Wednesday, September 14, 2005

   Still alive . . . well, more or less . . . . .
You'll have to excuse the absence. It seems I suddenly came down with a rather debilitating illness. Kind of a funny story, actually . . .
So on Monday, I still had this swollen gland in my neck and it was tender, so I went to a doctor to have it checked out. I also had a bit of a headache, so I figured I'd ask about that too. Anyway, he asked me the regular questions. Y'know, "how's your weight?" "appetite?" "throat hurt?" Pretty much all of those I said no.

Later that night, I suffered a HUGE chill. I was shivering really bad and stuff, and took a hot shower to warm up before going to bed. That helped for a while . . . . . then it exploded into an all-out fever. My body temperature was completely outta whack. I'd lie in bed, and my chest would get really hot though my arms were really cold; my feet would be freezing but my back would be sweating. All the while I had a drilling headache . . . from about midnight to almost 3am I was pretty much travelling out of my room from couch to guestroom to couch trying to find a better place to sleep . . . . . in any case I finally took a couple more Tylenol, and I was able to rest a bit better . . . . but damn, those were like, the longest 3 hours ever - heh, I seriously considered waking someone up to take me to the emergency room or something . . .

Anyway, Tuesday I stayed home instead of going to class (sucky), and went to another doctor with "new" information about myself. He gave me a prescription. Hopefully that does something for me soon. Right now I still feel a bit woozy and headachy . . . oh, and maybe a bit nauseous though nothing's come up yet. But we'll see, I guess . . . . . at least my appetite's sorta come back . . . I'm getting hungry, in any case . . . actually eating might be something else . . .


Umm, lessee . . . . . well, since I was home for a lot, I finished watching all of "Infinite Ryvius". Very good series. People refer to it as "Lord of the Flies in space" and it makes sense - basically, young students on a space station suffer a crisis and escape to a hidden space ship. Then they have to survive on their own for months. It's got some neat sci-fi stuff in there, along with very stylish space fighting (lotsa submarine-type stuff). But yeah, the real meat of this series is the character interactions and conflicts. And there are a LOT of characters in this show. Funny thing, though, is that you actually get to know just about all of them really well, despite that. Not a bad show at all . . . music kinda isn't so good, but the bulk of the show rocks . . .

. . . oh yeah, and for you girls who like to see bishis getting tortured and beat up, you'll definitely like this one. Them boys are getting pummeled like there's no tomorrow . . .

Along with that, I also 'acquired' "Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children". Goes without saying, it's pretty. Really pretty. Can't wait to buy it in the holiday season. Oh, and go fig, I almost cried every time Aeris showed up on screen . . . I'm sappy like that, yo.

Umm . . . . . if all goes well, I might be able to mail off some more packages today. Another one or two over the Atlantic (heh, it just kinda happened that way), and . . . hmm . . . a couple more relatively closer peoples, maybe. Wish me luck!

And with that, I'm now off to eat some more Tylenol.


Heh . . . . . so I hear this September happens to be a pretty special September . . . interesting, nya?


Random SomeGuy Trivia: I have an allergy to penicillin.
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Sunday, September 11, 2005

   My shoulders are mush . . .
First off, I just wanna clarify a bit . . . MiasmaMoon, the reason I didn't use your thing was because I had already used it once before in a thing of trivia where I explained that my middle name is actually my Chinese given name. In any case, my Chinese name is Juen-Fei. As for my last name, well . . . it's (kinda like) this:

(Hey, gotta try to keep at least a little anonymity, ne?)

While on the subject of Chinese-type things, the performance wasn't too bad. It just happened to be really, really long. I'll put it this way: crash cymbals are played with endurance in mind. Your hands absorb all the vibrations, you have to play loud because outside the casino because of waterfall thingies, and you're gonna be crashing those things repeatedly and quickly. Now imagine that going on for over half an hour - maybe almost 45 minutes. And I did pass them to someone else for a little while, but I took 'em back up once they had to do other stuff.
Now imagine the poor guy being the lion tail . . . remember now, these guys are bent over under those capes in very unergonomic fashions . . . owie. So yeah, my shoulders are numb from the cymbals, and my ears are funked up from the loud noises (I only ever earplug one ear so I can still hear instructions or whatever from others). Not bad, though.

Y'know what possibly sucks worse than going out to mush up your shoulders, though? Going out for $20 all-you-can-eat sushi AFTER you've already eaten dinner. Yeah, I did that last night too. "Faramir" also ate first, so he was miffed too. The things we do for the sake of our friends, I tell ya . . .

I watched the first episode of "Infinite Ryvius" today. Seems like a pretty neat show. Funny bit to think about: in the show, there are these two brothers. The elder brother is dubbed by Brad Swaile; the younger by Kirby Morrow. Those two have worked together before on a bunch of shows, but most importantly for this point is "Dragonball Z". You see, in "Dragonball Z", Kirby Morrow was the voice of Goku . . . . . Brad Swaile voiced Gohan. Funny, ne?


