Tired. TIIIRED. For a Friday this sure is a sucky one. For a weekend it sure don't feel like it. Did not want to do my videography job tonight. Firstly, I hate carrying the stuff over to Alumnae, especially since I REALLY felt the bags on my back this time, and I have to keep the stuff with me overnight because the library is now closed. Second, the lighting at this event was INSANE - near impossible for me to balance the lighting the camera took in. This is especially difficult since it kept changing and the performers were black... and when dealing with lighting on a camera in general it's just harder to get a good balance for people with darker skin and hair than people with lighter skin and hair. Thirdly... um, not to be mentioned. Fourthly, it was suppose to end at 8:30 but didn't end til around 9:15; as soon as it was done I packed the stuff up lickety quick (and I mean lickety quick!). But at least the music performed by this musical act from the Ivory Coast was really good. The drummer boggled my mind! WOW! I just wish I could have seen more clearly what he was doing. The music was really good although it was all in French, so who knows what they were singing. Was thinking I would have liked to buy a CD except I didn't bring my wallet with me. Am intensely bitter that the mail wasn't sorted today. If today's payday WHERE THE FUCK ARE OUR CHECKS? Grr.
Friday, February 27, 2004 09:34 p.m.
*thwack*
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Y'know, normally I don't have to bitch about patrons at work, but that crazy professor X had once, the one who steals computers from students in public labs and has moved into the library, just sort of peeved me off. He started going off "Oh I've been here for TWENTY YEARS and I've been at Harvard and Yale and I have to put up with this stuff" when I asked him (POLITELY) for the call number of the book he wanted... to which I WANTED to reply, "And you steal computers from students in public labs and expect me to fish in the reserves section without a call number?"
OK. Now that's off my chest. Other than that I've learnt that the 6-8 shift is a pretty slow one - must remember that in the future.
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Thursday, February 26, 2004 06:23 p.m.
Happy Burfday to my sister! Luckily I forgot what the date was today: February 26. AKA "The Black Hole of Bad Luck" day. (Actually, it doesn't really have a title, I just made that up.) On or around this day bad things tend to happen, i.e. my grandfather dies, someone has an accident, etc. In all the three and a half years I've been here I've only lost my ID once (earlier this semester) and have never had to replace it except when my old one broke from wear and tear, and now today (go figure) I've lost it again. And this time I don't know where it is. So much for my $10 *sigh*! At least my sister got her present in working order and good time.
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Thursday, February 26, 2004 02:14 p.m. Oh, I like *some* Weiss Kreuz music. It's just that some of it is very bad - or weird. Ever hear "Spiritualized"??? (It's got Midorikawa-san in it.)
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After going back and forth with voice mail several times I finally reached the person at the Consulate; she just wanted to check up on my medical status again. You're probably right, it's probably a good sign that they're asking me for updates on the teeth situation and I'm not out of the game yet. Actually, am kinda indifferent on the whole thing right now. I'm sure once the end of March comes around I'll be more freaked out but right now done is done and I won't bother myself by thinking over it. Especially since I've got other stuff to consider...
Got the most confusing email from my boss today - couldn't figure out at first whether she wanted me to come in today or not. Bonnie couldn't figure it out either. Turns out she wasn't at work today (so the message was, "you don't have to come in today") but I ended up helping Twiddly with some stuff, and then *finally* finishing the pubbing for both the Folk Fest this weekend and the comedy show Ethos (and SBOG) are sponsering.
And I got my Milton paper back today - whee! Despite the tendious of reading Milton I'm enjoying the thought process. If you wanna continue on this train of thought go to today's Livejournal entry.
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I got a phone message from the Consulate. The person has a question for me and wants me to call her back. (Gulp.) Unfortunately I checked my messages just after 5:30 which is when the lady said she'd be in her office til.
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And the reason I want to hear those two CDs with Seki Tomokazu and Koyappi is, of course, their verbal sparring...
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I must be insane. I want to buy this, this, and this. Since CDJapan will only ship credit card orders to the billing address I'd have to send an international postal money order. These three would cost me AT LEAST $80. ARGH!! I want to buy I want to but I SHOULDN'T!.. Should I? I mean, the amount of money I've earned this week alone could pay for it, I've worked a *lot* these two days so far. But then I'd probably be adding stress since it's not such a simple cut-and-run credit card purchase. Not to mention, I really should be saving that money... BUT IT'S SEKI! *sigh*
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Tuesday, February 24, 2004 09:21 p.m.
Wow, this Weiss Kreuz music is bad stuff.
Somehow I've become the Poster Wench for all these events and organizations on campus (okay, okay, just two). Hm.
