| ‘I trust you, Ro, but not Slytherin! He’s—he’s pure evil!’ she cried, never one for melodrama.
‘Oh come on, I’m sure he’s not evil…’
‘Pah!’
‘Well, not pure evil. More…more of a shouting at old ladies and laughing at injured children kind of evil, rather than the torturing bunnies and setting villages on fire kind of evil. Right?’
‘Wrong!’
‘Helga! Look at his face,’ she said, gesturing to Slytherin who approached them from several yards away. ‘Isn’t that a face you’d trust with your bunny rabbits? Or villages, for that matter?’
‘He wouldn’t hurt bunnies or village folk.’
‘Exactly.’
‘…He’d turn the village folk against each other until he achieved civil war, then provoke the bunnies into a bloody uprising against the surviving villagers and force them to crown him as their leader!’
Rowena nodded grudgingly. ‘Ok, you’re probably right. In which case, we’ll just have to just enforce a restriction on how many bunnies we let him get his hands on.’
ECS exam tomorrow. Procrastinating. Ho hum. I mean, I know the subject and I'm fairly certain I'll do all right in it, but really? An almost-entire semester of running away from assembly code is coming back to bite me in the *rse. *sighs* I blame the CS department for my fear of assembly code. I mean, the EEE department taught it and it was all nice but I was still traumatised (from CS). I can't wait until this ends. Nya~
*Mwahz~*
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| Is currently at my cousins' place and on Ben's computer accessing the internet. Mostly myUni frantically downloading the Electromagnetic tutorials because I have yet another test tomorrow. ANd has just finished but is now on LJ because Brenton wants to use the internet and is asking his dear kind old sister to procrastinate in his stead. Ho-hum. (LJ entry!)
SO. A few days ago, Sunday night/Monday night, my computer was working fine. I downloaded a few manga chapters from a trustworthy source (hey, prior to this, I've been downloading from this site for what, the past four or five years?!) and then the next day (well, MOnday, if that counts as the next day) Brenton tried to logon onto my account and it FROZE. All you could see was my desktop wallpaper. OK... he logged onto his (limited, XP) account and it worked fine.
So I tried to figure out what was wrong with the thing. Not that I had a clue because I'd been doing my usual stuff and hadn't changed anything or whatever. And then today -- tried logging into Brenton's account and it froze in much the same way. Oh, that's it. *tries to resist the urge to break something* Virus scans and xxxWare scans didn't show up anything; defrag/cleaning or w/e similar related programs/diagnostics... yeah, everything came out clean (when I ran the thing in SAfe Mode) so yeah, I'm at a loss. Also, creating a new Admin account does nothing either. Same results.
I mean, I know my computer is old (huh, has it really been 5 1/2 years?) and it really needs replacing but I am really, really attached to it. That and I don't have nearly enough to buy a new one (there goes the broadband idea, too; because a computer has higher priority. I've nothing against dialup, even if everyone appears to do so).
Oh, and did I mention my laptop for some weird reason doesn't connect to the internet either? Oh, it connects to the network but the internet. OMG the internet doesn't connect, at all! I tried to make a wireless connection to uni server the other day but it didn't work. It connected to the server but no internet access. So basically useless because I need VPN to access my files. And this is where ITS comes in but that only runs during term time of which there are invariably two days left and I simply don't have the time. I connected the internal modem yesterday to attempt the internet and it connected. It just doesn't connect to the internet.
Seriously though, F- this. The next computer system I buy, I'm installing GNU/Unix on it. I've been saying it for ages anyway and am rather in love with the OS-derivatives, even if I still haven't figured out the keyboard shortcuts, whatever M-x-c (or w/e) is supposed to mean. Or a Mac. That works too.
*Mwahz~*
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| Ah... Sarah1281's fics are the BEST EVER. And she updates really, really, phenomenally quickly, too! (OMG squirrels!)
“Alas! I am slain!” Kakashi said as shuriken chain cut him in two.
“Nice try, but the log was already dead,” Sasuke said flatly.
Naruto quickly created four Kage Buushin, two to hold each of the two attackers back. As the so-called ‘demon brothers’ struggled to free themselves, Sakura punched one of them in the face, knocking him out, and Sasuke used a Katon on the other, causing sever third-degree burns.
“I would say that was overkill, Sasuke,” Kakashi said as he reappeared as if nothing had just happened. “But I know you were just trying to avenge Naruto’s stab wound.”
“Stab wound?” Tazuna asked. “He didn’t get stabbed.”
Kakashi shrugged. “It happened awhile ago.”
Sasuke’s eye twitched, but he said nothing.
“Even if these two were almost ridiculously out of our league, they still are more than simple bandits and I strongly suspect that they aren’t squirrels. They could be working for squirrels though. Is there any reason a squirrel might be out to kill you?” Kakashi asked gravely.
“…No. Gatou is, though,” Tazuna confessed.
“Hey Sasuke, think fast,” Naruto said before lobbing a kunai at him. They had just arrived in Wave after a very long and boring boat ride and apparently Naruto decided hurling deadly weapons at his best friend with little warning was a good way to relieve that boredom.
Sasuke quickly got out of the way. “What the hell?”
Yeah... currently at uni atm. Gah, PEEDIII test soon. Can't wait. [/sarcasm]. *sighs* So much stuff on this week, but hey, last week of uni classses for the year! And then exams, joy. xD
*Mwahz~*
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| OK, so there's a lot more to this story and it's all funny, but I like this particular excerpt the best. xDDD Yeah, couldn't stop laughing for a while after I read this. x333 Yes, the lines immediately preceding this and following this were funny as, as well but... yeah.
“ Yeah, well what’s your plan? Get these people killed instead of rescue your friends and save our realities? No wonder your father was so disappointed in you. You haven’t even been born yet in my reality, and already I’m disappointed in you.”
