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711. I never shop there
2005-10-17 16:57:53
Maybe with the hit records I should put an inane reference to something that said number reminds me of. Whatever.
I just had a glass of really nasty iced tea. I guess a year-old canister does lose something.
Just got home from the first meeting of Anime Club at school. Had a huge turn out, and we're holding the next session on Halloween -cosplay! Who should I try? Nothing skimpy, I'm not that stupid. For today, we mostly just drew, read and discussed different manga/anime, and watched people play DDR like maniacs. T'was fun.
Smile like you mean it... Killers are good. Didn't they also do some song about a boyfriend who looks like a girlfriend? Or was that someone else? I don't know. I'm getting interested in this singer called Mary Timony - she sounds like Nina Gordon and reminds me a lot of Tori Amos. I love "Dr. Cat."
Best shojo manga series: Fruits Basket (duh.) and Full Moon wo Sagashite. Better anime: Full Moon wo Sagashite. Why I write this, I do not know. So I'd better log off now - have a stalker project to gather together. I don't wanna think about it, but I'll bite the bullet. This one... deserves a good job. -
704. Sigh.
2005-10-13 16:10:11
Working on another fanfic that might go somewhere, and might not. It's Fruba focusing on Ritsu the monkey and Mitsuru the editor. From the manga, I think they'd be a really cute couple, but I'm not sure about most of the plot. And would Mitsuru have to forget at the end, or what? I don't know. I know that Ritsu's struggle to gain confidence will be a significant factor in the story. The part I've got the most focus on is when Ritsu decides to try martial arts. Kyo describes the ensuing fiasco at the dojo to Tohru and the others. 'Tis all so far, really.
I have two tests tomorrow: 50 question 35 minute scantron in AP history and a timed writing in AP English. I don't really know how to study... not to mention I have to get ready for the culturefest thing in sociology. Funness. Sigh. Thank God it's almost Friday. I hope I have time to play FF tonight... maybe not... Goodbye. -
693. I don't feel smited... didn't anyone want to smite me?
2005-10-11 18:33:09
It's not that I want to start a fight right now... in fact I really shouldn't... because I've been putting off my homework for the last four hours. Sigh.
I have to write a persuasive sermon (SERMON?!?!?), finish a sheet, and work on my stalker project for English. I need to get ready for a test and finish some sheets in History (not to mention get a good night's rest for the PSATs tomorrow), and write a video summary for Sociology. Not stuff I wanna do. Hence it's 6:30 and none of it is done. Bad me.
I played a little more FFVII, building up their levels before heading to the Mythril Mine. Oh, and I never explained how I managed to install FFVII, did I? Funny story. Every time I put the install disc in, the Autoplay screen would come up, I'd click "Install," and it would die. But I never really took the disc out. So one day I come home from school and hear the FFVII theme coming from my room. I go up and the computer screen says "Hello. Welcome to the Final Fantasy VII set up." I was happy.
On another side note, Anime Insider rocks. Their articles on specific stories have a lot of inaccuracies, but on the whole they're good. The #18 last man standing was fantastic. Sailor Suit Rumble: Kagome vs. Osaka vs. Tohru vs. Usagi vs. Miaka vs. Mamimi vs. Lain vs. Chise vs. Shuichi in drag vs. Sakura vs. Rakka vs. Hitomi. Very scary.
Now I need to get back to work. Byebye. -
680 Smite me
2005-10-06 23:22:01
Song of the moment is Sweetness by Jimmy Eat World. Nice song that I hadn't heard in years until it played on this morning's announcements. Happiness.
I'm kinda hungry, and tired. Quel grand suprise.
My assignment right now is to read Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God by Jonathan Edwards, find his purpose of writing it (what's he trying to achieve), and find at least 10 quotes to support why I think such and such is his purpose. Fun.
So here are my observations.
-”We find it easy to tread on and crush a worm that we see....thus easy is it for God... to cast his enemies down to hell...” It's an analogy, and also starts the accusations against humans. Humans find cruelty easy and fun to inflict.
-lots of mentionings of cruelty to animals which humans consider disgusting ("tread on and crush a worm," "...as one holds a spider or some loathsome insect over the fire..."
-”Yea, God is a great deal more angry with great numbers that are now on earth; yeah, doubtless, with many that are now in this congregation, who it may be are at ease, than he is with many of those who are now in the flames of hell.” The clause in the middle was awkward, it mostly contributed to the fear factor by making the congregation panic as they tried to keep up with their minister. It keeps them on their toes, where they really need to be, if he's accurate.
-”...the pit hath opened its mouth under them.” This is called personification, and it creates the image of a poor colonial struggling while a Jaws-like demon reaches higher and higher. This failed to scare very few colonials, I'm guessing.
-”The bow of God's wrath is bent and the arrow made ready on the strong...” The archery metaphor goes along with the idea of an omnipotent god. He can strike you down at any place, anytime.
-Not counting the title, the words "wrath" and "anger/angry" appear in this essay at least 16 times, all attributed to God. "God's wrath." "God is a great deal more angry with great numbers that are now on earth..." "Divine wrath." And even without the words: "The God who holds you over the pit of hell... abhors you." Does anyone else find it ironic that God can be found acting on one of the Seven Deadly Sins?
-"...justice bends the arrow at your heart... it is nothing but the mere pleasure of god... that keeps the arrow... from being drunk with your blood." Drunk is an interesting image. The sermon repeats the idea that God is omnipotent and the only reason any of us are still not breathing brimstone is his whim. The "Your" repeated here can be interpreted two ways in English: either talking about people in general, or addressing a specific person/group. I guess he's saying "YOU are NOT exempt from this!"
-"...he does not let loose his hand and cut them off. God is not altogether such an one as themselves, though they may imagine him to be so." Though a human this angry may be awful enough to cast a man to hell for eternity, God is above that; he has some self-control. The last is another chalkmark of human villainies against the all-powerful all-loving God.
-"The God that holds you over the pit of hell much as one holds a spider or some loathsome insect over the fire, abhors you." WHO DOES THIS? Who kills little organisms on a whim, especially using such a cruel method?! I'll tell you: LITTLE BOYS!! They pull wings off cicadas and make sport of stomping on spiders. According to this, WE ARE IN THE HANDS OF A HATEFUL LITTLE BOY.
Smite me. Now.
And it's tired. So I'm going to polish this up, print it out, and head to bed. And tomorrow I'm staying after for History Club, which shall be interesting, as long as it doesn't last too long. Today I got back at five because the late buses didn't show up until 4:25, and the idiot driving mine said my stop was not on her route. As soon as I got off to check, the bitch drove away. And it turned out that that was my bus. I was not happy. I hope tomorrow is better.
FFVII is so cool. I wanna play it now... My friend introduced me to a lot of great deviant art, including the mental problems of FFVII. My stomach has never hurt so much from laughing.
I wonder how much I know about fanfiction. I better figure that out, because someone's interviewing me for the school paper. O boy.
Didn't I say I was going to bed? That's right. Good night everybody. -
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2005-10-02 00:50:53
You know what would really suck? Playing a game, surviving through 5 bosses, equip everyone in your party perfectly, then get your asses kicked by some drones 15 paces from the save point. You'd be tempted to pitch your computer, huh? I'm glad that hasn't happened to me. Yet.
I've been playing FFVII on and off for the whole day, and have gotten farther than I ever did back when I bought the game. I'm so proud of myself. Now I just have to worry about tomorrow's scout thing, and homework that I /haven't/ finished (to give myself a little credit, I did some work). Sigh. Went in the woods today and feel imaginary things crawling all over me. Fuck it.
Good night.
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