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[26 Aug 2002|09:13pm] |
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My first day of classes was today. And of course I was dreadfully nervous I had that deer in headlights thing going for me. ^^; Everyone there is very nice tho. Supportive too. Once I realized that I was better. The teachers also seem very dedicated. Very student oriented. Such a pleasant change from some I've had in high school.
I love my Psych class already. I can't wait to get to Abnormal Psychology. *bounce*
There are only 6 people in my Spanish class! Imagine. Sweet. Of course, everything is conducted in Spanish. Much of my doubt was alleviated once I realized I could understand what was being said and I wasnt the only one whose language skills are rusty. It's primarily a discussion class. Oral reports every week. And little one page papers here and there. Nothing I haven't done before. I'm so grateful to my IB Spanish II teacher for preparing us for that type of thing.
This is nothing compared to IB. I'm in a bit of a happy shocked stupor right now.
I'm hoping to get a workstudy position working in the Language Lab. That sounded the most promising. I did so much running around earlier looking for open positions and very quickly recognized the lie that "there are plenty of campus jobs available" :P
Now my grandma and grandpa are in proud grandparent mode. And I'm being spoiled. They bought me ice cream. It's very cute. I feel loved. ^^
And lastly, my computer was shipped today. Yaaay!
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| Orientation |
[24 Aug 2002|11:40pm] |
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I would have posted yesterday. But it was late and LJ was being bitchy. So after it took forever to catch up on reading my friends' entries, here's my rundown:
Thursday: Spent the day with Dea, Arwen, and Hannah. Successfully corrupted Arwen and Hannah with Jrock. Felt really ecstatically happy about that. XD
Friday: First day of Orientation. I realize how much I dislike icebreakers. Icebreakers=forced socialization.
Staff: Okay! SOCIALIZE! GO!!!
Nebi: *groan* Noooo....
I like the fashion wing a lot. There were naked mannequins lying around everywhere. And all these disembodied arms and legs. And all I could think of was the Illuminati music video and Yu~ki in that bathtub, licking those severed arms. How macarbe. I was very very amused. I think I'd like to take a fashion class. Perhaps next semester.
Later in a group, during yet another icebreaker, we're told to choose a sound that identifies us as a group. We end up being the group that says "Ni!"
Later still, I come home and (Akayne would be super proud of me) I watch the end of The Muppets Take Manhattan and have a nostalgi trip. My mother tells me that's one of the movies I watched endlessly as a little kid. We watch the opening number. My mom points out the glittery outfits they're wearing and suggests "Maybe *this* is where it started, Ashley.." ^^;;
Today: More orientation. I had a much better second day. Maybe I was just in a better frame of mind. but the icebreakers didn't bother me quite as much. And I met some pretty cool people. Including one girl who's into anime. I wore my Mana shirt and ribbons in my hair. Took a trip to Hot Topic somewhere in between (it's good to know people who drive) and bought pair of black gloves held together by safety pins. They were too nice to pass up. They called to me. Wore them back to school for the evening activity. Was asked if I was a Fashion Major. What're they trying to say? That I dress funny? ^_~
Tomorrow is Investiture, which is a welcome ceremony type thing. Mount Mary has a school song. They TAUGHT it to us. They want us to SING it. Cute, huh? I am TERRIFIED. Actually more amused. Can I make up my own lyrics?
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| Dude, I'm getting a Dell :P |
[22 Aug 2002|12:18am] |
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Did more shopping today. I bought 3 pairs of pants. At Express. And then felt dirty. Like a corporate whore. But it's tough finding pants in your length when you're 6'0'' And that's one of the only stores I know of that carries talls. Curses. You know what else is a bitch? Trying to find knee socks or stockings that actually come anywhere near your knees. Rarara! I'm just going to run around in rags from now on.
