Jasmine Kim

I can’t believe it.

I’m leaving the CSPA workshop TOMORROW.

I’ve been wanting to go home for the past couple of days, especially since Tuesday was my dad’s birthday, but I’ve never knew I would say this: I don’t want to leave the workshop.

Yes, I miss my comfy bed, my cozy and warm sheet, decent food and my family, and I would do anything to get them.

Except leaving this place.

Unknowingly, I grew very fond and am already missing CSPA workshop.

I know this whole thing sounds cliche, but it’s true.

I don’t love the place physically, but the people here.

When will we ever get together again?

Even if we have a reunion in the future, not everyone will show up.

I haven’t befriended every single member here.

I haven’t talked to everyone of you.

I’m not even sure if everyone knows my name (like C.J.).

So instead, I would like to leave my thoughts about all of you who I haven’t befriended and have befriended in this post.

Alphabetical order:

Rachelle Aguilera–The one with the funny laugh (who won’t survive in Alaska if she ever goes there.)

Mary Albertolle–The athletic one (“Stay safe Los Angeles…and clean.”)

Kevin Bowman–The one who always smiles (who knows um, some Korean phrases.)

Jenny Choi–The funny one (who almost shaved off her eyebrows)

Melody Daskalos–The pretty one (who goes to a Greek Orthdox church)

Jeremy Fuster–The unexpected one (“Twatter”)

Jessie Geoffray–The nice one (who is also a magnet lover)

Olivia Hill–The fit one (horseback rider)

Carlee Jensen–The intelligent one (who is a belly dancer)

Arian Khansari–The sports fan (who boos a lot)

Hye Sun Kim (Me)–The fob (who gets overly concerned about everything)

Teresa Kim–The friendly one (who loves Justin Bieber)

Steven Lau–The super smart one (who plays the guitar)

Yeon Woo Lee–The cute one (who now knows “that’s what she said.”)

Emily Leventhal–The stalker (also a creeper )

Josephine Liu–The fashionable one (who’s cool)

Liam Madden–The tall one (Taylor Swift lover)

C.J. Morrison–The paparazzi (also Eminem hater)

Brendan Nguyen–The quiet one (also a rapper)

Mariel Olenick–The cool one (red-haired)

Adam Robak–The runner (half-Canadian)

Tori Robertson–The survivor (no wonder her name is Victoria)

Hannah Song–The chill one (who has a brilliant British accent)

Lauren Taflinger–The model (who has a great smile)

Ally Van Deuren–The theatre girl (who also has an amazing voice)

Jeremy Venook–The talkative one (who makes a weird face)

Thanks everyone, peers, counselors and instructors, for all the precious and unforgettable memories!!

I will never forget the 6.5 quake we went through together, Obama’s resignation, the 2 a.m. fake drill, etc.

It was one of the most amazing two weeks of my life.

(My name is Hye Sun Kim; all my documents are under this name. Hye Sun is one name–Sun is not a middle name. Thank you!)

1. Instructors and students both learn from each other through friendly cooperation in the CSPA program. Everyone shares the same interest, so there is a strong bond.

2. CSPA not only teaches about journalism more thoroughly but also shapes students as people, teaching about several topics such as ethics.

3. CSPA gives intensive but beneficial experiences that helps in various situations that do not necessarily involve journalism. For example, how to be more social and how to be more knowledgeable about the world through multimedia.

Name: Hye Sun Kim (all my documents are under the name “Hye Sun Kim.” Hye Sun is one name–Sun is not my middle name.)

1. Twitter–Make a one line teaser about the news and post a link to the video of the fire.

2. Facebook–Instantly write down the situation as a status/ upload videoes of the fire, interviews (after getting permission to post video)/ take photos on the situation. Also, can make a note.

3. Tumblr–Take some snaps on the situation and post them. Add quotes of the people in the shots if possible.

4. YouTube–Put up the video on the brush fire (if there are many followers to your account who go to the school, they can quickly know).

5. Blog–Describe the situation/ put some pictures about the fire/ post a video/ (if there is a video) emphasize on some of the notable quotes in the video by listing them in bold and large.

Thanks Matt, for holding onto Pantsy for me!!!
I didn’t know that I had another pair of pants lost until I got them back…
That’s what favoritism does to ya.

Looking for a missing pair of pants named Pantsy.
Photo: Unavailable.
Description: A light blue pair of jeans. No trademark.
Was lost after the laundry yesterday.
Its sister Antsy is very anxious and worried of her brother.
Please help find Pantsy.
If you know where Pantsy is or if you found Pantsy, please come to Hye Sun Kim at any time.
Her room number is 25.

(But really, I lost a pair of pants so if anyone finds an extra in their laundry, please tell me! Its one of my favorite pants.)

