The Topic of Great Randomness

[Kessa Cirtos]

Ooher. I enjoy Color Guard practice but I won't be able to participate until I get back up in NY. I wish my friends and I could get together some time, it seems like every time I try to do something, everyone has plans or vice versa. When I say "has plans" I really mean... "we're all too busy with our jobs". It's rather depressing actually.

I'm excited about this Wed and Thurs since it'll be my first real day off from the movie theatre and I'll actually be able to watch movies! I've been waiting to see Transformers and I'll prolly end up bringing this kid that I'm babysitting and maybe also my baby sister if she's not being so overly bratty.

Life's not too bad I guess. I'm making money and I'm able to read every once in a while. Right now I've got The Golden Compass and I'm devouring it at a steady rate. I plan on buying the HP7 book today just so I can finish the series already (it's gotten to the point that I barely enjoy it and read it just so I know what happens to everyone, like an old friend you don't really keep up with but still care abotu somewhat).

Other than that? I've been working on a sort of fanfiction for SYWTBAW, which is crazy since I'd never thought I would, but I was taking a shower one day and BAM! (Like all my best ideas do, 'cuz they all crowd in the shower with me) I had a good one. So I've been writing it up script style and even have something of a soundtrack for the movie-esque style. I'm enjoying the theme song for the Lone Power, though I've got a good one for Spot as well. I feel like I almost have no life in that section of my life just on account of my obssession with the storyline which could be a novel all on its own.

Oh yeah, in case anyone wonders about my schedule - I can only really come on every third day. (My step-dad's picky about my computer time, meaning, I get almost none unless it's to check my email.) I'll be alright when I go back to college though.

Ciao.

[magicalmike]

Ok, i realy don't come here as often as i would like. Well i just got back from my vacation in Italy last week. That was definatly fun. (Except for the part where we flew back through Heathrow the day after the bombs were found). In italy we went all over. A road trip in Italy with my dad driveing. I still don't know how we survived. Oh but one of the best things was that when we stayed in england for 2 days to get over the 6 hour jet lag we went to see wicked(im listening to the soundtrack right now).
Well on sunday im off to 2 weeks of video game programing camp. Im so excited i cant wait. Other then that i have just been sitting at home reading playing video games and practicing. If you could only see my room right now. Its litered with ripped and bent playing cards. Let me tell you guys, next time you go see a magic show, respect the magician. The practice is painfull. Ive only been practiceing an hour and a half and my fingers hurt like crud.
Im going to go now. I have a dentist apointment in half an hour. My braces still hurt from when they got tightened two days ago, i don't want metal objects pokeing around in my mouth. Dai for now.

[seabiscuit1009]

Nrghhghh...I've been back from camp since Saturday, and I'm still all...dead from Friday and Thursday nights. Thursday night I pulled an all-nighter to finish a paper which had just been assigned Thursday morning, and Friday night everyone just stayed up all night since it was the last night of camp and seriously, we probably won't see each other again, since everyone lives all over the country and the world. It's sad. I'm still exhausted. And I miss my camp friends.

Also, I broke my glasses in 2 on Saturday night while I was cleaning them. It really sucks, since I'd really liked that pair! And I just got new lens put in them...grrr...you know what else I broke? The delete key on my laptop keyboard. Don't ask me how, but I hit it on Saturday night while talking to my friend on AIM and it just sort of stuck and broke. I keep breaking things, and it's driving me nuts. My back randomly hurts a lot too; I skipped cross country practice this morning because it hurts to move. Mondays are not my days...even during the summer.

Wish I could find something else to do...oh well. I don't really have anything else to say now.

[William]

I am feeling much less wise right now. Also my mouth really hurts.

