Jumping

Look but don't touch
Touch but don't taste
Taste but don't swallow

Story of my life.

Taking up the Mantle

We're seniors tomorrow. I can't tell if I'm sad or shocked. God damn sentimentality. Congratulations are in order, but all I can think about is the past, about how 3 years have gone by, and about how my friends are leaving me yet again.
"Stop!" cries my heart, "Stop!" I hate time.
"Stand still." I say, "Stand still!" Who am I to request that?
I smile not because I'm happy, but because it makes me happy. If I keep smiling, will time slow down? Will the seniors stay another day? Another year?
No, that would be cruel, unjust, despicable. Let them soar.
Here's my goodbye seniors.

Julia - It's been awesome knowing you. Three years of Mock Trial, definitely changed my high school experience. Take MIT by storm. I know you can. I'll just try to hold up without your leadership. :)

Lewin - Despite the Jane Austen love (lol, I kid, Jane Austen's pretty good), you're still amazing. Easily one of the best basketball players out of the Asians. :p You're a genius. Lit, Math, Science, you excel in everything. Harvard's lucky to have you.

Lawrence - Boss. Thanks for all the advice and insider knowledge you've given me throughout the years. Talks on the bus? Most useful things ever. Cal-tech is crazy, but you'll handle it just fine. Whenever you dedicate yourself to something, you're good as hell at it. Take high school, take HMC/research, take weight-lifting, take parkour. Too Boss.

Amy - I can't believe I only met you in my sophomore year. Really? Really? Hahaha, it was always fun hanging out with you. Sorry I couldn't write a paragraph in your yearbook. I just couldn't find space. >_< My handwriting needs to be smaller. It's always great to talk with you because you're so happy and pensive (weird mix of words?). Talking in Chinese is especially fun (after party? :D). It's been great knowing you.

Kelley - It's been great hanging around you. ^_^ Every party with you (without SC) has been a blast. :D You're carefree but also serious when need be and incredibly smart. I know you're going to go through a 6 year program, but after beating out competition for Wayzata's math team? Psh, peace of cake for you. On an ending note, keep playing Pokemon. It's amazing like you.

Larry - Gaming club is amazing. SCing with you is always fun. We should play more over the summer. ^_^ We should talk more strategy. You should watch Jaedong. :D Larry, you've always amazed me, both in your genius and your innocence. Although, sometimes I realize you're just kidding around. Hahaha. Have fun in college.

Gabi - I wish we had a class together this year. :( Too bad. Still! SO was great, and we got to hang out there. SO was always fun with you. Picture This practices, Boyceville, and bus ride back from State this year. Good times.

Brian - You're a really awesome guy. Chill, relaxed, funny, and smart. Princeton seems to fit. Lunch with you was really fun. Your jokes were always hilarious and devastating. Hope you did well in Brit Lit, hahaha.

Gaurav - Sci Bowl, SO, Math Team, Starcraft, you were good at them all. I loved being in Sci-Bowl with you, especially during the Regional/State tournament. You get so hyped, hahaha, and it's really amazing seeing you guys win this year. ^_^ I remember playing Team Melee as T with you. That game was hella fun. We need to play again sometime. :)

Rohit - Hanging out with you was fun whenever it occurred. Playing games like Mau, SC, and Mafia was great. So was learning about Abstract Algebra (although comprehending it? Oh man, lol). You're a tier above me in intellect (probably 5), but you never show it. MIT will be easy for you.

Anisha - OH CRAP! I realized I won't be there this Saturday cuz of SATs. Maybe next Saturday. :D We gotta order pizza then. Well, knowing you through Methodist was great. :) You really brightened up my shift. Without you and Arsalan there, I would probably be bored out of my mind there. You were also a hilarious person to hang around because you're just so silly sometimes. xD Hahaha. Thanks for all the college advice. Especially for teaching Arsalan and I about our stupidity. I hope I actually remember it, hahaha.

Leona - I wish I knew you better. I feel like the lunch experience wasn't enough. :P You seem to have brains, humor, and style. Your reactions at lunch always make me smile. :) You also know French, which is just an awesome language.

