Slightly abrupt ending to last post, to make a long story short, slept just under summit of Emeishan and woke up around 5am to go watch the sunset. Some more highlights from the way up...


blue sky-- very very rare



and the sunrise...
the feisty monkey that wouldn't get off my sleeping bag







the sunrise was crazy, about 200 people gathered on the summit to watch. stunning and freezing.

in other news, i'm absolutely ecstatic, my parents have surprised me with the news that they are gracing china with their presence over christmas, so no lonely holiday times. i can't wait!! i hope they don't get the bad initial stomach bugs which come from getting used to chinese food...

last week was michael's birthday, he introduced pub golf to the other foreigners here. for those who don't go to british universities, pub golf means you dress up as golfers, and go from bar to bar (each is a hole, there are usually 9), where your score card has a drink you have a certain amount of sips (this is your par) to drink. was a fun night, i'm about 80% sure the chinese people thought that was our normal dress code though...



once again will end abruptly, have LOADS to do today, why do the weekends always fly by?! need to study, exercise, prepare classes for tomorrow and stress out about midterms. i'm off to look for a swimming pool as i've been craving a swim for the past few weeks, i really hope my unfair hypothesis of chinese pools being filled with screaming, peeing chinese children is highly unnaccurate. next entry features panda pictures.

lots of love
xxxxxx

 for those who have asked, contact details are the following (you can write addresses in english):

Giulia Sciota
Room 233
International Students Dormitory
#29 Wangjiang Lu
Chengdu, China 610064

and cell phone (depends where you're calling from, this helps: http://www.howtocallabroad.com/china  )
city is Chengdu, and my mobile is 1520 816 4752

was always waiting for the crush
the car to drive right through the shops
to call in sick and late at work
and take a holiday

was always tangled up in knots
to keep myself from speaking up
but no one's listening anyway
just trying to bribe me

and if it's alright
then what are we doing here?
and if it's alright
this place is gassed by fear
and if it's alright
i'll tell you cos you never understand
and if it's alright i'll beg you
'cause i'm a begging kind of man

today i wrote a bad cheque
packed a bag and took a jet
and no one's looking anyway
i hope you miss me

(sometimes i think maybe i'm making a big mistake)

i don't know how long it's been since i last posted... and yes, i know the answer is a few clicks away but that's irrelevant!

HOW IS EVERYONE

saw the Shins, last night, THEY ARE SO GOOD!!!

Life's been pretty fun.

Current thoughts: so I never realized how much I liked the Mad Caddies. They remind me of the Bouncing Souls for some reason. I think it's because they have so much fun.... ? You know what I DON'T like? COUNTRY music. WHY.

I suck at updating, I give up. Sorry to any country fans I offended.

I LOVE YOU!
-Giulia

P.S.
Reply with your name and I'll tell you something I like about you.

I'm five years old again and I love it. I watched the sunset and then stayed up all night to watch the sunrise and life is good

The Polyphonic Spree make me so happy.

I don't care what anyone says.

so kids
update time
caribbean was fun
i would post pictures, but i am lazy
spring break is fun
i woke up at 7:53 today
i don't even know why
this update fails, i'm out
love and that
giulia

I AM SO EXCITED
Streetlight Manifesto tomorrow...
again!

:)

Last time after they finihed I went I told Tomas Kalnoky he was the only man I've ever said I love you to (which is correct). He asked me if that included when he was all sweaty after playing the show. I said obviously, to which he showed me a flash of his beautiful smile and said "now that's a fan". Not a great story, but it includes me and him talking which is more than I can ask.

"Thank You! I Love You All!
Some are going to say that we're doomed to repeat
all our past mistakes
Great!
But that's not me
and even if it was I would always disagree
Because in the end I always get the better of me"

that mood hamster is going nuts!

Ok. I keep being told to update, which I am not good at. However, in dedication:
It's around 1:45 am, the Eagles didn't win the Superbowl and tomorrow morning a frightening woman by the name of Micheline McManus is going DESTROY me and make me regret my existence.

How cocky are livejournals by the way?! Me, me, me. I guess that's the point...? I would continue this thread of thought but I feel you don't deserve by great late night humor.

Everything's alright, however my doctor has given me Benadryl and says I'm too sleep deprived. However I think I'm slowly becoming immune to it? The first time I had it it knocked me out, which was a great excuse for snoozing during a truly appauling theatrical piece.

