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Mana spelled Dix as Dis in his journal...3 times...

My great, great, great grandma's last name was Dix.
Which is especially special since there are no x's in Polish.
 

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Oh man, we have to do a debate about Rigoberta Menchu and I was (obviously) placed on the Critics of Menchu side. It continues Wednesday.

We're in teams and I went up there with mine and I was totally great, I was so "LIE #1... LIE #2... LIE #3" "WE NEED THE TRUTH!" "TRUTH AND INTEGRITY MATTER!" My professor said she really liked how I presented XD I love getting my team all riled up about this too, haha. We all high fived each other afterwards XD

I knew there was something fishy about Menchu. Now that I know about the controversy and her lies ("misrepresentations") I feel a lot better.

Now I'm sitting in Washington Square Park watching a man make giant bubbles with little kids. They're huge, they could even surround a whole man! ::batsu::
 

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PureElegance wrote:
Now I'm sitting in Washington Square Park watching a man make giant bubbles with little kids. They're huge, they could even surround a whole man! ::batsu::
Meanwhile at Cerceax's:
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I was watching a wedding reality show on TV, and this one bride hired a performer who inflated and then encased himself in a giant balloon (which he eventually popped). It was nuts.
 

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MissUMana wrote:
RxTheta wrote:
I got a job working at a super cool costume shop. I was looking for work for like over a year... I love getting dressed up to go to work. I can wear whatever I want. Every day I dress to the absolute nines and nobody gives me shit for it. I could not be happier.
Great news! And best wishes!

Thanks :grin:
 

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I went back and read Hora's diary entries from the time of Schwarz Stein. Man those were funny. I miss back then. I wonder what happened. It made me tear up a little so I BUDDHISTED UP and got over it. But still aw, that was a good time.

Anyone else remember 2003? Third Arm was here too. I still miss that guy.
 

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I went back and read Hora's diary entries from the time of Schwarz Stein. Man those were funny. I miss back then. I wonder what happened. It made me tear up a little so I BUDDHISTED UP and got over it. But still aw, that was a good time.

Anyone else remember 2003? Third Arm was here too. I still miss that guy.
In 2003 I was 12 and had not gotten into visual kei and japanese music... I wish I had... instead my sister was busy trying to brainwash me with Kylie Minogue ::hora:: Didn't go so well ::gaku::
 

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Meanwhile at Cerceax's:
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LOL. It's all about the technique!

Ugh, I left my jacket at home and it had my ID in it. I didn't realize it until I arrived at the building and I was all, "The world has ended" to my friend in text messages. I hated life XD I was searching through my bookbag and I was wishing there was someone who knew me in the hall so they could vouch for me to the security guards. So that's when Strickland bursts through the door and sees me XD I was thinking, "Omg, I'm human." I can make mistakes and be lazy! I have a hard time accepting that.

Now I'm just sitting here thinking I'm strange. I think I was a bit used to being treated in a lame way that it's sometimes hard for me to believe someone can be that wonderful and as a result I can sometimes be overly skeptical and pessimistic. *strokes chin* I can't wait for this upcoming party though, I CAN'T WAIT! I CAN'T.

(OK Daft Punk's song "Fragments of Time" makes me want to cry AHH)
 

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My work randomly gave me an ipod. Mainly because it was pink, and because it was a slightly older model, and my coworkers have observed that I own a lot of outdated devices, and a lot of pink things. I'm not sure how to feel about this ::meev::
 

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He's so awesome! I love it when he's running with his daughters. I love their little smiles! ^^

BTW I was looking through our friendship and I found BROTHER HAO from March 8:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tCMI0uKbBE
God I miss that time in my life XD I can't believe that things like learning that song by heart were on my mind!
没有共产党就没有新中国!!!

I'm recovering from my bout of depression this week, haha. I feel a bit silly when I remember how "Ugh the LSAT" "no one loves me" "where's the adventure" "The LSAT is killing me" "I miss being happy" "I have nothing to look forward to" "nothing is exciting" "I miss photography" etc, but that's what I felt. The person who helped me the most is my mom, which is intriguing.

It's mainly the LSAT. I guilt myself out of having fun with my friends or little dates and pretty much everything and then I stress out because my score isn't as high as I want it to be. Then I guilt myself for not studying more. Ugh.

