Wednesday, February 6, 2008

finals week!

Well I'm on this so called "Semester Break" right now... giving me time to post something! (Although I've always had time... I've just been too lazy to actually blog about my days which completely defeats the purpose of this blog, wouldn't you agree?)

Why a semester break you ask? Because we just had finals!!!! And guess what? I completely bombed them. :D

Let's start with Monday (last week). The last day of classes before finals... Nothing much happened that day except for something I'd like to call "4 seconds of happiness":

4 seconds of happiness
(01.28)

Now my US History teacher is a little... odd. Some people think his odd personality is cute while others just see them as proof that he is... how do I put it... homosexual? Not that I really care whether he is or not, but it sure is fun pointing out hints as to whether he is or isn't.

Today he was talking about his strange OCD/ADD disorder and how he tends to play with this sleeves out of habit. Suddenly he goes on about how he has other weird habits and how he has to do them or else his mind will just crash.

"I feel bad for my future wife you know... she'd be all 'You're not listening to me!' when she sees me do this..."

Now THAT statement just hit me when he said that. Future wife?! WHO?! Mmm... me and a friend were all just freaking out because that would happily prove that he isn't gay... when I realize that no, he does not have a girlfriend, he's just saying that for when/if he gets married. Darn. I guess that just brings us back to square one...

And no, I don't know why it's "4 seconds"... I just came up with it. Don't ask.

On to finals!

I had no school on Tuesday but sadly, I don't remember a thing that happened that day. Yes, I know I'm pathetic but my memory isn't all that great. I fear that when I'm old, I'll have a serious case of alzheimers. No, I'm not poking fun. I seriously think something like that (or anything similar) will happen to me. Just a little forewarning to anyone.

January 30

First final up is... Religion! I think I did pretty well on this final... I mean... it's just religion. I wasn't so sure about the very first questions though because I didn't really study the vocabulary and those were the confusing vocabulary... eh it shouldn't kill me though. I made some pretty "educational" guesses anyway. As for the true and false section.... complete and utter death. That was just HARD. Same goes for the essay portion. We had to write 5 essays?! In order to complete all of them in time my essays were just about two paragraphs long. It doesn't really count as an essay but I'd like to see someone who managed to complete 5 full essays in the time allotted.

What really annoyed me was that I forgot what the term "forsaken" meant... I asked the teacher and she wouldn't tell me because that'd give away the answer. I really don't understand how that'd give away the answer. The question was "Those who were forsaken to false gods can truly be called Israel." or something like that (I think I got the grammar wrong). It was a true or false question... I don't see how giving away what that word meant would give away the answer because obviously you still had to have studied if you want to get the answer right. Ugh whatever... I think I got the answer correct anyway.

Next up... AP Biology. Wooooooo... one of my most hated subjects. I don't think I did that bad though. HOWEVER! I copied some answers from my friend (I'm bad D: I know!) that I wasn't sure of but when I asked her after the final... she wasn't so sure either. Perhaps I should've just stuck with my original answers? We'll see how this turns out in the end...

January 31

Well apparently the Dean doesn't like us sitting around in the hallways. It's either outside in the freezing cold air or in the auditorium. So to the auditorium we go to cram before our first final of the day - History! Sadly, some girl comes in and starts playing the piano. Well she's really talented I can give her that... makes me quite jealous of her too. But honestly, we need to study. Her friend came up to her to hint that they should study but she just wouldn't listen! Oh well, at least her playing was nice.

Still, I guess I suffered the consequences for cramming. That history final was hard! I think I got some right but I know for sure that I got 2 questions wrong (and a lot more!) First off would be the one about who started some oil company. I put Carnegie although I knew he was for steel. It turns out the answer was Rockefeller. Then there's the multiple choice question asking who dropped out of the presidential primary. I found that to be completely unfair because not all of us watch the news and everything. The day before I heard that Edwards dropped out... but he wasn't even an option on the test!!!! So unfair... I put Romney who, it turns out, is still in the race. The teacher gave us time to finish up the test buuuut I was stupid and didn't take up that time to secretly change my answers. Oh when will I ever learn?

