18.7.11

Oh hey waddap blog I haven't touched in almost a year

Regularly posting like a boss.

I have no idea what I'll use this for now. Will think about it. May or may not let you know, but signs point to me forgetting to let you know.

Right. Well.

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Remus

19.9.10

Whoops a daisy.

I just realized I never did this in 2009. So much for annual.

Original: 63%
Second: 64% [still not sure how that worked out]


Ok, Here's the deal... Start with 100% and subtract 1% for everything that you've done. Then repost as your __% Virgin.

1. Smoked
2. Drank alcohol
3. Cried when someone died
4. Been drunk.
5. Had sex.
6. Been to a concert.
7. gotten/given a handjob.
8. gotten/given a blowjob.
9. Been verbally/sexually harassed.
10. Verbally/sexually harassed somebody.
PERCENTAGE SO FAR: 94% virgin

11. Felt someone up and/or been felt up.
12. Laughed so hard something came out of your nose.
13. Cheated on a boyfriend/girlfriend before.
14. Been cheated on by a boyfriend/girlfriend.
15. Been to prom.
16. Cried at school.
17. Gotten lost in a WalMart or a department store.
18. Went streaking.
19. Given or received a lap dance.
20. Had someone of the opposite sex in your room.
PERCENTAGE SO FAR: 87% virgin

21. Had someone of the opposite sex sleep over.
22. Slept over at someone of the opposite sex's house.
23. Kissed a stranger.
24. Hugged a stranger.
25. Went scuba diving.
26. Driven a car.
27. Gotten an x-ray.
28. Hit by a car.
29. Had a party
30. Done serious drugs.
PERCENTAGE SO FAR: 82% virgin

31. Played strip poker/darts/or any strip game.
32. Got paid to strip for someone.
33. Run away from home.
34. Broken a bone.
35. Eaten sushi.
36. Bought porn.
37. Watched porn.
38. Made porn.
39. Had a crush on someone of the same sex.
40. Been in love.
PERCENTAGE SO FAR: 80% virgin

41. Frenched kissed.
42. Laughed so hard you cried.
43. Cried yourself to sleep.
44. Laughed yourself to sleep
45. Stabbed yourself.
46. Shot a gun
47. Trash talked someone and then acted like their best friend the next day.
48. Been online for 9 consecutive hours.
49. Watched TV for 9 consecutive hours.
50. Watched an animal die.
PERCENTAGE SO FAR: 74% virgin

51. Watched a person die.
52. Kissed and/or messed around somewhere with at least 1 person present.
53. Pranked somebody
54. Put somebody in the hospital.
55. Snuck into someones room and/or your own room after being out.
56. Kissed somebody of the same sex.
57. Dressed punk.
58. Dressed goth.
59. Dressed preppy.
60. Been to a motocross race.
PERCENTAGE SO FAR: 73% virgin

61. Avoided somebody.
62. Been stalked.
63. Stalked someone.
64. Met a celebrity.
65. Played an instrument.
66. Ridden a horse.
67. Cut yourself.
68. Bungee jumped.
69. Ding dong ditched somebody.
70. Been to a wild party.
PERCENTAGE SO FAR: 67% virgin

71. Got caught stealing something.
72. Kicked/punched a guy in the balls.
73. Stolen a boyfriend/girlfriend from a friend.
74. Gone out with your friend's crush.
75. Got arrested.
76. Been pregnant.
77. Babysat.
78. Been to another country.
79. Started your house on fire.
80. Had an encounter with a ghost.
PERCENTAGE SO FAR: 65% virgin

81. Donated your hair to cancer patients.
82. Been asked out by someone that you never thought you'd be asked out by.
83. Cried over a member of the opposite sex.
84. Had a boyfriend/girlfriend for over or 3 months.
85. Sat on your butt all day.
86. Ate a whole carton of ice cream all by yourself.
87. Had a job.
88. Gotten cut from a sports team.
89. Been called a whore.
90. Danced like a whore.
PERCENTAGE SO FAR: 60% virgin

91. Been mistaken for a celebrity.
92. Been in a car accident
93. Been told you have beautiful eyes.
94. Been told you have beautiful hair.
95. Raped somebody.
96. Danced in the rain.
97. Been rejected.
98. Walked out of a restaurant without paying.
99. Punched someone/slapped someone in the face.
100. Been raped
TOTAL PERCENTAGE: 56%

Hm. Amazing what happens in a couple years.

