Monday, December 20, 2004

Quit Blowing Each Other Up On iTunes: "Made for TV Movie" Incubus I have a dentist appointment tomorrow. Hold me. >_<;; It dropped below freezing last night. Or at least, it got to freezing. So it's starting to look like it's going to be permanently cold now. The sun is shining, though, and there's not a cloud in the sky - gorgeous weather. I don't mind the cold so much when there's sunshine to go with it. Which is why I hate Tallahassee in the winter, but alas. Tallahassee. I'm looking forward to my spring classes, which is a huge relief to me. Some of that "love of learning" is coming back, now that the semester from hell is over. Thank the freaking lord. I have a dentist appointment tomorrow. I hate the dentist. Holy mother of god, I don't want to go. T.T There's a random dog running around in our yard and I think my sister and brother just went out to chase it. My family frequently reverts back to childlike behavior when it comes to cute animals. Especially dogs. We love our dogs. OH YEAH. I saw the movie Closer last night and I really, really liked it. It's a little intense (^_^;;) but there's some really spectacular acting in it. The soundtrack also caught my attention as being quite splendid, so I might look into buying that soon. Good movies, good times. ..... stupid dentist. *sob*

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Sunday, December 19, 2004

Out Of The Fucking Blue On iTunes: Not actually iTunes; it's on the tv, some classical stuff. I think the title says "Hero and Leander" but I'm not sure. EDIT: 8:39 ... Commentary! Shin: That's such a horribly sad story. You've got to be able to market that.. people love the tragic and pathetic. Panda: God, don't remind me. I think I've got to go out tomorrow and finish or I'll just go insane. Good luck, comrade, and may the Christmas Force be with you! Charlie I wanted to do that so many times, but I don't think I'm quite at that level of deviousness. Not yet. Ask me tomorrow, though. >_>; Baron: Yes, it is much too tempting for its own good. ^_^;; Sykle: I always try and get nice, meaningful gifts for my family, then some cool/goofy gifts for select friends, and then cards for everybody else. This year, I'm making scarves for half the people I know, which does wonders for holiday spending, heh. Don't know what you want? Fine, have a scarf, bitch. You'll wear it, and you'll like it. ....Ahem. Sarah: You would so take the fat woman down. If only I could be there to share in the moment. That's true holiday spirit right there. Beautiful. *sheds tear* Azure: Material .. girl? .... are you sure? *peeks under skirt* ;P I find it slightly interesting how I actually update fewer times when I come home, even though I technically have much more time to get things done. Although, I also share a computer with four other people, and my mom starts to nag when I've been on here for longer than an hour. As far as I'm aware, she doesn't do that to anybody else in this house. I have an interesting relationship with my mother, though, and that's another story for another day entirely. Anyway. I've finished a couple scarves, so hopefully I'll get those sent out Monday or so. Not having a car becomes more of a significant problem when I'm at home instead of in Tallahasse. There's all sorts of crap on campus, including a post office, so I can pretty much walk just about anywhere. I suppose it wouldn't kill me to walk places here, either, but half the side walks are torn up because there is construction everywhere. Some of it looks to finish up soon (soon=the next couple months, probably), while some of it has just started and will take much longer (much longer=the rest of my freaking life). I might suck it up, though. Haven't finished Christmas shopping yet because I don't know what to get half of my family members. I know that I'm at least making something for all of them, but I really wanted to add a few other things to that. I like to give gifts, whether I make them or not, and they know this, and it aggravates me when they don't give me any definite ideas to shop for. I especially hate that, "Oh, I don't really want anything." Bull. Shit. First of all, it's freaking Christmas, everybody wants something. You know you're going to get a gift, so you might as well make sure you get something you actually want, right? Number two, as I've previously mentioned, I enjoy buying things for people, and this is common knowledge. There's no need to act shy or humble, especially when you share my blood - I know you are not either of these things! Come on, now. Shopping in general has been a negative experience this season. I went with my sister yesterday and she drove me crazy. There's too many people in general. And again, when I don't know what I want to buy, it doesn't help matters. Both my parents have been working a lot, especially my mom, and they're both just getting over colds, as well. Tempers have been short, and as usual, every body is annoyed with every body. Except for my brother, who manages to remain completely aloof to everything. As usual. Today was partially relaxing and partially boring. I read a book by Guy Gavriel Kay and that made me exceedingly happy, but apart from the book I was also exceedingly bored. Played some Starfox, watched Elf, did a little writing, played some more Starfox. I kind of wanted to get out of the house and go see "Closer" but my sister took the car to get ice cream with her friend and I didn't really feel like being terribly social and calling somebody up. I'm being entirely pathetic right now, and it's disgusting. Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day, but it's not looking good. Must remember the little blessings. Must ... remember .... arrrgggghh.

