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I dunno how you found this, but alas, here you are. So enjoy the frightening fruits of my troubled little brain.
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wMonday, October 28, 2002 |
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feeling: about as ^_^ as I've felt in weeks
listening to: Escaflowne - Cubic graces the shuffled playlist
Seriously. Walking outside after dark when the temperature's in the, oh, mid-40s is one of those little simple pleasures for me. I'd rather be nice and warm out in the cold wearing a heavy, soft jacket than be warm wearing a T-shirt out in the heat. It's kinda like how so many people seem to prefer sleeping with a blanket even when it's hot, I guess. It was kinda funny... I was just out for one such walk (in case you couldn't tell) and behind me was a pair of girls walking in the same direction, one of whom kept whining about how freezing it was and chattering her teeth for effect and such. While there I am, feeling the chilly air but still nice and cozy and wishing I could make such outings more often here on south campus without, you know, fearing for my life. *sigh*
And you know what's funny about all this? The fact that this week could very well end up being just as cruel to me as last week was. Check my last couple posts for my accounts of that. No, but... I dunno, for some reason, even though I know studying for that midterm and doing all the homework I'll have to do this week is gonna kill me, I still have some kind of happy outlook right now. Took a walk in the cold after dark to make me realize it, but hey. Not that I wouldn't do that again anytime.
Anyway. Some random tidbits...
Yesterday whilst picking up a few things from K-mart, I actually saw the freaking Bearded Lady. Seriously, this woman had hair on her upper lip, chin, and neck that was longer and heavier than my leg hair can get in winter. And now that you realize how big a waste of my time I think shaving is, shall I also share my other possibly-positive physical health outlook o' the week?
...nah. :P
So also, yesterday I popped through 3 pet stores and a fish store continued my search for Betta #2. Still no luck. But while wandering around in Petco, I stopped by the ferret cage around feeding time. All I had to do was stick one hand down into the cage, and next thing I knew, half a dozen squeaky little furry critters were latched onto my arm and hand, searching for food. One of them, though, completely overshot my hand, sunk his little claws into my sweater sleeve, and scurried right up to my shoulder. He then proceeded to sniff all around my face, my hair, my ears... and you know what? There is no cuter sound in the world than that of a ferret sniffing your ear. *squee* Anyway, I tried to put the little bugger back in his cage, but he wasn't done with me. Soon as I put him down he whipped around and latched onto my sleeve again, climbed up, sniffed around, begged me to take him home, etc. I put him back, and we repeated the cycle 3 or so more times before I finally got him to stay in his cage so I could leave, as the store was closing. I swear, if I weren't still a jobless college grunt living in a dorm and dependent on mommy and daddy, the little bugger would be curled around my neck munching a pellet and sniffing my ear even as I type this. *double sigh*
It's those little things in life... ^u^
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dragged from Becky's stream of consciousness at 10/28/2002 07:20:00 PM
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wFriday, October 25, 2002 |
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feeling: ...let me sleep...
listening to: Whose Line's on
Don't feel like doing today's Friday Five. It's Halloween themed and I'm not exactly the biggest Halloween fan you'll come across.
So... let's take a little account of how my week went. Because you care. You know it.
MONDAY: Scheduling Hell. BAD BAD BAD. Also, emailed a Japanese advisor for help... more on that later.
TUESDAY: Philosophy lecture cancelled. GOOD. Got my schedule taken care of, GOOD, but it's nowhere near what I wanted and it sure won't make these next (and last, with luck) 5 quarters any easier. BAD. Also, spent nearly 3 hours on homework for Philosophy alone, then who knows how much for Japanese. BAD.
WEDNESDAY: Was late to my first class due to the fact that I forgot to set the freaking alarm. BAD. Went to philosophy recitation and discovered that the homework I did Tuesday night was wrong, so I spent another hour correcting it, then spent a few more hours on additional philosophy and Japanese homework. BAD. Also, got an email saying that the form I turned in when I declared a major stating that I had... well, declared a major... was incomplete and has to be redone, with my faculty advisor. BAD.
THURSDAY: Finally got a reply from the Japanese advisor I emailed Monday. What does it say? "You can come see me during my office hours." When are his office hours? Wednesday. And what's today again? Yeah. BAD. Then I spent the entire afternoon doing homework. And I mean entire. BAD. And just when I'd begun the online component of said homework, the power went out all over campus. BAD. Then after dinner, I did more homework. Philosophy. BAD. But... I actually somehow managed to ace that stupid thing. GOOD. And then after my homework was done (or done enough), I spent approximately 4 hours helping decorate my floor for Halloween. GOOD, even though it ate up any free time I could've had yesterday.
TODAY: This week is over and even though naturally there's tons of stuff I need to do (BAD), I'm allowing myself to sit around and vegetate today because I think I deserve a short break. It's Friday, for crying out loud. GOOD GOOD GOOD.
