Reading:
PThe Nightingale and the Rose, Oscar Wilde
Audiobooking:
The Sorrows of Young Werther, Goethe
Watching:
Farscape
Doing:
Way behind on all crochet.
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3.16.2002
...blah...stayed downstairs procrastinating too long...Dad just came out and randomly rambled about my brother failing, me (not) getting scholarships, complaned about us complaining to mom about him (which we've always done, our entire lives..that's what we're used to doing..they may be divorced now, but we still need someone to complain to sometimes..)... And I'm cold, and tired, and it's waaaay too quiet in here...need to put on music and play in photoshop for a bit, I think..
(I really *am* developing a major hang-up with that program, I think...wonder...are there like, support groups for people with software hang-ups??..."Hi, my name's Ananda, and I'm a photoshopaholic"?...nah...doesn't sound right...
..and yes, I realise that was terribly lame..and cliched...and I really really hate cliches..but..as mentioned, I'm tired..and feeling oddly disconnected with like, everything..even more so than usual..)
 I am a Breakout Bat.I am an abstract sort of creature, who dislikes any sort of restraint. If you try to pigeonhole me, I'll break the box, and come back for more. I don't have any particular ambitions, I just drift, but I am adept at keeping life going along. What Video Game Character Are You? |
 I taste like Menthol.I am refreshingly different; some people don't appreciate that. My sharp honesty gets up some people's noses, while others really enjoy it. I am something of an acquired taste. What Flavour Are You? |
..gotta love entirely random, insane quizzes...*g* ..these're great, tho...esp. the flavour one...anything where you can possibly be nuclear waste flavoured? That's just...awesome... -_^
Yet another Insanity Test...this's great...an' what makes it even better? Opening it up in a second, third, fourth, window, one after the other...
..I think I've been reading Wuthering Heights for too long--! ...but I'm only to page 70-something. Out of, like, 320. And I've been reading for..oh...the better part of five or so hours, total. And I'm a fast reader. This is baaaad...stupid journal entries--!
..'course...I *could* be reading now..'stead of complaining here...*sigh*...
Ahh... love Photoshop. And knowing how to use it. ...Brian did a psycho-scribble pic of a guy..sorta..in paint. Matt flipped it about and animated it. Then, while watching the gif, they saw another figure where the reversed image overlapped itself - Death. So they came up with a t-shirt design - "Simpleton Visions...", with Death on it. So Brian and I went on a font search, I played in photoshop for a half-hour or so...and we came up with a rather cool t-shirt. ^_^ (Brian is suitably impressed with my photoshopping skills, which makes me happy. *g*)
But I *really* should be sleeping now...have much reading to do tomorrow...
3.15.2002
Alright. Lovely new Larry pics are up. ^_^
They're blue. (Is anyone surprised?) I really *do* have a hang-up with blue. Seriously. Like, the majority of the cpu-artwork I do? Yeah. It's blue. I dunno...just...things look *good* to me that way. There's some gorgeous shades of blue I can get on the computer, sky-blue...love that colour...like the colour of this blog. And a little darker...anything of this hue, doesn't entirely matter what shade. ...all my fav desktop pics I've done are the blue ones, really...well, ok, and the largely purple and orange Lar one I like...but like, the green one? I *think* it's good..but..I'm not sure. Cos the colour..I dunno. I like blue a lot better.
Blue has *got* to be Lar's favourite colour...it just *has* to be--! -_^
Actually, what I *really* ought to be doing right now is napping... going bowling with Kel's youth group from 10.30pm - 3am tonight! And I'm very very tired..and will fall asleep if I'm not careful...so I'm gonna try and sleep for a bit *before* I go... ...tho what I should *really* really be doing is reading Wuthering Heights, cos I haven't started yet, and I've got to read it, do journal entires, and essays. By Tuesday. And I haven't even started yet. (Yes, I am a procrastinator. *g*)
But...
I had to go search for some pics from the War tour, to make my nice love-of-the-moment pic...and I found some great groups shots of U2 from early on (from Take Me Higher, again)...Larry was so CUTE!!!! ..gah....-_^...
