play list

love songs for reep

 

1. 112 - you are the only one (interlude)

2. boyz II men - the color of love

3. babyface - when can i see you again

4. tamia - so into you

5. joe & n' sync - i believe in you

6. 112 - all my love

7. monica - for you i will

8. 98° - still

9. k-ci & jojo - tell me it's real

10. mariah carey - whenever you call

11. babyface - every time i close my eyes

12. 98° - i do (cherish you)

13. 112 - stay with me

14. monica - angel of mine

15. babyface - seven seas

16. westlife - more than words

17. 112 - someone to hold

 

from step

(under)/(stand)

oh dear... i was looking for a song that reep had sent me and i came across some files that just... years ago, three years ago reep and i broke up. it was a serious breakup. we were apart for three months, altho we saw each other often and for a while basically acted as tho we had never broken up. anyway, so at the time i was making him a cd (the whole deal: music, cover art, liner notes...). and i had basically just finished it when i went over to his place and proceeded to break up wit him. i don't remember why really. but he gave me back the cd and also his ring. i can't say which hurt more... the cd i had worked really really hard on. i mean... shit. i spent hours on that thing. perfecting it really. songs, order of songs. cover art. liner notes took forever and a day. ...last minute tho i added in a picture of us. a photo. and i dunno why but i guess i knew we were gonna break up so i just added it in witout really like decorating the space around it. i just rushed that last bit after so much planning... reep gave it back witout having listened to it. i understood. the ring too. i went to taiwan the summer before and bought us rings. i had another set too. i bought the first set and engraved it. and then decided i didn't much like it so i got another and engraved that. and then went back for another engraving. i came home and we wore our rings from the second set. i guess i told my mom about it. she probably noticed i was wearing a new ring, it was pretty shiny. she told my dad and he took it away. which at the time i was so angry about because to me it was just a ring, you kno? a symbol of our love, to be cheesy. but nothing more. to my rents i guess it was like promise ring of sorts. it wasn't. but i got out my ring from the first set and wore that instead. but we broke up and he gave it back. i understood. and basically even after we got back together he ever wore the ring again. and he's not ever listened to the cd either. strangely, even years later, when i get reminded of that cd or our rings, it never fails to pause me for a second. but anyway. i understood. and i still do understand.

chengdu

the last week of my teaching assignment we got off. so a few of us decided to go take a trip. to make a long story short, we went somewhere we weren't planning on going and got hella lucky and everything just sorta worked out. anyway, chengdu is where we ended up. our trip was about four days. we arrived by overnight train. we then left and spent two days out of the city at some mountains and such, i'll post those pictures later. our last day we went back to town and hung out there until our plane ride back to xian.

              

picture one is of the three of them round 5.30am at the train station. picture two and three are of the green ram temple. the oldest and largest taoist temple in the area. and the last picture is of matthew and vic on a row boat in some lake in people's park (emily didn't come row wit us). this side trip was easily one of my favorite times in china.

smooth moves

mmm google video. i'm sorta really into it right now. also i can't sign onto aol anymore (i can get onto aol.com tho) so i can't access my favorite places and get to articles and stuff. so hopefully most of you have a faster internet connection. tonight i present, in decreasing order of goodness, a really funny mastercard commercial. and then this weird 'stunt ninja' thing. it's starts better and gets worse, fast. but it's still pretty funny. esp the part on the gymnastics floor and the people in the back don't even look at him cause they kno they can do better. have, however, always liked this song so watch it for only that. and lastly this strange concert / dance thing... gotta love the way they move. dance on emo kids, dance on...

m word

marriage. by the age of 35, about 74% of people have done it. by 65, 95%. so basically, we're all pretty much gonna get married (i already kno five older adults who aren't married altho yes i do kno more than 100 people so god only knows how many of you, dear readers, aren't gonna marry). i'm already expecting to. now, don't get me wrong. i'm not one of those who has been planning her 'big day' ever since i can remember. i don't kno where i want it, how i want it, and i damn well don't kno when it's gonna be. but come on, let's just look at the stats. anyway, i bring this up becuase i kno that some of my friends who have been in serious relationships have actually talked seriously about marrige. reep and i haven't. and we've been together the longest. i asked him why this is. he said it's because he wonders wat's the point really when i'm not even wanting to get married eventually. and yeah, i'm not wanting to get married, i'm not planning on it, but i am expecting it. you kno? so i guess this is a bit discouraging to reep? not in the sense that 'oh no, stephanie doesn't want to get married and i do!' nono. but i guess me only expecting to but not wanting to makes talking about marriage seem like a waste of time. and really? us being in our early 20s (dating five years is no real indication of marriage i think altho it does put on the pressure!) and not at all wanting to marry so early does make the whole discussion a bit silly. oh, and another stat. average age for marriage for women is 26, men 27. so cheer up folks, we've about another four or five years to go. here's to the tortoise...

dragon boats

i've been dragon boating near forever. so here's my er... tribute? well sure. first and second pictures from summer palace, beijing. obviously they aren't the kind of boats one rows. but we rode one round the lake, it was pretty cool. much prettier anyway than the kind we normally row. third picture is from shanghai museum. they didn't have a boat just the heads, but again, so much more decorative than the kind we row.