Blast from the Past

Today, I was doing some cleaning and I found some journals from when I first came down to LA… here’s an excerpt (fyi, it’s in CAPS because that is how my handwriting was):

MONDAY, JULY 26, 2004

I’VE BEEN IN LA FOR A MONTH! A LOT HAS HAPPENED. I’VE BEEN BUSY W/ MY INTERNSHIP, JOB-HUNTING, UCLA INTERCAMPUS VISITOR PROG, TRIPS, EXTRACURRICULARS, ETC.

HIGHLIGHTS OF LA SO FAR:

-NEMO SHOWS, OH & HYPERCYCLE, TOO

• MY INTERNSHIP @ BRAGMAN NYMAN CAFARELLI / MAGNA GLOBAL LICENSING

• GOOD FOOD (BUT EATING OUT EVERYDAY = $ ↓

• HANGING OUT

→ CLUBS ARE NICE

→ K-TOWN

→ BOBA / COFFEE SHOPS

• COOL EVENTS

→ HAROLD & KUMAR PRIVATE SCREENING

→ H&K PRESS CONFERENCE

→ LA TOFU FESTIVAL

• NETWORKING

→ MEETING LOTSA COOL PEOPLE

(approx. 3 fingers of empty space here)

& I HAVE SO MUCH (a blob of scribbles here) IN MY HEAD.

(next page)

HOW DO I TRANSFER MY (scribbles here) THOUGHTS (a few more scribbles) ONTO PAPER, INTO SPOKEN WORDS, OR EXPRESSIONS? I RESTRICT MYSELF TOO MUCH. EVEN NOW. WHEN I’LL BE THE ONLY ONE READING THIS. I CENSOR MY THOUGHTS. I’M TOTALLY DOING IT NOW. & THINKING TOO HARD ABOUT WHAT TO WRITE. DAMMIT.

Haha… interesting… it’s kinda weird reading stuff from the past, huh? A lot has changed. Like… I do not think clubs are nice~ LOL. I got over that one real quick. K-town… well, I still go there, but it’s just K-town, nothing special. Boba and coffee shops? Wth, I don’t remember that… but I guess that was a habit that got carried over from high school~ lol… haven’t been a boba or coffee drinker for years now! Listing the Harold & Kumar stuff as highlights? I guess it was pretty cool getting into things like that back then. Haha. The end part though… about censoring my thoughts… I still have a problem w/ that. Some things change and some don’t!

This is another reason why I should start really blogging again so I can see what crap I’ve written 5 years later from now. Haha.