Friday, November 30, 2001

I wish I were good at coming up with names. And posting better. Now that I leave half the archive on the front page, I'm trying to teach myself to be proud of what I write. Or to write better stuff if I don't want to be embarrassed.

Yep. I'll pay for that comment later....
Bubble II went to gong lessons 10:15 PM.


Too tired. Physics goes to the back again.
Bubble II went to gong lessons 12:12 AM.


That's creepy. You know, when you hear your name being mentioned somewhere else and you don't know whether it refers to you or not. And since your name's so vague, popular, over-used, etc., you really don't know who the hell it is.

My real name. Jennifer. Not what is just symbolizes or calls to mind, the dumb golden-haired idiot who knows how to make friends very well. But more. Creepy. And the new set of problems I bought* with my still-not-so-old name. It doesn't fit yet, but in time I guess I'll fill out the edges. I feel weird. er. Yea.

I adore people who argue against me. Even more so now, with all my attempts to avoid arguements. Someone argued with me. Relieved lots of tension and I welcome the ol' familiar pointless headache it still causes me. Didn't do anything in the long run, but illusions of good things come in little spurts.

I think I traumatized a poor 7th grader on her essay and how there were literally a million things wrong with it. I hate wicke. But I sorta did improve. No matter how bad I do in that class, I'll do better than I actually do coming from anywhere else. It's like being the scullery boy for the old school master. She's still my friend, or claims to be. Scared stiff of me now, but I can live with that.

Suspicions arise on who's been sneaking in my profile. And around here. Must've miscalculated. People are really more observant than they look, or will do anything when they're bored enough. Maybe I'm the one doing too much snooping. Things come back to you after a while. Still, I don't know whether I should comment. Or if I should, if it's overdue or not yet ripe a time. Weirdness. Shakespeare, or anger, or something driving these weird words and phrases outta me. Something.

I'm so gd tired. Caesar, nor Konnyu, nor the scary-Invero-godzilla figure do anything for me. Why am I even in there? And Joe, king of all bs-sers, just b/c of the lack of effort he puts into it also. I'm not a musical moron like Konnyu, so I know exactly what's wrong and why. And I just sit there why Joe acts like Mr. Cool double-talking Konnyu and eventually earning a praise for a wrong. My strange ethics is repulsed by unearned praise. Unearned materialistic things are different, like money, candy, food, even grades fit into that category now. But true praise just ticks me off. Won't be long before that gets turned to the dark side.

I have to start eating vitamins. I'll die without them. I got lots of downloads finished. Unfortunately, none of what I wanted. But I'm working on it. I one day want to entertain myself for a whole day, and just watch big-eyed people all day. They're funny I guess. Don't really know why I like to watch it. To me they're the same as American cartoons, the ones like xmen evolution or batman. Lizzy watches that also. I don't follow up. Just turn the damned thing on and watch. But it doesn't make me insane like the big-eyed people club. N---'s fault. All him. Moody. The higher they go, the harder they fall.

Now to do physics problems b/c Frank wouldn't leave me alone long enough to attempt them. :P Me being too tired to try had nothing to do with that. And I have to buy presents for 2 people I barely know because Katie had this brilliant idea I was sick of hearing being repeated and traded just so the noise'd stop. "Jen dug herself into another hole."** Anyway. Go for vague. You lose self-respect, but in the end, that's not worth anything anyway. So, go for convenience.

There's so much crap to read. I have 5 books borrowed from diff people that I have to start, and Caesar, a play, wins over all of them. What I would do for a good sci-fi book. A good one. Not the crap ones with no plot and huge words that are deductable (easy to fig out). Nor the crap star trek "novellas". I hate that word. IT'S NOT A FRICKIN NOVEL. I'm just mad. For no reason worth being. And that happens. Oh well. Suck it up and move on.

Gifts. Physics. Subjects. Projects. Thoughts and others gets the back seat again. To tired to write more, but I was on a verge of an asskiller conclusion. Ack, I've turned into....forgot.

With love,
Jen. All my regards, friend neighbor.

==
*after all, names are like clothes, are they not? Same with demeanors. Wear the ones that suit the occasion. Hahaha, like my metaphore? Yea, doesn't make sense, but do they ever?
**Let's hope the next one's 6ft underneath.
Bubble II went to gong lessons 12:09 AM.


Wednesday, November 28, 2001

Ticked me off today: Machovic, Molnar, Seppi, Nate & Ruby, picture people, my dependancy on food.
Made me happy: Mike, Anthony (shared his fruit by foot), Brandon (the best locker buddy in all of history),
Indifferent: Joe, Joe, Amanda T.

I'm just testing out my templates, by the way. That's the reason for the random posts.
Bubble II went to gong lessons 3:17 AM.


Oh,
Woe is me,
how sad i am,
not of just
simple
and depressing
things,
but of all
there is
to be sad
and cried folly
for.

Wow. That was bad. Better not try that ever again.
Bubble II went to gong lessons 3:08 AM.


