velociraptor52
29 March 2011 @ 08:28 pm
 
I've been baby sitting my neighbor's cats (who, I just learned about two weeks ago, she works at UCI.  Imagine my surprise when I ran into her on campus.  Imagine my insistence that she not drive me to school if she ever passes by me when I'm walking to the bus stop and she's going to work.  Really.  I love the bus.  That's my only chance to read as peacefully as I can, ironically.  As I usually hate reading when there's noise about but the bus is just so relaxing to read in).

Their house is being painted at the moment, so the cats, who are household/indoor cats, are really confined, and probably spooked

(And the neighbor wrote up all these specific rules--like keep them confined to a certain area during the nighttime, and during the daytime they can roam around the house, unless they're found to be on the living room furniture, and then I'm supposed to restrict their daytime area to be similar to their nighttime area.

I'm not kidding.  I feel sorry for the cats but I'm getting paid for taking care of them and following the rules.  IDK.)

(And it's a lot of money, might I add, for taking care of them for about nine days.)

So what do you get with cats who have painters around them coming in and out and a restricted area because they were found on the living room furniture?  Angry cats.

This morning instead of corralling them into the specified area I decided to be lenient and allow them to roam.

Only because their tails were twitching like mad, and, yesterday evening when I tried to put one in the specified area, he bit and scratched me.

My hand?  Hurts.  It's my right hand.  (And he broke the skin :/ I've got anti...whatever to ward off any chance of infection.  Doesn't make the pain go away.)

In other news, it's the second day of spring quarter.  Math class went well (there was no discussion class because there was nothing to discuss so I got home early).  Today I have 3 classes with 10 minutes to get from one class to another, and apparently, even though there was no discussion section class to sign up for, my anthro teacher and the TA are proposing adding one.  Hopefully that works out well and the section fits with my schedule.

To go back to the cat thing again: in all honesty, I don't blame the cat, or myself (well, I kinda blame myself for not seeing the signs of an agitated kitty).  I was able to carry the cat once during the weekend, and yesterday the painters were back, so they were, needless to say, a bit freaked.  I would be too if I were them.

I got caught up with Being Human.

( Spoilers for Being Human ) 

Lately I've been on an 'watch old films, specifically those that star Paul Newman or James Dean' kind of fix, so I'm a bit obsessed with James Dean atm.  I have no idea how it happened considering how when I first saw Rebel Without a Cause about three years back or so I thought it was a bit silly/dated/unimpressive.  IDK.  My tastes in films change.  Harold and Maude is a prime example--hated it when I first watched it, loved it when I actually realized how good it was.

I've been renting more films from Netflix (so happy I have my own account...) and I've been writing my thoughts on films I've seen mostly on Facebook so I'm just gonna copy and paste them to here...there's also reviews for Paul, in case you haven't seen it and don't want to be spoiled.

 

( East of Eden )

 

( Alien )

 

 

( Exodus )

 

 Spoilers for the film Paul are ahead, so beware.  This is your final warning.

 

( Paul )

 

( Giant )

Next up in my parade of classical films is Harvey.  It comes tomorrow from Netflix and I'm quit eager to see it.

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velociraptor52
29 March 2011 @ 08:28 pm
 
I've been baby sitting my neighbor's cats (who, I just learned about two weeks ago, she works at UCI.  Imagine my surprise when I ran into her on campus.  Imagine my insistence that she not drive me to school if she ever passes by me when I'm walking to the bus stop and she's going to work.  Really.  I love the bus.  That's my only chance to read as peacefully as I can, ironically.  As I usually hate reading when there's noise about but the bus is just so relaxing to read in).

Their house is being painted at the moment, so the cats, who are household/indoor cats, are really confined, and probably spooked

(And the neighbor wrote up all these specific rules--like keep them confined to a certain area during the nighttime, and during the daytime they can roam around the house, unless they're found to be on the living room furniture, and then I'm supposed to restrict their daytime area to be similar to their nighttime area.

I'm not kidding.  I feel sorry for the cats but I'm getting paid for taking care of them and following the rules.  IDK.)

(And it's a lot of money, might I add, for taking care of them for about nine days.)

So what do you get with cats who have painters around them coming in and out and a restricted area because they were found on the living room furniture?  Angry cats.

This morning instead of corralling them into the specified area I decided to be lenient and allow them to roam.

Only because their tails were twitching like mad, and, yesterday evening when I tried to put one in the specified area, he bit and scratched me.

My hand?  Hurts.  It's my right hand.  (And he broke the skin :/ I've got anti...whatever to ward off any chance of infection.  Doesn't make the pain go away.)

In other news, it's the second day of spring quarter.  Math class went well (there was no discussion class because there was nothing to discuss so I got home early).  Today I have 3 classes with 10 minutes to get from one class to another, and apparently, even though there was no discussion section class to sign up for, my anthro teacher and the TA are proposing adding one.  Hopefully that works out well and the section fits with my schedule.

To go back to the cat thing again: in all honesty, I don't blame the cat, or myself (well, I kinda blame myself for not seeing the signs of an agitated kitty).  I was able to carry the cat once during the weekend, and yesterday the painters were back, so they were, needless to say, a bit freaked.  I would be too if I were them.

I got caught up with Being Human.

( Spoilers for Being Human ) 

Lately I've been on an 'watch old films, specifically those that star Paul Newman or James Dean' kind of fix, so I'm a bit obsessed with James Dean atm.  I have no idea how it happened considering how when I first saw Rebel Without a Cause about three years back or so I thought it was a bit silly/dated/unimpressive.  IDK.  My tastes in films change.  Harold and Maude is a prime example--hated it when I first watched it, loved it when I actually realized how good it was.

I've been renting more films from Netflix (so happy I have my own account...) and I've been writing my thoughts on films I've seen mostly on Facebook so I'm just gonna copy and paste them to here...there's also reviews for Paul, in case you haven't seen it and don't want to be spoiled.

 

( East of Eden )

 

( Alien )

 

 

( Exodus )

 

 Spoilers for the film Paul are ahead, so beware.  This is your final warning.

 

( Paul )

 

( Giant )

Next up in my parade of classical films is Harvey.  It comes tomorrow from Netflix and I'm quit eager to see it.

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velociraptor52
03 January 2011 @ 01:50 pm
 
New year, new quarter of school :/

Classes, so far, have been okay.  I've only had 2.  Got another one at 3.  Got lost once which was sort of unreasonable because I knew where the classroom was before hand but then I got to the buildings and my mind suddenly decided to think it was lost instead.

I blame my lack of sleep.  Or waking up too early.  Um...I haven't had enough coffee, as well.  And it's cold and wet and raining.

There's someone in the class with me who was in my history class last year.  Yay for people I recognize! :P it'll make it feel more like high school.  (IDK.  I missed the socialization process of high school.  And seeing the same people all year round every single day.)

