The Little Prince quiz

LIIIIIFFFFE

I've been pretty freaking busy lately. The junior portfolio review is just around the corner. On top of preparing for that I'm also trying to get stuff done for my actual classes (most of those assignments are also going to be put in the portfolio). Uugh... it's a very stressful time. They're only choosing about 40/75 students to go on to the senior sequence for next year. This is like life-changing stuff here. I honestly don't know what I would do if I didn't get accepted to the senior sequence. I have no plan; I'm not really good at anything else other than Japanese and I feel like I've forgotten way too much to get back on that horse. I can't not get a degree, though. That would be worse than anything... I dunno. I'll probably have to make some sort of backup plan. I'm not setting myself up for failure or anything, I just want to be prepared for the worst. I'm honestly not sure of my standing compared to my fellow juniors. I know that there are certainly a few people who are way better than I am. I just hope they're all not planning on going into the new media concentration. But at this point I would just be really glad to get into any of them. The thing is that I really, REALLY don't want to have to stay behind for another year. I'm trying to use all of this for drive for trying my very hardest... I just want to turn it all in already. Once I've finished everything it's out of my hands and all I need to do is wait nervously for the results... but at least it would be one less thing that I would actually need to put copious amounts of energy in. I'm pretty glad I never got around to getting a job this year... I think it would have been way too hectic. I probably never got around to getting a job because it was already hectic enough on it's own I just never had time, lol. This year has been going by really fast, though. Only about a month of school left!

Here's a to-do list... I think this is it but I might be forgetting something. Hopefully I remember it before it's due, lol...

1. Finish (paint?) altered book (DUE MONDAY)

2. Fix how-to (fix link (onClick2 on last page) and slight jump in beginning) (DUE TUESDAY)

3. Write portfolio review essay

4. Fix process book for review

5. GET PORTFOLIO THINGS PRINTED (Monday) (Do I need screen shots of new media assignments?)

6. Make lease signing appt. with chuckanut

7. Finish first sequence of typo assgn. (DUE TUESDAY)

8. MEET WITH KENT AND ANOTHER TEACHER FOR PLAN OF STUDY (What do I need...?)

9. Buy portoflio

10. Storyboard for future animation project to put in portfolio (remember not to make it readable only to you)

Aaah... I think that's all that I can do at the moment... although if I sit here long enough I can probably think of 10 more things to add on... But now I'm going to go to sleep...

I come bearing quizzes

9 - the Peacemaker

Thanks for taking the test !

you chose BX - your Enneagram type is NINE (aka "The Mediator")

"I am at peace"

Peacemakers are receptive, good-natured, and supportive. They seek union with others and the world around them.

How to Get Along with Me

• If you want me to do something, how you ask is important. I especially don't like expectations or pressure.
• I like to listen and to be of service, but don't take advantage of this.
• Listen until I finish speaking, even though I meander a bit.
• Give me time to finish things and make decisions. It's OK to nudge me gently and nonjudgmentally.
• Ask me questions to help me get clear.
• Tell me when you like how I look. I'm not averse to flattery.
• Hug me, show physical affection. It opens me up to my feelings.
• I like a good discussion but not a confrontation.
• Let me know you like what I've done or said.
• Laugh with me and share in my enjoyment of life.

What I Like About Being a NINE

• being nonjudgmental and accepting
• caring for and being concerned about others
• being able to relax and have a good time
• knowing that most people enjoy my company; I'm easy to be around
• my ability to see many different sides of an issue and to be a good mediator and facilitator
• my heightened awareness of sensations, aesthetics, and the here and now
• being able to go with the flow and feel one with the universe

What's Hard About Being a NINE

• being judged and misunderstood for being placid and/or indecisive
• being critical of myself for lacking initiative and discipline
• being too sensitive to criticism; taking every raised eyebrow and twitch of the mouth personally
• being confused about what I really want
• caring too much about what others will think of me
• not being listened to or taken seriously

NINEs as Children Often

• feel ignored and that their wants, opinions, and feelings are unimportant
• tune out a lot, especially when others argue
• are "good" children: deny anger or keep it to themselves

NINEs as Parents

• are supportive, kind, and warm
• are sometimes overly permissive or nondirective

Take it here

DX

The power went out today from about 10am - 7pm. I was unexpectedly productive during this time and actually got a comic page done (FINALLY after like 2 months of ignoring it). Then I had a pho dinner with Ainsley and Laine and then we had ice cream (it's a tradition).

Yesterday was Ainsley's birthday and she had a decent amount of people over and we watched Twilight and laughed at its horribleness and a few people drank a little. I didn't because I'm still very much in the mindset of, "Drinking on a school night is bad." But it was a lot of fun and we basically have the exact same friends so it was a very nice time. ^^ We also watched The Secret of NIMH which, as always, was amazing.

GAWD, I swear. I need to start going to bed at like 9 because when it turns into nighttime and I get tired I get SO FREAKING DEPRESSED. Buuuuh... whatever. I'll go to sleep now to avoid anymore DESPAIR.

Skiing!!

I had such a blast going skiing with my dad and his friends, Daryl and Jeff. They're like my uncles from different families. It was pretty much my first time skiing (I've gone skiing one other time and that was when I was about 7 and we went for like 15 minutes then the park closed). According to everyone I did really well for my first time. Granted I bit it like... almost every time I came down. But it wasn't anything I couldn't recover from and I learned a lot and I actually like falling so... there you go. I also have an incredible ability to laugh at myself very well. I see setbacks as challenges, usually, which prevents me from giving up so that I can overcome the challenge and "level up" in life. Sometimes it's a stupid way of life but generally I think it pays off. It was so much fun, though. I'm definitely addicted. Now I just need to rally up people to go with me so I won't have to slow down my dad and Daryl (since they're actually really good skiers). I took a few pictures. Not many since I was a little preoccupied with both falling on my ass and gliding gracefully down slopes. My battery is charging right now so I'll put pictures up when I can. It was such a beautiful day up there, though. I'm really glad the weather was like that for my first time skiing. I really, really had a lot of fun!

