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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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wTuesday, January 28, 2003 |
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feeling: REALLY sick of studying
listening to: whatever's on TV
They fixed the paper towel dispenser!! And THEY FILLED THE EMPTY SOAP DISPENSER!!! *dances in the street*
...So, anyone interested in some pretty Kuja pics? :3~~~
Here we see our hero striking that same pose he must've adapted about 600 times throughout Ohayocon's duration. This was the first pic I took. Remember that - it'll be kinda nifty later. :P
And here he is leaving the cosplay showcase event. Notice the presence of that sex-ah expression even though he isn't aware that anyone's photographing him. Heck, you should've seen him just walking around between rooms and events, even when very few people (and even fewer cameras) were around - he did this lazy, cocky, strolling strut thing that was... just... allKuja. Now THAT is good cosplay. *purr*
Here it is - the Perfect Photograph. *schoolgirl giggle* Isn't the flipped-up tag an interesting touch? X3
And this was the last picture I took at Ohayocon. As one can probably deduce, it's Kuja leaving, just as Dumplin' and I were about to do shortly after taking this photo. Again I must point out that lazy, cocky Kuja strut he utilized so perfectly - when I took this picture he was doing that (notice the slight backward tilt and the bent elbows), and we were practically the only people in that entire hallway. And he didn't see me. Perfect cosplay. :P Anyway... this isn't the best photo quality, but I still find it nifty that the first pic I took on Friday was of Kuja coming in (sort of) as we were coming in, and the last pic I took was of Kuja departing just as we were departing. Seriously, I'm not just trying to justify my last ditch effort to get a nice full-body shot that included the thong. Leave me alone. 9-9;;
Ok, that's all. Back to studying now. This is gonna be a long night.
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dragged from Becky's stream of consciousness at 1/28/2003 09:25:00 PM
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wMonday, January 27, 2003 |
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feeling: sick of studying
listening to: Evangelion - Cruel Angel's Thesis, Megumi version
I swear, I have a different song obsession everyday. Today it's the opening of one of the most viewed anime ever, which I haven't even seen. Yesterday it was You Make Me Cool from Cowboy Bebop. Other recent Songs O' The Day have included Lilo & Stitch - He Mele no Lilo, Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out of My Head, and Love Hina - Kimi Sae Ireba.
This is kinda amusing... ok, in my floor's community restroom, there are two paper towel dispensers and two soap dispensers (and seven sinks - go figure), right? Well, of those items of which there are only two, only ONE is functional at any given time. Currently one of the soap dispensers is empty, and it has been for at least a month, I believe. Janitorial staff keeps the other one full, but they haven't refilled the empty one in a freaking MONTH. And the paper towel dispensers - also for nearly a month now, one of them has been jammed. Staff keeps the other one filled (usually), but they haven't fixed the jammed one in a freaking MONTH. Residents have complained about this, and the response from the janitor(s) was "I ain't doin' that! That's not MY job!" Oh, of course not... it's your job to fill ONE soap dispenser and ONE paper towel dispenser, each of which only YOU have the tools to open and fill, but the other one in each pair is someone else's dirty work. It all makes sense now.
Anyway, over the weekend I finally got sick of it. Yesterday I spent about 10 minutes standing in front of the jammed paper towel dispenser with both hands shoved up into the thing as far as they'd go - my fingers being stabbed mercilessly by the little sharp, serrated metal strip which causes dispensed paper towels to be rippable, my knuckles crushed against the lower rim of the dispenser, and every spare finger wedged between the metal strip and the little roller by which paper towel is dispensed. After a long struggle and much pain, I finally succeeded in pulling the jammed wad of paper towel past the roller and tore it free, thus fixing the stupid thing. I wanted to hang a sign on it telling off the janitors for making residents do what THEY'RE supposed to be doing, and demand some recompense for my bruised and aching hands, but I decided to keep my mouth shut, so to speak. The whole point of charity is expecting nothing in return, after all.
Well, this afternoon, 24 hours later, I took a little trip to the restroom, and what did I discover? The same freaking paper towel dispenser is jammed AGAIN. I didn't fix it this time. Tried, but my hands were still hurting too much from the previous day's little adventure. I'm about to stop the next janitor I see in the halls and freaking shove him/her into the restroom and MAKE him/her fix it, standing behind shouting orders and cracking a really nifty nine-prong lead-tipped leather bullwhip all the while.