I'm thinking of dropping out of the Harry Potter club because:

1. I'm not really actively involved in the HP fandom anymore.  Or at all.  I don't feel like a proper fan.  And it seems everyone in the club is more fannish than me.  And I feel uncomfortable (slightly.  Not really.  IDK.  It feels like I'm making myself do something I don't want to do so why do it at all?  That's what I tell myself when debating to stop watching a show)
2. Seriously and in all honesty I do not want to wait around ~4 hours on Wednesdays anymore after I get out of my last class and when the club starts.  I'm bored silly/to death.
3. The club is good but, personally, I'm just not feeling into socializing.  This in some way ties back to reason #1.
4. The club is fun, from what I've seen of it so far, but, again, see #1.

So...yeah.  I think I will drop it.  The waiting part does it for me--I cannot sit in the library waiting for the club to start when I could be home and doing school stuff.

Wow.  I feel better now that I've gotten that out on 'paper'. 

But why do I feel so guilty?!  I always feel this way when dropping a show that I used to love and watch :/ and I always feel the need to put reasons on why I should do stuff when sometimes I know I shouldn't reason at all or give explanations for my actions.

There should be a Sci-Fi club.  I'd pay money to get it started.  The Sci-Fi club in high school was just fantastic.  I met a lot of close friends that way (who I still hang out with and see from time to time).  And we had great debates (mainly whether or not Snape was evil).  I miss that sci-fi-ness I got twice a week. 

:/ okay, now this is just making me feel nostalgic for the past.

Primeval's back!  I have thoughts on that.  Of which I'll probably do in another post because I don't feel like typing at all today.
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velociraptor52
03 January 2011 @ 01:50 pm
 
New year, new quarter of school :/

Classes, so far, have been okay.  I've only had 2.  Got another one at 3.  Got lost once which was sort of unreasonable because I knew where the classroom was before hand but then I got to the buildings and my mind suddenly decided to think it was lost instead.

I blame my lack of sleep.  Or waking up too early.  Um...I haven't had enough coffee, as well.  And it's cold and wet and raining.

There's someone in the class with me who was in my history class last year.  Yay for people I recognize! :P it'll make it feel more like high school.  (IDK.  I missed the socialization process of high school.  And seeing the same people all year round every single day.)

I'm thinking of dropping out of the Harry Potter club because:

1. I'm not really actively involved in the HP fandom anymore.  Or at all.  I don't feel like a proper fan.  And it seems everyone in the club is more fannish than me.  And I feel uncomfortable (slightly.  Not really.  IDK.  It feels like I'm making myself do something I don't want to do so why do it at all?  That's what I tell myself when debating to stop watching a show)
2. Seriously and in all honesty I do not want to wait around ~4 hours on Wednesdays anymore after I get out of my last class and when the club starts.  I'm bored silly/to death.
3. The club is good but, personally, I'm just not feeling into socializing.  This in some way ties back to reason #1.
4. The club is fun, from what I've seen of it so far, but, again, see #1.

So...yeah.  I think I will drop it.  The waiting part does it for me--I cannot sit in the library waiting for the club to start when I could be home and doing school stuff.

Wow.  I feel better now that I've gotten that out on 'paper'. 

But why do I feel so guilty?!  I always feel this way when dropping a show that I used to love and watch :/ and I always feel the need to put reasons on why I should do stuff when sometimes I know I shouldn't reason at all or give explanations for my actions.

There should be a Sci-Fi club.  I'd pay money to get it started.  The Sci-Fi club in high school was just fantastic.  I met a lot of close friends that way (who I still hang out with and see from time to time).  And we had great debates (mainly whether or not Snape was evil).  I miss that sci-fi-ness I got twice a week. 

:/ okay, now this is just making me feel nostalgic for the past.

Primeval's back!  I have thoughts on that.  Of which I'll probably do in another post because I don't feel like typing at all today.
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velociraptor52
14 July 2010 @ 03:47 pm
 
Hopefully everyone had a good holiday (Fourth of July or Canada Day).

I went to my grandparents' house on July 4th for a family dinner.  Which was okay.  (And then I helped my grandma set up an account on Facebook so she could keep track of all the grandchildren who are in Georgia and that she never sees/hears from.  Such as my cousin, who will be going to grad school in France, and my grandma heard about it from my mom who read it on my cousin's Facebook.  Hence why my grandma wanted to set up an account on Facebook, because she was slightly offended that she didn't hear it directly from my cousin.)

I signed up for classes at UCI.  I'm only taking four classes, though, to see if I can handle it.  (I think I can.  Although, personally, I think taking 20 units per quarter is a bit too much, IMO.  But I'm only taking 16 units this quarter.)  It's a quarter system, which is way totally different from a semester system (and we don't get that month long break in January.  I want to call that break 'intermission' but I know it's not called that and it's another word that starts with an 'i'.  Intersession--that's the one).

Anyway, the classes I'm taking is this one required class for students in the school of social sciences, an anthropology class about the music of Indonesia and Philippines, an art history class about medieval architect, and a history class about Europe (the title of the class is Monsters and Borders, but I don't think actual monsters will be discussed.  It's a required class for European Studies, which, if I want to major in that alongside with anthropology or minor in it, then why not take it?  And the medieval architect--that's because my planned emphasis of study within European Studies is medieval Europe).

The quarter starts September 23 (:D) and I'm thinking of attending this 'welcome week' thing they have that week.  Just to check it out.  What they have in terms of clubs or stuff.

Other than that, I know I'll be taking the bus to UCI because I really don't want to deal with whatever stress comes with parking at a univeristy.  Parking at community college stressed me out enough, especially at the beginning of the semesters.  I can't even being to imagine how more stressful and hectic parking will be at UCI.  Plus I can easily walk to where the bus departs from and I can buy a student bus pass for the year and I can read on the bus or listen to music.
 
( The Guild: season 4, episode 1 )

I still have to see the following: Eureka, Burn Notice, Leverage (I'll try it out), and probably a number of other shows I can't think of at the moment.

In other news, Psych tonight!  And I was kinda bored and browising the Psych online store and ran across a pineapple shaped pillow that has Psych written on it and I've been, 'Ooh, shiny, pineapple pillow :)' ever since.  I want to get it but at the same time, do I really need a pineapple shaped pillow?  (It would go perfect with my Psych mug.  The one that says, 'The psychic is in'.  I love that mug.)

( Covert Affairs )


 


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velociraptor52
14 July 2010 @ 03:47 pm
 
Hopefully everyone had a good holiday (Fourth of July or Canada Day).

I went to my grandparents' house on July 4th for a family dinner.  Which was okay.  (And then I helped my grandma set up an account on Facebook so she could keep track of all the grandchildren who are in Georgia and that she never sees/hears from.  Such as my cousin, who will be going to grad school in France, and my grandma heard about it from my mom who read it on my cousin's Facebook.  Hence why my grandma wanted to set up an account on Facebook, because she was slightly offended that she didn't hear it directly from my cousin.)

