I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it.
What it do when it pissed off? I ast.
Oh, it make something else. People think pleasing God is all God care about. But any fool living in the world can see it always trying to please us back.
Yeah? I say.
Yeah, she say. It always making little surprises and springing them on us when us least expect.
I found it but grrr. I asked the blanking manger of my ex-apartment in Warabi what I needed to bring for our meeting today, when I give the keys back and get my January rent/deposit back. She told me I just needed my keys. I assumed this meant that they would use the copy of our rental agreement, which I know they made, as I was there when they photo copied it.
Of course, then they look at me like I'm some kind of idiot for not bringing my copy. And we can't use their copy. Why!? So, I guess it's okay for a friend to bring my paper and get the money and bring it to me. I don't really have any "friends" from that place, but there's a close acquaintance that I talk to a lot in class, who I've done tons of favors for. I know that she lent out the equivalent of $100 to another acquaintance, so I think she is trustworthy. Also, if she does steal my money, I can make her life hell.
Oh, that wasn't very nice, was it?
I keep thinking Jeffrey Donovan's "And I'm VERY good at raining down hell" talk to the second-biggest heroin dealer in Miami. Ah.
Anyway, I'm not actually worried. I'll ask her tomorrow if she'll do that for me. Oh, and I did find the document. After half an hour. I put it someplace "convenient" gr. This is why I will never win the Nobel Prize.
There might be other reasons as well...
I met with Kayoko and we talked about Huck Finn. She had this list of literary terms, but I only knew like, half. v.v I am not very helpful, I think. But I did tell her that they are on Wikipedia (English version), if she can handle the difficult language. Her next book is Frankenstein, which I think will be easier. Not thematically, but English-wise. At least they speak properly! Unlike me >.<
I can't believe it's almost Monday. Gah! The weekend's go so quickly. I cannot go to try the Indian restaurant tomorrow, because I forgot that I have an essay due in Japanese class on Tuesday. I'm essentially done with the drafting, but we have to write it on special paper. Ah, it's confusing, but it's basically a hand-writing exercise as well. Very difficult @.@ It should only take an hour though. But it makes my brain hurt!!!
Oh, I also went crazy today and bought more baby stuff. Baby is now cut off. O.o Because I think I've spent more on the baby using the Japanese government's money than on everyone else combined. I like to think it doesn't count, because it's not for me, but I guess the world does not work that way. I think it is a little bit okay though, because it is an endeavor of love! I see cute little Japanese babies and think "Gyee! I will be able to play with a cute little baby in only a few months!!!". Then I go buy baby presents. But when you see them, you will think that they were worth the monies. Plus, the onesie I got today was made of organic cotton, which is good for baby skin!
So, you see, it was necessary.
I must go now, alas! I'm going to try to finish Aesop's fables really really quickly, and then go to bed! I think I'll just finish Japanese at lunch. Oh snap, and I've got a test tomorrow.
Sorry for not posting anything yesterday. I was just too tired! I'm really tired now as well, and I've got to get to bed, so I'll try to spit this out as quickly as possible. Sorry for the grammatical/spelling/etc. mistakes that must, of necessity, come with rushing! Burst of genius- go!
Yesterday yesterday yesterday, what did I do? Oh, school and stuff. I watched a movie with the people I live with (I'll ask them if I can use their names tomorrow >.<), called Grosse Pointe Blank, about an assassin going back to his high school reunion. It was funny but there was a LOT of random violence that seemed out of place in what was otherwise a romantic comedy. And there was a ton of swearing. John and Joan Cusack, Minnie Driver, Alan Arkin. The disturbing scenes were just really disturbing, especially for a comedy. It was a confusing mix of genres! In a bad way...
I also finished Faust for the book club meeting. It was awful. Don't read it, if you don't have to. It's just, like, the guy can have anything in the world he wants and he asks for this 14-year-old girl. Because he can't win her over on his own. And then she dies. He ruins everything. It was stupid. Anyway.
The book club meeting was really great. The people were from all over- U.S., Japan, Australia, Germany, New Zealand, London, Paris. The book shop we went to has cheap used books in English, RARE, and I got four books:
Lives of Girls and Women- Alice Munro Walk Two Moons- Sharon Creech New Moon- Stephenie Meyers (I'll read it just for you guys. It's a brick...) Fingersmith- Sarah Waters (I loved the BBC movie, so I'm excited)
It's really close to where I live now, so I intend to go back and get more of the lits. Also, randomly cheap dvds. I forgot to check the price on TV seasons tho. And they're used, so...
Then we went to an Israeli restaurant for lunch. We had falafels and pitas. It was very good, though I would have liked refills for my drink! There were a variety of people from all sorts of businesses and of various ages. I didn't feel quite like the young 'un I was at the Museum Meetup! Seriously though, everyone was REALLY friendly. I'm planning to meet with them next month near to when I'll be leaving to the U.S. for Christmas.
Less than a month away- yee!
Then we went to Thanksgiving dinner (no it is not T-day here either) at an American restaurant. It was pretty durned good and I had WINE (I am so adult O.O) which wasn't very good (I think I have high standards from free PONCHO wines... like we just happen to have really good wines lying around up the wazoo). The turkey and the pumpkin pie were great. It was pretty pricy tho, even though we did get a lot. I hope I can really get the deposit back tomorrow- I'm running low (or I could just withdraw more money ^^* but then my bank account wouldn't be as pretty).
I was planning on being lazy and just settling the apartment matters tomorrow with no other plans, but Kayoko is having troubles with Huck Finn and she has a midterm Tuesday, so I'm going to meet with her to talk about it in the PM. So, probably straight from Nishikawaguchi to Harajuku. Or as straight as it can possibly be ^^* given that there are three transfers involved. Ugh! I hope I gave myself enough time...
Actually, I'm sure that there is a quicker route- so I'll come up with it.
Anyway, as I said, I have to get to sleep so I can get up semi-early-ish to read more Tale of Genji. 80-ish more pages for Monday. Then I'll need to study for my Japanese quiz! Yeek! I'm so happy to not have school on Wednesday, though we got assigned a skit project for Japanese (UGH group work AGAIN?!?!?!) and I might have to meet with my group. They have a lame ass (sorry) idea of us deciding to get a new heater for the classroom, asking for directions, taking a taxi, buying it, and throwing a "new heater" party. Seriously. Seriously? Seriously?!
It's going to be lame. Sorry for the negativity, but I've had all of these people as partners before, and I haven't high hopes. We can do this skit on ANYTHING so why not pick something INTERESTING and fitting in the vocab/grammar around it? We don't have to mirror the book's situations to do that! I feel like my creativity is being shoved in a 2"x2" box.
In a non-diamond sort of way.
Anyway, I hope I don't get home too late tomorrow. I want to watch more Touching Evil- gyah! T.T It has been two days since Jeffrey Donovan and I last met. I am going through withdrawl.
1.) Put your iPod/MP3 player/whatever on shuffle. 2.) Answer the questions with the first song that appears, no matter how weird. 3.) Continue going through your player until you finish the survey. 4.) HAVE FUN!
If someone says “Is this okay” you say? Mr. Tambourine Man. It's alarming how accurate this is.
What would best describe your personality? Love Changes Everything. ??? I'm a romantic at heart? Get it- romantic, heart- ha...
What do you like in a guy/girl? Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations- I go for the classy ones?
How do you feel today? Hello (I think this might be a silly exercise)
What is your life’s purpose? C'etait un Jour de Fete (auto-translated to: It was a Day of Celebration)-- I like this one! ^___^
What is your motto? Amen. Ha!!!
What do your friends think of you? Dawn's Ballet. (that so doesn't make sense)
What do you think about very often? Smooch. O.O It's a lie!!! (and a Miles Davis song... knew the jazz would be my ruin)
What is 2 +2? Oh! You Pretty Things
What do you think of your best friend? Where is Love? (which is pretty much true at the moment -_- <--- irritated)
What do you think of the person you like? Country Road (I think I need a psychiatrist to work this all out for me)
What is your life story? Cut Across Shorty (?)
What do you wanna be when you grow up? (They Long to Be) Close to You (I think it means I want to be a Carpenter- get it?)
What do you think when you see the person you like? Blame it on the Summer Night (because it's fake love?)
What do your parents think of you? Pied Piper. What? What does this mean? Oh, parental units, please explain.
What will you dance to at your wedding? My Sanity (?????)
What will they play at your funeral? Never Forget (wow, I finally got an appropriate one. Hoorah!)
What is you hobby/interest? I'll Keep it with Mine (That sounds dirty...)
What is your biggest secret? あの夏から一番遠い場所 (From that summer, the farthest place... I think it's slang for "That summer is far away")- oh, I guess I have some "I Know What You Did Last Summer" kind of secret...)
What do you think of your friends? おとぎばなし - Fairytale... because they don't exist?!
What’s the worst thing that could happen? You're So Vain (vanity is just that bad, guys.)
How will you die? Sayuri (it's a name) I guess she'll kill me then.
What is the one thing you regret? Bailamos (so no more dancing, lovelies)
What makes you laugh? Unfinished (it is a really sad song though...)
What makes you cry? Alive (two X-Japans in a row)
Will You ever get married? Something to Sing About (I think that must be "yes," right?)
What scares you the most? At Last (well, it is a song about death)
Does anyone like you? Ready, Steady, Go (yes?!)
If you could go back in time what would you change? Yummyman Farewell (He should never have left, durnit!)
What hurts right now? Death of the First Born (from Prince of Egypt. That would hurt, yes, but I've not a first born yet...)
What will you post this as? Je Crois en Toi --I Believe in You
"Not a joke, not a dork, not a failure. And she may cry but her tears will dry when I hand her the keys to a shiny new Australia."
I've had that song stuck in my head all day. Again, if you haven't watched Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-Long Blog, get to it. Free online. Whoa. And then we can share a camaraderie. A la ReBoot. Wow, it suddenly occurred to me why I was never popular in high school @.@ (lies, I have known that people are jealous of my nerdiness for years. How many people know that the PC term for a Star Trek fan is Trekker, not Trekkie? Snap, my spell check accepts Trekker but not Trekkie, ha)
Anyway, I've got homework up the wazoo, so I'd better get at it. Today my back hurts from moving, so I can only complain anyway, gyah! And that's just not very fun to read.
Or is it?
Sadist!!!!
Anyway.... Happy T-day! Save me a leg... ew...
Loves <3
Adding later, because I feel bad not writing very much like... a million days in a row, O.O how long is a million days? Let's use our handy dandy calculator! On the computer... wowsa, over 2700 years?? I guess that makes sense? I just divided by 365, not counting Leap Year MADNESS. Why do they call it a Leap Year anyway? We're not leaping days, we're adding them (it? It's been a VERY long time, my lovelies. Three years, I think??)
In any event, what else what else? Oh, I bought a cat calendar. This cat is crazy cute. I don't usually like animal calendars, to be honest, but this one is just AMAZING. Maybe I can find it online...
Wowsa, the cat has media galore. Here is his (?) website: http://hatchan-nikki.com/
It means Ha-Chan's Diary. Chan at the end means like, a term of endearment. Like for kids and animals. In't the kitty cute tho? Whoa... even videos.
So I bought the calendar because he/she's so durned cute. The pictures are really great, so you can come see them next yea-uh.
This lady today left her kids outside the drugstore right next to where I eat lunch. It was the most terrible thing! The baby was in the stroller and she left him/her with the older brother (by older, I mean about four). And she was in the store for like TEN minutes. I was keeping an eye on them, because there were tons of people passing by and they were like five feet from a very busy Tokyo street. They were really cute too, so I thought about stealing them. It was one of those moments in life where you can be a good guy or a bad guy.
Now we know that I am pure of heart. Because I didn't kidnap the kids... See?
Not enough? No?
Genji says that he's a good man because he didn't rape his niece. Of course, he rapes LOTS of women but they don't call it that. I'm really not enjoying Tale of Genji. He's an awful person.... I'm excited for his downfall.
Oh, I'm watching Touching Evil (the U.S. version with Jeffrey Donovan of Burn Notice). It was cancelled after the first season, but I really think it shouldn't've been. It's really dark and interesting with spontaneous bits of hilarity. Also, one of the lines showed up in Burn Notice, so I wonder if maybe it has some of the same writers, since it has a lot of the same crew, and the same lead actor and is on the same network (USA). They're serial crime detectives. The best line so far:
Branca: Doing some moonlighting? Creegan: Yeah. Exotic dancer. G-man by day, G-string by night.
Everything's a lot funnier when he says it. Seriously, Donovan's amazing. I heart him. Like this <3 (so, if you didn't know what I was doing, that's a heart. see?)
Wow, that second wind was strong. Are you impressed? No? What?! Your expectations are so high, I'd have to jump through hoops to make them! Ha... or not. No more bad jokes tonight. Or random references.
