I got my new glasses. They look almost identical to my old ones. Well, not if you compared the glasses, but looking at me wearing them, they look similar.

The internet community has destroyed any hopes I had for Animal Crossing: City Folk.

Everybody is talking about how it's going to suck.

You've got people bitching because it's like Wild World instead of the GC version. I wanted the post office separate! I wanted the dump to return! I wanted the train station to return! I wanted the wishing well to return! I don't like the "rounded" world appearance!

Then you've got the people bitching because it's like the GC version. I see they didn't upgrade the graphics from the Gamecube version. The graphics should be better. [Which is ironic, because I played the GC version, and the pictures I saw of City Folk look much nicer than the GC version...]

Then you have to people that refuse to believe that Nintendo can do wrong, and they talk about how much they hope for things that have already been confirmed not to be in the game OR they talk about hoping for things that would never in a thousand years be included.

Then you've got the "People formally known as Nintendo Fanboys" who now bear a grudge against Nintendo for abandoning them for "casual gamers" who pick at every minute detail that they don't like (which they would have ignored had they still been Nintendo Fanboys)

Thank you internet. City Folk was the only thing I had to look forward to this year. Yes, I am that pathetic.

Well, we went to find some new glasses.

It's always so difficult to get new glasses, because I can't wear glasses that have metal legs, because I have an allergic reaction to the metal (or at least I did in the past). Also, I hate just about all glasses. But surprisingly, we found a pair fairly quickly.

I won't get them until Monday or Tuesday, so I just have to be really careful with these until then.

I wanted to get some Captain Ds, but they weren't open. I didn't want to go home and then leave again, so I asked if we could just wait for a little bit and then go after they opened. We waiting for a while in the mall parking lot, and got there at 10:30, which is when they open.

They wouldn't take our order, and my mom was getting pissed. I told her we could just go home. And she's all, "I didn't wait in the parking lot all that time to not get the food." So she goes in and sits for like five minutes. She comes out even more pissed because the people inside were ignoring her. She rants about how they can't open on time and then she's pissed at me because I wanted to buy some food.

She was in a better mood by the time we got home, but it still pissed me off that she snapped at me like it was my fault.

I've been telling myself that I need to study French, but I really don't want to study.

I want some freaking fast food.

But the doors are deadlocked and everything's probably closed.

I am in such a bad mood. My glasses are broken. My mom managed to sort of bend them back into place without breaking them in half, but there is a fracture in the nose piece and it's about to break in half.

And I have freaking insomnia. Rage.

I think I'm going to post here again. I'll change my mind tomorrow.

I had a discussion with my dad about politics that was originally about religion and he told me I sound like a liberal or a democrat or a liberal democrat or some such thing. And he told me that I don't need to be a liberal or a democrat or a liberal democrat or whatever.

God. I have no life. All I have to look forward to in life is a video game. I am so fucking pathetic.

I am so hungry.

I was really excited about AC:Wii until people started talking about how bad it is/is going to be.

Now I'm all disappointed. I guess I shouldn't read anything about it until it comes out. I really want to play this game and enjoy it.

I'm alive.

But you see, I stopped posting everywhere.

And then I realized there never was a reason to post in the first place, so I didn't bother picking it back up.

And I'm not picking it up now. I just wanted to post. Because I haven't for 12 weeks. And that's a long time.

Things are probably exactly the same as they were 12 weeks ago.

I don't remember how to say that in French. Actually, I might never have known how to say it, even though it was written on the board.

I have almost completely convinced myself to go buy Animal Crossing for the Gamecube. It looks so awesome. Much nicer than the DS version. The only superior thing about the DS version that I can see is that the DS version has WiFi.

GUESS WHAT I GOT FOR CHRISTMAS.