“ Oh you’re disappointed in me? ” Luke threw back with equal passion, “ Let’s talk about Darth Vader, shall we? And I don’t mean the one that co-rules the Empire with Vulcanus.” His voice took on a deep, guttural sound, like maybe he had a severe case of asthma and had been trying to cure it by gargling with gravel for the past fifty years, “ Luke, I am your father. Turn to the dark side with me and we’ll both be good little pets for Palpatine. It is pointless to resist. Rawr! ”
Yeaaaaah. It's currently holidays... but some holidays this is. I'm aware that I'm in uni, it's third year, but still... a short break would be nice. But noooo... instead I'm bashing my head against the wall over the st00pid projects - argh, why won't you just work?! And here I was thinking after last semester that Communications or telecommunications would be a nice field to get into and then I get slapped with two data communication projects that absolutely refuse to cooperate! $#%(*^ demodulators... Hah, so not building any more radios in the future. Somebody else with infinite more patience than me can build one and I'll buy it off of them. Or something.
*Mwahz~*
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| It's been a long time since I quoted random fanfics, huh? Here's another one:
The Revolutionary Knitting Circle, the pamphlet read, is an activist group which uses craftivism, specifically knitting and other textile handicrafts, in their efforts to bring about social change. We hold that communities and nations are currently subject to the unjust Shin-Ra corporate rule and that a goal of the Revolutionary Knitting Circles is to return us all to independence from that rule. We oppose social divisions, including age, gender, race and class which all allow us to be conquered by dividing us. We hope to increase participation in activism by offering a different approach from the often intense, and sometimes hostile, modes of activism most commonly associated with social justice movements.
Barrett lifted his gaze from the pamphlet, disbelieving. The man in red didn’t even raise an eyebrow.
“The Revolutionary Knitting Circle? Are you shitting us?” Now the eyebrow did the regal arch, but other than that, Vincent might have been laughing inwardly or maybe not. Barrett could never tell what the ex-Turk was thinking.
“You said you wanted our front organization appear harmless and earnest, with the primary tactics of nonviolent resistance, but sufficiently radical ideologically to take part to the demonstration. Besides, Verhandi was the one to come up with the craftivism.” Figures, Barrett thought, the only one that could occasionally be even odder than Vincent.
“But we are men! Most of us, that is,” he grumbled even though it was too late to make an issue out of this now. He should have checked in on this sooner.
“Read further. It reads that given the common view of knitting as work associated with middle- and lower-class women we hope that this choice of medium will help to counter outdated stereotypes.” It had to be some sadistic Turk kind of joke. No way were they going to be caught now, Barrett decided, because death penalty was just death penalty, but getting caught as a member of a knitting circle of any kind was fate worse than death.
xDDDD Uni's busy as usual. Mostly driving me nuts. Got a 20 for my latest PED3 report though. Well, at least that's one pretty much guaranteed HD. Still trying to locate a work experience placement. I didn't make the final cut for the DMO unfortunately. They only took 10 cadets nationwide this year, I'm sad. BUT, there's always next year and then five years after that for the Graduate position. Made Secretary for the Japanese Culture Club (Student Society) so yay, because the election was uncontested and I'm happy, squee. Also I haven't checked PM yet - I really should because the last few times I was LJ I posted a lot but have yet to read the replies ^^;
*Mwahz~*
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| *sigh* Uni's back again. I spent most of my holidays procrastinating instead of working on the dress I promised I'd make for Jemma for my 21st birthday party. It's on Saturday and I haven't made my own yet. Because yeah. Procrastination. I had three weeks of holidays and spent most of it reading. And avoiding life in general. Also said I'd go for my L's but still haven't. (Mostly because I don't want to give my friends that sparkly eyes look that comes with my having ID, like finally. But mostly because I procrastinate and am lazy. And the one time that I was all psyched up and ready to go, Mother had no idea where Dad keeps my birth certificate). Yeah, also because of procrastination.
...
Is hopelessly pathetic, I know but I can't help myself! Procrastination is oh-so-very addictive. Ahem.
Let's see... Barr Smith book sale. ... Yeah, I couldn't help it. Cheap, quality books! I mean, how could I say no? So I went and bought a few. I would've went yesterday but I'd just checked out 14 books for Practical Electrical and Electronic Design III. Mostly because the prac sheet says to go look up stuff yourself but really, we like to think it's because a certain somebody couldn't be bothered to include it. *cough*A^2*cough* And it was really really heavy. Obviously, considering the majority of those, were textbooks...
Had a PEEDIII lecture today. Haven't had one of those in ages. Mostly because Charlie is LOVE. Yup, spent about 10 minutes discussing the actual practical and the rest of the time sharing anecdotes. Like... a certain prac demonstrator who just got banned from Woolworths (Rundle) for life. I shouldn't find this amusing but considering who it is we were discussing... I mean, I've never had a problem with the Dr - I think he's a highly efficient lecturer even if his people skills are atrocious - and I don't really understand why people find him so offensive (although that might just be because I'm female and chivalry is still ALIVE! No matter what the reports on AUES says! Though it might just be the Electrical Engies... *hearts you all*) but yeah. For disputing the fact that he allegedly bought a muesli bar and didn't have a receipt to show for it but had just spent $50 on groceries. And oh yes, the security guys were involved.
Also much love goes to Charlie for telling us he'll be around to oversee next year's final year projects ( =( I'll be doing mine in 2011...) and yet another anecdote about previous projects. Like that one in 1960-ish about this guy who wanted to do electromagnetic propulsion for submarines to make them go really fast but alas discovered that he'd need 20-tonne magnets to get the speed he'd wanted (in saltwater), in the days before superconductors... And also that the Japanese released a paper saying that they'd be able to build a full-sized sub capable of going at 110 knots. To which he proposed that next year, that we build a 20-foot version and yay! We'll get rich being people smugglers and drug smugglers because we'll be going so fast the Australian Navy can't catch us! [/endquote]. More lol-ing ensues. x333
And also for work experience in building autonomous robots with the Australian Defence Force and the American Defence Force. 'In which we will find the baddies, as with the Defence Force, we will annihilate and destroy them! A good point. A bad point would be that we'll be on [a certain terrorist group]'s hitlist. But seeing as we're already on there anyway, we might as well go out spectacularly.' (Or something like it.)