Boring readings have become a really powerful sedative for me. Sunday night it was Milton's "Areopagitica" (say that 10 times fast!) and tonight it was 4 reports from the Astrophysics Journal. But last night there was a posting-marathon on the anime conference and not only did that keep me up, it kept me from showering!
Don't really feel like "reporting" anything. I'm just in a bad mood tonight (see my LiveJournal to read why - it's a restricted entry).
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Saturday, February 21, 2004 11:44 p.m.
First, Jenn's mom is one of the coolest moms around - anyone who can bake, watch anime, and get the entire anime club to fall in love with her is just damn cool.
Second, Tarja's mom is one of the most marvelous people anywhere. Anyone who can get me that tipsy (and I was pretty tipsy tonight) and make me laugh and have so much fun etc. is just marvelous, fabulous. Tarja's sister is also very cool - now why can't my family be more like this? Oh and sub-declaration: never never ever get strawberry rum. Unless Isabel is present to wipe the entire glass out in one gulp.
Not a declaration, but just something funny: one of the girls on my floor just randomly asked me in the elevator if I was Michelle and Regina's cousin - my jaw probably dropped. Turns out she went to school with both of them in Korea. She probably doesn't read this but if she does: Regina, if you're gonna come to Boston and crash at my place, *tell* me about it first at least!!
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Saturday, February 21, 2004 12:56 a.m. I love the anime club. I love hanging with the people in the club. Where in life will I ever experience something so sublime as our club ever again?
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I want a Kaufmann's here in Boston.
The most supremely comfortable, the loveliest, nicest boots that ever fit my feet puuuuuuufectly with that extra little added heel, and I only buy one pair. And wear it on salt-covered snow! I think, if I'm lucky, Charleston should still have some on sale, since they were there Thanksgiving and during winterbreak.
Why?? Why?? Why the hell can't I find these boots??
(I want the leather pair, by the way. Thousand praises to you if you know where I can find them.)
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Thursday, February 19, 2004 05:23 p.m.
Grr. GRRR. Grr to Excel and trying to find the half-lifes (half-lives?) of all these elements I don't know. Double grr to finding the black-body curve of the Sun.
Why why why do these kinds of assignments come up AFTER the credit-non deadline? *sigh*
It's going to be hell to pay when my mother realizes I didn't get my senior portrait for the yearbook done. When that day comes around - it was nice knowing you, folks! I'll be sure to leave a will.
Oh, and double boo, I asked mom about the possibility of a new laptop for my graduation present =D I knew it would be a stretch but I didn't think Mom would be practical to know that I don't really need one of those beautiful, sleek, preeeeeeeesssciousssssssss Powerbooks. I was kinda hoping she'd just trust my judgement since she knows nothing about computers (but that backfires - she thinks my current computer is still "new"). So unless I *really* need it, it doesn't look like my parents will be shelling out the money for a Powerbook. Looks like I might have to save up and do it myself (and settle for an Ibook maybe?).
Oh, mad props to Jack for making me all cute =D
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Wednesday, February 18, 2004 09:05 p.m.
So tired. X, I'm sorry I didn't get to see you today. Hope you had a good flight back. Come visit again??
Did I miss something? When did Dean quit? Goddammit - who does this leave now, Kerry and Edwards? Edwards I don't know much about but I'm not going to vote for Kerry. Probably not the best way to determine who one will vote for, but I feel his complacency towards Bush screams weakling. Now that Dean and Clark are out I've given up hope on the Democrats and fully hope to be out of the country when the shit hits the fan.
Speaking of which. The interview. Hmm. The interview was really really... short. I don't think it even lasted the full 15 minutes it was suppose to. I don't think it was because I was doing badly (my mom's whimpers when she reaches me on the phone: "Why didn't they want to talk to you?!?!"), I think it was just because they were speedrolling thru applicants. There were 3 groups of interviewers at the consulate, one group was way behind schedule while the other was ahead, and I was interviewed by the fast people. And all those interview questions that Sleepy and MJ drilled me on - none of those came up, at all. Another Wellesley student interviewing at the same scheduled time, whom I met on the T, showed me these pages and pages of sample questions that apparently she found online and had been asked to applicants in the past; stuff like "What are the 4 main islands of Japan" and "What would you do if your teacher ignored you?" When I talked to her later today she told me her interviewers asked her really weird things, like showing her a picture of Colin Powell, Condoleeza Rice and Donald Rumsfield and asking her to identify them and what she thought of them. I didn't get any of that. Instead it was by the book - by the application, so to speak; all the questions they asked were follow-ups or elaborations on what I had written. They asked about my TMJ surgery and what did I consider myself, Korean, or Korean-American, or American? So. Was this interview a good thing or bad thing? Good because it was so short and nothing scary, or bad because it was so fast I hardly got to talk about anything other than what was on my app? *shrug* They say I should hear from them in late March or April. Done is done. Much to my relief. Will relax for now.
