living a baroque life

first of all, i'd just like to say i have a really great playlist going. right now i am listening to "the way i are" by timbaland... and damn, i love this song (grammatical errors and all). it gets me so pumped up.

so, i pretty much just bought two identical pairs of boots online. ah! i wish i could just TAKE MY BID BACK! this major mistake is directly blamed on my lack of eBay experience. to be exact, this is only the second time in my life that i've ever visited eBay. earlier tonight, i found the perfect pair of boots, fell in love with them, and way over-bid on them to secure myself as the winner! however, two hours later... i find a pair of even MORE perfect boots and secure a (more than likely) winning bid on those as well. the more i reflect back on my last few hours of online browsing, even though i'll have to go through the return hassle- it was worth it. if you saw the boots (either pair), you'd understand. and hey, now i have choices! still, i do not think i should not be allowed to use eBay for the first time in a couple years without some sort of practice purchases first.

eBay is one of those new-fangled internet operations that i usually forget about, simply because i only use it in desperate situations (i.e. to find cute parisian boots). scott just got me netflix for my birthday, which was the best present ever, but it is surprisingly difficult to get used to incorporating an internet site (outside of e-mail) into everyday routines (despite the fact that it IS just more movie-renting). in addition to netflix users, the many people who keep up photo sharing sites, display their book recommendations on goodreads, or keep daily blogs amaze me! one of my friends consistently does all of the above, which makes me worship her because she is so connected, up-to-date, and involved.

this week i began my internship. it was fun, funny, great. i cannot express how much i enjoy the people, the work, and the ability to be an intern and get excited about a "real job" before actually becoming tainted by the corporate world of inevitable politics. during each work day, i remember feeling myself slowly enter the post-graduate real world and stray away from my academic center-of-the-universe. it was completely refreshing. this is a good start.

wow, i just realized i never documented anything at all about china. even if it is unproductive, i might record tidbits here just so i can remember what it felt like to live within a communist country and how i would not travel there again for any other reason than to consume dumplings all the live long day.