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11.12.2004
 
Went on another buddy iconning binge, eighteen new ones up on DS, including a whole bunch of Mackie. <3 <3 <3
(And a new lil Edgeling and Adamlet and Larling and Bono/Edge heeeeeeeeh. <3)

And it's cold, and I'm determined to hit 8,000 words before falling asleep (hopefully more, but I'm being realistic x_x), time to go curl up under blankets where there's a chance of some warmth.

Sweet dreams, all~

11.11.2004
 
...is it bad that within an hour or two of hearing a new Mackie-quote that I've worked it into my "novel"? ^^;

*giggles, shaking head*

I AM OBSESSED.

..what else can you say about someone whose artistic output of the last, three years? has been almost entirely based on things drawn from a character, created a decade ago, by the singer of a rock band?

and I SPAZZ the fuck out at any mention of Mackie that's occured since the ZooTour.. that bit in the MuchMusic interview from 2001, where Bono addressed someone dressed as Mackie out in the crowd... and now this!!!!!! There's no way I can even remotely explain what an affect this is having on me. Someone the world's not seen in eleven years, someone whom I've been so entirely captivated, have fallen in love with.. the one who's given me something from which to build so much...

*laughs softly, shakes head* obsessed.
 
ELEVEN DAYS 'TIL HTDAAB!!!!!!!!

ANOTHER LYRIC LEAK AND *THERE'S A LINE ABOUT BINARY CODE ON A B-SIDE*!!!!!!!!

AUDIO OF BONO MAKING A PHONE CALL WHILE HALF ASLEEP AND HIS VOICE IS ALL FDSHUKL;FHIOD'SD AND HE YAWNS AND THE CUTE!!! AND THEN!!!!!

HE CALLS BACK AGAIN AS MACKIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*passes out from the spazzing*

(p.s. if you want the audio, s'on my desktop and available thru my aim. ohhhh myyyy gooooooodnesssssssssssss Maaaaaackiiiiiiiie!!!!!! *dies*)



11.09.2004
 
O_o;
o...mg.

Just registered for my classes?

I got into *everything*, first shot.

Well almost first, I had to change the section I was in for one of the Media Arts classes cos for no apparent reason I was getting a Major restriction, but it's the same time and all, just a different course number, so that wasn't an issue.

Craziness though, yo.

So, next semester, classes start either 9.30 or 12.30. *giggles* Only one class each on Thursday and Friday (that's going to be a little annoying, but also relaxing).

Introduction to Experimental Video Art (a 100-level course I have to go back and take for my major..yippee.)
Interactivity for the Web (should be fun and helpful <3 ..this used to be Interactive Design II, the follow-up to my Flash class, but apparently Is and IIs have no continuity whatsoever in this major anyway *giggles*)
Sight, Sound, Motion (yeah who knows, more Media Arts)
Contemporary Religion (phiiilooosoophy! <3 and it's with Tuggy, who I hear lots of good things about. 400-level though, I'm a bit scared..but there again, I took a 300-level in my first semester as a freshman. *g*)
Life Drawing I (^_______________^ at last!!!)

And VAP of course, cos I have no choice in the matter. Overall though, not looking like a half-bad semester.


The other good news?

I GOT AN A ON MY PHILOSOPHY PAPER!!!!!!! Well, A-, but still! \0/ I have been struggling alllll semester so far, trying to get these discussion papers above a B, and I'd not been able to get farther'n a B+ until now. Of course this's a difference of like, one point, turns out, but, still. *happy proud lil me*

And now, it is so definitely naptime, between now and my next class. x_______x

11.08.2004
 
Why was Bono crushing a plastic cup of water, letting it spill all over his hand, so incredibly hot?

mmnphh.

*giggles* I am so hopeless.

But omfg, *fiiiinally* got this '83 show to finish downloading and ooomgheeeeeee. *__________* Sooo preeeetty. 8-20-1983, Rockpalast show.. Edge's shirt is rather unbuttoned. As is Ad's vest. Larry has on this thin little white t-shirt that I think he cut up himself. <3 Bono's hair's a bit oversized but gheeeeeee there's definite Bonofuzz an---
O_O
And he just took the silly over-shirt off and now he's in the nice black vest and it's *so* nearlytotally unbuttoned gheeeeeeeeee.
And he's bouncing all over and standing on the railing that holds the audience back and I adore.

and ADAM SINGS!!!!!!! *spazzes!!!* omg I'm flipping. Megs, if you don't already have this I will send you, you neeeeeed. (It's a dvd rip, still in the dvd files, so it took a bit of poking and talking to my brother to get the thing to play, but I've got it now and it's easy now that I know what to do. *giggles*)

O_O!!!! BONO FELL OMG!!! This man-- omfg. He's STANDING ON A POLE, like the top of a fence-thing, it's a pole maybe a few inches in diameter. I cannot even fathom how he didn't fall right away, but then he FELL a good four feet down, landing on his cute lil bubblebutt and rolling to his back on what looks to be concrete. O_o;

AND HE JUMPS RIGHT BACK UP AND HE'S DANCING ON IT OMFG. *laughing helplessly* Granted there are roadies holding onto his legs now, but I can't even believe this boy.
I adore. So much.