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Thursday, December 16, 2004

Three, Two, One, Let's Go On iTunes: Moo. There are NEW STICKIES in the Arena, so please check them out next time you head over there. I got my grades for the semester today. Two As in Art and Lit, a B+ in Italian, and a C+ in History of Asia. I'm not thrilled at all with the C, but it was a hard course and the semester did not provide a very promising beginning for me. Still, there was so much I could have done to pull my grade up. I'm not disappointed in the grade, because it was what I earned. I'm disappointed with myself because I suck. So. Later today (as in at an appropriate hour, instead of this crazy early morning shit I keep pulling) me and Jen will be heading over to Universal with some friends to check out Grinchmas and the Macy's Parade. That should be pretty fun, although it's been pretty chilly here lately. Not Charlie-Ohio cold (you poor son of a bitch), but cold nonetheless. I whipped out my winter coat today. It was in the closet next to my grandmother's (the dead one), so I walked around smelling slightly of old woman. It was ... nostalgic. >_>; Yeah, so I should go to bed and dream of sugar plums or hot naked guys or something nice like that. Warm, warmer, disco.

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Tuesday, December 14, 2004

Check Out My Huge Talents On iTunes: "Driving One of Your Cars" Lisa Miskovsky The background is now lightened, so hopefully you all won't go entirely blind now when you read this. I did some Christmas shopping yesterday with my mom and my sister. It was nice. Got something for my brother and some candy cane truffles for my friend Meg. I know what I want to get for Babs and Lauren, but I'll pick those up Thursday or Friday at Barnes and Noble. My mom works there, so we get a 30% discount. It's very lovely. I don't really know what I'm going to get for anybody else in my family, though. I've been trying to think of stuff, but I'm drawing blanks. I think I'm going to make my mom and my sister scarves, although that's not really enough. I would make my dad and my brother scarves, but I don't think they'd actually use them, so that's kind of pointless. It's especially hard to come up with things when half my family is like, "Oh, I don't really want anything." Blaaaaargh. Speaking of scarves, though. I've decided that I'm going to take requests. So if you would like me to make you a scarf, PM me with your color preference and your address (unless I already have it). The colors I have are: Edwardian, Tudor, Windsor, Coral Gables, and this color called Night Sky. Except mine isn't gray, it's more of a very dark blue with lighter highlights; if you go here, I have Natural (pretty much white), Forest Shades, and then this color that isn't on their website, which is a sort of maroon/magenta color that has speckles of purple, orange, red, and pink (it's very pretty, actually). If you'd like a color that I don't have, then you can send me $5 and I'll go buy it. Supplies are limited, especially with that first batch of colors. ^_~ I'm sleepy and a little bored. It's been a very lazy break so far.

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Monday, December 13, 2004

Crazy Newness And Stuff On iTunes: "Something is Wrong" Phantom Planet As you can see I'm currently testing out a new, spiffy background-ness for my posts. A ginormous thanks to Azure who helped me figure out some of the crazy table HTML. I'm still trying to decide if I like it or not, though, so I expect you all to let me know what you think. That would be swell. In other news, I bought the Margaret Atwood book that a bunch of us talked about last night on AIM. Oryx and Crake. It should be a good read. If anybody wants to join in the book fun, Shy was going to make a thread some time soon about it in Anthology, so keep your eyes peeled. ^_^

