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[Jul. 10th, 2009|01:33 am] |
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| | Bucky Done Gun ~ M.I.A | ] |
So, things are looking up a bit. For one, my dad isn't going blind. He's been having vision problems for the past few weeks, and finally went to the doctor about it. Well, initially the doctor diagnosed him with macular degeneration, which basically makes you progressively go blind. However, he went to a second doctor who had all sorts of fancy equipment to test for macular degeneration....and he doesn't! Yaaay! He just burst a vessel in the back of his eye due to stress. Gross, yes, but it also (generally) goes away on its own. So hooray!
I also had a really fun (sort of) day in Boston yesterday. The rain wasn't fun, but the Red Sox game was :3 I love baseball! And they won. Eh, I'm kind of weird in that I generally root for the home team, even though I like the Yankees better. I think it's the polite thing to do. Also, I don't want to get beaten up xD Whateverrrr. I just like baseball (but not as much as hockey, because hockey is awesome).
Also, I got an interview with the New York Aquarium, which is random and out of the blue, but I don't care! XD I was jumping up and down. If they offer me the position (which I think they will, since they kind of implied it in the email), I'm gonna take it. It's a stupid expensive ridiculous commute, but I love aquariums and marine biology. And I am fully ridiculous. And I also can't think of when I'll ever again have the chance to work in an aquarium. Eeeee, I'm excited xD They have jellyfish!!! Hmm, I also kind of want a part time job that, y'know, pays, so I'm gonna be on the lookout for one of those. And theeeen, maybe in the fall, I'm gonna try to enroll in Japanese and Arabic. ...We'll see. But these are my dream plans x_x
I also had a lovely evening xD My cousin is in town with his three sons, and we went to the gorgeous beach front house he rented for dinner. It was awesome! ;_; I love seeing family! Ahhh, I think we'll see him again along with my uncle in August :3 I'm excited about it. We don't see them nearly enough.
Aaaaaaannnnddd, I'm working on a painting I really like, and I hope it turns out well. I really like the sketch I have done....it's of Medusa. I like her a lot. Her myth is really sad. She gets raped by Poseidon and then gets punished because of it. Thaaaat's fair. But then I realized that the way that the Greeks treated rape in their myths was overwhelmingly horrifying. Rape generally seemed almost like a compliment....the nymph or whoever was just TOO BEAUTIFUL(!) and the god was just TOO OVERCOME with love and passion! So it's okay! Errr.....no. |
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| Italy + Now |
[Jul. 6th, 2009|01:09 am] |
Okay, so I bothered to type up my time in Italy if only for myself...Because I'm sentimental. D: Shhhh. No judgments, just feelings.
Highlights included:
-Having a saddlefaced old woman threaten to call the cops on us
-Riding a train for free (by accident)!
-Meeting a real boyscout in Venice
-Leering creepy men
-Learning where Italy's priorities lie during their independence day parade
( Italian Adventures + Pictars )
As for now, things are fucked up xD ....I think my lip is bleeding.....I should look into that. I also still don't have a job D: And I'm bored in Maine. And want to run away to Kentucky to the caaaaaveeesssss. I want to have an adventure, boo. But many of my ideas are illegal. Which really isn't very fair, I think. |
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| 私の生活はちょっと。。。 |
[Jul. 1st, 2009|10:13 pm] |
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D: 仕事がない。。。気持ち悪い。仕事がほしいよ～ でも私は。。。なまけもの。 ：D ん、もうすぐアラビア語を習いたいと思う。でも、日本語とフランス語を忘れたくない。。。 |
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[Jul. 1st, 2009|02:18 am] |
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Ooooohhhhhh lord. Let's all just stop and consider how amazing Dragon Berry Bacardi is. |
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| Hmph. |
[May. 22nd, 2009|07:02 pm] |
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So apparently I'm getting tension headaches? Which is a little bizarre considering that I'm supposed to be relaxing and not worrying about anything right now. So after a trip to the doctor, I have a big old bottle of muscle relaxants. I'm guessing they're about as effective as a bottle of booze (and a lot more expensive), but hey, I'm not a doctor. |
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| AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! *runs around* |
[May. 8th, 2009|04:27 pm] |
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| | happy | ] |
Okay, so I'm totally done with college. And I just got my grades today. And I spent the last five minutes screaming and running around. XD I got all As this semester! Fuck yeah!
