good eats

me and geselle FINALLY got pho. i've been wanting to try bún bò huế for the longest and we finally found a good day to go. the restaurant we went to was nice but ngl it didn't have the best atmosphere. it was dark cause they had the curtains closed and the seats had this ugly cover on 'em. the quality of the food was good but atmosphere definitely effected my experience.

COOKIN MAMA FOUND DEAD IN A RIVER

today I spoke to Professor Pariseau about my research paper, but i didn't have much more that a thesis statement so the talk didn't last long. Then me and Geselle read in the library, always enjoy that time with her. After that she helped me choose what I'm gonna make for dinner off this one tiktokers website. She chose the gnocchi chicken soup. 

i went to The Sip to get a drink but i made the mistake of trying to be grown and not getting brown sugar syrup in my chai. (i lowkey think the barista just fucked it up like idk) anyways after that i went to jewel osco to get everything but the basil was just too expensive($2.97) so i got that and a baguette from walmart ($1.79). the line at walmart took FUCKING FOREVER omg these mfs in front of me was just lollygagging idstg

when i got home everything went smoothly for the most part except the fact i bought spinach when i didn't need to and that the half & half i got was too small. mom really like this and it was too difficult to make.

academic weapon, depop weapon

today after a bit of bed rotting, i picked myself up from my slouchy socks and studied for my exam. and like actual studying. i used notion and divvied up the subjects by weeks 😁  also while studying i ate the rest of the dumplings and had some juice out of my aesthetic glass.

then i FINALLY caved and purchased these cute jeans off depop, i also bought some cargo capris for free shipping, god i hope they fit

mom also did my hair today and now i have butterfly locs. she wanted to be lazy and not do the individuals method so it's kinda bulky but locs are bulky so it's not that noticeable

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they got me

today i fixed myself a very filling and savory breakfast of indomie and a cut up veggie pancake. I had to cut it up because this was an on the go meal. I've also gained some skills in the art of eating and driving. geselle and i also read a bit in the library today. 

and then mom told me that i got ANOTHER ticket at the intersection of joe or and chicago road. that damn camera. i also just realized that since i have a texas plate that the ticket is actually mailed to auntie pam and then they mail it to us. meaning that they know that i got a ticket😭😭 ugh that's so embarrassing

library, interrupted

so today was my first day back after a lackluster spring break. i ended up not reading anymore of jasmine throne (ughh) and i never got the pho i wanted.

well first day back and my comm class has started presenting of informative speeches. i've never been so thankful to be named Osagiede cause i don't have to present till next week😁

me and geselle were supposed to hang out in the library. her class didn't end until 12.30 so i went down and started working on some assignments. i had about 7 minutes of peace before this delusional old black man sat down next me and started talking to the air. luckily i have a great poker face and was able to avoid eye contact. still i was too creeped out and had to leave. he was just so weird and at some point i could see his hand getting a bit to close to me.

then i got some groceries from fresh mart and when i got home mom told me that we had to go vote. if i had my way i wouldn't have voted for biden but i don't feel like having that argument. 

then later i took ameyah to her hair appointment. all i can do is pray for that girl. she just got suspended for fighting again. and she just refuses to take responsibility for her actions. she always tries to portray herself as this passive figure who was just an unlucky bystander caught in the wind of things. saying things like "we (her and her guy friends) were just play fighting and this girl just came up and hit me in the head" and "my mom moved us again so we was gonna transfer schools anyway" ughh i just don't understand the problem. i made it through 4 years of highschool without getting into one fight so i don't know why she can't do the same.

anyway my green onion is making good progress!

shopping w/ my’el & cheyenne

today i went into the city with my’el and cheyenne to check out some overpriced vintage stores. i wore a really cute outfit (which i forgot to take a pic of) but it was really windy out so i didn’t feel comfortable taking pics. 

we originally planned on going to two stores but ended up going to 4. the first one was a very bright colorful store called “very best vintage”. it was very 60’s - 80’s type of clothing. i saw some nice stuff but nothing worth spending $39+ on. then the next one was called “knee deep vintage” which was had a bit of a grungy(?) interior compared to the other one and i didn’t see anything i liked in there. my’el spent forever looking through their vinyl collection and i picked up a photo studio ad postcard thing off a table. then next door to knee deep was a minimalist store called “everything” and this one wasn’t a vintage store. from the moment i stepped in i could tell it was a curated, small designers type of store. they had really nice stuff i could see myself wearing almost everything in there, most of the clothing fit my natural color palette. i ended up getting this beige midi skirt (im ngl i kinda only got it cause the fashionable employees were complementing me and i ain’t wanna seem broke)

after that we got some mid mexican food (life tip: never go to a mexican restaurant that uses those taco holders) then we went to “beadniks” which is a store where you can make your own custom jewelry. i wanted to make a charm chain necklace but those were specifically appointment only. maybe we can go for my'els bday since she really liked it. 

anyway after that the vibes were just off. i could tell my'el was as tired as i was and cheyenne was doing that thing where she just wouldn't talk. but we decided to finish off the day with goodwill and boba. i got a brown leather jacket for $20, score!! then we went to chinatown for the boba and i parked horribly😭😭 then when we got back to the car some dickhead tesla driver parked all up on my bumper. i was too worried about hitting either car in front or behind me so i let my'el do it (since her and cheyenne are such "pro drivers", though they act like driving us around will kill them) anyway she ended up backing up into the tesla and scraping it. omg it was so embarrassing cause it was a saturday on st. patricks day so the parking lot was packed and the tesla was loud asf. i was able to skillfully remove us from the area though 😏 they was killing me afterwards cause before it was as if some mute spell was placed on them but after that they was some damn chatterboxes

anyway no hard feelings, i just hope nobody snitched and that the tesla doesn't try to find me

uncle jr and a funeral

uncle jr. came into town this weekend for a funeral of my distant cousin i already forgot the name of. i went out and got deep dish pizza and a brisk.

