ok. im still having a hard time believing that its been almost two months since ive graduated with my class. time flies by. if it flies by this fast when im really doing nothing, i wonder how fast its going to go once college starts. so ive been up to the usual summer routine of watching movies, checking my mail every ten seconds (which is an exaggeration of course but you get the picture) and going online, and just hanging out. when me and my sister first arrived from chicago by train, i met at least ten to fifteen of her friends in the first day alone. that was cool but i was exhausted both physically and mentally from the air india flight(where there was an ancient indian grandma coughing up her lungs and breathing like a horse with a cold) and train ride to get to grand rapids. but the place i was originally supposed to move into, wasn't going to be ready for me until july. so i got to sleep on the floors and couches of strangers homes for two weeks. i then moved in with adam graff and his sister in an apartment. heres something for those of you who know adam: if you think adam graff is crazy during the day, you should see him at night when he gets hyper off of five bowls of lucky charms cereal and a bit of firewater. anyways, i had a fun time with adam graff and running into fast food restaurants and various other places for job applications. i don't know if it helped that adam was wearing a bright sky blue shirt with a pink truckers hat when we asked for applications. but it was interesting. this past month, ive been living with soo chan, a previous sonne senior, and this other korean guy i had never met before. its been fun. tomorrow, my parents are going to pick me and my sister up on their way down from toronto, and then drive to chicago. the next day we're going to fly up to alaska to catch some salmon with our bare hands and provoke some grizzly bears with a jar of peanut butter and a tazer gun. another reason why we're giong up there is that we're visiting our supporting church. we'll be there until the 13 of July and then fly down to seattle where we'll be until the 19 of july. then we'll fly back to philadelphia where we'll meet up with a bunch of relatives and have good korean food. and then ill fly back to calvin with my sister for orientation. well thats about all going on for now.

it has been a long long time. vary long. i don't even know if people use this thing anymore. its funny how people are so fickle. you and i included if youre reading this. first its xanga, then myspace, then hi5 or somthing like that, then facebook. people, just write emails. its just as good; it just means a little bit more effort, but that shouldn't matter if the person youre writing to is important enough to you. kay. just wanted to get that out. actually back to that topic. i am going to start writing letters when i begin attending college. yeaup. that way i can actually illustrate my letters (the smiley faces just don't do for me). seriously, letters are more personal, theyre tangible, and you have to WAIT for them. thats right. wait. we as a society have become way too used to having things done in five seconds or less. also, while youre waiting, you can find things to write about. sometimes people give the excuse that theres nothing to talk about in emails. DUH (forgive me, but theres no other word to say it)! you write an email and you get a reply within 24 hours! no offense to people that use xanga or facebook as i myself am using them. i think ive already said this whole paragraph before in another xanga entry.lol. but its just that im frustrated at having to constantly get new "blogs" and other stuff just to stay in contact when i have a perfectly good email address i can use. end of thought.

one more. actually its more of a question. does anybody ever feel like things just move too fast in life?

good quote jun yeob just said to me five seconds ago (he's in his white bathrobe; don't know why i said that):

 "isn't life good if you don't think about it. but then if you start thinking about it, it isn't so good after all."