story of my life.

name, Sophia Mee Yoo. born october 16, 1990 to Ran Mee and Chung Hu Yoo. first words spoken were in korean. attended stepping stones pre school. began to learn korean at korean school by way of being dragged there. attended crescent avenue christian school. began piano lessons at age five. went to george b. miller elementary school. loved her friends there. moved districts and went to hutchinson middle school in her town, la mirada. ended up at la mirada high school. joined their marching band, jazz band, choir, and AP music theory class. considered committing suicide twice during her high school career. once junior year, once senior year. quit piano lessons after twelve years to focus on school. applied to five schools her senior year. got into three. and decided to go to UCI. applied as a bio major. but secretly wanted to be a music therapy major at chapman university. moved into middle earth, snowbourn on september 20th, 2008. and here i am.

things i've learned so far.

• there is nothing more important than family.
• music is not a waste of time.
• education is not a waste of time.
• never be afraid to try something new. you might hate it. you might love it.
• never give up pursuing something that you love.
• don't mull over things. take it in and get over it.
• people matter. but they should never get in the way of your own happiness.
  
• don't disillusion yourself.
  
• shit happens. learn from it.
• never forget where you came from. be proud of who you are and how it shaped you into the person you are today.
• never lose the strive to better yourself and learn.
• find a positive outlet to express yourself.
  
• always be grateful for what you have. you never know when it could be taken away.
• cherish memories. but don't forget to make new ones.
• live. laugh. love.

story of my life.

at uci anyway.

hmm.

i'm experiencing a myriad of feelings right now.

got to do a lot of fun things today. ate dinner with candace and alexandra. and then clara, audrey, hana, and some other fun people watched iron man. they did a huge screening of it in aldrich park. we sat on cardboard boxes and our butts hurt after awhile. lol.

then we went to the middle/mesa mixer. it was basically a huge dance. it was pretty fun. got a little crazy towards the end. and then clara, hana, and audrey came over to my hall and hung out for awhile.

got a little adrenaline. and not going to lie. a little disappointment. but tomorrow (or today?) is a new day.


stercus accidit.

mondays.

lol. started the day off 'great.' was fucking late for convocation. hahaha. i set the alarm for 8. woke up at 8. turned that shit off and went back to sleep. i wake up again and it was 8:50.

the thing started at 9.

and we STILL had to find our way to it.

so. we got there like 30 minutes late. it wasn't even a big deal. haha. there were TONS of people though.




i finally got to see tessa at the bio sci dean's welcome and we hung out. and then the waiting began for late night at the ARC.


audrey came over with hana. clara was catching up on her gossip girls and one tree hill. so basically. it was like. not what we were expecting. hahaha. but there was a highlight.

i totally bonded with hana. (audrey was taking her classes.)

so about those classes. she was like telling us to take the breakdancing class with her. but we were like NO.

and then we were roaming when we get this text. 'OMG sophia. mike song is here to teach a class.'

me and hana fucking gunned it down the hall. screaming mike song's name. and then we like freaking ran to the window so we can see the room.

bba was there dancing. and then a lot of the freshmen coming to late night danced too. it was SUPER fun. yuri tag was the there. i guess lawrence kao was there too but we didn't see him. :[

yeah. we squealed a bit. okay. we squealed a lot. :] so i was just goin to take pictures of him teaching the class and be satisfied because i mean it's mike song. hordes of girls were probably going to mob him afterwards.



me and hana just fuck around on the track while audrey is still learning. and then we get a call from audrey. she really wants a picture with mike song. so dun dun dun.

I TOOK ONE TOO.

KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH.

lol. honestly. i didn't really become a fan of his until kaba's last episode. his speech just did it for me. he was amazingly humble and not bitter at all.

and for the 3 seconds of picture asking and taking, he was a sweetheart.


whoot. my life is complete now. hahaha.

we get to sleep in tomorrow!!!!

p.s. it was hot as FUCK in that practice room. there was like a cloud of sweat hovering. haha.

sigh.

so. end of my second day here. my hall people are having a movie night. currently watching superbad in our lounge. decided to just go to sleep since we have convocation early tomorrow morning.

got to see BBA today at around 10 15 at the basketball courts. victor kim sang and played guitar. it was really fun. audrey came down. clara and her roomie hana even came down from mesa to watch.

lol. alexandra was sleeping so i had to walk audrey to her car by myself. i initially took a fork but audrey got one of my suitemates who was coincidentally one of her spop friends to walk me. (thank you!!) haha.

and no. i didn't have to use the fork. :]


time to sleep and wake up early. they don't even have breakfast. :[

omfg.

this shit cost me 400 dollars. and that's WITH used books.
did i mention that i still have one more book to go buy???

first night.

omg. i'm up by 8.

