God, you know, I jsut HATE SARAH LINDSAY! For using me, for being such a class A bitch, for being rude to my friends, for spreading rumors, for expecting everything and giving nothing, and just for attempting to turn everyone against me. Fuck you. And yes, I have said this to her face, but what does it matter when a blog is made for this exact reason? lol
- Location:My boxed up and shelved room
- Mood:
cynical - Music:the rapid beating of my heart having second thoughts about my family coming
It's weeks like these that make me glad that I will probably not have to write essays next quarter. I've spent the entirety of this week making my bed look like a mini library with all the book notes and papers spread out on it. IN a strange, perverse sor tof way, It makes me feel powerful and necessary to get all this done....but after two allnighters of falling asleep with my clothes on in the middle of books, and waking up with binding imprints on my face, I think i'm ready to call it quits tomorrow. So once I finish my last essay tonight, all I have to worry about are finals. Yay.
So that's the first part of honoring my research skills. The other is that I FOUND JOSS WHEDON'S ORIGINAL SCRIPT OF SERENITY: THE KITCHEN SINK!!!!!!!!!!! it took me two days to find it, and then suddenly, there it was. And man, I read the whole thing in 3 hours, AND WHY DIDN'T JOSS MAKE THIS VERSION???!!!! Fuck universal for limiting him to 2 hours. I mean, what would lord of the rings have been if new line had said "thanks ever so much pete, but do you ready expect your target audience to sit through five hours of film? make it two." I recommend to all my friends to read it, or all those that're interested in Firefly and browncoating awesomeness TO READ THIS VERSION! It's not that serenity was a bad movie...far from it. It's jsut that this version was more honest, more consistent with the characters and the pace of the show! Who's with me? HUH?
Unfortunately I'm gonna have to spend the rest of my night trying not to think about the script, forcing myself not to keep looking it over, and tryign to care about 1840-1853 potato crop cycles. Alright everyone, I'm gonna need some serious fun time over spring break...who's with me?
- Location:My mini library, aka my bed
- Mood:
pensive - Music:Standing still, Jewel
| You Are Engaged |
 You're alert and completely involved with everything you do. You don't walk through life half-asleep. If you're interested and engrossed, then you feel incredibly happy. You are constantly curious and never bored. There's too much to be fascinated with! |
| You Belong in 1995 |
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Wow...everyone always did say I was soo nineties.
- Location:My Room
- Mood: enraged
- Music:Silent screaming in my mind
As a new browncoat, but a longtime fan of Joss, I have to say what really kept me starving for the show was Mal and Inara's interactions. It kept me intrigued enough to watch episode 2, and from there I was hooked. Even in the first episode you know...the way he looks at her before he makes any important decision, almost as if he's waiting for her silent opinion. And she gives it too, in long gazes thar both of them will never admit to. But this, this terminally ill thing...
I'm not going to say that it doesn't work for the show. Admittedly, it makes a horrible sort of sense. Joss is famous for this. How the man manages to write inredibly involved, intricate plots with equally enthralling characters in nearly every situation is incredible in of itself. But the way he is completely unashamed to create the most intense and desperate stories about love that truly are the heart of his stories...well, I think that's what sets him apart. So Inara dying...yeah, he'd go there. I mean, he killed Wash. And look at the state of Buffy and Angel...still madly in love, but away because they can't be together...I mean what other director would have the guts to twist a plot that way that years later still has me reeling. Yeah, 'nuff said.
But yes, if Joss had suggested that Inara was dying I would believe it. Past history has shown that he would in fact go there.BUT I DON'T LIKE IT DAMMIT! I mean, Mal and Inara are tortured enough by their feelings, their pride...I mean, more so than any of his other characters. Now I would not be a true Whedon fan unless I sadistically enjoyed seeing my favorite couple in pain. BUT I THINK THIS IS A LITTLE EXCESSIVE!
I agree with the person below. I don't know If I could've gotten over her death in the show...especially if they eventually tried to set Mal up with someone else later. Then, I wouldn't care how much of a slave I am to Whedon, I owuld stop watching the show. I couldn't take that. Somehow, I could take it if she died in like season 5 and he stoically mourned her for the last two seasons...but not if there was another person. For Mal, there could be no one else after her.
I'm not going to say that it doesn't work for the show. Admittedly, it makes a horrible sort of sense. Joss is famous for this. How the man manages to write inredibly involved, intricate plots with equally enthralling characters in nearly every situation is incredible in of itself. But the way he is completely unashamed to create the most intense and desperate stories about love that truly are the heart of his stories...well, I think that's what sets him apart. So Inara dying...yeah, he'd go there. I mean, he killed Wash. And look at the state of Buffy and Angel...still madly in love, but away because they can't be together...I mean what other director would have the guts to twist a plot that way that years later still has me reeling. Yeah, 'nuff said.