<3 again
edit: I keep switching the their/there/they're s and the your/you're. It's because I write this very late at night. Or at least not early. So you must forgive me. I type many a many word a day for you chaps, so if the quality is bad at least mark me up in a positive way for quantity. I think I secretly do a Nanowrimo amount of typing every month with this silly thing.
So, I am now in the new place. Moving took very little time but has left me SORE from lugging suitcases down the stairs all by my onesie. I think the cab driver now has a hernia. Which must be very difficult, being a cab driver. I think I may have caused him to rethink his career goals.
It is VERY quiet. Someone upstairs plays the piano, but the walls are thick so I can only hear it a little bit, and it is very pretty. Plus, it is not yet nine o'clock. I hope I can play my flute tomorrow- worry free!
I'd better do some Genji reading for class tomorrow. I had it packed, so I couldn't do it earlier- egads, what a maroon! Ha, I said "egads!".
Love and chocolate to you all, but not the movie, because I haven't seen it and cannot endorse it!
Especially if you are calling in advance and in Japanese @.@ The English-speaking service only serves Tokyo. I'm like, right on the border, but I guess they have to make the cut somewhere. I hope I did it alright... I guess we'll find out? I'm kind of nervous that I might have messed it up, but they are supposed to call me, so I hope it's ok! I think, worst case scenario, I told them half an hour early. It should be okay though. I guess I'd just sit with my bags outside the apartment if the lady I'm staying with is not home yet, right? Maybe get arrested for loitering? Wait... maybe they can just give you a ticket? I hope she told her landlady that I"m coming!!!
The drama test was okay. One of the questions was pretty hard. I had to compare kabuki to noh (they are very different) and explain why these comparisons were important. I got the comparisons but how the heck should I know what they're important? Especially if she DIDN'T TELL ME! My brain is not so big >.<
BTW, I submitted my manuscript:
I am moving tomorrow and have more homework than you can flop a boomerang at, so I'd better take a shower and get to it. I still need to finish the last bit of packing. I've been sneaking things I don't want to take but are perfectly usable into places where someone will "steal" them. I figure if little things like this were "stolen" while I didn't want them to be, I can use it to my advantage, right? My hot water pot will be hard to deal with, but I'm putting it in the kitchen tomorrow morning with a "Free" sticky note on it. I can't take so many things! It all has to fit in the back of a taxi (which really, should be easy, since it's a backpack, two suitcases, and a box).
I also need to update my address with the school and do all sorts of crazy things. But since I don't have to leave until 4:45, unless the taxi sit's all messed up, I should have plenty of time after class. Oh me, oh me, I am worried I messed everything up.
I got A's on both of the Japanese midterms I got back today- three more to go! One of them, though, man, I'm sure I blanked up on. Seriously, it was tough. I hope the one I'm not sure on turned out fine! Let's hope, right? You are sending me lucky vibes? No? Well, get vibing! Goodness, what am I paying you for, anyway?
And might I say, what a fabulous window treatment!
See, I'm paying you in COMPLIMENTS. This sort of thing's priceless. In that you can't sell it. Hrml.
I'll let you know how it went tomorrow! Let's hope I didn't shnag it up. That's not even remotely a word...
<3
P.S. My new address (so please don't send anything to the old one!!!!)
Azalea Hills #303 3-44-20 Nishihara Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-0066 Japan
So, I shall officially be moving, and as early as next week (my "landlady" (ha) suggested TOMORROW, but I have a midterms Tuesday...). Thank goodness! It is so loud tonight, I want to scream. Which would just make it louder. And then I'd be a hypocrite. And Jesus hates hypocrites.
It's true. He does.
So do I.
Um, what else? I'm exhausted, kittens, so I will probably watch one Burn Notice episode and "hit the hay". I must get up earlier than I'd like tomorrow in order to study study study and get a perfect score/not fail. If you want to call me, tomorrow is a gooood day!
Today, I went to the new place and we watched part of a movie called "Always" with Richard Dreyfus, and most of "The American President," and ALL of (really long) Peter Jackson's "King Kong," which I really like an awful lot. This was my second viewing. If you're willing to devote that much time, you must truly like it.
P.S. I must wear make up because I have BAD SKIN but that is not to say I am commenting on you ladies who DO NOT wear make up. I think thin girls who think that that's enough and do NOTHING with their hair NOR wear make up AND have ACNE and AWFUL hair (lookit the caps) ought not to say mean things about me due to weight. These girls are awful. Some of the kids won't even say "hi" back to me. Seriously, what's wrong with them?
And they aren't so pretty as me, even though they think they are just because they're thin. There, I've said it. And I don't care if I sound like a mean mean person! Gr! Say "hi" back, you [censored, due to parents/grandparents possibly viewing this purposes]!
Edit: Maybe no one got the Jesus hates hypocrites reference... I just realized it is REALLY obscure. v.v
I think women are pretty regardless of size. I am getting a little exhausted of these other exchange students making snide comments about my weight. For goodness sake, most of them don't even do their make up. There was a Post Secret once that said "I think women who don't wear makeup are lazy," and, shallow as it sounds, I kind of agree. At last I make an effort to make myself look pretty- arrange my clothes nicely (not all the time v.v I didn't pack much to be fashionable in Tokyo), do my hair, wear make up. It's like thin girls just depend on their thinness to make them attractive.
One of the meanest girls has terrible acne. I guess that is better than being curvy. What the hey-ho?
But then I think about these women who are on tv and in movies who I think are crazy hott and who don't have the size two body "every man/woman dreams of". And you know what? It's like you have to be more stylish or something. Or at least learn to love your body and exude confidence. Thin women can be beautiful but the large woman can be a goddess. I'm sorry, but that's where I'm at right now. That's not to say that I haven't lost my eternal love for Gabrielle Anwar. Her nothingness of a body is still gorgeous ^.^
And so, loves, I offer you sexy bigger women:
Here is a list of the Top Ten Sexiest Plus Sized Celebrities: http://listverse.com/entertainment/top-10-hottest-plus-sized-celebrities/
I made a happy/triumphant mix yesterday at school after my Japanese midterms were through. So, if you need happiness/triumphantness, you can listen to these songs.
Sorry, I haven't watched all of these videos. Oh, and sorry for the cursing:
"Good Day"- Dresden Dolls
"After Today" from Goofy Movie (wow, this will probably be taken down ANY DAY. Disney's rough):
"Everything's Alright" from Jesus Christ Superstar (This is a college performance but LISTEN to that voice, wow! Um, except Judas sucks >.<)
or watch the movie version, which has an AWESOME Judas
"Living in the Sunlight" -Tiny Tim (this song ALWAYS makes me happy):
"Love You I Do"- Jennifer Hudson (not the movie version.. though it is from Dreamgirls. Wow, she's gorgeous)
(Do you think she'd marry me if I asked nicely?)
"Pay Me My Money Down"- Bruce Springsteen (I love his folky phase)
"Sunshine"- Jonathan Edwards (wow, that's a crap video. But the song's great!)
"Try a Little Tenderness" -Otis Redding (Wow, Youtube had a LIVE version. He's amazing. It gets SO FAST! And it reminds me of Duckie dancing.)
"We Can Work it Out"- The Beatles (just the song and lyrics)
"You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile"- from Annie (this is the version I have, actually. I didn't realize it was from a movie.) BTW, this song also makes me happy EVERY TIME. I love them.
"Another Believer"- Rufus Wainwright (it's a tribute to Meet the Robinsons! er, the video, not the song..)
"一半女生"- Twins (title translates to "Half of the Girls" as in 1/2 of the female population, acc. to Google. This is the official music video and yes, they are happily singing and dancing while singing, in English "bye bye love, bye bye happiness" a la the Everly Brothers)
"Freeze Ray" from Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-Long Blog (or you could just watch the whole thing- forty-five minute commitment and it's FREE) (1:30 is my favorite part- oh, he's in love with the red-haired girl btw, but he's too afraid to tell her- cuuute!)
I hope that you are now HAPPY and TRIUMPHANT. No? What? You are as impenetrable as Superman, you.
Like Shakespeare, only me. Anyway, I'm really tired. I went to Odaiba with Kayoko today. It is very pretty there, especially on sunny days. I saw the Rainbow Bridge and Tokyo Tower (from afar). Also, a miniature model of the Statue of Liberty and a gigantic Ferris Wheel. It was an amazing place to go.
I made comments on all the pictures, so they will tell you the story. Sorry, but I'm spent. Zzzz.
Loves <3
P.S. I added more commentary on the Mashiko post.
Edit: I might try to finish my other book, the one with literally ten chapters left (of thirty total) by the end of December. I think it might push me along if I had a deadline. Except, since it's been MONTHS, I really ought to go back and read it all. But then, it might be so crap that I lose all inspiration. Or MAYBE I should just do my durned homework.
Ouch.
It seems cruel that I have homework. Think I'll go have myself a good cry. Oh, or watch the zillion happy videos/songs I posted, and by a million, I mean 12. Which is the same as a million (I don't count the two that have the same song as separate)
Edit: I guess I wasn't very clear about the Mashiko trip- it was actually LAST weekend. I went on Sunday with a group of people in a Museum Meetup Group I joined at meetup.com. Yes, these were strangers, but LOTS of strangers=safety, especially in Japan. No lectures, please.
It took THREE hours to get there and THREE hours back. This was a long way to go, but it was worth it for the lovely landscape and pottery. We went to two different pottery makers' kilns/studios/shops. The first one is in the earlier pictures, the lady with the OLDEST kiln in Mashiko. We saw a lot of her things, but her pottery was really expensive, so I didn't buy any.
Then we went to the Reference Museum, and saw crazy lots of pottery. We also saw a HUGE kiln that went up the side of a hill. I took some pictures of things inside the museum, though not all of them turned out. It was a lovely museum but the group was FLYING through, so I couldn't enjoy it very much. I think they preferred the shopping aspect to the museum aspect. Anyways, it was very nice.
Afterward, we went shopping at a few places. The last shop we went to also had food, so while we waited for coffee to heat up, we went to the kiln and pottery making place (O.o word choice?) and watched the lady at the shop's husband make some cups and a tea pot. It was very Ghost. I got some pottery at that shop, but it is all for my mom v.v It's hard to carry for THREE hours!!! I did get a few things at other shops tho.
Oh, we also went (earlier, ha) to a restaurant for lunch, which was notably vegetarian. You'd be surprised how hard it is for vegetarians in Japan. There's secretly meat product in EVERYTHING. It's a mystery. Anyway, it was very nice. There was a painting that seemed to say "Oh You Who Come to the Abode of Pain" but everyone else said I was just being morbid, and it said "abode of rain." I'll let you be the judge.
I also have a lot of snapshots on or of the train. The last of the trains was steam engine- NEAT. So, please enjoy, if you have the time. Sorry there are so many >.< (300?!?!)
Here are the links. Again you DO NOT need Facebook to view them:
On the right side of the page. Keep looking, below my picture and the Alice Walker quote. Do you see the little Nanowrimo image? Do you see what it says?!
WINNER!
Hoorah! I have finished my second novel (a third is almost done/has been for um... months)! Yay for me?
I need to take a shower O.O
Edit: Cryptoquote was really easy today, but, nonetheless, I got a GREAT time:
In the entire computer lab- and it's a big lab! It's eleven Japanese boys and me. What the heck? I feel so... in the minority? Actually, I must be paranoid because I'm a little nervous. Big groups of men often turn into random footballers, and we're indoors. What will happen to the computers?!?!?
Like eight people just left. Do you think I offended them? Maybe they are bilingual telepaths? Oh, but this is in writing, so supposing I don't think at all when I write (which I proudly do not), then they are like bilingual technotelepaths. Technopaths? That sounds like Jake 2.0.
So, I am done with my final, ginormous test. It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be, but I thought it would be so hard I'd want to jump out the window (underneath which, there happens to be a fire escape, but let's not dawdle on the details). So, it was so-so. There's one type of problem that I really hate, and we had a WHOLE PAGE of that kind of problem!:
Example: fox , the lazy jumped dog's the quick brown over back
So they take a regular sentence and mix up the words and you have to arrange it to become a sentence, i.e.:
The quick, brown fox jumped over the lazy dog's back. (BTW, this is a sentence for typing practice, that uses every letter, a comma, and an apostraphe. Some people use "the quick, brown fox jumped over the lazy dog," but this is crap because it has no "s"- see!!)
Which seems a lot easier than it actually is. Because if I'm going to say something, there are lots of ways I could, but having this list makes it so you have to say it in EXACTLY the way they want. So one of the sentences was basically, "My building is a place with a parking garage on the second floor." Now I can say, very easily, "There is a parking garage on the second floor of my building" or "My building has a parking lot on the second floor." Obviously the nuance is different, but you see what I mean. It's VERY specific. So it's hard for me! I think I did okay though.