it's a fucking miracle i tell you. ;]

hahaha. so. met the half of the suite and hallmates that moved in yesterday. everyone is really chill. my roomie is uber sweet. and she likes KIMCHI. she's like a godsend. :D

we're going to go get our books today and then probably make a target run to go get some board games for a game night. we also have our hall meeting at eight and BBA is performing at around 10. whoot. fun day. helping other people move in as well.

it's good so far.

update on life.

i'm taking another big leap in life. (and i'm not even legally an adult yet!!) haha. i'm moving in..in like 12 hours. hahaha. i'm still up at this godforsaken time packing stuff to take. this is what you get for procrastinating kids. *wags finger*

today was definitely a fun night. went out with sarah unni, sylvia, alex, and stella. ate pho together with the fam. and then went and sang at no rae BANG BANG BANG! haha. yeah that's right. i karaoke for fun. hahaha. decided to upload all of the chuseok pictures (korean thanksgiving) from last sunday. and some pictures from adrienne's birthday bbq on saturday.

aww. birthday girl. look how cute she (thinks she) is. i keed i keed.

lol. my uncle + my cousin's uke + a stargazer lily = fun stuff

awww. good son. hahaha. my aunt on matthew's back.

me and unni (sirvtee in the background) wearing our 'dance like mj' shirts. representing at harvest moon festival later on that day.

lol. people. they deliberately switched. i promise.

sigh. it doesn't seem like much long ago that i graduated. (it actually isn't. haha.) i mean. the 3 month gap has gone pretty fast. i stayed a month and a week in korea and japan (respectively) and then i got back to reality. all of this craziness involving placement tests and whatnot. and finally i've come to the figurative next chapter in my life. it's funny how things can change in such a short period of time. i now realize that i need to pursue things that make me happiest. even if it upsets some people. it's time for sophia to fly the coop. lol. is that even the right expression? sigh. peace out people. it's definitely hard leaving behind my friends and family..and my KEYBOARD. :[ i'm going to miss having a piano in my room. but hell. if you think about it. i'm only 40 minutes away. come visit. i'll even swipe my meal card for you. ;]

i love you mommy and daddy. 엄마&아빠 사랑해요.

playlist for this post :

• far east movement - smile feat. ken oak "sometimes i wonder if i really made the right decision."
• radiohead - high and dry "don't leave me high, don't leave me dry."
• taylor swift - love story "i close my eyes and the flashback starts, i'm standing there. on a balcony in summer air."
  
  
  

sigh.

packing is a bitch. not going to lie.



and i didn't even pack my clothes, bags, shoes, etc yet!!!

yellow circle - my new puppy friend. i bought him today at sam's club. he's SUPER soft and mushy. i lurve him. haha. but i have also yet to name him..

sky blue circles - my makeup. sigh. it's an addiction. but at least i get to wear it now. hahaha.

red circle - minifridge courtesy of sarah unni and jessica unni. thank you so much. :]

dark blue circle - easy mac, 100 calorie snacks, and instant oatmeal. that's right. i'm a starving college student and need everything instant damnit! i'm so not domestic..

purple circle - my new printer i bought today. only 80 bucks and it's a printer, copier, scanner, and photo printer!!! good deal eh?

green circle - my bathrobe and brita water filter pitcher..thing. bathrobe because i ain't running my ass down the hall naked after a shower. and brita pitcher because i like water. and i like water clean.

light blue circle - my caddy with lotion, shower gel, shampoo, face soap, and all that jazz.




on the very left we have my laundry bag.
second to left we have my paper organizer.
third we have one of my comforters.
fourth we have my other comforter.
all from ikea.

whoot whoot.

and i bought these today on a whim!!!





nine west. 20 bucks. sometimes i look at it and i'm like. omg it's so garish.

but on the other hand. what other person is crazy enough to buy these. hahahaha.



song of the moment

i need your love - lee ji hyung

olympics.

this post is probably really late but.

JEEZUS.


i love you wang gi choon!!!!

EVEN IF YOU'RE SHORTTTTTTTT.






rawr. baby. rawr.

rant. rant. rant.

so. today should be a good day. went out with my marmar. bought some clothes. and even got myself new sunnies. but. i'm just really pissed off and i need to vent.

so. this is on the topic of how blatantly stupid ice cube is to write the song 'black korea.'

black korea was released on the album 'death certificate' in october of 1991.

i don't want to listen to the actual song because i feel like it solidifies the fact that some people are just ignorant enough to write something like this. just looking at the lyrics piss me off.

[blends into intro with dialogue from Spike Lee's _Do the Right Thing_]

"Twenty D Energizers."
"Twenty, C Energizer?"
"D, not C, D."
"B Energizer?"
"D motherf**ker, D! Learn to speak english first, alright? D!"
"How many you say?"
"Twenty, motherf**ker, twenty."
"Honey..."
"Mother-f**k you!"

