Rock on
Life continues to be crazy in Shadow Town, as I have caught two colds in less than a week. My immune system is awesome enough to kick a cold out of it in a less than 36 hours, but it keeps tripping with bugs. That's not cool.
Friday I have two deadlines, one of which is from work and the other from school. The school one is a pain in the ass, and I'm slugging my way through it. I'm one analysis, one investigation and three essays from finishing it.
I'm also rather bummed after a project presentation for our Design Workshop. The guest architect was really rude, had nothing good or constructive to say and focused on telling us how we sucked in the extreme and were a disgrace for all humankind. Or something, I don't know, I was watching Justice League in my Zen player. That thing is tiny, it fits in my palm! I can ignore people and look contrite *at the same time*!
It goes without saying that I didn't really care what the guest architect though of the project, he was being too much of an ass to take him seriously. I have no use for non-constructive critic. But then I got my grade for the class, and I had done rather well all the semester, but the teacher decided that the assistance was to be 25% of our grade. And I missed 4 classes while I was in Ney York (which was actually a school related trip, it shouldn't have affected my grades like that...), so anyway. got a 8.5 out of 10, which sucks big time. I've been working to keep my global grade over 9, and I was just slightly over it, and I expected this semester's grades to be better because goddammit the subjects were stupid, but no. So, in short, without 9+ global grade (which I no longer have), I no longer can apply for an automatic... title? grade? paper thingy to be an architect?, which means another 6 months of thesis work besides the year and a half left. So. I just. Lost 6 months. Because my school system sucks and can't cross reference missing classes and school trips. That's. Really. Great.
Still, I wouldn't trade that week in Manhattan for the world. But... this is an irrational consequence. One that pisses me off and bums me out. Anyway. I have done my best not to think about it.
So, I bring you songs! They are The 69 Eyes, goth rock, catchy, danceable, goth&roll. If you liked HIM you probably know them already, as they are pal bands, but The 69 Eyes don't seem to be as popular. They are excellent. So, think HIM meets Sisters of Mercy... kind of.
Still Waters Run Deep. My personal soundtrack to jen_in_japan's recent Syncopation.
Just let me listen
to you gentle breathe
No words do we need
Let your innocent heart speak
Still waters run deep
Sleeping with Lions This is too for Syncompation. For all things that have happened and all that will come, I guess.
Somebody hurts you so you're hurting me
The only way it was meant to be
As the lights of neon slowly dim
I can read in flesh everywhere you've been
Dreaming of silence of the gently rain
Sleeping with lions in the temple of pain
I love Jyrki's voice. Mmmm... I totally urge you to get more from them if you like those songs. The Brandon Lee track and Dance D'amour ones are one of my favorite things ever :)
Friday I have two deadlines, one of which is from work and the other from school. The school one is a pain in the ass, and I'm slugging my way through it. I'm one analysis, one investigation and three essays from finishing it.
I'm also rather bummed after a project presentation for our Design Workshop. The guest architect was really rude, had nothing good or constructive to say and focused on telling us how we sucked in the extreme and were a disgrace for all humankind. Or something, I don't know, I was watching Justice League in my Zen player. That thing is tiny, it fits in my palm! I can ignore people and look contrite *at the same time*!
It goes without saying that I didn't really care what the guest architect though of the project, he was being too much of an ass to take him seriously. I have no use for non-constructive critic. But then I got my grade for the class, and I had done rather well all the semester, but the teacher decided that the assistance was to be 25% of our grade. And I missed 4 classes while I was in Ney York (which was actually a school related trip, it shouldn't have affected my grades like that...), so anyway. got a 8.5 out of 10, which sucks big time. I've been working to keep my global grade over 9, and I was just slightly over it, and I expected this semester's grades to be better because goddammit the subjects were stupid, but no. So, in short, without 9+ global grade (which I no longer have), I no longer can apply for an automatic... title? grade? paper thingy to be an architect?, which means another 6 months of thesis work besides the year and a half left. So. I just. Lost 6 months. Because my school system sucks and can't cross reference missing classes and school trips. That's. Really. Great.
Still, I wouldn't trade that week in Manhattan for the world. But... this is an irrational consequence. One that pisses me off and bums me out. Anyway. I have done my best not to think about it.
So, I bring you songs! They are The 69 Eyes, goth rock, catchy, danceable, goth&roll. If you liked HIM you probably know them already, as they are pal bands, but The 69 Eyes don't seem to be as popular. They are excellent. So, think HIM meets Sisters of Mercy... kind of.
Still Waters Run Deep. My personal soundtrack to jen_in_japan's recent Syncopation.
Just let me listen
to you gentle breathe
No words do we need
Let your innocent heart speak
Still waters run deep
Sleeping with Lions This is too for Syncompation. For all things that have happened and all that will come, I guess.
Somebody hurts you so you're hurting me
The only way it was meant to be
As the lights of neon slowly dim
I can read in flesh everywhere you've been
Dreaming of silence of the gently rain
Sleeping with lions in the temple of pain
I love Jyrki's voice. Mmmm... I totally urge you to get more from them if you like those songs. The Brandon Lee track and Dance D'amour ones are one of my favorite things ever :)