Reflections. And random fun/reviews/pictures.
So, now that winter quarter of school is almost upon me (January 3), it's time to reflect on the past year.
The only major thing that ever happened was that I graduated (well, not really graduated)--moved up from community college to UCI. And declared my majors to be anthropology and European Studies (with which I was hit by the question from many people, 'And what will you do with those?' And with which I'm still answering with, '*shrug* IDK. Something interesting?' But really, I will find out what I can do with those majors and when I do then I'll actually have an answer. For now, I'm majoring in what I want to major in because I only have one chance to go through UCI and I really don't want to have any regrets at the end).
My friend started this 'club'/event where we meet up and watch films and I've watched a ton of interesting films that way. They aren't new (Citizan Kane, The Third Man, The Great Dictator, for example) but they were interesting and probably by far the most interesting films (overall and as a group) that I've seen than any of the films I've seen in theaters in 2010 (with the exception of Toy Story 3 and Inception. And Back to the Future-okay, I saw that in theaters, but it wasn't new. I got a shiny poster from it but it wasn't new but it was probably better than any films I saw in 2010).
I also resurrected a costume. For Halloween. Of which I haven't posted any pictures but I really think I should.
Besides rediscovering old fandoms I used to love, I discovered new ones.
One of them was Life on Mars. And from there, in terms of TV viewing, I went strictly British TV. From Life on Mars I discovered Ashes to Ashes. And then Skins. (Of which I watched some but I really got into Skins for some reason after I found LoM.) Misfits (just started watching it), Top Gear (which owns my life, basically, now), Sherlock, Hustle (and now every time I see Robert Vaughn I don't think, 'Oh, Napoleon Solo' (his character in Man From Uncle), I think, 'Oh, Albert from Hustle!'). I got really into the Doctor Who fandom with the introduction of 11. It's like it seems every fan has a favorite version of the doctor. Since I haven't seen any of the episodes of Doctors 1-8, I've seen all of 9, barely any 10 (but I'm working on that. Slowly), but I have seen all of 11, then my preference is for 11.
Farscape--finally got around to watching it. And I've discovered it takes a while to get good. Like, half way through the first season it started getting interesting. But now I'm hoping I can finish watching the entirety of the show this year.
Inception-OMG this movie really owned my life in 2010. Wow did it ever own my life. If there were action figures I probably would've bought them but I didn't. Because there aren't any. And the fact that I checked to see if there were and that there weren't slightly disappointed me.
I didn't really watch any new TV shows this fall. I think I dropped NCIS: Los Angeles (catching up with 14 episodes seems daunting to me). I watched Psych.
Which brings me to my next point, which is about Psych. Well, sort of, but not really.
The Neighbors reference? Awesome. I think when that reference came up I was all, 'OMG they actually mentioned Neighbors OMG!'
Yes, I watched the film. Purely for the awesomeness that was Belushi and Aykyoyd on screen together. (I watched 1941 for the same reason. Which they weren't on screen together except in a deleted scene which made me sad but whatever.) And, for some reason, I found it to be slightly good. Slightly depressing as well but good. At least that was my judgment of it when I first watched it. I haven't watched it again.
(Funny thing, actually. It's only available on DVD in region 2. Now I could buy it and watch it on my computer, with the DVD drive set to region 2, but I actually taped the film from TV to a DVD back when I still had a DVD player that allowed me to tape from TV to DVD. Got a lot of films that way. Slither. Harold and Maude. Saved me some money, IMO.)
Let's see, what else...
I turned 22. And it rained during the day. And the week. In fact, there was more rain this year than last year. I think.
I made more icons. Granted, some of them were for land comm challenges, but I rediscovered my passion in making icons. Now I want to do a sort of 'an icon per day' thing where I make one icon per day (obvious, I know, I'm so original with my challenge titles...) because IDK it sounds fun? I doubt I can keep up with it but I can try.
I also applied for a study abroad program in Cambridge for this summer and, while I'm scared, I know I need to do it because, well, I need to do it. No, not need. I want to do it. It'll be scary. But I know I'll have fun.
I also started taking the bus and discovered how awesome it was. I got a lot of reading (not for school) done on the bus. And some writing during NaNoWriMo.
My figurine collection grew. Significantly.
Okay, the only new things I got was the Doctor Who action figure, the Psych bobble heads (from my brother. In exchange, I gave him Mythbusters bobble heads that also talk), Slimer, and the Psych pineapple.
It seems like my subconscious was intentionally promoting Psych, with all the product placement. The Psych mug, the pineapple, the bobble heads...
I love all of my figurines. I can't choose a favorite.
I can't think of anything else to write about. Except that I saw an awesome mystery film last night. It's Korean. And not available on DVD (except for bootleg copies). But it was awesome. As in Sherlock awesome. You know, the two buddies solving a mystery together sort of mystery film. It's called Private Eye. Here's its IMDB page. My friend happened to bring the bootleg DVD with him last night and we watched it.
So happy new year. I hope everyone has an awesome 2011.
(Also, had an amazing time with friends last night counting down to the new year. Stayed up until midnight, did the whole noisemaker to celebrate the new year thing. It was fun.)
