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| Saturday, May 3rd, 2008 | |
| 8:47 pm | Ugh http://www.haloscan.com/comments/theoly I'm going to keep an eye on the comments section here because if they don't explode in to wank, then I'll be surprised. I've been avoiding the comments on the articles on the May Day protest because I'll get mad at both sides and possibly kill my braincells. The comments on this are pissing me off enough and I'm sure that the comments elsewhere will as well. Just because you don't like Evergreen, some people of Olympia, doesn't mean that the school should just be disbanded. That's a pipe dream at this point anyway, and considering it's reputation outside of Western Washington, the state wouldn't dream of closing it down because a bunch of annoying, shitty students did things that are bad. I won't disagree that vandalism and breaking windows at US Bank and B of A are shitty things to do, as well as allegedly hitting a police officer and harassing those who weren't participating in the march. In fact, I vehemently oppose such acts. However, like the "activists" that are doing spiteful, childlike things against those whom they see as "bad" you are also reacting in a spiteful, childlike manner; tarring everyone with the same brush does no good. I'm annoyed with, and frankly pissed off at, many of these "activists" who come from this campus. Not because I think they shouldn't be allowed to be Anti-American (anti-capitalist doesn't make someone anti-American) or hold views contrary to my own, but because they are going about expressing those views in a destructive manner with no regards to their fellow students, to their faculty, or to the school itself. Blaming Evergreen students for everything isn't helpful either, and that is something that bothers me a lot as well because there are others with no affiliation with the school who are doing worse every day and Greener's get the brunt of the hate whenever something big happens. Yes, students need to stop being disrespectful to the community but the community also needs to stop being disrespectful of the students. Current Mood: Brash Current Music: "Thriller"~Micheal Jackson |
| Friday, April 25th, 2008 | |
| 7:19 pm | Blah Blah Naruto I know I should be catching up on Naruto/Bleach since almost everyone else I know is squeeling over the latest chapters. I did read kind of spoil myself and read the chapter of Naruto where Itachi dies and am fairly on top of the whole "Is Tobi Obito or Madara?" debates (personally, I think it would be cool if he turned out to be Obito but I'm not that invested in Naruto at the moment, so I don't particularly care too much either way), so I can at least follow what's going with Naruto. As for Bleach, the Hueco Mundo arc got boring kind of quickly, so I stopped reading/watching after Grimmjow showed up. Which is not a good thing since, from what I've heard, Bleach has gotten pretty good again and it's possible that my favorite minor characters might show up with some powers soon. Which, as soon as that might happen, will make me marathon the entire arc. I'm not counting on it, but it would be nice if it did happen. So, what have been reading/watching instead? I got in to Berserk and I swear to god it's one of the most masochistic things I've ever done. It's on going and brutal and every time something kind of good happens, sixty kinds of bad happen right after. I ended up reading Tenjoh Tenge as well, which was a nice break from the darkness of Berserk and good for the meticulously drawn, not entirely pointless fights. I also, finally, finished Hana Yori Dango and got caught up Nana (which has reinforced my opinion that Yazawa Ai's talent is best served by shorter series) and read Gokinjou Monogatari. Emma, however, is my new favorite thing ever and I'm very saddened by the lack of a fandom. It's been the only series that I've read or watched, in a long time, that I wished was longer. Because I love every single character in it and I love the story and the manga art is simple and gorgeous. Plus I'm a sucker for period romance dramas. But Naruto. Yeah, need to get caught up on it. Maybe after I'm done taking my Japanese 3rd Year proficiency testing. Current Music: "Maps"~The Yeah Yeah Yeahs |
| Saturday, February 16th, 2008 | |
| 5:19 pm | I hate you classmates ( So there was a ) Current Mood: *Snarl* Current Music: The soundtrack to "Water" |
| Monday, October 1st, 2007 | |