*laughs* and a song later, he sits on a crouching roadie's back. <3


Meanwhile, I am *SO* sick of the bullshit around here, to the point where, honestly? were it a viable option to live at home next semester, I *would*, I am so sick of this. Britt and I were in the kitchen, fixing ourselves late dinners, talking. And she said she was thinking about taking Bear home with her for Thanksgiving break.
And I brought up with we've been tip-toeing around, and mentioned something about Britt's friend taking her or what was going on? And Britt gives me this look.
This is exactly what Meghan told me she was afraid of the other night: she apologised to Britt for the whole mess, but she feared Britt thought that it meant she and Justin were ok with having the cat here now. And that definitely wasn't the case, and I said no, what reason would she have to think that?
Well, she apparently *found* a reason. >_<

So we talked about it, for quite awhile.
And she says she feel really betrayed in this whole situation. And we both agree that no-one, ourselves included, have handled things in the right way. And she admitted again that she has a temper etc (but she uses this as an excuse to be bull-headed, she never tries to curb it).
But what really got me?
She said that she'd had this all planned out, two weeks ahead of time we were all agreed, she planned it all and worked things out with her parents and everything else... and then we came to her two days before and said we were having doubts.
And I agreed, yeah, we probably should have said something sooner...but y'know, sometimes it takes awhile for things to sort out in your head.
And then Britt said, I'm not the kind of person who, after planning something all out for two weeks, is going to go back on it two days beforehand, because of a few doubts.

yeah.

*siiiighs heavily* and she thinks she's right.
..rather, she *knows* she's right, she has no doubt, at least none that are remotely visible.

Meghan told me that she's purposely not letting herself get very close to Bear because she's had to let go of a cat before, and it was really, really hard - she doesn't want to get attatched to something she just has to say goodbye to again so soon.
Britt insists Meghan and Justin just don't want the cat, they don't like Bear they don't want her etc.
So I explained to Britt what Meghan told me. And Britt says it's complete bullshit, it just means Meghan doesn't want the cat, the cat doesn't understand something like that, and I'm like no, look, it's not about that at all, that's jsut what Meghan feels she has to do, for herself.. and try as I did, I almost started crying I was getting really upset, Britt *cannot* accept that as a legitimate thing, she *will not* accept that that's how some people are, that's just what they have to do.

*siiiighs heavily*

I told Britt that Meghan and Justin were thinking about moving out after this semester. She said that would be fine with her, we could find two new roommates, or cover it ourselves, whatever.
Later, she said *she'd* been thinking of moving out after this semester.

So apparently?
All anyone here cares about is their own side of the issue, and I'm the *only* one trying to hold things together.
No-one else even wants to.
Why am I even trying, I'm only going to get left behind in the fucking cold as they all go on their merry seperate ways.



*turns attention back to the passionate, bouncing Bono and amazing Lar and stunning Edge and guhhifying Adam, letting the songs wrap a sore heart*
 
*cringes* Y'know how painful it is going back and reading blog entries from a few years back?
It's just as painful looking back at my old desktops, good loooooord, I shouldn't have anything from before like, a year ago on DS (with the exception of like, two), they're sooooo baaaaad omg. *giggles, shaking head* Even ones from 2002, which wasn't that long ago, suuuuuck soooo baaaaaad. Blotchy images, horrendous composition, too much going on at once, no visual flow, and most of all, lack of a consistant look. Ouuuuccch. So dreadful, they're all such a mismash of random affects and pictures and too much text and.. yiesch.

(What scares me is knowing that in another two years, I'll be looking back at what I'm doing now and probably think the same... this is good cos it means I'll undoubtedly be better, but I'll have even *more* absolutely shite in my backlog that I've embarrassed myself with.)

*laughs softly, shakes head* I guess learning and living your life in the public light of the internet keeps your ego down, at least... yeah people'll look at what you do, but uhm.. in a few months, that might not always be such a good thing.
 
mmmph. great big huge update over on DS instead of me working on the storyboard for my next flash project. *giggles* Loooots of new U2 stuff, largely dealing with NEW pictures <3, cos they're gorgeous. *g* Buddy icons, lj icons (Megs omfg you neeed to go see *giiggles*), and a few desktops.

*lost in happy U2 daze*

11.07.2004
 
Daf and Laur - just got a letter from Childcare Ministries - sponsership is going up to $21/mo in January, cos of rising costs for everything. They do give an option for staying at $18 if you can't pay the $21.. but I can swing the difference if need be, but either way it's only a buck extra per month from you guys, or three for me, I don't mind at all, just thought I'd let you know.
Oh that's right, and there's a new letter from Samweli..only I think it's from like a year and a half back. ^^; Will scan and post once my printer decides to work again.
 
..I caved and let Megs send me "Miracle Drug", cos she was spaaaazzing and needed a spazz-buddy and.....
..and omg.

If ever a song will make you fall completely in love with The Edge, this is it.

This song is *stunning*, I---- *mind still blown, after about twenty listens*


...each one of the four (and a bitlet of a fifth) songs I've heard so far could be a single, could be The Best Song on an album.

Every one of them.

And from all I'm hearing, this holds for everything else...

It was worth four years. Sooooooo so worth it. <3


Of science and the human heart
there is no limit
There is no failure here, sweetheart
just when you quit

I am you, and you are mine
Love makes no sense of space and
Time will disappear
Love and logic keep us clear
Reason is on our side
Love...

The songs are in your eyes
I see them when you smile ...