I hate living in a small town.

Let me tell you. There were some hot dudes last weekend at Qs. Was very happy with it. Then I realized that those cuties were from out of town for the SB film festival. I'm not even kidding. What does that mean? I'll be stuck with "not so hot" dudes from next week...

Man, I hate living in a small town.... chose a wrong town.... can't believe I have to be here for next 6 or 7 years without good looking guys around me.... could use getaway to LA....

I hate it when I fall behind of my schedule.

Ok, reading and wrting a paper for LING 258A-4hrs, data analysis for phonology-2hrs, WEAL meeting 2hrs, Colloquium-2hrs, research assistant work-2hrs, my research data analysis-1hr, going to a bank and run other errands-2hrs... 15hrs? hmm... I don't have 15hrs today... so erase my data analysis, and running errands.. 12 hrs? hmmm... what time is it? almost 12? then I go to bed like midnight? Wait a minute! How can I find time to eat, go to bathroom, and etc? This is unrealistic! Why did I take a nap yesterday? Why did I check my e-mail and replied some of them this morning? Why am I writing this? F*ck!

I hate phonology

I hate phonology. No doubt. How can I distinguish between allophones and phonemes? What is derivation? What's a phonetic motivation? Why can I not do my homework after I read all required readings and even more? Why can I not understand the materials when I read them?

Do I have to spend more time on phonology going to sessions and participating in a study group?

DAMN IT! I'm in the wrong department!

10 Things I hate about Nobu

1. He's a linguist.

2. He's a phonologist.

3. He likes phonetics.

4. He doesn't like sociocultural linguistics.
How can you not like it?

5. He makes me feel bad by studying too hard.
-When I didn't even have a phonetics textbook in the very beginning of a phonetics course, he was already reading ch.8.
-He made phonology reading copies for me, which I extremely appreciated. Then I realized that he didn't have to take it. Why are you reading a material for a class that you don't take during winter break, you stupid phonologist!

6. Whenever I ask a simple question, he responds with a very long explaination which gets me more confused.
-One time he even stood up and draw a diagram when I asked 'what is typology?'

7. I cannot leave a message in his voice mail.
-Call and check it out. There is 'eh?' then long pause continues with background noise like forever...

8. He says he likes to cook, but he's never cooked for me.
-Shame on you.

9. He tucks his shirts in.
-Look around. Can you not pick up something from these cute college kids?

10. He's a man.

I hate it

When I miss my pottery class. It seems like my creative side is always supressed by noncreative side of my life.

I hate it

When I don't feel well. How can I have a cold again? It's been less than 2 weeks after last one... Is it possible that I wasn't over with the previous one compeletely?? Or is it a different type of cold? Damn, I hate it, absolutely hate it when I don't feel well.

I hate it

when my roomy is sad... I'll cook for you, do the dishes, and take out trash. Please don't be sad.

I hate getting up in the morning

Damn, I'm still tired after 8hrs of sleep last night. Need to buy a coffee maker... gotta have coffee in the morning these days... Have a number of things to take care of today... ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't wanna get up, I don't wanna get up, somebody just brings me breakfast to my bed and let me sleep through all morning!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Gotta have a wife.... Could somebody plz Fedex me a wife?

I hate traffic

It took me more than 4hrs to go to LA last night. Consequently, I was two hours late for a gethering. Almost fell a sleep at a bar after the gethering. Had a plan to go to an exhibition today but got really tired after lunch. Cut my trip short and came back. Still it was a great trip. Met alot of cool people and got really sexy tops and jeans! I love Melrose street!

I hate it

when somebody leaves me without closure. Be brave, stupid! We should move on!

Things about Ed

I don't know whether I hate him or love him. So I cannot say "things I hate about Ed."

1. He's a weird linguist.
His paper is on recipes of Balinese. Go figures...

2. He's from Java.
Well, actually no. He's from San Francisco, but he looks like and acts like one from Java. You gotta listen to his accent. It got him a free bag from the International Student Office.

3. He's my brother.
Well, again, no. My father says he doesn't recall anything about it, but he acts like my younger brother.

4. He talks.
He talks... A LOT and SLOW. So what's your point, Ed?

5. He laughs LOUD.
I can hear his laughter from the end of a hallway.

6. His entire conversation consists of three themes: food, language, and Berkeley.
I'm NOT even kidding. When others say 'hi' or 'how are you,' he says 'I had *** last night' or 'The food at **** restaurant. Just like it, he begins talking about food, then it moves toward language (why doesn't it surprise me?). Occasionally, I can hear him talking about his undergrad years in Berkeley... then it goes back to food.

7. He attempts to converse with me in Korean.
How dare! It works though...

8. He freaks me out with his Balinese dance.
I thought he was chocking or something. He said it was a part of dance. HA!

9. He has an older sister and a mom who are even more talkative than him.
Did I tell you that I know all about your family memebers now?

10. He cooks.

He's one of a few men that I know who truly enjoy cooking, and he's good at that. I love it when a man cooks for me.

I hate Monday.

What's new? Doesn't everybody hate Monday?

I hate carding.

At age 34, got my id checked at Qs by two policemen... Followed by them all the way to a coat check to get my id.... One of them was holding my drink.... felt like I was a criminal or something....

I insist this is disrimination against asian chicks. Cops, Apply different standards to different ethnic groups! We asians do look young, but we ain't minors! We are only minority.

I hate rainy days

Sunshine gives you, uhhhh what is it called?, seratonin, and it makes you happy. I tend to get depressed in rainy days. It was so cold today. Damn, I hate rainy days...

I hate linguists

I hate linguists.

1. They are weird.

2. They are nerds.

3. They talk about language ALL THE TIME.
-Whatever we began with, they end up talking about language.

4. They speak a language other than English unlike other AMERICANS.
-I saw somebody who takes foreign languages as a hobby. He insists he can speak five languages. What are you gonna be? A translator?

5. When other normal people go on vacation, they go some place where I can never imagine to be and dig language.

6. They are REALLY weird.
-One grad student is working on radio communication of paragliders, and one professor is working on laughter.

7. They tell me I am a linguist too. DARN!

10 things I hate about Koby

Kobin, Kobe, or sometimes called Kimo for some reason...
- Ask people who took Transcription in Fall/2004.

I came to hate him for these reasons:

1. He is a linguist.

2. He has a NICE boyfriend.
-We single females hate those with nice boyfriends.

3. He never shuts up.
-Whenever I shut him up with my clever comment, he replies right away with a cleverer comment.

4. He comes up with a weird theory almost everyday.
ex) "All living things have a mouth."
-DUH!
"My new samsung cell phone is kissing the other. Oh my! This is samgung too. They're incesting!"
-Do you want me to tell you more?

5. He is tall.
-There is even a rumor that he breathes different air with us.

6. He is always hungry.
"Look, I'm eating this big sandwich, and I'm still hungry."
-Shut up and finish eating!

7. He's insane, and he knows it.
-Remeber he used to say "I'm insane" a thousand times a day?

8. He's a computer geek.
-Damn, those people who knows about computers! He's the one who taught me how to make my own blog. A very, very, stupid idea.

9. He can even make three trilled sounds at once.
-bilabial, alveolar, and velar... Is he still a human?

10. Whenever he gets drunk, he forces me to go after cute guys.
"Look, he's cute. Go after him! Make it out!"
-I told you, Kobe! They are gay!

I'm not done yet. There are more reasons. But this is all for now. Be prepared for a sequence.