Random Thoughts: The Next Mutation
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Who's to say? Beyond the obviously un-dateable people who make their fail-itude public, who knows what they're really like?faith wrote:
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I don't think it matters if it's a couple of dates.
No one ever really knows the person when they start out.
This is funny qnd definitely not Piccolo
On the bus home today there was this Asian guy who I actually thought was good looking, in a weirdly totally not asian way.
As in he was really tall and had decent facial hair.
I was reading my book, but when I looked up to mak sure no one was being dangerous I caught him looking at me a few times.
Wasn't interested and was pretty sure he wasn't either, but it was one of the few times I might have felt flattered.
Assuming he wasn't looking at me cause he thought I was a freak or anything. That could very well be it.
No one ever really knows the person when they start out.
This is funny qnd definitely not Piccolo
On the bus home today there was this Asian guy who I actually thought was good looking, in a weirdly totally not asian way.
As in he was really tall and had decent facial hair.
I was reading my book, but when I looked up to mak sure no one was being dangerous I caught him looking at me a few times.
Wasn't interested and was pretty sure he wasn't either, but it was one of the few times I might have felt flattered.
Assuming he wasn't looking at me cause he thought I was a freak or anything. That could very well be it.
flowersofnight wrote:Bleahhhh don't get me started XDshazzer wrote:
It is quite funny, when you attend a live, the girls wear normal stuff, no make-up and are pretty relaxed. But as soon as the band, they like , finished their gig.... wohoho.
They start paniking, speak quickly, put a lot (and I mean a hell of a lot) make-up in their faces and then when their fav. band shows up, they look like having a mask on. XD
Most of them are quite nice but I feel a bit sorry for them. They chase a dream of being the girl friend of some dude, they do not know, who most likely do not want to date them (and if so, they have to pay for it).
I like to chat with a couple of guys who are funny but I would never date one of them I guess, since I only know their stage or public persona (and they are not really attractive, nice but ... hmm not my type).
The only person I am having some sort of crush on used to be in Jrock in the 90s but he left. Whenever I meet him (he owns a bar/restaurant.... now) I am getting a bit nervous. I am able to talk to his staff, most Jrock dudes I have met, but when I meet him
I think he thinks that I am an idiot.
(But well, I still get free ice cream so, yeah 
)@ faith umm a date with Közi might be interesting XD
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Why do you get free ice cream? O_o
I'm really, really curious about this
Közi might indeed be interesting...depending on his level of drunk lol
To be honest there are a few people I'd say yes to if they asked me (haha icky bangya alert!)
But anything remotely romantic would weird me out.
I guess it's more accurate to say I'd like to hang out with them for a bit.
Oh and it turns out my friend gave me the chocolate.
I didn't know he was capable of having chocolate and not eating it, so I'm a bit impressed.
He still denies it but I know better.
Haha - see? It was a joke YO. I'm glad I had a little game to keep me entertained
I'm really, really curious about this
Közi might indeed be interesting...depending on his level of drunk lol
To be honest there are a few people I'd say yes to if they asked me (haha icky bangya alert!)
But anything remotely romantic would weird me out.
I guess it's more accurate to say I'd like to hang out with them for a bit.
Oh and it turns out my friend gave me the chocolate.
I didn't know he was capable of having chocolate and not eating it, so I'm a bit impressed.
He still denies it but I know better.
Haha - see? It was a joke YO. I'm glad I had a little game to keep me entertained
OMG Allison is going back to China for 8 months! She said I should apply for her program because she knows I love China and she did it last minute, but she's going to go!MissUMana wrote:
She's a good nerd. We didn't hang out much in China until the end, but we picked up where we left off. I'm grateful she's put up with me, haha. She kept seeing me at my bad moments! Once in September I was super late for our lunch date, and she rescheduled her later appointment so we could still eat. We ended up talking for a while and I felt much better.
In October she was sorry Strickland went "loco" at the party, but said I looked really good, making me laugh.
Later in October she got the brunt of my numbness as we sat in a small park when it was freezing. The one thing I kept saying was, "I feel kind of embarrassed," as she tried to make me feel better. She said I didn't do anything wrong, I don't look bad, but I still felt strange. I'd call it "shock" though it wasn't completely surprising. She said she was cold, and I said, "Oh I'm not." So we kept sitting there.
