It's this video:
WHAT DOES THE FOX SAY?!?!
Ok, not really. Also, I knew this video existed before today. But it makes me really really happy!!!
All joking aside, I slept in a bit too much today, but ran into friends at breakfast. So that was a nice way to start my day off!!
I got a bit of homework done, then went to the Metro Station and took the metro all the way to Koreatown. All. By. My. Self. I'm so proud of me. I even had to switch trains halfway through and I did it no problem! I feel like such a grown up... traveling around LA all alone. I was safe, I promise! I put on my "Don't mess with me" attitude and didn't talk to anybody.
Except, when I got to Koreatown, I started walking in the wrong direction... -_- Typical me. I think my inner GPS is just wired to be a little bit backwards.
The reason I was going to Koreatown was because I got to meet up with my wonderful high school friend Elsie for lunch!!!! She found out about a cool-looking lunch spot that was about halfway between our schools, so we met up there. I can't tell you how awesome it was to see somebody from home even when I wasn't at home!! We got to eat and catch up and just enjoy each other's company. She's taking college by storm! It was so nice to talk and hang out with her!!!
We took a picture together:
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On the first Metro back to USC, a man got on the train with me. He was carrying a couple of grocery plastic bags, and then a green shopping bag inside of a black one. I noticed him reach down into the green bag a couple times... It seemed like there was something alive in it, but I wasn't too sure and I didn't want to ask (remember: "I'm traveling in LA and don't want to be messed with don't bug me" attitude?).
But he got off at the same stop as me, and as we were walking to our next respective trains, a tiny little Chihuahua head popped out of the bag. I couldn't help but comment on it, "Is that a puppy?!?" It was. A little baby 2 month old chihuahua puppy that this man, I learned, had bought two weeks ago for $100. It was a purebred dog, but the last one the owner was selling. She had said that the first person to bring her $100 could have it, so he had grabbed $95, borrowed 5 from his landlord, and got the puppy.
Turns out we were headed to the same location, so I got to hear even more of his story after I saved him from getting on the wrong bus. A really nice lady and another guy joined in the story-listening.
He'd bought the puppy for his wife. His wife had never had a dog before, but he had given her a fish and some baby turtles a while ago, and said, "If you can keep them alive until Halloween, I'll upgrade you." This puppy had given him the idea of what to upgrade her to. Besides, as he'd mentioned before, she'd never had a dog before. He had, and when it died he mourned for it for 6 years. Getting this little dog opened up that spot in his heart again. He said multiple times, "this little girl... she changed my whole attitude. My whole attitude has changed." I also learned that he had been in the military, was from Sacramento where'd he'd been a farmer most of his life, and came down to LA for some reason. When he came to LA, he got a job at a cardboard making company. One of his projects was printing hundreds of posters for the Pirates of the Caribbean movies two years before the movie came out. He met his wife because she had been kicked out by her roommates. She was homeless, and he took her to McDonalds to get her some food. He's been taking care of her ever since, and they've been together 4 years. She isn't used to the puppy using the bathroom everywhere yet, but he said he knew she'd come around to it and that her attitude would completely change too. The puppy's name was Pekko. In addition, he was teaching her to get used to travel, so he could take her back up to Sacramento with him, out in the countryside. "She's going to love it," he said.
He got off at the same stop as me and the other guy, at USC station. He was taking Pekko to the park right across the street so she could get some grass and exercise.
God bless him. I've rarely seen a man with that much love in my entire life.
The other guy we were with turned out to be a PHD student at SC. He's getting his PhD in Physics, but really likes music too. We talked as we walked back into campus, and as we were walking, he said something that really hit me: If you spend your time doing only one thing (in my case, trying and trying to be the best actress you can be), you don't get to do anything else, like read books, see movies, go for walks, meet people like the man with the puppy. In other words, if you devote yourself to just one thing in life, you don't get to enjoy all of life... quite a wake up call for somebody who can be a bit too ambitious sometimes.... (like the one writing this blog...)
Even better, right in front of Tommy Trojan, there was a couplet taking wedding pictures. The bride looked absolutely stunning. I told her she looked like Cinderella, cause she did. A beautiful fairytale princess.
The next couple hours I spent outside... You know what's interesting about my campus? There's so much red brick everywhere that the sky really stands out. It almost doesn't look right... but I got to enjoy the sunlight and the perfect breeze in the air...
When I eventually went to dinner, they had a soup that I really like and haven't had before I came to college. It's called Italian Wedding soup. It made me happy :)
I finished my Philosophy homework in the company of friends, and got to take a survey that an old friend of Kieryn's had to give out for a class of hers!
I was getting ready to go take a shower, but decided to wash my comforter first (actually, a spider that died on my comforter decided it for me). On my way back from the laundry room, I got pulled into Kieryn and Sneha's room and...
We had a dance party. A full on dance party right there in the room with music blaring and us jumping around. The WiFi here was a rotten DJ, but who cares?
The line-up went like this:
-Moves like Jagger
-Loca People
-Party Rock
-You Can't stop the Beat
-Danza Kuduro
-The Time Warp
-Thriller
and... to end it all off,
-What does the Fox say?
The fox song has been stuck in my head ever since :) And now, I'm typing up this blog a half hour after I told myself I'd go to bed because I'm waiting for the top coat of my newly painted nails to dry.
So, the secret to happiness then?
The sad things are still around. I'm still thinking of Walker (my nails are green for him!), people keep throwing up everywhere in my building, there's a ton to get done, homework is onerous, and I'm still kinda stressed out...
But it's the details that make it worthwhile. The little things. Those tiny moments that just make you appreciate life. That little metro accomplishment, that short amount of time with a good friend, that little puppy, noticing a man's big heart, a little comment, a little sight, a little sunshine, a certain type of food, a little friends, a little fun. It all adds up to something much, much bigger. A great day, and, as my new friend said today, a great attitude.
Fight on, friends.
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