Yesterday I came across a site I was introduced to a while ago, The Wayback Machine. Basically, input a link and it’ll show you how the site looked like in years past. I tried it for several of my sites:

• another-tragedy.net
• tableseven.net
• trash-star.net
• paint-pops.net

I’ve made other sites back in elementary school and junior high, but they were hosted on homestead and geocities and I completely forgot the URLs. Anyhow, it’s fun to see how design trends have progressed throughout the years and also how I have adjusted layouts to fit more content.

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祝大家新年快乐，心想事成，万事如意！

Happy Chinese New Year! Yesterday I went to a family brunch at East Manor and unfortunately did not have much of an appetite. Waste of a buffet. =T Couldn’t concentrate on homework so I went shopping with my parents and brother. Got a new lipstick from Mac (Dubonnet) because my lips were pale as heck. I quite like this boldish, bitchy red color. Wanted to watch “Videocracy” at the IFC with my brother, but then I was reminded of the mountain of work I have left to be done. Looks like an interesting film, though. It’ll continue running this week.

Fortunately, I have my Olympic therapy. For those following the winter Olympics in Vancouver, you rule. Like many other fans, I primarily look forward to watching Apolo Anton Ohno on the short track. He’s the Michael Phelps of the winter (although with fewer gold medals). Tonight, pairs figure skating continues and hopefully China’s Shen and Zhao finally gets the gold. Their performance last night was flawless and emotionally riveting. Something about married couples skating together is so beautiful.

Anyhow, I am thankful that, at least for the rest of this month, my stress can be eased through sports spectating. How March will be like is a whole other story. No more big family dinners (Chinese New Year’s) or shows to anticipate. How do you get through the day?

[ music ] Glitter in the Air // Pink

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Did anyone else watch the Grammy’s last night? I must say it’s one of the better ones in recent years. Pink’s performance of “Glitter in the Air” was just breathtakingly beautiful. Like Diablo Cody said, no one has an excuse to lipsync anymore. haha You can view the video of the performance at the bottom of this entry. And can somebody tell me how Taylor Swift won album of the year? I mean, I can see how her music would be appealing to tweens, but…Grammy material? I think not.

• Scans – added some scans of Lady Gaga’s The Fame Monster CD booklet. Didn’t like her makeup at the Grammy’s, but her duet with Elton John was pretty nice.

School started recently and already I am exhausted, but I blame myself for sleeping so late. The first day was nice, all bustling with people. But it quickly got annoying after the second day. On the contrary, my finance class is so awkwardly silent. Urgh. Not digging these intro classes. It was nice seeing old friends again, though. Other than that, the work load so far is no different from what I did over winter break. Good preparation?

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[ music ] Knock You Down // Keri Hilson, Ne-Yo, Kanye West

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Love this song, especially the lyrics. Reminds me of someone. hehehe *smacks self*

My portfolio is now up and running (except for the contact page)! Check it out. And for those wondering, I had to make the entire site for my class using only HTML and CSS (okay, I snuck in some Javascript).

Annnddd be sure to check out my hostee Angela’s awesome web site.

So today I found out that Miyavi now has a baby daughter. What the fudge? When did he get married?? Yeah, apparently his wife is Melody, a Jpop singer who’s pretty, but I think her husband’s prettier. That must be one dazzling baby. Congrats to the happy couple. I used to be obsessed with this guy/girl! Of course, I don’t need to be anymore.

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[ music ] 我爱你 // S.H.E

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Two days ago, one of my favorite authors – Frank McCourt, author of Angela’s Ashes, passed away at the age of 78. He truly had a wonderful gift of turning his story of a terrible childhood into a beautiful work of literature. I remember having to read it in high school and it was one of the better reads we had. “When I look back on my childhood, I wonder how I survived at all.” And yet he did, fortunately, and the world was blessed with his retelling of it. I love reading memoirs. Rest in peace, Mr. McCourt. I can only wish I could have had the pleasure of being one of your students at Stuyvesant.

During work today, I just listened to a ton of music and rediscovered oldies I previously heard in commercials and others from the 90s. Good stuff.

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