The only major thing that ever happened was that I graduated (well, not really graduated)--moved up from community college to UCI. And declared my majors to be anthropology and European Studies (with which I was hit by the question from many people, 'And what will you do with those?' And with which I'm still answering with, '*shrug* IDK. Something interesting?' But really, I will find out what I can do with those majors and when I do then I'll actually have an answer. For now, I'm majoring in what I want to major in because I only have one chance to go through UCI and I really don't want to have any regrets at the end).
My friend started this 'club'/event where we meet up and watch films and I've watched a ton of interesting films that way. They aren't new (Citizan Kane, The Third Man, The Great Dictator, for example) but they were interesting and probably by far the most interesting films (overall and as a group) that I've seen than any of the films I've seen in theaters in 2010 (with the exception of Toy Story 3 and Inception. And Back to the Future-okay, I saw that in theaters, but it wasn't new. I got a shiny poster from it but it wasn't new but it was probably better than any films I saw in 2010).
I also resurrected a costume. For Halloween. Of which I haven't posted any pictures but I really think I should.
Besides rediscovering old fandoms I used to love, I discovered new ones.
One of them was Life on Mars. And from there, in terms of TV viewing, I went strictly British TV. From Life on Mars I discovered Ashes to Ashes. And then Skins. (Of which I watched some but I really got into Skins for some reason after I found LoM.) Misfits (just started watching it), Top Gear (which owns my life, basically, now), Sherlock, Hustle (and now every time I see Robert Vaughn I don't think, 'Oh, Napoleon Solo' (his character in Man From Uncle), I think, 'Oh, Albert from Hustle!'). I got really into the Doctor Who fandom with the introduction of 11. It's like it seems every fan has a favorite version of the doctor. Since I haven't seen any of the episodes of Doctors 1-8, I've seen all of 9, barely any 10 (but I'm working on that. Slowly), but I have seen all of 11, then my preference is for 11.
Farscape--finally got around to watching it. And I've discovered it takes a while to get good. Like, half way through the first season it started getting interesting. But now I'm hoping I can finish watching the entirety of the show this year.
Inception-OMG this movie really owned my life in 2010. Wow did it ever own my life. If there were action figures I probably would've bought them but I didn't. Because there aren't any. And the fact that I checked to see if there were and that there weren't slightly disappointed me.
I didn't really watch any new TV shows this fall. I think I dropped NCIS: Los Angeles (catching up with 14 episodes seems daunting to me). I watched Psych.
Which brings me to my next point, which is about Psych. Well, sort of, but not really.
The Neighbors reference? Awesome. I think when that reference came up I was all, 'OMG they actually mentioned Neighbors OMG!'
Yes, I watched the film. Purely for the awesomeness that was Belushi and Aykyoyd on screen together. (I watched 1941 for the same reason. Which they weren't on screen together except in a deleted scene which made me sad but whatever.) And, for some reason, I found it to be slightly good. Slightly depressing as well but good. At least that was my judgment of it when I first watched it. I haven't watched it again.
(Funny thing, actually. It's only available on DVD in region 2. Now I could buy it and watch it on my computer, with the DVD drive set to region 2, but I actually taped the film from TV to a DVD back when I still had a DVD player that allowed me to tape from TV to DVD. Got a lot of films that way. Slither. Harold and Maude. Saved me some money, IMO.)
Let's see, what else...
I turned 22. And it rained during the day. And the week. In fact, there was more rain this year than last year. I think.
I made more icons. Granted, some of them were for land comm challenges, but I rediscovered my passion in making icons. Now I want to do a sort of 'an icon per day' thing where I make one icon per day (obvious, I know, I'm so original with my challenge titles...) because IDK it sounds fun? I doubt I can keep up with it but I can try.
I also applied for a study abroad program in Cambridge for this summer and, while I'm scared, I know I need to do it because, well, I need to do it. No, not need. I want to do it. It'll be scary. But I know I'll have fun.
I also started taking the bus and discovered how awesome it was. I got a lot of reading (not for school) done on the bus. And some writing during NaNoWriMo.
My figurine collection grew. Significantly.
Okay, the only new things I got was the Doctor Who action figure, the Psych bobble heads (from my brother. In exchange, I gave him Mythbusters bobble heads that also talk), Slimer, and the Psych pineapple.
It seems like my subconscious was intentionally promoting Psych, with all the product placement. The Psych mug, the pineapple, the bobble heads...
I love all of my figurines. I can't choose a favorite.
I can't think of anything else to write about. Except that I saw an awesome mystery film last night. It's Korean. And not available on DVD (except for bootleg copies). But it was awesome. As in Sherlock awesome. You know, the two buddies solving a mystery together sort of mystery film. It's called Private Eye. Here's its IMDB page. My friend happened to bring the bootleg DVD with him last night and we watched it.
So happy new year. I hope everyone has an awesome 2011.
(Also, had an amazing time with friends last night counting down to the new year. Stayed up until midnight, did the whole noisemaker to celebrate the new year thing. It was fun.)