~Spring Quarter Archive [2002] ~

March 21 - June 11, 2002

Tuesday] June 11, 2002

Procrastinating to the fullest! Hey, you know it feels gooood. (Until the test that is) Well, today, just a few more of them addicting quizzes. (Yay for Jody!)

Take the Which Utada Hikaru Song Are you? Quiz!

Which of the Disney Princesses are you?

You are one of the first Disney princesses to stand up for her rights as a woman. While you may NOT be a prize to be won, you are still quite the hottie, especially in that red harem girl outfit. Even when things may not seem the best at home, try to remember that running away from your problems solves little. You are easily tricked and manipulated, both by your enemies and people who love you. You have a special fondness for tigers.

Heeey...what's this about me being easily tricked all the time? (Check the results of the FFX quiz a few entries down) Hmm...am I *really* that easily fooled? I guess not noticing it is what makes me so charmingly naive, hehe. ^_^

Random bit: Utada Hikaru's "Hikari" and BoA's "Every Heart" are my fav J-pop songs at the moment! Yeah, you really wanted to know, right? ...right? 

More to come as finals week drags on and procrastination calls. ^_~

~Noelle's reflection faded at 12:19 AM~

[Monday] June 10, 2002

Ok. Chem sucked. I studied, I really did! But *sigh...* I guess once again I messed it up with this whacked up brain of mine. (I didn't remember the *right* things gosh darnit) Hopefully I didn't mess up TOO bad. Aww...I was really really hoping for an A in Chem... (well, ANY class anyway...) Now it's time to study Physics (Wed. Final) and LS3. (Thurs. Final) And Enishi's gonna stay the top picture, cause I doubt  I'm drawing anything new.  Plus, it'll make the archives look nice. 

BWAH. I just feel...tired. 

~Noelle's reflection faded at 6:15~

Finals...could you please just...just...GO AWAY?!?!! Arggh. More to come later on today. (After the dreaded O-chem final) Hopefully it'll be something happy. Optimism! Yeah! Anyways, Enishi's here to take care of my pent up aggression, can't you tell? Maybe it's true that whole repressed subconscious thingy coming out in art...hmmm.....

~Noelle's reflection faded at 2:42 AM~

[Saturday] June 1, 2002

Whoa! It's June already! The countdown to summer begins...^_^

If anyone were to ask me how the Japanese presentation went on Friday morning, I'd pretty much have to say it...went. Arggh. I guess that's what I get for a.) not taking that class as seriously as I should b.) waiting till the last minute to memorize it, and c.) getting only 2 hours of sleep. *Sigh...* I stumbled a lot, and even forgot a line. I always remembered doing so well when I had a partner to share the stress with. Oh well. It's over, and that's the good part. At least I got some pictures out of this. And if you were wondering, yup. My 5 min (supposedly memorized) presentation was on video games. And coloring out of the lines was intentional, mind you. (I was in a hurry and stressed! What would *you* do?) ^_~

Going out with Naomi right after that (and skipping classes in the process) was pretty cool and relaxing. (Yay for Boba!) One question: why didn't we ever think of doing that before?!

Well, nothing much to say about today; but I'm in the procrastinating mood, so let's go for it!

I watched the martial arts tournament thingy at the Wooden Center with CJ this morning. (Okay, so I *don't* know the official name...blah.) It was pretty cool! The whole concept was that people from different styles of martial arts duke it out to see who wins! Of course *GRIN* Kung Fu is the best style of the group! Well, next to that Jeet Kune Do guy...he was fast and cool to watch!  It was pretty interesting to see CJ's physics TA get knocked down 2 seconds into a fight by a kick to the head. (By none other than a Kung Fu guy!) Overall, it was very very cool. If there's ever another one, I'll be sure to go. 

Besides that, I pretty much slept the day away. Watched Inu Yasha, slept. Watched Inu Yasha again, slept some more. I guess I'm just making up for lost sleep. Yup, gotta recharge for yet another week of sleeplessness. But hey! Summer's almost here! Genki dashite!

