Several points to bring up, let's go!
- Work. I pulled another trifecta weekend. Friday was slow due to the storms we were having, Saturday was long because...and Sunday was LOOOONG. I missed my first Movie Sign, which kinda bummed me out, but I figured we all need a break. Unfortunately it had be flippin' Quest of the Delta Knights...
I can't really say what's going on at work, but it involves our owner's wife who causes chaos in the restaurant. Couple of quotes from the two-hour "after party" (I had like, five Cokes) from Saturday: "You can't fix stupid", "The moral of the story: Barrel down the old guy", and "'DON'T TOUCH THE BUTTERS!!!'"
And yesterday was busy because it was Father's Day, but it was the usual Sunday routine of two waitresses and one bus kid. I was exhausted at the end, but made some damn good tip money.
- Wednesday was orientation at NIU, and I have my class schedule! And it RAWKS!
Monday and Wednesday is Stats 208 from 1pm-1:50pm, then Art 100 from 3:30pm to 6pm.
Tuesday is Music 220 from 9:30am to 10:45am, English 105 from 3:30pm to 4:45pm, then Art 102 from 6pm-8pm.
Thursday is the same, except add Stats 208 Recitation from 12:30pm to 1:20pm.
And Friday...Friday is Stats 208 from 1pm to 1:50pm AND THAT'S IT!
Both of the art classes are actual drawing things, not lectures, despite what the class list says. >>; And I'm so glad for having double-block in high school, because boy did it prep me for the long classes and make me giggle for the short ones.
- Timber is coming to Chicago because she won a scholarship essay contest (I found the copy on my computer with my editing suggestions). I am going to try and meet her tomorrow because the group is shopping on the Magnificent Mile. There's a discount art supply store around there that I want to hit up regardless of what happens. So...we shall see. Wow am I stupid. The group is shopping at night, not in the morning. Because I could never convince my parents to let me go to the city at night, there goes that plan.
- I finally told...well, I told my mom about Kastom. Dad is still in the dark. I think. But I had the chance to on Thursday, so I did. She reacted so non-nonchalantly it's to be rather embarrassing.
But she doesn't care. The thing that bothered me, though, was her acting as if a long-distance relationship doesn't...well, that it doesn't "count". Forgive me if I'm sounding really stupid and naive at the moment, but that's the part that bothered me. She was harping on how she had been in one in her college days and is mad for having passed up opportunities to go out with guys.
There is a difference between what she's thinking and what I'm thinking. I'm not talking about technology or anything like that. She's thinking that, because I'm in this relationship, that I will reject any guy that wants to be my friend. If a guy asks me to the movies or anything, I'll go, because I see no potential of a relationship coming from something so simple. If, however, a guy is hanging around me a lot and doing such things, then I'll throw out the rejection notice. Not like that's going to happen I AM SO NEGATIVE I'M SORRY.
I like having male friends, because I can't stand the drama of all females. I look at the fact that the only friends I've kept since sixth grade are Lorenza, my best friend, and Ryu. I know how to interact and behave around guys and feel comfortable around them.
What really set my mom at ease, though, was the fact that I not only was able to answer all her questions (which wasn't a lot, just the basics), but I was very honest with it. I said I would not care in the least if she wanted to talk to him and would very much like her to meet him (which she will come September), which is something she really liked and I think was taken aback by. I just don't see this chance coming up very often - I once said that my boyfriend would have to be a geek. Not only that, but he'd have to like anime, video games, and MST3K (the third being a bonus). I consider it good fortune that not only is Kast all three, but funny, smart, and well, good looking. ._.;
- Youmacon planning occurred after Movie Sign last night. Holy crap am I excited.
I had a dream that I was in my backroom and "Oh My, Plotholes" was ranked #100. Considering it tends to not move beyond 30 or so even after a dry spell, I was very confused. But then I actually woke up and refreshed my backroom, only to get a Fire...
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What is it with me and archive digging? Yesterday I did it over at the Watercooler, and today I looked through Shin's archives over at The Fighting Mongooses. (I was amused to learn I've been following Shiggy since about page 44.) I have intentions of writing an "Ode to Chat" when the one-year anniversary of said website function comes to pass, and reading the archives reminded me of the whole "Olympic" thing. I believe it was SomeGuy who had the mirror set-up in order to be on the computer and still watch the games.
Anyways.
Shin's a movie guy, which is something I wish I could do. Regardless, me seeing his movie posts reminded me of a project I had planned for this summer. Now that vacation is out of the way, I can actually get cracking and doing it!
I want to watch movies this summer. But I don't just mean any movies, I mean flicks that are regarded as things people should see. I'm way behind on pop culture for the mere fact that me and my family just don't go to the movies (and even if I'm with friends, I go maybe once a year). I asked around school a little and the only help I got was from my band director, who suggested three movies. I've got five: 2001: A Space Odyssey, Princess Bride, Dark Crystal, Momento, and Across the Universe. I'm aiming for 20 and seeing how far I can get.
So if I actually get around to doing it (thinking of just going the NetFlix route for the summer), I'll probably do one of those weekly-posts kinda dealio. Merrruh. Lo and behold, I actually did it right after writing this post. I'm kicking it off with 2001, which my mom is wondering what's wrong with me for wanting to watch it.
Now, Waffles and I have to marathon and beat Fable 2... Did that. I knew the game wouldn't be very fulfilling, but still, the ending was a bit more hollow than I expected.
Edit: Here's the queue thus far, in no particular order
1.) 2001: A Space Odyssey
2.) WALL-E
3.) The Princess Bride
4.) The Dark Crystal
5.) Memento
6.) Across the Universe
7.) Ed Wood
8.) Dr. Strangelove
9.) Broadway Danny Rose
10.) Plan 9 from Outer Space
Well, the first run-through of the Rifftakus was AWESOME. We had a fantastic first group run-through, much better than I thought it would be. XD The jokes were rolling and so over-satured that by the time we got to the later parts, we were panicking at the fact that jokes weren't made every millisecond.
AND NEHS MADE A THEME SONG. YEAH. SHIT SON. We're going to tweak it some more, BUT C'MON THAT'S SO AWESOME AWESOME.
In different news:
I got a letter from the NIU testing department with the results of my English placement. Well, I apparently tested so well that all I have to do is take English 105 and I'll have completed their English core competency requirements! WOOH! Furthermore, I found out that the only way to get into English 105 was by testing into it.
Though...I learned that I cannot use my AP grade to get out of it. 8| AP scores can only get you out of English 104 or lower. Oh well, testing was my fallback in case I bombed the AP test, so it works.
And as for math, well, I got a "B", which means I didn't bomb it. XD So yeah.
PAK'S WORLD, HE'S THE MAAAAAN~!
Art rage is not pretty.
I've known for a few days that I did not get the NIU art scholarship. What I did not know are the scores.
Well, I got 'em. In fact, what they mailed were all the scores, with your name being the only score set labeled.
I received a 105. The bottom score was a 89, the top was a 172.
I am...undeniably pissed off right now. Like, pure white hot fury pissed off. What probably happened was that my pieces were not the kind of thing they were thinking of. The judges were most likely art snobs - or, in other words, people who think photography is pure and paintings are godly.
I'm glad to be home, but not to this.
