Thursday, June 30, 2016
Week: 46
Songs to Remember: Main Theme - Persona 5 OST
Okay so, woke up at 8:00 AM, "Uber'd" for the first time today, got to the convention center at 10:00 AM, waited in line 'till 12:20 PM to get our badges, ventured into a shopping center plaza place and ate pizza for lunch at 2:30 PM. Then, finally getting a Lyft ride back home by 3:00 PM.
So yeah, we don't need adults, we ARE adults, heh. But seriously, scariest part was when I was trying to request an Uber ride and it saying "Sorry for the wait" and "Could not access funds." My connection was fine, app was just being shit. Like, I couldn't even sign into my cousin's Uber app for some reason. I used Lyft and it worked easily.
Also with the discount code, the ride back was only $6 (the Uber ride to the convention was free since it was the first ride). Umm, other interesting stuff included: our other cousin being in line. She was with her boyfriend, they were actually behind us in line. I didn't notice them until I saw them when we were crossing lines. Did not expect to see her there.
We ran into a scammer who brought the race card into it, aaand yeah. Tomorrow we're getting a ride to the convention by our older cousin (not the one we saw in line), aaand Saturday as well. Sunday is gonna be ehhh. Tomorrow will be hype since we'll be cosplaying (for the most part), Saturday will be extremely hype 'cause that's when all the good events.
And my cousin finally got his straps to fit together. You know, for his Attack On Titan Cosplay. Ummm, this whole post was pretty much a mess, it'll make more sense on Snapchat and Instagram, more specifically Instagram because I've now found a reason to use it: for memorable events, like, conventions. And, shit. Well alright, 11:15 PM, uhhh see ya.
Thursday, June 30, 2016
Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Wednesday, June 29, 2016 "Movie Nothing."
Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Week: 46
Songs to Remember: Lay Your Hands On Me - Boom Boom Satellites
Okay, for today it was "Rush Hour 3," "The Boy," and "10 Cloverfield Lane."
Tomorrow is day 0 of Anime Expo, aka, badge pickup day. Umm, lines are probably gonna be pretty long. The site says that it "starts" at 12:00 PM, but most likely they'll start earlier, because the earlier they start it, the earlier people can go home. So we're gonna have to wake up at 8:00 AM, eat, prep, get our Uber ride by 9:30 AM and get to the convention center by 10:00 AM.
Uhhhh, hopefully we don't get there too early because being too early is gonna be kinda weird. After we get our badges, well head on over to a mall near there to just, beat some time and well, make our ride worth it. It's currently 10:10 PM, did not watch 10 Cloverfield Lane yet, but will, as in, right now. After that, watch some more Kiznaiver episodes, and just hope to the Lord that I'll be able to muster enough hype to wake up early tomorrow. See ya. Oh yeah, almost forgot, the result for the KDT theme suggestion was "Light vs. Dark." The cabinet and I discussed ideas and songs and whatnot. Okay, now see ya.
EDIT: Finished watching Cloverfield Lane, godamn was it good. There was a ton of suspense, no "cheap" scares, nice tension, the ending was sorta disappointing but overall, not bad not bad.
EDIT: Finished watching Cloverfield Lane, godamn was it good. There was a ton of suspense, no "cheap" scares, nice tension, the ending was sorta disappointing but overall, not bad not bad.
Tuesday, June 28, 2016
Tuesday, June 28, 2016 "Zootopia: Resurgence."
Tuesday, June 28, 2016
Week: 46
Songs to Remember: Fantasy Girl - Cando
Another day, another movie watched, about 2 to be exact, both " Independence Day: Resurgence" and "Zootopia."
Independence Day was pretty nice. The beginning was pretty, Chinese related. Like, ranging from the sponsors and advertisements, to, how a guy was trying to learn Chinese to impress that Chinese female pilot. No reason to make it so focused on China, over, well, the U.S. The rest of the movie was alright, especially the homages and nods to the original. Uhhh, overall, not as great as the first but, not bad. As for Zootopia, it had a nice charm to it. I actually have not watched Zootopia, at all, had no idea what the plot was until today.
What was really moving (sorta) in Zootopia was how everybody was fucking racist as hell, like, seriously? And also the bootleg references to stuff like other Disney/ Pixar movies and whatnot. Uhhh, but not bad. We watched Independence Day in the theaters near the house, it was not that great of a theater, definitely the lowest quality but, what'd you expect? The tickets themselves were of paper quality (literally, like, receipt paper) aaand the seats were pretty flat, not really any elevation at all between rows. But, the ticket was $5, and the theater room was essentially empty, there were only like, 5 other people there. So nothing really to complain about.
For Zootopia we watched it in the comfort of our room, on a streaming site, same for pretty much all the other movies we've watched so far here. We then went to stores and picked up some snacks to pretty much hopefully last us for the rest of the time we're staying here. Um, we found out our cousin is arriving (and picking us up) for Saturday, Day 2, of Anime Expo. Which means, we're Ubering Thursday, Day 0, to pick up our tickets. And if it ain't for all this hype, I don't think I'll be able to wake up on the days of Anime Expo.
The whole time since I've been here, I've been having some crazy-ass dreams (like old times), as well as some some sore hips from sleeping on the floor (my choice, and it straightens my back), aaand, really hard troubles waking up. Like, I look at the time and it's like 8:00 AM, 9:00 AM, 10:00 AM, holy fuck, they're like hours earlier than I usually wake up for the summer. My younger cousin usually wakes up at around 8:00 AM and watches YouTube videos and shit, but I've been trained to sleep through that.
And my cousin did get his Cosplay package today after we got home, the straps that those attackers wear in "Attack on Titan." Yeah the instructions were just shit so, he just followed a tutorial online, which, was still fairly difficult. And now, after watching several ChonnyDay Japan vlogs ina row, we're watching Zombieland. It's 9:12 PM, I still need to watch 7 more episodes of Kiznaiver, see ya.
EDIT: So apparently I ended this post too early because we watched SpiderMan (the original) too. Just wanted to mention that, and it's 12:36 AM. See ya.
Week: 46
Songs to Remember: Fantasy Girl - Cando
Another day, another movie watched, about 2 to be exact, both " Independence Day: Resurgence" and "Zootopia."
Independence Day was pretty nice. The beginning was pretty, Chinese related. Like, ranging from the sponsors and advertisements, to, how a guy was trying to learn Chinese to impress that Chinese female pilot. No reason to make it so focused on China, over, well, the U.S. The rest of the movie was alright, especially the homages and nods to the original. Uhhh, overall, not as great as the first but, not bad. As for Zootopia, it had a nice charm to it. I actually have not watched Zootopia, at all, had no idea what the plot was until today.
What was really moving (sorta) in Zootopia was how everybody was fucking racist as hell, like, seriously? And also the bootleg references to stuff like other Disney/ Pixar movies and whatnot. Uhhh, but not bad. We watched Independence Day in the theaters near the house, it was not that great of a theater, definitely the lowest quality but, what'd you expect? The tickets themselves were of paper quality (literally, like, receipt paper) aaand the seats were pretty flat, not really any elevation at all between rows. But, the ticket was $5, and the theater room was essentially empty, there were only like, 5 other people there. So nothing really to complain about.
For Zootopia we watched it in the comfort of our room, on a streaming site, same for pretty much all the other movies we've watched so far here. We then went to stores and picked up some snacks to pretty much hopefully last us for the rest of the time we're staying here. Um, we found out our cousin is arriving (and picking us up) for Saturday, Day 2, of Anime Expo. Which means, we're Ubering Thursday, Day 0, to pick up our tickets. And if it ain't for all this hype, I don't think I'll be able to wake up on the days of Anime Expo.
The whole time since I've been here, I've been having some crazy-ass dreams (like old times), as well as some some sore hips from sleeping on the floor (my choice, and it straightens my back), aaand, really hard troubles waking up. Like, I look at the time and it's like 8:00 AM, 9:00 AM, 10:00 AM, holy fuck, they're like hours earlier than I usually wake up for the summer. My younger cousin usually wakes up at around 8:00 AM and watches YouTube videos and shit, but I've been trained to sleep through that.
And my cousin did get his Cosplay package today after we got home, the straps that those attackers wear in "Attack on Titan." Yeah the instructions were just shit so, he just followed a tutorial online, which, was still fairly difficult. And now, after watching several ChonnyDay Japan vlogs ina row, we're watching Zombieland. It's 9:12 PM, I still need to watch 7 more episodes of Kiznaiver, see ya.
EDIT: So apparently I ended this post too early because we watched SpiderMan (the original) too. Just wanted to mention that, and it's 12:36 AM. See ya.
Monday, June 27, 2016
Monday, June 27, 2016 "An Experience I've Already Experienced."
Monday, June 27, 2016
Week: 46
Songs to Remember: Young Forever - BTS
To be honest today was pretty fucking hot, especially in the afternoon when we were watching "Scary Movie 5."
Before that, we were watching "The PuThe: Anarchy," and just about an hour ago, we were watching "Dirty Grandpa" (seriously one the worst movies I've ever watched, also I think Zac Effron probably got a salary larger than the movie's budget). So for today, that was basically it, we just watched movies in our room, here at my grandmother's house, in LA.
Lucky for me, I got something else to talk about. So I recently discovered this girl's Cosplay page again on Instagram's Discovery tab. She goes to my school, known her for a while (even have her added on Facebook), never actually talked to her, met her for once at Fanime (didn't actually talk to her, was just about 3 feet away from her at one point), avid cosplayer (really really avid), Dp (I just remembered that I used the initials of Dn for that one person from 100% Chance of Bad. Ya'll know who it was) is our mutual friend, and uhh, yeah, that's the back story. I found her Instagram, err, her Cosplay Instagram to be exact, aaand followed it. Okay, good so far. On it has her Snapchat name. I was thinking "She has her Snapchat name posted on her public page, it's logical to infer that people adding her would be okay."
So I add her. Ummm, looked at her Snapchat story and it's literally what she just posted on her Instagram, about 20 minutes ago when I last looked at it. Recently (by that I mean today, like, I don't know, a few hours after I added her on Snapchat), I see that she removed me. Un-add, whatever it's called. Aaand that's what inspired me to talk about this shit on here. Now I ain't gonna be an ass and add her again after she removed me, it actually kinda pissed me off. I had like a "*gasp* Rude!" impression after I found out.
But then I remembered that there's a "Remove friend" option for a reason, and that was probably because she didn't know me, and my current Snapchat stories most likely didn't help. So yeah, I'm resolved about it now, I just wanna use this experience (really Drew? A person removing you on Snapchat as an experience? Yeah it's an experience, don't worry) to remind myself (or if I don't already know, enlighten then) that you shouldn't let yourself be affected too much by something as STUPID as a social media removal, that it's just one person, one person that you, you don't even really- you never even fucking talked to! It's so minute that there is no reason, no reason at all, to be upset about.
And there you have it, a lesson learned. Was it really necessary? No, but, for me- wait, didn't this fucking happen to me twice already? I even fucking remember who. Uhhh, huh. Well, those whole 2 paragraphs were pretty much for naught, ummm, I guess I didn't learn my lesson the first 2 times, because I clearly, clearly demonstrated that I did not learn from my experiences (2, count 'em, 2). Third time's the charm then I guess.
And Drew, if you really wanna feel better about yourself, just think about how you get to go to Anime Expo and she won't, heh. Not meant to be mean, just meant to, up my self-esteem, which, not gonna lie, sorta fucking low, heh. Anyways, my cousin's cosplay package is coming tomorrow, uhhh, maybe gonna go watch "Independence Day: Resurgence," aaand, miscellaneous stuff. Oh yeah and I did get finished with that schedule for Anime Expo, it actually took me a while because I missed the "11:00 AM" time, twice, on Google Sheets, and I, for one, am not really experienced with Excel or Sheets, aaand I had to do it all on mobile. Alrighty, see ya.
Week: 46
Songs to Remember: Young Forever - BTS
To be honest today was pretty fucking hot, especially in the afternoon when we were watching "Scary Movie 5."
Before that, we were watching "The PuThe: Anarchy," and just about an hour ago, we were watching "Dirty Grandpa" (seriously one the worst movies I've ever watched, also I think Zac Effron probably got a salary larger than the movie's budget). So for today, that was basically it, we just watched movies in our room, here at my grandmother's house, in LA.
Lucky for me, I got something else to talk about. So I recently discovered this girl's Cosplay page again on Instagram's Discovery tab. She goes to my school, known her for a while (even have her added on Facebook), never actually talked to her, met her for once at Fanime (didn't actually talk to her, was just about 3 feet away from her at one point), avid cosplayer (really really avid), Dp (I just remembered that I used the initials of Dn for that one person from 100% Chance of Bad. Ya'll know who it was) is our mutual friend, and uhh, yeah, that's the back story. I found her Instagram, err, her Cosplay Instagram to be exact, aaand followed it. Okay, good so far. On it has her Snapchat name. I was thinking "She has her Snapchat name posted on her public page, it's logical to infer that people adding her would be okay."
So I add her. Ummm, looked at her Snapchat story and it's literally what she just posted on her Instagram, about 20 minutes ago when I last looked at it. Recently (by that I mean today, like, I don't know, a few hours after I added her on Snapchat), I see that she removed me. Un-add, whatever it's called. Aaand that's what inspired me to talk about this shit on here. Now I ain't gonna be an ass and add her again after she removed me, it actually kinda pissed me off. I had like a "*gasp* Rude!" impression after I found out.
But then I remembered that there's a "Remove friend" option for a reason, and that was probably because she didn't know me, and my current Snapchat stories most likely didn't help. So yeah, I'm resolved about it now, I just wanna use this experience (really Drew? A person removing you on Snapchat as an experience? Yeah it's an experience, don't worry) to remind myself (or if I don't already know, enlighten then) that you shouldn't let yourself be affected too much by something as STUPID as a social media removal, that it's just one person, one person that you, you don't even really- you never even fucking talked to! It's so minute that there is no reason, no reason at all, to be upset about.
And there you have it, a lesson learned. Was it really necessary? No, but, for me- wait, didn't this fucking happen to me twice already? I even fucking remember who. Uhhh, huh. Well, those whole 2 paragraphs were pretty much for naught, ummm, I guess I didn't learn my lesson the first 2 times, because I clearly, clearly demonstrated that I did not learn from my experiences (2, count 'em, 2). Third time's the charm then I guess.
And Drew, if you really wanna feel better about yourself, just think about how you get to go to Anime Expo and she won't, heh. Not meant to be mean, just meant to, up my self-esteem, which, not gonna lie, sorta fucking low, heh. Anyways, my cousin's cosplay package is coming tomorrow, uhhh, maybe gonna go watch "Independence Day: Resurgence," aaand, miscellaneous stuff. Oh yeah and I did get finished with that schedule for Anime Expo, it actually took me a while because I missed the "11:00 AM" time, twice, on Google Sheets, and I, for one, am not really experienced with Excel or Sheets, aaand I had to do it all on mobile. Alrighty, see ya.
Sunday, June 26, 2016 "A Day in LA: Day 0."
Sunday, June 26, 2016
Week: 45
Songs to Remember: Lay Your Hands On Me - Boom Boom Satellites
So to sum up the day, I spent 6 hours on a bus-ride. It wasn't as long as I remembered it, considering how I spend about 2/5 of the ride asleep and about 2/5 of the ride watching 4 episodes of "Kiznaiver." Yeah, I got really tired after watching 4 episodes, not because it was boring (which it wasn't), in fact, I really really like it and the premise, but because watching 100 minutes in anime episodes is kinda draining, especially on a moving vehicle where you're sitting in a sorta uncomfortable position.
We got dropped off as usual to this one supermarket where we waited, shopped, and finally got to our destination (our as in my cousins and I), our grandmother's house. From there, just watching random videos, Battlebots, iDubbbzTV, and whatnot.
I'm writing this at 12:14 AM, around 10 minutes after we finished watching "Independence Day" (the first one, from 1996, which is apparently 2 hours long). Tomorrow, uh, not sure what we're doing tomorrow really. Maybe go watch a movie in the theaters close to us (aka, walking distance). I know for sure that I am going to wanna start on that fucking Anime Expo schedule that I always talk about. Anyways, see ya.
Week: 45
Songs to Remember: Lay Your Hands On Me - Boom Boom Satellites
So to sum up the day, I spent 6 hours on a bus-ride. It wasn't as long as I remembered it, considering how I spend about 2/5 of the ride asleep and about 2/5 of the ride watching 4 episodes of "Kiznaiver." Yeah, I got really tired after watching 4 episodes, not because it was boring (which it wasn't), in fact, I really really like it and the premise, but because watching 100 minutes in anime episodes is kinda draining, especially on a moving vehicle where you're sitting in a sorta uncomfortable position.
We got dropped off as usual to this one supermarket where we waited, shopped, and finally got to our destination (our as in my cousins and I), our grandmother's house. From there, just watching random videos, Battlebots, iDubbbzTV, and whatnot.
I'm writing this at 12:14 AM, around 10 minutes after we finished watching "Independence Day" (the first one, from 1996, which is apparently 2 hours long). Tomorrow, uh, not sure what we're doing tomorrow really. Maybe go watch a movie in the theaters close to us (aka, walking distance). I know for sure that I am going to wanna start on that fucking Anime Expo schedule that I always talk about. Anyways, see ya.
Sunday, June 26, 2016
Saturday, June 25, 2016 "Packing and Theming."
Saturday, June 25, 2016
Week: 45
Songs to Remember: One Way - JJCC
Hello hello, would you look at the time... it's 10:19 PM. Normally I'd stay up later than this, but I'ma have to wake up as early as school-time tomorrow.
And that's for the, ehhh, 6-hour bus ride to LA. More specifically, to a supermarket, in which my mom, me, and my cousins will be picked up by my uncle, in which he'll drop us off out our grandmother's house, in which my cousins and I will stay for, the rest of our time here. In LA. So today was just some small Destiny gameplay, nothing much else.
I got most stuff packed, just missing the small things and making sure that I do not forget, anything. What would really suck is bringing a huge, delicate PS4, only to forget the power supply cable. Not like that has ever happened to me, but I do not want it to, heh. Oh and no, my cousins did not come over today, they actually just, stayed home, like me, and will be arriving at the bus stop tomorrow, same time as my mom and I.
And these buses aren't like the regular buses, these are like, the "low-fare" travel buses. Vietnamese, low-fare travel buses. That's, that's literally what they're called, heh. Something random, uh, and interesting thing I learned yesterday was that the "boy scouts" my mom tried applying me to back in, oh, 2010, was actually "TNTT," aka "Eucharistic Vietnamese scouts"... for youth. I realized it because the uniforms are like, button-up short-sleeved shirt with a colored neckerchief, tie, thing (I don't know what they're called).
So yeah, that's a thing. Umm, some thing I forgot, uhhhhh. Not the thing I wanted to talk about, but, my buddies went to the movies, they movie-hopped 3 movies, which is pretty nice. I was planning on going, but my parents were out grocery shopping, and, I had planned for my cousins to arrive at my house but they never did. So, there's that.Also, voting for 2017 Lunar Show theme's started. The themes to vote for are "Jailbreak Storyline," "Greasers vs. Socs," "Stages of Getting Over An Ex," "Good Girls/ Boys Gone Bad," "Dark Concept," "Retro Concept," "Light vs. Dark," "Spatial Rend" (I was joking about using the Pokemon move, but I guess it's taken seriously now, heh), and "KDT At the Circus."
Most of themes are alright, I wished I had submitted more because currently, all the themes are hard to really, what's the word? Detail? For the Greasers vs. Socs one, it's eh, ya know. Jailbreak is sorta similar to the "Misconduct" theme that we previously just did. The Good Girls/ Bad Boys one is sorta cliche, I'd like something less, common. That leaves my idea (of which, I'm fine not going with, it doesn't matter to me if it's picked or not, it's more of a "if people find it interesting and want to do it, go ahead"), the Dark concept, the Light vs. Dark concept, and the Retro concept. Yes, I did pick the Dark and the Light vs. Dark ones because of the generability of them (which is apparently not a word. "Generability." Generality? Apparently that's a word).
You can do so many songs with those themes, whereas, with stuff like "Spatial Rend," only a select few, relevant/ practical songs, can be done with those themes. And godamn, I wanna do some songs that don't fit in with Spatial fucking Rend, heh. Oh yeah, finally remembered what I forgot. Tomorrow is a 6-hour long ride, so I either gotta sleep, or use the time to watch some fucking anime or movies. And so, I gotta download some movies and episodes. That's it, gonna be a long, long day tomorrow. See ya.
Week: 45
Songs to Remember: One Way - JJCC
Hello hello, would you look at the time... it's 10:19 PM. Normally I'd stay up later than this, but I'ma have to wake up as early as school-time tomorrow.
And that's for the, ehhh, 6-hour bus ride to LA. More specifically, to a supermarket, in which my mom, me, and my cousins will be picked up by my uncle, in which he'll drop us off out our grandmother's house, in which my cousins and I will stay for, the rest of our time here. In LA. So today was just some small Destiny gameplay, nothing much else.
I got most stuff packed, just missing the small things and making sure that I do not forget, anything. What would really suck is bringing a huge, delicate PS4, only to forget the power supply cable. Not like that has ever happened to me, but I do not want it to, heh. Oh and no, my cousins did not come over today, they actually just, stayed home, like me, and will be arriving at the bus stop tomorrow, same time as my mom and I.
And these buses aren't like the regular buses, these are like, the "low-fare" travel buses. Vietnamese, low-fare travel buses. That's, that's literally what they're called, heh. Something random, uh, and interesting thing I learned yesterday was that the "boy scouts" my mom tried applying me to back in, oh, 2010, was actually "TNTT," aka "Eucharistic Vietnamese scouts"... for youth. I realized it because the uniforms are like, button-up short-sleeved shirt with a colored neckerchief, tie, thing (I don't know what they're called).
So yeah, that's a thing. Umm, some thing I forgot, uhhhhh. Not the thing I wanted to talk about, but, my buddies went to the movies, they movie-hopped 3 movies, which is pretty nice. I was planning on going, but my parents were out grocery shopping, and, I had planned for my cousins to arrive at my house but they never did. So, there's that.Also, voting for 2017 Lunar Show theme's started. The themes to vote for are "Jailbreak Storyline," "Greasers vs. Socs," "Stages of Getting Over An Ex," "Good Girls/ Boys Gone Bad," "Dark Concept," "Retro Concept," "Light vs. Dark," "Spatial Rend" (I was joking about using the Pokemon move, but I guess it's taken seriously now, heh), and "KDT At the Circus."