Let's see, what all do I have to do in the near future... talk to my Japanese advisor AND my honors advisor to try and figure out my exact schedules for the remainder of my college duration *snort*... spend a couple hours on Japanese homework before Monday's class... read a chapter for philosophy, do the problems at the end (I think that's next week...), and do another of those stupid online homeworks... plus spend a couple solid days and nights studying for the freaking midterm Thursday. Or maybe longer, depending how long it takes me to read all the online homeworks again and memorize their every component. All the while allowing at least 2 hours a day EVERY day for Japanese homework.
BAD.
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dragged from Becky's stream of consciousness at 10/25/2002 11:23:00 AM
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wTuesday, October 22, 2002 |
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feeling: my head hurts
listening to: Nanase Aikawa - Bye Bye... this song's WAY too fun
I think someone heard my pleas for help concerning scheduling last night...
So, today's silver lining: philosophy lecture was cancelled. Which rocks in itself, but in addition it left me time to consult with my honors advisor. And from her I found out, firstly, that Astronomy H161 would still be an option after all, because whereas I thought it said it wasn't open to students with credit for Math 150, it actually meant Astronomy 150. Makes sense 9_9 but, see... what confused me was that there IS no Astronomy 150. Hasn't been one at this school for many years. They should really change that before anyone else has a nervous breakdown. -_-; Anyway... still can't take it in winter though. It's already full. And it conflicts with my Japanese classes, of course.
So then we moved on to rule out Geology, Geography, and Anthropology, again. Then there was a considerable period of silence as we both tried to figure out what the heck I could do. Finally I asked about a class called Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology 235 (mammalian anatomy, abbreviated EEOB), so she looked it up for me. Lo and behold - it's offered in winter! AND there's no conflict with my Japanese classes!
However, I'm still not exactly relieved. For one, that still means I'll have to wait and hope that the two geology (or perhaps astronomy) courses I'll still need will be available to me AND not in conflict with my Japanese schedule next year. For two, EEOB wasn't excatly my first choice for a science - wasn't even my 4th or 5th choice. But... it's waaay better than physics or chemistry, which would otherwise have been my only other options. So I guess I should be satisfied.
*sigh*
In other news, I finally started Final Fantasy 4. I've had it in the form of Final Fantasy Chronicles since last Christmas, but hadn't played it till Sunday. About 5 hours in now, and it seems pretty fun. I wish I could find better art of the characters though... from their icons, Rydia, Rosa, and Paladin Cecil look like people I'd love to draw. :P I'm kinda stuck now though... well, not really stuck, I don't think... but I need to go back. The dungeon-ish area I'm currently in is way harder than it should be - I missed several weapons and some other stuff, and I think I'm a few levels behind. And the next boss is hyper-strong. I didn't have a chance when I fought him the first time.
I believe I'm done now. *clutches head* ow...
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dragged from Becky's stream of consciousness at 10/22/2002 09:08:00 PM
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wMonday, October 21, 2002 |
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feeling: frustrated
listening to: Ayumi Hamasaki - Hanabi
NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Ok... I'm supposed to schedule my winter quarter classes online tonight, right? It's pretty much a given that I'm taking Japanese 310 and 311, the continuation of the intensive course I'm taking right now... and next quarter it will take up the hours between 9:30 and 11:18 because that's the only time slot available, right? So, my plan was to take one of the 4 or 5 general curriculum courses I have left to take - I need 3 more sciences, anthropology 597.03, and maaaybe a 500-series political science. Anyway, I was planning on getting one of those sciences out of the way. I have several choices that somewhat interest me AND are 'strong' enough to please the honors department, including geography, geology (possibly 2-course sequence), and astronomy (also possible 2-course sequence). Yay, lots of options.
Plan #1: Astronomy 161, honors. I check it out in the course bulletin and I find that the course is not open to students with credit for Math 150. Which I have. So astronomy is out.
Plan #2: Geology 121, honors. To be followed by honors 122 in a sequence. So I look that up in the course bulletin - and, of course, honors 121 is not being offered this quarter. Moving on.
Plan #3: Geography 220, honors. This was not on my honors pre-contract, while astronomy and geology are, but I figured I could take the geol. sequence instead of the astron. sequence since I have credit for Math 150, and leave geog. as my third and final science course. So I look THAT up in the course bulletin. Honors version... not available.
So, getting worried at this point. That means I can't take any of the 3 sciences I still need. What other options do I have? Oh yeah...
Plan #4: Anthrop. 597.03, honors. So I look THAT up in the bulletin. Lo and behold, the honors version is available winter quarter.
BUT!
...only from 9:30-11:18. The exact same time slot Jap. 310-311 go into.
AAAAAARRRRRRRGGGG!!!