And hey! Did you know that the 2  disc FFX DVD set that's selling on Ebay is pretty much the Japanese game translated?! Well, you don't actually get to play it, but you get to see ALL the dialogue and FMV's in their original Japanese with English subtitles! Bootleg Schmootleg. I think I'll bid on one of those once I get home. BIG thanks to Christian for pointing out just what the heck it was. ^_~  Tidus has the nicest voice in that version...*swooon*

Now I'm stuck doing homework. Well, not right now, I'm typing this thingy...whoopsies. I really have to work on that whole "easily distracted" thing. ^_~

~Noelle's reflection faded at 10.00 PM~

[Monday] May 27, 2002

Today, let's start out with some FFX tests!

Take the Final Fantasy X personality test here! 

Wow.  I don't know if was consciously going for being Yuna, but it's pretty cool that I have a lot in common with her! She's like...my idol. Seriously. She's just so awesome in many aspects that the first time I played through the game I honestly wanted to *be* her. Hey, guess I'm not too far off, am I? Something else this weekend drove it home for me. Christian, one of my cool as heck ff.net friends, just said he unofficially named Yuna in his game "Noelle," just because I remind him of her. Aww...now isn't that a sweet thing to say? ^_^ He even followed it up with a "I think you're cute," a reference to my last post down there. 

Before we go on...hmm. Let's put a picture here! Ooo...*swoon* Now see why I like Tidus so much? Hehe. The image is from a website from one of the FFX doujinshi Jody got me from Japan. You can see more of Reine Hibiki's work (circle: Russian Blue) at her site! 

And BIG news! I finally updated my FFX fanfic! Even if it *has* been almost a month. Whoops. I get a big sense of accomplishment every time I get a chapter out. Because it's not that I have to, it's because I want to. 

Dinner at Tomodachi Sushi with Jody, Jen, Carlo and Charles for Charles' (belated) B-day was really nice. Having a four player Super Smash Brothers Melee right after was really fun too. ^_^ Pigging out on cookie ice cream sandwiches at Diddy Reise did it for my stomach though. *Owww...* Next time I'm sharing.  But when I think about next year, I'm SO gonna miss hanging out with everyone like this. I guess this is what you call "living for the moment," or something to that effect. Life is just a dream you know...

Well, three day weekend is over, and with it, all of my hours of sleep. (It felt soooo nice...) School beckons once again. ^_~

~Noelle's reflection faded at 11:26 PM~

[Saturday] May 25, 2002

A whole 20 days since the last update? (that's umm...*counts* almost 3 weeks?!) Wooow. I musta been working really hard, or was just too lazy to update this thing. Truth is, I've been having almost nonstop tests since my last "break." I have this three day weekend, and then the insanity starts ALL over again. It's ok though, summer's just around the corner, ya? But hey! Lotsa stuff's happened in 3 weeks time! Here we go... (Warning: it's gonna be long!!!)

Just a couple days after my last entry down there, I saw Spider-man! Cool movie, and I was pretty proud that my previous comic book knowledge got a chance to be put to use! To tell ya the truth, Spider-man was always my favorite comic book character. What other friendly neighborhood heroes do you know?  And according to Emode.com, (check it out Mary! ENDLESS quizzes await! Mwahahaha! ^_^) my perfect guy would be a goofball. So hey, that's part of his charm (for me anyway). 

I also saw Star Wars Episode II the night it opened at the 12:01 AM showing with all my cool as heck friends. The love story could have used better dialogue and a more believable turn around time on Padme's part, but hey; GREAT movie overall. You should see it! The best part for me (next to kick-ass Yoda) was seeing Hayden Christensen in action! *swooon* I want an Anakin Skywalker lightsaber now...

And if you check my profile often enough, you know the conversation between me and my cuz Eileen. To sum it up in one sentence: Obi-Wan Kenobi looks a heck of a lot like Jesus!