And I've been working on my random Larry-pic. Think it's done now...actually have two variants of it, one's a smaller version that's a little different...so I've gotta go put those up on Desert Songs now...
..and then there's that fanfic I wrote today (mostly in math, tho also during choir..english..early dismissal..), which needs typed and put online...think that'll wait, tho, I'm *really* tired--! (So, so sad...Friday night, I'm 18 years old, and it's 8.30 and I'm hoping for a *nap*?! ..stupid school...getting up at 5.30am is NOT natural!!!)
Yes! ...been listening to concerts from the War tour, and the one I've got on now (which's supposedly from 12.6.82...which would be before War came out...tho Surrender's on here...so I dunno...from England, I think..), they play "A Celebration"! ^_^ ..I honestly don't know what my hang-up is with the song...it's actually quite..un-U2 (inasmuch as one of their songs *can* be un-U2)...really, I fell in love with the title and the logo, then the lyrics, long before I ever heard it...the lyric I still love... "I believe in the powers that be, but they won't overpower me...I believe in the city's children, I believe the trumpet's sound.."...and the lyrics are rather lame, but the spirit of it's great. (And I still love the logo. *g*)
3.14.2002
YAY! It's working again!!! ^_^ ...and boomspeed's back up, which's also very very good. Boomspeed's where I host my images off of. You only get like, 1 Mg of space, but as long as you've not got *too* many pics, yer good. And they let you do off-site linking. And it's wonderful...one of the only places I can find that still lets you do that...
So it's been...an odd day. Good enough in school, less good when I got home, oddly enough... an' I'm tired, and have a headache, and have evil math to do...blah....
But at least I got my Tay pic up. And got my random Larry pic I've been workin' on lookin' much better...tho it's not done yet. (Want it to look perfect...cos it's Lar. -_^)
Happy birthday, Tay! ^_^ ...been trying to put up Tay as love of the moment..but blogger's bein' dumb, been having trouble accessing my template...
3.13.2002
Ah...love photoshop. Shoulda been practising my flute...or studying for music history test tomorrow...or studying up for economics debate tomorrow (at which I've a strong feeling there's gonna be like, *bloodshed*, between me an' Melanie Stenclik...)...but, instead, I made a nice new Adam pic. ^_^ ...it's on Desert Songs, in artwork, then random U2. (Don't worry...I didn't make an Adam pic before I did a Larry one! I started a random one of just Lar the other day, but I haven't finished it yet...and it's Adam's b-day. C'mon. *g*)
YES! Dude! ...within a MINUTE of putting up I've Got a Thing for Adam Clayton, I've got a review!!! ...sweet....Daf, we need to write more songs. *G*
..tho, reading it thru...I think it works better when you sing it, when you've got the tune...and the bass riff, of course ;) ...ah well...
Hrm. I'm bored. At school, on my early dismissal, an' nothin' to do...no point going home, either, cos I've jazz band in..oh, twenty minutes or so. Hrmmm.... seems there was somethin' I was gonna blog about the other day, and didn't....*pondering*...
U2 frickin' ROCKS. Larry's drums are awesome...love it... s'pose I *should* be focusing on Adam's bass today, but...ehrm...oh dear, yeah, we'll not go there just now... ;D
Just got back fom playing at the county office building with woodwind quintet (*and* the flute quintet/sextet, for part of it - Mead recruited me cos they needed another person...) So that was interesting...got me outta school, which's always good. And the building's *gorgeous*, and the sound in there is *wonderful*... The building's all gold and ornate and stuff inside..but not like, gaudy. Just...nice. The room we played in (and I sang in, few years back, with ensemble) was like, I dunno, maybe 50 foot square, at the end of the entryway... but above, it's open to the four floors above...the sound just goes up and echoes around everywhere and it's *wonderful*... Crazy, tho, I could actually *hear* my flute, an' it was even *loud*! ;) (Not as bad as at the airport, tho..that was nuts. We did "Steppin' Up to the Blues" as a warmup, as usual, and Mead had me do a solo. When either myself or the bass gets to solo there, he has everyone else play stop time - just on beat one, instead of on..most of the beats - so we can be heard. So it's like, SILENCE, except for me, my flute resounding through this huge airport lobby...it was...wow...great, but scary.)
