So, despite the fact that I still haven't gotten a single fscking class scheduled..I'm in a rather good mood. *Gorgeous* day out today...wow. *smiles* Yesterday I went out for about an hour between classes, used up a roll of film...went out this evening, a roll of b&w in my 35mm, and a colour disposable I've had sitting about like, since I got here. Was so warm out, I haven't needed a jacket all day...
Dionysos was so happy today..blew my mind. Talked to Britty, she said yeah, when he's happy like this..it's amazing, he just lights up, and lights up *everyone* around him.....would have to agree. *smiles* (..yeah..like you had to ask who that last post was about..*laughs* ..just, felt like writing something besides fanfic..wrote most of that in philosophy today, the class I was headed to...*g*)
Nearly slept thru freshman sem...ended up getting there like, fifteen or so minutes late...but it's freshman sem, there's like, a hundred of us, who's gonna notice? ...didn't even have our normal teacher today, was some other dude...but actually, it was a lotta fun today. They had the Latin Jazz Combo-group-thing in, they played and stuff...can we say Yeah, drum solos!!!! ? *hehe* yay. ^_^
Oh..yeah..oughta mention..went to the Percussion Ensemble concert the other night...dude, that was *awesome*! ..wow...was just blown away...Laura and I went, found a couple of rather lovely drummers..*hehe*..*laughs* But no, really...the music was *awesome*...this guy from Ghana played with them too...my God...incredible. *smiles*
May end up going to the concert band concert tonight, actually, with Kelly, Laura's roommate-to-be..we both need to get to more stuff for class credit things. meh. (That, and Melody, who lives nearby, kinda talked me into it..*g*).

Meanwhile, also have fun random linkage.
Bondage Barbie is *not* in trouble...
Axl Rose didn't show up, concert was cancelled and fans rioted...(so, yay for being a U2 fan..??? ^^;;; )
And, best of all...
The Police are getting back together!!! :D *Sweet*. ..just for a night or two, but..still. *smiles* That's awesome.

Oh, wait..I lied. There *is* something better...
This.
(Perfectly safe, don't worry..just frickin' hilareous. ^_^)

Oh! That, and....Larry did an interview!!!!!!! *blown away* ...the only other tiem he did that *I* know of was in like, '86! *laughs* ..head to u2.com, scroll down in the news to the news for Nov. 7...there's a link to real audio of my Larry-kun! *huge grin*

 
     The sun lit his upturned face with innumberable lines of shimmering radience as he smiled at the perfect blue sky.
     "It's so beautiful out! My heart's gonna explode!" he told me, no pretense nor shadow, pure light around and within him.
     I think this is the first time I've seen him totally happy and carefree...
     I had watched him for awhile, walking a short distance behind him on my way to class. He backed up, trying to get a good shot...he was grinning all the while, then he walked off quickly around the corner of a building. When I could see him again, he was walking towards a golden-leaved tree. I watched his walk - he was clad in loose dark pants and a pale yellow shirt that clung comfortably to his slim frame, a grey scarf around his neck despite the unusually warm autumn air. His pace was a little fast, very straight with no trace of swagger, yet not formal at all. Shy, I guess. He stumbled a bit on the edge of ths sidewalk, trip-stepping into the matted grass, but not stopping, not caring. He turned around, holding the camera up to his eye and looked at the gold and blue of the lens' miniaturized world. Brought the camera back down, spun about and partly ran into a bush as he backed up more. He disappeared behind the still-green shrub, and I smiled as I finally caught up with him. I waited until he took his shot, not wanting to startle him and make him blur the image. "Nice day to take pictures," I said. He turned to smile at me...