I wish I had a refridgerator in my room to 1) eat and 2) play with my magnet words set for poetry. I mean, I can't do that in the one in the kitchen, please....
Bubble II went to gong lessons 2:56 AM.


I've been crying about how nothing's pulling together as soon as I'd hoped.

That might be where my mistake lies.

I mean, isn't it obvious? It's never gonna pull together. I'm waiting for something that won't happen.

And yet, another part of me says, "If you think like that, you further your goal from yourself." That I must persevere. It will come, if I am patient. And if I hadn't killed myself yet, I can wait longer. Until I do. Then that means I couldn't wait out. But that I lasted all the way up to the end of my fuse, or died trying to believe in something. Better than living and walking aimlessly around.

Like (Kal) Zakath, The Empty One. Belgarath (or someone) said that he continued to bring himself up higher and higher in life hoping that one day he'll encounter someone strong enough to kill him. Maybe that's what I should do. Blunder into things and take on impossibilities so that I'll be killed sooner, not drawing out what'll happen eventually. The thing is, Zakath wasn't lucky enough to encounter someone stronger than him. Or when he did, he accidentally overcame him, becoming stronger himself and lessening his chances of finding a suitable opponent, aka, one who can actually kill him.

Like MacBeth, who doesn't want to kill the king himself but will still like being king if he does,
I don't want to kill myself, but if I'm tempted, pushed, to do so, I'll be as happy as a kitten.

Names like Aphrael and Dweia are nice, don't you think? I'd name something that if they weren't taken already.

So, I'm still driving myself nuts finding someone to push me to the edge to kill myself, but I'm beginning to contemplate doing the 'Zakath method' and beating people up myself so someone else'll do it for me. Instigating anger. Not too good at that, spending years perfecting the art of avoiding anger. Geez, what a loser letdown. Wrong choice of words, perhaps.

By the way, this is all symbolism. But then again, isn't everything? When there's something gory and nasty that people don't like to listen to, don't they twists and wring out bits and pieces of truth and justice out of it to make it sound nicer? And for what? Their own conscience, reputation, or teachings? Why bother having them when they cause so much trouble...?

Still looking for High Hunt. I might just email someone and demand a paperback of those 2 for xmas. Make things simple. One from each person.
Bubble II went to gong lessons 2:35 AM.


Tuesday, November 27, 2001

I truly am pathetic. I can't do one single productive thing. It's like I'm avoiding work. Anyways, I revamped the thing out of nauseousness of purpleness getting to me. When I have loads of MacBeth to read. And a Rel film critique to write. And physics problems due.
Bubble II went to gong lessons 12:28 AM.


Monday, November 26, 2001

I don't really much care for the lyrics. Unrelated to me at all. But if it sounds nice, it's usually good enough for me. It's all about why I like it in the end. Maybe I'm weird. Or one-of-a-kind. But they're really the same thing, aren't they? Can't have one without the other. So if you want to be different, go all the way. Not stop halfway like some moron who doesn't know how to cross the street.

But here it is: "Another Day in Paradise" by Phil Collins.

Dunno why I picked him. I really thought he was kinda corny when I heard his Tarzan soundtrack on TV, but then again you can't really ever trust the tv ever. But when I went to eat at a Panera (gosh, can't believe I voluntarily went there, but mom wanted to eat there), there was a B&N bookstore nearby and I wanted to look at some books.

Honestly, if you let me live in a real bookstore, I think I could survive and be really happy for the rest of my life. You don't even have to give me a tv, just keep the supply of books coming in so I don't get left in the dark. Everywhere you turn around there's something to read. I love it. I feel like a little kid with so much to learn and with so much worth learning. I guess that's really it: newer books and bookstores present things so that we feel like we're taking in more information and becoming smarter. In some ways we are, but if we realize that it's never how we the viewer sees it, then we see it all that much more deeper. Oh well, as long as I'm perfectly aware of being fooled and deluded I guess I have no qualms about it. I'll just go along with it, like some game, or play, or music improv. I hate those, by the way.

I was bored to death today, almost. Shakespeare tooks his toll on me years after he died; now if I could bore someone like that centuries after my death, I think I can lift a cheek in my grave and have something to smile about. That's potent.

What's with all these popular bands? How can you like them? How? I can't. I should be happy that it comes naturally and not forced. But people are never happy with what they have and always look at the other greener side of the grass. Or road. Well you know what I meant. How on earth can you like someone basing your opinion on something other than merit? The whole prospect of it all seemed impossible to me, but then again I see it every day.

What I would do for a friend right now.

I also bought Redemption of Althalus by David and Leigh Eddings. I liked it, and it went smoothly for the first 100-200 pages, but somewhere after that IT DIED. I got so bored. Maybe it was my fault; I haven't been reading as much as I should lately, and I didn't really think about what material I was gonna pick up after eons of unlearning reading shortcuts. So I went throught "reading shock". Happens every time I go to school, but it's getting better. I can read whole phrases at a time instead of word-by-word now. If I can up that up to lines, and I think I'm really close, then I'll really start to improve. Speed's very important, so's recognition and comprehension. Plus it's also easier that way. I remember when I had it up to scanning paragraphs at a time, actually reading each word, but merely having to glance at the paragraph to do so. My eyes would still have to roll down the page but at least I didn't have to waste time going across. And that it's easier and causes less eye-strain and keeps me awake longer. Guess that's why standardized tests used to be so easy: my reading. Everything else, too.

