My cat, Photoshopped. Quote from a cat site. In my random playing around with Photoshop, I ended up with this attempt at being artistic. I'm just not good with that sort of thing.
I think the procrastination gods are trying to tell me something...
First I lose internet connections to certain sites in my room... sites like this one, Microsoft, and Hotmail. I think the message was "Stop going online and study!"
But I didn't listen and spent several hours trying to fix my comp. It didn't work, so the staff member suggested I try another drop (which I probably should have though of, but bleh, it's finals, my brain is fried.)
When I tried to move my comp, I broke my dongle. :( :( :( :(
Does this stop me from attempting other fixes? Noooooo. It just means I went to head over to the Science Center and pick up a dongle from there and try that. It didn't work there either.
Evilness, I tell you, evilness.
At least one final is out of the way now. Too bad the others require work on the net.
04:06 p.m.
Tuesday, May 11, 2004
Take the quiz: "Which American City Are You?" Las Vegas You Shine bright and partake in all the vices. You'd rather burn out then fade away.
Uhhh, riiiiiiiiiiight.....
This one was a bit more accurate:
How can you!? You don't know what you're missing! You don't like rock... *gasp* I don't know you... Get away from me you scary person!
I don't really know what is considered "rock" so this is not surprising.
07:10 p.m.
Saturday, May 8, 2004
PoT 132 was very funny, if scary. Shuuko is scary. Forgive me, all you non-ZukaFuji fans, but Fuji and Tezuka make a really cute grandma/grandpa couple. They just fit well, with the stoic grandpa and the laid-back grandma. And as someone else commented, just how bad of a cook IS Tezuka if even Fuji can't stand his food?!!
Tezuka looks cuter in this episode than in the memories I have of the other chibi episodes. Ryoma is one freaky little boy, playing with his mother's lipstick. Momoko is still U-G-L-Y. Karupin has got to be the cutest thing ever, and I still think that the seiyuu, especially Masaya and Hiroki, must have had a blast in this episode. ;-)
Gokusen, the Live Action drama, amuses me greatly. The stories are somewhat different. The class is actually in their 3rd year in the jdrama, not 2nd year, and Shinohara is actually a police detective, not a lawyer or whatever he is in the anime. Unfortunately, the anime is licensed. :(
Random tidbit for the Cowboy Bebop fan - The seiyuu who does Vicious has a role in the anime. Don't know who Vicious is exactly, but thought someone might find it interesting.
I just looked at my high school's alumni newsletter. Holy crap - A girl I knew just got married. Another guy I knew is married and has a baby. o_O I went to high school with these people. Geez, I feel old. These people are just 3 years older than me.... I'm not going to do that in three years!!!
How would this sound for the newsletter: Sleepycat_00 (Class of '00) recently bought her 15th cat, named "Cat Number 15" and is happily stalking Japanese people through the internet.
Married... with children - scary, scary, scary thought.
11:46 p.m.
Saturday, May 8, 2004
In honor of the last day of classes, which was actually yesterday. Last day!!!!
Spent many hours decorating Thursday night, and I am quite happy with the results. So much fun. However, that meant I had so little time to sleep - I got back to my room at 3:30, slept at 3:45, woke up at 7:00 to go to the comp labs and fix all the computer screens. I am really amazed and saddened by the fact that at 3:30 am the night before the last day of classes, all three labs were FILLED with people doing work.
Err, more later. Leslie's coming to visit, and she just arrived!
10:50 a.m.
Tuesday, May 4, 2004
Today was the last lab that I will have in college. I was in the science center for 12 straight hours, with a half hour break for a run to Schneids for lunch. We're making a semiconductor, which requires us to heat it up to nearly a 1000 degrees C over a period of 10 hours. In the middle there was the Chem honors theses talks. Good food; interesting stuff. Talked with a bunch of profs that I've had over the years.
Read the TokyoPop sneaks that I picked up yesterday. Wow, if this were my first exposure to manga, I would NEVER read manga again. They picked such cryptic, weird excerpts that make NO sense. There are a LOT of girls dressing up as boys.... It's sort of like the anime class where if I thought all anime were like "Beautiful Dreamer" or Akira, I would have stopped watching a long time ago. The Saiyuki one looked good though. First impression is that I like Hakkai.
How's this for scary? I have 5 more classes (4 official ones) until I am done with college classes. Not that I won't be going to classes again starting in August, but still.... it won't be here.
