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Today, I think, I can classify as a good day. Perhaps even a great day. Physio was boring as usual, but somehow today I didn't nearly fall asleep. And I found out today was the last day the guy professor is going to be lecturing, we finally get the female one back for the last couple of lectures. And then...well, I thought Japanese Pop Culture was going to suck, because the professor was there. But he just sat and let his TA lead the class, which wasn't much but just giving a brief overview of the movie we're actually watching all the way through, Summer Wars, and then relating it to stuff we've learned in class. I think the only reason he actually did that was because the professor was there, but I don't really care. And we're going to be watching it on Monday too! I never thought we'd get through an entire movie in that class. Then there was o-chem... Last night as I was studying I felt really good. This morning when I woke up I felt really good. About an hour before the test...not so good. Felt kind of sick. And then on the way there, not so good either. And when I sat down and had the test in my hands...it all went away. I blew that test's mind, no lie. I know there are a couple I missed, but I have no doubt I at least got a B. I'm pretty sure I even got the A level question, and it was NMR! I know there was a benzene ring in the structure, it fit with the number of degrees of unsaturation, and I know there was an -OH in it. The only thing I'm not sure of is whether or not I put the carbons outside the ring in the right place. I had to. I just wanted to pass this test with a C, and then last night I was thinking I might have a chance at a B, and after the test, there might be a slightly chance of an A. And then no Japanese, so I've been doing nothing but catching up on anime and getting farther into Soul Eater all afternoon. I still haven't watched Heroman this week. It's kind of painful to sit through and watch, I think I might end up dropping it.

Posted on Apr 30 2010 by Amber + 0 Comments

Woes of [not] studying

I'm so close to being done. I have my last regular o-chem exam this Friday, and then my final physio lab practical this Wednesday, and final for o-chem lab this Thursday. Then the Japanese oral final sometime next week, and the week after that four finals in three days. Then I'm done for the year here at least. I need to have that last minute drive to study like crazy, especially for o-chem because I need to do get at least a high C on this last test to have any chance of passing the class. I tried to study, I did two hours today, and two hours yesterday. I was going to do more, but I just couldn't find the motivation. The thing is, I studied for two hours straight today and then was going to watch Scrapped Princess until 4 then go back to studying, but at a bit before four I only had two more episodes to go, so I decided to finish watching the series. And then I saw Working! was out subbed, so I watched that. Pretty much I never got to studying again. I'll probably start again at 9, but it'll probably be physio instead of o-chem. But on a good note I finally got to and finished Scrapped Princess all over the weekend. It was actually quite good. I think there's something about fantasy shounen that I like, because, although I haven't really watched too many series within that genre, the ones I have I have enjoyed quite a bit. I really should try to start a good work ethic now, because next year there's no slacking off if I want to do well. I have two 400 level courses, then second semester o-chem and Japanese 102, which I heard gets hard. I'm looking forward to immunology though, after I took micro last semester I was thinking about maybe taking it, and now that I'm in the major it's one of the courses I need to take. Who knows, if I like it enough I might change my plans for the future. I took my last chapter test for Japanese on Thursday. It was so easy. In fact, it seemed almost too easy. I was like the fourth person to finish, and I'm usually within the last five people to leave, and that's a few minutes after class is over. I finished fifteen minutes early. Now I'm worried it was harder than I thought and I did really bad. I hope not though, I need something decent after the last test that I bombed for no reason because I should have just put all my priority on it instead of it and o-chem because I really bombed o-chem and wouldn't have done any better if I hadn't studied.