Now I'm itching to pick up High Hunt and The Losers. I seriously hope I don't have to pick up new paperback editionsd and find a nice used one that someone wants to get rid of or lend. But even if that fails, I haven't seen any new HH or tL books anywhere. That means I'll have to join Amazon to get my used paperbacks. Damn and Yay at the same time. I'm just like MacBeth, with my niftly little paradox there (tho that's where the similarities end). But I've always wanted to join Amazon, and I did for a little while to pick up a nifty "Anarchy Cookbook" with some interesting recipies. Mom didn't approve, so Amazon went bye-bye. But now they have so much other crap I want and can't find anywhere else, like dvds, electronics, hard-to-find books, normal books. And if you add it all up I'm sure the cost will be worth keeping me quiet for a month or two. I'm ranting again, so I oughto stop now.

No one's happy. Or maybe it's just me that can't sense the happiness. I suspect the latter. If the world really is as dreary as one thinks, then all is doomed. I dunno why, but it seems nice to have something doomed. Fitting, you could say. Worst part is that it seems like I being needlessly selfish, stupid, whatever. For no reason. (Yes, I know that "needlessly" covered that, but I needed to add that last bit. :P) I hope things light up. And worser yet, I have the nerve to condemn other people's problems and pain when I'm complaining as much or more than them. When I even do complain.

Caesar practice sucked. A lot. Some thought it was productive. I just sat there so I'd say no. Some dolt told all of us to come to just sit there. *rises in anger, muttering "I hate that moron"* What's wrong with the world or me? Someone's gotta change. I don't care who anymore. If you have to "fix" me to fit in with your ideals, be my guest. Squatting here and being stubborn isn't getting me anywhere, and martyerdom doesn't hold the same ring it did before. Am I lazy? Yes. Do I care? Of course. But as for now, I ask for nothing more than peace of mind in the present.

Oh dear god. My friend's acting all cheeky. Everyone's been noticing for weeks now and esp today they uped it a notch. And everyone else's reaction went up a notch. Jackie inquired, Sue made a face. That's as far as it went, but it's a hell of a lot better than pretending like you don't know anything. And frankly it's getting irritating.

I think it was a bad idea to link up 3 different connections to the same file. DC isn't built the same way Morpheus is and I'm gonna have one fucked up corrupted Akira download file. All that time. Wasted. Cause I couldn't bear to wait any longer, so I sped up its death. Makes sense, no?

Mr. O'Connor was in Physics today. I think I made myself look like an oaf today. Didn't raise my hand. Probably b/c I was an oaf today. Didn't know any of the answers. Busy with my Lab Report. I hate my lab partner and the fact that's she's a senior. You know how hard it is to get in contact with a senior through the course of the day? Couldn't get my graphs at all. Couldn't mark them. Nothing. And now mine looks like crap. Whatever. I deserve it anyway, so no use getting my hopes up.

I almost did a handstand in gym. Crashed into Marco with the head-tripod thing. I thought it was funny/fun. We did a pyramid today. Joe yelled at why my side was the weaker side. I didn't want to hurt anyone below me. Or get blamed for it, at least. So my knee was over to the left more than it should've been. And then I felt it about to slip. I guess I could've let it fall by itself, but I'm a known meddler, whether I like to admit it or not. So I 'slipped up' myself and 'fell'. I guess you could say that it was completely my fault that the thing fell down, but the girls under me were yelling "OWWW" so what was I supposed to do? Looks like I'm wrong no matter what I do.

I think I put myself in situations like that to prove how not wrong I am. To prove how wrong the world is. But Joe's comment really put me down. Not personally, or even literally. He's right. Unawaredly right. Or is the word 'coincidentially'? Who cares. As long as you know or think you know what I mean and I get your sympathy I guess I got the effect I wanted. As for what that is, I have no clue.

I still think that's a beautiful song. First heard it in B&N when my mom wanted me to give it a listen. Still don't care for the lyrics. Want to read more D&LE. HH and tL. I might just ask for those two for X-mas and forgo everything else. I'd like like to see my sony mp3 player that'll never come into stock, but we can't help that. We all stand on different sides. I'm not responsible for your side, you're not responsible for mine, and we take care of our own. You're outside, I don't care for you. I hate you. But why extend my effort in that one emotion concerning you when I have other things to think about...such as when the next rainy day will be, or when I'll be having eggs instead of bread.



"She calls out to the man on the street // 'Sir can you help me' // It's cold and I've nowhere to sleep // is there somewhere you can tell me."
Another Day In Paradise, Written by Phil Collins
Bubble II went to gong lessons 11:04 PM.