Despite my bitching, I'm happy with what I got. Besides that I now have a pretty whilte blouse with tons of lace down the front and on the cuffs. That's my prize purchase for the day. It should be. It was expensive enough. My shopping's getting itself done in bits in pieces. I still need to look for tops and shoes. But I'm getting there. Slowly but surely.
I ordered my computer tonight so that's out of the way. So happy. I've been waiting a long time to be able to buy my own. No more being bitched at. Hurrah! My ship date is September 5th.
My room is spartan. I'm so pleased. The walls should be painted. Any suggestions for a color? And I'm still waiting for a door. No privacy for Nebi. :(
Going to bed as soon as I'm done making tapes. Going to the art museum tomorrow. And hopefully bringing some fresh blood into the world of Jrock fandom. Yay! I want to start a club in college. Success would be so beautiful. Catholic university. Jrock club. "Yes, I obviously worship the devil." Tee hee. ^^
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| purging |
[21 Aug 2002|12:05am] |
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My walls are bare. I took down all my pictures and now the whiteness is almost blinding. My room feels a lot emptier now but in a good way. I did a lot of throwing things away I don't need the last couple days. Which results in a lot more room. Enough to put a table and a computer in there. And walls that can be redecorated. With Jrock. What else? And I have space for my Hedwig poster now. XD
Orientation starts this Friday. Where did the summer go? I'm going to do more shopping for clothes for school tomorrow. Then probably more cleaning. I haven't gotten to the actual dusting/scrubbing things down cleaning of my room yet.
I saw some of Malice Mizer's Voyage stuff the other night. That's some enthralling stuff. "Ma Cherie" is such a cute song. I'm still having fun with my dvds. Watching bits and pieces at a time. Savoring it. ^_^
And I feel cursed. Looking at a site with info on a bunch of indies bands earlier, every single one that I started to take in interest in seems to have disbanded. ;_; Gyah! Why am I so late?
( Sexual Appetite Quiz )
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| shopping |
[16 Aug 2002|09:18pm] |
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I took a trip to Yellow Jacket today to go shopping for school clothes. Bought two cute little plaid skirts, a lavendar prarie skirt, and a jumper outfit. Gonna to buy myself some knee sock/stockings too eventually. There were also a couple of gorgeous Gunee Sax dresses. For once they were the right length. But they didn't fit. Of course. *mourns* Made for tiny people. One was a size 5 and the other was too narrow on top. That's a new one. Never had that problem before. ^^;
I also made some progress on cleaning my room. Two more corners are bare and I cleaned out my desk. The next job is going to be sorting through old school stuff. I look forward to throwing those things away. >:D
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| shi-a-wa-se |
[12 Aug 2002|09:06pm] |
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Queen-The Show Must Go On |
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My dvds came in the mail today. I feel very satiated. I think I'm equally in love with all members of Malice Mizer now. I want to marry them all!
And there's also a good chance of me getting DSL in the near future. No more ornery downloads! :D
That's an awful pretty picture of Yoshiki-sama. *_*
I am Frylock from Aqua Teen Hunger Force!!
Which Aqua Teen Hunger Force character are you??
I love cartoons on crack like this. And you can't get much stranger than talking fast food. Thanks to my cousin for the quiz! *chuu!*
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| meow |
[11 Aug 2002|03:12pm] |
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Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain - 01 - J'y Suis Jamais Alle |
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I've been sitting around and listening to Spanish ska. I gave Resistencia a second listen, looked up some of their lyrics, and I understand quite a bit more now. Their lyrics are very political. Want me to translate, Dea? I'm kind of inspired to go type one out now. Now you've corrupted me. Shame on you. ^^
I'm still waiting for my Malice Mizer dvds to come in the mail. No mail comes on Sunday. Impatient. They should be here tomorrow. Yay!
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| fandom is fun! |
[10 Aug 2002|08:04pm] |
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It's been an eventful couple of days. Where to start?
