Back home now. I spent most of today sorting through papers and such in my grandma's attic. Not the most enjoyable way to spend a day, but it has to be done. Just as bad was the car ride home. I really wanted to sleep, but I couldn't. Which is odd - I can usually fall asleep pretty easily on car trips. But I was awake the entire trip this time. Grr.

Fluff seems to be adjusting to our house and the other animals fairly well. He's on my bed right now - hopefully he'll stay here. My dad would not be pleased if he joined the other two cats on my parents' bed. So we're trying to get him accustomed to sleeping on my bed instead. We'll see if it works. At least he's gotten over his fear/anxiety of my laptop. When I took it out and set it up, he had to investigate it... Then when it started up and dinged, he spazzed a bit. But he's calmed down now. Wait, I spoke too soon... The fan just turned on to cool the computer down, and he sat up and stared. Ah well.

Nothing more to say.

Gah! There's some song on the radio that starts off with a sound clip that is almost identical to one in a Fugees's song - "Ready or Not," I think - and then it launches into a song that is not even half as good. Grar. That's it, I'm breaking out The Score, which I haven't listened to for ages, since my R&B and hip-hop stage. Yes, I, indie rock and emo devotee, went through a hip-hop stage. The first album I bought for myself was TLC's crazysexycool, I think. And I have Lauryn Hill and the Fugees in my CD collection, along with Aaliyah and Erykah Badu. And I used to have Monica and Mya, too. But I also used to have Spice Girls and Aqua as well. Hanson, too. Dear lord. At least I was never into boy bands. I can take some consellation in that, as well as in the fact that my music tastes have improved. Though I will say that the Fugees, Lauryn Hill, and Erykah Badu are still pretty good, even if they're not my favorites anymore.

Okay. That was an odd little tangent. But still on the subjext of music... After all that hard work I put into coming up with the best lyrics for that song meme, no one even tried to guess. *sniffle* So I'll just share the answers.

1)"Think of it this way, you could either be successful or be us." – Belle and Sebastian, “Get Me Away From Here, I’m Dying”

2)"Come on sweet catastrophe..." – Something Corporate, “Hurricane”

3)"Pleading protest, I grab my heart and scream out loud." – Rx Bandits, “Who Would’ve Thought”

4)"It is 5 am, and you are listening to Los Angeles." – Soul Coughing, “Screenwriter’s Blues”

5)"I'm feeling overblown, I'm feeling psycho... I saw you tumbling away." – The Kicks, “Mir”

6)"You think I'm crazy, but I swear it's true..." – Jay-Zeezer, “Interlude (I Swear It’s True)”

7)"Innocent farmgirl, raised by the aliens..." – Soul Coughing, “White Girl”

8)"I'd cover my heart and hit the deck..." – Dashboard Confessional, “I Am Missing”

9)"The tyranny of framing our attention with all the eyes they’re eyes no longer see." – The Weakerthans, “(Past Due)”

10)"If man is 5, then the devil is 6, and if the devil is 6, then god is 7..." – Pixies, “Monkey Gone to Heaven”

11)"Well maybe I'll put my love on ice..." – The White Stripes, “Black Math”

12)"Write in passing when there's time... Hide the paper, hide my mind..." – Sleater-Kinney, “Hubcap”

13)"At times you find that the truth is the best way out..." – Spoon, “Stay Don’t Go”

14)"Banter that shoots me through cannons and spillways, forests and nights as I walk through the hallway..." – The Rapture, “I Need Your Love”

15)"Such a beautiful kiss in the face of fear, such a beautiful song burns through your ears..." – The Anniversary, “Sweet Marie”

16)"But you'll find those lingering voices are just your ego's attempt to make it all clean and nice and make a moron out of you." – The Shins, “Fighting in a Sack”

17)"Words like razor blades slice into my veins, exposing all my pain, all that's left of me..." – The Junior Varsity, “House Fire”

