Don't you hate it when....

drivers cut you off very aggressively, and then drive 10 miles slower than the car ahead of them?

and then making you miss the green/yellow light?

and then they realized that they're going the wrong way, and then they cut into the right turn lane and then leave, meaning you could've made it if they were paying more fucking attention?

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i'm in class, and bored out of my mind.

this is what i have of my essay so far *opinions/corrections welcome!* :


Anna Shum
Ms. Jennifer Annick
English A: 6237
March 7, 2007
Put Your Title Here
When asked whether or not you would change your past if you could, what do you say? My answer has always been, “No.” I’ve never felt a want to change anything in my life, because everything that has happened shaped me into who I am today. Through out my years, many of those around me know me as a strong person, but have no idea where I got my strength from. Whenever they say that, I think of a triangle, the strongest geometric shape formed by 3 congruent sides and corners. I think of myself as a triangle, made up of 3 influences: my family, my academics and my hobbies. Because like a triangle, I did not appear out of thin air; I had to be built.
Like many others, family is my heaviest influence; everything I do always seems to be the result of what my family has shaped me into. I was born outside the US, and was raised by my mom, dad and nanny. When I neared 5 years old, they shipped me to America to live with my mom’s parents, my grandparents, to start my formal education. From first through 4th grade, I was taken care of and taught by my grandparents and my mom’s brother, Uncle Chris. They were very polite and moral, and always used reason to discipline me. When I was 7 years old, my dad left my mom. Two years later, my mom joined me in the US. This proved to be a happy, yet horrifying time for me. I was ecstatic that I could finally be with my mom again, but really happened compared to what I imagined, were polar opposites. I’ve never blamed myself for the divorce of my parents, and I still don’t, but I do blame the divorce of my parents for the anger that spilled from my mom. Having gotten used to being inured through logic and reasoning from my grandparents and uncle, my mom introduced to me a new disciplining technique: corporal punishment. It was a drastic change for me. I had to quickly adapt from one environment to another, and basically be taught again what I already knew, but in a different way. Although the ways of teaching between my grandparents and my mom were drastically different, they’ve always emphasized several points: that family and school will always be my top priorities until I start my career. Then it’s family and my career, which will be my top priorities. All of them always pointed out that our family will never turn its back on its own, no matter how grave a mistake one makes. Unfortunately for me, my mom always seemed to contradict herself, thus confusing my mind by saying that family will always be there for me for better or for worse, but if I get bad grades, she’ll kick me out.

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my name is Anna.

I am 18 years old, and will be turning 19 in September.



And today,



I finally realized exactly what "sanitary napkins" are.

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1.) What is your secret?
I'M ADDICTED TO (RED) STUFF *gasp* no more secret >.<

2.) If you could have plastic surgery, what would you have done?
vacuuming blubbers

3.) Do you have a completely irrational fear?
spiders and needles

4.) What is the little physical habit that gives away your insecure moments?
i become REEEDDD in the face. i think.

5.) Are you a pyromaniac?
i love staring at it, and starting controlled little fires...

6.) Do you have too many love interests?
yes. i'm sorry computer... the bed calls to me.

7.) Do you know anyone famous?
no, but apparently i'm distantly related to one. mom's cousin from her uncle's 1st marriage

8.) Who would play you in a movie?
Sandra Oh. :D

9.) Do you know how to play poker?
Crappily.

10.) What do you carry with you at all times?
Cell, Chapstick, Wallet

11.) What do you miss most about being a kid?
the Carefree-ness. no stress, and that time seemed to stand still

12.) Are you happy with your given name?
nyeh.

13.) How much money would it take to get you to give up the Internet for one year?
however much it takes to pay off my car, give me Annual Passes to ALL amusement parks in CA, pay off all the gas I'll use from driving, and housing/food/shopping money during the trips.

14.) What color is your bedroom?
Tan walls, white ceiling

15.) What was the last song you were listening to?
"Straightjacket Feeling" - All American Rejects

16.) Have you ever been in love?
yup

17.) Which musical instrument do you wish you could play?
piano... and yet, i am not willing to learn/practice. i wish i could one day wake up and do it perfectly.

18.) Favorite fabric?
Cashmere

19.) Something you love and also hate?
People

20.) What's the one language you want to learn?
hmmm... Latin. Just cause there are so many laguages with Latin roots

21.) How do you eat an apple?
1.wash
2. bite
3. chew
4. swallow
5. repeat steps 2-4 until core is reached

22.) Have you ever pierced your body parts?
by myself? no way. but the lady at Claire's peirced my ears for me :D

23.) Do you have any tattoos?
no, but i kinda want one.

24.) Do you drive a stick?
wish i could.

25.) What's one trait you hate in a person?
hypocrisy

26.) Do you consider yourself materialistic?
yeah. can't deny that.

27.) What do you cook the best?
spam with fried egges and rice

28.) Favorite writing instrument?
the pens that switch over to pencils ^.^

29.) Do you prefer to stand out or blend in?
Depends on the settings

30.) Would you ever go out dressed like the opposite sex?
yyyup~

31.) What's one car you will never buy?
just one? cause i was gonna say, "most american brand cars"

32.) What kind of books do you like to read?
mystery, sci-fi

33.) If you won the lottery, what would you do?
like the mega-mil? i'd pay off the house and cars and any other debts, shove enough into savings to pay for college til i recieve my Masters, renovate the house, and then split the rest with mom to do with whatever we want. for my half, i'd open a platinum (or diamond or whatever) savings account so i could collect mucho interest :)

34.) Burial or cremation?
cremation and then burial. (i don't want my family to have ot carry around a vase with a dead person inside... that's just -to me- very disturbing)

35.) How many online journals do you read regularly?
nooooot many.