I signed up for classes at UCI.  I'm only taking four classes, though, to see if I can handle it.  (I think I can.  Although, personally, I think taking 20 units per quarter is a bit too much, IMO.  But I'm only taking 16 units this quarter.)  It's a quarter system, which is way totally different from a semester system (and we don't get that month long break in January.  I want to call that break 'intermission' but I know it's not called that and it's another word that starts with an 'i'.  Intersession--that's the one).

Anyway, the classes I'm taking is this one required class for students in the school of social sciences, an anthropology class about the music of Indonesia and Philippines, an art history class about medieval architect, and a history class about Europe (the title of the class is Monsters and Borders, but I don't think actual monsters will be discussed.  It's a required class for European Studies, which, if I want to major in that alongside with anthropology or minor in it, then why not take it?  And the medieval architect--that's because my planned emphasis of study within European Studies is medieval Europe).

The quarter starts September 23 (:D) and I'm thinking of attending this 'welcome week' thing they have that week.  Just to check it out.  What they have in terms of clubs or stuff.

Other than that, I know I'll be taking the bus to UCI because I really don't want to deal with whatever stress comes with parking at a univeristy.  Parking at community college stressed me out enough, especially at the beginning of the semesters.  I can't even being to imagine how more stressful and hectic parking will be at UCI.  Plus I can easily walk to where the bus departs from and I can buy a student bus pass for the year and I can read on the bus or listen to music.
 
( The Guild: season 4, episode 1 )

I still have to see the following: Eureka, Burn Notice, Leverage (I'll try it out), and probably a number of other shows I can't think of at the moment.

In other news, Psych tonight!  And I was kinda bored and browising the Psych online store and ran across a pineapple shaped pillow that has Psych written on it and I've been, 'Ooh, shiny, pineapple pillow :)' ever since.  I want to get it but at the same time, do I really need a pineapple shaped pillow?  (It would go perfect with my Psych mug.  The one that says, 'The psychic is in'.  I love that mug.)

( Covert Affairs )


 


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velociraptor52
08 June 2010 @ 10:00 am
 

Those land communities are really addictive to join.

Well, ever since I became more invovled in one and then I was all, 'Hey, this is fun!  And makes me slightly less bored!  I shall go join more!' and so I went and did join more.  Two more.

And now here I come--pimping the communites I joined (because they're new and need more members because more members=lots of fun):



You can find out more information here.  There are three teams (Rocketgeese, Dragons, and Piratefish) and you compete against other teams for points and it's fun and slightly addictive and did I mention it's fun?  Go join :)

And, the other one I recently joined because thought it was fun (and I had been thinking a couple days ago that wouldn't it be awesome if there was a land community for the show?  And then I saw a post about it and I was all, 'My prayers have been answered!' and joined):



You can find out more information here.  There are four teams (Sam, Gene, Alex, and Annie) and you compete against other teams for points and it's fun and addictive.  Go join :)

Anyway, I've gotten most of my grades for my classes.  A's in three classes (bio psych, abnormal psych, and yoga) and B in stained art (seriously? skewed grading system :/ she graded on quality of the stained art glass we did.  I'm sorry, but not all of us can really make a really professional-like stained art piece -_- she should've at least graded us on how much we completed, so if we completed all we get an A, but no, it had to be quality).  I'm still waiting for philosophy but so far it looks pretty good.  (Reminds me of a story my mom told me.  One semester in college she was taking all these hard classes, in which she got all A's and then in an art history class she was taking she got a B.  Ruined her chance at getting straight A's, which she told me she never achieved.  If I hypothetically get an A in philosophy, which i somewhat doubt, then I can sympathize with her frustration over the B in the art history class.)

( The Good Guys )




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velociraptor52
08 June 2010 @ 10:00 am
 

Those land communities are really addictive to join.

Well, ever since I became more invovled in one and then I was all, 'Hey, this is fun!  And makes me slightly less bored!  I shall go join more!' and so I went and did join more.  Two more.

And now here I come--pimping the communites I joined (because they're new and need more members because more members=lots of fun):



You can find out more information here.  There are three teams (Rocketgeese, Dragons, and Piratefish) and you compete against other teams for points and it's fun and slightly addictive and did I mention it's fun?  Go join :)

And, the other one I recently joined because thought it was fun (and I had been thinking a couple days ago that wouldn't it be awesome if there was a land community for the show?  And then I saw a post about it and I was all, 'My prayers have been answered!' and joined):



You can find out more information here.  There are four teams (Sam, Gene, Alex, and Annie) and you compete against other teams for points and it's fun and addictive.  Go join :)

Anyway, I've gotten most of my grades for my classes.  A's in three classes (bio psych, abnormal psych, and yoga) and B in stained art (seriously? skewed grading system :/ she graded on quality of the stained art glass we did.  I'm sorry, but not all of us can really make a really professional-like stained art piece -_- she should've at least graded us on how much we completed, so if we completed all we get an A, but no, it had to be quality).  I'm still waiting for philosophy but so far it looks pretty good.  (Reminds me of a story my mom told me.  One semester in college she was taking all these hard classes, in which she got all A's and then in an art history class she was taking she got a B.  Ruined her chance at getting straight A's, which she told me she never achieved.  If I hypothetically get an A in philosophy, which i somewhat doubt, then I can sympathize with her frustration over the B in the art history class.)

( The Good Guys )




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velociraptor52
19 March 2010 @ 02:11 pm
School, memes, and life in general  

 

( School )


( Meme )

Oh.

I forgot about TV shows :)

Quick rundown:

( HIMYM )



( White Collar )

( NCIS: Los Angeles )

( Psych )
( Burn Notice )

( Caprica )


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19 March 2010 @ 02:11 pm
School, memes, and life in general  

 

( School )


( Meme )

Oh.

I forgot about TV shows :)

Quick rundown:

( HIMYM )



( White Collar )

( NCIS: Los Angeles )

( Psych )
( Burn Notice )

( Caprica )


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10 September 2009 @ 01:29 pm
 

I'm a geek.  I admit it.  Why else would I buy Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in German at a One Dollar Bookstore?  (Note: OMG, used books!  Sure, it's not replacing Barnes and Noble, but I found the hardback version of the 3rd book of the Codex Alera and decided to get it even though I have the paperback version.  I was like, 'What the hell, it's $1 anyway' and bought it.  And then I bought Harry Potter in German, 2 Agatha Christie related books, and one about the time Shakespeare lived in.)

I've been purusing over it and...wow.  I've never read German before, but I've got the basic words down.  Like 'und' and 'der' and 'hatten' and 'ich' means 'I', I think :/ and then everything is capitalized.  Like the sentence talking about how Lily Potter was Petunia's sister--they capitalized the German word for sister.  And when Harry was at King's Cross and see's Mrs. Weasley--the word for sons was capitalized as well as the word for hair.  And the word for eyes is always capitalized--I believe that's 'augen'.  They must have this weird freaky thing to capitalize all pronouns or something?  IDK.  Or maybe it's the way the book was translated to German...

and 'sachte(?)' means said.  Yeah, I've got some words down.  Some others...not so much.