...In other words, I have absolutely nothing to blog about anymore. 9_9
On that note though, this Wednesday is my first EEOB (don't make me write out the class' full title... pleeeease) midterm, and the day after that is our lab quiz. Know what's kinda funny? The prof told us on the first day of class that memorization of ridiculously long, clunky, essentially meaningless science-y words and phrases would be held to a minimum. Then he gave us our lab schedules. Complete with a list of a couple hundred bones and muscles we're supposed to be able to identify on the body of a formalin-soaked, half-opened cat. Not just bone names, but also the name of every little bump and bulge and hole and rough spot on each bone. And all the little tiny bones in the skull that no one gives a flying flip about. Not just muscle names either, but also each muscle's points of origin and insertion, and their functions. And we don't get word banks, so we have to be able to SPELL them all. We're talking single words with upwards of 15 letters including sequences of about half a dozen consonants in a row.
And that's just for ten-point LAB QUIZZES. You should see the sample midterm he showed us.
Memorization kept at a minimum, all right.
Fesk. It's 11 pm and I haven't started my Japanese aural drills yet. I have like, five of them tonight. EEOB can bite my big hairy toe.
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dragged from Becky's stream of consciousness at 1/27/2003 10:58:00 PM
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wWednesday, January 22, 2003 |
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feeling: blurg
listening to: Ayumi Hamasaki - Dearest
Who is your Ideal Lord of the Rings (male) Mate?
brought to you by Quizilla
>:D
I do not want to do homework... call me crazy, but I don't seem to feel like memorizing the names of every bone in the feline body, not to mention all the little holes and bumps and dents on the major bones, as well as the name of nearly every hind leg muscle... by tomorrow afternoon... *mutter*
My dad had (hopefully) his last round of testing this morning in the form of a biopsy. He'll know the results next week, but the specialist is 99.9% sure he's got something called sarcoid. All I know about that is it's not an immediate threat like malignant cancer, my grandma's had it for decades and isn't exactly in prime health right now, and it can be treated with steroids if caught early enough. I wonder if 2-3 years after development is early enough...
But, he'll be ok. For the time being. Not much gets to Daddy.
In happier news, I am now addicted to the devil of all anime... a.k.a. Love Hina. Dangit. >< No, like... it was sitting at home untouched for almost 2 weeks cause I wasn't there to watch it when it arrived, so when I went home Friday I was so antsy to get a taste of it, I had to pop in the first disc. I didn't want to get too far into it, cause I was hoping Dumplin' could drop by over the long weekend so we could marathon on it, but I figured I'd just watch an episode or two to get a feel for it. The next thing I knew, it was Saturday, and the final episode's credits were rolling. Then I started watching it AGAIN from ep 1. I should hate this anime... it's perky and peppy and cutesy and cheery and dorky and the characters are cliche and the humor gets really old after the same act of violence is performed for the 96th time... but... I can't help it. I am hooked on this series. I want a Liddo plushie.
What sucks, though, is that in all of its 25 episodes, the plot just draaaaaggggs. By the final ep, the relationship in focus - Keitaro and Naru - had progressed, like, ONE step. Then it's just... over. ><; It's a fairly new series, though... hopefully the continuation will be in my grasp within a couple years. *sigh*
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dragged from Becky's stream of consciousness at 1/22/2003 10:00:00 PM
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wSunday, January 12, 2003 |
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feeling: ok
listening to: TV
Just so all are aware, OhayoCon was very, very fun.
