Mini Chen: how come you like cats so much btw?

Mini Chen: how come you like cats so much btw?
Preston Chang: i don't know how to describe it.. i was trying to think about this yesterday
Preston Chang: as i saw cats
Preston Chang: cats just chill out
Preston Chang: and sleep and groom and lounge
Preston Chang: like, by tourist places
Preston Chang: SUPER CUTE
Preston Chang: i petted them :3
Preston Chang: i love the way their bodies are shaped
Preston Chang: it's like, cute and majestic and pretty
Preston Chang: the legs and feet and tails
Preston Chang: the tails are really elegant
Preston Chang: their mannerisms are cute, too
Preston Chang: the way they posture themselves for anything
Preston Chang: laying down, sleeping, tumbling
Preston Chang: they walk really smoothly
Preston Chang: i love that they're so well-balanced and coordinated
Preston Chang: jump crazy high
Preston Chang: it's like they're always stalking
Preston Chang: and if you've ever looked closely at a cat when it's standing still
Preston Chang: and it hears a noise far away
Preston Chang: sometimes just one of its ears rotates
Preston Chang: like it turns a few degrees
Preston Chang: outwards
Preston Chang: and it's SUPER cute
Preston Chang: and when their eyes close they look like they're smiling
Preston Chang: like when you put them on the head and their eyes close
Preston Chang: and the way they SWIPE at things is SO cute
Preston Chang: like strings or other dangly things
Preston Chang: or the way they use their paws to try and cover bugs on the ground
Preston Chang: they track with this cunning precision
Preston Chang: like their eyes are cameras scanning the environment and their brains are computers calculating jump distances and trajectories
Preston Chang: and then when they sleep it's just like super cute
Preston Chang: yesterday i pet this cat that was sleeping
Preston Chang: and it just didn't wake up, even when i poked it and pressed on its head multiple times
Preston Chang: and i love that
Preston Chang: that cats are always so engaged in whatever they're doin
Preston Chang: and yesterday we saw a cat that was grooming itself
Preston Chang: and the whole time i was watching it and talking to it and petting it, it just kept grooming itself
Preston Chang: like it didn't care at all that it was the center of attention of everyone walking down that street
Preston Chang: i like that cats have a mind of their own
Preston Chang: dogs are fun and stuff, and i like that they're SO attention-giving
Preston Chang: but they're kinda predictable
Preston Chang: throw a ball, it'll fetch it
Preston Chang: pat your thigh, it'll jump up
Preston Chang: rub its tummy, it'll roll over
Preston Chang: talk to it, it'll look back at you
Preston Chang: but CATS ...
Preston Chang: basically, do anything, and you'll have no idea what it'll do in response
Preston Chang: other than a few things
Preston Chang: like if you pet its head, it'll close its eyes
Preston Chang: and if you touch its tummy, it'll probably scratch you with its hind legs
Preston Chang: and i like how they slink around
Preston Chang: super stealthily
Preston Chang: like you're chilling on the couch
Preston Chang: and all of a sudden the cat is behind your head like
Preston Chang: HEYA
Preston Chang: but not really 'cause it doesn't care to interact with you
Preston Chang: their tails also have like a mind of their own
Preston Chang: the way they absentmindedly curl around
Preston Chang: and wiggle
Preston Chang: very elegantly
Preston Chang: it kind of reflects what the cat is thinking
Preston Chang: its curiosity in something
Preston Chang: and i like how cats are so CURIOUS
Preston Chang: they love watching things
Preston Chang: and looking at the outdoors
Preston Chang: and chasing little things on the gruond
Preston Chang: i like how they look when they're sitting up
Preston Chang: the front paws are always together
Preston Chang: it's very regal
Mini Chen:LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
Mini Chen: OMGSH PRESTON
Mini Chen: YOU DESERVE A CAT
Preston Chang: okay can i have one
Preston Chang: thanks
Mini Chen: i will
Mini Chen: buy you a cat
Mini Chen: like you are probably
Mini Chen: the most deserving of a cat
Mini Chen: ever
Mini Chen: just take my cat
Mini Chen: whatever
Preston Chang: HAHAHAHHA
Mini Chen: i don't deserve him
Mini Chen: as much as you do
Mini Chen: LOL
Mini Chen: dude you could write a book after a cat
Preston Chang: no one's actually ever asked me before why i like cats
Mini Chen: that sounded like a love note
Mini Chen: to cat
Preston Chang: thanks for helping me let all that out
Mini Chen: no problem

summer is nice

this is the definition of relaxation.

a few things learned so far..

hardly anyone replies to emails, but offering cookies to people who reply generates more responses! really!

water polo is probably the worst sport in the world for me to play.

volleyball by day, laser tag by night = fun overload

(my music player all of a sudden started working! yay!)