18)"Had I know this last hour would come so soon, I'd have spent the last year speaking just to you." – Unsung Zeros, “Intermission”

19)"This paint by number's life is fucking with my head once again." – Eels, “Novacaine for the Soul”

20)"I don’t want to change the world, I just want to watch it go by.” – The Strokes, “Under Control”

We found Fluff, the stray cat that adopted my family over spring break and then disappeared. We've got a backstory for him now, and we have the cat himself. So we're up to a grand total of 3 cats now. Fluff is in better shape than he was, but still not great... And he's developed this thing against being picked up - he yowls and grumbles and eventually breaks out the claws and teeth. My mom has suffered the worst of it thus far. Hopefully he'll calm down and stop it. And hopefully he'll adapt to the other creatures and they'll get used to him. He and Dippy are okay so far, but Lucy keeps hissing, Fluff hisses at Missy, and Chip just runs away from him. Whee.

I'm going down to my grandmother's this weekend, then I'll be home for a few days before I head back to the east coast for my brother's graduation. Yay for long car trips...

And when I get back from that, I go up to Chicago again. That's a trip I really am looking forward to. Yay!

I love the MP3 player I got. I really do. But what I do not love is the fact that it is not cooperating at all. I'm trying to transfer files onto it, and it just won't do it. It even tells me it's doing it, but then when I go to look for them, they're not actually there. Arg. Very annoying.

I went up to the high school today and saw a few people. It was the last full day of school - finals start tomorrow. Er, today, actually. In less than 7 hours. Anyway, good luck to all my high school friends. I'm sure you'll do fine.

Back to trying to transfer files. Grr.

I made a miniscule dent in my list of movies I want to watch today. I watched two: Heathers and The Order. Both were okay - The Order even sparked a bit of a discussion between my mom and I over the theology behind it, and it motivated me to try and find something on the Carolingian order. As far as I can tell, it doesn’t actually exist. Which makes sense, since the subject matter of the movie doesn’t really lend itself to referring to an actual religious order, unless you want to deal with lawsuits and such. Anyway, both were decent movies. I’ll return them tomorrow and probably rent another one. Slowly, $2.99 at a time, I will work through my list of movies. I was tempted to see how much that would add up to, but I decided against it. I don’t really know how much of my money is going to be spent in this endeavor. Too much, probably, especially if I get any late fees.

My trip to Chicago was nice, despite the stormy weather. We saw Shrek 2, which was fun. Just hanging out in general was nice too. It was a short trip, but better than just staying at home pining away.

I still haven’t finished unpacking. At this rate I won’t have unpacked everything before I have to pack to go back. That would be rather sad.

I can’t think of anything else to say. My eyes are itching and being very annoying. Damn allergies.

Off to bed I go now. Or in an hour or two, anyway.

Taken from Brodie's LJ:

On your current playlist, hit shuffle and pick the first twenty songs on the list (no matter how cheesy or embarrassing), and write down your favourite line of the song. Try to avoid putting the song title in the line. Then, have your friends comment and see if they know the songs.

The only playlists I have are for mix CDs I've made, or my top-rated and most-played songs. So I just did the "Party Shuffle" option with my iTunes. And I didn't include the Sigur Ros song, since it's basically an instrumental. Same with Blur's "Sing," since I can't actually hear any of the lyrics. Anyway, here you go:

1) "Think of it this way, you could either be successful or be us."

2) "Come on sweet catastrophe..."

3) "Pleading protest, I grab my heart and scream out loud."

4) "It is 5 am, and you are listening to Los Angeles."

5) "I'm feeling overblown, I'm feeling psycho... I saw you tumbling away."

6) "You think I'm crazy, but I swear it's true..."

7) "Innocent farmgirl, raised by the aliens..."

8) "I'd cover my heart and hit the deck..."

9) "The tyranny of framing our attention with all the eyes they’re eyes no longer see."

10) "If man is 5, then the devil is 6, and if the devil is 6, then god is 7..."

11) "Well maybe I'll put my love on ice..."

