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| Sunday, March 2nd, 2008 | | 11:32 pm |
Last minute promotion
I will be performing in my improv graduation show of level 401 tomorrow (Monday) at the Upright Citizens Brigade theater in LA. You are welcome to come if you like, or are in the area. 7:00pm 5919 Franklin Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90027 Tickets are $5 cash. ...if you like. It's supposed to be funny. I think it is anyway. | | Saturday, February 2nd, 2008 | | 10:24 pm |
oh man
So this is how I've been spending my time everyone: www.lovejd.tvFor more background info, I'm your average everyday angry asian virgin ninja barefoot handbag designer. No joke. Enjoy! | | Friday, November 16th, 2007 | | 3:13 pm |
| | Sunday, September 9th, 2007 | | 10:41 pm |
Whoopsies
So this morning as I'm en route biking to work, half asleep as usual, I notice that they have the whole main street closed off to cars. Thinking it's some street maintenance buisness, I squeeze through the barriers they have set up (like I normally do) and kick it up a gear to get my butt to work on this large, deserted street. As I'm enjoying the solitude from having the street closed off, I'm thinking, "wow, they sure have a LOT of the street blocked off just for maintenance." Then a guy on a bike whizzes by me. I think "whoa, he's pretty fast." It's cold so I'm pedaling faster now to keep warm. Another guy whizzes by me. I look at his helmet and think "that's a pretty crazy looking helmet. It looks like a racing helmet...." Then I'm coming up to a lady on the sidewalk smiling at me. As I pass her she goes "come on, girl! You can do it!" And that's when an "oh shit..." settles in. Right at the same time there is a large group in yellow vests on the opposite side of the street that cheer as I'm passing them just as they did with the previous bikers. I start pedaling faster to turn off the blocked street, and as I do, I definitely see one of the markers with a sign that has the words "L.A.," "bike" and "triathalon" on it. I had just unknowingly participated in a section of L.A.'s triathalon going on. As misplaced as it was, it's at least nice to entertain the thought that the good people of L.A. care, and are cheering me on so I make it to work on time. Somebody's got to make those lattes, after all. | | Sunday, August 12th, 2007 | | 11:16 pm |
I had fun at my graduation show today. Long form, short form, I just really love improv. I just wanna do improv all the time!!!! All the time!!!! | | Saturday, August 11th, 2007 | | 5:26 pm |
Self Improvement
Writing my goals publicly gives me more pressure to actually follow through (even if I actually don't follow through). So. Last month's achievements: -used 1.5 gallons of gas. Not too shabby, but when I live so close to most things, this amount could be lower. -donated to Environment California, Oxfam, and Greenpeace. I already have enough money for food, and I don't like buying things. I have a special place in my heart for these three groups, for different specific reasons, so I feel good in my choices. -still spent no time volunteering anywhere. -still not more involved in the LA bike coalition. I think I lost my membership card even. This entry isn't meant to be bragging or shaming myself I guess, but when I put things out there, I feel more held to them. I'm not even trying to be a model citizen. But in a city like LA, where there are already too many people, too many resources being consumed, basically a city that doesn't need people like me moving in and taking up more space, I want to try to take up as little room as possible. I want to be invisible in physical consumption. But present in impact. Does that make sense? I think I'm rambling. Baby steps. Oh, and other stuff. I'm performing at Upright Citizens Brigade Theater this Sunday at 6pm. It's my class graduation show. But my class is good. I think it'll be good and funny. If you're interested I would like you to come. Tickets are $5. | | Friday, July 13th, 2007 | | 3:06 pm |
Back from the Dead
remember this? This one's about miracles!Oh. I'm doing Shmimprov tonight at the Maverick Theater in Fullerton. 11pm show starts. I know I said I'd give your more notice but I'm a dirty nasty ho-bag liar. | | Thursday, July 5th, 2007 | | 1:35 am |
| | Friday, June 22nd, 2007 | | 11:18 am |
um, I can't keep it a secret anymore.
