days, and am in no shape or form ready to give it all up.

I am currently taking a watercolor class. I know that I lack any artistic ability, but I thought it would be fun to try. To be honest, I have way to much fun shopping for art supplies. I don't know what it is. I like looking at everything... even the things that I have no idea what it is used for. Maybe I enjoy shopping too much. I don't know what it is, but it's exciting to be in an art store. I hope it becomes a regular hobby because I find myself enjoying it. (Not that we have done much yet.)

A lot of times I look back on my life, and wonder how I haven't really changed much in the last few years. I don't think this is necessarily a good thing, as I should be maturing with time. (Hahaha.) But then I often think... maybe I have changed a great deal. I realize I am contradicting myself, and I do not mean to. I just feel like I am not spending enough time improving myself, but rather I am becoming more set in my ways. I don't know whether this is good or bad. Maybe I am over thinking it, and it is just how it is. But shouldn't I be throwing myself out there to hopefully discover who I really am, and what I really want in life? I know what I want to major in, but I often wonder what I am going to do with that when I am done? It's hard to imagine what my life will be like when I get my career... if I can ever figure out what I will be doing.

What scares me is the unknown. Who will I be 10 years from now? If I feel like I haven't really achieved much in the last decade of my life, where will I be 10 years from now? I realize that many people think about this, and I am not alone in feeling this way. I am just plagued with the idea that I may become a bum someday. Hahahahaha. Time is hard, and the recession scares me.

Well, I went off tangent...

Anyways, I can't believe that it's almost the holidays. First one coming is obviously Labor day, but Halloween is around the corner. I think I'll be Katniss (from a book called The Hunger Games) for Halloween. It'll be so easy... I already have brown pants, a green shirt, and a black jacket. I can't wait for the movie to come out next year! :)