12) "Write in passing when there's time... Hide the paper, hide my mind..."

13) "At times you find that the truth is the best way out..."

14) "Banter that shoots me through cannons and spillways, forests and nights as I walk through the hallway..."

15) "Such a beautiful kiss in the face of fear, such a beautiful song burns through your ears..."

16) "But you'll find those lingering voices are just your ego's attempt to make it all clean and nice and make a moron out of you."

17) "Words like razor blades slice into my veins, exposing all my pain, all that's left of me..."

18) "Had I know this last hour would come so soon, I'd have spent the last year speaking just to you."

19) "This paint by number's life is fucking with my head once again."

20) "I don't want to change the world, I just want to watch it go by."

That took much more time than I anticipated. Ah well.

Taken from Mama Cat...

[font color=yourljname][b]put your lj name here[/b][/font]... Replace the []'s with <>'s to get it to work. And I second Mama Cat's question of how this works...

Motivated Slacker

cate3710


You're a Narrative writer!


What kind of writer are you?
brought to you by Quizilla

Time to catch up on my web comics.

I'm still unpacking. It wouldn't take so long, except a) I'm lazy and b) I'md combining it with cleaning out my closet. Since I've grown some and gained some weight, not everything fits anymore. Thus the clean out. This entails trying on practically every item of clothing I own. Most of that clothing is t-shirts, but it's still quite a lot.

I'll be going up to Chicago the day after tomorrow - yay! - and staying until Saturday evening. I'm happy. That trip will be one of the three times I know I'll get to see Matt. That makes me sad - I wish I could see him more. But at least I get to see him.

Time for a bit more unpacking before bed.

I'm slowly settling back into the routine of being at home. I still haven't unpacked much of anything, but I'm getting to it. I've played with the pets, enjoyed sleeping in my large bed, and visited a few people. Other than that, I haven't done much of anything. This is only the second full day I've been back though, so that's not too big of a surprise.

I miss the fast Internet connection at school. Curse you, dial up!

Finals are over, which means that my first year of college is over. Wow. That went by fast.

So my RA, who is in my English class, mentioned that it's been the hardest English class she's taken. And she's a senior Honors English major. So that makes me feel better about struggling a bit in the class. Also, the final is apparently open book and open notes. Joy!

Time to finish studying astro, then sleep.

I just discovered that I got lotteried out of the oil painting class that I wanted to take. That makes me sad. So now I need to figure out something else to take... Only I don't know what. None of the philosophy or psych classes next semester sound appealing, I'm already taking an English class, I'm doing CS and don't want any more natural science than I have to... So I'm thinking about Intro to Film and Media Studies, but I'm not sure. Gah.

But I'll deal with that more in a few months. Now I have to deal with studying for finals.

This is so cool... Type in a name of a band you like, and it shows you this web/map thing of other similar bands that you may also be into. Pretty nifty, as well as having awesome graphics.

Rob rules. I skipped dinner, since the menu was crappy and I felt somewhat crappy, and I took a nap instead. When I woke up, I was hungry. So I found Rob, and he went rather Jewish-grandmother on me... Fixed me a grilled cheese sandwich and gave me some carrots and soda. It was quite nice.

I'll miss Rob over the summer. I already miss John a bit, and I'll miss Nikos, Nell, Rachel, David, Mark, Nile, Aatish, Uber-Matt, and so many more people. And Uber-Matt and Raoul won't be back next year, which makes me sad. I will also miss my Matt very much, but at least I'll see him during the summer at least some.

I'm looking into study abroad things. Since my only foreign language knowledge is very limited Spanish, I'm looking at the English speaking countries -- England, Scotland, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand. I think I'm leaning towards England or Scotland, but Australia could be very cool as well. I don't know yet. Some of the English classes at St. Andrews sound very interesting, but they're also hard to get into -- require something like a 3.7 GPA and such.

Okay... No more to say for now.