[jwiz]

I am going to go insane if I can't get new ereading material soon. I know the next HP book comes out in like ten days, but waht I am really looking forward to is Eclipse, the third book to Twilight....which means 27 more days. And those quotes they give out on the website are torturing, though, they are funny...
And life in the central valley in CA is boring as usual. All my friends left for the summer and I have been stuck in town, unless you count going to Sign Lang. Lab every tuesday and thursday in STockton, which is only about twenty minutes away. But I have a freind finally coming over, so bring on the party!!! She is about twenty times more insane then I am. Hehe.
OK, i am gonna stop typing now, cause I have nothing more to say. I had tons to say earlier, but I forgot it all now. Hmm...Oh well! DAi!

[Kessa Cirtos]

Man, lately I've just been milling about and either I've been posting or on the site somewhere, 'cept for yesterday really. I'm fairly excited abotu today, not only do I get to be here, but I'm gonna go watch The Transformers in a few hours and that'll be fun.

Oh yeah! [Site pimping] I'm gonna post tons on Ironside. People, if you like RPing, long walks on beaches and Gryph's website handy work - go for it!

[/Site pimping] So...Nothing new has been instantiated into my life except further work on what I plan to do with my life if I don't get the Navy scholarship. I'm so nervous that my cuticles are basically nonexistent. I wish I knew whether I'd made it now. Ah well, 'tis life.

[Rubywolf]

My new room is a tiny trapazoid room. It'll have beige walls, and I'mpaiting red trees on the walls. I'll go se it for the first time on saterday. I'm really excited. It's right next to the biggest park in Copenhagen, which has an ice-skating rink(year around) and a swimming pool.

[W.I.T.]

I am trying out an experiment to see if I can stay up a full 24 hours. I'll probably end up failing miserabley, but XD. and I want Rubywolf's new room XD. I can't go to sleep till midnight XD.wish me luck

[seabiscuit1009]

I love running...I really do. That's why, today at cross country we ran to the bagel store and ate bagels instead of doing our long run. I'm so tired, it's ridiculous. I don't really know why I'm so tired, but I am. It'll probably only get worse as well, since I'm going to Chicago for the weekend, and have been informed that sleep is overrated-aka my aunt (who I'm going to visit) has not made time for sleeping. Hope she's got good coffee. But no-I really am excited about it. It'll be fun.

Yesterday I got new glasses; I'm still mad that I snapped the old pair. I'd really liked them! They were pretty-plastic frames that were blue and brown. The new pair's almost the same shape (so I could use the same lenses) and are brown with these weird cutout detailing on them. I wouldn't have picked them out, but they're nice enough. And the lenses fit-that's all that matters.

EEEE!! I forgot-I finally bought a digital camera! I still have to name him (a boys name that begins with an S) but it's so fun! My brother's all impressed that it has limited video capabilities too. I just like that it is a good camera that's easy to use. Edit: hmmm...I found a baby names website. How about...Sanjaya? lmao, definitely not. Shaquille? SIMBA! Like in the Lion King? Hehe Sirius, Socrates, Seamus...I kind of like Sirius. Yes, like in Harry Potter...it'd be a more appropriate name for my iPod (a black iPod video who's name is Steve-not for Steve Jobs) but a camera can be named Sirius. Hi Sirius!

So...at 9 o'clock every morning after cross country, I have a habit. I watch reruns of Dawson's Creek. Today, I found out that another girl on cross country does the same thing, so I don't feel like a total dork because of it. Not that dorkiness is bad.

My sister's at camp right now. It's so weird, and feels so empty at my house right now. I guess I never realized how much noise she makes-she's always either practicing violing, blaring music, watching TV, or yelling at my brother. It's so empty, and it's kind of creepy. Oh well-when she gets home, I'll just want her to go away again.

[EricG1793]

Originally posted by seabiscuit1009:
I forgot-I finally bought a digital camera! I still have to name him (a boys name that begins with an S) but it's so fun!