You as god.... what a mind-boggling thought. I am a dogwalker. Good luck with freeways! I found that a good time to practice is early Sunday morning.
Dear girl who will be living in my room next year,
If you come to look at the room again before I graduate, I will slam the door in your face and leave you nasty surprises throughout the room.
Yours Truly,
Disgruntled senior
She has come to my room 4 times already! Yesterday after the fire drill, she came 3 times within 30 minutes. She kept wanting me to tell her that she didn't make a mistake by choosing this room rather than the link rooms. The second time she asked me if the top of my desk came off because that would make the room look bigger. I told her no. It's bolted on, unlike the other desks. she comes back again and asks to see my desk and wants to move the top thing to make sure it doesn't come off! Go away, go away, go away!!!!
Yes, I'm a grumpy senior.
07:45 a.m.
Thursday, April 29, 2004
Three presentations, done and over with. I am so glad to have that off my hands, although the one that really mattered did not go over that well. I kept changing the order of the slides, so that by the end, I was having trouble remembering what I had wanted to say. I am such a horrible public speaker. I just don't like the idea of standing up in front of people and trying to get them to understand my thoughts. I have enough trouble understanding them myself. At least it's all over now.
One of the presentations was really fun to do. I was very surprised by the things that caused people to laugh. I was not expecting laughter at the Yukimura and Kabaji pictures AT ALL. Hopefully people had fun though.
Just had the most interesting encounter in the bathroom. Two girls were in there talking, and one of them acted like she was slightly drunk or something. She kept repeating "I'm a damn good kisser" while brushing her teeth. She then proceeded to talk to me about how our floor did not have good bathroom conversations while my mouth was full of toothpaste. It was quite weird.... and I kept thinking she acted buzzed. Great to know she'll be the pres of college government next year and the other girl's the pres of this dorm right now.
Today we had a cadaver lab at Harvard Med. It was very cool. The facility was awesome, very well ventilated, bright, and clean. I really like looking at this stuff, and I am so glad I had a chance to do this before med school.
This actually happened three or four days ago, but I was amused. I was at work when some guy calls saying that he had been told by his school that we were hiring for the summer. We're all confused by this, but I was told to give him the extension for Human Resources. I gave it to him, and he asks if that's all he had to dial, so I asked him if he were calling from campus. The caller ID was a off-campus number, but I thought he would have known that the college numbers all start with the same prefix. He said "I guess..." so I got the feeling that he had no idea what I was talking about. I gave him the full number and told him to call them. As I was hanging up, I found that the time on the call kept going, so he hadn't hung up yet. Maybe he wasn't clear on something? So I brought the receiver back to my ear and heard him punching in the numbers. Errr.................... Apparently he doesn't really understand how phones work, I guess. Funniest part was when one of my co-workers said "He's going to get a job here?" and the normally very nice motherly-figure type staff member replies "Not if he doesn't know how to dial a telephone." RA Admin being snarky..... it's just weird.
Yeah, I skipped Momochan419's birthday celebration. I was just not really feeling sociable that day.
09:45 p.m.
Saturday, April 24, 2004
At least I don't have to fly to Japan to kill Konomi. Evil evil man for drawing it out for so long. Anipuri 132 looks to be crack. Why are they making Fuji into a girl again??!? Oishi as the mother makes sense, but Inui as the father? Wow, Momo makes for one UGLY girl. Fuji and Tezuka as the grandparents, fanservice much? The only way it would have been any worse would be having Kaidoh as the mother or Eiji as the father.... both of which would have cracked me up, but maybe they don't want to be too obvious. Tenipuri is nothing if not subtle. ;)
Today I watched Infernal Affairs 3 and a movie named Wasabi that was in French with some people from work instead of doing work. I am a horrible person because I stayed in to watch these movies rather than go out and help celebrate a friend's birthday. My only defense is that I don't think I would have been very good company anyway, because I've been in a mood these past couple of days. I am not one for much socializing, so sitting in a dark room to watch movies was a better idea than going out to the city for dinner.