Musical Memories

Does music every remind you of a certain chapter or person/people in your life? It does me. There are bands that I connect with certain things in my life. Here is a list:

3 Doors Down - My obsession with Neopets.
Linkin Park - My obsession with Elfwood.
Fleet Foxes - Waiting for Minguk to come over to visit me so I wouldn't be lonely all day as well as the smell of Lisa's temporary apartment - a mix of Lotteria and dog.
Barbara Streisand/Patsy Cline - Sitting in Mom's car on a rainy day.
Elvis - Sitting in the living room of our house on Mana Wana looking at the plants and out the window.
Enya - Falling asleep in Lisa's room because I was too scared to sleep by myself.
Pirates of the Caribbean : Curse of the Black Pearl soundtrack - Summers

I'm sure there are more but I just can't think of any at the moment. I'm sure there is a lot of music that reminds me of various things.

Is there any music in particular that reminds you of something or someone from your life? I'd like to know!

Family Outing

So I've pretty much been obsessively watching this Korean variety show called "Family Outing". I can't stop watching it though because it's simultaneously hilarious and heartwarming at the same time. It's a show kind of like "The Simple Life" except a lot less stupid and annoying. Kind of the same basic concept, though. There is a group of 6-7 celebrities who are the regulars on the show (these are pretty big celebrities too from the country's top MC to the Korean equivalent of Beyoncee Knowles) and the all get together with one special family guest and go to an elderly person/couple's home. They send the old people off on a vacation for two days and one night while the family does the housework that they would do on a normal basis. On top of that they play games in between which are usually the best parts. I'm so hooked to this TV show. I want to watch it now but each outing is two episodes long and an episode usually runs from an hour to an hour and a half long (they don't have set broadcast times for TV in Korea, really). I also recently got a way to watch it where I don't need to watch it on YouTube and I don't have to download it. aznv.tv.... I love you.

Watching all of that is making me anticipate my summer trip to Korea even more. I don't know why... it's not likely that I'll get to see them filming or anything. But I guess just seeing it makes me think about it and how much I like Korea.

I baked some cookies today. They're flourless peanut butter cookies. There are actually only four ingredients : peanut butter, sugar, egg, baking soda. So it really just tastes like peanut butter with extra sugar in it. They're so sweet but I like them. =\ They're probably really bad for you, though, but whatever. I've been eating terribly while I've been home because there is nothing to eat. My entire diet (other than dinner) has consisted of stuff with peanut butter on it. I eat better at my apartment up at school than I do here. But I think my parents have pretty much just given up on all that. They can buy lunch while they're at work but I'm the one who has to stay home and scrounge up whatever she can. I could make ramen but that stuff is so filling I can't eat a whole pack and I feel guilty about throwing the rest away. :( Granted I haven't really had the biggest appetite lately so I haven't really put forth a lot of effort to make something decent but still. We don't even have jam! I can't even make a PB&J! Dinners have been good, though... ^^

I'm actually kind of excited to get back to school. I feel so useless now if I'm not doing something productive. It's kind of sad, though, now that I think about it. Why should I feel bad for having a relaxing week? Do I need to be productive and working on something every moment of my life? That's sure how I feel. Because of school, I feel like if I'm not doing something productive then I'm just wasting space and oxygen. This is what leads to a stressful life... which is something I've tried all my life to avoid. So maybe tomorrow I'll try to just bask in the glory of a sedentary life instead of being hard on myself for not getting things that don't even matter done.

Oh, I went to Kristin's today to hang out. She's actually going to be living in the same apartment complex as me which is cool. We talked about going on weekly hikes on Sundays since both of us like hiking so much so I'm really looking forward to that. I need someone a little more physically active up there with me. Ooh we could even maybe be gym buddies, lol. I need to get into the gym habit again. *sigh* I'm excited to be living with her next year, as well as the other two people (Ainsley and Laine). I think it will be a really good group of people together.

Anyway... that's all I can think of talking about.

OH! I was so angry when I woke up this morning. I wrote in the entry before this that I've been trying to sleep in lately... well I tried to stay up a little later last night so I could sleep in later and I ended up waking up earlier! BAH! That always happens to me. >.< Well, really, 10/11 is pretty late so I shouldn't be annoyed but still. I guess I should wake up a little earlier tomorrow because I think Diana and I are planning on seeing Kat... Woo! OK... really, that's all now.

P.S. OMG I'm sorry this is so long and probably really boring. DX

School has made me a workaholic

Uugh... every morning I'm having a hard time thinking of reasons to get out of bed. I'm pretty sure it's not depression or anything. But there's nothing I NEED to do so I keep thinking, "What's the point? I'll just wait until an hour before I need go to to so-and-so's house and get ready then." But today I don't need to be at Diana's until 8. Haha... I keep remembering that I need to feed the dogs so that's the main reason for my awakening but other than that... I don't do anything. I really should get back to drawing again but I'm, for some reason, having a hard time picking up that pencil.

I've been getting mega distracted by YouTube and watching really funny/cute Korean variety shows and music videos. Aaah... that's all I do. I practice the piano and watch YouTube videos, lol. Speaking of the piano, that thing needs to be tuned so badly. But I hear it's kind of pricey so I don't want to nag my parents about it much, especially since they're paying my way to Korea again (since I paid for my computer).

So I have this new Korean singing group that I like called Dong Bang Shin Ki (DBSK). I don't think Lisa really likes them much but I think they're so amazing and talented. It's kind of a wonder why Lisa doesn't like them because they remind me of N*SYNC. At first I was kind of skeptical but then I watched this video and fell in LOVE. Hahaha...

Anyway, nothing has really been happening... doot doot doot...

Possibly one of my favorite mixes to date

I call it "The Sappiest Songs You Know". I worked pretty much an entire day on mastering this. Here are the tracks.