FOUR original options, all down the drain. That leaves... pretty much nothing in the general curriculum department. Unless I settle for chemistry or physics, which I do NOT want to do. I HATE them. I refuse to associate with them if I have ANY other option. Which I do. Or I SHOULD. But not next quarter. >_<
So... what am I supposed to do? Fill the spot with another Japanese class, I guess. I really didn't want to have to do that. Partially because the monotony of only studying one thing for a whole quarter might just wear me down, partially because I want to get my general junk out of the way for good, and partially because that means I'll have to meet with someone in the Japanese department to see what the heck I can take at the same time as 310-311. 251 (a literature course) comes to mind, but I'm not sure...
Well, anyway... as I look again, I see that honors geog. 220 MAY be available in the spring. I might be able to work with that, as long as it doesn't conflict with the times of my last Japanese language sequence which is that quarter. And how much are you willing to bet that that's EXACTLY what will happen? -_____-
I'm never gonna get out of here by spring '04... *pounds head on desk*
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dragged from Becky's stream of consciousness at 10/21/2002 10:19:00 PM
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wSaturday, October 19, 2002 |
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feeling: bored
listening to: Gackt - Seki-Ray is stuck in my head
Forgot about Friday Five yesterday. So here it is.
1. How many TVs do you have in your home?
Right now, 2 - my parents' floor model in the living room and my year-old 19" in my room. I also have a crappy little 12" in my dorm... I've used it for copying tapes before, but I don't think it'll ever do that again... piece of junk.
2. On average, how much TV do you watch in a week?
Not as much as I used to, really. Actively, maybe 20 hours or so. Inactively (i.e. listening cause there's nothing else to do), maybe 25-30.
3. Do you feel that television is bad for young children?
Not if they can only watch a couple hours a day or so.
4. What TV shows do you absolutely HAVE to watch, and if you miss them, you're heartbroken?
I get a tad cranky when I miss my Whose Line. I also try really hard to catch the first hour and a half of Adult Swim every Saturday night.
5. If you had the power to create your own television network, what would your line-up look like?
Weekday mornings begin with a random hour-long nature documentary followed by an hour of Pokemon (you heard me XP), then Animal Planet's Big Cat Diaries and That's My Baby back to back, then two hours of Whose Line - an hour of Drew's, an hour of Clive's. At noon, a different subbed anime movie every day followed by episodes of DiGi Charat and other short-episode animes for filler as needed until the next even hour begins (if the movie ends at 1:45, it'd show a DiGi Charat ep or two until 2:00, etc). Afternoons would consist of an hour of Simpsons (this could be cropped or removed depending on the length of the preceding movie) followed by an ep of Family Guy followed by an ep of the Drew Carey Show followed by an hour-long block of anime... regular 22-odd minute episodes, 2 different series in the block, a new series beginning when one series ends. Like, I could start with daily Escaflowne and Eva, then replace Esca with Utena and Eva with Cowboy Bebop, etc. Then the daily dinner hour would consist of a different random Disney animated movie (Lord knows there's enough to last a few years on this kind of schedule), followed by some classic Disney shorts for filler till the next hour begins. After that, an hour of AFV (this could be cropped, extended, or scrapped depending on the length of the preceding movie, again), then a Powerpuff Girls followed by a Rocko's Modern Life (whatever happened to that show?), then another hOur of anime (like the afternoon block, but 2 still-different shows), and then a random daily movie that's anything but Disney animation, followed by some quick news and weather reportage for filler, then an hour of Hey Hey Hey! (starting from the very first ep so the reruns can last a year or so before getting to premeires), then another anime block for series with hour-long eps, and finally, several hours of Japanese music videos and concert footage till the next morning's programming begins. Weekends would be 24/7 anime - an hour of Pokemon in the mornings, then a full series marathon during the day followed by movies and filler until midnight, when more Jap music videos would run till Sunday (or Monday) morning. Longer series like Ranma and Sailor Moon... hmm... I can reserve those for the weekday afternoon block.
Okaaaaay... that aside. I'm tired. Nephy spent the night with us last night for the first time, and he's sick. Ear infection in both ears, and a cold (don't know if that's part of the ear thing or not). So even though I slept upstairs and he downstairs, I woke up every time he did. About 3 times I think. Had a few cranky spells too. Other than that... he's quite the little walker now, he's always jabbering, he adores chocolate milk, and today he learned to climb the stairway and find my room. And after he did it once, he did it 4 more times, getting faster and more confident each time. He only stopped cause Dad made him. X_X And we're talking full sized, 12-step stairway here, not just a few little steps. They grow up too fast... *sniff*
He's about to go home now, so I should probably put in one more appearance before his mom shows up. Ja na.