Next final is Algebra II. NOW THAT WAS HARD!!! I think I did really really bad on that one. I left a whole portion unanswered and even got absolute value (which should be the easiest thing to do) wrong! All because I put x = +- 2 and not x = 2. What I found the most unfair though was the one lesson I studied most on there was only one question about! Well at least I got that right but still!! The lessons that I didn't study too much on there was a whole CHUNK of questions about. Mostly because they were supposed to be really easy... hence why I didn't study them. But as most unfortunate things turn out, I completely blanked out on how to solve them.

The good thing about today though was that we got a little party after school because we're in decathlon. It was a little sad though... One of the teachers was trying to explain the "Super Quiz" section to us when he was talking about the Election of 18something and how the candidates for president were kind of dull. That's when my friend overheard one of the teachers sitting in the back say "like you..." Teachers sure can be cruel.

The entertainment for the show though was the music teacher. He just began impersonating all the other teachers (that weren't in the room). It was really amusing and fun trying to guess who he was acting like. If only he had done our religion teacher (who is quite messed up in the had at times). But sadly, she was in the room so he wouldn't dare.

February 01

Literature final is first! Pretty easy until I got to the section asking questions about "The Iliad". I just blanked out again. We had to match the description to the characters but some of the characters may be used more than once and some not at all! And that was the one story I didn't read... and the one story that had the most questions to it. ==;; Joy... Also, I don't even remember writing the essay that we had to do. I wonder if I even did it.

Spanish final was EVIL. I didn't write down too much vocabulary and that turns out to be a major part of the test. No it's not conjugation like the teacher said it would be... vocabulary is the main focus. Sure we had an index card we could use but I just shoved all the irregular verbs on there and barely any vocabulary. Not a good sign.

There were three sections to the test. First was multiple choice. Not bad. Second was writing... evil evil and horrible horrible! Just UGH!! I completely failed that... there were a lot of vocabulary and like I said earlier, I'm not good at that! Barely anyone (if any) got to the third section. And the teacher wouldn't let us stay after school to finish up the test. Lame.

Also, the Spanish teacher wanted to collect our composition notebooks. We have 3. One for notes, one for bellwork/classwork, and another for homework. I don't quite understand why we have to separate them but... alright. Thing is, he stamps the work when we complete it but sometimes we run out of time in class so he doesn't get to everyone. I was included in that pile of "non-stamped." I hope he doesn't count it against me! D: I already did bad enough on the final now this?! I was going to tell him about if after school but he was busy talking to some other people and my dad was waiting for me... ==;

I really should study more.

Saturday, January 26, 2008

Cloverfield

...was the shizz.

I saw Cloverfield yesterday. It's basically Godzilla with a different monster and nauseating camera effects. It met all of my expectations and then some. I thoroughly enjoyed it from start to finish.

The movie's graphics, from the flying bullets to the giant monster itself, was incredibly convincing. I haven't seen such convincing computer generation since The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy. The set for the movie was also quite awesome. I mean, seriously, nothing is cooler in a monster movie than the head of the Statue of Liberty lying in the middle of a street.

Overall, the movie was very realistic, despite the obvious fiction elements. The camera, taking the place of a REAL camcorder held by one of the characters trying to run through Manhattan. It made the movie so much more convincing. I DID find the inserts of little clips from Rob's day odd, but it still worked out.

My only complaint is the camera. It made me motion sick. It was so bad, that they even had to put a notice at the ticket booth warning easily-nauseous viewers to steer clear of Cloverfield. Also, how the hell did they come up with the name "Cloverfield"? I know it's the monster's codename in the intro of the movie, but... how did they come up with it? If I find the answer, I'll edit this and let you all know.

Lots of people complained about the ending. I, on the other hand, loved it, really. Cool AND depressing: how disaster movies should all end.

So, watch it. I don't care if you're easily motion sick, just bring a paper bag and water and see it. Or, you can wait for it to come out on DVD. If you're part of the majority of movie watchers, this movie will probably make your week.

Thursday, January 24, 2008

bowling parties = fun?!

Since when was a bowling party supposed to be a lot of fun? I guess ever since Saturday. Mmm... if you read Chris' ... not-so-recent (well sort of) entry/post/whatever you call it then you'd be able to figure out that Saturday, January 19, 2008 waasss a lot of fun. Or at least for me. XD Partly him I suppose.