We will now return you to regularly scheduled programming.

Geology: Earth Resources

Not my favorite class by any stretch of the imagination, but it's definitely growing on me.

Perhaps I should start with why I chose to take this class. To graduate, I require two science courses and an environmental course. I've already taken astronomy, so that counted as one science class (plus lab), and I knew I didn't want to repeat the lab experience, and that biology and chemistry would just be bad life choices grade-wise. So geology was it. My ex-roommate took the geo with lab class, and it didn't sound like a whole lot of fun. I found this Geology: Earth Resources class and said YES! No lab and it counts as environmental? No brainer. Two birds with one stone and all that.

When classes first started, I knew there was something about this course that just put me off. I didn't know what it was, but I always hated when one o'clock would roll around because that meant it was geo time. Yay. About a week ago, though, I realized what the issue was: The professor is maybe only ten years our senior, and she still looks like a college student. If you'd pointed her out to me around campus last year, I'd have said she was a student. The class always felt like it was being led by a fellow student giving a presentation.

I might have just got used to her style or something, because now I can honestly say I'm not filled with dread as the afternoon begins anymore. Not sure what clicked, but something did. And now that I'm not suffering through this hour (nearly) every day, I can begin to actually appreciate what the course is about - the resources the Earth has to offer, and what we can do to make the most of those resources.

Next up: French class...whenever I get around to actually writing it up.

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Remus

30.8.10

1789 Europe 1918

That's the title of my history class this semester. The very first say of classes, we used half of the hour discussing the course title. Why not "Europe: 1789-1918"? Why that time frame? Earlier in the discussion we'd talked about sustainability, so by eliminating punctuation, ink was being saved - a stretch, but we all laughed. Literally, the title indicates exactly the topic of the class - Europe between 1789 and 1918. And of course it's clever and witty and essentially set the tone for the class.

Later, when the floor was open for questions, it was brought up that Geoff (the prof) had neglected to mention Heart of Darkness as a required text. His reaction? "Oh yes! Huh." He checked his stack of books. "What happened to my Heart of Darkness? Well, everyone needs a Heart of Darkness." More laughter.

Geoff is always saying things like that. Here're some of the things I've jotted down:

"God loves cows."
"Ask some people, Hitler was a great leader - he embodied the people he led. Of course, we all know that can lead to...unpleasantness."
"The bourgeoisie were gaining power at this time. And they were for the most part literate, they could read and write." Student's response: "Oh crap!"

He also boiled the study of history down to two equations:

Em = (Rf + Ri) / Ra

where Em is modern Europe, Rf is the French Revolution, Ri the Industrial Revolution and Ra the Agricultural Revolution, and

C19 = Cfr + Pir + Pn

where C19 is 19th-century Europe, Cfr is change due to the French Revolution, Pir are the products of industrialization, and Pn is the power of nations.

He wrote those on the board, and our jaws dropped. I, for one, was impressed. Math that made sense to me! Amazing!

The actual course material is great as well - we're not reading textbooks, but literature (and things like it) and relating them to their corresponding time periods, while the lectures actually discuss history. The first book up is A Tale of Two Cities, and the part we have to keep reminding ourselves is that it was written retrospectively about the French Revolution. Good old 20/20 hindsight.

That's the class so far, and we're only four sessions in. It's gonna be a good semester.

I'll do Geology next, but not right now.

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Remus

26.8.10

Back to the Grind

Been back at school for a week. Already drama. Reckon it had to happen, since people were returning from Japan. Gonna be a great year, man!

Would you believe it...I haven't seen a movie since I moved in on Saturday. No wonder I feel so off-kilter. I need my outlet.

Classes are splendid. History will both be amazing and slightly tense (drama...), but I'm hoping it'll lean more to the amazing. The professor is hilarious so that's something. Psychology will be great (unlike last year's fiasco) since that prof reminds me of me, only slightly older and in a male body. Geology is going to draaaaaaaaaaaaaag, not because it's uninteresting, but because the prof just has one of those voices that is perfect to tone out and doze to. French is...Frenchy, bit tense due to last year, but I've already done more homework for that class in this first week than I did in the first half of last semester, so that's improvement, right? ...Right??

Then there's concert choir, which is all lovely and musical. Y'know.

Shaping up to be a good semester, I reckon.