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dragged from Becky's stream of consciousness at 10/19/2002 01:29:00 PM
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feeling: *shrug*
listening to: nothing
Ok. For at least a month now Blogger has been giving me crud. Every time I've wanted to send a new post I've had to go through a process similar to:
~Post and publish, and see "Error 503" failure message
~Go to Template page and "save settings" without changing anything
~Return to Posts page
~Edit the most recent post, and re-post/publish it
~View my blog, and see that the new post isn't there
~Repeat above process up to 2 times before new post shows up
Pain in the neck. Also, my archives have been screwed up pretty much from the start. Well, eventually it got to where my entire template devoured itself, which explains why my comments were gone for a while. Well, finally I had to totally reset my template, then go back to my comments-hosting site to get my codes, and paste them into the appropriate sections of my template code. It took several tries. Now, finally, everything is in order. Posts are posting, comments are showing, and for possibly the first time, ALL my archives are in view. I asked it over and over to archive them monthly instead of weekly so they'd take up less space over there, but I never could get it to comply. Oh well.
Point being, I'm back, and everything works, so I might be blogging a tad more regularly now. 'Might' being the operative word.
Sooo... my quest for Betta #2 began on Sunday with visits to the largest specialty fish store in Ohio followed by stops at two more general, though good-sized, pet stores. I was hoping to at least get the aquarium, but I couldn't find a simple 2-gallon with four simple, flat sides and no built-in filter. Filter's useless for a 2 gallon tank. So I thought, maybe there's some other stuff I can get. But then I remembered that I didn't really know what I was looking for, so I left empty-handed. But now, finally, I have all the information I need except one detail that's up to my parents and that they'd better get done sometime this week... so I'm ready now. :P
Anyway, also in my search I checked out the bettas at each store. The fish store had roundtails and the normal veiltails you think of when you think of Siamese fighting fish... none really jumped out at me though. Except one roundtail that wiggledanced at us when we looked at him. But I don't really want a roundtail, and he was probably at or around a year old already, and they only have 2-year lifespans. So, then Petmart only had 4 bettas, all of which looked quite depressed. I think one was Cambodian (a pretty color combo of flesh-colored body and bright red fins), but it was just lying on the bottom, and darted once when I got close, then just sat there again. Poor guy. And, finally, Petco had a decent selection, but they were the least well-kept - they were in these sickening little tiny cups, many had brown, green, blue, or cloudy water, and two were dead. But they had two multicolored ones that were absolutely gorgeous. The bigger one, especially, had a little of EVERY color I've ever seen in a betta, I think - blacks, whites, golds, reds, shiny light blues, dark blues, purples... *drool* I really wanted to snatch him up, but he was already full-grown... and of course, I didn't have a tank yet.
So I left, again, empty-handed. Hopefully within 2 more weeks I will at last have my new betta. And in case you're wondering what the fook I'm talking about concerning colors and tail types and such, check out this site and the sale catalog at this site to see just how many gorgeous betta types there are out there.
Yeah, I'm done rambling about bettas now. New ramble subject.
So my intensive 10-credit-hour Japanese course is going pretty well. Lots of daily practicing required, but I have an A so far, and it looks like I should be able to keep it that way. The teachers are pretty cool, but none of them are the ones I had last year, sadly. I miss Kasihwagi-sensei and Angles-sensei and Kumakura-sensei and *sigh* Anyway... but the main teacher this quarter is always picking on me because - get this - my spoken Japanese lacks emotion. 9_9 I haven't informed her yet that I speak with just as much bloody emotion in Japanese as I do in English. Doesn't help that just about everything we say aloud in that class comes directly from a text that we have memorized word fr word. I'm not an actor, for Bob's sake.
But still... when I was thinking about all that, something else occurred to me: given the fact that my normal speech is very low and quite monotone most of the time, plus the fact that my brain just freezes and takes a flying leap onto the floor anytime I'm expected to say something, which usually results in me saying little or nothing in response to other people... I probably come across as very cold to people who don't know me. I don't mean to, I swear. -_-;; My friends wouldn't notice it, because I'm totally different around them... brain still takes a flying leap to the floor, but it seems I can function without it in the presence of friends. :P
Well, anyway. Pointless ramble.
I have to schedule next quarter's classes at the end of next week. Which means I have to meet by appointment with at least one advisor between now and then. This is a problem because meeting with an honors advisor won't be a problem... but meeting with an advisor in my department will be, because there are dozens of them, all with different areas of specialization, and I don't know which one I'm supposed to talk to about scheduling. Arg... I hate having a major... ><
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dragged from Becky's stream of consciousness at 10/15/2002 01:48:00 PM
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wTuesday, October 08, 2002 |
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feeling: not bad... yet
listening to: Ayumi Hamasaki - M
Nifty little survey thing I found...
The Unreality Quiz
1) What is your favorite unreal land? (Middle Earth, Narnia, Raccoon City, etc.)
