Now it's time for random (or not so random) plugs! Overclocked Remix is an extremely spiffy site, especially if you like any sort of video/computer games or if you like remixes. I really need to download a whole bunch of the songs I like and make several CDs of them. They make good mood music, I've found.
My imouto-chan has a blog! *snuzzle* I'm almost done with the layout for it, and that makes me happy. ^_^
Have to say, I hope my English teacher lets me write my research paper on the topic I've currently chosen. I mean, vampires are just cool.
Heero last accepted a mission at 12:43 p.m.
Tuesday, December 10, 2002
Why is it so hard to find sheet music for "O Come, O Come Emmanuel"? The only place I know a score exists is in the Reader's Digest Christmas Songbook, and I don't want that version. I want a solo piano, purely instrumental version. Is that really too much to ask for?
In other things, I found more webcomics that I like, namely Your Wings are Mine, which was linked from Arcana. And speaking of Arcana...poor Caine! *sniffles* I hope he's okay....
End of the semester crunch-time has really set in, and I'm starting to go insane. I just hope I can pull everything off so that I don't fail miserably. Again.
And, quite annoyingly, plane tickets are very expensive. x.x I don't know how I'm going to manage to pay for my ticket back to school at the moment. Blah, something will work out, somehow.
Note to self: go to the administration building today so you can learn how much money you earned this year.
*blinks* This tape of mine is odd. There's one spot on it that's just dead, but all the rest of it is fine. I'm not sure what to think about that.
Shigoto shitgoto. Later all.
Heero last accepted a mission at 12:08 p.m.
Friday, December 6, 2002
Well, I got back safe and sound from my Thanksgiving weekend, and I had a great time visiting with family. I'm going to have to get used to eating like a poor college student again (my grandparents believe in feeding people very well). I even managed to get some Christmas shopping done while I was up in SLC, which surprised me to no end.
I haven't even been back a day, and things are already piling up in front of me. Between school, work, and life, I don't know how I'm going to manage everything and still stay sane. I know it will happen, I just don't know how it'll happen. Still, I suppose this is better than being bored with my life. . . .
I'm glad that you had a good Thanksgiving and that you didn't have large amounts of fireworks with your parents, and I'm glad that you had a happy early birthday. I'm excited to see everybody back home home, and I hope that you can figure out how to get your VCR to work the right way, Yume.
Now it's time for me to get back to inputing changes on lots of long, complicated footnotes that have lots of problems in them. Fun fun! I'll blog more later, and maybe I'll even come up with a new layout!
Heero last accepted a mission at 12:04 p.m.
Monday, December 2, 2002
My school has declared today as a Friday, even though it's really Tuesday. Can we say that the administration is whacked in the head? I personally find it rather amusing, but that's because so many faculty members are against the whole thing and end up cancelling class or something.
There's so much I need to get done before I go up to Salt Lake for Thanksgiving. I don't know how I'm going to get it all done, especially considering the fact that I leave tomorrow. Eh, it'll work out somehow. It always does.
I'm going to see Treasure Planet tomorrow! I'm looking forward to it (obviously). I don't often get to see movies in the theater because it's just too expensive. Of course, there aren't that many movies I want to see for the most part.
I hope everybody has a happy Thanksgiving. I should blog at least once more before I head out, but I never can tell!
Heero last accepted a mission at 11:03 a.m.
Tuesday, November 26, 2002
Okay, I don't know if this qualifies as me being obsessed or not, but I think it comes a sight closer than anything else I've ever done in the past. So I found out yesterday that one of the girls in my Japanese class will actually be going to Japan for Thanksgiving. I don't know if she's visiting her family there or if they're all going--it's not that important. What's important is she's going to Japan.
Armed with the knowledge, and on the vain hope that my mad scheme would work, I started looking for the title (in kanji) of one of Takaya Natsuki's other series (she's the creator of Fruits Basket). I'd found the series at animaxis, but sadly their site isn't up right now. Anyway. . . .
