monday, september 30, 2002

hooray! sunday movie night- such a blast. tonight's features were "shrek" and "monsters inc." i love both films so much. we invited several friends to watch with us- someone brought icecream- someone brought cookies- it was a fest to be sure!
we started far too late tonight however, normally movies start at 5 pm, but on this particular night- our friend rachel wanted to join in the fun so we all waited for her to get off of work... at 10 pm!! god, way too late. but it was fabulous fun to watch both movies with so many friends i never see anymore.
p.s. i wept at the end of monsters inc. i am... such a loser. :P
then after my roommate and i checked everyone out of the building, we decided to watch shrek as well. i mean jeez, may as well go for broke while we're up.
p.s. i wept at the end of shrek. when it hits 3 am, all emotional bars are down, everything is too touching.
fiona: i'm supposed to beautiful
shrek: but you are beautiful-
gah!!!!!!! ;;; <-- me.

such a great night! i love sunday movie evenings- though we shall never have another 4am one.
next week: "some like it hot" and "a hard day's night" methinks.
or perhaps "iron giant" and "the emperor's new groove" who's to say?

and tell me you have all seen this at least 60 times. the new ttt trailer!
p.s. yes, i nearly wept watching this as well... is it nearly 5 am? GAH!

suddenly i was @ 04:01 am

sunday, september 29, 2002

oh today was torturously boring. i rolled around all morning wondering what i needed to do- but after analyzing all my classes- i discovered no work was due at all. in the afternoon i took my roommate to this shopping district she had never been to and then we rented movies for sunday night movie fest (shrek and monsters inc. this round). i came home... sat and wondered why i had this feeling i was forgetting to do something. then suddenly at 10.30 it came to me. blast. my animation. i hadn't drawn my quota for the day. how many weeks, how many semesters have i spent doing this and today i forget? i think it was subconsciously on purpose, but it was fun enough, got to animate feet. then i talked to my friend who is going to calarts.
anyhow. yep. today was really boring.
by today i mean the 28th of course.
today today, the 29th, however- shall be different. i know it! for something exciting has already happened- hanna's birthday! wee-hoo.

suddenly i was @ 02:48 am

friday, september 27, 2002

happy birthday mom!

i love my mom.
so tired... i've been thinking the time was midnight since 8pm. time for bed!
today i made a cool sum of money. a 50 spot from the author of the book i'm editting, then 25 from my tutoring job.
oh! and speaking of jobs! job search part 1 has proved fruitful! the field museum called for an interview. yes! though- i'm not certain i want to work there, because to GET to the museum from the train i would take you have to walk through 3-5 blocks of questionable neighborhood. it's all right in the daylight, but i don't want to walk there alone at night!
we'll see though, we'll see.
what else?
got "a hard day's night" on dvd. it's beautiful. crisp, wonderful picture- great sound, and i love the menus. sigh, ahdn is one of my most favourite films in all the world.
i received, brace yourself now, two whole phonecalls today. which means my phone life saw a 200 percent turn around on this date. my cousin (zounds!) and my friends.
sniff. sometimes i miss everyone so much, i feel so lonely. ;_;
gah. i'm to tired to go on.
later!

p.s. did i mention? i got vaccinated yesterday. pumped full of mmr's and td's or injected with an alien virus, which will eventually turn me into a drone for the aliens who landed 4 years ago in eastern mexico though? your guess is as good as mine. all i know is with my slightly swollen arm it looks like i have a built tricep.
yes.

suddenly i was @ 01:56 am

thursday, september 26, 2002

ah. mystery solved.
look at those balls of flame! yee haw!
yawn yawn. nothing to say really.
my evening class was cancelled, i feel bloated.
ooh! i did make a little something- since the theme of this blog is spirited away half the time, i may as well mention it. yep! i made a fanlisting for the movie! hooray!
note: i spent about 2.4 seconds on the layout, using only one image for everything- talk about efficiency.

