La la lu~

Major change: Linguistics (and cognitive studies)
Possibly transfer to...: UCLA, UCSD, Pomona College, NYU, University of Chicago...
UCLA is still my top choice though..

Community college produces loners.
Not being in a dorm room really snatches an ideal college experience away from you.
I will live in a dorm room once I transfer to a University, but right now I feel so busy. Yet, I'm as bored at home as I was in High School.
My classes have gone from promising, to interesting, to "somebody kill me." Three hours is really pushing it...
The cool part is that it goes by so fast. The busier you are, the faster time goes by. It's already the end of October! Only a month and a half more and bam! Winter Break. I really like semester classes. I think all classes in college are either a semester or quarter long. Thank baby jesus for that.

Speaking of baby jesus, Christianity tastes like ass.
I bit into the fruit of Christianity and spit it out. Some things just aren't for everyone, so why does everyone feel the need to force religion on everyone else? Can't we all just coexist in harmony? Nope.
I've been exploring religion, Christianity in particular, since Senior year and cannot find anything appealing about it.
I've talked to my really passionate, intense, Christian friend and all she does is give me anxiety because I'm apparently going to hell. She is a Biblical Christian, which means she interprets everything in the Bible as the absolute truth.
I've talked to a Pastor at a Lutheran church who told me everything I wanted to hear.
But apparently he's un-biblical and wrong.
The whole damn thing is killing me.

I began to go to a Jodo Shinshu (浄土真宗) Buddhist temple with my Aunt and found a very delicious fruit.
I don't want to be labeled with a religion. I don't really like religion very much.
I just want to learn.
I'm trying to broaden my horizons and keep an open mind.
I've been trying so hard to figure out what I think and how I feel about things, and you know what I realized?
It's not possible.
There is no way you can define what you think or feel because things are always changing.
It's like trying to catch wind.
Everyone knows the basics about themselves, (what we think is okay and not okay, our likes and dislikes) but once you start getting into the deep stuff, what you say today may completely contradict what you say tomorrow.

The Okinawa Club of America has several scholarships they award to a few people every year.
What I want to participate in is the "Kempi scholarship".
There's a lot of qualifications and I fantastically meet them all.
My only question is, do I go after I complete my G.E.'s at PCC, or wait until I graduate from UCLA?
Right now, I feel the best choice is going after I'm finished at PCC since Japan's school schedule is so different from ours. That way I wouldn't have to rush to finish at PCC in two years, which I doubt I can do without failing a course or dying.
I would also get to take more language classes (French and Russian), which I really really really want to do.
Now, the only beef I have with that plan is that I'd graduate from UCLA in 2015 instead of 2013.
I have no idea why that bothers me so much, but I guess I just have to get over it.
I mean, so what if I don't graduate with all the other people my age?? That happens all the time right? I would be graduating with Karen and Jessie then! :)

I was listening to my Italian music the other day and realized that I understood a lot of what I was singing. And I'm only in Italian 1!!! This is the shit. It's a really great feeling to love something and know you're learning a lot about it.

CONCERTS:

Me, my auntie, my mom, and my sister went to see Jason Mraz at the Hollywood Bowl on the 10th. I loved him even more coming out of the concert than I did coming in. He sounded beautiful, he looked beautiful, and everything was just beautiful. At one point, he moved from the stage to the middle of the seating and was withing 10 feet of us!! It was awesome and I had an amazing time.

I went to see Regina Spektor at the Greek Theater on Wednesday and it was AMAZING, of course. I love her. I told her so when it was really quiet. <3
So many people were screaming at her though...it was very funny.
"I love you Regina~!!" or "Regina, Marry me~!!!" were popular. I chose the first one. :)
She sounded better than her CD, which I knew she would, and even my mom had a good time.
She sang everything I wanted to hear, along with some songs I didn't know and an a cappella song that was very sweet and funny about eye color.
She's fucking awesome.

I bought tickets to see Julian Casablancas on Nov. 6th with Gianina.
I think I may cry.

Over and out.