I was feeling so bad that I met up with a friend to talk, but I ended up skipping my Latin American Politics class LOL. I didn't care either! She said she wished she could be more positive, but she's feeling unhappy too at the business school, so she's looking to study abroad again, or get a job, or do our business school's exchange program. However, we had such a great time on our little adventure!! ^^ In Shanghai the people who lived on campus like me used to go to Coco at the back gate and get bubble tea, and one just opened up near NYU, so we went! ::squee::

I talked to Ting Ting and she said she feels as if she's just going through life, nothing excites her, and she thinks we're all probably feeling the same. Laura said at the business school she saw Strickland walking intensely, as if he had a lot on his mind, and so she didn't say hi. When she told me I said, "Hoo boy." Not because I know what she's talking about (he does that a lot lately), but because I've been doing that every day too, haha.

At least the party is coming up for all of us to get dressed up and dance the night away.
 

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PureElegance wrote:
BTW I was looking through our friendship and I found BROTHER HAO from March 8:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tCMI0uKbBE
God I miss that time in my life XD I can't believe that things like learning that song by heart were on my mind!
没有共产党就没有新中国!!!
OMG that's right! Now I have to listen to it too.
So I looked him up, and apparently he's hao di, because his older brother is a really well known singer...
I didn't know China was so accepting of other races and all that.

I talked to Ting Ting and she said she feels as if she's just going through life, nothing excites her, and she thinks we're all probably feeling the same.

At least the party is coming up for all of us to get dressed up and dance the night away.

Like, I swear it's also partially because it's the last year of college. It was the same for me after I came back from Japan.
I had this ridiculous 10,000 dollar scholarship per semester, but I had to keep up an A- average to keep it, and I just stopped caring.
Like, I was supposed to do a combined masters in Anthropology, and I simply never bothered finishing my dissertation .

Instead I took drama, music theory, and electronic music composition in some weird soul searching whatever lol
I am NOT a drama girl.
By sheer luck the teacher decided I had "real talent" and gave me and A but I was expecting a C - to lose the scholarship.
It really didn't matter though. At all. Nothing mattered.

Once you get out of school you'll meet new people, have new experiences, travel, and things will start looking up again. Maybe.
No guarantees. But maybe. We need Iksanderia back - she'd know what to say.

PS I expect pictures of the party :D
 

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I didn't know China was so accepting of other races and all that.
Anyone who supports the cause is a comrade of mine!

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I never thought China was particularly un-accepting of others, like foreigners or African Americans etc, though. The only people I could think of them not being totally okay with are the Japanese. My friends tell me that their parents would freak out if they ever said they're marrying a Japanese guy ::meev::
One of the novels I'm reading now is about China during the Japanese invasion, written by Xiao Hong who was in Shanghai when she experienced it getting besieged by the Japanese. I can't even imagine! :(

Slightly off topic: My friend, in Shanghai, said to the class how she was walking around with her boyfriend (white, blue eyes, European XD) who was visiting. He went to the bathroom so she waited around, and a young woman asked her if she could help her with something. She said okay, but the woman pulled her aside and asked, "Can you tell me how you got an American husband??"

Like, I swear it's also partially because it's the last year of college. It was the same for me after I came back from Japan.
We're not all seniors ::meev:: The majority of the Shanghai Pengyous are a year younger than me, except for maybe 20 seniors, if that. XD It's mainly being bogged down by work and leaving such a wonderful adventure that as Strickland put it was "once in a lifetime." (We didn't have multiple jobs or money problems or weird internships or looming freaky tests on our mind either, haha.)

People say "You'll go back to Shanghai soon," but they don't understand that it's not just the fantastic city, but the feelings I had during those months. I don't think anyone will know how unbelievably happy I was at the time, haha. I, in a moment of bliss, even said to Jessica, "If I died now I wouldn't mind. I'd be surrounded by people I love, in a country I love, doing what I love."

I'm sure I'll have similar wonderful experiences in the future though, I am not so pessimistic! However, the Shanghai experience will always be a special one in my life because it was truly life-changing!

Ting Ting also guilts herself out of fun things because of her job and as a result she feels like everything is "blah." I was talking to a friend from Columbia Uni who's taking the LSAT too and she's like "I HAVE BEEN SO STRESSED ADELA. I'll never understand logic games!"

If it were up to me though I'd stay at NYU forever. I love the Square, my classes, the people, and everything about it. I feel so lucky to go here because it's given me the opportunities to have wonderful times! I don't think it's hit me yet that I'll be leaving, so I don't want to talk about it!

Honestly, once the LSAT comes along I'll feel less "AGHHH." I'm feeling better already and so determined to get things done XD Thanks for all your encouragement! I really care about my studies, I still do all my homework and readings on time, but it's the LSAT that's making me so negative.