Let's pull an Emil and talk about a particular subject today. ^_^

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I feel pretty!: Noelle and the attractiveness factor

It's hard sometimes for me to feel that I'm attractive to anyone at all mostly because of the obvious: I'm not hooked up with anyone yet! But recently, I've been pleasantly surprised by people's comments about my looks. I've come a long way from Junior High and early High School, lemme tell ya that.  Here are some examples that I thought were pretty cool, and make me feel better about myself. ^_^

Jody (like all the time): Noelle, you've lost a lot of weight!

Mom (everytime she calls): Hello CUTIE PIE! (sometimes substituted with "Apple Pie.")

Emil (when describing me to his friend): Yeah, Noelle. She's kinda pretty. 

Fire Rules (a.k.a. Timmeh ^_~): I think you're kinda cute. 

It makes it all the more special when it comes from a guy. Hopefully someone out there'll notice me someday, hmm? At least I know I don't look like the wicked witch of the west! I try not to look like I just rolled out of bed y'know.

Today of the homeless guys in Westwood came up to me today and said, "How are you pretty lady?" I think was flattered and weirded out at the same time. Actually, it's what prompted me to write about this whole thing in the first place! ^_~

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Movin' on, today is an official "be good to myself" day. (Having a 3-day weekend can do that) I slept a lot, watched a bunch of TV, went and got myself a Bust-A-Move game at Best Buy, and even ate at Gushi! Pretty good food, and cheap too! 

I swear I'm gonna work on my fanfic this weekend. Getting reviews on my work always brightens my day, so by all means, if you read it, review it! ^_^

About the doodle up there? It's about as old as my last entry, but I was too lazy to scan it in then. ^_~ If you couldn't tell already, it's Wakka from FFX. The little caption he says up there is one that I hear ALL the time. Even though I beat it already, I can't stay away from the game!  So, near the end of the game in the airship, that's the first thing that comes out of his mouth when you try talking to him. Funny thing is, I guess it kinda applies to my situation, ya? I'm on the home stretch now (I'm gonna kick Final booty!), wish me luck!

~Noelle's reflection faded at 8:37 PM~

[Sunday] May 5, 2002

Saturdays...*sigh* where do they go? Gotta do more work on Sunday. :-(

Anyway, Emil's started his blog...check it out! Hehe. Flying Monkey Babies, I wonder where that came from?! Even if you don't know him, I guarantee his entries will make you smile. ^_^

Some randomness:

- I finished chapter FIVE of my FFX fanfic! Yay! Whoohoo! My one accomplishment so far this weekend. The fanfiction community has some really nice, cool and interesting people, let me tell you that. So if you've ever considered posting something up, I totally recommend it! ^_^

- I think I almost polished off that big bag of Flamin' Hot Cheetos while watching Fruits Basket (on Friday) and Men in Black. (Thanks Jody!) Owww. My stomach feels weeeird. 

- I'm getting closer and closer to getting that apartment!  Ahhh...to have a living room once again. I can already imagine all the good loungin'!

- and ...Physics *still* sucks.  (that opinion never changes!)

~Noelle's reflection faded at 1:18 AM~

[Thursday] May 2, 2002

It's weird. I have nothing to do for tomorrow. Nothing! That's something that hasn't happened since...vacation! So instead of blogging to procrastinate, I'm blogging to keep myself busy! Heh. It feels kinda nice. ^_^

Doodles here are from Wednesday, I just didn't have time to post 'em then. So yeah, the fact that I'm doodling more and the fact that it was midterms week last week can't be a coincidence, can it? I draw when I'm stressed, sleepy, or feeling ick. That sums up midterms pretty well, and I just got done with two of them today!

I really should take Japanese more seriously, cause I want to learn the language and all, but it's been getting a bit boring lately. (Anyone agree?) 

Yuna in the upper left, and the other one's Auron. (From FFX...man I love that game!) I would draw out the full thing if I could, but my notes got in the way. ^_~  Yuna is a companion to the Tidus from Tuesday's entry, literally...and figuratively. They're a couple. Get it? ^_^ 

Tonight's the night for personal projects n' stuff. Maybe I'll get farther in Half Life? Maybe I'll actually write a chapter of my fanfic? Or maybe I'll just sleep early. Naaaah.

