...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.
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Saturday, January 26, 2008
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~
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~
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~
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Happy New Year!
Well, nonexistent readers, if you read Casey's blog and actually paid attention to detail, you'd know that my modem has been broken for more than two weeks. Yes, 'twas a sad period of lonely despair. Mmm, or for me, at least, probably a period of celebration having to do with Casey and Frosty leading the Twilight Manifesto choir in a Wizard of Oz melody entitled "Ding Dong, the Witch is Dead". Anyhoo, there's my self-pity rant for today, how are you? :3
My vacation, so far, has been hell. I've been forced to go to Las Vegas, and some would say "Why are you bitching?! That's great!" but it's not. Las Vegas is something for little children and adults. I, unfortunately, am in the middle. I did retaliate though. My loss of internet has made me increasingly prone to text messages, running up my parents' phone bill by another $250. Victory (and a new modem) has been won.
Well, now that I'm back, Casey has somebody to talk to on a daily basis again, I have full use of Wikipedia, I can check my e-mail (nobody e-mails me anyway), and my guild on RO is working on a beautiful Lord of the Rings symphony called "A Shadow Returns". Life is grand.
I also got a 360 and Assassin's Creed. ~w~ Good game, I have to say.
Well, there's my vacation in a nutshell. You might get more after New Years. ^^
My vacation, so far, has been hell. I've been forced to go to Las Vegas, and some would say "Why are you bitching?! That's great!" but it's not. Las Vegas is something for little children and adults. I, unfortunately, am in the middle. I did retaliate though. My loss of internet has made me increasingly prone to text messages, running up my parents' phone bill by another $250. Victory (and a new modem) has been won.
Well, now that I'm back, Casey has somebody to talk to on a daily basis again, I have full use of Wikipedia, I can check my e-mail (nobody e-mails me anyway), and my guild on RO is working on a beautiful Lord of the Rings symphony called "A Shadow Returns". Life is grand.
I also got a 360 and Assassin's Creed. ~w~ Good game, I have to say.
Well, there's my vacation in a nutshell. You might get more after New Years. ^^
Christmas Vacation!
Ahh, the holiday season. What an amazing time of the year. You have holidays for everybody, whether it be Hanukkah (or if you prefer "Chanukkah") for the Jewish people, Ramadan for the Islamic people, and Christmas for the Christian people (and pretty much 99.9% of the entire non-Christian world). Oh, did I mention that Jesus was born around here, too? Well, I, myself, am Christian. Well, I'm Filipino so I guess that makes me Christian by default... or Muslim. I hear there are a few Filipino Muslims, but I've yet to meet them. Anyway, since I'm Christian I celebrate Christmas! (boy, was that hard to find out!) This day, little children open their presents sent to them by some fat man in tight furry clothes carrying a cheap bag who comes (pun unintended) d0wn their chimneys to eat their hot cookies. (again, pun unintended) Men and women get together to celebrate their relationships while hiding the leftover cookies they "stashed for Santa". Family, once again, comes together from all parts of the San Fernando county or, if you're lucky, the next room down the hall. Chestnuts roast in an open fire contained in an unstable brick crevice fueled by gifted fruitcake when your aunt turns away, the Christmas tree glows with its bargain priced "$10 for 2" lighting that looks quite familiar as if you've seen the exact same lights hung along your neighbor's gutter right out the window, a star (star of David if you're Jewish) (a star of David if you're a stupid Christian) placed gently atop the power-consuming tree that stinks of the outdoors and leaks water at its base, and white snow falls outside blocking your car from leaving the prison of your December family reunion (my dad's a lucky California bastard, ain't he?). The most beautiful sight, however, is the familiar miniature stable containing a man, a woman, and her newborn child surrounded by animals showing what the holiday is really about: alcohol.
Oh, and there's that Jesus thing, too.
Oh, and there's that Jesus thing, too.
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Outdone
Bah, I haven't posted here in a while. I guess I've been too busy... Okay, you got me. I've been lazy, but now I am here to post! I've been meaning to post this story before, so here goes.
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One Sunday night, I was being dragged around by my father on his little business meetings. Well, skipping to the point, the man that he was talking to brought his kids along with him. There was an older sister, and a younger brother, both of which no older than 7.
I don't want to come off as cynical, but these kids were the most obnoxious spawns of evil. We were sitting in a booth at CPK, and I had the pleasure of sitting across the table from them. The table was short, and I was just in range of the little boy's leg span. He took his kid's menu and started scribbling on it with a black pen. I couldn't help to notice that he was staring at me as he doodled all over it, so I tried to avert my gaze. At the corner of my eye, I saw the boy stop drawing. I turned my head away even more, which was a bit foolish, as the next second he started stabbing at my head with the pen. His other hand was pointing at me, and he kept screaming, "Who is this, mommy?! Who is this, mommy?!"