I've got a drama midterm on Tuesday, so I'm goign to try to make notecards for about twenty-five minutes then go to lunch before most people are out of class (the cafeteria today for a change of pace!).
Let's hope the tests went okay! At least they're doooooooooooooone! Hoorah!
Edit: (If you skip the music rant, there's actual ness at the bottom that isn't me blabbing on and on. I did not realize how long winded I was until later. I think maybe it's because I have to study when I'm done writing this, and I'm soooo tired of it! I watched 10 episodes of Burn Notice while studying last night! That's like 6.5 hours! Gyah!)
But it don't sing and dance and it don't walk! Oh, Neil, your lyrics are always so awful. I was listening to music in the cafe I usually go to for lunch, and I couldn't help but compare lyrics. Obviously, I will get an A for effort on my test tomorrow, self burn. In any case, it turns out I listen to some pretty crappily lyriced (I tried three spellings, so it must not be a word...) songs. And these were on my "best of" mix (see previous entry O.O which I will make beautiful this weekend). This song that just made the list, Life, by Des'ree.
Here is the song (I've never seen the video so...):
Listen to her sneak extra syllables in during the second verse- "ladders" doesn't quite fit! Here are the other crappy lyrics:
I'm afraid of the dark, 'specially when I'm in a park And there's no-one else around,
Ooh, I get the shivers I don't want to see a ghost, It's a sight that I fear most I'd rather have a piece of toast And watch the evening news (Repeat Chorus)
I'm a superstitious girl, I'm the worst in the world Never walk under ladders, I keep a rabbit's tail
I'll take you up on a dare, Anytime, anywhere Name the place, I'll be there, Bungee jumping, I don't care! (Repeat Chorus)
life, doo, doot dooo doo, doot dooo
So after all is said and done I know I'm not the only one Life indeed can be fun, if you really want to
Sometimes living out your dreams, Ain't as easy as it seems You wanna fly around the world, In a beautiful balloon (Repeat Chorus)
-- It's like she'll just make a line that means anything in order to get a rhyme. I didn't intend for that to fake rhyme... Anyway, also, this song is very similar in lyrics to Shivaree's Goodnight Moon, but listen to how DIFFERENT they sound! This song is much darker (though randomly a love them in Jake 2.0, which might be one of the reasons it was cancelled d'oh!)
Again, I haven't watched this:
Lyrics:
There's a nail in the door And there's glass on the lawn Tacks on the floor And the TV is on And I always sleep with my guns When you're gone
There's a blade by the bed And a phone in my hand A dog on the floor And some cash on the nightstand When I'm all alone the dreaming stops And I just can't stand
What should I do I'm just a little baby What if the lights go out and maybe And then the wind just starts to moan Outside the door he followed me home
Well goodnight moon I want the sun If it's not here soon I might be done No it won't be too soon 'til I say Goodnight moon
There's a shark in the pool And a witch in the tree A crazy old neighbour and he's been watching me And there's footsteps loud and strong coming down the hall Something's under the bed Now it's out in the hedge There's a big black crow sitting on my window ledge And I hear something scratching through the wall
Oh what should I do I'm just a little baby What if the lights go out and maybe I just hate to be all alone Outside the door he followed me home Now goodnight moon I want the sun If it's not here soon I might be done No it won't be too soon 'til I say Goodnight moon
Well you're up so high How can you save me When the dark comes here Tonight to take me up To my front walk And into bed where it kisses my face And eats my head
Oh what should I do I'm just a little baby What if the lights go out and maybe And then the wind just starts to moan Outside the door he followed me home Now goodnight moon I want the sun If it's not here soon I might be done No it won't be too soon 'til I say Goodnight moon No it won't be too soon 'til I say Goodnight moon
--So, some other songs have great lyrics, surprisingly so! I don't want to murder you all with more videos and lyrics, but I think that the Pogues have GREAT lyrics, especially "Fairytale of New York" (the one song that randomly got quotations), and, of course, Lovin' Spoonful, who I've ranted over before. But anyway, I got really into music this afternoon, more so than I've been in a long while. I think it was because I was listening to it louder than usual, to drown out the cheesy soft jazz repertoire (six songs on repeat) in my lunch place.
AND these random Englsih-speaking dudes came in and were really weird. One was very flamboyant about his homosexuality and the other kept calling him a "fucking faggot" and a "retard" and things like that. But it honestly appeared as though they were friends. Like, who talks to a friend that way? They came in and left together, and they talked the whole time (really loud) but it was just abuse abuse abuse from the tough, young guy and rant about some random thing in a happy-go-lucky way with the other guy. But I can't handle people using that kind of language (I can handle swearing, it's the derogatory language that bothers me. I mean, if you're going to be called a "faggot" at least you can be getting some, right? Think about it. It's the second word that hurts.)
The listening test was not good. Gah! The speakers were terrible, so no one could really tell what it was saying. But it's only worth 20 points (versus the kanji test, which is 100), so I'm not worried. And the interview went well, hoorah! So, it's basically the test tomorrow that's going to sink me.
So maybe I should study...
Anyway, if you are reading this, grandma and grandpa, I'm sorry to have curses in quotations. I hear that you got my blog from my mother, and I'm sorry the e-mail didn't work, so I couldn't give it to you myself! Also, thank you for the birthday card! It made me so happy! It is prettily on my desk now, making all the other kids jealous. Or it would be, if I allowed them to enter my domain, which I don't, because then I couldn't call it that anymore. I'd have to call it a "room" or something.
But it is Mandaframe, my domain.
If you've been reading the ReBoot craziness, you know what I mean. If not, well go back and read it! You got a look with those words, btw.
OH! I couldn't remember what I was going to post, but here is the picture of the lady from Burn Notice, a crime boss, whose make up I copied today. Er, HERE I mean:
The colors aren't quite right in the screen cap, but my make up actually does look pretty similar, despite me having less than my usual allotment of colors to choose from:
Anyway, I took three pictures and that one was the weirdest. What do you think? I actually tied my hair back in a unique way as well, but I hadn't done it yet when the pic was taken/I took the pic. I was trying to wear my hair down but it was too crazy. Crazy hair, down boys! Er or girls? Or random endogenous masses? That's a big word...
Must to my studying get! Gah! I've been attacked by the Yoda monster again! Is he a monster? I think he's just an alien. Or... interworlder? There must be a nice PC term we can come up with, for if we actually run into someone from another world. We should think of one, just in case.
"Steve's a pretty name."
^___^ Get it? No? No one saw that movie...
<3
Edit: I beat one minute in Cryptoquote again (third time!!! but it was short...) kattie 0:52
This is the playlist of my current favorite songs. It changes a lot. If you made me a mix CD, there's probably at least one song from it on my list. I love mix CDs so please make me one!!!
The Hard-Knock Life (Annie, Orphans: Pepper, Duffy, July, Kate, Tessie, Molly) Alicia Morton, Kathy Bates, Victor Garber, Audra McDonald, Cast Libertango Astor Piazzolla Los Sueños (tango) Astor Piazzolla & Su Quinteto Sad Song Au Revoir Simone Fallen Snow Au Revoir Simone Oh! You Pretty Things Au Revoir Simone The Luckiest Ben Folds You Don't Know Me (feat. Regina Spektor) Ben Folds Workingman's Blues #2 Bob Dylan Arigatou Bon'z Seuls Bruno Coulais We Used to Vacation Cold War Kids Dreaming of You The Coral Life On Mars? David Bowie Triangle DBSK Shankill Butchers The Decemberists Tiger Phone Card Dengue Fever Life Desree Rockferry Duffy Shores of White Sand Emmylou Harris Don't Let It Fool You Empires A Little Respect Erasure Volver Estrella Morente Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Flaming Lips Lies Glen Hansard Falling Slowly Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova with Marja Tuhkanen and Bertrand Galen Ultimate Gogol Bordello If You Could Read My Mind Gordon Lightfoot Standing In The Way Of Control The Gossip Santa Maria Gotan Project Una Musica Brutal Gotan Project The Crime Window Grand Archives Boats & Birds Gregory & The Hawk Little Round Mirrors Harvey Danger Happiness Writes White Harvey Danger Barracuda Heart Pink Spider hide Seattle The Hot Toddies Pop! Goes My Heart Hugh Grant I'm Yours Jason Mraz Get Rhythm Joaquin Phoenix Your Own Personal Jesus Johnny Cash The Show Lenka Bleeding Love Leona Lewis darling be home soon lovin' spoonful Little Bit Lykke Li The Hill Marketa Irglova Anyone Else but You The Moldy Peaches Welcome To The Black Parade My Chemical Romance Famous Last Words My Chemical Romance Forever in Blue Jeans Neil Diamond My Freeze Ray Neil Patrick Harris At Last Neko Case if i wrote a letter to myself nikki Savannah Smiles Okkervil River There's a Good Reason These Tables are Numbered, Honey, You Just Haven't Thought of it Yet Panic! At the Disco The Orange Tree Philip Glass Fairytale of New York The Pogues Featuring Kirsty MacColl I Want You Rachael Yamagata Samson Regina Spektor On the Radio Regina Spektor Real Love Regina Spektor Konayuki Remioromen What Becomes of the Broken Hearted Robson & Jerome & Nigel Wright Another Believer Rufus Wainwright Goodnight Moon Shivaree Hoppípolla Sigur Rós Walking To Do Ted Leo & The Pharmacists Birdhouse in Your Soul They Might Be Giants I Don't Wanna Grow Up Tom Waits Oxford Comma Vampire Weekend NEVER FORGET Various Artists HIRO'S SONG Various Artists Warmest Part of the Winter Voxtrot Rise Up In the Dirt Voxtrot Raised By Wolves Voxtrot Your Biggest Fan Voxtrot Trouble Voxtrot Stand Out Walt Disney The Whole of the Moon The Waterboys Shine a Light Wolf Parade Track 01 Yael Naïm New Soul Yael Naïm Kimi Dake Dakara YOSHIKI Lain's Theme 仲井戸"CHABO"麗市 A Goofy Movie - I2I
I feel rejuvenated, and I don't know why. Today is very sunny and the autumn leaves are in various stages of decay. I wish that people could die as prettily as leaves. Maybe it says something important about nature that it is so old, and so lovely in its old age. Maybe the Little Mermaid turning into foam on the sea was the happy ending we were waiting for, and Disney ruined it.
I had the first day of midterms today, and they were far easier than I had imagined. Of course, now I've done it, and the jinxing monsters are climbing up my back to sneak in through my ears and into my brain. I'm sure they will whisper nasty little high pitched nothings all morning and I shall fail my every exam miserably. Although, tomorrow's tests are not the worrisome ones. It is Friday's Grammar test (tests?) that steal the white blood cells from my veins.
I need to stop using such vague and creepy metaphors.
In any event, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (I always insist on saying or writing the entire title, if I have the time, because it is so wordy- I love it!) has started off very well. The descriptions are like dialogue and though I can't explain it any other way, I suppose that is difficult to understand. It kind of reminds me of Kiss of the Spider Woman that way. As though it were a real person relating everything that's happening to another.
"Animal crackers in my soul. Monkeys and rabbits loop the loop!"
Do you remember when they used to have those deals on tv for the Shirley Temple collection? And they'd always have the clip of that song. And her saying, "When you look that way, it makes me want to cry!" and the tap dance number on the steps. I wonder what made me think of that?
There are a few things that I will miss when I go back, consumables-wise. I like the tea that I've found very much. It comes in a bottle or a jug and is iced. It is a mixed green tea blend, and is made by Coca Cola. It is called "爽健美茶” soukenbicha, which is a "beauty" tea mix of 12 different green teas. It took forever to find one that I like, and I'm not sure this'll be available when I get back.
Also, the gelatin thing with the satsumas inside. It's like jell-o but not really sweet, just goopy. But there's basically a whole satsuma broken into each slice and embedded. It is ridiculously tasty, and I think there is nothing much like this back home. Maybe Uwajimaya? Ho ho? What, am I Santa?
Must to my studying get, a la Yoda. Wish me luck!
<3
Edit: Also, now Tropic Thunder and Blindness are playing at the movie theatre, and I want to see them both, so I might do that next week. But Blindness is listed as in Japanese/English. What does this mean?! It isn't the same listing as P.S. I Love You, which was in English with Japanese subtitles, or Red Cliff, which was dubbed, or Gake no Ue no PONYO, which was just in Japanese, OR Red Cliff (the earlier showing) which is just in Chinese, with no subtitles. Then what can it mean? I'm going with it being in English with Japanese subtitles and they made an error when they put it up, but I guess I'll check if I go to see it.
I missed Paco and the Magic Book but I think it might be better to see with subtitles anyway.
