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07/29/2004 Entry: "nag nag nag"

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Everyone nags me for blog entries. But what am I supposed to blog about?

Oh, I know. How about the great big huge cloud of EEEEEEEEVIL that wants to KEEEEEEL me?

Otherwise known as Canada.

You see, I've never done anything to Canada.

Maybe I should have. Maybe the root of my current problem is that I never did something really evil to Canada (other than sing along to that South Park song .. :P). If I had, I'm sure it wouldn't want me.

But it does want me. And through the cruelest, cruelest of ways.

You see, my parents and I are going to Canada.

Oh, no, not my sisters. My sisters are .. doing their own thing. Or something.

While I go to Canada.

Touring.

On a tour bus.

And if you've read my profile, you know where this is going.

Yes, it's an all-Korean tour bus. Golly gosh. Doesn't that sound like fun?

I stopped screaming hysterically after the third day or so, but every once in awhile, I keep shivering in fear.

My mother was having a temper tantrum for awhile. "Awhile" being something like ... oh, five days? You see, my sister did a little something that annoyed my mother, and being that my darling-precious-loving-caring sister was in SAN DIEGO, my mother had no one to take her temper out on.

Rephrase - "No one that deserved to have her temper taken out on."

For. Five. Days.

Here are quotes from that period of hellfire:

"It's okay. You don't need to go to UCLA, or UC Berkeley ... no, no, if you're just going to waste your life, a CC is good enough for you.."

"You can do the dishes EVERY DAY NOW. Because I have renounced being a MOTHER."

"We're not going to do paperwork today. Because I might KILL YOU."

"You cook dinner. I'm no longer your mother."

My loving, darling sisters thought this was absolutely hilarious.

HARDY HAR HAR.

Might I add that I didn't do anything wrong? Why was I being punished when I actually hadn't done anything?

About a day or so after she was done with her five day hissy fit, I found out about Canada.

And the All-Korean tour bus.

No one knows my pain. My suffering. In fact, both of my sisters laughed like homicidal maniacs having a banquet when I sobbingly told them. Plus, I'm missing Key Club's Awake-a-thon, which has to be one of the most entertaining events of Exex Board.. -_-

And then there's the all-Korean tour bus.

Which never leaves. So if you think I forgot, I didn't.

"I HATE YOU, DRACO MALFOY!" screamed Hermione.

"Darling, meet our new son.. Draven Malfoy."

::dies:: Draven!? Where the hell do people come up with this stuff?

(Probably the same place that they came up with levitation charms so that Snape could thrust into Harry at a better angle while the latter screams, "Fuck, yes!")

So anyone else ever read a fanfic where Draco Malfoy is part-Veela and goes into heat, which can only be sated by his destined mate who-just-happens-to-be Hermione Granger? Damn, those are funny.

All of you commanded me to blog. Or for me to entertain you. But what can I say? I seem to have lost my sense of humor. It left when my bad mood came.

And who knows why I'm in a bad mood.

Maybe it's the all-Korean tour bus.

So my mother came home, and complained to me that she couldn't open her Adobe Acrobat files. Since I'm teaching her to use the computer, I asked her to show me exactly what she had done.

Now, it looked like this.

Janice: ... Which button did you click on?

Mother: Quit.

Janice: WHY?

Mother: Because launch means stopping, right?

Janice: O_X Where did you get that idea? It's launch as in "launch pad", so why would it be stop?

Mother: But don't spaceships land on the launch pad?

Janice: ........................ X_x

I haven't been watching the Democratic Convention, but Obama did a nice and crowd-pleasing speech, which, if you hadn't read it, you should. It's somewhat traditional (which is to be expected in politics), but has a solid theme of uniting America (although heaven knows if that's possible by anyone out there). ^_^

OOH! News on the new and horrible Pride and Prejudice!

So my sister said that Judi Dench is playing Lady Catherine..

You know the confrontation scene with Elizabeth and Lady Catherine?