| 1:37 pm | I Miss Television I have no cable or internet in my apartment at the moment, so I've been very very bored but doing fantastically academically because I've got nothing better to do. But I do miss my television and the ability to download the shows I love. If I can find some rabbit ears, it won't be that bad because I can watch Heroes and Football (and the occasional "To Catch a Preditor" espisodes of Dateline). I really, really miss football. I live for football season and I blame it entirely on my mother's parents and the fact that the majority of my cousins anywhere near my age are all male and play football or baseball. As such, when football season comes around, even if the Huskies or the Seahawks suck, I'll watch anyway. It's even more depressing when the Seahawks are doing pretty damn good this season as well (Yay! Separate Alex Smith's shoulder! Pound on Trent Dilfer!) and the Huskies, hopefully, won't completely suck ass. Of course when basketball season comes around, I have to go up to Seattle to watch the Franklin vs. Garfield games and root for my alma mater. It's always surprising how many adults and older people go to the Franklin/Garfield game but both schools are basketball powerhouses and great rivals. Plus Franklin has beaten Garfield every year, which makes me fill with school pride. In addtion to missing football season, I'm going to miss most of Avatar this season and that blows hard. I want to know what happens damnit! I want to see Zuko be utterly humiliated and broken by Azula by the end of the season, I want to watch Aang be all emo for once and Katara be filled with awesome. What happened to Suki? Why does every girl whom Sokka gets invovled with die? Will he ever find a girl who won't die? What about Toph? And is the fire-lord going kill Zuko for some obscure reason that'll make go "Wait, what?" when I do get cable? Until I finall cave in and get a cable/internet package deal, I'm going to have to rely on dvd's. So, what should I go out and by (outside of the Metaloclpyse Season One DVD and Higurashi)? Current Mood: Forlorn Current Music: Random elevator music in B&B |
| Friday, September 7th, 2007 | |
| 2:03 am | Moving! And Oly is dead. So I moved in to my place yesterday (I guess it would be Wednesday, techincally) and I love it. It's small and I still need to get a dresser and a couch, but so far all is pretty well. I've also figured out that if I stay up really late, then I can get the wireless internet to work. I'll still end up getting my own because I really can't be staying up until midnight or one in the morning to get internet access, but it'll be fine until I can afford to get it. I'd forgotten how dead Olympia is when school isn't in session. A lot of kids just head home for the summer, so it's a less busy than I'm used to. Most of my friends are gone until the 15th, when everyone has to move in to the dorms. Hopefully I'll be able to get out and do some stuff with them soon; it's kind of lonely being by myself. I've got an interview on Monday for a work study job that I'll hopefully be able to get. Garion is having fun in London, which is nice to know. I really wish he were here though; I'd be far less lonely but alas this is the way things will be for another 14 weeks. Current Music: "Yokan"~Dir en Grey |
| Sunday, September 2nd, 2007 | |
| 1:28 pm | Trashy Trashy TV Since I'm not taking my TV with me when I move, I'm watching a good amount of tv. Mostly to get it out of the way since I'm sure about my internet situation when I move either. Since it's the weekend and not much is on, I'm watching re-runs of fairly trashy TV show. Like Flavor of Love. Why do I like that show? ANTM Cycle Three is on today too, so I'll probably tune in to watch the episodes where they're in Tokyo. I'm hoping the boy gets online soon so I can talk to him. He probably won't though so trashy tv shall be friend today! Current Mood: Fantastico Current Music: "Short Skirt, Long Jacket"~Cake |
| Saturday, September 1st, 2007 | |
| 4:16 pm | Of Moving Woes So, I'm packing my stuff up and getting things ready to go so I can move on Wednesday. My apartment is super teeny, so giant furniture is not going to work out. Sadly, the only things I can seem to find for cheap are all giant. I don't need a big sofa, I don't need a big table and yet that's all I'm finding. At least the kitchen room table will look nice and fit nicely against the wall. If I could afford it and wasn't so bad with my hands, Ikea has a really nice loveseat that would go well with the living room, as well as a couple of end tables. I'm so excited to get the guest bed though. It's so nice and while I won't have a bed frame for it for a while, it's still an upgrade from my twin bed. All I need now is a dresser and a sofa and it'll probably come down to which one I want more. I've got a friend with a car, so I can use her if I want to go and get dresser while I'm at school but there's no way I could move a sofa unless I get one now. And I've got 15 weeks until the boyfriend comes back. Current Music: "Starlight"~Muse |