His mom told him to stop as his big sister just laughed at me. He stopped, but the next moment his sister started whispering loudly in his ear. "Say that he's weird!"
"You're weird!"
The constant insults kept coming, from me being weird to stupid. Their mom got angry and told them to stop. Their dad, however, told them that I was smart. Sure, it sounds nice, but it gave them a new method to annoy me.
"What's 100 plus 10?!"
They kept giving me these simple math problems that even I could solve. Yeah, they were that easy. I was utterly annoyed at how stupid they made me out to me. I am a bit dumb, don't get me wrong, but these kids were pushing it. They gave me all of these problems and I'd solve them. Honestly, these kids couldn't possibly outsmart me, I thought. I spoke too soon.
Well, they gave up testing my arithmetic, but the big sister wasn't done. She took our a little cube puzzle made of thick felt. She told me to solve it. Easy, I thought. I fit the pieces together, but I couldn't get more than two pieces to fit together. Within seconds, I was mesmerized. It took several minutes for me to finally solve it.
When I did get everything together, the girl took the puzzle, scrambled it. "Watch," she said. She put each piece of the puzzle together, making no mistakes. I felt more stupid than ever, but I couldn't help but laugh at myself. I had to admit...
They surprised me.
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One Sunday night, I was being dragged around by my father on his little business meetings. Well, skipping to the point, the man that he was talking to brought his kids along with him. There was an older sister, and a younger brother, both of which no older than 7.
I don't want to come off as cynical, but these kids were the most obnoxious spawns of evil. We were sitting in a booth at CPK, and I had the pleasure of sitting across the table from them. The table was short, and I was just in range of the little boy's leg span. He took his kid's menu and started scribbling on it with a black pen. I couldn't help to notice that he was staring at me as he doodled all over it, so I tried to avert my gaze. At the corner of my eye, I saw the boy stop drawing. I turned my head away even more, which was a bit foolish, as the next second he started stabbing at my head with the pen. His other hand was pointing at me, and he kept screaming, "Who is this, mommy?! Who is this, mommy?!"
His mom told him to stop as his big sister just laughed at me. He stopped, but the next moment his sister started whispering loudly in his ear. "Say that he's weird!"
"You're weird!"
The constant insults kept coming, from me being weird to stupid. Their mom got angry and told them to stop. Their dad, however, told them that I was smart. Sure, it sounds nice, but it gave them a new method to annoy me.
"What's 100 plus 10?!"
They kept giving me these simple math problems that even I could solve. Yeah, they were that easy. I was utterly annoyed at how stupid they made me out to me. I am a bit dumb, don't get me wrong, but these kids were pushing it. They gave me all of these problems and I'd solve them. Honestly, these kids couldn't possibly outsmart me, I thought. I spoke too soon.
Well, they gave up testing my arithmetic, but the big sister wasn't done. She took our a little cube puzzle made of thick felt. She told me to solve it. Easy, I thought. I fit the pieces together, but I couldn't get more than two pieces to fit together. Within seconds, I was mesmerized. It took several minutes for me to finally solve it.
When I did get everything together, the girl took the puzzle, scrambled it. "Watch," she said. She put each piece of the puzzle together, making no mistakes. I felt more stupid than ever, but I couldn't help but laugh at myself. I had to admit...
They surprised me.
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Nearly Daily Blog11/10/07
Arghh, I'm so pissed off today. A lot of crap happened this week. ~__~
Sunday: I did absolutely nothing. I stayed online playing two-player solitaire (yeah, it does exist) with my friend on MSN. I was too lazy to even get off my seat.
Monday: We had no school that day!! Woot, right?... Wrong. It was still boring. I swear, there were points where I was wishing I was at school. None of my friends were online because THEY all had school. There's nobody to call, nothing good on TV, nobody to see other than my parents, who spent that day fighting about something...
Tuesday: I went to school exhausted because I stayed up really late the night before... We had really boring classes too, most of them, I was about to fall asleep. First period, we had biology. Usually a decent class, but all we did that time was stayed quiet to do our study guides for our next test. We had a sub too, so he was watching every single one of our actions like he was ready to lay infractions and detentions on all of us. I didn't even lay my head down. My next period was religion. Most boring class ever. I tried to fall asleep, but we had to do so much work. x__x;; I didn't bother. Next was break, but I didn't rest because I had to finish off some homework I forgot the night before. Next was English. We had to do a presentation where we were to act out a scene from a book. This completely slipped my mind. I was the main character too, so I had more lines than the others... Well, we went up there and did pretty fine, but I'm uber weak when I'm tired, so I kept dropping props. At the end, they made me read a couple paragraphs of crap I didn't even know about. XD; I sounded so tired, my friend was laughing at me. Next was geometry. Another boring subject, and it just so happened that our teacher was in the mood to lecture. I would fall asleep right then and there if he didn't check our notes. So I just took notes like everybody else. Finally, we had lunch! I couldn't fall asleep because the library was closed and it's hard to do it outside and in the cafeteria... After lunch was over, I still had one more class: Spanish. Everybody hates this class, and it's my 7th period so I have to have it every single day. The teacher was actually acting cool that day!! He let us finish Toy Story 2 in Spanish, since we were watching it last class. However, it's in my nature not to let a good opportunity to have fun go to waste, so I just played paper games with my friends...