Last Kiss - Bonnie Pink
Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers
My Way - Frank Sinatra
All I Ask Of You - Andrew Lloyd Weber
Hurt - Christina Aguilera
Pop! Goes My Heart - From Music & Lyrics
Here In Your Arms - HelloGoodbye
I Believe - Ayaka
Bridge Over Troubled Waters - Paul Simon
Aris's Theme - Nobuo Uematsu
Memory - Andrew Lloyd Weber
Can You Feel the Love Tonight - Elton John
I Will Always Love you - Whitney Houston
Too Much Love Will Kill You - Queen
Try To Remember - Sung Si Kyung
Mack the Knife - Bobby Darin (Not really sappy but I like the sound)
Only Fools Rush In - Elvis Presley
Kissing a Fool - George Michael
Crazy - Patsy Cline
Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler
Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
Final Distance - Utada Hikaru
Everytime - Britney Spears
Last Song - Gackt
Cloud Smiles - Shirou Hamaguchi
Tsuki no Uta - Gackt
You Belong to Me - Jason Wade
I'm Not in Love - 10cc

Bahaha... it was all spurred on because the other day I woke up to the sound of rain hitting the window and that sound always reminds me of sitting in my mom's old Ford Taurus in the rain listening to a Barbara Streisand (Lisa was right, it was Patsy Cline. Streisand did Memory) tape (Crazy, in particular). For some reason that particular moment sticks out a lot in my mind all the time, but it's a good memory. That car smelled really nice sometimes. So I woke up and HAD to listen to Crazy but couldn't remember who sang it. In the process of searching for it I found a ton of other songs that I loved when I was younger... and then I added some newer cheesy favorites. <3

Anyway, I just took my only final exam today and I think it went pretty well. I only have a regular test tomorrow and turn in some projects. But yeah... I'm basically done. Just waiting for Thursday when I can go home.

Crazy

Crazy
Crazy for feeling so lonely
Im crazy
Crazy for feeling so blue

I knew
Youd love me as long as you wanted
And then someday
Youd leave me for somebody new

Worry
Why do I let myself worry
Wondrin
What in the world did I do

Crazy
For thinking that my love could hold you
Im crazy for tryin
Crazy for cryin
And Im crazy
For lovin you

This song is perfect for rainy days. It's not like how I feel, but the weather made me wake up with this song in my head. It's an old favorite. Now if I could only get my hands on Un-Break My Heart...

P.S.

A man went to a hotel and walked up to the front desk to check in. The woman at the desk gave him his key and told him that on the way to his room, there was a door with no number that was locked and no one was allowed in there. Especially no one should look inside the room, under any circumstances. So he followed the instructions of the woman at the front desk, going straight to his room, and going to bed. The next night his curiosity would not leave him alone about the room with no number on the door. He walked down the hall to the door and tried the handle. Sure enough it was locked. He bent down and looked through the wide keyhole. Cold air passed through it, chilling his eye.

What he saw was a hotel bedroom, like his, and in the corner was a woman whose skin was completely white. She was leaning her head against the wall, facing away from the door. He stared in confusion for a while. He almost knocked on the door, out of curiosity, but decided not to. This disinclination saved his life. He crept away from the door and walked back to his room. The next day, he returned to the door and looked through the wide keyhole. This time, all he saw was redness. He couldn’t make anything out besides a distinct red color, unmoving. Perhaps the inhabitants of the room knew he was spying the night before, and had blocked the keyhole with something red.

At this point he decided to consult the woman at the front desk for more information. She sighed and said, "Did you look through the keyhole?" The man told her that he had and she said, "Well, I might as well tell you the story. A long time ago, a man murdered his wife in that room, and her ghost haunts it. But these people were not ordinary. They were white all over, except for their eyes, which were red."

I dunno where this is from my a friend of mine put it up on her journal and I thought it was cool.

Time is Ruuuunnniinnng Ooouuuut!!!

Seriously. I'm glad - no - SUPER glad that this quarter is almost over but at the same time, with each passing moment, I am realizing just how much I need to do to prepare for finals week next week. I've had absolutely NO TIME. I didn't even have time to EAT yesterday until around 4 and even then I was too preoccupied to make anything substantial until I made dinner around 8. But despite that, notice how I'm foregoing everything so I can write a journal entry. I've been thinking of writing for so long but I haven't had time and when it's late at night and I'm too tired to do any work, Ainsley goes to bed so I feel bad about taka taka taka taka typing so loudly. I need to make a list of things I need to do...

-Process book for group project for design production (Due Thursday?)
-Process book for individual project for design production (Due Tomorrow)
-Finish designing brochure for design (Due Thursday)
-Finish last 3 pages of comic for illustration (Due Tuesday)
-Study for design production final (Monday)
-Study for design history exam (Tuesday)

... wow... I just got sidetracked for like an hour because I got distracted by one of the above assignments. lol...

Anyway, yeah, I've been busy. These past few months have been some of the busiest months of my life... but also some of the most enjoyable. I've made some really good friends this quarter. Friends that I think I'll probably be friends with for a while, and that is worth all the stress that I've had to go through to meet them. I've also been learning a lot this quarter about very useful things in the field of design so that's worth it as well. I'm SO excited for this quarter to be over, though. Next quarter is going to be a real pain as well but at least I won't have to deal with Henterley. It's a shame that the class I was looking forward to taking the most is my least favorite class. A teacher can ruin everything. He's so frustrating. He actually told us in class the other day that he thinks computers will soon, "go out of fashion." What? WHAT?! Are you INSANE?! He doesn't understand anything about the modern world and he's not even that old! He's probably like in his 40s or so but he's so stubborn and narrow-minded that he refuses to open his eyes and see the technological world before him.

Anyway, I'm pretty hungry. Better go eat.