Random SomeGuy Trivia: My old elementary school is a block away from my house and on the same street. With that sort of proximity, along with the fact that my older brother was already in that school and that my grandmother dropped me off on that first day, well . . . I can't say I had bad separation issues about going to school that first day. Maybe it was because of preschool when we lived in Edmonton . . . in any case, yeah, once lunch time came, my grandma was waiting for me, and then we went home. And that was that.
Ah, if only I still knew the teachers working in that school still . . . I think they've all taken up other jobs now . . .
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Saturday, September 10, 2005

   Should be reading my readings . . . . .
Instead I'm watching the last of the first box of GTO and basically doing nothing . . . . d'oh.

Oh, funny/crazy/scary story! So, for the past week or so my cordless mouse has been running on low battery. Unfortunately, Superstore was sold out of the big 20-packs of Energizers on Sunday, so I held off.
Today, after cycling another pair of already-dead batteries through the mouse, just trying to get usefulness out of it for another little while - while I was playing a game, no less - something shocking happened. SNAP! Sizzle . . .

Yeah, a battery popped in my mouse while I was using it. Scared the hell out of my mom, concerned the heck out of me. So yeah, quickly fish the batteries out, mop up whatever battery acid had leaked about . . . I imagined it wouldn't be good for the mouse to have that dripping around, y'know? So yeah, needless to say I cycled a different pair of batteries into it . . . . .

While I was in the washroom, my mom calls me.
"The mouse made that noise again . . ." Again, I fished out the batteries, checked for leaking acid (not so much this time . . .). In any case, I bought new ones today. Just an 8-pack, but it should be alright . . .

Other than that, I sent a package on its way to eventually over the Atlantic, and another one truckin' its way into the American midwest. Hope those arrive soon.

There's a lion dance performance today around noon. I haven't done one of these in a while because of work and vacation and stuff. I hope I don't sleep in and miss it . . . they'll be upset with me if I do, I'd bet . . .

That said . . . anyone got good ideas for trivia? It's taking me longer and longer to think of good ones these days . . . . . 'til then, then.


Random SomeGuy Trivia: I brush my teeth with Crest "Cavity Protection" toothpaste. It's not so much that I prefer it, it just happens to be what was in the upstairs bathroom drawer when I finally moved into the basement. And now, since it's just me using one tube all by myself, it's lasted for a very long time. I doubt I'm even past halfway at the moment.
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Friday, September 9, 2005

   I need to get my headset back . . .
The webcam's microphone is too damn sensitive . . . . . though as much fun as it is for others to hear my mom running on a treadmill and watching TV in the other room . . . y'know, that's just a lot of extra background noise to account for . . . . .

I also need to get the DVD-burner back. I need to finish burning off a few more disks of stuff so I can send it off to people.

Incidentally, both the headset and burner are in the hands of the same person . . . . . hmm . . . brother's friend, by the way . . .


Umm . . . . . other than that, I'm pretty good. First week of school is now over for me, and I have a lot to read. I'm also gonna be running back and forth from the post office a whole bunch this weekend, I hope, so I can set stuff up and send it far away from me. There should be at least two packages going over the water and to somewhere in the midwest . . . soon, very soon . . . . . mwahahaha . . . . . erm, waitaminute . . . ahem, never mind.

Oh yeah, everyone listen to Hawksley Workman if you ever get the chance. He's joy on pressed circular plastic.


Random SomeGuy Trivia: I believe the very first CD I ever bought was either "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" by The Smashing Pumpkins, or it was the soundtrack to "Mission: Impossible" (the movie). If it was the latter, it sucked. The first DVD I ever bought was "Braveheart". That did not suck.
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Thursday, September 8, 2005

   Silent Hill is still creeping me out . . .
Finally got around to playing it. T'was good. Then the dog-things jumped out at me. Then I cried. Ish. Not really, though. Still, funky game.

So . . . . before 12:30pm today, I need to read 15-odd pages of Poe stories for Victorian something-rather lit. I'll probably do that this morning, or on the bus or something . . . . . hey, I was playing Silent Hill yesterday, it couldn't be helped . . . . .

Yeah, I'm a bad role model . . . . . umm, in other news, Red got Skype. Good times.

Okay, bye-bye for now.


Random SomeGuy Trivia: Up until the age of 6, I basically combed my hair straight forward and let it be scrappy-like . . . y'know, very childish. Ages 7-15, I parted my hair on the left - very traditional way to comb the hair, y'know. Age of 16, after making a really crappy Obi-Wan Halloween costume, I started combing my hair straight back - considering I gave up hair gels and sprays years before this point, it didn't look so good. Age of 17-21, I parted it right down the middle (which was incidentally what my older brother used to do in high school). Now, I sometimes still part down the middle, though often I also go slightly off-center, to the right . . . may be partly to do the Superman thing . . . . . not really, though . . .
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Tuesday, September 6, 2005

   My legs are mush and my butt is numb . . .
Gotta love Labour Day weekend . . . the weekend where EVERYONE decides they need to go shop at Superstore . . . . . so yeah, the long shift on Sunday was most eventful - I actually ran a few times . . .

