Its the eve of my grandparents’ arrival here in Alabama. I accomplished quite a bit today. Most of my clothes are packed, as are the books and movies I’m taking with me to Michigan. I’m still waiting for boxes to pack up the books that are going in storage. I never realized that I have so much -crap-. I probably had three garbage bags full of stuff that I didn’t want: various pieces of random paper, old receipts, old CDs that I am ashamed I ever listened to. I took down all of my posters; my walls are completely bare and its bloody depressing. As much as I miss my family, there’s someone here that I’m not ready to leave. Call me selfish, but I want to be with him.
Ugh, now I’ve made this into some kind of bloody romance post, which wasn’t my intent at all. I was going to tell all of you to check out the electronica artist Ayria. She’s bloody brilliant. The music is the perfect combination of darkwave ambiance and house beats. And her lyrics are great. I have both of her full length albums and her EPs, if anybody is interested.
I think I’m lonely…(Oh, wait….isn’t that 3 AM? Oh well…) Anyways, I’m sitting here drinking a Full Throttle (yes, at 2 in the morning) and I am bored as hell. Though there is some lovely music wafting in through my window from a guy playing guitar in the dorm courtyard.
I had two more finals yesterday, Western Civ and Theatre. I already know I got an A on my Theatre exam. I’m hoping for a B on Western Civ. I don’t have another final until Thursday so I have to sit around campus doing absolutely nothing until then. Friday I’ll be leaving for Michigan. I’ll finally be able to see my family and my best friend. It truly is hell living 800 miles from everyone you know. But I made the decision to go here and I have to live with it.
I finally got around to buying The Lord of the Rings series Thursday. I got the box set with all three of the novels and The Hobbit. I, being the brilliant person that I am however, lost my copy of The Hobbit somewhere on campus today. >.< Dammit. I also bought my own copy of American Gods by Neil Gaiman. Its my second favourite book of all time. Absolutely brilliant.
Oh! I discovered a new band today, Gallhammer, a female-fronted Japanese death metal band. They are bloody amazing and definitely worth checking out.
The National Day of Silence is an event held nationwide on 25 April in order to bring awareness to the discrimination against LGBT students and their allies in schools across the nation. This year’s event is held in honour of the memory of Lawrence King, an eighth grader that was shot and killed 12 Feb. because of his sexual orientation and gender expression.
The Day of Silence’s purpose is to bring attention to anti-LGBT name-calling, bullying and harassment and effective responses.
I will be taking this vow of silence to bring notice to the plight faced by many of my fellow LGBT students. My deliberate silence echoes that silence, which is caused by harassment, prejudice, and discrimination. I believe that ending that silence is the first step toward fighting these injustices. Think about the voices you’re not hearing Friday.
Because of one evil little testing device: THE TIMED ESSAY (cue cheesy ‘doom music’). I, being the -extremely- lucky person that I am, have two this semester, one in English and the other in Western Civ. And what do these timed essays actually show of our ability to retain information and coherently recall it? Absolutely NOTHING. It only tests our ability to slop down a few bits and pieces of information into a blue book in a 50 minute time frame.
Timed essays do little more than to add even more stress to students, especially during finals. I don’t know about anyone else, but I find it exceedingly difficult to correctly structure an essay, coherently state facts, and answer the prompt completely in 50 minutes.
So, as you can all tell from my last post, I am -quite- an X-Phile. And, as you now all know, the second movie is coming out this summer. So, in honour of this memorable occasion, I have decided to do “The 25 Days of the X-Files,” starting 1 July. Each day, I’ll either watch a different episode, read one of the comics, or read one of the novels. And I think I might have theme days, too, such as Shipper Episodes or Best Stand-Alones.
Yes, I am obsessed…But its a -good- obsession, right? >_>;
Yup, precisely! Well said, random chat room person. Wanna know why? Because the second X-Files movie premiers that day!!!! That’s right; Mulder and Scully are going to be on the big screen again. Unfortunately, not much is -officially- known, except that’s going to be a stand-alone and will take our favourite agents’ relationship in new and exciting directions (whether that means they kill each other or screw each other’s brains out, we don’t know). For more news and breaking updates, check out XFN.
So, who else is going to be counting down the days to the big O…er…X?
As many of you know…(well, the what, three readers I have?), I have a -slight- (see: massive and border line stalker-ish) obsession with the gothic…er…industrial…er…violinist…let’s just say UNIQUE Emilie Autumn. But when is it too much? Is it when I listen to her for five hours straight? Or can give you all the ages she released her records? (’On A Day…’ at 21, ‘Chambermaid EP’ at 22, ‘By The Sword’ the same year, ‘Enchant’ at 24, ‘Opheliac Double Disc’ at 27, ‘Laced/Unlaced’ the same year, ‘A Bit o’ This, A Bit o’ That’ at 28, and ‘4 o’Clock EP’ at 29…and NO, I did NOT use Wiki or any other source! O_O Which is kinda sad, when I think about it….Heh…) Anyways, I digress. So, how much -is- too much? Am I… -gulp-…addicted?? >_>;
Well…the yin part of the yin and yang, to be more accurate. My very bestest friend (and yes, bestest is a word…>_> ) Tenshi-chan and I are (hopefully) seeing my personal favourite artist, Emilie Autumn, when she tours the US later this year and we’ve decided to go as yin and yang faeries. We’re going to dress in opposite colours (I in red on black and she in black on red). I get to be the wretched, dark faery and she’s going to be the sweet and innocent one. We’re gonna make our own wings and lolita crowns, to boot! ^.^ Now, we just need to convince Miss Autumn that the US is a -wonderful- place to tour, and that we’ll have tea and crumpets awaiting her arrival.
I really should probably keep up with this here. lol But school’s been bloody overwhelming lately. Finals, essays, and…FINALS! >_< Ugh….And on top of everything, I’m changing my major to computer tech. Yay! 8 more math classes….(yes, that -was- heavy sarcasm!) Anyways, short post, I know, but history class beckons.
Well, I think I finally reached my limit for female-fronted metal…After awhile, it all starts sounding the same. Quite…disappointing, I must say. There isn’t very much variety. Don’t get me wrong, I’ll still be head-banging to Nightwish, Epica, Within Temptation, and the gang. It’s just that…I want something different. It seems like all I listen to anymore is female-fronted metal. Or female-fronted industrial. Or female-fronted electronica. I need something new. Hell, I’ve gotten so desperate that I’ve actually pulled out a lot of my old J-pop songs…lol
I say we revolt. Burn our blue books!
