Yes! One more day and I'm out of this hellhole of a semester. Now all I'll have to do is move my shit out of here >_< I have to move all my brother's stuff out too, because he's graduationg on Saturday. What I don't understand is why I have to go back tomorrow night and he doesn't. *shrug* Maybe he has a final :P
Yay, Gregly put up piccies. Go lookit! ^_- *is still jealous of the Lain setup*
So Monday we're going to drive out to Lisle to catch The Emperor's New Groove. I love Disney, even though I don't like the comedies nearly as well as the romances. But it's okay, because Laura-imoutochan (the sweetie that she is) let me rope her into driving. It's just not a Disney movie without Laurachan there! ^_^ I hope that Greg and I don't make her keel over from sparkly poisoning o_o (is that possible?)
I'm really hyper now. Maybe it's the Strawberry Crush and Hershey's Kisses I had for breakfast ^^;; My roomie just left...I love her and all but I took the opportunity of having the room to myself to blast some music. Yay! I SHOULD go do some last-minute cramming for my Japanese final.....in a little bit :P It's at 1. Yay. I'm glad I took the day off at work. I think dealing with people right now would be a bad thing. Maybe that's why I'm glad I have the rest of today to myself.
AUGH! I have to buy a little fishbowl to transport Ikuhara (my betta fish) in O_o Must remember to do that today.
Okay, this blog is getting to be a little TOO random. I think I'll shut up now ^^; Ja ne~
Audio: Ben Folds Five - Smoke
You're gonna carry that weight....
Wednesday, December 13, 2000 10:11 p.m.
If you want to call me baby, just go ahead now
Yup, the random mainstream MP3 mix is on Winamp. And I haven't blogged in a while o_o But I've been very busy with finals-type stuff. So much for my art history, biology, and philosophy classes. Those are the ones I know I failed..which really, really sucks. I haven't failed ANY classes in college, and now I'm failing three at once. If I'm going to do it, may as well do it right, ne? Too much stuff went on this semester. I don't know why I was so depressed...maybe all the extra stuff I piled on my plate (16 hours of class, 20 of work, and only one studio class, after taking 10 hours over the summer @_o) plus all my personal problems (which I have whined about in detail here - check the archives if you really care o.o) burned me out. Blah.
In good news, it's snowing a LOT. It's horrible horrible weather, but I'm happy. Why? Because it was actually bad enough for the provost to postpone all finals after 5pm today until Friday. Now, that really fucks up some people's schedules, but not mine! The Flash project that I worked on all day was due at 4:30...we were supposed to present them to the class at that time. However, since all finals that went past 5 were moved, the instructor just cancelled the presentation! Yay! I was really nervous about it, so it's a giant load off my mind....not to mention that the actual project now isn't due til midninght Friday, so I can go back and tweak a few things n.n
I feel sick >_< Too much sugar. Dubya is president; that's not really helping much. Tomorrow is my dreaded Japanese test. Kowai! Where are Catsy-niisan,Katherine, and Karen when I need them? You guys would help me study, ne? ^_-
Ok, I'm going to go lay down, as Gregly suggested. Well, I'll lie down and study nihongo. I don't think it'll help my head much, though..... @_@
audio: SR-71 - Right Now
P.S. I'm working on coloringthis piccy currently. What do you guys think? Painter was being a bitch, so I only got it halfway finished. Comments are greatly appreciated! :)
You're gonna carry that weight....
Monday, December 11, 2000 11:59 a.m.
Youkoso mettariku paatii~
I am all alone in the lab o_o My boss is snowed in at home, there are no faculty here, and
my coworker ran out on an errand. You know what that means... I blast the CCD end theme
XD
Ok, so yesterday I was a bit distracted (heh) and didn't blog about the other things I
wanted to. first off, Matt is freaking awesome because 1) he got me the Utena TV series
trading card boxset for Christmas and 2) he managed to hide said boxset from me for 5 or 6
months o_o I was going to buy it off Max but he beat me to it ^^; Anyhoo, the single best
card in the box must be this one. I think I'll frame it ^_- I shall scan in some of the weirder
ones at a later date. ("we all know what Anthy's wearing in THIS one!" -Matt)
Hmm. What else. Friday night was spent listening to Cat and Matt watch a documentary on mummies, with Thin H Line-style
commentary ^^;;; It was vastly amusing. That narrator was WAY too into his subject...maybe
he was the real-life inspiration for Necroboy....
