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So I've been using Gmail for at least three or four years and I've never had any problems. My Gmail account has been my default account for a long time and most of my other web accounts are somehow connected to my Gmail account.

So it was kind of a shock just now when I tried to log into Facebook and found that I was unable to do so because my fucking Gmail account no longer exists. And I don't know why, and I can't get it back, and Google's help page is a fucking crapshoot, AND I can't contact them.

What's really shitty is that I had a bunch of important stuff in my account (nothing like UNBELIEVABLY important like Bank Account info or SSN stuff), but I had a ton of stuff regarding my internship, and a bunch of stuff regarding my United Mileage account, and I'm pretty sure I have an email with a scan of my passport saved in a folder. And I can't access any of it.

I can't even explain how frustrated I am right now. It was working fine earlier this morning, and then when I tried again a few hours later it tells me nothing exists.


That's awesome.

edit:// Managed to recover my Facebook, but my Gmail is still in the process. The problem is that I can't remember exactly when I got my Gmail account, so agh. Pretty sure I've been hacked or something; the same exact thing happened to Brian around the same time this morning. Upon logging into my Facebook I found that it was set to deactivate on August 16th, so someone must have hacked it and set that. Brian said the same thing happened to him, and to his Gmail. He's managed to get back both, so I'm hopeful.

What weirds me out is that really, no one could have guessed my Gmail password. Hmm...

Reasons why today is horrible:
- I can't find my glasses prescription, even though it was on my bedside table yesterday. I really need new glasses and I can't get them obviously unless I have my prescription.
- I failed at getting just TWO volunteers for my phonebank tomorrow and if I don't find another person then we won't be able to use the state-wide system, which was the whole point. Which also means that all the other interns won't be able to because I fucked up.
- The stupid lady at Planned Parenthood didn't respond to the email I sent last Friday, and I had to call her today just to find out that she doesn't know if I'll be able to use her office for calling tomorrow.
- My supervisor isn't picking up.
- I'm NOT in Myrtle Beach like I usually am at the end of every July, and I'm having severe withdrawal.
- It's 94 fucking degrees.


Kill me.


(Seriously, if you're in the Seattle area and can make free time tomorrow between 5:30 and 8 PM, please come phonebank with me and Mara at the Planned Parenthood in Bellevue. I just need ONE MORE PERSON. Please. I am groveling.)




edit://
- My supervisor figured the phonebank location stuff out. Location moved to Seattle office (MARA I WILL FACEBOOK MESSAGE YOU WITH DETAILS)
- Alice volunteered. YAY.
- I have a bowl of ice and some watermelon juice. Mm.

Still can't find my glasses prescription and I'm still not in Myrtle Beach, but this is better than non.

BERYL.

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P.S. hi everyone. Guess what? I AM STILL ROYALLY FUCKED FOR ECONOMICS YAY. fuuuck.

I'm so happy. I'm so so happy.
The next four years will be good.
I don't have to seriously consider going to grad school in a different country [which I was, tbh].
I am happy [mostly; bummed majorly about prop 8 and crossing my fingers for Gregoire].

But I am happy.


A ton of people did a march today. We marched and screamed and danced and ran and held hands and it was lovely. As soon as we heard that Obama won, a bunch of us ran out on Ankeny and shouted and did cartwheels and had firecrackers and music.
I haven't been this hopeful in a while.
I've got my fingers crossed for the future. I think it'll be a good one.

PLEASE READ
I don't know who reads this and who doesn't anymore. Comments are rare and not indicative so I am going to do an f-list cut. If you would still like to be part of my f-list, respond in a comment so I know not to cut you.
I love you all but I don't know if you love me back.

On a less emo note [that really was not meant to sound weepy, though it kinda does], this paper is slaying me. Oh wait, this is pretty emo too. This stupid paper. I should have started earlier.

Anyway. I went to do more phone banking at Planned Parenthood today. It was really super fun. We called Yakima and we got a surprisingly good [and old] crowd. Most of the people were really nice. I got 134 calls in before leaving.

When I got back I had two post-it notes, one saying that Alex was looking for me [to talk about the paper, I was sure] and one saying that Eli was looking for me [to find his CD -- his "baby"]. I found Alex, who had written a grand total of a sentence and a half, and persuaded him to write his paper. Then I dropped the CD off in Eli's room. It's a good CD.

Alex stopped by a few minutes ago with Paris. I think he's at 3.5 pages now. I'm just at 4 pages.

I went to Safeway with Brian and Ryan and picked up a ton of random stuff. Yay. I picked up some peppermint white chocolate coffee creamer and it's delicious. I just made some really heavy coffee and now I feel oddly sleepy. Funny.

