Oh, my Dell. I just don't understand you. I thought your battery was dead, now all of a sudden it's charging after months of inactivity. It made me believe it was dead, broken, or just plain lazy and sleeping all this time. Maybe we have more in common than I think. Sometimes I sleep til 2:30PM because I don't think I have a good reason to get out of bed anyway. And you don't charge the battery because there's no good reason to since I keep it plugged in all the time anyway. Well, at least I know you're alive. And one you fully charge, you're getting unplugged.
I didn't get around to playing Yakuza today, probably tomorrow. Due to my computer's excellent health conditions, I played The Sims all night instead because my sailor scout family needed some attention. Makoto (Jupiter) was advancing like crazy in her food-industry career, until she got fired from her job when she didn't bring designer water to a famous person at her restaurant. Minako (Venus) got caught cheating on Usagi (Moon) with another man, so Usagi and him got into a nasty slap fight and he started crying. I decided to make Venus a raging bisexual just to keep things interesting. Rei (Mars) finally got her first job as an intern for a political campaign, and is secretly having an affair with Mamoru (Tuxedo), who Usagi hasn't actually met in the game so far anyway. So both Minako and Mamoru are cheating on her already. Poor Usagi. Amy is boring and makes the most money out of all of them as a scientist, and has a boyfriend whom she met when he walked past their house. She's just boring.
I went over the Outer Senshi's home, but their drama is practically nonexistent, except that Minako has a big whopping crush on Haruka (Uranus) and wants to flirt with her, even though Haruka and Michiru (Neptune) are married. Setsuna (Pluto) is just an anti-social bitch and no one likes her. Probably because she's not a planet anymore. And Hotaru (Saturn) never does her homework.
In other news, today was a day well spent. I spent four hours running around looking for a job. The most common response was "We're not currently hiring, but we're always accepting applications!". Basically, "fill it out and good luck, miss". I was especially sad to hear that from Buffalo Wild Wings, considering the one manager was so thrilled to know I had all the experience and skills necessary, and even gave me the hiring manager's number to call and tell her I was interested. What a disappointment.
I went into a little diner that my mom and I go to sometimes, because I saw a sign that said they were hiring for servers, but I don't know how thrilled they were when I told them I could only work seasonal. Diners always seem shady to me, so I don't know if I want to work there anyway. There were a lot of girls that seemed to be around my age working there, so maybe it wouldn't be so bad. As long as I'm not being paid under the table or they're taking my tips (coughcough- BEWARE OF MOST FAMILY OWNED RESTAURANTS-COUGH) I'll take what I can get.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Monday, May 17, 2010
(82) Game On (But Not at Ball State)
I went over to GameStop and decided to finally buy the missing part to my PS2. I haven't played in nearly a year because the coaxial cable went missing when I moved into my dorm and has never been found. But I am ready to hop onto my "I don't give a damn about anything anymore!" summer bandwagon and play video games again! I never beat Kingdom Hearts, or Final Fantasy X. I got to Atlantis and had a hard time defeating Ursula and never quite cared to go back and kill her.... until now. And FFX was so.... slow. Every time I moved there was a movie scene and it just never seemed to end. I'm thinking I oughta replace it with different game. So at GameStop, I bought Yakuza since it was on sale for $10 in the pre-owned section. I'm really excited to play it tomorrow.
I am not kidding you, the Sherrerville/Dyer area has 5 GameStop locations within a two mile radius, and then another in Merillville! Its like Starbucks in Chicago. I guess that doesn't surprise me since this area of Northwest Indiana is so full of kids and young people. And then there's the vast population of stoners, high school drop-outs, and the "oh, I swear I'm looking for a job!" groups. Regardless, the GameStop locations are a super plus for the few young thriving people like myself who lurk the area.