She suggested we go eat and said, "I hope you're happy I've turned into an ice cube for you
" It was freezing and windy! We walked to a crepe place where she treated me to a crepe I barely touched. She encouraged me to eat, but I didn't feel like eating. I said I'm sorry, but I'm taking it out on her because she's the first person to see me. She said he's not great anymore, not mature, and I knew that. She was even there when he talked about me in front of a table full of my friends and Bad Hostess. We tried talking about other things, and I kept apologizing. We left and I took her where she needed to go. We huddled and walked until she stopped. It was the first time she wouldn't try to make me feel empowered or like I was better off. She said, "I don't know, I'm so sorry Adela. I feel like everything burst. Your love is so pure and you're so good." I thought she was being dramatic and asked what she meant. She said, "I just feel like the castle collapsed" and that's when she hugged me. I thought it was the most intriguing thing.
Afterwards I didn't really want to see her because I associated her with that time though it's not her fault. I said sorry for being weird during the fall, it was an emotional rollercoaster, but overall it was nice because of people like her. She said today she's going to miss me and that I'm a really genuine person and to never change that.
As for him, I reminisce about nice times and I don't feel sad about that. A wonderful memory will pop up and I'll go, "That was so cute!" or "I didn't know I was capable of that!" It was a huge lovely learning experience. However, someone told me he's been with Bad Hostess so much lately, and I got the momentary feeling of dread I felt so often in September and October. He's weird, but I don't want to remember the bad that occurred after Shanghai. As far as I know, the last truly Shanghai day was when we said bye to Kevin and met the old lady.
His aunt tagged a picture of him when he was tiny and it's so cute! My dad in May said that he has an innocent face and hopes nothing changes. *strokes chin* I noticed when I have to talk about my life, I gloss over my high school days. It was the one time I wasn't very true to myself, I felt peer pressure to do wrong, was surrounded by people who didn't care about life, and in senior year I didn't like most of who I hung out with. I loved leaving on a high note and BEATING EVERYONE BWAHAHAHA.
OMG I totally agree with this pro-John Smith video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s74BMUFcHc4
My mom said John Smith should've been killed off. I know! If he hadn't returned, the message would've been Pocahontas moved on, you can love again, etc. Someone said Smith was built up so much in the first movie you couldn't convert most people. Someone else said it was as if the first movie was a fling WHEN IT WASN'T. I love how people go, "What happened to 'come run the hidden pine trails of the forest'??" "I'd rather die tomorrow than live a hundred years without knowing you" I know!
Faith reminded me of "Pinky and the Brain." What I grew up with, what I'd come home to when my dad was making lunch, was Bugs Bunny, Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies, Speed Racer, Tom and Jerry, Popeye, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Space Ghost, Scooby Doo, Josie and the Pussycats, Jabberjaw, etc. Good lord, they were all from the 1940s-1970s XD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jTHNBKjMBU
I talk about the Rugrats and Hey Arnold, but Bugs Bunny and his gang were my early childhood. It's funny that some of us were raised with cartoons our parents watched. One of my favorites, "I Love to Singa," came out in 1936! I can't believe they used to put that on TV for kids.
Omg Speed Racer!
The intro is so nerdy and cute and 1960s XDhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALzDcMDhf2o
My mom read an article about China and thought the writer was ignorant. The writer went to celebrate New Years, complained about it, and I asked, "The Chinese one or the Jan 1st one?" She said Jan 1st, the writer said the Chinese one wasn't worth seeing. LOL. She'll show me the article later and said China was on her mind all morning. She thought of Changfeng Park, how pretty it was, how we went pedal boating, how she thought Central Park was big, but this one was huge and just one park.
She remembered nice people we met in Beijing, the Summer Palace, Peking duck, hot pot in Shanghai, the pretty gardens we walked through on campus and the Mao Statue. Her favorite place was the Summer Palace, and she wonders what it would be like in the summer.
I have no idea. Maybe he just wants to be nice.
I have always been a good tipper back in good old G. but here in Japan you do not give tips. Therefore I sometimes brought some German chocolate and so on for him and the staff. Maybe that is the reason.
Sadly he has a new restaurant now, most likely with new staff. I loved his old staff. The staff members were two young girls who loved Germany and whenever I came to the restaurant, they stopped working, rushed to me and chatted. (Thank god it is usually not that busy when I come to that place.)