SNOW! Lots and lots of snow, or so I hear. We didn't get TOO much here (although everything
is wet and slushy now), but apparently other places got a LOT of snow. It was hard to get
out of bed (again) today. I went to bed super-early (for me...10:30), since I was feeling
dizzy and generally icky, and snagged an extra hour of sleep in the morning, too. The
problem was that I was supposed to work at 9 (half an hour later than normal), so I was half
an hour late to work ^^; Nobody noticed, though...I love this job. I still felt bad for
oversleeping, though :P
I should really start my Flash project.
I think my Vash shitajiki FINALLY arrived. I got a package slip in my mailbox on Saurday. As
usual, the package center was closed, so I am going to go see what I got as soon as my
coworker gets back to cover the lab ^_^ I'm not expecting any other packages, so it had
better be my shitajiki! I bought the thing off eBay a month ago as a cheer-myself-up
indulgence, and then it didn't come ;_;
Note to self: buy a little fishbowl for Ikuhara (my betta fish XD) so he can travel over
break. Cat was nice enough to agree to take care of him over break, since I don't know how
I'd get him back to Addison. That and any fish that enters our domicile is doomed, according
to my mom the fish-killer. We'll see, though...
Ok, guess I should do some actual work. Ja~
Audio: Clamp Campus Detectives music! ^_^
You're gonna carry that weight....
Sunday, December 10, 2000 04:51 p.m.
SPARKLIES! Run for your life!
Don't say I didn't warn you!
I am so tired right now I could fall over, but I must blog! If any of you read Gregly's blog, then you know what I'm so sparkly about. Anyhoo, I feel really bad for K-chan, whose car died just before we were supposed to get together. I hope it works out all right, Krisit! ^_^
Anyhoo, my friend Tom took pity on me and was bored, so he drove out to UIUC with me to get Greg. It was very very fun, and I got to have a good long talk with Tom on the way out there. (It's about an hour to UIUC, by the way). So we saw Meet the Parents at midnight. And thank you to Eleanor for lending Greg the CCS! Suteki~!
My head is really spinning now, I must admit. I don't know how something so great as this relationship just popped into my life, just like that. It's really amazing. It's putting my faith back into love ^_^ *sparklesparkle*
*Juri catches herself nodding off at the keyboard* I think I need a nap @_@. And Greg, aishiteru ^_^
Hey, I TOLD you I'd be sparkly! Stop gagging at me!
Audio: Random pop; currently Fastball - Out of My Head
You're gonna carry that weight....
Friday, December 8, 2000 01:53 p.m.
I kind of liked it your way, how you shyly placed your eyes on me...but did you ever know that I had mine on you?
I am much, much genkified. After I took a nice long nap yesterday I felt a lot better. And today had gone well; I took the day off work and slept in. I picked up my paycheck and ran into my Japanese dialouge partner, who informed me that the test is Thrusday, NOT tomorrow, and that the oral quiz I missed was cancelled anyways. Yay! Life is good again. I am highly anticipating tomorrow now that I don't have a final and because Krisit-chan and Gregly are coming to B-N (Not BU, Kchan ^^;) to see the Dungeons and Dragons movie. Yay! And yes, Ka-chan's nick of Gregly is stuck. XD Especially after I figured out that that's his name in kana (guregurii) Ohohohoho!
NO, Puuchan and Kchan, you may not pimp me out for quick cash in Las Vegas. :P (Don't ask ^^;)
Niisan, I don't need a Spark test to know you're a slut and a ho, but are you a shameless hussy? ^_^
Ok, I'm going to go back to cleaning. Ja ne!
Audio: Sailorstars, Princess Kaykuu's theme
You're gonna carry that weight....
Thursday, December 7, 2000 01:20 p.m.
Blah. Feel free to skip this one!
Well, nobody is around for me to talk to, so I guess I shall talk to the blog. I got a reply from the e-card I sent my mom yesterday...instead of saying 'thank you' or even 'don't spam me' it said 'Call me at work, and find out if you can withdraw from Biology instead of failing.' Yay. So, yeah, I seem to have this nagging feeling of unimportance hanging about my head. I know it's not true, but when you get no calls, no mail, no invitations to go anywhere, and your friends don't visit, you start to feel a little down. You can't be the one calling other people ALL the time, you know? And I can't always rely on Cat, the only person at ISU who still wants to hang out with me, apparently.