~Noelle's reflection faded at 8:24 PM~

[Wednesday] May 1, 2002

It's May already?! Well I'll be darned. ^_^ 

I've been studying LS3 the whole night practically (or morning, do we have to get technical?) but that also means I've done a good share of procrastination and overall not studying sort of things. I looked at Kim's blog for the heck of it (no one else seems to update their blogs anymore...) and wow! Some interesting quizzes. And yup, I agree with 'em too.

Congratulations, you slacker. You're laid-back, relaxed and, well, natural. Sensible and down-to-earth, you let very few things bother you.

Click here to take the test! 

~Noelle's reflection faded at 1:31 AM~

[Tuesday] April 30, 2002

Hmm...it's a doodle. Yup. Physics was *that* boring today. (Either that, or I'm itching to draw.) I actually finished most of it after class...hehe. I had to wake up somehow, along with Flamin' Hot Cheetos (yay!) and Lipton Ice Tea. Last time I had to stay up, I had Pepsi for my drink instead, and got hyper (and stayed that way) till 4AM! Ice Tea, sadly does not meet the Noelle standard for caffeine needs. ^_~

Well, for most of the night (technically the morning...) I've been bustin' my butt studying for LS3 (NOT laser surgery...^_^) and so far I guess it's goin' alright. I'm only saying this 'cause the midterm isn't tomorrow, mind you. 

Points for today, and stuff I forgot:

-DDR Konamix came in today! DDR at home bay-bee!

-I'm slowly starting my Counterstrike training by *trying* to get through a game of Half Life. Damn, it's a really nasty game! I was like eewww...with all the scientist body parts just laying around. ^_~

- I really don't like Japanese right now (it's getting tedious, PLUS I could be doing sciency things instead.) Oi, I gotta study for that midterm too.

- And dinner today (I'm still referring to Monday...) was cool! You know you've got some great friends when they wait up just for you. It made me feel loved.^_^

Oh yeah, about the doodle, maybe, just maybe, I'm getting better at drawing Tidus. He's always been a big challenge (unlike Enishi...). So, along with all of the other Final Fantasy X characters (especially Yuna) I'm just gonna keep on practicing at it!

Nothing else of interest at the moment, because a.) I can't think straight anymore, and b.) I'm bordering on the point of no return (time-wise). I might put something up later, ya?

~Noelle's reflection faded at 3:15 AM~

[Saturday] April 27, 2002

Hiya! Nope, no doodle yet. Well, I DID doodle last week, but nothin' nice enough (or distinguishable) to post up here. I don't feel like it, but I took two (out of four) midterms already! I've got two to go, and then the madness starts all over again. *sigh*

But hey! Stuff actually happened this time! (whoa...) My parents came down to LA for the week, and took me out Friday and today just before they went on the plane trip home. Here are some highlights in condensed form:

- I got to visit Emil at UC Irvine! Yay! (Now *you* have to come visit me! Haha!)

- I got to eat Chinese takeout for dinner (umm...) and I visited an actual Krispy Kreme shop for the first time! The doughnut-frying-glazing-machine-thingy is soooo coool! And I guess my parents and I looked so touristy in there we all got free samples! (Even Emil, who gave in and bought some anyway...^_~)

- I got to sleep in a bed bigger than my extra-long twin, with nice soft blankets. ^_^ Ahhh...so nice. If you ever go to the Orange County Hyatt, wow. That hotel is niiiice.

-This morning I got to go to Disneyland for a few hours (the tickets were free, but my parents had to make their flight...) I got to ride a total of THREE rides! (whoohoo!) But seriously, it was fun. ^_^  And if you were wondering, those three would be Space Mountain, Indiana Jones, and the Matterhorn. 

Actually there was something reeeeallly funny that happened on our Space Mountain ride. ^_^ (Emil, you know what's coming up...heehee.) Well, once we got on the ride, there were these two young girls in front of us that obviously have never been on Space Mountain before, much less a roller coaster. I don't feel like writing a whole descriptive paragraph about it, so...dialogue time!