I mean it's not like French or Spanish.  I'm pretty sure German is not a romance language and I can't use my knowledge in Latin vocabulary to recognize German words and what they mean.  Because nothing looks like any Latin word I've seen when I took Latin classes.  They're all...foreign to me.

On that note, I really want HP in Latin now.  Just because.  And maybe French.  And Spanish.

It's fun learning a new language :P when, you know, you don't have to learn it and you're only reading a book written in another language.

Which brings me to school.  It's good so far.  I've seen people I recongize from school.  I'm a little behind on readings, but I'm taking 17 units, and being lazy and re-reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and not reading school books, but hopefully I'll get caught up this weekend.  My teacher for calculus has this...not horrible, but it was really hard to understand sort of accent, like Korean accent or something.  He can speak English, but not all together well.  But I'm starting to understand him, so that's the important thing.

My pre-calc teacher had this accent, but I think his was a little easier to understand, in retrospect.  But whatever.  I'll try to do well in calculus.

My English teacher.  Wow.  He's my favorite of all the teachers.  He's like Bohen and Namba combined, if they had taught English and not math and history (respectively).  He just has this humor that is just so...humorous.  Like what Bohen had.  *sigh* Bohen was awesome.  I miss high school.

...anyways, yeah, my English teacher is awesome.  We've read Gilgamesh so far, but we're going to be getting into Illiad, The Odyssey, Dante, Chaucer (yay!), and some more works I can't remember.  But the class seems pretty good so far, and, coincidentally, it sort of coincides with my history class.  I didn't plan it that way, I just chose the classes, but my history class is World Civilizations Since the 16th Century and the English class is Survey of World Literature.  That's pretty awesome.

And says all the more that my interests like in learning stuff like European history...which is why I'm shooting to transfer to UCI, hopefully this year once I meet with a counselor and see if I can transfer (which I think I'm able to) and how to transfer and where to get the paperwork and what I have to do.  (I feel old at community college...and it's too easy.)  Which hopefully I'll do that on the 15th when I go in for my appointment.  'Cause I finally got over my fear and called on the phone and made an appointment.  (IDK.  I have a weird talking-on-the-phone fear.  And calling-people-on-the-phone fear.)

So yeah, school's okay, I'm learning German, I've discovered a One Dollar Bookstore.  Life's good.  I just have to not fall behind in my classes now.  So I guess I'll go get started on catching up then :D
 

( My Fall TV Show Schedule )


 

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10 September 2009 @ 01:29 pm
 

I'm a geek.  I admit it.  Why else would I buy Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in German at a One Dollar Bookstore?  (Note: OMG, used books!  Sure, it's not replacing Barnes and Noble, but I found the hardback version of the 3rd book of the Codex Alera and decided to get it even though I have the paperback version.  I was like, 'What the hell, it's $1 anyway' and bought it.  And then I bought Harry Potter in German, 2 Agatha Christie related books, and one about the time Shakespeare lived in.)

I've been purusing over it and...wow.  I've never read German before, but I've got the basic words down.  Like 'und' and 'der' and 'hatten' and 'ich' means 'I', I think :/ and then everything is capitalized.  Like the sentence talking about how Lily Potter was Petunia's sister--they capitalized the German word for sister.  And when Harry was at King's Cross and see's Mrs. Weasley--the word for sons was capitalized as well as the word for hair.  And the word for eyes is always capitalized--I believe that's 'augen'.  They must have this weird freaky thing to capitalize all pronouns or something?  IDK.  Or maybe it's the way the book was translated to German...

and 'sachte(?)' means said.  Yeah, I've got some words down.  Some others...not so much.

I mean it's not like French or Spanish.  I'm pretty sure German is not a romance language and I can't use my knowledge in Latin vocabulary to recognize German words and what they mean.  Because nothing looks like any Latin word I've seen when I took Latin classes.  They're all...foreign to me.

On that note, I really want HP in Latin now.  Just because.  And maybe French.  And Spanish.

It's fun learning a new language :P when, you know, you don't have to learn it and you're only reading a book written in another language.

Which brings me to school.  It's good so far.  I've seen people I recongize from school.  I'm a little behind on readings, but I'm taking 17 units, and being lazy and re-reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and not reading school books, but hopefully I'll get caught up this weekend.  My teacher for calculus has this...not horrible, but it was really hard to understand sort of accent, like Korean accent or something.  He can speak English, but not all together well.  But I'm starting to understand him, so that's the important thing.

My pre-calc teacher had this accent, but I think his was a little easier to understand, in retrospect.  But whatever.  I'll try to do well in calculus.

My English teacher.  Wow.  He's my favorite of all the teachers.  He's like Bohen and Namba combined, if they had taught English and not math and history (respectively).  He just has this humor that is just so...humorous.  Like what Bohen had.  *sigh* Bohen was awesome.  I miss high school.

...anyways, yeah, my English teacher is awesome.  We've read Gilgamesh so far, but we're going to be getting into Illiad, The Odyssey, Dante, Chaucer (yay!), and some more works I can't remember.  But the class seems pretty good so far, and, coincidentally, it sort of coincides with my history class.  I didn't plan it that way, I just chose the classes, but my history class is World Civilizations Since the 16th Century and the English class is Survey of World Literature.  That's pretty awesome.

And says all the more that my interests like in learning stuff like European history...which is why I'm shooting to transfer to UCI, hopefully this year once I meet with a counselor and see if I can transfer (which I think I'm able to) and how to transfer and where to get the paperwork and what I have to do.  (I feel old at community college...and it's too easy.)  Which hopefully I'll do that on the 15th when I go in for my appointment.  'Cause I finally got over my fear and called on the phone and made an appointment.  (IDK.  I have a weird talking-on-the-phone fear.  And calling-people-on-the-phone fear.)

So yeah, school's okay, I'm learning German, I've discovered a One Dollar Bookstore.  Life's good.  I just have to not fall behind in my classes now.  So I guess I'll go get started on catching up then :D
 

( My Fall TV Show Schedule )


 

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velociraptor52
17 July 2009 @ 07:36 pm
Harry Potter and school  

 

( Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince review )


In other news, I got a lava lamp.  Yay!  My inner hippy self is satisfied.

Um...I still need to watch Merlin from Sunday.

I finished watching season 3 of Stargate Atlantis.  I don't think I could've handled watching it live.  All the season finales end with a 'To Be Continued'.  I would've hated waiting for the next season.  Which is why I like getting caught up with shows on DVD.  And Rodney grew to be my favorite character.  After Carson, you know, (should I put this behind a cut?  Does everyone know what happens to Carson?) died.  I like John as well.  And Ronon's grown on me too.  As well as Weir.  Don't like Teyla for some reason :/

Hopefully after I finish getting caught up with Burn Notice season 2 I can go back to watching season 4 of SGA.
 

( School stuff )

Oh.  And I made a new icon.  A Battlestar Galactica based one because I like Leoben.
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velociraptor52
11 December 2008 @ 10:28 am
 
Ugh.  Last day of school today.  Which, grateful for here.  This past week I've just been like a zombie...without being dead and all.  It's like my head was in the clouds elsewhere and I was all like, 'Head, stop being in the clouds and concentrate.  Next week you can be in the clouds and all'.

