infinity zone

I'm amused that I ever wrote this. I wonder why I decided to write about a Suikoden dwarf? A Suikoden dwarf OC, for that matter?

The wind's terrible over here. I've already heard some of the shingles falling off of the roof, and the lights keep flickering. We even lost internet earlier.

I need to finish this portfolio. Tonight, if possible. I'd rather not scramble through it in the morning before packing. And I can't say I'm all too thrilled about going home... I just know there's going to be chores waiting for me there.

... Well, I guess I'm excited to go home. There's always our guinea pigs to pet. And Peach and Pear have a new chick (who my sister decided to name Sweetie). I'm just not excited about the inevitable chores and nagging about getting a driver's license.

I have to say it. I'm very proud of my little professional portfolio. It's not fancy, but I think it's really elegant in its own way. *smiles*

This week's gonna be busy, but I'm feeling really good about it because I've got the portfolio out of the way. Tomorrow's gonna be hellish because of all of the running around for the party, but the party itself should be survivable.

And I won an auction for Tales of Symphonia. And bought a bigger memory card. I feel slightly hypocritical because I've told myself I'll never play ToS ... but whatever. I'll get to judge it a little more fairly now, I guess.

I named my rooster on Harvest Moon Jade. And the first hen? Saphir--who is happily laying golden eggs now. *snerk*

Hooray for Seattle shutting down with 1-3 inches of snowfall! That is currently melting!


Actually, it kinda sucks. I just spent ~40 minutes talking to my president about things that need to be done before the winter party, so tomorrow sounds like it's gonna be crappy. I already sent out half a dozen e-mails in the last hour just to hammer out the next assignment for class and plans to pick up food and wine from Costco.

And still no word from our webmaster and ex-treasurer. Nngh.

And I still have that Visio project that I haven't thought about much. Stupid stuff, really. ... I should send an e-mail to Cy about the splash page. Great.

At least the presentation grades from 400 were good. I was surprised to find out my group did excellently in comparison to some other groups. Guess I should delegate more often... Stuff actually got done in a reasonable amount of time.

Heck no I'm not gonna be STC president next year

So my younger brother was one of those people that camped out waiting for the Wii. He stayed out there with his girlfriend for 12 hours. Ugh. They bought three Wiis and promptly sold one on eBay. He's waiting to sell the other one that he's not already playing. Basically, the system and games he bought are gonna pay for themselves. I've watched him play Trauma Center: Second Opinion (very sleek in comparison to the DS Trauma Center), and I played Wii Sports and Twilight Princess myself.

I'm more into my older brother's XBox 360, though. He brought home Call of Duty 3 from CA and I've been playing it rapidly whenever I'm not doing work. I saw him playing DoA Extreme Volleyball 2 last night, so I'll give that a spin when I have a chance, too.

I've also played FF12 and FF3 DS. FF3 is fun and cute... Kinda like Children of Mana, but missing the immersive music. And I'm amused that I was thinking "Balthier =/= Mustadio" when I saw him.

It seems like Yuri Lowenthal is everything I've been playing, though. He VAed Reks (FF12), Luke and Asch (ToA), Kevin Winnicot (Xenosaga III), and Derek Stiles (Trauma Center). Must be pretty popular lately.

School-wise, things are looking to get hectic once Thanksgiving Break is over with. I've got 401 homework due on Monday, Definitions & Descriptions revision due Tuesday, Visio assignment due Wednesday, a professional portfolio website due the following Monday... Bleh.

And what am I doing right now? ... Playing around with Sync and Ion pictures while waiting for a lunch meeting with fellow STC officers.

Priorities straight? Nope.

I'm so tired. I just want to home and sleep.

Of course, since the apartment has shut off the water until 5 PM today, it would be a pretty stupid idea to go back. ~__~ So I'm here in the department lab, thinking about doing work but not actually doing it.

Things to do immediately: (1) revise flyer and send to Kate, (2) call print shop and discuss prices for shirts, (3) send STC images to print shop

Homework tomorrow for 401. Shouldn't be difficult, but I think I'll just get it out of the way a little earlier...

Have to do a website review presentation on Thursday. And a bowling/pizza event for STC. And possibly a talk with a Teach For America coordinator if I actually decide to write back a reply. ... UGH. I totally forgot about the Program Review Committee meeting on Thursday, too. I knew my Thursday was busy, but I forgot why...

Gotta send a resume to Cingular sometime. Gotta remember that... Need to look at Microsoft and Amazon again, too. Consider looking at Wizards of the Coast.

Blah.

Let's see... Where to start...

Last Wednesday, I went out with some friends for a girls' night out following our STC meeting. Rose was feeling under the weather and was in dire need of a drink. It was cool and involved watching Rose and Jen drink shots while we all ate terribly overpriced sandwiches. But it was nice to get out ... though Jen said that she's adamant about taking me out and drunk one of these days. I even watched her text-message her best friend about it. Eep.

On Friday, I went with my little brother to pick up my older brother from the airport. My older brother and his girlfriend cooked nabeyaki udon--and it was a very picturesque affair. He took pictures of it... I'll have to snag them sometime.

We all went home for the weekend, since my older brother hasn't been back for a month. For the most part, I was working on a RoboHelp project, but I watched Hello! Morning (HaroMoni) episodes with my brothers once in awhile. Our parents were wonderful and we had nice dinners in the dining room for once. I guess it was because Karine was there.

