Storms and Drawings and Roomates

The weather is so weird . . . all haze and thunder and no real show of anything . . . no rain or actually storming . . . thought it does look like lightning could come out of anywhere . . . it's rather eerie, actually . . .

Kristina, Tory needs you to pose for her with your cats and a drum (or anything, really . . . sing, flag, lol . . . ). Jessica, eventually she will track you down and get you with your violin and your scorpion, if possible, if that works . . . I think it would be cool, lol . . .

This is the reason why:
Nichole (well, kind of . . . Nichole doesn't really have a penguin, but everything else is right)
Roxie (Tory's friend)
Tiffany (she's not naked, she's in a swimsuit!)

Yeah . . . so those are fun ^_^ Pictures of people playing instruments with their pets . . . too bad Megan isn't around anymore )-: Still . . .

I have a roomate now! She is from Holcomb, Missouri . . . which apparently only has like 600 people in it (Mom looked up some stuff about it online-- so by comparison I'll be the "big city" one-- ha ha . . . ), but has one of the best high schools in the state. I just sent an email last night, but she hasn't replied yet. I think she's a volleyball player, because her email address says "vball" in it . . . which could be kind of bad, because she plays at school she'll probably move in early and have a bunch of volleyball team friends already . . . so I'll have to like find people . . . darn it . . . meeting people is so hard . . .

Now, I am going to shower, because I feel dirty, and quickly, because if this storm actually does come up to something, I don't want the power to go out on me . . .

Storms and Drawings and Roomates

The weather is so weird . . . all haze and thunder and no real show of anything . . . no rain or actually storming . . . thought it does look like lightning could come out of anywhere . . . it's rather eerie, actually . . .

Kristina, Tory needs you to pose for her with your cats and a drum (or anything, really . . . sing, flag, lol . . . ). Jessica, eventually she will track you down and get you with your violin and your scorpion, if possible, if that works . . . I think it would be cool, lol . . .

This is the reason why:
Nichole (well, kind of . . . Nichole doesn't really have a penguin, but everything else is right)
Roxie (Tory's friend)
Tiffany (she's not naked, she's in a swimsuit!)

Yeah . . . so those are fun ^_^ Pictures of people playing instruments with their pets . . . too bad Megan isn't around anymore )-: Still . . .

I have a roomate now! She is from Holcomb, Missouri . . . which apparently only has like 600 people in it (Mom looked up some stuff about it online-- so by comparison I'll be the "big city" one-- ha ha . . . ), but has one of the best high schools in the state. I just sent an email last night, but she hasn't replied yet. I think she's a volleyball player, because her email address says "vball" in it . . . which could be kind of bad, because she plays at school she'll probably move in early and have a bunch of volleyball team friends already . . . so I'll have to like find people . . . darn it . . . meeting people is so hard . . .

Now, I am going to shower, because I feel dirty, and quickly, because if this storm actually does come up to something, I don't want the power to go out on me . . .

If You Like A Lot Of Amy On Your Biscuit, Join Our Club

Doctor Unheimlich has diagnosed me withAmy's Disease
Cause:	bee sting
Symptoms:	neck lengthening, extreme double-jointedness, pointy ears, halo
Cure:	take a day off work
Enter your name, for your own diagnosis:

Slogans from the Slogan Generator Julia found:

Amy is so Bracing.
Put An Amy In Your Tank.
More Amy Please. (Ha ha! I'm Ovaltine! I pity da foo'!)
If You Like A Lot Of Amy On Your Biscuit, Join Our Club. (Heehee, I'm rather fond of that one, lol . . . )
Amy Not Included. (So don't buy that . . . because you know you want Amy . . . )