Most of themes are alright, I wished I had submitted more because currently, all the themes are hard to really, what's the word? Detail? For the Greasers vs. Socs one, it's eh, ya know. Jailbreak is sorta similar to the "Misconduct" theme that we previously just did. The Good Girls/ Bad Boys one is sorta cliche, I'd like something less, common. That leaves my idea (of which, I'm fine not going with, it doesn't matter to me if it's picked or not, it's more of a "if people find it interesting and want to do it, go ahead"), the Dark concept, the Light vs. Dark concept, and the Retro concept. Yes, I did pick the Dark and the Light vs. Dark ones because of the generability of them (which is apparently not a word. "Generability." Generality? Apparently that's a word).
You can do so many songs with those themes, whereas, with stuff like "Spatial Rend," only a select few, relevant/ practical songs, can be done with those themes. And godamn, I wanna do some songs that don't fit in with Spatial fucking Rend, heh. Oh yeah, finally remembered what I forgot. Tomorrow is a 6-hour long ride, so I either gotta sleep, or use the time to watch some fucking anime or movies. And so, I gotta download some movies and episodes. That's it, gonna be a long, long day tomorrow. See ya.
Friday, June 24, 2016
Friday, June 24, 2016 "Quality Down, Hype Up."
Friday, June 24, 2016
Week: 45
Songs to Remember: Save Me - BTS
Man, who knew sitting in one spot could be so tiring. I wake up at 11:30 AM, sometimes 11:00 AM if I'm motivated enough, and stay up 'till about 2:30 AM.
So to be honest I've actually been uh, procrastinating on that schedule I've always talked about. It's not like it's bad, I mean, still got about a week 'till Anime Expo actually starts. But like, for something I'm excited for, motivated for, you'd think I'd get it done quickly right. Guess not this time, I think it's because of how I've been accustomed to "extreme floor potato Drew."
Anyways, today was just Destiny, vanilla Destiny, with my cousin. And Skype. No Discord. And yes, the Discord and cast group chat "ban" has been lifted for quite a while now, just wanted to make it clear just in case there were any misunderstandings. Umm, still need to pack my bags for the ride to LA Sunday, as well as download some movies or shit to watch. My cousin's coming over tomorrow, planning to make some purchases for Anime Expo uhhh, what's the word? Rides? Oh, transportation, there we go.
In other news, a KDT member apparently found a clip of our school's 2010 Lunar Show in a Korean talk show thing. The talk show episode aired in September 2014 called "Hidden Singer," 3rd season, episode 8, featuring Taeyon of SNSD, where they talk about how when their hit "Gee" came out, everybody was parodying it and covering. They then showed multiple clips (about 1 second each) and one of those was our school's 2010 Lunar Show performance, where uh, maybe the Korean club or something (it was all guys doing the dance, so, it's like parodying how the song's done by girls), performing "Gee."
I thought that was pretty cool. It's not like anybody will be able to recognize it (for this circumstance, I guess but, what are the chances?), but it's neat that, hey, people from across the world has seen something in which you are related to in some way. Like, "Hey, that's my school I go to." Just something interesting. Uhhhhh, for reals, I don't like the quality of my posts during the pre-seasons. Why? I don't put as much effort in them as much as regular series posts. Why? Because I'm usually always either have nothing "interesting" to talk about, or, I'm too tired from too much adventuring and fun, that I just want to go to sleep, or, lie down as I currently do. And sleep.
Right now the KDT cabinet's discussing about future songs for 2017 Lunar Show, what dances we think performers can pull off (not in a mean way but by a practical standpoint) aaand the survey for theme suggestions, how we're ending it tonight, posting a poll for the suggestions tomorrow on the official member page. Dn (you know) said that there would be "summer training" for us new KDT cabinet people. I'm not sure when that's happening, hopefully not in the next couple weeks 'cause I will be in the area for that, uhh, either they plan it sometime else or, video-chat me, heh.
Well alright, nice quality post for once, for the next, uhhh, week, the quality of posts will go down (due to busy-ness, and party-ness) and the hype will go up. It's 11:27 PM, see ya.
Thursday, June 23, 2016
Thursday, June 23, 2016 "Vanilla Destiny."
Thursday, June 23, 2016
Week: 45
Songs to Remember: Pumped up Kicks (Bridge and Law Remix) - Foster the People
Now that I feel less sleepy and tired, I can now do a nice update post.
This whole week has just been, relaxing; At least, that's what I think the goal is. Yesterday was pretty much what I summarized in the last post. The cast and I did a lot of "Mafia" play. umm, especially with this one dude who was with his family and sharing the pool with us (it was a private pool meant for people living in the neighborhood).
I think I said this in the last post but we attempted to fucking, get up on each other's shoulders and do "chicken fights." You know, like, you try to knock each other off. Yeah, heh, I just went along with it. Uhhh, oh yeah, so for today it was the season 2 premier of "Battlebots." I'd say about half the show was commercial breaks, so much that my cousin and I were able to complete strikes and missions in between. I'm not even kidding, the whole premier was 2 hours long, and I think the show-time totaled up to about an hour, around there.
But nonetheless, it was alright. I did not, however, like how they showed so many fucking summaries of battles, especially ones involving people's favorites from last season. Like, they seriously just summarized Stinger vs. Nightmare? C'mon now. I think the worst part of it all was when they literally showed like 5 minutes of summaries, and then went commercial break. It was break, summaries, and then break again. Jesus.
Other than that, my cousin and I found something different to do. I logged on back to Destiny (after having to re-download it) and tried to see how far I could get by doing just vanilla Destiny, with no DLC. What's funny is that when I first got Destiny, it was $60. Now, it's only $40, and, it even comes with all the current DLC, plus boosters so you could advance past the beginner tutorial grinds even faster than before.
Yeah I know it's kinda pointless to even be doing shit in Destiny without DLC, but, I like achieving stuff, so if I do max out on vanilla Destiny, I'll be satisfied. Anyways, tomorrow, for sure, I'll get started on the schedule for Anime Expo. I gotta add the "Keep a look out for" list because apparently LilyPichu is going to be going, and I do want pictures with anybody famous there, or at least, internet famous. Still counts, heh.
And as for music, still can't find any real good amount of music, still listening to, old stuff. Really, really need to find new songs for the new series, of which, the name is still unknown. Well that's it for now. It's 10:52 PM, see ya.
Week: 45
Songs to Remember: Pumped up Kicks (Bridge and Law Remix) - Foster the People
Now that I feel less sleepy and tired, I can now do a nice update post.
This whole week has just been, relaxing; At least, that's what I think the goal is. Yesterday was pretty much what I summarized in the last post. The cast and I did a lot of "Mafia" play. umm, especially with this one dude who was with his family and sharing the pool with us (it was a private pool meant for people living in the neighborhood).
I think I said this in the last post but we attempted to fucking, get up on each other's shoulders and do "chicken fights." You know, like, you try to knock each other off. Yeah, heh, I just went along with it. Uhhh, oh yeah, so for today it was the season 2 premier of "Battlebots." I'd say about half the show was commercial breaks, so much that my cousin and I were able to complete strikes and missions in between. I'm not even kidding, the whole premier was 2 hours long, and I think the show-time totaled up to about an hour, around there.
But nonetheless, it was alright. I did not, however, like how they showed so many fucking summaries of battles, especially ones involving people's favorites from last season. Like, they seriously just summarized Stinger vs. Nightmare? C'mon now. I think the worst part of it all was when they literally showed like 5 minutes of summaries, and then went commercial break. It was break, summaries, and then break again. Jesus.
Other than that, my cousin and I found something different to do. I logged on back to Destiny (after having to re-download it) and tried to see how far I could get by doing just vanilla Destiny, with no DLC. What's funny is that when I first got Destiny, it was $60. Now, it's only $40, and, it even comes with all the current DLC, plus boosters so you could advance past the beginner tutorial grinds even faster than before.
Yeah I know it's kinda pointless to even be doing shit in Destiny without DLC, but, I like achieving stuff, so if I do max out on vanilla Destiny, I'll be satisfied. Anyways, tomorrow, for sure, I'll get started on the schedule for Anime Expo. I gotta add the "Keep a look out for" list because apparently LilyPichu is going to be going, and I do want pictures with anybody famous there, or at least, internet famous. Still counts, heh.
And as for music, still can't find any real good amount of music, still listening to, old stuff. Really, really need to find new songs for the new series, of which, the name is still unknown. Well that's it for now. It's 10:52 PM, see ya.
Wednesday, June 22, 2016
Wednesday, June 22, 2016 "Only Swim."
Wednesday, June 22, 2016
Week: 45
Songs to Remember: Lucky One - EXO
Alright so I basically did the usual, but I swam today.with the cast, the whole cast in fact, from around 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM. We essentially just played rounds and rounds of shit "Mafia," and that was it. Now it's 9:52 PM, I pretty much ready to accept the sweet endearing benefits of sleep, but then I took a look at the KDT chat and it's people asking for people to play League.
Anyways, probably gonna play a game or two before bed, because I am really, really tired. Tomorrow is the Season 2 premier of Battlebots, and that's it. Okay, see ya.
Tuesday, June 21, 2016 "Thoughts of the Future."
Tuesday, June 21, 2016
Week: 45
Songs to Remember: Lucky One - EXO
Alrighty, it is June 21st, meaning that June is almost over which means summer is ending already, meaning one day closer to me having to work on the actual fucking math packet.
And also, one day closer to going "swimming" with the cast at this one pool. Umm, it was suggested by DrewN and Ag for us to go swimming. The date set for that is June 22nd, aka, tomorrow. The pool place is a like a private/public pool near DrewN's house.
I'm not sure if I'ma actually go like, "swim," swimming. I might just lounge around or, waddle my feet in the water, or, just flip water bottles in the hopes that they balance once they hit the ground. Either ways, at least I'll be hanging out with the whole cast.
So what's new really new today? Well for starters, Taco Bell gave out free tacos today. Not just any tacos either, they were Doritos Locos tacos, meaning they were fucking bomb. Didn't eat them today though, I'm suspecting it'll be my lunch for tomorrow and maybe the day after. Umm, something surprising (unrelated to tacos of course) was that my mom asked me if I was fine with a dog. She said she saw this cute little chihuahua at this adoption center thing. If I was fine, you know, taking it for exercise in the backyard and shit each day, etc, then, we'd get a dog.
I think it's probably because my grandmother has since gotten 2 cats, which has kept her company in the garden for around, I'd say a year now, not sure exactly when she got the first one, and my mom and my grandmother often exchange conversations every now and then. I looked up a bit about chihuahuas myself because, I don't even know if I'm ready for a dog, heh. Maybe with a cat it might be different since all they do is walk, sleep, and lounge all day, and are mostly silent. I imagine that with a chihuahua, it would bark every time the doorbell rings like when I was at Jb's house, heh.
I don't know. If my mom wants one, like, really wants one, hey, I'd be fine with it. It'd give me another presence to narrate my gameplays to, or something. That reminds me, I had a dream last night about classmates, which means that I'ma soon be dreaming 'bout school and shit, which is not good. Remember when I had all those dreams about classmates and school? Not good, I can tell ya that, heh.
Other things that happened today include videos, refreshing, games, Discord, Skype, the usual. I'ma have to start prepping for the party hype train when it nears Friday, because once my cousins come down to my house on Saturday, I don't think I can sleep for the next... week or so. Literally, I can't really sleep if there's a presence in my room, I like being alone at night, heh. Okay, that's enough for now, it's 12:17 AM, see ya.
Week: 45
Songs to Remember: Lucky One - EXO
Alrighty, it is June 21st, meaning that June is almost over which means summer is ending already, meaning one day closer to me having to work on the actual fucking math packet.
And also, one day closer to going "swimming" with the cast at this one pool. Umm, it was suggested by DrewN and Ag for us to go swimming. The date set for that is June 22nd, aka, tomorrow. The pool place is a like a private/public pool near DrewN's house.
I'm not sure if I'ma actually go like, "swim," swimming. I might just lounge around or, waddle my feet in the water, or, just flip water bottles in the hopes that they balance once they hit the ground. Either ways, at least I'll be hanging out with the whole cast.
So what's new really new today? Well for starters, Taco Bell gave out free tacos today. Not just any tacos either, they were Doritos Locos tacos, meaning they were fucking bomb. Didn't eat them today though, I'm suspecting it'll be my lunch for tomorrow and maybe the day after. Umm, something surprising (unrelated to tacos of course) was that my mom asked me if I was fine with a dog. She said she saw this cute little chihuahua at this adoption center thing. If I was fine, you know, taking it for exercise in the backyard and shit each day, etc, then, we'd get a dog.
I think it's probably because my grandmother has since gotten 2 cats, which has kept her company in the garden for around, I'd say a year now, not sure exactly when she got the first one, and my mom and my grandmother often exchange conversations every now and then. I looked up a bit about chihuahuas myself because, I don't even know if I'm ready for a dog, heh. Maybe with a cat it might be different since all they do is walk, sleep, and lounge all day, and are mostly silent. I imagine that with a chihuahua, it would bark every time the doorbell rings like when I was at Jb's house, heh.
I don't know. If my mom wants one, like, really wants one, hey, I'd be fine with it. It'd give me another presence to narrate my gameplays to, or something. That reminds me, I had a dream last night about classmates, which means that I'ma soon be dreaming 'bout school and shit, which is not good. Remember when I had all those dreams about classmates and school? Not good, I can tell ya that, heh.
Other things that happened today include videos, refreshing, games, Discord, Skype, the usual. I'ma have to start prepping for the party hype train when it nears Friday, because once my cousins come down to my house on Saturday, I don't think I can sleep for the next... week or so. Literally, I can't really sleep if there's a presence in my room, I like being alone at night, heh. Okay, that's enough for now, it's 12:17 AM, see ya.
Tuesday, June 21, 2016
Monday, June 20, 2016 "Miscellaneous 2."
Monday, June 20, 2016
Week: 45
Songs to Remember: Save Me - BTS
Boy, am I tired. Summary of the day: watched a few episodes of Assassination Classroom, attempted to paper-mache that Destiny helmet, in which I've since lost the motivation to make anymore, took a look at the schedule (real schedule) of events happening at Anime Expo, discussed shit with my cousin, some League with Ec, aaand other stuff.
Really condensed, but that was pretty much it. Umm, still a lot of hype for Anime Expo, I really am gonna need to make my own schedule of what I wanna go and do considering there's like, this K-Pop dance competition thing (in which I'd love to participate in but I don't got the confidence for that, plus other stuff), and some like, J-Pop singers and performers whom I would really like to get a picture with and whatnot, just 'cause their J-Pop idols.
Aaand, all that, as well as cosplay gatherings, and, going through the exhibit hall, miscellaneous stuff, artist alley, etc. So a lot of stuff's gonna be happening, I wanna make sure I got time for it all, as well as make time for other stuff. So there's that. Uhhh, KDT's currently taking suggestions and ideas for 2017's Lunar Show theme, our theme. This year it was a rebellious sort of theme, now we're deciding what we'll be doing next year.
So yeah. Many, many, much, miscellaneous stuff's been going on, mostly consisting of me searching the web, refreshing, Skype calls, all from the comfort of this one spot, in front of my PC. Oh yeah, took a break from this post. Uhhh, that's about it, it's 12:00 AM right now, see ya.
Week: 45
Songs to Remember: Save Me - BTS
Boy, am I tired. Summary of the day: watched a few episodes of Assassination Classroom, attempted to paper-mache that Destiny helmet, in which I've since lost the motivation to make anymore, took a look at the schedule (real schedule) of events happening at Anime Expo, discussed shit with my cousin, some League with Ec, aaand other stuff.
Really condensed, but that was pretty much it. Umm, still a lot of hype for Anime Expo, I really am gonna need to make my own schedule of what I wanna go and do considering there's like, this K-Pop dance competition thing (in which I'd love to participate in but I don't got the confidence for that, plus other stuff), and some like, J-Pop singers and performers whom I would really like to get a picture with and whatnot, just 'cause their J-Pop idols.
Aaand, all that, as well as cosplay gatherings, and, going through the exhibit hall, miscellaneous stuff, artist alley, etc. So a lot of stuff's gonna be happening, I wanna make sure I got time for it all, as well as make time for other stuff. So there's that. Uhhh, KDT's currently taking suggestions and ideas for 2017's Lunar Show theme, our theme. This year it was a rebellious sort of theme, now we're deciding what we'll be doing next year.
So yeah. Many, many, much, miscellaneous stuff's been going on, mostly consisting of me searching the web, refreshing, Skype calls, all from the comfort of this one spot, in front of my PC. Oh yeah, took a break from this post. Uhhh, that's about it, it's 12:00 AM right now, see ya.
Monday, June 20, 2016
Sunday, June 19, 2016 "Paper."
Sunday, June 19, 2016
Week: 44
Songs to Remember: Galaxy - Lady's Code
Apparently it's the first day of summer. Everyone else is either on flights, or, at a party, or, whatever else you might find on Snapchat.
And I'm here working on another cosplay. Just, a Destiny helmet is all, not for me, but for my cousin. It's something I decided to do, just today, will probably finish in a few days if you include paint drying times. Uhhh, so there was that. Also my mom took me out for more driving practice. This time, however, it was at a parking lot, an empty parking lot, where I tried my best in accelerating and braking.
My mom was still holding the stabilizing bar but still. Speed bumps are no problem to me, those are, fairly easy. Um, I got acceleration down, like, the amount needed, which is so little, as well as braking.
Fortunately, for me, the parking lot's only empty on weekends, and next weekend I will be going down to LA, there won't be anymore driving lessons, for the time being. As for the Anime Expo schedule, my cousin and I have decided to use Uber for a day or two since our older cousin is only going to be staying with us/ driving us for 2 days to the convention. Unfortunately my cousin is not able to stay for the full 4 days for the convention, so, 4th day I'ma pretty much be on my own.
Unless I can find others there whom I know, it'll be boring, sadly, heh. But it will be hype, that's for sure, especially day 1 and 2, where after day 1, we'll go to the theater nearby and watch "The Purge: Election Year." As well as cosplay, that too.
So yeah, it's 1:00 AM right now, nothing much else but the usual. See ya.
Week: 44
Songs to Remember: Galaxy - Lady's Code
Apparently it's the first day of summer. Everyone else is either on flights, or, at a party, or, whatever else you might find on Snapchat.
And I'm here working on another cosplay. Just, a Destiny helmet is all, not for me, but for my cousin. It's something I decided to do, just today, will probably finish in a few days if you include paint drying times. Uhhh, so there was that. Also my mom took me out for more driving practice. This time, however, it was at a parking lot, an empty parking lot, where I tried my best in accelerating and braking.
My mom was still holding the stabilizing bar but still. Speed bumps are no problem to me, those are, fairly easy. Um, I got acceleration down, like, the amount needed, which is so little, as well as braking.
Fortunately, for me, the parking lot's only empty on weekends, and next weekend I will be going down to LA, there won't be anymore driving lessons, for the time being. As for the Anime Expo schedule, my cousin and I have decided to use Uber for a day or two since our older cousin is only going to be staying with us/ driving us for 2 days to the convention. Unfortunately my cousin is not able to stay for the full 4 days for the convention, so, 4th day I'ma pretty much be on my own.
Unless I can find others there whom I know, it'll be boring, sadly, heh. But it will be hype, that's for sure, especially day 1 and 2, where after day 1, we'll go to the theater nearby and watch "The Purge: Election Year." As well as cosplay, that too.
So yeah, it's 1:00 AM right now, nothing much else but the usual. See ya.
Saturday, June 18, 2016
Saturday, June 18, 2016 "Conjuring."
Saturday, June 18, 2016
Week: 44
Songs to Remember: Pretty U - Seventeen
So, I'm not sure if this Anime Expo hype is good or not. Or, whether it's affecting me too much or not, because, this whole day, okay well, half the day was essentially movie adventures with DrewN, the other half was me discussing cosplay ideas with my cousin. Yeah.
If there was ever a time where I need to remind myself of any experiences with rebellion or the like, I could just think of today, where I essentially juked my way through to see an R rated movie, i.e, "The Conjuring 2." So I got to the opening plaza of the mall. DrewN arrived, I had already looked at the movie times, "Now You See Me 2" was the only other movie that was the same time as The Conjuring, and fortunately it was in the same theater wing as the 1:00 PM showing of The Conjuring, so, that worked out.
DrewN had no trouble getting his ticket because apparently, he already has his driver's license, aka, ID. I am old enough but, I have no ID. I took what I learned from my past experiences of sneaking into R rated films (a whopping 2 times) and got the Now You See Me ticket. DrewN and I walked to the ticket-checker person, she says "The Conjuring, theater 14 to your left." For me, "Now You See Me, theater 19, to your right." Now, it did seem problematic (each theater wing is then split into 2 more direction, there's like a T-intersection for both the wings), which it was, but we just calmly, casually walked to the side for The Conjuring.
Worst case scenario, they catch me and throw me out for, trying to sneak in. Second worst case scenario, they catch me and I gotta go watch fucking, Now You See Me 2 for 90 minutes. It was the second worst scenario. As DrewN and I were walking, we both hear "Hey! Can somebody get that guy, he's going to the wrong theater. The uh, the guy in the blue" or some shit like that, close enough. Now, I think it was the lighting, umm, because I was wearing a black shirt and green pants, so, the lighting probably made my shirt look blue. And, that also let me know that the ticket-checker person had not that great eyesight.
So in my mind, I was basically that Spongegar meme, but physically, I remained calm. I knew she was talking about me, there was an employee near me at a concession near the intersection that was about to do something, like, respond to the situation and trying to decipher who the fuck was wearing blue. I acted quickly and looked to each theater sign as if I was confused, but headed toward the right side. I then went into the theater for Now You See Me, looking back slightly to see if that person was still alert to the situation. I went in, physically went in to calm the attention, seated myself down, acting calm, casual. I stayed there for about 30 seconds before I calmly walked out, as if I had to go the restroom, which I sorta did after experiencing all this.
I walked out, being on high alert although appearing calm, and happen to run into Ad, heh. He was working here today, at the theaters. Umm, he offered me free popcorn but, I was on a mission and didn't want to draw any more attention to myself. He went back to work, I went into the restroom, actually went to the restroom, took my dandy time, and went out the door. Calmly. I lowered my head, had my phone out, and looked as if I was just casually on my phone. I hugged close to the left side wall because that was more towards the ticket-checker's blindspot, based on her positioning.
As soon as I turned that corner, boom I was home-free. I caught a glimpse of what was behind me, which was nothing because I can't remember and it was a blur. I think she saw me but didn't mind because she either didn't give a shit due to how hard I'm trying to sneak into an R rated movie, or, because she maybe asked Ad to keep an eye on me and he told her I'm a cool dude or, noticed I was friends with him or some shit. Or, she didn't see me. I'm hoping that was the case.
But anyways, they didn't send anybody to search for me, I wasn't called out after the movie or whatever, it was smooth-sailing. That and because I don't think anybody would have the patience for that shit because The Conjuring 2 is apparently 2 fucking hours long, heh. Jesus, I thought it was just a 90 minute flick. Nope, 2 hours, 14 minutes. So, I had previously watched about 30 seconds of the trailer for it, which is pretty long, 2 minutes or something. And uh, that was it. I didn't know what it was about, I didn't watch the first, nor did I watch Annabelle, it was a whole surprise. Also, mild spoilers in the next few paragraphs.