Last time, I gave one of them Lebkuchen (some kind of Gingerbread) and the other one got tiny chocolate Santas. Both of them rushed to their boss.
"aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
arg Tensho look what I got!!!!!!!!"
When I left, I gave the owner of the restaurant a stollen. He looked at the stollen, looked at me. "What is that?" (You could see the question marks all over his face XD)
I wanted to explain what it is, but at this moment, one of his staff members came, took the stollen away "aaarg STOLLLEN sugooiii!",
then the other staff member came "hontou da, stollen desuyo"
Both started to squeak. The poor restaurant owner was completely confused now, he even did not know where to look at. XD
Then his staff asked him whether they can eat the stollen together and he agreed. (Well, he did not have a choice I guess )
True. I do not want to date them but some are quite funny and I would like to hang around with. (This especially includes that guy who thinks that I am a bit pervy and the one who calls me a mean person whenever we see each other. Damn I miss having arguements with him XD).
Going somewhere with Kiwamu must be interesting as well XD
I have always been a good tipper back in good old G. but here in Japan you do not give tips. Therefore I sometimes brought some German chocolate and so on for him and the staff. Maybe that is the reason.
Sadly he has a new restaurant now, most likely with new staff. I loved his old staff. The staff members were two young girls who loved Germany and whenever I came to the restaurant, they stopped working, rushed to me and chatted. (Thank god it is usually not that busy when I come to that place.)
Last time, I gave one of them Lebkuchen (some kind of Gingerbread) and the other one got tiny chocolate Santas. Both of them rushed to their boss.
"aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
arg Tensho look what I got!!!!!!!!"
When I left, I gave the owner of the restaurant a stollen. He looked at the stollen, looked at me. "What is that?" (You could see the question marks all over his face XD)
I wanted to explain what it is, but at this moment, one of his staff members came, took the stollen away "aaarg STOLLLEN sugooiii!",
then the other staff member came "hontou da, stollen desuyo"
Both started to squeak. The poor restaurant owner was completely confused now, he even did not know where to look at. XD
Then his staff asked him whether they can eat the stollen together and he agreed. (Well, he did not have a choice I guess
)True. I do not want to date them but some are quite funny and I would like to hang around with. (This especially includes that guy who thinks that I am a bit pervy and the one who calls me a mean person whenever we see each other. Damn I miss having arguements with him XD).
Going somewhere with Kiwamu must be interesting as well XD
OMG my friend reminded me of Pocahontas II last week so that's why I've been doing thorough research
I just find comments people make interesting because they're genuinely upset about the movie even knowing sequels generally are bad. They keep analyzing why they don't like it. I think what makes this worse is that characters' personalities are ruined and an amazing couple breaks apart. The new man wasn't even worthy. Other sequels are stupid (I've seen a lot of them), but they never go that far. Someone said it was as if Belle had decided to marry Gaston--it's THAT bad.
"I was hurt when they made Smith into some adventurer with nothing but puns."
"Seriously, though, there is NO excuse for them ruining John Smith's character. None. If they wanted Pocahontas to go with John Rolfe, it should've been done in a way that didn't bring down either Smith or Rolfe, and in a way that didn't make Pocahontas sacrifice who she was."
That's so cute how she kept waiting for him to change. I personally hated how John Smith was all "Are you crazy" when Pocahontas said she wanted to help her people. He was a completely different person! I need to write a thesis paper on this I asked one of my LatinoJustice friends about what kind of things did we work on (I forgot some of it), and he said, "If you count your disney research you were working at a feverish pace all summer long."
I saw an ancient clip of a cartoon from my childhood XD I don't know if anyone else saw the Tex Avery cartoons...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtcJ7gvJP0Q
She's really "sexy," it was made in 1945, but I don't care, I thought she was so pretty! That's it, I need a book about the golden age of animation because Wikipedia isn't cutting it.
OMG I'm having a small dinner for my birthday until everyone comes back (then I'll make a party), but I feel like no one's going to come ;___;
I just find comments people make interesting because they're genuinely upset about the movie even knowing sequels generally are bad. They keep analyzing why they don't like it. I think what makes this worse is that characters' personalities are ruined and an amazing couple breaks apart. The new man wasn't even worthy. Other sequels are stupid (I've seen a lot of them), but they never go that far. Someone said it was as if Belle had decided to marry Gaston--it's THAT bad.