None of the sites I normally visit were working last night, or if they were they didn't have this particular title listed. That's when I decided to get adventurous. I went to Kinokuniya.com, which is more or less entirely in Japanese. I'd never been able to get the search function to work when I'd gone there before (and even if I had, I probably wouldn't have been able to do anything with it anyway). With my very basic knowledge of Japanese, the ability to input Japanese text into my web-browser, and one of my volumes of Fruits Basket I was able to find what I was looking for. Copied down the information character for character (handwriting isn't too good), then promptly left that paper at home when I left this morning.
I'm not about to be denied the possibility of getting this series, however. Since I had a little bit of free time at work I reconstructed my search. Without the ability to input Japanese text. On a Mac. I now have a second copy of the information, even though I have no clue if my classmate will even be able to get to a bookstore that sells manga in the short time she'll be in Japan (or that she'll even want to go, for that matter).
Still, it doesn't hurt to try, does it? Yeah, I'm obsessed, or something. Maybe it's just that I'm really persistent. . . .
I also really need to learn to stop playing word shark late at night. Stupid game is addictive.
Heero last accepted a mission at 11:25 a.m.
Friday, November 22, 2002
Okay, I've decided that I must just be incredibly stupid. Or easily distracted. Possibly (read: probably) both. I just spent the last couple hours playing silly games at PopCap Games. Mostly Word Shark, but I played a bit of Bookworm before that. I really have no life.
I'm hoping that I'll be able to get everything done in a reasonable and timely fashion. For the most part, this means lasting through the semester, getting decent grades, and planning my schedule so I'll be able to get some sort of job next semester that will help me pay for things. Somehow I doubt I'm going to be able to work in the writing center as a tutor, simply because I need to do a semester of slave labor (no pay) before they start giving me money for my work. Which really sucks for me, because that would be a job I wouldn't mind having, all things considered. Maybe someday, when I don't have to work to support myself during a semester. Like that'll ever happen....
Still, all things considered, I'm quite enjoying this semester and living off-campus. There are definitely times when I miss dorm life, but for the most part I'm good with what I've got.
Had a cleaning check today, and apparently the lady wasn't happy with how we'd cleaned the bathroom. It was clean, but obviously wasn't clean enough, or something. I'm just really glad that Kaziya was the one in charge of the bathroom or nastiness could have ensued. If I'd been the one who had cleaned it, we could have all been charged so it would be professionally cleaned, or something. I'm not entirely sure on the details, but it's a good thing Kaz was there so she could, well, fix the problem. ::grumbles at the landlady::
Blargle. I hope I have all the stuff to make the dinner I want to make on Friday. Having a friend come over, decided to make food and stuff. I like cooking.
And on a completely different and random note, I really need to start looking for plane tickets so I can get back to school after the Christmas break. I'm thinking that would be a good thing, ne?
Dun wanna do homework....really really don't.
Heero last accepted a mission at 12:15 a.m.
Thursday, November 21, 2002
Yay for roleplaying! Just finished the first session of the second campaign I'm playing in. This one is more of a comedy campaign, which is a nice break from the seriousness of my life in general. I'm not sure if it's going to be more or less humorous when I've had enough sleep. I'm thinking it will probably stay roughly the same though.
I be a sleepy Anki, so I think I'm going to go to bed. ::snuzzles sexy cat boy while wandering off to bed::
Heero last accepted a mission at 01:02 a.m.
Saturday, November 16, 2002
First off, I would like to wish Yume a happy belated birthday!
I've had an interesting week to say the very least. I'm not entirely sure what to make of the events that have occured. Some of them have definitely been good, but others really haven't.
I saw Lilo and Stitch last night, and I was crying through at least half of it. It's such a good movie! I've decided that I need to get a copy of it when it comes out on DVD. It really is a feel-good movie.