The rest of that day was living shit. I went online, like I always do... and I manage to dump all of my anger and fatigue on my friend. It was basically only because she was talking to someone else and a whole bunch of flashbacks from the year before came to me, when she used to talk more to me. Well, the nostalgia kind of hit me and, being stupid, I managed to yell at her. She just said sorry, but that just somehow made me more upset, saying that she shouldn't apologize if she isn't going to even do anything about it.
She logged out because she had to eat dinner... A whole bunch of other stuff happened after that. She wouldn't come back online because she didn't want to get me angry again, but she eventually did and we talked about it a little... I then had to go because it was getting late, and, apparently, the conflict was never resolved.
Wednesday: Pretty average school day. We had a half-day this day. After school, I went to the library to do random crap with my friend. We went to some Japanese restaurant, and bought little drinks in glass bottles... and the inside... just completely fueled my ADD to the max. There was a little glass marble in it and, being my obsessive self, I had to get it out. ><;; So, I put it in a plastic bag and smashed it into a wall. It exploded in the bag and broke it, and I salvaged through the pieces to look for the marble. I got it!! My friend was standing by, staring at me, and I didn't know why she was doing so until she said "you're bleeding!" I looked at my hand, and there was a deep cut in it. We went back into the library to get paper towels. When I went home, I found out that the person I was fighting with the day before still didn't want to talk to me. I got worried, ditched my usual selfishness, and called her friend to see if she was okay. After a little reassurance, my calmness had been temporarily restored. It didn't last long though. I tried to talk to her, and eventually, she came online. Thankfully, we managed to talk it out before I went to bed. Thursday: When I went to school this morning, my friends were talking about their report cards. I was a bit surprised, as I haven't gotten mine yet, and I was more surprised when I found out that they had all received theirs the week before. I still don't have it. D: I'm not sure if I should be relieved or nervous. I'm a little reluctant to show my parents my grades, but I'm nervous about it too. What if my tuition wasn't paid? What if there was something wrong? What if the van carrying it exploded?! WHAT IF THEY DIDN'T LIKE ME?!?!?! erm <<; ehem. -regains composure- I'm totally calm about it.;; Friday: Stupid day of school. I was sleepy, as always. The classes were alright, nothing interesting to talk about though...
I GOT SICK. All of the cloudiness has given me a sore throat, I thought to myself as I realized that I run on solar power. ~__~ Yes, that is sarcasm.
It was this day, too, that I realized that the friend I fought with earlier this week was refusing to say sorry. I felt like sh!t because of this. Dx I couldn't help but have the feeling that it was my fault, seeing as I yelled at her for apologizing on Tuesday.
Saturday: Yepp!! That's today! ^^ I woke up at 9. I went online, because TV shows suck in the morning. I was a bit disappointed that Casey wasn't on yet. -3- So I had to make due with myself. I did everything from idling on RO to trying to go back to sleep. I stayed bored like this until about 3PM, when she logged on.
We're currently playing RO and editing this blog. :3
Well, that's my week summed up in a ball of anger that I'd just like to smush into my wrists, but I'm not one to do that. Until next time~ ;D
Sunday: I did absolutely nothing. I stayed online playing two-player solitaire (yeah, it does exist) with my friend on MSN. I was too lazy to even get off my seat.
Monday: We had no school that day!! Woot, right?... Wrong. It was still boring. I swear, there were points where I was wishing I was at school. None of my friends were online because THEY all had school. There's nobody to call, nothing good on TV, nobody to see other than my parents, who spent that day fighting about something...
Tuesday: I went to school exhausted because I stayed up really late the night before... We had really boring classes too, most of them, I was about to fall asleep. First period, we had biology. Usually a decent class, but all we did that time was stayed quiet to do our study guides for our next test. We had a sub too, so he was watching every single one of our actions like he was ready to lay infractions and detentions on all of us. I didn't even lay my head down. My next period was religion. Most boring class ever. I tried to fall asleep, but we had to do so much work. x__x;; I didn't bother. Next was break, but I didn't rest because I had to finish off some homework I forgot the night before. Next was English. We had to do a presentation where we were to act out a scene from a book. This completely slipped my mind. I was the main character too, so I had more lines than the others... Well, we went up there and did pretty fine, but I'm uber weak when I'm tired, so I kept dropping props. At the end, they made me read a couple paragraphs of crap I didn't even know about. XD; I sounded so tired, my friend was laughing at me. Next was geometry. Another boring subject, and it just so happened that our teacher was in the mood to lecture. I would fall asleep right then and there if he didn't check our notes. So I just took notes like everybody else. Finally, we had lunch! I couldn't fall asleep because the library was closed and it's hard to do it outside and in the cafeteria... After lunch was over, I still had one more class: Spanish. Everybody hates this class, and it's my 7th period so I have to have it every single day. The teacher was actually acting cool that day!! He let us finish Toy Story 2 in Spanish, since we were watching it last class. However, it's in my nature not to let a good opportunity to have fun go to waste, so I just played paper games with my friends...