"Smith was so out of character in this movie, its ridiculous. While I was watching it, I was constantly thinking, "John Smith would NEVER EVER say or think that! EVER!" That also includes all the corny puns and one-liners."
"I was hurt when they made Smith into some adventurer with nothing but puns."
"Seriously, though, there is NO excuse for them ruining John Smith's character. None. If they wanted Pocahontas to go with John Rolfe, it should've been done in a way that didn't bring down either Smith or Rolfe, and in a way that didn't make Pocahontas sacrifice who she was."
"I agree because they obviously changed John Smith's character so we were forced and encouraged to like the other John better. I never thought Disney would sink that low."
"Before, he did everything for her, but in the 2nd movie, he didn't even write! He wanted to travel the world and really, its not the same man who wanted to fall in love with her land, and the princess herself. It just...wasn't the same."
"I agree so much! Smith was trying to get back to her, but had to hide so why blame him? And I kept waiting for John Smith to be more like himself. To fight for her. He was supportive in the first movie. They promised forever."
That's so cute how she kept waiting for him to change. I personally hated how John Smith was all "Are you crazy" when Pocahontas said she wanted to help her people. He was a completely different person! I need to write a thesis paper on this
I asked one of my LatinoJustice friends about what kind of things did we work on (I forgot some of it), and he said, "If you count your disney research you were working at a feverish pace all summer long." I saw an ancient clip of a cartoon from my childhood XD I don't know if anyone else saw the Tex Avery cartoons...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtcJ7gvJP0Q
She's really "sexy," it was made in 1945, but I don't care, I thought she was so pretty! That's it, I need a book about the golden age of animation because Wikipedia isn't cutting it.
OMG I'm having a small dinner for my birthday until everyone comes back (then I'll make a party), but I feel like no one's going to come ;___;
Long time I don't come here. Just saying hi with this post =)
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Well yeah the sequels are always a huge let-down. And the animation sucks. I wouldn't even let kids watch it.
Hear that Hanachan? No Disney sequels for Matilda.
@shazzer: Awww that's so cute
Like, Japanese know that foreigners tip and all that, so I think sometimes they accept it.
But bringing them stuff from your home country is a great idea!
In France you're not supposed to tip either.
That's never been a problem for me. I've only felt the need once (the Italian place near my house - he gave us free apero and was UBER nice).
Kiwamu's angry is way too scary. I for one don't plan on ever being near him.
aaaaannnnnnnd! I am proud to annouce that, despite the holidays and being obliged to eat tons of food, I somehow went from a 70cm to a 66cm waist over the past 2 weeks.
My efforts to lose weight by doing absolutely nothing are still paying off! lol
The goal's still 60 or less though.
Hear that Hanachan? No Disney sequels for Matilda.
@shazzer: Awww that's so cute
Like, Japanese know that foreigners tip and all that, so I think sometimes they accept it.
But bringing them stuff from your home country is a great idea!
In France you're not supposed to tip either.
That's never been a problem for me. I've only felt the need once (the Italian place near my house - he gave us free apero and was UBER nice).
Kiwamu's angry is way too scary. I for one don't plan on ever being near him.
aaaaannnnnnnd! I am proud to annouce that, despite the holidays and being obliged to eat tons of food, I somehow went from a 70cm to a 66cm waist over the past 2 weeks.
My efforts to lose weight by doing absolutely nothing are still paying off! lol
The goal's still 60 or less though.
Psh are you kidding? She's not even going to see Pocahontas 1, let alone 2faith wrote:
Oh man, that stuff's the best XDshazzer wrote:
I still have like 5 packages of them because of poor planning
Maybe I should eat some.
You don't understand, Pocahontas II is REALLY bad XD That was the whole point of my post, is how it's been singled out for things other than how sequels generally suck. I've seen the Cinderella, Aladdin, Little Mermaid, Mulan, etc ones, but Pocahontas II is the worst one I (and others) have ever seen. My friends and I can rant about it for days. It really is against everything Disney stands for and it's a big slap in the face to fans.faith wrote:
It's REALLY bad not because of the animation or songs, but the idea behind it and the characters. If they ever did a sequel to Sleeping Beauty, having Philip and Aurora break up, her going off with a pig, and Philip suddenly becoming a jerk/fool would be the equivalent.
