haven't seen any of you in a long time
I like reading these chapters of your lives, hope I get to make an appearance in the book eventually.
1. After spending a year traveling to those 14 countries, I believe I am officially tired of travel. Ready for a ticket to a domestic boring life, please. [Lived in Paris, Vietnam, and Budapest for a year]. Now doing higher level pure mathematics research in Potsdam, NY, a town of four main streets arranged in a [musical] natural sign, and having a blast. Applying for graduate school in mathematics and a Fulbright program to teach English in Vietnam, maybe. Like I said, tired of travel. Still dorking it up as much as possible, baking as much as possible, cooking vegetarian food (I'm not a vegetarian yet, but my roommate is so I am learning the wonders of eggplant). I miss writing a lot, but don't have enough heart to do math and writing, both of which are so emotionally draining. One year from now, I will have just graduated from school, four years of VSA, three years of fixing computers for the IT department, one year of traveling, and who knows how many relationships during those four years of college. I'll also have taken the GREs and hopefully gotten into both a grad school and some kind of one year do something somewhere program.
In the shorter term, went to Canada yesterday, going to Montreal for five days on July 25 when research program is over, then Seattle for one week, then Portland for five day math conferences and maybe I'll see Steven, then home for 14 days in August and maybe see some of you? and/or Santa Barbara, San Diego, Phoenix before going back to school.
2. What is the currency of value? A life? Money? Faith? Love? More importantly, what is my currency of value?
Yen @ 6:15 PM 
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I Guess I'll Go Too
1. This one probably requires subcategories:
-I am working a lot. Right now I have a full-time internship with the Pasadena Symphony, which consists of me designing educational guides for the music programs that the symphony provides to 3rd graders in the Pasadena School District. If I am not working at the Symphony, I am working my part-time job at the USC Bookstore. In the past three weeks, I have only had one real free weekend, and that was the weekend I went to see Meghan's graduation (I'm glad it worked out that way).
I am tired. But I am also getting into a routine. I feel like I have a better handle on things now.
- The one thing I am looking forward to is going to Las Vegas come mid-August. It's to celebrate Ben's 21st, along with a few of my other friends'. It's strange how in this particular group, I am one of the oldest, when usually I'm one of the young 'uns. I'm going to see Beatles LOVE and I'm super excited!
- My room is a mess. Plus, I need to get a haircut to fulfill my end of the celebration reason for Meghan's Birthday/4th of July/Graduation/Going Away/Andy Gets A Haircut/Irene Bakes Cookies party.
- I had quesadillas today for lunch.
2. Maybe it's because I'm lonesome, or maybe it's because deep down I know that there's a part of me that will always harbor that love, or what I think is love. But maybe the real question isn't why. I know why. The question is "how long?" How long will it stay still? Or will it trickle? Or will it, instead, come bursting out at the most unpredictable moment, that damned dam of desires? And even more so, if I do let it all come pouring out, would I feel relief or regret?
Would I feel both?
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Irene's TURN! Es mi toca!
1. I am moving to Minneapolis, MN to attend grad school. I have found a studio apartment there and intend on sharing it with my cat, which i will be adopting in MN. As of now, i am staying at home, trying to spend as little money as possible. In about 2 years, maybe more. I will have my master's in SLP and will most likely move back home in order to practice and save money to pay off my exorbitant student loans. (Damn you private college!) After that, i intend on marrying my sweetheart, moving to Minnesota and popping out a few kids. (Read: Meghan and Irene get an apartment somewhere and adopt as many cats as the law will allow for a rental. In Minnesota, that means 2.)
2. What in the hell is going on the mind of Joseph P. Styers? He is driving me crazy....literally and i wish to know exactly what he is thinking and if he understands what he is doing to me! Alack, impossibilities!
THE END
Miss Irene @ 2:08 PM
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Play with me!!
People... my darling, my dearest Daisies.
This silence has been for too long! I don't care that we all facebook/twitter/flickr/skype or whatever. I want a real, old fashioned, Daisy Gang blog post.
I propose two games:
1. Required: A full update on what you have been up to, as well as what you see yourself doing for the next 12 months, please.
2. Optional: Answer the following: what is the one question you have always wanted answered, but for whatever reason, have never received an answer to? Be as vague, ambiguous, or specific as your little hearts desire.
okay then...