Life's Pretty Straight Without Tiffany.
Little. Yellow. Different. Jessica. (Right . . . I wonder what THAT was originally from, lol . . . ).
Every Kiss Begins With Julia. (Lol!!! Even though she already did hers, a lot, too, actually . . . ).
Don't Be Vague. Ask for Tory.
Everything We Do is Driven by Alice.
Good Robert Has Danish Written All Over It. (Of course . . . I know I think "Danish" whenever I think of Robert . . . ).
A Tough Liz to Follow.
Do You, uh, Nichole? (Oh, yes, I, uh, Nichole!!!)
A Kristina's Too Wet Without One. (Um, a diaper? . . . or we could go very dirty on that one, too, lol . . . ).
Happiness is a Cigar Called Erin.
The Real Smell of Christina.
Avez-Vous Un Katie?
You Too Can Have An Anne Like Mine.
Try Neil, You'll Like It.

How bored am I?

If You Like A Lot Of Amy On Your Biscuit, Join Our Club

Doctor Unheimlich has diagnosed me withAmy's Disease
Cause:	bee sting
Symptoms:	neck lengthening, extreme double-jointedness, pointy ears, halo
Cure:	take a day off work
Enter your name, for your own diagnosis:

Slogans from the Slogan Generator Julia found:

Amy is so Bracing.
Put An Amy In Your Tank.
More Amy Please. (Ha ha! I'm Ovaltine! I pity da foo'!)
If You Like A Lot Of Amy On Your Biscuit, Join Our Club. (Heehee, I'm rather fond of that one, lol . . . )
Amy Not Included. (So don't buy that . . . because you know you want Amy . . . )

Life's Pretty Straight Without Tiffany.
Little. Yellow. Different. Jessica. (Right . . . I wonder what THAT was originally from, lol . . . ).
Every Kiss Begins With Julia. (Lol!!! Even though she already did hers, a lot, too, actually . . . ).
Don't Be Vague. Ask for Tory.
Everything We Do is Driven by Alice.
Good Robert Has Danish Written All Over It. (Of course . . . I know I think "Danish" whenever I think of Robert . . . ).
A Tough Liz to Follow.
Do You, uh, Nichole? (Oh, yes, I, uh, Nichole!!!)
A Kristina's Too Wet Without One. (Um, a diaper? . . . or we could go very dirty on that one, too, lol . . . ).
Happiness is a Cigar Called Erin.
The Real Smell of Christina.
Avez-Vous Un Katie?
You Too Can Have An Anne Like Mine.
Try Neil, You'll Like It.

How bored am I?

Obasan and A Seperate Peace

I finished two books today, one the "Obasan" novel I've been working on, and the other "A Separate Peace" which Mom picked up at the library for me at about 3:00 today and I have spent the past six hours reading.

Obasan got a bit better, but I still can't help thinking most of its acclaim is merely in its revelation of an unpopularly-brought-up time in history. How the ending comes to pass makes it better, and it has some tying-up-sums-up bits . . . but I dunno . . .

I really liked "A Seperate Peace," though (if it isn't obvious by how quickly I read it, lol . . . ). At first, since it was at a boarding school, I kept attaching the two main characters to James Potter and Remus Lupin, because their personalities were similarly situated on the outside surface . . . but then it was weird because I started equating a lot of it to Alice and I, but neither one of us as particularly one character or the other, sort of switching back and forth. Maybe it was just a really good book about summing up friendship (you don't get many of those, purely on that . . . there was no romance at all, with anyone, in this), a really long-term, close one, particularly one with high emotions and lots of tension and sometimes even bitterness . . . I don't know, it was kind of odd . . . I can't really explain it . . . maybe you should read it, Alice, and see what you think . . .

The book cover said something about it showing "the darker side of adolescence" and creating a theme "deeper and bigger than evil itself"-- sort of equating an incident between the boys in the novel as an allegory for war in general (since it takes place in WWII), and it did a really good job with the parallel, but, once again, I don't think it was about "evil." The author himself referred only once to what could be "evil" as "an ignorance of the human heart"-- which is really much more believable . . . weakness, not evil. So I disagree with that reviewer, in that sense, lol . . . but you know me ^_^ Still, I liked how it was darker but still reconciled with the idea of optimism . . . it wasn't the typical happy-ending book, but it wasn't pure tragedy, either. It really lacked a catharsis, actually (a death made me cry . . . that's usually a good sign there isn't one, lol . . . ), but it had, well, a good point to it. Part of it really shook me . . . but thank God it wasn't over without reconcilation. *Phew* I hate it when books do that . . .