This entry is so BAD. I would delete it, but this way I've officially updated, so can receive no more threats. Obviously I deserve threats, but not because of this...


Endless evenings of non-exist
Are getting shorter, monotonous
Like an intruder, I belong outside
Although I find myself right back
The same place I was before
Saying things I'd say once more
There's no reason for me to be here, no
I feel so lonesome, surrounded by friends
Who are talking about me, saying things I could care less about
This dialogue is without
Worth, content, significance
Conversational ambivalence
Hear the same things every night, it just ain't right
I'm not the one to hold the bag
Give me something I can sink my teeth into
Show me a time, tell me a story
That I haven't heard a million times before
I pass out from boredom
As I watch the people pass
I see moments in their lives, nothing fascinating
Are we all living for the past, never realizing
We're clinging to an empty bag
Lacking content, significance
Conversational ambivalence
Say the same thing every night, it just ain't right
We'll see who's left holding the bag


OH! How could I forget. STREETLIGHT MANIFESTO this Thursday. MAX I LOVE YOU!! It's because of YOU that this Thursday I will be seeing The Streetlight Manifesto together with the Voodoo Glow Skulls!!!! YOU IDOL. STREETLIGHT MANIFESTO AND THE VOODOO GLOW SKULLS.
Bitchinnn.
Then Max and I are off to go skanking with Big D and the Kids Table. We are the Kids.
Jealous? You should be. Actually, you should be getting to ticketmaster to get yourself a ticket because this show will is your type of google.

p.s. by the way my mood is wrong. I'm not horny, even though the thought of the Streetlight Manifesto's kind of changed that... kidding (or am i?). but yeah, i thought the hamster looked kinda funny. is that what those rodents look like when they're.... ok benedryl getting to me goodnight.

I just got back from Amsterdam yesterday, which was lovely. After all, it is Amsterdam.

Today I woke up around 6AM. Slight jetlag. I'm really sleepy right now. Over there it's 2:15 AM.

I think I'm going to go to sleep. All my energy is drained. A combination of stuff that's been happenning and jetlag.

I would love to hear a really nice, slow song right now. I'm sorry NOFX, I'm just not in the mood right now. I guess I fail as your biggest fan. I love Nada Surf.
Amsterdam has been kind to me, so thank you Holland.

Off to New York again tomorrow. I'll have my cell phone and charger with me. This is basically to anyone I forgot to tell I'm leaving. If I did, I'm sorry. I don't hate you, you mean a lot to me, but I lack memory and have lost many brain cells for the summer, so really, what do you expect? Physical in about 9 hours, I have to wake up in about 7 and a half, meaning I should probably get to sleep, so I can wake up. Going to go finish pack, so tomorrow I'll be in less of a rush when I realize everything I'm forgetting.

For your information, you CAN get burned by making cookies ok? And YES, even with the Break n Bake kind. My hand hurts and I've got a head ache.

I NEED CHINESE FOOD AND I DON'T THINK I CAN SLEEP UNTIL I HAVE SOME.

Hectic week.
This week has been... nuts. Partially fun, but nuts. I can't even remember what I did. And I LIKE being lazy for your information. Anyway, lately, I've been playing lots of tennis, which has been fun, lots of swimming (also fun), and a fair amount of shopping (TAX-FREE). (Ha). I'll save a lot of time from explaining the situation, basically there are a LOT of people staying at are house. I think 16 in total? Lots of kids, and as you know I'm not very tolerant of children.

I leave for the Hamptons on Thursday. Sean and Marc (the gerbils, duh) are coming of course, as we're staying for ten days. Always a good time. And I just saw a thing on tv a few minutes ago, and I'm sorry but I need to comment. The ad was for one of those lose weight pills or something. And thanks to Dave, I have a new philosophy:
To all those people in the commercials: Guess what? To lose weight, you need willpower. And of course you don't HAVE any willpower. If you did, you'd be doing stomach crunches right now, instead of reading this. But there you sit, lump-like, while the millions of fat cells in your thighs mate furiously and give birth to gigantic litters.
I'm being a real idiot today. Not that other days I'm not an idiot, but today it's just overboard. Perhaps it's the slight intoxication, or perhaps my normal idiocy. Who knows? I certainly don't. In fact, I know nothing. And you know nothing, so this is where I leave you.
Deepest apologies for my pointless rants...

Just watched the sunrise... my eyes hurt, but it was so pretty.