And for being humorously blunt as usual. Because PEEDIII has a test and he doesn't see the point of it: 'Why would we need a theory test for a practical subject?'. And also, 'Nearer to the time, I'll give you the questions, and the answers to them and then you'll sit the test.' Quite like his attitude regarding plagiarism, too. ('I don't see the point for the policy. I mean, everybody does it, including the lecturers! I don't think it's fair that we expect you to not plagiarise when we do it ourselves on a regular basis...')
And yay! He's coming back next year, for about 2 or 3 days a week, instead of retirement. And I quote, unless he dies, for which we are all expected to attend his wake and tell everyone just how great he is, end quote. ♥
Charlie Green is my favourite lecturer EVER. Lol. And yes, I just had to share today's lecture because whenever I bemoan the fact that I chose to do an Electrical Engineering degree ('Oh, why-oh-why did I choose to do engineering? Why couldn't I just have chosen an English/Classics or History/Linguistics double major instead?'), thoughts of Charlie and his lectures point me to the right direction again. x333
And The Epidemic (and yes, it does so deserves to be capitalised) regarding those in the year below us (myself, w/e). 'The second years are cr*p.' And here I thought it was just on a small scale when I went back to St Mary's for Open Day this year and commiserated with my old Maths/Physics teachers. About how my being there was making them depressed because it reminded them of the 'good old days' when students actually made an effort in class, attempted questions on their own and didn't expect to be spoonfed everything and having their hand held in everything. (To which I'd replied: um... I just graduated three years ago! "Good old days", already?! *shock*)
Shyeah... This year's Electronics II class - EPIC FAIL'd. The average dropped by 15% from last year's average and even with Tamath's generous marking scheme - you'd get full marks for a question if you kinda sorta knew what you were on about in a very roundabout way and still... 15% less. And also, quite a few of them wrote on their exam paper 'It's not fair that you expect us to know this [Voltage-Current Characteristic]". Loved Tamath's reply: 'It's not fair?! It's perfectly fair, it's a fundamental concept! It's like going to the doctor's and telling him that your arm hurts and he asks you, "Oh, what part of your body is your arm?" Pfft.' Oh yes, I'm taking Engineering Electromagnetics this year, with the second years so I sat through about 10-15 minutes of Tamath berating them. Also, they don't know VACA so in the second lecture was already, "WTF"-ing like crazy - 'Div? What the h*ck is Div?'; Tamath: 'What do you mean, "what the h*ck is Div?!"' Yeah, Charlie says they don't put any effort into anything and then turn around and complain when their marks are horrendously low. He put up extra lectures to explain the concepts they were confused about but hey, only about 6 turned up. Pfft. I mean, seriously, if you don't put in the hard yards, how can you expect to still get a decent mark?!
Geez, it isn't enough already that it was people like you who dissuaded me from teaching high school Mathematics (I''ve always kinda wanted to teach Year 10 Maths, really...) but now, you're making us Engineers LOOK BAD. I was kinda hoping that The Epidemic wasn't that widespread, but from the look of things... yeah. Relief isn't coming any time soon.
Oh hey, it's midnight. I'm 21. Eepness... (And hey look, I managed a decent post for a change, yayness!)
*Mwahz~*
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| Janneia is freaking out (life in general), DOOMED (DMO work xp application:personal opinion: 600 words on links between defence and industry; WHAT?!), annoyed (lab partner = where? signal generator prac is refusing to work), and relieved (because even Dr. Cooke and Heath has no idea what on Earth is wrong with my practical). Is feeling emotional and mood-swingy.
Janneia reckons someone should invent masking fluid in a pen barrel, with a silicon tip on the other end - no more ruined brushes or wasted masking fluid from an unsteady hand! [/random]
Uni is currently taking all of my life at the moment. ZOMG, I have a moment free! POST! xD
*Mwahz~*
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|
Stability results were moderately high which suggests you are relaxed, calm, secure, and optimistic.
Orderliness results were high which suggests you are overly organized, reliable, neat, and hard working at the expense too often of flexibility, efficiency, spontaneity, and fun.
Extraversion results were low which suggests you are very reclusive, quiet, unassertive, and secretive.
trait snapshot: secretive, organized, clean, rarely worries, solitary, high self control, dislikes large parties, prefers organized to unpredictable, prudent, observer, tough, self reliant, very good at saving money, introverted, perfectionist, mind over heart, not controlling of others, hard working, confident, resolute, solitary, does not make friends easily, finisher, does not like to stand out, very practical, intellectual, unsympathetic at times, honest, respects authority, follows the rules, cautious
And another one:
Natural Hair Color:
[ ] Brown - $100
[ ] Blonde - $50
[x] Black - $15
[ ] Bald - $5
[ ] Other - $75
Total: $15
Eye Color:
[x] Brown - $50
[ ] Green - $75
[ ] Blue - $150
[ ] Hazel - $100
[ ] Other - $15
Total so far: $65
Height:
[ ] Over 7′ - $200
[ ] 6′8″ to 7′ - $175
[ ] 6′0″ to 6′7″ - $150
[ ] 5′5″ to 5′11″ - $75
[x] 5′4″ to 5′10″ - $85
[ ] Under 5′4 - $27
Total so far: $150
Age:
[ ] 50 to 56 - $175
[ ] 46 to 50 - $150
[ ] 41 to 45 - $125
[ ] 31 to 40 - $100
[ ] 26 to 30 - $75
[ ] 21 to 25 - $50
[x] 19 to 20 - $25
[ ] 0 to 18 - $100
Total so far: $175
Birth Order:
[ ] Twins or more than twins - $750
[x] First Born - $320
[ ] Only Child - $250
[ ] second born - $150
[ ] Middle child - $100
[ ] Last Born - $100
[ ] third born - $550
[ ] fourth born - $300
[ ] fifth born - $400
[ ] sixth born - $215
Total so far: $495
Drink?