p.s. holy mother of god, last entry was commented on! *swoons*

suddenly i was @ 02:37 am

tuesday, september 24, 2002

god blast it all. i wanted to have an entry for the 22nd, wishing frodo and bilbo a happy birthday, but alas, i didn't remember i wanted to do so until about 1.30 am- the 23rd!! meh. it was a happy day. i felt the occassion called for an umpteenth viewing of lotr. so i set my alarm for 7.30 am (dude, it is a long movie. i can't just plop down and let it eat a three hour hole in my day!), hit the snooze button for two hours- got up, shifted to the floor and watched the movie.
oh i made breakfast too. honey toast with three strawberries. brought the shire close to home. :D
oh! but guess what- something strangest thing just happened about two hours ago. i was in my room with my roommate, we were both doing work when we heard all these firetrucks ripping up and down the street. now, in the downtown of a big city, a firetruck isn't anything to get excited about, but there were several and all of them were parked in front of our dorm.
i was watching them from my the window saying, "look at all of them, this is better than television!" for a half an hour before i pulled myself away and started reading my friend's book (which i am editting) when suddenly, we heard a big "boom!"
i looked at my roommate, "what was that?" we both shrugged.
then there was another huge noise, and another- and after each you could hear sirens going off.
"that's it," we both said as we ran to our window.
we peered out, but couldn't see anything.
"look!" i said, "all the firetrucks have gone down the street-"
there was another "boom" and my roommate jumped, "that shook our whole room!"
suddenly our fire alarm went off and we all had to evacuate the building.
once outside (in balmy 45 degree weather) my friend (who lives on the other side of the building) told us she had seen from her window this building lighting up with each "boom!" aka, explosions. she said everything lit up (other people saw this as well).
anyhow, yes, all the streets were closed and everything. we were out there- an hour? or so.
when we finally were let in however, i made it on to the first elevator!!!!!!!!! <-- a very big deal. i beat about 300 other people. hee. i ran to the door as the building opened up- slipped in, got into the elevator line- but then i asked, "can we take the stairs?" and someone said yes. as i walked to the stairs lady pushed me into the elevator saying, "thirteen" thinking i had been in line for the elevator! ho ho ho.
later as my roommate came in- she said she heard it had been, yes, an some explosion of some sort, which affected the gasline, which is why our alarm went off, and why we had to evacuate.
but what made the explosions?
stinking news trucks came, but no news is on at this hour! blast. >:(
we'll see tomorrow i guess.

suddenly i was @ 02:54 am

friday, september 20, 2002

sigh, been a while, but it always gets so late and i grow too tired to reply in a timely matter.
nothing much this week anyhow. nothing nearly as exciting as the big eyed vomit stories of last entry at any rate.
oh! i did go to the advance premeire of "spirited away." it was fabulous! my roommate was given a special invite, she was allowed to bring a guest so she invited me. the theatre was incredibly crowded, but we had decent seats- what would it matter anyway? oh ho ho. we had already seen the orignal.
i'm off to see it again this friday with another friend who doesn't know i've seen it yet. should be fun, all over again!
the dub was actually good. the best i've ever seen. the translation was right on- a few little tiny things wre added, which were both bizarre and humorous. over all though, very good. we were impressed.
there's a spider in my window. i love him. it's an amazing feat actually, to have this little spider in my window as i'm on the 10th floor of my building. how did he get so high? did he climb up all the way?

suddenly i was @ 12:17 am

saturday, september 14, 2002

blast. if i could ever write -before- it became midnight, my entry life would be far more successful. i should change my timezone or something.
anyhow. today was friday the 13th, a fact i didn't catch until it was about 11.49. a good friday though. my 13th fridays always are, odd- no? but yes, today we traded film treatments (a summary/sketch/layout/diagram of a film) in my storyboarding class- and now we're all playing the part of concept artist and designing characters and settings for other classmates. it's great! i was given the treatment i really wanted as well, one about a boy who sees monsters in the basement.
today was actually a very "on" drawing day. i came up with some compleatly bizarre things (ie the hideous squid monster, of which i took to drawing from several different angles. i'll have to scan them!).
oh, i know what i can tell you. i have been saving this since tuesday! ^^ why didn't i tell my story on tuesday? i couldn't very well post it on tuesday, because by the time i went to post, it was wednesday aka 9.11, and this particular story seemed highly inappropriate to discuss on such an anniversary- now! however, the time is ripe.
so. the date: tuesday. the place: the random art school science class i must take.
i'm sitting in the back row, as i always do, scribbling notes and cartoons when i hear this huge splash- like that of someone spilling a bucket of water.
i look up, in the front row there's this girl bent over clutching a waterbottle. i'm thinking to myself "did she just spill all her water or..." suddenly. i saw... and knew.
she had compleatly thrown up all over the place.
GAH! all over!! out of nowhere! not even a gag or a heave just a - SPLASH!
she kept saying "sorry, sorry" as my teacher tentatively approaching asked "um, are you all right?"
of course at that point i'm bolting up from my seat ready to evacuate the (what i perceived to be) newly declared bio-hazard ground zero.
the girl ran out- and... my teacher just went on teaching! i'm sweating nervously in my chair- there was vomit three rows ahead of me- how was i to learn in such a hostile environment? vom--it. blah! i have no tolerance for such things. i kept thinking i should suggest the class call some sort of clean up crew, when the girl came back and cleaned it up herself.
then she stayed!
i again panicked <-- as you can see i was rivetted with my actual classwork and only slightly disturbed by the rampant body fluids which were prevading the carpet three rows ahead of me.- wasn't it enough i had to breathe her vomit germs all morning- now i had to share the air and breathe in what could possibly be flu germs? girl, you threw up in a highly public place, i assure you, no one wants you here, go home and rest. ^^
i felt bad for her though, she looked so sad! i hope she's better by next tues.
and that was my story!
in other news: in my hong kong cinema class, there is a guy with one really large blue eye and one normal brown eye. i also find this rivetting.