Well... I really wanted to blog (am I using this verb correctly?) about this day so I might as well get it out of the way before I start to forget or get too lazy to write it up (although I'm pretty lazy myself right now.)

I don't remember how the day started off. (See?! I'm already forgetting...) Buuuut I know while I was getting ready to-- wait I need to explain what's happening first/going to happen, don't I? Foreshadowing...

Well my niece was having a birthday party today (well... technically Saturday) and I was to go help out. It's a bowling party... imagine how much fun it would be to help kids who can barely carry the bowling ball attempt to roll (or in their case, throw) it down a lane so that they can hit enough pins to not realize that they suck! And I'm supposed to do this alone? I wasn't really complaining though... until two days before the party my mom asked me one night if I wanted to have Chris come over and help out. At first I couldn't believe that she was inviting him... HER inviting HIM?! That's just... fishy. So I decided to "investigate." That's when I realized that all my relatives would be there. So this was her plan, eh? After unsuccessfully attempting to talk Chris out of going, I finally realized that he wanted to go. (well not realized... more like accepted the fact that he wanted to go) Nonetheless, I never gave him a reply whether he could go or not because my mom never told me whether my sister said 'yes' to him coming.

Saturday soon hit and I still haven't gotten back to Chris on whether he can come or not. I was running late (as usual) so I couldn't go online to tell him anything nor could I call him. That's when the phone rang. Surprisingly, my (I lost the word for it)... Well my point is, I had a hunch that it was him. Strangely enough, it was. The sad thing is... my mom answered it. Well I talked to him for a bit only to find out that my mom never did ask my sister whether he can go. Well yeah sure I wanted to... but I did NOT want to ask my sister. Oh no... My mom was shouting at me to go because we were going to be late to the party (yet another event we're late to) so I ended up not giving him a 'yes you can come' or 'no you can't.'

Arrived at the bowling place (bowling alley?) right on time. Not like anything had started yet. Well the flocks of little children were arriving and it was my time to shine... err help out. Chris ended up calling me in the middle of everything and he ended up coming. Whiiiiiichh I must say was pretty cool. :D

So after the bowling-ness the kids all gathered around the table and ate pizza while we just stood around... watching. I really was avoiding the eye contact of my relatives, not even trying to look in their direction. Mmm... so my sister suddenly comes up to us and is all "Who's this guy?!" Ahh... love. And then her husband, my Kuya Jon, takes a picture of us. Wooo...

Sadly, the whole bowling extravaganza is over and the whole family has to go to my niece's house for the "rest of the party." Boring... or was it? What was really awkward was that my sister invited him to come to her house. OO;; WOW.

Well we rode in my aunt's car there... I don't remember what we were talking about but I clearly remember hitting him a number of times in the car.

At my sister's house we went into the playroom and started playing with all the random toys just lying around. There was Candy Land, which he claims to have forgotten how to play. I suppose this just goes to show how much I suck at board games considering I lost. Next... We played with that weird... thing. There's like a trampoline and a board-ish thing with holes in them. You have to bounce the ball on the trampoline-like thing to make it into the holes to score points. I sucked at that too!

There was a Dora the Explorer playhouse there. Fun! There were Dora figurines, an actual "Backpack" backpack, fully equipped with it's own "Map"!!! But you know what? There was no Boots. That's just plain wrong. For those of you that don't know (although I don't think anybody reads this blog...) Chris = Dora and I = Boots. Why? Because Chris = Dorali... Dora... Dorali... get it? And I'm just Boots because I'm his partner in crime. >< So we may have gender-switched but hey... it's fine. I guess.

Erm... I don't quite remember what happened next. Well I was thirsty so I got a cup and marveled at the new refrigerator of my sister. So big... huge... silver... and with it's own built in water/ice dispenser. Well my refrigerator at home has that too... but THIS refrigerator can fill your come to an EXACT amount just by you putting in "1/2 cup" or "2 3/4" cups... oh the love of it all. I remember being amazed by it when I first saw it (when we arrived at the house). So yeah I was amazed by it once more when I got it to work. :3

Ate some lumpia (go look it up for those of you that don't know what that is).... I was asking my mom whether it had shrimp or anything in it and she wouldn't tell me... so Chris ate one to test it. :x I'm weird... but I thought that was awesome. XD It's like... well no since he's not allergic to seafood and wouldn't end up dying... but it if he were it's like he would've almost died for my sake!! >< Yeah... I wasn't really thinking about that at that moment... I just thought of it right now. And yes, I must repeat... I'm weird.