Saturday, November 24, 2001

Life stinks, everyone's being a pain (including me), and the overall atmosphere sucks. Party bored me half to death. Want to die. Not really. I'll come back later, but yeah.
Bubble II went to gong lessons 12:29 PM.


Thursday, November 22, 2001

Great. Now to write a post about Thanksgiving's concept.

Which ellicits another hateful emotion / memory for me. I hate Wicke. He gave me an 83 on my intro because "it wasn't clear" to him. I totally had that concept down, believe me. It took me a while, but I got it. It was clear. (as mud) But I'd've understood it had I been the one grading it. Ugh, he just really sucks as a teacher. You don't hear me complain like this about Sav, do ya? Or Alfonzo (altho I'm really tempted to...) But no. Never have I seen such a maniac like Wicke. Drives me nuts. And everyone likes him. Guess it's like Alfonzo and Sue.

Thanksgiving. What am I thankful for. I don't know. I could name a whole bunch of shit but do I really mean it? Of course you can rattle off on me all day about how I should be thankful for all this garbage I didn't ask for, but if I'm not, then I'm not. The act of feeling can't be forced, ever. It should be allowed to runs its course before you make a judgement on it. Whatever problem comes from it you deal with because it's what your heart told you to do. Not that they can't be wrong, but if you are, then you fall with your ideal, or change. Change doesn't take place before an event. That's like trying to cheat time, life, fate, whatever the hell's controlling the crap outta us. You can never "shortcut" life. Like saying "trust me, don't do that, you'll regret it" to someone else is cheating. Even if you're absolutely 150% positive that they'll regret it, that they shouldn't do that, you haven't seen their reaction. Them. What choice they would've made. Guess I'm just touchy about choices and decision making because I never got to make the one that I wanted to make the most. I'd sacrifice everything for that one choice, and I have. Never have I once jepordized my chances for making that decision. Now that I've been robbed of that choice, all others seem paled in comparison. They're not important anymore. Of course they are, if you care about feeding yourself and clothing yourself and finding yourself a place to stay, but really, do you want to? I don't know why on earth I would. Hmph. Some words to mull about more (only to come up with no answer).

So if I asked myself "What am I thankful for?" -- I wouldn't have an answer. I still don't. Maybe I'm thankful for nothing. Does that imply that all things are negative, and that I'm angry with everything? That there should be change? Am I complaining when I say "nothing"? I would probably say that I don't want to sound like that, but since I haven't sorted out my wits yet, I can't give a definite answer. Nor do I want to, and I don't know why. Maybe the answer's too painful and I subconciously know. Maybe I've already lost my ability to think that far, and even simple tasks will yield that conclusion and it's too painful. What I do know is that there's something I want to avoid, some solution that'll end all this pain, and it's still up to me whether I want to chase it to oblivion.

Reminds me of a carpenter's quote: "Before you get to the good phase, the good stage; you gotta go thru discomfort, HELL, better discomfort, and then Heaven." Who knows, he might just be right. Not that I believe in all that Christian garbage, cause I don't. But what he says is true; to get to something good, you have to pay with something bad. Better that you're the one that causes the bad, and if you're the controller of the bad, you can make it productive, constructive bad, almost like a "12-step Hell" sorta deal. And when you controlled the bad, the good oughta just flow from ya. Justice, I call it. Fate, whatever. I seem to be growing too fond of that word lately.

I always tell myself, "If no one knows your brilliance, then you've never really shined." That's true. But I also said that it doesn't matter if a million people know of your brilliance. So then what? Now what? I just told a million people how smart I was and they believe me. Who cares? What's the best that'll come out of it? But recently I've found myself wanting more and more to be treated like someone intelligent, not some abnormally bright half-wit who gets spurts of intelligence once in a while. And I've seen people treat me like that. It's better than what I used to get, which was the pitiful disdainful "I'll play with you because I'm so nice and you're a pathetic sap that I can bring justice to with my presence" sorta thing. But worse than even slave work where I had to be restrained because they feared me of what I could become. They place me low, but in their minds they knew who I could be and they were scared. I liked that feeling. I don't mind the menial work, the daily tasks, the hits. I could take all that. All you did was make me stronger, you fool. I'm winning and you just don't see that. I hate you. I'll overcome you one day.

Then what: my only--I don't know, but he decided to turn me in. Traitor. He won. In the end, I lost. Things have a weird way of turning out like that. And he knew that wouldn't work with me, so he did the opposite. Who knew that years of resistance to toughness would be so vulnerable to kindness. Pity. Unearned things. Unearned abstract things. Friendship. Food. Shelter. "Love". I hate all those. I haven't earned any of it. And now I take it freely. It's like a drug, all those things. Now I need it, and for no reason. I'm addicted. I'll do anything for it now. I've already betrayed myself once, what's stopping me from stabbing my ideals in the back a 2nd, 3rd, or 4th time? What can I do, but stop myself in the ultimate fashion when I'm of sound enough mind to do so? One day I will execute my plan, but not until I've rotted all other alternatives. Then I will proceed.

