SOMEBODY PLEASE GIVE ME A JOBBBB

i swear i'm not incompetent

p.s.  if anyone is looking to buy furniture, i have a bed, desk, chair and other random stuff that i need to get rid of by the end of the month.  lemme know.

i think this is worth an update...

so since my harsh JET rejection a couple months ago, i've been forced to figure out what the heck i'm going to do next year.  more importantly, what do i want to do.  and where.  FAST.  i don't think i've ever felt so indecisive or been this stressed out in my life.  school doesn't really count when it's not just a matter of getting through the next presentation or finishing that paper... there's a big black hole called graduation coming at me and it's not slowing down.

to make a long story short, i decided to take the road less traveled (at Northwestern anyway) and go into the hotel industry.  more specifically, the Four Seasons - where i've been interning for the past 3 months.  it's an awesome company with tons of opportunities.  maybe a lil too many... basically, i have 71 choices in 29 countries in terms of properties.  half of those are out due to language constraints.  half of those are out cuz they're just too far away.  but i do wanna go somewhere different, somewhere exciting... and preferably close to some people i know and love.

here's some of my picks...

Boston - great hotel, great city, favorite people

New York - if i wanna be really adventurous...

Dublin (as close to Scotland as I can get)

Geneva?  they speak some English there, right?

Singapore??  my Mandarin would definitely improve...

Maui???  oh, beaches... and hula!

the list goes on and on with more and more question marks... stay in chicago, go back home, go east, west, international... freak i don't know.  then once i figure out some places, i have to wait at least until june to (hopefully) get placed.  doing what?  yeah, that's problem #2.  but we'll start with this for now... any suggestions?? 

tagged by juh

List five songs that you are currently loving. It doesn't matter what genre they are from, whether they have words, or even if they're any good, but they must be songs you're really enjoying right now.

Post these instructions, the artists, and the songs in your blog (Xanga). Then tag five other Xanga friends to see what they're listening to.

So after much deliberation (ok not really, but this was kinda hard):

1.  Can't Help Falling In Love - UB40 (remember? )

2.  Gold Digger - Kayne West & Jamie Foxx

3.  Because of You - Kelly Clarkson

4.  Dakota - Stereophonics (reminds me of Scotland)

5.  Ka Lehua Punono - Ale'a (if you have this song, can you please send it to me??)

tagging...

ryan

joanne

jean

chels

rena

spread the love... hey, it's a good means of procrastination.

omg... spent two hours last nite reminiscing about study abroad with Kate and Diana and now I miss it like crazy.  Take me back to toasties, vodka lemon-limes, and Tesco!!

I miss these guys...

my all time favorite pic of scotland (on a ruined castle in the Isle of Skye):

Anyway, I've been meaning to post some end-of-summer entry, but being as school is just around the corner (and I just got my new computer, yay!), I'll just skim through it.  So...the top 5 highlights of this summer (in no particular order):

1.  Jet skiing in Maunalua Bay - I haven't screamed that much in a loooong time.  And I think I may have just encouraged the motorcycle dream?

(that's not us btw, just random people.  Besides, we were jumping the waves half the time weren't we?  haha)

2.  Dinner at Roys - I thought I already had the best miso butterfish, but apparently I was wrong... It was so good, I couldn't even finish the chocolate souffle masterpiece that apparently was inspired by the gentleman below 

3.  Ho'ike - When I went back to halau this summer, I never thought I'd end up being a part of a 4 hour production.  Words can't describe how incredible it felt to return to the Hawaii Theater stage and dance to live, chicken skin music... right in front of the people I love the most.

4.  Birthday Bash - The first time I went to both nights and it was totally worth it... my favorite song of the summer, Ho'onua with a freaking DRUM LINE, and the best rendition of Danny's Song I have ever heard

5.  The look on Ryan's face when I appeared in his living room a day earlier than he expected (can't really see it in the pic, but it was classic)

Yep, it was a good summer And that brings me to... Senior year... I have to say, it still pains me to say the words.  With study abroad taking away a good chunk of my junior year, it's gone by way too fast.  The past week has just been a confusion of emotions but as the campus fills with more and more familiar faces, anxiety and dread of the unknown unexpectedly turns into excitement.  I guess deep down, I'm scared of change and it freaks me out that the direction of the rest of my life is dependent on this next year.  I need control of my life, some semblance of a plan... but knowing that every other person is going throught the same thing is somewhat comforting I guess.  Gah I can't believe school hasn't even started yet and I'm already stressing out about this...

But yay for new tv shows to distract me and a fun thanksgiving trip to look forward to!

some pics from this summer...

fourth of july at magic island

sooo pretty!

hmmm we seem to have trouble taking normal pictures...

summer's been pretty sweet so far... interning at IONA contemporary dance theater and working at (gasp) abercrombie.  yes, abercrombie.  who would've thought... it's just that i was desperate for a job and they were hiring like crazy.  so krissy, will you please forgive me??  other than work, my life has pretty much been consumed with season 1 (soon season 2) of 24, ebay selling, and hula.  speaking of which, check this out.  let me know if you want tickets, it should be an awesome show

oooh, birthday bash next week!