[Tuesday] February 4, 2003
Hey all! I've moved! Click here.
So...
this means no updates to this blog anymore, *sniff* but I'll keep
it up just 'cause I'm too lazy to take it down. ^_~
~Noelle's
reflection faded at 8:29 PM~
[Monday] February 3, 2003
I had a doodle, but I realized I was stalling my posts because
of my laziness to operate my scanner, so haha, nevermind. It was
just another Yuna one anyway. Speaking of doodles, I think I
really have to break the habit since they really do intrude on my
notes, and if I mess up, it just ends up looking really really
ugly. I'll try to do my part, but my profs have to start being
less boring to help me out!
Anyway, my weekend is winding down
(yup, Monday is now officially part of it) and I think I've
recovered from Friday already just to be hit BAM! with two
midterms this week, and another next week. Friday was a whole day
dealio, starting with volunteering at the hospital answering
phones at 7:30 AM (till 1:00 PM) and ending at 10:40 PM after
taking a MCAT diagnostic starting at 3:00 PM. Answering
phones wasn't too bad, and the people volunteering with me were
pretty cool to talk with. And the test? Well... lots of guessing.
Hopefully that'll change by the time I take the real
thing.
Saturday - NOTHING DAY. Sunday - semi NOTHING
DAY. Monday - gotta be a SOMETHING DAY. *Sigh* I keep drinking
milk and I never ever learn. Darn tryptophan... it doesn't even
have to be dissociated to work on me! (Yes, it's embarrassing that
cold milk knocks me out like nothing else) At least I made myself
two new MDs after getting the right orientation for all my MD USB
equipment. Maybe I should ask Sony about it? It's really
ridiculous once you see what I have to do to get sound in both
ears and having it sound normal!
Hey, anyone want to come
with me to Santa Monica on Friday after my volunteering thing?
Company would be much appreciated. ^_^
Anyway, off to
more Econ studying cause y'know... there's a midterm tomorrow and
all.
Maybe I'll try posting more often and in shorter
snippets like the "cool" people. Haha.
~Noelle's
reflection faded at 1:34 PM~
[Monday] January 27, 2003
Sorry for not updating so often, but as you probably can tell, I'm
a big LAZY BUTT when it comes to many things. Sometimes I wish these things can type themselves
out, haha. That and my computer that keeps dying on me, BAH.
Today's (actually last week's) doodle came from Econ discussion
and class. Discussion was boooring, so I drew Tidus' head and
shoulders (no... not the shampoo!). Class the next day was even
more boring when the prof started rambling about his war days in
Taiwan, China's economy back in the day, yadda yadda yadda, and I
actually got around to drawing the torso and the legs too! (I
never get to draw legs because either notes or time get in the
way). So yeah. Whoo for doodles. Without them, I'd be fallin'
asleep embarrassingly in class.
Well, what's happened since... whenever? MCAT classes started,
and now I don't have time to do nothing (i.e. PS2 playing)
anymore! How sad. Well, it's sad that I already feel dumb in those
classes anyway. Gotta work hard to get an A! But it's not
an A, cause it's the MCAT, so it's a HIGH SCORE I'm shooting for!
Yeah, so I'm weird. As if you didn't know that already.^_~
And...
I started hospital volunteering on Friday! Since I'm going to be
stationed at the Info Desk, I really really hope that I don't mess
up too much and send people to the wrong places. Heck, I even got
myself lost walking through the hospital when I had to give myself
a tour of the HUGE place. Needless to say, I was exhausted that
day. Especially since I start at 8AM.
More sadness, the
Raiders LOST! And really badly too. It was really painful
to watch. (ouch.). The commercials helped cheer me up a bit, and
going to church sure helped too. (I think I'm getting better at
this singing alto thing. Maybe.) Geez. I don't even want to call
my dad for a couple days, cause if I'm this depressed, I bet he's
even MORE depressed. Too bad something like the Super Bowl is all
or nothing. At least in the Olympics, the three best get something
cool to go home with. ^_^ Mind you, I'm only saying this 'cause
the Raiders didn't win, haha.