Oh!!! We played Scrabble! DAMN. Evil evil evil game that I hated so much. Anyhoo... this one piece... the blank one. Chris used it as a "wildcard" thing. I always thought it was a space. But I suppose using it as a "random-letter-of-your-choice" piece makes more sense. I mean... what are the odds of you coming up with a two word phrase or word?! That's just... impossible! And the blank pieces don't even count as anything. O___O;; Maybe it's just... a space in the... game. Who knows. I didn't read the rules.

Umms... went upstairs because my mom didn't like me being alone with Chris in a room. Upstairs was where my niece, nephew, and her little friend were. So we followed them into her room and watched them play. Fun. Then we played with my niece's V-Smile :D That was funnn... ish. Meh~ Not like UBER fun but just... fun. I kind of sucked at it though. :x

My niece went to open her presents so we had nothing much to do but watch. Umm... I'm not sure if I'm getting these events in the right order or not. Well Chris and I were hanging out in the new den. Fun. :D My nephew was there too. ^^ It was more like torture to me for a second... but it was fun. I question whether I'm more of a masochist or sadist... probably both, you know? Although... not in that way... please and thank you.

HAHAHHA... ah.... just reminded me of a random thought there. Sorry that was just random and I... don't want to write about it. Ah... okay well continuing on. We had cake... yeah. Stuff happened and Chris had to go so I hugged him... etc. Haha... okay don't want to write about what happened either on this part. Two things I don't want to write about. :D Anyhoo~ He had to go so it sucked. ;____; Err... so I watched from the doorway as he went to his car and waved to his parents goodbye. XD;; Ah... that was interesting. I think they said something to me too. I just couldn't hear it.

Well afterwards I helped my niece put songs into her iPod. Can you believe it... six years old and she has an iPod. The new iPod nano at that. D: Oh well whatever... I have a feeling she'll either a) lose it or b) break it any time soon. Either way, I'm fairly content with the one I have. In fact, I would've lived if I still had the mini I had from a long time ago... but fine by me. Sure. My parents bought me a new one for my birthday... alright fine. ~w~ The mini would've been broken by now though anyway... haha. And besides... how would I be able to put the School Days ending into that?! Oh School Days. <3

Anyway... so yeah. After that I went home at around 10:30 pm etc. etc. Let's see... the ride home my mom was complaining (as usual) about Chris. Aannd how I failed to introduce him to my dad. Well... okay I'll take the blame for that one. ==; I suppose I really should've done so. I thought he already talked to him though because I mean... my mom was like right next to my dad earlier! O__O;; Oh well... fine fine. My mom was complaining that we were holding hands. Which we were NOT when anybody was around. D< ROAR! So I don't understand what she was talking about... Unless she's referring to the time earlier at the bowling place when there was nothing to do so we went to the arcade section. That's when I heard a loud pop to find out that he popped my balloon that he was holding. D: !! So I punched him and he was like grabbing my hand when my mom came and saw. Hah. The one time she catches us we're not even doing anything.

Anyhoo... yep!! Saturday was fun. :D Lots of fun. I really don't know why... sounds boring, doesn't it? But to me... it was fun. Just pure fun. How many times am I going to use the word "fun"?

One word to describe that day? Awesome.

(thought I was going to use the word "fun", eh?) But it really was awesome. D: Probably... a lot a lot of fun... Perhaps even the most fun I've had with him since... ferever. ><;; But hopefully, it won't be the last day of uber awesomeness fun. x3

That concludes my long story of one day... now to continue on with the other days of the week which I don't feel like writing about at the moment. Sooo... this is done for the day!! :D

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Nearly Daily Blog 1/22/08

Woot! Today was fun. I'm tired though, seeing as I didn't get home until 9:45. My, my was it an eventful day though.

First day of school!! Woot! Well, not really. The classes were sort of boring, but more fun than usual, oddly enough.

