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That's right people! Jedi's making two Journal entries in one day! 0_0
2002-12-27 17:24:26
Well, I felt I just had to write again in this Journal. I wrote last time about what was going on and what I got for Christmas, but nothing about how I'm feeling. So I might as well do this now, instead of waiting until it's too late. ^_^
Well, for starters, I've been really confused. Watching Evangelion may do that to you... lol. The ending is not what you may expect, and you are sure to have mixed feelings about it. But oh well, like I said before, I'm working on that.
I've also been feeling quite blue lately. You know, that whole ending of Spider-Man and ending of Christmas. Spider-Man, I had seen in theatres, but watching it again practically tore my heart out. Christmas is over, nest is New Year's Eve. Then school again. Just one big loop. Man, that's pretty pessimistic, isn't it? lol Well, I guess it all has to do with how I feel. Other than that i haven't talked to Angel in such a long time (Messenger wise). I guess she hasn't been on for awhile. I've PMed her, and she did the same back, so at least I know she's still here. I mss her...
Well, enough of depressing stuff. How about happy stuff? Ummm... nice presents, yes I'm still using my room. That's about it. I have lots of hockey tomorrow and Sunday. Wish me luck! ^_^-;_; -
Not much time in my own room
2002-12-27 12:31:01
Well, as you all know by now, my grandparents are visiting. And since they sleeping in my room, this means not much time to use my computer or my Nintendo GameCube. So, while I'm here, I got to make the best of the time I can. ^_^
Luckily, i loaded up a few good AMVs to my dad's computer and loaded Messenger to it, this way I can still enjoy late nights on the computer. Sleeping on the couch has been fine. I've had no problems so far, and haven't been too cold. I could always say I'm cold, and get another blanket, but you know me, too stubborn to admit weakness. ^_^
I got Capcom vs SNK 2 EO for Christmas, and bought Eternal Darkness yesterday. I got great price for Eernal Darkness, $39.99 from $69.99. Guess Future Shop had a few too many. I've been totally enjoying my Eva DVD Box Set I got for Christmas. I watched what I hadn't already seen, and am now really confused. That was a weird ending... Nice, because there was a hint of happiness, unlike so much of the story leading up to it, but that was fine. I've been trying to get help though to figure it all out.
Also for Christmas, I got 2 scarves, a sweater, 2 pairs of pants, a 251 memory card, many checks, a 72 cd CD Case, a t-shirt, and some fudge. I really quite happy with it all. Oh ya, yesterday I also bought Spider-Man. Great movie, great price. ^_^
Correction from last Journal, I think her name is spelt Vjola, not Viola. I should really ask her, but I would way too embarrassed if I've been wrong. lol
I haven't worked out in 2 days now... Since there's always people around, I try not to do it. Everyone know I workout, but I would get way too embarrassed if they saw me working out. I prefer to be alone when doing it. It's just my way. My dad want to do it with me, but I couldn't really handle that. I hate it when people stop and watch me do something when I started off alone. I get this "is there anything you want?" feeling inside of me. I should really work on that....
Ok, this music video is driving me crazy! The song A Thousand Miles by Vanessa Carlton to the aniem Whisper of the Heart by Kwasek (I hope that's how you spell it). It's so awesome. I have it on constant loop! Never ending. I sometimes take a break for a few of Ikasu's vids, but only sometimes. I'm sure a few more hours, and I might actually get tired of it. lol
I got to put one of my dad's DVD drives in my computer! Now I can watch all the anime I have on my own computer! I'm so happy. It's doesn't matter to him, since he has a DVD drive in his other computer. I just replaced his drive with the burner I had, and that computer went to my brother, since his is still broken. So I may be the only person with 2 drives (DVD and CD) but I now have the weakest computer... Oh well, as long as it works. ^_^
Well, that's enough spying into my life for now. See you all later! ~_^ -
Shopping is done!
2002-12-21 12:48:24
Well, I finally fished my Christmas shopping last night. I got what I needed for my mother and my brother. Christmas shopping isn't really as hectic as it's talked as. I went to the mall quite a few times, and it wasn't really that busy. It's just that you see quite a few confused parents looking for gifts for their children, and I'm always there to give a helping hand. You know, you're looking at the video game section, and they're staring blankly at the amount of games in the selection. I've been asked many questions about which game is better, or is a certain game any good at all. It's fun showing off what I know. ^_^
I saw the Vision of Escaflowne DVD set at Future Shop! Not only that, but many other new anime DVDs box sets, like Cowboy Bebop and Gundam Wing. I was so sruprised. Last time Evangelion was the new one, now so many more. The problem: THE PRICE! $219.99 for the 10 DVD Gundam Wing set. Break it down, about $25 a DVD, which is actually not that bad, but to spend all in one shot, it's a little too much. Same with the Escaflowne set, $249.00 for 8 DVDs. I was wondering why so much more, but it's for the Black Escaflowne mech figure. An easy way to jack up the price. lol Many in like 5 years the price will go down. Hey, it worked with Ghost in the Shell and Princess Mononoke. Those 2 and the 2 Eva movies are the only reasonably priced anime DVDs. Even if I had a job, I don't think I would be spending that much cash...