I'll be the first to admit I'm not as much of a dedicated gamer as many of my friends are. Often times, its just that I'm purely too busy to play them as often as I like. Other times I'm just tired and would rather bum-out and just watch TV. Next thing you know, days turn into weeks and suddenly I forget I even like video games. Video games can tell some of the greatest stories, and I love playing a game that keeps me on my toes. I remember when I was younger and N64 was the latest system. My dedication to games was incredible. I loved the stories and the fun little games that I could kill a few hours after school playing. So I'm hoping I can go back to those days and feel the same joy and excitement I got from those games. Starting with.... this summer :)
I am not kidding you, the Sherrerville/Dyer area has 5 GameStop locations within a two mile radius, and then another in Merillville! Its like Starbucks in Chicago. I guess that doesn't surprise me since this area of Northwest Indiana is so full of kids and young people. And then there's the vast population of stoners, high school drop-outs, and the "oh, I swear I'm looking for a job!" groups. Regardless, the GameStop locations are a super plus for the few young thriving people like myself who lurk the area.
I'll be the first to admit I'm not as much of a dedicated gamer as many of my friends are. Often times, its just that I'm purely too busy to play them as often as I like. Other times I'm just tired and would rather bum-out and just watch TV. Next thing you know, days turn into weeks and suddenly I forget I even like video games. Video games can tell some of the greatest stories, and I love playing a game that keeps me on my toes. I remember when I was younger and N64 was the latest system. My dedication to games was incredible. I loved the stories and the fun little games that I could kill a few hours after school playing. So I'm hoping I can go back to those days and feel the same joy and excitement I got from those games. Starting with.... this summer :)
(82) Tokyo Monogatari
I tried to blog last night, but my computer froze.... Every time I think my computer is better, it does something odd.
Anyway, I was up until 3:30AM watching an old 1950's movie called "Tokyo Story" on TCM. It was in Japanese with subtitles, and was pretty good. I'm not sure what the theme of the story was, but it seemed to be a reflection of the role of family in Japanese culture. I was talking to Shuichiro once, and he told me that families aren't really close in Japan.
The story was about an old couple visiting all their grown children in Tokyo, as well as making sure to visit their daughter-in-law Noriko, whose husband (one of their sons) died in the war. The problem was, all their kids were too busy to entertain them or take them sight seeing. After a few days, they actually sent the parents away to a lively, modern, fun hotel and spa so they at least had something to do. But it was definitely a place for the younger generation. So the parents go back to one of their kids' homes, and they're actually asked to leave and go elsewhere.
Who does that? Especially to their elderly parents?
Anyway, the mom ends up dying at the end. There's a scene at a dinner table after the funeral where Kyoko, who I believe was their youngest daughter who still lived with the parents, was being told from her older sister to fetch all kinds of clothes of the moms so she can have them. Kyoko doesn't say anything of course, but later as she's speaking Noriko, she goes on this big rant about how disrespectful that was, and that it isn't how family is supposed to act. Noriko however, disagrees.
She tells Kyoko that kids gradually grow distant from their parents, and that it wasn't disrespectful at all. Kyoko asked if Noriko would have done what Shige (the oldest daughter) had done, and Noriko said she would have.
There was another scene where the father met up with some of his old co-workers and his retired chief for drinks. All the men got drunk and went on rants about how their sons were all failures. The father's son was a doctor, but not a Tokyo city doctor, just a small suburban doctor, thus he was a disappointment. The other man's son was a co-executive of a big company (or something) and not the big boss, thus was also a failure.
It was a really good movie, but did seem to reflect on how the kids no longer needed their parents anymore, and were closer to each other than their parents. Even the grand kids were too preoccupied with other things to pay anyone else notice.
The most interesting part was the parents' relationship to each other. I know they're old and all, bu there was little to no love left from either of them. When the wife died, the husband seemed to be more in shock rather than grief. When one of the neighbors came by back at his house in the small town they lived, the neighbor pestered him about how lonely he was going to be now that his wife is dead. It was so light-hearted and energetic, that it was as though it was a big joke!
It was so bizarre. Nowadays, or ever, I can't image someone coming over and making fun of you after your spouse dies.
If any of you ever come across it this movie, I'd say check it out, even if it is a lengthy 3 hours.