Terminator trailer

http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/terminator-salvation.html?showVideo=1

Shittiest weekend of my life

Saturday didn't start out so bad, it was actually kinda nice. I worked on my process book for Design and played a bunch of pokemon. Then went to a meeting with a bunch of people for my Printing Processes class for a presentation we're doing on Friday. Then came back and lost the stone on the ring that Lisa gave me AGAIN except this time I don't know where the stone is and I can't find it. :((((((( Then yesterday I was sick like all day. I couldn't even walk across the room without like having a seizure and blacking out because all the blood would rush out of my brain so I just laid in the couch all day and slept and then finally went to bed at 8 pm. It was really crappy though because when I'm sick I feel really lonely too because I want someone to take care of me because I couldn't really be standing up in the kitchen and make myself soup so I missed my parents a lot and Minguk and Lisa. But going to bed early helped me avoid it pretty well when it was starting to set in. I didn't go to class this morning because I'd have to operate heavy machinery and stuff and I didn't think it would be safe even though I am feeling much better this morning. I definitely have to go to class today but it'll be ok since I can actually stand for extended periods of time without passing out and I'll be sitting the whole time so I'm not concerned. Anyway, yeah. Blacking out twice yesterday was both not fun and kind of alarming. I figured it was probably just a 24 hour thing and I will get over it with sleep and lots of water and I didn't want to go to the ER for something that would only last the day. And I'm glad I was right. On top of that today I'm experiencing really shitty cramps but it's nothing that ibuprofen won't fix. Despite all of that I'm in a pretty good mood today.

Oh, here's the finished picture of Matt Bellamy I did. I don't think my professor liked it that much, though.


Super Massive Black -Soul- by ~burnbunnyburn on deviantART

"Fuck My Life"

As recommended by Kat's stupendous blog, I found www.fmylife.com

It's pretty gold. Here's one that made my laugh out loud because it's a "your face" joke and I'm always afraid something like this will happen to me.

"Today, I got an email from my professor with my grade for a paper. It said, "Solid writing, but you should have proofread your final draft more carefully." In a moment of annoyance, I typed in the reply box, "God should have proofread your FACE more carefully." My elbow hit the send button. FML"

Essay.

I found another resource in the library. It's basically what my entire essay is based on. I did a book report - no - a chapter report. With some outside references.

But it only took me an hour and a half to write. I'm done worrying about it now.

Baaaack to drraaawwwiiing!!

This is why...

I'm going to fail my essay that's due tomorrow...




This is also homework, I'll have you know.

I'm also going to fail the essay because I've found two resources (that are in English) on my topic. On top of that, when you combine those two resources, they don't even come close to how long my essay is supposed to be (the whole two pages that it is). I e-mailed my professor and told her about my dilemma... like 30 minutes ago. Hopefully she won't be angry (she never gets angry so I'm not really worried) and will be able to help me out because I'm in a bit of a hole! I have no problem with having to stay up all night writing the essay. It's only two pages, so I don't really think I'll need to resort to that. I'm just afraid I'll have to BS my way through the whole thing and then end up getting like a C on it. I'm kind of panicked about this whole thing. Also angry with myself for choosing Korean instead of Japanese because I KNEW there would be more information on Japanese but I had to be all... patriotic or whatever. Or CHINESE! That would have been so easy! Baaaah...

Weekend!

Despite meeting stupid people, my weekend was really good! Diana came up and was my Valentine. <3 It was fun.

Friday was a really good start to a long weekend because I didn't have the class I usually have (a three hour long lecture) because that was the day when everyone went in their groups to tour a printing facility. Ours was Signs Plus and it was actually really cool. They did all sorts of signs like the Seattle Premium Outlet signs, the Tulalip Casino signs and all of the Applebee signs. I was colored impressed. So we got that over with in an hour. I came home and watched Ainsley play Okami until she had to go to work then I played video games myself and... probably did homework. Diana got here around 6 and we ended up spending the night watching Howl's Moving Castle, Whisper of the Heart and Music & Lyrics. Music & Lyrics is like my second favorite romance movie (my first is Zach and Miri Make a Porno). It was so awkwardly sweet and the songs were pretty amazing. After that we stayed up a little bit and talked then went to sleep.

On Saturday Diana and I went to Abbey Tea Garden for a very delicious tea brunch. Then we went around Fairhaven and downtown and I got a really cute dress for $60 (I wouldn't have bought it but it was marked down from $108 and it's really cute). After that we went to see Friday the 13th... it was ok. It wasn't bad enough to laugh at but it wasn't good enough to really enjoy. After the movie we came back and made a yummy pasta dinner and then headed off to Poppe's. At Poppe's we met a couple of guys who insisted that we were lesbian lovers and wanted us to make out and dance so they could take pictures of us... all of this just because we said we were each other's valentine's (even though I already told one guy that I have a boyfriend). Soo... that was kind of annoying but funny at the same time. They were really drunk so I couldn't be too angry with them. They really wanted us to go to Glow, some new club above Bob's Burgers, but I didn't really want to go anywhere with any guy let alone those guys and I was pretty tired. Also the Gummibear martini that I was drinking was really good so I didn't want to leave. So at about 12/1 Diana and I headed back home and watched half of Music & Lyrics but then I decided to go to bed.

My favorite quote from one of the guys that night was one guy said to me, "You're beautiful. I don't care what race or whatever you are. You are so beautiful." lol... thanks... I'm glad to hear the whole race thing isn't an issue... >.>;;;

Sunday all that crazy shit went down. But later that day I bought Left 4 Dead for $25! Usually it's $50 but because I already have Steam games I got a 50% discount. :D So I've been playing that a lot along with working on one of my Illustration assignments and doing some research for a paper that's due on Friday (only 2 pages so I'm not too worried about it). In any case, I'm not allowed to spend money anymore. I have money but I need to save it for Korea~

OMG! Diana might come to Korea with me! Lisa, I'll need to talk to you about this more but her mom wants her to come with me and it would be really awesome if she could!!

In which I am threatened by a crazy lady

Setting : Downtown Bellingham. Ainsley, Diana and I are on our way to the WAMU ATM to get some cash to pay for our Little Cheerful lunch.

Walking toward the ATM behind a man and a woman. The woman is wearing normal, unnoticeable clothing, the man is wearing jeans, a poncho and boots with spurs.

Me (mumbling) : Whoa, he's wearing spurs. Neat.

At this point, I didn't think anyone heard me because no one said anything. I didn't really care because I was mainly talking to myself anyway. We reach the ATM.

Lady : Hey bitches. Whatchoo lookin' at? You think he's pretty sexy, huh? (referring to her male companion (I never really figured out what type of relationship they were in)).