Anyway. The whole damn concept came from the whites and american indians. God damn the political correctness involved in naming them. Damn Christopher Columbus for getting the damn name wrong in the first place. The wrong continent even. What a moron. And we have a holiday named in honor of the idiot. *sniff*

Anyway, this is where I'll end my second post. Now I'll go check if some one my downloads are done.
Bubble II went to gong lessons 11:54 PM.


Downloading spree today. I figured out the secret to direct connect: stay on for a ridiculous number of hours and attack all the new people that just log on into the hub. Really. Just immediately double click and start searching for files you like, and if you don't have enough time to browse thru all of them just double click anything just to hold your spot. Or else that stupid "so-and-so's list is being unloaded due to idleness" will come up.

So with my newfound knowledge I went on a download spree, as I mentioned earlier. LOTS of downloads. Some I'll look at only once, keep it on the hard drive for the hell of it, and delete it when I need some extra space. Then, just to spite me of course, I'll someday need that file and I'll never find it again, but that's another story.

So what do I have now?
Ayashi No Ceres OST
Some Other Nameless OST
3x3 MP3s
DDR MP3s
Serial Experiments Lain Ep 3 (Still working on 2 and 4)
Kiss The Dragon Movie (Part 1, working on Part 2)
1 Akira MP3
The 100th Friends Episode (this was a place-holder when I couldn't find anything good)
Trigun Opening
Ghost in the Sheel Front Cover Image and Txt File (the Movie refused to download)
3 Eye of the Tiger Songs (inspired by "Athlete of the Month" show)
Pink's "Get This Party Started" MP3



Anyway, Thanksgiving wasn't that awful. My newfound skills in lying, conversation, and other various arts let me get away with lots. And I could entertain. Sorta.

My uncle went nuts over the new Pink song. That's what made me download it just now. The other uncle redecorated his house, again. No biggie. At first it was boring, just when the old people were dominating the whole arena, but then all the "young folk" (that's me) went out to watch Harry Potter. Philip had no idea what Harry Potter was. Aunt Lani freaked. So we all decided to watch it. Yla and I were bored out of out skulls because it was our 2nd time seeing it. The game part was cool though. I liked that scottish kid who played the upper classman teaching Harry how to play Quittage. Thought he was cute. And I still maintain that the guy who played Haggard was the best actor in the whole damn film. Excellent. Not to say there was much competition in that field for best acting in Harry Potter, but nevertheless, he rocked. Kept me from falling asleep.

Afterwards I think that me and Yla sorta bonded. Not too much, and definitely not enough to catch up on all those lost years, but more than I thought either capable of. We even talked a little, without being put in a situation where we had to. It was nice, I guess. Assume. Better than that. But not that great.

I also think that Louise has a new boyfriend, even tho she adamantly refuses any reference to him in that fashion. Yeah right. She's as obvious as the sun. Maybe not to her, but certainly to everyone else. God, how annoying. All the flirting. Yeack. Maybe's just me. Who knows. Cares even.

Oh no, then they got started on the "career talk". I hate that; absolutely. I don't want to work when I grow up. I did, but that's a rather painful and sad story, and maybe I'll tell it later, but can't right now. It's disgusting. All I can say is my situation's a "Double or Nothing". And I couldn't get Double, so I got Nothing. You'll scoff at me and tell me I'm being absurd or ridiculous, but what I believe is true and it hold for me, so f-you.
Careers: I repeatedly use Christina's joke about working in Kmart without ever crediting her. Not like she'd mind but goes against my own ethics to do that. Oh well. Not like they ever existed anyway. They kept on pressing for an answer, and I couldn't give them one. I won't bullshit something that I'm not ready to tell you. If I have an idea and I just don't want you to know, then I'll go ahead and throw as much crap as I want in your direction. But on top of not having an answer, I didn't want to give one. It's what I have left. Cutting off all connections with my family, starting anew, rebirth. A renaissance. Independence. I could die by myself and be happier than I would be here. In fact, I just want to get over the fact that I would die by myself and go out for the specific act of getting killed just to prove that I did something by myself.

Wow, it's scary how well "Eye of the Tiger" would fit here.

Darn. I think someone cut me off their upload. I hate those guys. I had a lot comin from that guy also.

Oh well. Seems fitting to end the post here, even tho I have more loads to say. I'll continue it in a consecutive post following this one.
Bubble II went to gong lessons 11:19 PM.


Tuesday, November 20, 2001

I burned off 60 kcal. Whatever that is. I'm assuming it's the size of a very small donut. Like it matters. At least I'm not unhealthily obese, which is always good. And now my foot hurts. I have to remember to burn ff9 for evan, beg him for any other psx games, or anything else. At least a favor's in call.

Copy Latin Cicero. Whatever.
Bubble II went to gong lessons 7:47 PM.


Aah, who cares. I need a good laugh anyway.

I found my assignment pad. It was hiding in my physics book, the smart little devil, knowing I wouldn't open it.