BTW, there was mention of Michael being SIX and sneaking out to see a Star Wars movie. Since they came out in 1977, 1980, and 1983, and this season ran in 2007, we can assume that Michael is somewhere between thirty and thirty-six years old. The actor, Jeffrey Donovan, was about 43 at the time the episodes aired, so probably 42ish when they were filmed. He also states that he has thirty years of karate, so unless he's rounding, I'd go with the thirty-six. But he might be rounding... (Obviously, I need a hobby.)
Edit: Also, in the fourth episode, someone Michael went to school with is introduced as a client and HE looks nearly fifty. I am so confused. But the guy was under a lot of stress, so maybe he was supposed to look haggard.
Burn Notice quotes will be posted for awhile now, since I'm on to that show again. Third time's a charm? Oh... this is the fourth. Hrml. Anyway, I'd pretty much be posting episode scripts if I put every fantastic line up for your ULTIMATE viewing pleasure, so...
(BTW: If you watch Burn Notice, check out the episode basic summaries on Wiki for the rest of season two, particularly the finale, if you don't mind spoilers, then e-mail me and we can scream together)
Season 1 Episode 1 "Pilot"
Michael: (First lines) Covert intelligence involves a lot of waiting around. Know what it's like being a spy? Like sitting at your dentist's reception area 24 hours a day. You read magazines, sip coffee, and every so often, someone tries to kill you.
David: Are you going to shoot the people that robbed Mr. Pine? Michael: No, no, that shouldn't be necessary. David: But what if they shoot at you? Michael: Well, in that case, it would be necessary, so yeah.
(Maybe it's funny just because Jeffrey Donovan's so good...)
David's depiction of Michael killing the thieves (notice that Michael's shirt is pink and his pants are green ^__^):
Michael's such a softy- earlier in the episode he talked about how important it was not to get attached to your clients, and how he was always bad at this (he ALWAYS gets attached to his clients).
Michael: Thirty years of karate. Combat experience on five continents. A rating with every weapon that shoots a bullet or holds an edge. Still haven't found any defense against mom crying into my shirt.
Michael: (to the FBI agents tailing him) Can I borrow your binoculars? Tail: Um.. Michael: Now, I know you got some and you're not using them because you need them to see me and I'm right here so... (pause) Please?
Episode Two: "Identity"
Madeline is Michael's mom, btw.
Michael: I need to ask you something. Anyone unknown to you been around the house the last few months? Any unfamiliar faces on the street, maybe a repair truck that just seems to sit there? Madeline: I don’t know. I really don’t notice what my neighbors do. I’m not interested in them. Michael: You notice if the neighbor hasn’t vacuumed his car, if the postman isn’t wearing his wedding ring, just tell me. Madeline: As a matter of fact, a few months ago there were two men here taking pictures. They were very nice. Michael: You met them? Madeline: Mm hmm. They came in for coffee. I made them deviled egg sandwiches. (below is a screen cap that doesn't quite show you the look on his face when he hears this news- he's checking for people following him, btw, thus his hand on the blinds)
Michael: (referring to Sam's intel work) Not bad for a man in his underwear. Sam: You think that's good. You should see me without 'em.
Episode 3: "Fight or Flight"
Narration (Also Michael): The important thing is to disappear before people can ask questions. Security Guard: Excuse me, sir. Sir! Michael: Great! (takes off running) Narration: If they do decide to ask questions, you just have to hope you’re in a building with a lot of hallways, a good service basement. Michael: Locked! Narration: And plenty of exits. Security Guard: Stop right there! Michael: (tries another door, which is also locked) This is a fire hazard!
Episode 4: "Old Friends"
Wilkelm: I'm not a pimp! Michael: You say "tomato," I say "pimp."
Episode 5: "Family Business"
Sam: Mike, I save your ass at the warehouse, the least you could do is have some decent beer in the fridge. Michael: Next time you plan on saving my ass, tell me before I go to the store.
Episode 9: "Hard Bargain"
Every time a new character is introduced, he or she gets a little subtitle stating his or her name and occupation/relationship to Michael. Sometimes these subtitles pop up at hilarious times. Later in season two, a character is begging Michael to help him and the subtitle suddenly pops up, stating "The client." Michael's such a softy >.<
Episode 11: "Dead Drop"
(Michael's going to meet the guy who burned him. Sam is eating fried chicken.) Sam: Do you want me to come with? Back you up? Michael: Sure, bring your bucket of fat. Sam: I'll bring the chicken too.
Episode 12: "Loose Ends" Carmelo: And I should do this because...? Michael: Because he's an importer. He sells to your competition. I put him out of business, it's a win for both of us. And, if you don't do what I want, I will reign Hell down upon you until one of us is dead, and I am really, really good at reigning down Hell.
Season Two: Episode 4: "Comrades" Michael: How's our friend Ivan behaving? Fiona: Like an alter boy. He even asked me to use the stun gun on him again. Michael: He asked you with a gag in his mouth? Fiona: Oh, he has expressive eyes.
Episode Seven: "Rough Seas" Seymour: (to Fiona) Keep Jack Ass company. He'll like you. He's attracted to shiny objects.
Episode Eight: "Double Booked"
Michael and Madeline (his mom) are going to a therapist, who tells them each to make a list of five things they are grateful to the other for. Michael's list (we only get to hear one other, at the session, which is his eyesight):
BTW, just finished the half-season finale- gahhhh! Such a cliffhanger, really. Like, you know that he can't die but, man! I am so tense! Can't wait 'til new episodes!!
Anyway, mostly I just wanted to do something, anything, that wasn't writing kanji a million times over and over and over and over until my hand fell off and I had to figure out how you preserve your hand long enough to have it reattached by a robot. Oh wait, I guess Luke got a whole new hand, didn't he? Well, then... I guess I just feed the old hand to the dogs? But then they might get the taste of flesh and become zombie dogs. Then again, I don't even know where any dogs are near by. So far, I've misspelled "zombie" and "near" and the spell check saved my arse.
I finished "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman." He kinda turned out to be a womanizer. One chapter he was really irritated about women in bars. He kept buying these women drinks and then they wouldn't sleep with him, which he thought was awful of them. Because if you accept a free drink, it means you've been paid for? Like, barflies are just REALLY cheap prostitutes? Anyway, then he got this attitude that all women were "bitches" and it got him laid a lot. He's kind of an ass in that chapter and a lot of others when the issue of women comes up. So I was pretty disappointed.
I'll start reading The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford on the train tomorrow (I read on the trains), coming BACK from school. I'll be studying my kanji cards (I made some) on the way there. There will be 240 new kanji on the test tomorrow (+150 we already were meant to know), so my brain will redecorate the walls at some point, I'm sure. Nonetheless, I'm excited about reading the book afterwards and for having my short day an ACTUAL short day. I don't have to go do any errands after school tomorrow so I can come straight home.
And study.
Maybe I'll finish my Nanowrimo book really quick. I've got two chapters left and they're just sitting, unfinished. It is too busy. FYI, if I'm really busy and I have a tiny bit of time, I put the blog over e-mails because there are a lot of e-mails and my blog basically says "this is what I'm doing instead of e-mailing you, forgive me!". I think...
I'll finish ReBoot tonight (actually, 20 minutes left >.<) and I think I'll start rewatching (I first typed ReWatching... ) Burn Notice. I'm excited that it's a split season, so there'll be new episodes in the winter (January??). It was kind of a cliffhanger/ kinda not. You know they aren't going to kill the main character or even damage his gorgeous face or bod. So basically, he'll be okay.
I am calling your bluff, BN writers.
I think that the counselor I've been seeing at school isn't very good. Though, my sessions with her are free, so... But anyway, her advice on the noise situation was to write down the name of everyone who's loud at night and turn the page in. And I was complaining about water getting spilled by someone all over the laundry room floor and not being cleaned up, even though the mop is RIGHT THERE and her question was, "Well, did YOU clean it up?"
I said "yes," but I didn't clean it up. Now I feel bad. Mostly, I was just peeved because everyone makes these messes and leaves them. I think if I clean them up, then they won't end up stepping in the water they spilled and realizing what a pain in the arse they are. I don't know, but it made me feel worse instead of better. And I think that's the opposite of what counseling's meant to do, isn't it?
Anyway, I really do have to study now. Wish me luck! Like, honestly, lend me some of yours. Now, don't be greedy! I need it more than you, and I'll totally pay back the favor. Pleaaase?
I need a lot of luck T.T I did bad on another test, so I think I have a B+ test average, which can be slaughtered by bad midterm grades.
I'll try to post this week, but I'm trying to get A's on all my Japanese midterms, so I probably won't be updating much at all. I'll get the Mashiko pics up as soon as I can, but it'll probably be a bit.
On the plus side, I'm nearly done with ReBoot from all the notecard making, brainless activities. But the notecards are pretty much done O.O (600!) and I need to actually memorize (re-memorize).
Sorry, I was just thinking those "I survived Jurassic Park, the RIDE!" things, and other similar type mementos. Anyway...
I really did survive, not that it took a lot of effort because it was amazing. I'll post pictures and info on the morrow. Honestly, the sleepiness of this weekend has sucked the milk and honey out of my tea and all that's left is the bitter underneathness. I'm not half so grumpy as I think I am.
Basically, the commute was 3 hours one way, so six hours on various trains, which did not include the Shinkansen. Boo! Sorry, I'm not actually upset. I'm just sleepy.
I read those 160 pages of Genji and the play, and have succeeded in all the goals of this weekend, save Nanowrimo. Maybe I can "haul ass" and finish tonight.
But in my "study break" I tried my hand at the daily Cryptoquote, and again solved the problem in less than a minute:
kattie 0:48
Which means, it did turn out to be a very short break, indeed. Thus, you needn't scold me for it. As you may have surmised, I have been reading Genji for such a long time, that it's language has invaded my mind. Perhaps I now appear to you as an old romantic?
Or perhaps not.
This post, you must understand, begs sympathy. I think I suffer greatly from self-neglect. Alas!
Edit: While I am immersed in reading, I distract my subconscious with various lovely albums. I have thus rediscovered the Les Choristes soundtrack. Although my particularly beloved piece, Seuls, does not appear on Youtube for your listening pleasure, I include another wonderful piece. This performance is outside of the film and these boys are singing in front of a LIVE audience. Most impressive!!!!:
I gotta go to bed 'cause I'm tired and sleepy I can't love you baby 'cause I'm tired and sleepy Tired and sleepy, ooh baby so tired
'cept I can't sleep. Too much homework- gah! 160 pages of Genji left for this weekend! Comedy of Errors! Gah!
Actually, I still haven't responded to e-mails because I was working since I got home until now+. I must get back to reading. Genji's got himself into trouble. I don't like him. He basically rapes women and stole this little girl. It's icky. Why is he a romantic figure?
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I guess the previous entry is more day-describing. Sorry!
It is very busy lately! I haven't written anything for Nanowrimo for TWO DAYS (gyah!) so I'll try to do a few chapters tonight. I want to finish this weekend, BEFORE midterms. But, anyway, I have unavoidable plans tonight to finish my homework for the entire weekend and next week in one go. As in, eight chapters of Tale of Genji, two plays (Sukeroku, Love Suicides at Sonezaki, possibly Comedy of Errors as well), kanji worksheet, and take-home kanji test. BUT I also want to watch ReBoot 3.3.1 and 3.3.2 because those, due to plot arc reasons not actual otherness, are my two favorite episodes. Eek, so excited to finally reach them!
Thank you for the birthday well-wishings. I shall try to respond to the many messages I received ASAP but it is VERY busy, so please know that I do appreciate them. It is the fourteenth here- we're a day ahead, so it's ovuh now v.v I bought wine at the grocery store and it was god awful. That is what you get when you buy cheap wine? Don't cry sour grapes? Ha?
OMG OMG, I did not realize that I can take the SHINKANSEN back from Mashiko. Re: a post a million years ago, I was going to go to Osaka or Kyoto during Winter vacation via the SHINKANSEN (it is too exciting not to use capitals for) but obviously have more exciting plans now (aka sleeping in my mom's huge, comfy bed watching tv all day for a week+), so I thought I wouldn't have the chance. It'll be like $50, and I'm only going to take it coming back, but it will be AWESOME. I will post pictures of it, if I get any good ones- because it may be too godly to capture on film... even if it is digital film. Hrml...
I'm oddly not stressed about midterms. What the heck? I probably will be, at some point. But there are SO MANY tests as part of my Japanese midterm, that if I do crap on one, I'll probably be fine enough on another. Right? Of course, right! Gasp! I'm the Matchmaker! Are you bursting into song?
Too lazy and in the computer lab to post the song. If you don't know the reference, well, you can harass me and I'll be less lazy in the future. And possibly less in the computer lab, though one never knows.