Well, hey. A bit of good
news, I'm getting better at FFX Piano Collections' "Path of
Repentance" (otherwise known as Via Purifico in English).
I'll be bustin' out the whole song in no time. (Without slowing
down!) Oh yeah, anyone want to do me a favor and find out what the
title is in Japanese?
Oh hey, just noticed: Devil
May Cry 2 comes out tomorrow! Too bad I can't and shouldn't
get it. Reasons: School and Money. Yeah. Sooooo sad. *sigh* I was
craving an RPG anyway. ^_~.
~Noelle's reflection faded at 12:55 AM~
[Sunday] January 19, 2003
Ok. I did write something long just a little bit ago, then my
computer froze up. JOY. -_- So blah. This is it. I'll write more about
stuff when I feel like it.
~Noelle's
reflection faded at 12:30 PM~
[Monday] January 13, 2002
It's
my mom's birthday today! Yay! I gotta call her tonight when she's
done gallivanting with my dad, haha. ^_^ She deserves a break gosh
darnit, so I'm glad she took one.
I finished up Full
Metal Panic over the weekend (all 24 eps...minus ep. 21) and
all I could say is "WAH! What about the relationship
resolution, huh?!" That's the one downfall of many shonen
series. I love the action, drawing style, etc. (but NOT the
fanservice, I AM a girl, after all) but relationships just go to
"whatever," mostly. None of this "I'll love you
FOREVER!" that you'll find in all the shoujo stuff. If only
someone would come along and mix the two really really nicely...
^_^ Rumiko Takahashi did this (kinda) with Ranma 1/2, and I
was a fan of Ranma and Akane for the longest time. Hopefully
things will go further (and not THAT way...) with the couples in Inu
Yasha. Yeah, yeah, I'm a romantic at heart.
Hmm. gotta
do more Women's Studies reading... (yeah, it's a GE) so let's end
this nothing filled day (well, I did have Kung Fu for the first
time this quarter...) with a link!
My favorite was the "Jun-Jun Millionaire" one.
Oh
yeah. If you know of any cool R&B type songs, send over suggestions!
I need to make a new MD... ^_^
~Noelle's
reflection faded at 8:37 PM~
[Thursday] January 9, 2003
Yo!
You know what, this schedule of mine is preeeetty nice so far.
Without MCAT classes, I'm really not feeling all that stressed
out...YET. Come third week, things are gonna change for sure. Oh
well. My future is more important than a few more hours of
videogaming anyway. I think the only game I've *really* played
since I got back was VF4. Damn Kumite mode! It's soooo addictive!
Now I just gotta learn how to rely on something other than button
mashing and luck. Whoops.
So yeah, back to the same old grind.
I'm trying to read The Wall Street Journal daily, but it's
tough! Why? Maybe because I like doing OTHER things in my free
time?! *sigh* Sometimes particular stories catch my interest, like
"Yes, That Weird Day-Care Center Could Scar Your Child,
Researchers Say." I think they're running out of good titles.
Or maybe it's a gimmick to catch people's attention? Heck, that's
what it did to me.
Heh. I never thought I'd be saying
this, but I'm singing in the choir. Yes, singing. I guess
after all the practices I didn't play piano in, they've found a
better use for me. Sight reading is my strength, pitch is not.
Ouch. At least it's alto. I can manage that.
Waking up early
tomorrow to check out the volunteering thing! Hopefully they
didn't forget about me, I kinda need to do this NOW... (Med
schools are soooo demanding!) At least I'll be school free. Now to
find the best route to the hospital from the apartment...
~Noelle's
reflection faded at 11:04 PM~
[Saturday] January 4, 2003
Ok.
So maybe that last one wasn't the last post yet, but I just
remembered something I wanted to blog about. I was watching G4TV
(TV for gamers!) the other day, and they had a story on this video
game playing couple. (I think they were famous...) It was
pretty cute, they *both* obsessed so much about them that they had
contests against each other every night. So I was thinking, yeah.