As my sister said: Judi Dench is going to eat Keira Knightley for dinner. Or something. She could be wrong, but isn't it a possibility? I was rewatching Pirates, and while Keira Knightley has spirit, Judi Dench has the ability to slice people, very neatly, into many small pieces.

I want to rewatch the miniseries. ;_; But Stacy borrowed it. WEEP.

(And how many versions of P&P can you have in one decade, anyway? The miniseries was fine, fine stuff, and then you have that movie and now this one..)

I picked up my packet for registration, and it suddenly occured to me:

We. Are. Seniors.

(Except for Sarah, who's beating us, and for Spencer, who never had to enter hell in the first place, but let me continue my gloating.)

We are ALMOST DONE. I NEVER again will have to conjugate a Spanish verb as long as I live. (Well, not for class, anyway.) I will very possibly have a free T.A. period, and if I can T.A. for Thomson and listen to his lectures again, the paperwork will be worth it. (And the food.)

AHAHAHAHA I'M ALMOST OUT OF THIS HELLHOLE WHERE LIFE DECIDED TO KICK ME IN THE ASS AND LAUGH ABOUT HOW MUCH IT HATED ME. WELL, LIFE, I'M ONLY TAKING THOSE PRISON BARS PAINTED THE COLOR OF MOLD FOR ONE MORE YEAR. AHAHAHAHAHA.

And I wonder how I'll be when we graduate? Hmm.

Spoken words: 25 have fallen.

HAHA ::beat::

Posted by Sarah @ 07/29/2004 10:34 PM PST

Ummm that was the most amazing piece of literature I have ever read. Thank you for making my waaaay boring day 100% better. You are, and will forever be, the love of my life.

Christina, however, is still my sex partner till the end of time. <3

Posted by Jessie @ 07/30/2004 12:52 AM PST

i didn't know how to respond, but after reading jessie's comment...

i will have to say "ditto"

i only wish i could blog that interestingly... i just seem to post song lyrics... oh, and i don't have a sex partner...

:cries:

Posted by zenkalia @ 07/30/2004 12:50 PM PST

Oh I am so sorry. But at least you'll be in Canada. Most of them speak English and it's very clean. Imagine being in an all-Korean tour bus in a third-world country?

... and for Spencer, who never had to enter hell in the first place

Heh heh heh...

Posted by Spencer @ 07/30/2004 04:09 PM PST

Janice, I am so sorry that you're having a not-so-sane family right now, but you are the light of my life.

You captured your mother's attitude perfectly. I can tell, because my mother gets like that sometimes too.

Posted by Christina @ 07/30/2004 10:03 PM PST

Oh yeah, and Judi Dench plays a Lady-Catherine-lite sort of character in The Importance of Being Earnest. And she ROCKS. She alone will make this adaptation worth seeing.

Posted by Christina @ 07/30/2004 11:34 PM PST

Sarah is incredibly cruel. She is NEVER getting her going-away present. Nope.

And Jessie left me. ;_;

And Mike is confusing. What did I say about sex partners? (And I mean in this entry, not a previous one.)

I recall trying to convince Spencer to enter high school. And I recall him replying that it was something like a pack of rabid germs. Or something dirty.

All-Korean tour bus in a third world country? That would be better, as the bus would be empty. You think most Koreans would be on a tour bus in a third world country? Not enough tawdry little souveniors.

Well, the sanity has mostly returned to my family - as much as there ever was, although occasionally my mother makes the darkest comments. ("Yes, yes, it is very hard for children to surpass their parents.. if that happens, it is because their parents have put so much work towards them, and so much sacrifice... too bad _certain children_ don't appreciate that...")

Yes, but if Judi Dench KILLS Keira Knightley in the confrontation scene, Darcy is never going to get laid, is he? Because his aunt will have won. (Well, he won't have been laid unless you're subscribing to that Hidden Sex Scenes of Jane Austen book you told me about.)

Canada. All Korean Tour Bus. Flight is 9:00 a.m. at the LAX on August 2nd. Someone pleeeeeease kidnap me?