the birth of lawlkward

6/7/10
Tiffany Chen: and yes t prettyman is awesome
Preston Chang: yes yes :}
Tiffany Chen: weird face
Preston Chang: what do you think of it?
Tiffany Chen: about the face?
Tiffany Chen: idk how you'd smile liek that haha
Preston Chang: hahah
Preston Chang: yeah
Preston Chang: maybe that's why i like it
Preston Chang: :>
Tiffany Chen: AWKARD
Preston Chang: ^ LOL now THAT'S awkward
Tiffany Chen: AKWARD
Tiffany Chen: AWWKARD
Tiffany Chen: AKWWARD
Preston Chang: HAHA
Tiffany Chen: AKARD
Tiffany Chen: WAWKARD
Preston Chang: way awkward
Preston Chang: wawkward
Tiffany Chen: wawkward
Tiffany Chen: lawl
Preston Chang: lawlkward
Preston Chang: hahahh
Preston Chang: that is genius
Tiffany Chen: HAHAHAHAHAH
Tiffany Chen: I LIKE IT
Preston Chang: PERFECT
Tiffany Chen: HAHAHAHA
Preston Chang: an actual useful new word
Preston Chang: for funny awkward situations
Preston Chang: not JUST awkward
Preston Chang: but FUNNY
Preston Chang: LAWLKWARD
Tiffany Chen: HAHAHAHAHHA
Tiffany Chen: I REALLY LIKE IT
Tiffany Chen: genius

cute kids, cool cars, close call, and a cleaaaaan cookie

i think my blog makes you guys read too much. here, a change of pace. (also no new music. sorry.)

these two kids are isaac and enoch, respectively.

i know them from church, and i went to their house and taught them piano for a while up until i had to go to college.

enoch is the older brother, but i don't remember exactly how old they are. they're ridiculously cute and cool at the same time, and i love hanging out with them.

fun fact!: enoch and isaac have beaten me in checkers every time that we've played. in my defense, i've only played checkers a handful of times as a kid, and haven't touched the game since.

isaac has two swirls!

i have this thing where i point out every nissan 350z that i see. and if i can, i take a picture of it. (which isn't creepy, 'cause they're just cars, not like people or something.)

i saw this sweet black one as i was biking on my way to mr. kevin yuey's house, and stopped to take these two pics, but not for too long, for fear of neighbors being suspicious.

i saw this tricked-out 350z as i was leaving rockaway mall.

i'm particularly proud of these shots that i got here, waiting for the traffic light at 46/beverwyck.

at rutgers. DIG the blue.


rutgers again. orange is pretty legit, too.

check it ouuuuut.

before i came to college, i mowed four lawns regularly, and carried the lawn mower to their houses in our mazda suv, pictured on the left. for these next pictures, even though i had full intention for this to happen, i'm not sure whether to describe it as something that i did or something that happened to me. i'll let you decide.

and last but not least.

SHO NUFF

[those 3 fax]
-when i was younger, i used to think i was clever by pointing my middle finger down at the ground. i don't recall doing it much, though.
-for as long as i can remember, i've slept on my tummy. on the rare occasion, i would sleep on my side. however, it wasn't until college that i actually deliberately slept on my back. still rare, though. it feels so weird.
-my favorite soda is mountain dew: code red. it doesn't have to do with the color red, that's for sure, because that's one of my least favorite colors. but i dunno. i'm a big mountain dew fan in general. all the mountain dews i've had: regular, code red, live wire, pitch black, pitch black ii, voltage, supernova, revolution, baja blast, and halo3 game fuel edition. i have yet to try the two world of warcraft ones. i still have an unopened can of the halo3 game fuel edition on the shelf in my room. :D

are you holding back like the way i do?

sometimes, i wonder how my life would be different if i were in a different grade.

the most immediate alternative i think of would be the grade above me, since i'm really old for my grade and on the borderline to a grade older.

i know every once in a while i thought about it in terms of school friends, but usually it was with my church friends, because they're the ones that have been the most consistent throughout the years since i was waaaay young.

i think about the people i would be friends with, and wonder how that would change me as a person.

would i have different hobbies?

would i be a better student?

would i be more disciplined?

would my spiritual life be better?

would i still be good friends with these people who are in my grade right now?

would i be going to the same college?

ultimately, that's not to say, though, that i don't really like where i am now with the awesome people in my grade. :]

if you have some time [which you do because i have a short entry today], think about it for yourself. it's kind of interesting!

lemme know what you think up. :]

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i'm watching my sister's dog (daisy) and one of her three cats (MCA). daisy is fun. and this is my first time taking care of MCA, and man, this cat is kind of whacky in the head. it likes climbing on everything, going through every nook and cranny it can find, knocking stuff over, and randomly sprawling out on the ground. but dood, it is so cool and whacky, hahah. i'm having fun. :]

[YOUR FAVORITE RANDOM FACTS ABOUT ME TIME YAY]
-when i was younger, i would always watch my parents move the gear-shifter stick thing in the middle and get really curious about it myself. so, one day, while my mom was driving, i was riding shotgun. when i noticed she wasn't looking, in one quick motion, i pressed the button on the gear-shifter and gave it a pull downwards. looking back, i think i put it directly into park. lols. my mom quickly pulled the car over to the side of the road and scolded me etc etc. yay for curiosity!
-when i was younger, my parents had this blue car. one day, we were waiting at a stoplight, maybe like 5-6 cars back from the light. my mom was driving, and i was sitting in the backseat right behind her. a truck+trailer was on our left, the one that carries like eight cars on it. it was making a left turn, and the rear right end of the trailer slowly and seemingly painstakingly scraped up the left side of our car. my mom was honking furiously but i think the truck driver was too far away to immediately hear. what an experience. heehee.
-once, i cooked ramen on the stove. i boiled clean water that i scooped up from the toilet bowl. it tasted normal. :]