Thursday, August 24, 2006

I'm feeling a lot better now that I'm in school and getting out of the house everyday (I have classes all week). The only thing I'm not liking is the insane amount of homework in algebra and the general idiocy of the "Introduction to Computing" class. I have friends that know more about computers than my teacher does. Hell, I feel like I know more sometimes. I actually don't run Windows XP on any of the computers I use, and the course is based on Windows XP. v_v; I feel like to learn anything practical, I should just talk to my father or read one of the many books we have on the subject of computers, software, and all that crap.

Anyway, let's talk about something a little more superficial. I've been trying to write a little drabble about Sudou to prove I can write this character and can probably role play this character (which goes back to this "RP contest" between Rihito-kun and I. I realize I haven't mentioned it in forever, but we talk about it from time to time). He was a bit shocked when I said I wanted to RP Sudou, with a good reason, I guess. If you don't know, Sudou is psychotic, almost borderline, and schizophrinec (it's never directly stated in the game, but that's what I've gathered based on his symptoms). He's an interesting character, but he's hard to characterize. To make it easier to try to characterize him and get into his mind, I found a song that's sort of associated with him. It's a creepy song that is also really catchy.

I was listening to that song last night as I was writing. It eventually got to the point where I didn't realize I was even hearing it, so everything was going well. I was writing things down as I thought about them, and I thought I was doing a decent job of thinking like Sudou. A few hours later, I realized it was 4:00 am and definately time to go to bed. I could still get four hours of sleep before I'd have to get up and go to class... or at least I thought. I laid back on the couch and closed my eyes. That song was stuck in my head! I was getting really creeped out, and I jumped at the slightest sound, and when my cat came out of the shadows and jumped on me, I think I literally jumped off the couch and yelped! It was just my pony cat, but everything was really creepy at that point. So, I spent the night sitting up on the couch wide awake.

Falling asleep in algebra is not a good way to start the day. It doesn't help that the instructor lectures for the first 20-30 minutes in a 50 minute class. And when I got home, I hated almost everything I wrote last night because it was incoherent, even for Sudou. There's one part of his characterization I totally overlooked. He can actually be calm, and when he acts calm, he's actually pretty intelligent.

Oh, I'm going to go do my homework. On the plus side, I only have algebra tomorrow, so I can go home and sleep afterwards. I still have to come up with some sort of solution for this not sleeping thing, too... v_v;

Take care, everyone.

--Joker


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