IA3 - I liked it. :) I hadn't watched the 2nd one, so the whole Mary thing threw me completely off, but I liked the movie overall. It was twisting, turning, and confusing.... kind of. I thought it made sense for the most part, but the people I was watching with didn't. Maybe I missed something. I did notice though that some of the subs didn't really go with the dialogue. I mean, the basic idea gets through, but the actual things they say are so much better. It made me realize just how much I miss watching good Hong Kong movies/TV though. Andy and Leon both look so much older than I remember. It was sad when I couldn't remember what O-kei (eh, that sounds *nothing* like what I really mean, but the actual word I'm looking for is somewhere between gay and kay) did. It's a department in the HK police force. I think they're ops, hence the "O". Internal Affairs, I thought was ICAC, but I know ICAC's corruption, so it may not deal with undercover agents and such. I ave absolutley no idea what CIB is. CID is the regular cops as I know it, but they translated it as and it sounded like CIB. Anyway....
Wasabi was like a bad B-movie that was somewhat amusing. Not exactly my kinda thing. There were some funny parts, but otherwise I was tempted to go to sleep. I should say however, that I did start thinking at one point "Wow that girl looks like Nagayan...."
09:10 p.m.
Friday, April 23, 2004
It's Friday, but that normal feeling of lightness is not there. Yesterday was of course just a horrible day. For me, I found out really suddenly. I noticed the note posted on the door saying that the RD was there for anyone who need to talk about the missing girl. Then ten minutes later, I read the posts that told us that a girl was missing (apparently, they were posted the night before?), and then as soon as I finished reading that post, the post about finding her body was sent. It went from thinking "I hope she's okay" to "they found her body" in 2 minutes, which was a shock for me. I don't expect things like this to happen on this campus. I'm not the type of person who becomes very affected by death - it happens too often in my hometown for me to have the energy to be affected - but the news of that girl's death pretty much pops any bubble that I might have believed surrounded this school.
What really bothers me is not the fact that she died. This might be unfeeling, but people die. It's something that we have to accept, even if it is sad. What bothers me is how there is so much speculation about how/why she died. NOTHING has been reported yet other than that there was no sign of trauma to the body. However, people on campus and even a newspaper are saying that it was suicide. These are coming from people who have admitted to not knowing the girl. Why make baseless assumptions then? While it is possible, I would be so angry if I were hearing these things about a friend who just passed away, especially if it turned out to be wrong. I hate dealing with people sometimes.
The exam that was due today did not get done. In fact, it is still not being done. I don't know why, but I can't get myself to work.
So my parents are coming for graduation apparently. Making plans is hard. I figure they will tell me what I have to do and when. I guess as long as it does not interfere with the rehearsal, it's all good, right? You know, Senior Class Day seems awfully empty. Breakfast, rehearsal, lunch. That is not so long a day. So tell me, X, what events are worth going to? Is the food worth the money? 20 dollars per person for dinner seems pretty steep...
06:32 p.m.
Saturday, April 17, 2004
Sign of better times?
I am so happy for the HepBI group that I work with! Today, we went into the clinic to find that they were having a health fair (which they did NOT tell us about) and had taken over the room we normally use. We were stuck in a tiny doctor's office, with a line of people blocking the door and looking in on us occasionally. It was not an ideal situation, but then the executive director of the clinic comes in and tells us that the clinic recently got a grant and they will sponsor us by giving us vaccines!!!!!
Yes! We got vaccines back for the clinic!! 500 to be exact!!!!!!!!!!! Starting immediately!!! It's an incredible development, because since the time the Public Health department cut our funding for vaccines, we had seen a huge drop in patients and had to turn away patients were needed shots. 500 will last us at the very least a year, if not 2+!!!!!!!!!
I am so, so, so happy for them.
04:44 p.m.
Wednesday, April 14, 2004
My great plans if I ever got to visit Japan:
See a Kimeru Live.
See a *pnish* event.
Get the myu DVDs.
Find some seiyuus, specifically Okiayu Ryoutarou, Moriyama Eiji, Kaida Yuki, Minagawa Junko, Takahashi Hiroki, Seki Tomokazu, Koyappi, and Suwabe Junichi. Inoue Kazuhiko and Nakata Jouji might also be included in the list... Anyone know why? :)
I <3 *pnish* so much. They put up a clip of their latest event, and I have to say I love their dancing. Yes, it's dorky, but it's fun dorky. I only wish I knew what they were saying. They also had up pictures, and those were hilarious. I love those dorks. Moriyama Eiji does a few break dance moves. hehehe
Waiting patiently until the mmv site updates for the Dream Live event. can't wait, can't wait, can't wait!!