Note to self: never write a 10 page term paper the night before it's due.  It'll just end badly.  Or goodly.  I don't know.  Hopefully I did well on it.

So, happy December, everyone.

Anyway, I'm taking 17 units next semester.  Again.  Yay stress!  And this is what it'll look like:

Monday: 7-8:25 AM Music 101 (yes, I know I promised myself to never take another 7 AM class again.  I broke it.  And plus I wanted a fun class; this was the only way to fit it in my schedule.  It's going to be hell next semester.  Pure hell.  But I'll be busy and not bored)
                11:30-12:55 PM Hatha Yoga (so I can de-stress-itize myself when I am stressed.  Isn't it supposed to be calming for you?)
                 1:30-4 PM Math 180 (this time in the afternoon so I have plenty of time to study for tests later in the day and not morning.  Besides, two semesters of having math class in the morning is enough for me)
                 7:25-10:25 TV 101 (looks at media and TV and its effects on society or something like that.  Basically, we'll probably be watching TV shows.  And I'm taking this class with my brother because it sounded interesting and I was all like, 'Hey, guess I'll take that class as well!' so yay?)

Tuesday: 9:30-10:55 Religion, Magic, and Witchcraft (yay I can sleep in!...plus class sounds fun.  Come on.  It's all about religion, magic, and witchcraft.  What's not fun about that?  And it's an anthro class, so that accounts for it being weird but still: fun)
                  11:30-12:55 Human Sexuality (it's an Interdisciplinary Study class; it was either that or counseling; I decided to choose the fun class.  Because I've heard counseling was boring)

And then the rest of the week goes like that.  Except for Wednesday; I don't have the night class that night.

But all in all, next semester looks rather interesting and I'm looking forward to it.

...Have I mentioned I'm stuck here at school until 1:30 (when my next class is) with nothing to do?...good thing I brought two books with me and my iPod, because I will be severely bored until 1:30 roles around.

I have reviews of episodes of How I Met Your Mother I want to type up, but not in this entry; I'll do it next time when I feel like typing.

Because I don't feel like typing anymore; too much typing this week and semester.  First it was the 10 page term paper for sociology and then it was the take-home test for archaeology (which, BTW, it was single spaced typing; a lot.  Of course I told myself that I could do it and I did it but still!...I want to take a break from typing for like, a week.  Starting now.  No more typing anymore.  Just reading.  And maybe playing games).

So until next time when I feel like typing, good bye.  (Of course, you never know.  I could post an entry tomorrow, or the next day, or the day after that; life's unpredictable that way.)
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velociraptor52
11 December 2008 @ 10:28 am
 
Ugh.  Last day of school today.  Which, grateful for here.  This past week I've just been like a zombie...without being dead and all.  It's like my head was in the clouds elsewhere and I was all like, 'Head, stop being in the clouds and concentrate.  Next week you can be in the clouds and all'.

Note to self: never write a 10 page term paper the night before it's due.  It'll just end badly.  Or goodly.  I don't know.  Hopefully I did well on it.

So, happy December, everyone.

Anyway, I'm taking 17 units next semester.  Again.  Yay stress!  And this is what it'll look like:

Monday: 7-8:25 AM Music 101 (yes, I know I promised myself to never take another 7 AM class again.  I broke it.  And plus I wanted a fun class; this was the only way to fit it in my schedule.  It's going to be hell next semester.  Pure hell.  But I'll be busy and not bored)
                11:30-12:55 PM Hatha Yoga (so I can de-stress-itize myself when I am stressed.  Isn't it supposed to be calming for you?)
                 1:30-4 PM Math 180 (this time in the afternoon so I have plenty of time to study for tests later in the day and not morning.  Besides, two semesters of having math class in the morning is enough for me)
                 7:25-10:25 TV 101 (looks at media and TV and its effects on society or something like that.  Basically, we'll probably be watching TV shows.  And I'm taking this class with my brother because it sounded interesting and I was all like, 'Hey, guess I'll take that class as well!' so yay?)

Tuesday: 9:30-10:55 Religion, Magic, and Witchcraft (yay I can sleep in!...plus class sounds fun.  Come on.  It's all about religion, magic, and witchcraft.  What's not fun about that?  And it's an anthro class, so that accounts for it being weird but still: fun)
                  11:30-12:55 Human Sexuality (it's an Interdisciplinary Study class; it was either that or counseling; I decided to choose the fun class.  Because I've heard counseling was boring)

And then the rest of the week goes like that.  Except for Wednesday; I don't have the night class that night.

But all in all, next semester looks rather interesting and I'm looking forward to it.

...Have I mentioned I'm stuck here at school until 1:30 (when my next class is) with nothing to do?...good thing I brought two books with me and my iPod, because I will be severely bored until 1:30 roles around.

I have reviews of episodes of How I Met Your Mother I want to type up, but not in this entry; I'll do it next time when I feel like typing.

Because I don't feel like typing anymore; too much typing this week and semester.  First it was the 10 page term paper for sociology and then it was the take-home test for archaeology (which, BTW, it was single spaced typing; a lot.  Of course I told myself that I could do it and I did it but still!...I want to take a break from typing for like, a week.  Starting now.  No more typing anymore.  Just reading.  And maybe playing games).

So until next time when I feel like typing, good bye.  (Of course, you never know.  I could post an entry tomorrow, or the next day, or the day after that; life's unpredictable that way.)
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velociraptor52
16 October 2008 @ 10:53 am
 

There are only about two classes that I have, out of six, where the tests are practically really super easy.  The physical anthropology class, where we get to use our books on the exam (which it still baffles me as to why there were only six people who got A's on the first exam when it was open book in the first place?  They probably didn't read the book, which is my guess, but come on, reading the book is easy, and an open book test is even easier) and my sociology class, where the teacher practically gives us the questions on the tests and all I need to do is look up the answers and study.

I think I did well on the sociology test today.  I mean I think I missed a couple (especially this one where it asked about Milgram's teacher/learner study; I think I got that one wrong) and there were a couple true/false questions that I also got wrong.

But for the most part?  Yay classes where the tests are easy.

The ones I really have to work at are my math class, psychology class, and physical anthropology lab class (I think--I got a 92 on the first exam, when it seemed everyone else practically failed it--it was so totally easy.  I'm still curious on what I missed that made me get a 92--I thought for sure I would have gotten a higher score, but hey, I'm happy with any A's on tests I get.  And yesterday there was a test on the bones of the body--I am so hoping I did well on that.  I didn't really study that hard, but there were some questions that seemed easy so...we'll see next Wednesday).

I thought college, well, community college, was supposed to be harder, but this is just easy.  I think I had to actually work harder in high school for tests than I'm doing right now.  Of course, in high school, no teacher really gave out questions on the tests...I wish Namba had done that, looking back on high school now.  That AP US History class was too hard (although it did allow me to see if I could survive in a class that hard--I got a C in it.  So yeah, I can survive).