A little Eeyore thing. It was in my stocking. I love it. It's on my desk. When I saw it, I said, "Hey, look, it's ME!" I got some other stuff, but I didn't ask for anything except a CD. It won't be here until February. I kind of wish I'd known how much I wanted Animal Crossing for the Gamecube before now. Hindsight, 20-20 and all that.

Well, I've got so much to look forward to this year! I hate it that I was sarcastic enough to say that sentence. Oh god. If I fail to get a job this summer, I shudder to think of what might happen.

HAPPY NEW YEAR! MAKE IT A HAPPY ONE DAMMIT! DX

I stumbled upon this unintentionally, and I was surprised that I liked it.

Incidentally, I also like Work That. I wonder if I should purchase the CD?

My aunt had this shirt/blouse/sweater thing. It was SO SOFT. Before we left, I asked her about it, and she said it was a Christmas gift, and that the reason it was so soft is because it is made with 100% cashmere, which I now know is a type of wool.

I want a blanket made out of cashmere!

Subject = "Man is an animal that we call civilized"

What will I do with myself if I can't watch Futurama reruns every night?

I'm being overly dramatic on purpose. Anyway, Futurama is one of my favorite shows, and the contract for Adult Swim is ending. They're going to start showing Futurama on Comedy Central, but I never watch that channel. God only knows what they'll replace Futurama with on Adult Swim. Probably that shitty Boondocks show.

I restarted on Animal Crossing: Wild World. Today, I went to visit Alix in Boston, so I could help her upgrade her shop. I've been spending a lot of time on Gaia recently. I don't know why. Ah well.

I wonder if Mr. T really plays World of Warcraft. I doubt it.

I haven't been in a great mood recently, but I haven't been in a bad mood either. La la la.

I found a song I like to sing. It's called Shiosai, by Round Table featuring Nino. Also, I can sing this song. It's called Ça marche, and it's originally sung by Christophe Maé for the musical, Le Roi Soleil. That video is from the musical, it's not the music video version. I was so pleased with myself for singing a French song. Actually, I might have mentioned this song before, but I can sing it now.

I just figured out what "deifacted" means.

In FFXII, there is manufacted nethicite and deifacted nethicite. Manufacted nethicite is obviously man-made. And even though I know where the deifacted nethicite came from, I only just figured out what it means.

Deifacted. Deity. Deify. Etcetera.

God-made. Which makes sense, because spoiler.

So, I didn't know what to ask for Christmas, and I didn't ask for anything because of it. And my mom is all, "You're going to be so disappointed at Christmas. You think it won't bother you now, but it will on Christmas."

I don't care if I'm disappointed. There wasn't anything I wanted to ask for. All the same, I'm worried that my mom is going to get all upset or something. Right now, I don't care. I might care at Christmas, but there isn't anything I can do about it. I just don't want my mom to feel bad or anything.

Because that makes me feel so guilty. Forever. Because I can never forget it, and then it creeps back to haunt me when I'm sitting in silence, so I have to talk to myself loudly or make loud noises until I stop thinking about it.

Yeah. I'm weird.

I don't hate that "Feliz Navidad" song anymore. I just don't like that version that they always play on the radio. Unfortunately, I can't find a different version that doesn't suck.

I tried to find some French Christmas songs, but YouTube doesn't appear to have any. Well, that's not true. I found one, performed by two different groups, but they were both terrible.

I might have intended to say something else, but I was interrupted, so I don't remember.

I've had some weird dreams recently. I can't remember all of them, but here's two of them.

1. I was at some place similar to Moore's with someone. They had this machine that had cool shirts in it, and we wanted to buy some. So, we ended up buying all the shirts, but the shirts we wanted weren't in the machine anymore (somehow). So, we went and said we'd give the shirts back, but we wanted our money back, too.

And the woman at the desk is all rude. So, I leave by myself, and Leland (wtf?) rushes out into the parking lot after me and gets in my face and says, "DID YOU JUST SPIT ON ME?!" And I'm like, "No, I didn't even know you were here, how could I spit on you?" And he's all, "YOU TOTALLY SPIT ON ME YOU LITTLE BITCH." And then he starts trying to kill me. He's running super fast, and I'm doing all these flips and jumps and lunges trying to avoid him.