Yesterday was my last day of work. They took us out to lunch. There's something very funny about Milorganite hats and funnier that they were given away as raffle prizes. Thrills. We were dismissed after that, so I went home and spent the rest of my day looking at gorgeous clothes that I can't afford and don't ship from Japan. Why?!?!
I love Gothic Lolita so much. I have a new goal. To put together a wardrobe of such clothes. That's going to take some scrounging and a lot of creativity but I have faith in myself. Now I'm excited about going shopping for clothes for school. Whee! I'm such a girl!
This is a great Gothic Lolita website. So many lovely photos from street photos to specific brands, and Jrockers. They inspired me. There are pictures of Kyo there, Dea. Go look. My mom saw them...
Mom: *looking at picture* How tall is he?
Me: 5'3''
Mom: He's a troll.
Me: !!!
Mom: *shrug* He's a cute troll.
Heh heh heh.. ^^;;
Today, to celebrate my unemployment, I went shopping with Dea and company. Dea and I were dressed kinda gothy. I just knew someone was going to ask us if we were from GenCon (it's a science fiction convention going on this weekend). And lo, it happened. *snickers* Dea said yes and nodded gravely. I laughed. Couldn't help it. I have so much fun wearing unusual clothing.
Ah! And we have a plan! A brilliant plan! For a gift. It involves posterboard, glitter, markers, and cosmetics (I finally have blue and black lipstick!). Dir En Grey will never know what hit them. ^_^
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| Life is good |
[07 Aug 2002|08:39pm] |
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I have chocolate, batteries for my CD player. I've claimed Kozi as my sham husband thanks to the tainted_rove community. XD *beams with silly fangirl glee*
And you are my new best friend, for that is one SEXY icon. It keeps getting better everytime I look at it. ^^
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| my relatives are nuts |
[06 Aug 2002|09:14pm] |
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Went sampling on the boat for the last time today. Now that it's my last week, everyone is being Twilight Zone nice to me. It's weeeiiird. They're buying me lunch tomorrow. *sniff* I feel undeserving and touched.
I saw my cousins tonight. I've missed them. Got to have Cassie over sometime before school starts. Or she may cut me.
Someone should hide the radios from my uncle.
Uncle: *talking into radio at my dad* This is the Lord....Make your wife brownies or burn in the firey depths of Hell...
Dad: That's just my psychotic brother-in-law..
Adults should not have toys....wait, I'm considered one of those now. Damn.
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| bilingual me |
[05 Aug 2002|05:44pm] |
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Spent time with friends this weekend. Saw Desiree' for the first time in a long long time. I watched Amelie, which was really cute. And The Fast Runner, which was good but could have been shorter (3 hours!) and with less shots of people....walking..mrah >.<
I spoke more Spanish yesterday than I have since school let out. Our neighbors just moved here recently from Mexico. Their daughter is 15, had to leave all her friends in Mexico, and doesn't speak any English. I had lunch with her yesterday. And watched Moulin Rouge in Spanish. Now, my brain thinks it's in Latin America and I've had to watch what comes out of my mouth a couple times today for fear that it won't be English. ^^;
Lastly, I bought an X-Japan singles collection that I'm very happy with. Love the ballads. And I'm still waiting to hear from jpophelp.com. *shakes fist* I want my Malice Mizer.
And I realized just last night, that there was a large amount of glitter on my pillow. *can hear Desiree' saying "shitload of glitter."* Goodness, that girl has a contagious personality.
Take the Malice Mizer personality test by
Mania and Dementia!
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| Rediscovering my love for mythology |
[24 Jul 2002|08:44pm] |
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Watched Hide's "In Motion" pv last night. That was super cute! Chibi plushie super hero Hide to the rescue!
I found an awesome mythology site today. They had HATIAN mythology and I was thrilled.
Anyway, here's what I learned of Mesopotamian mythology and my namesake for today:
"Aya -The dawn, the bride of the sun-god Shamash."