Boy's name that begins with an S... Samuel (and nicknames for Sam), Stanley, Stu, Sugar (I like that word and it's a nickname... if you LOVE the camera ) and that's pretty much all I can think of. Oh, yeah, Shawn... (And other spelling forms of Shawn)... Oh, wait! I just went to babynames.com and here are names for boys only that start with S: Boy names that start with an S

[Gryphon]

Life has been kinda up and down lately. For one thing, I just got back from Mexico a week ago. It was... I don't have words for it all. Just endless memories. I'll talk about it some in a little. But as for today, I didn't wake up until 12 because I stayed up until 3 am talking to this guy who I've rarely seen around ever. He's a friend of a friend from school, but he turned out to be a pretty neat guy. When I finally did wake up in the morning, I helped my friend babysit her puppy. Bizu is the most adorable little thing. So much <3

...

I was online later, talking on aim and stuff, and the subject of AP scores came up. Apparently a few people had gotten theirs in the mail today, so I ran downstairs and flipped through the mail, and... a letter from CollegeBoard. Tearing it open was the most agonizing thing I have done my entire life. I was simultaneously excited with elation and dreading the outcome. I could have started crying at that moment. And ya know what I got?

A five on AP Bio and on AP Calc...!!!

That is, a five out of five. I was screaming. XD And jumping around. I was flipping out. Scores in hand, I ran out the door and up the street until I got to J's house. I waved the paper at him and was like, "you know what this is? This says I'm rocking amazing...!" And then spent the following fifteen minutes talking/spazzing at him. Words cannot express what I was feeling at that moment. And possibly the next hour as I went home and preceded to spaz on aim until I ran out of people -- and then I started calling people. You bet I was excited. XD And you know what else? I had a C for the entire year in calculus. I got a five on the ap exam. Take that, evil calc teacher.

Eh, and then I talked a little about the downs of the past week or two and almost started crying. I walked away and sprawled out on the floor. I'd rather not have the why's resurface.

But life is all good because my cell rang, and I was back to spazzing about scores and life to a friend. She's the best person for mutual spazzing. XD So. Life is pretty nice.

Sometimes I forget how much I love Three Days Grace. Not today.

But, drama of life aside...

The new HP is coming out sometime soon. Annnd, I heard from a lot of people that the movie was good. Speaking of good movies, who has seen Transformers? That was the one that I thought was gonna be so awful or y'know... but IT WAS SO AMAZING AND GOOD AND YOU HAVE TO SEE. I was speechless. On fandango, when I was looking up movie times with a couple of friends, I noticed that people had given it a five out of five rating. I was shocked. I mean, sure, there were gonna be people who liked bad movies, but... for it to have such an amazing rating from so many people? And when I saw the movie, I knew exactly why. It was good stuff.

Hungry...! XDDD A bird pooped on your paper...!?! XD That has got to be priceless. XD

Hey, Kessa, you are one of the best newbies -- n00b isn't gonna work for you. And I know you've been told that soooo many times, but... it's the truth. You fit in beau. (With no intention of ego inflating) + I'm glad you've taken an interest in my website. I want to reopen the RP part because, though it may be more complex, it's not high maintenance if I had a decent amount of members.


With a forum so full of bookworms, there are always going to be people also interested in writing. The two pretty much go hand in hand. If anyone here is interested in any form of writing, please check out my website, Ironside. It's hosted on the same space as VGDawn, for the people who remember that. I also want to reopen VGDawn again. Anyway, if you enjoy writing, by yourself or with other people, any style and at any skill level, check out my website. All you need to do is fill out a brief application and wait to be accepted. It asks for your e-mail address, but that is only so that you can receive a password; neither the website nor I keep your e-mail address. Thanks

Elder Math, wowww, that's neat. I'm a fraction welsh, too. :P But I don't know any of the background of mythology.

Heyyyyy, BiW Awwww about the mouse. Mice are cute things.

So mmm... much love, all!

[A Traveller with Magic]

I think Wednesdays are officially iffy for me.