It started out previously ominously, for I had no idea what to expect. It was spooky, and then, it got funny. Real quick. I'm talking, the whole theater laughing because the paranormal gags were either bootleg, or fucking bootleg. For example, a chair moves on its own, in front of police officers and the family. Pretty fucking funny due to the absurdity of it. Some more scenes involving paranormal furniture movement. Bootleg, and funny. Right now it's a comedy, and then it turns to spookiness again, especially the nun. That painting like, really? Apparently Ed Warren is a really good painter.
From then on, it was a rollercoaster between action, drama, comedy, romance, action, drama, comedy, horror, romance, action. Lots of action for a horror film, one involving ghosts and investigators at that. It felt more of a drama than anything with the connection between Ed and Lorraine, like, there's this small conflict that their love is jeopardized by paranormal investigations, or how Ed might die if he keeps doing this. Whatever. I think it's because I'm so used to found-footage type horror, I just recently watched "The Visit" and that sorta first-person. So, with third-person point of view, it makes it all seem a lot different.
A lot more action-packed, rather than watching tables move inches per hour like in Paranormal Activity, heh. In The Conjuring 2, furniture goes flying, lightning strikes, everything. Also, ghost materializing, and not in the bad, bad jumpscare way, thankfully. Most of the jump-scares are either like, door slams, or, involve an old man which for me, is not that scary. And fortunately, there weren' that many jump-scares. Uhhh, as for the movie as a whole, it was a combination of The Amityville Horror, Poltergeist, aaand The Exorcist. I was like "Am I watching The Conjuring 2, or The Exorcist remake?" Not on the level of The Exorcist though.
Anyways, it's just a wild ride of drama, action, comedy, romance (was literally part romantic comedy, not even kidding), and horror. 2 hour long ride too, holy shit. It had its bootleg parts, it had its nice parts, I'd watch it again definitely. I'd compare it to a really nice book, based on, I don't know, I guess the pictures and setting. There's a lot of different shades of dark colors, grays, resembles The Babadook a bit with the twisty-turning camera angles. 7/10, although I was expecting it to be a lot, lot scarier. I count something as really scary if I have to turn away from the screen. I actually had my eyes open the whole time, unfortunately.
As for the situations at home, uhh, I discussed cosplay with my cousin, finished putting on the buttons to the side of one arm of my jacket (because I only have 4 buttons and it appears that the character I'm cosplaying as had 4 on each side or so), and called it done. Just need to paint the inside of the mask, and I'm good. For the cosplays, I was thinking of doing one more. I tried suggesting simple, not too difficult characters to cosplay for my cousin and I, like, Assassination Classroom for one. Still working on it.
Also working on my wishlist for what I hope to find at Anime Expo, one being that squeaky toy with the popping tongue. The "Oshaberi Doubutsu Talking Animal Ball" thing. $10 on Amazon, but it ships from Japan. If I can find it there, hey, no need to wait for the shipping. And, no shipping. Also, trying to fit a schedule of what to do there. We're hoping our cousin, the one who's, let's see, uhhh, you know, the who's 8 years older than me, can drive us. He probably has already made plans with his buddies on where to go for the convention, sooo, yeah. But, luckily, I found an Uber code that allows people one free ride. With me, him, and his brother, we get 3 rides to Anime Expo. And using my mom's phones, 4 rides.
But most likely not needed because our cousin will most likely just take us there, and, let us roam free since we're old enough now. So, basically what I just said was for shit, heh. Umm, the scheduling I was talking about was for the times for the cosplay gatherings for each day. I wanna see A LOT of gatherings, and hopefully participate in the Persona one. So like I said, the hype, it's consuming me a bit. Just a bit. Alright, it's 11:39 PM, see ya.
Week: 44
Songs to Remember: Pretty U - Seventeen
So, I'm not sure if this Anime Expo hype is good or not. Or, whether it's affecting me too much or not, because, this whole day, okay well, half the day was essentially movie adventures with DrewN, the other half was me discussing cosplay ideas with my cousin. Yeah.
If there was ever a time where I need to remind myself of any experiences with rebellion or the like, I could just think of today, where I essentially juked my way through to see an R rated movie, i.e, "The Conjuring 2." So I got to the opening plaza of the mall. DrewN arrived, I had already looked at the movie times, "Now You See Me 2" was the only other movie that was the same time as The Conjuring, and fortunately it was in the same theater wing as the 1:00 PM showing of The Conjuring, so, that worked out.
DrewN had no trouble getting his ticket because apparently, he already has his driver's license, aka, ID. I am old enough but, I have no ID. I took what I learned from my past experiences of sneaking into R rated films (a whopping 2 times) and got the Now You See Me ticket. DrewN and I walked to the ticket-checker person, she says "The Conjuring, theater 14 to your left." For me, "Now You See Me, theater 19, to your right." Now, it did seem problematic (each theater wing is then split into 2 more direction, there's like a T-intersection for both the wings), which it was, but we just calmly, casually walked to the side for The Conjuring.
Worst case scenario, they catch me and throw me out for, trying to sneak in. Second worst case scenario, they catch me and I gotta go watch fucking, Now You See Me 2 for 90 minutes. It was the second worst scenario. As DrewN and I were walking, we both hear "Hey! Can somebody get that guy, he's going to the wrong theater. The uh, the guy in the blue" or some shit like that, close enough. Now, I think it was the lighting, umm, because I was wearing a black shirt and green pants, so, the lighting probably made my shirt look blue. And, that also let me know that the ticket-checker person had not that great eyesight.
So in my mind, I was basically that Spongegar meme, but physically, I remained calm. I knew she was talking about me, there was an employee near me at a concession near the intersection that was about to do something, like, respond to the situation and trying to decipher who the fuck was wearing blue. I acted quickly and looked to each theater sign as if I was confused, but headed toward the right side. I then went into the theater for Now You See Me, looking back slightly to see if that person was still alert to the situation. I went in, physically went in to calm the attention, seated myself down, acting calm, casual. I stayed there for about 30 seconds before I calmly walked out, as if I had to go the restroom, which I sorta did after experiencing all this.
I walked out, being on high alert although appearing calm, and happen to run into Ad, heh. He was working here today, at the theaters. Umm, he offered me free popcorn but, I was on a mission and didn't want to draw any more attention to myself. He went back to work, I went into the restroom, actually went to the restroom, took my dandy time, and went out the door. Calmly. I lowered my head, had my phone out, and looked as if I was just casually on my phone. I hugged close to the left side wall because that was more towards the ticket-checker's blindspot, based on her positioning.
As soon as I turned that corner, boom I was home-free. I caught a glimpse of what was behind me, which was nothing because I can't remember and it was a blur. I think she saw me but didn't mind because she either didn't give a shit due to how hard I'm trying to sneak into an R rated movie, or, because she maybe asked Ad to keep an eye on me and he told her I'm a cool dude or, noticed I was friends with him or some shit. Or, she didn't see me. I'm hoping that was the case.
But anyways, they didn't send anybody to search for me, I wasn't called out after the movie or whatever, it was smooth-sailing. That and because I don't think anybody would have the patience for that shit because The Conjuring 2 is apparently 2 fucking hours long, heh. Jesus, I thought it was just a 90 minute flick. Nope, 2 hours, 14 minutes. So, I had previously watched about 30 seconds of the trailer for it, which is pretty long, 2 minutes or something. And uh, that was it. I didn't know what it was about, I didn't watch the first, nor did I watch Annabelle, it was a whole surprise. Also, mild spoilers in the next few paragraphs.
It started out previously ominously, for I had no idea what to expect. It was spooky, and then, it got funny. Real quick. I'm talking, the whole theater laughing because the paranormal gags were either bootleg, or fucking bootleg. For example, a chair moves on its own, in front of police officers and the family. Pretty fucking funny due to the absurdity of it. Some more scenes involving paranormal furniture movement. Bootleg, and funny. Right now it's a comedy, and then it turns to spookiness again, especially the nun. That painting like, really? Apparently Ed Warren is a really good painter.
From then on, it was a rollercoaster between action, drama, comedy, romance, action, drama, comedy, horror, romance, action. Lots of action for a horror film, one involving ghosts and investigators at that. It felt more of a drama than anything with the connection between Ed and Lorraine, like, there's this small conflict that their love is jeopardized by paranormal investigations, or how Ed might die if he keeps doing this. Whatever. I think it's because I'm so used to found-footage type horror, I just recently watched "The Visit" and that sorta first-person. So, with third-person point of view, it makes it all seem a lot different.
A lot more action-packed, rather than watching tables move inches per hour like in Paranormal Activity, heh. In The Conjuring 2, furniture goes flying, lightning strikes, everything. Also, ghost materializing, and not in the bad, bad jumpscare way, thankfully. Most of the jump-scares are either like, door slams, or, involve an old man which for me, is not that scary. And fortunately, there weren' that many jump-scares. Uhhh, as for the movie as a whole, it was a combination of The Amityville Horror, Poltergeist, aaand The Exorcist. I was like "Am I watching The Conjuring 2, or The Exorcist remake?" Not on the level of The Exorcist though.
Anyways, it's just a wild ride of drama, action, comedy, romance (was literally part romantic comedy, not even kidding), and horror. 2 hour long ride too, holy shit. It had its bootleg parts, it had its nice parts, I'd watch it again definitely. I'd compare it to a really nice book, based on, I don't know, I guess the pictures and setting. There's a lot of different shades of dark colors, grays, resembles The Babadook a bit with the twisty-turning camera angles. 7/10, although I was expecting it to be a lot, lot scarier. I count something as really scary if I have to turn away from the screen. I actually had my eyes open the whole time, unfortunately.
As for the situations at home, uhh, I discussed cosplay with my cousin, finished putting on the buttons to the side of one arm of my jacket (because I only have 4 buttons and it appears that the character I'm cosplaying as had 4 on each side or so), and called it done. Just need to paint the inside of the mask, and I'm good. For the cosplays, I was thinking of doing one more. I tried suggesting simple, not too difficult characters to cosplay for my cousin and I, like, Assassination Classroom for one. Still working on it.
Also working on my wishlist for what I hope to find at Anime Expo, one being that squeaky toy with the popping tongue. The "Oshaberi Doubutsu Talking Animal Ball" thing. $10 on Amazon, but it ships from Japan. If I can find it there, hey, no need to wait for the shipping. And, no shipping. Also, trying to fit a schedule of what to do there. We're hoping our cousin, the one who's, let's see, uhhh, you know, the who's 8 years older than me, can drive us. He probably has already made plans with his buddies on where to go for the convention, sooo, yeah. But, luckily, I found an Uber code that allows people one free ride. With me, him, and his brother, we get 3 rides to Anime Expo. And using my mom's phones, 4 rides.
But most likely not needed because our cousin will most likely just take us there, and, let us roam free since we're old enough now. So, basically what I just said was for shit, heh. Umm, the scheduling I was talking about was for the times for the cosplay gatherings for each day. I wanna see A LOT of gatherings, and hopefully participate in the Persona one. So like I said, the hype, it's consuming me a bit. Just a bit. Alright, it's 11:39 PM, see ya.
Friday, June 17, 2016
Friday, June 17, 2016 "Duct Tape."
Friday, June 17, 2016
Week: 44
Songs to Remember: Level Results - Sonic Rush 3 OST
Well if you must know, today was just planning, scheduling, Skyping, and working on my cosplay. Nothing much else.
And surprisingly, my mom didn't take me out for driving practice today. I think she's gonna just wait for the instructor to tutor me since, with his/her car, he or she will have that double steering wheel shit so, no need to fear.
As for Overdose, I haven't been able to practice or, just too tired or unmotivated to practice. Don't worry though, I'll have the time necessary for it soon enough. Right now, tomorrow I'ma be watching "The Conjuring 2" with DrewN and mutual buddies. Then, I'ma finish my cosplay, plan, schedule, do whatever I need to because next next week will be super hype. From Anime Expo, toooo watching "The Purge: Election Year," toooo a bunch of other stuff.
As for now, it's 11:47 PM, I'm tired of cutting strips and strips of duct tape. See ya.
Week: 44
Songs to Remember: Level Results - Sonic Rush 3 OST
Well if you must know, today was just planning, scheduling, Skyping, and working on my cosplay. Nothing much else.
And surprisingly, my mom didn't take me out for driving practice today. I think she's gonna just wait for the instructor to tutor me since, with his/her car, he or she will have that double steering wheel shit so, no need to fear.
As for Overdose, I haven't been able to practice or, just too tired or unmotivated to practice. Don't worry though, I'll have the time necessary for it soon enough. Right now, tomorrow I'ma be watching "The Conjuring 2" with DrewN and mutual buddies. Then, I'ma finish my cosplay, plan, schedule, do whatever I need to because next next week will be super hype. From Anime Expo, toooo watching "The Purge: Election Year," toooo a bunch of other stuff.
As for now, it's 11:47 PM, I'm tired of cutting strips and strips of duct tape. See ya.
Thursday, June 16, 2016 "Tales From a Beginner Driver (4 Hours)."
Thursday, June 16, 2016
Week: 44
Songs to Remember:
The cast was planning a game night today. I wasn't in the mood to go because of my mom.
We drove for a whole hour in the neighborhoods near my school. So I'm the one driving, I gotta pay attention to my speed, to whether I brake or I accelerate, my turning, keeping the car straight, not get too close to the cars parked on the curb, not too close to the lane markers.
I have a record of 4 counts of driving right now, of which I started Monday of THIS fucking week. Her? She got her license back in maybe, I don't know, the 80's or 90's or something. I'm driving and there's a turn ahead. What does she do? She tells me to turn immediately, so I do. "You cut into the other lane!" Well, she told me to turn immediately, whether it was for safety reasons or not, I did what she told me to. "You're supposed to drive up until you get to the point where the turn will keep your car in your lane." Gee, to think I didn't know that, to think that it wouldn't have been stated in that driver's manual for which I had to study and pass.
If I were to just drive by myself, without having to keep track of what the fuck she's saying, I'd be fine. But no, she either does shit like this, or makes me purposely fuck up. For example, there's an intersection coming up. Do you want me to turn left or right? "Turn uhhhhh... right." I have to fucking tilt the car to the right literally a second before I have to stop. Then, she tells me that I gotta keep the fucking car close to the curb if I wanna turn right. Makes me wanna give a big-ass middle finger to everybody I see.
Yesterday, she told me I drive too close to the millions of cars parked on the curb. So, naturally I try to fix that by driving near the lane markers more. Today, she tells me I drive to close to that, that I gotta drive close to the right side of the lane. Well, why the fuck would I do that, just for you to have to tell me that I drive too close to the parked cars again. I fucking bet you she'll fucking do that.
The whole time, she's contradicting all her fucking "advice." Unfortunately for me, I gotta pay attention to that bullshit AND teach myself how to drive. Her talking makes me even more flustered and stressed out, my driving turns worse, making her fuck me over even more, and it repeats and repeats. We leave for my grandmother's house on June 25th, approximately in 9 days. Which means, I have to suffer through 9 more hours of this shit before my parents hire a professional instructor. Yes, she does like a fucking hour of this each day, and apparently that's only "a little bit of practice." If you counted this week, with the upcoming 9 fucking days, it totals to about 13 hours, almost a 1/4th of the required amount of supervised driving hours I gotta do in order to prepare to do the driving test for my license.
Jesus, you don't know how much I wanted to stop the car and get out, having to go through the same route, over and over and over again, with my mom telling me the same things over and over again, it felt like a fucking eternity. I remember looking at the clock sometimes because I wanted it to be fucking over already. She tells me to speed up, go ahead and speed up. I didn't wanna fucking do that because everytime I do, I see her grip the fucking stabilizing handle above the door, as if she's preparing for impact and shit.
A car actually honked at us from behind as we were making a turn, because I was going too slow. Sorry that my driving experience is 0.001% of yours. 2 words: kill yourself. Fucking, punk bitch. Anyways, I'm not really in the mood to do anything, I just wanna go to sleep and wake up to the fact that it's one day less of having to drive next to the cause of me wanting to hit the accelerator to 90 mph in the hopes of ending my stress. See ya.
Week: 44
Songs to Remember:
The cast was planning a game night today. I wasn't in the mood to go because of my mom.
We drove for a whole hour in the neighborhoods near my school. So I'm the one driving, I gotta pay attention to my speed, to whether I brake or I accelerate, my turning, keeping the car straight, not get too close to the cars parked on the curb, not too close to the lane markers.
I have a record of 4 counts of driving right now, of which I started Monday of THIS fucking week. Her? She got her license back in maybe, I don't know, the 80's or 90's or something. I'm driving and there's a turn ahead. What does she do? She tells me to turn immediately, so I do. "You cut into the other lane!" Well, she told me to turn immediately, whether it was for safety reasons or not, I did what she told me to. "You're supposed to drive up until you get to the point where the turn will keep your car in your lane." Gee, to think I didn't know that, to think that it wouldn't have been stated in that driver's manual for which I had to study and pass.
If I were to just drive by myself, without having to keep track of what the fuck she's saying, I'd be fine. But no, she either does shit like this, or makes me purposely fuck up. For example, there's an intersection coming up. Do you want me to turn left or right? "Turn uhhhhh... right." I have to fucking tilt the car to the right literally a second before I have to stop. Then, she tells me that I gotta keep the fucking car close to the curb if I wanna turn right. Makes me wanna give a big-ass middle finger to everybody I see.
Yesterday, she told me I drive too close to the millions of cars parked on the curb. So, naturally I try to fix that by driving near the lane markers more. Today, she tells me I drive to close to that, that I gotta drive close to the right side of the lane. Well, why the fuck would I do that, just for you to have to tell me that I drive too close to the parked cars again. I fucking bet you she'll fucking do that.
The whole time, she's contradicting all her fucking "advice." Unfortunately for me, I gotta pay attention to that bullshit AND teach myself how to drive. Her talking makes me even more flustered and stressed out, my driving turns worse, making her fuck me over even more, and it repeats and repeats. We leave for my grandmother's house on June 25th, approximately in 9 days. Which means, I have to suffer through 9 more hours of this shit before my parents hire a professional instructor. Yes, she does like a fucking hour of this each day, and apparently that's only "a little bit of practice." If you counted this week, with the upcoming 9 fucking days, it totals to about 13 hours, almost a 1/4th of the required amount of supervised driving hours I gotta do in order to prepare to do the driving test for my license.
Jesus, you don't know how much I wanted to stop the car and get out, having to go through the same route, over and over and over again, with my mom telling me the same things over and over again, it felt like a fucking eternity. I remember looking at the clock sometimes because I wanted it to be fucking over already. She tells me to speed up, go ahead and speed up. I didn't wanna fucking do that because everytime I do, I see her grip the fucking stabilizing handle above the door, as if she's preparing for impact and shit.
A car actually honked at us from behind as we were making a turn, because I was going too slow. Sorry that my driving experience is 0.001% of yours. 2 words: kill yourself. Fucking, punk bitch. Anyways, I'm not really in the mood to do anything, I just wanna go to sleep and wake up to the fact that it's one day less of having to drive next to the cause of me wanting to hit the accelerator to 90 mph in the hopes of ending my stress. See ya.
Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Wednesday, June 15, 2016 "1300."
Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Week: 44
Songs to Remember: Give Up! - SUPERSEX420
Alrighty, it is Wednesday, apparently 2 weeks since the end of The Days. Pretty crazy. Things have been going pretty slowly, fast, both.
First things first, this is like the 4th or 5th post I've made that includes me tracking my Amazon package that contains my cosplay clothes. Still, it hasn't arrived yet and hopefully, hopefully it will be delivered to my house tomorrow. UPS fucking, transferred the package to the USPS to deliver to me. Not sure what the reason is, but, there ya go.
Last night I attempted to watch all of "The Visit." Ya know, that one horror movie with the crazy grandparents. It looked interesting when I first saw the trailer for it. Forgot about it, didn't plan to watch it until now. I saw that it was labeled as like a "Horror Comedy," and it sorta was, the only comedic part really was when the fucking kid raps and acts as if he's black. Otherwise, the whole movie was not that great. It's a found-footage sort of film, more specifically a "documentary." The scenes with the kids fucking around was really a waste of time, and boring.
There was cheap suspense, the twist wasn't all that "crazy." I mean, it was okay, not great, not shit either. Also plot holes. I wouldn't recommend it, it's like a 6/10 for me. Well, that's one more Horror flick off my list. Ec's inviting me to go watch "Warcraft" on the weekend. Not sure who else is going, I'm still undecided on if I do want to go watch it or not. Also, tomorrow the cast is planning another game night, this time at DrewN's house. And yeah, I'm undecided on that as well.
As for today, just a couple League games, lots of refreshing, videos, I did some driving in and around a park parking lot, ya know, the one that was for the KDT social, and uh, got my haircut (of which I gave my barber a picture of D.O for reference). And also banter and discussion with my cousin over Skype, as usual.
I had a bomb-ass dream last night too. I kinda miss those kind of dreams, now it's either just nothing, orrr, I can't sleep, heh. Oh yeah, almost forgot to mention my SAT score. They finally released the scores from May 7th, yes, like, a fucking 7 weeks ago. Finally got my score, which is a whopping (okay, not that great compared to others but for me, not fucking bad) 1300 exact. WOOOOO. I was like "Okay, at least a 1300, no, 1200." Turns out I got the 1300. This is for the new SAT, so, out of 1600, not bad, not bad. I used a SAT score calculator and a 1300 on the new one is equivalent to an 1800 on the old.
That's a really nice improvement over my old score of 1650, and that was with no studying. 'Course, I didn't really study for the new one either, but, hey, I got an easy (somewhat easy) 1300. For reading, it's a 630 and for the math portion, a 670, which are, pretty pretty above average. My old score was SJSU eligible for sure, but, I knew I could do better and a second try never hurt. And, it didn't. Oh yeah my essay. I uh, I knew that, with the hardcore shit (for a High school Junior anyways) that I had to endure in my teacher's Honors English, I could write a decent essay.
On a scale of 2 to 8, I got a 6/6/6, heh. The three numbers stand for the 2 sections the essay's graded on, like, analysis, evidence, etc. For the 3 parts, I got a 6 for each, and on a scale of 2 to 8, that's pretty fucking good. Definitely above, above average. Not that spectacular, but good. Too bad that SJSU or other CSU's don't really take essays, like, they don't require essays for admission requirements or shit. Which is a shame, but, hey, if they see that I got a 6/6/6 (all hail the devil) on the essay for the SAT, and somebody else got something lower or didn't do it at all, I'd get an advantage.