If I want a significant other, I want him to love video games too,
just because I think it's an integral part of who I am. I know I
think about them way too much. It would be nice to
have someone be there and obsess with you so you know you're not
going out of your mind... well, not alone at least. ^_~
Yup.
That's it. Now that my mom kinda planned out my whole day for me
tomorrow, I don't think that meeting with Mary is gonna fly.
(Besides, it's too late to call her house...) Guess we gotta wait
till summer or do some correspondence! Wow. Been a while since
I've used snail mail for fun.
~Noelle's
reflection faded at 11:41 PM~
******
Hallo
all. ^_^ One last post till I'm officially off of vacation, and
back to LA for school. Well, that and I just packed up my PS2, so
there isn't much else to do around here, haha. Sooo... what's up
with me you ask?
Well, yesterday, I met Naomi over at the Ashby BART station before
my doctor's appointment, and oooh. I felt really bad about making
her wait there... ( though it really wasn't my fault that they're
pretty slow at seeing their patients) Grubbin on steamed pork buns
and milk tea (it's not called boba up here!) was cool, then a
bunch of random ass looking around for stuff! *sniff* I'm gonna
miss not having my crossword buddy back for next quarter
though.
Aaand... the day before yesterday, I said bye to
Giselle, who had to go back to UCSC (one day of school then a
weekend? Those schedulers are crazy I tell ya.) She got my Capcom
vs. SNK 2, and I went and bought Virtua Fighter 4! VF4 is well,
how do you say this, freakin' difficult. It's like learning
a real martial art, only you're using a controller! And wow, you
really need good dexterity, fast twitch response and a pretty good
memory (to keep all your moves straight) to be good at it! Whoo.
I'm *still* training away though. I do admit that playing through
the Kumite mode is pretty darn fun with all that customization and
rank ups going on. ^_^
Working further backwards to
New Years, I finished up a chapter of my fic!
I decided it would be the last, but a bunch of my reviewers are
threatening to do all sorts of things to me if I don't continue
it! ^_~ Uhhh... I'll try to think of something, yeah...
Whoo. I
still haven't met up with Mary and gotten her a Christmas/B-day
present... (though she hasn't given me mine either, so I guess
we're even) Maybe I'll think of calling her up for a last minute
run tomorrow? We always seem to be doing stuff the day I have to
go back to school, it seems almost like tradition.
Reminders
to self: Send Emil anime! (Emil: send me the controller! YAY! ^_^)
Random
bit: Carlo is the coolest person in the whole wide world!
For someone who doesn't have a car... (*sniff*) you're a
lifesaver! Yay for Carlo!!! :-D
~Noelle's
reflection faded at 10:17 PM~
[Monday] December 30, 2002
I'm
so lazy I don't even feel like blogging most of the time anymore!
But I decided that I was being too much of a lazy butt for my own
good, so here I am. Here's a rundown of some stuff that has
happened in the last week and a half or so.
1.) Shopping!
I got pants! But for some reason they fit funkily. I'm mad at GAP
for throwing out my old favorite styles! Arrrgh! I might
have to get a belt. (I don't think I lost weight...) Hmm... that
warrants more shopping, doesn't it? ^_^ And maybe I'll get better
pants come 3rd St. time later on with Kulwant.
2.) Piano!
I haven't exactly been bustin' up the keyboard, but I *have* been
practicing! Hopefully I can learn church music *and* my long
delayed Final Fantasy X stuff (Via Purifico! It's such a pretty
song, but sounds weird while you're learning it) by the end of the
break? Haha. What am I saying? At least I can dream.
3.)
Fending off (or giving into) video game urges! I want to sell of
my copy of Capcom vs. SNK 2 and get Virtua Fighter 4! Just about
every review I've seen has given it a close to perfect score in
terms of fighting game depth and goodness. Real martial arts in a
game?! *GASP!* Maybe I could learn some stuff from this. Plus, the
game's already a Greatest Hits. $19.99 bay-bee! And $17.99 used!