I think I've fallen in love with the music video MTT-Kwasek-AThousandMiles-WotH.mpeg. I'm always watching it, like a constant loop. It's an anime I've never seen before, so that's probably why I hesitated at downloading it the first time, but downloading vids on anime I don't know is how I discover new ones. ^_^
You since last weekend, I think I've been on Messenger for one night only! I feel bad about that, because i have many friends that I can only talk to on Messenger (not even on the Forum), and they may feel like I'm ignoring them. But I should be online often during the holidays.
YTV is having this Anime-nia thing for the New Years! About 36 horus worth during the Dec 31-Jan 2 time period. Sounds awesome! The first 4 DBZ movies, cut of course, and the 2 specials. The last 5 episodes of Gundam Wing, finally! It's been on at 3:00am forever! Power stone, that show was ok. The last 4 episodes of BeyBalde. The 3 new episodes of Dungeon Dice Monsters (Yu-Gi-Oh!). More Gundam Wing, some Pokémon, Digimon, Monster Rancher, Hello Kitty, Sailor Moon, whatever "Keroppi" is, Medabots, Transformers Armada, and... Vision of Escaflowne! I can't believe it, Escaflwone! They haven't shown it in 2 years. Something about their liscense ending. Oh well, now I can see the first 10 episodes. And no, it's not the Fox cut version, it's much better! I am not sleeping during that whole time period!
I can finally burn some CDs, but not the regular way I used to. Normally, I could just put it in, make my files of what I wanted to burn, and then it took like 8 mins to burn. Well, the only way it works, I have to do this stupid formatting thing, and then I can drag the files into the CD. Which is easier, but it wastes like 40 MBs for the formatting. I was always able to use the full 700MB before, why not now? Well, this will have to do for now...
Out for now, Bye! -
One week left...
2002-12-15 21:51:12
Well, this was a typical busy Christmas weekend. Though it annoys me how everything is done on the spot, without any planning...
Like today, I got up late, around 11:00am. A good 8 hours sleep. OMB stayed up later. I was talking to her on Messenger, but 2:30am (or whatever it was) was getting late for me. lol Anyways, got up, went to my bother's hockey (they narrowly won), came back, and was getting ready to start off on the forum and all. Well, my dad wanted us to help with the Christmass tree, which is understandable, but he had previous tolds us to finish it during the week. Well, I did that, and it was around 5:00pm, which really sucked because I had hockey at 8:30pm and would have to had dinner early. So my whole day was pretty much wasted. Oh well, it's over. At least our team won today. 6-2 was the score, in favour for us. No goals again for me. This goaless streak of mine is really starting to bite, but I did get a few assists. So I'm happy, for now. ^_^
Guess what? I'm listening to some classical music right now. And am pretty much enjoying it. I never hated, it, but never loved it. Lately though, I've watched some more anime like Evangelion that has some classical music, and my taste has be renewed. My mother had a few Cds, so I've got one right now. So hard to hear though, everything is so quiet. If any other music was set at this volume level, I would be blown off my chair! lol Well, right now it's Antonio Vivaldi's Presto (concerto no 2. l'été). You know what? I'm not sure what music video this sounds oddly familar to, but I know I've seen it recently. I'll have to write back about that. ^_^ ... well, luckily I found the vid before completing the Journal. It sounds just like the music to "Obsession Video - The History of Anime By Sam Farha". I really like it.
Didn't touch my homework again. Maybe if I smash my head with my math textbook, I'll finally knock some sense into me. 2 years left in high school, including this year, and I'm barely doing anything. Luckily, my marks are not suffering. Christmas break will do me some good. I'll get myself to focus in time for exams.
I downloaded so many scenes from video games from IGN.com today. I go once in awhile, but today I got a lot. I got some Resident Evil 0, Final Fantasy 11, Metroid Prime and Zelda: The Wind Waker. Thought that thing that won't let you access more than 5 files or something really bites. It's quite annoying. Luckily, I've figured a way around it. But I'm not telling. ~_^
I still have quite a bit of Christmas shopping left to do. But I'm not worried. It'll just be fun. Going to the mall will be crazy. Speaking about the mall. It was so funny on Friday. Well, first off, my friend had asked me if I wanted to go with him. I thought to shop, he was just browsing. He brought enough money for dinner, and that was it. So 4 hours gone jsut like that. I didn't mind though. This was the first time in a long time we had spent some time together. Since many of our classes are seperate. Well, I was browsing in a video game store, checking out the GameCube games, when one of the store guys asked me if I needed help. I asked about Soul Calibur 2, and he got me this big binder with release dates, but it wasn't there. Well, this lady got his attention and asked if they had any Super Smash Bros Melee in stock. Used or new, it didn't matter. Well, he glanced at the shelf and said he was sorry, but they had none. The lady looked pretty disappointed. Well, I glanced at it myself, and spotted a used one! I interrupted the 2 of them and pointed to where I found it. He was quite embarrassed and she was thankful. They both thanked me and were off. I thought it was a funny situation. Maybe I should get a job there... ^_^
11:08pm. Time to make my rounds of the forums and then to bed. No Messenger today. I'd love to go on, but some people need more attention than others. So if I'm doing anything else, they are always wondering where I am. Which is fine, because when I'm talking to someone, I should give them my undivided attention. So that's why I'm not online as often as before. I only go on when I have the time. Ok, I'm out, but not forever! ^_^ -
Presentations...