 
Wow...yay for college and dorms and late-night conversations. *smiles*
Randomly hung out with Britty and Laura for awhile tonight, Jacquie's actually here so we all joked around and talked and stuff some...later Jacquie and I were talking about how great concerts are...and how it can get annoying when a band you like gets popular (cos then you get all the people who just like that one song, or whatever, and don't truly appreciate the band)...talked to Haruna a bit, she's gonna be my roomate next semester! ^_^ ..that'll be great fun.
Erin's gone for the weekend (*tear*), so I keep popping over to talk to poor lonely Britty..*g* But yeah. We caught this thing on tv about all the stuff they found in school cafeterias? *shudders violently* ...decaying rodent bodies...that's all I'll say, and that's more'n enough...
Talked to Dionysos and Blake both on aim for awhile, as well as merani-chan and Laurel and Heather (who would NOT STOP SINGING THE "Happy Happy Joy Joy" song!!!!! AAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ..even worse, Britty sided with *Heather*! *cries*). ..also talked with Laura's new roomate-to-be (who kept IMing me..*shrugs* *g*)...oh! we sicked merani-chan on this girl who annoys the hell outta Britty, that's always *great* fun. ^_^ (Merani-chan, Britty and Blake both agree, they say you *should* make a business outta that! Blake: "...she really should charge.. she has an invaluable service!" *G*)...watched lots of silly flash-things and stuff online...and wandered over to talk to Britty for awhile at one point...and we ended up talking for like, an hour or two, about nature and trees and plants and gardening and old forts and things and...just all kinds of stuff. Great fun. So, yeah, about 1.30 we realised we should go to bed. ...'course, me, I had an e-mail to Megs to finish...and, of course, got distracted by other stuff. *g* (Inc. Dio's new website..which I helped with a tiny bit of html on--! *laughs*...but it's awesome, of course...has some of his actual artwork up on there now, too, as well as his photos and writing...wow. amazing stuff...meh. *is jealous* *smiles*) And Jacquie and I talked for awhile, about all different stuff...*contented sigh*
*huge-ass yawn*
...I...need...SLEEP. *g*
G'night, all. ^_^

 
*hehehe*...go down to Nov. 3rd's entry on this blog...entry entitled "Can I Play?"....
...y'learn somethin' new every day... ^_^
[note: contents certainly *not* G...'least not here. In Turkey, apparently this is a very respected thing, but..yeah. ]

*bursts out laughing* Ok, *wow*...this's just..odd, but fun. Yay. *mad giggles*
Human Clock...

 
So, yeah.
SCHEDULING HATES ME.
*sighs*
...it's just a curse, I guess...has been like this every year, why did I even hope for something different?
So, first off, my advisor got switched. Which actually *did* turn out to be good, cos now I've got this really sweet old guy. He's so nice! Yay. ^_^ That meeting went fine this morning, he said I really don't have to worry about deciding between music and art for awhile yet..*smiles* So we found all this stuff I could take, it was looking great.
I was able to register for classes starting at 1pm today, so I decided to do that right then, then go to 2d design a few minutes late.
Yeah. I was locked out of the system, cos I tried too many passwords like, a *month* ago.
>_<#
So, between 2d and art history, I ran into Maytum, got *that* straightened out.
5pm, I rush back to my dorm, get on the computer and go to sign up.
Gave me an error for every single class.
*cries*
...wouldn't let me sign up for music cos you have to be a music major to get in..(uhm, yeah, I'm pre-music, sorta, same blasted thing!). Everything else was CLOSED. Full.
Fuck.
...I can't *take* any other art 'til I get thru Drawing I!!! ..can't get into any cpu-graphics without photography, at least.
..I tried a bunch of other stuff for core requirements...all fucking closed.
*sighs*
...tried to call my advisor, the music office closed at 5. So, I e-mailed him..if I don't hear back by morning, I'll call again or stop by...GAH.
See, I know he can get me into the music classes...art..I've *got* to get in. My previous advisor did some wheedling and stuff, and I got into 2d design and stuff, which was supposedly closed at the time, sooooo...*sighs*
..Jacquie and I were looking through the list of all the closed classes...and it's like, EVERYTHING.
...yes, I can understand why they let the upperclassmen pick classes first...but *still*. Freshman get *fucked over*. ..Britty can't get into archealogy (which is what she wants to *do*), Jacquie can't get into the writing courses she wants, I can't get into *ANYTHING*, *literally*...
blah.
*sighs*

And I've got to do something about written theory..*sighs* Everything else, I've got an A or a B in...and I've got a D in written. -_-;;;;; *sighs* ..I can pull it up, tho...might have to work my arse off to do it, but I can, I know..

