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About Me


i ♥ being Vivian :: i hate being called Bibian or having my name spelled Vivien, Vivienne, Viviane, Vivianne, or Vivan
i ♥ being Asian :: i hate being called a China Man by ignorant people
i ♥ music :: i hate suck music
i ♥ the guitar :: i hate being suck at it
i ♥ guessing shapes out of popcorn clouds :: i hate storm clouds
i ♥ lightning and thunder :: i hate it at night
i ♥ shiny disco balls :: i hate when people shine their brights at me while driving
i ♥ blowing dandelions, bubbles and bubblegum :: i hate blowing up balloons...they suck...
i ♥ crunching leaves under my feet :: i hate crunching bugs with my feet
i ♥ clothes :: i hate the bills that come with it
i ♥ talking to people :: i hate the phone
i ♥ writing/receiving letters :: i hate emailing (but i deal with it anyway)
i ♥ star/falling star/meteor shower-gazing :: i hate starless nights
i ♥ tarantulas :: i hate other spiders
i ♥ dogs :: i hate cats (even though i have one--it's a love-hate relationship)
i ♥ candy :: i hate the crash after a sugar-high
i ♥ frappuccinos :: i hate caffeine
i ♥ spelling :: i hate misspelled words
i ♥ surfing :: i hate flat spells and undertows
i ♥ learning weird/useless facts :: i hate school
i ♥ movies :: i hate war documentaries
i ♥ food :: i hate cooking
i ♥ mr. price :: i hate that their stuff falls apart
i ♥ mangos :: i hate papayas
i ♥ smooth skin :: i hate cellulite
i ♥ travel/discovery/tvland :: i hate C-SPAN
i ♥ reading :: i hate reading assignments
i ♥ art :: i hate abstract
i ♥ to sing and dance wildly :: i hate singing in front of people
i ♥ an organized looking place :: i hate to clean
i ♥ black :: i hate monotonous color schemes
i ♥ pretty bathrooms :: i hate using them
i ♥ friends :: i hate people who have only one trifling topic in their lives to talk about
i ♥ amy j and cass :: i hate that she don't give me no props
i ♥ God so much :: i hate that i disappoint Him a lot.
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i choose floss over toothpicks
i choose mint over cinnamon
i choose gnomes over gremlins
i choose regular toothbrushes over mechanical ones
i choose shortcake over cheesecake
i choose toned over buff
i choose lead pencils over #2 pencils
i choose salami and pastrami over bologna
i choose hardebeest meat over rhino meat
i choose ambush by elephants over ambush by cats
i choose hugs over drugs
i choose 2 pieces over one piece swimsuits
i choose boardshorts over bikini bottoms
i choose air guitar-ing over air violin-ing
i choose skydiving over bungee-jumping
i choose foosball over soccer
i choose air hockey over billiards
i choose whack-a-mole over arcade games
i choose NHL over NFL
i choose CMT over MTV...SERIOUSLY.
i choose kiteboarding over flying a kite
i choose Alice in Wonderland over any other fictional character
i choose to believe Sebastian is a lobster over a crab
i choose Will Ferrell over Colin Farrell
i choose Johnny Depp over Orlando Bloom
i choose random over rational
i choose I Dream of Jeanie over Bewitched
i choose Vans over any other shoe (if it came down to it)
i choose flip flops over shoes
i choose Volcom over Roxy
i choose Target over Kmart
i choose Loch Ness over Sasquatch
i choose crop circles over hick abductions by aliens
i choose semi-nerdy over super cool
i choose Hercules and Xena over Superman and Batman--no, I mean Spiderman, Batman's cool
i choose to glisten over sweating
i choose the elliptical machine over the treadmill
i choose regular jump rope over double dutch
i choose the disco ball over psychadelic strobe lights
i choose the fog machine over the mist machine
i choose lime-ade over lemonade
i choose big cars over little cars
i choose funny over serious (but i like to say "Serious")
i choose hot pink over regular type pink
i choose jasmines over roses
i choose the country over the city
i choose real life Simbas over Simba chips
i choose salt and vinegar over cheese
i choose tamales, taquitos, and quesadillas over tacos
i choose hahahaha over LOL
i choose BRB over be right back
i choose myspace over friendster
i choose fuzzy over hairy
i choose fizzers over airheads
i choose appletisers over martinelli's
i choose Africa over the U.S.
i choose anywhere over the U.S. (except the Middle East =X)
i choose friends over enemies
i choose being on time over being early or late
i choose the Bible over any other book
i choose eternal life over the world.........
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My Interests



i like to play. i'm still very much a child inside. i like the outdoors but don't rule out the indoors. i'm up for trying new stuff, ONLY if it sounds like fun! so that counts surfing (i'm in love)but ain't it a sad thing that a 5 footer looks like Makaha or Mavericks to a baby-beginner like me??? hahahahahahah, longboarding, snowboarding, rock climbing, hiking, biking and skydiving. i wanna try other stuff like motocross, wakeboarding, khayaking etc. etc. etc. one of these days, i'm gonna go white water rafting level 10!!! i dunno...sounds kinda dangerous...i met someone that did level 10 and said he almost died...but what the hey? also, i plan to take a motorcycle course! yeah man! on my down time, i read, read, read. from books to magazines, to toothpaste labels, whatever i can get my hands on! i love to be so involved in church activities and promoting revival on campus! i'm also so psyched about going on missions! i went to Africa for a month and it changed my entire perspective on life!!! yes, it can do that to you. i went again summer '06 for 2 months! even more amazing. i love board games too. cranium TURBO anyone??! hoopla and battleship--ooh, this game always makes me nervous--i literally freak out after the first hit of my battleship! harharhar...