1. I'm graduating FROM COLLEGE in 6 weeks, and I can't decide how I really feel about that because the time is going way too fast for me to latch on to one feeling or another about it. I'm trying to remember if I felt anything remotely the same at the end of high school, and I can't quite say a definite yes or no. Either way I have to say I'm definitely relieved to be close to being done with all the classes and extracurriculars which I have come to rely upon to fill my days and give me a sense of purpose. I'm trying to keep a healthy dose of senioritis about me, not worrying myself too much with schoolwork, because the good conversations I've been having with friends, among other things, and the realization that the routines of seeing certain people at certain times are actually kind of going to be gone quite soon, are making me want to cry!
Last Friday I found out that I was accepted into a program to teach English to middle school/high school kids in Chile. It's a six-month program, so I'd be leaving in July and back in time for various December holidays. I'm excited, because this is something I've been thinking and imagining steadily, if in the background, for nearly a year now. I have to admit at this point, though, that there are only a couple of things that scare me (or have scared me) more. I know I just have to get used to the idea being a reality and not worry too much about it all, but I do have some thinking to be doing in the next few days (they're only giving me a week to decide! egads!) Big girl decisions! Bahhh!
After that, I'll... do something else as yet undefined, all the while applying for grad school in either education or English (darn you poetry professor and your encouragement towards higher levels of education which I previously thought excessive and useless to me!) So in essence, I'm taking this year off... or as I've also heard it put, "taking this year ON!"
2. What on earth was supposed to be in that letter she said she was going to send later, but never did? The thought of what could have been still haunts me.
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YOUR TURN!
Meghan Zero @ 2:03 PM
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Day 3...
of total paper hell!
I have a paper due later today...and a final for the same class I won't be studying for. Another paper to edit too. OH WELL! Complaining time over.
Was I ever this bad when we were at Troy? :)
Can I take a moment to say how much I am looking forward to seeing everybody soon? Cause...it's a lot. A lot of much. Let's start planning our holiday party at Kirby's!!
Back to writing....
Meghan Zero @ 6:27 AM
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Happy Birthday Daisy Blog!
In commemoration of this blog's 5th birthday, here are a few pictures from across the years.
Hmmm, Andy is right. If the blog was a child, it would be time for preschool. Time to learn the ABCs! Lets play the word game with the conformation code again!
jeghws: A dancing house.
Amber @ 1:31 PM
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Found this little gem today
I found this today at the Sen Generro festival in Little Italy today. It's a real little daisy impressed unto resin which is then attached to a bracelet. I don't normally wear bracelets anymore, but I think I'll wear this one around.
And the best part? I'm not quite sure if we've already discussed this, or if somebody has mentioned this sometime before, but apparently, the daisy flower is supposed to symbolize friendship. They had all these other mini flowers there like forget me nots (for love), sunflowers (for happiness), even four-leaf-clovers (for luck). But I insisted on finding a daisy especially after finding out that it was for friendship.
Oh, the new things we learn every day.
I miss you all =) Good luck to the quarter system kids starting school =)
Bananabelle @ 9:19 PM
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New Blogger: IT WORKS
I remember the last time i signed back onto blogger when it joined forces with google and it would not let me claim the Daisy Gang blog and so i have been silent on here for about 2 years...i think?
Anyway, it is so funny to think back on the olden days of technology when having a blog meant that you had to have a xanga, blogger or livejournal and all you could do was write blogs....weird huh? Damn technology.
And it is also funny to think about the olden days when our summers for the most part consisted of lounging around at home and a retail job was the only thing really getting in the way of hanging out. Life comes fast and crazy doesn't it? School, grad school, actual career relevant jobs, traveling, volunteer projects, tuition...it's crazy!
I haven't talked to the majority of you in a very long time. That makes me sad, but then again i was far away for a very long time.
Well, i am back. Does that make me happy? Truth be told, in some ways yes. In other ways America disconcerts me. Central America is AMAZING and i all suggest that you visit in the future.
Yen: I am so jealous that you got to go to Vietnam! I was planning on getting a volunteer job there for this summer but ended up going to Guatemala instead. I'm so jealous! And i totally forgot that i got you that phrasebook! I need to go back to my que huong...STAT! Everyone i meet tells me it's BEAUTIFUL. They were all Australian too, funny.
Darryl: You live in the Bay Area now? Sweet! I'm there quite often. I haven't had your number since well...some time during high school and i would like it so we can hang out! Are you living in Berkeley? Or some other barrio?
And do you guys realize that come September 27th, 2008...DG BLOG TURNS 5! 5 whole years have gone by! Wowee! And it all started with my post that stated that veterinary hospitals smell like piss.
I hope to see you all soon!
Miss Irene @ 1:46 AM
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