I've got gadgets and gizmos aplenty...

Ah, I have returned! Last night I couldn't go online because I was tired. :P Then later on, Mom was feeling sick (migraine the throwing up and the blah blah... yuck) and stayed gome from work, so she was waiting for a call from her doc. THEN I had work, which I got back from not that long ago, and now, here I am, hooked on Disney.

o_O Yes, you read right. Verses from Beauty and the Beast's "Beauty and the Beast" were stuck on my head all day, and it wasn't until I listened to my cassette copy of the soundtrack that I remembered it all. I might have just ended up watching the film if I hadn't found it. I listened to it while I did the dishes (waaay overdue, the juice was growing mold!) and sang along in my head. :P The whole experience reminded me how much I miss acting-- oddly enough. You know, if SFSU ever has auditions for plays or musicals outside of their drama department (meaning, people not in drama can try out) then I'll try out, pending on the story. It was fun back in the day... and though it requires a lot of time commitment, what can I say, there's a really great feeling you get, being up in the spotlight like that. Plus cast parties are fun.

Other news... last night I saw "Once Upon A Time In Mexico" with Joe-- that was a blast. I didn't get in trouble for being there, and today during training, I found out it *is* okay to go to those screenings, as long as you are with someone that has a pass. >) No employee sneak-ins, since the radio stations and TV stations tend to over"sell" their passes. Okay, onwards for movie review:

( They call him 'El.' As in 'THE.' SPOILERS. )

Didn't do all that much today, unless you count putting my laundry away, thus lessening my clothes mountain! Hehe. Still have stuff to toss, fold, hang up, and sort. Come 6:15, I left to go to work. The bus I took was horrendously slow, but started speeding up once we hit Kaiser Hospital, so I got to work on time-- 10 minutes to change into uniform. For a while, I was afraid I wouldn't be able to breathe-- friggin' size 2 pants and a belt I had to cut down to probably 14 inches long, total. My waist is tiny as heck. I had to poke a new hole because the three provided still made my belt too loose. It wasn't as if my pants were going to fall anyway, what with being not only up to my navel and tight as heck, but with my shirt stuffed into them!? Yeesh. You get used to it, though.

Anyway, Alice was my trainer, and she's pretty cool-- lax, funny, but easy to understand. She showed us the break room, and the various places we have to go as Ushers. Pretty much everything depends on Guest Services-- getting days off, picking up paychecks (biweekly! YAY!), dealing with trouble customers, dealing with special tickets, dealing with validation, blah blah... everything happens there. We didn't get a chance to watch the Picture Perfect video, since someone pilfered it (though those training videos are SO cheesy, I don't know why someone would... unless to spare newbies the horror of having to sit through it). I finished most of my paperwork, got my badge (they spelled my name the first time around). BUT BUT BUT, the bestest part of them all? Time flew. Good company, I mean. I almost thought I'd be alone, but I was working with most of the people I signed up with-- Carolina was there, and she's quite cool. From New York, goes to Academy of Art majoring in film, wants to be a director/producer. Also there was Armin, one other girl (not Maria or Linda) and David (from my school, who apparently rides a motorcycle now?) and a few other guys I don't know so well. Best of ALL... this guy that's been an usher for 9 months now, helped us out while we were doing some usher sessions, cleaning theaters and the like... Mark. HOTT. Delightfully so. ;) Work won't be so boring now. I've also made a demi-pledge to DDR after work. I can't technically DDR on any of my breaks (one 30 minute break for lunch, 2 10 minute breaks... all paid) unless I quickly change out of uniform (primarily the shirt) so... yeah. Besides, it's entertainment, it's exercise, and it's cheap ($1/3 songs). I don't get any game discounts or whatnot, though.

When I'm working, Nachos, Hot Dogs, and Pretzels are all $1, and Bon Bons are $1.50. All other candies are list price, but popcorn and drinks are free-- and I can even bring my own bags or cups to hold them in. ;) I'm terrified of working ticket, since the shifts are long, and you have to deal with EVERY guest. Plus the radio system seems somewhat intimidating. I hope I stick with simple ushering, because even though some theaters are huge, it's all about teamwork and working with others, so... it's like CSP. Yeah. I have to get my watch fixed so I can wear it, since timing is very important... and bringing latex gloves and hand sanitizer wouldn't be a bad idea either... my next working days are 6-9pm Tuesday and Thursday of next week, for more training, this time with concessions! ;_; Whee.

