remember me

"Gandhi said that whatever you do in life will be insignificant. 

But it's very important that you do it. I tend to agree with the first part."

I loved this movie (and not because of Edward incarnate) For some reason, the preview made me think that this movie would be about finding yourself and not wasting your youth- a concept I obsess over. I probably thought that because the above quote is said by Tyler (Rpattz) in the preview. 

I wouldn't try to convince someone that this is Oscar-worthy work but it did resonate with me. **Spoiler Alert!** Some of the things that really touched me are because I have a memory that I could relate to or because it's something that I've thought of or desired. Like, the odd quirks you discover as you're falling in love, the beautiful relationship between an older brother protecting his younger sister, anger with injustice, making it on my own, train rides, and of course, doing something significant in this life.

Movies like this don't come along that often, so please don't be juvenile and hate it based on Robert Pattinson. Just watch and be prepared to cry. 

limited time only

Something that I've been doing lately is referring to my day journal from my trip to Japan last year to see exactly what I was doing at this time one year ago. I was in Japan last year 'for a limited time' (till May 31st) so now I look back and remember, reflect, and appreciate every moment of that great experience.

I hope I've built some suspense with that prior paragraph and now you want to know what today held. Well, I can't say all that transpired as it was written in my personal journal but, here's the annotated version:

March 19, 2009

    Got up early to go to the airport, got some strange looks but cleared immigration to get back into Japan!, ate at the McD's by Hirakataeki, got home and showered the Korean smog off of me. Did some laundry, made dinner while watching 'Next' (it was quite bad), fell asleep really early.

Not a particularly interesting day, but give me a break, I had just gotten back from Spring Break in Korea. ::sigh:: I miss Japan everyday so it may be a topic rather often on this blog.

                           Above: the aforementioned Korean smog.

Below: the delish dinner I ate that night.

pretty date to start a blog

"A rare and beautiful flower for a rare and beautiful girl"
My boyfriend gave me an orchid on another pretty date.
March 15, our Anniversary.

This is my first public blog and I'm starting it on what I call a 'pretty date,' meaning the way certain months and days sound and look on paper are pretty to me. I have a lot of thoughts bouncing around in my head most of the day and I want to get them out and hopefully find others who are like minded to make me feel less crazy, haha!

I'm a big fan of puns and word play so naturally, the title I came up with has something of that quality. 'Amused' would accurately describe how I find humor in most cases, but in a way that only make sense to me. According to dictionary.com 'a muse' is a source of inspiration, a guiding spirit, and poet; things I hope to continue to always be. To be 'mused' is to be absorbed in one's thoughts; engaged in meditation - something that I often am.

Be amused!