Ever since I heard Lost ended I developed a sympathy-withdrawal for the many fans that would have no more show to look forward to. To fight it I started a hunt for a new series. Something different from Lost, maybe a comedy? With only three main characters instead of 3878166? A show that actually makes sense eh, hilarious laughter burst out of your chest? (In the good way, not the alien baby way) I present to you: So if you wanna watch a show that's like an actual funny comedian mated with your most embarrassing childhood memory and had a baby, and that baby was the IT Crowd, then the IT Crowd is for you!
Surprisingly enough, I started watching Shippuuden again despite that I had dropped it for the UMPTH time. After skipping several eps and season 7 I discovered that 1. Naruto is not a whiny kid anymore and 2. He's kicking some serious A. What's more, in the latest ep Hinata actually did something instead of staying in the background whispering Naruto's name over and over. About time, she's my favorite character even if she's usually useless. The show's entertaining and got its story back on track. Finally!
I also finished 07 Ghost, ended in a cliffhanger and season 2 planned. Big waste of time, stay away!
Recently, I had my eyes examined. They said it was starting to get infected, and if I hadn't came in when I did, I probably would've had to go see an eye doctor. I got banned from using lenses for one week. Luckily, now, 2 weeks later, they said it had healed. I'm relieved.
I tried a new medicine since I get annoyed de bu de liao every spring because of hayfever. It's working surprisingly well. That such a simple thing as being out in the sun could feel so good. I'm relieved.
The following thoughts are haphazard and have nothing to do with each other.
Have you ever wondered how you'd gotten yourself entangled with a person in a situation that you hadn't expected, but don't really care since you enjoy being with that person so much? Some people just burst into your space, play with your head and leave you without a sense for right and wrong.
In a month, my Chinese class will cease to exist. It's a little disheartening, but life goes on. I wouldn't have said no to another year with them.
My Taiwan scholarship is nonexistant, I didn't get chosen. What lies ahead in my future? Probably some more studying, if not, I'll find a job.
I've gotten into comicbooks lately, began reading Amazing Spiderman Issue #1. It was made like 40 years ago, it really was a different age then.
On Thursday I'm going to see Iron Man 2. Got awesome seats! I'm probably going to get disappointed, like with Clash of the Titans, cause I'm so psyched to see this movie, and there's no way it can live up to my expectations. When I saw the first Iron Man-movie I expected something crappy like The Hulk, but it was hilarious, thrilling and drew me in. Here's hoping the sequel lives up to its name.
While walking home from school today, I saw a fox. I've never seen a fox before, it was smaller than I had expected. Kinda reminded me of a hyena at first. Not that I've seen a hyena before other than on Discovery channel. Maybe I should've said; it looked about the same size as the hyenas on Discovery Channel. It had fox mange. It was nasty. The fox, not the hyenas. Although, they're kinda nasty too, eating dead stuff. I mean, dead stuff that's been dead for long. We all eat dead stuff.
Alas, I digress. The point was, I lost one of those earphone pillows again. It's like my 4th one. Goddamnit.
Been quite worried lately. Well, not worried, more like anxious. Planned my future, and made a very frightening realization. If I don't get the Taiwan scholarship and I don't travel to China this summer, I will lose most of my Chinese knowledge. I don't want that. I've already spent one year studying it, and I don't see how I'll be able to use it on the job market. The question is what will I study instead..? I'm not sure of that, but what I do know is that I don't want to get "stuck" at Chinese class. If I was immortal and had all time in the world, I would definitely indulge more in the Chinese language, and also learn how to play the piano properly. However, I'm almost 24 years old now. Time to man up and take some freaking responsibility.
而且, I've recieved news that one of my favorite artists, Nujabes, passed away in a car crash in Tokyo. "It has been announced that Jun Seba, aka Nujabes, Japanese hip hop producer extraordinaire, passed away late February." As cliché as it may sound, his music was truly an inspiration for us all. The only artist I've ever heard that has a very palpable spirit in his beats. Goes straight to your soul. I'll end this post with my favorite song of him.
Recently in the media (read CNN), they're brought up Rapelay and... well, I'll just quote the article from CNN, "In the two days since CNN.com posted the story on hentai games (specifically, the "RapeLay" video game), there have been thousands of comments, more than a million page views and many questions about how a culture can produce this genre of games and then quietly allow the industry to thrive."
This would be fine, except that now thousands of people that didn't know about this game will be curious and download it. It is already banned, it never got released outside of Japan, AND it is a year old story! Come on, why bring it up again? The only way you can get a hold of this game is through downloading and the only thing they're doing right now is promoting the game!
To quote a counter-article, "Just why CNN would think it is appropriate to have a feminist adulterer and Korean nationalist engage in a smear campaign against Japanese culture on its network, all by way of a resurrecting a year-old story whose main effect seems to have been encourage illegal downloads of a game now pulled due to feminist pressure and in any case never released outside Japan, is an interesting question."