In my first period, which is art, we were discussing three-dimensional shapes. I felt retarded, yet smart. We were listing the two shapes that triangles can be made into. Someone said the obvious, pyramid. Then the teacher asked for one more shape. Being the overly-complicating idiot I am, I shouted out "TRIANGULAR PRISM!" Everyone shut up and stared. The teacher even asked me to draw it on the board, since apparently she didn't know what it was. Well, I drew it, taking in a little "Ohhhh" from the class and the teacher herself, and sat down. She asked for one more, and it popped it my head, so I said "OH!!! CONE!" and she gave me a relieved look, as I finally got the right answer.

My second class was so-so. Quite boring, but I wanted to fulfill my resolution to take notes, so I did. The note-taking ended at the last three lines of my paper, which satisfied that obsessive-compulsive problem I have... I even wrote "OCD FULFILLED." on the bottom.

My third class was also average. The teacher was, frankly, being more of a hard-ass than usual, so he assigned us work that he would add to our grades as soon as possible. I managed to finish, and my friend yells out "WOO! CHRIS! WE HAVE 100% FOR THE SEMESTER!!" I give him a high-five and move on to my next class.

The teacher from my fourth class was absent because his son was supposedly very sick. We had a substitute, who was the dean and also the health teacher from last year. I liked him. We had a lot of fun in his class, despite having classwork to do from our new book for the semester. The work was quite easy, so I finished early, and went on to help my friend with her geometry homework. We never finished it though, and the bell rang for lunch.

Lunch was alright. I just ate half a bag chili-cheese Fritos and went upstairs. Outside, it rained. I could feel myself getting sicker, so I put my hood on and just hoped for the best. For some reason, I felt bored enough to spray water from my bottle over the pavement. My friend joked about how he'd laugh if a certain teacher came out and asked me what I was doing, but that didn't stop me. I didn't get caught, fortunately, so I went on to my last class.

The last class was great for me. I'll tell you why. Along with the usual note-passing and teacher-neglecting, we received the grades for our finals. I thanked the heavens, because I managed to score a B on my final, retaining the A for my semester grade. Yes, be envious.

After school, I wanted to stay until the play at Casey's school began, so I simply wandered around. Somehow, the friend that was supposed to give me a ride to the other school notices me, texts me to ask where I'm going, and takes me to the elementary school next door to help out with a few simple chores. There was just a little work to be done, sorting a few named badges in alphabetical order. After we finished, we went on to finish the geometry homework. Though I didn't even reach this lesson in class, I managed to answer a bulk of the questions. When that was done with, her mom drove us to her house to pick up our friend to go to Casey's high school.

Walking into the room, I wasn't surprised that Monk was on again. I was never really a fan, but there was a charm of the show that always attracted me, so I sat on the bed and watched it until we had to leave.

At Casey's school, we wandered around messing with the items on the bulletin boards and playing in the children's houses in one corner of the yard. We kept walking around until we reached the outside of the school. There, I decided to call Casey to see where her locker was. She wouldn't tell me, so I ended up asking if she was coming, even though I knew she wouldn't. Suddenly, however, over the phone I hear her mom's voice telling her that they're going to the play, which, I have to admit, lightened my spirits a bit. We went inside to save them seats.

We sat on the second row of the audience. There should have been a tense aura about; Casey's mom was sitting opposite her from me, several adults that seemed very mature and strict were around, my friends' parents were scattered everywhere. I didn't want to act stupid. That's not a choice for me, though.

The play was Pride and Prejudice, basically a play about some daughters being forced to marry different men by their mother. The play was quite amusing, and our friend from school was there in the play as well. We sat through the first act, barely making any contact whatsoever, in fear of sparking her mother's interests. Her mom seemed to take note of her shyness, and told her to say hi to me, and asked me if I liked theater. I said yes, wanting to stay on her good side.

Soon, intermission came. My friends left, and oddly enough, Casey's mom decided to leave as well. So there we were alone, with me trying to bring up conversation. I hate silence, especially with her. Before intermission ended, and her mother and my friends returned. The play continued. I hoped for another intermission, but it never came.

In the middle of the play, I reminded Casey about our RO wedding. Apparently, the one person we were waiting for was online earlier, but she obviously couldn't do it, since the groom was off helping some school staff and doing geometry homework. How disappointing on my part. Late in the play, my entertainment was re-sparked when our friend gave a mouth-to-mouth kiss to one of the actresses, which simply surprised all of us, and raising many "OOOOOOO!!!"s from the audience. The play ended.