[ ] I did like twice - $400
[ ] Only Holidays - $250
[ ] Sometimes - $215
[ ] YES - $200
[ ] only weekends - $300
[ ] Every other day - $50
[ ] Once a day - $15
[ ] I live from the bottle - $Bankrupt$
[x] No - $600
Total so far: $1095
Vision?
[ ] perfect vision - $400
[ ] need or have glasses/ contacts but don't wear them - $200
[ ] No correction - $100
[x] Glasses - $50
[ ] contacts - $25
[ ] Surgical correction - $100
Total so far: $1145
Shoe Size:
[ ] 13+ - $300
[ ] 12 and a half to 13 - $250
[ ] 11 to 12 - $400
[x] 7 to 10 - $500
[ ] Under 7 - $450
Total so far: $1645
Favorite Colors:
[ ] Green - $750
[ ] Red - $600
[x] Black - $100
[ ] Yellow - $475
[ ] Brown - $300
[ ] Purple - $225
[ ] White - $400
[ ] Aqua - $350
[ ] Orange - $300
[x] Blue - $300
[ ] Pink - $100
[x] Other - $500
Total: $2545
Did you use a calculator to add it all up?
[ ] Yes - $0
[x] Nope - $1000
[ ] Some - $750
Final Total: $3545
REPOST WITH TITLE:
"I cost $3545 a night."
:3 Is slightly less expensive than D-kun. Not too sure how I feel about that, really. lol.
And another one:
White
You value law, order, community and light. You love to protect the social order and the rule of law. At your best, you are just and protective. At your worst, you are authoritarian and dogmatic. Your symbol is a sunburst. Your enemies are black and red.
Take the Magic: The Gathering 'What Color Are You?' Quiz.
So Lawful Neutral then, essentially. Yeah, sounds like me. :D
*Mwahz~*
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| *points to subject header* So let's see, summary of what I've been up to since then (last post), huh? (Look, topic sentences! lol)
Finished my 2008 Semester exams. Passed them up, yay! Some higher than I expected (Computer Systems), some lower than I expected (LTPS - I knew I should have the Stats questions first, but noooo I had to do the exam paper in order =_=). Planning to get into the Honours stream, but no such luck so far. At the moment my average is 64.85 (2nd Year EEE subjects) or something. Which is annoying. But I do find engineering hard because my foundation in Physics has always been shaky (*cough*Yr11*cough*) and the fact that the Electrical Engineering lecturers rarely ever go into enough depth for my liking and while the tutorials mostly make up for this lack, there's only ever a tutorial once a fortnight. And the textbooks are even more confusing. -_-; So right now, all I can really do is play to my strengths, and cover my weaknesses and hope the two balance each other out. And increase my studying hours, I suppose...
I spent most of December de-stressing. Seeing as my parents don't allow 'play' when there's 'work' to be done. :( That translates to mostly visiting various fandoms and really fanfic like crazy. ♥ RAAC and FFN for providing this service, lol.
Bought NWNII but I couldn't play it. T^T Why?! It turns out my graphics card is just a shade too old to be able to play it (Dx8 where Dx9 is required). Dx9 graphics cards aren't exactly expensive, even with the US:AU exchange rate. BUT. Dx9 requires PCI or PCI-E slots. WHICH MY MOTHERBOARD DOES NOT HAVE. It still has the old AGP slots. *sigh* So, to be able to play NWNII, I'll need to get a new computer (I mean, what's the point of replacing only the motherboard?) Which is a shame, because from what I got from the manual, NWNII would be so much fun to play... it's so much closer to the Pen and Paper variant of Dungeons & Dragons now! In terms of depth and range. *sigh* Needs a new computer. Ah well, it is 4 years old, going on 5. But I love this thing to bits, because unlike ME it's served me faithfully so far and I don't want to be rid of it! ;_;
Finally went around and borrowed Crisis Core off my cousin Jet. Annnnnnd it's addictive. Went without sleep for a day or so because I was glued to the thing. That and Zack was cute/hot, lol. Finished 25% of the missions over 2 days. For myself, that's quite the accomplishment, for hardcore gamers, not so much (Jet said it took him only 40 hours). But then again, I was squeeing at the graphics and reminscing about FFVII the first time round. And at all the chibi characters. Not so much Tifa though. That thought was more like "HOLY! PLANET! METEOR! WHO THE F DRESSED TIFA?!" Because I swear, her outfit was horrible. She's what, prepubescent? AND SHE'S WEARING WHA---
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It went on like that for a while, actually. ¬_¬
Flew overseas to meet the rellies. Singapore was nice. Cooler than I remember. Lots more greenery then I remember too. It was so jungle-like this time around. Huh. And everything was so cheap there! Seriously! And the SGD:AUD exchange rate was more or less 1:1 and... and... yeah. Shall I wax poetic on their bookstores? Lol.
Then we went to New York. Cold. Brrrr. Got sick within a few days. The temperature was -25deg Celsius. And my great-aunt told us that we picked the coldest two days of the year to come. Joy. ♥♥♥ my cousins. One of them even share the same birthday as I do! It's kinda creepy, looking back on it now. We're so alike, all of us, it's scary. This generation and the previous generation. So much so, we actually informally documented the traits among us and promptly creeped ourselves out, a little. Or was that mostly me? Half a world away and several family branches a part and WE'RE EXACTLY THE SAME. Well, almost. There is some variation to be found, though not much. Yup.