Anyway, the tests today weren't as hard as I expected. History I pro'lly did as well (or badly) as I always did. Math was susipiciously way too easy. I was done in record time. I didn't want to hand it in, (or pro'lly wanted to look like I didn't want to hand it in), so I waited til Joe P was done then I handed it in. Some I could've been more nitpicky with. Chose not to be. Only thing is: I think instead of 11 for both, I think my answer should've been 12, b/c if it's 11.xxxxxx, then you can't cut it short to 11; you gotta make it 12.

English essay intro -- I think I got it right. I can hope, but that's too far, and I tried anyway. I might just improve in that class and try harder. That's all he wants us to do, and Mike P told me my answer was okay anyway, so there.

I'm still glad that everyone's being nice to me. I think the ambush thing might be going soon. I certainly want the feeling of ambush to go away. It's nice to have some friends.

Physics grade inflater. What a joke. Only problem would've been my math, and that test was easy as hell. Like hell, whatever. Cool. Hope I got an A. Unless I made some horrible mistake and fail that test. It's all up to Lady Fate to decide.

We ladies say it's unfair in a patriarchal socity. But look at all the perks we get. Free food, carry books, "late-pass". Some teacher was really unfair to someone. (That was really vague. Moving on.) She gave him a detention after school even when I was late like a million times. Things probably were different b/c of my locker contrasting with his friend, but still. What a bitch. And she sat next to me the whole entire period and I couldn't get into a comfortable position in my seat. I couldn't sleep either. But I sure as hell paid her back by making as much noise as I possibly could've. Couldn't even finish my Xanth book. The bitch. That's my story and I'm stickin to it. :P

Downloading's become an almost-obsession with me. On and off. I usually stop when I get outta control (or maybe fate just decided on a curveball for me--suckiest downloads ever to make me frustrated and quit). Whatever. Doesn't matter. Right now it's Harry Potter I'm after. I might be getting Dragon Warrior 7 and NBA Live 2k2 in the same package. Who knows. Pro'lly won't work.

And mom's acting...like herself again. I'd honestly get scared if she ever changed positively to me. Something'd be wrong with her.

And my right foot hurts. The sole only. I stake my claim that it's still Jackie's fault. Glad we got rid of you. Don't ever come back.

Fluffy hasn't stopped by in 2 months. She's either dead, owned (same difference, huh), or nursing some kittens she doesn't want to show me. Not her fault; not my cat. It gets weirder from there. Yeah.

Homework
MacBeth, Folger Ed
Hist Proj -- 5 Articles
Hist Vocab

Reminders
Caesar practice next Mon. -- prep
Musical Score
Buy Some Ice Coffee

I know I forgot to remember something.
Bubble II went to gong lessons 5:10 PM.


I literally think I can kill someone. Even if it is me, it still counts.

Ugh, these past few days (well actually today only) have been hectic. As hell. I hate it. I hate tests, I hate the concept of them, I hate learning when I don't have the desire to, I hate improving myself to their standards. I don't want to come out as a representative of their school. I don't want to inadvertantly credit them my success just by succeeding. I hate them. They've broken me more than they'll ever know. More than I'll ever know....

People were nice again. I keep expecting a turnaround snapback sorta thing and I never get it. Well, I kinda do, but that's more of a regression than an actual snapback. Some people just get mean, and I take it personally, but then again, it's probably not, because the next day they'll be nice again, perhaps even nicer.

Cicero's taking a toll on us all. Tests are taking a toll on us all. Storipan's actually teaching her class fairly, at least compared to the other teachers, surprisingly. My guess is that the sheer amount of material we cover each chapter is what's making us stagger. Dumb sophomores. They're annoying as hell, some more than others. And some just go off the scale. I sit behind a sophomore; she's nice as hell when I talk to her outside and after school, and I guess she acts exactly the same way in class, but there're just some people you can't stand. Ever. That you just don't get along with them, never would be their friend if fate just decided to but out for once. But that's how life is, and you can't control things unless you were allowed to. I hate that. I used to think I was invincible, top of the world, everything turned out great b/c I seized the moment, I accomplished all that stuff, I succeeded. Now I find things are different. Whether the change lies in me or in the world, I don't know. Perhaps I should, and it is me that's changed; perhaps it's the world and I'm merely unable to adapt. Nevertheless, something's changed. I don't think I even care what now, like the fact rather than what became the most important part.