Civil Liberties: A+
Understanding Globalization: A
Japanese Lang and Culture: A
LAC French: Pass (was only pass/fail)
IA Senior Seminar: A
Dissident Politics: A-
GOOOO MEEEE~ This means I graduate with honors in International Affairs. It also means that I totally did well in Dissident Politics, which had a really hard teacher. This also makes my GPA the median of all the T14 law schools I want to go to. MAYBEPOSSIBLYMAYBE I CAN GET IN TO THEM WITH A GOOD LSAT SCORE! :D :D :D! The only thing that kills me is I was .04 of a point away from graduating magna cum laude. SO CLOOOSE. BAAAHHH ;_; Okay, no it's good. Cum laude is good. <3 |
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| Attention span of a goldfish D: Also, communism is boring. |
[May. 2nd, 2009|05:02 pm] |
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| |  bored | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Jizz in my Pants ~ The Lonely Island | ] |
Okay, so I have three scary big things left: a 14 page globalization paper, a Dissident Politics final, and a Japanese final. The main problem = Dissident Politics. I didn't do any of the reading for the class...and now have to rectify that. It's just so boring, and I have no attention span. It's basically just repeating the same thing over and over again, in different words. I get it, communism sucks. That's wonderful. AAGGGGHHHHHHH. I'm so burnt out on working. I just want to roll around on the floor ;_; |
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| OMGWTFBBQ. |
[Apr. 23rd, 2009|12:54 am] |
| [ | mood |
| | crazy | ] |
| [ | music |
| | The damned lip gloss song wont get out of my head | ] |
Okay, so Singled Out was totally a success. I was so worried that no one would show up. I'm so happy about that <3 Made my night. That's one thing off my plate. I also managed to get the second half of Globalization reading done, so that's positive. Sadly, there's still a whole lot of other stuff. I'm making this little list for my benefit....pay no attention to that man behind the curtain....
By 4/27: (Monday)
-Capstone paper
By 4/28: (Tuesday)
-French presentation
By 4/29: (Wednesday)
-Dissident Politics paper
-Capstone presentation
By 4/30: (Thursday)
-Academic Festival presentation
By 5/4: (Monday)
-Civil Liberties privacy paper
-Civil Liberties Justice decision
-Globalization final paper
By 5/5: (Tuesday)
-Dissident Politics final
By 5/8: (Friday)
-Japanese final
OhdearsweetJesus. That is a whole lot of writing and a whole lot more of reading. I have a dirty confession to make. I am behind on the entire semester's worth of reading for dissident politics. This is bad. So very bad. I have so much reading to catch up on while trying to write a lot of papers. AAAHHHHHH. I'm not actually convinced all of this can be physically done on time. I'm kind of annoyed that all the really intense and hard things are squished at the very beginning of finals week but something ridiculously easily like my Japanese final is at the very end of the week -_- Blergh. Sadly, I feel like I'm happiest like this-- completely stressed out with way too much to do. I can dooo itttt....hopefully? *Brandishes rapier and goes running off into battle* |
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| (no subject) |
[Apr. 7th, 2009|03:19 am] |
| [ | music |
| | Dragon Queen ~ Yeah Yeah Yeahs | ] |
私はちょっと意地悪です。 |
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| venom |
[Mar. 26th, 2009|02:07 am] |
May I just express how much I want to rip the fat eyebrows off of Justice Scalia's greasy face? :D His logic is horrifying. For instance: "21.06(a) applies equally to all persons. Men and women, heterosexuals and homosexuals, are all subject to its prohibition of deviate sexual intercourse with someone of the same sex." Um. Wat. Run through that one more time for me, Scalia? This time, with logic.
Also, I'm getting annoyed at the book I'm reading for my capstone. It's really interesting, but it keeps screaming at me, "WOMEN CAN'T BE VIOLENT! THERE MUST BE SOME UNDERLYING REASON FOR WOMEN TO BE VIOLENT! IT'S UNNATURAL! THEY ARE LIFE GIVERS! LIFE GIVERS!" Women can't be pissed at the Israelis like men are? Guhhh.
/end rant |
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| Thoughts |
[Mar. 4th, 2009|12:38 am] |
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| |  Nibbhrg? | ] |
*Scribner Village is actually not on American property but on USSR territory. It was built in the mid-80s using Soviet craftmanship and innovation. And Chinese newspaper. I'm convinced and the evidence supports me.
*If I fake my own death and run to Mexico, I don't have to take my Civil Liberties midterm.
*The Justices are old windbags who need to learn the value of pithiness.
*....Wow, pithiness is a word...
*My brain hurts.