Posted by Janice @ 07/31/2004 03:31 PM PST

I'll be the one in the ski mask and leather pants.

Posted by Sarah @ 07/31/2004 06:10 PM PST

Mmmm... leather pants...

Posted by Spencer @ 08/01/2004 02:01 PM PST

I recall trying to convince Spencer to enter high school. And I recall him replying that it was something like a pack of rabid germs. Or something dirty.

I don't recall saying the pack of rabid germs part. Though something dirty doesn't sound that out of character...

Posted by Spencer @ 08/01/2004 02:02 PM PST

have fun in canada dear. try not to get eaten by beavers. also don't fall off the ferry. and watch out for mounties. they bite.

Posted by joan @ 08/01/2004 11:26 PM PST

Well, Spencer, I couldn't remember quite what you said, but I picked something relatively ("relatively") close :P

Sarah: Leather pants? Are you turning into Draco Malfoy?

And my friends can see that Joan loves me ever so much. My darling sister. Aww.

And what ferry? We're going rafting. I wonder if there are horses? ^.^; that would be so much fun.. heh heh

While driving in the Hyundai Elantra today --

Dad: We need to fill the car with gas. We're driving it to the airport tomorrow.
Janice: Why? We never drive the Elantra when we all go. (this is because the Elantra is a small car for a large amount of people)
Dad: Because this is the cheapest car.
Janice: .. ooh, in case it gets stolen? But don't airports have good security about that sort of thing?
Dad: HAHAHA. Good security.. hahahaha.. ::mumbling::
Janice: .. o.O

Posted by Janice @ 08/02/2004 01:24 AM PST

Bon voyage, dear! Make note of all the interesting bits, to entertain us when you return. SMOOCH.

Posted by Christina @ 08/02/2004 03:24 PM PST

i was commenting about sexual partners in response to jessie's post...

i don't remember you saying anything about sex partners in that post... it's too long for me to re-read now... maybe i'll get on that later... hope you have (by the time you read this, had) fun!

Posted by zenkalia @ 08/02/2004 05:55 PM PST

kill those Canadians for me

Posted by Earl @ 08/03/2004 12:14 AM PST

So hey. I have something like seven minutes of my presshuus internet time. Aren't you all touched that I'm spending some of it with out? You should be, it costs a freaking $2 for fifteen minutes. (Canadian money, but still.)

So, to make up for the fact that one American dollar is approximately 1.2 Canadian dollars, everything is EXTREMELY overpriced. Yep.

As I thought, I'm one of the oldest children on this trip. Oh golly gosh. There is another seventeen year old, but she's even more (hard to believe, isn't it) than I am about being here.

Next up is a fifteen year old, two thirteen year olds, an eleven year old, and then assorted minions - ah, that would be younger children. I've actually been hanging out with them because my mother is driving me nuts.

We were at a waterfall.

Mother: "OH LOOK MAYBE A BABY BEAR WILL GO OVER THE FALLS."
Janice: Jesus F** CHR!ST.

Okay, I didn't say it, I just thought it. But that's what I was thinking. This is because we watched some movie entitled "The Bear" where some bears do stupid things.

Actually, one of the best parts of that movie was when the baby bear (unused to eating properly by itself, it having been orphaned at a young age), ate some mushrooms. HAHAHA. He went on an LSD trip. You could practically hear "Pink Elephants" playing in the background.

Quote from my tour guide:

"So, who here is from Korea? And who's here from Los Angeles? I see, I see... and who's here from IRAQ?" *chortle*

.. o.O

I would've been on the computer before this, but the last time there was internet access, it was in a freaking 18-and over bar. I mean, for christ's sake.

I'm going a little cuckoo because I can't use the internet or find any of the books that I wanted. I should have brought more books. Not that I've read all that I brought, mind you, just that I really, really don't feel like reading the rest of Crime and Punishment.

This is like a blog entry in itself, but I actually don't have the URL for my blog here, so unfortunately, I can't. But hey. This is nearly good enough.

