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I've really been meaning to update during winter break. But I was lazy then, so I didn't, so I'm updating now, after winter break.
It was a good break. I had finals a bit earlier so I was finished with school earlier and so I started my break earlier, and all I did during break was just basically nothing. All I really did was read and watch TV. I got to hang out with my friend though (more on that later).
My birthday was good. I got an iPad mini, which, really, is quite amazing. It's sort of a replacement for the mini laptop I had that had died (well, something happened to it: a graphic glitch or something, which my brother said he wouldn't be able to fix). Plus it has Kindle and Nook :D so I was able to get all the Nook books I had purchased a couple summers ago and all the free Kindle books? Is awesome :D
though I totally still love buying books and the feel of books in my hands. I'm not totally set on digital now. Although it does help when I don't want to be holding a thousand-page book (Wise Man's Fear book, for example, or...actually, that's the only heavy book I have. And maybe Harry Potter, but I never tend to read that on the bus and I only read that at home. But Wise Man's Fear, when I had been reading that one quarter, I took it with me to school and it was just incredibly heavy. So I can see digital replaced heavy hardback books).
My friend got me a quill pen and ink set, a Harry Potter artifact kit thing (with replica 'props' from the films), and a bunch of books that allows you to design your own knight, castle, helmet, and shield (because she knows how much I love medieval stuff). (Half of it was birthday gifts and the other half was a Christmas gift.)
Christmas was also nice. I got a pair of Ugg-type boots that replaced the older ugg boots that I had. And they're much nicer, as well. I also got a lovely pendant with a Celtic design on it.
I saw The Hobbit. I had trouble liking the film, but that's only because I saw it in 48 FPS in 3-D and it seemed as if everyone was moving at superhuman speed. I got used to the high frame rate and after that I found myself really liking the film. So much so that I saw it a second time. It's really different from LotR--it's more light-hearted and fun and Kili is just totally awesome (only because he's played by Aiden Turner, whom I really loved in Being Human). And Martin Freeman is just perfect as Bilbo. I just loved him in the film. It's just the 48 FPS issue--I had trouble getting used to that.
I've read the book before, although that was a long time ago, and I can barely remember anything from it, but I do remember being bored by it. (As well a LotR. Although now that I'm older, I'm reading LotR and I'm actually not bored by it, so I think it was purely an age thing, with being bored by the books.)
Then there's New Years. My original plan was to go to Disneyland with my friend, but she found out she was working that day, so I suggested that we go to my grandma's house and hang out there for the night. Because my grandma was on a trip and the house was just sitting there being unused.
It was quite good. It was just my brother, my friend, and me. We watched some films and some shows and we counted down to the New Year. Then the next morning we had breakfast at Denny's :D they're doing (or they were doing, don't know if they're doing it anymore) a Hobbit-themed meal and so we got a Hobbit-related breakfast :D it was cute. Just the names for some of the food. For the Ring Burger they had onion rings on top of the burger to symbolize the ring. And they had some type of food named after Radagast. And Bilbo's breakfast, or something like that.
As for school, the winter quarter's just started. One week's already passed and already it feels as if it's week five. I'm taking four classes this quarter, though all of them require reading of some sort, so it feels like more. I just need to work on time management so that way I don't feel so stressed out this quarter. Though most of the classes seem pretty interesting--I'm taking an art history class about Islamic art and architecture, a comparative literature class about witches in literature (we get to read Harry Potter!), medieval philosophy (which, really, I don't like philosophy, but I have to take the class because it fulfills a requirement), and a Russian film class.
And then there's land comms--I'm so happy about wlreunion starting. I haven't been doing anything land comm-ish recently so to get back into that whole thing feels good.
I really should try to update at least once a week. I really don't want to get into the habit of updating once a month.
It was a good break. I had finals a bit earlier so I was finished with school earlier and so I started my break earlier, and all I did during break was just basically nothing. All I really did was read and watch TV. I got to hang out with my friend though (more on that later).
My birthday was good. I got an iPad mini, which, really, is quite amazing. It's sort of a replacement for the mini laptop I had that had died (well, something happened to it: a graphic glitch or something, which my brother said he wouldn't be able to fix). Plus it has Kindle and Nook :D so I was able to get all the Nook books I had purchased a couple summers ago and all the free Kindle books? Is awesome :D
though I totally still love buying books and the feel of books in my hands. I'm not totally set on digital now. Although it does help when I don't want to be holding a thousand-page book (Wise Man's Fear book, for example, or...actually, that's the only heavy book I have. And maybe Harry Potter, but I never tend to read that on the bus and I only read that at home. But Wise Man's Fear, when I had been reading that one quarter, I took it with me to school and it was just incredibly heavy. So I can see digital replaced heavy hardback books).
My friend got me a quill pen and ink set, a Harry Potter artifact kit thing (with replica 'props' from the films), and a bunch of books that allows you to design your own knight, castle, helmet, and shield (because she knows how much I love medieval stuff). (Half of it was birthday gifts and the other half was a Christmas gift.)
Christmas was also nice. I got a pair of Ugg-type boots that replaced the older ugg boots that I had. And they're much nicer, as well. I also got a lovely pendant with a Celtic design on it.
I saw The Hobbit. I had trouble liking the film, but that's only because I saw it in 48 FPS in 3-D and it seemed as if everyone was moving at superhuman speed. I got used to the high frame rate and after that I found myself really liking the film. So much so that I saw it a second time. It's really different from LotR--it's more light-hearted and fun and Kili is just totally awesome (only because he's played by Aiden Turner, whom I really loved in Being Human). And Martin Freeman is just perfect as Bilbo. I just loved him in the film. It's just the 48 FPS issue--I had trouble getting used to that.
I've read the book before, although that was a long time ago, and I can barely remember anything from it, but I do remember being bored by it. (As well a LotR. Although now that I'm older, I'm reading LotR and I'm actually not bored by it, so I think it was purely an age thing, with being bored by the books.)
Then there's New Years. My original plan was to go to Disneyland with my friend, but she found out she was working that day, so I suggested that we go to my grandma's house and hang out there for the night. Because my grandma was on a trip and the house was just sitting there being unused.
It was quite good. It was just my brother, my friend, and me. We watched some films and some shows and we counted down to the New Year. Then the next morning we had breakfast at Denny's :D they're doing (or they were doing, don't know if they're doing it anymore) a Hobbit-themed meal and so we got a Hobbit-related breakfast :D it was cute. Just the names for some of the food. For the Ring Burger they had onion rings on top of the burger to symbolize the ring. And they had some type of food named after Radagast. And Bilbo's breakfast, or something like that.
As for school, the winter quarter's just started. One week's already passed and already it feels as if it's week five. I'm taking four classes this quarter, though all of them require reading of some sort, so it feels like more. I just need to work on time management so that way I don't feel so stressed out this quarter. Though most of the classes seem pretty interesting--I'm taking an art history class about Islamic art and architecture, a comparative literature class about witches in literature (we get to read Harry Potter!), medieval philosophy (which, really, I don't like philosophy, but I have to take the class because it fulfills a requirement), and a Russian film class.
And then there's land comms--I'm so happy about wlreunion starting. I haven't been doing anything land comm-ish recently so to get back into that whole thing feels good.
I really should try to update at least once a week. I really don't want to get into the habit of updating once a month.