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Sunday, December 12, 2004

Quiz of Triliciousness On iTunes: "Santa Baby" Madonna THREE NAMES YOU GO BY: 1. Meg 2. Meggie-poo (don't ask) 3. "Hey Rachel Leigh Cook girl!" THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD: 1. onnasama 2. Arcadelicious 3. studded_tonfa THREE THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF: 1. My body 2. My sense of humor (which, admittedly, is sometimes a little strange) 3. My love of writing and all things English/Literature based. THREE THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF: 1. The way I seem to attract certain types of guys 2. My lack of motivation recently 3. How I react to said guys when they decide they like me and I don't like them THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE: 1. German 2. Irish 3. I think I'm like 5% Native American, or something crazy like that. THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU: 1. Falling 2. Failing 3. Commitment THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS: 1. Music 2. Caffeine 3. Colorful pens/markers/sharpies THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW: 1. A scarf I made last night (it's so pretty and I'm so freaking talented, I love it) 2. Jeans 3. Bobby-pins .. in my hair. THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS (or artists at the moment): 1. Muse 2. Bruce Springsteen 3. Yoko Kanno THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS AT PRESENT: 1. "Sunburn" - Muse 2. "No Reply" - from Cowboy Bebop 3. "Something is Wrong" - Phantom Planet THREE NEW THINGS YOU WANT TO TRY IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS: 1. Studying ahead of time 2. Being more upfront with people 3. Studying abroad THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP (love is a given): 1. Laughter 2. Independence 3. Friendship TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE if you can guess the lie, you are amazing: 1. I adore Disney movies 2. I still like the Spice Girls 3. I don't like grilled cheese THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX THAT APPEAL TO YOU: 1. Dark (crazy) hair and eyes 2. Artistic and/or musical ability 3. Their hips, mmm... THREE THINGS YOU JUST CAN'T DO: 1. Climb a ladder without at least two other people helping me (moral support included) 2. Math 3. Date a guy who doesn't have the same or similar beliefs that I have THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES: 1. Writing anything, except poetry - I don't think I'm very good at it. 2. Reading anything 3. Dancing around with friends while singing loudly to music THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW: 1. Go outside and talk to the bird sitting by the window 2. See Phantom of the Opera (as well as some other movies, like the Series of Unfortunate Events one) 3. Read more Guy Gavriel Kay books THREE CAREERS YOU'RE CONSIDERING: 1. Becoming a professor of English (specifically literature, short stories, Shakespeare) 2. Write stories for a living (perhaps while I'm a professor somewhere) 3. An Editor THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION: 1. Italy 2. Spain 3. Russia THREE KID'S NAMES: 1. Jude 2. Julia 3. Gabriel THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE: 1. Travel, see the Great Wall of China, castles in Ireland, stonehedge and other standing stones in England, see a sunken ship up close, other wordly things/places 2. Accomplish something, create a legacy, like a book, or a family, or world peace, or something 3. Have sex (ha ha) THREE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO TAKE THIS QUIZ NOW OR DIE PAINFULLY: 1. Shim Shim Sharoo 2. Charlie 3. Sara

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Friday, December 10, 2004

Yeah, I'm fabulously beautiful. Go ahead and hate me. On iTunes: Maroon 5 It is so not 2 o'clock in the morning! Okay, maybe it is. I'm heading home tomorro-- ..er, later today. Not quite done packing, but I don't expect my dad to be in before noon. And even if in some crazy, miraculous alternate universe he is here at noon, there's no big rush to get back. It'll just be a cool, easy drive. The first hour and a half will be spend with non-stop jibber-jabber as me and Jen tell him all about finals and our friends and our late night movies (and what have you), and then we'll drift into that period where we sing along with the radio or the CD or whatever's playing, with occasional comments. And then, about an hour after that, any sleepiness will kick in and somebody might doze off. Preferably not my father (not to be picky or anything - just throwing it out there). I think my history exam went pretty well this morning. I feel like I did all right. I was pretty confident, more than I have been for any of his other tests. Funny how studying works like that. I should read more often. What a novel idea! [pause for pun to sink in] I also got my Lit2020 grade back. Something like, oh, a perfect grade - 100.3% , yeah baby! I'm so cool. Packing, yeah. I should work on that. I should eventually throw a shower into the mix as well. Bathing is cool. Mm-hmm.