Posted on Apr 25 2010 by Amber + 0 Comments

なに？

My roommate talks quite loud when she's talking to her sister, and she's talking about the AIMS testing. And talking about how her sister and cousin had the same prompt or something, and then she said "They're the same nationwide." Yeah, there's kind of an issue with that statement. AIMS isn't a nationwide thing, it's something that Arizona is forced to do because the government wanted to let slightly fewer dumbasses out of school with a high school diploma. Umm...I find it kind of sad, I had to look up how to negatively conjugate verbs in Japanese. I couldn't remember for some reason. Surely we learned it this semester. Maybe I couldn't remember because we've been conjugating adjectives so much lately, and I confuse it with that. I'm not sure if I actually did the homework right, I'll look over it tomorrow morning to see if my brain decides to be less stupid. And now there's possibly a change that I might get an apartment for next year. I already confirmed and payed the fee for my dorm room next year, but I think I can get out of it. And if not I'll just not move in next year. This is because it may actually be cheaper to get an apartment, or nearly. The price for my dorm is going up like $300, so it's going to be around $5100 now. And averaging it out per month, it would be only about $30 more to get an apartment, and that's the more expensive ones I'm looking at. And right now I'm paying for half of a 250 sq. foot room, whereas for a bit more I can get nearly 600sq feet all to myself. And the most expensive I'm looking at has a washer and dryer in the apartment, plus I get an actual kitchen, utilities are included, and I can bring my cat with me. The only thing that's a bit less inconvenient is that it's a few miles away from school, but I wouldn't really mind having to bike a few more miles each day. And I don't have anything else to write about. I really wish January was here, or even next fall, because Wicked is coming and I really want to see it and even if my family doesn't go I'll find the money to get a ticket and go myself.

Posted on Apr 13 2010 by Amber + 0 Comments

Stupid place

GCC hates me or something. Last year when I wanted to take summer classes I couldn't sign up online because my transcripts hadn't gotten there before I registered with the school, because they needed to make sure I had passed English 101 and a the math below calculus. And now I tried to sign up for physics and I can't do it because I haven't gotten a grade of C or better in like math 60 or something like that. I got a B in a 200 level math class there, I'd think that would be good enough. So I'm going to have to call them at some point this week to try to sign up. I'm not looking forward to it, because it's Monday-Thursday from 7AM to 9AM (that's earlier than my first class is here, I'm going to have to be up by like 6 and be out of the house by 6:40) and then the lab from 9:10-11:10. But I don't want to take it here. I can't take it here, I'll fail. University physics is crazy hard, I've heard so many people talk about how hard it is. And I'm not very good at math, and suck at calculus, so I'd never be able to pass at a university. Need to think of a good title for my paper and then go to bed, because yay, 8AM physio tomorrow. Whatever, I don't really care right now.

Posted on Apr 11 2010 by Amber + 0 Comments

I never thought I'd see it

Heroman. Wow. If there were such a thing as American anime, then this would be it. I'm not sure what was being thought when it was created, but it's oh so obvious that this is a show with "American ideals". In a way it kind of pisses me off, because the first few minutes they show heavy traffic complete with Hummers (which only douchebags drive IMO), suburbia galore, and tons and tons of American flags. I should have counted how many there were in the first episode alone. And then some of the characters even dress so you know they're American. Then of course you couldn't have America (this particular anime based in what is essentially California) without the ever so wide variety of clicks. There's the main character, a scrawny kid who essentially dresses in a fashion I'd maybe call punk. Then there's the blond haired blue eyes cheerleader who wears nothing but her cheerleading uniform, and of course her older brother who wears a red, white and blue shirt and is built like a jock, and has a little posse he hangs with, all filled with rich kids. And there's the skateboarder kid who you'd never expect to be based of an American stereotype because his hair is huge like you often see in anime. And of course, Heroman, the giant robot, is dressed with the patterns of the American flag on him. I haven't really watched that much mecha (pretty much just Eureka 7 and Code Geass), but this is different. I do believe most mecha involve someone being inside the giant robot, whereas this giant robot turns into a giant robot after being unleashed by the giant cool looking hand thing and is just a giant solid robot with nobody inside him. It may seem as if I don't like it, but I wouldn't say that. I kind of just made me laugh, on the inside at least. Pretty much the only thing Japanese about it is the fact that they're speaking Japanese, although they use as many English words as they can. So I'm probably going to stick with it, since I haven't really taken on that much this season. Last season I watched probably 80% of the shows that aired. This season I'm only doing four or five, at the moment. I don't think there's anything else I was planning on watching though.