We like the same things, we act the same, our studying habits, attitudes towards others, our likes, our dislikes... yeah. And upon looking at the family tree (ok, that's physically non-existent) I think we're fifth cousins or so (not that Chinese works that way, afaik) but it's a little complicated so it's greataunt/greatuncle/aunt/uncle/cousin. Meh. I think Dad said that his grandfather and our great-uncle's father were brothers. Skip a few generations and there you have us. :)
It's so weird to belong to a clan of this magnitude, common bonds of blood tying us together and all that. Simply because I've always thought Dad's family was small, and Mother's large. Not that I'd ever felt this way before with my mother's family - I've never really belonged there - never did fit in all that well, imho. But meeting Dad's family? Oh yes, I belong. So it's nice. That feeling of true acceptance, that I have a place in the world and all that. It makes me really warm inside. xD
And learning of the history of the family. Funny, how it's always (about) the various matriachs throughout history. It always has been the females who've set the foundations, almost singlehanded, in times of hardship, against all odds and everything, creating everything possible from nothing, thus enabling the males the opportunity to expand upon those opportunities and openings created by the females. And yes, I'm rather proud of that fact too. Mostly because I'm female, but also because we live in such a patriarchal society (and history was patriarchal for the most part), and yet all the older males acknowledge ... it's hard to explain in words, on my part. But the essence of being female? That being female does not put you at a disadvantage because you are not male? Equality?
Oh, we also went to California for a while, so Mother could visit her cousins and childhood/teenage-hood/young adulthood friends too. Recovered from my cold there. Somewhat. Being half deaf was really frustrating because out of all the senses, I value my sense of hearing the most (followed by taste, I think) and I rather like being able to hear above and below the human threshold of hearing. So being half-deaf was rather scary because I could hear anything and all that I could hear were echoes. Losing my voice wasn't so bad, because I rarely ever use it anyway, (unless you give me an opportunity, then I'll regale you for hours :3) and it always comes back eventually. Losing my hearing hasn't ever happened before so I was panicky and freaked out for a few days.
Oh, I also spent quite a bit on a video camera (camcorder) at Dad's insistence - RRP$929. So there's my laptop and broadband/DSL plans set back for a while. (Sorry D-kun!) Oh well, I was planning on getting one - it just happened a lot earlier than expected is all. Used it overseas quite a bit. And having done so, I prefer a camera any day of the week. I prefer capturing moments. Video taping everything isn't the same. For randomness (as I wont) a camera is best.
2009 Uni Enrolment, especially Semester 2 has been frustrating. Because of the changing course units, it's been messing my enrolment and unit counts something fierce. I had to overload Semester 1 just so the course units would add up to 24, just so I'd qualify as being fulltime or whatnot. And Semester 2 Embedded Computer Systems (lecture) and Japanese 2B (lecture) CLASHES. GRAAAAHHH. *rage - to use Brenton's term* So I've been playing inter-faculty ping-pong about it.
And that's all about everything since then, that I can recall, anyway. Except now... I can't decide what to do/play/see/watch. Pride and Prejudice? (BBC, I've still got 14 more chapters to go) Crisis Core? (Really wants to continue but it's addictive and I won't put it down for a few days) Aeon Flux? (Got the original animated videos on PSP! Oh yeah, the childhood memories - flashes, mostly). Decisions, decisions.
*Mwahz~*
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| I've just finished my Computer Systems exam and hopefully I'll pass it which means that I won't have to look at assembly code ever ever again. Assembly code is t3h 3vi7 srsly. x3 Of course, seeing as I kinda want to do Computer Architecture and/or Operating Systems in Fourth Year... it might be "hello assembly code!" all over again. Yup, having serious doubts about taking those two courses. But by then I might have forgotten all about the evils of assembly code (I took first year physics, didn't I?). It's possible. I really should take a nap right about now but as usual, procrastinating.
Signals & Systems exam tomorrow... meh. And then Japanese on Friday. At least I know I'll find that one easy enough. Relatively speaking.
And D-kun, I'm using my uni's proxy internet so I can't connect to MSN. Sorry. I'm thinking of getting broadband soon though - February maybe. No promises however. I was thinking December but then if I'm gone for the whole of January or so, what's the point of paying an extra month? cheapskate Mrah, needs a job and but seeing as my time management is as poor as it is, I don't think it's prudent to actually tackle one on top of uni -_-;
But then again, seeing as Kevin Rudd's kind enough to give almost everyone $1000 soon enough... (and yes, I'm included in that category) but I'll probably buy a laptop with it - no need for a student loan, yes~!
Nya~ Needs sleep.
*Mwahz~*
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| Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:06:16 +0930
From: Mathless Society [email]
To: [lots of people]
Subject: NEW TYPE OF AU MATHS SOCIETY!!!!!!!
Hello All,
This is to inform you of the greatest event in the universe, the recent creation of the Adelaide University Mathless Society, the club for all of you who only joined the maths society for the free bbq's.
On offer at this moment, limited to the first 50 replys, are free, yes folks that's right, free, places in this phenomenal society aimed at the final destruction of all that is worthless in this world.
For those of you interested in becoming committee members, please send a paragraph of no more that 200 words stating why you would like to be in the first committee.
Upcoming events/great offers are coming soon to this space. Watch your inbox for further updates on this great new club!!
Thats all folks
Il presidentae
Mathless Society
Note: Committee Members must have scored below an HD to qualify.
Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:40:14 +1000
From: Adelaide University Mathematics Society [email]
Cc: [same people as above]
Subject: Sincerest Apologies
Hi all,
A certain joker hacked into the email of the Adelaide University Mathematics Society and stole the contact list. That person then sent an email about a mathless society. Please disregard the email and all emails of its type. If the emails persist, please block the account "[email]".
We apologise for this breach of security most profusely and will take further actions to make sure it never occurs.
We accept that many people join the Adelaide University Mathematics Society for the free BBQs and we think that is fine. We aim to be more than just organisers of free BBQs for members. We also organise a pub crawl and a quiz night to add to the list of events. Additionally, we provide solutions to past mathematics exams, in order to help students who are struggling and need more examples of worked solutions to complement the (usually) limited problem sets provided by lecturers. Probably more importantly, we aim to present a welcoming hand to all students who have anything to do with maths. Our BBQs and other events are a means to chat, have a good time and network with other like-minded students.
We do also usually help with tutoring for university mathematics. However, we are in a difficult position of late. First, the mathematics building is being rebuilt. For this reason, mathematics is losing prominence, a fact we are battling against. Secondly, this has meant we have not had the place to help with maths tutoring like we used to in Maths G04 (some of you might remember that from last year). Thirdly, all the old committe members graduated, leaving me and my friends the task to rebuild from scratch and try to make an impression. For this reason, we throw free BBQs to garner support and most importantly make you guys satisfied.