| Tuesday, August 28th, 2007 | |
| 1:34 pm | Thoughts on Things about Things My thoughts on lol_meme are in another journal. The thoughs on lol_meme you might be looking for are not here. If you wish to see them out, do so by all means. Just know that my thoughts on lol_meme vs JF are short. The boyfriend called me today (yay!) and thus I am no longer ranty mcrantemo in that regaurd. I watched the first episode of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai yesterday and while I liked it, the whole focus on Rika kind of bugs me for some odd reason. Maybe because I liked Shion/Mion/Keiichi better? I dunno but I'm looking forward to actually getting some more answers to Higurashi no Naku Koro ni. Current Mood: Candy-Coated Current Music: "Time After Time"~Cyndi Lauper |
| Monday, August 27th, 2007 | |
| 2:16 pm | Things ( Rant Rant OMGIMISSHIM Rant ) And in non-ranty, mood facilitating mode, I sat down and watched all 26 episodes of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni and found it was a really good way to banish the emo in me. And instill a fear of small towns/villages and twins. Current Mood: Fan-Fucking-tastic Current Music: "Stand By Me"~ANNA TSUCHIY insp. by. Black Stones |
| Sunday, August 19th, 2007 | |
| 3:58 pm | More Answers! ( Questions and Answers for Qem Chibati! ) Current Mood: Dovish Current Music: "Come What May"~Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman |
| Friday, August 17th, 2007 | |
| 1:43 pm | |
| 12:00 pm | Meme! And Answers! So I've jumped in on the newest meme. Just for fun you see, as I'm bored and needing a bit of distraction! 1. Leave me a comment saying anything random, like your favourite lyric to your current favourite song. Or your favourite kind of sandwich. Or your favourite breed of tropical fish/kind of bug/breed of dog. Something random. Whatever you like. 2. I respond by asking you five personal questions so I can get to know you better. 3. Update your JF with the answers to the questions. 4. Include this explanation and offer to ask someone else in the post. 5. When others comment asking to be asked, you will ask them five questions ( Rotten Fish's Questions and Answers ) Current Music: "Fuck and Run"~Liz Phair |
| Wednesday, August 15th, 2007 | |
| 4:34 pm | The Good and the Bad The Good News: I got the apartment for $580/month. It's really pretty small and it lacks a dishwasher and the kitchen is pretty much non-exsitant. However, I'll be living by myself so I don't really need a lot of space, I'd be working nights on campus and the place is downtown so I'd know I'd be able to get home, and it's furnished. The Bad News: Because of the fact that I'm a student, in addtion to the $300 deposite, they want first and last months rent. If they just wanted first months rent and a deposit, I'd be able to handle that no problem but with addtion of last months rent, it comes down to me deciding if I want to call up housing and lie and say that I litterally have no place to live so put me back in the dorms or not eating/paying my phone bills until October. Dilemma. Current Music: "Stronger"~Kanye West |
| Tuesday, August 14th, 2007 | |
| 10:33 pm | "Sauce-GAY" So I'm re watching the Chuunin arc of Naruto since it's on CN at the moment and I've got nothing better to watch. I'm notcing exactly what they cut out and some of it doesn't make a ton of sense. Seriously, they cut out the whole images of the Kawarimi no Jutsu, so Sasuke and Sakura are sort of standing around scared as all hell and it makes no sense. Of course there's Naruto's dubbed voice, which really isn't that bad since it's about as abrasive as his Japanese voice. I find Sakura's dub voice to be the one that's really grating but that's just my opinion. I love the way they pronounce Sasuke in the dub though. "Sauce-gay". It's rather fitting but I'm not a fan of Sasuke, so anything that takes the piss out of him is okay with me. He exists as pretty much a plot point after the Chuunin arc and his gay ninja pirate outfit later on and his utter "LULZ I R BADAZZ" is annoying. He should be more fucked up after spending 2 and half years with Orochimaru but oh well. Plus Karin is creepy. I've been working on Nana fic lately. I wanted to make it Ren/Nana/Yasu but I ended up turning it in to blatantly one sided Yasu/Nana. I kind of like it more as a Yasu/Nana, even though Ren/Nana is pretty much my OTP of OTP's right now. I love me some Nana; it certianly lived up the hype far better than Ouran did. Although, I have been in a shoujo mood so this could be why I like it so. Current Music: "Because of You"~Ne-yo |
| Monday, August 13th, 2007 | |