But yes, if Joss had suggested that Inara was dying I would believe it. Past history has shown that he would in fact go there.BUT I DON'T LIKE IT DAMMIT! I mean, Mal and Inara are tortured enough by their feelings, their pride...I mean, more so than any of his other characters. Now I would not be a true Whedon fan unless I sadistically enjoyed seeing my favorite couple in pain. BUT I THINK THIS IS A LITTLE EXCESSIVE!
I agree with the person below. I don't know If I could've gotten over her death in the show...especially if they eventually tried to set Mal up with someone else later. Then, I wouldn't care how much of a slave I am to Whedon, I owuld stop watching the show. I couldn't take that. Somehow, I could take it if she died in like season 5 and he stoically mourned her for the last two seasons...but not if there was another person. For Mal, there could be no one else after her.
<Admittedly, I might have stopped watching though had the show continued and she died. Was teary enough when she said she was leaving at the end of "HoG", I can't imagine how bad it'd be if were worse.>
I also agree that by the time of Serenity Joss was probably questioning that plotline... I know I would've reconsidered it. Seriously. And in the interview, Morena looked as if she might've heard rumors about her character from Joss, but never to this extent. Almost like it was probably true if he said it, but this was the first time she had seriously learned anything that specific about it.
- Location:My room
- Mood: cranky
- Music:The blood rushing through my ears
Ok, I offically love my privte livejournal. I've jsut spent an hour on facebook trying to get back to people....Man, what the fuck are gifts? or grafitti?
But, you know, it could grow on me!
And I just spent about 4 hours identifying rocks...and I think this one guy greg hates me.
- Location:My dorm
- Mood:
stressed - Music:Berlin- Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
It has never felt so good to be home! I love college, but now that I'm home I realize just how claustrophoic it is sometimes. It' s a little surreal, but then again, I always feel that way after traveling. :) I talked with my parents about college for HOURS! they're so much cooler about things than I expected. Like, they expected that I'd have a beer, and I haven't yet. I ended up telling them absolutely everything. It was so cool. And after I got off the bus, my mom had food in the car for me, and my room's all clean, and it seems huge now that my room in college is pretty small. I already have a list of things I need from home. it just feels so incredibly good to be home :). never has it felt so good before.
- Location:MY ROOM!
- Mood:
lazy - Music:IN between, linkin park
cold- Location:my dorm
- Mood:
full - Music:Shadow of the day, linkin park,
COLLEGE IS BITCHIN! Ok, it was totally worth the wait. I've been here less than 36 hours and I am addicted. Everyone on my floor is hella chill. Right now it's midnight and there's people in my room, using my wireless connection. Everyone else is wasted and at moat jam. At Merrill, my college inside of ucsc, there's this dry moat full of murals and everyone's partying till one am in the moat with music. It's more rave, because the fire trucks and wheeled someone away who drank too much. Everyone is wasted right now. I've already been told if I want to smoke pot, do it in the woods , but the MINUTE we got back from the welcome meeting, aka "ALCOHOL'S BAD FOR YOU", everyone immediately locked the door and had a drinking party. Tyler rolled on someones shoes, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEVIN. devin's the man! we're chillin right now in my room. Everyone's totally close on the floor. We're having so much fun it's exhausting. EVERYONE SAW THE FAMILY GUY PREMIERE RIGHT? if you didn't I have to hunt you down. but make no mistake...THIS IS A PARTY SCHOOL! i've already had a shot. No, I haven't gotten drunk. but judging by the way things are going, I probably will at the end of four years. No I am not a problem child. Me and Naomi's room is the substance free room. make no mistake ....B DORM IS WHERE IT'S AT!
- Location:Chillin in my dorm
- Mood:
bouncy - Music:Los Rammnstein
- Location:Alicia's pad
- Mood:
calm - Music:the ounding of rain and alicia trying to play the guitar.
So wow.
I started the week wishing I could find out more about MAC, and now I'm finishing the week with about $400 worth fo merchandise...you see what happense when dani finds out she has money...lol. I'm gonna have to work my ass off when I get back. But I'm so excited thinking that when I get back, all this awesome inventory will be waiting for me.
And I'm starving. It's about 1:30am on Saturday. I decided not to sleep at all since I have to get up at 4:00 am anyway, and I get home from work at 11:00. I'm so tired wbout watching all the food I eat. I jsut want to see some results. They said I lost five pounds, so my cholesterol must've gone down. hopefully.
And I haven't updated in a while...sorry ya'll . Now everyone wants me to get a facebook...I really am not that good at blogging....death to all...