I am saying all this in reply to the Mathless Society joke. I can understand why certain people may be frustrated that we seem to only be throwing BBQs, but truth is Rome was NOT built in a day.
On a more positive note, there are two more BBQs coming soon. One is this Friday from 12-3.30 on the Barr Smith Lawns and the next is the following Tuesday same place same time. See you there!
More news about the pubcrawl coming soon...
[KP]
President
AUMS
Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:41:42 +0930
From: [TE] [email]
To: Adelaide University Mathematics Society [email]
Cc: [same people as above]
Subject: Re: Sincerest Apologies
I don't mean to sound like a smartass, but it's not hard to steal the contact
list when you have it in cc not bcc.
you know it's true kp :)
---
<3 tom
xDDDDD Oh yes, I am finding this very amusing. Mostly because I know people who actually just join for the BBQs and coincidentally are considering applying for presidency next year. Which I am finding hilarious. (I join for the solutions and have yet to attend a BBQ of any sort. -_-;;; Despite the fact I've been a member since last year.) Personally, I'm thinking of applying for a position at EEESAU, as I'm not doing Maths next year. But seeing as that's not a requirement, I might next year as well. Meh.
And yes, I've been procrastinating on actually posting up an actual entry. Even if I've got lots to post about. The most important thing though is that I'm still alive to post this entry. So no, I did not kill myself with the Variac yesterday and electrocute myself to death. And yup, I'm still jumpy whenever sudden noises pop out of nowhere. Well, more so than usual, I mean. I'm still flinching at tiny little things. But they're scary things! Mind you, I've still got another practical next week. But DC Motors... less dangerous, right? Well, hopefully.
*Mwahz~*
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| It's "raining" hail. ... Le zut!! I want snow. SNOW. *shakes her fist* lol.
xD
When was the last time there was hail in these parts?
*Mwahz~*
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| ...Bemoans the fact that she is no longer a teenager. xD Haha...
And who here finds it ironic that Cronos' Curse actually has more or less taken up all of my teenage years, as I've joked over all the years? xD (And I also mentioned in the same breath that it'll probably take up all of my twenties as well... let's hope it doesn't come to that, ne? ^^;)
And I just realised that my last post was waaaaay back in March. I've been busy or sick during the holiday periods. Nya. Maybe a proper entry later. But continuing the theme of the last post (weather) they say it's going to RAIN ALL WEEK. SQUEEE~~~! RAIN! Maybe finally some reprieve from the perpetual drought (that never goes away - hence perpetual, but I digress) ... ? The rain feels so good on my skin, honestly...
Well, happy 20th birthday to me, I suppose. Mother forgot, again. But to be fair, she gave me my birthday present in April so she's forgiven. :3
*Mwahz~*
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| Did you feel the breeze? OMG it was so cool... and standing out in the middle of nowhere (...well, Hughes Plaza isn't exactly the middle of nowhere but...) doesn't burn you to a crisp... Ah, 29 degrees... so cool...
I loved the radio announcement this morning though: "And with a top of 29 degrees! 29, NOT 39! *lol" xDDDD
SQUEE~!
On one hand, I'm somewhat glad that it's only gone on for 15 days. Part of me was really dreading it if it was going to be 16 days long... considering the record before we broke this was in March 1934, and for 8 days above 35 degrees straight. Which would have meant that we doubled the record.
Somewhat ironic that it's been hotter in Adelaide than many of the outback towns... I can't remember them all but there were quite a few to that list (of towns). But now, it's all nice and cool again!
Except we've taken the title of "Hottest City in Australia" from Perth (10 days)...
Nya~ not really a proper entry (or entirely accurate, well it is but there's nitpicks here and there but w/e!) but I just wanted to go "yay! squee!" about the fact that it's not 40 degrees today... It was 41 point something yesterday, so...
Nyaaaaaa--- and the rest of the entry will be more or less the same so I'll stop now. ^-^
*Mwahz~*
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| Gary Gygax passed away. I am really sad now. I was already depressed yesterday and then I found out this morning that he passed away...? *sniffles*
...
I am so holding onto his books now. So not parting with them.
And here's to hoping his death will not raise the prices of any of the D&D books any. (I still have so many more to buy and not enough money...)
TT_TT
I'm currently in the middle of D&D Tactics. I was itching to play yesterday but I was too tired. I think that if I'm going to play anytime soon, I'll probably burst into tears or something.
waaa~h
*Mwahz~*
#Janneia
P.S. Maybe a proper entry when I'm in my right state of mind. Or I could always hope that this is just some of prank. Because I don't want him to die yet! (Though I know death is inevitable but that's not making me feel any better at the moment, is it?) | | comments: 4 comments or Leave a comment |
| Because I forget to do this year after year and even after I spend ages finding a good excerpt of a fic too...
I'm looking at a computer and I remembered! I have no idea where this came from because I don't have a reference attached to it but I think it was in an A/N when I copied it, so:
[Naruto][fic][Unknown title][Unknown Author]
“I already know what love is,” the blond boy cut him off impatiently, eyes glazing over as he looked over at a certain pink-haired girl so it became immediately obvious who he had found that love with. “Love is what makes your heart jump, your breath come in pants and your arms and legs stop listening to your brain.”
“I think he’s describing the symptoms of stroke,” Shikamaru whispered in an aside to the persons nearest to him.
Unfortunately, these persons were Neji and Lee. It was unfortunate because the comment caused the pale-eyed boy to snigger, number six in a list of ten things that went absolutely against his beliefs. Also, it made Lee glower in proper indignation.
[/end]
xDDD
Wishing you all a nice St. Valentine's Day, because you guys all know what I think about it and how I treat it. If the above is any indication... ;P
*Mwahz~*
#Janneia
P.S. I'll post a real journal entry soon, perhaps, after my Electronics II exam? Eep, it's on Thursday... TT_TT One week to go! And transistors still remain the bane of my existence. | | comments: 3 comments or Leave a comment |
| I'm alive~!