At any rate, as you can tell, by my glowing report, I really liked it, and it left me with a sort of flowing eloquence afterward running through my head . . . I love it when books do that. I haven't felt that since "Demien" by Hermann Hesse . . . I love it when the narrator has a voice that stirs you and makes you feel, afterward, lingering in their afterglow, eloquent yourself and capable of expressing all things . . .

. . . okay, so maybe that isn't the case, but I feel that way . . .

I am going to go take a shower and then write my own book (even though it's dangerous to write directly after reading something good; I develop a tendency to copy . . . oh, DAMN, Harry Potter is going to so set me off course, it always does, lol . . ) before that eloquence comes to pass, lol . . .

PS: I have "In the Hall of the Mountain King" as a ringtone on my cellphone. Call me, lol . . .

Obasan and A Seperate Peace

I finished two books today, one the "Obasan" novel I've been working on, and the other "A Separate Peace" which Mom picked up at the library for me at about 3:00 today and I have spent the past six hours reading.

Obasan got a bit better, but I still can't help thinking most of its acclaim is merely in its revelation of an unpopularly-brought-up time in history. How the ending comes to pass makes it better, and it has some tying-up-sums-up bits . . . but I dunno . . .

I really liked "A Seperate Peace," though (if it isn't obvious by how quickly I read it, lol . . . ). At first, since it was at a boarding school, I kept attaching the two main characters to James Potter and Remus Lupin, because their personalities were similarly situated on the outside surface . . . but then it was weird because I started equating a lot of it to Alice and I, but neither one of us as particularly one character or the other, sort of switching back and forth. Maybe it was just a really good book about summing up friendship (you don't get many of those, purely on that . . . there was no romance at all, with anyone, in this), a really long-term, close one, particularly one with high emotions and lots of tension and sometimes even bitterness . . . I don't know, it was kind of odd . . . I can't really explain it . . . maybe you should read it, Alice, and see what you think . . .

The book cover said something about it showing "the darker side of adolescence" and creating a theme "deeper and bigger than evil itself"-- sort of equating an incident between the boys in the novel as an allegory for war in general (since it takes place in WWII), and it did a really good job with the parallel, but, once again, I don't think it was about "evil." The author himself referred only once to what could be "evil" as "an ignorance of the human heart"-- which is really much more believable . . . weakness, not evil. So I disagree with that reviewer, in that sense, lol . . . but you know me ^_^ Still, I liked how it was darker but still reconciled with the idea of optimism . . . it wasn't the typical happy-ending book, but it wasn't pure tragedy, either. It really lacked a catharsis, actually (a death made me cry . . . that's usually a good sign there isn't one, lol . . . ), but it had, well, a good point to it. Part of it really shook me . . . but thank God it wasn't over without reconcilation. *Phew* I hate it when books do that . . .

At any rate, as you can tell, by my glowing report, I really liked it, and it left me with a sort of flowing eloquence afterward running through my head . . . I love it when books do that. I haven't felt that since "Demien" by Hermann Hesse . . . I love it when the narrator has a voice that stirs you and makes you feel, afterward, lingering in their afterglow, eloquent yourself and capable of expressing all things . . .

. . . okay, so maybe that isn't the case, but I feel that way . . .

I am going to go take a shower and then write my own book (even though it's dangerous to write directly after reading something good; I develop a tendency to copy . . . oh, DAMN, Harry Potter is going to so set me off course, it always does, lol . . ) before that eloquence comes to pass, lol . . .

PS: I have "In the Hall of the Mountain King" as a ringtone on my cellphone. Call me, lol . . .