Saturday, December 11, 2004

Subject | "Right."

Music | BGM of my mind

Mood | rawr

So ends an incredibly exhausting week. God, I'm tired.

But though I was tired, I did do this favor for my sis! Mua. And yeah, this apparently only makes sense if you follow college football. (Which I don't.)

Phone Conversation
Joan: Can you do me a favor?
Janice: It depends.
Joan: Take a picture of my Cal bear killing the Texas cow!
Janice: ... o.x
Joan: With weapons!

http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~joanlee/cal/

So she put up her favorites there. I also had the bear hanging the cow with an iPod noose, but heaven knows it didn't work out too well. Speaking of sports, football is the one that bores me the most. I swear, shuffleboard is more interesting. Yet our nation is fixated on it, god knows why. I prefer basketball and baseball myself.

In school news, my photo teacher is cruel. You need not know how, you only need know that she is, as Stacy says, "Unreasonable."

When I was walking back to the parking lot, I saw a man wearing a very casual, somewhat beat up T-shirt and shorts. As I approached, I realized it was Mr. McNiff, and I unfortunately started laughing hysterically. But what a great guy - he took my laughter very well and said it was because of the shorts. And who called Nick Kostalas Mr. McNick? Because that's genius, it really is.

Sarah is back in California! Mua. Much love to her. Although she might as well be in the North pole for how often I'm seeing her.. same to Mike, actually. Don't you ever come home?

God, I'm so glad the week is over. Finally. I was in a horrible mood during and after lunch - partially because of Fahad - and of course, she had to ask, "Janice, is something wrong?"

I was angry because she said she'd be at the computer lab at lunch, and she wasn't. I get miffed when teachers carelessly break deadlines - I wonder why? She said it was because another teacher asked her to watch his class - but during LUNCH? And even if she did need to watch them during lunch, why on earth did she agree when she had made a prior agreement with her students? I skipped Computer Club to come down to the library, wait for her and study for her damn quiz, only to realize that of *course* she wasn't coming.

And then she asked me what was wrong. I like her as a person and I don't always participate in the group mocking that the people in front of me do (although I admit, peer pressure is a powerful force), but I can't justify her breaking an agreement with her students. It's not okay for her to do that, and perhaps I'm pushing it a bit far, but I think she was out of line.

That, and I can't believe she said, "Even Hitler was right about some things." (Even in-context, that line sounded bad.)

THINGS WRONG WITH THIS WEEK- my Photo teacher assigning three photos due today (I gave up god knows how many lunches for all this)
- me possibly bombing my chemistry quiz
- my math test: "Oh, Janice, didn't you know that #8 didn't add up to 1, so it's not a proper density curve and thus not subject to any normal rules? My goodness!"
- my computer lab not working for two weeks (although I must thank Earl, since he fixed it in the end)

Erin said I'm too cynical, so let's make a list of happy things! Tee hee.

THINGS GOOD ABOUT THIS WEEK- I did manage to get my photos in on time
- I'm not religious
- I'm not Republican
- I posed a Cal bear killing a Texas cow (the Texas is of particular importance, as I hate that entire state right now)
- Andrew said I'm not a complete asshole (ha)
- Stephen Oakley finally realized that I'm ignoring him
- I didn't let loose and scream hysterically and slap my group members
- It's over.

I feel like throwing out a manga title at you people. Already recc'd Hiroki Endo to Mike, but why not throw poetic/sadistic philosophy on life with dirty jokes thrown in at all of you?

"For Those of Us Who Don't Believe in God" ==> Download through BT only.
"Platform" ==> Completed Projects | Endo Short Stories | Volume 1

"For Those of Us" is probably a better quality story (and it's rife with some anime jokes which you'll only understand if you've watched Eva and BSSM), but Platform (Parts I & II) are disturbingly romantic, so I felt obliged. No, this is probably not on a Lolita quality literary level, but I enjoy it nevertheless. Um, because I don't know what most of you normally read: warning for dark themes and nudity.

Evidence Of a Monopoly
The damn camera store on San Jose and Glenoaks has upped the price in film by more than a dollar. Why? Because they're perfectly aware that Burbank and Burroughs students in Photo don't buy their film and paper anywhere else. Rawr.

While Reading Wuthering Heights

[me reads that Heathcliff is a dark, handsome and mysterious stranger]
Random people: Isn't he wonderful?
Me: -_-;

I was biased from the beginning, but I'm not enjoying this book. Bronte's writing doesn't have the sly and wonderful quality present in Jane Austen's writing (comparable because they're from the same period), and no, she doesn't need to write like Austen to be an excellent writer, but I dislike it anyway. Plus, Heathcliff is coming off as such a flat and ridiculous character. People argue that Darcy is more of a woman's fantasy of a male becoming more sympathetic to the feelings of others, but at least he's not a dark, dangerous male with a handsome face and a mysterious past. Good god. I suppose I need the same suspension of reality for this that I retain while reading romance novels, but for whatever reason, it's not clicking on. (Sorry, Taleen and Tanya ;P I'll argue it with you later.)

And since I have a Key Club project tomorrow, this entry needs to stop. (Mike, you can stop IMming me now. )

Posted by Kylara @ 01:53 AM PST [8 have fallen.]