[The ride starts, and the car starts creeping up towards the light]

Girl 1: Oh my God I'm FUCKING scared!

Girl 2: (screams hysterically)

[Me and Emil laugh]

During the ride...

One turn...

Girl 1 and 2: @!*($#*((*)$*)(W#$&*(!@&#*()$*()^%(*$)**^^%*!!!!! (I don't feel like typing out all the expletetives...^_~)

the next sharp turn: (and so on)

Girl 1 and 2: !@*()$#*()*$)$^*()&$##@(*&@!#@!@(*^*&~*~~~~!!!!!!

Emil: Did you know this ride causes Turret's Syndrome? 

[We both laugh]

At the end of the ride...

Girl 1: *squeal* That was sooo fun!

Girl 2: I think that's the most you've ever cussed!

Emil, Me, and Dustin: *SNICKER*

That wraps up the morning, I had some SPICY Thai food for lunch (but boooy was it good!) and my mom got me some Diddy Reese. ^_^ And since I didn't get to do laundry day on Friday, today became laundry/veg out day. Not the best strategy for my midterms next week, but hey, a girl's gotta have a little fun once in a while, right? Bwah. Sunday's for work. 

One more thing of note: I've got a lot of AIM contacts now through fanfiction.net!  Apparently my FFX fanfic (which I haven't updated since I came back from spring break...whoops.) is good! *GASP!* The cool thing about this is that I'm meeting people that I would have never talked to otherwise! Cool thing, this internet stuff. 

~Noelle's reflection faded at 10:56 PM~

[Wednesday] April 24, 2002 

"Noelle, you seem out of it."

It's a phrase I get pretty often these days, especially to those around me who actually pay attention to my subtle mood swings. Of course, this is a different "out of it" than the spacing out in class, cause we all know *everyone* does that...

I dunno, after the third time this week I've heard it (and it's only Wednesday) I've been doing some thinking. What makes me get "out of it?" Can I pinpoint a reason? Well, if I could, I'd be a psychology genius. But... whatever! I've only taken one Psych course total in my two years at UCLA. ^_~  This is a big time reflection entry (YAY!) so hoooold on....

Firstly, I notice a pattern to these things. I'm usually really "out of it" on Kung Fu days, or particularly bad "hell days" if review sessions are going on. So, I could be "out of it" on occasion just because I'm physically and/or mentally tired. It takes a lot to stay conscious of your surroundings you know!

The reason above, I concluded, is a bit superficial, but still true on occasion. (No...most of the time ^_~ but anyway...)

I could be tired and still be in a good mood...( I think) So here's what I think. On my "out of it" days, I tend to think a lot. Not just normal thinking mind you, thinking; thinking about my life, what it is right now, where it's going, what I'm not doing right, etc. This train of thought is usually sparked by either feeling like crap, being depressed,  or feeling just a tad bit excluded. Hey, I'm used to being solitary. It's been that way ever since I was little. I depend on myself for most everything, since depending on others too much for my troubles is not something I usually do. Perhaps this way of thinking is ingrained into my character, so when I feel depressed, it's mostly about my own imperfection. And since most people don't really want to hear about that, I keep it inside; hence, thinking. 

Whoa whoa...hold on, isn't this a tad bit depressing? Yeah, I guess. What sparked it recently? (I felt this way only once before winter quarter last year.) I hate to admit it but...

I still feel like the fifth wheel. 

Not that it's not anyone's fault it turned out this way, it just *did*. No one to blame but Fate. I've been trying to push the feeling aside, but it keeps coming back again and again. Inequality, Exclusion, perhaps...Jealousy? I feel a bit immature holding on to a thought like this; I should just be able to be ME, how I want to, when I want to...right? 

Anyone who's reading this who hasn't been with me at UCLA this past year, heh. Don't worry, I'm not goin' all crazy from this (and Physics). I'm gonna hang in there, and I'm anxiously waiting for the time I get to go back home. It always has a therapeutic effect, ya? My troubles just always seem to go away...

