OHIOOOO everyone!

wow, how to begin…

blogging seems so strange now. i used to be really into the livejournal scene back in middle/high school (yeah, yeah… i was a teenybopper. but at least it’s a step up from xanga? ^^). thinking back on it, i poured some serious love and time into my little online buddy…

but then MIT happened. and the frequency/quality of my writing took a serious turn for the worse. imagine something like this xkcd comic, but instead of “my overall health” and “the day i realized i could cook bacon whenever i wanted,” it would be “any semblance of writing skill i might have had at some point in my life” and the graph would crash at “the day i came to mit.” >.<

in fact, reading over my poor, neglected blog is pretty painful. starting september 2005, half of the entries are cursing the terrible boston weather and the other half are apologies for not keeping my blog up to date.

but at the same time… OMG I WAS A HAPPY, CAREFREE, ENERGETIC FRESHMAN!!!

exhibit a: (from sept. 30, 2005… almost 3 years ago! O__o)

“Be a hearty New-Englander” –Sunny, my roommate

It was 49 degrees when I woke up today. Yesterday I almost got blown away by 40 mi/hr wind gusts. I’ve unpacked my scarves, joined the facebook group “Afraid of Freezing at MIT,” and washed out my thermos. And I can’t stop coughing.

But for some reason I feel just fine! :)

::tears::

what happennnneeddd…

it’s pretty interesting, though, to read back over reflections on freshman year (few and far between as they are). oh, freshman year… ::cue cloudiness and reminiscent music::… that was when i got dragged to my first TKD p.e. class by my roommate!

on that note, i really miss tkd… oh yeah, and all you guys too. ;D every time i get one of mary’s social emails, i feel sad and lonely… just kidding! kinda…

i’ve been trying to stay in shape here. i don’t have a car so i can’t get to a dojang for practice, but i’ve been running on a pretty consistent basis and doing some stretching/curriculum review… so hopefully getting back into the swing of things won’t be so hard come september.

ah! you may be wondering where i am (or who i am, for that matter… oh boy, i have a feeling this blog entry is not very coherent @__@). well, this is christine lee (supersecretcodename: flyingtotoro), and i’m in san jose, CA, working for a MEMS research division of qualcomm.

things here are pretty nice. i can’t complain about much. well, i take that back– i can. but i will spare you (for this entry, at least).

for the time being, let’s just say i’m enjoying the beautiful california weather and the copious amounts of delicious, sweet fresh fruit.

i’m also very lucky to have wonderful tkd friends who came to visit me 4th of july weekend… jenn huang, jackie, and john came by and we went galavanting around the bay area (will upload pictures soon). i’ve also met up with our alum instructor conor, who is doing quite well, it seems. :D

other than that, i’ve just been… watching copious amounts of food network, travel channel, and bravo (to make up for the lack of those channels at MIT) aaaand… NOT progressing on my many summer goals.

hopefully you all are being more productive than i am.

… i know i’ve said this already, but I REALLY MISS YOU ALL!

::sending happy thoughts::
–Clee