36.) What's one thing you're a loser at?
sports.

37.) Do you cry in front of your friends?
yes.

38.) What's one thing you like to do alone?
drive around the city

39.) Are you a giver or a taker?
i'd like to think i'm more of a giver. but i enjoy taking too.

40.) When's the last time you cried?
last week ish?

41.) What is your favorite communication method?
F2F

42.) Do you think you're cute?
uhhh.... not really...

43.) Favorite type of music?
rock, indie, alternative

44.) Are you a workaholic?
if given the chance, i'm pretty sure i'd become one. then again, what work are you talking about?

45.) What are your kids names?
if in the future i have my own, they'll be named: g- Trinity, b- Christopher

46.) Do you like to shop?
YES. >_<

47.) What is your hidden talent?
i have yet to discover it.

48.) Would you die to save the life of someone you deeply love?
if i had to i will, but at the same time, i don't want to because i don't want to burden them with the guilt that i died because of them.

49.) Are your friends married or single?
some's one, and the rest are the other.

50.) Do you own a Bible?
yeah, against my wishes.

51.) Do you play chess?
i refuse to learn.

52.) Do you like the rain?
depends where i wanna be that day.

53.) Do you like thunderstorms?
who am i with, and where am i?

54.) What's your favorite website?
hmm. WEEWORLD! lol. i don't know. i go all over the place. most visited? Gmail/Google.

55.) What was your weight when you were born?
i ... actually don't know the answer to this.

56.) What time were you born?
five-pee-em

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Do Pretty People Earn More?

Looks Do Matter at Work
By Laura Morsch, CareerBuilder.com writer

You know the woman -- the one who could wear a paper bag to a board meeting and still manage to look both beautiful and perfectly professional. As if it weren't annoying enough that she maintains her obnoxiously flat abs by lifting doughnuts to her mouth, it turns out your gorgeous co-worker may also be out-earning her less genetically-blessed colleagues.

Good looks can have a real impact on workers' bank accounts, according to research by Daniel Hamermesh and Jeff Biddle published in the Journal of Labor Economics. Attractive people earn about 5 percent more in hourly pay than their average-looking colleagues, who in turn earn 9 percent more per hour than the plainest-looking workers.

This means if an average-looking person earned $40,000, their prettiest co-workers would make $42,000 while their least attractive colleagues brought home just $36,400.

Plain-looking workers may also receive fewer promotions than those awarded to their more striking contemporaries.

Steven D. Spitz, D.M.D. and owner of cosmetic dentistry firm Smile Boston, said he once had a client who wanted his assistant to get veneers, and was even willing to pay for the dental work -- as long as the assistant asked for it.

"He said this was a woman who was really good at her job and he was moving up (within the organization), but he couldn't take her with him because her teeth were so bad," Spitz said.

The assistant never came in for the dental work, and Spitz said he didn't know what became of her career.

Are pretty people just more talented?

It remains uncertain whether the handsomest people translate their good looks into higher productivity, but students do consistently give better-looking professors higher evaluations than they give their less comely teachers, according to research by Hamermesh and Amy Parker at the University of Texas in Austin.

Still, many experts warn against assigning too much value to beauty in the workplace, arguing that even if your good looks do get you in the door, they may not get you much farther.

"A person can be breathtaking in person and destroy that within the first five minutes by acting in a way that seems superior or behaving in a way that is lewd or provocative," said Francie Dalton, President of Dalton Alliances Inc., a consulting practice providing executive coaching to C-level clients.

"Although I very firmly believe that looks are the first thing one notices, I am not convinced that looks trump things like competencies, interpersonal skills and other factors," she said.

Richard St. John, author of "Stupid, Ugly, Unlucky, and RICH," says he's so unconvinced of the connection between good looks and competence, he often chooses to hire the "visual underdog."

"I'm not saying looks won't help you be successful at getting a date," St. John said. "I'm saying looks won't help you be successful in other areas of life."

Unfair, but legal

Unlike religion, national origin or disability, discrimination based on looks is legal in most jurisdictions, said James McDonald, Jr., managing partner of the Irvine office of employment law firm Fisher & Phillips LLP.

Washington, D.C. and Santa Cruz, Calif. are two of the only municipalities with laws explicitly protecting workers against discrimination based on physical characteristics or personal appearance, he said. Still, that hasn't stopped workers from launching unsuccessful lawsuits.

Fortunately, there's -- literally -- more to attractiveness than meets the eye. Researchers Markus Mobius and Tanya Rosenblat found that confidence makes up 20 percent of perceived attractiveness.

To ensure the image you're portraying is a confident one, be sure your posture doesn't betray your nervousness. Keep your back straight, head high and make eye contact with your associates.

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so today, i had to take my gramps to Ralphs to pick up his medicine.

i parked next to one of those shopping-cart holder things.



while i was inside,

some bitch ran her shopping cart into my car.



3 people saw her run away immediately.




keep in mind, i got my car only a month ago.




it doesn't even have a license plate yet.



the cart holder was as big as a car space.




HOW the FUCK did she MISS IT?!





i'm just lucky the rubber hit the car.

but the wax is still scratched off at the area.


if only i got out of the store sooner.

i would've caught her, followed her to her car



and keyed the crap out of it.



and when she asks "what the hell did you do that for?!"

i'd say,

"you run your cart into my NEW car, and i key the equivalent amount of damage into yours."


people like her need to be wiped off the face of the earth.

or at least, just abandoned somewhere away from society.

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