Exclusive Insanity

This icon takes on new meaning for today... I have to finish my paper this morning, and I've devoted from now until I have to leave for class (and possibly between the class and belly dancing) to that very end.

Must. Get. Passing. Grade.

Actually, a passing grade isn't really what I'm after - I want a reasonably *decent* grade. I can probably get a passing grade just by spending half an hour bullshitting an argument. I want to make it something good, and do well.

Doesn't everyone, though?

Last night I worked for the first time in a week. Fun times. I hate that place with a passion. At least it wasn't insanely busy, though.

I get a VERY long weekend for Thanksgiving, as it turns out. I don't have any classes on Tuesday anyway, and Monday is a holiday. So I don't start until Wednesday, and as it turns out, one of my Wednesday classes was cancelled too.

It evened out when my teacher informed us that we would have a midterm on that Wednesday, at nine o'clock in the morning.

Whee.

Ah well. School isn't unbearable yet. Keeping up with the workload and everything. It's all good.

Yesterday didn't really treat me that well as far as being able to watch episode 51. I intended to watch it during my break between classes, but then I realized I still had reading to do before the class after that break, so... I sacrificed. Then I had intended to watch it after my afternoon class, but when I got home my sister was watching TV.

I refuse to watch on the computer with the TV on behind me. Not the last episode of FMA. No way.

Anyway, though, the TV was on from that point until I gave up and went to bed. But I did manage to get some of my homework for this week done. I have most of my program finished and my paper nice and outlined.

Excellent.

But, since I was thwarted yesterday, I made it a point to watch the episode first thing this morning. So now I have seen it.

( Spoilers under here )

Wow, yesterday was awesome!

Jo and I drove over in the morning - it was a long trip but we managed to have enough music and conversation to keep things interesting. I drove the whole way and we made it to the ferry with minimal confusion.

Not bad, really.

It was great to see V again! I missed her so much... I'm sure Jo felt the same. V also got to be the navigator as I braved the streets of Vancouver. No accidents whatsoever, and we only got lost once - for a very short time - on the way back to the ferry.

Riverdance was pretty good. Lots of nice colors and awesome dancing. The second half of the performance was the best, in my opinion. And then there was LP... V, you know who I'm talking about. Hehe. Lots of good times.

We didn't spend as much time in Metrotown as we could've - and that was really my fault, since I dragged everyone over to the Crystal Mall so I could visit Sakura Media. Funny thing was, I spent more time in the toy store across from it, where they had lots of Fullmetal Alchemist stuff. I wanted to buy it all... Unfortunately, I couldn't, but I did get a lot. A Roy action figure, a smaller Hughes figure, a pack of trading cards, some other collector cards, and a Photo Collection package. Action figures also came with a chibi keychain each. Roy was the cutest, so I picked him, and then Edward the second time, since he's my favorite. I wanted Al, too... but action figures were pretty expensive.

Maybe when I'm there for Les Miserables... Hopefully they'll still have them.

Also, I somehow wound up with two Winry action figures - one in regular colors and one in a sort of metallic color. If anyone wants those, you can have them both for $10. Let me know before I either try to sell them on ebay or just toss them.

Yeah, but it was a fun day. I was very happy. It was sad to see V back onto the ferry... time seemed to go way too fast.

But, we'll see her at Christmas. I'm already looking forward to it!

Jo and I had a lot of fun figuring out how to follow my dad's instructions in reverse to try and get back home - it actually went pretty well. We didn't get lost at all. But the last stretch of the drive seemed to take forever - we were both so tired.

Worth it. Definitely.

Pretty much nothing happened yesterday... Except for school, and the usual. I have an essay due a week from tomorrow that I probably should work on, and a short assignment due next Wednesday, and no doubt I'll have another assignment given to me today in lab.

I should be working on some of this. But I'm not.

Oh well...

Vancouver on Saturday. I'm very excited! It's going to be a lot of fun, and I'll get to hang out with V! That is pretty much the whole reason I'm going - the excuse is Riverdance. Heh.

