life&politics

Damn it,

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:33:58 -0700

Every time I gain confidence in myself, something has to come along and shoot it down.

Every time.

Dude.

Wed, 15 May 2013 01:58:00 -0700

Dude.

So like, that whole Abercrombie & Fitch ordeal.

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:03:00 -0700

Are you guys donating clothes to the homeless to actually help the homeless, or only because you want to send A&F a political message? Are your motivations rooted in sincere generosity or some “self-described” sense of morality?

I feel like this is a fight not between A&F and the homeless/fat, but between A&F and the people who are offended by the A&F CEO’s comments. The actual victims of this whole controversy are simply a medium through which the opposing sides bicker at each other. In other words, I can’t help but feel that BOTH sides are just exploiting the homeless to make themselves look and/or feel like good people. A&F is trying to look “cool” & “high class,” whereas their opponents are simply perpetuating the “homelessness” of their poorer counterparts without actually reflecting on the enormity and complexity of the problem that is homelessness.

I mean, I’m glad that people are standing up for the homeless, especially since they don’t really have a voice in this whole affair, but I feel like people are getting just a little too carried away with scoring political points.

Dear ________________,

Mon, 13 May 2013 18:49:00 -0700

Why are you giving me this anti-gay rant outta nowhere? I know you trust me and all, but you just went OFF for seemingly no reason.

Funny thing is, when I was in middle school, I used to harbor this very same phobia/prejudice against gay people, and then I began to use my brain and realized how much of an idiot I sounded.

You see, I would normally engage in a civilized discussion and take apart your argument bit by bit, but the amount of hate you seem to harbor drowns all hope of logical reasoning, and I’m not in the mood for a shouting match.

Only wit and sarcasm can have any hope of penetrating that thick of skull of yours.

Wait, now you’re throwing Old Testament verses at me to support your argument? Are you fucking serious?

I’m not even gonna bother. Go read Deuteronomy and Leviticus. You have tattoos. You’ve been around the block once or twice. You like pork, squid, and lots of “unclean” foods; the list goes on. According to these books, you should be stoned to death, but you seem to have magically “overlooked” all these verses.

I just can’t.

Long story short, stop being such an ignorant hypocrite. Grow up, show some tolerance, and learn what unconditional love really means.

I should spend more time studying outside.

Mon, 13 May 2013 15:10:58 -0700

I should spend more time studying outside.

I hate my friends

Sun, 12 May 2013 23:29:24 -0700

lunaticphan:

So my driving instructor texted me, and I was walking so I just typed ‘Ok’ and hit send and then I looked at it and was like WHAT

But as it turns out, my friends are entirely responsible for turning ‘Ok’ into a shortcut.

Cry

BAHAHAHAHAHA.

Man,

Sun, 12 May 2013 04:12:22 -0700

I thought going home would be a nice, relaxing break, away from the hustle and bustle of UCLA.

Guess it doesn’t always work out that way.

You know,

Fri, 10 May 2013 02:43:38 -0700

It’s nice to meet people who can genuinely relate to you and your whole life situation.

g s x y

Fri, 10 May 2013 01:12:02 -0700

G - The last person I said ‘I love you’ to.

My mom, foo.

S - 2 habits

I unconsciously hum music whenever I’m listening to it alone. I either try to follow the melody (in the proper octave) or harmonize with it. I also drum with the beat with my fingers, feet, or pencils whenever I’m idling around. People wonder why I have such a knack for memorizing/predicting musical beats, accents and various sub-melodies, and I think it’s because my mind just analyzes/memorizes music constantly, whether I know it or not.
I envision choreography whenever I listen to “dance-able” music, which is why I tend to listen to only classical or non-house EDM music whenever I’m studying. Shit gets distracting real quick. Ask any dancer.

X - If I’ve done something I regret very much.

Yup. Who hasn’t?

Y - If I like my town and why.

My current city? You mean the Westwood area? I do, because UCLA students are everywhere—they’re some of the nicest, chillest, and funnest people I’ve ever met.

Not to mention talented.

Santa Monica (3rd Street + the Pier), Hollywood, Six Flags, Disneyland, Getty, and the rest of LA/OC in general (not to mention home home) is only a short drive away!

And to think I was done with doing endless calculus. Simple...