Anyway, I was up until 3:30AM watching an old 1950's movie called "Tokyo Story" on TCM. It was in Japanese with subtitles, and was pretty good. I'm not sure what the theme of the story was, but it seemed to be a reflection of the role of family in Japanese culture. I was talking to Shuichiro once, and he told me that families aren't really close in Japan.
The story was about an old couple visiting all their grown children in Tokyo, as well as making sure to visit their daughter-in-law Noriko, whose husband (one of their sons) died in the war. The problem was, all their kids were too busy to entertain them or take them sight seeing. After a few days, they actually sent the parents away to a lively, modern, fun hotel and spa so they at least had something to do. But it was definitely a place for the younger generation. So the parents go back to one of their kids' homes, and they're actually asked to leave and go elsewhere.
Who does that? Especially to their elderly parents?
Anyway, the mom ends up dying at the end. There's a scene at a dinner table after the funeral where Kyoko, who I believe was their youngest daughter who still lived with the parents, was being told from her older sister to fetch all kinds of clothes of the moms so she can have them. Kyoko doesn't say anything of course, but later as she's speaking Noriko, she goes on this big rant about how disrespectful that was, and that it isn't how family is supposed to act. Noriko however, disagrees.
She tells Kyoko that kids gradually grow distant from their parents, and that it wasn't disrespectful at all. Kyoko asked if Noriko would have done what Shige (the oldest daughter) had done, and Noriko said she would have.
There was another scene where the father met up with some of his old co-workers and his retired chief for drinks. All the men got drunk and went on rants about how their sons were all failures. The father's son was a doctor, but not a Tokyo city doctor, just a small suburban doctor, thus he was a disappointment. The other man's son was a co-executive of a big company (or something) and not the big boss, thus was also a failure.
It was a really good movie, but did seem to reflect on how the kids no longer needed their parents anymore, and were closer to each other than their parents. Even the grand kids were too preoccupied with other things to pay anyone else notice.
The most interesting part was the parents' relationship to each other. I know they're old and all, bu there was little to no love left from either of them. When the wife died, the husband seemed to be more in shock rather than grief. When one of the neighbors came by back at his house in the small town they lived, the neighbor pestered him about how lonely he was going to be now that his wife is dead. It was so light-hearted and energetic, that it was as though it was a big joke!
It was so bizarre. Nowadays, or ever, I can't image someone coming over and making fun of you after your spouse dies.
If any of you ever come across it this movie, I'd say check it out, even if it is a lengthy 3 hours.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
(81) Here I Go Again, My My -- How Can I Resist Ya!?
You wanna know how I can tell my day was boring or below-average?
I am jamming out to the 2008 movie's Mamma Mia! Soundtrack.
This shit is awesome!
Even though its all ABBA music, I think the movie distracted me from how awesome these covers are, and I feel like I've never even heard the music or seen the movie. But now that I have the CD, I'm enjoying it to its fullest extent. The movie really was that outrageously bouncy and happy. I love Meryl Streep and Amanda Seiyfred and Price Brosnan is a fox but Jesus Christ Almighty, CALM DOWN PEOPLE.
I also took advantage of my internet's freedom to download as much illegal music I want, including Mamma Mia. I obtained The Cranberries and S.E.S, an old girl KPop band I used to be obsessed with.
I sorta cleaned my room finally, but I spent most of the day sitting on my ass. If I can find my other hand-weight, I'm totally gonna work out tonight to make up for it.
In other news, there is no news. Its still cold down here so its hard to type, I'm still jamming to embarrassing music I'm going to hide on my Zune, I'm kinda hungry, and my cats are begging for attention.
Well..... Eight more to go.
Voulez-Vous!!
I am jamming out to the 2008 movie's Mamma Mia! Soundtrack.
This shit is awesome!
Even though its all ABBA music, I think the movie distracted me from how awesome these covers are, and I feel like I've never even heard the music or seen the movie. But now that I have the CD, I'm enjoying it to its fullest extent. The movie really was that outrageously bouncy and happy. I love Meryl Streep and Amanda Seiyfred and Price Brosnan is a fox but Jesus Christ Almighty, CALM DOWN PEOPLE.