Friday Dumplin' arrived at my dorm shortly after 5 pm, and her dad gave us a lift to the hotel, where we signed in and began by checking out Artist's Alley, where non-professional artsy folks can set up tables to sell anime-style caricatures, commissions, comics, shirts, and other self-designed merchandise. Didn't get to buy anything outside of that because the dealer's room closed within minutes of our arrival, so we just wandered around enjoying the spectacle of people dressed up in ridiculous costumes. Our personal favorite was... Kuja. *listens to Dumplin' cackling back in Chilli-town* We each got a pic of him, but because his costume was so complete and perfect (i.e., he was wearing a thong XD), I made it my goal for the weekend to get a clear yet candid shot of him from behind before the weekend was over. ¬u¬ We wanted some pics of ourselves glomping him too, but we kinda knew from the start that wouldn't really pan out... >v<
Anywhooo... first real event we went to was Name That Anime Tune, where songs from anime and video games were played and some contestants were, naturally, supposed to guess what series or game the songs were from. I knew a total of, oh, 3 or so. :P Hmm... after that we went to an anime fan version of Whose Line is it Anyway, but it was kinda boring so we left early and went to check out the karaoke open mic thing next door. Fun was had. Then we decided to go to a suite party hosted by Luke and Scott of Dub This!, but after a few minutes someone from the hotel said the max occupancy for their suite was 8, so we had to clear out. But fortunately we each got to sample a Lemon Fanfic first. I feel so complete... :3 Anyway, so then we hung out with Luke and Scott and some other fans in the lobby for a while, then we checked out the AMV screening, where they show fan-made videos of anime clips compiled together with popular (or not so popular) songs. This and open mic night went on pretty much all night, and we wanted to stay for more, but we decided to go see a new anime movie instead. Kochira, or Kochikame something-or-other, it was called. And after it ended, we both wished we'd stayed at the AMV screening instead. :P Sooo, after that we called a cab, got home around 2:30 am, and went to bed.
Saturday we got up kinda late, so we arrived at the hotel a bit after 1 pm and hit the Q&A session featuring Megatokyo's Fred Gallagher and Dom (Fred is too cute! he even got all slouchy and embarrassed when people complimented him... true Piro style XD), and then we hit the dealer's room. I didn't buy as much as I'd hoped to, really - only the new Megatokyo comic, the first 2 issues of the Clover manga, an Utena paper doll booklet (ooo, rare merch~), and the first five Kimba the White Lion OVAs. And toward the end of the dealer's room we found Kuja again, thus resuming my quest to get a candid shot of him from behind. X3;;; But I missed my chance again, so then we got in line to get Fred Gallagher's autograph. That took over an hour x_x, mainly because Fred was drawing little sketches of everyone's favorite characters along with his autograph, and those who asked for Dom's too had to wait for him to go through the first few pages crossing out all the typos. *giggle* Dom's so cute~ So by then it was like, 5:00, and we'd skipped lunch, so we hopped over to Johnny Rocket's for dinner. Mmmm, I heart their chili fries. After that the dealer's room closed, so we didn't get to buy anything else (except later from Artist's Alley), so we hit the line for seating for the Cosplay Showcase. I don't think I've ever seen a line that long for anything before. x__x Cosplay showcase was great, though. Got some more nice pics there. Aaaand after that, we were sitting around in the hallway taking a break before calling the cab home for the last time... and who should walk by one last time but Kuja. And lucky me happened to have one photo left on my roll. And VERY few other people were in that area. So as soon as he walked by us, I jumped up and snapped that perfect photo I'd been waiting for all weekend. d>v
No, seriously... it was really cool... the first pic I took was Kuja doing his little people-have-been-asking-for-my-pic-all-day-so-I-know-the-drill pose, full front, and the last one I took was of Kuja from behind leaving for the night. It was so appropriate. Seriously. 9u9;
Man, I'm gonna hang that thong shot up under the semi-nekkid Reno on my wardrobe at the foot of my bed as soon as I get those suckers developed. >U<
So... after that we went home, watched some anime, snacked, and went to bed. And today Dumplin' went home pretty early, so neither of us went back to the con. Nothing cool going on anyway... all the fun stuff was on Friday and Saturday. It was a highly enjoyable experience. I really hope all my pictures turn out. I got good ones. I love the camera dad gave me. ^^v
Oh, and after all that worrying about the COTA schedules and stuff, we only ended up using bus routes once; the rest of our trips were made by taxi or my uncle. Can't complain about that though, really. My dad might pay me back for the cab rides... he felt kinda bad that we were stuck either spending 2 hours on a bus to get there/back on COTA's time (which means we would've had to leave the con hours earlier than we'd wanted to if we wanted to catch the last bus) or spending $25 per taxi ride.