Thu, 09 May 2013 23:16:00 -0700

And to think I was done with doing endless calculus. Simple regression by hand? No thank you.

A, I, P, R, T

Wed, 08 May 2013 00:49:00 -0700

A - If I’m in Love.
In a romantic sense? No.

I - The last time I felt jealous, and why.

Talking to my friend, who’s pretty much going to graduate straight into a 6-figure-STARTING-salary job, as a consultant. If only I had known about these opportunities earlier! Gaddamn.

P - What kind of music I like.

I’m one of those guys who respond with “well, I like everything!” I know, I know, you’ve heard it a million times before, but let me elaborate with some examples of my favorite bands from a few different genres:

Hard-rock, Metal, Screamo: Avenged Sevenfold, System of a Down, Trivium, A Day to Remember, Atreyu, Bullet for My Valentine
EDM: Kaskade, Deadmau5, Zedd, Avicii, Alesso, Skrillex, Wolfgang Gartner
R&B: Ne-Yo, Usher, Miguel, Chris Brown, Musiq Soulchild
Rap/Hip-hop: Nujabes, Tyga, Big-Sean, Snoop Dogg, Ace Hood, Drake, A$AP Rocky
Acoustic/”Youtube”: Gabe Bondoc, Passion, AJ Rafael, US, Corey Gray, Daphne Loves Derby, Jack Johnson
Pop: N’Sync, One Direction, Jonas Brothers, Justin Bieber, Bruno Mars, Rihanna

Didn’t think I’d be a screamo type of guy, did you?

R - For me to tell 10 of my curiosities

Brace yourself, ~~shit’s~~ about to get nerdy.

Fibonacci numbers, Fibonacci sequences, the Golden Ratio, etc etc. Why the hell do SO MANY THINGS in nature follow these kinds of patterns?! It boggles my mind. I should sit down with a pen and paper and do some proving ~~shit~~ someday.
Black Holes & event horizons. Like, what the fuck goes on beyond the event horizon of a black hole? Is it just an infinitesimally small point of infinitely high density? Is it its own universe?
What are the limits of human perception, from a more quantum-physics-based perspective? You know, the whole idea of instantaneous time and simultaneous alternate realities tied to some probabilistic theory. How does our brain take in all this sensory input and aggregate it into something cohesive and understandable? How much of our surroundings is being left out or filtered away?
I really REALLY want to understand more about the manipulative side to politics, but using a more quantitative/probabilistic and/or game-theory-based approach.
GIRL, WHY DO YOU HAVE SUCH A NICE ASS OMG. ~~(you is asian, too)~~
When it comes to execution, how do dancers like Keone Madrid, Brian Puspos, and Chris Martin set themselves apart from everyone? Is it raw flexing or tension? Engagement of the shoulders? A mix of both? How much? (What about timing? Do they hit slightly after the beat?)
How the fuck are Choreo Cookies so CLEAN?
Why did it take me over 12 hours to finish this excuse for a programming assignment? ~~Fuck~~ debugging.
Why can’t I seem to get sweep picking down?
How in the ~~fucking~~ hell do people butterfly sprint for 200m?! That’s freaking death right there.

T - 5 things I love conditionally

Things? I don’t love “things” unconditionally, because, well, they’re inanimate objects. By “things,” I assume you mean people, so I’ll list a few for ya:

My mom
My dad
My brother
My uncles & aunts
All mah cousins

Okay, that’s more than 5, but unconditional love goes hand-in-hand with family. With friends or romance, it’s much, MUCH harder to reach that level, mostly because people are inherently selfish (we’re hard-wired to be that way), and so they tend to exploit or use you.

Boom, there it is.

mikeyt1293: A - If I’m in love.B - Who the last person I...

Mon, 06 May 2013 01:11:51 -0700

mikeyt1293:

A - If I’m in love.
B - Who the last person I talked to on the phone was.
C - How long it’s been since I’ve kissed.
D - If I have a preference for boys or girls.
E - How many holes I have in my ears.
F - Give me any options, like ‘hot or cold?’
G - The last person I said ‘I love you’ to.
H - The last person I hugged.
I - The last time I felt jealous, and why.
J - How old I am.
K- What my full name is.
L - If I have siblings.
M - If I forgive betrayal.
N - If you want to know how I treat my friends.
O - If I like my school.
P - What kind of music I like.
Q - What the last party I went to was, and when the next will be.
R - For me to tell 10 of my curiosities.
S - 2 habits.
T- 5 things I love unconditionally.
U - How many texts I send daily.
V - 3 big dreams.
W - An idol.
X - If I’ve done something I regret very much.
Y - If I like my town and why.
Z - Ask any question you want.

