Friday, February 25, 2005

It smells like Arsenic Silver in here.

This post title goes out to all you science geeks out there. ~_^

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Mimmi- Oh, it was just some Greek mosaic. The "thing" was almost small to the point that you could barely make it out.

Actually, I remember when I was in his grade, I actually went over a Zeus statue's special area in MS Paint, but it was more for humor than keeping Jesus from crying.

Tony- Ah, I thought so. At one point in time, that would have been a Family Guy reference, but by now that phrase has become part of my everyday vocabulary, heh.

Shin- I'm glad somebody's with me. When I do it, you'd think my parents just saw me sacrificing the blood of virgins to Bahamut.

Lewna- Eh, I have my ups and downs. It's more cynicism than anything, though.

Godel- Wonderful!

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Wewt, my Etro Anime CD finally came in. They're that jazzy electronic group out of New York that did the song in the Digital Devil Saga trailer.

The case itself is very nice. Instead of the typical plastic affair it's a more paper-ish material, which I've found is more common with techno cases, for whatever reason. The art is nice and simple, but oddly evoking. The label design itself is so enigmatic that, at one point, I found myself just staring blankly at it.

The music itself, however.. Well, let me give you a bit of backstory. Generally, whenever I listen to new music that I purchased, I feel rather unimpressed with it for one reason or another. Perhaps I just feel like I didn't get my money's worth, or something stingy like that, but as always, I grow to accept it. Etro Anime is no different.. I'm really enjoying most of the songs at this point.

So yeah, it's a good buy, and if you're interested in electronica (Here's looking at you, James ~_^), I'd even recommend it.

Perhaps a new theme is on the way, inspired by one of the songs? *strokes chin thoughtfully*

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The IB saga continued today as I took the entrance exam dealie. It was at the high school itself, rather late in the day by my standards, but wonderfully enough the students actually get released at that time. My junior high, as I'm sure some of you know, has planted seeds in my mind that tell me that all people are evil and it is bad to be around people you don't know because they're all jerks. I set up a strategic little avoidance setup, but fortunately one of my good friends suddenly popped up, and for one reason or another I then had reason to throw the plan out the window and just walk in.

The test itself was held in the library, which I've never been inside before. The school is fairly new (If I heard right, it's about seven years old), and the library is pretty nice. There's a big high ceiling, with a decent number of books. It seems that, no matter what level of education you're at, you still have to cope with all of these stupid "Reading is good for you! :D" posters, though. I got over those in second grade.

They have the same English teacher do all of the pre-IB initiation stuff, it seems. He's one of those enthusiastic, youngish-acting teachers who tries to level with the kids but tends to fail. We had a tiny lecture from him, and got on with the testing.

The first part was just analyzing a poem by Robert Frost, and relating it to real life. It was hardly a challenge- the poem was practically blatant and non-metaphorical. I just sort of rambled for a bit, savoring the one writing assignment where I'm not held down by the shackles of.. THAT essay format, if just for a couple of hours.

Then there was a 40-something question reading comprehension thing. Simple. I found it interesting how IB is designed for well-rounded advanced students, yet the entrance exam is based entirely off of English skills. Not that that is a problem for me.

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I'm dying to play Unreal Tournament 2004 now. I've come to the conclusion that Counter-Strike is just my own sort of compensation, as my mind is lacking any decent online gaming-ness. And now, between UT2004 and GuildWars, hopefully that will all change.

I just had to throw something gamey in there. It just wouldn't be one of my updates without it.

EDIT: Oh yeah, I saw the Splinter Cell novel in Waldenbooks today. I find it funny how it says "TOM CLANCY'S Splinter Cell" in huge bold letters at the top, and at the bottom:

"...By the guy that actually wrote it." Though I paraphrase.

Now that's genius marketing in action.
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