PS I expect pictures of the party :D
I'm already daydreaming about it like a nerd. I'm not sure what to wear yet, but I want to be super pretty for it! The guys will be wearing suits and... suits... *drool* And you know it's on the same day as the LSATs? So after I die on the LSAT (XD), I can go have a great time!

The girl throwing it threw the PARTY OF THE SEMESTER back in Shanghai, where I had that moment of perfection! So I'm looking forward to seeing everyone again ^^~ The venue looks awesome and has loads of pool tables too. :D
 

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Yeah seriously. Damn LSAT. I'll be so happy for you when it's over.

And thank you for not posting the picture of you and Strickland for the 100000000000th time :P

Randomly I found this. The one exception to this grid seems to be Manasama, who might have had just as much fun with his sea monkeys as he would have with a dragon lol

http://i.imgur.com/vTf8daD.png
 

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People say "You'll go back to Shanghai soon,"
I dunno, I went to Shanghai last week:
http://www.rockefellercenter.com/events ... -shanghai/
And it was this tiny little round room, couldn't have been more than 20 feet wide. All the buildings and stuff were just painted on a backdrop, I don't think it's a real city at all. I don't understand how people spend entire semesters in there.
 

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And thank you for not posting the picture of you and Strickland for the 100000000000th time :P
The one with me in blue? BUT THAT'S MY FAVORITE ONE. Okay here are some of us looking totally not glamorous ::meev::
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I remember that night my friend took my camera and then he took it too. When I got it back he said he left me a surprise. So now I have all these pictures of him with silly faces and of his shoes, gawd.

I promise I'll take more pictures soon! XD I've seen him so much but I don't think about taking pictures for some reason. I guess I'm just enjoying the moment! ::kisaki:: I left my ID at home again and my dad said, "Oh god call Strickland!" ::meev::
"STRICKLAAAAAAAAAAAND ;~;"

@Flowers: OMG why wasn't this mentioned before??? It's over! :( :( :( My reason for living is gone.

I can't believe I lived it! It's such a cool city. I miss the efficiency of the subway system a lot too. They all run quickly and without delays. I have postcards up in my room of what the city looked like back in the 1920s/1930s ^^ There's so much to do and I love how even though it's a huge city, it's not crowded, loud, unsafe, or rushed. People think it's insanely crowded and so full of people, but they obviously don't have to walk through Times Square every night because THAT'S crowded.

Shanghai is really an awesome place filled with energy and you feel as if you're in the middle of a grand change. It's as if the future is there or something, haha. I distinctly remember feeling that way during my first few days there. Things are always changing.

The people were so nice and friendly, I miss that. So many strangers went out of their way and helped me when I was lost, needed a cellphone, or was trying to figure out something. Or they were open for nerdy conversations with me. I miss my steamed buns for breakfast, the vast selection of food at KFC, my orange juice, the cheap cafeteria food, how Romance of the Three Kingdoms is everywhere, how people notice the flowers blossoming, the old people singing in the parks and streets, Changfeng Park, all the festivals, things like that. I am so lucky to be able to be around for two of their biggest celebrations!

Here's me performing with my team our traditional Chinese fan dance.
http://vt.tumblr.com/tumblr_mm0uk4VHWy1s2dxgy.mp4#_=_
I'm the smiling nerd on the left side. I'm so graceful XD Oh man, what a moment. All our practicing and then it was all over in a flash! What a rush!

Anyway, China's such an interesting country. Beijing, Chengdu, Nanjing, Yangzhou and the little towns I got to see-- the short time I spent at these places was amazing. I didn't even get to see the desert or the hills in Guilin or things like that, haha. That's definitely on my to-do list ^^
 

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OMG the world is so boooorrrrring.
I dunno if I believe all this Buddhism stuff but I think I'll follow it just in case there is rebirth, cause I really don't want to come back here :P
 

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PureElegance wrote:
It's over!
There really was NOTHING there except one little room with a city panorama printed on the inside XD All the tourist rubes (like myself) just kind of walked up a ramp into it and then back out.

faith wrote:
OMG the world is so boooorrrrring.
That's because you hate fun like some sort of fun-hating ogre XD
If you're bored you should go see Napoleon's tomb, it's like right there in Paris but you were too fun-hating to go see it with me XD
 

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yeah yeah, un jour, un jour j'y irai...

I just had a great talk with my friend. It turns out we've had really similar experiences with the vis kei fandom, and it was nice to know that someone else went through the same kind of 'à"ç& and disappointment, and got over it of course. We also traded *secrets* about our favorite bands *oooooh gossip!* But like, true gossip lol

I needed a kindred spriti.

Then we decided Mana's biography isn't ever coming out lol
 
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