6 days till IB exams start. O_o... actually I'm a lot less stressed than everyone else is, and I'm less stressed than I was last week. I think I was just dying from being surrounded by douches people who didn't understand that I wanted to study. Now that I'm on study vacation, I'm surrounded by my fellow IBers who understand that I need to study, so if they don't, they have the maturity to not bother me (unlike a person I mentioned in my previous post)

Also, I feel like I know ... maybe not everything, but enough, so I'm calmer.

Still, 6 days is still less than a week

 So, went to see Disney Pixar's Up the other day with a couple of friends. It was a nice little gettogether with people I've seen maybe 5 times since we graduated high school. Hm... back onto the movie itself. To be honest, I don't know what to think about the movie. It was really good, but somehow, I walked out of the theatre feeling like something was missing. Maybe I just had overly high expectations (it got 5 stars in the newspaper, so I probably did) but it was a little disappointing.
( it's long peoples )
So, wrapping up, Up's a decent movie, but definitely not the quality of what I've seen of other Pixar movies. It just didn't have the impact that some of their other movies did (my sister apparently cried in it. where and how?). I'm giving it an 8/10, but more because it wasn't so bad to earn a 7 but not good enough to earn a 9. I'll just meet halfway. It gets a cake rating from me.

So, I reckon I'll hit a double whammy (did I just say that?) and talk about last night and do the meme that Momo sent me.

Last night was our school's trivia night. At the last minute (like seriously, yesterday lunch time) the IBers organised a table and decided to go. It was technically an 80s themed night, but because we organised at the last minute, we just went in normal clothes.

( yeah we were cool )
Momo's questions:
1. How did you get into Cardcaptor Sakura?
Originally it was Cardcaptors (I know, shock horror) in year 4. And my sisters and I got really into it and tried to find episode summaries. We ended up finding summaries to Cardcaptor Sakura and I fell in love with it (and this Syaoran character who was lovely, but I never got to see it on Cardcaptors). I started to detach myself from Cardcaptors when I realised bits had been editted quite grossly. Then, in year 6, I found the 12th volume of CCS in a records store (which also sold manga... and then become a simple comic book store), bought it, and I've been in love ever since.

2. If you went to school one day and you saw Syaoran sitting in the back of the classroom, what would be your first reaction? (lol)
Well, the first reaction would be to doubletake because I wouldn't believe it. But then I'd probably run up and hug him and be like 'I love you I love you I know you have no idea who I am but I love you!!!!'

3. Have you ever/do you have any pets? Whooo?
Nah. No pets. I do look after my sister's cat, Roly, sometimes. But he hogs the bed XD

4. Do you like ice cream? Favorite flavor?
Why, yes. I do like ice cream. A lot. My favourite flavour... hmmm.... probably cookies and cream. It's a delicious creamy and oreo-y flavour XD And it's good, because in Australia it's coming to ice cream weather

5. How many years have you been taking Chinese?
Hm... I usually say 'since I was three' but it's more like I learnt in preschool, moved preschools and stopped learning for a year (subsquently the only words I could remember when I was 4 were '我打你的屁股' as well as the typical 妈妈、爸爸、姐姐。。。), and then retook it in primary school. So, it's a kinda rough definition between 13 and 15 years.

Well, there you go ^^

I should have done more of these, as I spend so much of my life watching anime. (if not studying, I'm watching anime) But anyway.

Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 is indeed talking about the lives of 3 people after an earthquake in Tokyo of magnitude 8.0 (for comparison, the Boxing Day Tsunami in 2004 was started by an earthquake magnitude 9.0; ten times stronger). The main character is Mirai, a middle schooler with a very 'everything sucks' attitude towards life. Then there's her little brother, Yuuki, who's 8 and although he's always happy, he's been quite lonely for a while since his sister (who he loves more than anyone) was always studying, and his parents were fighting. The third character is Mari, a lady in her late 20s with a daughter that she's trying to get home to ( her husband died a few years back). The anime tells the story of Mirai, Yuuki and Mari trying to get back home when they become stranded at Odaiba. As they go, they see all the disaster that's been wrought by the earthquake and the different responses people have. Most importantly, there's the growth of Mirai as a character from being downright annoying and selfish in the beginning to really ... nice...? well, willing to help people in the end.
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So, all in all, amazing anime. Seriously, one of the best I've ever seen. I reckon I need to find the next anime that's filling its spot, because the past two anime that have been in the spot have been great (Eden of the East was showing before Tokyo Magnitude 8.0) This is definitely a 10/10 for me and well duh it's chocolate cake.