It is one of the great uncertainties of life.
I'm sure I spelled that wrong and there's no spell check to save me.
Because that's what a lot of old women randomly do in Japan. I'm not sure what it means. Do you? I'll look it up eventually, but I'm too lazy at the moment. Yes, I know it would require a minimal amount of effort. The point is, that is still SOME effort, and I'm simply too much of a lazycakes.
I don't think "bum" is very nice. I was going to write that, and then I suddenly realized that it has unkind connotations, and really isn't a nice word at all. Um, random political off-topic ness. Anyway...
It is my birthday- yay? I actually did go to lunch with Kayoko today, and she bought me a mini cake for my b-day and a pin. It was really nice of her. Gah, I'm too depressed- mostly hormones because, well, it is the particular one day a month when I am always depressed on account of hormones. Peh.
So, I have random things to talk about.
I always go home past certain houses- like, I have altered my route to include them, because they have automatic lights. They just come right on when you walk past them. I know this isn't the most energy-conscious sort of thing, but it makes me feel really happy, like someone's welcoming me home. It is lonely living alone, with not even a kitty or pup to welcome you and ask how your day was. Blub.
Also, there is just a lot of racism. Like both Japanese and non. There was this British lady on the train platform talking really loudly about how all Japanese people walk really really slow (I'm paraphrasing, not agreeing). Then she did this imitation of how Japanese people walk, and it was really offensive. And she kept going on and on about how lazy Japanese are. It was so embarrassing! I was walking behind her and I just gave her this "are you an idiot or just plain bitchy?" look. I wanted to say something, but it really wasn't my business I guess.
And yesterday, these Japanese schoolgirls on the train were making fun of the way 外人 which is an offensive (yes, I know it's funny in the U.S. to some people, but it is meant as an insult, so really... it's not funny) way of saying 外国人 which in itself offends me as it literally means "Outside Country Person" aka OUTSIDER (not nice) women toss their hair. That was a little complicated. They were making fun of the way foreigner women toss their hair. And they went on to say "Especially Americans" and were laughing and mocking women tossing their hair. But do you want to know something?
Tossing one's hair is sexy. And it makes the pretty scent of the shampoo carry to nearby peoples' noses. Mmm.
Anyway, that's my mini rant.
Gah! I think I am misunderstood out of context. Okay, so one of the kids in my Japanese class missed this morning, but we have another class together Monday and Thursday afternoons. So I offered to go together to make copies of the homework. So I put the 70 yen in (about 70 cents) for the copies and he promised to pay me back. He sounded a little too serious about the whole thing, so, of course I made a joke:
"You'd better, or I'll take it back in flesh."
Now, I think this is quite obviously a Merchant of Venice reference. As in, I shall cut into his flesh, like a hand or a finger of something, as payment. Like in MOV, it is a pound of flesh nearest the heart. But of course, he thought I was making a dirty joke/come on, and he got all awkward. So I had to explain that it was from Merchant of Venice, and I didn't mean for it to be dirty v.v But I think he still thought it was a come on, and he gave me the 70 yen back right away.
Which might be an insult, by the by.
In any event, I don't think I'm asking for the moon when I assume that people get Merchant of Venice pound of flesh references. Am I? Now I feel like a snob for using Shakespeare. But this kid is an American, so he ought to have read it in school if nothing else, right? Whatever, he's uneducated and I quoted the bard in everyday speech, so kudos me!
Do you see how big my head is getting? That may secretly be the reason behind the pain in my shoulders, etc.
AND I totally didn't get this part in Tale of Genji where Murasaki loses her virginity. TOTALLY missed that that was the case. I just thought she was sick and pouting. Oh, so that's why she was in bed all day. So you see, I'm not such a perv, I'm so innocent, I don't even catch things like that in the text. What a maroon!
Anyway, tomorrow it will not be my birthday anymore. So wish me luck with that?
Is November 13th- aka my birthday, so I did it. Even though it isn't really big even in the U.S. and is pretty much nonexistent here. Anyway, here's the deal:
Actually, never mind. I'm not going to quote the actual source because they are cheesy writers, and I can't handle it. It's just really poorly written. Honestly. You can check out the original site if you want by searching it out on Google, but I'll summarize (whoa, inflated ego much?).
Basically, the people who started this program/day had a friend who was a cutter and eventually slit her wrist. Her reason, she explained after surviving the suicide attempt, was that she felt as though no one loved her. So the girl's friends all wrote "love" on her arms, so that when she went to cut her arms or wrist, she'd see their message and remember that she was loved.
Okay, I'm not convinced that this really solves anything, but it's pretty anyway, so I did it. November 13th, you write love on your wrists or arms as a suicide prevention effort. I think most people just thought I was too cheap to get my sentimental tattoo.
So here's the bilingual pic (but backwards):
Wowsa, I look soooo tired. Lookit those wrinkles and shadows! OMG, I am getting old. No, just tiiiireed! But tomorrow's Friday (PRAISE THE LORD) so I shall have the weekend to look forward to, then next week should fly by on account of MIDTERMS and then THREE-DAY WEEKEND. Lotsa caps= lotsa BIG thoughts. You must forgive me.
It isn't an option.
Anyway, if you want to do "To Write Love on Her Arms", then do. But otherwise, I don't think it matters ^^**** nice thought...
/mostly quotes. Anywho, I don't want to keep going back and editing post, so if the thing gets bumped to a new page, I'll make a new entry each time. Except, I'll probably be done pretty soon. Lots of studying. Pooh.
So, season three is exciting- very different than the previous seasons! The rules for what you can show in an animated program for children became less strict, so Dot and Mouse no longer have uni-boob. The episodes are broken up into different story-line segment-things, so it's confusing but cool. Lots of intenseness/spoofs.
Anyway...
"To Mend and Defend" (which is the motto of the Guardian aka the Guardian protocol) Episode 3.1.1
[SPOILER] Enzo (he's meant to be in charge): You! Get down before you're shot! Now, go and find the ammo! Sprites: (ignore him) Dot: Just do it! This is important! Sprite #1: Why didn't you say so? Sprite #2: Yeah, you don't have to shout. Bob would've known better. He never shouted. He was nice!
"Between a Raccoon and a Hard Place" Episode 3.1.2
Megabyte's "propaganda":
"Game Over" Episode 3.1.4
Hack: What are you're doing? Slash: Releasing the little fellow from what, to me, looks like certain death. Hack: Yeah, that's right, and we're supposed to BE that certain death. Slash: (releasing the prisoner they're supposed to be executing). Go, little fellow. Run. Be free. Hack: Now you've done it. Megabyte's gonna be mad! Slash: Oh, what's new? I miss Bob. Hack: What?! Sh! Are you crazy? Slash: Bob always stopped us before we could do anything really bad. Now no one does.
"Icons" Episode 3.2.1 (SEE?! It's confusing!)
3.2 Opening:
Matrix: I live in the games. I search through systems, peoples, and cities, for this place—Mainframe, my home. My format: I have no format. I am a renegade, lost on the net. [pause] Reboot!
Virus: What?! A guardian?! Matrix: There's no guardian here! I'm Matrix- renegade! Virus: Please renegade! Mercy! Matrix: Mercy? To a virus? Never! (deletes him... it?)
3.2.3 "Number Seven"
FYI, you should just skip this episode. It is awful. I lied when I said the other was the worst- this one really is. Um, but it is obscure... Okay, it's just that something really big is coming up and I don't have time for a novelty episode! Especially one that references a show NO ONE has seen. Rant end.
3.3.4 "Mouse Trap"
Matrix freaks out and is pointing his gun at the web riders, who get ready to attack back. Ray: (trying to speak their language) Handbag... Teakettle... Barbeque... Web Rider #1: What in the web is he talking about?? Web Rider #2: I think he wants us to calm down!
Mr. Christopher: What are we going to do?! Crimson Binome: Steady, lad! We've gotten through worse scrapes than this! Mr: Andrews: No, we haven't.
"I come from the Net. I search through systems, cities, and peoples, for this place, Mainframe, my home. My format: guardian, to mend and defend."
This episode was so good it gave me happy chills!
3.4.4 "End Program"
Mike the TV: Wait, wait, there's more! A special offer! For those viewers out there who missed ReBoot season three and have NO IDEA what's going on, we proudly present, for your appreciation, this cycle only, the marvelous, magnificent, Mainframe Strolling Players!
Recap song follows- I have it memorized, it is so great. It's just funny because this is basically the last episode of the series (the final season "four" is actually two movies) so if you're JUST watching this episode, it's like- STOP AND GO BACK! Silly Mike!
I'm not posting the recap song, because it'll ruin the entire series for you. You'll just have to trust me that it's AWESOME!
(The first movie, secretly posing as a fourth season) 4.1 "Daemon Rising"
Bob: But, Hex- Hexadecimal: Now sh, hush. There, I knew it, you're a bundle of knots. You're working too hard. It's that Dot. She's a workaholic. She expects too much from people. You need some down time... We could go down together. Bob: Uh, that's a good idea but- but I can't! I've got to defend the system.
4.3 "What's Love Got to Do With It?"
Hex: It's not working! Oh, give it up! Dot: We're talking about my father! Would you give up? Hex: I was born in the explosion that created Lost Angles. An explosion doesn't usually display the best parenting skills.
4.4 "Sacrifice" (Which can never be the title for a happy episode)
Hex: I infect the entire net. I have spread through systems, peoples and cities. From this place: Mainframe. My format: Virus. The Queen of Chaos! Ha-ha-ha Ha-ha-ha-haaaaa! Ha-ha-ha-ha.
(In a Pokemon/DBZ style game) Matrix: I'm a Pan Su Heavy Trainer, you're a Pan Su Heavy X-a mutant creature. I keep you in that tiny container and release you to fight for me. "Bob": You keep creatures in cages and release them just to fight? Matrix: Yeah. "Bob": That is sick!
4.6 "Life's a Glitch"
Glitch Bob: What's the password for the archive? Maybe I can splice some code together and- Phong, what is the password?! Phong: Password, ah, yes. Well, it's, ah... Glitch Bob: Oh, this is great, now you don't trust me! Phong: Oh, do not be silly! Glitch Bob: You don't think I'm the original! Phong: Yes I do! Glitch Bob: Well, then give me the password! Phong: Oh...Um... (alarm suddenly blares) Phong: Oh, an alarm! Glitch Bob: (scoffs) Saved by the bell. Phong: No, no, no, that is a klaxon.
AndrAIa: Hi, little Sparky. (She calls Matrix Sparky, so Enzo's Little Sparky. It's funnier in context...)
4.7 "Null Bot of the Bride"
Slash: Mum's the word. Discretion is our middle name. Hack: I thought your middle name was Elden.
4.8 "Crouching Binome, Hidden Virus" (the titles for the second video are AWFUL, aren't they?)
Turbo: So, it's confirmed. Megabyte has Trojan Horse viral capacity now. Bob: He can duplicate any form. He could be anywhere, right in front of us, and we'd never know. Enzo: No way! He could be here! He could be even be ME! What if I'M Megabyte now?!
Phong: (to the citizens of Mainframe) This is a system wide announcement on behalf of the Principal Office. Due to some ... circumstances, we are advising citizens to return to their homes, file lock doors and windows, and remain there until further notice. We apologize for any inconvenience, but assure you that normal status will be resumed as soon as possible. There is no cause for alarm. Well, maybe a small amount of cause for alarm. Just make sure you stay in pairs at all times and do not walk the city alone. Oh, and, uh, before I forget, here is an artist's impression of Megabyte's new form:
Sorry for the quality, but these were taken from my cellphone. Almost all of them today, but one from like, right after I got my phone. Anyway, here some are:
So, these are near the Tennozu Isle station, which is basically surrounded by garbage sorting facilities and such. Very stinky and not pretty, so obviously I had to take a zillion pictures of this ugly part of Tokyo:
The below picture is of graffiti- and it really was that blurry as it was painted. You don't see all that much graffiti here, so: On reflection, perhaps not THAT blurry ^^*
Below, the water looks a lot cleaner than it was. Garbage was floating about:
This picture actually makes the area look pretty. Why did that faded blue randomly turn out vibrant? Oh, the brightening feature on my phone. I should take more pictures of my teeth....:
Garbage...
Engrish, just for you, my darlings. "Build-in"? I love the multiple explanation points!!!
Garbage or something (I assume, based on its location, but it could be other crap in the garbage district) in boxes. How nicely stacked. How stinky..
A humongous spider- that is the real size. Not a zoom effect! Isn't it HUGE!?
Condiments at the Starbucks in Akihabara... or near there anyway!
