Looking At The Same Moon
Dec. 9th, 2007 04:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
popo_liciousWow... I just realized something pretty much kinda-but-not-really horrible: my LJ account expires in 19 days. ;__; Nooo! XD I'll be back with the commoners and their six LJ icons and mediocre layout designs! How you've spoiled me so, aryador! It's like riding first-class and getting bumped to coach on the return trip! Bah, I'll deal, I guess. This is mostly just a plea for some kind soul to renew my account, but I won't bet on other people's hospitality. ;D Still, just throwing the thought out there in the open... in all its nakedness... What a bad way to open an entry. XD
Anyways, things have been going pretty well for me lately. I've got a few worrisome events on the horizon ((i.e.: Calculus test; brilliant/amazing/awesome substitute English teacher leaving to make way for real teacher, who will be postpartum and angry seeing as she's ending her maternity leave...)) but other than that, I'm happy with my lot in life. Christmas is around the corner and I made little goodie-bags for all my friends; they're adorable! ((The bags and the friends!)) Each one is similar but different. They each contain something delicious, toasty and gourmet, something yummy, and some sort of... toy. XD That's all I can say! The only hamartia is that there's this one specific person who I for some reason feel obligated to get something for, but didn't. Maybe I shouldn't feel obligated; we borderline the notion of friendship and even though I've gotten her something the last two years, she never get's me anything is return. ((In fact, last year, she kinda took my gift half-heartedly and ran! No thank you or anything!)) I guess I shouldn't feel too bad, it's just that the whole gang exchanges gifts in class together and since we all sit at the same table, she'll notice for sure if I don't get her something. I guess it's not even about the "getting" when you break it down on my end; it's just that she's so ungrateful about everything. Bah... I'll risk it. XD I'm sure she'll be understanding, or hopefully, like last year, apathetic!
A few nights ago I experienced my first truly executive action as a Robotics captain; my fellow leaders and I cut three members from the team. Wow... Never saw that coming! We had an event at the University of Virginia last Saturday and they made us wait forty-five minutes in the cold at 5AM outside the high school for carpooling down to the university. And you know what? They still didn't show up! We called all three of them, multiple times, and they told us some variant of "drop-dead" before hanging up the phone and going back to sleep. One of the members said he was just on his way out, despite being thirty minutes late, and even though we waited for him, he never showed up. Later, he tried to defend himself with "I couldn't get a ride!" Umm... Then what's with telling us you were going to meet us there? Honestly... those damn freshman. XD So, yes... That's the end of the line for them. It felt pretty good to send them back to the big division, seeing as they're now someone else's problem. XD We also had talking-to's with other members, notably those with commitments issues, and in just minutes there was a huge upsurge of productivity and work ethics. As they say-- it's good to be the king. Or Queen. XD
Speaking of which, I was faced with a mini-moral dilemma the other day involving the other-fab-four. Basically, I got points taken off on a project for respecting Queen too much. XD I did a research project on Brian May, which turned out quite well considering he currently appears to have a PhD in bull-turd ((FYI Bri: Put your thesis online so we can all see what you actually contributed to science!)), and my teacher took points off the final grade because I refused to write an obituary segment for a man so full of life and love and happiness, and who, duh-- isn't dead yet. ((Really, the obituary would have killed the bright pink and yellow color scheme. XD)) Most of the astronomers we were allowed to cover ((I asked for Brian specially! XD )) are deceased, so there was an obituary portion we had to write as to constitute a biography. Well, I thought it would be bad karma and maybe even a little rude in some small way to reflect on the not-death of Brian, especially since he had that creepy-ass death-threat a few months ago, so I wrote a very comprehensive biography on him and wrote at the bottom "in place of obituary". I mean... wouldn't that be okay? The only real difference between a biography and an obituary is that one has a date of death and the other doesn't, right? She only gave me half the points on that section ((5/10)) and it made me a little mad. I would have argued the points with her if she didn't scare me so much. XD My grade in astronomy is way too good to jeopardize. Sorry, Bri. XD Anyways, I did the whole project in Photoshop so it took way too long and looked pretty spiffy at the end. I'm proud of it. Thank God the project wasn't on Roger! XD
...Can't you just see it now? *cackles*
So, the 7th marked my Three-Years-Of-Knowing-You-Through-The-Computer anniversary with Eli in England. Yay! I still can't believe it's been three years; it feels like soooo much longer! I remember one night a long time ago I missed the Super Bowl with Paul McCartney because I was talking to him about outer space. Pretty... cool? Lame? Trippy? XD I dunno. That memory just tends to stick out in my mind, for some reason. The conversation delved into a beautifully-platonic-but-sort-of-not, "I can see the moon, and it's nice to know that you're out there, somewhere in the world, looking up at the same moon..." sort of thing. Ah, the old days. XD I think I saved that message... I'll have to dig it up.