I'd like to meet:

Jesus, because hello? dude walked on water, and cuz He loves me so much He would die for me...and hello? He did. I'd also love to meet people with a heart for the nations, and you my friend--call me!

My adventures:

ZIPLINE!!! WHEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!

SKYDIVE!!! WOOHOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ABSEIL...EEEEEEEEK! HEIGHTS!!!!!!!!!!

pooping a house? and have fun doing it? pooooooooo....

tune in next time for more of my adventures and misadventures. until then...

Music:


a bit of everything even COUNTRY i love country!, cheesy pop sometimes, once every 3 years--i get back into the dance/r&b pop--DONCHA???, folk, folk-country, folk-rock, christian rock, some spacey/fantasy rock, experimental, world music (arabic, indian, french, italian...you get it...), electronica, indie, alternative, jazz, big band music, old timer crooners, old school 80's, old oldies (we're talkin all the way back to the 1920's and even older), call me weird, i'm probably an old fogie in a young body but i love classical and opera, i love black church choirs and their soulful organs--now that's what i'm talkin about! LOVE LOVE LOVE the FUN FUN FUN of the Beach Boys, and the Beatles, and the Platters...Love listening to Russ Columbo and Sinatra before bed...i love air-guitar-ing to the Strokes, Phantom Planet and Weezer. they never get old. let me just list the bands, and i do promise it will be long!!!:
the Afters
Anberlin
Anna Nalick
Asobi Seksu
Barenaked Ladies
Barlow Girl
the Beach Boys
Beck
Ben Folds Five
Ben Harper
Ben Kweller
Bethany Black
Bleach
Billie Holiday
Blindside
the Cardigans
Copeland
Cursive
Damien Rice
The Dandy Warhols
Daphne Loves Derby
Dave Matthews Band
David Bowie
David Crowder Band
Dean Martin
Death Cab For Cutie
Delirious?
Devics
Discover America
Duran Duran
Echo & The Bunnymen
Easy Star All*Stars
Eisley
Elliot Smith
Emery
Etta James
Eurythmics
Faith Hill
Falling Up
Frank Sinatra
the Fray
Freshlyground
Further Seems Forever
Gatsby's American Dream
Gavin Degraw
Grandaddy
Hawk Nelson
Heavy Mello
Hellogoodbye
Interpol
Iron and Wine
Jack's Mannequin
Jack Johnson
Jars of Clay
Jason Mraz
Jeremy Camp
Jimmy Needham
Jude
Keith Urban
Kelly Clarkson
Kutless
Leeland
Lifehouse
Lovedrug
M. Ward
Maroon 5
Matthew Sweet
MercyMe
Midlake
MuteMath
My Chemical Romance
My Morning Jacket
the Myriad
No Doubt
Number One Gun
OK Go
Patsy Cline
Perry Como
Phantom Planet
Pilotdrift
the Platters
The Polyphonic Spree
The Postal Service
Pretty Girls Make Graves
Radiohead
Rascal Flatts
Ravi Shankar
Relient K
Rooney
Russ Columbo
Ryan Cabrera
Sanctus Real
Sarah McLachlan
Seu Jorge
Shawn McDonald
Simon & Garfunkel
Slow Runner
Smash Mouth
Smashing Pumpkins
Snow Patrol
Sparklehorse
Starfield
Starflyer 59
Starsailor
Storyside: B
the Strokes
Sufjan Stevens
Sugar Ray
Tears For Fears
Teddy Geiger
Thousand Foot Krutch
Tim McGraw
the Wallflowers
Weezer.
i also dabble in the art of playing and making music. my music resume: keys and strings and vocals. there is never a silent moment in my life! music is on all the time. bless the person who invented the iPod. you have my utmost respect, THANK YOU. I LOVE MUSIC.period....