I am going to try to get my reentry permit today. It is in a faroff land, somewhere still in Tokyo, but nowhere near anything I've been to. And I have to take a PRIVATE train line. What does that mean? I don't think it's actually private.. I think that PRIVATE here is code for "expensive." I know that it's like double the price, but can I actually take it? Or maybe, quite serendipitously, it is PRIVATE for me only. Because, you see, I do make many offerings to the traffic gods. My first child shall be named Stoplight McGee.
And he/she will hate me O.O but have the fastest commuting time this side of NASCAR.
So, I talked with the people at the Oversea Liaison Center, and they say that I need to look over my rental agreement. If it says that it is meant to be quiet by 10:00PM, which I think it does, which it isn't, then I have basis for terminating my stay here and having my prepaid rent returned for January. So, the last month could potentially be somewhere else- yay! I'm hoping I can stay with a family- I think they'd be much more likely to take someone in for one month versus five. Let's hope, shall we?
Also, getting excited for my trip this weekend! Going to Mashiko to see the pottery! I hope I actually can meet up with the people I'm meant to, I hope, I hope! Otherwise, I'll just hang around Ueno and go to the zoo. Either way, you'll get pictures. Though it will be Sunday, so it may take me a bit, especially because of TESTS. Although... apparently my drama test is week after next and I've been wrongly complaining about it being next week. Oh, dear. Whatever, only FOUR days of testing- sorry for the EXAGGERATION. Oh my goodness, I may have been a little sarcastic.
Obviously did not collapse upon return. What is the world coming to? How shall we survive these vicious lies? How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?
Let's find out!
Whoa, random 90's reference. I so dated myself. Anyway...
Oh, and I won two free coffees at the convenience story because I did the silly raffle thing because my mom told me to and obviously I just do whatever the heck ANYONE tells me to do so there you have it I wonder if they taste any good. Ha, run on!
I get home. Man, I wish I could skip my next class, but she's giving us the material to study for the midterm, so I cannot! Hopefully, we'll get out early again, since it's another student presentation. Oh, to be home by 5:30 again! Then, I could study my kanji, which is what I do every night when I am watching tv on my computer, btw (kanji studying requires no brain or eyes, only the hand practicing the stroke order for hours), and go to sleeeeeep. Or imagine myself asleep as I lie awake cursing my noisy neighbors/people two stories up.
I'm going to go talk with the Overseas Liaison Center to see if there's anyway I can change my housing arrangements. My apartment is so noisy, all the time, and it isn't just the exchange students. Last night, someone spent thirty minutes blow drying his or, more likely, her hair from 11:30 to midnight-ish. I wanted to take that blow drier and throw it under a running faucet- take out all the electricity in the building and put an end to all that loud music too! But, they'd probably arrest me, and I might accidentally electrocute myself. Must come up with more practical evil scheme. Hm...
I'm mostly trying to distract myself because my back hurts a great deal today. I'm not sure why it's been so bad this weekend, though it's only Tuesday, I guess. I think it might have to do with not getting enough sleep. Oh, just so you know, I do in fact use earplugs- the noise is so loud that it penetrates my orange, malleable beauties. Sob!
Hey, nifty, apparently CreateSpace, one of the sponsors of Nanowrimo, is "is offering all NaNoWriMo 2008 winners a free proof copy of [their] manuscript[s] in paperback book form. They'll even cover basic postage!" Sweet! I can't believe that it is real, until I see it, though, because that seems like a lot of $$$/there's no yen sign on the Japanese computer in the computer lab... what the Dunkin Donuts? Anyway, I'm about 10,000 words away.
Did I explain what Nanowrimo is? I think I linked it and assumed ya'll'd get busy.. Anyway, it is NAtional NOvel WRiting MOnth (NANOWRIMO, seee?). You spent the whole month of November working on a novel/50,000 words of a novel. But you only have from the 1st to the 30th- gah! So, it's a race to write! This is my third year but WILL BE my second SUCCESSFUL year. Which means, I do have a book written from last year sitting about on my computer- still mostly in need of editing, though I did a HUGE amount this September.
Anyway, I have three days of midterms for Japanese next week plus a Japanese test, which means for 12 of the 15 hours of Japanese class time next week, I'll be test-taking. Also, drama test next week- gah! One day will be FOUR HOURS of tests. Therefore, please understand my busyness and forgive the craptacularly crappy quality of my ness this week. Trying to finish Nanowrimo with midterms is death- plus the outing this Sunday (which I must do, you see, because I haven't been out much the past two weeks and I need to BREATHE) so gah!
I thought of this poem:
We'll Go No More A-roving So, we'll go no more a-roving So late into the night, Though the heart be still as loving, And the moon be still as bright.
For the sword outwears its sheath, And the soul wears out the breast, And the heart must pause to breathe, And love itself have rest.
Though the night was made for loving, And the day returns too soon, Yet we'll go no more a-roving By the light of the moon.
I hope. Gah, I need to get to bed! Anyway, not much occurred today in the life of me. I had a quiz? My professor for Japanese Lit told me I was a great student randomly out of the blue (I am redundant when I rush... oh, an excuse!). Nice? I am too cynical, I think, and come up with other explanations. There you have it.
It is cold! My hands are numb. I need to figure out my heater, if it does in fact work as a heater as well as an air conditioner. I hope so... br!
I'm almost on ReBoot Season 3, aka the ANGST transforMATION. It's all light hearted in season one, still comedic but with serious things occurring in season two, and then... the finale. Whoa. Now, you are inspired to watch it? It takes very little time, apparently. Then, I need to either finish Touching Evil (American with Jeffrey Donovan) and be sad that it was cancelled or some other show that was probably cancelled, as my favorites generally are. Except Burn Notice- holla for season three purchased!
Still reading Time Machine- nearly done. Um, Nanowrimo going along well. Should be done by next week. Yay? My birthday's a few days away and I don't think I'll even tell anyone v.v But it's okay, I guess? Too angsty! Gah! I sound like ReBoot season three!
Good night, my lovelies!
Loves!
P.S. I thought Mutts today was funny, and no, this doesn't mean I'm not busy- it takes three seconds to read, you crazies!:
As in, crappy? Holy smokes, the new blog layout looks terrible on the computer at school! Maybe that's why no pretty comments appeared- it must look awful on yours as well- blub blub v.v I shall drown my sorrows in a fish bowl.
Yet my drive is not put in reverse/neutral/park, and we voyage onward! Except, I'm not entirely positive I have anything at all to say. Mostly, I wanted to apologize for writing nothing yesterday and offer some sort of explanation as to what occurred on that fateful day.
Basically, I had a lot of homework and a quiz, so I was working on that, rather than write to you, my dearies. I think the quiz went well. The homework was at least done, and it is graded on completion- hoorah!
ReBoot episodes are 15-20 minutes each, so I've plowed through the first season and to the season two episodes where it suddenly gets AMAZING. I hope you are now drawn to watching it in all its 90s CGI glory. Super excited for the Rebirth! Or, as we nerds like to say, the ReBoot Reboot! Ha!
I'll try to do something so I can write about something as soon as possible. This weekend, I plan to go wayyyyy out in the boondocks to a pottery village, so I hope to take pictures so that you may precariously live through me. I think that might be the wrong word. No spell check on this computer either, so all the typos will have to be forgiven. What a lame way to apologize O.O It is skill, man, and you are impressed.
Random Louis Armstrong singing in my head. In any case, nothing much occurred today in the life of me. The sun must have risen at some point set at some point, but I only left the room for an hourish in the evening to get a hamburger because I was feeling rather protein deficient. Probably because I didn't have any sort of meat all week. It can do strange things to you, you know, if you don't either have meat, or fish, other fleshyness, without filling the void with nuts or... other proteiny non-fleshies. I am the paragon of scientists, as you can plainly see, and a brilliant writer to boot. I must go throw my typewriter from a cliff now and burn my abacus.
I have found some walking tours for decently cheap-ish (not really, but you know, I'm trying to be chipper and bad prices just do not support a chipper demeanor) around the Tokyo area. I am thinking that I will book two for the weekend after next, which is a three-day sort of break, and go to Yanaka and Tokyo Tower or Odaiba. There's also a tour at the fish market, which sounds lovely, except that you have to take this sushi-making class and I just want to eat the damn fish. Oh, I cursed. In the context, I think you will find that it was very Necessary. Necessary enough to be capitalized, at the very least.
Pick out a tour for me!: http://www.jtb-sunrisetours.jp/JTB.SunriseTours/frontend/category.aspx?SubCategoryNo=2
In Tokyo, mind you... As fun as a tour of Hiroshima would be (fun? really? Did I just use that word to describe a site of a nuclear bomb dropping?)- and it would be fun, despite the sad history, I cannot travel there. Well, I could, but it would require a flight, and I haven't the money. Or I have, but I'd rather use it for random crap. And there you have it, see?
Random crap= souvenirs for you, my lovelies. Did I just call your gifts "crap"? You see I am verbally diarrhetic today a la Bridget Jones. Though I suppose this is not verbal. Read it aloud, my friend, and do me a great favor.
ReBoot season one is just hilarious. I always remembered it as the worst season, but I think that may be because it is overly cheesy. But I do love cheesy (so does Kate Winslet in The Holiday), so it is making me very happy.
Tomorrow, I think I shall try to see Paco to Maho no Ehon. It is a Japanese film and subtitless, but I may attempt it. It looks very pretty and will soon leave theatres. If you want to know the director, who also did Kamikaze Girls (Shimotsuma Monogatari), please watch this short video:
And here is the trailer (no subtitles, sorry!) for the movie I may see tomorrow:
If I have time, I'll offer a lame-o translation. Wow, that sure gives you hope for the future, doesn't it? Anyway, it depends on whether I get enveloped in my Nanowriming or not. I'm nearly done, so I may just sit down and do the whole thing tomorrow. Whoa!
So, we all know I'm very worried about President-elect Obama's safety. It is a nervous sort of thing. So, of course, to calm myself, I checked just how many death threats he's been getting. But apparently, the security is amazing:
Here's the image. Wow, look at those thick bullet-proof walls. And notice how the children are between the two parents, so, just in case, they're protected. It makes my heart glow- good parents T.T:
And here's the President-elect talking about the threats:
Damn, that man looks good in a suit. I'm sorry, but,come on, who DOESN'T think Obama's ridiculously attractive? His voice sets me all a'tingle. Sorry, back on topic. I'm glad that there are so many efforts going into his protection. He's taking the threats seriously and so is the secret service. I guess they have to, but I don't want to live to see my president get assassinated. It seems like the most awful thing.
Er, except the apocalypse. That would be worse. Or nuclear strikes. Or.. or.. or.. No more making extreme statements- they always turn out too extreme.
Another article:
Target Obama: threats to life of new president By Michael Mathes
Washington, DC - Barack Obama made history by becoming the first African-American US president-elect, but security agents now face major challenges in protecting him, as his race may make him more of a target than his predecessors.
The 47-year-old Illinois senator who swept to victory on Tuesday has been under protection of the US Secret Service since May 2007, 18 months before the election. It was the earliest-ever security detail for a presidential candidate.
He and his family are under 24-hour guard by elite, armed agents of the Secret Service, the branch of the Department of Homeland Security responsible for protecting presidents and presidential candidates.
As the nation's first black commander-in-chief, Obama is likely to face an unprecedented number of threats on his life.
While the president-elect spends the next months plotting his political course and assembling an administration team, extremists from the US white hate movements may be plotting to kill him, especially in the chaotic months before he enters the Washington security bubble.
There was one scheme just last week when two white supremacists, Daniel Cowart (20) and Paul Schlesselman (18), were arrested in Tennessee for plotting to kill him.
They have been charged with plotting the assassination and violating federal gun laws, according to court documents.
Brian Weaks, an agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, told a Memphis court last week that the pair had discussed "going on a 'killing spree' that included killing 88 people and beheading 14 African-Americans", he said.
"They further stated that their final act of violence would be to attempt to kill/assassinate presidential candidate Barack Obama.
"Each individual claims to have very strong beliefs and views regarding 'white power'," he said.
Obama's skin colour has added to concerns in the country, where four sitting presidents have been murdered and two more wounded in assassination attempts.
"Changes in presidential administrations necessitate a lot of operational planning and implementation in terms of our protective mission," Secret Service spokesperson Ed Donovan said, declining to provide specifics on the new security regime or say whether it would be intensified for Obama.
"It's going to be a unique and challenging environment" for Obama's security detail, said Fred Burton, a former Secret Service agent and now vice-president of counter-terrorism at geopolitical intelligence analysis firm Stratfor.
"The protective security threat and the challenges surrounding the protection for him are difficult. It's going to take a lot of resources and a tremendous amount of protective and tactical analysis to stay ahead of the bad guys." - Sapa-AFP
And there you have it. I am a little less worried since I know how much people are taking this seriously! What a terribly grammatically incorrect sentence! But you know what I mean!