Was driven near frustration at the videography job I just did. My MP3 player likes to quit on me at random times, especially when I walk, and carrying the tripod, the camera bag, and the audio bag is always a hassle since the bags never wanna stay on my shoulders. So I was already pretty pissed by the time I got to Alumnae. And I kept having technical problems - the spare tape that wasn't suppose to be used wasn't fully rewound, so I think I lost 3 minutes during the speech waiting for the second tape to rewind. And even though the LCD screen said they had plenty of juice left both batteries died on me. Luckily the second battery lasted until just after the event had concluded. The speech itself was great - the speaker Ethos brought is a really talented actress and the pieces she performed were both funny yet relevant. So at least I wasn't bored like I am at some events. But the DAMN BATTERIES! Grrrrrrrgh.
Methinks will just relax tonight and finally crack open Howl's Moving Castle or something - forget homework for now.
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Tuesday, February 17, 2004 09:29 p.m. Thanks, will do me best tomorrow.
My mom just called to wish me good luck tomorrow too. I think she wants me to get this as much as I do, which is really touching for me. I'm sure part of it is because she wants me to have a job and not live at home bumming off her and dad, but I think she wants me to get it because she knows it's what I want. Usually she tells me what she wants me to do and doesn't really consider what I want personally - she was never big on encouraging me; but now she's telling me good luck and she's actually paying attention and involved... Brings a tear to yer eye, dunnit?
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Today is Valentine's Day. But more importantly, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! You're still an evil person for playing the Wedding March and Flight of the Bumblebee when you KNEW I was trying to sleep!
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OK. Whoever's been accessing my page via Google searches of terms like "dog sucking lady's ass for real" and "hentai sex erotic porno" - I don't do that kind of stuff, okay? I don't know how those kinds of search terms would lead someone here (I don't talk like that, do I????). Granted, I cuss like a sailor sometimes, but cussing is different from doing a search of those terms.
Now. Am going to bed. Guster will be coming with me to class tomorrow (soft, fuzzy Guster). X, don't stay up TOO late listening to Itunes, kay?
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With me, sleep and brains are in a direct relationship, until you get to the brains limit, in which case sleep and laziness are directly proportional... And you, pal, have not updated your blog like you said you would. Liar!
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The plan to clean my room before Friday has failed miserably. It's almost 1 AM and I'm working miserably on cover letters and resumes before the InterviewTrak resume drop deadline tomorrow afternoon. Why. Why do I do this to myself. Oh, and everyday this JET interview gets more and more complicated; they keep sending things home that prompts my mom to either express-mail them to me or call me up and read them to me. They're pretty demanding: vouchers, government-issue ID to get into the building, an ID photo of a particular size, etc. etc. etc. On the other hand, happily enough I was finally able to upload onto Wilbur. Roll, Tare Panda, roll!... god I want to go to sleep...
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It might be a universal law that whenver one person's life starts to go right, the good parts from other people's have to be taken away.
(Fuck, I think I just plagiarized Bridget Jones. [!]) It's a screwed up law. Just when I was about to get into a good groove of things the enjoyment of this upswing has to be tampered down by what goes on in the rest of the world. And then there are those who are just sad and lonely on their own because they can't even enjoy the company of a stuffed animal! Or let other people enjoy stuffed animals! What kind of parade-rainer would you have to be to purposely RUIN other people's fun and mirth? Could you honestly something like tell a kid on Christmas Eve that Santa Clause doesn't exist? (runs off to finish work)tare panda rolls to the next one...
Sunday, February 8, 2004 08:32 p.m.
NERVEWRACKING!
I've been invited to interview for the JET program.
OH. MY. LORD.
Part of me is really thrilled - because I've never had anything big waiting for me like this. Part of me is starting to go haywire because now I HAVE TO DO AN INTERVIEW and I'm just not experienced with these things!! And part of me is anxious for Jack and Jenn because hell no do I want to go through this by myself - misery loves company, and after watching Kodocha this weekend I'm even more nervous than I was before. Christ. CHRIST. I'm going on an interview. A FRICKIN' JOB INTERVIEW. Someone give me some hints, NOW!!!
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Sunday, February 8, 2004 04:46 p.m.
Ugh. Kinda sucky that I haven't been able to sleep in at all this weekend. At the Obs this morning my partner and I were re-doing this Herschel experiment but with the crazy weather and the stubborn prism we couldn't really get it to work as well as when we did it the first time. Insane weather, especially on top of the Obs... And I just came back from taking a practice LSAT. Panda X, what would be considered a good score (good enough not to have to shell out money for a prep course)? I got a 155 on my diagnostic - is that okay?
