Contemplation...
Feb. 28th, 2004 03:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
azuriteAh, KILLJOY. I was getting a nice sleep in and got woken up by the incessant beeping of my cell phone... Tracy had called and said I didn't have to come in, but now Marcus can't come in and I do. :P So much for a day off. Well, Aaron, if you read this, sorry... I can't do anything today... I'm WORKING. Feh. Damn usher work.
Thanks to Raye Johnson, I scored the Sailor Moon Season 2 boxed set (at least that's what it better be!) from RightStuf.com for only $50!! :O I can't wait... I wish I knew how to rip music from DVDs... what I wouldn't give for a clean version of Ai no Senshi or La Soldier. Well, technically I have Ai no Senshi from Lunarock, but... :P Well, I wish the DVDs would come sooner! :DDD
So, much against my better judgement, I've gone and charted out some pros/cons to going to either Pierce (community college in Northridge) or CCSF. Here are my tabulated results thus far...
Feel free to comment, add your own input, or whatever.
Anyway, I've been put on the waiting list for CSUN! That's tons better than getting rejected outright like I was for SFSU and Rutger's-- and it means I might stand a chance! :DDD They do say to "strongly consider" another option for Fall '04, but if there's even a hair's breadth chance that I might get into CSUN, then I'll go to Pierce for however long. :P Of course, if I did that, I'd have to *stay* in Pierce until I got enough credits to be an upper-division transfer...
*cough* Anyway.
Okay, so I still have hours before I have to go, and that's a good thing. I'll work on WDKY9, design the new layout for Mare Serenitatis (whee!!!!), and link to The Cheer Leader from Darkness Rising. :) I also have to wade through my WDKY8 reviews and post my replies; I haven't done that in a while, and I don't want to delay WDKY9 getting out because of that alone. I got ideas for a few MORE Yu-Gi-Oh fics... I'll even be nice and tell you the title for one of them, but keep in mind, this is a a "temp title."
Midnight Rondevous.
Or maybe Mayonaka no Rondevous (Japanese/French) or... *shrugs* Does anyone know a language in which the word for 'midnight' sounds really cool? See, Rondevous is a French word, but it never got translated nicely into English, so it's also an English word. But the French word for Midnight is 'minuit' or something, and sorry, that just doesn't sound as cool. :P
Ah, and today's Yu-Gi-Oh... darnit, Seto's still stone(d)! Haha... >_> Many old fic ideas coming and hitting me on the head throughout that episode, but most were staring and going "Gawd, why does Yugi look so... pudgy?" He really did. It's like the animators changed that day, and Yami Yugi looked REALLY young, and kind of wide... :P
Last night's Anime FX rocked for one reason alone-- Daft Punk. They commissioned the guy that made Galaxy Express 999 to design ANIME MUSIC VIDEOS for their album, and what a lot of people thought was a fan-made video is really an incredible wordless story set to Daft Punk's music. It RULES. I missed the beginning, but if it's available on DVD or something, I have *got* to get my hands on it. Good shiz!
In BEA news, people seem to want the following things, and I'm contemplating doing them (or not):
* Evidence to support the couple -- eh, I don't really want to do evidence, because it looks desperate. Even, I the purist canonite, knows Seto/Anzu isn't canon, but a fangirl can dream, can't she? It's at least a bit more plausible than a lot of other "couples" in the series *coughcough*Yami/Yugi*cough* ... but...
* Pictures - Well, I do plan on having a fanart section. We already have one submission; I'd like to wait until we get some more before I post it. It's either that or sort the fanart out by Seto + Anzu + Couple, so that you can find nice fanart for each person. Not too many screencaps easily gotten in the series that support them; only a few scenes from Duelist Kingdom and Battle City.
* Link to the other fanlisting - Every fibre in my being is leaning towards a resounding "NO!" Why? Because I've worked a million times harder on BEA, and just because someone beat me to having the "official" fanlisting link to TheFanlistings.org doesn't mean I should boost their hits, help THEM get members and an award, while I flounder. I've been getting all my members based on the hard work of my friends and fans! :) If people like the pairing, join both fanlistings! I don't care either way. But BEA has been around longer, features more, looks nicer... etc. etc. I'm not bashing the webmistress or anything; she just beat me to the TFL-approved bit.
I do believe that's it. Now that I think about it, I have a LOT of work to do.
Thanks to Raye Johnson, I scored the Sailor Moon Season 2 boxed set (at least that's what it better be!) from RightStuf.com for only $50!! :O I can't wait... I wish I knew how to rip music from DVDs... what I wouldn't give for a clean version of Ai no Senshi or La Soldier. Well, technically I have Ai no Senshi from Lunarock, but... :P Well, I wish the DVDs would come sooner! :DDD
So, much against my better judgement, I've gone and charted out some pros/cons to going to either Pierce (community college in Northridge) or CCSF. Here are my tabulated results thus far...