 The other day, my friend and I went to see Ponyo as a 'congratulations on finishing your last exam of the session' treat. We had to go see it in English (I'm not being racist, but I don't like watching dubs of anything. I lose a bit of the meaning when I watch it in a language other than the original... like watching The Others in Spanish... sounded really ridiculous because they couldn't pronounce some of the names and the context was lost a little)

( per normal: the talk about the movie. )So, just summing up. It's a brilliant movie. Absolutely loved it. It's an 8.5/10 and I'll give it a chocolate cake rating! =D Can't wait to see the next Studio Ghibli film... has anyone realised how old Miyazaki-sensei is though? I think he's in his seventies now O_o

To be honest. Me. I'd want to see what happens in 50 years, where it's not gradual and barely noticable.  XD

 I haven't talked about anime and manga in a while. But what can I say, there's not much out there at the moment that's really tickling my fancy (eg: the only anime I'm watching this season are the continuations from last season). And as for manga, I've read up to the most recent chapter of the manga I enjoy and then they're on hiatus or whatnot. *sigh*
( talking about Valkyria Chronicles )I was going to write about Ga Rei as well, but I think I'm just going to say that I loved it heaps as well.

I might need an operation on my eyelids. I've got a cyst in my right eyelid that keeps getting infected. The doctor says that since this isn't the first time I've gone to see him about it, I might need to get the cyst removed. If you even look 'cyst removal' up on google, you'll probably see why I'm so scared. And that's going to happen to my eyes.

I'm just begging that when I see the doctor in two weeks after the antibiotics finish, he says that I won't need the operation. I'm terrified though that he will say I need it.

It's amazing how a bad day can arise from two very stuckup women. This happened a few days ago, but yeah it annoyed me.
( it's a long rant )

Urgh. We discuss how bitchy the female sex can be, and I understand and accept that. What I don't get is how rude and stuck up some adults can be to kids, and then complain that kids are good-for-nothing failures.

I'm trying to be patient for the second episode of Fullmetal Alchemist to come up on the Madman website (I reckon I should watch the legal streams if they're going to show it) but eguehh... I went on to the website today to check and they said it was up. But then, after going through the ads, it says this 'sorry, we can't find the video'. It makes me sad. Because I'm trying to be good and watch it legally, but it's taunting me now. T_T

Originally I was going to download this series, but since the streaming came out, I decided I wouldn't *is desperately trying to keep her resolution*

I'm going to say this aloud. I love that line.  Why? Because regardless of how you say it, it sounds sarcastic! To me, if a salesperson says "a question I'm often asked is about..." I immediately think 'yep, no one's asked you that, but your employer told you to tell the audience this piece of information.' I got this idea from walking in the shopping centre yesterday, and there was this aisle saleswoman selling magic cloth or something, and whenever someone came up to talk to her, she'd put on the microphone and start this speech involving the sentence. It amused me greatly.

But then, there are stupid things that all heads of organisations want their lackies to say. Even at St John. We're expected to know that St John Ambulance descended from the Knights Hospitaller in case anyone asks it. But, who knows who the Knights Hospitaller were? And if I were to bring that up in St John promotion the response would be "oh that's interesting... who're they?" and then I look like a dolt while trying to remember who they are.

Today was absolutely terrible! Why? I had a philosophic revelation, that once I had the spiral start, it just didn't stop. After I pretty much swore to stay inside the 'cave' and not think amazingly philosophically until the end of this year. And I wanted to write it down and express it. But --oh God, this made it worse-- to quote Virginia Woolf 'women can't write fiction without money and a room of one's own'... what's that got to do with anything? That you need to ability to sit down and think to be able to write anything. I tried writing this before spanish, but then a guy in my spanish class started talking to me. So I got completely distracted. Urgh, terrible.