Well, that was my self-pity trip, brought on by several fun factors that I won't get into....ja ne~
audio: nothing.
You're gonna carry that weight....
Thursday, December 7, 2000 10:49 a.m.
Kimi o kimi o shinjiteru....samui yoru mo
God, was I late to work today. At least this time it wasn't because I couldn't pull myself out of bed...I was awoken by my roomiechan saying 'Julie, aren't you going to work today?' So I roll over and look at my alarm clock, only to discover that it's 8:30 (the time I start work). Let's hear it for the world's fastest shower! ^^;
Now I am just sitting in my lab, listening to beautiful music (Sarah Brightman and Paul Miles-Kingston - Pie Jesu *_*)and mellowing out. Well, I should be working on the SPA Site redesign (don't worry, that's the old site, not the new one!) but I am kind of at a standstill on it...waiting for word from the PTB.
The supernice lady working with someone else here on the MBA site brought in Beer Nuts for us. I've never had them before...but they are good! o_o Nuts tend to be my weak spot. I should have been a squirrel :P
Ok, so according to some of those Spark tests, I am:
73% pure *snerk*
38% bitch (the national average)
17% slut (sorry to disappoint you, #y-gumi ^^;)
Oh, and my personality type is Guru. I took that one a long time ago when #FY was doing the tests...It still applies, though :)
I guess all the tests pegged me pretty accurately; I may have a H-fangirl sense of humor, but I guess I'm still a good little Juri. Or something like that. *listens for the sound #y shouting 'bullshit! bullshit!' XD*
Yesterday was my mom's birthday. My brother did me a giant favor by stopping by and reminding me; Greg did me another giant favor be inadvertently reminding me to call her later that night. I still didn't get a hold of her; I shall have to try today. Hmm.
Well, as to be expected, Chris (my ex-boyf) is not really speaking to me now that I told him I have someone else. I don't blame him, but he isn't letting on to anyone that he's upset, but it's rather obvious, especially since he's giving me the silent treatment. Well, I'm not going to press the issue; if he wants to talk to me, that's fine - if he doesn't, then I don't have to deal with him :P As people have pointed out, I can't make all of the people happy all of the time. But I hate hurting people --; I feel like lately I've been walking around with a giant sickle attatched to me that swipes people who come close, no matter how hard I try to avoid that. Bah. Anyhoo, I think I did the right thing by telling him; that way he has closure.
Ok, now I am playing Dejiko to Gema no Love Rap de Date very, very quietly. o/~ gemagemagemagemaGEMAGEMAGEMA o/~
Greggy, I hope Tellabs gets back to you in time! But no matter where you land, I know you'll land on your feet :) *hugs*
Still nobody in the lab. Guess I can blog more XD Puu-pyo, you are right about one thing....if we watch any H anime at the New Year's party (which sounds like a riot) then we prolly couldn't have it at my house, depending on what my parents are doing. My parents are rather...conservative? We'd prolly all scare them ^_-. However, we shall see! ^_^
Emiemi, those bastards that steal your gorgeous skins must be beaten! Can we send your groupies after them? I bet they would do a fabulous job! :D
AUGH! I just missed K-chan online ;_; Gomen nasai, Kristi! *cries*
Audio: Pie Jesu (again *_*)
You're gonna carry that weight....
Wednesday, December 6, 2000 11:08 p.m.
A friend in need's a friend in deed/A friend who'll tease is better...
Ok, so I was bored. And I had this idea for a pita layout....er, yeah. Don't kill me ^^; Anyhoo, the title of this page is from a Joe Boxer watch that my friend Nicki got a long long time ago (junior high)...The instructions and lining of the watch box read 'This is not underwear. Do not attempt to put in your pants.' I still find that amusing XD
Thea, beware the sparklies XD They hang about my head constantly like a fog of shoujo anime. ^^;;
Ok, so Greg, that seksay bastard, has me taking tests again at The Spark. I thought I had kicked this habit! ^_- Now, where was that fun test site going around #FY a while back? Hmm.....
Audio: Sarah Brightman, Deliver Me
You're gonna carry that weight....
