More Scrubs Music

Scrubs has has such good music. My latest discovery:

"Human" by Jon McLaughlin

Heard this song on an episode of Scrubs:



<3 Keane.

Also, <3 Matt Nathanson.  This is one of my favorite songs by him.  Of course, I pretty much like all the songs on that album.

Pretty good live too!

So I've realized something. I don't think I'm bad writer. I'm just bad at deciding what to write. A lot of times, especially when it comes admissions essays, I just need some guidance on what I should write about. Once I've settled on that, I find that I do okay. It's just that when left to my own devices, I often pick the wrong things to write about.

So maybe that does make me a bad writer. Since the hardest part may be in laying out that effective outline, no?

I'm starting to think about essays the way I think about artwork. Those of you who know me know that I like to dabble in art. Of course, I'm nothing spectacular, but that can't stop me from appreciating it. Anyway, I think the greatest achievement for any piece of artwork is to perfectly capture an experience, complete with all the joys and turmoils, thoughts and feelings that accompany it.

I wish I could do that with my writing. Just write an essay which overflows with the "essence" of me. While casting that essence in the best possible light, of course.

That, I think, would be the highest bar for any form of expression.

Also, you might be inclined to think that I'm a terrible writer, judging from this blog. In my defense, I don't think this blog is a fair representation. It's not like I spend a lot of time editing these posts or anything. These posts are more like what Lindsay Lohan would call "word vomit" in the movie Mean Girls. Just sayin'.

I should probably start posting more interesting things rather than word-vomiting all the time.

The real world pretty much scares me shitless. I want to be a perpetual student.

Okay, so I'm exaggerating on both fronts there, but I got your attention, didn't I? Hyperbole is the way to go.

Email is the new snail mail, and Facebook is the new email.

For anyone who has a soft spot for Chinese oldies like I do

Check this kid out:



In other news, I've recently started watching 鬼丈夫：

Now there's a tear-jerker for you.  Nicholas Sparks, you ain't got nothin' on this.

I wanted to watch 梅花烙 originally, but the DVD was all scratched up, so in spite of my stubbornness, I had to give up.  Oh well, I'll probably just watch it on YouTube sometime later.

Nutraloaf

I once saw a segment on 20/20 about the Prison Loaf.  It's this loaf that prisons reserve as a sort of "punishment" for the inmates with the worst behavior issues.  It's nutritionally complete though, so it technically doesn't put the inmates' health at risk. I remember the segment mentioning that even the really tough guys would shrink in fear at the thought of it.  It's a highly controversial loaf, and has even been accused of being cruel and unusual punishment, particularly because the concept of using food as punishment itself is a controversial subject.

Anyway, I started browsing about this loaf online, and found some more information regarding the loaf.

The article talks mostly about what the loaf tastes like.  You can read it if you'd like.  But mostly, I just wanted to point out this reader comment:

"Don’t do the crime if you can’t stomach the slime."

 Teehee.  <3