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"Shamash -The sun. For the Sumerians he was principally the judge and law-giver with some fertility attributes. For the Semites he was also a victorious warrior, the god of wisdom, the son of Sin, and 'greater than his father'. He was the husband and brother of Ishtar. Shamash is represented with the saw with which he cuts decisions. In the Mesopotamian poems 'Shamash' may mean the god, or simply the sun."
Neato! I rather like it. ^_^
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| Tests and Tired Babble |
[23 Jul 2002|09:31pm] |
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What obscure band are you?
Hmm...don't know who they are..but I'll find out. I think the Internet must be God's gift to obscure music enthusiasts.
My mom's in the hospital after an allergic reaction to her medication. She's fine but they're keeping her until the doctor sees her and they make sure everything's all right.
*yawns* So sleepy. Can't think straight. Let alone think of meaningful things to type.
Downloaded some Hide. I'm going to watch that and then I'm going to bed to have sweet dreams. ^_^
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| D-A-V-I-D! |
[22 Jul 2002|08:57pm] |
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I was tired earlier. Then, I came home from work today and slept for over 3 hours. Whoops! I've got to stop that. For some reason, my internal clock wants to be nocturnal. Oh well. There's no sin in sleeping. Or is there? It's your theocracy, you tell me, Dea.
I was mad last night because I thought my cd player was broken. I bought it only a month ago! Then it turned out the problem was low batteries and I think I may have had the jack for the headphones in the wrong place. Yeah, I know. Special me. ^_^;; Naturally, I didn't figure that one out until after the panicking and the running around frantically to find the reciept. But then, I was moody yesterday. Today I'm much better! And I know why. Anyone know how to evict TOM?
I too have shirts! XD Totchii on timeout and Mana enjoying a frosty treat! Wai! Now I'm already looking at other pictures that would make good shirts. Ellen wants another so I'm saving the last piece of paper for her. I hope she can be convinced to make a Die shirt.
I have an evil plan. I think Dea, Ellen, I, and whoever else who can be rounded up to support Jrock should take a trip to Modelzone and harrass them to stock some. Mwahaha! >:D It would be great if we were successful. If not, it would still be great, because I'd enjoy myself. ^_^ I'm just looking for somewhere to buy tangible music that has a better selection than Lost World.
My mom made me laugh yesterday:
Mom: There was this weird song on the radio earlier. Something about "when you're in the desert take off your dress and sell it to me"
Me: *after telling her that it's one of David Bowie's new songs* Did you like it?
Mom: Yeah, it was kind of cool.
Hehe.
The urge to buy something is back. And I was doing such a good job curbing it! I may buy some more dvds. I want Malice Mizer's music videos and their 2001 concert for sure. Perhaps Dir en grey's music video collection, if I'm feeling brave enough. I think I'm pretty de-synsetized by now.
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[15 Jul 2002|05:59pm] |
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Work was long, busy, and evil. I didn't even get to take a lunch. I should have showed my dissastisfaction fainting in the pH samples. *splash* That'd show them. I feel better now that I'm home and have eaten. And have come home to unexpected people sitting on my floor... These things help.
Speaking of unexpected guests.. I have Totchii stockings! I have Totchii stockings! Thank you Dea! Thank you! Thank you! ^_^
Not much else to say. I made new icons. Of Mana. He used his mad telepathic skills to make me do it. I swear he did.
I'm feeling icky. I had adventures with evil hair removing chemicals last night and now my eyebrows are sore. I'm going to go take a shower and escape to my grandparents house to use their computer. They're out of town for a couple of days. And they took my brother and that friend of his with them! So I may as well take advantage of the situation. ^_^
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| *dies laughing* I want one! |
[14 Jul 2002|06:16pm] |
Oh me. Oh my. I have seen pictures of the Hide toys (plushies, keychains, speakers) out there and they are wonderful! Chibi Hide is so angry looking!
Rawr! ^_^
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