Wednesday, December 6, 2000 11:34 a.m.
'Cause baby, you're gonna be the one that saves me....and after all, you're my wonderwall
Didn't I already use that quote as an entry title? Oh well. That's what's playing now, so bah!
Ok, I changed the annoying dotty background a little, only now it's a touch too dark. Oh well, I'll mess with it later :P
Ah, a little break to check out equipment to a faculty member who likes to tell me how to do my job. It didn't help that I was attempting to fix the mistakes that one of my coworkers made o_o# So the conversation went something along the lines of: *Juri* Ok, since this form wasn't filled out when you requested the projector [something we employees are supposed to do], can I have your phone number?
*faculty* Oh, I don't need to fill that out. You all know me.
*Juri* o_o##
The annoying part is that he was half right; we do know him and so I let it slide, but the form is there for a reason :P And since I know who hasn't been doing their job right (I found two other blank forms ._.#), I shall have to smack them upside the head. End rant.
AAAAAAAAAAA!!!! It's snowing! And it's so PRETTY! Giant fat flakes drifitng about, as though the world was a giant snowglobe that had just been gently shaken. Wai! ^_^
Oh, yeah. I totally agree that this person REALLY needs to be smacked. I am normally a fairly open-minded person, but my God! Where's that Clue card when you need it? I don't know if her amazing ability to talk out her ass (a med student does NOT say CHROMOZONES, ne, Puu?), or her amazing ability to assume that only her problems are important, like in her rant about how depression is a fad or the one that Yuuhi talked about, where she called people who design in '800 + 600' elitist for ignoring the 5 people left on the 'net in 640x480 (or, as she termed it '480 + 600'). I think I will hone my logical debate skills on this one with a full blown rant. Maybe two; one for her *ahem* philosophical rants (i.e. any church music that doesn't fit her standard of 'tradiditonal' doesn't belong in church), or her technical rant (Flash isn't HTML, miss. Get your facts right.) I think I'll let the faboo pre-med Puu handle her 'expert' genetic arguments about homosexuality. XD
I really want to go to Champaign right now. But I don't want to keep Greg from studying...or he may have to stay another semester. Wait! That's not such bad idea... >D Just kidding ^_-
Audio: nothing currently....
You're gonna carry that weight....
Tuesday, December 5, 2000 02:51 p.m.
One day more, another day another destiny, this neverending road to Calgary...
Just a quick note to say YAY! because Greg, possibly one of the coolest people on the face of the earth, got a blog. Ho ho ho! The #y-gumi have gotten another one XD By the way, Greg, if Asuka and Shinji fight so much and could STILL kill an Angel, I think we could wipe out Asia ^_-
You're gonna carry that weight....
Tuesday, December 5, 2000 12:27 p.m.
In the rain, the pavement shines like silver All the lights are misty in the river In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight, and all I see is him and me forever and forever...
WARNING: This blog contains nothing but senseless theaterbabble
Ahhh, happy Les Miserablés. Well, Les Miz is not really *happy,* but it makes me feel good. One of the best nights of my life was when Laura and I went to see it in Chicago when we were in high school. We scraped up $65 apiece for tenth-row tickets on a Wednesday night, got all dressed up, and went to an absolutely amazing night of theater. I even liked it better than Miss Saigon, which Laura and I dragged Chris to over the summer. But then, we could only afford second balcony seats :( I cried a lot more at Les Miz than Miss Saigon, too. I was crying at the end of Miss Saigon, but I was a freaking waterworks at Les Miz, despite having every word and song memorized...maybe because the angst was spread out more through Les Miz than through Miss Saigon...who knows. I'm just comparing these two musicals since they are by the same people, and because they are two of the three best theater percormances I've seen...(the third being Man of La Mancha, the all-state high school theater production my sophomore year...I saw that professionally, and it wasn't anywhere as good O_o)
I used to consider myself Eponine. I was just like her for a long time. Lately, though, I feel a whole lot like Cossette....scary! I hate Cossette. But I understand her better now. Kowai o_o By the way, I am talking strictly about the musical, not the book, which is much much different ^^;
I love painkillers. A lot.
*skips around some more on Les Miz Broadway cast disc 2*
*looks up at her writing* Wow. That was a lot of senseless theaterbabble.