Posted on Apr 08 2010 by Amber + 0 Comments

I'm assuming the extra exclamation point was intentional

So I finally watched the first episodes subbed on K-ON!!. Only once I actually watched the raw, which was like four hours ago, did I realize that to distinguish it from the first season they added an extra exclamation point. My memory isn't the best regarding the manga, but I'm pretty sure they skipped some stuff, pretty much the rest of the stuff that happened in their second year and it started off with the girls in their third year (Azusa in second). From the previews it looks like they're going to find Sawako-sensei's old guitar and go through that chapter. I don't remember where that chapter was sequentially, but I do remember reading it. Right now I can't really say if it is going to live up to my expectations, although for some reason I feel like Kyoto Animation is, because the first season was such a success, trying to do too much with the second season, which might ruin it. One such is the new OP and ED New OP New ED. Compared to the OP and ED of season 1. OP ED The new OP is just...I mean, I guess it does somewhat go with the tone of the show, but it's so chipmunky. And way too much CGI. But there is Azu-nyan. Although some of the scenes were from the first season, which I found funny. And then the ED I liked. That's probably because I love Hikasa Yoko's voice though, but it has a good beat to it too. Nowhere near as amazing as 'Don't say Lazy', but like anyone would expect it to be as amazing as that. Nice animation on both though. And yet again the ED has awesome outfits. Now if I ever get a chance to cosplay I'm going to have to add Mugi's ED outfit. And since I'm on the subject of OP and ED, the new FMA: B OP. Someone has been having fun with this series making the OP's have as many spoilers as you can fit into a minute and a half. Initially I wasn't overly fond of it, but when you think about what's left to come and it makes sense. And past this point there may be some possible minor spoilers. But seriously? Yeah, I totally couldn't figure out who the sacrifices are going to be. Or that Greed!Ling was finally going to turn into full fledged Greed!Ling, or the fight between Scar and Wrath. Or, although it might be difficult to understand unless you've kept up with the manga, LARGERSPOILER....Roy's eye angst pointing towards the fact he loses his sight....ENDSPOILER. And now I have to study. I'm pretty much screwed for tomorrow with two tests back to back, but I need to try. I need to at least memorize the online questions and sample problems for o-chem so I can get at least a C, and Japanese I need to at least memorize my practice writing, because that's exactly what the writing portion is going to be.

