Backity-back

Well, that was a nice, long break. Extra long because of that awesome Atlanta Snowpocalypse (Got an extra week off from school!).

Aaand now I'm back at school and on this blog. I'm in the middle of doing some research for an assignment, so I don't really have much time to say anything other than how much I am hating school already and how I am really excited to see this movie:

Independence Day left quite an impression on me back in '97 and I've been waiting for a comparable movie ever since. Hopefully Battle: Los Angeles won't be a disappointment.

PEACE!

So close I can taste it

After tomorrow's final ends at 1:00pm, I will declare FREEEEEEDOM (a la Mel Gibson) from Braveheart.

The more likely thing that will happen is me just crying in pure relief. This first semester of law school has been quite the ride. I seriously don't know how to sum it up yet...maybe I'll know how I feel about the whole thing after that last Civil Procedure final.

God, I cannot wait to get drunk.

PS: My lovely cousin Jacinta is home for the holidays from Grenada (she has just finished her first semester of med school)! I can't wait to see my tiger-twin!

Obviously I am the retarded twin.

One last time, wish me luck!

Cooked in your own juices...

I went a little crazy last night after my Real Property final (thing was a beast). So, I am now sitting in my bed, nursing a vicious hangover, internet surfing and gchatting. This video came recommended from a friend and it's hilarious. I love Steve Coogan and I love impressions. I'm feeling better already!

Once I get all better, I gotta hit the books again. Two finals down and two to go! Wish me luck!

First final tomorrow...

Getting some fresh air with Thao.

This dreary, rainy weather is really not conducive to good studying, on top of my being sick as a dog.

Every year around this time (finals time), I always get sick, so I thought this year I would juke and jive my way out of it and take my exams with a clean bill of health. Leading up to finals, I took my vitamins diligently, I ran every other day, and I've been eating super healthy (incorporating fruit into my diet and putting handfuls of spinach into every meal).

Aaaand now I'm sick. Like, REALLY sick. Probably sicker than I've ever been. I've tried my best and I've failed miserably. The lesson is: Never try.

Here's the upshot to all of this: The Annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show is on tonight!

Seriously guys, pray for me tomorrow. I am freaking out.

Matty Ice Ice Baby

Best parts of my weekend:

1. Eating delicious homemade pizzas and polishing off 4 bottles of wine at Percy's with my favorite people.

2. Celebrating my good friend's 25th birthday at Loca Luna.

3. Watching the Falcons ram the Rams (Something I secretly wish Michael Turner would do to me).

It was an uneventful but nice weekend.

I feel like I am dying a slow and painful death. I wish I could just go ahead and take my finals already!

DuckTales

This is Hột vịt lộn and it is a duck fetus. You probably have seen it on tv shows like Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmerman, Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations and Fear Factor. I don't know what the BFD is all about other than the fact that it's delicious.

I made a little nest for my duck fetus because it was too hot to hold. Thao, on the other hand, is champ and is eating it the way a true Viet would and should. Maybe she got a complex from having a hot vit lon explode in her face some years ago.

It took weeks to remove the beak that was lodged in her fo'head.

They walk, you run.

I experienced a mini-heart attack today because my alarm clock decided not to work this morning. As I rushed to get to class on time and make myself look half-decent, I began to miss my undergrad days very, very much. On days like this, I would have just been like, " ah shit, oh well" and gone back to sleep.

To make up for hectic and stressful morning, me and Thao decided to grab a late lunch at Rusty Nail, a little dark, smoky restaurant that's about 2 seconds away from my house. The place reeks of cigarette smoke, but the food's good and there's a huge, badass gun located at the entrance.

Now, I am at home, watching some Walking Dead while working my outlines.

Until the next mini-heart attack, I bid you adieu.

Let's get down to business...to defeat the Huns.

Shoot the J, shoot it!

The final version of my Open Memo is due Monday mo'nin'. I am determined to get it done before Dexter, Eastbound And Down, and Boardwalk Empire all begins.

What? I gotta watch my stories!

Don't tell me it's not worth fighting for

Little birthday present I got in the mail earlier this week from my amazing friend Heather. She's off in IL doing her thang and I miss her like a sonofabitch.

Last night I got some pho with some friends and Max and I finished off another bottle of birthday wine. I think it's starting to become some sort of tradition to start binge drinking every Friday.

I went for a run Thursday evening through this wooded area by my house and I was listening to Bryan Adam's "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You." Surrounded by crisp autumn air and colorful leaves, I felt like I was in that music video at the end of Kevin Costner's Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Awesome 90s cheesiness, I love it.

It's that chauvinistic, pig-attitude...

I went out and celebrated my friend's birthday at Milltown Arms Tavern (Rocky IV was playing on tv screen!) and got caught up with a few people I hadn't seen in sometime at Ormsby's this past Saturday. Fun fun fun. Something I have learned from that night: re-enacting the "Struttin' that ass" video is not going to get old for a loooong time.

And here's something I learned while out running yesterday evening: Andrew W.K. makes for some good running music. Seriously, a great alternative to Eye of Tiger.

PEACE!