After class on Monday, I went down to the WAC with Rose and Danielle to check on how big the room is for the department winter party. Turns out that maximum capacity is 100 people, and we're hoping for a turnout bigger than that, so we may have to rent a banquet room somewhere else on campus.

And today, after a rather bland day of class, I came back to the apartment just as my older brother and Sheng were leaving to go get dinner and go to the firing range. They invited me along so ... guess who went to the firing range and shot at targets? Eh heh. It was fun, even though my thumb hurts from reloading the semi-automatic magazine 20-something times. I even got to put 100 bullets into a body target, which was exciting. I'd definitely go again, now that I know what it's like to hear magnums going off in the next shooting booth. Bleh.

And I haven't written stories in weeks. Oh dear.

Almost been a week since I last posted. D'aww. I've been busy with school, to say the least. And when I'm not at school for meetings or work, I'm at home doing homework and projects.

The pizza event on Tuesday was a romping success. Glowing compliments from the faculty and staff that came and questions from the evening grad students that actually sounded interested in what we had to say. I saw Carleigh, Kate, Mark, and Kyros, and I talked to them and some of the professors. Rose and Jen put me in charge of the camera, which ... was probably not the best of ideas. And the camera was constantly shutting off, complaining about low battery ... so I guess I got in 13 or 14 pictures overall.

Weekly STC meeting was just yesterday, and I've got another one next Tuesday specifically for the winter party in December (in addition to the one next Wednesday). Still need to fix up the format of last week's minutes and type up minutes from this past meeting and send them to Rose and Danielle.

Style practices and Word project/design rationale due Monday.
Cover letter and resume due Tuesday.
Grammar and punctuation test on Wednesday.

Still thinking about buying web hosting. I've decided I don't really want to spend too much money until I feel I'll actually use the space. It's very appealing to have my own domain and webspace, but between paying STC dues and that loan out to my brother, I'm uncomfortable about how little I have in the bank. Holiday season's just around the corner, too.

Besides, fandom nowadays seems more geared towards blogs and forums. Separate fansites seem to be dwindling and small fandoms congregate around one site's forums or something. Back when I first got into fandoms (mostly FF7 and a variety of anime), there were billions of fansites that--while lacking in layout design and whatnot--had their own fun little content and were charming in their own ways. I think that's still true in some cases (Japanese fansites are still plentiful), but the blogs kinda ... change things. Connect and network some people, but leave out the opportunity to reach out to strangers who might be interested in a little content without too much searching.

Or maybe I'm just thinking too much about it. Meh.

Now, off to work and possibly grab something to eat. And maybe buy a new keyring? ... Probably not.

Sheesh. Where does the time go...? Saturday's already gone. Posting important things for reference over the week...

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Things to do:
-- Send test e-mail to Cynthia tomorrow
-- Attempt and study flash quizzes for 401 tomorrow

-- Read week 1 & 2 assignments for 310 by Monday
-- Start on IRAs with Wai on Monday (noon)

-- Read chapter 14 of Markel for 400 by Tuesday
-- Talk to Kate & Judy about magazine on Tuesday
-- Finish 24-76 and send step and object (and Fr04 object) to Rebecca by Tuesday

-- Submit 4-5 pages of sample writing for 401 by Wednesday
-- Double-check T-shirt prices by meeting on Wednesday
-- Type up minutes and send to Rose & Danielle before meeting on Wednesday

-- Arbitrate with Rebecca on Thursday (1 PM)

-- Have some sort of research progress by Friday meeting

-- Have first project finished by Monday (Oct 9)
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Classes are pretty cool in a I-dread-when-things-get-hectic kind of way. Rebuilding the sentence for effectiveness and clarity for users (usability engineering has never sounded so neat), practicing types of writing for speed and efficiency, and multiple crash courses in designing software with sprinklings of portfolio creation and presentations.

I'm starting to get an idea why this major is in the College of Engineering here. A design project every week? Good grief. I'll be spending hours in lab, especially when we get into tutorial creation...

... On the good side, it doesn't sound like I'll be having any formal exams. Just "quizzes" and tons of reports. Bleh.

School starts next Wednesday for me. Yeah, I know -- it's quite late. Bah.

Been in the apartment since Tuesday. Had an STC meeting today, so I came up with my brother and his girlfriend. My L&O DVDs came in on Wednesday, so I've been entertaining myself with those. Still waiting on my SVU DVD set, though.

Going back home tomorrow. One last weekend before school starts. Mixed feelings, of course. I want school to start, but I always feel bad when we leave. Doesn't help matters that I sometimes feel resentful of my brothers wanting to spend more time with their girlfriends than with family. Guess I'm just that much of a homebody.

Am also in the process of clearing out hard drive and moving unnecessary things to my external HD. Want to put in Monkey Island 3 again and play it. El Pollo Diablo calls me.

... And now I'm listening to my music collection. Yay Transformers.

Well, okay, I guess law has its moments. But I just took my mass media law midterm and it was pretty sucky. Not in a "dear god I think I failed" way, but more in a "good grief why do I need to know every single case we've studied?!" kind of way.

... Dammit, now I have to go look up that Tornillo case.

*read it and comes back; winces* ... Yeah, that's half credit right there. I was way too vague on that one to get full credit.


I will eventually get on AIM/YIM or something and ... do something. Yes. I have been so despondent and/or wrapped up in other things I've completely blocked out RPing and writing in general for the last few days (or maybe even a week? O_o). Sheesh. Talk about a dry spell.

And now work. Let's see how long I'll last.