...
Actually I've been meaning to update for a long while now but somehow whenever I'm near a computer, I forget. Hmm, first year of Uni's over now. I'll be doing Summer School though, but it's a second year course so I'll be able to do Data Structures and Algorithms with my friends next year, proper. (See, my double degree structure has me doing DSA in third year...) So, Electronics II over January and February 2008...
So, brief rundown:
[x] Got my exam results back. Maths sucked. The score was significantly below my ability and I am annoyed. I was hoping for a credit, midway to distinction maybe... I didn't even get a credit for it but what can I do? Actually, it was mostly Q2 of Algebra that brought my mark down (2/10) - I answered the question how I usually did for my assignments - nobody actually told/marked me wrong so I thought I got the technique right... eh. ## Did better than I thought I would for CS1B considering CS1A's result... ## Got a D for EPDC *grins*
[x] Got a PSP with my birthday money and I finally got a memory card to go with it. I also got D&D Tactics and am now playing it a lot. Also tracked down Sims 2 (it's not like they sell it anymore...) so that was nice. I wonder why all the Sims2 games on the various platforms are so preoccupied with Strangetown? Got my brother Sims2 on GBA for Christmas (spur of the moment thing, and it was an extremely early Chrissy present).
[x] Got an airbrush with extras for $20 at the RAS (the Show). Apparently $100 worth for $20 (I don't see how paper stencils are worth $20 but...) the pens that came with were cool though, they looked like ordinary textas to me until I actually tried them out and it looked copic. Nice... Too bad they don't sell packets of black markers (only) somewhere... or do they? I mean, it's not like I'll be using colour in manga much...
[x] Finally got a recharger for the batteries. No more buying lithium batteries all the time anymore! Now I can listen to my MP3 player for ages on end! :D Oh and for my digital camera. Haven't used it in yonks because it needed batteries xDDD
[x] More manga stuff done. Considering a new website and all but I need to get internet for my home PC first. So I can iron out the details before I buy and all that and put money on the credit card. Hopefully I'll be able to actually start some more chapters these summer holidays. (Threads of a) Tapestry is fleshing out some more... in my dreams. I don't know why, but most of Tapestry is seeming to come from my dreams. I just get a mind blank when I try to flesh it out in waking life but once I'm asleep... -_-; haha lol.
[x] Hoarding DVD boxsets like crazy, I swear. Don't know why but it's addictive. It's disturbing me honestly because I don't even hoard manga tankoubon this obsessively! Oh, and The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift really sucks. I watched like five minutes of it before spazzing out and stuck it back in its case. It will never see the light of day again. Should've bought them separately... Can't wait for NCIS Season 4 to come out... arrrgh, why can't 2008 come out quickly enough?!
...
Haha, so much for brief. Ah well, it's shorter than usual, right? I'm getting better at this kind of thing though. Oh god. Executive Summaries. So yeah, I'm improving... Engineering reports, arguments, essays.
Nya~~~ Merry Christmas minna-san! Just in case I don't actually logon before then. :3
*Mwahz~*
#Janneia
P.S. Worship me, for I am Ao! God of Apathy! *smirks* ...Too much NWN... | | comments: 11 comments or Leave a comment |
| OK, because I'm asking my f-list as a whole and if you could spare a moment, reply to my question(s)?
1. What do you think of when you think of an amusement park? (Impressions, feelings, etc)
2. What do you consider that every amusement park needs? (Quintessential elements, etc)
3. What do you wish/want in an amusement park? (Doesn't matter if it's actually possible or not)
Well, that's three short questions. If you have anything to add (including to the repertoire of questions), please do. Any comments or suggestions are welcomed.
Thank you for all your help.
*Mwahz~*
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| Hmm, let's see... quite a bit has happened since last post and I would have updated earlier but then again, I tend to avoid any contact when I'm, well... overly predisposed to... ... that and issues. I think I've only posted once when I was depressed - might have been private or f-locked though. w/e. I'm too used to wearing masks and I'm loathed to take any of them off - too ingrained from primary school but high school presented me with lots of opportunities to grow such that I wouldn't need to hide anymore. Uni seems to be continuing the job except that I'm too anti-social. =_=; People were/are too judgemental sometimes though the ignorance of childhood could be forgiven but habits die hard. Nya. That and I still find it hard to actually talk to people. Unless we're acquainted - but that's different. Well, to me anyway, if you disagree.
So yeah, that alone made the start of this new semester quite difficult. It's been two weeks since the start and I suppose I've been faking it well enough since but deep inside, it's really stressful. I should get over it soon enough. Hopefully... xP But the point is, I don't know anyone so that naturally means I have to get to know (new) people again. And I s*ck at introductions. And I can't get anywhere beyond "Hi, what's your name? What degree&/course are you studying?" *bangs head* So yeah, don't know anyone in any of my pracs or tutes, though Hillary has her CS tute with me. Except that I've really only known her since what, the CS exam? I mean, I know she was Kairii's EE prac partner (err, it was her, right?) or anyway, I know her through Kairii. That aside, introductions. *shudders*
And then, the Communication component of Engineering, Planning & Design. Gah, I so am jealous of you, Jo, you don't need to do Communication. Well, I suppose I finally found a downside of choosing to study an Electrical Engineering degree. And to think, I was so happy not having to do Statics, Dynamics, and all those typical Engineering subjects... Because, Communication is in short, communication. i.e. talking and orals (OMG t3h orals!!!) Standing up in front of everyone and just blathering on... ok, not quite, but it sure feels like it. This week's one was informal, which I find even harder to do than formal ones. It has to do with tone. Oh and the interviewing of complete strangers... I think I almost died. Why couldn't this have been a subject where I didn't need to say anything, much less interact?! Arghhhh....