And it's not like I'm in any danger of not getting accepted into SJSU, I'm preeetty sure I'ma get in. I'm still looking to apply to other schools too, not just SJSU. I'ma apply to SFSU, umm, maybe UC Riverside or, CalPoly or other CSU's like Long CSULB. I know I wanna major in Graphic Design because I like working with computers, maaaybe computer science for the practicality of it, how, it's more, what's the word? Safer? Safer to go with Computer Science or related shit than Graphic Design. I'm just hoping that my passion for it will be able to push me to make some bomb-ass graphics, heh.
But anyways, I'm tired, that's enough talk for now. It's 11:30 PM, see ya.
Week: 44
Songs to Remember: Give Up! - SUPERSEX420
Alrighty, it is Wednesday, apparently 2 weeks since the end of The Days. Pretty crazy. Things have been going pretty slowly, fast, both.
First things first, this is like the 4th or 5th post I've made that includes me tracking my Amazon package that contains my cosplay clothes. Still, it hasn't arrived yet and hopefully, hopefully it will be delivered to my house tomorrow. UPS fucking, transferred the package to the USPS to deliver to me. Not sure what the reason is, but, there ya go.
Last night I attempted to watch all of "The Visit." Ya know, that one horror movie with the crazy grandparents. It looked interesting when I first saw the trailer for it. Forgot about it, didn't plan to watch it until now. I saw that it was labeled as like a "Horror Comedy," and it sorta was, the only comedic part really was when the fucking kid raps and acts as if he's black. Otherwise, the whole movie was not that great. It's a found-footage sort of film, more specifically a "documentary." The scenes with the kids fucking around was really a waste of time, and boring.
There was cheap suspense, the twist wasn't all that "crazy." I mean, it was okay, not great, not shit either. Also plot holes. I wouldn't recommend it, it's like a 6/10 for me. Well, that's one more Horror flick off my list. Ec's inviting me to go watch "Warcraft" on the weekend. Not sure who else is going, I'm still undecided on if I do want to go watch it or not. Also, tomorrow the cast is planning another game night, this time at DrewN's house. And yeah, I'm undecided on that as well.
As for today, just a couple League games, lots of refreshing, videos, I did some driving in and around a park parking lot, ya know, the one that was for the KDT social, and uh, got my haircut (of which I gave my barber a picture of D.O for reference). And also banter and discussion with my cousin over Skype, as usual.
I had a bomb-ass dream last night too. I kinda miss those kind of dreams, now it's either just nothing, orrr, I can't sleep, heh. Oh yeah, almost forgot to mention my SAT score. They finally released the scores from May 7th, yes, like, a fucking 7 weeks ago. Finally got my score, which is a whopping (okay, not that great compared to others but for me, not fucking bad) 1300 exact. WOOOOO. I was like "Okay, at least a 1300, no, 1200." Turns out I got the 1300. This is for the new SAT, so, out of 1600, not bad, not bad. I used a SAT score calculator and a 1300 on the new one is equivalent to an 1800 on the old.
That's a really nice improvement over my old score of 1650, and that was with no studying. 'Course, I didn't really study for the new one either, but, hey, I got an easy (somewhat easy) 1300. For reading, it's a 630 and for the math portion, a 670, which are, pretty pretty above average. My old score was SJSU eligible for sure, but, I knew I could do better and a second try never hurt. And, it didn't. Oh yeah my essay. I uh, I knew that, with the hardcore shit (for a High school Junior anyways) that I had to endure in my teacher's Honors English, I could write a decent essay.
On a scale of 2 to 8, I got a 6/6/6, heh. The three numbers stand for the 2 sections the essay's graded on, like, analysis, evidence, etc. For the 3 parts, I got a 6 for each, and on a scale of 2 to 8, that's pretty fucking good. Definitely above, above average. Not that spectacular, but good. Too bad that SJSU or other CSU's don't really take essays, like, they don't require essays for admission requirements or shit. Which is a shame, but, hey, if they see that I got a 6/6/6 (all hail the devil) on the essay for the SAT, and somebody else got something lower or didn't do it at all, I'd get an advantage.
And it's not like I'm in any danger of not getting accepted into SJSU, I'm preeetty sure I'ma get in. I'm still looking to apply to other schools too, not just SJSU. I'ma apply to SFSU, umm, maybe UC Riverside or, CalPoly or other CSU's like Long CSULB. I know I wanna major in Graphic Design because I like working with computers, maaaybe computer science for the practicality of it, how, it's more, what's the word? Safer? Safer to go with Computer Science or related shit than Graphic Design. I'm just hoping that my passion for it will be able to push me to make some bomb-ass graphics, heh.
But anyways, I'm tired, that's enough talk for now. It's 11:30 PM, see ya.
Tuesday, June 14, 2016
Tuesday, June 14, 2016 "On Thursday."
Tuesday, June 14, 2016
Week: 44
Songs to Remember:
Fuck man, my package still ain't coming, heh. I've tracked it for the past 3 days and the last update was 9:00 PM today (now 11:02 PM) and that was the departure scan from the San Francisco UPS place.
Which means, it's still gonna be in transit. Tomorrow, my package will have to get to one more place, do the scans there, and then on Thursday will it be delivered to my house. Kinda sucks since, well, I played League all day, by myself. Not like, just myself, but like, I had my cousin in a Skype call ya know. Uhh yeah, besides that, another 1-hour driving session. Turns out it's not be being shit at braking and accelerating smoothly, it's the car.
Today was just me trying to "control" the car, driving straight, not veer slowly to the sides of the road, etc. Still, I haven't found it to be fun yet, just, work. I'm still trying to remain confident though, because if I get scared and nervous I'ma ram into shit. That was pretty much it for the day, other than that, just, refreshing feeds, League, no Isaac, I'm taking a break from playing Isaac since all I can unlock now is achievements for the Lost and this is like, Rebirth Lost, not Afterbirth Lost. So, fuck this character.
Just some reviews for "Overdose," no new content. Every time I actually try to learn a song, holy fuck do I get tired. I do practice hard, like, work on a segment multiple times in quick succession. It works, however at the price of my getting really, really sweaty. The cast also had another game night today, uhh, I only recently (and by that I mean, today) unmuted the group chat. They, think I was on vacation or something, which I sorta was. Not sure when I'll actually go to the next game night since, with the driving, aaand, yeah, that, I just feel tired afterwards.
As for my sleep, last night wasn't so bad. I watched some driving tutorials, they, didn't really help in terms of knowledge, but it did build my confidence, which is key. I slept pretty well, tonight I'll attempt to watch a movie, attempt to. My laziness has gotten a bit too out of hand since I'm being too lazy to watch a movie. I guess it's 'cause I can't focus on like, an hour-and-a-half long film for too long. Or, because shit takes too long to get into the action and I end up getting bored.
Anyways, it's now 11:32 PM, see ya.
Week: 44
Songs to Remember:
Fuck man, my package still ain't coming, heh. I've tracked it for the past 3 days and the last update was 9:00 PM today (now 11:02 PM) and that was the departure scan from the San Francisco UPS place.
Which means, it's still gonna be in transit. Tomorrow, my package will have to get to one more place, do the scans there, and then on Thursday will it be delivered to my house. Kinda sucks since, well, I played League all day, by myself. Not like, just myself, but like, I had my cousin in a Skype call ya know. Uhh yeah, besides that, another 1-hour driving session. Turns out it's not be being shit at braking and accelerating smoothly, it's the car.
Today was just me trying to "control" the car, driving straight, not veer slowly to the sides of the road, etc. Still, I haven't found it to be fun yet, just, work. I'm still trying to remain confident though, because if I get scared and nervous I'ma ram into shit. That was pretty much it for the day, other than that, just, refreshing feeds, League, no Isaac, I'm taking a break from playing Isaac since all I can unlock now is achievements for the Lost and this is like, Rebirth Lost, not Afterbirth Lost. So, fuck this character.
Just some reviews for "Overdose," no new content. Every time I actually try to learn a song, holy fuck do I get tired. I do practice hard, like, work on a segment multiple times in quick succession. It works, however at the price of my getting really, really sweaty. The cast also had another game night today, uhh, I only recently (and by that I mean, today) unmuted the group chat. They, think I was on vacation or something, which I sorta was. Not sure when I'll actually go to the next game night since, with the driving, aaand, yeah, that, I just feel tired afterwards.
As for my sleep, last night wasn't so bad. I watched some driving tutorials, they, didn't really help in terms of knowledge, but it did build my confidence, which is key. I slept pretty well, tonight I'll attempt to watch a movie, attempt to. My laziness has gotten a bit too out of hand since I'm being too lazy to watch a movie. I guess it's 'cause I can't focus on like, an hour-and-a-half long film for too long. Or, because shit takes too long to get into the action and I end up getting bored.
Anyways, it's now 11:32 PM, see ya.
Monday, June 13, 2016
Monday, June 13, 2016 "First Gear."
Monday, June 13, 2016
Week: 44
Songs to Remember: Overdose - EXO
Unfortunately a few things did not happen today, including my haircut or my package from Amazon arriving. However, I did do my first lesson in driving.
So I didn't have breakfast yet, I just woke up, went to wash my face, logged on my PC to see what's new, spend about 10 minutes and my mom comes in, tells me that we're gonna start the lessons. She showed me the bare, bare basics, which was driving and reversing from our driveway into our backyard.
Shit goes a lot faster than I had expected it to, like, a teeny-tiny press on the accelerator and BOOM, you jolt up. Not tapping the brake and instead just putting your foot down, BOOM, the car stops and you're forced from your seat.
And yeah, I literally just drove up, reversed, drove up, etc, from the driveway through the backyard gate, several, several times. Took about, maybe 45 minutes or so. But man, was it fucking exhausting like, I could still imagine myself, being moved by the car in motion. And having to brake, pedal, brake, pedal, little taps, little taps 'cause I don't wanna ram into any walls.
It's not fun really, it's mostly work, heh. in my opinion so far. Guess it's just not for me, but who knows. Tomorrow is gonna be another session, fucking, of driving. But also, my package is expected to arrive by tomorrow, which is like, really good 'cause then I get to see how it all comes together. My cosplay, that is.
That's about it really. Besides the usual stuff, nothing else really interesting. Uhh, I got some more practice in learning Exo's "Overdose," but yeah. See ya.
Week: 44
Songs to Remember: Overdose - EXO
Unfortunately a few things did not happen today, including my haircut or my package from Amazon arriving. However, I did do my first lesson in driving.
So I didn't have breakfast yet, I just woke up, went to wash my face, logged on my PC to see what's new, spend about 10 minutes and my mom comes in, tells me that we're gonna start the lessons. She showed me the bare, bare basics, which was driving and reversing from our driveway into our backyard.
Shit goes a lot faster than I had expected it to, like, a teeny-tiny press on the accelerator and BOOM, you jolt up. Not tapping the brake and instead just putting your foot down, BOOM, the car stops and you're forced from your seat.
And yeah, I literally just drove up, reversed, drove up, etc, from the driveway through the backyard gate, several, several times. Took about, maybe 45 minutes or so. But man, was it fucking exhausting like, I could still imagine myself, being moved by the car in motion. And having to brake, pedal, brake, pedal, little taps, little taps 'cause I don't wanna ram into any walls.
It's not fun really, it's mostly work, heh. in my opinion so far. Guess it's just not for me, but who knows. Tomorrow is gonna be another session, fucking, of driving. But also, my package is expected to arrive by tomorrow, which is like, really good 'cause then I get to see how it all comes together. My cosplay, that is.
That's about it really. Besides the usual stuff, nothing else really interesting. Uhh, I got some more practice in learning Exo's "Overdose," but yeah. See ya.
Sunday, June 12, 2016 "Not As Much As I Thought."
Sunday, June 12, 2016
Week: 43
Songs to Remember: Overdose - EXO
Well I have some good news and some bad news, and every time I say that I think of Slinky's lines from Toy Story, the same way he says it.
The good news is that, I got some more unlockables in Isaac. Also, I've started learning Exo's "Overdose" dance in the hopes that it'll be included in the 2017 Lunar Show for KDT. And because, well, if I like a song enough, I'll attempt to learn the dance for it. As for the bad news, tomorrow I gotta learn the basics of operating a car.
And also, the fucking Florida killings. My thoughts are that, it's Florida, a lot of crazy things happen in Florida for some reason. It's definitely sad, umm, unfortunate. Not sure how a person was able to get through the doors with a concealed (or unconcealed) AR-15. Pretty bad. Anyways, uhh, KDT performed at the A6 Interact "Colors" event today. There's been a lot of discussion about Lunar Show 2017's theme, the songs we're gonna do, voting, uhh, new members, people who are looking to join, etc.
A lot of new changes, for better or for worse, hopefully for the better. My package from Amazon still isn't here, I'm counting on it getting here by Tuesday, at most Tuesday. Aaand yeah. I expected to write a lot more but this was pretty much the whole day. Well, alrighty, see ya. Oh and uh, still, last night I couldn't fucking sleep. Maybe I can watch a movie or something. I recently learned about Frank Abagnale Jr, a dude who faked his way through multiple job roles at like, 17 or something, and committed a shit ton of cash frauds. He got rich as fuck but unfortunately got caught, although he's like, currently a free man 'cause he helps the government on catching other people like him.
There's a movie made about him starring Leonardo Dicaprio called "Catch Me If You Can." Currently on my "will watch" list, and maybe tonight I'll think about watching it. Anyways, see ya.
Week: 43
Songs to Remember: Overdose - EXO
Well I have some good news and some bad news, and every time I say that I think of Slinky's lines from Toy Story, the same way he says it.
The good news is that, I got some more unlockables in Isaac. Also, I've started learning Exo's "Overdose" dance in the hopes that it'll be included in the 2017 Lunar Show for KDT. And because, well, if I like a song enough, I'll attempt to learn the dance for it. As for the bad news, tomorrow I gotta learn the basics of operating a car.
And also, the fucking Florida killings. My thoughts are that, it's Florida, a lot of crazy things happen in Florida for some reason. It's definitely sad, umm, unfortunate. Not sure how a person was able to get through the doors with a concealed (or unconcealed) AR-15. Pretty bad. Anyways, uhh, KDT performed at the A6 Interact "Colors" event today. There's been a lot of discussion about Lunar Show 2017's theme, the songs we're gonna do, voting, uhh, new members, people who are looking to join, etc.
A lot of new changes, for better or for worse, hopefully for the better. My package from Amazon still isn't here, I'm counting on it getting here by Tuesday, at most Tuesday. Aaand yeah. I expected to write a lot more but this was pretty much the whole day. Well, alrighty, see ya. Oh and uh, still, last night I couldn't fucking sleep. Maybe I can watch a movie or something. I recently learned about Frank Abagnale Jr, a dude who faked his way through multiple job roles at like, 17 or something, and committed a shit ton of cash frauds. He got rich as fuck but unfortunately got caught, although he's like, currently a free man 'cause he helps the government on catching other people like him.
There's a movie made about him starring Leonardo Dicaprio called "Catch Me If You Can." Currently on my "will watch" list, and maybe tonight I'll think about watching it. Anyways, see ya.
Sunday, June 12, 2016
Saturday, June 11, 2016 "I Can't Wait to Sleep."
Saturday, June 11, 2016
Week: 43
Songs to Remember: Overdose - EXO
Hi my name is Drew and my sleep schedule is fucked. I sleep for around 10 hours a day, give or give an hour or 2. Even then, I do get tired in the afternoon sometimes and the past couple days, I haven't been able to sleep for shit.
Not really sure why. I stayed up to 3:00 AM last night. I posted to Snapchat at 2:00 AM that I couldn't sleep, Rh is still in Hong Kong so he messaged me "same," how he hasn't been able to sleep for a while too (mind you, while it's 2:00 AM here, it's like, the afternoon in Hong Kong). We talked about not being able to sleep, aaand I asked about why there are so many cats in Hong Kong before I tried to go back to sleep. I couldn't.
Watching YouTube videos didn't get me tired, I thought it might be that I was secretly hungry so I ate and that still didn't get me tired. Like, I knew I couldn't sleep when I had my eyes closed, trying to go to sleep, doing my usual "think and visualize of series openings according to the song being played" and that shit wasn't working, because I had my eyes closed for several minutes. Minutes.
I also haven't been able to find any real good music lately, so, maybe listening to repeated and overplayed shit might have something to do with it. Seriously, I've been listening to the same like, 10 tracks for the past 2 weeks. It sucks, heh.
So, what's been happening recently. Uhhh, well, today I Skyped with my cousin. He's working on like, an essay or some shit to submit to SFSU. Today I looked up admissions to SJSU and other similar colleges. Unfortunately, you can't do applications in the summer, like, they aren't open yet, because the deadline dates still reference shit like, 2015, or, dates that have already passed.
I also got some challenges done in Isaac, if you wanna count that as something. Let's see, let's see, uhh, tomorrow, KDT's gonna be performing, so, that's cool. And, on Monday, my mom's gonna teach me the basic controls of car, in the safety of our own backyard of course so I don't endanger those around us. Aaand, that's about it really. I was really tired this afternoon, like, before I took a shower, I just wanted to sleep and right then and there, or rather here, on my mat. I said to myself "I cannot wait to go to sleep." Shame that I did feel motivated to do college applications but unfortunately that they're not open yet.
Oh yeah, today was also apparently "Game Night: Part 3" for the cast. I was invited and I sorta wanted to go, but mostly I didn't so, I didn't go, heh. They didn't really to seem to mind in the chat, and by seem to mind, I mean, really mention shit at all. No, I'm not mad or upset, just something I do for a while, a set time period, in which I get my own time for myself, recollect my thoughts, reduce stress, aaand it's sorta going good.
So tomorrow I'm getting a haircut, aaand just gonna relax. And wait for my Amazon cosplay package to arrive. It's been like, 4 days. I'm not even sure if mail ships on the weekends. Oh- I knew I forgot something. What I was about to say had to deal with what I forgot and remembered, but, in the midst of writing this, I fucking forgot. Oh thank the fucking lord, okay. I refreshed my Facebook feed and it popped up.
Christina Grimmie. It's nice that people care about her, but I don't know why people didn't express their care for her before she died. I don't know, it's kinda off to me, and apparently everybody just so happens to have some kind of relation to her. For me, I never knew her until, like yesterday, I'm sure many others just discovered her yesterday as well. Uhhh, yeah, never really knew her at all, or, what she did, I never really watched "The Voice," never really listened to her music, etc.
And I'm sure people are raving hard about how 2016 sucks due to so many celebrity deaths so far, like, Muhammad Ali, Grimmie, and Bowie. Well anyways, finally remembered what I wanted to say, that is all. See ya.
Week: 43
Songs to Remember: Overdose - EXO
Hi my name is Drew and my sleep schedule is fucked. I sleep for around 10 hours a day, give or give an hour or 2. Even then, I do get tired in the afternoon sometimes and the past couple days, I haven't been able to sleep for shit.
Not really sure why. I stayed up to 3:00 AM last night. I posted to Snapchat at 2:00 AM that I couldn't sleep, Rh is still in Hong Kong so he messaged me "same," how he hasn't been able to sleep for a while too (mind you, while it's 2:00 AM here, it's like, the afternoon in Hong Kong). We talked about not being able to sleep, aaand I asked about why there are so many cats in Hong Kong before I tried to go back to sleep. I couldn't.
Watching YouTube videos didn't get me tired, I thought it might be that I was secretly hungry so I ate and that still didn't get me tired. Like, I knew I couldn't sleep when I had my eyes closed, trying to go to sleep, doing my usual "think and visualize of series openings according to the song being played" and that shit wasn't working, because I had my eyes closed for several minutes. Minutes.
I also haven't been able to find any real good music lately, so, maybe listening to repeated and overplayed shit might have something to do with it. Seriously, I've been listening to the same like, 10 tracks for the past 2 weeks. It sucks, heh.
So, what's been happening recently. Uhhh, well, today I Skyped with my cousin. He's working on like, an essay or some shit to submit to SFSU. Today I looked up admissions to SJSU and other similar colleges. Unfortunately, you can't do applications in the summer, like, they aren't open yet, because the deadline dates still reference shit like, 2015, or, dates that have already passed.
I also got some challenges done in Isaac, if you wanna count that as something. Let's see, let's see, uhh, tomorrow, KDT's gonna be performing, so, that's cool. And, on Monday, my mom's gonna teach me the basic controls of car, in the safety of our own backyard of course so I don't endanger those around us. Aaand, that's about it really. I was really tired this afternoon, like, before I took a shower, I just wanted to sleep and right then and there, or rather here, on my mat. I said to myself "I cannot wait to go to sleep." Shame that I did feel motivated to do college applications but unfortunately that they're not open yet.
Oh yeah, today was also apparently "Game Night: Part 3" for the cast. I was invited and I sorta wanted to go, but mostly I didn't so, I didn't go, heh. They didn't really to seem to mind in the chat, and by seem to mind, I mean, really mention shit at all. No, I'm not mad or upset, just something I do for a while, a set time period, in which I get my own time for myself, recollect my thoughts, reduce stress, aaand it's sorta going good.
So tomorrow I'm getting a haircut, aaand just gonna relax. And wait for my Amazon cosplay package to arrive. It's been like, 4 days. I'm not even sure if mail ships on the weekends. Oh- I knew I forgot something. What I was about to say had to deal with what I forgot and remembered, but, in the midst of writing this, I fucking forgot. Oh thank the fucking lord, okay. I refreshed my Facebook feed and it popped up.
Christina Grimmie. It's nice that people care about her, but I don't know why people didn't express their care for her before she died. I don't know, it's kinda off to me, and apparently everybody just so happens to have some kind of relation to her. For me, I never knew her until, like yesterday, I'm sure many others just discovered her yesterday as well. Uhhh, yeah, never really knew her at all, or, what she did, I never really watched "The Voice," never really listened to her music, etc.
And I'm sure people are raving hard about how 2016 sucks due to so many celebrity deaths so far, like, Muhammad Ali, Grimmie, and Bowie. Well anyways, finally remembered what I wanted to say, that is all. See ya.
Friday, June 10, 2016
Friday, June 10, 2016 "Permit."
Friday, June 10, 2016
Week: 43
Songs to Remember: Shut Up & Groove - Heize
Well, I really can't wait to go to sleep tonight because I am tired as shit. I've been at the DMV from 1:30 PM to around 4:00 PM. Didn't know there was a 2nd Linecon this year.
But yeah, I did pass, and the process wasn't as tedious as I thought it was gonna be. It was, you go up front to these 2 guides, you fill out a form, get directed to a place to wait and that was, about 50% majority of the time spent there. My parents and I were #289 and they were just on #220. Finally, around maybe 3:10 PM, we finally got our number called. We went to a window and the person just photo-copied our info, input our info to be printed out, I did the vision test which was, no big deal. And uh, next I waited in line to take my picture.