I saw The Hobbit (first one) and it was fun. I only didn't like the first 30 minutes because it was borderline corny, and am I the only one who thinks that Gandalf is kind of annoying here?
I also like to say "Thorin, son of Thrain." He's not "Thorin" to me, he's "Thorin, son of Thrain." I really loved the old dwarf with the long beard and I hope he doesn't die.
I actually like "The Hobbit" more than the LotR series combined. I never liked Frodo, Sam, Merry, or Pippin, but I found Bilbo and the gang to be likable and a lot of fun. I love them! There's a lot of heart and loyalty, and I never really felt that bond from the main people in LotR. They kind of go their separate ways from the start, one goes insane, and there's always that suspicion over the ring. I also like the "reclaiming your home" theme. There's a lot of warmth and personality in this one.
I never liked Frodo because he seemed liked such a weakling and all "
" whenever he put on the ring. Then he'd go on about his burden blablabla. Legolas, Aragorn, Gandalf, and the dwarf were the best and I didn't care about the rest. But I love the motley crew in "The Hobbit." Thorin, son of Thrain, is awesome. Maybe I like "The Hobbit" because it has everything I like from LotR without everything I didn't like (Frodo, his "" face, and his friends).I was cleaning my desk when I found a little post it. It said, "Come to my room when you are back. - DL. Really need your help <3" She left it on my door in Shanghai. She was my neighbor and said she could hear me laughing from her room. She'd save a seat for me in China Law and Society or wonder where I was when I was running late. We had one 10 minute break during our 3 hour classes, and we'd go to the lounge or bathroom or buy stuff from the vending machine to survive. That class was long, intense, and I felt my brain was working overtime to digest everything
She didn't like Bad Hostess because of how she'd answer professors. Odera said BH is too aggressive sometimes that it becomes mean. Ting Ting said, "OMG I had to sit down and ask myself why I didn't like her even though she's never done anything to me." We'd talk, but I never saw her as a good friend. Odera said while she doesn't mind BH, she says BH cares about who she can hang out with to make her look cool. I thought, "Cool for who...?" I know what she means though. We would talk, but after Banco Santander BH wanted to know how my day went, how did that project go, here's an invitation to my party. I had the biggest "
" in my head. She's jaded too and wants to seem cool by doing dumb things.I found my "I <3 SH" diary I bought at the Pearl Tower. I only wrote in it during the month of April, but I had at least two other places where I wrote about life in. When I was little though I used to fill up diaries, especially when I was in Peru. I found this part of an entry:
It's amazing that happened! I was so taken with how he was singing, in the park as if no one was around, and I was hushed. I wrote, "I was mesmerized."--wow! He sang other songs from Les Mis, but I always remembered "I Dreamed a Dream," and that's the one people asked him to sing. Especially this part:
We walked through one of ECNU's gardens, and I got a video of him walking and singing. He said he was asked once to make the songs sound happier, and he said no.
He had fangirls who added me on facebook. At first I thought, "Who are these girls??" but then I realized, haha. They'd be all, "Oh please sing for us!" "You look so good today!" etc. I was amazed. I felt like I should've been irked or jealous, but I said, "I really don't blame them!"
One of them in particular is cute and nerdy in a good way.
her pondering
A few days ago she said she knew I was looking for good steamed buns, so we should go to the Golden Unicorn this semester. I just looked it up and it looks AWESOME!
http://www.goldenunicornrestaurant.com/
@ boi how is it going?
@ faith yes, that is cute, that is why i love to go to the restaurant. i wish i were less shy when i meet this guy. i have met a lot of vk guys and talked to them without problems, but whenever i meet him...
i always like to bring something from my area. most people think we only have beer and sausage over here and eat and drink it all day long.
@ flowers true. i miss lebkuchen. my mum sent me some but the parcel never reached me.
@ faith yes, that is cute, that is why i love to go to the restaurant. i wish i were less shy when i meet this guy. i have met a lot of vk guys and talked to them without problems, but whenever i meet him...
i always like to bring something from my area. most people think we only have beer and sausage over here and eat and drink it all day long.
@ flowers true. i miss lebkuchen. my mum sent me some but the parcel never reached me.
PE: I agree the first Hobbit movie had some pacing issues. It really felt like they were dragging it out in parts. I just saw the second one a couple days ago, and even though it was almost 3 hours long it moved the story along a lot more effectively even though they still added stuff in.