On the upside of things, tho... Megs sent me a card in the mail!!!!!!! :D *Totally* made my day. Mail is wonderful. ^_^ (*Especially* when it's in an envelope that's been sealed with a lil-Lar kiss. *G*)

 
*cries*
You guys!!!!! Y'know the Dream Out Loud thing I've been so hyped up about, in Buffalo??? ...she's not doing it anymore!!!! ..I mean, the thing's still happening all over the world, but the girl who was gonna do it in Buffalo just couldn't get it together, she was so busy with other stuff and all...so she says her Amnesty group is doing a rally-thing this Saturday..maybe I'll try to get there for that, but....
*cries*
This really sucks. ;_;
(..will still keep the banner on here and Desert Songs, tho...I still think it's an awesome thing...and hey, if I can find someone who'll get me to one of the other sites for the rally, I may still try to go...)
*sniffle*

...on a happier note, just got an e-mail saying my U2 Best Of shipped today, I'll have it in 3-7 business days. ^____^

 
HOLY CRAP!!!!! LARRY was in UPSTATE NY yesterday!!!!!
:D
Dude.
*mind blown*
...taking a vaca with family....gahhhhhh!!!! *G* cuteness. ^_^ (Actually..think he said he's here for a few weeks...which means he's still here!!!! *flips out*)

Can still listen to the full interview off msn here...over an hour long, be warned. ~_^ (There's also a partial transcript...go read, cuteness abounds. *g*)

Adam was in Nepal, specifically, and wasn't there at the start of it..
Bono: "He's always had a bit of the wanderlust, our Adam, and he's out searching enlightenment, and God knows we need that."
Interviewer: "So, you really *don't* know what he's doing there?" [Edge was in NY, and hadn't even known Lar and Bono were there, too...even tho fans around the world knew days ago, but..*giggles*]
Edge: "I presume he's walking, because I don't think the public transport is very good in the Himilayas. Probably just enjoying the scenery."

Title of "Electrical Storm" came out of the nervous times we live in, post-911...but ended up just being a song about lovers trying to clear the air.

Larry on the vid: "It was the hardest day's work I've ever had. *everyone laughs* ...An odd, but an interesting experience...I enjoyed it, but I was a little alarmed when I saw it. ...you watch it back on tv, and" Bono: "-you're a porn star" Larry: "-a porn star..Electrical porn"...[*hehe* ..remember that, is bound to come up in the future..*evil giggles*]
Said Samantha Morten was "wonderful", tho.
*GLARES*

Hardest/easiest albums:
Lar: hardest: "Achtung Baby", before that "October", cos of stolen lyrics..."the reasons that records are hard to make has more to do with external factors than internal ones, I've found."
easiest: "Zooropa"
Edge: "Boy was a great record to make cos we had so much time to prepare the arrangements for the songs", they just got to experiment in the studio and all.
Bono: "Boy was fun", in and out in three weeks.
hardest: "Achtung Baaaby" because of tension in the band, etc. "..that, and Zooropa...we didn't know where the walls were. Then I suppose on Pop we walked into a few walls! ..but since the first album, Pop was the funnest to make." ..finishing it, they died, ran out of steam, but he loves the song-writing and all.