Richard - Playing sports with you is fun. Partially because you're really competitive, making it all the more fun. Partially because you can stand my horrible play. You're too good at B-ball man. xD Too good! We should play more in the summer. :D Teach me to shoot?

Abe - Lunch with you has been fun. :D Seeing you vid-sniping and interacting with Lawrence. Of course, I'll always remember the library incident with Mrs. Cameron. Hahaha.

Zhu - I've known you since 9th grade right? Melee man, Melee. That's always been fun, hahaha. Hanging out at your house was awesome. Definitely an epic weekend. :P We should Melee more often. You're a beast with Falco. Have fun in college. I know you'll love it.

It's time for us to take up the mantle isn't it? Haha, with all that nostalgia coursing through my veins, I don't think I'm quite ready. It's intimidating to see what you've accomplished, to imagine school without you guys.

To hell with it; we'll grab it anyway to free you from that burden. Have fun, fly, soar, accomplish your dreams, cure cancer, become billionaires, turn the world upside down, but most of all, congratulations.

Sneak peak.

Summer's starting up, but school's not done yet. I think this weekend has been a sneak peak into my summer. It was freaking amazing.

Friday - Nothing spectacular. Last day at the Fed. :( Kinda sad about that. But hey, I figure it's that time for anime characters to go into a hyperbolic time chamber and come out with new techniques and stuff. Summer will be my training time. Study up, study up! Went to the Twins game too. Left by the 5th inning. Too cold. Did they win? I never found out.

It was about this size

Saturday - Possibly best day of the weekend? Fishing in the morning with Bradley's Dad, Bradley, and Naveen. It was awesome. ^_^ I even caught a fish (a Sunny at that lol.) Thanks Bradley for taking me fishing. I hope we can do it more often. :D If only I wasn't so helpless in untangling fishing rods. Hahaha. I have to admit, Bradley was really patient throughout, always helping Nav and I change lures and stuff. Also sitting through Naveen and I catch everything and everyone on the boat. Yeah... :p Then volunteered at methodist with Arsalan (who's awesome.) Then played SC with Ivan, Evan, Oli, Partha and Ishmam. SC BROS FTW! Oli and I make a great team :p. Cheese ftw? I think so, lol.

Om nom nom!

Sunday - 2 hours of basketball, then hanging out at Zhus. Played more basketball, watched Hangover II, tried to learn tricking and failed, but had a helluva time. Only bad part was the completely sore muscles afterwards.

Monday - Felt like an extension of Sunday. Took a nap. Worked on proposal. Felt like shit. Didn't even SC. Kinda regret not going to the math team party now, lol.

Today - Another round of basketball. This time with Lewin, Richard, Lawrence, and Chris. God I suck at shooting. If I can get my shot to actually go IN, I might actually be decent. Lewin is a BEAST on defense. Cannot get past the man. Richard is a great player overall, defensively and offensively. His ball handling skills are good, and his jump shots destroyed us. Lawrence on a good day is like Dirk Nowitzki. CAN'T STOP THAT FADEAWAY!

Oh by the way? Mavs in six. Watch out Heats.

Hope the summer includes as much fun and basketball. ^_^ Now... just gotta finish that proposal. Ugh. Revisions suck when the audience changes.

Snow

The man gazed into the snow.
"So pristine, so beautiful" he observed.
"You can always come back," stated the woman.
"No," he replied. He took another puff, "I can't."
He dropped the cigarette. One last glance. He walked into the unknown.

Summertime Man-a-feasto

This list, which shall be carried by a ship, states the guidelines by which I will lead a seductive, satirizing, horrible, and enterable summer.

Get a decenary amount of slumber.

• Try not to repose past midnight.
• If you do end up going to bed past midnight, make sure thy Startrek ability is marketably better before hitting the grass.
• Do not get stuck in a viscous, nocturnal cycle.
• Maintain a nightmare diary (cuz journals are for pussies).
• At least try to maintain a nightmare diary.
• AOL Instant Message for eight hours.

Spend more time outdoors.

• Bike the Lucy Lane.
• Get the yahtzee out on Minnesota.
• Catch something ginormosour than a Sunny.
• Enjoy the anal camping trip.
• Light the backwater bumfire, nightly.
• Bad mitten, bad mitten, bad mitten.