Diana, Ainsley, Me (ignoring them)

Lady : Hey, hey BARBIE! Hey you in the green coat. Hey, bitch.

Me (in a green coat but very much NOT Barbie) (ignoring her)

Lady comes walking toward us

Lady : Hey, bitch. You got a problem with us? You think he's pretty sexy, huh? Well he's taken. Stop calling him a sexy bitch, you got it? I'll fuck you up. (turns and leaves)

Diana, Ainsley, Me : Uuuuuuuuuh....

Despite that rather confusing interaction, we walk over to the Riteaid to get Ainsley a map she needs for an assignemt. Crazily enough it's closed (wtf?). So we head back to where the Little Cheerful is. On our way crossing the street the lady and her man companion approach us again.

Lady : Hey, you got a fucking problem? Stop calling him a sexy bitch, bitch. Leave him the fuck alone.

Me : I didn't say anything.

Lady : You got a problem with his spurs? You think his spurs are sexy, huh, bitch? I'll fuck you up if you don't stop calling my son sexy. He's with me, bitch.

Me : I just said I thought they were cool. (While I was kind of terrified she'd try to start a fight, in which case I would definitely end up hurting her as I would do anything to protect myself and she was very likely under the influence of something, I was pretty impressed that she heard me.)

Lady : Yeah, well don't say any fucking thing about him. He's with me, bitch.

Man : I don't want you saying nothin' about me.

This whole time we're practically standing in the middle of an intersection and people are passing by us nervously and chuckling at the situation.

Me : Ok, I'm sorry.

Lady : Yeah, don't call my son sexy, bitch.

Me : Ok, I'm really sorry.

Lady : Don't look at him that way. I'll fuck you up!

Me (at this time, regretting my decision of wearing a dress in case I needed to defend myself) : I wasn't looking at him any way. I'm sorry.

So at this they turn around. They happen to be walking the same direction we are so it seems like we're following them.

Lady : You want my sexy son, huh? Stop calling him a sexy bitch. I'll fuck you up. (I'm pretty sure these are like the only phrases she knows) Don't mess with the Natives, bitch.

Diana, Ainsley and I turn around because we don't want to seem like we're following them and we wanted to go to the police station to let them know that there are a couple of hostile-like people roaming the city and they should keep an eye out.

Lady : Oh you're going the other way? Fucking bitch. I'll fuck you up.

We reached the police station only to find that it was CLOSED. This pissed me off more than being call a bitch 1,000,000 times. So we stood on the corner for a little while waiting for the couple to be out of sight. We got into the Little Cheerful and then enjoyed a very nice brunch with my favorite waittress. ^^

So... yeah. I wasn't so terrified for my life but I didn't want to get into a fight and I wouldn't doubt she had a knife on her or something.
Probably one of the most awkward and uncomfortable experiences of my life. I'm never commenting on a stranger's shoes ever again.

'Nother survey

Because that's the only kind of journal entry I'm capable of.

<sub>A
- Available: Not so much

- Age: 21

- Annoyance: People talking behind other people's backs, people who talk loudly even though you're in the same room and sitting 3 feet away, at most.

- Allergic: Cats, dust, smoke, trees, pollen, grass, cockroaches etc. etc. etc. etc.

- Animal: Dogs and cuttlefish

- Actor: It's typical, but it's ALWAYS been Johnny Depp... and Christian Bale and Lee Pace <3

B
- Beer: I honestly like Coors Light for the reason that it's like drinking water. Otherwise Arrogant Bastard is actually rather good.

- Birthday/Birthplace: December 20, Arizona

- Best Friends: Megan and Diana

- Body Part on opposite sex: Arms~~~ Ugh, it's so weird. I know.

- Best feeling in the world: Love. (lol, that's what the person who did this before me wrote. I don't really have the heart to change it)

- Blind or Deaf: Deaf. Hands down.

- Best weather: Sunny, 75 - 80 degrees or torrential downpour.

- Been in Love: Yes.

- Been bitched out?: No..?

- Been on stage?: Yeah kind of

- Believe in yourself?: Sometimes

- Believe in life on other planets: Yeah, some form of life or another. Whether it be bacteria or clingon.

- Believe in miracles: I think people make their own miracles.

- Believe in Magic: Sometimes

- Believe in God: I believe in God but not the same kind of God that a lot of Christians believe in (mainly the type of God who would let an asshole priest into heaven but not an extremely wonderful gay person)

- Believe in Satan: Meh...

- Believe in Santa: Santa is Satan.

- Believe in Ghosts/spirits: Yeah

- Believe in Evolution: How can you not? Unless you're an idiot/taught by idiots.

C
- Car: Mitsubishi

- Candy: YES, PLEASE.

- Colour: Green, blue and black

- Cried in school: No

- Chocolate/Vanilla: Chocolate.

- Chinese/Mexican: Oooh... I dunnoooooo....

- Cake or pie: Pie

- Countries to visit: Japan (again, again, again), France (I HAVE to visit the cathedrals), England (just 'cause)

D
- Day or Night: Both are good.

- Dream vehicle: I don't really care

- Danced: Yes... I have danced before...

- Dance in the rain?: Probably

- Dance in the middle of the street?: Again, probably

- Do the splits?: Yeah... but I wasn't actually supposed to. I was going to try to do it then my friend jumped on me.

E
- Eggs: Yummm

- Eyes: Dark brown.

- Everyone has: Skiiiiiin

- Ever failed a class?: Nope.

F
- First crush: Elementary School

- Full name: Nastasya Kristina Clark

- First thoughts waking up: Must turn of alarm as soon as possible!

- Food: Is tasty and sustains my energy

G
- Greatest Fear: Dying in a firey plane crash, losing my loved ones

- Giver or taker: Both

- Goals: Lots

- Gum: Chewed a lot of it in a small period of time now it hurts to chew it even though I still love it

- Get along with your parents?: Sure do

- Good luck charms: Nah.

H
- Hair Colour: Dark

- Height: 5'6/7

- Happy: Usually content if not happy

- Holidays: Are nice

- How do you want to die: I don't really care, I'd just like to know at least a little bit ahead of time so I can mentally prepare.