I also took advantage of my internet's freedom to download as much illegal music I want, including Mamma Mia. I obtained The Cranberries and S.E.S, an old girl KPop band I used to be obsessed with.
I sorta cleaned my room finally, but I spent most of the day sitting on my ass. If I can find my other hand-weight, I'm totally gonna work out tonight to make up for it.
In other news, there is no news. Its still cold down here so its hard to type, I'm still jamming to embarrassing music I'm going to hide on my Zune, I'm kinda hungry, and my cats are begging for attention.
Well..... Eight more to go.
Voulez-Vous!!
(81) Whoops
Guess I forgot to blog last night. But if I would've blogged, it would have been all about my fantastic new Dell laptop!
Well, not really new. As a matter of fact, its the same one I've had for the past three years. But it certainly runs like new. After reinstalling Windows 7, everything magically disappeared. Music, software, The Sims, uTorrent, everything gone. It started to prompt for all kinds of new updates, a lot like the ones that pop up everyday when you get a new laptop. It even had to reinstall a driver (pardon me if my computer ignorance is babbling about wrong things), such as my ATI Radeon graphics... card, thing. I then had to reinstall all updates and antivirus/firewalls that I already had, so it seems to have pretty much restored itself!
When I spoke on the phone with the Dell representative, he told me the first step of a system restore was to reinstall Windows 7, followed by a few other things to reset. Apart of me feels like my restore isn't quite complete, and the packed Recovery drive seems to be vouching for that theory. I have 220 MB free out of 10GB on my D drive, and before I tried to compress everything I only had 14MB. It was fine and had plenty of space before I brought my laptop home from school. It doesn't seem to be causing any major problems, so I guess I'll let it sit tight until I know what to do.
Regardless of my worries, this is fantastic. a 1MB download takes a few seconds rather than a few minutes to download, videos on YouTube run smoothly, I found some hot themes that I never knew existed for Firefox (realistically I never could've gone anywhere near them without my computer freezing), my internet actually runs at high speeds, my computer takes a minute to fully boot up (last time it took 10-15 before I could run ANY programs), and its so refreshing!
Ah, the age of technology. A slow computer made me depressed and I was sucuumed to a feeling of helplessness. Now that its fast and refreshed, I have become lively and happy!
We are so dependent.
In other news, I should be over at the new house today helping my mum and Jim strip wood, but I forgot my phone at Kyle's house last night, so my mom has probably been calling me. That's okay. If she really wanted me there today she would have woken me up this morning and told me to be there at a certain time (snicker). I knew I forgot my phone the moment I got into my car last night, but the last thing I wanted to do was to go knocking on his door while his family was asleep. Sigh. I'll bet people have been calling me, too. Sorry if my phone is going berserk!
I guess I'll be bloggin' later tonight. So far it looks like I have no plans, so I guess I'll write about something that actually matters ;p
Well, not really new. As a matter of fact, its the same one I've had for the past three years. But it certainly runs like new. After reinstalling Windows 7, everything magically disappeared. Music, software, The Sims, uTorrent, everything gone. It started to prompt for all kinds of new updates, a lot like the ones that pop up everyday when you get a new laptop. It even had to reinstall a driver (pardon me if my computer ignorance is babbling about wrong things), such as my ATI Radeon graphics... card, thing. I then had to reinstall all updates and antivirus/firewalls that I already had, so it seems to have pretty much restored itself!
When I spoke on the phone with the Dell representative, he told me the first step of a system restore was to reinstall Windows 7, followed by a few other things to reset. Apart of me feels like my restore isn't quite complete, and the packed Recovery drive seems to be vouching for that theory. I have 220 MB free out of 10GB on my D drive, and before I tried to compress everything I only had 14MB. It was fine and had plenty of space before I brought my laptop home from school. It doesn't seem to be causing any major problems, so I guess I'll let it sit tight until I know what to do.
Regardless of my worries, this is fantastic. a 1MB download takes a few seconds rather than a few minutes to download, videos on YouTube run smoothly, I found some hot themes that I never knew existed for Firefox (realistically I never could've gone anywhere near them without my computer freezing), my internet actually runs at high speeds, my computer takes a minute to fully boot up (last time it took 10-15 before I could run ANY programs), and its so refreshing!