Italy was fun. Lots of stuff happenned. Some, I have no idea how, for example the conversation on knives used to castrate pigs I had to hear my family discuss as I was TRYING to eat my holy plate of pasta and clam sauce. I have a tan from going to the beach every day, the sea was wonderful. Always crystal clear, no rocks in the sand, clean, cold-ish, and green. Just the way I like it. My family doesn't really swim much, but I love it and swam about 3 times every hour.

I saw two guys at the beach that looked EXACTLY like two people I knew and I flipped. Does that happen to people? The 'everybody has an identical twin' thing? It was weird. I even went over and started talking to them.. bottom line, not who I thought. Anyways, it OBVIOUSLY got me thinking of Twilight Zone, Mirror Image... anyone seen that?! God, what a great show.

Right now it's around 5AM, and I know I'm not sleeping tonight. My sleeping schedule is all mucked up again, I slept on the plane, one of the flights was delayed, and a whole bunch of other inconvenient stuff. Now it's actually getting light, so whatever. I'm almost hungry.

I thought a lot when I was in Italy. I loved being back in Europe... it felt odd, I so badly wanted to see my friends, they were only 3 hours away... but just couldn't. I'm starting to realize a lot of stuff, maybe I'll put it all up someday. If I wrote it now, it would probably not make sense at all, which would match the rest of this message... but nah. I don't feel like not making sense now. Obviously I'm not doing a very good job with that, so I'll go now. Good morning, or whatever you call this time.

Okay. Here's the long lost update. I really update quite often but halfway through my update I am interrupted and have to go somewhere. SO... these past few days/weeks have been... hmm, cool. I passed my exams, and even though my math teacher is still lowering my grade a bit because I have 'attitude', I don't care. I passed math, and I never have to deal with Naz bitch again. It's not my fault she can't find anyone to marry her, if she chooses to take out her biterness on high school girls, be it. Bitch. I won't even get into all the reasons I hate her because it is not worth the time. Summer is here, and that's good. Monday was the last day of school, and I practically ran out. I'm free. FREE. So to retrace my week...

Tuesday Emily and I went to the Wilmington Country club for swimming, tennis and foosball, and it was FUN, great to play tennis again. Wednesday it was too hot to do anything, according to my mom. When I asked her to play tennis, she said it was too hot. This is understandable, as it was 90 degrees, and they gave a heat warning. But then when I asked her to go swimming she just said she was TRYING to take a nap. So I left it at that. Thursday J came over, stayed until Friday. I can't remember what happenned on Saturday, and today I think I'm supossed to go see the Chronicles of Riddick with some people, but I haven't bothered checking. Hmmm. Doesn't look that great anyway. Wednesday I'm off to Sicily, as I am every year. I will be there for ten days. I hope it will be fun. Usually it is, seeing cousins, friends, random people. It's all good. I miss Europe, so it'll be cool going back again. Too bad I can't go visit Amsterdam. Oh well, I doubt my friends would be there anyway. That's what I hate about the summer... how people are always scattered everywhere, and the one opportunity you might have to really see them, and they're away with parents. Whatever. I guess I'm being kind of bitter right now, I'd rather not get into it. I'm not exactly getting into anything today, so maybe it's best I leave it at this. Sorry if I puzzled anyone.
frustrated..

Alright, not to be cocky but when it comes to last minute book project internet research, I am a PRO, and I pull it off. However, I chose to read Red Sky at Morning (Bradford) for a free reading project, and many obstacles are standing between me and my golden research. Turns out there's another book called Red Sky at Morning, which is completely different, and yet another one about the crisis of the global environment. Of course there's also Red Sky at Morning the website, and the video game. There is even your Orange County BAND, Red Sky at Morning. But does anyone have anything to say about Bradford's book?? Why is it so hard to find the red fucking sky at morning?!! The only things I can find are through Amazon, and that's only because they want to sell it to me.

Dammit!

I miss Amsterdam a lot.

Things to do:
1) Start and finish personal essay for english on a defining moment in my life. Do I have any defining moments? I don't consider myself a defined person. In fact, So instead, I'm writing about me and my-undefindness. Or un-definity. Maybe it's in-definity. I'm sure there's a word.
2) Work on ass-kissing techniques as a consequence for the big list of things I should have done by now, but haven't, including not including them on this list as continuation of my procrastination.

I am conforming to international pressure to blog. Besides, seems kind of neat?

I hear a woodpecker somewhere?

Can you tell I'm going to be terrible at this?