Anyway, summer would be great if I could kick my 2AM bedtime habit. So far I've realised that forcing myself outside just before bed is more of a reward than a punishment for staying up- the last two nights have been clear, dark (as it can with the streetlights at the end of the alley) and absolutely amazing for backyard observing. Naked eye, unfortunately- not enough presence of mind to grab the binoculars, and still no telescope yet. *sigh*

So I got myself a new obsession (YWing is more a way of life): I've been watching the Doctor Who fandom with a bit of awe, a bit of trepidation and a healthy dose of incredulity. I've still collected myself a few works in progress now, both in writing and fanart. There's nothing like struggling against the highly informative yet useless user documentation with a set deadline to make me realise how much I've depended on PM's POVRay help. Would have loved hearing his take on DW as well...

Weather-wise, it's been absolutely gorgeous and sweltering- great for the huge rodeo festival thing the city's got going again downtown, and the folk festival later in the month. But if it's any warmer tonight, I might just brave the snoring and sleep in the basement.

Looking forward to the 21st- not because of HP, but the next observatory open house is that night and half my friends are dragging their friends to go to the open house as well. I haven't convinced them to read SYWTBAW yet, unfortunately. I'm considering pulling the "I first heard of string theory from YW" line.

Not looking forward to school. I know it'll be haunting me all summer- I don't know which is worse: taking regular level classes and missing out on the enrichment units and skills, or taking (even partial) IB and sacrificing...many many things. Including sanity and a view on life comprehensible to most people. They did warn us, I suppose. (You know those "You know you're ____ when..." jokes? The vast majority of the IB variety I agree with. The rest, I know I have coming.)

HP movie: It was okay- better than GoF. If you haven't read the book, the Department of Mysteries would be great (from a special effects point of view). I thought the scene with Sirius and the veil near the end ended up slightly cliché however- I recently watched a different take on a similar scene in "Doomsday" (Doctor Who).

Hunt's luck to the new members I've missed welcoming. We only bite illiterate n00bs and convert them to our way of life.
Oh, and join Ironside. *pokes*

[spyells]

A Travellar with Magic I love your avatar.

My week was exhausting. I am doing community service for my high school graduation requirement. In my state every high schooler has to complete 40 hrs. of community service or you don't walk to get your diploma. So I started the week before last. I do three hours a day and what I do is do arts and crafts with the kids. I have to stand the whole time and it really sucks.

Right now I'm just busy anticipating the release of the next Harry Potter book. I'm also in the middle of rereading the YW series. Oh, I forgot to mention my birthday is on the same day Harry Potter comes out, so I'm pretty excited.

I just saw the Harry Potter movie yesterday. They left out a lot but I still liked it. I was looking forward to Dumbledore and Harry talking at the end and it didn't happen. This is why my friends say if you're going to see a movie never read the book first.

[A Traveller with Magic]

Thanks, spyells ^.^ There's a full render at my DeviantART: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/48490585/

Oh crap, volunteering...>.> I really hope it wan't 70 hrs (for partial IB certificate). And if it is...I hope I can work out something with the local astronomical society, and keep an eye on church and municipal events. (Missed the Canada Day opportunity. Darn.)

So the weather didn't hold out- great hour long thunderstorm last night; the city went under a tornado watch (which has never happened in my memory). Very exciting. And a good supply of sunflower seeds. XD You really can hear the static bursts on the radio every time lightning flashes- very cool. Of course, no one else in the basement was listening to my scientific explanations *cough*, instead wittering on about...something too mundane to remember...*sigh*

[EricG1793]

We got a new dishwasher today. It's a really nice one, and it's stainless steel with a slate-colored tub on the inside, so our rusty water hopefully won't make the inside so disgusting as the old one was.

Well they wanted a quarter of the cost of the dishwasher just to install it. My dad decided we'd just install it ourselves. So my friend, me, and my dad installed it. We made the connections, plugged it in, started operating it, aaaaaannnnddddd.......


Water leaked everywhere beneath it. We looked and it doesn't seem to be the piping connections but a problem with the seal between the tub on the inside and the motor.... Great. I was thinking "This is the thing that our dishes will be contained in hundreds of times to be washed" but we're probably going to end up waiting another week for a new one.... *Sigh.* We have been letting the dirty dishes build up so we'd have plenty to experiment with when we got the new one, but I suppose we'll have to wash them all by hand.