2. I was in this really big house. The house looked big on the outside, but it was really cramped on the inside. There were lots of animals in the house. One room had a lot of lions in it. A polar bear chased me.

I am paradoxical.

I was going to say, "I am easily amused," but quatre-vingt dix-neuf percent of the time, I'm not.

So. Yeah.

:o

I've been debating on whether or not to play Animal Crossing: Wild World again, but because of this really weird thing I have with video games (and the fact that the game world will have continued to proceed without me for these past several months), I am tempted to restart.

The problem is that while I was still playing, I joined a Animal Crossing community on Gaia and became acquainted with someone who was extremely generous and gave me some purple hybrids. I don't remember whether they were pansies or roses, but that's irrelevant because they're very rare and difficult to grow regardless.

Also, I grew a lot of hybrids. Also, for the first time, I achieved a perfect town status. Unfortunately, I started back to college and dropped everything. I missed the Acorn Festival. I have never actually played during the Acorn Festival.

Anyway, it would be slightly nostalgic to start over, because when I first got the game, it was Winter, and even though it hasn't felt like Winter lately GLOBAL WARMING, there will most definitely be snow in Animal Crossing.

Hmm. I was going to say something else. But I can't re-

I remembered.

I totally kicked ass on my English final. I mean, I don't have a grade or anything, but I'm really pleased with what I wrote. It took me the entire two hours to complete the exam (which was basically, 1. Choose 4 excerpts and write about them, and 2. Choose a topic and write an essay on it).

Now, you might be wondering why I'm writing this so late in the eve- early in the morning. Well, I'm prone to bits of insomnia, which may or may not have anything to do with the fact that I take naps on occasion. Also, while experiencing insomnia, I become incredibly hot, because my room is still the hottest room in the house, and even if I open my bedroom door, it doesn't dissipate the heat, and I decided I'd rather sit at the computer and be hot rather than lay under blankets and be hot.

I started a new game of FFXII and I totally don't hate it. I don't really understand why I enjoy the game, but I do. It's so European. I mean, not literally. They have European accents, and the world has an "Old World/Fantasy/High-Tech/Magic" kind of thing going on. And Fran's voice actress is amazing. Ironically she gets the least lines, it seems.

I deleted my MySpace and nothing happened. Oh well.

La La La La La la lalalalalalalala

I can't start playing AC:WW right now because the store is closed. And you can't sell anything to the store when it's stored. So, if I went fishing for several hours, I'd run out of room to store the fish, because I couldn't sell them until the store opened. Animal Crossing totally needs a Wal*Mart. Competition, you know? And open all night.

Actually, Animal Crossing needs an innovative (read: new stuff) sequel on the Wii. That's online. Now. Like, right now. Like, how I should be playing SSBB this month, but you pushed the release back until FEBRUARY. I dislike you with great intensity. Why do you test me?!

I don't think it's really fair for Oprah to campaign for Obama. Oprah has far too much influence to start influencing her viewers' political views (or lack there-of).

Seriously.

Because I think so little of people's ability to think independently.

But do any of us really think independently? Are our consciousnesses not influenced from birth?

For instance, if my parents had forced me to go to church as a child, I might be a bible thumper, and I might pester people to go to church. And I might threaten them with eternal damnation if they refuse, not taking into account how un-Christian that is.

I had my Concepts of Wellness exam today. My Geology exam is tomorrow, and my French and English exams are on Monday.

I found this music video on YouTube. It's horrible. It's this male French comedian pretending to be a stuck-up sixteen year old girl. It's funny though.

The title is Parle à ma main, which literally means, "Speak to my hand." An equivalent of the outdated American phrase, "Talk to the hand."