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Tuesday, December 7, 2004

My Milkshake Brings All The Boys To The Yard On iTunes: Stupid tv I think it's obvious that I've made some changes around myOtaku. Yes, I took away the cute little welcome girl. Maybe she'll come back some day. But right now, I was in a very bright, primary colors kind of mood and Mr. Lichenstein helps to fill that quota very nicely. There's a table background that I'll eventually get working (who wants to help with that? Don't raise your hands all at once, now), and it will make the site. Right now though, it's just .. blah. Anyway. One final down, two more to go. Italian went all right, definitely passed it, hoping for a good, steady B. I'd be ecstatic with an A, but really, that's not going to happen. I also got back my art project, and on it Ksenia let me know that I got an A overall in the course, so I know I've got two solid A's this semester (including Lit, which I could never get a B in and live to tell about it). That makes me really happy, and I don't feel so terribly about the C I might get in history. That test is Thursday, so let's all hope I do really well on it so it bumps my grade up into B territory. Come on kids, you can do it. I did some quick browsing on the boards today in between studying, testing, and more studying. I feel pretty bad about the boards right now because there's so much going on and I feel like I've been slacking off a lot. The Square and the Inn have thankfully been pretty constant lately, but there's a few things that have yet to go up in the Arena that really need to be finished and I just haven't had the chance to do that yet. So, knowing that I've got A's in half of my classes really, really makes me feel better because I know that all this time spent not working on the boards hasn't been a complete and utter waste. I've got to finish up this stupid "take-home final" for my Lit2020 class. It's due 8 AM tomorrow, and I don't have any tests tomorrow, so I can stay up late and get it done and then sleep in. That sounds pretty nice. Maybe I'll wake up tomorrow, go get some pancakes, and then hit the books for History. And then, I'll be done. Done! Freeeeddooom!! [/end bad Braveheart impression]

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Monday, December 6, 2004

At Least Somebody Got the Elf Reference. On iTunes: "Time Is Running Out" Muse I'm so guilty of slacking in every aspect of my life right now. It's both humorous and incredibly frustrating and it's made a little worse by the fact that I still don't really care about anything. Well, that's not true. I do care. But apparently not enough to get it in gear. I don't understand what's wrong with me this semester, but I hope that whatever's going on in my head gets cleared up over winter break so I can get that fresh start that spring is supposed to be about. Stupid finals. I went to Borders today with some friends and I bought an iced coffee and it was good. I also bought three little Lindor truffles: two dark chocolate with mint filling and one milk chocolate with the creamy chocolate filling. I intend to eat at least one of them some time tonight, and it will be delicious. I also spotted my sister for a Christmas CD that she really wanted, as well as this Tarot book that I was looking at for a while. Funny story there, too. I was sitting in that aisle, reading through all the funny divination books, and this guy comes up to me and holds out this book, something like The Satanist Nurses, and says, "Here, you should be pretty interested in that," with this stupid, smug little grin, thinking he's a bad ass now. I just stared at him, and after a second, I replied, "No, no I would not." And then I took a sip of my coffee. He laughed, and mumbled something, and wandered off. The schmuck. That kind of ignorance is silly. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and believe that he was just joking around, but for anyone to honestly believe that any and all people who play around with palm reading or runes or tarot cards (or what have you) are automatically devil worshippers .... well, you're just fucking stupid. I bite my thumb at you. Anyway. So I bought that book and since I spent over $30, I got a big discount on this cuddly bear, so I bought him too. He has glasses. That makes him an intellectual bear. I have an Italian final tomorrow that I've not yet studied enough for. It's at 3:00, so I'm planning to wake up and study for a couple hours, but I should really do some more tonight. I'd much rather play with my new book and continue working on my first scarf. But alas. Blaaaaaargh. What a mess. I'm such a mess. Somebody clean me up.

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"You're sitting on a throne of lies!" On iTunes: Nothing... it's 1:51 in the morn! Well, I understand things a lot better now, and it's not really making the situation any better. This is like the fourth time I've gone through this and I'm telling you, it's getting pretty old. I have no idea how the fuck this happens, but it never fails. I feel like a horrible person because I never like the guy back, and I know I can't help that, but there's not really a great appreciation of logic where feelings are concerned. ANYWAY. It's officially finals week, so if you don't see me for a few days, it's because I've dug myself a hole somewhere with my books and am trying to play catch up for a couple weeks worth of reading in two days. Sounds like fun, doesn't it? Also, I've learned how to crouchet! So I'm making scarves for all of my friends. It's a surprising amount of fun, actually, and it's way cheaper than buying a bunch of gifts for everybody for the holidays. And I feel so crafty! It's so wonderful, lol. I'd also like to give all those whom write back and forth with me that I'm heading back to Orlando Friday for break, and won't be back to Tally until early January, so ... if you want to write over the holidays and you don't have my home address, PM and I'll give it to you. If you want to write and you don't have any of my addresses, PM me and I'll maybe I'll give them to you. ^_~ Good luck on finals, every one! Comments (11) | Permalink Pages (42): [ First ][ Previous ] 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 [ Next ] [ Last ]