Ohtori Academy (the movie version) isn't really a land, so I guess it doesn't count... so um... Mirkwood? *shrug* Oh, or the Final Fantasy 7 world. It's cool.
2) What is your favorite unreal animal?
Chocobos, gryphs (not just gryphONS... all gryphs... hippogryphs, vulpegryphs, all gryphs), good ol' classic dragons, phoenixes... lots.
3) Would you be an unreal creature that must murder to sustain itself?
If killing is for sustenance, then it's not murder. Lions don't murder antelope - they live off them. Anyway... hmm. That's tough. See, if I was a non-humanoid creature, humans wouldn't matter to me, and ya gotta eat something :P... so I'd probably say sure. But if I was humanoid and actually had the mental capacity and whatnot of a human, like vampires and such, then I'd say no. I can't consciously kill people. It's a curse.
4) What unreal creature would you like to be most of all?
Catgirl. Winged catgirl. But if I were allowed to have a counterpart, I'd scratch the wings and just keep some sort of felinoid gryph around to fly me everywhere.
5) How would you dress if humanoid, and popular style were not a concern?
Well, I'd be a catgirl, and therefore I'd be skinny and adorable, so I'd wear skimpy cute stuff just because I could. Nothing exceedingly, like, modern-trendy, though... just stuff that reveals ze midriff and legs.
6) In your own ideal world, what color would the sky be?
You know what'd be pretty? A, like, perpetual sunset kinda scheme. Lavenders and fiery oranges and golds and the like, all day long. Night would be very, very, very deep blue. And swirly. But no black.
7) Would it be a peaceful land or a war-torn one?
There'd be peaceful peoples, and there'd be warring peoples. More peacefual than warring though. And they'd be very clearly separated and would be unable to go near each other due to some kind of impenetrable natural boundary. Mountains, ocean, caverns, something. Well, check that... they would be penetrable... just not by lots and lote of people at one time so armies can't invade the peaceful and whatnot. You know.
8) What would be the government of this land?
Monarchy. There is waaay too much fun stuff one can do in literature with a monarchy. >:3
9) How technologically advanced would you like it?
Who needs technology? My people have beasts that are stronger than oxen and faster than falcons and range in size from the mouse to the dragon at their disposal for transportation and companionship and trucking. Occasional magic doesn't hurt either.
10) What is your favorite unreal form of currency?
"I don't believe euros really exist :P" ~GlassShard *snortchuckle* That is a good answer. I prefer good ol' gold and silver coinage though, I think.
11) Would you rather deal with robots/androids or living beings?
Living beings. Robots can be made too close to invincible. No fun at all.
12) What form of undead creature would you like to be?
Hmm... a ghost, if I could touch and move stuff and only be seen by seers and the like. I could tap people on the back forever and they'd never know what hit 'em. x)
13) Would you take eternity as a ghost in the living world or would you go into the light?
I hear nice things about that light. I think I'll take that. Stuck on earth for eternity but forever invisible would get boring after a few decades.
14) What is your favorite unreal language?
I like lots of unreal languages. Unreal languages are fun. That said... I don't really know any. :P
15) What is your favorite unreal humanoid race?
Elves are always good... and any kind of demihuman.
16) Do you have a bias against creatures with pointy ears?
Dude, I WANT pointy ears.
17) Do you long for the future, or a return to the past?
Past. But the problem with that is I wouldnt' want to go back there if I'd already had a taste of the here and now. I'd miss computers too much. Still though, I have very little if any hope for the future, so I really don't want to be part of it.
18) What is your favorite period in our reality's history?
Geez, I dunno. The Renaissance is fun, when you leave out the rampant disease epidemics and such. Anything with lots of cool art and writing and minstrels with scribes instead of typewriters is cool with me.
19) What means of unreal transportation would you most prefer?
Flight. Either with my own wings or with some kind of big winged critter. Gryph or dragon, maybe. Or of course, for short distances, chocobos are nice.
20) Would you want to have wings? If so, what would they look like?
Bird-style. Or actually, more like angel-style, probably. Just... feathery, not leathery.
21) What would you arm yourself with?
Swords are cool. Crystal swords. Or magic swords made of, like, beams of holy magic.
22) What is your favorite magical spell?
Heheh, so many possibilities... I can't imagine how useful Silence and Confuse would be X3... but then, gotta have the healing/holy magic
23) Would you rather have only one hand, one eye, or one foot?
One foot. Eyes are the window to the soul, and hands can draw.
24) Would you be a creature of the air, the earth, or the sea?
I think earth, but I'd spend a lot of time flying around checking things out. Sea would be fun too though, dangit.
25) Would you enjoy being an immortal creature? Why/why not?
Yes, but only if aging wasn't involved. If I aged like a human, after a couple centuries I'd be a useless, desensitized husk, and that is not cool.
