anything may happen

A bit about your social life outside of Tumblr.

I don’t have one? Haha, just kidding. Back in Boston, I just hang out with friends a lot. None of my friends live off-campus so it’s really easy to just go over to their room (: all my guy friends are from different schools; I attend a women’s college. So days when I hang out with them, I head over to their frat house. Board games, drinking, pool….

BUT NOW I’M IN BATH! My housemates are all really nice people and we’ve already had dinner together as a huge group. I can’t wait for these next couple of weeks to begin.

5 favorite girl names, 5 favorite boy names

I really, truly, honestly don’t have any favorite girl names. I have names I dislike, but none that I’m crazy about. But for boys…

1. Aidan
2. William
3. George
4. Finn
5. Steven

Most of my favorite boy names are the names of fictional characters I loved while growing up, hahaha. And I’m sad that my friends who are named Steven/Stephen go by nicknames ):

A date you’d love for someone to take you on and why.

A day at the aquarium and then a stroll around Boston harbour at night. The skyline is gorgeous at night (: or laser tag, paintball, something exciting! I feel the best when I’m running around without a care in the world. Exploring an area neither of us have been to would be a fun mini-adventure, too, and a good way to create a place of your own.

Something that makes you really angry.

When people don’t take responsibility for their mistakes.

It’s one of the nicest compliments I’ve ever received.

A person you wished lived closer and why.

I wish my dad lived closer to Boston, or at least in the same country. The plane ticket back to Korea is ridiculously expensive and I dislike going back anyway, so I end up seeing him once a year. It would be nice if he lived in one of the cities that I could go to by bus. Even somewhere like California would be nice because at least the time difference wouldn’t be such a huge problem.

5 things you’re looking forward to and why.

1. LEAVING ON SUNDAY FOR BATH, ENGLAND TO STUDY THERE FOR AN ENTIRE SEMESTER. I think the all-caps demonstrates how excited I am.
2. The Europe trip my friends and I will be taking after our semesters end. I don’t think this needs much explanation, either!
3. Seeing my friends tonight. It’ll most likely be the last time I’ll see them before I leave and I haven’t seen them since our Secret Santa gift exchange, so I’m looking forward to it. Plus, yesterday was this week’s episode of Revenge so we’ll have lots to talk about.
4. Party tomorrow.
5. Nothing else as of now. England is all that’s on my mind (:

I’m almost a month late in starting this, but it’s never too late to do…something fun? I’ll just start on the one for today’s date. Here I go, 365 Day Challenge!

A month/year of your life when you were the happiest and why.

I can’t really pinpoint a specific month but this past semester has definitely been one of my happiest times of my life. Of course there were my low moments, like when my final paper was due the day before I thought it was due (thankfully my professor was amazing and understood), and the personal problems you can never escape from. But there were so many good moments this semester it would be silly to focus on the bad.

I grew closer to a couple girls I knew last year but wasn’t so close to. The fact that a couple of them lived in the same dorm building as my roommate and I did was such a blessing. I got to know a lot of the guys I always said hi to but never really had a conversation with; Brigid and I grew closer during our numerous late-night walks back from ADPhi to our dorms (or should I say dawn-time walks? Haha). It’s always wonderful to meet new people, too.

My grades were amazing this semester. I received an A on every essay I handed in this semester (except the ones for stupid American Lit.), which really motivated me to try. Every time I had a new philosophy prompt, I talked with my friends and spent hours in the library writing up an outline; even better, I had fun working on them. I’m definitely going to try and take another course with Professor McIntyre; he was one of the most enthusiastic professors I ever took a course with and it really was contagious.

For 2 weeks, one of my best friends from high school stayed here in Boston with me. While I didn’t take her out as much as I should have, it was still an experience. I’d never lived with a friend for so long before (unless you count my roommate!) and I was a teensy bit worried because people always say you shouldn’t live with your best friend. But it was fun and felt so normal, as if living together was nothing new.

(And this isn’t as significant, but it contributes to my happiness (: I lost a little weight this semester and have been maintaining my current weight. Booyah!)

Oh, fuck, I didn’t realize that it was the 24th. Ah, whatever. It’s only been 47 minutes of the 24th!

Following in the footsteps of my friend Eujee, and blogger of Cupcakes and Cashmere, I decided that I will write a Five Things post every Sunday (:

1. Pulling out a bunch of old magazines to read on a lazy Sunday in bed. I never throw out magazines because I read them over and over again.

2. Grabbing brunch and mango sorbet with a friend, even though I hate waking up early.

3. Game night with friends because I kick ass at Taboo and I am incredibly lucky when it comes to games. What’s your favorite game?

4. The day after a heavy snowfall when the snow is still pure and I can pretend my backyard is a part of Narnia.

5. Skype dates with Brigid, whom I keep trying to text because I constantly forget she’s already abroad in Spain.