Ah, the age of technology. A slow computer made me depressed and I was sucuumed to a feeling of helplessness. Now that its fast and refreshed, I have become lively and happy!
We are so dependent.
In other news, I should be over at the new house today helping my mum and Jim strip wood, but I forgot my phone at Kyle's house last night, so my mom has probably been calling me. That's okay. If she really wanted me there today she would have woken me up this morning and told me to be there at a certain time (snicker). I knew I forgot my phone the moment I got into my car last night, but the last thing I wanted to do was to go knocking on his door while his family was asleep. Sigh. I'll bet people have been calling me, too. Sorry if my phone is going berserk!
I guess I'll be bloggin' later tonight. So far it looks like I have no plans, so I guess I'll write about something that actually matters ;p
Thursday, May 13, 2010
(80) Windy Adventures
Ahhh, another well spent day downtown. It was me, Abraham, and Louis this time, and we just went through this whole day without an actual plan, except of course to go downtown. We checked out some stores, had Chipotle, got a little lost in the banking district on our way home (but getting lost is all apart of the Chicago adventure doncha' know), and just had a good day.
The train ride was funny from start to finish. We went to the New Lenox Metra, and although the parking lot was packed, it was pretty much deserted. We went inside to buy our tickets, and after we left to hang outside for the train, some really bizzare tribal music started playing from the speakers. Only one song, too. We're thinking the guy at the ticket-booth was scheming something. I think he's a shaman.
Upon boarding the train, two homeless kids sat across from us. They mentioned being high-school drop outs, so I image they were our age or a little younger. I know they mentioned that they weren't 21 yet. Anyway, I found them to be really shady and I didn't want to talk to them. Once they sat down the first thing I wanted to do was move, but they probably would have yelled at us/me for judging them.
They were nice, but they just creeped me out. Does this make me judgmental? Yes, and I'll admit it, too. If I went around thinking every shady looking person in this world was perfectly nice and harmless, I'd probably dead, and I don't even run into that many scary people. They offered us tobacco and crackers, but we politely declined.
Anyway, we FINALLY got to Chicago. The New Lenox route was a little longer than my usual Homewood Metra line. We then navigated to Michigan Avenue and ate lunch, and went along our plan to play it by ear. We went to Boarders, and checked out everything from literature, political books (with Abe's newly famous quote "Here, buy this. You freakin' Republican") to sexy books, and it was fun. Abe and I bought some urban fashions at H&M. I got some adorable flip-flops (with a heel!), and a nice new purse that makes me look fancy and expensive.
In Tinley Park we went to Longhorn Steakhouse for dinner, and we had a joyous feast. Abe and I split a full slab of ribs and fries, and Louis had chicken and a TON of fries. We had so many fries we didn't even know what to do with them.
So it was a really good day. Everyone is off to Acen tomorrow and then back to Muncie at the end of this weekend, so hopefully I can make my way down to Muncie to hang out at least once this summer for a weekend or something.
The train ride was funny from start to finish. We went to the New Lenox Metra, and although the parking lot was packed, it was pretty much deserted. We went inside to buy our tickets, and after we left to hang outside for the train, some really bizzare tribal music started playing from the speakers. Only one song, too. We're thinking the guy at the ticket-booth was scheming something. I think he's a shaman.
Upon boarding the train, two homeless kids sat across from us. They mentioned being high-school drop outs, so I image they were our age or a little younger. I know they mentioned that they weren't 21 yet. Anyway, I found them to be really shady and I didn't want to talk to them. Once they sat down the first thing I wanted to do was move, but they probably would have yelled at us/me for judging them.
They were nice, but they just creeped me out. Does this make me judgmental? Yes, and I'll admit it, too. If I went around thinking every shady looking person in this world was perfectly nice and harmless, I'd probably dead, and I don't even run into that many scary people. They offered us tobacco and crackers, but we politely declined.