Bono's asked if he talks to himself constantly. People laugh. Edge points out this is a very good question. Bono says he's too busy ranting to listen to himself. *g*

If they knew twenty years ago what they know now, would they've done anything different?
Edge: "I would've kept up the bagpipe lessons I let slip.."
Bono: "..You took the high road there, didn't you?"
Edge points out that they're ridiculous perfectionists, and they'd fix things, but really there's nothing he'd change.
Bono: "Well, I'd start with the *mullet*... I'm glad we're onto the Best Of the nineties. The mullet, I'm, uhm, was definitely, uhm..I don't think people should ever look like their hair has been ironed."
Interviewer: "You talking about Larry's hair or yourself?"
*GLARES*

The Sarajevo concert on the Pop tour was one of their best, they decide..
..and post-911 gigs here..Bono: "oh, God...that was completely off the map." ...they were the first big band to come into NYC afterwards...the names on the screens were to remind everyone that these were *people*, not statistics..
Bono on the Madison Square gig: "I've never seen a rock'n'roll show where everyone is weeping, even the band.."..and people were seeing names of people they knew..."to be let *in* to that level of intimacy, it was a risk, and, ehrm, but I think people knew that we were doing it in a very respectful way."

"This is the biggest chatroom --there's no walls in it! Just coffee. Where's Adam tho, have we found him?" - Larry, I think.
"Yes, I'm here! ..I'm in!" *bursts out laughing* He sounds so posh!!! ...it's the year 2057 to people in the Himilayas. Edge: "Adam, that makes you in your nineties! How d'you feel?" Adam: "Actually, I feel...I feel young as a spring chicken. Must be all of the resort Ganges water, here."
Bono: "Have you been in the Ganges, Adam?"
Adam: "The Ganges, that's a river."
Bono: "Yeah, I know, have you been in it?"
Adam: "It looks a little dirty."

Dude...this sounds so like a fanfic!!! *laughs*

OMG!!!!!!! SOMEONE ASKED IF ADAM HAS A SPOON COLLECTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "Well, I do *now*, after the Simpsons.."
*mad giggles*
Score.

Interviewer: What's the most trouble drinking has gotten you into? Larry?
"I'm not ready to discuss that..not in public...I've uh, I've a family to look after..."

The most important event in Lar's life was when the Irish gov't had too many drivers liscences? I guess? and they just gave them out. And Lar got one. *laughs*
...Bono says a lot of people have critiqued this, and they tend to point to himself as a bad example. *mad giggles*

Adam's most important event was his own birth.
*bursts out laughing*
"..nine months after my conception...that's pretty big...I'm still getting over it..."

Fav U2 song! w007!

Adam: "I can't think of what it's called.." *laughs* "It's off the last album, it's the one that Bono always dedicated to his father?"
B: "Kite."
Adam: "Yeah, Kite.."
any that he cringes at?
"Oh, I love *all* of them! ..no.."

Larry: ..songs don't make him cringe cos they're bad, it's just that he thinks they're brilliant, but he's mad at how they *could* have been done so much better...claims he's *not* the most critical in the band, they all are. *g*

Last major ruck they all had:
Lar: "..definitely during All That You Can't Leave Behind, there was a big one, beacuse, just, somebody got a dig because they weren't, ehrm, they weren't playing fast enough!"
Interviewer asks how these disagreements and things manifest themselves?
Lar: "Well, you might just be sittin' there, and then next thing you know there's a foot in yer ass..." *laughter*
Bono says there's a very simlpe rule in this band: "Fast songs are better than slow songs."
Interviewer: "It's physical?"
Lar: "..it's physical thing, foot in ass, as a sign, that's play faster..."

Edge: fav song: changes all the time. *g* "This week, it's probably "Running to Stand Still"."
Bono: "So you're on the smack, are you?"
Edge: cringe-song: "I would quite happily never hear a song called "Jerusalem"...again....it's even more over-the-top than we were normally capable of."