| 11:16 pm | Something a little more fandom related I've decided that I will re-watch Gundam Wing while I'm still at home for the summer. I have no clue why, it could just be one of those random fandom related urges you get occasionally. Though I did find an old floppy disc with the really shitty 1xR fics I wrote in middle school and my poorly excuted attempts at writing porn. God I miss Gundam Wing fandom and the crazy, crazy shipping wanks and the character bashing. Hiirowing's crazy Sakura bashing would have been considered par for the course or just below it back in heyday of Gundam Wing. Then again, I also trolled 1x2 coms for fun, something that I'm not particularly proud of but find kind of entertaining anyway. I also found a bunch of Nana fanart on my computer when I was looking for the photos of my little sister and brother the other day. I'd forgotten about most of it, actually, but it reminded me that I need to actually finish the series. I'm up to volume 14 and I'm just being really lazy about keeping up with it. I could always just watch the anime but I've got a crazy firewall and my laptop doesn't have CD/DVD burner. And the Funimation dub of Peach Girl is horrid. Absolutely fucking horrid. I'm so glad I decided to netflix it instead of actually buying it. I was hoping they'd fix the fact that Saeko Chiba really doesn't work as Momo and...no. Although I have issues with the anime, so perhaps I'm far from the best person to be bitching about the dub. It was just a bit of a disappointment after the ParaKiss dub. Of the newer stuff, I'm aboslutely in love with Romeo x Juliet, Code Geass is okay but I'm not quite as in to as I thought I would be, Lucky Star is crack, and Kamichama Karin is nice for someone who needs a cute magical girl anime fix. Current Mood: *thud* Current Music: "Come What May~Trance Mix"~Ewan McGregor |
| 5:05 pm | Of housing woes I'm going probably be tired as all hell tomorrow but just knowing that I might have a place to live will make it all worth while. Seriously, when you've seriously considered just living at a cheap motel for a quarter until someone you can possibly move in with gets back, it doesn't matter how much leg work and tiredness you'll feel. So I'm leaving here early in the morning, probably around seven or eight since they've shut down part of 1-5, and spending all day in Olympia just looking at apartments. I've got two appointments, one for a $750/month one bedroom apartment that's apparently nicer than the two bedroom apartments in the place but it's more than stretching my budget. The other appointment is for a far more reasonable $580/month furnished one bedroom and $545/month unfurnished one bedroom apartment downtown. I was just going to look at the 750 place but, being realistic, I can't really afford a place that expensive. Maybe if Garion weren't leaving for London and wanted to move in with me I could, but on my own I really can't. Cooper's Glen has two two bedroom units available for $625/month and I might just go with that and get a roommate so I could split the rent, despite the fact that I kind of don't want a roommate. I could really use a bunch prayers and/or some good energy or some sort of positive force here. I do have a strong feeling that everything will be okay and that this school year (or at least from August '07-August'08) will be incredibly good. I just need a little extra help. Current Mood: Needy-like Current Music: "Digital Love"~Daft Punk |
| Friday, August 10th, 2007 | |
| 4:08 pm | Summer Update #2 As it's quickly approaching the beginning of the school year for me, I figured another update was in order. Or else the fact that I've been kind of not feeling well for the past couple of days has fried my brain to the point where updating sounds kind of good. Either way, I figured it wouldn't kill me to update a little. ( Whining and Thoughts not related to Fandom or LJ ) But enough of that whining. Current Thoughts on LJ vs. Fandom: I don't care and nothing will make me care. I've got a free account, so once again I see no point in deleting it and coming completely over to JF. LJ/6A is being twatty and fandom is being even twattier. Let's talk about fandom shit that doesn't involve LJ's "persecution" of fandom. Outside of that, Nana is love and I heart Nana/Yasu despite my love of Nana/Ren. Yasu is love. Current Mood: Focused Current Music: "Make Me Better"~Fabolous feat. Ne-Yo |
| Saturday, June 30th, 2007 | |