AUGH! Fiddler on the Roof is at the Schubert *_* I hope I get paid over the break so I can go o_o And Rent, Beauty and the Beast, and Cinderella are all on tour....Juri, close the ticketmaster.com window and STEP AWAY!
Audio: Les Miserablés, Broadway Cast, second disc. Maybe after this I will put in Les Miz CSR...
*continues to mentally sing along* Muuuushroom Huuuuunting! Heh. I get to scare everyone at work with Bebop music yet again. Ho ho ho! It's really busy today, too @_o Must be because it's the end of the semester, so faculty (just like us students) must bust their asses to get stuff out on time. Woo. Anyhoo, all this traffic is finely honing my rage. I have little to no patience with people today. I am in the type of mood where I just want to sit on my own box and work on a project and let my mind wander off to other things...I find that people generally want me to pay attention when they are asking me for help. Silly people ^_- One good thing I can say for all the people in here is that I think the body heat is warming the lab up a little bit....but I am still @!@#$%^ freezing. Now, I know that I seem to be ALWAYS cold lately, but it IS cold in here. I usually end up typing with gloves on so my hands don't freeze :P
Actually, I was trying to figure this cold thing out....then I realized that the reason I am always cold is because the places I am the most are always cold :P Thank you, Captain Obvious. Seriously, though, there is some funky draft coming in my room, straight at my bed and computer >_< Then work is cold....and Loomis (where JAC is)...and it's cold outside...my classes, I think, are fine, but since I barely go to those, I wouldn't know :P
Eeto..what else. Oh! Ka-chan, I have the FLCL soundtrack ripped. Want it? >D And I love Willow *_* Sparkly.
Thea-oneesama, I think a band named The Shameless Hussies would kick ass XD Also....I'm trying really, really, hard not to write a long gigantic sappy sparkly blog entry right now, for fear of embarrassing said parties. So write one! Balance the sparkle factor across the #yaoshi blogs ^_-
Speaking of sparkliness, niisan's blog entry was so cute ^_^ All warm and fuzzy. *resists writing a sparkly blog and is starting to lose the battle*
Janaki, congrats on your new car ^_^_v It sounds nice!
By the way, who is going to attend the New Year's Bash? I hope you all can come =D
Audio: Wo Qui Non Coin and random Adobe Acrobat questions being fired at me. Boy, I should actually *learn* Acrobat :P
You're gonna carry that weight....
Sunday, December 3, 2000 05:44 p.m.
I am lost...I am found...
Check it out...I found that procrastination article for you, Kya-chan. The section about 2/3 of the way down about causes of procrastination kind of spooked me, because I think it applies to me -_-;;; I'm a bad, bad, procrastinating Juri-chan.
Still very genki and sparkly. I only wish I had some way to go to Champaign :( iMood doesn't have 'bittersweet' listed :P I'll have to suggest it.
Puu-chan, WTF? WTF?!? (yes, minna-san, I am talking about the last episode of The Big O.) I haven't been this mad at the end of a series since...since...I should shut up before I spoil anything. But Puu and Greg and both Matts got to see me in a fine and fancy rage. *shakes a fist at Sunrise*
Evangelion was very WTF too, and a little squicky. I hadn't seen those episodes, but I saw the last two episodes *shoots an evil, evil look at Puu and Kchan* so I was floored. The last episode of Gundam 08th MS Team had me on the edge of my seat, too, even if I hate to admit it. I'm not a mecha fan, although I like Eva, Esca, and The Big O. Go figure. Prolly because those shows aren't all mecha all the time, like Gundam usually is.
Hmm. What else did I do yesterday? Played some fun rounds of DDR, both at JAC and at Puuchan's. I really sucked, though. It was a combination of being really tired and being on unfamiiliar pads (yes, that does make a difference!). Playing Unison mode with Puu was genki, too. Then we went over to Greg's and watched Bebop 6. This was good because it let me stay permalatched to Greg some more *sparkle* *shimmer* Of course, Bebop was wonderful *sniffle,* but that was a secondary happiness. It turns out that I hadn't seen the first episode on the disk; I wonder if I have missed any other eps o_o
Wow. I started this blog two and a half hours ago and I still haven't finished it. Too many other things going on ^^;
Audio: Cowboy Bebop OST: Blue