The large bulletin board we got at the beginning of the year (We, er, acquired it from the science building as it was being gutted) committed suicide tonight. It just fell off the wall, and part of the cork broke off -- one of the bits that the metal bar was attached to to hold it up -- so it's dead now. Very sad. But it saves us the effort of having to store it over the summer, at least.

I don't want to start packing and such, but I want to study even less. So packing it is. Whee.

Blogger has a new look. It took me by surprise, and I as still a bit disorientated by it. This is at least the second time in a year that they've changed it. I'm not sure if that's good or not. I guess if it works it's fine by me.

It is warm and humid... And it's likely to stay that way for the rest of my time here, and then be perhaps a little less warm but still humid when I get home. Whee.

I need to do more studying (Note to self: do not read Milton while lounging on my bed), and I also need to start doing some packing, I think. It feels weird to be going home in just a few more days. Not bad, but weird. There are things and people I'm looking forward to at home, but there are also things and people here that I'll miss. And some of them won't be back next year, which makes me sad.

Alright. Time to study. Or at least look at the book I'm supposed to be studying.

We had planned on going to go to a movie tonight, but we couldn't find a ride. So we played poker instead. It was probably the last game of the year, and I lost $5, leaving me down $2.85 for the year. There was one hand that wiped out about half my chips -- before that I had been up about a dollar. Oh well -- it was still cheaper than the movie would have been, though perhaps not as fun.

Sleep soon, then astro tomorrow. And Mother's Day. Don't forget to call your mothers or do something for them tomorrow. They've earned it.

My paper is done and turned in. I'm not sure how well done it is, but it being done is enough for me at the moment. I'm basically done for the day. I could work on my astro lab, but I think I'll do it tomorrow. And starting Monday I will be doing review for my remaining finals. Whee.

Things I am currently indebted to:

1) Long quotes eating up portions of my paper, saving me from writing quite as much. My prof may not be as happy about it as I am, but that's okay. And they're good quotes that actually pertain to my paper, so there.

2) My alarm clock, which woke me up so I could work on my paper, then sleep some more, then write more... I somehow forgot about the time I did this at the end of last semester and didn't start as early as I should have. Silly Jen.

3) Sleep. It does a body good.

I just spent waaaaay too much time sitting in front of the TV, watching Adult Swim with Rob and Charles. But it was fun. And it didn't require me to think, which was nice.

I'm going to go to bed, and when I get up, it will be time to attack my English paper.

I am very, very red. But I no longer have a farmer's tan... Instead, I have a lovely burn line around my tank top. Whee.

I had my abnormal psych final this morning. It was painful -- too many questions where she wanted specific examples of research. But at least it's over now.

Sarah Marie, you are a sweetheart... I got your card today, right after the final of doom, and it made me so happy. Thank you!

I went to the Philadelphia Zoo today... It involved too much walking, but other than that it was great. I took lots of pictures of all the cute animals. I want to adopt all of the cats, as well as the red pandas.

I went to a party that some of my friends threw last night. It was fun. I don't go to many parties... Especially not the big all-campus parties. But I like smaller things with people I know every once in awhile.

Tomorrow I need to get some serious work done... Studying for my psych final and doing a lap write up for astro [Edit -- LAB write up]... After that, I need to do my English paper. Whee. Such fun.

Back from the concert. The two opening bands were so-so, Something Corporate was good, and the three Yellowcard songs that we stuck around for sounded the same except for the electric violin part. It seems if you're busy jumping around all you can really manage is a chord or two. And if you're the drummer, you're just really good at hitting the snares over and over.

I was wrong about the teeny boppers. There were a few, but they were vastly outnumbered by junior high to high school aged girls clad in tiny tanks and low rise jeans or mini skirts. Oh, and flip flops. Why would you wear flip flops to a general admission, standing room only show? It just doesn't make sense. And for ever two or three Abercrombie/Hollister girls, there was either an Abercrombie or psuedo-skater boy. So Lauren and I spent a decent amount of the time making some snarky comments to each other about it all. We realized we were being bitchy, but we had also been unhappily confronted by a venue full of the type of people who we had spent a lot of high school avoiding. So we lashed out.