Caesar practice sucked. I thought it did at least. Joey's moronic encouragement got exactly what he wanted: a brainless, stifled pit band and bought him time to fix things before people started getting restless. I wonder how people become such great masters of procrastination yet never fully understand the simplicity of...what is simple. To me only, perhaps. Orama seems to understand, yet she knows her place, that it's new and fragile and shouldn't be tampered with. Maybe mine is too and I just don't realize it. Adam's just his great ol' self, never changing, like a static piece of mass in the fickle standards of time. (Yea, I kno Wicke, "reword that a little better". What a pain in the ass.) Joe's gotten more annoying. Might've been Tracy. I think the solid foundation stone's not been removed from Tracy, but rather from Joe. He's been acting weirder since that accident. Whatever. None of my concern. And now he's acting totally bimbo. -ish. Sure, that's works. I still retain that John Bilby is one of the greatest characters in time that I will have ever met in my entire life. It's nice to meet people that make their mark on you. I still have to write my "Who's who" article-section thingy. What a pain. Frank's also in it, surprisingly. I guess Joe just needed to draft someone else. Louie didn't show up; figures. "Tall-John" (not Bilby) didn't show either, but I don't like that one. He bothers me; I guess just another one of those people I can't get along with personally. Internally. (That deserved another "Whatever", but I'll keep those in a minimum today. Can't abuse my quota.) Quotas. Ha. I totally abused the gong--waay overused, imo. No one else thought so, but then again, no one else sat next to the gong. :P John did a terrible job, but it was all good because he was a good-natured sport about the whole deal and his aura/atmosphere just kept me from killing everyone.

Now that's strange: I'm usually very good at keeping my temper in control, but it doesn't really fade out like others' do; once it's gone, it just dissapears, pops away and I explode in anger. No warning. But luckily I also recover quickly. Reflexes, I call them. I just stop, without warning, just like I start I guess. I wish I could do that on command, conciously.

All in all a "spunky" rehearsal. I had to use that word.
spunk�y - sp�ngkee - (adj) energetic and courageous: very lively, determined, and courageous (informal)

3 tests tomorrow. 3, can you believe it? And all subjects I chose not to study for over the weekend. I needed the break and ended up paying for it today. No problem. Learning fast-cramming can help you in life one day. Seeing as that nothing will ever be this hard in my entire life, ever again. Ah, but we can be hopeful.

Ugh, not another Harry Potter ad. And dad's getting pissy (again). I hate him. Another person I can't get along with that fate just decided to pair me up with. :P What a woeful day. A couple people, more than I predicted, actually admitted to seeing it, and perhaps more went. Even more told me they were planning to go see it. Terry even asked me how it was and threw my opinion out the window after I told her I hadn't read the books yet. I'm planning to, you know, just waiting for so-and-so to pass 'em on to me. Plus I have to finish my Xanth novel (series, if you count the rest on my bookshelf), the Belgariad at least far later on, and scramble to finish the Harry Potter books. Not to mention the Dragonsong book sitting on my drawer-cart thing. What a day.

Music teachers suck. I just realized that. All of them. Not personally as I'd previously thought, but as a collective. Catholic ones are particularly annoying, esp when they think they're funny. Ah well: learn something new every day.

Think I scared Wicke, like literally terrified him. Not really, he just seems to think it's all one big giant game. I'm playing it too, and only select people can actually see the depth at which I play. Debbie thinks it's a joke, and part of it is, but I'm dead serious about playin this guy--he's really annoying, and it's been a while since I've taken one of these games seriously. I used to be good at least, and you had to at least give me moderate credit. But I was the master. Perfectly flawed. Beautifully crafted personalities, different ones. Good judges of character knew immediately who I was, even at a glance. Sharp teachers had me sent to be checked, and I baffled even the best of counselors, psychologists, and police. Beautiful. Perhaps I exaggerate, but 'tis what I was good at. My skills. Useless you say, but look how far they've gotten me. And yet, look where I ended up. Perhaps they are indeed useless.
Too much philosophical garbage isn't good for the brain.

And mom forgot the Folger Edition of MacBeth. Even with the note. She at least got the magazines for me to leaf thru articles to hunt for amendments stuff. Didn't have time. Didn't make time. Probably didn't want to, but that never matters anyway. I would've read MB if I had time or my eng book. I'm wasting time right now, 2 hours in fact, in writing this post. Maybe I had a lot to say, or just gave that illusion to avoid work. Ha, and I say Joey Cullinan's bad. I even fool myself; maybe I'll one day overtake him and become the new master of procrastination. Frank's a competitor. Who cares. Doesn't put enough effort in avoiding effort. Not contradictory enough. Doesn't ignore bad grammer like I do. Who cares, I'm already the master! Geez. I need a life, a good one.

Hope I don't fail tomorrow. Must read the chapter. Tomorrow. Now I sleep or nap. If I wake, I read. If not, I fail.

Lemme get my schedule down (b/c I lost my assign. pad) >:(
Before bell - History, all of it. Mebe even Deb's NB
HR - Math.
4 - Physics, hopefully. Dumb movie's giving me a headache.

Looks like I won't get any reading done. Damn. Like it mattered.

Well that was one long fucking post. Maybe I can tone down the crankiness in the next one, hmm? Do you have faith in me? The real sense of faith, not the fake one that Christians like to hide behind? It's like a great rabbit/fox hunt thing: "Don't hide in the same goddamn bush all the time!" Oh well. Ciao. Nothing witty to say this time. That quote was bad. Joe's a pain. Sue D's really good, but I think she took my compliment as an empty one. Don't blame her; I delivered it empitly. Another perseon I can't get along with. Dunno why. She brings it out in me. When I'm not talking to her and just observing her I seem like I can be at least not a cheap friend. But that's what I end up being. Who knows, who cares.