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dragged from Becky's stream of consciousness at 10/08/2002 02:37:00 PM
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wSunday, October 06, 2002 |
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feeling: bored
listening to: Queen - Under Pressure is stuck in my head
My Taps-partner who played my echo saved me >:3 heh... for some reason he couldn't get it to play right with only the first valve (which, because trumpets are cool, is the only valve needed to play the version of Taps I've always played), sooo he asked me if I could play it with the first two valves instead... and I eagerly agreed because that means every note would be one pitch lower. No high F~ *dance* Of course, then he kinda startled me by echoing a part of the song I've never heard echoed before, then I spotted a spider trying to build a web between my playing arm and my trumpet... T_T Other than that though, I suppose we did all right. Could have been better. See previous blog if you have no idea what I'm talking about.
And on another note, last weekend's Hey Hey Hey! was possibly the funniest thing I've seen since Gackt became the Billiard King. >u< First, they were playing a larger scale version of this music quiz show game where they play a slightly jumbled version of a famous Japanese song, and a team has to ring in to guess the artist and title... there were 5 teams... one of the cohosts (Matsuhara; the other, Hamada, hosted the game), Ayumi Hamasaki (the first guest I've recognized on that show in weeks!), some group I didn't see the name of, some chick younger than me named Hiro, and a girl group called... Melon something, or... something. They reminded me of the Spice Girls, but less slutty. They even had nicknames for each member; Sexy and Natural, for example. Well, at one point Ayumi tried to ring in to guess a title but her buzzer didn't work so Melon beat her in, and she was all yelling and flailing and such... but then Melon answered wrong, so Ayu buzzed and got in this time, and got it right... heh, it was funny... "NAN DE?!! ATASHI JA NAI NO?!" *giggle*
Anyway... Hiro won... then they talked to her, then she performed, then they talked to the Melon-whatsit girls, and they performed... then they showed a clip of the hosts with Ayumi out... somewhere... looking at a bike. In that she said she'd never ridden a bike, so of course the rest of the episode was devoted to teaching her. It was too funny... she's such a wuss 9u9 First they tried to put her on the bike and just have her take off, but with one host pushing and one pulling... but after about a second of that she started screeching and whining "Kowai, kowai, atashi kowai!" (I'm scared, I'm scared, I'm scared!) *snort* So then they moved on and tried to teach her balance... in other words she'd sit on the bike but push it by walking instead of pedaling. That went fine, so then they moved on to a bike with training wheels... she got on, took off, and promptly veered so far to the left, she had to stop and start over. She finally got going straight, but while she was busy watching the hosts tell her to look forward (they were behind her), she just about crashed head on into a wall. >v< Then they tried teaching her... um, to use the brakes, I guess... by putting her in the bike seat and having her walk it down a slope. She got to the bottom no problem, but right when one of her 'teachers' complimented her on that (ah, jouzu desu nee), she made this really short, staccato little screechy noise (captioned as "A!") and... fell off the bike. >u< I about died.
Well, then they brought out this goofy looking dog-shaped three-seater bike thing where the person in back pedaled and steered and the two in front just rode. And as soon as she saw it, of course, Ayumi squealed "Aa, kore naritaaai!" (Aah, I wanna ride that!) So she popped herself into the front seat while Matsuhara got in back to pedal, and she pointed between them and ordered Hamada to sit where she was indicating. I swear, through this whole bit she was just like a little kid... once they got moving she kept yelling "Yaaaay! Faster, faster!" and whatnot... then when the driver steered them toward a water trap thingy she started screaming again... she has a hilarious scream X3 And for the last thingy they brought out this insane double bike where the riders sit side by side pedaling but only one of them steers... looked like a pain to balance. x_x Well, at first Matsuhara steered while Ayumi just sat and pedaled... but that lasted about 3 seconds before she started screaming and leaped off the bike. Poor Matsuhara. X3 Anyway, then as an example Hamada rode with Matsuhara, and they had Ayu push them up this upgrade, but I guess they were veering too far to one side for Hamada's comfort so he put his foot down to stop them, but his foot missed the ground since they were a good way up the slope the next level, so he kinda lost balance... luckily Matsuhara kept them upright, but Ayumi, who was pushing them, let go and took off running the second something seemed to go wrong 9v9 Then Matsuhara caught his foot on a pedal or something, so he started screaming "ITAAAI!! Itatatatai! Itatatatatai!" (OWW!! ow ow ow ow! etc.) and dove to the ground, rolling around and clutching his ankle and whining... it was funny XD I still haven't figured out what the heck hurt him though *shrug*
Anyway... I do have a point. :P Recently I've heard a lot of people saying how Ayumi Hamasaki has... changed in recent years, and not for the better. I'm not sure if they meant in terms of her music, or her personality, or both... but anyway, I've heard some say she's more like Britney Spears than Utada Hikaru is. And Utada's pretty much nicknamed Japan's answer to Britney. >< I've blogged my two cents on that before too... but anywho, my point... in this Hey!3 ep, Ayumi seemed nothing like that. She was fun, she was goofy, she talked and acted like a little kid, she wore casual sporty clothes for the quiz game and bike-learning sequences... and when she performed she wore a floor-length, very loose/poofy-skirted dress and just stood there singing, no dancing, no flaunting, nothing else. Just sang. Her bass player moved more than she did. Hah, it was great... the guy had a mohawk and was bopping and bouncing around like a heavy metal bassist... and the song she performed was a ballad. XD So... there's my opinion. Ayu-chan seemed pretty cute and modest and kiddie to me. So I guess I have yet to figure out why J-pop fans' opinions of her have deteriorated of late.