After the first band, we left the pit... There wasn't much point in being there (though some guys right in front of us did try to mosh to a poppy emo song, which was just really, really odd), and it was really crowded. So we went to the upper level and hung out up there.

All in all, it was decent. I had a good time hanging out with Lauren, and Something Corporate was good. And I got to console myself with the fact that with a few exceptions, the songs that the teeny boppers, etc really seemed to love were generally the songs I skip on my CD.

Time for sleep now, so I can finish up astro in the morning.

I'm on the Something Corporate site right now, trying to find out when the doors open for the show tonight... And I'm a wee bit frightened of some of the postings by fans for tonight's show. Lovely IM-style misspellings... At least one girl who's just turned 13. I shouldn't be too surprised, since Yellowcard is also playing, and they're TRL fodder (though the song isn't bad, I will admit). So it may be me, Lauren, and some psuedo-punk/emo teeny boppers. Can't be any worse than the John Mayer and Guster concert with all the Abercrombie frat boy types... And if they're all tweens, they'll be short, so I'll be able to see the stage easily. Or intimidate them with my height and get up closer. Bwahaha. At least the music will be good.

Too many memes... This one is good:

Which Eddie Izzard "Dressed to Kill" line are you? by Saphyne
Username
Eddie Izzard quote:	"'What is it, Lieutenant Sebastian?' 'It?s just the Rebels, sir - They?re here.' 'My God, man! Do they want tea?' 'No, I think they?re after something more than that, sir. I don?t know what it is, but they?ve brought a flag.''Damn, that?s dash cunning of them!'"
Created with the ORIGINAL MemeGen!

Colleen, your mix CD is finished. As is my sunset sketch. My astro paper, however, is not finished.

Good things about tomorrow: I get to spend part of the day in Philly and see Something Corporate in concert.

Bad things about tomorrow: I need to work on my astro paper, and I will also be missing the showing of Equilibrium since I'll be in Philly. I wouldn't care about the movie, except Christian Bale is in it. And Christian Bale is cool.

There are clouds moving in, blocking the sun. This is bad for astro and the sunset sketch I have to do. Grr.

Yet another reason why it takes me far too long to make mix CDs... Even after I've narrowed down the songs, I have to figure out what order to put them in, so that the end of one merges nicely with the start of the next one. This quirk has only been amplified by my time at WSRN, I think.

Completely unable to resist posting this, since it's just so weird... Thanks to Camden:

Your Homocidal Rampage! by crash_and_burn
Your name:
Weapon of Choice:	Chainsaw
Your Favorite Target:	Nuns
Your Kill Count:	1,250,428,282
Your Battle Cry:	"Allow me to molest your face with this rod!"
Years You Spend in Jail:	23
How Much Money In Damages You Cause:	$192,620,577,369,802
Your Homocidal Insanity Level:: 45%
Created with the ORIGINAL MemeGen!

And if you go with my full name, well...

Your Homocidal Rampage! by crash_and_burn
Your name:
Weapon of Choice:	Your own bare hands
Your Favorite Target:	People from Florida
Your Kill Count:	956,506,828
Your Battle Cry:	"Moo!"
Years You Spend in Jail:	9
How Much Money In Damages You Cause:	$159,568,375,333,717
Your Homocidal Insanity Level:: 100%
Created with the ORIGINAL MemeGen!

100% homocidal insanity level. Dear lord. Maybe I should stay away from Nikos.

Chorus is over for the semester... The concert was definately long, but it also sounded really good. Yay.

Yesterday wasn't as bad as I had feared it would be... English class was half an hour shorter due to the English picnic, which was nice. The main problem of the day was having to lug around my bag (with my Milton book in it) all day. My right shoulder hurts from it. Owie.

Need to shower so I can be ready to study psych at noon.