What am I gonna doooo? There's still Devil May Cry 2 (I think I'll
stall that) and .hack// infection looming in the horizon. Maaaan.
Too many good games may be a bad thing. I want FFX-2 too. Not that
it'll come stateside till about next winter at the earliest.
*sniff*
4.) Fanfiction. I try, and I try, but it's hard to type
out stuff when it's freeeezing here at night! At least it's
stopped raining for a little bit over here..It's supposed to be
pouring New Year's though. Bah. And usually the Bay Area is so
nice during vacation!
Did I mention I got a haircut? Well, it
didn't turn out like I expected (or what I told the guy to do) but
I guess it's ok. It's kinda short, but people say it looks good.
Hopefully I can live with it till it grows out again. ^_^ My
biggest worry: How am I gonna keep it out of my face when I do
kung fu?!?! Silly, yes, but so am I.
Naomi! We gotta meet!
Mary and Emil! You too! Only about a week or so left! Aaaaaaah! At
least I get Monday off when I go back to school come the
sixth.
~Noelle's reflection faded at
12:32 AM~
[Saturday] December 21, 2002
Goodness. It's already the 21st?! Gosh. Time flies when you're
on vacation. Especially because a lot of time went to videogames!
I just beat Shinobi... yes, SHINOBI, that
difficult, difficult game. It's so old school, it gave me old
school frustration! On the flip side, you get that old school
satisfaction when you finally put that final villain down for
good. ^_^ Actually, Devil May Cry gave me that feeling from time
to time as well, but to a lesser extent. Bah. All this action
gaming is making my reflexes twitchy! I better stop while I'm
ahead. I've already spent about two weeks glued to my TV. ^_~ Time
to get productive me! PRODUCTIVE!!!
Other stuff that's happened
since the last post: I went to the reunion thing on Thursday, and
like always, it felt really weird. When I'm around all these
people so many people I'm supposed to be "reuinioning
with,", (excuse the phrase...) I just feel really strange and
out of place. The same thing happens in a bunch of other social
situations. I just kinda close up and get all introverted, very
unlike the weird and (sorta) outgoing me most people know me as.
It's a part of me I want to change, but I really don't know how!
^_~ Another part of the reunion that made me feel weird? I'm OLD!
I hardly know anyone in high school anymore! Nooooooooooo!
Oh
yeah. And afterwards, adventures with Dr. Strange and exploring
the Mystic Cavern! Well, just me anyway, Emil stayed outside with
his Gameboy Advance. Don't know what I'm talking about? Eeeh. I
don't really want to tell you. This is just a note to myself about
one of Emil's funny sayings. ^_~
And geez. Apparently I
have a bunch of funny sayings too?! Check Emil's blog (try the lj
link) in a little bit. Because I just remember a lot of the stuff
I said Thursday was blog worthy! Heh. All I remember now is "Mmmmlarge"
and "Spottie Dottie." Yes, random, but so are the conversations
me and Emil have. ^_^
Oh yeah, once Emil gets the pictures
scanned in, I can post up our poses with cleaning supplies in
Target! Yes, Target. I had a broom, and Emil took plungers. Just
know it relates somehow to finishing up a roll of film and
something about kung fu. ^_^
Hmm. That's it! Hopefully
I'll get to go shopping sometime this weekend, weather permitting,
and also depending if I can track down Giselle! Coooousin...where
are youuuuuu?! I'm going to find her cell number, yes I am! (Or
maybe she can't call me because I'm online late lately? Who
knows?)
~Noelle's reflection faded at
12:53 AM~
Tuesday] December 17, 2002
Ok,
so I took Shinobi for a test spin last night and today, and
hey! I don't think it's all that bad. Actually it's freakin' cool
to be in control of a ninja who can run up walls like it's nothing
new. ^_^ The only thing I have issues with? Ninja dogs,
that's what! Stooopid dogs with katanas in their mouths that are
harder to kill than everything else! Grrrrr
this!