Produce "art". 

• Draw some more non-Lolita stuff. Reenter thy ecchi phase, perhaps. 
• Buy some toilet paper. The neighbor's tree looks boring. 
• Make speedo videos.
• Make stopcock videos. (JUST WATCH THEM TURN MAN. WATCH THEM TURN!)
• Offensively learn how to use Camerashoop.
• Offensively learn how to use Illuminator. 
• Put thy Ipad666 to philanthropic use. 
• Dustox the sketchy drawings book. 
• Froshen up the deviantArt galleon. 

Keep thy conglomeration of neural networks supported by glial framework housed within the confines of the cranium (i.e., the organ ultimately responsible for our cognitive processes) intertwined. 

• Learn astrology. 
• Keep learning Francess.
• Don’t give up on Jengo. 
• Continue research. Push that ventricle to ubication. 
• Take care of that AP Lit summer dissepiment. 
• Rematriculate what the mathematical latex is. 
• Catch up on reading. Finish Dr. Seuss's Cat in the Hat. 
• Stay updated on envelopments in stimpack research.(HURRY UP ACADEMY, AHHH HYDRALISKS) 
• Stay updated on envelopments in the omniverse. 
• Skerp through Texmexes. 
• Visit collages. 

Help some peeps out. 

• Keep gratuitously spawning generosity at Methamphetamines. 
• Keep gratuitously spawning generosity throughout Pilgrims. 
• Keep gratuitously spawning generosity at the poop. 
• Keep gratuitously spawning generosity at Internet. 
• Keep gratuitously spawning generosity at the crybaby. 
• Lick thy neighbors’ fawns. 
• Work at Kurry. 
• Clean thy shrooms.
• Clean the baseball. 
• Unbrace the maternity of helping out in the garden. 

Do someone for the sake of doing it. 

• Fly a kitten. 
• Complete the Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Dex on Pokémon Black Version. 
• Draft the Ultima Weapon in Kingdom Hearts II. "Beat" Sephi-poo with and without it. 
• Try to get into... LOL. 
• Roadtrip to someplace which I do not currently know (“roadtrip” in its incerative verb form is “roadtrip”).
• Marathon some animals. 
• Booger, I guess.
• Formulate prose with rhyming dactylic hexameter.
• Establish a cul-de-sac lemonade monopsony. 
• Find some new lyrical refrains played on string quartets for the iPea. 
• Bask in the company of chums. Discover some new companions. 
• Relish a day at Wayzata Bay. 
• Watch the final part of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows at the IMAM on premise night. 
• Find someone to fall on. 

Credit to Jeff Zhang for his help.

It's all in the walk

I'll walk with my head down, my back hunched, and my step low. I'll drag each step a tiny bit, barely letting my shoes brush the ground. I walked into school today, but I'm not always in the mood to walk.

So I'll saunter around back straight and head back, enjoying the sun outdoors. I close my eyes. The bright rays of warmth and joy create an ocean of red. Inhale. Exhale. Smile. I sauntered to my bus today, but I'm not always in the mood to saunter.

So I'll pace with quick, short steps that clap tappity tap against the muffling carpet floor. Back and forth across an interval of five meters, no more, no less, reciting lines and repeating phrases. I pace before competitions, but I'm not always in the mood to pace.

So I'll strut, head high, steps long, and shoulders broad. Arrogance radiates in this style accomplished only with the help of a suit, tie, and black pants and black shoes. I'm not always in the mood to strut, but hey, there are many more ways to "walk." It's all about the walk.

A stormy day

“Hey,” she said.
“Hey,” he said, holding the umbrella over her. “You look beautiful. Want to dance?”
The wind howled, nearly blowing the umbrella out of his hand. The storm kept on beating.
“Don’t kid,” she answered. “Come on. Let’s go inside.”
“Why? Don‘t you like it?”
Lightning cracked open the sky letting loose a torrent of rain.
“Haha. Yeah, I love it, so much. Come on, let’s go."
“Why? You cold?”
“N…”
Sleet pounded the earth.
“Let’s go inside. Everyone’s waiting.”