Too bad there isn't anything like that I can make use of over here. (Like a piano? Now that's stress relief!)

Okay okay, almost done. If you've made it this far, kudos to you. ^_^  After all my gooood venting, you too can come away with something. So the next time anyone says: "Noelle, you seem out of it," You'll know exactly what's running through my head before I snap back to reality. That's quite a load of stuff isn't it? I even surprised myself. ^_^

~Noelle's reflection faded at 6:48 PM~

[Saturday] April 20, 2002 

Look! It's a doodle! *GASP!!!!* Well, this wasn't done in class technically, it was during my physics review session on Thursday. I still hate Physics though, no matter what form it takes, hence Enishi telling it to DIE. ^_~ Heehee, aren't I creative? I was originally just gonna have him standing around looking cool as usual or something. 

Getting around to more recent things: Marble Cakes and Vending Machines. CJ apparently had a great time getting two marble cakes for the price of one when it got stuck in a vending machine on Thursday by hitting the machine with a well placed right jab. (though marble cake isn't supposed to crunch is it?!) So, of course today (that would be Friday) when I felt like getting something to eat in between my freaky 5 classes in a row schedule, I thought, "Hmm, guess I'll try...MARBLE CAKE!" So I did. And it got stuck in the machine, just my luck. So, I hit it with a right "smack." (since I didn't really want to punch the thing out at the time...) One didn't work, so a few hits, some weird looks and maybe a kick later, the thing came out. I almost got the nearby package of Pop Tarts to hit bottom though. ^_^ Luckily, my marble cake didn't crunch like CJ's did (I don't think it's supposed to have nuts...) though at first it made my stomach feel all icky then made me full for quite a while. Special stuff that marble cake. ^_~  

Random bit: Christian, if you're reading this, it was sooo cool talking with you! Hopefully I didn't send the wrong message in my tired (laundry doing) state. ^_^  Hmm...at least I got one *paragraph* done on the next chapter...whoo. Got a long way to go. 

Well, with midterms coming up in the next two weeks, my face is probably going to be either glued to the computer screen (ex. procrastination) or glued to my books, (ex. sleeping and/or studying) so I might not be in the best of moods. I wish all these tests and due dates could DIE. (especially Physics!) You TELL 'em Enishi!~

~Noelle's reflection faded at 1:33 AM~

[Tuesday] April 16, 2002

Nanji desu ka?

BLOGGIN' TIME DESU!" ^_^

Hehe, aside from my "witty" entrance, I think that I officially *suck* at Japanese. I dunno if it's the way they teach us or the fact that I don't practice or take it too seriously anymore; but man! I can't even form coherent sentences without thinking too much about it...in English. That's a bad thing. 

I just finished listing my stuff for sale up at ebay. (Yay!) No thanks to our *coughcoughhack* dependable UCLA servers... *coughcoughahem* I always liked Geocities for my web stuff anyway. (As exemplified by what server THIS page is on...) Check out my auctions here, and bid too while you're at it? ^_^

And notice the lag time here? No bloggin' for a whole...*counts on fingers* two weeks?! Yeah, and I haven't doodled either (the classes I'm taking don't give me time to...). So, hopefully my drawing skills (if I had any to begin with) won't deteriorate too much. 

I really wanted to work on the next chapter of my FFX fanfic last weekend, but heh. I went shopping at 3rd St. Promenade instead. It was waaaay fun, but I gotta hold off spending money for a little bit. ^_~ Hopefully I'll find some time to get writing again in between (the now almost daily) DDR, Kung Fu, and tutoring. *Sigh* At least I'm getting in shape again.

That's it for now. These proteins, immunoblots and other BLAH are making me way sleepy.