Thursday is the Haunted Hospital planning meeting. North Hall, one of the dorms on campus, is an old hospital. So every Halloween they make it into a haunted house, and apparently it's fucking scary. Also, they want people to act in/plan it. And I'm super excited. It's my favorite holiday, after all.

Also, I need to get my hands on some baking supplies so I can make my pan de muerto. I'll get on that.

OKAY. So my dad is just about to order my laptop (as in he's on the other computer on the Dell website right now) and I have decided on Sea Sky. Because it's amazing.

So I'll get a new laptop in two-three weeks or so and it'll be amazing and pretty and it'll have a built in webcam so I can talk to all you lovely people all the time. Stickam, anyone?



In other news, I had lunch with Miss Whitney today and it was much needed. I missed her. D:
Ariana showed up for 15 minutes or so before jetting off to Sam's house (SAM? WHO KNEW). Senior sleepover was tonight -- they're going to be DRENCHED. It rained crazy today.

Lavanya had a little farewell party for me today. It was really sweet of her actually. I walked in and she was all "SURPRISE!" and I didn't know what the surprise was for until I looked at the balloon, which said "BEST WISHES" and the giant poster she made, which said "FAREWELL MEHERA."

It was fun.
I watched the closing ceremony today. I'm actually really excited for London 2012. I didn't really watch the Olympics this year because, frankly, I wished China hadn't held it. Anyway. 2010 is going to be so fucking epic I might explode. Winter Olympics in Vancouver (holyshitholyshitholyshit) and World Cup in South Africa. The thing about the Winter Olympics is that I watch ALL the sports. There isn't an event that I don't like. Unlike the Summer Olympics, because there are some summer events that I don't like to watch, or get bored of watching. Also, Shaun White omgomgomgomgomgomgomglove.


ALSO: Joe Biden? I don't really know what to think. I don't really know anything about him. IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT OR HAVE A STRONG OPINION ON JOE BIDEN, LEAVE IT IN THIS COMMENT PLEASE.

Fun fact: I got an invitation earlier this year to the Presedential Inauguration Ceremony and Ball in January 2009 -- and I declined. 1) It's a bit on the expensive side (it's a fucking ball) and I don't know if I'll have a break and 2) I wouldn't really want to go if it was McCain.



ALSO ALSO: OH MY GOD TWO DAYS UNTIL WHITMAN
Okay, ciao.

FRIENDS: I need to take a vote.

I am in the process of getting a new laptop and I need to pick a color.

So help me pick from ( these four... )

Please help me pick, please!

So a lot of stuff happened in the last week [my concert and grad party and tons of relatives] but that's not the most important thing. The big thing is that I'm going to India tomorrow and then am going straight to youth Sahavas [I think?] so I'm out until July 27th or 28th.


Catch you all [or whoever is reading this] later.


edit://

Completely unrelated yet funny quotes --

Josh: Aw, you just broke my heart. Now I'm emo. I might have to go write some bad poetry now.
Me: On the wall, in your blood?
Josh: No. I'm not that hardcore. I only have a level one emo license. -- if you had to go through the DMV to be emo, no one would be emo. It would be great.
Me: But then who would we make fun of?
Josh: The president. OH WAIT --




LOLS @ Mr. Bush

ATTN EVERYONE (in the greater Seattle area)


I HAVE BEEN STUDYING/LEARNING NORTH INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC (HINDUSTANI) FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS. TODAY I AM GIVING MY FIRST EVER HOUR-LONG SOLO PERFORMANCE. PLEASE COME.


WHEN: MAY 31st, 2008 FROM 3 - 4 PM
WHERE: REDMOND REGIONAL LIBRARY
WHY: BECAUSE YOU LOVE ME

♥

Slaughterhouse-One

Show me some love?

Please?
I like to be loved.



Actually, I'm convinced that I'm the kind of person who aims to please. Always. When Tim O'Brien was talking about how he'd do anything to be loved it kind of reminded me of myself. I used to want to do whatever it took to make my parents proud of me, when I was younger, because I thought they only loved me when they were proud of me [later I realized that they only expressed their love when they were proud of me].

I think we just all look for love. I mean, people can use all the unconditional love they can get. I think sometimes we forget to give the people we care about all that unconditional love. I think sometimes, we take people for granted. I definitely know people who take me for granted, and it kind of hurts.

My sister's going through a particularly rough time and some stuff has just been brought to my attention so I'm kind of chewing the cud on blood and love.


