Mar Talk
I've had one hell of a weekend.
My brother told me something as we were returning to Irvine .. "You act like there are more hours in a day than what there really is."
I sat there and thought about how true that is .. and how I just gouge from my sleep time to make up for it. It's like budget cuts, where time is money.
I'm dead tired and I know why I do this to myself. I'm far too easily fascinated and there's far too much I want to do.
anywho..
Friday night was long. Went downstairs to work on my film. Tons of paper cutting and planning. Made a quick time lapse of doing econ hw and of reading a newspaper.
dozed off at table for a moment. Was awoken by a tap to the back from a hallmate who asked "Mar, why do you do this to yourself?"
-.-
Had the choice of be late to Staff BBQ or no morning shower. I chose the shower because being clean makes me happy.
Biked off. Accidentally turned too early out of habit.
BBQ went by okay. Was a little pissed at the guy I had to work with because he tried to get a leading position on a game event for the sole purpose of declaring the event stupid and changing it into some quiz thing he wanted to do. His questions were the most vague things ever and NO ONE would have ANY idea as to how to answer them because you'd be unable to ascertain what was being asked in the first place.
anywho, he wound up removed from it because he didn't even know how to run the event (just wanted to take it and change it regardless of what it was), so I wound up in charge of it. Then the volunteer who was supposed to help me never showed up. Or he did, and never bothered to help. Jerk. So that was a total pain and hassle that eventually wound up happening after a lot of headache.
Seriously dude? I was actually very angry when you protested this event because I emphasized it as a team building event. He kept talking about how he was used to elimination type things. No wonder he can't work well with people. Team building things can still have a competitive spirit, but he's doing it wrong. The goal is not to defeat people, but rather to accomplish a goal.
In the end, everything went amicably, which is good!
got a ride back to the Valley with the guy in charge of access control. He's a cool guy. We're also almost neighbors. Wound up discussing the uses of platinum throughout the ride.
oh, and I wore a pink, kitty-eared hat the entire day. I haven't looked this stereotypically Asian in years.
Got home at about 6PM or so.
Discovered that I had sun burns of doom. Felt like there was sandpaper against my skin at all times.
Aunt showed up like ten minutes after I got home. Had me figure out some paperwork for her. Then mom pulled out an old iPhone she found in a parking lot. It was already deactivated and all, plus the phone was mostly empty. Also, mom apparently just kept it at the store for a couple months, waiting to see if anyone would come by to claim it.
Gave it a once-over and noted that it's in working condition.
Bro came home.
Went to Walmart, got some burn ointment. I needed that stuff so much. Also picked up some graduation nicknacks for Bessie. Also, some lime-green luggage tags. Mostly because the one on my trumpet case has just about fallen apart completely, and there are two other people in band with the same ProTec case as me.
Returned home, applied burn ointment, felt amazing, watched a bit of TV, went to bed.
a few hours later, I woke up to go to Bessie's graduation. Got a ride with Melinda. It was a super tiny ceremony.
Grabbed some food afterwards, then returned home.
worked on this film for a while: http://www.poptent.net/media/49530
it suffered greatly from compression. Also, bro dude does nothing to help. He wanted me to compose in like twenty seconds. I can't just churn stuff out like that!
Finished that, returned to Irvine, dozed off immediately.
Monday was a long day. That's all I really have to say about it. I really want to sleep right now. I've so much stuff to do tomorrow - make up some Japanese hw, then an econ midterm from hell. Gonna study my mind into oblivion.
It's also the last opportunity for me to experience underaged drinking. Not that I have any intentions of ever drinking, but it's still a funny thought.
I'm in the midsts of this horrid debate of whether or not I should live on campus next year. I think I'm just going to apply to Puerta and see what happens. It seems like a nice place to live. AV's waitlisting is no longer worth it to me. It's taking FOREVER. I guess I'll question the office on Wednesday and if the answer is unsatisfactory, I'll apply to live at Puerta instead.