Anyway, I've been action gaming the
whole break and I'm still looking forward to Devil May Cry 2!
Bah. I don't think my wallet can handle it though. That and it
comes out January 28, right smack at the beginning of winter
quarter. Maybe it'll become a greatest hit (soon)? But waaaah! I'm
sooo impatient!!
Ok, ok, my crazy video game crazy fangirl
ranting will
end here. (for now...)
The plan for right now? Fanfiction writing bay-bee! (Well,
starting a chapter anyway) Thanks for all the fanfic gifts Shad!
You're the best! ^_^ It's really likely I won't be in an angsty
mood all vacation till maybe the end of it! Haha. Remember, don't
take it personal! It's just me and my happy self to blame. ^_~ And
Jody, post your fic soon! I wanna seeeeee.
Alas, my online
time is scarce now that I'm on a dial-up connection at home, so
that'll explain why I don't respond to emails as fast I as I
usually do.
Oh yeah! Accomplishment! I finished up #1 on
my to do list! I fixed up that missed appt., I went to the dentist
today, and I got my whole TB test thingy ready to go tomorrow!
Whoo. See what a few phone calls early in the morning can
do?
Ok, that's it. My internet signed me off juuust cause
I was idle for 20 minutes. Ack.
~Noelle's
reflection faded at 11:49 PM~
[Monday] December 16, 2002
Hey there! First blog of the Winter Break! Looking for the old
stuff? Go here.
I haven't been all that productive since
last Wednesday with all the stuff I had to do because of (what
else?) video games. Winter break is my time to veg out, so veg out
I did. I just finished Devil May Cry yesterday, corny
dialogue and all, and today I finally gave into the urge and got Shinobi
~! I have yet to test it out though, maybe that comes tonight. Is
it just me, or does Hotsuma look really really cool? Hopefully I won't go total immersion like I did with
Devil May
Cry (and especially FFX) because I really have to get
stuff done!
And daaaamn. It's been raining almost nonstop here
since Thursday, (power outages suck!) and a (little) break in the
storm just came today. Still didn't change the fact that it is
COLD in herre! "It's gettin' cold in herre, so put on all
your clothes..." Hehe. Couldn't resist.
Alright! Checklist for myself:
1.) Doctor's
appt's and stuff: I forgot about the one today (Ouchies! That's
what happens when I'm not in school! I forget dates like nothing
else!)) there's a dentist appt. tomorrow, and I have to figure out
the whole dealio with TB tests for my hospital volunteer work come
January.
2.) Piano Piano Piano! I have to learn as many
church songs as I can so I can actually be of use to the church
choir! No more feelings of inadequacy! GO ME!!! YAAAA! But hmm.
This may be harder than I thought since doing the piano is
techincally work...
3.) Hmm. Fanfiction? It's about time
I finished up that fic of mine so I don't feel pressured to do it
anymore. ^_~
4.) Clothes Clothes Clothes! I neeeed new
pants! I won't tell you why, but I do! I'm waiting for that SF
trip with Giselle, JR, and his 30% off discount at GAP on
Saturday! (hopefully) Oh yeah, Mary too. ^_^ Still gotta get her a
b-day/Christmas gift.
I'm still thinking about whether or
not I should go to my high school young alumni reunion thing. I
mean, the people I want to keep in touch with I keep in touch
with, but it would be nice to see classmates, underclassmen, and
teachers that I haven't seen in a while. I guess it depends on
whether Emil's coming too. ^_^
Oh yeah. Extra randomness: Check out my winter
quarter schedule here! Now isn't that nice looking? Well, except
for the waking up bright and early part. ^_~
Well, happy holidays
everyone! Let's hope that I'll get all the stuff up there
done!
~Noelle's
reflection faded at 9:47 PM~
![[Kakashi] Gosh, all this ninja stuff cuts into my romance novel time!](kakashi.jpg){kind=small}
![[Yuna] BANG! Take THAT! (well, in the nicest way, ok?)](hpyuna4.jpg){kind=small}
