Jessica's Current Obsessions.

1.) Dance Crews
- namely, ABDC season 3.
ok. so. How sick is this season?! :D Blew season 2 out of the water, forsure. Ugh, Super Lame Cr3w. And SoReal. (How did I EVER like SoReal?! While watching this season, I went back and reviewed Season 2 performances. WEAK SAUCE. Also for some reason, watching Ailyn made me want to punch her little scrunched-up face in.)
So kudos, season 3 casting agents. There wasn't a single crew this time that I didn't like! Even as much as Ringmasters freaked me out, they were still likeable people (that left early enough to be tolerated, unlike Status NO from Season 1). And even as much as Dynamic Edition wanted to annoy me, that gap-toothed dude was too adorable and hardworking for me to not like them (again, unlike BreakSk-h8 from S1). Plus, all the voting actually seemed LEGIT this season -- no Kaba/Fanny style robbing going on. (minor glitches: Boxcuttuhz + Team Millenia -- but it's not like they hold a candle to Quest + Beat Freakz though haha) Great season. Finally, a Top 2 that deserves to be there. :)

- Kollaboration.
Seeing Fanny Pak, TM, and Kaba in person? UGH. so sick in itself. But also tuned me back into watching off-ABDC vids of Kaba and Fanny Pak.

- USC's Chaotic 3 + TC Dance
What I love most about C3 is that everytime I see any of them in class or at EVK -- they always look FLY AS HELL. man, their fly kicks make Fly Khicks' look like Dynamic Edition's.

2.) Online Blogs
These pages are death to productivity, bff to procrastination. Doesn't stop me from reading them daily. My favorites:

- fmylife.com
- overheardinnewyork.com (props, mliu) / overheardeverywhere.com
- mymomisafob.com / mydadisafob.com
- engrish.com
- failblog.org
- passiveaggressivenotes.com

3.) Music
- Instrumental
I can honestly say that the only thing I've become MORE of since I've been at SC (besides confused, exhausted, sarcastic, cynical)... okay, so the only POSITIVE thing I've become more of is more in "tune" (har har, unintentional wordplay ftw) with my music side. I credit this with the fact that my desk is usually laden with chemistry/biology crap, so it's only natural for me to find some way to destress (esp. ever since midnight bike riding turned into potential exposure to pnuemonia). I've played more piano and guitar this year than I have in my, um, life. I love it. :) And with our constant late night karoake outbursts (or in Angela and I's case - pretty much anytime, anywhere outbursts), I practically never stop singing. I'm like a fcking walking production of High School Musical... without the high school. And the fat chick. And the sluts.

- iTunes
So I've had iTunes forever on my old laptop, but it got all screwed up with the whole flash drive transferring thing, so I recently decided to rebuild my entire iTunes library. I'm so much more in love with my latest library than my old one; I should've started over ages ago. I also love organizing my library -- gotta be honest, sometimes I just sit and stare at my painstakingly well-researched genre/album/year list. No joke, I never leave a space empty or inaccurate; I'm SO on that shit, son. Also love? iTunes sharing with people around me. It's probably just me, but I judge people by their iTunes. If I stumble upon an awesome playlist, I just want to be that person's best friend. (marks hall, 327 -- call me. haha)

- EVK
I've said this before -- whoever picks the music at EVK is baller. I want to iTunes-share that shit.

4.) Basketball
- College ball
If you've been in ANY way tuned in to me these past months, this is probably no surprise to you. In fact, you've probably told me to stop starting all my sentences with "Daniel Hackett-" or "We lost yesterday -". haha. Yeah, so it's hard to be on the losing team all the time (#6 Pac-10, holla -_-), but since when is that anything new? I mean I did go to Wilson, come on now. (haha, jk. mad love, wildcats). But still. It doesn't stop me from being glued to espn's USC updates, collecting the sports pages of the Daily Trojan (props to Brandon for the DHack pics :]), and Googling "USC NCAA chances" every day. (btw, chances = 0, jic you're wondering). Renardo Sidney, work yo' magic next year!

- namely, Daniel Hackett
Okay, can I just take a second to praise this gift of a human being? (Haha, if you spend more than 10 minutes with me, you're probably thinking, "you mean, can you take a second NOT to") But seriously, boy is perfect. haha. How so? Let me count the ways.

a.) He finished high school in 3 years by taking online/community college classes just so he could come to SC to play. (sidenote: And he had a good SAT score. :) turn-on much? Haha.) To quote = "Daniel Hackett, a young man with one of those can-you-believe-it backstories that makes human-interest TV announcers like Dick Enberg positively swoon."
b.) He never gives up, even when he got practically mauled by OJ Mayo last year. With his broken jaw, he lost a whole mess of weight but researched what diet to keep so he could still play ball. And then he painted his mouthpiece the colors of the Italian flag. What a sport. :)
c.) Um, he's awesome at basketball. Even though he's not as naturally talented as Demar (imo) he works so hard. Always one of the top 2 leaders in points each game. (minor glitch: vs. UCLA). Always starts, always plays whole game, never stops hustling. Watching him play is like watching poetry in motion, wordUP. :D <3
d.) He's from Italy. HE HAS AN ITALIAN ACCENT. Viva Italia! :DDD
e.) He's inked. He has a tattoo that says "Italian Stallion" and one of his mom's name. (aw!<3) Hot.
f.) He goes to class on Fridays after games and before games. (Haha, I almost died when I saw him outside Taper. And eating at the Lot. FUCK.)
g.) He writes with perfect grammar/punctuation online... and he barely just moved here! Hear that, Dwight Lewis? "whass good wit ya?"
h.) Last game, he helped sweep the floor with the little auditorium workers so Taj wouldn't slip. Majsigh<3
i.) Um. He's hot. Tall glass of chocolate/vanilla shake, in Marina-speak. haha jk.

I'll stop now.