Lonnie still hasn't called me yet... I know I probably sound desperate and pathetic, but hey, I'm going strong! I will wait for him to call me, so I do not pester him. People, vouch for me here, people are usually BUSY their first two weeks of school, right? College life is not EASY, eh? As far as I know, he's in Japanese everyday, has Judo or somesuch Tuesdays and Thursdays, and takes Psych online. I'm not sure about anything else... can't remember too well. Sadly, it has been nearly 2 weeks now since I last talked to him, but I do hope he calls soon, because I'm worried-- and not just being selfish over wanting to see him again. Is that so wrong? I'm sure he's having a hard time juggling school and work and homework and whatnot... and I don't want to be a thorn in his side. I called him enough times last Friday when he missed FX (3 total, I think) so... yeah. I will wait. I am a Sweet, I am strong! :D

I have to get myself direct deposit though... several reasons. One is that AMC is going to stop having actual PAYCHECKS soon, and the other is to stop me from going on spending sprees. There's a lot I *want*, but probably nowhere near that amount is what I *need.* I mean, here's a small sampling of WANTS now:
* Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon manga - rerelease Vols. 1 & 2 ($20 at Amazon.co.jp)
* Cyberhunt account - ?? (best deal would probably be for 50 hours or more, at $50)
* OtakuWorld account - ?? (depends on amount of time)
* Hana Yori Dango manga and/or artbook - ?? (depends on what Kinokuniya HAS)

Ah yeah, browsing my emails and the Usenet groups. Time to start stocking up on BINARIES again! W00T! Lots of things I need to remember though-- sorted through some more of my Non-Working files. Blah, they're depressing to look at, especially when I have to delete ones that are like, huge in KB and had lots of great ideas that I'll never remember... or maybe not anytime soon, you know? *sniff* And ones that have odd titles? Ugh, pain to remember. Wish me luck, mmkay?

Not much to say for tomorrow (er, today, really) or Friday. Hope to see SOME people at RTA, I'm in the mood for In-N-Out!

I neglected to mention I got new pants.

Yep, new pants. Lots of zippers and pull-ties. FUN.

My inner child is sixteen years old!

Life's not fair! It's never been fair, but while
adults might just accept that, I know
something's gotta change. And it's gonna
change, just as soon as I become an adult and
get some power of my own.


How Old is Your Inner Child?
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Blah, downloading all 250 of these images is going to take tiiime. And I know I won't want them all, I was just too lazy to pick through each one.

Props to Lizchan for letting me know when the Alias premiere is. They haven't scheduled me for working much this week, but it does say on my contract thingy, whatever it is, I have to work at least one Friday, Saturday, and Sunday a month, though not necessarily the same weekend... and the hours might change, depending on the season and help needed. In any case, October 25th is a big staff meeting, I have off for the wedding Saturday and Sunday, and I took off for next Friday, since it's Joe's birthday. I don't know whether they'll HONOR said request, since it IS a Friday, but it's not like there's going to be any huge movies coming out between now and then, right?

Yikes, and it's not like Chris needs me to add to his slew of 23 comments (I will anyway ;P) but hey, dude, when's the next big get-together? I missed out on the last one, and I *do* miss everybody! *sniffle-wiffle* And you didn't call me! No one calls me... *sniff*

I also neglected to mention that for the first scene of "Once Upon A Time In Mexico" Banderas/Mariachi = Squall. I am dead serious.

Remaking my 'anime' icon for LJ... this one's going to have a semi-more updated me, until I can come up with better icons. >) I certainly have the templates for them.

HAVE TO MAKE THE AWARDS TOMORROW! MUST MUST MUST MUST MUST!

I'm thinking maybe I should have a challenge to awaken the fanart side of our ML, and challenge people to do fanart for various categories (can anyone define some artistic categories for me though; maybe computer-generated, pencil-only, inked, etc... and then, the ones drawn for sheer humor, and for serious reasons)... with certain fanfics to have as 'required reading.' From there, artists can choose one of many (or one of all) scenes to fanart... and we see what we do with the winners. Sound interesting?

Uhm, I'm forgetting something, I know I am...

This wasn't what I forgot, but I have to work on The Cynic as a column now, not to mention countless other webpages.