I love doing those workshop/excersizes where you tell someone something you like about their body or them in general. We did one at NYLC and it still makes me happy to go look at it and read about what people said about me. Sometimes we need the ego boost.

Or just love.

There's a fine line between a high self-esteem and a large ego.





Anyway.

Okay, quick public service announcement --
PSA: I AM TRYING TO GET MY HANDS ON FLOOR TICKETS TO PANIC AT THE DISCO'S SHOW ON JUNE 7th AT THE PARAMOUNT.
IF ANYONE HAS TICKETS AND CANNOT GO OR DOES NOT WANT TO PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, I WILL BUY THEM FROM YOU.



Anyway.

So for those of you who don't know, I've recently made the choice to go vegan.
( on my recent veganism... )


In other news, I'm going to a Whitman admitted students thing at the SAM so I should go get ready for that.
Also, going to see Prom Night tomorrow with Alice Madden and Ariana B., which is both exciting and bad because I scare really easily. I usually keep scary movies for first/second dates because it's easy cuddle action. 8D

MOAR SNOW.


Yay.
♥

So on Thursday my dad and I drove down to Salem. It was a long drive. Not terrible though. I took some pretty pictures, which I'll put up later.
We got to Salem and got to our hotel/inn/unit, and then ate Indian food at this little place. It wasn't bad. The next day we woke up and went to Willamette. After Willamette, we drove up to Portland and saw Lewis & Clark.

This is what I said in a comment on Whitney's journal:

"Willamette was okay. They have some really cool stuff going on, but the campus was weird. It was like, split in half. Anyway, it was a little odd for me. Salem is hella cute though~~

L&C was amazingly gorgeous. Their admissions office is the main house on this old estate, so it's pretty much a giant mansion from the '30s. It's beautiful.

L&C was definitely better than Willamette, in people, size, campus location, and everything pretty much. Apparently L&C has a football team too. xD Patrick Chang plays on it. Apparently they lose REALLY BADLY and no one really likes the football team. Oh well.

-- you know, I should really just put this in my journal instead of leaving a super long comment for you...


Oh la."


Anyway. I met up with Sups at L&C, which was really good because I missed her. :[ We all went to Portland that evening for foodz at the mall, which was fun. We had Thai, it was tasty, and we were hardcore with our chopsticks.

Then, late at night we drove back home.

( meme from Whitney )


So on Saturday I had drive six for driver's ed [I put it off crazy because I actually really dislike driving...] and it was the evaluation drive --

-- needless to say I failed miserably. Ugh, though, driving scares the shit out of me. fdjksjfa;

Whatever.

I bit the inside
of my cheek so hard, that I
started to bleed.

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LISTEN UP!


So I just joined this community. And it's pretty much rad. There are several auto accepts still left, so, go join!



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Haiiii.


Okay. So. As my little bio said, this is my Poland!journal. For those of you who stumbled upon this journal and are all, "Wha? She's going to Poland?" Yes, I am going to Poland.

The trip: "The Holocaust is one of the darkest moments in human history and no region was harder hit than Poland. While many refer to the Nazis' concentration camps, those camps took different forms; in many cases they were designed for labor. Certainly, the conditions were deplorable and many died, but death was not the sole intent. However, six extermination camps were established with that purpose in mind - and all of them were located in Poland. Roughly four million people died in these six camps alone, including nearly 1.5 million in the infamous Auschwitz.
Of course, the end of Nazi rule did not bring peace for Poland; instead, it brought the Soviet Union. Indeed, stability and sovereignty are still recent phenomena in the country unfortunately situated between two traditional powers. However, Poland has become one of the fastest rising countries in Europe and with that economic development has come a resurgence of traditional culture, heavily influenced by its Catholic history. In certain places, too, Jews are slowly returning to Poland.

On the Legacy Project's trip to Poland, we will visit three traditional centers of Polish Jewry, Warsaw, Krakow, and Lublin, each of which is located near a major extermination camp. Our goal is trifold. First, we hope to understand what happened, visiting the camps and speaking with survivors. Second, we hope to get a sense of Polish culture today, through major festivals and the arts. Finally, we want to learn how people who lived through or grew up near these tragedies were able to overcome those dark experiences to achieve fulfilling, happy lives."

If you want more info on where we'll be going, what we'll be doing, check out www.legacy-project.com and click Poland on the navigation bar.

The Poland group leaves from Sea-Tac Int'l at 6:50 PM on June 12th, 2007 and arrives back on July 3rd, 2007.

Anyway. I'll keep everyone [rather, whoever's reading] posted.


Do widzenia!
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