cold

It's raining here in SF. Typical. I've been spoiled by the so cal sunshine. But it's actually a good change. When I stepped outside this morning, I felt cold for the first time in a long time. I don't like bundling up, usually. I think it's good to feel the cold sometimes.

Picked up my textbooks and organized my part of the room and my desk. Everything is neat and orderly. For now. In two weeks, who knows. I resolved to be a better student, to not procrastinate so much. We'll see how that goes. I'm making little changes, here and there, to just be a better person. I'm slowly getting rid of things that I don't need. I'm improving my posture because, "I hunch" as Peter Parker put it. Spider-man was on last night. I'm eating better. I'm trying my best not to waste my time becaue seconds are valuable, and each day could be my last. When Lucy Pevensie asks Aslan when "soon" is, He answers, "I call all times soon."

I swear, all these little changes have been coming about ever since I started reading the Narnia books again. I'm on The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. When I first read the Chronicles, I read it in the wrong order--using the internal chronology with The Magician's Nephew first. It really screwed up things, in my opinion.

It's also because of Stephen Chow. Pathetic, I know, but it would be unfair to you to tell you that it's only because of Aslan and Narnia that I'm changing. I was watching Kung Fu Hustle with commentary. I'm not sure who said it, but either it was one of the actors or Chow who said that American food sucks. I was a little hurt by the remark, but I began to think about it objectively. Now I see why he said it. A lot of our food is pretty unhealthy--the fat, the grease, the sugar, and so forth. When my parents were my age, they weren't eating the stuff we eat today. Of course, they were living in Asia, and it's totally different there. Their diets consisted of rice, vegetables, fish. They didn't have all that junk food we have here. I'm not starving myself, please don't worry. I'm just thinking more about the things I put into my body. It's my only body after all, and I do need to start taking more care of it.

I do hope that these changes are lifelong and not brought about because it's a new year. Hey, today is Chinese New Year! Just realized it right now. Happy New Year!