That's the whole thing, but this is the one I saw first. It's lower quality and has the lyrics, but doesn't show the first minute and a half.

I can understand some of it, but only because the lyrics are written out.

Second part of the chorus:
"I'm not listening to you; you don't exist; so, go on, speak to my hand.

Parts of first verse (which comes after the chorus):
"With my bitches [uses English "biatches"], I sway my hips in the street."
"Behind us, a guy, he's [staring?] at my ass."
"Oh, that's normal; I'm good in "Miss 60" size..." The next word, according to the lyrics, is the word for "bass" as in music, which doesn't make sense. Size 60 in French would be size 28 in the US. I don't really know if that means anything.
"You know, I'm just 16, but I have 95B [sized breasts]." Don't know if there's a conversion there or not.

Later in the song:
Repeated several times: "Guys? They're all nothing/worthless."
"They [her parents] don't want me to smoke, and they don't even want to get divorced!" Her friend replies, "My poor dear."
"They [her parents] don't understand that to survive, I need a scooter!" You can't drive a car in France until you're 18, but you can drive motorcycles and the like at 16.

"You're not my dad!"
[F.B.I. = Fausse bonne idée] Literally "False good idea"; "Not a good idea"

At the end:
Guy: "Go on, mademoiselle, give up your number!"
Her: "Okay, you've won, I'll [let go of] give you my number." "You ready?*" "It's 118 218."

She starts laughing after she gives him the number, because 118 218 is the French equivalent of 411.

*French actually has a verb, noter, which means "to take note" or "to write down". So, I didn't really translate it at all, but it's probably what someone would have said in English. It would have actually been "You taking note?"

Incidentally, French also has verbs for lunch and dinner. You're not just eating, your "lunching". I couldn't tell you what it is though, because I'm not getting the book out to look.

~

Ugh. I need to study for Geology. I'm entirely unprepared. :o

We found something that says that all of the classes I have signed up for have space left. No one else can sign up until January 7th either, so I just have to be ready then.

I'm really busy right now, because I'm preparing for finals. My first final is tomorrow.

Je t'aime.

Incidentally, I know why it is "je t'aime" and not "j'aime toi" now. It's because, if I'm telling you that I love you, it is unnecessary to say "you; toi" because you know I'm talking to you. So, I can use an indirect object pronoun, "te" instead. So, "j'aime toi" becomes "je t'aime".

They canceled my schedule for next semester because we didn't pay for it, but we didn't know we had to pay for it.

Now my mom's going to be crying all day.

I can't sign up for classes again until January 7. At which point, all the classes I signed up for will be full.

I'd really like to cry now, but I can't, because I lack that capability.

I hate living. It really fucking sucks to be alive.

I wish someone would kill me. Because if I kill myself, my mother will have a third thing to blame herself for.

I went to see the Nutcracker ballet today.

I thought the first act was kind of boring, and it wasn't really what I'd consider a ballet.

The second act was really good.

Those tights don't leave much to the imagination. :o

I was surprised at the number of children performing.

Um. I guess that's it. I'm not in a chatty mood.

The cable was out for a long time today, so I wasn't able to get online or watch tv.

My parents, sister, and my sister's boyfriend went to my grandpa's house to go fishing. My dad hasn't seen his dad in God only knows how long. I didn't go, because I don't like my grandpa, I don't like my grandpa's house, and I don't like to fish. Also, I wasn't going to sit in the backseat of my dad's truck with my sister and her boyfriend.

Well, since I didn't go, my dad told me to do yard work. I did it. Our neighbor has this obnoxiously large tree on the edge of her property, and it sheds half or more of its leaves in our yard. So, I have the pleasure of cleaning the leaves out of the pool everyday. But today, I was supposed to rake all the leaves out of the pool area (it's fenced in), because her tree was almost out of leaves. I'm not complaining. I'm stating. No one can tell the difference anymore.

I got a blister from raking. That was a complaint.