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December 19th, 2008
03:18 am - I exist. Woo.
Jesus fuck. It's almost the end of this year already. And what've I done? What has the last twelve months of existence culminated in?
Well, um... I'm a lvl 80 paladin tank that has a small amount of recognition on my server... >_>
It's depressing from most directions. An entire year, and I accomplished absolutely nothing. I did learn a few things, though. Like how much I was bored with my degree. And how much a window meant to me. And that strangers can be awesome. And fuckloads about alcohol, and a little about myself, and about some people. I'm less naive than I ever was last year. Less reliant on others. More careful about sharing feelings. Better at dealing with other people's problems. Much better at looking after myself.
But then I boil that all down and I realise I'm turning into some cynical bastard that looks down on everything but is nice to everyone. I'm still a closet misanthrope (something that isn't helped by working in hospitality; people are fucking dumb/lazy/proud/silly/anything else). I'm still bad at forming new relationships outside of friends/workmates/friends of friends. I still dislike talking to new people. If it takes any amount of effort to build a bridge with someone I don't know, then I generally can't be bothered. They can do all the hard work, I'll just follow along. A good friend of mine keeps telling me that nothing good comes out of being shy; while that may be true I don't really find myself caring about it that much. Maybe next year I'll do it. Next year I'll ask for your life history. But for now I'll just nod and smile, and continue to do my thing. Oh my, this paragraph is negative.
Next year I'll be quitting WoW. Hopefully for good. It's taking up too much time, and just eats away at my life until even I find myself regretting it. Plus I'm starting something new next year that I need to devote full power into - a Bachelor of Design, like I should've done 3 years ago. The good news is I can cross-credit some of my media papers into it, so the last few years haven't entirely been to waste. The bad news is I'm on academic probation, which means I can only take 2 classes each semester until they tell me I've been a good boy and give me a sweetie. There's also Gaming Theory and Gaming Practices and Internet Identity classes, which is shit I find very awesome. In one of the first year papers you make maps in UT 2004. Brilliant.
Not sure if I want to keep working nights next year or not... The bar I work at (A small, Alice in Wonderland themed cocktail bar behind a disco club) is great, aside from the main management being ignorant and located in another city. But it is until 5 in the morning on weekends, which is difficult to dance around when you have morning classes on weekdays. My boss is in his final year of his industrial design degree, and he said he was at Uni most hours. I'll see how things go. I don't want to leave though... maybe I should just cut back hours.
So yeah. 2008 sucked. 2009 should be better. Less WoW. More Productive activities. Huzzah.
Maybe I'll start running as well.... :O
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/moonsis/stars/green/indifferent_sg.gif) indifferent
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October 15th, 2008
09:26 am - Holy...
Ahaha, Youtube went and added an Audio Preview to comments, inspired by that xkcd comic.
That just made my day.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/moonsis/stars/green/silly_sg.gif) giggly
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October 11th, 2008
03:26 pm - book book
Absorbed via osmosis from ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) blueshinra
* Grab the nearest book.
* Open the book to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post the text of the next seven sentences in your journal along with these instructions.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.
Ryght wurschypffull and welebelouyd Volentyne, in my most vmble wyse I recommande me vn-to yowe, &c. And hertely I thanke yowe for þe letture whech tht 3e sende me be John Bekurton, wherby I vnderstonde and knowe at 3e be purposyd to com to Topcroft in schorte tyme, and wyth-owte any erand or mater but only to hafe a conclusyon of þe mater betwyx my fadur and 3owe. I wolde be most glad of any creature on lyve so at the mater myght growe to effect. And ther as 3e say, and 3e com and fynde þe mater no more toward þen 3e dyd afortyme 3e wold no more put my fadur and my lady my moder to no cost ner besenesse for þat cause a good wyle afture, weche causyth myn herte to be full hevy; and yf þat 3e com and the mater take no non effecte, þen sculd I be meche more sory and full of heuynesse.
(It continues on for a bit about nothing in particular; it's from a series of letters that were written late 15th century by a person who had never properly learnt how to write... like most of England at the time. This was before there was a set way of spelling was established as well - it can be seen as an insight into the way common people talked at the time. It really was the closest book - bottom shelf of my desk has old university books, this one was from ENGL 224 - Literary History of the English Language)
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October 4th, 2008
09:13 pm - This much I already knew
| Greed: | Medium
| | | Gluttony: | Medium
| | | Wrath: | Low
| | | Sloth: | High
| | | Envy: | Medium
| | | Lust: | Very Low
| | | Pride: | Medium
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Discover Your Sins - Click Here
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/moonsis/stars/green/happy_sg.gif) amused
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September 27th, 2008
08:36 pm - God fucking dammit
So two years ago I bought the Cloud AC Play Arts figure, and he was sitting happily on my computer until a gust of wind came through my window a week after I bought him, knocking him off and breaking his leg. Naturally, I was disappointed, but oh well.
But just now I was walking through town and Pulsar Max (the shop that sells models/comics/etc in this area) was having a sale, and I spied Alphonse Elric's model sitting in the window. I nabbed him, took him home, was limbering up the joints a little, and... his hand comes off as soon as I touch it. Snapped straight off, ball still in socket, and alternate hand sitting happily in box. Stupid ludicrously-stiff PVC... Now to find some sort of glue, and somehow get the ball out of socket (seeing as how it's supposed to come out and all)... >_< The worst part is I've seen online that you can take off his chest and head and see the blood symbol on the back of his armour, but I'm now too scared to touch him.
Argh. I have no luck with models.