*I really wish I had a cheeseburger.
*....A talking cheeseburger. |
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| No, thank you. |
[Jan. 20th, 2009|02:26 am] |
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| |  bleeeegh | ] |
Um...how about classes don't start tomorrow? I feel like I'm not ready at all for anything that's about to happen. So if time could just stop for a minute...that would be fabulous x_x I feel like I have some catching up to do here. Or thinking. Or something like that. |
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| Gaza situation |
[Jan. 4th, 2009|05:51 pm] |
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| |  aggravated | ] |
I am disgusted by America and Israel right now. I cannot believe the United States is just sitting around and watching what is unfolding without saying a word. Or, even funnier, condemning *Hamas* for what is going on. I'm sorry, what? Are they even paying attention here? Last I checked, maybe 10 people were killed in Israel by Hamas attacks. Meanwhile, more than 500 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli attacks. While I sympathize with both sides in that civilians should never be the targets, I have trouble believing that Hamas or the Palestinians are the evil perpetrators. Wow, Israel, you kick people out of their land and homes, force them into a tiny area of land that simply cannot support that many people, into refugee camps, and then are shocked when they hate you? Who the HELL would have thought? I'm not saying it gives Palestinians the right to attack innocent Israeli civilians, but the Israeli government-- and the US government-- has done VERY little to help the situation. Blacklisting Hamas as a terrorist organization...not so helpful. They were democratically elected into the Palestinian National Authority. And yes, while they have done some really shitty things, Hamas is not just a militant organization. They also provide welfare and other social services to the Palestinians. I just think it's such bullshit. Everyone is saying, "But Israel has a right to defend itself!" Um, hello, what about the Palestinians? They don't? Oh right, it's "terrorism" when they do. Right. |
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| Ahhhhhhhhhhhh. |
[Jan. 3rd, 2009|05:47 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  worried | ] |
| [ | music |
| | I'm a Lady ~ Santogold | ] |
I hope everyone had a very happy New Years and all. I'm happy to see 2008 go. All in all, it wasn't such a fabulous year. Well...Japan was. But other than Japan.
So....I don't know what I'm doing with my life. I'm kind of flailing around, and that's it. What am I supposed to do before law school? I want to do something really awesome that I will enjoy but something that will also impress law schools. I have kind of vague ideas but they have so many flaws. I thought about the Peace Corps, but I'm fairly certain I'd be placed in west Africa, and I'm sort of intimidated by that area. I realize it's far more stable than central Africa, but...still. It's also a two year program. Right now, two years seems like a long time. My parents are also convinced that I would get malaria and then be kidnapped and murdered by political dissidents. My other idea is JET, the program to teach English (or whatever) in Japan. I'd really love to do that, but I'm not sure how "impressive" that is to law schools. Also, the thing about the Peace Corps is that it helps people, and Japan is....not so much in need of help. So while I'd like to do it, I wouldn't feel like I'm helping anyone. Bleeergh. ._. Of course, the other option is an internship in NYC. The problems with that are no pay, living at home, and a long commute. I don't particularly want to live at home. Right now, I'm really just leaning towards JET. |
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| thing number 23,434,378 that has gone wrong this year |
[Dec. 21st, 2008|01:47 am] |
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Blergh. I'm not going to Canada for Christmas because my uncle is too sick. This is the first year in my whole life I haven't gone to Canada for Christmas. Literally. I don't like it :( |
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| So this is the way people lose their minds. |
[Dec. 8th, 2008|10:30 am] |
So, to say that it's been a trying few days would be an understatement. By a lot.
I was already worried about all my papers, family, etc. Oh, but it can always get worse, I learned that. And it usually does. It all began on Thursday when I got a phone call from my mom who was going into surgery that day. She told me my uncle was in the hospital because they found polyps in his intestine, and one was too big to be removed. Guess what that usually indicates? Colon cancer! Yaaaay! So I call my dad later on to see how my mom is doing, and he tells me the surgeon never called him, like he was supposed to. And he sounded kind of worried. So I'm freaking out about my mom and my uncle, imagining all these worst case scenarios. So then, to top everything off, my computer crashes. Blue screen of death ftw! Not like I have a million papers coming up or anything.
Guh. Now to write an email begging for an extension. ;_; |
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| DUMB. |
[Dec. 3rd, 2008|02:51 am] |
You know what I think is dumb? Existentialism, nihilism, and the literature corresponding to these schools of thought.
To me, it's just one collective "BAAWWWWWWW."
...That is all. |
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