Edit: The four presidents:
Four U.S. Presidents have been assassinated while in office: Abraham Lincoln in 1865 by John Wilkes Booth James Garfield in 1881 by Charles J. Guiteau (Guiteau shot him but Garfield arguably died due to subsequent incorrect medical care) William McKinley in 1901 by Leon Czolgosz John F. Kennedy in 1963 by Lee Harvey Oswald
Attempts that wounded presidents: Teddy Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan
Wikipedia has a really interesting article, documenting many attempts. A lot were just miserable failures, so they aren't as well known: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Presidential_assassination_attempts
This one is kinda funny, actually: January 30, 1835: At the Capitol Building, a house painter named Richard Lawrence aimed two flintlock pistols at the President, but both misfired, one of them while Lawrence stood within 13 feet (4 m) of Jackson and the other at point-blank range.[1] Lawrence was apprehended after Jackson beat him down with a cane. Lawrence was found not guilty by reason of insanity and confined to a mental institution until his death in 1861.
He beat him down with a cane??!?!??!?
Also, while reading the Reagan assassination attempt (I did not know that the entire thing was videotaped - and by five different people! That's kind of morbid, but must have made it very easy for the prosecuting attorney against the would-be assassin):
Although all Secret Service agents are trained to take a bullet for the President, only two have. Besides McCarthy, officer Leslie Coffelt of the Secret Service Uniformed Division was killed during the 1950 Truman assassination attempt.[1]
I forgot how hilarious it is. Like, I knew I loved it, but I didn't realize I loved it THIS much. I am enjoying season one far more than I thought I would, considering how cheesy it is. It's like, the writers know it's crazy cheesy, and they make fun of themselves.
Letting my freak flag fly:
"The Tearing" 1.01 (deja vu?) I come from the Net.
I search through systems, peoples and cities for this place: Mainframe.
My format: Guardian - To Mend and Defend.
To defend my new found friends, their hopes and dreams. To defend them from all of their enemies.
They say the user lives outside the Net, and inputs games for pleasure. No one knows for sure, but I intend to find out...
"Racing the Clock" 1.02
Uh, Bob. That must be Hexadecimal's... hole in the ground! (Enzo)
Best part about the episode is that Dot and Bob examine this package that Enzo's supposed to deliver to Hexadecimal, convinced it must be a bomb. When Bob x-rays it, they exclaim that it's merely a mask with a clock on it. Obviously, IT IS a bomb, but they believe otherwise. And when they realize it is a bomb, they are SO surprised O.O Cheesy! I love it!
Curses and cracks, we lost him! (Enzo)
Dot: Bob! Your. car. is. a. bomb! Bob: You're telling me! It only comes with one nitro! (it really is a bomb, as in boom!)
If only I'd copied and pasted the truth at the start! (Enzo) I should've copied and pasted the truth from the start! (Enzo)
Bob: (calmly) It's an infinite data else/if loop. Dot: What does that mean?! Bob: It means run like you've never run before!!!
(Scolding) Doooot, Bob and I are sharing a comraderie after the game. (Enzo)
Megabyte: Hack! Slash! Hack: (to Slash) I think he means us.
"The Quick and the Fed" 1.03
I wanted to ReBoot into a knight like you, not a damsel in this dress! (Enzo, who mistakes the phrase "damsel in distress". ha)
(After jumping off a cliff) Hack: It's times like this I feel extremely close to you- Slash: You know I was gonna say- Hack: And there's something I should tell you before we hit rock bottom. (simultaneously) Slash: You are like my brother. (simultaneously) Slash: What? Hack: Oh, it's too late! (crash)
Catch Phrases of Bob (usually used by others first v.v): "Stay frosty" "I don't think so." "This is bad, very bad."
"The Tiff" 1.04
Self-destruction program deactivated. Thank you and have a nice day. (Computer in game)
"The Crimson Binome" 1.07
How'd he manage to squeeze through that?! (Jailer on the Saucy Mare, pointing to a hole probably 2"x2", which Bob obviously did not escape through.. ha)
Dot: (Trying to convince the Crimson Binome to go into business with her) 200% You call that a profit margin? [scoffs] Oh, please! Crimson Binome: And you could do better? Dot: Much. But don't take my word for it. Take a look for yourself. [throws him her computer] You've got all my spreadsheets right there. The password is...guardian... [As in Bob >.< cuuuute!]
"Warriors, Wizards, and a Word from Our Sponsor." 1.09
Mike: It's Bucket o' Nothing! Surprise your friends! Amaze your family! Annoy perfect strangers!! Binome in Commercial: It's absolutely nothing. Mike: Free! For only 99 99 99!
"The Great Brain Robbery" 1.10
Megabyte (tried to send a tiny flying machine into Bob's head to steal Supercomputer access codes, but accidentally got in Enzo's head, because it is season one, and those things tend to happen early on): At last, the sequence is complete! Bob's entire memory base is now open to me. With the flick of a switch, the entry code to the great Supercomputer will at last be mine! Enzo's Memory: All right guys, remember, the password is bellybutton. And no girls allowed! Megabyte: "Bellybutton"? "No girls allowed?"
"Identity Crisis Part 1" 1.12.i
Phong (on phone, sorta): Bob, Dot, What is happening?! Bob: Phong, let me put this as delicately as possible... we're doomed!
Bob (inside a tank): Dot, can I, uh, you know...? Dot: Oh, alright. Go fire the big gun. Bob: Yes!
"Bad Bob" 2.17 (it's just the numbering system, I haven't watched thirty episodes) Slash: Stealing energy from the core again. Hack: I hope it works this time! Slash: Yeah, he's [Megabyte] getting so depressed.
"Painted Windows" (MY FAVORITE EPISODE, apart from a major arch piece, but those don't count because they HAVE to be your favorites- or it does- just the one) 2.18
Enzo: And, Bob, be careful. Bob: Don't worry, Enzo. I'm sure my good looks and charm will get me through. Eh he he (awkwardly). Enzo: (just blinks and walks away)
Enzo: I hope Bob's doing better than us. Dot: Don't worry, Enzo. Bob wouldn't have gone to meet Hexadecimal without a REALLY good plan. [Cut to Bob and Mike] Mike: THAT'S your whole plan?! Bob: Yep. Mike: And NEITHER of us are expected to survive? Bob: That's right. Mike: [John Wayne impersonation] Well that's not much of a plan, is it, pilgrim?
"AndrAIa" 2.18 (I forgot it was followed by my least favorite episode >.< well, one of two.. there are really funny moments though, despite its terrible character being introduced-ness.)
Bob: [yelling at two sprites] I can't believe you did that! Dot: Problems? Bob: You could say that. These two booted into the game and tried to win it by setting off an explosion capable of destroying a planet! Dot: Bad idea... Bob: Yes. Especially when you're INSIDE THE PLANET! Why'd you do it? Kirk Spoof Sprite: I had to, mister! Bob: [to other Sprite] And all he did was keep saying "Make it so"! Picard Spoof Sprite: And "engage." I said "engage" more times than "make it so," actually.
Phong: Oh, this is bad... Bob: Is it VERY bad? (Referring to his catchphrase, "this is bad, very bad."
"Nullzilla" 2.19
Phong: Do not worry. I have prepared something for just such an emergency. Bob: You're prepared for a giant monster made entirely of nulls stomping around Mainframe? Phong: That is correct. Bob: How do you plan for that? Phong: Uh, lucky guess?
But it is ov-uh. Hoorah! If I wasn't so sleepy, I'd be galloping around the apartment screaming. Except it is Friday, you know, and no one would hear because they are all out drinking. Glorious quietness of these Friday nights! And I arrived home early. La da!
I got back my test from yesterday, which I was pretty sure I BOMBED, but it is randomly an A. Like, I missed two points of fifty. What the heck? I'm thinking divine intervention. Or maybe the teacher just likes me? Maybe, my teacher is a goddess and she likes me. That would be rather convenient. I'll have to remember her, if I ever need to go to war, me and my army of spiders, I mean.
Speaking of spiders, they are amazing. I've been sitting in the corner in the cafeteria because people keep coming up and asking me to join cults and I want to appear anti-social, and there are lots of spiders outside the window there. (Let's just say that excitement leads to run on sentences and misspellings). Anyway, I watched one pounce on and eat up a mosquito! It was AMAZING! Most of the fellows/lassies there just sit with their pretty webs and wait for the buggers (ha...) to come along, but this gal, she was a huntress, not a trapper. Some of the webs are pretty cool though because they're more like holes in the air... like some little fly goes "ooh where does this downward ground-type thingy go" and flies down and is trapped. BWAHAHA. Like a bag, I guess. And lots of little baby spiders slipping around wondering what to do.
And there was a huge spider on the SIXTH FLOOR of the building I have Japanese class in, and I was watching her being huge and very colorful, and wondering if she was poisonous. But I asked someone like a week ago, and he/she (great memory, have I) said that there aren't any poisonous spiders in Japan, which I find suspect, given the tropical-like-ness of the southern regions, but nonetheless will take as true in Tokyo. So the pretty spider was too pretty to ignore, and I am rather like a 3-year-old, so I reached out to one of her legs. I didn't touch it, but she reached back enough to touch me, and we just touched for a few seconds. Then I pulled my finger back, and tried again, and she again reached out to me.
Spiders are very intimate creatures, I think. Maybe she got lonely up there on the sixth floor? In any event, I no longer have any fear of spiders, not that I had much to begin with. I want a spider in my room again- le sob. Oh, I didn't tell you, but Lazarus was spotted in the girls shower, so I think he's just taken to voyeurism. Not dead though. Could be another spider... but I rather like this explanation better.
Did anyone else think that Obama's bid/ win of/for presidency was just a sneaky effort to sell more of his books? Seriously, have you seen his book sales? Seriously? For honests. 'Cause I haven't, but that's what I've been thinking about all week. Let's see..
Ha, an article for you, my pets, for I am a genius: http://blogs.suntimes.com/bookroom/2008/11/victory_boosts_obama_books.html
Except, I would never refer to you as pets, gentle readers, for I respect you too much. Much more than Maynard. I have no respect for my cat. O.O I bet he's reading this and plotting kitty revenge as we speak.
I had my presentation today and my group totally bombed. What the heck? Honestly? But, whatever, it's done, so I won't go on too much about them doing like, nothing v.v I talked for so long that I got a really sore throat and lost my voice, because when it came to their parts, they just stood there going "uh" and I'm not just being mean. It's true. Anyway, group projects obviously caused the ruin of Rome.
Oh, I am now reading the Time Machine again. Like, third time. But, um, wow was I a presumptuous kid because I sure as heck didn't understand it before. Everything is all, sensible and stuff, suddenly. I really like it, so far. I only pretended to before because, well, fourth graders usually only read Wells to sound cool and smart, and impress their teachers. Wow, I haven't changed much.
Ego flopping to the ground and burying itself 6 feet deep...
Why didn't anyone post a comment on that AMAZING MARVEL/DC video? Did you see it's amazingness? It puts the AWE in awesome and then SOME. It reminds me of Winamp as it "Really kicks the llamas ass," as they say. Honestly. "There's a sale at Penny's!" Classic!
Anyway, I didn't do any Nanowriting yesterday because I got home so late. Ugh, yesterday was like the sun exploding. Except freezing, so like after the explosion, assuming we randomly didn't go plunging into Venus or something. And survived? No more metaphors for me! Anyway, I was basically at school from 8 AM to 8PM, which is just a long time to be at school, especially with an hour+ commute time. But now that I whine about it, it was much worse last year. But Seattle's different... it's all, I can get a ride home at 10:00+ PM and not have to worry about the last trains. Whatever. If you don't understand me, it just means that I'm ridiculously intelligent beyond anyone's grasp and you should make me your queen. I am convinced that this is the reason behind Albee getting Tonys. O.O Apart from the funniness. D'oh.
If you didn't notice, I'm trying to make this entry especially long to make up for the nothingness of yesterday's post. Plus, Liz writes like a novel with every post and I'm like the description on the back of the book short. The word "like" denotes simile versus metaphor, for those of you keeping track of how many times I lie to my gentle readers.
My birthday's next week. Yay? I won't be doing anything to celebrate. I might go to a bar next weekend? I could go this weekend though... Seriously, we're going for half price appetizers with purchase of drink at Applebee's when I return. And you're buying, punk. Honestly, how did you get so cheap?
O.O I really hope my mom didn't read that.
Then again, she probably did.
Anyway...
I'm going to get to my writing and maybe watch a movie or restart the ReBoot watching process. I am Guardian 452, if you didn't know. And now I fall into quotes and end:
"I come from the net. Through systems, peoples, and cities, to this place: Mainframe. My format: Guardian, to mend and defend. To defend my newfound friends, their hopes and dreams. To defend them from... their enemies! They say that the user lives outside the net and inputs games for pleasure. No one knows for sure, but I intend to find out! ReBoot!"