As for changes from the book, I kinda like how they made the Arkenstone more significant. The random elf-girl love triangle didn't add anything meaningful to the story though.
The Hobbit (book) is definitely more lighthearted than the trilogy. They actually made it a fair bit more serious in the movies, but still not as much as LOTR. It has a different feel even though there are a lot of thematic similarities.
As for changes from the book, I kinda like how they made the Arkenstone more significant. The random elf-girl love triangle didn't add anything meaningful to the story though.
The Hobbit (book) is definitely more lighthearted than the trilogy. They actually made it a fair bit more serious in the movies, but still not as much as LOTR. It has a different feel even though there are a lot of thematic similarities.
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shazzer wrote:@ faith yes, that is cute, that is why i love to go to the restaurant. i wish i were less shy when i meet this guy. i have met a lot of vk guys and talked to them without problems, but whenever i meet him...
i always like to bring something from my area. most people think we only have beer and sausage over here and eat and drink it all day long.
Well, you have to admit, you DO have a heck of a lot of beer and sausages. I always figured it was like wine, cheese, and bread in France. Sure there are other things. But there's really a gosh darn lot that is those 3 things.
Aww you have a crush though! Do you have any idea if he's at all interested in you?
I picked up Michan to kiss her little pink nose and she burped in my face >_<
It happens to even the most proper of princesses I guess.
And the guy at the Japanese bakery gave me a free anpan since they were closing and I spoke Japanese. It was sweet of him.
I didn't see the second one yet so hush~ I didn't feel like it dragged on. I just didn't find the first 30 minutes entertaining and I told myself, "OK I know I'm going to fall in love with these guys and one will probably die so I'll wait it out" and it was true. Maybe I didn't like it at first because Frodo was there for a few minutes.Cerceaux wrote:
My favorite part was when the two rock giants started fighting. OMG that was so cool and unexpected!
I liked this movie a lot and I felt like I was on a fun roller coaster ride.
Random, but I thought, "Whatever happened to Philipp??" He deleted his facebook so I haven't heard much. I remembered how once I was at my old best friend Jessica's island which he also lived on. Jessica and I made a secret trip to his gigantic house so I could see him. She guarded the door to his room as we were inside. For some reason one of my parents called, and it was so obvious we weren't at Jessica's house because of the loud music and voices. I was like, "OMG what do I do?! If they know I left her house I'll DIE." So Jessica pulled me and locked us into the bathroom so I can go, "Oh yeah, we're just in her room hanging out" XD She got me out of A LOT of pickles.
... Good times
Shanghai had those moments too that I smile at XD Those "OMG we're going to be in trouble" "We have no idea what we're doing" "YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE" things. The girls were such GURLS and it was amazing. I feel like "loooove" brings out the really GURLY parts. I loved seeing it in my friends. I never got as excited or lovey dovey as they were for me. I was just going with the flow, so they were extra "bubbly," omg IMAGINE THE WEDDING, and nerdy on my behalf. It's amazing how excited they were for me and the things they said! I find that so intriguing.
One tiny thing I remember is sitting with DL during China Law and Society. It was close to our 10 minute break when she showed me on her phone THE Banco Santander picture and said, "What is this Adela. You didn't tell me!!" I said it wasn't a big deal, but when the break started she practically dragged me and ran with me down the hall into our student lounge. She checked if the coast was clear and for once nobody at all was inside. We sat down on the couch and she said, "TELL ME EVERYTHING." It was adorable.
Once I was working on a project with Danae, and when we finished up someone walked by and talked to me. I asked Danae if she could somehow arrange it so I would have dinner with him. I wanted to see what he was like. Oh man, she did it so flawlessly. When I got back she was studying. She asked me how it went and I said I didn't feel the attraction towards him, but that SHE was amazing. What a job well done that was XD
Speaking of which, I feel like EVERYONE'S going back to China except me. Even Bad Hostess is going to Shanghai for two weeks in a few days, and one of my friends is already in Beijing and Allison left today! Why am I not there? WHY?