Mata kondo ne? ^_^

~Noelle's reflection faded at 1:18 AM~

[Friday] April 5, 2002

It's the end of the first week of school, and I can already feel myself caught in the vicious cycle of the quarter system once again. *Sigh* This week wasn't too bad, so...personal project time! I got a piece of fanart goin...but something tells me I need to improve my skills just a bit. Well, that and I'm NOT an art major, so it's pretty much self improvement from here. I haven't doodled anything in class yet, but that's as far as practice goes for sciency me. ^_^ 

If you couldn't guess already, that (up there) is Tidus from FFX. And tadah! It's the fanart I started over Spring Break. I don't know if it's just me, but I think I colored his skin a bit dark there. I compared the marker "Light Tan" to the official pics and it checked out...but eeeeh. It still doesn't seem right. Maybe next time I'll just go with a darker peach. 

This is one reason why Noelle needs to learn how to use Photoshop. ^_^ 

It kinda works out though...with him being underwater and all. When I drew in the pyreflies, I'm like "Whoa! It's like he's in space!" But nah, that's not the case. ^_~ The detail on this guy is veeeery complicated, so I kinda surprised myself when I pulled it off! Next subject if I ever get drawing again: Yuna, of course!

I finished inking *and* coloring in one night, making me VERY tired for today's classes. I was half asleep for pretty much the whole morning. Ehhh.

Whoo. Another reason to learn how to use Photoshop. For now, it's just a combo of India Ink, markers, and colored pencils. If it's by hand, it's the looooong way, believe me. 

Wanna know something interesting that happened with this whole thing? When I opened the red marker to color up his arm, it bled all over my hands, and being "Crimson Red," it made me look like I was bleeding profusely! I hope the girls in the bathroom didn't think I was suicidal or anything when I tried to wash it off. ^_~

Now off to work on my neglected fanfic. Gotta work around a few things, because (as if you couldn't tell) I like being proud of my work. Now grades? I don't know if I have that much control over that given my intellectual capacity, but we'll see how it goes this quarter.

~Noelle's reflection faded at 10:23 PM~

[Tuesday] April 2, 2002

Second day of school, and I can already spot the stress coming from over yonder. I mean, it's pretty nice now, I'm relaxin', havin' a good time BUT! Not for long. *sob* My own body even knows! I was playing Scattergories and Pictionary just tonight and my left eye just started twitching involuntarily! Arghhh! I better go to sleep early tonight or something...My eye hasn't twitched since college admission time in High School! Weird. Think it's a sign? Must be those...OVERPRICED TEXTBOOKS!!! Arghhhh! I had to buy a whole new O-chem book, cause they changed from the old one! Damn changes! (Now I got a >$100 doorstop/paperweight)

Well, as you can probably tell already, I got back to school safe and sound (but not necessarily happy). Easter Sunday, the day I got back, was just chock full of blog worthy things. I'll sum it up in this little dialogue here:

Upon entering a house...(Repeat dialogue for every Filipino house entered. That would be about (2 times for me, 3 times for Emil. I think.)

Filipino Mom/Auntie/Grandma: (in Tagalog or English) Do you want to eat?

Unsuspecting Noelle/Emil: No, it's ok, I already ate.

Filipino Mom/Auntie/Grandma: (in Tagalog or English) Are you sure? We have some pancit... (or any other Filipino food)

(Limited to my mom only): YOU WON'T HAVE TO EAT DINNER!!!! (she's pretty forceful when she wants to be...^_~)

Unsuspecting Noelle/Emil: (put a hand up) No, it's ok...*nervous laugh*

Then to the airport...where me and Emil saw a handful of St. Mary's people. Just like at Ranch 99. And the movies at Hilltop. And the San Francisco GAP. They just follow you everywhere don't they? Also, according to the sign on the moving walkway, you pass on the left and stand on the right. Apparently the people on BART escalators make up the rules as they go ^_^. 

Changed my schedule just last night, and it's gotten a little bit better. Check out the link in my AIM profile, or here. 

Emil, once you start your blog, send me the link! Maybe it'll have flying anime girls like your other site!