Which was not that great, heh. I looked pretty depressed in my picture, pretty soulless and I'm sure that's what everybody at the DMV feels like, every day. So that's my excuse. Umm, yeah and then I went to go take the permit test right after, which was online, like, with a computer, except it was touch-screen shit so I was kinda iffy at first. 'Cause it's not very accurate, one false touch, boom, shit goes wrong. I didn't complain though, because if I did the paper one, I'd have to wait in another line, have it be manually graded, etc.
The actual test was pretty similar to the practice ones I took online, with some differences. Instead of 4 answer choices, it's just 3, and usually there's one answer choice that is completely illogical, so, 50/50 for each question essentially. It also didn't say what number question I was on so it felt like it never ended, and it also didn't keep track of how many I got wrong, so, I had to manually do that and that added a bit to my nerves. I took my time though. I skipped some stupid questions of which I either forgot, or, because it dealt with miscellaneous shit. For example, one question was like "Where's the most usual place for ice to hide in the road? Asphalt, a bridge, or an intersection?" Something like that, it was pretty stupid because it was, miscellaneous, nothing major, and no driver would ever keep track of this shit.
And yeah I did get that one wrong, apparently it's bridges. It's not like it snows much in California, so. But anyways, I counted around 4 or 5 wrong before the test ended and told me I passed. I was relieved, then stood in line for like another 10 minutes. Got my papers printed and boom, I got my permit. Yeah, it's just a permit, nothing to be proud of, but still. Atter that, it was around 4:00 PM, we ate at this one asian shopping center, then went home and damn was I tired. I wanted to take a nap, but, I felt like it was a waste of time, ironically as it is. What was even more like, ironic, was that, my dad encountered a lot of bad drivers on the way to and from the DMV as he drove us. Pretty bootleg.
So yeah, that was it. I Skyped with my cousin, we discussed some shit like, upcoming movies we'd want to see, for me personally, "The Conjuring 2" and "The Purge: Election Year," those are pretty hyphy movies. Umm, not sure the schedule is for my mom to teach me driving basics, maybe she'll start in a few days or some shit. As for events, KDT's gonna be performing in the A6 Interact "Colors" event on Sunday. On next Monday, June 20th, Dn's planning for KDT people and her buddies to have a bootleg Karaoke night at this one Karaoke place. Umm, I'd be down for it, as long as others are down for it. A lot of people are a "Maybe" right now, so, still waiting.
Also, the cast is planning for a third game night, supposedly called "Game Night: Part 3," some time next week. Nothing's really set yet, I'm not sure if I want to go or not either, because I'm still recovering in my introvert therapy, which is, muting and being offline on specific group chats and programs. Not kDT though, I don't spend time with them enough, or at least, as much as my buddies, so. And no, still no sign of what the next series is gonna be called yet. Still remains a mystery.
Well there you have it. There's probably more events going on but I'm not listing them because, they aren't as important. It's 10:55 PM, I try to go to sleep early but would still have trouble actually sleeping. See ya.
Week: 43
Songs to Remember: Shut Up & Groove - Heize
Well, I really can't wait to go to sleep tonight because I am tired as shit. I've been at the DMV from 1:30 PM to around 4:00 PM. Didn't know there was a 2nd Linecon this year.
But yeah, I did pass, and the process wasn't as tedious as I thought it was gonna be. It was, you go up front to these 2 guides, you fill out a form, get directed to a place to wait and that was, about 50% majority of the time spent there. My parents and I were #289 and they were just on #220. Finally, around maybe 3:10 PM, we finally got our number called. We went to a window and the person just photo-copied our info, input our info to be printed out, I did the vision test which was, no big deal. And uh, next I waited in line to take my picture.
Which was not that great, heh. I looked pretty depressed in my picture, pretty soulless and I'm sure that's what everybody at the DMV feels like, every day. So that's my excuse. Umm, yeah and then I went to go take the permit test right after, which was online, like, with a computer, except it was touch-screen shit so I was kinda iffy at first. 'Cause it's not very accurate, one false touch, boom, shit goes wrong. I didn't complain though, because if I did the paper one, I'd have to wait in another line, have it be manually graded, etc.
The actual test was pretty similar to the practice ones I took online, with some differences. Instead of 4 answer choices, it's just 3, and usually there's one answer choice that is completely illogical, so, 50/50 for each question essentially. It also didn't say what number question I was on so it felt like it never ended, and it also didn't keep track of how many I got wrong, so, I had to manually do that and that added a bit to my nerves. I took my time though. I skipped some stupid questions of which I either forgot, or, because it dealt with miscellaneous shit. For example, one question was like "Where's the most usual place for ice to hide in the road? Asphalt, a bridge, or an intersection?" Something like that, it was pretty stupid because it was, miscellaneous, nothing major, and no driver would ever keep track of this shit.
And yeah I did get that one wrong, apparently it's bridges. It's not like it snows much in California, so. But anyways, I counted around 4 or 5 wrong before the test ended and told me I passed. I was relieved, then stood in line for like another 10 minutes. Got my papers printed and boom, I got my permit. Yeah, it's just a permit, nothing to be proud of, but still. Atter that, it was around 4:00 PM, we ate at this one asian shopping center, then went home and damn was I tired. I wanted to take a nap, but, I felt like it was a waste of time, ironically as it is. What was even more like, ironic, was that, my dad encountered a lot of bad drivers on the way to and from the DMV as he drove us. Pretty bootleg.
So yeah, that was it. I Skyped with my cousin, we discussed some shit like, upcoming movies we'd want to see, for me personally, "The Conjuring 2" and "The Purge: Election Year," those are pretty hyphy movies. Umm, not sure the schedule is for my mom to teach me driving basics, maybe she'll start in a few days or some shit. As for events, KDT's gonna be performing in the A6 Interact "Colors" event on Sunday. On next Monday, June 20th, Dn's planning for KDT people and her buddies to have a bootleg Karaoke night at this one Karaoke place. Umm, I'd be down for it, as long as others are down for it. A lot of people are a "Maybe" right now, so, still waiting.
Also, the cast is planning for a third game night, supposedly called "Game Night: Part 3," some time next week. Nothing's really set yet, I'm not sure if I want to go or not either, because I'm still recovering in my introvert therapy, which is, muting and being offline on specific group chats and programs. Not kDT though, I don't spend time with them enough, or at least, as much as my buddies, so. And no, still no sign of what the next series is gonna be called yet. Still remains a mystery.
Well there you have it. There's probably more events going on but I'm not listing them because, they aren't as important. It's 10:55 PM, I try to go to sleep early but would still have trouble actually sleeping. See ya.
Thursday, June 9, 2016
Thursday, June 9, 2016 "Pursuing Time."
Thursday, June 9, 2016
Week: 43
Songs to Remember: Attention - UP10TION
So I'm sitting right here studying, I've been studying and doing practice questions for the permit test, and others are either visiting art museums with their friends or, playing fucking Jenga or graduating and shit.
Yeah. I don't think I really even need to study this much considering that, shit seems pretty common sense, aaand, there are only 3 answer choices per question. Much, much easier than the tests I've taken at school, that's for sure, heh. But, I don't wanna take the chance because waiting 7 weeks to re-take it, yeah, fuck that. I do not want to waste precious time, even though I do so every day but that kind of time-wasting ain't on my agenda.
So, other than that, other than watching some YouTube videos every now and then, refreshing feeds, checking Snapchat, Instagram, there's nothing else I've been doing these past couple days. Kinda sad, heh. Hopefully that ends after tomorrow. I'm taking a guess that, eh, it'll take around 2 hours, not counting drive times, for me to complete everything at the DMV. Like, from filling out the fucking DL44 form (which can only be picked up at DMV's or be mailed to you unfortunately), to, getting a fucking copy of my birth certificate, and have my picture taken, my thumbprint taken, do the vision test, do the test, and of course, wait in line.
Nothing really new has come across my path. Uhh, music has been a bit finicky to find lately, I'm still listening to stuff as old as, the beginning of The Days. I'm guessing it's because groups are just waiting 'till summer really hits for summer releases. Until then, it's kinda just mediocre "ehh" stuff.
And yeah. Pretty tired right now, I did take a nap this afternoon, that was, because I was tired from staring at the screen for practice tests and shit. Oh yeah, one thing I wanted to address. I was looking into the "creative" services section of Craigslist a few days ago, out of curiosity, and all I found were people advertising themselves and their graphic design businesses. I was like "Holy shit, it's all these people." So that kinda discouraged me a bit from choosing to pursue graphic design because, I did not want to end up like these people, having to advertise on Craigslist for job opportunities. Not that, advertising on Craigslist is bad, but, it sorta seems like a "last-resort" sorta thing. I mean, what are the chances a big company owner looks through Craigslist for graphic designers?
I just hope that, I just get lucky with my graphic design shit, heh. Anyways, I'll still pursue, because it is something that I like and enjoy. Alrighty, time to resume studying see ya.
Week: 43
Songs to Remember: Attention - UP10TION
So I'm sitting right here studying, I've been studying and doing practice questions for the permit test, and others are either visiting art museums with their friends or, playing fucking Jenga or graduating and shit.
Yeah. I don't think I really even need to study this much considering that, shit seems pretty common sense, aaand, there are only 3 answer choices per question. Much, much easier than the tests I've taken at school, that's for sure, heh. But, I don't wanna take the chance because waiting 7 weeks to re-take it, yeah, fuck that. I do not want to waste precious time, even though I do so every day but that kind of time-wasting ain't on my agenda.
So, other than that, other than watching some YouTube videos every now and then, refreshing feeds, checking Snapchat, Instagram, there's nothing else I've been doing these past couple days. Kinda sad, heh. Hopefully that ends after tomorrow. I'm taking a guess that, eh, it'll take around 2 hours, not counting drive times, for me to complete everything at the DMV. Like, from filling out the fucking DL44 form (which can only be picked up at DMV's or be mailed to you unfortunately), to, getting a fucking copy of my birth certificate, and have my picture taken, my thumbprint taken, do the vision test, do the test, and of course, wait in line.
Nothing really new has come across my path. Uhh, music has been a bit finicky to find lately, I'm still listening to stuff as old as, the beginning of The Days. I'm guessing it's because groups are just waiting 'till summer really hits for summer releases. Until then, it's kinda just mediocre "ehh" stuff.
And yeah. Pretty tired right now, I did take a nap this afternoon, that was, because I was tired from staring at the screen for practice tests and shit. Oh yeah, one thing I wanted to address. I was looking into the "creative" services section of Craigslist a few days ago, out of curiosity, and all I found were people advertising themselves and their graphic design businesses. I was like "Holy shit, it's all these people." So that kinda discouraged me a bit from choosing to pursue graphic design because, I did not want to end up like these people, having to advertise on Craigslist for job opportunities. Not that, advertising on Craigslist is bad, but, it sorta seems like a "last-resort" sorta thing. I mean, what are the chances a big company owner looks through Craigslist for graphic designers?
I just hope that, I just get lucky with my graphic design shit, heh. Anyways, I'll still pursue, because it is something that I like and enjoy. Alrighty, time to resume studying see ya.
Wednesday, June 8, 2016
Wednesday, June 8, 2016 "Interchange."
Wednesday, June 8, 2016
Week: 43
Songs to Remember: Lucky One - EXO
Alright. It's 10:06 PM, I just finished like, my 5th online practice permit test, consisting of 40 questions each, and finished reading the driving manual.
And I didn't just skim it either, I read it as slowly as I needed to comprehend each word of the text. And thank goodness for the pictures because if that shit was explained to me with just words, I don't think I'd understand how the road works, heh. But yeah, I studied the whole day, uhh, with some exceptions being a small 30 minute nap at one point because this shit was tiring, aaand the occasional music change, refreshing Facebook and YouTube feeds.
The practice questions are surprisingly easy, for the most part. Besides some shitty wordings, I usually miss only 4 or 5 out of 40 questions. Tomorrow I'll probably just do the same tests again, skim through the book again, and I'll be good. As for today, yeah I basically just studied. I found out the schedule, upcoming schedule for what my mom's planned this summer. Friday, this Friday, I'll be taking the permit test, aaand afterwards my mom will do some small driving lessons with me before we leave for LA to stay at my grandmother's for 2 weeks, starting June 26th, a Sunday.
My mom actually planned for us to go down July 2nd, but that's the 2nd day of Anime Expo, and I didn't want to miss most of the days, I plan to go for maybe, 3 days, at most. My cousin is coming down to our grandmother's on June 30th, so, we'll be able to get at least 3 days of Anime Expo in. That's pretty much all I'm looking forward to at my grandmother's house. Yeah visiting family and whatnot, but you get what I mean.
Uhhh, so yeah, after staying in LA, we come back home and my mom will get me a driving instructor to teach me, maybe like, a couple hours each day on weekdays or some shit. I still got math work to do, for AP Calculus, hopefully I don't forget, or worse, procrastinate 'till the night before. Jesus, do not want to do math work the night before school starts, heh. And yeah. I've also muted the group chat with the cast and logged off of Discord because I want my own peace and quiet. And also because people were pissing me off, I did not want their negativity to affect, so I'll be isolated from their chats for a bit, maybe, I don't know, another 3 weeks or something.
I have done this before, and it does work. It's like, 50% of your worries just blows away. And once you come back, hey, you'll be able to reclaim those worries, albeit slowly. Other than that, uhh, my cousin is graduating tomorrow. Woo, heh. It's now 10:18 PM, I'll play a couple rounds of Isaac, then, off to bed- I knew I forgot something. Always happens. So I finally watched "Goosebumps" last night, the 2015 movie. I knew it was gonna be filled with cliches and like, slapstick shit and whatnot, sorta nasty CGI, but I watched it simply because it was Goosebumps.
And yeah, it wasn't that bad. There's definitely some plot holes, some crazy "dude has an imaginary girlfriend" shit, some bootleg-ass parts. All in all, not bad, I give it a 7.5/10. It was mainly, mainly humor, like, 80% humor, 20% horror. Still, it's aight. Okay, hopefully that's all for today. See ya.
Week: 43
Songs to Remember: Lucky One - EXO
Alright. It's 10:06 PM, I just finished like, my 5th online practice permit test, consisting of 40 questions each, and finished reading the driving manual.
And I didn't just skim it either, I read it as slowly as I needed to comprehend each word of the text. And thank goodness for the pictures because if that shit was explained to me with just words, I don't think I'd understand how the road works, heh. But yeah, I studied the whole day, uhh, with some exceptions being a small 30 minute nap at one point because this shit was tiring, aaand the occasional music change, refreshing Facebook and YouTube feeds.
The practice questions are surprisingly easy, for the most part. Besides some shitty wordings, I usually miss only 4 or 5 out of 40 questions. Tomorrow I'll probably just do the same tests again, skim through the book again, and I'll be good. As for today, yeah I basically just studied. I found out the schedule, upcoming schedule for what my mom's planned this summer. Friday, this Friday, I'll be taking the permit test, aaand afterwards my mom will do some small driving lessons with me before we leave for LA to stay at my grandmother's for 2 weeks, starting June 26th, a Sunday.
My mom actually planned for us to go down July 2nd, but that's the 2nd day of Anime Expo, and I didn't want to miss most of the days, I plan to go for maybe, 3 days, at most. My cousin is coming down to our grandmother's on June 30th, so, we'll be able to get at least 3 days of Anime Expo in. That's pretty much all I'm looking forward to at my grandmother's house. Yeah visiting family and whatnot, but you get what I mean.
Uhhh, so yeah, after staying in LA, we come back home and my mom will get me a driving instructor to teach me, maybe like, a couple hours each day on weekdays or some shit. I still got math work to do, for AP Calculus, hopefully I don't forget, or worse, procrastinate 'till the night before. Jesus, do not want to do math work the night before school starts, heh. And yeah. I've also muted the group chat with the cast and logged off of Discord because I want my own peace and quiet. And also because people were pissing me off, I did not want their negativity to affect, so I'll be isolated from their chats for a bit, maybe, I don't know, another 3 weeks or something.
I have done this before, and it does work. It's like, 50% of your worries just blows away. And once you come back, hey, you'll be able to reclaim those worries, albeit slowly. Other than that, uhh, my cousin is graduating tomorrow. Woo, heh. It's now 10:18 PM, I'll play a couple rounds of Isaac, then, off to bed- I knew I forgot something. Always happens. So I finally watched "Goosebumps" last night, the 2015 movie. I knew it was gonna be filled with cliches and like, slapstick shit and whatnot, sorta nasty CGI, but I watched it simply because it was Goosebumps.
And yeah, it wasn't that bad. There's definitely some plot holes, some crazy "dude has an imaginary girlfriend" shit, some bootleg-ass parts. All in all, not bad, I give it a 7.5/10. It was mainly, mainly humor, like, 80% humor, 20% horror. Still, it's aight. Okay, hopefully that's all for today. See ya.
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
Tuesday, June 7, 2016 "In the Books."
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
Week: 43
Songs to Remember: She Is - Jonghyun
Let's try to go to sleep early tonight? Harder than it seems. And, trying to keep my head in a driving handbook is a also lot harder than it seems.
I can refrain from clicking on other tabs when I'm trying to study. But, I might get enveloped in a thought, let's say, I think of the fucking "Drip Drop" dance and therefore I do a little mini attempt of it to make sure "Yep, I still got it." Small little distractions like that, although small, add up and I end up wasting time.
I also waste time by my conflicting rest patterns. After refreshing my Facebook and YouTube feeds and see that nothing interesting has popped up, I lie down on my mat and be like "Fuuuuck, there's nothing to do, and I don't wanna just take a nap." I already sleep for like, 10 hours a day now anyways. Soo, I go to refresh the pages again, find that there's nothing, or if there's something I watch it or read it, then lie back down and repeat the process all over again.
If only there were incentives ya know. Take for example, points2shop surveys. Yeah, they're sorta tedious, really tedious when you spend 10 minutes on one and then towards the end they disqualify you. But, there's still a high point reward for 'em, and so I keep doing 'em. For studying for a fucking test, I mean, I get my permit yeah, but, it's not something I'm really, really looking forward to.
I don't know. Right now, today I just Skyped with my cousin (who isactually graduating Thursday, not tomorrow), played some Isaac (due to there being no real grindy online MMO that interests me right now. And, I don't own Overwatch), aaand discussed plans for the upcoming event for KDT with the other cabinet members. Speaking of which, I made my first post in the KDT group page (like, private group page, not the public one), and not like first comment or anything, but like, a stand-alone post, regarding the mix for the upcoming A6 Interact event.
And people liked it, heh. Along with Dn, I too am curious to see how KDT plays out next year. It's definitely going to be something alright. But yeah, uhhh, I did study a bit from the handbook, the driving handbook. I'm on like, page 40 out of 116, which is alright. It's essentially just common sense, and like, yield, yield, yield. As of what I have read, anyways.
That's about all I can think of right now as for updates. Again, probably forgot some shit, it happens. Also I still have no idea what the next series is gonna be named. I don't wanna just give it a name out of the blue, or else it wouldn't have any meaning to it, rather than coming up with its name from an event or something. Also, my senior quote. Still have no idea what it's going to be. Sure I could still stick with the OG "So Don't Be On With Her" or go with the "dank memes galaxy" one, but I think I'll go with a different one, just not sure what yet. Anyways, finally, see ya.
Oh for fuck's sake, okay, I did forget something. I finished watching "Dead Man Wonderland" today, all 12 episodes, apparently, I thought there were 14 but I guess not. I realized that when I was finished with #12 and looked in the playlist, only to find that that was the last episode. Umm, it's very good, very good. Each character and the settings have so much symbolism in them, it's crazy. Going as far as the names for the Deadmans, the bird names, and like, the character motives, their pasts, etc, the corrupt prison government, etc.
Yes, a lot of gore, and blood. I didn't like the censoring with the black circles and shadows. Not good. Uhh, throughout the anime, it was nice and tense the whole way, no real fillers 'cause like, well it's only 12 episodes. The ending, holy shit, uhh, spoilers, there is no ending, according to the anime, the manga, yeah, but, I am not much of a reader so I don't think I'll read it, heh. But, there's too many unanswered questions. Still nice though, overall, I give the anime a 9/10.
Alrighty, that's about it for today. See ya.
Week: 43
Songs to Remember: She Is - Jonghyun
Let's try to go to sleep early tonight? Harder than it seems. And, trying to keep my head in a driving handbook is a also lot harder than it seems.
I can refrain from clicking on other tabs when I'm trying to study. But, I might get enveloped in a thought, let's say, I think of the fucking "Drip Drop" dance and therefore I do a little mini attempt of it to make sure "Yep, I still got it." Small little distractions like that, although small, add up and I end up wasting time.
I also waste time by my conflicting rest patterns. After refreshing my Facebook and YouTube feeds and see that nothing interesting has popped up, I lie down on my mat and be like "Fuuuuck, there's nothing to do, and I don't wanna just take a nap." I already sleep for like, 10 hours a day now anyways. Soo, I go to refresh the pages again, find that there's nothing, or if there's something I watch it or read it, then lie back down and repeat the process all over again.
If only there were incentives ya know. Take for example, points2shop surveys. Yeah, they're sorta tedious, really tedious when you spend 10 minutes on one and then towards the end they disqualify you. But, there's still a high point reward for 'em, and so I keep doing 'em. For studying for a fucking test, I mean, I get my permit yeah, but, it's not something I'm really, really looking forward to.
I don't know. Right now, today I just Skyped with my cousin (who isactually graduating Thursday, not tomorrow), played some Isaac (due to there being no real grindy online MMO that interests me right now. And, I don't own Overwatch), aaand discussed plans for the upcoming event for KDT with the other cabinet members. Speaking of which, I made my first post in the KDT group page (like, private group page, not the public one), and not like first comment or anything, but like, a stand-alone post, regarding the mix for the upcoming A6 Interact event.
And people liked it, heh. Along with Dn, I too am curious to see how KDT plays out next year. It's definitely going to be something alright. But yeah, uhhh, I did study a bit from the handbook, the driving handbook. I'm on like, page 40 out of 116, which is alright. It's essentially just common sense, and like, yield, yield, yield. As of what I have read, anyways.
That's about all I can think of right now as for updates. Again, probably forgot some shit, it happens. Also I still have no idea what the next series is gonna be named. I don't wanna just give it a name out of the blue, or else it wouldn't have any meaning to it, rather than coming up with its name from an event or something. Also, my senior quote. Still have no idea what it's going to be. Sure I could still stick with the OG "So Don't Be On With Her" or go with the "dank memes galaxy" one, but I think I'll go with a different one, just not sure what yet. Anyways, finally, see ya.
Oh for fuck's sake, okay, I did forget something. I finished watching "Dead Man Wonderland" today, all 12 episodes, apparently, I thought there were 14 but I guess not. I realized that when I was finished with #12 and looked in the playlist, only to find that that was the last episode. Umm, it's very good, very good. Each character and the settings have so much symbolism in them, it's crazy. Going as far as the names for the Deadmans, the bird names, and like, the character motives, their pasts, etc, the corrupt prison government, etc.