I don't think I've used this userpic yet... I'm about to watch P&P...hey don't judge me andrew liked it!
- Location:My room
- Mood:
hungry - Music:Rockstar - Nickelback
Hey! I'm in Santa Cruz waiting for my orientation tomorrow so I thought I'd update pics from Japan. I can't post all of them, but they're wicked awesome!
- Location:Best Western, Santa Cruz
- Music:Leave out all the Rest, Linkin Park
groggyokay, so this week has officially been the worst week I've ever had at work. I woke up on tuesday and answer the phone to have my boss yell at me. But we all know that story. So today I come to work and Alyssa says the ink isn't working very well in the cash register, and that she had to replace the paper.
Me: Does Silvia know about the ink and the paper?
Alyssa: Yeah, she knows.
Me: Okay cool.
Then later, when the mop broke in two and we had to call her, I handed the phone to ryan to have him tell her what was going on. And then he said that he printed the total for the day, but that the ink wasn't working well, but he says "You already knew that". Apparently alyssa didn't tell her. So I get to listen to Siliva sound very dissappointed in me and say "look, we'll talk about it at the staff metting tomorrow." when iT WASN'T MY FAULT! I'm so NOT taking anyone's word for anything anymore. If anyone says yeah I told her, I'm calling her anyway. jesus christ, this wasn't my fault!
GOOD NEWS: I got my violin back! After working up the courage to go to school and ask around, I started with the janitor:
Me: Hey I think i left something in the band room and could you unlock the door so I could check?
Janitor: I don't have the authority to do that. Ask the registrar.
Me<to registrar>: Need to check blah blah <insert previous explanation here>
Registrar: I don't have the authority to do that. Ask the principal's Secretary.
Me< disgusted> walks out door.
Me: sees mR. Powers walking down the walkway. "hey Mr. powers! I need someone to open a door, and no one has the authority to do it but the principal's secretary. DO ya know where she is?
Mr. Powers: Hey Dani! sure, jsut go down that hallway and her dor is at the end. Say Hi to Laura for ME! (The funny thing was I graduated almost two weeks ago and he didn't seem at all preturbed that I was there) oh well.
Me: walks up to prinicpal's secretary repeat of explanation, until she calls up a janitor to walk me there and to OPEN THE DOOR!
So we walk, and I try to talk to him but he doesn't speak English very well. But he was awesome. He opens to door, and THERE'S MY VIOLIN SITTING ON THE COUNTER!
Me: runs over and hugs it
Janitor Mike: Is mildly disturbed.
Me: thank you! <RUNS TO CAR AND CRIES INNER TEARS OF HAPPINESS.>
Now I've finally graduated high school
- Location:My room
- Mood: irritated
- Music:You wouldn't believe me if I told you
So i seriously fucked up last night at work. Graned, the cash register froze, the stor ewas packed for two hours, and I'm working with a newbie who didn't know what the fuck he was doing, so I was the manual human cash register who had memorized all the values, but this wasn't enough for my boss, who called me first hting int he morning to yell at me that I didn't close the store right. And the kid I was working with never listens to me! I'll as him "could you please wash the dishes" and he's like "no that's ok. " So, i end up doing everythiNG! But luckily I don't think my boss is mad at me anymore, and I found out that nobody really likes this kid... so yeah.
The sims is going well. I've made 4 plant sims, and as elder they can still have plant babies, so that's cool. And mor those of you who don't know, drinking tasty or mouthwatering eggplant juice can give you free skill points, albeit random points, but still !
I miss Laura already. She's only been gone 2 days and I still miss her.
Tomorrow I'm gonna stop by school and se eif someone could open the band room for me. then the only thing I'll need to tellmom about would be the tumor....(nobody panic, It's not serious)
- Location:My room
- Mood:
distressed - Music:the still beating of my heart
I can't believe it's all over. I woke up this morning in high school, and now i'm out. Gotta go to graduation tomorrow, and then I don't have to care. First thing I'm doing is DUMPING OUT MY TRIG BINDER! after I visit with my relatives who ahve annoyingly lodged themselves here for two weeks.
I gave my japanese class an inpromptu party with cake and thanked them all for being wonderful. But as the day went on, I could feel that familiar feeling of flight, f my spirit soaring out of the place I was in. I am officially ready to graduate. Look out ya'll
- Location:My room
- Mood:
hopeful - Music:Nada
Hello and welcome to another session of: Bitching With Dani. Today was just another day that added fuel to the fire and viewers to the show.
Hajimemashouka? Hai <for those unusued to japanese, I asked "shall we begin? ok" >
so today sucked mainly cause i finally had my TRIG FINAL which I feel no better about and really hope I get a 61 on. Brrr. otherwise, my future is screwed. Summer school and no UCSC. I would despair!
