Ahahaha oops.
I have been so shitty about updating this, but school and work have been working me to death--mostly school. I find my job far more relaxing than school. On that note, stuff at the bookstore has been going pretty well; my manager is so sweet and understanding, and is good at tolerating my pension for CONSTANTLY asking questions. So I suppose in the end it's worked out quite nicely.
School has been kicking my BUTT, but I feel better about it than last year. I feel intimidated as hell in my Hijab: Women in Islam class because I'm the youngest and least knowledgeable person there, but I'm trying. If nothing else, I know that I can write decent-ish analyses of translated passages of the Qur'an, hurray! Also, I got a random compliment about an essay I did from my Women's Studies professor, which sort of surprised me. I don't do well with compliments. I suppose I should work on that. It always weirds me out when professors notice me and make a point to say so. I'm used to hiding.
But enough of that. Today was good: I got to sleep in--I LOVE having no classes Friday--and went to the gym for the first time this year. I missed my gym, though next time I'll remember to bring my water. Whoops. And I went to anime club today, where I saw the first arc of "Higurashi" and then the latter part of the first season of a show called "Genshiken."
Okay, so Higurashi is basically a giant mindfuck. There is honestly no other way to word this; if Shyamalan wants to make psychological thrillers, he should watch THIS or read the novels it's based off of because this series seriously messes with your head, and I only got to watch the first four episodes. Apparently, every four episodes, the arc ends and the storyline restarts itself. Anyway, it's about this boy who moves to a tiny rural town in Japan, and you basically slowly find out about the girls he is friends with and the town's past, and by the end of it you can't completely tell if he is going completely insane or if the girls he knows are actually psychotic serial killers. It is creepy as hell. Seriously. I'll never view baseball bats the same way again. At the end of every arc, somebody dies.
*SPOILER* In the first one that I saw, the boy kills his two female friends because he was convinced they'd try to kill him, but again, by the end you're not totally sure what happened--I feel like all of them just went completely batshit and there may or may not have been hints of the supernatural and a conspiracy lingering over the crime.
*SPOILERS END HERE* But basically at the end of each story arc somebody dies, and you have to find out why, how, and who did it.
Genchiken is much, much lighter material: it's an anime about an anime club at a university. Yes, we watched this at my college's anime club. It's very episodic--there's not much of an overall story arc--but it's cute, sweet and funny. The dubbing was very good; I laughed so many times and some of the lines were just absolutely priceless. There's a ton of anime and manga geek jokes in it, so it's perfect for otaku (considering that the series revolves around otaku, I'd hope so). It was a nice way to end the night.
Hopefully Saturday we'll be able to see "Resident Evil 4" and I can lend out "Labyrinth" to one of my friends and her roommates so they can understand the glory of watching David Bowie plays with his balls.
How you interpret that last part is entirely up to you, because really, it's accurate on several levels.
Anyway, so far life has been good, and I have actually been sleeping at night. There was only ONE TIME I pulled an all-nighter, and I later found out the paper wasn't even due that day. Aren't I just a ditz?
I am now known as a space cadet to my roomie...especially considering she was there when I accidentally walked into the wrong dorm room full of guys and then did it again (or almost did it again). Same room too.
How am I still alive and surviving this school? To be honest, I have no clue. My curiosity should have killed me by now.
Maybe if I'm lucky we'll do more Disney yoga this weekend, and get Rainbow to sing "Poor Unfortunate Souls" in her Satan voice.
Also, the problems I was having with my phone and financial aid should be resolved for now. Please, please may I not have to worry about my financial aid and paying for college. I'd really rather not. I don't know if my family can afford it.
School has been kicking my BUTT, but I feel better about it than last year. I feel intimidated as hell in my Hijab: Women in Islam class because I'm the youngest and least knowledgeable person there, but I'm trying. If nothing else, I know that I can write decent-ish analyses of translated passages of the Qur'an, hurray! Also, I got a random compliment about an essay I did from my Women's Studies professor, which sort of surprised me. I don't do well with compliments. I suppose I should work on that. It always weirds me out when professors notice me and make a point to say so. I'm used to hiding.
But enough of that. Today was good: I got to sleep in--I LOVE having no classes Friday--and went to the gym for the first time this year. I missed my gym, though next time I'll remember to bring my water. Whoops. And I went to anime club today, where I saw the first arc of "Higurashi" and then the latter part of the first season of a show called "Genshiken."
Okay, so Higurashi is basically a giant mindfuck. There is honestly no other way to word this; if Shyamalan wants to make psychological thrillers, he should watch THIS or read the novels it's based off of because this series seriously messes with your head, and I only got to watch the first four episodes. Apparently, every four episodes, the arc ends and the storyline restarts itself. Anyway, it's about this boy who moves to a tiny rural town in Japan, and you basically slowly find out about the girls he is friends with and the town's past, and by the end of it you can't completely tell if he is going completely insane or if the girls he knows are actually psychotic serial killers. It is creepy as hell. Seriously. I'll never view baseball bats the same way again. At the end of every arc, somebody dies.
*SPOILER* In the first one that I saw, the boy kills his two female friends because he was convinced they'd try to kill him, but again, by the end you're not totally sure what happened--I feel like all of them just went completely batshit and there may or may not have been hints of the supernatural and a conspiracy lingering over the crime.
*SPOILERS END HERE* But basically at the end of each story arc somebody dies, and you have to find out why, how, and who did it.
Genchiken is much, much lighter material: it's an anime about an anime club at a university. Yes, we watched this at my college's anime club. It's very episodic--there's not much of an overall story arc--but it's cute, sweet and funny. The dubbing was very good; I laughed so many times and some of the lines were just absolutely priceless. There's a ton of anime and manga geek jokes in it, so it's perfect for otaku (considering that the series revolves around otaku, I'd hope so). It was a nice way to end the night.
Hopefully Saturday we'll be able to see "Resident Evil 4" and I can lend out "Labyrinth" to one of my friends and her roommates so they can understand the glory of watching David Bowie plays with his balls.
How you interpret that last part is entirely up to you, because really, it's accurate on several levels.
Anyway, so far life has been good, and I have actually been sleeping at night. There was only ONE TIME I pulled an all-nighter, and I later found out the paper wasn't even due that day. Aren't I just a ditz?
I am now known as a space cadet to my roomie...especially considering she was there when I accidentally walked into the wrong dorm room full of guys and then did it again (or almost did it again). Same room too.
How am I still alive and surviving this school? To be honest, I have no clue. My curiosity should have killed me by now.
Maybe if I'm lucky we'll do more Disney yoga this weekend, and get Rainbow to sing "Poor Unfortunate Souls" in her Satan voice.
Also, the problems I was having with my phone and financial aid should be resolved for now. Please, please may I not have to worry about my financial aid and paying for college. I'd really rather not. I don't know if my family can afford it.