Casey had to leave. She was trying to tell me something, but I simply couldn't decipher it before she left. There, she left me with the other two, this time without a hug, which was odd, as all of our past meetings (excluding the first time we met) had at least a good-bye hug. Ah well.

We congratulated the actors and actresses, and headed back home. I was the first to be dropped off, as my home was the closest. After a few minutes of giving my friend's mom wrong directions, I remembered the way upon passing the mall, where I've walked to plenty of times. I was dropped off, and my dad waited for me at the door.

There was my long day. I'm tired.

Jya ne~

Monday, January 21, 2008

Nearly Daily Blog 1/21/08

I might have to rename these "periodical" blogs. I just can't keep it up daily sometimes, as you might have noticed. Don't want to keep everyone expecting one everyday... Whoever the hell is reading this blog at all, that is. I will try, though.

I failed the crap out of my finals! Well, that's what I get for barely studying. Ah well, there's always next semester. That is, if I survive the upcoming report card days. Ah, life!

Certain things this weekend have kept me alive though. I actually got invited to help at Casey's niece's birthday party by her mother, who I thought utterly hated me. Well, at first I didn't give an answer, but last minute I called and asked if they still needed help. Well, she asked Casey if she wanted me to come, so she let me come to the bowling alley. She did not like me much. Ah well. Casey's sister offered to take me to their house since I had nothing to do. There, we had a lot of fun. xD Cool, yet sadly, it was the most time we've ever spent together next to AX. Should I feel sad about that?

Well, after that, I've come to the conclusion that her mom doesn't like me, and because Casey didn't introduce me to her dad, I was a bit neutral with him. Mmm, it can be dealt with, however. Besides, it was the best day I've had in a long time.

Weddings are bliss, are they not? Well, we've been planning to get married on Ragnarok Online. We've been engaged for 8 months. Usually, the wedding would be instant and even no more than 30 minutes after the proposal on RO. But thanks to way too many invited guests, we could never get it done. We're planning to get married later tonight, no matter who's on, but there has to be ONE person online, someone who really wanted to come, so if he doesn't show, we can't do it.

Oh, have I mentioned? It's the four-month anniversary for our real life relationship today. Yes, we celebrate that. I don't care if you think we're weird, you should have noticed that by now! Anyhoo, presents are welcome, just send an e-mail and I'll reply with our addresses, kthx. ;D

Nawww just kiddin' about the presents. I'm happy the relationship lasted this long. xD;; Quite surprised, yet not surprised. I guess it all comes down to how long you're willing to work with the relationship, huh?

In other news, I am in love with the brilliant green and Stephanie right now. No, Stephanie isn't some tramp I know, she's a Japanese-Armenian-American singer, and the brilliant green is not referring to the color. They're the artists that did the second opening and second ending for Mobile Suit Gundam 00, the anime I am currently obsessed with. Yes, I like Gundam. Suck it up. Suck it up good, people.

the brilliant green did Ash Like Snow, a song about... well, ash falling like snow. It fits the plot quite nicely, as the episodes that this particular opening first appeared were quite chaotic. In fact, the opening video says it all. Animation overkill, I heard it referred to on one blog, and I have to say that I agree. The action scenes are so fast that you lose track of it.



Stephanie did the song Friends. I was a bit iffy at this song, at first. I suppose it was just because I was used to the first ending, Wana by The Back Horn, which was basically a weirdass song with screaming that isn't a screamo song. Yeah, I said it. Wana's singing is like screaming. As I got used to it, I began to love it. Friends is a slow rock song, and it pretty nice to listen to, I must say. This is partly because of the lack of Engrish. No, don't get me wrong, there are English lyrics, but her English is pretty good, thanks to the American side of her ethnicity.



Regarding anime, I also began to watch a series today that I happened to stumble upon while browsing Menclave's main page. Shigofumi (literally "posthumous letter" ["death note" anyone?]), a short series that's like Higurashi, but with new characters with each situation. The story is about a mysterious girl who goes around giving loved ones of a recently deceased person a letter from the one who died, written AFTER the death. Quite a nice plot, and I'm happy to watch it, given the potential I see from it. However, it can, after all, go like the .hack series (a series I admit to being a die hard fan to) went: a potentially groundbreaking plot, carried out in a sloppy way.