2002-12-10 19:40:15
Well, lately I 've been having to do so many presentations in front of my classes. For me, this is something I'd much rather not do. Doesn't help that I get all nervous and my face goes red. But, I think their strategy is actually working out pretty well. Practice makes perfect (well, you'll improve anyways). English, we've done quite a few, and in French, it's the same. Though I guess that's a big requirement for language classes. Well, I'm not mad about it, I'm actually quite glad. I like to live by the idea of, whatever ever doesn't kill you, will only make you stronger (yes, not exactly true, but I'd like to think so). So, at the moment, I may not like the pain, but in the end, I know I'll appreaciate it. ^_^
This is the first night in a long time I don't feel compelled to check out the forums or go on Messenger. Which is actually a very good thing. You know how I've been complaining about not having any free time and stuff like that? Well, unfortunetely, I have to admit that it's my little addiction to these medias that has taken up those few spare minutes. Of course I love going, but there's a time and a place (well, not really a place, lol). Last night I didn't touch my homework, which could have screwed me so bad for today, but not a lot of people were at school yesterday, so I got off easy. Just look at this! 8:04pm, and I've already done SOME of my work! ^_^ Of course THIS is a distraction, but I felt I had to write about this. Sort of like a reminder for myself, when I feel down about the way I leave myself in the worst situations. Anyways, I'll probably only online when I completely finish my homework and other stuff. The only problem is that I'd hate to hurt anyones feelings about being gone for theose unexpected periods of time. I hope they can understand.
Speaking of understanding... am I the only one, out of my close"r" friends, who might actually consider working hard on a project of ANY sort? I'm like "Sorry guys, can't play cards today. I have to finish a book for last period. I have a test on it today." So they tell me to finish the book in my other classes and play cards with them at lunch as usual. I'm actually quite shocked. Lunch is one of the best times to finish homework. That's one of the reasons I love it! And I play cards like everyday. I can miss a few days, or maybe even a week. I think they're getting way too addicted to it. I'm not a guy that's big on getting good marks, but I would like to give a decent effort. It's the least I could do.
Why is it that people feel like I'm the standard of "being strong"? Wonder what I mean? I mean, if someone proves that they're a bit stronger than me, they feel like they're so strong. The only thing one of my friends talks about, is getting stronger. He wishes he could be so buff that his arms are huge. He talks about drinking protein shakes and when's the next time he's going to the gym. Yes, he's pretty strong. About equivalent to me. And it's not like he has something to prove, he's just gotten into this whole thing lately. Weird. But it's affecting some of our other friends. Well, him and another friends are getting pretty bad. Everytime I bump into them, they look as if that's a good reason to fight. It's sort of like they've been egging me on for the past month. Little taps and cheap shots. Most of the time I stand my ground, but there is two of them... lol Though, I wish I knew what they want. They know how much of a passifist I am, and that I probably would never fight anyone, unless I really had to. I guess that's actually part of the reason. So who knows what'll do. Maybe I will fight them one day. Who knows what'll happen. ^_^ And these are the same guys who keep trying to set me up for a date... lol not going to happen anytime soon. ~_^
Yay! I just re-newed my Nintendo Power subscription! Well, more accurately, my mother did. ^_^ You see, I'm so happy because, for 2 years, it's been under my brother's name, and he hardly enjoys it, to my knowledge that is (lots of commas, I'm sure there's some sort of grammar mistake lol). Well, know it's under my name. So I can enjoy it, without always needing his permission. I know this sounds greedy, but there's such a great feeling about getting somehting for yourself, that you just don't have to share. You can if you want, but it's actually your own decision. That's why I bought GameCube for myself. Of course I let my brother play! It's just that now he can't just can't barge in my room and want to play, and I wouldn't be able to really deny him of that. Since N64 was ours, we had that kind of trouble. Though I should really understand what I'm saying. There are many people who can't do somehting like this. Go out and just buy a GameCube. I'm not saying you're poor or anything (those who cannot do this), because I know it's just not true. I just mean, that I should consider myself quite lucky to have the opportunity to be able to not share stuff with my sibling. My parents are always reminding me of this fact. And even though I don't show it, I'm happy they do.
Well, I've already spent 45 minutes on this Journal. And I've been watching a whole bunch of music vids at the same time, randomly! I'm finally watching some of the ones I haven't seen for months! lol Time to get back to homework. I have a big Math test tomorrow, and I don't really understand everything yet... ~_^ Bye, for now. (and as usual, no time to proof read, lol)
PS, OhMyBelldandy said she's banned for 30 days (a month), so she won't be around the forums until that time is up. I already miss her around here! But I'll still get to talk to her on Messenger and The Bebop forum, so I'll manage. ^_^
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