Here Comes the Sun

Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
and I say it's all right

Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter
Little darling, it feels like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
and I say it's all right

Little darling, the smiles returning to the faces
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
and I say it's all right

Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...

Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been clear
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
and I say it's all right
It's all right

I don't know whether I'm looking forward to this quarter. I'm taking the maximum number of units allowed, but they're all fun classes - to me, anyways. Intro to Psych (my first psych class! so excited. I hope it doesn't deter me from the field), o-chem (they say this course is easier and more interesting than last quarter, which was already pretty interesting to me), chem lab (my first chem lab! my first lab in general, actually!), music theory (super easy now but should get a lot more interesting later on, according to the syllabus), and Chinese medicine (just because it sounds cool). I also have IHUM, but, you know, I can't help that. At least mine's more interesting than the other IHUMs. At least in the beginning. It's an archaeology IHUM, and we talk about local history - my favorite kind of history, which is my favorite area of the humanities.

This blog post has wayyy too much cheery in it. To balance it out, it was raining today and I was wearing my Target Frye knockoffs to walk to classes, from classes, to the bookstore, back to my dorm, and to the post office and back. (My wayfarers were just delivered this afternoon but I can't get them yet...grrr.) Anyways, I love my Target boots but they're slightly too big and my foot slips around in them. All that walking rubbed a blister in each of my pinky toes :( I'm going to get insoles tomorrow; hopefully that will help. Plus I wore my hair in a ponytail today and when I tilt my head forward to write or read or whatever, my bangs fall forward into my eyes. As a result, a horizontal strip of scalp appears between my bangs and the rest of my pulled-back hair. I don't know how to get rid of that effect :( Plus I haven't been exercising at all since I got back from LA. I really want to work on my abs region but I'm not sure how.

Bang!

I got a haircut yesterday, which was pretty exciting. I am now the proud owner of side-swept bangs! Except they're kind of driving me crazy, since they're always in my face. Plus I'm not sure I like them yet...they're kind of cut straight across (but they're parted to the side), so it looks like a weird angle sometimes. But otherwise I really like it.

Happy New Year! And New Decade!

My New Year's Resolutions:
1) Exercise more - preferably run four miles (1 hour - yeah, I'm slow) every day. Learn how to use a treadmill.
2) No more B's on my transcript. Two is enough. But, with PWR and IHUM, that could be tough...
3) Revise my resume, which I should be doing now. Get a nice summer internship or research job.
4) Use fewer parentheses. They are a lazy way to organize thoughts.
5) Cut down on my shopping, but shop more for things I will use for a long time.
6) Don't be glued to my computer. Socialize more.
7) Find a healthful shampoo/conditioner/moisturizer/etc. Sulfate-, paraben-, maybe silicone-free. Cut down on dangerous chemicals.
8) Drink more water. Eat healthier and don't get so excited about dessert.
9) Try to be more normal and less emo. Be more happy.
10) Don't take up another hobby/obsession, for chrissakes. Also, How I Met Your Mother is the last show I will accept onto my short-list of followed TV shows.

Loveleh. Now, onto my recent hauls...

This is the pair of jeans I was looking for in the mall, but I waited to buy it and both pairs of it in my size were sold out the next day! Granted, it was Boxing Day, but still. AE has had free shipping for the last three or more major holidays - New Years, Christmas Day, Thanksgiving Day, and maybe even Labor Day (I forget). I was banking on this New Years free shipping offer, but it did not come with a percentage off my order total, like the last two holidays (25% off and 20% off). Anyways, here it is:
From ae.com - AE Slim Boot Jean in Deep Indigo ($30)

Then I needed to add something worth at least five cents to my order to qualify for my $10 off $30 spent money card, so I added the cheapest thing I could find: a pair of underwear.
From ae.com - Aerie Ultimate Tanga in Pale Pink ($4)

Ooh, lacy.

This is the order I'm waiting for in the mail. It should arrive tomorrow (eeee!)
From ae.com - AE Lurex Stripe Cardigan in Storm Cloud Heather ($30, but got it for $24)


I also recently got a new phone, because I needed to change cell phone providers. I really wanted the Samsung Flight...

...but it was not free. So, I got the Samsung Magnet:

Yay for free phones! I hope it's a good one.

And then just a few hours ago, I ordered flip-flops, which I've been needing for the last three or four months:
From oldnavy.com - Women's New Metallic Flip-Flops in Pearl ($5)

Hmm, Bronze and Silver look nice too. That's ok. Pearl is priddy. A nice change from my usual boring basic black flip-flops. Mmmm, they look delish. *happy squirm*

OK. I'm done shopping now. DONE, I say. DONE.

Oh, and one other thing. I cut my mom's hair today, on her request. It actually did not turn out *too* horrible, considering that she has short layered hair, and she wanted shorter layered hair. It was at least generally even, and I learned how to cut layers! You take a thinnish vertical swatch of hair and pull it away from the head at an angle, and then you cut the ends off evenly. The higher angle you pull the hair, the more the hair will be layered. I also learned how my mom's bangs were cut - they're triangular and blunt. I rather want to get bangs myself (probably side-swept), but I'm too scared that I don't have enough hairs, or that they will be flat and paste themselves to my forehead, or they will make my forehead itchy, or that they will look wonky.