I wish I had brought my laptop with me.  I'll probably be occupying this computer in the library forever.  Or I could go home.  Or I could stay here, until 1:15 when I have to leave for my next class.

But I don't really want to use up any gas just going back home when I know I have to come back.  That's just...no point really, in going home if I'm just going to be coming back.

Good thing though--this morning my psychology class was canceled, which the teacher told us about on Tuesday, so I had lots of extra time this morning to be lazy and not study for the sociology test.  Go productiveness.

*sigh*

Yeah, I'll just be spending so much time on this computer.  In this library.  I brought a couple books with me as well, so I can read those.  And my iPod.  And my Nintendo DS with Animal Crossing in it (which is just perfect if I have nothing to do and I'm utterly bored).

Or I could read chapters I still need to read for other classes.

Yep, I'm prepared to spend my time wisely until 1:15.  And it's only 11:05.

I'm bored.

And can't wait until January.  I'm already so excited for Dollhouse to air and so worried that it might be canceled, although, granted, it's too early to worry about that right now in October, so I'll just look on the bright side of life and just look forward to it airing.  In January.  Which can't come fast enough.

I think the rest of this month will go by fast--I'm already amazed that it's the 16th.  And November--I have NaNoWriMo to worry about.

And December, with all the singing and the concerts and church and all the singing and have I mentioned how it's my  birthday in December and I have to sing that day?  It's like rehearsal in the morning and at night and the concert at night and I'm so not looking forward to that day of much singing.  I mean I like being in choir, but I mostly joined 'cause my friends were in choir and it's the long rehearsals I don't like.

As for NaNoWriMo, I have no idea what I'm doing this year.  Last year I did this massive Pushing Daisies/Dead Like Me/Supernatural/Psych/Due South (thrown in there just because) and a mention of the Tardis from Doctor Who crossover--which was mega silly and rather sad (sad in that at the last minute I was desperate for a few more thousand words and decided to bring in Due South at that point--and that there were points where I was desperate to write that I just decided to go off on silly tangents and let Shawn sing a song and--trust me, it was sad.  But I was so desperate to get 50,000 words, which I did, but thanks to the many pointless stuff I threw into the story).

If there's one thing I need to finish, it's Restless Hero (my 'hey, let me bring Doyle back and see how it turns out and let Angel brood!' fanfiction--started in 2004, I think, and have not finished, but will finish this year--hopefully).  I'm thinking of working on that for November, but if I do, it's 50,000 more words I need to throw in there, which...can I extend the plot to 50,000 more words?  I don't know where I'm at in the story--I'd say in the middle, but...50,000 words. 

Of course, I could just make it a personal goal to finish Restless Hero in November.  And then work on the sequel?  (Yes, I'm thinking too far ahead and working on my sequel already.  And I am such a bad fanfiction person--I posed Restless Hero up on fanfiction.net and haven't updated the story since last year and I just feel bad about not doing so...)  And seriously, I'm already like writing the sequel in my spare time when I'm bored.  And it's turning out good, but any words I write in October I can't use it for NaNoWriMo in November.  Or I can, but then it'd be too easy.

(In my story Lindsey lives.  Long live Lindsey!  And Drogyn lives--I think.  I'm still debating on that.  I really liked Drogyn in season 5 and was sad when he was killed, by Angel, no less, and I just want him to live.

Also in my story Glory is the bad guy--which, hey, she was killed at the end of season 5 of BtVS, I know, but...maybe Giles only killed Ben and Glory was suppressed and sent to a hell dimension?  There are ways to work around it, IMO, if I think far enough outside the box.)

I am so super excited for Angel: After the Fall #13, after what happened in #12.  Although I'm hoping the worst doesn't manage to happen and everything turns out for the better but from what I've been reading so far about #16, me=worried.  And scared, might I add.

And this turned out to be an incrediably(?) long post.

EDIT: 'Cause I meant Angel: After the Fall #13, not 15.  Or 16.  It's been quite a long day; nevertheless, I have been hearing interesting things for #16 and I'm all wondering where Brian Lynch will go with this series.

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16 October 2008 @ 10:53 am
 

There are only about two classes that I have, out of six, where the tests are practically really super easy.  The physical anthropology class, where we get to use our books on the exam (which it still baffles me as to why there were only six people who got A's on the first exam when it was open book in the first place?  They probably didn't read the book, which is my guess, but come on, reading the book is easy, and an open book test is even easier) and my sociology class, where the teacher practically gives us the questions on the tests and all I need to do is look up the answers and study.

I think I did well on the sociology test today.  I mean I think I missed a couple (especially this one where it asked about Milgram's teacher/learner study; I think I got that one wrong) and there were a couple true/false questions that I also got wrong.

But for the most part?  Yay classes where the tests are easy.

The ones I really have to work at are my math class, psychology class, and physical anthropology lab class (I think--I got a 92 on the first exam, when it seemed everyone else practically failed it--it was so totally easy.  I'm still curious on what I missed that made me get a 92--I thought for sure I would have gotten a higher score, but hey, I'm happy with any A's on tests I get.  And yesterday there was a test on the bones of the body--I am so hoping I did well on that.  I didn't really study that hard, but there were some questions that seemed easy so...we'll see next Wednesday).

I thought college, well, community college, was supposed to be harder, but this is just easy.  I think I had to actually work harder in high school for tests than I'm doing right now.  Of course, in high school, no teacher really gave out questions on the tests...I wish Namba had done that, looking back on high school now.  That AP US History class was too hard (although it did allow me to see if I could survive in a class that hard--I got a C in it.  So yeah, I can survive).

I wish I had brought my laptop with me.  I'll probably be occupying this computer in the library forever.  Or I could go home.  Or I could stay here, until 1:15 when I have to leave for my next class.

But I don't really want to use up any gas just going back home when I know I have to come back.  That's just...no point really, in going home if I'm just going to be coming back.

Good thing though--this morning my psychology class was canceled, which the teacher told us about on Tuesday, so I had lots of extra time this morning to be lazy and not study for the sociology test.  Go productiveness.

*sigh*

Yeah, I'll just be spending so much time on this computer.  In this library.  I brought a couple books with me as well, so I can read those.  And my iPod.  And my Nintendo DS with Animal Crossing in it (which is just perfect if I have nothing to do and I'm utterly bored).

Or I could read chapters I still need to read for other classes.

Yep, I'm prepared to spend my time wisely until 1:15.  And it's only 11:05.

I'm bored.

And can't wait until January.  I'm already so excited for Dollhouse to air and so worried that it might be canceled, although, granted, it's too early to worry about that right now in October, so I'll just look on the bright side of life and just look forward to it airing.  In January.  Which can't come fast enough.

I think the rest of this month will go by fast--I'm already amazed that it's the 16th.  And November--I have NaNoWriMo to worry about.

And December, with all the singing and the concerts and church and all the singing and have I mentioned how it's my  birthday in December and I have to sing that day?  It's like rehearsal in the morning and at night and the concert at night and I'm so not looking forward to that day of much singing.  I mean I like being in choir, but I mostly joined 'cause my friends were in choir and it's the long rehearsals I don't like.