[Ice Cube]
Everytime I wanna go get a f**kin brew
I gotta go down to the store with the two
oriental one-penny countin motherf**kers
that make a nigga made enough to cause a little ruckus
Thinkin every brother in the world's out to take
So they watch every damn move that I make
They hope I don't pull out a gat and try to rob
they funky little store, but bit*h, I got a job
("Look you little Chinese motherf**ker
I ain't tryin to steal none of yo' shit, leave me alone!"
"Mother-f**k you!")
Yo yo, check it out
So don't follow me, up and down your market
Or your little chop suey ass'll be a target
of the nationwide boycott
Juice with the people, that's what the boy got
So pay respect to the black fist
or we'll burn your store, right down to a crisp
And then we'll see ya!
Cause you can't turn the ghetto - into Black Korea


"I do f**k you!"

i mean. honestly. he speaks about how koreans are racist to african americans and what is he doing? uhh. oh yeah.
being a fucking racist.

i mean seriously. you think they only follow you around the store? please bitch. they follow me. they follow my friends.
everyone is a threat. i promise you aren't a special case.

oh yeah. and chop suey? do your fucking research. chop suey is american chinese cuisine. yes. i repeat. CHINESE. i know. SURPRISE!!
just because we came from the same continent, doesn't mean that we all eat the same foods. it's like comparing
kenyans to nigerians. brazilians to peruvians. french to germans. believe me. the list goes on.
it just doesn't work that way. and a little knowledge for your stupid
ass, chop suey is derived from the mandarin word za sui or shap sui in cantonese. again. solidifying the fact that
chop suey in all of its entirety is chinese. so basically. a generalization was made about koreans, when you 'claim'
that koreans make generalizations about african americans. uhh yeah.

next.

'so pay respect to the black fist.' umm. are you fucking kidding me? how freaking chauvinist is that? we live in
AMERICA dipshit. one of the most diverse places in the world. does he even realize what type of thinking that line
can compel in an impressionable mind? oh and by the way. just in case he missed a bit of history. there was
a pretty infamous man, i don't know if he knows him. but his name was hitler. and he single-handedly began
the most unforgivable events in the history of the fucking world. nine to eleven million people were killed because
hitler felt that all non-aryan ethnicities should respect the aryan race. wow. it all sounds a little familiar doesn't it?

so all in all. the point of this post was to point out how incredibly ignorant some people can be. in all honesty,
i don't know how he avoided being sued for libel. i mean freaking look at bradley waugh and ravin gill who were charged with criminal
libel. wanna know why? because they accused prison guards of a racially motivated murder of an african american inmate.



ugh. it's ignorant people like him that make me lose all faith in humanity.


gooooooooood night.

whooo.

so went to marukai today. got a shower caddy. some cups. and a shower loofa but it's a PANDUHHH. yesssssssssss.


and then went with jason, jason, charity, and nick to go visit sara at her dorms at biola. :D we ended up eating there. (i'm sorry irvine but biola has BETTER FOOD. hands down.) we then proceeded to play an intense game of TABOO. it was my first time playing. but it was definitely fun. lot's of eff bombs were dropped. hahaha.

tomorrow's schedule:

• nordstrom rack/brea mall - go buy some jeans and clothes
• go bowling with familia!!!!!!!!!!!!

saturday. maybe some shopping with addy.
sunday. INTERNATIONAL SECRET AGENTSSSSSSSSS. yesssss. imma pee my pants it'll be so good. hahaha.



so. new song that i'm in love with right now. mercy - onerepublic.

gahhh. it's just too good.


and then. omg THESE shoes.



i almost died. they're so pretty!!! and only 22.80 from forever21. oh man. that place is like crack.


wouldn't they pretty for fall???

dilemma.

i know i should be buying things more pertinent to my college life but...

it's almost winter!!! and i love love love winter clothes more than anything. so this brings me to my
dilemma.



the minnetonka fringe boots in black.

orrrr.



the uniform sude boots in cognac.

they look really blah next to the fringe boots but i liked this one on the model.





they're the same price. (78)



ayudame!!!


anyways. tomorrow i'm planning to go to marukai to get me some plates and such to take to college. i basically feel like have to start all over again. (utensil, homeware wise) bowls, plates, forks, spoons, CHOPSTICKS!!!

lol. i already talked to my roomie. and she's such a sweetheart. from her area code i'm guessing she's an irvine native. so that's great. since i do not know jack about that area. hahaha. i already bought my comforter and sheets. i have a minifridge courtesy of sarah and jessica unni. i have to return the microwave because they don't allow it if it's not one unit in our dorms. :[

umm. back to my list i still have to get:

• towels
• toiletries (shampoo and such)
• a desk lamp
• a flashlight for emergencies
• bowls, plates, utensils
• a robe
• and more things i probably can't think of right at this moment
  

i'm living on the freaking third floor. that's going to be an experience. those of you who know me know that i have a thing about heights. lol. i'm so effed. middle earth, snowbourn baby!!!


INTERNATIONAL SECRET AGENTS THIS SUNDAYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!