Ska ansöka om stipendium till Taiwan. Får jag det blir jag överlycklig. Pluggar hårt nu ifall att, aldrig varit såhär motiverad förut. Kanske lika bra, har tenta imorgon, behöver all motivering jag kan få. EDIT: Tentan gick skit men att jag fortf sitter här och pluggar tecken måste ju visa min motivation om nåt. Igår under tentapluggandet insåg jag att jag har lärt mig otroligt många tecken. Det är kul att se men samtidigt vet jag om att det inte ens är 10% av alla som finns. Har bara skrapat på ytan liksom. Nu när jag läst i ett halvår kanske du undrar om jag tycker det var värt det. Ja, jag förstår relativt bra, ibland hänger jag med i tvserier utan subs men aldrig tillräckligt mycket för att veta ett avsnitts handling, men just den dialogen kan jag säga vad de pratar om, och det är bara efter 6 månader. Om jag får stipendiet åker jag till Taiwan i ett år! Att använda kinesiskan 24/7 i skolan och utanför vore en dröm. Borde inte hoppas såhär mycket because I'm just setting myself up for diappointment, var trots allt bara 4 platser hörde jag. Kan alltid hoppas!
Är också med och tävlar om biljetter till Kick Ass! Om youtube funkat hade jag länkat, får göra det senare. Får bara felmeddelande som lyder Http/1.1 Service Unavailable. Oh, well.
..but I'm also gaining a lot. Been watching new shows to keep my chinese around me all the time, and for the first time I actually feel like I'm progressing. It inspires me to continue studying, maybe even harder than before. I finally feel like I can do this, if there's a will, there's a way, yes? I guess that's why I'm here studying (I'm on a break now, okay?), instead of at the cinema watching Alice in Wonderland 3D.
Thanks to this I have a new wenti. It's hard to explain accurately, but it's causing some major rumblings in my life. End of March will be pretty epic for me, and not in the good way. I wish worries and problems would stay away, at least until April 1st, but my spider sense is telling me it won't happen and so I need to tread carefully. 现在我得做完我的功课. 小虎 加油! In the poetic words of Modest Mouse: FLOAT ON!
Titeln säger allt egentligen. De senaste dagarna har det snöat oavbrutet. Det är blandade reaktioner från omgivningen, but I for one welcome our new frigid overlords. Folk bara klagar på att det aldrig kommer snö, och när den väl är här klagar alla över snön. Tycker folk är lite väl insnöade HEH.
Som om jag har tid att oroa mig över lite snö. Tenta på fredag, det mesta är glosor, godspeed to me!
In other news, tror inte jag sett en sämre film än Catwoman. En positiv grej var att det kom reklam för Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief hela tiden, är en film jag kommer hålla ett öga på. Den och Alice in Wonderland 3D. Och Shutter Island.
Har spelat mer på elgitarren på sistone. Inte för att jag har hittat motivation, utan för att jag krigar med grannen som spelar banjo. På så vis råkade jag lära mig SuJu - Sorry. Vem kunde tro att ilska och passion kunde vara samma sak.
På tal om bra låtar, en av bandmedlemmarna ur Royal Pirates, som gör rock versioner av kpop låtar, har gjort en helomvändning med den här låten.
Hello and welcome! My first post will be almost completely in swedish because jag har ingen aning vad vikvägg heter på engelska. Wall separator? Ah, well. Denna dag, denna söndag, har jag spenderat med att leta upp en vikvägg som kan passa i mitt rum för jag är för lat för att sätta upp gardiner. Anar dock att plånboken kommer segra i den här fighten. Billigaste och snyggaste vikväggen jag hittade kostar 899. Gardiner kostar typ 200 pix. Curse you, empty student wallet!
Lärde mig nyss det här. "De vita rotsakerna är asiatisk rättika, som används mycket i det kinesiska och koreanska köket. I Korea läggs den in i stark chilimarinad med vitlök, och kallas då Kak du ki. När koreaner lägger in kinakål på liknande sätt kallas den Kim Chi." Zomg, det visste jag inte! Känner redan att den här söndagen varit givande.
Jag ska testa 中文因为也许想用中文. Ah, working as intended! 不错不错.. På tal om idag och asien, det är kinesiskt nyår idag! Som om det inte vore nog så är det nya året Tigerns år, dvs mitt år! WIN. 在虎年大幸運! För att fira det ska jag nu fortsätta plugga på kapitel 4s tecken. Dags att lära sig vad Academic Degree heter på kinesiska.
GIDDY UP!
Edit: Holy Carrie Underwood on a stick, smileysarna är verkligen fula, har tagit bort alla nu.
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