I bought a really cute stuffed animal today. It's a moose. Several, in fact. And they are in a canoe. And they are wearing hunting clothing. Isn't it beautiful?

I want to know how all of my wonderful friends are doing out in Los Angeles. Or California in general. Because HEAVEN KNOWS THAT I AM BORED TO DEATH OUT HERE. ARRRRRGH. CAN NOT TAKE.

I wrote down what Christina would call her "interesting bits", as some of them were too amazing to pass up (amazing in their sutpidity that is - god, why am I on an all-Korean tour bus!?), but I don't have the notebook with me. So bear with me while I complain about the food.

You can bet your ass that if there was a Korean tour bus in Paris, they would find the ONE FREAKING KOREAN RESTURANT in the ENTIRE CITY - heck, the entire country (it is France) and eat there. I have had Korean food every evening, and it's driving me ABSOLUTELY NUTS. For one thing, it's crappy Korean food, and two, a lot of it is served in American resturants. Which means I could be eating normal food if only I had the chance. But I am of course denied.

(Please bear with me on any grammatical errors and such that I might have, because I am typing at lightning speed in order to write all this.)

Anyway - if my sister reads this - they can't even cook kal-bi right. And I don't even LIKE buhl-goh-gi that much, and we've had it every day. EVERY DAY, damn it. For god's sake, the miso soup was better than the kal-bi. DYING.

I need to cruise the rest of the internet right now and catch up on news, so farewell for now. ^_^

If Stacy ever reads this (which I doubt, as she .. doesn't read my blog)... are you taking good care of my dog? o.O

Posted by Janice @ 08/04/2004 08:56 PM PST

Yay, Janice!

What we've been up to: Mike's probably playing video games, Earl's probably playing basketball, Sarah is staring at her fluffy puppy, and Spencer and I and assorted Drama kids have been filming The Spencer Howard Show. Dig it.

Have you read past the first chapter (not first part -- first chapter) of Crime and Punishment? If so, you win. Gah. I wonder who opted for Faulkner instead.

Oh, and Ralph Fiennes is going to play Voldemort, by the way.

I like how Korean food is not "normal."

Posted by Christina @ 08/05/2004 11:03 AM PST

Hey

haha...I was suppose to go to Canada this summer, but my family left me. So I still have a plane ticket to Canada.

BTW...I know what kal-bi and bul-goh-gi is. I like it! (I bet you're not suprise especially since you know how much I love food and the fact that everytime I come to your houe we raid your fridge). ANyways, i won't be back in burbank til the 13th. So yup, I'll see you again at registration.

Haha...a Canadian friend got my brother a stuff moose in a can. We all thought it was food because it came in those like soup cans and the label had like ingredients and everything. The minute we use the can opener this stuff moose pops out. Canadians and their humor...

Also Stacy is taking good care of your dog...well...it's still breathing. Why else would she still go to your house everyday? To cover up the dead body?

Posted by Jessica @ 08/05/2004 11:15 AM PST

I love how Christina knows what I am doing when we haven't spoken in months. It's eerie, damnit, eerie!

...I like Korean food...

Anyhoo...come back soon. Slap a moose for me, dear.

Posted by Sarah @ 08/06/2004 05:31 PM PST

i'm only playing video games when i'm not lamenting my janice-less life.

Posted by Zenkalia @ 08/09/2004 03:55 AM PST

I wanna play video games...

Posted by Sarah @ 08/09/2004 11:23 AM PST

sarah, you have a ps2 and a computer... gaming should be easy enough.

Posted by Zenkalia @ 08/09/2004 10:55 PM PST

But the games are expensive...

Posted by Sarah @ 08/10/2004 12:08 AM PST

I've been re-hooked on Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 after about a year of non-playing. It's great. DROWN THEM ALL!

Posted by Spencer @ 08/10/2004 08:01 AM PST

OMG! I got that one too! Lose the little people and watch their bladders explode!

Posted by Sarah @ 08/10/2004 09:51 AM PST