Not that I was, but for some reason I just haven't been telling people. I've been performing at Improv Shmimprov in Fullerton, CA at the Maverick Theater. Tonight I am as well. Show starts as 11pm. There is a bar. I have a lot of fun and it makes me excited. If any of you ever want to come I'll promise to give more warning. now I can't say I never told anyone. | | Tuesday, June 12th, 2007 | | 10:41 pm |
worth repeating
This was written by my friend Siddiq who is halfway through his term in the Peace Corps. It really inspired me to be the person I once was: "After being in the developing world for a year, I'll pass only this much judgement on America and fat, ugly Americans, most likely yourself included. It's essentially something I've always believed: As "busy" as you think you are, as little time as you'd like to believe you have, as "on a budget" (I especially love THIS one) you are, you still have time to do SOMETHING to help others. And, yes, whoever would be soul-less enough to ask, IT *IS* IMPORTANT THAT YOU DO SOMETHING SERVICE-RELATED AT SOME POINT DURING THE WEEK/MONTH/YEAR, whatever's clever".... "Being of a neutral school of thought is not an option. These are comments along the lines of "well, I don't do anything that hurts anyone, so why should I worry?" People like this have never done anything important, will most likely die unfulfilled and unhappy, and rightly so, the unambitious simpletons. If no one worried about women's suffrage, there'd be no 19th Amendment. If Truman just went with the flow, he never would've desegregated the military, a HUGE step toward desegragation in the US. If Bono hadn't touched his magic, red-tipped ET-finger to Kenyan soil, there might never have been food or happiness in Africa ('K, this last one might be an exaggeration). So STOP being a status quo SOB: NOT doing something is STILL doing something, but it's doing something for no one but yourself. And stop feeling like such a hotshot for shopping at Target instead of Wal-Mart, I mean, really." All Siddiq's um, "humor" aside, I feel this is poignant. After moving out of college, and out of my activist activities, I do indeed feel disconnected with my drive to keep churning, keep pushing out a positive impact. My passion instead has been replaced by guilt, and the only thing I can say to justify my life now is "well I ride a bike, don't use a lot of resources...my footprint is small..." But how lame to stop there. There are too many problems in my town, in my community, in my world for me to sufficiently justify that I am doing enough. If I have the means, I have the power, and now that I'm not struggling to make rent, I have the means. Hell, I probably had the means before- it's all perspective, right? So why should it be a bonus "kind and good thing" for me to spend a good amount of my time participating in local and global activities- there are so many out there!: Tree People, Boys and Girls Club, Meals on Wheels, I know there are better ones too, they're just not coming to mind..? Why can't it be my duty to give the time and resources I have to the people/environment/organizations that need it more? Can it be all of our duties? Imagine if that were the norm... So I'm back to my proverbial drawing board in how to make myself and my world better. Here are the things I'm now toying with as being regular things I do. You know, starting small, and working my way up to bigger things. -getting more involved in the LA bike coaltion I just joined (more bikes = totally better). Advocacy! -giving a percentage of each paycheck to an organization that does the work that I wish I could do, but don't have time for. -Limiting myself to one tank of gas a month (I'm almost there!) -spending at least one day a month volunteering for local causes. Right now, Tree People is my new crush, actually. But like I said, there's even better ones out there. I just have to find them. these are baby steps... I could say it's hard, because the career I want to focus on doesn't naturally take me to these activities. It's a selfish career. And I've made my peace with that- it's what I want to do. But I feel I'm still capable of not living a selfish life. And if I'm capable, then I'm responsible. Plus it may be easier than we think to make great change. ...I'm resisting the urge to poke fun of myself for being a preachy bleeding heart do-goodypants. But I really believe this. I really do. | | Thursday, June 7th, 2007 | | 9:29 pm |
Well, the next one's up.
I've figured out my problem. I don't like posting without pictures of some kind. But I procrastinate on getting the pic to my computer, etc... But anyway! The next one's up! Blogging SpottingIn other news, I'm finally self sufficient enough to give! Today I donated to the Save Darfur Coalition and the This American Life podcast. NPR's having a pledge drive right now. I'd recommend that one to donate to. Life's good. I'm toying with the idea of privatizing this journal and making it my personal journal and the blog be like my public journal. More on this at a later time. p.s. Even though I don't post often, I've been having a wonderful time stalking all of your journals! Keep writing, friends! | | Tuesday, May 8th, 2007 | | 3:20 pm |
| | Friday, April 13th, 2007 | | 4:39 pm |
| | Saturday, March 24th, 2007 | | 9:37 pm |
Grand Opening
of Lilan's HOLLYWOOD adventures! It's the Taiwan blog revamped. I have high hopes that you will 1. read 2. enjoy 3. maybe comment. You don't even have to do that, really. I'm easy to please. Oh, and I sent the link to my family too, so if you do comment feel free to say what you need even if it's sexy/racy, but I'd prefer less comments of "hey Lilan! what's up! I'm going to rape you in the ass before our group orgy on Sunday! Glad you hate blacks too!" You know what I'm talkin' bout. peace. out. all. | | Wednesday, March 14th, 2007 | | 9:04 pm |
Finally! Something to put in the journal once again!
This is why I don't like talking about life and writing in my journal. I've figured it out. You know when you're in 3rd grade or whatever and making a diorama for class and you're really focused and intent on making it the best little diorama you ever had with little toothpick chairs and doll furniture and your dad keeps knocking on the door to ask if he can see it yet or if you need any help and you don't let him in and shout instead "It's not READY yet!!!" and in fact you don't want to show anyone because you just need to focus on this so you can prepare everyone for the presentation of it when you've finished? That's how I feel about life right now. Without the toothpick chairs. So in the meantime: "List seven songs you are into right now, no matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they're not any good but they must be songs you're really enjoying now. Post these instructions in your Live Journal along with your seven songs. Then tag seven other people to see what they're listening to." 1. Love Vibration - Josh Rouse 2. A Long December - Counting Crows 3. Boys Don't Cry - The Cure 4. Under Your Charm - Josh Rouse 5. Wonderwall - Oasis 6. Directions - Josh Rouse (why is this guy so good?!) 7. Groove is in the Heart - Deee-Light (remember that one guys? how gross.) I tag: EVERYONE'S JOURNAL THAT I READ!!! HAHAHA I DIDN'T PLAY BY THE RULES!!!! See you suckers ON LIVEJOURNAL! I don't even know what I mean by that. | | Thursday, March 1st, 2007 | | 7:46 pm |
I'm ba-ack!