Posted on Apr 06 2010 by Amber + 0 Comments

So much time, yet so little

Finally, break is over. I shouldn't be saying that, yet I am. Normally I wouldn't want break to end, but these last few days have been...I'll say tiring, to say the least. Family decided to go to California from Wednesday to Saturday. And what better way to start it off than getting two hours of sleep, departing by car to San Diego at 2 in the morning, then getting to the zoo and walking all over the damn thing multiple times with just those two hours of sleep and an apple fritter for energy, all the while as the temperature is slowly rising so that by the afternoon you feel as if you have heat stroke, even though it isn't all that hot? And then getting to the hotel that is actually a lot crappier than expected, hanging around there for a few hours (no sleeping involved, just watching other people sleep) then going to dinner and then finally a few hours after dinner going to bed? Dinner wasn't actually that bad. We couldn't find anything good to order in, so we decided (and by we I mean my mother, father and I. My brother was being too lazy to get up and go to eat with us) to try Applebee's, since the GPS said it was close. Well we didn't end up going to Applebee's. I'm not actually sure where it was, I didn't see it. We did however end up going to Mimi's Cafe, which wasn't all too bad. I was having trouble deciding what I wanted, but I eventually just got some chicken sandwich. I forget what it was called, but it was big. And since my mom got the special where you get an appetizer, entree and dessert she gave me her apple crisp, which I ate even though I was nearly stuffed. I definitely was when I finished. And although I wanted to go to bed then I needed to let my food digest some. Despite the crappiness of the day the zoo was rather nice. We were there a bit before it opened so we were one of the first in. So did the sky ride thing, I forget what it's called at the moment, and then we walked around once to the other side of the zoo by the ride. And somehow we managed to get completely to the beginning again from the far side while looking for the pandas, which were on the far side where we had initially been after the sky ride thing. So we walked back that way, and saw the pandas, then ate lunch. It was pretty yummy. The only problem with the zoo I had (other than the huge hills it was built on, but can't blame nature) was that there were no llamas. Yes, you read correctly. No llamas. I couldn't believe it. I love llamas, but they had none. They had something that is a descendant of ancient llamas, but no actual llamas. Then day two was Seaworld. Probably the best day, just because. After a nice night of sleep we went to eat breakfast at the restaurant that was at the hotel. It turned out to be pretty good. I ordered an apple crepe, I got a huge thinned out pancake filled with cinnamon apples, with a bunch of whipped cream on top. The place either didn't have a crepe machine, or California has a completely different idea of what a crepe is. It was still good either way. Then after breakfast we went back up to the room, got our stuff and to Seaworld. Seaworld is a lot less hilly than the zoo, like way less hilly. The Shamu show was alright, but my favorite was definitely the sea lion and otter show. It was so funny. The pet show was good too, I just wish I knew how they trained the cats to do what they did, or how they trained a cat in general. Didn't get a chance to eat lunch there even though my mom said we were going to eat at the Ship Wreck Cafe because when we walked by it the food smelled delicious. Never really got around to it because we rushed to the sea lion and otter show directly after Shamu, and then my parents decided since we were on the opposite side of the park we should just stay over there. The penguins were so cool! Penguins are awesome! And the sea lions too. We somehow managed to luck out and get there when people could feed them. I didn't because I didn't want to touch fish, but my brother did, and this one sea lion kept barking at him non stop until he fed him a fish. We went straight from Seaworld to eat dinner at Hardrock Cafe. Probably a good thing we didn't eat lunch, although if we had then the appetizer probably wouldn't have been ordered. I had so much trouble choosing what I wanted there. I ended up getting some Hawaiian chicken thing that was good, especially the potatoes. And then sleep. Day three, I'm not even go to get too much into. We went to Universal Studios. A long drive to LA. I HATE LA. So much, with a passion. I felt like if I stayed there too long I might get tagged, or shot, or somehow initiated into a gang. So much graffiti, and there was so much smog. And then Universal was filled with damn pushy tourists who were pissing me off. Luckily my parents were pushing most of them who tried to get in my way, because I wouldn't have just shoved them out of the way with my shoulder, my foot would have been up their asses. Won't say anything about the park, but my mom wanted to stay later so that we would miss the traffic. I told her that there's no missing traffic in LA, it's always like that. And I was right. Took us like three hours to get back to the hotel in San Diego. Only good thing out of it was that I got this kick ass Spiderman t-shirt, looks so awesome. Got souvenirs from the other places as well. There was no dinner than night, because we got back at nine-ish. My dad insisted on ordering pizza even though I told him I wasn't going to eat any, and my mom said that we'd probably be asleep by time it got there. She was right. But that was probably because it took the pizza two and a half hours to get there, and it was apparently cold. My dad at two pieces, since the rest of us were asleep, and none of the wings. Thirty bucks for two pieces of cold pizza. Way to be savvy with your money. I didn't manage to get a picture of the Hollywood sign as we drove by, but I did get a picture of the Church of Scientology for celebrities. I laughed at it, made a few jokes. Hate LA, never going there again. I can't be forced. And last day we got up, drove around to find somewhere to eat, ended up going to a restaurant in the hotel right next to ours which wasn't too bad, then drove to Qualcomm Stadium so my brother could get pictures since he's a Charger's fan, and then drove home. So freaking long. It seemed longer in the day than early morning. And I bugged the shit out of everyone, for the last two and a half hours of the drive I didn't shut up. Literally did not shut up. There was something coming out of my mouth the entire time, and my brother got the most of it. I think it was maybe car insanity or something. And then at night when I was sitting watching the news with my mom I complained about how I spent the first day of spring stuck in a car when I could have been frolicking through a meadow. This made my mother laugh, because she doesn't see me doing that. Neither do I, but I COULD have. And that for the most part is my break. Was planning to get a bunch of studying done so that I'd pretty much have chapter 4 of Japanese mastered for the test this Thursday. I didn't touch it once. I planned to have chapter 5 and 6 for o-chem completely understood. Barely even looked at my notes. I planned on starting on my paper for Japanese Pop Culture. Didn't even open up the word document. And I planned on mastering what I've so far learned on muscles in physio. I actually got an hour or two of studying done for that, but I didn't bring all of the book pages I needed so the part I wanted to do that was confusing I didn't get a chance to do. And break is over. I caught up on my anime tonight, which took a few hours, and tomorrow at 8 I have physio. How wonderful.

Posted on Mar 21 2010 by Amber + 1 Comments

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