suddenly i was @ 12:47 am

wednesday, september 11, 2002

god blast it. i wanted to type an entry before september 11th, save the 11th for a more serious post. alas, animation- it keeps one up all hours.
so, today indeed is the one year anniversary of the horrible events. one year ago, since i rolled out of bed for class, and somehow ended up sitting in an orange butterfly chair, wrapped about in a blanket my eyes fixed on the small seven inch tv screen with the flashing news ticker "america under attack"
all i could say was "oh my god."
there's nothing much more i can say which hasn't all ready been said, and more eloquently. only i hope this event will stand as an ever lasting symbol for why war and hatred is wrong.
when we remember those who perished there, may we consider too the other people who suffer in war torn countires elsewhere. may we realize how precious each life is, and how one person can be all the universe to another. may it make people think of what is important in life.
my heart will always go out to those who suffered and those who still do. i will always remember tuesday morning, the confusion and the horror, of september 11th.

rest in peace

suddenly i was @ 01:18 am

tuesday, september 10, 2002

well, i do realize it's been a tick since i've last written, but... looks side to side... i bet no one has noticed but me! oh ho ho ho.
besides, nothing much has been happening. i mean if you wanted i guess you could hear me ramble continuously on about a. the hell-torture of animation which has started up again b. job search part duex or c. the fact that my cheek burns.
but who wants to hear of those awful things when oh! last night was a kick? my roommate and i finally threw our dvd party, wherein we watched all TWO of the dvds we own. we started with lotr. we went upstairs to the media center of my dorm (aka the big screen tv room) and popped it in. this was not before we ordered the delicious pizza and bought the delicious pint of ice cream either. oh no, it was with our savoury booty that we interrupted the cozy couple on the couch to watch our fantasy epic. it was great! like being in the theatre. what else would one except though, i mean, when the television is taller than i am? sure makes a difference from our little seven inch screen. ^^"
yes, watched the movie through, and i can't even tell you how exciting it was to finally have someone else be excited about watching it- this was the first time i had ever watched it with a friend! all other times being with relatives or myself. she loved it, and well- let's put it this way, right after frodo runs up to gandalf and says "you're late" my roommate leans over and says "ah! i can't wait for billy boyd!"
girl after my own heart.
another bonus of great roommate: knows who billy boyd is.
then after our three hour extravaganda, we moved onto hayao miyazaki's "spirited away" which was beyond brilliant. the colours of the film were so fantasic and- gah! i just watched with my mouth hanging open.
no.
wait.
lie.
my mouth couldn't have been open, for by "spirited away" we had started eating popcorn.
it was a great party though, after eating my way to ectasy and watching about five hours of great films i was even still able to make it to the gym before it closed and did a little running.
hoorah for everything.

suddenly i was @ 01:16 am

thursday, september 5, 2002

nothing much to report from the past few days; not that i haven't been busy or anything, just no interest in writing down things which interest no one but myself (in spare moments of quietude).
my class schedule is finally oriented and right. i now have all courses figured out for the semester.
monday: off.
tues: earth's history <-- blah. my science credit for art school and hong kong cinema (wong kar-wai!)
wed: pyschology <-- another requirement and writing for film (hooray!)
thurs: animation (more running in place...)
friday: storyboarding and visualization.
the newest addition to the schedule being hk cinema of course.
yesterday i compleatly elbowed my way into the class. by some fluke of god, fifteen minutes past noon, fifteen minutes into my glorious lunch hour, i suddenly experienced the most unbearable urge to use the restroom.
ticked as all get out, as i had to leave the lovely sunny park in which i was eating, i went into my school building, and saw, by yet another fluke of god, the elevator was open. "might as well go all the way up and just wait the hour until the instructor comes, then i can beg for class admittance" (when classes are full, it is up to the instructor to decide who they will let in after the appointed full capacity number). when who should i see right there once i stepped off the elevator? no one else but the teacher! i immediately asked about being added to the class. of course it was full, and she said i would have to wait and see- but the problem there was, i didn't want to wait. if i had no chance of getting in to that class, i had about six others lined up which i was going to go after.
i bothered her four separate times throughout the class: "so is there any chance of me getting in here, otherwise, i'm going to leave."
tons of people poured in, so many wanting to add. finally she reads a list of who she was accepting. my name first- then she added "and all other graduate students" my heart fell. i'm not a grad student!
i went up and told her "though this pains me to tell you so, i'm not a grad student"
she looked at me, "i know."
score! so in the end, five people dropped and the teacher filled those spots with grad students, then she added one extra body, one undergrad, moi. i made such a big deal about getting in however, i decided, screw the figure drawing class i was aiming for- that'll be for next semester.
what else? had my writing for film class tonight. wee, we get to learn how to make screenplays! squeal. the class sounds fabulous. i'll have to write up on it more later, because as of right now, i am about to faint with tiredness.
later.