Oh Bob! Loves! <3
Edit: By the by, I heard my favorite song on the train this morning. A young fellow was listening to his headphones too loud, and it was Konayuki (粉雪) by Remioromen. Which is my favorite song. If you didn't know. You can hear/watch it if you want:
And it's late, so I'll complain to you tomorrow. Something to look forward to! Yay! Yipee! Twirl around the room and run nose first into the bookcase! But it doesn't hurt! Because we said it with an EXPLANATION POINT!
Edit: OK, but I watched the new Marvel/DC and Joker's controlling the heroes using nanotechnology- the same technology in Jake 2.0's bloodstream that MAKES him a superhero. Whoa... My spidey sense is all a-tingle.
And it's the funniest one in a long while. I love Gobby.
Because I'm too weary to study. I'm wearied to my whiskers, and my retnas, and my marrow, and my ribs. But not too wearied to type or attempt a poem and end it right there.
I had a whole plan of what I was going to type and it zipped away, soon as I opened my mind. Stubbornness would have saved me.
Anyway, if I think of it, I'll actually put something here.
Ah, I thought of it but it's depressing. Here, I'll just post the Post Secret. So, someone mailed this in, this is their thought, and I merely wonder if it's true, and worry:
It says "It's only a matter of time." It does seem true that whenever a black man rises to receive any degree of influence or power, he gets shot down. Booker T. doesn't count, because he conformed to white standards and helped put down members of his own race to elevate himself.
But, anyway, regardless of your politics, I hope that you're praying for President Elect Obama, because whether you believe he deserves the presidency or not, he certainly deserves to live. And if you are one of those people who voices your opinion about politicians/figures you disagree with through the terms, "want to put a bullet in their head" or some such nonsense, please take a minute and think about what you're really saying. This is a human life. It frustrates me, because we're better than that. Sometimes, I wonder how we haven't yet risen above the impulse to slaughter.
Even if it is natural for humans to kill each other, we're evolving creatures and you'd think we'd evolve past this. There has to be something else we can do with all this rage.
Yoga?
Sorry, bad joke. Really bad joke. I'm going to study now. Just ignore the man behind the curtain!
Psyche! It's too late. Anyway, trying to shy away from political views because people from both sides read this, the election is, if nothing else, over. And we've made history! And I'm getting political...
So, I went to that language group today. Maybe I forgot to write about it at all but anyway there were fliers about the school asking people to join this language group as tutors or to be tutored and I contacted them a weekish ago. So they asked me to do an English table. Basically, once a month anyone who wants to speak in English for an hour comes to this specific table to eat. Anyway, the girl I spoke with just told me to show up. But it turned out I was the only native English speaker and they expected me to have some sort of plan. D'oh! Anyway, we just talked for an hour in English and that was that. Except they kept wanting ME to talk which I think defeated the purpose. I don't need to practice my English... it is perfect. Or perfect enough. Don't you give me that look, mister.
Anywho, one of the guys kept saying dirty things and he didn't realize it. So I tried to explain that it was dirty but I think I didn't do a good job. And the other lady didn't explain it well in Japanese either >.< Anyway, I hope he kinda got the idea that you shouldn't talk about certain things unless you're trying to flirt with/come on to someone. Ex: He asked me about my room, what time I go to bed, "what did you do last night?" It just sounds dirty >.< And "costume play" vs "cosplay." Cosplay is fun and otakuish, costume play sounds like S and M. To me, anyway. There's no point in arguing, it's done!
I'm reading The Tale of Despereaux and should be done tomorrow because it goes very quickly. It is perty darned cute. I'm excited for the movie! I also got Faust by Goethe (not Marlowe or any other random playwright, the original German dude) for my IRL book club. Took for durned ever to find it, because it was with the German books and German and English look exactly the durn same when it's just names, such as Faust and Goethe. Needless to say, I aged fifty years in that library, and lost my sight entirely. Which defeats the purpose of finding the book. Drat!
What else? The test was today and there's another tomorrow. I am too sleepy to think about having so many tests, and a presentation on Friday gah!!! And we start discussing Tale of Genji tomorrow, which, if you didn't know, is thicker than a phonebook. Let's see, it is 1,118 pages and weights approximately 3 pounds. First three chapters are meant to be read by class tomorrow, so I'll try to do it during my break (don't you give me that "you slacker" roll of the eye. It's a LONG break.. well, long enough!)
The lady at the fruit stand gave me this free dessert thingy. Or some other customers bought it for me. I wasn't 100% clear except that it was put in my basket by one of them and not added to my bill. The other customers were talking with the fruit stand lady and she told them that I come in from time to time to buy fruit (what else? It's a fruit stand. Japanese is redundant.), so she gives me discounts. I kinda thought she might be, but wasn't sure. How did I understand this? She speaks crazy fast! I think she thinks all I know is "thank you" and "thank you very much" and "thanks" but it's just not true. What a sneaky tongue I have. Rawr.
I have a fever... still?!?!? Or... again?!?!??! What the heck? Why can't the weekend just be here already so I can sleep it off again. But, better this time, 'cause I actually won't be sick. Yeah. Brilliant plan. Yay to me.
Those neighbors keep up their volume level and I'ma bust a Lord of the Flies in their [expletive deleted by God, for reasons that are mysterious because, well, he's GOD.... or she is.... it? They? Oh the mysteries continue!]. Anyway....
Actually, I've just been listening to music instead of watching TV on DVD because I only have two episodes of Angel left and then I'm completely done with Buffy/Angel and I just LOVE Angel and Spike's relationship. They are ridiculously funny together. I'll try to find a funny clip to post when I get a chance. I just tried and it won't be entirely quick. Durn Youtube and Copyright infringement laws being obeyed and stuff.
And stuff.
Anyway, big test tomorrow. Thus, everyone's up studying and making a racket. Like to take a racket to their behinds. grr. Oh, I'm being unhappy again, which is just unpleasant. That might even be in the definition. Whoa, you just blew my mind. Or, I just blew my mind?
Sh, don't tell anyone but I'm having an affair. On Seriously You're Joking Mr Feynman, Breaking into Japanese Literature, Aesop's Fables, and Faust/Hero with a Thousand Faces. O.O I'm taking a break to read a book about a rat so I can see the movie when I visit my mommy in December.
Oh, I'm visiting home in December. I don't much intend to leave the actual home though. O.o Like at all. Just stay in bed and be fed. With cats. Ah... Make up for lost sleep. Hoorah!
What else? Oh, I think that putting my iTunes on random is like listening to the radio because I have so much randomness on there it is ridiculous. I'm listening to a song and I'm like "this is nice, I should get it" but I already have it... 'cause it's my mix! It's just a bit huge and messy. I think I put three songs into my shorter, organized list today, which is a big deal O.O because I barely do that.
Almost halfway done with my Nanowrimo story. Hoorah! Um, except it's pretty much unreadable because it turned out really dark. Yeah, who knew? Well, I mean, I was expecting that because it happens every year because it is stressful trying to write a book in a month but I didn't think it would be THIS dark. Hoorah run on sentence. So, you pretty much can't ever read it
-_-
That was a bit carrot-hanging ish. Run my little ponies!
I need to go to sleep and stop harassing the one of you who stuck with me through this insanity. Loves!
Except, I saw P.S. I Love You in theatres yesterday and I'd meant to type about that a tad. I love that movie. I don't care if it's silly, I love it. I love everyone in it. It makes me feel many things with a happy ending that takes all the hurt away. The music's great, even if they did put a random Japanese song at the end since we're in Japan. And I understood nearly all of the subtitles, which made me REALLY happy. Um, but some of the translations were insanely wrong. Like "hung like a horse" was translated into Japanese as "sexy." That is not what that means. And I'm durned sure you can say that in Japanese. You can say that in every language. That's 'cause men like to hear it O.O OMG, I hope my mother got bored and stopped reading.
It's true. I tried many times, and it came out pure whine. Like one long groan. Very ugly to read, because it basically just looked like
UUUUUWAAAAAAAHHHHGUUUUU or something
which is just not pretty to look at, even abbreviated.
Thus, I tell you that I remain sick, busy with school, cold (cannot figure out the heater), and Nanowriming. I will respond to your e-mails, I promise! There were a lot the last few days and I'm trying to reply to the older ones first >.< It doesn't mean I don't love you- glomp!
Gah, sorry for the lame entry. Oh, someone tried to recruit me into a cult today. That was interesting. Um, good night!
So I finally bit the bullet and figured out how the calories work on my foodstuffs. I remember studying at some point in school that food labels in the US are actually kilocalorized in disguise- the capital C in calories denotes a kilocalorie, but I figured that secretly I pulled this out of my butt some years ago and just held onto it like a safety blanket. So, today, it was with anxious, overly-bendy fingers, that I approached Google.com. I put in the information: "How many calories are in a kilocalorie?" and died when it blinked
1 kilocalorie = 1000 calories
"OMG, one slice of cheese has 6,600 calories?! Wait... "
Luckily, very luckily, I have a brain that knows that one slice of cheese cannot possibly have two/three times the intended calorie intake for a day. That would just be one very fatty piece of cheese. Seriously, how would they manage that? Make it like, Cheese-zilla. And this, this is a regular-sized cheese slice.
So I read on, everything, and by everything, I mean I clicked two links. And, as it turns out, my genius butt-removed information is correct. Therefore, I just read the kCals as Cals. Which means the cheese slice is 66 calories and my mini KitKat bars, which I figured were my undoing because I cannot help but eat two a day, are 100 calories a pair. Oh.
It's true. Oh, btw, the only way I can sound unsick and disgusting on the phone is to use a Southern accent, so that's what I've been doing. Very exciting. I'm sure you are jumping out of your seat, thrusting your hands skyward, and shouting "weeeee!" at the top of your lungs as I type this. Mellow down, gentle reader, for there is more to tell.
I watched this movie:
It's trying to win best short at the Academy Awards, which are a long way away, so you should watch it and give it a five star rating, because it blew my mind! Honestly, I kept wanting to think the narrative was lame-o but it was amazing. The twist even more so. It's beautiful as well! I just loved this, I wish they would use that as an intro and make a full-length film. But then, maybe not, because it is PERFECT.
I'll probably watch a few more of the hopefuls, because it doesn't take long, and they put a lot of effort into it, and I'm sick and ain't goin' nowhere, so I's mights as wells. Random pluralization. What the hey-ho?
Anyway, Nanowrimo began, and I'm about 20% through. I'll probably get a few more chapters done today because, again, what else am I gonna do? Reread The Goat and make notes on the stage directions and things Albee references. Then do a comparison to Aristotle's definition of Greek comedy/tragedy and see if it fits. Very exciting/not. I think I should probably wash my face. I just got up an hour ago (see, sleeping 14ish hours means you're HELLA SICK, so no judging). I mean, one judge and I'll take YOUR temperature, not orally. Rawr.
You should adopt a kitten or cat. Seriously, there are so many in the Seattle area (unless you aren't in Seattle, then get her/him in the Phoenix area or whatnot) that just want some lovin'. Like a spoonful, at least. Ha. I love that band.
They sing one of my favorite songs, Darling Be Home Soon:
Lyrics:
Come And talk of all the things we did today Here And laugh about our funny little ways While we have a few minutes to breathe Then I know that it's time you must leave
But darling be home soon I couldn't bear to wait an extra minute if you dawdled My darling be home soon It's not just these few hours but I've been waiting since I toddled For the great relief of having you to talk to
And now A quarter of my life is almost past I think I've come to see myself at last And I see that the time spent confused Was the time that I spent without you And I feel myself in bloom
So darling be home soon I couldn't bear to wait an extra minute if you dawdled My darling be home soon It's not just these few hours but I've been waiting since I toddled For the great relief of having you to talk to
------ instrumental break ------
Darling be home soon I couldn't bear to wait an extra minute if you dawdled My darling be home soon It's not just these few hours but I've been waiting since I toddled For the great relief of having you to talk to
Go And beat your crazy head against the sky Try And see beyond the houses and your eyes It's ok to shoot the moon
So darling My darling be home soon I couldn't bear to wait an extra minute if you dawdled My darling be home soon It's not just these few hours but I've been waiting since I toddled For the great relief of having you to talk to
I love that the love he feels in this instance isn't even focused on the sexual. He just wants her to talk to. That's really sweet. Love love love this song. I hope you enjoy the vids. I'll post more as the day goes on, since that's what I'm mostly doing.
Edit: I also watched this movie, which is much longer, but equally AMAZING. The type of animation, silhouette animation, I think, is lovely, and the story certainly sounds much like the works of the authors on which it is based, Poe and Verne.