Monday was better, though. Had a late lunch of Viet' food with "Faramir", "Legolas", "Eowyn", and "Eowyn's" friend from school. Afterwards, I drove "Legolas" to work and the rest of us went on to see "The 40 Year Old Virgin". I didn't expect much from it, but they don't drill the dorky aspect of him into the ground. If he was just awkward the whole movie then things could've sucked . . . but yeah, fun romp for 18 and over . . . or whatever . . .

Then we took a break and got some ice cream and bubble tea and stuff . . . . . for you see, "Eowyn", "Faramir" and I were planning on going BACK into the theater to watch "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". "Eowyn's" friend went home at that point, but the remaining three of us had some good times. Funny, funny, funny movie, and I'm having trouble thinking of a time Johnny Depp didn't rock ass in a movie. I was probably laughing the hardest in the theater full of about twelve people . . . .

. . . . and now it's time for school. Glee.


Random SomeGuy Trivia: I was named after "The Bionic Woman" from the '70s TV show of the same name (the character's name was Jaime Sommers). Yeah, my parents - for whatever reason - figured I was gonna be a girl. Then I came out with extra bits, and so they shortened "Jaime" to "James".
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Sunday, September 4, 2005

   Silent Hill . . . . . WHY oh why did you buy it, James?!
So yeah, while "Rome: Total War" ate my life, "Silent Hill 3" seems to be ruining what little peace of it there was. Seriously creepy game, folks. Seriously. The fact that the stepdad needs his air conditioning big time doesn't help the chilly feelings down my back either . . .

On the other hand, I finished "Onimusha 2" with a "B" rating the other day, so that's at least one game out of the way . . . heh, just in time for school, eh?

Ah, school . . . . . I'm really looking forward to Medieval Literature. We get to read a whole bunch of Arthurian stuff, so I'm happy. 19th Century lit . . . uhhh . . . . not quite as excited. Still, I'm gonna get to read Sherlock Holmes (once the bookstore decides to order MORE of it), so it can't be all bad.

How about you guys? Any classes you're looking forward to this year?


Random SomeGuy Trivia: I played two years of minor hockey when I was 10 and 11. Of course, in those days I was tiny compared to everyone else around me, and I didn't really start growing until high school . . . that said, I played on the house (as in non-rep) team, couldn't shoot a puck off the ice, and never scored a single goal. After that, I knew that perhaps hockey wasn't for me . . . . . my brothers kicked ass at it, though . . .
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Friday, September 2, 2005

   Fastest Thursday in a long while . . .
Woke up way too early after staying up way too late. Played Rome: Total War before lunch.

Came back, chatted with Europeans for a while. Had fun. Started yawning.

Had dinner. Watched Sin City finally. Enjoyed it quite a lot.

Returned some other DVD that was due that night. Came home. Came online again.

Ready to go to bed any time now.

Good night.


Random SomeGuy Trivia: When it comes to fancy burger toppings, bacon is most likely my favourite. However, in a breakfast situation, if it's some sort of breakfast sandwich like a McMuffin, I'll more often than not go for sausage.
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Thursday, September 1, 2005

   My THIRD University year with myO! Holy crap!!!
[The following is a bit of a tradition with back-to-school here . . . enjoy!]


One hours of parking: $3
Two courses' worth of books save two: $162.36
Partial payment of the semester's tuition: $800
California rolls and a coke: $4.16

After dropping all that money, still going on to the DVD store to drop a further $150 or so on anime, cartoons, and a volume of manga . . . . .
. . . . . priceless.

"There are a lot of things money can buy. But, with these habits, I'll never have any . . ."


And now for trivia!


Random SomeGuy Trivia: Perhaps one of my most tragic video game moments of my life (which my older brother often reminds me about) is how at the age of 5 I lost to Glass Joe in the NES game "Mike Tyson's Punch Out". He is, after all, one of those characters designed to be beaten easily and all . . . and I lost by knockout because my button-mashing power hadn't developed yet . . . blasted aniki never letting it go . . . . .
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Wednesday, August 31, 2005

   T'was a busy weekend, t'was . . .
Friday was hanging out with the locals - you read the breathalyzer story, so that's what happened then.

Saturday was a wedding. Funny enough, same church as the one I went to last month, along with same priest . . . same story about a clock, too . . .

Sunday was work all day. Fun.

Monday was work in the evening. Also fun.


Alright, I lied. Not so fun.


So here I am, burning off series upon series of J-dorama so I can mail it off to all corners of the continent . . . and maybe beyond, if anyone else wants in. So, hopefully I can get around to finishing that stuff off . . . just gotta get out and buy some more Pocky to stuff the packages with . . . . .

. . . speaking of buying stuff, I really need to head up to campus some time and get some textbooks, pay some tuition, and all that junk . . . I should see if "Faramir" wants to go. I'm not doing enough with him even though he's back in town . . . . .

. . . umm . . . in other news, "Rome: Total War" is coming out with a "Barbarian Invasion" expansion soon. I forsee many a schoolnight ruined by it. It can't be helped . . .

Alright, so that's what's up in my mind. Remember to congratulate Molly on her engagement if you haven't yet. Catch ya later!


(One last thing: since I'm more or less back to "real time", you guys want me to do that random trivia thing about myself again? Y'know, just for something to do . . .)
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