Which is a good segue into my next semi-pointless topic. FESS moved... again. Our domain was cyber-squatted and we all had to stare at this little peach for the next two weeks. Shifting locations with FESS is a little bit like graduating; the more you move onwards and up, the better things get, but you sacrifice tons of good ((and bad)) memories and compromise some of your comforts. Right now I'm having trouble adjusting to the new skin, as well as the commands ((member and mod)) but I'm sure I'll adjust to things soon. FESS 5... wow. XD
Okay... I think that's everything I have to say for now. Sorry this was so long, for anyone out there who finished this! I was in a writing mood~!
Love,
Popo
PS: Dirty Harry? Clint Eastwood? Is it worth watching? Do I feel lucky? Do you feel lucky? Well, do ya' punk? XD
aryador! It's like riding first-class and getting bumped to coach on the return trip! Bah, I'll deal, I guess. This is mostly just a plea for some kind soul to renew my account, but I won't bet on other people's hospitality. ;D Still, just throwing the thought out there in the open... in all its nakedness... What a bad way to open an entry. XD Anyways, things have been going pretty well for me lately. I've got a few worrisome events on the horizon ((i.e.: Calculus test; brilliant/amazing/awesome substitute English teacher leaving to make way for real teacher, who will be postpartum and angry seeing as she's ending her maternity leave...)) but other than that, I'm happy with my lot in life. Christmas is around the corner and I made little goodie-bags for all my friends; they're adorable! ((The bags and the friends!)) Each one is similar but different. They each contain something delicious, toasty and gourmet, something yummy, and some sort of... toy. XD That's all I can say! The only hamartia is that there's this one specific person who I for some reason feel obligated to get something for, but didn't. Maybe I shouldn't feel obligated; we borderline the notion of friendship and even though I've gotten her something the last two years, she never get's me anything is return. ((In fact, last year, she kinda took my gift half-heartedly and ran! No thank you or anything!)) I guess I shouldn't feel too bad, it's just that the whole gang exchanges gifts in class together and since we all sit at the same table, she'll notice for sure if I don't get her something. I guess it's not even about the "getting" when you break it down on my end; it's just that she's so ungrateful about everything. Bah... I'll risk it. XD I'm sure she'll be understanding, or hopefully, like last year, apathetic!
A few nights ago I experienced my first truly executive action as a Robotics captain; my fellow leaders and I cut three members from the team. Wow... Never saw that coming! We had an event at the University of Virginia last Saturday and they made us wait forty-five minutes in the cold at 5AM outside the high school for carpooling down to the university. And you know what? They still didn't show up! We called all three of them, multiple times, and they told us some variant of "drop-dead" before hanging up the phone and going back to sleep. One of the members said he was just on his way out, despite being thirty minutes late, and even though we waited for him, he never showed up. Later, he tried to defend himself with "I couldn't get a ride!" Umm... Then what's with telling us you were going to meet us there? Honestly... those damn freshman. XD So, yes... That's the end of the line for them. It felt pretty good to send them back to the big division, seeing as they're now someone else's problem. XD We also had talking-to's with other members, notably those with commitments issues, and in just minutes there was a huge upsurge of productivity and work ethics. As they say-- it's good to be the king. Or Queen. XD
Speaking of which, I was faced with a mini-moral dilemma the other day involving the other-fab-four. Basically, I got points taken off on a project for respecting Queen too much. XD I did a research project on Brian May, which turned out quite well considering he currently appears to have a PhD in bull-turd ((FYI Bri: Put your thesis online so we can all see what you actually contributed to science!)), and my teacher took points off the final grade because I refused to write an obituary segment for a man so full of life and love and happiness, and who, duh-- isn't dead yet. ((Really, the obituary would have killed the bright pink and yellow color scheme. XD)) Most of the astronomers we were allowed to cover ((I asked for Brian specially! XD )) are deceased, so there was an obituary portion we had to write as to constitute a biography. Well, I thought it would be bad karma and maybe even a little rude in some small way to reflect on the not-death of Brian, especially since he had that creepy-ass death-threat a few months ago, so I wrote a very comprehensive biography on him and wrote at the bottom "in place of obituary". I mean... wouldn't that be okay? The only real difference between a biography and an obituary is that one has a date of death and the other doesn't, right? She only gave me half the points on that section ((5/10)) and it made me a little mad. I would have argued the points with her if she didn't scare me so much. XD My grade in astronomy is way too good to jeopardize. Sorry, Bri. XD Anyways, I did the whole project in Photoshop so it took way too long and looked pretty spiffy at the end. I'm proud of it. Thank God the project wasn't on Roger! XD
...Can't you just see it now? *cackles*
So, the 7th marked my Three-Years-Of-Knowing-You-Through-The-Computer anniversary with Eli in England. Yay! I still can't believe it's been three years; it feels like soooo much longer! I remember one night a long time ago I missed the Super Bowl with Paul McCartney because I was talking to him about outer space. Pretty... cool? Lame? Trippy? XD I dunno. That memory just tends to stick out in my mind, for some reason. The conversation delved into a beautifully-platonic-but-sort-of-not, "I can see the moon, and it's nice to know that you're out there, somewhere in the world, looking up at the same moon..." sort of thing. Ah, the old days. XD I think I saved that message... I'll have to dig it up.