then later we went to a cousins house for like a pre-funeral get together or sumn. anyway their house was so cluttered like there thing-a-ma-bobs and doo-dads on every surface but it wasn't dirty just cluttered.

sunday blues + new read!!

well sunday has come and gone and it is officially the start of my spring break!! honestly not much to anticipate since my friends act as if they cannot be direct to save their lives but more on that later.

church was same old same old, adults being childish nothing new. except i did debut a new fit (pleated midi skirt, brown tank top, and blue sweater) and grandma actually complemented my sweater😁😁 probably because i was dressed like a high school girl from the 60’s but whatever!!

then when i got home my book arrived. i am now starting over and reading the jasmine throne. i literally have no idea why i put this book down especially since i was HALFWAY done with it. (that isn't an exaggeration, when i opened the audible i had 7 hours left) i'm also annotating this book so that i can actually remember things that happened for my review. lowkey i think i could finish it before spring break is over if steph and geselle aren't gonna attempt to do anything this week.

i just don't get them. they say they don't have the money to hang out until after spring break is over so i suggest they come over my house and i'll cook for them and we can idk watch a movie or sumn and it's RADIO SILENCE. they act as if speaking their minds will get them struck down by lighting. at least steph was able to give me some halfway reason about not wanting to be "stagnant"(i think she thought i was suggesting we stay at my house the whole day) but geselle literally did not say a thing. i had to ask for clarification 2 days later on our way to school and she still couldn't be direct. talking bout sumn "i'm neutral on the idea"...........HOW ARE YOU NEUTRAL TO HANGING OUT????? ugh i love them but they tick me off sometimes. like every hangout does not have to include shopping and spending money

anyway i'm just hoping i can get out the house and have some fun this break.

old habits don't die at all apparently + plans for the summer

recently i've been making a more active effort to get back into anime and manga. i'm currently watching delicious in dungeon and i read the entire manga. i've also picked i'm in love with the villainess back up (but there's a lot of incest subplots so idk if i'll finish it😕) and i am determined to not only read but buy witch hat atelier. i have zero idea why i put that manga down it was so good, i'm sure it'll be adapted to an anime soon and i need to be ahead of the curve. 

anyway this relapse of my anime addiction has me consuming more fanart than normal and now my interest in art has been re-piqued. i mean i still have procreate on my ipad and i have some (little to none) art skills.......ngl my main fear isn't the unavoidable learning curve but that my art style will be ugly😭😭 like what if i end up with one of those ugly-canvas-webtoon-nonbinary-long-head art styles? sends a shiver up my spine just thinking about it

well i guess drawing will be one of the hobbies i delve into this summer. along with sewing, cooking and throwing dinner parties

2nd book of 2024 woo!

so today i finished Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune and I gave it 3 stars. i enjoyed the concept and plot. the humor was millennial with the phrase "GUYS, GALS, & NONBINARY PALS" making an appearance but it was nice. the desdemonda part with them messing with her was really fun. also i really enjoyed the side character plot lines with cameron, nelson, and nancy. though i have to say i would've liked if we saw wallace struggle more. like this guy was supreme asshole all his life then he has one near death experience and he does a complete 180?? and don't get me wrong we hear him verbalize how difficult all this is but whatever i can't really put it into words. and i'm ngl i couldn't really pin point how old wallace was 😭 like he's supposed to be 40-50 cause he dies of a heart attack and we can tell he's older in the beginning from the way he talks but as the story moves about he sounds like more of a 29-35 yr old. like hugo sounds older than him sometimes. the "manager" was really cool i wish he would've talked about that more along with the entire reaper/ferryman system. tat the end the manager implies that he isn't the most powerful and he has "higher-ups" managing him (i just think that would've been really nice to explore) the ending was cute with them all working together in the shop but it would've been much better if wallace went through the door. like i just don't get it, throughout the entire book it is drilled into us the importance of accepting life, accepting death and moving on. (and don't even get me started on that river metaphor like we get it) but all of a sudden the primordial being decides "actually no you do get to stay" and REVIVES HIM??? also wallace being considered "family" was so inorganic i didn't buy that for a second. anyway i liked it but the insistence on making this book a romance held it back from it's true potential 

cool history stuff

 in my african american history class, the professor showed us a life-size replica of a sperm whale tooth. he told us about how back in the olden days their teeth weren't that valuable so people would just draw/carve things on them. on the screen he displayed a pictured of a tooth with a drawing of a black man carved into it.

flat tire + church drama 🙄

on the way back from an irritating morning at church and a loud lunch at grandma's, mom's car got a flat tire😭 guess she drove over a nail or something cause it was so sudden. roadside assistance or "minute men" as she calls them, came and helped us change it. they came up behind us on the side of the highway and with the loudest speaker known to man told us to exit cause where we were sitting was dangerous. out of the truck came this nice black lady, or as mom called her "high yella", who refused our tip saying that she wants someone to treat her as she treated mom. a really nice gesture to contrast against the nastiness brewing in church. auntie darlene has now joined forces with jeanetta in this petty feud against marge. i don't even have the energy to type out this childish mess in detail. they just need to sit down and talk like adults cause i don't want this bullshit to start bothering me (cause it's getting mighty close)

miniso findss

omg i a miniso just opened up in north riverside and i got a super cute cinnamoroll mirror compact and a hello kitty tea cup. i had been wanting a compact for so long but i didn't want a boring one from amazon or something so it was a great find. also it was very nice seeing the apple muncher back on the miniso shelves.

(also mom found out i faked my period on friends & family day but idc cause ava's outfit needed those tights)