Anyway, we FINALLY got to Chicago. The New Lenox route was a little longer than my usual Homewood Metra line. We then navigated to Michigan Avenue and ate lunch, and went along our plan to play it by ear. We went to Boarders, and checked out everything from literature, political books (with Abe's newly famous quote "Here, buy this. You freakin' Republican") to sexy books, and it was fun. Abe and I bought some urban fashions at H&M. I got some adorable flip-flops (with a heel!), and a nice new purse that makes me look fancy and expensive.
In Tinley Park we went to Longhorn Steakhouse for dinner, and we had a joyous feast. Abe and I split a full slab of ribs and fries, and Louis had chicken and a TON of fries. We had so many fries we didn't even know what to do with them.
So it was a really good day. Everyone is off to Acen tomorrow and then back to Muncie at the end of this weekend, so hopefully I can make my way down to Muncie to hang out at least once this summer for a weekend or something.
(79) Cool the Heat
GOOD GOD I'm so cold!!
I just got back from the Ashbary again with Kara and Lindsay, and even though its raining, thundering, and lightning outside, its warmer outside than it is in this basement. That makes absolutely no sense, and it makes me so angry because there's nothing I can do be comfortable. EVER!!
My mom is just like me when it comes to the temperature I require to function as a human being, but Jim flips out if I or my mum go anywhere near the thermostat (not that I would touch it now anyway, but when I was sitting down here fighting death this past winter.... everyone would rather see me dead than pay money). The other night I was wearing my life-saving fleece hoodie while wrapped in a blanket in my bed, and I was still cold.
Do I have anemia, or something? That's gotta be it, because the slightest breeze or any temperature under 50 degrees sends chills down my spine and I go into panic mode. I must've fallen under the ice of a frozen lake and died in my past life. I get cold far too easily, and I panic too quickly.
To throw some salt on my ridiculous wounds, I really hate it when it's hot. The humid, sticky air of summer drives me insane and if I'm out in the sun for more than 15 minutes, I get sun burned. Even driving in my car without wearing sunscreen gets me burned. Everything about summer is gross.
This is why I need to start migrating as the seasons change. When I was in California in the middle of summer, I didn't have any problems with the heat. It was dry heat!
Hell, I was even in Vegas when the temperature was 106 degrees and it was fine to me!
I have come to the most terrifying conclusion of my life.
I am allergic to cold breezes and humidity.
Therefore, my life is over.
But I'm gonna go to Chicago with Abe, Louis, Matt, and whoever else tomorrow before I die of this awful disease. Kbye.
I just got back from the Ashbary again with Kara and Lindsay, and even though its raining, thundering, and lightning outside, its warmer outside than it is in this basement. That makes absolutely no sense, and it makes me so angry because there's nothing I can do be comfortable. EVER!!
My mom is just like me when it comes to the temperature I require to function as a human being, but Jim flips out if I or my mum go anywhere near the thermostat (not that I would touch it now anyway, but when I was sitting down here fighting death this past winter.... everyone would rather see me dead than pay money). The other night I was wearing my life-saving fleece hoodie while wrapped in a blanket in my bed, and I was still cold.
Do I have anemia, or something? That's gotta be it, because the slightest breeze or any temperature under 50 degrees sends chills down my spine and I go into panic mode. I must've fallen under the ice of a frozen lake and died in my past life. I get cold far too easily, and I panic too quickly.
To throw some salt on my ridiculous wounds, I really hate it when it's hot. The humid, sticky air of summer drives me insane and if I'm out in the sun for more than 15 minutes, I get sun burned. Even driving in my car without wearing sunscreen gets me burned. Everything about summer is gross.
This is why I need to start migrating as the seasons change. When I was in California in the middle of summer, I didn't have any problems with the heat. It was dry heat!
Hell, I was even in Vegas when the temperature was 106 degrees and it was fine to me!
I have come to the most terrifying conclusion of my life.
I am allergic to cold breezes and humidity.
Therefore, my life is over.
But I'm gonna go to Chicago with Abe, Louis, Matt, and whoever else tomorrow before I die of this awful disease. Kbye.
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