suddenly i was @ 12:36 am

tuesday, september 3, 2002

ok, so another day slips by without my noticing. gob blast it. <-- gob? my language skills have flown out the window this evening as well. i think it is partially due to being sober while with a bunch of highly buzzed individuals. yes, the dreaded partay was tonight- and actually, it was fine. sure, there was still the pang of indifference first entering the apartment, and i still get jealous, but oh well. old news.
i got to talk about my editting job at length with my old roommate's boyfriend, we also discussed the activity of reading, both confessing to being moved to tears by certain books as well as growing angry enough to chuck a book across the room in a fit. and, well, what can i say? it's not everyday i get to say "túrin" in a normal conversation and have the other person i'm talking to know exactly what i am muttering on about. ^^
then, i covered everything from disconcerting sisters to medication with my friend whom i haven't "really" talked to in months. whom, actually, i have been very miffed at for months, but now feel entirely loving towards- was great.
also harrassed other friend about not finishing his animated film, got him to agree that i "had good points." a major triumph.
what else? complained about my compleat and utter total lack of financial aid with old roommate and how i don't really care for madonna with another guy and also got to listen to whole of friends plot what i would be like if they could ever get me drunk. <-- har!
good evening though.
then i rushed home because finally! my roommate arrived today. i am no longer the troll of this chasm. the room is filled now, and lo! look! there's another person over yonder, also enjoying the wiles of the internet. we have so much in common if any problem ever arises, it will be because we are too alike!
she is the sole only person in my face to face public real life who knows about my secret problem with lotr and my little minor crush on the actor who plays pippin. :P we've already laughed at the brilliance of the song i am so into at the moment.
she's so nice! she even brought me little gifts from japan and everything! ;_;
we have a little party to plan, wherein we watch both, lord of the rings (her first time!) and the gorgeous animated film spirited away. GAH! i'm so excited i think we shall have most fun. but ta for now, must get to that editting job which is awaiting me. ^_-

suddenly i was @ 12:22 am

monday, september 2, 2002

god bless, is it really nearly five am? why am i so awake? oh that's right, that god blamed fire alarm which happened at midnight. got me riled. ^^
oh and i wanted to talk about what i did yesterday too- wait! what's stopping me?
today (or yesterday, whatever.) i went a huge walk along the lakefront. walked for hours with gerry and the pacemakers humming in my ears. i don't know if it's because i have lived in a desert all my life, but i find i have an endless fascination with water. i could stare at the rippling lake, or sail boats for hours.
the great thing about the lake shore, is it is choice for people watching: tan people, young people, lovers, sleepers, people rollerblading, walking, running, biking, tandem biking, swimming, volley balling, crying, reading- people for miles! i could just kick myself for leaving my sketch book back home.
the air was very heavy and moist, the sky was overcast, but all in all, the weather was beautiful. after a few miles, i pulled over and walked to the zoo which i walked through (it's free!) again, after watching the cheetahs and sleeping lions, i found myself cursing i had left my sketch book in my closet at home.
oh the way home, i decided to not take the lake route, and cut up straight through the city and finally up the mag mile. tourist galore, but i saw bunnies in the park- so not bad at all.
then i came home and make cookies from scratch. they turned out all right. it's a battle getting the consistency right. it's a high altitude recipe, and in this wet lowland i inhabit now- blah. the first time i made them they spread all over the place, this time, no spreadage, but they're a bit dry. ah, no one will notice.
oh >insert fire alarm here<.
and that's it!
better than the day before though, no? no sitting around for this silly chicken.
newsflash: it has been decided. i am compleatly obsessed with this song. can you imagine my pain though? i can't sing this in public. i can see it all now:
me: la la la waiting for frodo...
person: what's that?
me: nothing.
person: did you just say-
me: no.
other news: somethingtookish is a month old! happy hoorah.
forecast for tomorrow: party at friends' house- outlook: hazy with a slight chance of salad and arrival of roommate outlook: sunny.
more later! now to bed before the sun rises.

suddenly i was @ 04:45 am

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