As for NaNoWriMo, I have no idea what I'm doing this year.  Last year I did this massive Pushing Daisies/Dead Like Me/Supernatural/Psych/Due South (thrown in there just because) and a mention of the Tardis from Doctor Who crossover--which was mega silly and rather sad (sad in that at the last minute I was desperate for a few more thousand words and decided to bring in Due South at that point--and that there were points where I was desperate to write that I just decided to go off on silly tangents and let Shawn sing a song and--trust me, it was sad.  But I was so desperate to get 50,000 words, which I did, but thanks to the many pointless stuff I threw into the story).

If there's one thing I need to finish, it's Restless Hero (my 'hey, let me bring Doyle back and see how it turns out and let Angel brood!' fanfiction--started in 2004, I think, and have not finished, but will finish this year--hopefully).  I'm thinking of working on that for November, but if I do, it's 50,000 more words I need to throw in there, which...can I extend the plot to 50,000 more words?  I don't know where I'm at in the story--I'd say in the middle, but...50,000 words. 

Of course, I could just make it a personal goal to finish Restless Hero in November.  And then work on the sequel?  (Yes, I'm thinking too far ahead and working on my sequel already.  And I am such a bad fanfiction person--I posed Restless Hero up on fanfiction.net and haven't updated the story since last year and I just feel bad about not doing so...)  And seriously, I'm already like writing the sequel in my spare time when I'm bored.  And it's turning out good, but any words I write in October I can't use it for NaNoWriMo in November.  Or I can, but then it'd be too easy.

(In my story Lindsey lives.  Long live Lindsey!  And Drogyn lives--I think.  I'm still debating on that.  I really liked Drogyn in season 5 and was sad when he was killed, by Angel, no less, and I just want him to live.

Also in my story Glory is the bad guy--which, hey, she was killed at the end of season 5 of BtVS, I know, but...maybe Giles only killed Ben and Glory was suppressed and sent to a hell dimension?  There are ways to work around it, IMO, if I think far enough outside the box.)

I am so super excited for Angel: After the Fall #13, after what happened in #12.  Although I'm hoping the worst doesn't manage to happen and everything turns out for the better but from what I've been reading so far about #16, me=worried.  And scared, might I add.

And this turned out to be an incrediably(?) long post.

EDIT: 'Cause I meant Angel: After the Fall #13, not 15.  Or 16.  It's been quite a long day; nevertheless, I have been hearing interesting things for #16 and I'm all wondering where Brian Lynch will go with this series.

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velociraptor52
22 April 2008 @ 12:37 pm
3 more days to go (or 2, but 3 in rehearsing aspect)  
I am extremely tired today.  It could be for the fact that I stayed up late last night, dancing, and singing, and being an elephant who couldn't see where they were going (no, really, I'm the back of the elephant and I can't see where I'm going, so last night's Return of the Animals scene?  Disaster.  Major.  I expect major reworking on that today, plus maybe Ain't It Good, The Naming (possibility), and some other scenes...Generations was good, I think...

(Talking about Children of Eden, BTW, the musical my church is doing this year, that's going to open this weekend...)

But both Lauren and I couldn't see where to step.  There are so many steps on the stage, more so than Joseph, I think, and there's two really high platforms.  Yeah, me?  I'm on one of them.  High up.  And I have to spin.  I don't like heights in general; I'm fine in a plane or roller coaster, because I'm sort of strapped in and everything but being up high on a ladder or a platform way up high gets me sort of, 'Whoa, that's scary'.  Add spinning to that, you've got the classic case of vertigo, is about the right word to describe it.  And plus when I spin the girl in front of me spins my way, and Nick's to my left, and I don't want to fall, but I don't want to collide into the girl, and I'm just sort of not spinning as fast as I would on the ground.  Plus, there's a light thingy near my feet, and I do not want to smack the light and break it with my foot.

Okay, now I have a headache...

On the plus side of tech week, I rarely eat dinner every night, and I hardly have any lunch...so yay me going hungry the next day!  No, really, dinner is more of a random chips and crackers and soup and cheese and cookies and other stuff; it's not as full out as, say, the other night when there was dinner and there were sandwiches (ask me why I'm telling you this stuff when you don't know what I'm talking about...I have no idea, I just want something to type).(Until class starts.)

And then for the first act of the musical, I'm, like, hiding in one of the alcoves(?)(the rooms on the side of the church, I think they're called alcoves...not sure how they spell, but it sounds something like that) with Mallory and Khrystina and Nick and other people and this one girl whose name I don't know but she's part of the Noah family, and we're all just whispering because there are backstage mics, which can pick us up, so...hmm, what else?

My costume!  I so did not love my costume when I first got it.  It's the closest I've ever seen to a hippieish costume, including the pants.  The pants open at the sides, and you have to tie the strings from the front around your waist in the back and vice versa for the back (excpet tied in the front), and the first time I so did not tie it correctly.  (Lauren actually tied it for me; we basically have the same outfits, but they're different colors, so we had the same style of pants).  But last night I grew to love my costume.  (After they added the snaps to the sides of the pants to make it more covered...Lauren kept on saying how she felt so exposed, the first time she tried on her costume, and I felt that way as well...what's more embarassing was that Nick was there, and so I was just overall embarassed...yeah...)  But my costume I am growing to love...I need someone to take a picture of me in it.

The elephant costume, however, poses some problem, in that I cannot see my way up the stairs or when I step, and what I was doing last night, I was just stumbling up the stairs, afraid of tripping.

Which brings me to the animal costumes, overall.  Deanna said they were made in Memphis.  They look shappy.  An elk head is breaking (it's horns are) and the elephant ear that Mallory wears is also slightly torn (due to Deanna, or Heather's, fault, thinking that it can be brought forward, but it was made so that one ear was back).  Um...yeah, just basically...I thought they were going to be awesome animals.  They're more like second-hand.  And then Mallory and her mom on Sunday (or Saturday, forgot which, this whole weekend plus week?  =big mighty blur.  Everything is sort of bleeding together, and it was one of those days that Mallory and her mom took the elk head home to fix.  Paint was flaking off and it looked so bad...)

So I have a geology lab this afternoon (hoping to get out of there fast) and I have to be at church by 5 for make-up to be put on (and Khrystina's on the make-up crew, so she can put on my make-up for me!) and to get into costume for a 6 o'clock start time...oh yeah.  I really want to take a picture of Khrystina in her outfit, but she's forbidding me...and I'll have to get a picture of Nick and his beard some day (Deanna was against the lead actors cutting their hair because...well, the first time, young Abel, was it?  cut his hair; Deanna found out, sort of scolded him, or not, or something like that, said she chose him for young Abel because he looked more like Patrick, because Patrick is old Abel, teenage Abel, and then she said that directors mainly choose people who they think look right for the role.  So Nick, he's Noah, has a beard, which he says he hates, and which he didn't want Mallory to take a picture of the one day she brought her camera.  And he was being all evasive too, that one time...so I have to bring my camera tonight...  