Then, the administration decides to give us the last FUCK YOU to the seniors by giving us senior checklist. This is techinically the administration's job, but hell, why not make the rest of us suffer. Like everything else, nothing in this school is planned correctly. And it's just this school! I know, cause of been in other ones where things run much more smoothly! Senior checklist is a list that each of your teachers must sign saying that you turned in your textbook and they acknowledge it. Not so bad right? WRONG! the second half of the checklist is the part that the textbook holder, bookeeper, librarian, attendance office, registrar, and counselor must sign. All this must be turned in on thursday, the last day of school. Oh, and the second half of the sheet can only be signed until all your teachers turn in lists specifying which peridos turned in what, and it also must be done in the 15 minutes between our last final and graduation practice.
SO I turned in all my textbooks monday and tuesday, got most of my list signed by the people who took pity on me. So all I had to do today was go to teh textbook holder and get it stamped, then I could go free and not have to do any of this tomorrow and be late for grad practice. WRONG! After waiting in line for 45 minutes behind four people, I finaly give the textbook lady the checklist. But lo and behild, sensei didn't turn in a sheet confirming that I turned in my textbook, so I have to come tomorrow with 400 other seniors. literally. After 45 minutes
Textbook lady: Sorry, but you could go and get written confirmation from your teacher and wait in line again and then I could stamp it.
Me: Do you mind if I just cry right now? ( yest I did say this)
Crowd behind me: Murmur sympathetic noises...
Goddamn! Well, i know I'll finish my geology final in like 30 minutes tomorrow, so i wonder if Ms. Costello wouldn't mind if I just went and got that stamped. Oh, and afterwards I punched a wall so hard I nearly dented the wall and now am sporting a battle bruise. But it helped you know?
Anywho, I need everyone to offer prayers to anything that acts as a deity and/or has control voer the universe to help override my feeling that I actually failed the trig final. SOMEBODY HELP ME!
- Location:My room
- Mood: angry
- Music:Grace of god go I, Flogging molly
So today was my last day of economics and AP literature. Surprisingly, I was more sentimental about leaving econ than AP Lit! It's jsut that I sat next to such a great group of people, most of which I only started really talking to halfway through the semester. Won't really miss patronizing MS. Davis though. College, in that respect, will be way better. Oh, the final was pretty easy. I probably got a B. But at this point, I really don't give a damn. Although, it was so awesome because 20 minutes into the final a voice says above my ear " Ohayou gozaimasu Dani-san." Sensei walked into the final in order to give me an invitation to her graduating Japanese Senior party tomorrow. You know the priceless parts of the Mastercard commercials? Yeah, this was one of those moments, to see the look on Ms. Davis's face. Problem is I have to work tomorrow...I can only come for half an hour. damn! But anywho :) it was so weird a tthe end when the bell rang. What do you say to people you've really connected with, who've only know you a short time? Have a nice life?! thewhole idea is way too surreal. Dali ain't got nothin on me <insert broad smile here> Sadie gave me a hug, and Raye shook my hand. I'll see Kelly in trig tomorrow though, so no worries. I'd like to say that before I forget, Brittany is one of the coolest people I've ever known. her zest, vivacity, and style have collided to produce a sort of Western AI YAZAWA-ESQUE figure. I wish her great success.
But Ap Lit was a different story. Even though ms. leadingham siad I actually have greatly improved as a writer- which I REALLY needed to hear, since AP english beats your individual voice right outta you- I ahve never fit in that class. Everyone knew each other, everyone baked each other brownies, everyone wore dresses on tuesdays. it was a little too together. The first day was episode one of Pleasantville. We're allgonna see the movie we made on thursday before senior barbeque. sweet. But looking all year at the close group of people made me do the outsider thing again...where I go all Aragorn-esque. Except aragorn was deeply in love and had a place to call home but chose not to. I guess I was in fact just talking about the cloak and the awesome boots.
I'm gonna try to make the first scrapbook of my life with my 250 pics from japantown to the last day of school. Who knows... it's all too surreal. Dali help me, but I've moved on too many times in my life to be a part of something, but that doesn't stop me from wanting all the same.
- Location:My mad awesome laptop
- Mood: pensive
- Music:Goddamn Crickets outside my window
Like trig. i feel better after I saw Joe for the last time and he worked out the kinks in my logic...except when it comes to decomposistion of fractions....then I taught him. mwhahahhah
God, I can't wait till that final's over and we can go get KFC together, in high school, for the last time.
- Location:My laptop
- Mood: nostalgic
- Music:The River Good Charlotte
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