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Surprisingly, I'd look forward to doing an experiment like that. Particularly because my still art is terrible XD

Oooh.. that's a toughie... I probably would tell them, because unless the significant other was a mastermind at relationship concealing, my friend would find out anyway. But I'd have a hell time trying to find the nicest way to say it.

Forgive me, I'm crappy with this kind of stuff.

I can't read Japanese and the Chinese scans haven't come out yet, but I've seen the scans for Ouran chapter 70. Credit to adrianna for uploading it. www.krysyuy.net/forums/index.php just go around that website and take a look around. And.. um... lesse.

It starts off with the date that the Ouran members take the winning team on. Hikaru and Tamaki are fighting to the point where Haruhi gets annoyed. Ahh... guys in love are so cute =P Kyouya's talking to Kaoru about his research on Kousaka... and much more interesting to the plot, Kousaka visits Ranka and tells him that Haruhi should leave Ouran for some reason (Tamaki's family name came up, but I don't know what it said). At least, that's what I think it says. When I get the Chinese scans, I'll read it through more properly.

Tamaki's imagination of what he wants to do for Haruhi's birthday is so cute... but why does he keep thinking of proposing? He was thinking about giving her a ring. Lol =P Like I said, guys in love are so cute.

This is simple. Most classes I do enjoy, but at the moment I'm disliking Chemistry. So I pass the time in that class by poking my friend who sits in front of me. He's like a jellyfish! blublublublublub

I don't really enjoy conics either, so I spend my time staring blankly at the bored. I haven't written anything in that book for a week =P

I’m trying to write from Windows Live Writer onto my LJ. I wonder if this will work.

So that’s I’m not just writing a one-liner, I thought I’d inform people of my maths tests results, since I’m actually happy with the turnout.

Core: 24/32 (75%)

Options: 25/44 (56%)

Sure, they’re not ideal, but I actually thought I’d get less than 40% for the options test, so knowing that I got over the 50% mark is really encouraging (it really shouldn’t be, though. XD)

Edit: what I have discovered is that I can't make private or friends only posts with WLW, so I'll just stick to LJ, I reckon.

Technically I haven't finished this book, but I hate it. I don't think I've ever hated a book more. It's Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own. According to Wikipedia, it's an extended essay. Still, I hate it. It's pretty much Woolf ranting that she thinks women should in order to write fiction, have an income and a room of their own, which is all well and good in theory, but her arguments are like 'well this is what I think would have happened, so of course it's a great argument.' It does follow a (crappy) storyline, which is that a woman is invited to Oxbridge University for some reason, and then she starts thinking about the oppression of women because of the way she's treated by the men. She goes to London to research why, and how women were viewed in the past, and why women barely wrote anything... and that's seriously the story. The rest is her supposed researching.

But yes, the reason why I say supposed is that she makes up the story of Shakespeare's sister, who was (in her mind) as creative as Shakespeare himself, but because of the fact that she was a woman, she wasn't allowed to write like Shakespeare was. She gets told to marry some guy by her father and since she doesn't want to marry him, she runs away to London to try and be an actress. Everyone scorns her and eventually some other actor rapes her. And bearing his child, Shakespeare's sister commits suicide. It's a sad story, and lovely or whatnot (not really) but WHAT ON EARTH DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH WOMEN NOT BEING ALLOWED TO WRITE FICTION?! She ran away from home, lived on the street outside the theatre and begged for work as an actress. Excuse me if someone thought she was a prostitute. =.=

Also, within the arguments for feminism, I sense that Woolf didn't like Jane Austen all that much. (I'm an Austen fan, by the way) She implies that although Austen writes with good form, ... I think it was Emily Bronte wrote better because she was more creative. But the reason why Austen is great is that she writes what she knows and comments on it. You'd think Woolf would have a bit of respect for Austen since Austen also supported feminism.

Honestly, I can't think of anything that I like about this book... half the time when I'm forced to read this, it's going straight past my head. It's not even a lullaby-book like Kidnapped, it's just frustrating. >=(