And then the practical element of EPD&C: our topic was "Amusement Park for Adelaide City". And guess what? I'm Group Leader, because frankly, nobody else wanted to do it and I wasn't particularly averse to doing it in the first place. It's not like I haven't "led" before, just probably not on this scale. I mean, planning and running/leading a few Duke of Edinburgh Bronze/Silver camps for a bunch of fourteen-fifteen years (as well as a few hyperactive thirteen year olds on occasion) doesn't exactly compare to a major Engineering project, now does it? Well, I'm good at planning things, perhaps not quite as well in executing them but then again, there's four more members in the group to do the things that I'm not so good at. And besides, this is a team effort, so I won't be doing everything - which would be nice. Time is precious and I am so very slow at going about at things. Mostly from excessive details but... oh and a 22-page limit. Scarily daunting but hey, that means I won't surpass the limit right? (:pfft:) Well, hopefully, anyway. I know I get carried on sometimes. (Word) limits are annoying but are necessary/fact of life so there's not so much I can do about it.
The lecturers and supervisors are adamant that we're not allowed to pester outside organisations for research purposes but hah, that doesn't mean I can't pester my f-list as a whole, does it? I'll be posting the question as a separate entry, because it's not like anyone truly has the patience to sift through my posts to actually get to the relevant part(s) (i.e. here - this bit), read it and answer my question, so a separate one. :D
And on another note, I still can't say "no" d*mnit. Le zut! *twitches*
You know, on Monday, I was in Rumours Café, drinking a large mocha (which I bought with the Union card discount; on Wednesday I was informed that apparently Mocha wasn't eligible for the discount - never mind the fact that I've been buying it with for the past year. *rolls her eyes* But w/e) and doing my Physics prac preparation (Speed of Sound) when I was approached and given a free Advertiser subscription. SCORE! lol, I just had to tell someone... ^-^ That'll save me $5.50 a week on the newspaper and seeing as this is for the rest of the year... *smirks*
Hmm, I passed all of my courses last semester so I'm happy enough. Admittedly, the results weren't anything spectacular but whatever, I passed and that's all that matters to me, no matter what other people have said and the silent insinuation that I could have done much much better - what do they know? They've never been through the experience and in my opinion therefore, does not have the right to judge me. At all. [/bitterness] I got a credit in Maths - so I'm content, as I'm sure I've mentioned previously, my cousin found it hard the first time around and had to repeat it - I'm kinda using her as a measuring stick, for a short while. It helps me cope, if anything. (Sorry, I don't mean to use you, this way, jie!) Passed Physics with a 53. I'm so proud of myself, xDDD considering how much I s*ck at the subject and I've heard (well, it wasn't quite eavesdropping - it's not like they were using indoor voices, lol) that quite a few people failed it, took their supps and barely passed and quite another few got around 51. So, I'm quite pleased in that respect also, because that implies that there actually are people around my level and that they s*ck at Physics with me. :3 (I'm not alone! teehee)
Hmm... last post before I'm 19, most likely. Hah, ever since (Aunt) Soo Wah called from America and that conversation that we had - I've been blocking the fact that I'll be turning 19 from my mind. And I totally forgot about it, as planned until Hana-chan asked me what I wanted for my birthday that I remembered. (So, if all goes well, she'll be getting me the D&D "Drows of the Underdark" book - it's around $60 though, which is a little dear for a birthday present...) and by that time I realised it was a little late to be planning a birthday party of any sort. So, if you were waiting for an invite or something, I'm sorry, it's not forthcoming... ^^; I want a text though. *mock stern glare* That and I was hoping to go to the Korean BBQ place, though it's really popular and I should have booked in advance, likely, really advanced. Eh. *shrugs*
Tomorrow - my Solar birthday and my Lunar birthday coincide (the last time that happened was at my birth, lol, obviously) - so my sixth aunt suggested I tell my mother to hold a big celebration for me, as that is a rare occurrence in itself - how often do the two calendars coincide like this? But at this point, I don't have anything planned and I highly doubt anything will be held. But then again, it's not like I haven't skipped a few celebrations before anyway. At least I can still be in denial over the whole thing (my age etc) as a formal celebration will no doubt cement it. But anyway, I'll still be expecting the flood of SMS of well-wishes though. Hahaha. Ambivalence, no?
Well, then. Until next update,
*Mwahz~*
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EDIT: Tagged, Memes and borrows from ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) dr_weil:
 Mingle2 - Brooklyn Singles
Tagged by dr_weil
List seven songs you are into right now, no matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they're not any good, but they must be songs you're really enjoying now. Post these instructions in your LiveJournal along with your seven songs. Then tag seven other people to see what they're listening to.
1. We're Coming Home - Rogue Traders
2. Thanks for the Memories - Fall Out Boy
3. Keep Your Hands Off My Girl - Good Charlotte
4. Y'Know - Priss Asagiri (Bubblegum Crisis)
5. Hit Me Up - Gia Farrell
6. Girlfriend - Avril Lavigne
7. DDR - Sammi (Um, I have no idea. This is what the file says when I got it off my cousin. Cantonese.)
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| I discovered something. Bad? Not really. My email provider has decided that it'll no longer host free inboxes and if I wanted to keep mine, I'd have to upgrade. I like the service, really and I was planning on upgrading anyway, except when I had the money and could be bothered. Just like me, I suppose. So lazy to actually do anything unless push comes to shove. Nyaaa~~~
So. Upgrade fee: £14.99 a year.
Can somebody please tell me how many pence there is a pound?
Because, I have no idea. I know the news report just said that there's 42.50 pence to an Australian dollar, so I know what the conversion rate is. And conversion thingies are hard to find online. I always seem to find them by accident, search engines aren't all too useful - must be because I look up the wrong things or whatever but then again, even if I do find one, the rates changes day to day anyway.
Oh, I am so so glad that I applied for that prepaid credit card a while back (they've upped the joining card fee and lowered the general fees: using, loading etc -- best of both worlds!! x3) because I am going to have to load the money soon. But I need to know how much I need to put on the card plus a safe margin in case the Australian dollar's value falls by a lot, or something.
So if anybody can help me by replying promptly, I'll appreciate it very much!
*pokes her British friends* lol
*Mwahz~*
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