07:29 p.m.
Tuesday, April 13, 2004
It seems like forever since I last updated. I always say this, but in reality, it has been only several days. The problem isn't that I haven't had very, very much to blog about, but because I don't think to do it or I get distracted. \\\Fangirl mode ON///
The thing that has been distracting me for the last several days have been
Tenimyu 2!!!!!
Yes, I finally got to see it! It is sooooooooooooooooo good, so MUCH fun. I love it so much. Whoever decided to turn Tenipuri into a musical has my love and admiration forever. Kimeru does such a good job. Eiji does a good job. Everyone (pretty much) is so cute! I won't go into many details, but the love I have for the musicals is indescribable. :) :) :) I am so calm right now...... you all should have heard me two nights ago. I probably killed the stuffed bunny I was holding because I was clutching it so much. Just thinking about it right now makes me smile and want to laugh! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
\\\Fangirl mode off///
In other news, Sports medicine internship is over. I learned several different ways of wrapping an ankle.... that seems to be about it. If you twist your ankle, I can help you. Otherwise, you're in trouble.
Raining, raining, I wish it would stop raining, although this is preferable to humid. >_<
Poundcake, if you are reading this, I hope I didn't sound too hostile during our meeting for Ruhlman. However, I do feel really strongly on the timing thing. In Anime class when the presenters aren't prompted to stop, they go on and on, thinking they have a lot of time. The 10 minute presentations end up take up half an hour (NOT counting the tech time). It was much better in the beginning when the professor had someone remind the students of the time. There are just so many variables, and because there are 2 groups going after you, a couple of minutes makes a huge difference.
05:05 p.m.
Friday, April 9, 2004
Fuji is so cool!!!!! I *heart* the tensai!
I am not feeling great these last few days. I seemed to have caught the virus going around. My throat has been aching, and I can't sleep well. :( I'm also staying up much later than I really should. Oh well.
Congrats, you. My rejection letters say things like "the decision is not a reflection of your academic achievements, but rather of strength the pool of applicants we had to choose from." So basically, they say something like "you suck compared to the other people we could choose from." hehehe Oh well.
Much fangirling has been done over the last two weeks over PoT. (See above re Fuji) The manga is so beautiful and has focused on Fuji so much for the last month or so. The anime will be doing the Nanjiroh-Rinko storyline! (Finally, filler from the manga!) The musical amuses me to no end. The Tenimyu actors are too adorable for words. Yeah, I'm a dork, but I'm a dork having lots of fun being a dork.
The CG election thing was really stupid.
10:55 p.m.
Tuesday, April 6, 2004
I am in a very good mood right now. It doesn't matter that lab today went over by 2 hours. It doesn't matter that I have work I should be doing instead of going online. It doesn't matter that my laundry came out of the dryer damp. I'm feeling very excited! (yes, it's about Tenipuri if you must know.)
I just realized how little time we have before graduation. I would go into Panic mode, but I'm far too giddy right now to do that.
05:46 p.m.
Sunday, April 4, 2004
Wow, I wonder how many hits Kimeru gets in a day. 5000-10000 maybe? His HP is now nearing 800000 hits! It'll probably reach that before I check again next morning. It's so wrong of me to feel proud (because, of course, I have nothing to do with his popularity), but I do. hehehe I remember when the Birdiehouse site first came out.... and the picture that was on the front page. XD Ahhh, fond memories.
There are now many posts in his BBS in English due to the messages he left for his international fans. One of his managers also posted their company's address in English. I love the way they treat his fans and the way he's aiming high. First Japan, then probably the rest of Asia, and then the world. I hope that one day in the near future, I won't have to go to a special store in Japantown or Little Tokyo to buy his CDs.
It really is a lot of fun to listen to his music and seeing him sing. Yes, he'll always first be associated with Tenipuri for me, but he's more than that as a performer. He's so passionate when he sings, and his songs are so fun to listen to. I really wish I could see him live, but the chances of him being in America, and especially being in the part of America I would be in, are slim. Still, though, much love for Kimeru. :D :D :D
Sorry about the ranting/raving lately. Financial aid forms are in. The government does not think I should have to put in parents' info either, but for school aid, that information is required. Dealing with my parents are just annoying, and if I seem extremely angry while my parents are here, you all will know why.