SEE YOU SPACE COWBOY
Bubble II went to gong lessons 12:44 AM.


Sunday, November 18, 2001

Well it's official: Jen went to go see the Harry Potter movie.

That's another annoyance that's popped along: talking in third person. It started out as one of those make-ya-happy jokes, and it does, and at a point in my life it came so naturally to me that it became an annoyance. Now my lack of them's made me realize how important they are.

Lotsa things happen that way.

Anyway, still I want to become the person I was. That'd be cool. But I can't. So oh well.

Another thing: I say "oh well" too much.

Anyway, jokes are good, life is good unless it sucks, and food is always good, unless you need an easy way to die.
Bubble II went to gong lessons 2:05 PM.


I haven't written in a while. Means something. ::chooses not to decipher:: Even the "chore" of having to upkeep this blog is getting to me. Some crisis'll come up to destroy my newfound confidence and once again make me dependent on a pathetic machine. Oh well, such is the life of Jen. *Didn't expect it to sound that sappy/crabby.*

I wish the people offering to get me an mp3 player would hurry up with it. They can't seem to figure out which one to give me. I thought I was targeting a cheap one, but if I get the fancy million-dollar sony one, I won't need to "upgrade" to a better one later.

Dance pads are phun. Songs stuck in your head aren't.

I also want to go see the Harry Potter movie. As everyone else does. I just might be able to go today. Wanted to bring a friend, but I don't wanna bother with her demanding why I chose an early show to go to. (Yeah, I planned to go at 9:24am. Sue me. I dare you.) Hope the movie lives up the the rukus.

As usual, I have loads of not so much written homework due, but studying. I went to a sweet 16 this Friday and I saw one of the school's alumni. Unfortunately it was the chatty one. And it appears now that he's turned stuckup. Oh well. I can deal with that. It's when he puts me to sleep with his glee-club news. But he did tell me one thing interesting: "You've gotta learn to sit your ass down and study." Damn. Looks like college life'll suck after all. But I keep in the brightest hopes that anything'll be better than BGA.

Again, I owe my healing process to my wonderful mentor David Eddings. Man's a genius. Characterization's like second nature to him. Plots, scenes, humor, all that too. But that characterization....

That's all for now. Tune in perhaps next week. Unless I'm too busy with something.
Bubble II went to gong lessons 9:39 AM.


Thursday, November 15, 2001

I hate people who mess with your computer. Don't you hate those guys?

"You have no right to mess with my computer!"
"Um...oops. Sorry."
And I don't know what I'd do here.

Listening to mp3s is nice. I want my mp3 player right now. I have to buy cookies for our nonexistant coffeehouse that I don't know is yet totally dismissed. Joe and Mike know. I feel horrible. Personally responsible (to them even), yet I don't see any way how I could've prevented it. That.

I'm sure Sue's laughing her head off. At me. The "public" me.

Weird weird reasons. Sorry I freaked you out Nina. Like I said, weird weird reasons.

Bubble II went to gong lessons 2:22 PM.


Wednesday, November 14, 2001

I should really repay them for their kindness. This is really too much. I almost feel afraid of being ambushed b/c I want to experience and feel this feeiling, making me not want not to lower my guard.

Confusing, I know.

I'm still waiting for them to talk about the English project. I might just start a plan of my own.

Long-term homework
1. History project -- find 5 articles
6. MacBeth/Vocab 1-12/Notes

I showed my teacher the doubts I've been having about the musical. I'm scared. Terrified. I'm afraid the godzilla will kill me. The reaction's not what I expected: again, "ambush-shield" goes up.
Bubble II went to gong lessons 7:41 PM.


Tuesday, November 13, 2001

Must get DDR. Borrow from Evan. Give him FF9. Fair trade.
Bubble II went to gong lessons 10:23 PM.


I find myself inspired to write some music from other music.

Yes, it's stealing, but what other options do I have? I haven't an inspirational event happening in my lifetime (don't even start about the planes who miss their targets) and I must steal.
Bubble II went to gong lessons 8:52 PM.


I am thus sad again. What disease plagues me that I forbid my own healing?
Bubble II went to gong lessons 8:30 PM.


Note to self: Never Use Bullets in HTML.
1. They're ugly.
2. They don't conserve that much space.
3. The P and BR tags are so much easier to handle and much more aesthetically pretty.

I'll never do that again.

Gotta start my hw. And delete this terrible claimed gw mp3 which it obviously isn't.
Bubble II went to gong lessons 4:21 PM.



And now I have homework
1. Ch 9 Voc Test tom.
2. HW
5. Grammer Book work
8. Finish quiz + ws #2 problems

Long-term homework
1. History project -- find 5 articles
6. MacBeth/Vocab 1-12/Notes

Tomorrow
1. Ch 9 Voc Test
2. Check hw, new material
4. ???
5. ???
6.
7/8. Lab
Jazz Band

What I want to do
Internet: download, surf, chat, site
Piano: practice & prep
Home: Music, comp, ff9, read, call danielle