Grace has a lot of artistic talent. *envy envy* If she ever did a straight series, I bet she'd get published. I shit not. I can't do that. I have a hard time trying to illustrate all those kids stories I've come up with. You go girl. Between this whole bunch of friends, we have the creative globe covered-- fashion/hair, drawing, writing, computer design... am I forgetting someone or something? We rock. ;)

Have I mentioned lately how damn COOL John Cusack is? I wanna see him (among other cool actors) in Runaway Jury (whee, and I can see it for FREEEEEEE!) ... I loved him in Identity, and hsi voice for Dmitri in Anastasia rocked. ;)

Will start playing Ragnarok soon. Hence the first paycheck going, at least in part, to Cyberhunt account. MUST. WORK. ON. PROJECT. No ifs ands or buts. And I'll have to finish it, if I'm spending MONEY on it.

My Dad is going to lecture me on our way to Fresno (with Kathleen and Sally, GRRL RIDE!) about my job, I just know it. :P It's not bad already, and overtime is like, $16/hour. Whee.

I remembered something else nice and random-- I saw it on Judah and 19th when I got those 'lish coconut buns-- there's a perfume called Precis! Hehe... like the SO2 character!? ^^; Yeah.

Hmm, Leon *is* interesting. Maybe he's half-Fellpoolian. In the first game, there was a girl (cat-girl, to be precise) with ear and tails that could supposedly transform into a full-cat. She was rare and hard to get, and her race (Lesser Fellpool) is supposedly uncommon, even in the past of Roak (where Fellpoolians come from, and where SO1 takes place). Therefore, Leon's not a full Lesser Fellpoolian (not having a tail or transformation abilities... that and Lesser Fellpoolians aren't suposed to be all that smart) or a full Fellpoolian-- he doesn't have a tail, he has cat ears. So, methinks he's a genetic experiment-- or a half-Lesser Fellpoolian.


A GIRLY-GIRL. You dont have a lot of self-esteem
and people are always bringing you down for
being sad. What do they know, anyway? You feel
like youre too mature for your age and are
frustrated by the trend-followers who refuse to
accept you because youre not like them.
Your virtues: Intelligence, understanding nature,
modesty.
Your flaws: Lack of social life, inferiority
complex, timidity.


What kind of girl are you?
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@_o Really? I could go for the intelligence and understanding nature, but I don't think I'm modest. I HOPE I don't have a lacking social life (well...) or some sort of inferiority complex. And me, timid? HAHA... this test only had three possible results though, so cut me some slack.

I haven't done NBoR or Oekaki in a long time. Hmmm....

Oh, and today is September 11th. I had my good cry, but some people have er, instigated me into saying something SHORT, but further--
(1) We're still at war. For reasons I can't really comprehend, and if I, an 18 year old with the power to vote, doesn't know why my friends are in Iraq getting blown up (or not) then we shouldn't be there.
(2) We were supposedly "getting revenge" (which is stupid and petty to begin with) on Osama bin Laden (where'd he go, anyway?) for what happened. When we really should have just rethunk our own safety and "homeland security."
(3) Uhm, "get over it, move on?" I'm a hypocrite in saying this, since I've said to my mom that she sentimentalizes Michelle too much, even after all these years of death. But let me say this of that-- you NEVER "get over" someone dying. When it's unexpected like that too, it's even harder. No preparation, nothing. And for the record, the people that died in September 11th-- how many of them could actually have proper burials or memorials? Very few, if any. People were BAKED ALIVE in those buildings, others crushed. Some people fell, all 110 stories. You wanna see a picture of someone after they've fallen 110 stories? It's not pretty. And they were not just stuffy old adults-- there were kids on the planes, kids on the street, maybe even kids in the building for whatever reason. And my Mom's right, until you have kids of your own and lose them (how terrible to outlive your own kids) then shut the hell up, you don't know the feeling.
(4) Mariah's right, two wrongs don't make a right, screw the whole "eye for an eye" thing. It makes no sense, and was invented by some crackpot who needed to excuse or justify inhumane and cruel behavior. Going overboard, btw, is a matter of judgment, and therefore should be left to the people directly affected by 9/11. Don't tell people to "get over it" or "get help" when you haven't even batted an eyelash.

I'd wanna get a pet if I ever lived on campus... :P but they told me-- NO PETS! Not even things like iguanas or fish. :P That sucks. Too bad there's no such thing as pet dependency. (Like the opposite of allergy?) Hmm, iguanas. Interesting.