"i'm gonna fail at life. this is the test!"

who knew playing monopoly would spark up a new topic for my blogging delight.

my sister, alex, james, danelle, and myself were playing monopoly two nights ago. it was danelle's first time ever playing REAL monopoly as opposed to monopoly junior. speaking as a newbie myself, i think it's safe to say that monopoly can be a really complicated and difficult game. not because you need top notch strategy, but because your wealth depends almost 90 percent on the luck of the dice. monopoly is also filled with temptation and peer pressure while the other players try to trade you properties for their own personal gain, sometimes screwing you over in the end.

danelle was overwhelmed by the middle of the game, not knowing whether she should trade certain things, or what not. finally, giving in to what alex and james said to trade certain properties for others (which, i have to say, did look like the best thing she could have done at the time) she lead herself to bankruptcy and ultimately to her downfall. at which point she uttered the quote written in the title of this entry.

we all laughed hysterically at what she said because she said it so seriously. but it really got me thinking.

i know, i know, how cliche is it to connect a game to real life. but damn, are some people just unlucky in life or what? i mean, i am a strong believer in karma. at least, i'm a strong believer in hoping karma really happened. but how does that explain when good things happen to bad people and bad things happen to good people. you can't deny that. it happens. i think, some people are lucky and some are unlucky. but in the end, how you, as a person, react to what is happening to you, i think that is what makes you who you are and what makes your life good or bad or whatever, but what makes it your life.

i do firmly believe, however, that everything happens for a reason. whether i'm right or not, i don't really know. after all, monopoly is just a game.

anyway, top 5 things i've done this summer:

• graduate
• hookah!
• have james' family fall in love with me =]
• take girl pictures for the 6th time in a row
• disneyland with my bestfriend!

pictures and such are on myspace and facebook, if you're interested.

anyway, life really is like a box of chocolates...