Yes, a lot of gore, and blood. I didn't like the censoring with the black circles and shadows. Not good. Uhh, throughout the anime, it was nice and tense the whole way, no real fillers 'cause like, well it's only 12 episodes. The ending, holy shit, uhh, spoilers, there is no ending, according to the anime, the manga, yeah, but, I am not much of a reader so I don't think I'll read it, heh. But, there's too many unanswered questions. Still nice though, overall, I give the anime a 9/10.
Alrighty, that's about it for today. See ya.
Monday, June 6, 2016
Monday, June 6, 2016 "A Summer Before."
Monday, June 6, 2016
Week: 43
Songs to Remember: Like An Airplane - San E
I don't know what to feel. Looking back, the other summers I felt like "Gosh, there's nothing to do." Now it's like "Holy fuck, there's too much to do."
For starters, I gotta study the fucking California Driver's handbook and, you guessed it, take the knowledge test. Just when I thought I was safe from tests for a while, heh. And I thought I would have to do the fucking, driver's education shit. Fortunately I don't because I am 17 1/2. I turned 17 1/2 about a day ago actually, heh.
So yeah, gonna have to get that done this week (studying) and then take the permit test sometime next week, of which is also the time for when my package from Amazon arrives. Uhhh, as for dancing, I think I'll do that when I really get the motivation for it. I know, I know, I talked about being lazy before and shit for dancing. I'm saying that, like, there are other priorities over dancing for right now. Like, say, getting my permit first, or, doing college applications, which, I dread. I'm dreading it right now. I'm not sure when I'll actually commit a whole day doing them but uhh, yeah, that'll be when I'm really miserable, heh.
But yeah, today was a whole assortment (never used that word in a while) of stuff. I finished (about 99%) my Persona 5 protagonist mask. I just need to find a way to attach it to my face and I'll be truly finished. I also, well, ordered what I need for my cosplay, as well as finally finishing with the mix for KDT's performance at the A6 Interact charity event dinner thing. It took around, ehhh, 2 and a half hours at least, maybe more, maybe less. The first version, uhhh, I tried to make actual mix transitions, but, I guess that's not really applicable considering performers can't just stand on stage for 10 seconds doing nothing.
So, instead of making it flow in one piece, I instead made simple fade-out transitions for most of the song endings. And it worked out, I listened to the finished product several times and it sounded like a regular mix, with no transition sounding too too off. I showed it to the KDT cabinet and they liked it. But yeah, dear lord, took a while to make it. So other than what I just stated above, plus Skyping with my cousin again who went to another Six Flags park today and is graduating on Wednesday, uhh, there's nothing else I really did.
I do wanna talk about something though, and it's this feeling. I have this feeling like it's as if it feels like a summer-time from back when I was like 5 or something, where, all I do is stay at home, watching TV, playing with my toys, it's hot but the house is nice and air-conditioned. It feels nice. It's different from, let's say, being able to stay up as late as I want when I'm at my grandmother's house during summer of, uhh, 2013 or something. Maybe 2012.
I think what the word I'm looking for is nostalgia. I feel care-free, like when I was little. But right now, it ain't really care-free at all considering the responsibilities I got. It's weird, it's hard to explain. At least I tried to put it the best way I can. That's. pretty much it. As for updates, I actually got my sleep schedule back to how it originally was. Well, at least, weekend-wise, treating each day as if it were a weekend, sleeping at around 2:00 AM or 2:30 AM, waking up at 11:30 AM. It may seem as if it's only the beginning of the summer, June 6th, but, I just know it'll pass by just like that.
And I will say I am ready for school, as crazy as it may sound right now. I'll regret saying I can't wait to go back once I have to do that first test (which is ironically on the 1st day of school. Yeah, AP Calculus). But, although there's shit like math work, I am looking forward to the last year for KDT hype. Man it'll be something. Like, remember when there were auditions for Lunar Show? I was being judged (like, literally, with ratings) for Taemin's "Danger" and EXO's "Call Me Baby." Now, I'ma be one judging others, heh. It's crazy how it's all turning out.
I don't know why I was pushing myself so much. I mean, taking 2 AP's and 2 Honors? Sure I could've clutched AP Bio but that story's over. I don't think that work was at all worth it. I enjoy doing graphic design shit right now, have been for the past, 8 or 9 years or so, and probably will be in college. I just gotta stick to it, and make the most of every situation. By that, I mean roadtrips with friends. Seeing my dad's pictures of his trip in Europe, I was like "Damn he got to see huge snow. I only got to touch snow like, once in my life,and it wasn't really like, 'snow' snow." Experiences. I like 'em a lot. Fanime taught me a lot too. What was just an off-thing, I was not expecting forming an impromptu group and exploring with unconventional people, let alone, get into the hype and cosplay, heh. Damn was that nice.
Well alright, I probably missed some shit on what I wanted to talk about, but, it's good for now. I say this a lot but truly, it's never really "good for now" 'cause I always forget all the things I want to talk about, they all stack up and it just loops on and on again. But anyways, it's 10:39 PM, pretty early, I'll go to bed anyways. See ya.
Week: 43
Songs to Remember: Like An Airplane - San E
I don't know what to feel. Looking back, the other summers I felt like "Gosh, there's nothing to do." Now it's like "Holy fuck, there's too much to do."
For starters, I gotta study the fucking California Driver's handbook and, you guessed it, take the knowledge test. Just when I thought I was safe from tests for a while, heh. And I thought I would have to do the fucking, driver's education shit. Fortunately I don't because I am 17 1/2. I turned 17 1/2 about a day ago actually, heh.
So yeah, gonna have to get that done this week (studying) and then take the permit test sometime next week, of which is also the time for when my package from Amazon arrives. Uhhh, as for dancing, I think I'll do that when I really get the motivation for it. I know, I know, I talked about being lazy before and shit for dancing. I'm saying that, like, there are other priorities over dancing for right now. Like, say, getting my permit first, or, doing college applications, which, I dread. I'm dreading it right now. I'm not sure when I'll actually commit a whole day doing them but uhh, yeah, that'll be when I'm really miserable, heh.
But yeah, today was a whole assortment (never used that word in a while) of stuff. I finished (about 99%) my Persona 5 protagonist mask. I just need to find a way to attach it to my face and I'll be truly finished. I also, well, ordered what I need for my cosplay, as well as finally finishing with the mix for KDT's performance at the A6 Interact charity event dinner thing. It took around, ehhh, 2 and a half hours at least, maybe more, maybe less. The first version, uhhh, I tried to make actual mix transitions, but, I guess that's not really applicable considering performers can't just stand on stage for 10 seconds doing nothing.
So, instead of making it flow in one piece, I instead made simple fade-out transitions for most of the song endings. And it worked out, I listened to the finished product several times and it sounded like a regular mix, with no transition sounding too too off. I showed it to the KDT cabinet and they liked it. But yeah, dear lord, took a while to make it. So other than what I just stated above, plus Skyping with my cousin again who went to another Six Flags park today and is graduating on Wednesday, uhh, there's nothing else I really did.
I do wanna talk about something though, and it's this feeling. I have this feeling like it's as if it feels like a summer-time from back when I was like 5 or something, where, all I do is stay at home, watching TV, playing with my toys, it's hot but the house is nice and air-conditioned. It feels nice. It's different from, let's say, being able to stay up as late as I want when I'm at my grandmother's house during summer of, uhh, 2013 or something. Maybe 2012.
I think what the word I'm looking for is nostalgia. I feel care-free, like when I was little. But right now, it ain't really care-free at all considering the responsibilities I got. It's weird, it's hard to explain. At least I tried to put it the best way I can. That's. pretty much it. As for updates, I actually got my sleep schedule back to how it originally was. Well, at least, weekend-wise, treating each day as if it were a weekend, sleeping at around 2:00 AM or 2:30 AM, waking up at 11:30 AM. It may seem as if it's only the beginning of the summer, June 6th, but, I just know it'll pass by just like that.
And I will say I am ready for school, as crazy as it may sound right now. I'll regret saying I can't wait to go back once I have to do that first test (which is ironically on the 1st day of school. Yeah, AP Calculus). But, although there's shit like math work, I am looking forward to the last year for KDT hype. Man it'll be something. Like, remember when there were auditions for Lunar Show? I was being judged (like, literally, with ratings) for Taemin's "Danger" and EXO's "Call Me Baby." Now, I'ma be one judging others, heh. It's crazy how it's all turning out.
I don't know why I was pushing myself so much. I mean, taking 2 AP's and 2 Honors? Sure I could've clutched AP Bio but that story's over. I don't think that work was at all worth it. I enjoy doing graphic design shit right now, have been for the past, 8 or 9 years or so, and probably will be in college. I just gotta stick to it, and make the most of every situation. By that, I mean roadtrips with friends. Seeing my dad's pictures of his trip in Europe, I was like "Damn he got to see huge snow. I only got to touch snow like, once in my life,and it wasn't really like, 'snow' snow." Experiences. I like 'em a lot. Fanime taught me a lot too. What was just an off-thing, I was not expecting forming an impromptu group and exploring with unconventional people, let alone, get into the hype and cosplay, heh. Damn was that nice.
Well alright, I probably missed some shit on what I wanted to talk about, but, it's good for now. I say this a lot but truly, it's never really "good for now" 'cause I always forget all the things I want to talk about, they all stack up and it just loops on and on again. But anyways, it's 10:39 PM, pretty early, I'll go to bed anyways. See ya.
Sunday, June 5, 2016 "Getting Started."
Sunday, June 5, 2016
Week: 42
Songs to Remember: Shut up and Groove - Heize (헤이즈)
Well it looks like I'ma have to get off my lazy ass tomorrow to start working on getting my driver's permit.
Today was just Amazon shopping, uhhh, yeah that, aaand, going over to Jk's house with the cast (DrewN, Ek, Lw, Ag) for a game night. It was alright, ya know, I'ma mostly just tired, had to discuss planning for the Interact A6 "Colors" charity dinner event around next next week, such as song order. I started on the mix for that around, 5 minutes ago, aaand am going to finish it tomorrow morning. Aka, in the morning. I also started on the mask for my Persona 5 protagonist cosplay for Anime Expo, so that was fun.
Hopefully tomorrow I won't choose to do a mix at 11:30 PM, cause right now, it's 1:52 AM. See ya.
Week: 42
Songs to Remember: Shut up and Groove - Heize (헤이즈)
Well it looks like I'ma have to get off my lazy ass tomorrow to start working on getting my driver's permit.
Today was just Amazon shopping, uhhh, yeah that, aaand, going over to Jk's house with the cast (DrewN, Ek, Lw, Ag) for a game night. It was alright, ya know, I'ma mostly just tired, had to discuss planning for the Interact A6 "Colors" charity dinner event around next next week, such as song order. I started on the mix for that around, 5 minutes ago, aaand am going to finish it tomorrow morning. Aka, in the morning. I also started on the mask for my Persona 5 protagonist cosplay for Anime Expo, so that was fun.
Hopefully tomorrow I won't choose to do a mix at 11:30 PM, cause right now, it's 1:52 AM. See ya.
Sunday, June 5, 2016
Saturday, June 4, 2016 "Toxic Play."
Saturday, June 4, 2016
Week: 42
Songs to Remember: She Is - Jonghyun
Well. I spent a lot of time planning today, a bit too much time actually because it is now 11:55 PM.
I played my usual Isaac, watched some videos, uhhh, a little bit more of Deadman Wonderland. The KDT cabinet (including me) discussed some future shit with like, the upcoming show charity dinner show (yes, another one) that's happening this summer. It hasn't been confirmed that we're in the show yet, we're still deciding the songs as well.
In the meantime, voting and sign-ups are going on while the people get back to us on whether we got in or not. There's also been planning for the 2017 Lunar Show such as coming up with a theme, uhh, testing who can assigned as a teacher for KDT 2017, all that. There's also a fair bit of gossip, like, how there was this one person in KDT this year, who gave a lot of attitude. And it wasn't just once or twice, this person gave attitude and a bit of defiance towards the president, She left practice to go do something else, didn't even fear that her spot could've been dropped. She showed attitude to Th when he was just stating where her position is in a dance, and even to Michelle, one of the nicest people in KDT.
She also distanced herself from Mt, and from Mt's perspective, she said she and her (it's a girl) that they were friends, but the toxicity was just a bit too much. This gossip was in the KDT cabinet chat, essentially just Dn, Mt, Jb, Ln, and me. They mentioned that she was a junior and I was trying to narrow it down to a few people. Out of all the juniors, everybody seemed nice, I didn't really notice any attitude, so that's why I was so confused on who it was. Apparently everybody knew, except me, 'till they finally PM'd me about who it was.
Surprise, surprise, it's El. I was like "O. Makes much more sense now." Yep. Apparently her toxicity isn't a one time thing, apparently it wasn't just because of me, she's literally, toxic, heh. Like, even to KDT members, the one's who've stuck it out, are all accepting and non-judging, who just wanna help each other, she acts like, I don't call girls this word often, but a bitch. And finally, proof, and not just from my own experience either.
So that Fanime thing, again, probably a one-time thing. I was right, I was right all along, heh. Anyways, so there was that. Uhhh, other than KDT shit (there's a total of like, 3 or 4 KDT group chats now, consisting of the main one, one of cabinet members, and one for teachers+cabinet), I did some more surveys, uhhh, I also browsed for cosplay shit because I'm still riding on that cosplay hype. I don't think it'll be over until Anime Expo passes. I also got my cousin into the hype as well because apparently, there's an Attack on Titan jacket on Amazon for $10 and free shipping. Holy hell that's cheap, heh.
What's unfortunate is that the 4-day Anime Expo pass is $90 right now. And I thought Fanime was expensive. Umm, nothing else much but that. Tomorrow I'm probably gonna go to Jk's house with the cast for a game night, maybe watch a movie as well in theaters, I don't know. Monday, I'ma have to start doing online shit for my driving permit. Then, go take the test and get it. Then, by 6 months afterwards, my parents will get me a tutor, practice driving, and boom, I'm like, 1/7th part into becoming an adult, heh.
But as of right now, I'm making the most of what's still left of me as a kid and experiencing shit I should experience, like anime shit. And, video games. So yeah. It's 12:11 AM, see ya.
Week: 42
Songs to Remember: She Is - Jonghyun
Well. I spent a lot of time planning today, a bit too much time actually because it is now 11:55 PM.
I played my usual Isaac, watched some videos, uhhh, a little bit more of Deadman Wonderland. The KDT cabinet (including me) discussed some future shit with like, the upcoming show charity dinner show (yes, another one) that's happening this summer. It hasn't been confirmed that we're in the show yet, we're still deciding the songs as well.
In the meantime, voting and sign-ups are going on while the people get back to us on whether we got in or not. There's also been planning for the 2017 Lunar Show such as coming up with a theme, uhh, testing who can assigned as a teacher for KDT 2017, all that. There's also a fair bit of gossip, like, how there was this one person in KDT this year, who gave a lot of attitude. And it wasn't just once or twice, this person gave attitude and a bit of defiance towards the president, She left practice to go do something else, didn't even fear that her spot could've been dropped. She showed attitude to Th when he was just stating where her position is in a dance, and even to Michelle, one of the nicest people in KDT.
She also distanced herself from Mt, and from Mt's perspective, she said she and her (it's a girl) that they were friends, but the toxicity was just a bit too much. This gossip was in the KDT cabinet chat, essentially just Dn, Mt, Jb, Ln, and me. They mentioned that she was a junior and I was trying to narrow it down to a few people. Out of all the juniors, everybody seemed nice, I didn't really notice any attitude, so that's why I was so confused on who it was. Apparently everybody knew, except me, 'till they finally PM'd me about who it was.
Surprise, surprise, it's El. I was like "O. Makes much more sense now." Yep. Apparently her toxicity isn't a one time thing, apparently it wasn't just because of me, she's literally, toxic, heh. Like, even to KDT members, the one's who've stuck it out, are all accepting and non-judging, who just wanna help each other, she acts like, I don't call girls this word often, but a bitch. And finally, proof, and not just from my own experience either.
So that Fanime thing, again, probably a one-time thing. I was right, I was right all along, heh. Anyways, so there was that. Uhhh, other than KDT shit (there's a total of like, 3 or 4 KDT group chats now, consisting of the main one, one of cabinet members, and one for teachers+cabinet), I did some more surveys, uhhh, I also browsed for cosplay shit because I'm still riding on that cosplay hype. I don't think it'll be over until Anime Expo passes. I also got my cousin into the hype as well because apparently, there's an Attack on Titan jacket on Amazon for $10 and free shipping. Holy hell that's cheap, heh.
What's unfortunate is that the 4-day Anime Expo pass is $90 right now. And I thought Fanime was expensive. Umm, nothing else much but that. Tomorrow I'm probably gonna go to Jk's house with the cast for a game night, maybe watch a movie as well in theaters, I don't know. Monday, I'ma have to start doing online shit for my driving permit. Then, go take the test and get it. Then, by 6 months afterwards, my parents will get me a tutor, practice driving, and boom, I'm like, 1/7th part into becoming an adult, heh.
But as of right now, I'm making the most of what's still left of me as a kid and experiencing shit I should experience, like anime shit. And, video games. So yeah. It's 12:11 AM, see ya.
Saturday, June 4, 2016
Friday, June 3, 2016 "Those Who Brought Fortune."
Friday, June 3, 2016
Week: 42
Songs to Remember: Drip Drop - Taemin
I'm still sick. It's not much of an excuse anymore to be a bit more lazy because, I'm still coughing like heck and blowing my nose every 30 seconds.
Today was just a few things: Unturned with my bud, doing points2shop surveys, and Isaac. Fortunately I still got survey-taking skills, 'cause I'm up to 1300 points in just a day. I didn't spend the entire day, but if I did, ehhh, I could probably average to about 2500 or maybe 3000. It's not something to brag about really, you can probably make the same amount working at a job that pays minimum for about 4+ hours.
But, in survey-taking, there's not too much though-power involved, and nothing really physical about it either besides clicking buttons. So anyways, I forgot to mention some of the names of the people who were especially involved in the series of The Days. I did mention the names of those in 100% Chance of Bad I think or So Don't Be On With Her, so, might as well mention those in The Days as well.
Starting off with the cast, consisting of Justin, An, Eryka, and of course, AndrewN. Those I've kept in contact with online, despite some going to different schools, are Eric, Eric, Matthew, and Derek. Some specific KDT members are Diana, Emily, Cynthia, Tu, Thien, Anna, Jessica, Jessie, Melissa, Khason, Cathy, Jasmine, Miah, Samantha, Lyn, Ryan, and Julie, some of which are still at school and who have yet to graduate. And finally, those who have graduated and played a major role through-out the series. Including, but not limited to: Aaron, Jacky, Catherine (I remember her name better as Catherine than Cathy since that was the name she first told me), and Yennie. Oh and my cousin, Jason, who's graduating next week.
That's pretty much everybody I can come up with right now, partially because I'm coughing my lungs out, and because it's 12:47 AM. Yeah so, if anyone were to ever see these posts and require that I remove their name, then I will. Oh and another thing. Apparently some aren't going to be that far away after all. Apparently the president of KDT is going to SJSU, which is like "Alrighty." I mean yeah, they're still in California, so, the odds of meeting these people again aren't that low. And in about a year, I'll be heading there as well, both fortunately, and unfortunately, heh.
And it's not like I'll go actively seek them out. If I see them, I'll be like "Hey" and mind my own way. And just like in High School Musical (in which, the graduation cover song for this year for the school was "Breaking Free"), "I gotta go my own way." See ya, heh.
Week: 42
Songs to Remember: Drip Drop - Taemin
I'm still sick. It's not much of an excuse anymore to be a bit more lazy because, I'm still coughing like heck and blowing my nose every 30 seconds.
Today was just a few things: Unturned with my bud, doing points2shop surveys, and Isaac. Fortunately I still got survey-taking skills, 'cause I'm up to 1300 points in just a day. I didn't spend the entire day, but if I did, ehhh, I could probably average to about 2500 or maybe 3000. It's not something to brag about really, you can probably make the same amount working at a job that pays minimum for about 4+ hours.
But, in survey-taking, there's not too much though-power involved, and nothing really physical about it either besides clicking buttons. So anyways, I forgot to mention some of the names of the people who were especially involved in the series of The Days. I did mention the names of those in 100% Chance of Bad I think or So Don't Be On With Her, so, might as well mention those in The Days as well.
Starting off with the cast, consisting of Justin, An, Eryka, and of course, AndrewN. Those I've kept in contact with online, despite some going to different schools, are Eric, Eric, Matthew, and Derek. Some specific KDT members are Diana, Emily, Cynthia, Tu, Thien, Anna, Jessica, Jessie, Melissa, Khason, Cathy, Jasmine, Miah, Samantha, Lyn, Ryan, and Julie, some of which are still at school and who have yet to graduate. And finally, those who have graduated and played a major role through-out the series. Including, but not limited to: Aaron, Jacky, Catherine (I remember her name better as Catherine than Cathy since that was the name she first told me), and Yennie. Oh and my cousin, Jason, who's graduating next week.
That's pretty much everybody I can come up with right now, partially because I'm coughing my lungs out, and because it's 12:47 AM. Yeah so, if anyone were to ever see these posts and require that I remove their name, then I will. Oh and another thing. Apparently some aren't going to be that far away after all. Apparently the president of KDT is going to SJSU, which is like "Alrighty." I mean yeah, they're still in California, so, the odds of meeting these people again aren't that low. And in about a year, I'll be heading there as well, both fortunately, and unfortunately, heh.
And it's not like I'll go actively seek them out. If I see them, I'll be like "Hey" and mind my own way. And just like in High School Musical (in which, the graduation cover song for this year for the school was "Breaking Free"), "I gotta go my own way." See ya, heh.
Friday, June 3, 2016
Thursday, June 2, 2016 "Cough Season."
Thursday, June 2, 2016
Week: 1
Songs to Remember: The Seventh Sense - NCT U
After 42 long seasons, The Days has finally ended. And now, it's the start of the pre-season to the next series, which, is currently unnamed.
So I was planning on going to the graduation today. Like, physically go. I didn't have a graduation ticket so I wouldn't actually be able to sit at the bleachers and watch, I'd go to the theater and watch from there, then, when it's over, I go on over and see who I could find.
Well plans changed unfortunately. I was coughing this morning, umm, I'm currently sick. Even when I tried to take a nap, I was constantly coughing so I couldn't even sleep. I blame Tu for this. Tu was sick during the KDT event thing and he hugged me there. So, yeah, heh. The good news is, my sore throat passed a few days ago after I did a tea + honey + turmeric combination drink. I am however, coughing like crazy now, along with a runny nose.