Sailor Mercury: Ouuuuuu! I love ANIMEEEEeeeeeeeeeee! *she rockets upward and disappears from the screen*

Hehe. Now to find time to go and finish another chapter of that fanfic of mine. That'll make my day. ^_^

~Noelle's reflection faded at 9:28 PM~

[Friday] March 29. 2002 

Hi again! It's a Spring Break update! (even though I only have two days left...boohoo.) Here's a progress report on me:

CHECK! I did get that FFX fanfic going! Told you so told you so! ^_^ (I busted out 3 chapters in 4 days! How cool is that?!)

CHECK! I got a piece of fanart going too! I'll be coloring it once I get back to my Prismacolors at school. Started it in the airport too, I'm pretty proud of that!

CHECK! I've gotten better at "To Zanarkand" on the piano. I even learned how to play a Tagalog song "Tanging Yaman" (My Only Treasure). Makes me think of Elyssa everytime I play it. Hope you're still havin' fun in heaven tata. ^_^

CHECK! (almost) I'm gonna get my hair relayered tomorrow morning so I don't have it flying in my face all the time. New highlights can wait. 

CHECK! (kinda) I went out with Emil (lots) and Mary (once)...but man! A week totally isn't enough.

And another thing I really really didn't want to do...Yup, JURY DUTY. That happened on Monday (the 25th). Emil was cool enough to come with me and keep me company for say um...4 hours. In one really stuffy room. ^_^  Activities for avoiding total boredom ranged from guessing a Japanese girl's name by writing random hiragana, reading about Koalas, looking at cute guys, and bustin' out with the Tagalog dictionary! (Tagalog is way complicated...whoooo.) It might sound fun, but eeeeeh. I rather would have been somewhere else. And all this was just for check in, blah blah, etc. Thank goodness I didn't get chosen to come back! I was like *YES!!!!!* when my name didn't get called. (Think I embarrassed Emil...and myself for that matter.) So...

CHECK! I've done my jury duty service for one year! 

Yup, goes to show how patriotic I am. ^_^ 

~Noelle's reflection faded at 11:50 PM~

[Thursday] March 21, 2002

Wondering where all the old stuff went? Click here.

Whew! The end of yet another quarter at UCLA. And I'm soooo glad it is! Anyone who's in my physics class (Yup, you know...) if I end up having to take the class again, please help me with the stuff again...*sniff* That final was horrible ick ick ick bleah. Oh, and no, this thing over here is not one of my doodles, it's the Far Side comic for the exact day of the physics final! I bet lots of people's brains felt like this is there. Ironic isn't it? With the dates and stuff, ya? I just thought it was interesting, and it made me smile, even after all that. ^_^

My other finals went ok I think (cept for the utter BS I made up for my Art History in-class essay...) but enough about that! Let's get to the fun stuff! I'm home! (well, yeah!) I brought the PS2, and I slept the entire day! Wow...that felt good. And for all those interested, I *didn't * miss the plane this time (thank goodness). I was actually so excited for my trip home that I really couldn't get to sleep the night before and I got up extra early to boot! (Noelle? Waking up at 7 AM by herself? How odd...^_~)

Oh, and Charles? (if you even read this thing...) I ordered the shirts last night. We should be wearin' our Hadoken's in style once we come back to school! Sometimes you just gotta show the video gamer's pride! Show some love!

Oh, and I swear I'm addicted to fanfiction.net, especially with all those wonderful Tidus/Yuna stories! (I check almost everyday...^_~) Makes me want to write one of my own! So perhaps, with the free time I've got at home, I can be productive in a different way! Yeah! That and fanart. I think I'll get that ball rollin' too.

For spring break, here's a tentative list of plans:

- Do something with my hair! I'm thinking of getting highlights again or getting it re-layered.

- Go out with friends and do fun stuff! High school friends are the best! (Yup Emil and Mary, that's you ^_^)

- Play as much piano as I can! Hey, I've been away for three months, and now I'm gonna learn some FFX tunes! I'm already almost there on "To Zanarkand."

- Write some fanfiction and draw some fanart. Hope I can do this one, cause technically it is work...

Ok! Whew! What a long entry. Anything cool happens over vacation, you'll see it here.^_^

~Noelle's reflection faded at 10:39 PM~