- Health freak?: Not so much.

- Hate: Animal abusers

I
(In guys/girls)
- Eye colour: Whatever as long as they look nice

- Hair Colour: Not too into blond guys... but I'm not all that picky

- Height: Taller than me, preferably

- Clothing Style: Whatever.

- Characteristics: Not violent?

- Ice Cream: (I thought we were still talking about the opposite sex here, haha) Birthday Cake from Cold Stone

- Instrument: Violin, piano, guitar, drums, whatever. They're all awesome.

J
- Jewelry: Rings from Lisa, necklace from Minguk

- Job: Student. DX

K
- Kids: Bleh.

- Kickboxing or karate: Both are cool

- Keep a journal?: Uuh... even if this counts, not really.

L
- Longest Car Ride: Washington to Texas.

- Love: My doggies!

- Letter: Uuuh... I don't really have a preference.

- Laughed so hard you cried: Yes, haha. Those are the best! ^^

- Love at first sight: Meh...

M
- Milk flavour: Regular or chocolate

- Movie: Omg, don't even get me started...

- Mooned anyone?: Gross

- Marriage: What about it?

- Motion sickness?: Yeah, it happens.

- McD's or BK: UGH

N
- Number of Siblings: One.

- Number of Piercings: None

- Number: 56

O
- Overused Phrases: hahaha

- One wish: That I could eat all the chocolate I wanted and not get fat.

- One phobia: People who I don't know's germs (so like a xenospermatophobic)

P
- Place you'd like to live: Korea, lol. But I like Washington so I'm coming back.

- Pepsi/Coke: Coke. Pepsi is ew.

Q
- Quail: Awww... they're cute!

- Questionnaires: Waste of time.

R
- Reason to cry: Watching Pokemon movies (I cried at every one I've seen)

- Reality T.V.: Uuh... Don't watch any anymore.

- Radio Station: 1077

- Roll your tongue in a circle?: Yes

S
- Song: Lots and lots

- Shoe size: 9/9.5

- Sushi: YES.

- Skipped school: Not until I got to college

- Slept outside: Yeah, in a tent...

- Seen a dead body?: Not that I can remember

- Smoked?: Cigarillos a few times, cigarette once (drunk crazed cravings, I didn't even enjoy it at all)

- Skinny dipped?: No, gross.

- Shower daily?: Yeah usually.

- Sing well?: Not really

- In the shower?: No, shower is quiet thinking time.

- Swear?: yea :<

- Stuffed Animals?: Yeeaaah

- Single/Group dates: Whatever. (lol, you can tell I'm so romantic)

- Strawberries/Blueberries: Strawberries. But dried blueberries are better than dried strawberries.

- Scientists need to invent: Portals!

T
- Time for bed: 11-12 on weeknights

- Thunderstorms: relaxing.

- Touch your tongue to your nose?: not even close.

U
- Unpredictable: I don't really think so

- Under the influence?: huh?

- Understanding?: I like to think I am... or at least try to be

V
- Vegetable you hate: Onions. >.<

- Vegetable you love: Broccoli, sweet potato, carrots, water chestnut, radishes, lettuce etc. etc.

- Vacation spot: I never go on actual vacation spot vacations...

W
- Weakness: Dying?

- When you grow up: NEVEEERRR!

- Which one of your friends acts the most like you: Uuh, I dunno.

- Who makes you laugh the most: All my friends are funny :3

- Worst feeling: Lonliness/ being left out

- Wanted to be a model?: Oh yeah, you know it.

- Where do we go when we die: Hopefully somewhere not terrible

- Worst weather: Incredibly muggy

- Walk with a book on your head?: Yeah I can.

X
- X-Rays: a few

Y
-Year it is now: 2009

-Yellow: Not my favorite

Z
- Zoo animal: WATER BUFFALO!!!!!

- Zodiac sign: Sagittarius

LAST PERSON WHO…
1. Slept in a bed beside you?: Probably mommy
2. Last person to see you cry?: Uuh, I dunno.
3. Went to the movies with you?: Megan, Brian and Megan
4. You went to the mall with?: Ainsley, Sara and Laine
5. You went to dinner with?: Mom and Dad
6. You talked to on the phone?: ... Dad?
7. Made you laugh?: Ainsley/Laine</sub>

Don't want to do this on Facebook

I actually have time to spare today so I'm watching Dead Alive and surfing the web. I saw that Lisa did this thing but I don't want to do it on Facebook.

1. YOUR SPY NAME (middle name and current street name):
Kristina Bill McDonald / Kristina Inverness

2. YOUR MOVIE STAR NAME (grandfather/mother on your dad's side and your favorite candy-bar):
Dorothy Peanut M&Ms (?????)

3. YOUR RAP NAME (first initial of first name and first 3,4 or 5 letters of your last name):
N. Clar

4. YOUR GAMER TAG (a favorite color, a favorite animal)
Green cuttlefish

5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME (middle name, and city you were born in)
Kristina Yuma

6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME (first three letters of your last name, last three letters of mother's maiden name, first three letters of your pet's name)
Clachomo

7. JEDI NAME (middle name spelled backwards, your mom's maiden name spelled backwards):
Anitsirk Iohc

8. PORN STAR NAME (first pet's name, the street you grew up on):
Sara Mana Wana

9. SUPERHERO NAME: ("The", your favorite color and the automobile your dad drives)
The Green Focus

10. YOUR ACTION HERO NAME (first name of the main character in the last film you watched, last food you ate)
Patika Ice Cream (Really similar to lisa's... weird..)

Anyway, this movie is really hilarious.

>=(

I have this thing on the side of my mouth... it was like a weird pimple thing that's not actually a pimple... but anyway I tried to take it off and... now it looks like I have herpes.

FAIL.
Story of my life = FAIL.

Vital Signs

(Random title brought to you by Rush)

I just drank a glass of chocolate miiillk. It was really good; very chocolatey.