Movies:


i love: the godfather!!! "only don't tell me you're innocent...because that insults my intelligence, and it makes me very angry...", what about bob?--oh my gosh! i love that movie!, nacho libre "get that corn outta my face!" "underneath the clothes, you find a man...underneath the man, you find--his nucleus...", the prestige, the skeleton key, blood diamond, the life aquatic with steve zissou, tristan and isolde--james franco and henry cavill are hotties!, bride and prejudice (not to be mistaken with pride and prejudice--this is the bollywood version), also pride and prejudice, emma, crash, elf, the ringer, akeelah and the bee, the count of monte cristo, amadeus, daniel deronda, the way things were, now and then, the lion king, beauty and the beast, aladdin, cinderella, little mermaid, sleeping beauty, envy, waiting for guffman, best in show, christopher guest makes me pee my pants!, the royal tenenbaums, moulin rouge, romeo & juliet (w/claire danes), amelie, sleepy hollow (w/christina ricci), phantom of the opera, city of lost children, mermaids, home alone 2--I had to add that one since i've watched it about a million times and knew all the lines!!! all jurassic park movies--total fan, the 1st one was the best though, and i used to play out the scenes with my little bro and friends, slippery when wet, endless summer I, II, Bruce Brown's just a total genius! gidget, the whole bean collection, spongebob collection, the secret garden, napoleon dynamite, i have to say detroit rock city cuz i secretly think ed furlong's a stud, and totally beavis and butthead do america!!! most vampire/dracula movies. love watching the audrey hepburn and marilyn monroe... and that's just some! i'd be here all day if i named them all...i've been a member to blockbuster.com for a while now. 4 movies at a time baby, and no due dates! ok, then i began being a faithful member of netflix, and then, i decided to cut back on expenses and just read...(definition:cash=none).

Television:


i'll keep it short and simple here. me likes: Hannah Montana, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Planet Earth and everything else the makers of that are making...including the deep sea stuff. and for some reason i like watching that show on Kimora Lee Simmons...she's flabbergastedly rude, it's funny.

Books:


when dreams come true, when God writes your love story, God's blogs, the great divorce, amphigorey, amphigorey too, amphigorey also--edward gorey's a master!, alice in wonderland (i have like 1..2..3..4! different versions including pop-up-book versions!), life of pi, the curious incident of the dog in the night-time, lonely doll books, the lion, the witch and the wardrobe, dracula--so, so good! it made me rent all the vampire movies i could find, probably like 20 or more? goodness...--by the way, save yourself some time by NOT ever watching Bram Stoker's Dracula (w/keanu reeves and winona ryder even though i love her, it was so disappointing!), da vinci code--(even though there's a huge stigma on it, it's still a great read) i could NOT put it down--no, even better was angels and demons! i read each one in about a day. the divine revelation of hell, captivating, angela's ashes, lovely bones, amy tan's stuff is all great, the Bible--it is incredibly...INCREDIBLE, eventhough i'm totally not even done reading it yet. it is really, really good! it helps me out everyday when i read it. no wonder it's the international bestseller!

Heroes:

first of all, God. then...my mom, then it has to be...captain planet! hehehe

Artists: Ray Caesar

Edward Gorey

Michael Sowa

John Tenniel

Webcomics: salad fingers

white ninja

teen girl squad

My Blog

You, yes YOU have been chosen to go to hell and suffer

this is true.  what?  you thought i was gonna say, "just kidding, i was just trying to grab your attention..." while it might've succeeded in grabbing your attention, my intention is to have...
Posted by ° v i v i a n ° on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 04:46:00 PST

Dear diary...about love in bed...

i did not mean to mislead when i said "love in bed," for those who might've taken it the other way.  there just weren't any other words for it.  {this is completely rated G!} it is an amaz...
Posted by ° v i v i a n ° on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 01:56:00 PST

on married life...

you may or may not be thinking, what do you know about married life?  you've only been married for a week... well this is where my little secret comes out, and only to those who actually will rea...
Posted by ° v i v i a n ° on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:49:00 PST

i say, "where does that leave me???"

you know, i've learned (and i've been learning a lot--growing up isn't all that it's cracked up to be!!!  Jesus, bring us home!) that when you're single, all you really were concerned with (and l...
Posted by ° v i v i a n ° on Tue, 01 May 2007 09:13:00 PST

a new lesson for me on: yes--once again, LOVE

what is it they say about love and fonder? ahh yes, "absence makes the heart grow fonder..." (hehehe, i just googled it!) and ain't it the truth!  my hubbie went away to hawaii for the week and...
Posted by ° v i v i a n ° on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 01:38:00 PST

the love series: II

I'M GETTING MARRIED!!!!!summer 2007the ring...the proposal... ...
Posted by ° v i v i a n ° on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 04:02:00 PST

and my ♥ said, "and blog!"

and the latest update...james called me yesterday and said, "i might as well tell you.  but i asked your dad if i could marry you."  and i said, "shut up.  no you didn't."  and he ...
Posted by ° v i v i a n ° on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:06:00 PST

love. the man God put in my life.

Indeed, I am in love .  Staying single until now has been totally worth it.  In high school, I thought having a boyfriend was totally essential.  I only had one boyfriend in all my life...
Posted by ° v i v i a n ° on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 04:48:00 PST

i got DOORED!!!

man...yesterday...i was biking along happily on a really sunny day, not far from school on my way to blockbuster, when i come across a double-parked white truck. so i decided to go right in between th...
Posted by ° v i v i a n ° on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

finally bloggin about africa!

well i went to south africa this past summer.  i figure i should blog something about it here because i kept on saying africa, africa, africa everywhere on my profile but never wrote anything abo...
Posted by ° v i v i a n ° on Mon, 07 Nov 2005 08:13:00 PST