When it’s self-introduction time, I naturally talk about what my life was like, explaining the several countries I’ve been at. (For those who don’t know/remember, I was born in Korea, moved to Canada, returned to Korea and came to the U.S. three years ago.)
But recently, I’ve been thinking about it more carefully.
What defines me?
How can I explain myself?
A few minutes ago, I read Teresa’s post of the day, which includes me. In her comment, sweet as pie, she said I was like a motherly figure.
It struck to me that I’m mature and like a child at the same time.
For better understanding, I’ll first talk about how I’m mature.
I have a rather deep and mature voice. I don’t like to break rules and think boys are being stupid when they talk about certain…stuff.
I’m not really into entertainment so I don’t know a lot of actors, actresses, singers, etc.
I don’t know a lot of shows, especially reality shows, so I have no clue what The Hills is about. I watch movies, the Food channel (just because they make me hungry) and the USA channel (Psych, Monk, NCIS, White Collar, Burn Notice, etc.)
Now moving onto the child part of me (due to the lack of remembering what is mature about myself).
I watch a lot of cartoons. I still like to. Examples are Phineas and Ferb and Fairy Odd Parents, but I don’t watch episodes repeatedly.
I like to eat sweets. Though a lot of girls care about the calories and gaining weight, I don’t. I love chocolate, ice cream and pastries, literally like a child. Hence, the fat.
I hate studying so I procrastinate a lot and consequently, my parents nag at me a lot (my grades are still okay, which is good.)
Even now, I have to write a 4,000 word essay but is still in the process of finishing reading the books necessary.
I love to sleep.
Although I’ve been waking up rather early during this camp (and bothering my roommate Carlee a lot because of it), I usually wake up super late.
If I weren’t in camp, I would have woken up 10:00 a.m., whether it is a weekday or the weekend. (And if my mom don’t wake me up, then it would be much later.)
Thus, I am a walking paradox.
That is who I am.

I love Jay’s comment yesterday on how he HATES the word “pizzaz” because it’s not a real one.
Another reason, he said, was that it confuses people between pizza and Piazza (a person, apparently).
I agree.
I don’t use the word, but I don’t completely understand why people would use it.
I would rather use a few more words than to use a fake word.
The phrase “just to give a little more pizzaz” doesn’t make that much sense to me.
Excuse me? Pizzaz?
Can you elaborate on it?
Do you mean “meaning,” or what?
I don’t get it.

Okay, so during our socializing discussion today outside of our Lassen chateau, I forgot to mention one thing unique about me.

I know a few of you know, but this happened when I was about seven years old.

In the middle of the night, my mom heard a sound and came into the kitchen.

She found me, standing and crying with a pair of scissors in my hands.

As the caring mom she is, she asked me what was the matter.

I replied:

“I WANT TO EAT THIS!!!!!!!”

The end. I have no memory of this.

She was just browsing through the internet, seeking for something interesting.

Then, a website caught her attention. It described that it was a place where teenagers can post assignments that they would do for $5. Wanting to kill time, she decided to join.

Little did Emily Leventhal, 17, of Los Angeles, know that the group Trend Watch, owned by a company called TRU, would approach and offer her $25 for answering questions regarding teens.

“[The company] is pretty old but they try to focus on the market for teens,” Leventhal said. “I like being able to play a part in how these companies perceive teenagers.”

The company, part of MTV, efforts “to provide an unparalleled expertise in the youth market and to offer [its] clients virtually unlimited methods for thoroughly researching and understanding tweens, teens and twenthy-somethings,” according to tru-insight.com.

Leventhal has so far earned $30 during her first month for answering a bonus question and $25 for June and July, she said. Leventhal added that she answered several questions for TRU such as whether MySpace still has a future and how the Gulf oil spill affects how teenagers think about where energy comes from.

Okay, so it appears that a lot of people on this workshop are talking about and are fans of music.

I’m not much of one. To be exact, I don’t have a particular type of music I like. I’m not really interested in musical artists, either. I barely know the famous ones, like Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber (Teresa’s favorite singer).

But I really like the BEATLES.

I really admire how their songs can still influence generation after generation, even after they’ve passed away.

And I especially love the movie Across the Universe. It’s an awesome film.

One song bothers me though, and you probably know what it is from the post’s title.

It’s “I want you (She’s so heavy).”

It’s a great song like many of the other Beatles’, and I love how the movie uses it, not only as a love song but also as a military draft for the Vietnam war. (View the video if you don’t know what I’m talking about. But really, you should watch the whole film.)

I want you/ She\’s so heavy

Every time I hear the sentence “I want you so bad” in the song, I add in my mind or mumble quietly the “-ly.”

I mean, I won’t deny that I use some adjectives like adverbs. It’s a hard thing to fix.

Besides, the Beatles are pretty old, and grammar improves as time passes by.

Still, we can’t shake it off for some reason. Let’s take another song, a more updated one, as an example.

Let’s take a look into the Black Eyed Peas’ “Meet me halfway.”

Meet me halfway

The first time it’s “I want you so badly” but after that it’s “I want you so bad.”

I think that the incorrect use has been going on for so long that it can’t be unstuck.

But I still badly want the correct usage to be the common one.