This weekend was really good. I was kind of bummed I missed Betsy's party but I got to spend time with my friends up in Bellingham which I actually never really do (small wonder why I don't really have many friends up here). Friday night we just drank the night away and it was really fun and delicious. haha...

Yesterday Ainsley and I watched Seth Rogen movies all day and did homework and stuff. It was pretty good times and I love Seth Rogen movies (and Seth Rogen). I also went running at the gym. I managed to run a mile straight (which I can never do on a tredmill since I think they're dirty liars) which was pretty nice. I only did like 2.5 miles total, though. I usually do around 3... but I haven't ran in a long time. My dad came up to go to a concert with a few of his friends. I was invited to go but I had work to do and, as much as I love my dad and I really love hanging out with him, hanging out with him and his friends while they're all drunk (except for Jeff) would have felt kind of weird so I opted not to go. I did go to dinner with them which was cool. I really like my dad's friends but spending the whole night with them would have been weird, I think.

Today I did homework pretty much all day. Got pita pit for dinner. Talked to Minguk for like 10 minutes. Buuh... I still really need to work on my communication skills. The talking wasn't as awkward this time, though. We both actually came forward and were like, "I want to talk to you and I like talking to you... I just don't really have anything to say." It made me feel better because at least he understands and can relate. It's tough when you've been apart for so long, especially when both of us have been pretty much doing the same thing every day so there's really nothing new or interesting to report on.

Anyway, I'm going to go look for my water... then go to sleep. Monday tomorrow, yayyy...

P.S. I made this amazing icon from one of my favorite shows, Flapjack.

Jeez, I dunno...

... why I am going to do this.

10 YEARS AGO:
❶ I was 11
❷ I really liked to wear baggy clothes
❸ For a single day I was the star of my class because I made a final shot in basketball that made my team win during recess. (I was tall)
❹ I had long-ass hair
❺ I watched TV ALL. DAY. LONG.

5 YEARS AGO:
❶ I was just starting to get into this anime thing I had going for me
❷ I didn't have a driver's license yet because I fail both exams the first time I took them.
❸ I thought I was so cool for being 16
❹ Started getting interested in drawing.
❺ Spent hours, upon hours on rpg forums.

1 YEAR AGO:
❶ Still awkard as ever.
❷ Was single and definitely NOT loving it.
❸ For some reason I was rather depressed the entire year (like, seriously, SAD BUUUH CRY CRY CRY)
❹ Didn't get the greatest grades
❺ Lived in my very own apartment, making my own food on an everyday basis for the first time.

YESTERDAY:
❶ Took a midterm
❷ Stressed out about school
❸ Went on a Chexpadition (Like check+expedition)
❹ Made a burrito dinner even though I already had a burrito lunch (but those are so easy to make/delicious, it's hard NOT to have them for every meal)
❺ Went to bed at 1 because I spent 2 hours drawing a single panel in a page.

5 SNACKS I LIKE:
❶ OREOS. MOTHER OF GOD OREOS.
❷ Carrots
❸ Mission chips + Pace Picante
❹ Apples
❺ Cheese

5 SONGS I KNOW ALL THE WORDS TOO:
❶ Tsuki no Uta - Gackt
❷ The Mariner's Revenge Song - The Decemberists
❸ Almost all Muse songs
❹ C'mon C'mon - The Von Bondies
❺ Reptilia - The Strokes

IF I HAD A MILLION DOLLARS:
❶ I'd buy my parents a house to live in.
❷ Pay off school (both mine and Lisa's)
❸ Donate to WWF and ASPCA
❹ Travel
❺ BANK

5 THINGS I WOULD NEVER WEAR:
❶ REAL fur
❷ mini skirt (esp. with no stockings/leggings)
❸ Swim suit bottoms with no shorts
❹ Pink, frilly dress
❺ Leotard...

FAVORITE TV SHOWS:
❶ House
❷ Supernatural
❸ Dexter (even though I'm SO behind)
❹ Coffee Prince
❺ Yo Gabba Gabba!

5 BAD HABITS:
❶ easily depressed
❷ Chewing my fingernails
❸ Lingering on things
❹ Shut myself off when I get annoyed or frustrated
❺ Swearing

5 BIGGEST JOYS:
❶ SLEEP
❷ Drawing
❸ Reading comic books
❹ Playing games
❺ Being with my loved ones

5 FICTIONAL PEOPLE I WANT TO DATE:
❶ Shiiit... The guy Jensen Ackers plays in Supernatural (I can't remember his name because I'm drunk) NO. I'd do him... but I'd date his brother. Yes... yeeesss.....
❷ Ron Weasley (and proud of it)
❸ Speed Racer
❹ Roy (from The Fall)
❺ The Pie Maker (From Pushing Daisies... shut up, I know Roy and him are played but the same person but he is FREAKING ADORABLE.)

I drank from like 8 - 2... it was great. But four of my drinking buddies were paired up together and it made my miss my very amazing and awesome and great boyfriend a lot. FOUR/FIVE MONTHS IS TOO FREAKING FAR AWAYYYYY!!!! GAAAH. But at least I got to talk to him today and he sounded pretty happy. He was hanging out with Lisa, Tony and Ste and that's always a happy time. I'm totally jealous of them, though. I miss my Minguk. :( Hopefully I'll get to talk to him more and I will be able to practice this whole... awkward way suckage on the phone business. I was kind of pre-occupied with having people over that I couldn't really hold a conversation too well.

SLEEP.

School is Hard

Every week it's like I'm crawling toward the weekend. But the only reason why I look forward to the weekend (most of the time) is because I won't have classes to pull me away from doing homework so I can do homework all day without interruption. Thank goodness this weekend will be different. I just finished a bunch of projects. The beginning of new projects usually go slower so I have time to relax a little and hang out with my friends in the beginning. So I will be doing that this weekend (along with some homework so I don't get too flustered later on). If this is what it's like now, I can't even imagine what it's going to be like next year. At least so far this year I've been getting plenty of sleep. I'm curious to find out how it will be. Actually, I just remembered that I have a big assignment due on Monday so I do have a lot to do this weekend. But tomorrow night I'm going to forget that I am a design major and just get with my friends and get really drunk. On Saturday I'm supposed to go to an AC/DC cover band concert with my dad and his friend, Jeff, but I'm worried that I might not have time for it. I hope I will because I like hanging out with my dad. Anyway, I need to go and study some more for this midterm I have tomorrow. But I just wanted to complain a little bit about how much my life sucks right now. At least I have friends in the design program that I can hang out and complain with, hahahaha..... ha... haha..