Zot!
-Mar Out
My brother told me something as we were returning to Irvine .. "You act like there are more hours in a day than what there really is."
I sat there and thought about how true that is .. and how I just gouge from my sleep time to make up for it. It's like budget cuts, where time is money.
I'm dead tired and I know why I do this to myself. I'm far too easily fascinated and there's far too much I want to do.
anywho..
Friday night was long. Went downstairs to work on my film. Tons of paper cutting and planning. Made a quick time lapse of doing econ hw and of reading a newspaper.
dozed off at table for a moment. Was awoken by a tap to the back from a hallmate who asked "Mar, why do you do this to yourself?"
-.-
Had the choice of be late to Staff BBQ or no morning shower. I chose the shower because being clean makes me happy.
Biked off. Accidentally turned too early out of habit.
BBQ went by okay. Was a little pissed at the guy I had to work with because he tried to get a leading position on a game event for the sole purpose of declaring the event stupid and changing it into some quiz thing he wanted to do. His questions were the most vague things ever and NO ONE would have ANY idea as to how to answer them because you'd be unable to ascertain what was being asked in the first place.
anywho, he wound up removed from it because he didn't even know how to run the event (just wanted to take it and change it regardless of what it was), so I wound up in charge of it. Then the volunteer who was supposed to help me never showed up. Or he did, and never bothered to help. Jerk. So that was a total pain and hassle that eventually wound up happening after a lot of headache.
Seriously dude? I was actually very angry when you protested this event because I emphasized it as a team building event. He kept talking about how he was used to elimination type things. No wonder he can't work well with people. Team building things can still have a competitive spirit, but he's doing it wrong. The goal is not to defeat people, but rather to accomplish a goal.
In the end, everything went amicably, which is good!
got a ride back to the Valley with the guy in charge of access control. He's a cool guy. We're also almost neighbors. Wound up discussing the uses of platinum throughout the ride.
oh, and I wore a pink, kitty-eared hat the entire day. I haven't looked this stereotypically Asian in years.
Got home at about 6PM or so.
Discovered that I had sun burns of doom. Felt like there was sandpaper against my skin at all times.
Aunt showed up like ten minutes after I got home. Had me figure out some paperwork for her. Then mom pulled out an old iPhone she found in a parking lot. It was already deactivated and all, plus the phone was mostly empty. Also, mom apparently just kept it at the store for a couple months, waiting to see if anyone would come by to claim it.
Gave it a once-over and noted that it's in working condition.
Bro came home.
Went to Walmart, got some burn ointment. I needed that stuff so much. Also picked up some graduation nicknacks for Bessie. Also, some lime-green luggage tags. Mostly because the one on my trumpet case has just about fallen apart completely, and there are two other people in band with the same ProTec case as me.
Returned home, applied burn ointment, felt amazing, watched a bit of TV, went to bed.
a few hours later, I woke up to go to Bessie's graduation. Got a ride with Melinda. It was a super tiny ceremony.
Grabbed some food afterwards, then returned home.
worked on this film for a while: http://www.poptent.net/media/49530
it suffered greatly from compression. Also, bro dude does nothing to help. He wanted me to compose in like twenty seconds. I can't just churn stuff out like that!
Finished that, returned to Irvine, dozed off immediately.
Monday was a long day. That's all I really have to say about it. I really want to sleep right now. I've so much stuff to do tomorrow - make up some Japanese hw, then an econ midterm from hell. Gonna study my mind into oblivion.
It's also the last opportunity for me to experience underaged drinking. Not that I have any intentions of ever drinking, but it's still a funny thought.
I'm in the midsts of this horrid debate of whether or not I should live on campus next year. I think I'm just going to apply to Puerta and see what happens. It seems like a nice place to live. AV's waitlisting is no longer worth it to me. It's taking FOREVER. I guess I'll question the office on Wednesday and if the answer is unsatisfactory, I'll apply to live at Puerta instead.
Zot!
-Mar Out