| Pros and Cons: Pierce vs. CCSF |
|
| Pierce | CCSF |
| Free room and board at grandparent's HUUUUGE house |
Free room and board at current house. No work involved in moving. |
| I don't know anybody that goes there except for James, and we don't know each other that well. Besides, shouldn't I want to meet new people? |
I know a few people that go there, but not many. Plus, there's so many people at CCSF that there's slim to nil chance that I'd be in any of their classes. |
| Get away from mom. | Uhm... |
| Gigantic mall, plenty of work opportunities, and universities I could transfer to (USC, CSUN) within a drive's distance |
Familiar territory; no need to learn to drive-- I can just keep depending on public transportation! I suppose I could transfer to SFSU if I tried hard enough. I have a job in the city alredy; should I be so quick to give it up? |
| Take care of Baba and Grandpa |
... |
| Packed with Hispanics-- I don't speak Spanish, and I'd feel pretty out of place. Lone white girl in not-white land. |
Packed with lots of old people. Already went there and felt out of place. Still, there *is* a majority of people "around" my age. |
| DSL. Cable. Pay-Per-View. And my own TV. |
Uhm... none of that stuff. |
| Sunny weather most of the time. |
Not so sunny days... but at least I'd be in an area where friends aren't that far away, and get-togethers are *relatively* easily arranged. |
| I'd be living with my GRANDPARENTS. Kind of puts a damper on parties or boy/girlfriends. |
I'd be living with my MOM. She already puts a damper on parties and having boy/girlfriends. |
Feel free to comment, add your own input, or whatever.
Anyway, I've been put on the waiting list for CSUN! That's tons better than getting rejected outright like I was for SFSU and Rutger's-- and it means I might stand a chance! :DDD They do say to "strongly consider" another option for Fall '04, but if there's even a hair's breadth chance that I might get into CSUN, then I'll go to Pierce for however long. :P Of course, if I did that, I'd have to *stay* in Pierce until I got enough credits to be an upper-division transfer...
*cough* Anyway.
Okay, so I still have hours before I have to go, and that's a good thing. I'll work on WDKY9, design the new layout for Mare Serenitatis (whee!!!!), and link to The Cheer Leader from Darkness Rising. :) I also have to wade through my WDKY8 reviews and post my replies; I haven't done that in a while, and I don't want to delay WDKY9 getting out because of that alone. I got ideas for a few MORE Yu-Gi-Oh fics... I'll even be nice and tell you the title for one of them, but keep in mind, this is a a "temp title."
Midnight Rondevous.
Or maybe Mayonaka no Rondevous (Japanese/French) or... *shrugs* Does anyone know a language in which the word for 'midnight' sounds really cool? See, Rondevous is a French word, but it never got translated nicely into English, so it's also an English word. But the French word for Midnight is 'minuit' or something, and sorry, that just doesn't sound as cool. :P
Ah, and today's Yu-Gi-Oh... darnit, Seto's still stone(d)! Haha... >_> Many old fic ideas coming and hitting me on the head throughout that episode, but most were staring and going "Gawd, why does Yugi look so... pudgy?" He really did. It's like the animators changed that day, and Yami Yugi looked REALLY young, and kind of wide... :P
Last night's Anime FX rocked for one reason alone-- Daft Punk. They commissioned the guy that made Galaxy Express 999 to design ANIME MUSIC VIDEOS for their album, and what a lot of people thought was a fan-made video is really an incredible wordless story set to Daft Punk's music. It RULES. I missed the beginning, but if it's available on DVD or something, I have *got* to get my hands on it. Good shiz!
In BEA news, people seem to want the following things, and I'm contemplating doing them (or not):
* Evidence to support the couple -- eh, I don't really want to do evidence, because it looks desperate. Even, I the purist canonite, knows Seto/Anzu isn't canon, but a fangirl can dream, can't she? It's at least a bit more plausible than a lot of other "couples" in the series *coughcough*Yami/Yugi*cough* ... but...
* Pictures - Well, I do plan on having a fanart section. We already have one submission; I'd like to wait until we get some more before I post it. It's either that or sort the fanart out by Seto + Anzu + Couple, so that you can find nice fanart for each person. Not too many screencaps easily gotten in the series that support them; only a few scenes from Duelist Kingdom and Battle City.
* Link to the other fanlisting - Every fibre in my being is leaning towards a resounding "NO!" Why? Because I've worked a million times harder on BEA, and just because someone beat me to having the "official" fanlisting link to TheFanlistings.org doesn't mean I should boost their hits, help THEM get members and an award, while I flounder. I've been getting all my members based on the hard work of my friends and fans! :) If people like the pairing, join both fanlistings! I don't care either way. But BEA has been around longer, features more, looks nicer... etc. etc. I'm not bashing the webmistress or anything; she just beat me to the TFL-approved bit.
I do believe that's it. Now that I think about it, I have a LOT of work to do.
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Midnight...
Date: 2004-02-29 01:51 am (UTC)Re: Midnight...
Date: 2004-02-29 09:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-02-29 04:39 am (UTC)hmm...
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Date: 2004-02-29 08:46 pm (UTC)whatevs:)
Date: 2004-02-29 07:37 am (UTC)Re: whatevs:)
Date: 2004-02-29 08:58 pm (UTC)*cough* Yeah, the moving thing wouldn't be like a vacation or anything... I don't know if I'm blowing it out of proportion or what, but I'd be leaving behind a lot... the question is whether I'd be trading what I have for something potentially better.
And as for getting a TV and stuff *here*, fat chance. Not on my paycheck, and not in my Mom's household. And I sure as hell can't afford to live in an apartment, shared or not, on my wages.
Oh well...