Edit: So I ran the handless socket under hot water and tried to jimmy the ball out with a sharp knife, which worked: unfortunately, I was still standing over the sink when it popped out, so... that hand is now unfixable. Maybe I should just leave everything in the box next time.
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August 24th, 2008
07:54 am - Arthas is Awesome
I like the way they used his dad as a voiceover for the trailer. Very ironic, and very sad... ='(
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August 16th, 2008
06:01 am - Fullmetal Alchemist 86
No spoilers, but all I can say is
FUCK
YES
I LOVE YOU ARAKAWA
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August 14th, 2008
05:45 pm - o lawd
This thread has been weirding me out for a long time (hence me not posting in it yet; had too many experiences of O LOL IM DYIN GIMME UR ATTENSHUN and I don't want to sound like an arsehole), until that last bit about the Editor. So I decided to google Gracie Thomas, just on a whim.
And this is what I found.
I cried.
Edit: Richtext hates my links. Back to the cold dark with you!
Current Mood: giggly
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July 1st, 2008
05:38 am - As opposed to an actual post, meme
Bold: Have read and finished
Italic: Have started, not finished
001 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
002 The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien
003 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
also: still alive.
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February 17th, 2008
12:46 am - The Golden Compass in 15 minutes
This is genius.
I just watched the film, and I have to say: Fuck you, New Line. That was terrible. You took everything that I admired about the book away, and left behind a soulless, child-friendly husk of a film that had no direction, no intellect, and plot holes so big that I could live in them. But not that I would want to.
Srsly. Lee Scoresby, Hester, and Ragnar (IOFUR DAMMIT) are about the only cool things in it. And how long are they in there? About 5 minutes total. That link pretty much sums it up perfectly.
It was shite.
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January 30th, 2008
02:27 pm - What I want most is
Fullmetal Alchemist chapter 79.
Screw a job or a place to live, I want my climax.
Edit: Just realised I could've googled it. And yes, it's good.
;_;
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January 26th, 2008
07:10 pm - Banked on memory Mummified Circuitry Skin Graft Machinery
Sputnik sickles found in the seats
Oh lord, what have I become.
So I quit my bar job 2 weeks ago. My bank balance is -$190 (which is going over the previous -$1800 overdraft I had beforehand); I should get my holiday pay this week but I don't know if it'll actually be enough to push it back into reasonable standards. I just went looking for a new job today; I have spent waaaay too much time lately on the net and WoW (which I'm getting sick of, my guild blew up and we splintered, both halves stuck in the middle of nowhereland).
I enrolled for my second year of second year. Yes, last year went badly for me, grades-wse. I was lazy and an ass. Passed %50 of my 6 measly papers. Am re-taking one of them, along with 6 more (4 english papers in the first semester, 2 media 1 english in the second). I see it as punishment for being a fool last year. Papers are as follows:
-The Novel
-Literary History of English
-God and the Poets
-Realism -> Postmodern Drama (my resit)
-Contemporary Fiction
-TV Studies
-Digital Media Cultures
Some of them (God and the poets, History of language, digital media culture) look good. THe others tend to be too generalised for me to get a solid grasp on something to like about the paper (much like first year papers). Hopefully - hopefully - I'll actually sit my arse down and do work this year. I dislike failing, and last year it was both WoW and my job that prevented me from wanting to do work. So, I quit one and am cutting back on the other (cancelled my account, it'll run out shortly before Uni starts). Warcraft is such a timesink. Especially when it comes to raiding (because apparently, raiding is Serious Business).
Also, I get booted from my house in less than a week. The lease runs out. I have a temporary place to go (which may turn out to be a proper place), but I'm also looking for a new home. Looked at a place close to uni yesterday, the room is a cute little outside-access only room underneath the main house which, quite frankly, seems awesome. Dunno how cold or damp it'd get, but I can always solve that with a big blanky and some damp-rid or something.
Reeve: I went and asked on Gamefaqs about the connection theory. There's a small tidbit in a strategy guide that I'm going to look at, and apparently the Ultimania guide has stuff from Nojima and Kitase about it. I'll look into it.
PS. Can anyone reccomend me some graphic novels? i want something interesting (like Watchmen) but something that I don't have to invest too much faith in at the start before things get rolling.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/moonsis/stars/green/working_sg.gif) accomplished
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January 24th, 2008
01:44 pm - I think I'm immune to writing long posts...
But goddamn, peeling sunburn is fun.
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January 23rd, 2008
January 22nd, 2008
11:42 pm - Itchy itchy sunburn
All over my back.
Holy fuck it's annoying. I can't stop squirming.
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December 20th, 2007
December 3rd, 2007
03:33 pm
I am wearing shorts.
This pleases me somewhat.
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August 1st, 2007
01:20 am - Just some things
Despite having this song thrashed at work and me not really like it much in the first place, I think the synch in this video is amazingly hilarious.
Tomorrow I have a test in Children's Lit. I'm hoping it will be filled with the same amount of lulz that the Richard III test was for Shakespeare... But I actually have knowledge of Narnia, so I guess I won't be spouting crap for answers this time.
And at least we start on Midsummer Night's Dream soon. I'm quite fond of that play.
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July 25th, 2007
04:33 am - Eye colour
So after staring at myself in the mirror for a few minutes (with the help of the torch on my phone), I have decided something.
My eyes are dark grey.
(I think)
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July 21st, 2007
08:18 pm - Wait, what?
So I went to bed last night on my friend's couch (couldn't be bothered walking home). When I woke up, the entire flat was reading Harry Potter.
Later, I walked past a pub. People were sitting in there, reading Harry Potter while drinking beer.
I come home and half of my flatmates are also reading it.
I feel a little left out... =\
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