It's about time!

Whew. After about an hour of messing around with templates, privacy settings, colors, fonts, and whatever else they asked of me, I'm finally ready to start writing in my own blog. With all these fancy features, it sure beats writing in a book. Hooray for technology!

I had debated for a long time whether I should start a blog. Seeing as how #1) I keep losing my journals (keys, number locks and all), and #2) my memory is terrible, I decided this was the best way to keep track of my life and my thoughts. As soon as I started this blog, though, I had already run into a crisis. I think I stared at the screen for about 30 minutes before I finally had any inkling of a title that could summarize me in about 5 words. When I realized that the title "Thoughts and Concerns of an Chinese American College Student Whose Life Goal is to Achieve Happiness, Love, Prosperity, and World Peace by Helping Others" was probably a little too wordy, non-nonsensical, and boring (with a dash of socialism! Gasp, the horror!), I settled for a few words that describe the core loves that I have:

Eating
Rationalizing
Being Asian-American and a sucker for cute things (Yes I think Mochi desserts are cute).
Being completely and utterly random.

What better way than to call this blog "Appetizing Thoughts of a Mochi"! I don't know, it made sense in my head at the time. :) Perhaps I will change the blog name when I feel I have outgrown it much later on. Considering how fickle I can be, I hope I will be able to stick with this new arrangement in my life forever so that one day I can show my children or grandchildren the type of person I am. Am I thinking way too far into the future?

Today I will skip any philosophical thoughts and just end this entry with one thing I appreciate in my life. Maybe it's the bad Northeastern weather, the lack of sunlight, or because I'm feeling the pressure of being a sophomore, but I feel particularly incapable of thinking too much. If I do think, it's usually about something depressing. Therefore, for your sake as well as mine, I will always end my entries with a message of optimism.

I appreciate the warmth you, HL, bring to my life.

Edit:
If you want to procrastinate here's a cute site, courtesy of Sam Choi.
http://mingle2.com/dating/phases