Hmm. I....hmmm. People usually want to write in a public journal like this when they have something they are confident in sharing. You know, like how awesome their new CD is, or this funny link that people should check out, or how pissed off they are at the world without letting people comment, so people know you're REALLY pissed off and not even vying for attention, yo. But man, I wanted to post to feel connected and let far away-ers know I'm still alive and well (this post is actually inspired by a letter I recieved not too long ago). But I can't really call it "inspired" when I'm finding it incredibly difficult when I don't have anything I'm TRULY confident in sharing. I'm...floating. That's what it feels like. So here's the skinny: I'm an extra sometimes. I'm a hostess other times. And sometimes I audition. I click on www.therainforestsite.com every day and all its sister sites. I ride a bike in LA traffic. But in rush hours, I stick to the sidewalk. I dunno, I really like reading about all your guys' dealies and updates. I just wanted to give something back. I swear it's a really fun life even though it sounds so boring on paper. Or on internet paper. On screen. Yes, on screen, that's it. I wish I had a funny link for you guys to check out. Actually, I'll use someone else's! http://youtube.com/watch?v=2Iw1uEVaQpA (I thought this was funny. Thanks Chris). | | Saturday, January 13th, 2007 | | 11:24 pm |
Welp, that's it.
All my stuff is packed sitting pretty in my car, with room to spare. It's on the street, but if someone breaks into it, I got nothing of value to steal anyway. Unless someone's a tanktop and acrylic paint lover. And those are cheap paints still. I guess leaving a place is always pretty anti-climactic, huh? I'm feeling so much anxiety I can't sleep even though I'm tired. I'm stir-crazy, I'm restless, I'm excited, I'm worried. It's been like this for the past couple days. I'm READY to GOOOOO!!!! I will miss the Bay Area- I'm not coming back for a long time. My aunt has been very kind to me, and I'll miss the baby the most. I'll be sad not speaking Chinese every day, and am afraid I will lose it all. If someone broke in my car and didn't see anything they wanted, they probably wouldn't put it back, huh? You can probably tell looking from the outside it's just some dumb kid's car with clothes and shit in it. But I do have an iBook box in there. But inside it is shoes. I should have written "shoes" on the outside. It is ridiculously cold in here. I think we're all hoping to find a place in a week- A WEEK! What a crazy idea! I feel- disconnected? From...location? From friends? From something. I want to stop being a waste of space. I wonder if people still like me these days. Does enough time pass where people forget about you therefore forget that they like you? I think that's probably insecurity talking. Have I forgotten too? I think my aunt will miss me, because every time we talk about me leaving, our conversation ends with both of us just smiling and sighing. There is a lot of future out there and I have no idea what it is. Um, what else? I can't sleep I can't sleep I can't sleep. I long for this brand new life. | | Sunday, January 7th, 2007 | | 11:52 am |
Attention Ladies: I enjoyed THE NOTEBOOK
Apparently there's a shirt for guys out there that reads that. I also thought it was important that the livejournal-reader ladies know about my sensitive side. In short, it was a really lame sappy movie in some parts. And in other parts I cried. Mostly with the old people. I also wanted to mention how much I like living with my aunt. I haven't actually been living with her the past couple of days actually, cause I haven't been living at home (but what is home anymore, really?) but when I do it's really great, because I know there're always be green tea in the mornings, spicy broccoli stems and fish soup for lunch, and she is always always ready to whip up some egg-fried rice whenever I'm hungry. I also like living with the baby. The baby only speaks Chinese and toddles around trying to find money in my wallet to take. She cries all the time at anything, will do something even if you tell her not to, and makes a mess and tries to get out of cleaning it up. And I just smile and follow her for a chance to pick her up and smell her head, because she smells like innocent. Oh, and I'm sick. I think I'm recovering though. I hope I am anyway. | | Monday, December 11th, 2006 | | 7:11 am |
it's coming along
slowly, but surely. I hope to have it capped off by tomorrow. But man, those photo entries take work! Geez! Read about fun timeses.I have to go to the bathroom now so I won't be writing any more here. Go check out the blog. | | Monday, November 6th, 2006 | | 5:00 pm |
Still working on it...
I did a little, um, polishing on it. I think this is still my main journal. I don't know whether or not I should open the "Taiwan" journal up to my family too. Oh gosh, I'm so confused! anyway. Adventures in Taiwan await you!A few fun topics to choose from, most with pictures, and promising many more to come! I still haven't changed "messages of ADVENTURE." Don't laught at me. So. How are we doing these days? You know how I am. I want to hear from you. |
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