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dragged from Becky's stream of consciousness at 10/06/2002 04:33:00 PM
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wFriday, October 04, 2002 |
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feeling: hot and freaking sweaty
listening to: Whose Line's on
Today's Friday Five~
1. What size shoe do you wear?
Typically 8, but often 8 1/2 is good
2. How many pairs of shoes do you own?
My new Nikes, my old Reeboks, 2 or 3 or 4 pairs of dress shoes I never wear anymore, and a pair of chunky Bongo sandals I also never wear anymore.
3. What type of shoe do you prefer (boots, sneakers, pumps, etc.)?
Tennis shoes
4. Describe your favorite pair of shoes. Why are they your favorite?
My Nikes. Would be my Reeboks, but they squeak. And they're over 2 years old.
5. What's the most you've spent on one pair of shoes?
Back when I was in track and concerned with my appearance I had $70+ Nikes. They were awesome. Got good years of comfy running and walking out of those.
Crap, I'm supposed to play Taps tomorrow at some thingy they're having to sorta say goodbye to a former school they're about to tear down. Harrison. I went to grades 1-4 there, then they decided the building wasn't sound enough for elementary kids, so they kicked us out and put preschoolers in it instead. Makes sense, ne? It was funny though... while I was there as a kid, the cafeteria seemed so huge and stuff... but when I was a sophomore/junior in high school I went back there, and what used to be the cafeteria was... so... tiny. Smaller than a lot of the classrooms in my high school. *sigh* I really miss Harrison...
Anyway, point being... I'm supposed to play Taps to kinda send it off. While the man who served as my band director for I think 4 years will shadow me. In other words, I play the main part with all the high notes, and he plays the echo role, with less parts to play and no seriously high notes. Strange, eh? Now, I've played Taps lots of times before... funerals, Memorial Day things, Veteran's Day things, lots of things. The local Honor Guard even named me an honorary Honor Guard Bugler. Gave me a nifty beret. :3 But now... it's been about 10 months since last time I even touched my trumpet. Haven't practiced it, it hasn't been cleaned in years, hasn't been oiled or greased or tuned since last year... If I miss that high note I'm gonna be in trouble.
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dragged from Becky's stream of consciousness at 10/04/2002 11:25:00 AM
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wThursday, October 03, 2002 |
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feeling: annoyed, sticky, and slightly headachy
listening to: Evangelion opening theme, Cruel Angel's Thesis, Megumi Hayashibara's very cool version
My day had an interesting start. First off I had one of those odd dreams last night... in some ways it made no sense, but in other ways it was very true to life. I only remember the last half of it though... me and my family were at one of the family cookouts we have so often at my dads' parents' place... Dumplin' and her family were there, Gaki and her dad were there, etc. The setup of the property and everything was pretty real-like, from the cars in the driveway to the garage to the trees in the backyard. The two biggest differences I recall were 1) there was a really old, out-of-commission car sitting in the backyard, half-overgrown with weeds and such, and 2) we had pizza for dinner. Granny's, I believe. Anyway, first thing I remember was going out to that old car with Dumpling, and we were both carrying plates buried in pizza... and of course Gaki was following us (me, specifically). So we got to the car... Dumplin' got in the front driver's side, and I went to get in the passenger seat, and then I remembered there was something else I'd wanted to bring out but forgot (a drink, probably)... so I started to get up to go get it, but then I saw Gaki standing there with her pizza and beverage, watching me with this anticipatory grin on her face. Waiting for me to vacate my seat in the car so she could take it. So instead I elected not to move, and pulled the car door shut. After waiting a little longer, Gaki finally huffed, shook her head, and stalked off to sit somewhere else. This bugged me, so opened the car door and loudly told her off, and she didn't respond, so I shut the door again and continued eating and chatting with Dumplin'.