Bono: fav: "Miss Sarajevo"

Q: Which band member would be most likely to avoid a dinner check?[*my $'s on Lar, cos he's still got his first communion $. Or Bono, just because.* *g*]
Edge: "...I think we're all very competetive in getting to the dinner check the *quickest*...our rows tend to be, "give that to me!" "no, no, give that to *me*", "give that to me, you bollocks", "you got it last week"!" [*is giggling like mad at Edge trying to sound like cranky U2s*]
"Bono's the most devious when it comes to *getting * the check...I tend to get wrapped up in conversation, Larry's about the same as myself; Adam, Adam doesn't do the dinner thing as much..."
Bono: "..he brings you 'round to your house, and he kills the fattest cow."
Adam always produces the finest, most expensive wines for people, tho he doesn't drink it himself.
Adam is asked if he's a good cook. "I'd like to be better... ..but I *do* like to put on the apron now and then."
*Ananda bursts out laughing*
Interviewer: "I'm sure it suits you."
*Ananda laughs even more*
Bono: "..just to go out, Adam..."

Spare time:
Edge goes to the movies and the theatre. an upcoming movie, "In America", he says is amazing. ...oh, shit. Samantha Morten is in it. >_<

Larry was the most suited to the role for the vid. *giggles* ..so he was forced into it.
Bono: "You'll notice Edge is very difficult to get into a bath!"
(*raises eyebrows* *grins manically* faaaanfic time! ^_______^)

Lar's spare time: doing other U2 stuff
Thinks coin and stamp collecting are very interesting hobbies, but he hasn't got the time to do them.
Bono asked if that'll be on his tombstone, Lar said yeah, the things he wished he'd done...*giggles*

Bono: "I've a load of peculiar hobbies and obsessions." ..but he's doing paintings with his daughters for a book! *huge grin* ..(read the thing on msn, they've the full quotes.)
Gavin and Maurice Seezer are doing the music for a movie...gah. how sweet. *g*

Adam's spare time: travelling, but also just being in a city, seeing gigs, going to book and music shops..*g*

And now we're up to where I caught it before. *laughs* ..oh dear, this got long. I don't care. Wonderful stuff. I love U2. ^_^

 
And *as* a U2 fan, I just splurged and pre-ordered the super-deluxe special ltd. edition of the new Best Of. With bonus dvd of Cool Stuff.
w000007!!!!! *laughs* ..it's like, $20 on Amazon..only like, $2 shipping, which's SWEET. 's all good. will ship about the 7th...should have it sometime next week. yayyyy!!!!!!!! :D

 
EL-E-VA-TION!!!!!! WOOO-OOO!!!!

*laughs*

...the dark mood has been completely dispelled, guys...thanks to U2....*smiles*
(Thank you.....)

...I feel like myself again.....one thing I know for certain: I'm a U2 fan. ..which, to me, says a lot...and says enough, for now.

 
Yeah. My ramblage on what-all was covered in the U2-thing here. w007! ^_^

...you've no idea how much I can't *WAIT* for new stuff now. ^_______^

 
*SQUEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*
*bounces happily all over her room*
I caught part of the U2 thing online!!!!!!!!!!! They were still going until 4.20 or so...AHHH!!!! dude, and I'd thought it was gonna be like, y'know, a chat? It wasn't!!!! It was streaming audio of the four of them talking!!!!!!!!! :D
I came in just as Adam was talking about what he's reading right now...then the interviewer asked about fame, what they all thought of it, if they ever wished they weren't famous...and she asked *Larry* first!!!! So I got to listen to my lovely Larry....*gone*....(he, of course, was like well, I'm protected from some of it, I'm not right out in front..but he was a bit down on it...*smiles*..which's what I knew his reaction would be...the rest don't mind it so much, they like walking down the street and having everyone wave and say hello...*smiles*)
Oh....darnit! I hadn't been going to u2.com to hear the new tracks off the new Best Of...I should've, they don't keep them up after that one day... ...but it's "Hands That Built America" today!!!! *oozes into happy little puddle* ...gorgeous.....
Ok. More spazzing up on the U2 blog shortly. ^_^

 

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