Am glad you are finally making the trip here (and pissed that you're flying for cheaper than I do. Stupid USAir), and yeah, bring your ID if you've still got it. Did you ever take planetary geology? 'Cause if you did then you can explain to me all this mineralogy crap I can't understand. Mineralogy is mind-boggling dull so far.
What plans do you have for Saturday? I'd really like to know if you've got any!
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Saturday, February 7, 2004 12:27 p.m.
If Japanese grade school kids are really as horrible as Kodomo no Omocha makes them out to be, then you can bet your bottom dollar I am either going to:
a) become the Ultimate Bitch Teacher and scare the crap out of them (just like my 6th grade teacher did to us kiddies when we were in like 1st grade)
b) Turn into the weenie-teacher and break down sobbing.
Well, the first hurdle is to get invited for an interview for JET (or Earlham) so if that doesn't happen then guess I don't have to worry about them Japanese schoolkids...
And as for Gravitation - man that series is just FILLED WITH SEIYUU INCEST! And that is wrong! SO WRONG! It's nice to hear so many of my fave and familiar seiyuu all in one series but the more I watch the more hints connecting Gravitation to Furuba keep popping up. Which we do not want because I like my Seki Tomokazu characters non-weenied. Also, I like Tomokazu-sama straight. Because if he's gay then how am I suppose to glomp him? I cannot glomp a gay (and weenied) Tomokazu-sama!
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Saturday, February 7, 2004 12:24 a.m.
WRONG WRONG WRONG.
Seiyuu incest is SO WRONG!
I am never going to be able to watch Gravitation without seeing all the incestual references to Furuba...
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Wednesday, February 4, 2004 11:29 p.m. HE EXISTS! I want one I want one I want a Bonta-kun!!!!!
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Still feel so unresolved... there was communication tonight but still cannot shake this feeling of unwantedness... I want to feel wanted, how stupid is that... but I'll get over it...
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Itunes doesn't have any Foo Fighters (at least that I can find). Shocking!!! Why does the loading of samples have to be so slow or disjointed?
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CBS will air Janet Jackson's boob, but not MoveOn.org's ad.
Ohhhh HO HO HO HO HO. I hope CBS gets hell for this. That would be amusing... Must try to remember to watch the Daily Show tomorrow night and see what Jon says =D
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THE TACHIKOMA ARE BACK!!!!! Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I don't get this Super Bowl stuff. I don't get football. You people are silly.
Doesn't writing that statement of intent almost make it feel like you are at college again? Deadlines, the art of BS, stress, writing... You know you miss it, otherwise why would you put yourself thru it again? =D This is really just my subversive way of saying you should be here... And, I just saw a post on Community under your FC alias - and am now confused as to who that really is...
You two's dedication on this Ruhlman thing is putting me to shame... but considering the subject matter, it's also kinda creepy...
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Sunday, February 1, 2004 07:10 p.m.
Cheney's Halliburon bribing Nigeria? You'd think we'd at least be hearing about it...
Where's Kenneth Starr when you REALLY need him?
And tonight's the Super Bowl (whateva!), so those of you who want to see the ads CBS won't show: Bush in 30 seconds.
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Saturday, January 31, 2004 02:25 p.m. Hell, maybe I should just move to Live Journal.
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I don't wanna think about how long it took me to re-design this blog. Argh. Spent too much time on it.
This wasn't my original idea but the first idea I had was scrapped because I don't know how to get CSS styles to work ^^()
Which messaging system works better - which do you prefer? The top is the Shoutbox, the second one is the Tagboard - I'm gonna take out one eventually...
Wilbur really needs to frickin' get back up - or I need to find a place where I can store images and then hotlink them to here. Suggestions? I might one day buy my own domain (I guess...) but if someone knows a good place that will let me hotlink, please let me know...
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In real life: a women's college somewhere on the East Coast of the USA
When I dream I am: the Keeper of Bishounen; Keeper and Trainer of Animals and Mascots; Preventer of Unlawful Bishounen Theft by Weenie Chicks; Senior (Class of 2004)
Afficioinado of: anime, manga, English lit (particularly Shakespeare and classic novels), music of all kinds (both playing and listening), civil liberties, certain male celebrities, art (particularly drawing), comics and cartoons...
Currently: pursuing a job after graduation (hopefully in Japan), undertaking drumming lessons, working at the library as an A/V student worker, *thinking* of law school (but have I studied yet? Haa!), trying to enjoy my last year at college as much as possible, undergoing hellish dental treatment, contemplating the meaning of life