First episode was pretty good, with a little School Days touch at the end. The plot twist was pretty damn clever if I do say so myself. I'll be keeping my eye on this series all the way to the end if it keeps spitting out good stuff like this.

I also have to get around to watching the KyoAni "spiritual" trilogy, Air, Kanon, and Clannad. (Pretty popular, if you're an anime fan and you haven't heard of this, kill yourself.) Sure, the stories can be girly, but hell, I watched every episode of Lucky Star, some even twice, and enjoyed it. I'll give 'em a shot.

Oh, and I'm going to a play at Casey's school tomorrow. I'll look forward to it, seeing as someone from my own school is in it.

Well, that's it for now! Wish me luck for report cards! I'll need it. Jya ne~

Thursday, January 10, 2008

mmm... random comments

Well... I haven't posted a new entry in a while yet again. Sadly, I can't remember everything that happened. So I'll just list down the important things. Then again, those "important" things qualify as those that I actually remember and have the patience to write about.

So what happened since... wait let me check the date... Saturday, December 15. Well yeah if you can tell Chris' modem got fixed. Quite ironic though. He gets a new modem (or something like that) a day or so before Christmas vacation starts. Thing is, I already had a whole list of anime I'd watch while being all by my lonesome. Well... I guess that idea is thrown out the window. But I already started a bunch of new series so I HAVE to finish them. DDx So unfair!!! Oh well... it's better to have someone thar instead of being all alone watching anime and fueling the fire which burns a hole in my wallet once I step into the great sanctuary known as AnimeExpo.

OHH that reminds me... Pre-Registration for AnimeExpo '08 had begun! They announce it... a few days before the new year. There's some special offer to get a 4-day pass for only $45 but that's only pre-register before 2008. But they only announced it a few days before it hit January 1st!!! That's just plain wrong... so I missed the special offer. Now it's $50 ;___; so unfair...

Well let's go back to Christmas. I don't remember what happened then. Yep... Just had the whole family over and ate food etc. etc.

New Years... That was interesting. My sister just finished renovating her house. Now there's a new den and there's also a guest room. The guest room is nice!! :D I love it. My niece, nephew, cousin, and I all hung out there playing games. I must add... Scrabble is the evilest game out there. I am horrible at that game... ew. Well once it struck 12 we all jumped for joy or whatever... Jumped for money? I don't know how it goes. Then outside we went to use the little fireworks (well... firecrackers I suppose) that my cousin and aunt bought. My cousin bought a million smoke bombs. Annoying as heck... they smelled bad too. There were also these firecrackers that were LOUD. We were supposed to let them launch into the sky and whatnot buuuut we were afraid they'd hit a tree and it'd catch fire etc. etc. Went to home late. Tried calling Chris... who gave me half-asleep responses. Ah well it was really early in the morning anyway so it's fine. :3

I also found this cosplay that I WANT. It's just plain love... Akira Kogami from Lucky Star!!! :DD Whhheee... I said I didn't want another school girl outfit but that's an exception!!! The only thing I'm worried about though is that I might end up baking in that outfit. It has uber long sleeves too... oh well. I'll do it!! The only problem is I have no clue how I'm going to pay for it... No worries. I'll formulate a plan! +___+

I'm really at a loss for what interesting things happened. I'm just drawing a blank.

Oh!! I got a Wii on Monday. I really wanted a ticket to AX and a cosplay outfit more than a Wii... it's even cheaper but my parents decided on the Wii. Fine with me I suppose. But it really does seem like they got it for themselves. I mean... my mom and dad played it before me! They played bowling. My mom (who generally hates and sucks at video games) scored a 120-something. My turn~~ My score? 87. That is just plain wrong.

Yesterday my dad was playing with it in front of me. He did the Wii Fitness thing (I don't have any games for the thing besides the WiiSports that comes with it) and his Fitness Age is 60. I laughed. So today I decided to give it a try. My arm is still a bit sore though from playing boxing on Monday though... but what the heck. I did pretty good until it got to the bowling part of this fitness round. I just plain SUCKED. But hey... I got a few homeruns during the baseball section... my dad got none. I'll get a better score than him. Maybe I'd be age 20 or something. My age? 62.

Life... is life. That's all I have to say.