Which is a good segue into my next semi-pointless topic. FESS moved... again. Our domain was cyber-squatted and we all had to stare at this little peach for the next two weeks. Shifting locations with FESS is a little bit like graduating; the more you move onwards and up, the better things get, but you sacrifice tons of good ((and bad)) memories and compromise some of your comforts. Right now I'm having trouble adjusting to the new skin, as well as the commands ((member and mod)) but I'm sure I'll adjust to things soon. FESS 5... wow. XD
Okay... I think that's everything I have to say for now. Sorry this was so long, for anyone out there who finished this! I was in a writing mood~!
Love,
Popo
PS: Dirty Harry? Clint Eastwood? Is it worth watching? Do I feel lucky? Do you feel lucky? Well, do ya' punk? XD
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Date: 12/10/07 02:46 am (UTC)I laughed a lot reading this entry! It's just plain funny when you curse, no matter what the subject is. XD
About the FESS placeholder-- I hate that girl! She represents BROKEN INTARWEBZ!!!
Yay Robotics.
And yay gourmet goodie bags~! You're too good to meeeee~ ♥ :D
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Date: 12/10/07 03:04 am (UTC)Do you think I might offened the board if I made that girl my avatar? Hahaha! Oh man... That's rich... I might do that. XD
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Date: 12/10/07 04:14 am (UTC)As far as Dirty Harry... it's okay but not my favorite. Watch if you want, as I have no clue exactly what kinds of films float your dinghy.
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Date: 12/10/07 04:31 am (UTC)I'm surprised someone decided to reply to my closing ramblings! XD I feel like DH is one of those old school movies that I should probably see sometime in my life. XD I like action, and attractive men, and bad-ass anti-heroes and all that stuff. XD Clint Eastwood... *whistles* What happened?! XD He used to be so good looking and now he reminds me of Darth Vader without his helmet! XD
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Date: 12/10/07 04:31 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 12/10/07 04:45 am (UTC)Ha... and a report on Bri? I'm pretty sure he'd be pleased to hear that (I know I would) ♥
And that girl's face annoys me D: She looks like she belongs in some bad 4-chan meme. Yeah...
CHRISTMAS IS COMING! And I've a gift or two for you :3
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Date: 12/10/07 07:12 am (UTC)A report on Brian? That is really cool! But the whole deducting points bit is really lame!! Watch me use exclamation points!!!
Running out, eh? Not anymore ^^
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Date: 12/10/07 07:31 am (UTC)Nope, no one has ever given me a year of LJ before. Every time I've been a paying member, it's because I've forked over the cash myself. Guess I'm gonna have to start hustling on the streets before my account runs out, huh? "Will slash Queen for LJ access."
(My luck, they'd think I was out to assassinate the Queen Mother or something.)
I guess my words aren't worth paying for, for many people, only me.
Ah well.
As for Clinty, totally agreed. Ew. What in the world happened to him?
I'm also trying to get caught up on so-called classics, mostly the ones that were controversial when I was a kid, and I wasn't able to see them. My veins tend to run more toward things like Midnight Cowboy, Lenny, Dr. Zhivago, stuff like that. I like some action films, but ever since I saw the ring-cutting scene in one of Charles Bronson's Death Wish movies, I kind of pick and choose.
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Date: 12/10/07 07:38 am (UTC)It's $25/year if you don't have it set up for automatic payments; $19.95/year if you do. $15 for 6 months. $5 for 2 months. $3 for a single month.
Which probably doesn't seem like a lot to people, but right now, for me, it IS.
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Date: 12/10/07 08:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 12/10/07 08:50 pm (UTC)Also... does Malaysia have any laws against sending non-perishable food items in the mail? Like cookies or coco or anything? :O
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Date: 12/10/07 09:00 pm (UTC)You're a sweetheart-- a Christmas angel! A miracle worker! I have no idea how I might one day repay such kindness... *sniffles* Really, the fact that a mostly-complete-stranger would spend money on me boogles my mind. I'm pretty sure you're going to heaven, if that puts you in the holiday mood. XD
December 10th = Aryador-day!
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Date: 12/10/07 10:45 pm (UTC)And I've moved my writings to another LJ, the new ones anyway. Can you imagine how long I'd be at the computer if I transferred EVERYTHING I wrote at Q/? I'd never see the light of day!
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Date: 12/10/07 11:01 pm (UTC)Aryador-day is a bit of a mouthful XD
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Date: 12/11/07 02:23 am (UTC)