Sadly, I don't think I'll be able to see Harry Potter this weekend (or any time in the near future, for that matter). For one thing, I'm too busy with school, and for another, the theaters (as far as I know) are already sold out.
I've come to the conclusion that I'll never learn. I was up until 4:00 am again this morning working on an English assignment. While working on said assignment I realized that my computer has decided to eat the Insert >Symbol option in the menus of Word. This makes me rather annoyed. I'm going to have to talk to my dad about it, I think.
I really have no idea what I'm going to do about presents this year. I mean, I've got a lot of anime I could burn onto CD for people, but that would require me to have blank CDs and stuff that people actually want to watch. It also doesn't cover presents for my family and roommates (they already have all the anime I have). *snerk*
I head back to NH on December 23rd for anybody who's interested. I'm not sure how long I'll be back though. Hopefully it will be long enough for me to see all the people I want to see, ne?
Aaa....shigoto shigoto. Must get back to work.
Heero last accepted a mission at 12:17 p.m.
Friday, November 15, 2002
La de da....life is good. Well, it's still stressful and all that junk, but it's actually pretty good. And let it be known that I love my English teacher and my Linguistics teacher because they're both insanely understanding of psycho schedules and not being able to find things. I've basically been given extentions on two of the killer papers I had to do (including the one I stayed up until five in the morning to finish, interestingly enough). Makes me feel kinda stupid that I stayed up that late, but life is good. Really have to make that my mantra.
In other news...Macs may be dummy-proof but dang they can be annoying....Unlike a PC, not all key commands will work in all programs. So I use one command in one program (like Word for Mac) and then I can't use it in another program (like IE for Mac). *sighs* Oh well, not much I can do about it, really. Have to use a Mac at work, probably shouldn't be blogging anyway, but my boss isn't here and I finished the assignment he gave me.
Your new layout looks very pretty! I really need to read D.N. Angel at some point in time....Maybe when my roommates finally get their own copies of the first two volumes. Of course, if I like it anywhere near as much as they like it I'm going to have to get my own copies. *chuckles*
And I hope you feel better soon. Being sick is no fun, especially when you aren't quite sick enough to feel justified in not going into work.
*looks at layout* I really like this layout, but I'm thinking it might be time for a change. What to change it to though? That's always going to be the question....Anybody have any ideas?
Heero last accepted a mission at 11:17 a.m.
Monday, November 11, 2002
*snerk* I really really shouldn't be up this late. The only reason I am awake at this unholy hour is because I've been trying to write a paper for my English class. I've just managed to get onto the second page, and I have no thesis. I have no idea where I'm going with the stupid thing, it's due tomorrow, and right now all I can think of is how much I really want to be in bed asleep. I don't want to work on this stupid, blasted paper any more, but if I don't I'll get a horrible grade in my English class and basically blow my GPA for the third time in three years. I can't afford to do that. I really can't. *cries*
Yes, I'm having a pity party for myself. Deal with it.
Heero last accepted a mission at 03:47 a.m.
Thursday, November 7, 2002
Blogging at work again, which probably isn't the best thing for me to be doing, but I have a few minutes and it's not going to take me that long. I really need to learn to go to bed earlier because falling asleep at the computer is not a good thing. Of course, some of that might be due to how warm this building is, but I don't know that that would play a huge part in my personal mental state.
I'm starting to wonder what happened to Thanksgiving. I mean, we still celebrate the holiday, but it's almost like a footnote between Halloween and Christmas. The bookstore here at school already has Christmas items for sale (although they do have some Thanksgiving stuff as well), and there are tons of Christmas-type commercials on TV. I think I should make myself some nice Thanksgiving decorations. That'll be good. *nods at self, pleased*
The second Fruits Basket DVD comes out in January! This make me quite happy, even though I've still got to figure out a way to save up the money to buy it (and the third DVD, which is slated for release in March). I have to say it again--FUNimation has done an excellent job with Fruits Basket and if they continue to do so I'll have to place them among the group of companies I really like.