I’ve been searching for some material to write about. ask away!

Who am I kidding,

Fri, 03 May 2013 03:33:49 -0700

what I need right now is a good ol’ morale boost.

——

You are absolutely gorgeous. Sometimes I wish I had a little more courage around certain girls. Curse my introversion.

——

This quarter is draining me much, much more than I thought it would, mentally speaking. At the very least, I’m glad I can start up swimming again… getting active and physical has always been my #1 stress reliever.

I mean yeah, there’s dance, but even 10 hour long practices don’t really do much to push me in a physical sense. Sure I get a little winded after a full out run through or repeated drilling, but I recover within 15-30 secs, and there’s LOTS of time for rest in between. Sure, I get exhausted, but only in a mental sense—10 hours of anything takes its toll on your mind. If you told me to run 4 miles after practice however, I would be able to get it done, no matter how mentally tired I was. Point is, strenuous (and I mean strenuous) physical activity does ALOT to ease my mind.

Fuck it, I should vent to people more often.

——

BreakLA was a huge wake-up call for me. I keep forgetting that I’m no longer on a sports team. I keep forgetting that people, in general, tend to be very sensitive/unexposed to competition and, in some (perhaps many) cases, don’t know how to handle a win or a loss with respect and dignity towards rival teams. I keep forgetting that, well, collegiate dance at UCLA seems to embody a VERY different mindset towards competition.

I keep forgetting that dancers, in general, are some cocky ass motherfuckers.

I really, really, really don’t like this trash-talking mentality I’ve been seeing towards recent and upcoming competitions, and I’ve been hearing this shit coming across from ALL teams, including my own.

It’s not professional, immature, and downright annoying. You’re missing the spirit of competition, and shutting yourself out from improvement with your incessant narrow-mindedness.

At the same time, I’ve been outright humbled to see instances of true sportsmanship shine through, despite the emotions that may be running through one’s mind. I just wish it happened more often.

Samahang ain’t “better” than ACA, and ACA ain’t “better” than Samahang. Same goes for NSU and VSU. We may be bitter rivals sometimes, but we all bleed Blue and Gold in the end. We’re a family, brought together by a common love for dance, and that’s how it should be—I think we all tend to lose sight of that more often than not.

In a nutshell, you win some, you lose some. That’s how competition fucking works. Stop making all these bullshit excuses, and get over it.

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I need to find someone I could talk politics, life, philosophy, and nerdy history/science shit with. You know, someone I could constantly exchange constructive and intelligent ideas with. I get too many topic changes or half-hearted responses from people.

I guess I’m just too nerdy for most people’s tastes, haha.

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I’m fucking hungry right now. I should sleep soon.

I think I finally found my new hairdo.

Wed, 01 May 2013 02:15:53 -0700

I think I finally found my new hairdo.

Tired and distracted.

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 03:45:42 -0700

Tired and distracted.

Terrified?

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 05:11:40 -0700

Yeah, that just about sums it up.

Bro,

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 20:22:20 -0700

for the millionth time, I’m not gonna smoke a joint with you.

Weed ain’t my thing, okay? I know, “you never know until you’ve tried it,” blah blah blah, but what if I just don’t care for weed? Seriously though, the more you ask me, the more you convince me not to join you.

I have my reasons for staying away from weed, and you have your reasons for celebrating 4/20. I don’t judge you for your habits, so don’t judge me for mine.

Programming using STATA (a statistics program) for an Econ...

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 03:42:07 -0700

Programming using STATA (a statistics program) for an Econ assignment. What?

The perks of being a guy.

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 03:21:46 -0700

The perks of being a guy.

So like, UCLA’s annual KCN is tonight. You should totally...

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:33:24 -0700

So like, UCLA’s annual KCN is tonight. You should totally go. (You will see magic like this happen)