In any case, I'm looking forward to it. Two more days!

Also... V, I'm a little worried that I haven't heard from Jo at all. We're supposed to be leaving on Saturday morning, and I haven't been able to get hold of her to talk about plans.

It's making me very concerned.

Also, I still need to know which ferry... There are two, and I can't remember which one is the one you use.

Well, like I thought it would be, yesterday was a full day. It always is when I have to work on a Monday or a Wednesday.

But it wasn't too bad - work was pretty slow, which is always good. I had easily enough time to finish everything. I also managed to get my journal entry for Lit finished this morning, and I'm getting closer to finishing Northanger Abbey. Hopefully I can get that done for tomorrow.

I also have to see my Networks prof this morning, and then stop by the post office. If I have time, I might watch episode 50 of FMA. But I'll have to study tonight after work, because I have a quiz first thing tomorrow morning.

As of right now, it's not too bad being busy... That'll change very soon, I think. Then I'll be yanking my hair out.

I can't wait until Saturday...

I knew when I made it that I'd get a lot of use out of this icon. Heh.

Yesterday pretty much centered around the spoilers I read for episode 50. I haven't actually read the little summary that's floating about, but I found out one thing about the episode that aggitated me.

Gah! I don't know how I'm supposed to wait for 51! And how do they plan to resolve everything, anyway?

Yeesh. Won't be sleeping much, I don't think.

Today, what I want to do is work on Game Over a bit, get more of Northanger Abbey read, and write out that little C program - just to get it over with. Sarah will be coming over later, but I'm hoping to get most if not all of that done.

We'll see, I guess.

For those interested, the fifth episode of Digimon is up at WolfPackProductions. I'll be watching it very soon. Koushiro!

Heh. Yeah. Anyway...

Had an anime club meeting yesterday. We watched D.N.Angel, Sailor Stars, Saiyuki, Fullmetal Alchemist, and Cowboy Bebop. It was pretty decent overall.

Er... other than that, not much is going on. I only had one class since my Philosophy class was cancelled on Friday... That wasn't too bad. Just the 9-10 class and then I could come home.

I'm reading Northanger Abbey right now, by Jane Austen. We're supposed to have it finished by next week - which may or may not happen. I still have a hundred pages to go.

It's not bad, though.

Episode 50 of FMA is out today, which means it'll be subtitled by about Tuesday or so. I'm waiting anxiously.

And I work tonight. Bleh. But at least I don't work tomorrow morning.

I can see I'm going to get a lot of use out this icon. Heh.

I love having icon space.

Um... yesterday was boring. That's about all there is to it. School, lunch, more school, and then home. I did a bit of writing for Game Over, and that's about it for productivity. I've got two essays due in early October that I probably could've started working on, but of course I'll probably put them off to the last minute. As usual.

I still have episode 49 to watch... But then after that, I'll have no more FMA until 50 is released subtitled. I know, it's less than a week, but still! It'll seem like forever.

Ah well. Today I will watch it. I want to be able to read all the theories and speculations and thoughts.

I'm sleepy or tired so often now that I made an icon for it. Heh. Well, I had the perfect picture... Isn't it nice?

I had a long, busy day yesterday. School, school, more school, and then work. I also have a short essay due tomorrow - although it shouldn't take me too long to do - and a nice chunk of reading to do. But since I have today off, I'll have the time.

Maybe I'll even have extra time to get my hair cut afterward. Or work on Game Over. Part four is about halfway done, for those who are curious. I think it'll be good - so far, I like how things are going.

Hopefully you'll get to know the other characters a little better. I know everyone who's reading knows Shane pretty well by now, and most likely Zinc as well. There's still a lot with just them, but I'm squeezing in a bit more of the others now too.

Hooray!

Also... I am getting episode 49 of Fullmetal Alchemist as we speak. Mwaha. ( And I watched episode 48 this morning. )