Anyway, it was fun. I can't wait to get my film developed. *wiggle*
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dragged from Becky's stream of consciousness at 1/12/2003 11:16:00 PM
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wThursday, January 09, 2003 |
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feeling: I'm smiling! I haven't smiled like this in weeks! ^o^
listening to: Lilo & Stitch - He Mele No Lilo
Oh, Lord. I havent felt this spiffy in ages. *^^* Strange really...
Ok... remember my last few blogs about this weekend's OhayoCon adventure and how worked up I've been? Well, it's all arranged. *dance* Well, tomorrow anyway... and I think Saturday... and we'll figure Sunday out in good time. Today and yesterday I spent hours at various websites - Columbus maps/directories/yellow pages, COTA bus schedules, taxi sites, OhayoCon and Hilton pages, not to mention emailing COTA twice for directions. They finally sent me an itinerary for Friday only... but after much researching, I found that 1) I don't feel like waiting around outdoors at various bus stops for 25+ minutes after dark when it's 8 degrees outside, and 2) we can't get a ride back here unless we want to walk 6 miles to the nearest #16 bus stop. Also that the taxis I looked up don't run late in the evening. So I feel back to my last resort: asking my dad to take us there, run around in Columbus till midnight or so, then bring us back to the dorm. But my dad instead voluntarily made multiple phonecalls for me until he found that we can get a cab from the con to my dorm, ANY time of day, for the same rate as any other cab (which is high, but hey, it's a ride). He then proceeded to make sure that I would call him if we got stranded or missed a bus or anything, and promised to come bail us out if we need it, whenever we need it. My dad rules. ^^ So tomorrow, Dumplin's gonna get here, and if she hasn't eaten yet we'll inhale sandwiches or something quick courtesy of my meal plan, then her dad will take us to the con (another lifesaver ^.^ *hugs her dad*), and we can stay as late as we want - including to the party of DubThis!'s Luke, if we so choose, and we may finally get to taste the sorta-infamous Lemon Fanfic XDD *die* Well, anyway... Friday's settled, and Saturday should be too. Once that stress was gone, I can't express how psyched I became about this convention. \^u^/
Oh, but that's not all... other things have worked against me this week too. Like lack of sleep, lack of time to study in appropriate amounts, and catching a cold 3 days before con weekend in mid-January. Also, today in biology we had to pick out the cats we'll be dissecting. I didn't realize they'd still have their fur and everything... T_T My and my lab partner got a pretty one... I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing :P;;; Anyway... like, it seemed most of the cats were the tux-style black and white, but of course none of that mainstream for us. x) But there was also a pure white one, a tortoiseshell, I think some blacks, someone claimed a Siamese... our TA said there'd been a Persian in one of her labs a while back... and we claimed (or 'adopted', in our TA's words) a pretty brown and black tabby/mottled female with white underside, paws, points, etc. Doesn't sounds too spectacular, but she's much nicer than all those tux-coats. :P We start taking her apart next Thursday... *sniffle*
But yeah. Hmm. More happy things... my betta boys are doing beautifully, although I'm having a heck of a time lowering their pH. At home it was at least 7.6 for them, but my dorm water's only 7.2 or so, and if I just throw them into 7.2 pH water straight from home water, it'll shock them. I've been doing 20-25% water changes a day in attempts to gradually lower it, but it's not changing at all. And I'm not sure if I'll be able to keep up the changing schedule tomorrow and Saturday, what with the con... *mutter* But anyway, they're happy and fit and well, even without their bloodworms. Mom forgot to pack them or remind me to. :P
Final happy note: this song I've been listening to for the past few... well, days. He Mele no Lilo, from Lilo and Stitch. I ADORE this song. *sway* It makes me wanna learn hula, I swear it does. I adore Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride too, but it doesn't make me want to hula. It's not really a hula song.