My geology teacher said he wasn't going to be here this Thursday.  I don't know whether to take that seriously or not, but if that's true, that means I have about 3 or so hours free on Thursday to get caught up on all my reading, schoolwork, and other stuff.  Yay!

I miss high school.  There was a time when I would be walking the school hallways at Foothill, wearing my Joseph shirt, and I'd see another person wearing the same one, and they would notice and...I remember Chelsea sort of gave me a thumbs up last year when I was wearing my Joseph shirt...but this year, I'm wearing my Children of Eden shirt, and I get no thumbs up, no acknowledges...except for yesterday in my Intro to Theatre class.  This one person saw the flyer I had in my folder and I discovered that she had gone to Trinity and was in the first Children of Eden musical at the church...she asked if Deanna still directed, and I said yes.  It made me happy, for a brief period of time, but I still miss that close, tight-knit community in high school that's not found at college really...

Okay, I'm done...posting...and I'm tired...and I have a headache...and I am so tired...
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velociraptor52
01 April 2008 @ 12:46 pm
 
 I'm at school with nothing to do except to just browse around on livejournal (and update).  Today seems like one of those days where time just goes too slowly...that, plus I'm tired.  And so time is going doubly slowly for me today.  I just was waiting forever to get out of my geology class, and all I have left today is the geology lab (which I'm hoping I'll finish the lab pretty early, seeing as how it's a review lab).

I'm totally looking forward to spring break next week--I think I can use that week to catch up on any reading I have left to do (and any weeding my mom tells me to do for the backyard and frontyard).  I'm pretty much not that stressed anymore...I'm trying to prioritize any reading I have to do, and just break it down in chunks that I do over the course of two days, not just one single day...and might I say that's helping me greatly?  Of course, I think once tech week for Children of Eden comes then I'll be stressed again...and tired that week, now that I think about it...(I'm so anxious for that.  It's less than a month before the musical starts and...yeah, I can't really believe it, but once it does get here then I'll start believing it).

Every time the musical is around the corner I start having anxiety dreams about it...heck, I can still remember what sort of dreams I had last year around the musical time, and they were pretty odd (one had an alligator that bit my hand that was owned by my grandparents...and I talked to Nick in my dream, this guy from choir I have a slight crush on.  That was one of my most bizarre dreams I ever had probably).

Anyway, my weekend was good.  I played hooky from church and choir on Sunday to go to the Supernatural convention in LA (which was beyond awesome.  I want to do it again next year, but only on one day.  I got the gold weekend package for this one.  It was nice but...eh, wouldn't really do that again next year.  Too much money spent, and while it may have been nice to not have to wait forever to get the autographs and stuff, next year I'll just go for one day.  The photo op was the highlight of the day, probably.  Still can't believe I did that...it was amazing.  I just wish I had this remote control for life where I could rewind back to that minute and experience it all over again.  That, and seeing Jesus Christ Superstar.  That was also awesome).

Yeah...so that's what I did over the weekend.  I'll probably post pictures up sometime this week or next when I'm not, you know, busy reading.  Or studying for midterms.  I have one in Intro to Theatre tomorrow, and a math test later on Thursday, as well as History of Film.  Any other midterms I have, such as Geology Lab and the Shakespeare one, are after spring break, which I'm extremely grateful of. 

I also bought a lot of things at the convention...and bid on a lot of stuff during the auction (some of which I didn't win, because my dad had a 'bid under $100, don't go over $100' sort of thing...which is smart, but still...you'd think people would bid higher on a massive Sam banner.  No.  They didn't.  It went for $40.  Which was cheap, compared to some of the other banners that went for over $100.  So now I have this massive banner in my room, rolled up, on the floor, with absolutely no idea where to put it.  I'll take a picture of it later on and post it here.  It's just big...I think people went more for the Dean banners.  Which is typical, I admit...but still, no one wanted the Sammy banner!  So I got it, yay!  *dances* ).

*groans* I really don't want to go to my geology lab class right now...*sighs* but I will.
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01 April 2008 @ 12:46 pm
 
 I'm at school with nothing to do except to just browse around on livejournal (and update).  Today seems like one of those days where time just goes too slowly...that, plus I'm tired.  And so time is going doubly slowly for me today.  I just was waiting forever to get out of my geology class, and all I have left today is the geology lab (which I'm hoping I'll finish the lab pretty early, seeing as how it's a review lab).

I'm totally looking forward to spring break next week--I think I can use that week to catch up on any reading I have left to do (and any weeding my mom tells me to do for the backyard and frontyard).  I'm pretty much not that stressed anymore...I'm trying to prioritize any reading I have to do, and just break it down in chunks that I do over the course of two days, not just one single day...and might I say that's helping me greatly?  Of course, I think once tech week for Children of Eden comes then I'll be stressed again...and tired that week, now that I think about it...(I'm so anxious for that.  It's less than a month before the musical starts and...yeah, I can't really believe it, but once it does get here then I'll start believing it).

Every time the musical is around the corner I start having anxiety dreams about it...heck, I can still remember what sort of dreams I had last year around the musical time, and they were pretty odd (one had an alligator that bit my hand that was owned by my grandparents...and I talked to Nick in my dream, this guy from choir I have a slight crush on.  That was one of my most bizarre dreams I ever had probably).

Anyway, my weekend was good.  I played hooky from church and choir on Sunday to go to the Supernatural convention in LA (which was beyond awesome.  I want to do it again next year, but only on one day.  I got the gold weekend package for this one.  It was nice but...eh, wouldn't really do that again next year.  Too much money spent, and while it may have been nice to not have to wait forever to get the autographs and stuff, next year I'll just go for one day.  The photo op was the highlight of the day, probably.  Still can't believe I did that...it was amazing.  I just wish I had this remote control for life where I could rewind back to that minute and experience it all over again.  That, and seeing Jesus Christ Superstar.  That was also awesome).

Yeah...so that's what I did over the weekend.  I'll probably post pictures up sometime this week or next when I'm not, you know, busy reading.  Or studying for midterms.  I have one in Intro to Theatre tomorrow, and a math test later on Thursday, as well as History of Film.  Any other midterms I have, such as Geology Lab and the Shakespeare one, are after spring break, which I'm extremely grateful of. 

I also bought a lot of things at the convention...and bid on a lot of stuff during the auction (some of which I didn't win, because my dad had a 'bid under $100, don't go over $100' sort of thing...which is smart, but still...you'd think people would bid higher on a massive Sam banner.  No.  They didn't.  It went for $40.  Which was cheap, compared to some of the other banners that went for over $100.  So now I have this massive banner in my room, rolled up, on the floor, with absolutely no idea where to put it.  I'll take a picture of it later on and post it here.  It's just big...I think people went more for the Dean banners.  Which is typical, I admit...but still, no one wanted the Sammy banner!  So I got it, yay!  *dances* ).

*groans* I really don't want to go to my geology lab class right now...*sighs* but I will.
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