Next thing I know, there's this smallish woman with lots of makeup and dark, dark auburn hair standing outside the car, looking in at us (me, specifically), with this smug look on her face. I get curious and roll down the window, and she says something to the effect of "You guys are having a nice little family dinner thing here, right?" We say yeah. She proudly says "Well, it's over. Get out of that car NOW." I give her a look as if she'd just grown a second head, and ask why we should do so. She says in response that my dad, back at the garage, has just been... well, she worded it differently, but... drafted. And she cackles, obviously very proud of herself. I say "WHAT?!" and bolt out of the car toward the garage, where most everyone else eats at those cookouts. Standing there, juuuust outside the open garage door on the right, is my dad, wearing these weird starched pants and a... bright yellow shirt... and standing at ease (think "At ease, men!"). Reality hits me that he's really going off to serve Dubya and this stupid country during a time when there just happens to be a big ol' "holy war" going on. So I run to him, hug him, ask him if he's really going, ask him why a few dozen times, get all teary... as all the while the weird woman is standing just outside yelling at us to break it up... and then I wake up. And when I woke up I realized my breath was shuddering and I was sniffling. Only for a minute though, till I got my bearings and realized where I was. Then I went back to sleep... and the dream continued.
Now, everyone (me, my parents, grandparents, Dumplin' and parents, Gaki and her dad) is inside the garage, in sort of a semicircle, all facing outside where the woman is standing next to her armored car looking very irritated and somewhat psychotic. I'm next to my dad, clutching his arm, and my mom's between us and slightly behind. Outside, the woman is going on about how [something] isn't the only thing her car's armored with. I look at it... and sure enough, every square inch of the thing is concealed by white and blue tanks full of cyanide. Growing more and more psychotic, she grabs one and threatens us with it, while my dad just sorta tells her calmly to, in so many words, bring it on. So she starts unloading tank after tank of gaseous cyanide into the garage, cackling and huge-eyed... and we just... stand there. At first I'm holding my breath, but after a while I see that no one else is, and they seem fine... and mom asks me if I can smell it too, or something. So finally I slowly start to breathe normally. Can't smell anything, nothing happens.
Unfortunately, at that moment I woke up. Even more unfortunately, the moment I woke up was exactly 8:10. Twenty minutes before my first class was to start. Freaking alarm didn't go off. So I put my contacts in, throw on some clothes, and bolt to class... and I'm still not even sure if I got there on time. I know I was in the builing a few minutes before 8:30, but between that and sitting in class for a few minutes, I never did hear a bell ring... sensei darn well better not have counted me as tardy. -_-
On another note, my philosophy class needs to DIE. Every single thing I've "learned" from the online assignments, thus far, has contradicted itself at least once in the chapter exercises and quizzes. EVERYthing. It's also one of those classes that takes something incredibly simple, like flipping a lightswitch, and makes it as ridiculously complex and difficult as possible. I'll be lucky to get a C in this class. Lovely for us honors students.
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dragged from Becky's stream of consciousness at 10/03/2002 09:20:00 PM
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wWednesday, October 02, 2002 |
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feeling: hot
listening to: nothing
So I'm sitting here doing my philosophy homework on the computer with the door to my room open because it's freaking hot and I want some moving air in here. Right? And then this guy walks by my open door and stops and looks in. I look over, he says "You want free pizza?" I don't, because I just ate more than I should have, so I say "Dude, I just ate." His fists clench, his teeth grind, and he says "Dude. Do. You. Want. Free. PIZZA?!" I can't respond because he continues, very loudly and harshly saying "I didn't ASK you if you just ate, I asked you if you wanted free PI..." He cuts off, and actually looks around at the room in which I'm sitting. Then, "You have a SINGLE?!!" in a tone I would probably use if I had just met someone who owned 75% of Ireland. So I say, "Yeah, I have a single." To which he makes this huffy face that all males make right before they start throwing punches, grabs the doorknob, and jerks my door shut. HARD. And immediately I hear the dry-erase board that's stuck on the outside of my door fall and bounce across the hall floor. The guy behind him laughs. Then silence. 10 minutes later, even more silence, as everyone's gone downstairs to enjoy their free pizza.
Maybe the guy didn't realize there've been flyers up since last week all over the freaking dorm advertising free food starting at 7:00 on Wednesday night, October 2 for some honors night thing in the lobby. I KNOW there's free pizza. If I want free pizza, I'll go GET free pizza. If I want my door closed, I'll close it. If I want my message board chucked across the hall and cast to the floor so hard as to possibly crack the rim, I'll throw the freaking thing myself. It'd be funny if he came back up here in like, half an hour, with two slices of cold pizza wrapped in a couple napkins as a peace offering. But he won't. Because this world is full of idiots who don't understand the concept of I DON'T KNOW YOU AND I'M BUSY SO LEAVE MY PROPERTY THE F*** ALONE.
I should've immediately re-opened the door and grabbed the guy by the collar and started screaming that last paragraph into his face. But I've got work to do.
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dragged from Becky's stream of consciousness at 10/02/2002 07:49:00 PM
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