Well, anyhow... just thought I'd mention that things have worked in my favor a little bit to make me feel a whole lot better about this weekend's con adventure. And now it's time to do my homework. Dozen or so kanji to memorize. Yay. The bad thing about that is I'm gonna have to turn off this song if I wanna be able to concentrate at all... T_T
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dragged from Becky's stream of consciousness at 1/09/2003 11:52:00 PM
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wTuesday, January 07, 2003 |
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feeling: a cold coming on
listening to: TV
I haven't seen Dumplin' online for like, a week... wonder if she's having computer trouble again... hope we get to converse somehow before Friday o_o;
Hmm. Classes aren't bad. Two of the three Japanese teachers from last quarter have been replaced; one by a teacher I had in 101, and one by someone I've never seen before. She seems ok. Biology... actually may not be as bad as I'd expected. It seems like one of those classes with essentially no homework, which is good... just suggested readings, lecture notes, and lab work. Sad thing is we have to dissect a cat, which I'm not looking forward to. ;_; I'll probably cry, if I don't puke first. However, the main textbook cost freakin' $125. I'll probably never even read it. ¬_¬
Oh, and on the way home from the bookstore I stopped by one of the two pet stores I mentioned in my last post... Menagerie Pet Store... found them online by searching for fish and aquarium places in Columbus, so I figured they'd have bettas. But... the place is disgusting. It's horribly cramped, half the tanks are either crooked or look like they could fall through the shelves at any minute, and I was seriously afraid the floor was gonna disintegrate under my feet. They had a handful of bettas, and they actually didn't look pathetic or on the verge of death (big and old though)... but I'd never buy from there. Nasty little place. The next nearest place I mentioned last time is actually further north than I thought it was... we'd have to take a bus for a few miles, and I'm not even sure if they have fish, let alone bettas. Seems the real best bet would be to find a bus that goes to Dublin-Granville or Kenny Square... I'm sure we could, but both are long trips that would take away from OhayoCon time... or to wait till we both have a free weekend. Hmmm.
Final note: it seems the International Channel has returned to Ohio State cable. *dance*
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dragged from Becky's stream of consciousness at 1/07/2003 05:42:00 PM
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wSunday, January 05, 2003 |
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feeling: restless
listening to: nothing
Tomorrow I go back to the dorm. And I'm more pleased with this concept than I've ever been at the end of a long holiday break. Well, maybe not so much pleased as 'at ease'. Which is kinda weird to say, since this will very likely be the most ridiculously difficult and busiest quarter I've yet endured. But... you know, it's sad when you feel safer on a huge college campus that's known nationwide for its regular riots and rapes and murders than you do in your own home. *mutter*
Know what else? OhayoCon starts a week from yesterday. I'm psyched... we've been anticipating this for nearly a year... but dumb as it sounds, I'm nervous too. I have no idea how to get there, what to do upon arriving, what's going on and when... I know nothing, really. I sent an email to the COTA bus service helpdesk requesting the best bus route plan to get there from my dorm, but that was days ago, and I haven't heard a thing since. Oh, except I got an automated thing from my mail server 2 or 3 days later saying that the sending of that email, and only that email, would be delayed. Grr. If they don't get back to me in the next 5 days I'm screwed. Anyway, as if it's bad enough I dunno how to get there by bus... depending what time(s) we go, and whether it's Friday or the weekend, the routes will be different. Schedules will be thrown off in the evenings, and some routes we need might not even be available evenings and weekends. We could face big delays at the darkest, creepiest times of the day or, worst case scenario, become very lost. Maybe we should just go taxi... :P;;
Do I not sound pathetic for someone who's LIVED in this city for 2 1/2 years? 9_9
Eh, it'll all work out, I'm sure. By the way, the 'we' above refers to me and Dumplin', who'll be staying in my dorm with me for the weekend. That promises to be the saving grace of the busy weekend for me. ^^; Wonder how our schedule will end up looking... unless something changed, she was hoping we could go betta hunting together sometime between con activities. I've been waiting for her to get online *hint hint :P* so I could tell her I found two pet stores VERY close to my dorm, as in within walking distance, and at least one if them definitely has fish/aquarium supplies. They're not big names or anything, but hopefully at least one of them will have bettas. Can't hurt to look if we can find the time. Even better, maybe I can have my folks swing me by one or two of them tomorrow when they take me back to the dorm.
Dum dum... oh yeah, I finally named my new betta Sekiray. He's freaking awesome. :3
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dragged from Becky's stream of consciousness at 1/05/2003 12:09:00 AM
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