That's really all for now; I still need to get some reading done. Maybe tomorrow afternoon or so, I'll go more in-depth about the classes, just so I can wrap my head around them. It'll be good times.

Catch you later.

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Remus

20.8.10

Only because the 'silly' blog was being twp and not letting me post.

One
Word
Survey

1. Where is your cell phone?
There.

2. Your significant other?
lol

3. Your hair?
Different.

4. Your mother?
Working.

5. Your father?
MIA

6. Your favorite thing?
Ummmmmm

7. Your dream last night?
Delicious.

8. Your favorite drink?
Tea.

9. Your dream/goal?
Awesomeness.

10. What room you are in?
Mom's.

11. Your hobby?
Film.

12. Your fear?
Failure.

13. Where do you want to be in 6 years?
Adventuring.

14. Where were you last night?
Home.

15. Muffins?
Please?

16. Wish list item?
Ability.

17. Where you grew up?
Home.

18. Last thing you did?
Laundry.

19. What are you wearing?
Pyjamas.

20. Your TV?
Off.

21. Your pets?
ADORABLE

22. Friends?
Life.

23. Your life?
Lonely...

24. Your mood?
Inquisitive.

25. Missing some one?
Always.

26. Car?
Negatory.

27. Something you're not wearing?
Glasses.

28. Your favorite store?
Books.

29. Your favorite color?
Any.

30. When is the last time you laughed?
Yesterday.

33. Last time you cried?
Forgotten.

34. Who will resend this?
Nobody.

35. One place that you go to over and over?
Imagination.

36. One person who emails you regularly?
Mom.

37. Favorite place to eat?
Coney.

38. Why you participated in this survey?
Challenge.

39. What are you doing tonight?
Anticipating.

12.8.10

Random

So when my lovely Kindred Spirit was here (like a bajillion years ago, now) we had many epic adventures. The first night he was here, we went for a walk outside and hung out on the cement slab with the mailboxes, just chatting about life and friends. The next day, Picture Guy (yeah, the cause of the basket case) picked KinSpi and I up and we spent the day at the Museum, then ended up at their friend's house where PG's staying for the summer, and finally back at the apartment to watch Kick-Ass on his laptop. (Great movie btw.) Then Thursday morning, KinSpi went home, and there was much mourning in the land. But I get to see him a week from Saturday YAY!

I reread 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' this week. Call me a bad person, but having read that again, when I came across an article about Mary Magdalene and Jesus, the horrible going-to-hell part of me compared them to Bellatrix and Riddle. Oops.

The family reunion a couple weeks ago was fantastic - I actually have faces to put to the names now. Progress! I think the plan is to finally make it an annual thing. Hopefully the beer pong will become a tradition.

Frozen whipped strawberry yoghurt is incredible. Go eat some. Nao.

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Remus

26.7.10

Woo Hoo

Just spent a week in Ohioland. Hotter'n hell, but absolutely fantabulous.

~Got to spend more than five minutes with my newest youngest cousin! Lots of time was spent in the Dora tent - I had to sit down and pull it over me to get inside. We played peekaboo back and forth. Great kid.

~Got to meet a couple of my aunt's friends for lunch. Gave me further proof that there is no such thing as gaining maturity with age. You pretty much stop at high school. Giggity.

~Just got family chill time in general. Some days family can be a royal pain in the rear. The rest of the time, they're the most hilarious, immature, insane group of people I know. I may have my differences with them, but I love them dearly and am 100% thankful God gave me the folks He did.

In other news...

~A friend from college is coming to stay for a couple days! Yay! Let the epic random adventures commence!

~The cause of the basket case will also be involved in said adventures! Yay!...not so much.

That's pretty much it for now - will return with a flowery report of the madcap insanity we all get up to!

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Remus

9.7.10

Yeesh

I'm having a "does not adapt well to change" moment.

It's also a "I've been on a non-depressed high for too long" moment.

In the speak of teh interwebz, it's teh suck.

It's not like I won't get over it, I totally will, and probably wake up tomorrow trying to figure out why I was so mopey. No, you may not call me Myrtle.

Ten points to the House of your choice if you get the reference.

And if this post isn't emo enough, I'm listening to HIM's "Killing Loneliness". Timing certainly is everything.

This post is ridiculous and really needs to stop.

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Remus

5.7.10

May God have Mercy on my Soul