If I had went outside, I think I might've exploded. Combined with allergies, the hot weather, and having to sit through an hour+ of the principal announcing names (the graduation went from like, 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM, not counting the time after the formal speeches and stuff). I would not have survived. So unfortunately I had to stay home. Uhh, just did a bunch of random things such as cleaning my room, getting rid of all those papers, played Isaac, Unturned, etc.
I think I'ma have to rest a few days before I get back on track towards, whatever my goal is right now. I'll update when I see fit. For now, I'm stuck coughing. See ya.
Week: 1
Songs to Remember: The Seventh Sense - NCT U
After 42 long seasons, The Days has finally ended. And now, it's the start of the pre-season to the next series, which, is currently unnamed.
So I was planning on going to the graduation today. Like, physically go. I didn't have a graduation ticket so I wouldn't actually be able to sit at the bleachers and watch, I'd go to the theater and watch from there, then, when it's over, I go on over and see who I could find.
Well plans changed unfortunately. I was coughing this morning, umm, I'm currently sick. Even when I tried to take a nap, I was constantly coughing so I couldn't even sleep. I blame Tu for this. Tu was sick during the KDT event thing and he hugged me there. So, yeah, heh. The good news is, my sore throat passed a few days ago after I did a tea + honey + turmeric combination drink. I am however, coughing like crazy now, along with a runny nose.
If I had went outside, I think I might've exploded. Combined with allergies, the hot weather, and having to sit through an hour+ of the principal announcing names (the graduation went from like, 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM, not counting the time after the formal speeches and stuff). I would not have survived. So unfortunately I had to stay home. Uhh, just did a bunch of random things such as cleaning my room, getting rid of all those papers, played Isaac, Unturned, etc.
I think I'ma have to rest a few days before I get back on track towards, whatever my goal is right now. I'll update when I see fit. For now, I'm stuck coughing. See ya.
Thursday, June 2, 2016
Wednesday, June 1, 2016 "Make the Good Days Last."
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
Week: 42
Songs to Remember: Drip Drop - Taemin, Fly- GOT7, Champagne - TVXQ, Fantasy Girl - CANDO, BEST OF 2015- K-POP MEGA MASH-UP - SHIMMIXES, Allday Allnight - Jakop(야콥), Raina(레이나), ￦uNo(우노), DAYDAY(데이데이), Yey - Beast, Calling Me - Sam (쌤), Cinderella - CNBlue, Oh Yeah - GD&TOP, Moonlight Sonata - Bigstar, Overcome - Nu'est, Lollipop - IMFACT, Touch - A.cian, Knock - KNK, Unfair - EXO, So Mack - VASCO (바스코), Shall We Dance - SNUPER(스누퍼), Sorry - Justin Bieber, The Pawprint - The White Panda, The Seventh Sense - NCT U, Halogen - Neon Indian, Dynamite - VIXX, Be Right There (Boombox Cartel Remix) - Diplo & Sleepy Tom, Cake By the Ocean - DNCE, Fresh (새로워) - Phenomenon (페노메논), Press Your Number - Taemin, Solo - Jay Park, A Year Like A Day (하루 같은 일년) - 2LSON, All In - Monsta X
After 2 series, 3 if you include this one, it doesn't feel like the ending. It doesn't feel like it ended. Probably because this time, it was different.
Big difference. So how did it all go down? Well, did the same old routine I do every morning. The walk to class was still the same as every morning, except this time I walked to my 5th period instead of my 1st period. Seats were the same, until the teacher moved us around, including me, into our "test-taking" spots. Didn't worry much for History, I had my study-sheet and my pencil, ready to write whatever. What was weird was that, how I remember it, it went by pretty quick those 2 hours.
It was just 40 multiple choice, 30 labeling questions based on the map of the U.S (I'm still not very good at Geography. In fact, if it weren't for me remembering Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros' "Home," I probably would've forgotten about Alabama and Arkansas), 10 fill-in-the-term questions, 9 short-answer questions, and an optional extra credit matching thing, for which I didn't have much time to do. Went by real quick. I did say a good-bye to the teacher, for whom I know will still be here, teaching at school, so I didn't worry too much about not seeing him again.
It was break and I walked to my locker to take my lock off my locker. I opened and closed it twice to make sure it was actually empty, heh. It was. I'm not actually sure where it is right now, I think it's in my backpack or something. I then walked to the spot I usually go to during break, but, nobody was there. I suddenly ran into Jk who was going to return his History book. Him and I went to the book-room in the back of the F-building, right next to my History teacher's classroom. We stumbled upon Ek who was with her friend or something. We went with her to her locker and Lw came on by. Bell rang, it was time for the last period of the day.
Which, fortunately, I don't have to do shit because I already did the final, which was a group project. So, we sat and watched "Mulan," dubbed in Chinese, for the whole period. We didn't get to finish it though 'cause we spent some of the time returning our textbooks. Speaking of textbooks, on Schoolloop it says that I have "The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail" still checked out and un-returned. In fact, several others who were in my English class got that same notification too. Thankfully it's only $10, so, we can either spam the shit out of the librarian in saying that we turned it in, or, just pay it. Unlike my math textbook last year, which was like, $70. Fucking A.
So anyways, that was the entire period. People were fucking around, I was borrowing the dude behind me's yearbook, I got a couple of my group members added on Snapchat, and, news that the teacher will be teaching only Chinese 3 next year. It may seem bad for some, like those who hate her or get constantly picked on by her, like, the freshman behind me, heh, but for me, it's fucking good 'cause there's so much bulk work. So much, that if you fail all the tests, you can still pass with a B due to the amount of bulk work covering it all. Take it from me, who has barely any experience in Chinese, barely gets by on the vocab quizzes and tests, and still able to make away with an A, just because of the bulk work.
My group members provided me with nice company, even though they're sophomores, even though, we never really talked to each other outside of Chinese class. 12:20 PM hit and the next thing you know, I'M OUTTA THERE BOYS. Not really, I wanted to go for a walk around the school before I left. I did it freshman year I think, I definitely did it last year, I'll continue to do it next year too. I walked with my boy Jk 'till we stumbled upon Ag, who, yeah, always takes this route home. We were just, talking, and we somehow scheduled a meet at the mall after-school, heh. Am came too, and we took a picture together. We did message the chat but Ek didn't respond and DrewN was busy. It was set to 6:00 PM since I had a KDT celebration to go to, like right after school.
I walked with Jk to his car, I walked to around a bit. There wasn't really anybody I knew, besides Ct and Ad who I met on my walk. I told Ad he should come to the KDT celebration thing, from 1 to 5. He told me he'd try to go, but sadly he wasn't able to. It's alright though, at least I got to see him once more before he graduates, TOMORROW. Yeah I don't know if I can even make it to the graduation considering it is so early in the morning. Like, the live-stream of it starts at 10:00 AM or something. Also, there's like no grad tickets, so, you can only go into the bleachers area after they announce all the names and shit. Otherwise, you can watch the live-stream of it at home, or, watch a live-stream of it in the theater at school. Mmmm, nice, you can watch your kid graduate on a screen, rather than the real thing that's happening a few kilometers away.
I blame the small amount of seating available. Anyways, uhhh, I also met Jd and Jc, both of which are in KDT. Aaand that was it school-wise. I didn't get the chance to see Yn again, but, at least she ain't going away to like, Arkansas or anything I like that. In fact, she's going to SJSU, which is uh, basically what I'm planning to go to, unfortunately. Uhhh, what is fortunate though, is that, you guessed it. Okay well maybe not, I'd still have doubted myself. A person from my English class messaged the group chat and announced that the teacher published the grades. I quickly went onto Schoolloop, logged in, and took a good-ass look at my grades. The moment I saw that 71.24%, oh boy. Heh, not close at all, right? It was actually not as close as I thought, but, still, more closer than I would've liked. I looked at how I did and damn, did I do good. Whether the teacher was rushing to grade shit or didn't look over our responses as thoroughly as he usually does, I still ended up with a 78% for the test (after edits) and an 80% for the free-responses.
I also got one of my assignments credited for extra credit, as well as getting an apparent 100% for the latest participation log, my only 100% for participation logs, heh. You could definitely say he was being generous. Umm, either, because we gave him a baseball mitt with quotes on it like in Catcher, or, he didn't want to fail some of us, I don't give a shit. I got that 71.24%, I earned it, I worked hard for it, I, I read a fucking book for it, heh, entirely, no audio-books. That right there was an achievement in itself. So yeah, thankfully, I don't have to do summer-school. Getting back to more social stuff, I came home to eat, got ready, ready for the, essentially the highlight of the series finale.
I had on my KDT shirt, my black denim jeans, and my backpack, with, a tablet as an extra battery for charging and these 2 cups of candy from France. I arrived at around 1:30 PM, maybe a bit later than that. Didn't matter, people were just eating and like, I just had lunch prior to coming. I saw that the gifts for the seniors were already handed out. Everybody was just talking, eating. There were those sitting on the picnic blanket, those sitting on the brick wall, err, what is it called? It's not really a fence, it's like, surrounding. Stone, err, seats. Okay. People were basically in their own groups. People were just starting to show up as well. Some, unfortunately had to either leave early, or were not able to come at all.
It wasn't until 2:45 PM (I went and looked and apparently "eating" was on the schedule. Did not see that) that we started the more, detailed stuff. It came to the KDT Awards. Apparently the "KDT Senior Awards" like how Senior Awards nights work at school, but this time, it's for KDT members only. And, not just the seniors. The KDT president posted an example before, so I kinda knew how it would go. There'a PowerPoint with slides showing 3 nominees (or less, or more) and then the slide after it is the person/group who won the nomination. It was fun, definitely. There were A LOT of awards handed out. Categories included "Meme master," or, "Hidden Freak," heh, or "Most improved Junior," and stuff like that. Not everybody got got an award, but the president explained that it was just for fun, in which, yeah, you're supposed to take it as just fun. I mean, for fuck's sake, there's a "Miley Cyrus" category, for the one who has the flattest ass. And yes, I did win that one, heh.
That lasted approximately to 3:30 PM (according to the schedule). Up next was probably the hardest part of it all: speeches. Almost everybody went, only if you had wanted to, or, if you were a senior, then you had to, heh. Some prepared theirs, some did not. They started off with Kh's speech, in, he gave a nice, thoughtful speech on how it's been a pretty fun experience. Then it started getting a bit deeper, after the comedy which was Th's speech of course. He didn't want to be too sincere since it'll be too depressing, and so, he preferred comedy over seriousness. In which, yeah he pulled up his pants, all the way, including the pant legs. And then, it got deep. Mi spoke and she told us about how we made her feel accepted, how we were able to build up her confidence.
And yes, she cried. People cried. It kept on getting deeper and deeper. There's so many speeches I can't even remember. Even the "new" cabinet spoke, including me. I didn't prepare a speech or anything, so I just went with what was on my mind. Took me a while, but I think I got what I wanted to say. Es, the KDT co-president presented me with a box. I wasn't expecting it at all actually. What was it? Well since I'm the new KDT secretary, I had to manage the club's finances. This was the the actual KDT fund, and I had it, in my hands. If you ever wanted to feel like you had some responsibility, try holding the entire club's funds over the course of YEARS, in a box, in your hands. Jesus, was that something. Mh and Jb then spoke too, and Jb, I could feel her. You could feel the realization emanating from her as she talked. She joined freshman year, stayed in it 'till now. And now, the people who accepted her in are leaving, leaving it up to her to continue leading.
Then it was finally the cabinet's speeches. The vice-president, Cy, spoke. She said a lot, more than I can remember, so, sorry. Uhh, it was Es, the co-president's turn, and she told us about the really early days of KDT, when it was first formed. She told the backstory of her and Dn, the president, when they danced to K-Pop back in 7th grade. They weren't actually the ones who started it, but they assumed the leadership roles to lead it into this position, and that's something. She even explained how during her sophomore year, she had the realization that "Oh shit, I'm leading a fucking club and I'm only a sophomore." What an amazing feat. And then there was the KDT president, Dn. She, she basically told us how much we grew, that the early beginnings of KDT were rough, and discouraging. Like, they were getting rejected by organizations to perform, even Key Club. From that, coming to now where we're so well-known that we actually have to CANCEL and reject performance invitations from organizations because we're so booked.
It's incredible the amount of leadership required to turn something that seems laughable to something that's populated with over 30+ members, and receiving invitations to shit like the pride rally, where just a few years ago, KDT was known as nothing. She even said that she considered handing the position of president over to somebody else due to the pressure, rejection, and put-downs. But guess what? She didn't. And if it weren't for her, KDT wouldn't be where it was at right now. It's crazy to think about, but I'm glad it happened. She directed parts of the ends of her speech to us, the new cabinet. For Ln, she told her that even though vice-president is a big role for someone heading into their sophomore year, she believes she can handle it. To Jb, she saw her mature from the very beginning and believes that she will finish what she started (that's not really what she said but you get what I mean. That Star Wars quote fits really well though, heh). And to me, I was told: "To Andrew, don't get KDT banned, heh."
The tears didn't stop there though. A member came late, err, she had to leave for a while and came back. She was a senior and got to make her speech. Well, hers was the deepest out of everybody's. She said that KDT was the thing that made her keep on living. One year before, she was contemplating suicide. But she didn't, and she has come so far due to us. We treat her as a family, we don't judge, and it feels as if she belongs. Her speech right there, showed how powerful the influence of something as simple as a dancing club can be. It's hard to fathom, but, it's really something to think about. KDT saved a life. It's crazy.
Moving on from the sadness, it was a time to just have fun. And that right there, reminded me of what Cy had actually said. She said that, for the club, perfection ain't everything, it's not the key component. The key component is having fun, and if people have fun, that is what leads them to success. And so, 4:15 PM, next up was the KDT showcase, where we got do dance, to whatever we wanted to. They started off with like, a silly performance (apparently, heh) by Th, Eh, Jb, and Es. They did like, their own mix. Th didn't practice so, he just did whatever, heh. The showcase wasn't done in order, apparently, because I got chose to go next. And yeah, I worried for nothing. There was no reason to practice because for fuck's sake, I watched Taemin's "Drip Drop" hundreds of times, probably. Listened to it hundreds of times, I got it.
And I did. The president said "Whenever you're ready." I wanted to say "I'm never ready" and just stay up there forever, but I decided to go for it, let the music guide me. And yes, people did cheer and Snapchat it. A LOT. Like, Dn's story on Snapchat right now has like, five 10-second clips of me doing my dance. I guess people weren't expecting it. I like it though, it keeps shit interesting. I did mess up here and there, partly because of the slippery sand, partly because I didn't put in the changes to the dance, but overall, hell, everybody liked it. That was not the only surprise though. Others did their performances, like, Ln, Bp, Rh, and Mt doing their cover of NCTU's "The Seventh Sense." Ln definitely showed off what she can do with that solo. Jd, doing a solo of BgA's "Dong Saya Dae" was really, really surprising, heh. She was, it was a "Holy shit" moment. She went hard in a part of it, like, damn. I guess that's what they thought of mine as well. I didn't expect it and well, damn, heh.
People don't understand how I can keep a straight face when doing these dances. My answer is that my face, my normal face, is just a mug, heh. It requires no effort at all most of the time to keep this face, so, that's it. Umm, there were other performances, yeah, including me, Dn, Mt, Ln, and Bp's cover of COOL's "Let Me Sarang You" which was, pretty nasty, but, it was fun, heh. That was the whole point of thing, it was, to just dance, for the fun of it. And I did have fun showing what I could do if I put effort into shit.
So, as we rounded off the last few performances, people signed yearbooks, the seniors opened their presents which included pictures of them making nasty-ass faces, Pocky, hand-made stuff, and a jar full of hand-written letters from us, the underclass-men. I tried to stay for as long as possible, but people were moving out (aka, dispersing, aka, to get milk tea), and it was like, 6:00 PM so I had to get home, eat dinner, and get ready to go to the mall with some of the cast members. It was time to say good-bye, for now, hopefully not forever, heh. And then, I departed. Went home, went to the mall, it was only Jk and Ag there with me but hey, it was a nice little end to what I would call, a very successful and meaningful series finale.
Highest ratings so far actually. Reviews have came in, stating that it featured "not only comedy, but the drama that wiggles through it all." People are asking for the names of the people features, and unfortunately, I can't write about EVERY single person. Just, not possible. I will, however, list those prominent to the series' success. Starting with, the teachers for the year. It was Ms.Byler, whom I had for AP Psychology. Like I have said before, she helps out in anyway she can, she's consistent in her teaching, her teaching strategies are justified, except maybe one or two end-of-year projects, and she definitely favors group work. Would I have her again? Sure, but, it's not possible. My Honors English teacher, Mr.Maples. He's new here at this school. I know this because in the yearbook I got freshman year, he ain't in it, and he taught last year, so.
I didn't really feel comfortable with him at first. Umm, judging by the way he grades, he has a lot of high expectations. He tells us of a student he once had where the student rewrote an essay 8 times before he was able to be God, pass the class, and move on to become a journalist for the New York Times, writing about how his English teacher, Mr.Maples, helped him achieve it. It's nice, but, I don't think anybody in the class is gonna want to go into journalism, after what he put us through. His teaching methods are pretty inconsistent. He lies, a lot, I have evidence to prove it. Would I have him as a teacher again? Yeahhh, no thanks, heh. But, hey, he's got a nice personality. He's into Indie stuff, writes songs, and shows enthusiasm for little tidbits and stuff. He also very, very strongly resembles Rhett from Rhett & Link. Can't look at Rhett the same way ever again.
My Biology teacher, Ms.Brizuela. Jesus. Umm, her first year teaching AP Biology. Did not go so well. Got stressed out over students "cheating" one time. Is a busy mother with 3 kids. Her teaching style is a "self-study" method, with a side of "come to me for help." Not really what I'm comfortable with, and, even though she basically helped me dig my own D+ grave, I gotta give it to her for one thing: she's... her. Yeah, I'm sorry, it seemed good in the 1st semester, things just got shitty in the 2nd semester due to changes and that stupid, take-notes-and-she-grades-you-on-how-well-you-take-notes assignments.I wouldn't want to have her again, but, fortunately for me, she's taking a "break" from teaching for a while. So, she'll have more time to take care of her kids.
My math teacher, the same one from last year, Ms.Tseng, the Tseng-inator. My thoughts still haven't changed of her. She's consistent, she pushes you, and she can teach. Definitely. I never thought I would say this, but I'll miss having her as my math teacher. I'm not sure if I'll be comfortable/ able to adapt to the teaching style of a new math teacher. And as sad as it is tosay this, but yeah, I wouldn't mind having her again, heh. In before I regret saying this shit and she ends up teaching AP Calculus, and ups the ante, heh. Umm, Mr.Anderson, he was my U.S History teacher. Also taught me Geography. He definitely kept to his antics just like when he taught me Geography. His teaching methods consist of more, visual stuff. Like, videos, movies, and of course, drawing and coloring. I don't mind though, because it's either bulk work, or, hey, it's different.
He also adds twists to stuff, and even incorporates some more, real-life stuff to the material. It's a shame he doesn't teach Government or Economy class, because I sure would love for him to be my History teacher again. He's always positive, playful, and as long as you work hard, you're good in his book. I'm gonna miss his bald head, heh, his most defining factor. Actually, I think for his birthday, if I even remember to, I'll give him that Teddy Roosevelt button in December. That'll be nice. And finally, Ms.Kang, my Chinese teacher, who has taught me Chinese 1 to Chinese 2, and soon to be, 99% confirmed, my Chinese 3 teacher. Hey, some hate her, some like her, I'm more of an in-between person. She's consistent, sometimes. Her teaching methods incorporate a lot of hands-on stuff, rather than reading. Also, technology. A lot of it. As long as you do well, you try, to joke sometimes to keep shit interesting, hey, she'll like you. I haven't had any other foreign language teacher besides her so I can't really say, but, Yeah.
And now it's time for the cast. And Jesus. Not him, specifically, but like, it's 12:06 AM and I started writing this at like, 9:30 PM. I guess we're explaining everything huh? Well alright. It's just one series finale a year, so. Uhhh, the cast. The one that appears everyday. Starting, with Ek. She introduced me to Ag. Umm, we then hung out with Jk and Jv at the library at the MathEasy tutoring. Prior to this, there was barely any social hangouts. At all. I was invited to play Badminton, and I guess that was the start to it all. I ran into them in the first day of school, and they took me in. Jk, Ag, Jv, Ek, despite her treacherous ways, I wasn't left by myself. Complications do happen, yeah, but, we still communicate with each other in some way. And still, that lasted even until today.
DrewN was picked up a bit later. I knew him. I never really talked to him 'till, this year. He knew me too, I think 'cause we both share the same name, heh. He sat like, behind, behind me in Geometry class in freshman year. This year, he was in my English class and math class. I don't remember how he got merged in, I wrote it in a post somewhere, but I'm too lazy to find it. I'm glad he got to be part of the cast though, otherwise, I'd have only Jk to enjoy my memes, heh. Moving onto my buddies, the ones who I have added on Discord, having moved from our Skype group. We still talk to each other. Me, Ec, Et, Mc, Dv, and some of Mc's friends once in a while. We're still hitching on the dream that we'll be go ham in our Senior year, once we have our driver's licenses and how we essentially just gotta survive.
My cousin, who I Skyped with almost every weekend. We've had fun times during breaks for when we went on down to our grandmother's house, like for Christmas break. We share the same interests, and we still do. He's going away to college, but, I'm sure that won't stop him from being connected to me. Aka, Skype. Uhh, the chronicles over the course of the series. You know. Lt and Yn. With Lt, man, the beginning was something unreal. I'm real proud of myself for it actually. Unfortunately, there were complications I did not want to deal with with Lt, like how she had only 3 classes in a school day, she's gonna be taking all the hard classes next year (I mean, she took Calculus AB but, you get what I mean. She'll be doing AP Physics and shit), her opinions are largely different from mines, and her views on shit is just, something I didn't wanna deal with. I think the most compelling thing was when she talked about how she wanted to commit suicide and stuff. I knew she didn't mean it, but, it was weird how she conversed only with me about it. It was definitely something. It was a good try though.
Yn. She's graduating, but, not exactly moving far away, I got nothing to worry about. The prom thing, oh my goodness. I'm not mad, I'm not sad, I'm, glad, heh. If she went with me or not, it would've been a different experience each time and it wouldn't matter to me. As long as excitement keeps being put up, I'm all for it. Uh, I think that's- oh what the fuck, didn't get to talk about the KDT members. So. To put things to perspective, each one didn't judge me. No matter if I messed up in a dance, no matter if anything, only because I can't think of anything right now, I was still in KDT. I could go on and on about the origins of joining. I could re-write my whole speech right here. But, I ain't gonna, because the real description is in a post somewhere, and this is just reflection on everything as whole. That, and, it's 12:30 AM, and after a day like this, I'd love to go to sleep, heh.