My dad's recipe for Apple Crisp makes me very happy, although I think I need to cut back on the number of times I make it in a short period of time. Of course, the fact that I'm generally sharing with at least one other person when I make it has nothing to do with that fact.
Ne, Yume...I don't suppose there's any way for you to get to Provo when you head out to Arizona to visit your folks? *grins*
I should probably get to work on the script(s) for the manga that Kaziya and I are working on....it needs to be done before December something.
I have to agree with you that Caine is absolutely wonderful and SloanexHolden is an extremely cute couple. ^_^
And let it be known to all and sundry that Internet Explorer for Mac is just whacky. I think it's even more picky and particular about coding than Netscape, which is truly impressive and scary in my mind. Not to mention it doesn't seem to understand the concept of "This image is flush with the top of the viewing window." That really messes with some blog layouts, which is sad.
Heero last accepted a mission at 11:14 a.m.
Tuesday, November 5, 2002
Okay, the time for this entry is very much lying, but I don't care. I have huge poofy pants and I made cookies! Both of these things make me very happy. Yes, I've come to the conclusion (again) that little things make me very happy, which is a good thing given the high-stress way I tend to live. Poofy pants! ^_^;; They're a burgundy color and they're huge, which is the way I wanted them. I still need to do something about pockets maybe, but I don't know if I'm going to just yet. I made them myself!!
Okay, I think I'm going to end this rather senseless rambling on about pants and cookies now.
Heero last accepted a mission at 10:05 p.m.
Monday, October 28, 2002
Well, it's been quite a while since I blogged, and people might be getting worried if they don't talk to me. Life's just been really really hectic and busy and I forget to do things when it gets like that.
I got the first Fruits Basket DVD, and FUNimation has gone up in my eyes. A lot. They're doing an excellent job with this release, and, with the exception of Yuki's voice, the dub isn't half bad. I'm not saying it's good, just that it isn't horrible. Heh, I'm a happy girl, let me tell you.
Yay! Yume has a blog now! This also makes me happy.
I thought I had more to blog about, but I guess my brain just isn't working as well as I thought it would. Probably because I'm tired and things have just been insane.
Heero last accepted a mission at 01:41 a.m.
Saturday, October 26, 2002
Quick blog at work...I don't think that Mac's like my layout for some reason. Either that or I'm doing something wrong, because my images aren't lined up the way they're supposed to be. ::pouts::
On the positive side of things, I absolutely love my job.
Heero last accepted a mission at 11:30 a.m.
Wednesday, October 2, 2002
Sometimes I think that teachers take a sort of perverse pleasure in assigning things to torment their students. Then I realize that college professors are no different than public school teachers--there's this mistaken concept that so many teachers seem to have that their class is the only class any student has.
So yeah, I have to read the first "volume" (about 100 pages) of Matthew Lewis's The Monk by tomorrow, as well as finish my take-home quiz for Japanese and write a paper for my Lingustics class. Oh, and there's also two Editing assignments due on Wednesday and a rewrite of my English paper for Friday. Can you guess who's going to be busy this week? The worst part about it is that this list doesn't include the assignments I'm getting this week, just the ones I already have. It also doesn't include the upcoming assignments I have to deal with.
Bleh. I hope I can get through this. On the plus side, my job is absolutely and utterly wonderful. I'm getting paid to do things I love. Only down side is that I don't have as much time during the day to do my homework (or more accurately, to goof off).
Heero last accepted a mission at 11:54 p.m.
Monday, September 30, 2002
New layout again! I'm not saying that I don't like the previous layout, I was just wanting a change again. It happens. That and my roommate got herself a blog, and whenever other people update things it makes me want to change things on my site as well. At any rate, enjoy the new layout. For some reason, it seems rather...patriotic. Go figure.
Heero last accepted a mission at 02:36 a.m.
Monday, September 30, 2002