Since Kory tagged me...

It shouldn't even count because he didn't do one himself. Just kidding. Thanks, Megan. But I already did it on Facebook so I'm just copypasting it.

1. (Since I was just drawing) Most of the time I don't even know what I'm thinking when I think about how I'm a design major because I don't like most of the stuff that I do.

2. I have a really tough time making lists like these because I tend not to think about stuff like this about myself.

3. I really, really don't like talking on the phone. I feel awkward and I get distracted easily. I get distracted easily enough when I actually have the person I'm talking to right in front of me. I recently realized that I really need to fix this problem because It's becoming very troublesome.

4. I have to sleep facing a wall. Or at least start out that way.

5. I used to really love watching really creepy Japanese-style horror films but after watching a few I've realized that I linger way too long on them and they tend to cut into my sleeping time and I usually have to leave the lights on for about 3-6 months after seeing whatever movie in order to fall asleep comfortably.

6. Besides Japanese-style horror movies I love horror movies. Except for The Hills Have Eyes because that pretty much the only movie that made me come really close to vomiting while watching it.

7. I prefer dogs above all pets.

8. Speaking of animals, penguins used to be my favorite animal until that one documentary about penguins came out then it became everyone's favorite animal so I got really sick of hearing about them. Now it's the cuttlefish.

9. As much as I love some very choice anime series(es?), I really don't like most of it.

10. I drink a lot of water. I also have to pee a lot during the day, though.

11. When I eat I usually take my glasses off and/or tie my hair back. Probably because I'm a pretty messy eater.

12. Like most of my family (at least my parents and my sister) I'm really competitive. But I think I lose pretty gracefully.

13. Almost nothing in the world feels more comforting to me than giving my big dog (Mocha) a big hug.

14. Since I've driven from Tacoma to Bellingham and vice versa so many times, I tend to zone out whenever I do it. Which I guess is pretty dangerous and I should probably stop doing that.

15. When I was younger I was actually terrified of going to jail. Because of that I promised myself I would never get into any sort of trouble and I would always do as I was told... it's been working out pretty well so far...

16. Unlike Lisa, I am actually as shy as people think I am. (when first meeting people)

17. I think a lot of the facial expressions that I make feel a lot different from what they actually look like.

18. As much as I loooooove playing video games I don't really have a very long attention span for most so it usually takes me a really, really long time to beat them if I ever end up beating them at all.

19. I once spent an entire summer listening to just one song on repeat and, after about 3 years, I'm still not sick of it.

20. I've been to way more Decemberists concerts than any other concert but they're not my favorite band at all.

21. Even though I'm pretty productive, sometimes I wish this attention span issue that I have were ADD so I could get on meds then be SUPER productive. (it might be ADD... I haven't gotten diagnosed or anything)

22. Speaking of having a short attention span. I sometimes completely space out in the middle of conversations with people. So... sorry about that, guys.

23. I get annoyed really easily but I also can be freakishly patient with some people and some circumstances. Most of the time if I'm trying to teach someone something, I can be incredibly patient.

24. I think I was a pretty big bitch when I was younger, especially to some of my family (like middle school/early high school). But that's when I was an emo-wanker. I'm better now. :D

25. And finally......... uugh I can't think of anything. I have to go pee.

THE END!

School has been eating my life.

The REAL reason why I don't want babies.

I remember this was the scariest shit of my life back when I watched Rugrats obsessively. Good job, Nickelodeon. Good job.

Killer Queen

For the title I just put my iTunes on random and put the title of the second song that came up. It's the second one because the first one was Adagio for Strings and that's kind of an emo title. I'll save it for later, lol.

So anyway, I have about an hour to kill before I have to head off to my second and last design class for the day and I thought, since I haven't updated in like an eon, that I would... do that. But chances are I won't have much to talk about. But here I go!

So... uh. I got a new computer last weekend. It's pretty sweet and it has a big, beautiful, 22" monitor. I love it. It's really bright though and staring at it too long makes me feel uncomfortable (like I'm looking into my future or something) so I have to take breaks from it.




I pretty much love how it's not crappy and slow like my laptop. I've been slowly putting stuff on it like photoshop and games and stuff so it's not quite perfect yet but hopefully it will be soon.

In other news I started my classes. I'm pretty excited about all of them because I'm learning something different and useful in each of them (except for 211 because it's basically the history of writing which, while it can be very interesting, is usually pretty dull and not all that useful). I'm learning how to print stuff on a printing press and offset printer (like manual printing... I have to crank the ink roller over the paper and place down the stuff I want to print and stuff, it's pretty cool). I'm also getting farther into the design element of things. Right now we're designing identities for imaginary businesses. In illustration we're working with cut paper and making book covers. I really like the last two classes because not only are we learning really useful stuff but we're also learning about what we can expect from clients and how to deal with them and basically the do's and don't's of being an illustrator/designer. It's really great and I feel like I can learn a lot of really key things from these classes. And they're fun and my professors are great. So I'm really excited about this quarter and really the rest of my college career because I know I'll mainly be working with these professors and that's really cool.

So Lisa's gone back to Korea! I don't really miss her right now (lol, sorry Lisa) but that's just because I'm actually pretty used to not having her around. It is nice to have Lisa around and be able to talk to her about random stuff that I usually woudln't talk to my friends in Bellingham about, or maybe even not talk to Megan or Diana about. But, whether I miss Lisa or not, I'm still really excited to see her when I go to Korea this summer!

I think I'm going to go eat an apple. I haven't been eating many vitamins lately and my body is reacting to it. Byeee

ETA - I really want this fucking watch. Does anyone want to spend $230 on me? haha.