I'm having my birthday at the Jekyll and Hyde Restaurant and Bar and I'll be going to the connected Chamber of Horrors with a few brave souls afterwards.
http://www.jekyllandhydeclub.com/home.html
My mom keeps asking me what I want for my birthday, I haven't asked for anything and I can only think of sailing around the Statue of Liberty in a tall ship, but the weather isn't good for that so we'll see... XD
This looks like a definite step up from TIMES SCAREPureElegance wrote:
Yeah, but I still found it ridiculous how they had to turn every step Thorin & Co. took into some super-epic gigantic fight scene. The Hobbit just wasn't supposed to be that kind of movie. I'll admit the river barrels scene was amusing though XDCerceaux wrote:
My beef with the first movie is that they did this but it felt like the story went nowhere. Like they walk, then fight, walk, fight, etc. The second movie kept this same formula, but they actually got somewhere and covered more events from the book.flowersofnight wrote:
That barrel part was the most ridiculous battle scene I've seen in any movie in recent memory.
PE, hurry up and pick some fabric for that pillow ring thing!
OK STOP I HAVEN'T SEEN THE SECOND ONE.
OMG CERCEAUX
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNDtmsekajM
They made a PocahontasxJohnSmith video to "So Close"~ "This is the only Disney movie I can think of with a sad ending. I thought the song fit nicely." Now that I think of it, "So Close" is one of the most bittersweet songs ever so it definitely fits with Pocahontas. Pocahontas is such a good example for me! I still can't believe all the decisions she made throughout the movie.
"The movie then shifts over to America and we see that instead of helping her people transport food and supplies, Pocahontas is getting into a snowball fight with her best friend. You say free spirit I say lazy bitch!"
"But Pocahontas sees the compass John gave her and gets sad. Understandable, I bet she does miss him a lot.
Nakoma: Much time has passed since the news of John Smith's death.
Wait wait wait wait WHAT? Much time has passed since the news of John Smith's death? How does this work? How did they even know??"
Pocahontas: I know you are right. It's just hard to say goodbye.
=PRECISELY FIVE MINUTES LATER=
*John Rolfe gets off his ship on a horse*
Oooh, cute new white boy! Oh yeah, she seems real broken up."
This PocahontasxJohnSmith video with the song "Time to Say Goodbye" with Andrea Bocelli is so sad!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4tavrqNmvg
What I also like about the original is how accurately they portray GURL friendships. I really love the bond between Nakoma and Pocahontas and how its portrayed in snippets throughout the movie. One favorite scene is when Pocahontas and Nakoma are picking corn. P's father comes and tells her she will one day lead the people etc. Once he leaves Nakoma says, "All right, what is it?"
P: What?
N: You're hiding something.
P: I'm not hiding anything >_>
N: Pocahontas you can tell me, I promise, I won't tell anyone! (Me: LOL)
*John Smith pops out of nowhere*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVhUU6cZECc
I love the exchange afterwards XD Nakoma is a great friend. "Uh...I haven't seen her." In elementary school, Stephanie said she'd be Nakoma and I'd be Pocahontas.
Sorry, maybe after I finish some more Pocahontas 2 research for my paper.Cerceaux wrote:PE, hurry up and pick some fabric for that pillow ring thing!
OMG CERCEAUX
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNDtmsekajM
They made a PocahontasxJohnSmith video to "So Close"~ "This is the only Disney movie I can think of with a sad ending. I thought the song fit nicely." Now that I think of it, "So Close" is one of the most bittersweet songs ever so it definitely fits with Pocahontas. Pocahontas is such a good example for me! I still can't believe all the decisions she made throughout the movie.
I watched Coded Lock's review (he reviewed a lot of my favorites, like Titanic: The Animated Movie) and I love this:
"The movie then shifts over to America and we see that instead of helping her people transport food and supplies, Pocahontas is getting into a snowball fight with her best friend. You say free spirit I say lazy bitch!"
"But Pocahontas sees the compass John gave her and gets sad. Understandable, I bet she does miss him a lot.
Nakoma: Much time has passed since the news of John Smith's death.
Wait wait wait wait WHAT? Much time has passed since the news of John Smith's death? How does this work? How did they even know??"
Pocahontas: I know you are right. It's just hard to say goodbye.
=PRECISELY FIVE MINUTES LATER=
*John Rolfe gets off his ship on a horse*
Oooh, cute new white boy! Oh yeah, she seems real broken up."