Was crazy, tho, there was this crazy old guy there... we're up there playing, and this old-ish guy, with this *massive* white beard, comes in, he's got shorts on, socks pulled up to his knees, a baseball cap, some green shirt, I think...and he sits down, then scoots over and chats with the flute ensemble...then the rest of my quintet ('cept me, cos I had to play again) sat down when the flutes came up, the guy chatted with them...left a while later, saying we were great...it was very strange. They tell me he had on red nailpolish, too..which's just...odd... I mean, I'm not entirely prejudice against, say, homeless people, cos I know a lot of cases it's not they're fault. But the nailpolish...that's not right...and it was just weird...very strange.
..and this is frickin' *Rochester*, y'know? ..wow...
Oh yeah. And sight-reading at a performace? Not a good idea....! ..Flutes didn't have enough music, they were sight-reading trio music during band, doubling up on parts. Then Mead sent me in to paly with them, sight-reading, of course, so there'd be three parts doubled, 'stead of just two doubled and one solo, which'd be dumb. But they'd started before I got in there...so we're at the county office beuilding, being frickin' *taped* by channels 10 and 13, and we're sight-reading. And Tara and I are like, *not playing* parts---! I looked at her, I'm just like, I'm sight-reading here, this isn't even my group! ..it was bad...
Happy Birthday to Adam Clayton! ^_^
...wonder what he's doing for his birthday? *giggle*...now *there's* somethin' to ponder...oh dear.... -_^
3.12.2002
Dude...I find this so very amusing. My *brother* got harassed today for what *I* was wearing..and *I* didn't. *giggle* I've got on..lessee...my dark-red-with-traces-of-gold-glitter giant platform shoes (leftover from my Macphisto costume), my awesome red pants (they're metallic, kinda shiny, with these random dark blue streaks...they're awesome, I love them dearly ^_^), white sleeveless shirt with a glittery red guitar and "rock" on it, and my nice pleather jacket. And some necklaces, bracelets, rings. And my friends are just like, "it's the red pants!", Heather thought it was great, Chris made fun of my cos I'm wearing a belt (cos I wore this old tie last time instead of a belt..just..for the randomness of it. And it worked, so...), but otherwise... And then my poor little brother, his friends and peeps are all like, "man, look what she's *wearing*!", "dude, that's his sister", "if that was *my* sister, I'd like, beat her up.."...;D ...I find this highly amusing. Feel a *little* bad, but... ..not that bad. *eg*
3.10.2002
Man...'nanda's a quiz junkie today...took about five, six today (rest are up on Funky Schoolbus, should anyone care..)
..but me likes Legolas... -_^
Take the Concubine Quiz at Scared Ducky!
Yes! ...cool....I love Unico!
See, I'm *not* *evil*...! (Despite what the world tries to tell me...but then, this quiz doesn't take into account the ability (or lack thereof) to perfectly imitate Macphisto's grin...hehehe...*evil Macphisto grin* ^~^ )
Ok... see if this works right... Decided to attempt a nice lil pic-thing to let the world know what my current hang-up of the moment is. ^_^
Happy day. Both Adam Clayton and Taylor Hanson's birthdays are actually *listed* in the paper this week! ^_^ ...Adam's 42 on the 13th, Tay's 19 on the 14th...*giggle*...wow...looks like such a huge difference..yet...they're the same to me... *shrug*
But yeah. On the off-chance anyone's wondering, got the follow-up lecture yesterday, and it actually wasn't *so* bad...cos now Dad's just pissed about his taxes being higher this year than he'd thought. (Which I will prolly rant about later, cos it's really really retarded.) And I mean, paying much money is a bad thing, but..at least he's not so mad at *me* now--! Plus, I'd done up the scholarship info I'd gotten from SUNY Fredonia (where, btw, I've actually gotten accepted--!)... so, yeah.