| 1:35 pm | Soon Soon Soon I've been looking for work (boooo) but having a great time with Garion. Hopefully we'll get to go camping sometime in July because I want to get out of this city for a few days and in to the mountians. He wants to go Crystal Lake but I'm all for somewhere in Eastern Washington or near St. Helens. Mt. Rainier would have been nice, but a lot of the camping areas are being restored this summer after the Nisqually River washed away most of them. I'm also looking forward to having the house to myself during SeaFair. If only I had a boat. I'm trying to think of a good place to go camping in the foothills or in Eastern Washington and the only places I can come up with are on the Tolt River near Carnation and Lake Chelan. While his godmother of sorts has a cabin out there, I don't want Garion asking if he can borrow it for a week. Besides, Lake Chelan's a bit overrun with people in the summer anyway. I would love to go near the Gorge, around Hood River or Goldendale, but there really isn't much camping in that area. Debbie suggested Crater Lake, but that's in Oregon and I'm not sure he'd want to drive that far. Here's a link for you! http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/321 If I keep reading about this, I'll end up more pissed off at people who live in North Seattle and think that South Seattle is overrun with poor black people and crime. It's hard enough with Garion and trying be honest about what it was like to go to Franklin without wanting to kind of hit him a couple of times, and this is the boy I love. Current Music: "Clothes Off"~Gym Class Heroes |
| Sunday, June 17th, 2007 | |
| 3:46 pm | Of Birthday Dinners and House Sitting I think I could get used to house sitting. Admittedly Granma Debbi and Grampa Mike, my other grandparents, have only been gone for about seven hours and I'll probably get really bored in another three, but it's fun so far. Plus Garion will be over tomorrow, so I'll probably go out with him and do some things. Might as well get him to help me with groceries and such while he's here. Last night, we (Debbie, Mike, and Garion) ended up going out to The Melting Pot for my birthday dinner. I feel a bit bad because it turned out to be really expensive and I kind of wish we'd gone to Picora's or Siam, but at the same time the food was delicious and it gave me an excuse to dress up. It was just really nice to have a nice dinner with my grandparents and my boyfriend and see them all make a great first impression on eachother. I really wish he could have stayed but as it's Father's Day and he does need to spend time with his family, I think it's a good think he went home last night. Besides, it would have been really awkward if he had stayed. Besides, there's pleanty of time for us to be together this week and all summer.I'm seriously looking forward to just being with him, espeically this week. Over all, I had a wonderful birthday. While I do wish I was in India right now, I'm really happy with things right now. I just wish I had a bit more time with a house to myself. |
| Wednesday, May 30th, 2007 | |
| 9:05 pm | Since everyone else is doing so I figure I may as well update my JF, considering the fact that LJ has gone on a happy hunting spree and everyone is talking about it. This update will not focus on that. My thoughts on the issue are probably just another drop in the bucket of what everyone else has already said. I will say, however, that while I do not agree with what LJ is doing, I'm not going to pay for a paid account here for the simple fact that I have no money. My LJ is a basic, as is this JF. All the money I earn this summer will be for my internship in India, not an online journal. I'd rather be able to afford to pay tuition to Evergreen, Darpana, and afford plane tickets and rent. Now, on to far happier and non fandom related news, I'll be leaving for India in September! I don't have the money to leave in the summer, thus I'm going to have to work and make some. Plus I'll have my fin-aid checks by then as well. I can't wait to go back and I'm really disappointed that I won't be able to go back this summer but I'd rather be able to afford to go instead of going even further in to debt. I miss Yadavan and all them, but for the time being I'm going to have to rely on Myspace and Gmail to talk to him. I've also, after many years of bitching about not having one, got a boyfriend. Yay for that but boo on the timing. He'll be going to England and Germany for six months in the fall to study neurochemistry. So a far less academic reason for me staying and working in the summer is to spend time with him and make enough extra money to afford tickets to go to Germany around Christmas if I can't convince him to come to India to see me. Outside of that, nothing much is going on. The Funimation dub of Peach Girl is dissappointing at best, NANA is fucking awesome, Bleach is getting good again as is Naruto, Death Note is a bit overrated but I still like it anyway, and I think I'm being slowely sucked in to Bollywood. Current Mood: Fan-Tabulous Current Music: "Konna ni Chikaku De"~Crystal Kay |