This PocahontasxJohnSmith video with the song "Time to Say Goodbye" with Andrea Bocelli is so sad!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4tavrqNmvg
What I also like about the original is how accurately they portray GURL friendships. I really love the bond between Nakoma and Pocahontas and how its portrayed in snippets throughout the movie. One favorite scene is when Pocahontas and Nakoma are picking corn. P's father comes and tells her she will one day lead the people etc. Once he leaves Nakoma says, "All right, what is it?"
P: What?
N: You're hiding something.
P: I'm not hiding anything >_>
N: Pocahontas you can tell me, I promise, I won't tell anyone! (Me: LOL)
*John Smith pops out of nowhere*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVhUU6cZECc
I love the exchange afterwards XD Nakoma is a great friend. "Uh...I haven't seen her." In elementary school, Stephanie said she'd be Nakoma and I'd be Pocahontas.
faith wrote:shazzer wrote:... i always like to bring something from my area. most people think we only have beer and sausage over here and eat and drink it all day long.
Well, you have to admit, you DO have a heck of a lot of beer and sausages.
hm true, but I live close to France and Switzerland, that is why we actually cook a lot of French food where I live (Strasbourg is about 30 min away from my place, Swiss about 1,5 hours).
That is why we have the best cuisine in Germany
http://www.bbc.com/travel/feature/20130 ... ack-forest
http://www.blackforest-tourism.com/essen_trinken
We are famous for our cakes (especially the so called "Schwarzwaelder") the ham, the bread, strong alcohol (Schnaps, especially Kirsch) and wine. Even the Ghilbi Museum had wine from my neighbour villages
In my area, everybody and his uncle is burning Kirsch over here.
Unn I have no idea. I was actually bored with VK and surfed in the internet for a bit, trying to find new songs, that was hmmm 5 years ago? Then I saw a vid of his band. It looked pretty bad but somehow I liked his voice and his eyes (they are extremely cross eyed XD). I listened to another song and started to like his band, especially his voice.
I tried to find something about his band and read that they disbanded in the late 90s. Therefore I thought that my chances to meet him were impossible. I googled and googled and found his old blog, which was deserted for 4 years. I jokingly wrote "Hey dude where are u?" and forgot about it.
One day I got a mail. "Yeah, it is me. Add my mixi." Unfortunately, you needed to have a mobile phone mail at that time. So I went on everybodies nerves to give me one. When I had it we sometimes exchanged mails. Suddenly he kicked out every female/foreigner from his friend list.
I was wondering why, because my last 20 mails were about soccer (both of us like soccer a lot, so we discussed the matches, we were watching, on twitter).
His band mates were still my friends and seemed to be fine with it (even the one dude that only has 30 friends because he usually only adds close friends,or family members. I have no idea how I managed to be his friend).
I later heared that the restaurant owner had a girlfriend who was very jealous. He was not allowed to have foreign or female (or even worse, foreign female) friends. He was also not allowed to play mixed soccer. He was fine with it and did all, what his girlfriend said. But one day he started to allow females and gaijins to contact him again. He got rid of his girlfriend.
I read that he had a restaurant and went there. He is nice and whenever I am going to the restaurant, I get some service (free meat, self made ice cream <3 and so on).
When the shxt in Shizuoka happened, my friend and I sometimes met in his restaurant (my friend is a police officer working in Nagoya) and she explained to me what the police is doing and asked me about the things that happened there, what the results of my tests were...). When he noticed that I was not feeling ok and had some time, he chatted with me a little bit, asking what I am doing, where I am from.... , gave us free ice cream, tea.... .). He kinda tried to cheer me up.
I think he is very nice (and not one of those "I used to be famous" or "buy my records and come to my lives!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
persons. He is quite down to earth and quite funny, that is why I like him.
Hm I do not think so. I doubt that he does.
1) I am a foreigner
2) hmm my Japanese is bad (at least when I talk to him)
3) he is a bit older than I am 9 or 10 years
4) he knows that I like his band (although, I wrote about it once and never again, that is also the reasons why his band members were fine with me as their mixi friend. I only wrote once "I like ur band" and then we talked about alcohol, kids, animals, Nagoya, Nagano, food......)
5) I have seen his ex-girlfriend on his fb pictures. She is very pretty, extremely skinny, has big bxxbs, looks very young. Kinda like a AKB girl. In other words... not like me.
lol I know that from my dog (expect that he is to heavy to be picked up).
wow free food? That is great. Especially Anpan. Lovely stuff. (^^)b[/code]
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