I'm grateful, to everybody. Even though I can't express it in words, my attitude and actions should speak for it. Speaking of actions, this year is by far, without a doubt, the most social I've been. From performances, to game nights, I've gone out more than, than, I don't know another example. But you get what I mean. All this school, all this laying at home and playing video games and watching videos. It's good, but there needs to be break, and these social events are the perfect fit. So yeah. Also the winning song for end theme is Taemin's "Drip Drop," simply for the fact that I've listened to that too many FUCKING times. I've had it in my head the whole day, holy shit. I'm tired of it, I'M DONE.
One last thing before I end the series. The days of this year, they were long, and mostly cold. Each passing day, I felt as if each were the same as the last. However, when there's a performance during the weekend of a scheduled game night, it breaks that chain of monotonous action. They're so fun that the moment passes by so quickly. They also make up for the bad days, as if they overshadowed them.
So what I'm trying to say is, the bad days are long. Be sure to make the good days last longer. These were The Days. See ya.
Week: 42
Songs to Remember: Drip Drop - Taemin, Fly- GOT7, Champagne - TVXQ, Fantasy Girl - CANDO, BEST OF 2015- K-POP MEGA MASH-UP - SHIMMIXES, Allday Allnight - Jakop(야콥), Raina(레이나), ￦uNo(우노), DAYDAY(데이데이), Yey - Beast, Calling Me - Sam (쌤), Cinderella - CNBlue, Oh Yeah - GD&TOP, Moonlight Sonata - Bigstar, Overcome - Nu'est, Lollipop - IMFACT, Touch - A.cian, Knock - KNK, Unfair - EXO, So Mack - VASCO (바스코), Shall We Dance - SNUPER(스누퍼), Sorry - Justin Bieber, The Pawprint - The White Panda, The Seventh Sense - NCT U, Halogen - Neon Indian, Dynamite - VIXX, Be Right There (Boombox Cartel Remix) - Diplo & Sleepy Tom, Cake By the Ocean - DNCE, Fresh (새로워) - Phenomenon (페노메논), Press Your Number - Taemin, Solo - Jay Park, A Year Like A Day (하루 같은 일년) - 2LSON, All In - Monsta X
After 2 series, 3 if you include this one, it doesn't feel like the ending. It doesn't feel like it ended. Probably because this time, it was different.
Big difference. So how did it all go down? Well, did the same old routine I do every morning. The walk to class was still the same as every morning, except this time I walked to my 5th period instead of my 1st period. Seats were the same, until the teacher moved us around, including me, into our "test-taking" spots. Didn't worry much for History, I had my study-sheet and my pencil, ready to write whatever. What was weird was that, how I remember it, it went by pretty quick those 2 hours.
It was just 40 multiple choice, 30 labeling questions based on the map of the U.S (I'm still not very good at Geography. In fact, if it weren't for me remembering Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros' "Home," I probably would've forgotten about Alabama and Arkansas), 10 fill-in-the-term questions, 9 short-answer questions, and an optional extra credit matching thing, for which I didn't have much time to do. Went by real quick. I did say a good-bye to the teacher, for whom I know will still be here, teaching at school, so I didn't worry too much about not seeing him again.
It was break and I walked to my locker to take my lock off my locker. I opened and closed it twice to make sure it was actually empty, heh. It was. I'm not actually sure where it is right now, I think it's in my backpack or something. I then walked to the spot I usually go to during break, but, nobody was there. I suddenly ran into Jk who was going to return his History book. Him and I went to the book-room in the back of the F-building, right next to my History teacher's classroom. We stumbled upon Ek who was with her friend or something. We went with her to her locker and Lw came on by. Bell rang, it was time for the last period of the day.
Which, fortunately, I don't have to do shit because I already did the final, which was a group project. So, we sat and watched "Mulan," dubbed in Chinese, for the whole period. We didn't get to finish it though 'cause we spent some of the time returning our textbooks. Speaking of textbooks, on Schoolloop it says that I have "The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail" still checked out and un-returned. In fact, several others who were in my English class got that same notification too. Thankfully it's only $10, so, we can either spam the shit out of the librarian in saying that we turned it in, or, just pay it. Unlike my math textbook last year, which was like, $70. Fucking A.
So anyways, that was the entire period. People were fucking around, I was borrowing the dude behind me's yearbook, I got a couple of my group members added on Snapchat, and, news that the teacher will be teaching only Chinese 3 next year. It may seem bad for some, like those who hate her or get constantly picked on by her, like, the freshman behind me, heh, but for me, it's fucking good 'cause there's so much bulk work. So much, that if you fail all the tests, you can still pass with a B due to the amount of bulk work covering it all. Take it from me, who has barely any experience in Chinese, barely gets by on the vocab quizzes and tests, and still able to make away with an A, just because of the bulk work.
My group members provided me with nice company, even though they're sophomores, even though, we never really talked to each other outside of Chinese class. 12:20 PM hit and the next thing you know, I'M OUTTA THERE BOYS. Not really, I wanted to go for a walk around the school before I left. I did it freshman year I think, I definitely did it last year, I'll continue to do it next year too. I walked with my boy Jk 'till we stumbled upon Ag, who, yeah, always takes this route home. We were just, talking, and we somehow scheduled a meet at the mall after-school, heh. Am came too, and we took a picture together. We did message the chat but Ek didn't respond and DrewN was busy. It was set to 6:00 PM since I had a KDT celebration to go to, like right after school.
I walked with Jk to his car, I walked to around a bit. There wasn't really anybody I knew, besides Ct and Ad who I met on my walk. I told Ad he should come to the KDT celebration thing, from 1 to 5. He told me he'd try to go, but sadly he wasn't able to. It's alright though, at least I got to see him once more before he graduates, TOMORROW. Yeah I don't know if I can even make it to the graduation considering it is so early in the morning. Like, the live-stream of it starts at 10:00 AM or something. Also, there's like no grad tickets, so, you can only go into the bleachers area after they announce all the names and shit. Otherwise, you can watch the live-stream of it at home, or, watch a live-stream of it in the theater at school. Mmmm, nice, you can watch your kid graduate on a screen, rather than the real thing that's happening a few kilometers away.
I blame the small amount of seating available. Anyways, uhhh, I also met Jd and Jc, both of which are in KDT. Aaand that was it school-wise. I didn't get the chance to see Yn again, but, at least she ain't going away to like, Arkansas or anything I like that. In fact, she's going to SJSU, which is uh, basically what I'm planning to go to, unfortunately. Uhhh, what is fortunate though, is that, you guessed it. Okay well maybe not, I'd still have doubted myself. A person from my English class messaged the group chat and announced that the teacher published the grades. I quickly went onto Schoolloop, logged in, and took a good-ass look at my grades. The moment I saw that 71.24%, oh boy. Heh, not close at all, right? It was actually not as close as I thought, but, still, more closer than I would've liked. I looked at how I did and damn, did I do good. Whether the teacher was rushing to grade shit or didn't look over our responses as thoroughly as he usually does, I still ended up with a 78% for the test (after edits) and an 80% for the free-responses.
I also got one of my assignments credited for extra credit, as well as getting an apparent 100% for the latest participation log, my only 100% for participation logs, heh. You could definitely say he was being generous. Umm, either, because we gave him a baseball mitt with quotes on it like in Catcher, or, he didn't want to fail some of us, I don't give a shit. I got that 71.24%, I earned it, I worked hard for it, I, I read a fucking book for it, heh, entirely, no audio-books. That right there was an achievement in itself. So yeah, thankfully, I don't have to do summer-school. Getting back to more social stuff, I came home to eat, got ready, ready for the, essentially the highlight of the series finale.
I had on my KDT shirt, my black denim jeans, and my backpack, with, a tablet as an extra battery for charging and these 2 cups of candy from France. I arrived at around 1:30 PM, maybe a bit later than that. Didn't matter, people were just eating and like, I just had lunch prior to coming. I saw that the gifts for the seniors were already handed out. Everybody was just talking, eating. There were those sitting on the picnic blanket, those sitting on the brick wall, err, what is it called? It's not really a fence, it's like, surrounding. Stone, err, seats. Okay. People were basically in their own groups. People were just starting to show up as well. Some, unfortunately had to either leave early, or were not able to come at all.
It wasn't until 2:45 PM (I went and looked and apparently "eating" was on the schedule. Did not see that) that we started the more, detailed stuff. It came to the KDT Awards. Apparently the "KDT Senior Awards" like how Senior Awards nights work at school, but this time, it's for KDT members only. And, not just the seniors. The KDT president posted an example before, so I kinda knew how it would go. There'a PowerPoint with slides showing 3 nominees (or less, or more) and then the slide after it is the person/group who won the nomination. It was fun, definitely. There were A LOT of awards handed out. Categories included "Meme master," or, "Hidden Freak," heh, or "Most improved Junior," and stuff like that. Not everybody got got an award, but the president explained that it was just for fun, in which, yeah, you're supposed to take it as just fun. I mean, for fuck's sake, there's a "Miley Cyrus" category, for the one who has the flattest ass. And yes, I did win that one, heh.
That lasted approximately to 3:30 PM (according to the schedule). Up next was probably the hardest part of it all: speeches. Almost everybody went, only if you had wanted to, or, if you were a senior, then you had to, heh. Some prepared theirs, some did not. They started off with Kh's speech, in, he gave a nice, thoughtful speech on how it's been a pretty fun experience. Then it started getting a bit deeper, after the comedy which was Th's speech of course. He didn't want to be too sincere since it'll be too depressing, and so, he preferred comedy over seriousness. In which, yeah he pulled up his pants, all the way, including the pant legs. And then, it got deep. Mi spoke and she told us about how we made her feel accepted, how we were able to build up her confidence.
And yes, she cried. People cried. It kept on getting deeper and deeper. There's so many speeches I can't even remember. Even the "new" cabinet spoke, including me. I didn't prepare a speech or anything, so I just went with what was on my mind. Took me a while, but I think I got what I wanted to say. Es, the KDT co-president presented me with a box. I wasn't expecting it at all actually. What was it? Well since I'm the new KDT secretary, I had to manage the club's finances. This was the the actual KDT fund, and I had it, in my hands. If you ever wanted to feel like you had some responsibility, try holding the entire club's funds over the course of YEARS, in a box, in your hands. Jesus, was that something. Mh and Jb then spoke too, and Jb, I could feel her. You could feel the realization emanating from her as she talked. She joined freshman year, stayed in it 'till now. And now, the people who accepted her in are leaving, leaving it up to her to continue leading.
Then it was finally the cabinet's speeches. The vice-president, Cy, spoke. She said a lot, more than I can remember, so, sorry. Uhh, it was Es, the co-president's turn, and she told us about the really early days of KDT, when it was first formed. She told the backstory of her and Dn, the president, when they danced to K-Pop back in 7th grade. They weren't actually the ones who started it, but they assumed the leadership roles to lead it into this position, and that's something. She even explained how during her sophomore year, she had the realization that "Oh shit, I'm leading a fucking club and I'm only a sophomore." What an amazing feat. And then there was the KDT president, Dn. She, she basically told us how much we grew, that the early beginnings of KDT were rough, and discouraging. Like, they were getting rejected by organizations to perform, even Key Club. From that, coming to now where we're so well-known that we actually have to CANCEL and reject performance invitations from organizations because we're so booked.
It's incredible the amount of leadership required to turn something that seems laughable to something that's populated with over 30+ members, and receiving invitations to shit like the pride rally, where just a few years ago, KDT was known as nothing. She even said that she considered handing the position of president over to somebody else due to the pressure, rejection, and put-downs. But guess what? She didn't. And if it weren't for her, KDT wouldn't be where it was at right now. It's crazy to think about, but I'm glad it happened. She directed parts of the ends of her speech to us, the new cabinet. For Ln, she told her that even though vice-president is a big role for someone heading into their sophomore year, she believes she can handle it. To Jb, she saw her mature from the very beginning and believes that she will finish what she started (that's not really what she said but you get what I mean. That Star Wars quote fits really well though, heh). And to me, I was told: "To Andrew, don't get KDT banned, heh."
The tears didn't stop there though. A member came late, err, she had to leave for a while and came back. She was a senior and got to make her speech. Well, hers was the deepest out of everybody's. She said that KDT was the thing that made her keep on living. One year before, she was contemplating suicide. But she didn't, and she has come so far due to us. We treat her as a family, we don't judge, and it feels as if she belongs. Her speech right there, showed how powerful the influence of something as simple as a dancing club can be. It's hard to fathom, but, it's really something to think about. KDT saved a life. It's crazy.
Moving on from the sadness, it was a time to just have fun. And that right there, reminded me of what Cy had actually said. She said that, for the club, perfection ain't everything, it's not the key component. The key component is having fun, and if people have fun, that is what leads them to success. And so, 4:15 PM, next up was the KDT showcase, where we got do dance, to whatever we wanted to. They started off with like, a silly performance (apparently, heh) by Th, Eh, Jb, and Es. They did like, their own mix. Th didn't practice so, he just did whatever, heh. The showcase wasn't done in order, apparently, because I got chose to go next. And yeah, I worried for nothing. There was no reason to practice because for fuck's sake, I watched Taemin's "Drip Drop" hundreds of times, probably. Listened to it hundreds of times, I got it.
And I did. The president said "Whenever you're ready." I wanted to say "I'm never ready" and just stay up there forever, but I decided to go for it, let the music guide me. And yes, people did cheer and Snapchat it. A LOT. Like, Dn's story on Snapchat right now has like, five 10-second clips of me doing my dance. I guess people weren't expecting it. I like it though, it keeps shit interesting. I did mess up here and there, partly because of the slippery sand, partly because I didn't put in the changes to the dance, but overall, hell, everybody liked it. That was not the only surprise though. Others did their performances, like, Ln, Bp, Rh, and Mt doing their cover of NCTU's "The Seventh Sense." Ln definitely showed off what she can do with that solo. Jd, doing a solo of BgA's "Dong Saya Dae" was really, really surprising, heh. She was, it was a "Holy shit" moment. She went hard in a part of it, like, damn. I guess that's what they thought of mine as well. I didn't expect it and well, damn, heh.
People don't understand how I can keep a straight face when doing these dances. My answer is that my face, my normal face, is just a mug, heh. It requires no effort at all most of the time to keep this face, so, that's it. Umm, there were other performances, yeah, including me, Dn, Mt, Ln, and Bp's cover of COOL's "Let Me Sarang You" which was, pretty nasty, but, it was fun, heh. That was the whole point of thing, it was, to just dance, for the fun of it. And I did have fun showing what I could do if I put effort into shit.
So, as we rounded off the last few performances, people signed yearbooks, the seniors opened their presents which included pictures of them making nasty-ass faces, Pocky, hand-made stuff, and a jar full of hand-written letters from us, the underclass-men. I tried to stay for as long as possible, but people were moving out (aka, dispersing, aka, to get milk tea), and it was like, 6:00 PM so I had to get home, eat dinner, and get ready to go to the mall with some of the cast members. It was time to say good-bye, for now, hopefully not forever, heh. And then, I departed. Went home, went to the mall, it was only Jk and Ag there with me but hey, it was a nice little end to what I would call, a very successful and meaningful series finale.
Highest ratings so far actually. Reviews have came in, stating that it featured "not only comedy, but the drama that wiggles through it all." People are asking for the names of the people features, and unfortunately, I can't write about EVERY single person. Just, not possible. I will, however, list those prominent to the series' success. Starting with, the teachers for the year. It was Ms.Byler, whom I had for AP Psychology. Like I have said before, she helps out in anyway she can, she's consistent in her teaching, her teaching strategies are justified, except maybe one or two end-of-year projects, and she definitely favors group work. Would I have her again? Sure, but, it's not possible. My Honors English teacher, Mr.Maples. He's new here at this school. I know this because in the yearbook I got freshman year, he ain't in it, and he taught last year, so.
I didn't really feel comfortable with him at first. Umm, judging by the way he grades, he has a lot of high expectations. He tells us of a student he once had where the student rewrote an essay 8 times before he was able to be God, pass the class, and move on to become a journalist for the New York Times, writing about how his English teacher, Mr.Maples, helped him achieve it. It's nice, but, I don't think anybody in the class is gonna want to go into journalism, after what he put us through. His teaching methods are pretty inconsistent. He lies, a lot, I have evidence to prove it. Would I have him as a teacher again? Yeahhh, no thanks, heh. But, hey, he's got a nice personality. He's into Indie stuff, writes songs, and shows enthusiasm for little tidbits and stuff. He also very, very strongly resembles Rhett from Rhett & Link. Can't look at Rhett the same way ever again.
My Biology teacher, Ms.Brizuela. Jesus. Umm, her first year teaching AP Biology. Did not go so well. Got stressed out over students "cheating" one time. Is a busy mother with 3 kids. Her teaching style is a "self-study" method, with a side of "come to me for help." Not really what I'm comfortable with, and, even though she basically helped me dig my own D+ grave, I gotta give it to her for one thing: she's... her. Yeah, I'm sorry, it seemed good in the 1st semester, things just got shitty in the 2nd semester due to changes and that stupid, take-notes-and-she-grades-you-on-how-well-you-take-notes assignments.I wouldn't want to have her again, but, fortunately for me, she's taking a "break" from teaching for a while. So, she'll have more time to take care of her kids.
My math teacher, the same one from last year, Ms.Tseng, the Tseng-inator. My thoughts still haven't changed of her. She's consistent, she pushes you, and she can teach. Definitely. I never thought I would say this, but I'll miss having her as my math teacher. I'm not sure if I'll be comfortable/ able to adapt to the teaching style of a new math teacher. And as sad as it is tosay this, but yeah, I wouldn't mind having her again, heh. In before I regret saying this shit and she ends up teaching AP Calculus, and ups the ante, heh. Umm, Mr.Anderson, he was my U.S History teacher. Also taught me Geography. He definitely kept to his antics just like when he taught me Geography. His teaching methods consist of more, visual stuff. Like, videos, movies, and of course, drawing and coloring. I don't mind though, because it's either bulk work, or, hey, it's different.
He also adds twists to stuff, and even incorporates some more, real-life stuff to the material. It's a shame he doesn't teach Government or Economy class, because I sure would love for him to be my History teacher again. He's always positive, playful, and as long as you work hard, you're good in his book. I'm gonna miss his bald head, heh, his most defining factor. Actually, I think for his birthday, if I even remember to, I'll give him that Teddy Roosevelt button in December. That'll be nice. And finally, Ms.Kang, my Chinese teacher, who has taught me Chinese 1 to Chinese 2, and soon to be, 99% confirmed, my Chinese 3 teacher. Hey, some hate her, some like her, I'm more of an in-between person. She's consistent, sometimes. Her teaching methods incorporate a lot of hands-on stuff, rather than reading. Also, technology. A lot of it. As long as you do well, you try, to joke sometimes to keep shit interesting, hey, she'll like you. I haven't had any other foreign language teacher besides her so I can't really say, but, Yeah.
And now it's time for the cast. And Jesus. Not him, specifically, but like, it's 12:06 AM and I started writing this at like, 9:30 PM. I guess we're explaining everything huh? Well alright. It's just one series finale a year, so. Uhhh, the cast. The one that appears everyday. Starting, with Ek. She introduced me to Ag. Umm, we then hung out with Jk and Jv at the library at the MathEasy tutoring. Prior to this, there was barely any social hangouts. At all. I was invited to play Badminton, and I guess that was the start to it all. I ran into them in the first day of school, and they took me in. Jk, Ag, Jv, Ek, despite her treacherous ways, I wasn't left by myself. Complications do happen, yeah, but, we still communicate with each other in some way. And still, that lasted even until today.
DrewN was picked up a bit later. I knew him. I never really talked to him 'till, this year. He knew me too, I think 'cause we both share the same name, heh. He sat like, behind, behind me in Geometry class in freshman year. This year, he was in my English class and math class. I don't remember how he got merged in, I wrote it in a post somewhere, but I'm too lazy to find it. I'm glad he got to be part of the cast though, otherwise, I'd have only Jk to enjoy my memes, heh. Moving onto my buddies, the ones who I have added on Discord, having moved from our Skype group. We still talk to each other. Me, Ec, Et, Mc, Dv, and some of Mc's friends once in a while. We're still hitching on the dream that we'll be go ham in our Senior year, once we have our driver's licenses and how we essentially just gotta survive.
My cousin, who I Skyped with almost every weekend. We've had fun times during breaks for when we went on down to our grandmother's house, like for Christmas break. We share the same interests, and we still do. He's going away to college, but, I'm sure that won't stop him from being connected to me. Aka, Skype. Uhh, the chronicles over the course of the series. You know. Lt and Yn. With Lt, man, the beginning was something unreal. I'm real proud of myself for it actually. Unfortunately, there were complications I did not want to deal with with Lt, like how she had only 3 classes in a school day, she's gonna be taking all the hard classes next year (I mean, she took Calculus AB but, you get what I mean. She'll be doing AP Physics and shit), her opinions are largely different from mines, and her views on shit is just, something I didn't wanna deal with. I think the most compelling thing was when she talked about how she wanted to commit suicide and stuff. I knew she didn't mean it, but, it was weird how she conversed only with me about it. It was definitely something. It was a good try though.
Yn. She's graduating, but, not exactly moving far away, I got nothing to worry about. The prom thing, oh my goodness. I'm not mad, I'm not sad, I'm, glad, heh. If she went with me or not, it would've been a different experience each time and it wouldn't matter to me. As long as excitement keeps being put up, I'm all for it. Uh, I think that's- oh what the fuck, didn't get to talk about the KDT members. So. To put things to perspective, each one didn't judge me. No matter if I messed up in a dance, no matter if anything, only because I can't think of anything right now, I was still in KDT. I could go on and on about the origins of joining. I could re-write my whole speech right here. But, I ain't gonna, because the real description is in a post somewhere, and this is just reflection on everything as whole. That, and, it's 12:30 AM, and after a day like this, I'd love to go to sleep, heh.
I'm grateful, to everybody. Even though I can't express it in words, my attitude and actions should speak for it. Speaking of actions, this year is by far, without a doubt, the most social I've been. From performances, to game nights, I've gone out more than, than, I don't know another example. But you get what I mean. All this school, all this laying at home and playing video games and watching videos. It's good, but there needs to be break, and these social events are the perfect fit. So yeah. Also the winning song for end theme is Taemin's "Drip Drop," simply for the fact that I've listened to that too many FUCKING times. I've had it in my head the whole day, holy shit. I'm tired of it, I'M DONE.
One last thing before I end the series. The days of this year, they were long, and mostly cold. Each passing day, I felt as if each were the same as the last. However, when there's a performance during the weekend of a scheduled game night, it breaks that chain of monotonous action. They're so fun that the moment passes by so quickly. They also make up for the bad days, as if they overshadowed them.
So what I'm trying to say is, the bad days are long. Be sure to make the good days last longer. These were The Days. See ya.
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