The rest of that day was living shit. I went online, like I always do... and I manage to dump all of my anger and fatigue on my friend. It was basically only because she was talking to someone else and a whole bunch of flashbacks from the year before came to me, when she used to talk more to me. Well, the nostalgia kind of hit me and, being stupid, I managed to yell at her. She just said sorry, but that just somehow made me more upset, saying that she shouldn't apologize if she isn't going to even do anything about it.
She logged out because she had to eat dinner... A whole bunch of other stuff happened after that. She wouldn't come back online because she didn't want to get me angry again, but she eventually did and we talked about it a little... I then had to go because it was getting late, and, apparently, the conflict was never resolved.
Wednesday: Pretty average school day. We had a half-day this day. After school, I went to the library to do random crap with my friend. We went to some Japanese restaurant, and bought little drinks in glass bottles... and the inside... just completely fueled my ADD to the max. There was a little glass marble in it and, being my obsessive self, I had to get it out. ><;; So, I put it in a plastic bag and smashed it into a wall. It exploded in the bag and broke it, and I salvaged through the pieces to look for the marble. I got it!! My friend was standing by, staring at me, and I didn't know why she was doing so until she said "you're bleeding!" I looked at my hand, and there was a deep cut in it. We went back into the library to get paper towels. When I went home, I found out that the person I was fighting with the day before still didn't want to talk to me. I got worried, ditched my usual selfishness, and called her friend to see if she was okay. After a little reassurance, my calmness had been temporarily restored. It didn't last long though. I tried to talk to her, and eventually, she came online. Thankfully, we managed to talk it out before I went to bed. Thursday: When I went to school this morning, my friends were talking about their report cards. I was a bit surprised, as I haven't gotten mine yet, and I was more surprised when I found out that they had all received theirs the week before. I still don't have it. D: I'm not sure if I should be relieved or nervous. I'm a little reluctant to show my parents my grades, but I'm nervous about it too. What if my tuition wasn't paid? What if there was something wrong? What if the van carrying it exploded?! WHAT IF THEY DIDN'T LIKE ME?!?!?! erm <<; ehem. -regains composure- I'm totally calm about it.;; Friday: Stupid day of school. I was sleepy, as always. The classes were alright, nothing interesting to talk about though...
I GOT SICK. All of the cloudiness has given me a sore throat, I thought to myself as I realized that I run on solar power. ~__~ Yes, that is sarcasm.
It was this day, too, that I realized that the friend I fought with earlier this week was refusing to say sorry. I felt like sh!t because of this. Dx I couldn't help but have the feeling that it was my fault, seeing as I yelled at her for apologizing on Tuesday.
Saturday: Yepp!! That's today! ^^ I woke up at 9. I went online, because TV shows suck in the morning. I was a bit disappointed that Casey wasn't on yet. -3- So I had to make due with myself. I did everything from idling on RO to trying to go back to sleep. I stayed bored like this until about 3PM, when she logged on.
We're currently playing RO and editing this blog. :3
Well, that's my week summed up in a ball of anger that I'd just like to smush into my wrists, but I'm not one to do that. Until next time~ ;D
~Dorali
Friday, November 9, 2007
Once Upon A Time... (Part 2)
Yeahh... A shared blog. Strange idea, right? :D;
Well, we're very strange. --; We thought about this in literally no more than 10 minutes, with no preparation whatsoever. Dx Thankfully, Charmaine (Chireiyu) is more creative when it comes to this stuff, so I'm sure we'll be fine. :D;;
I'm currently taking care of the settings and fixing a little bit here and there for the layout...
Also, I am aware that NOBODY will read this... so if you know what this says, congratulations. You're probably the only one. Dx
Well, we're very strange. --; We thought about this in literally no more than 10 minutes, with no preparation whatsoever. Dx Thankfully, Charmaine (Chireiyu) is more creative when it comes to this stuff, so I'm sure we'll be fine. :D;;
I'm currently taking care of the settings and fixing a little bit here and there for the layout...
Also, I am aware that NOBODY will read this... so if you know what this says, congratulations. You're probably the only one. Dx
~Dorali
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