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[02 Jun 2008|12:00am] [ mood | sleepy ] [ music | Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch - Ever Blue ] So... new layout. 'Cuz that's all I ever do with my livejournal nowadays, really. u__u;; So this one features Hanon from Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch since I've started watching the show recently (since I have nothing else to do) and of the mermaids that have been introduced, she's my favorite (even though she still gets on my nerves sometimes when she goes into her "TARO-CHAAAN" fantasies. ^^;;;; Maybe I'm just shallow 'cuz I think she's the prettiest in all the forms. (I really don't like Green's long idol dress... u__u;; ). The show itself... both amuses me and drives me insane. I hate how they spend like 3+ minutes in every episode with practically the saaame song. u___u;; I mean, sure they mix up who gets which parts now and then, but it really sounds all the same to me... Also, the main villains continually bickering over who gets to capture what is really annoying and, again, I feel like time's a-wastin' in the episode when they do that (I just mostly skip over it, but still...) Also, the general concept of defeating an enemy by singing to them is still a little silly in my mind, but I guess it's kind of interesting with the power of music... .__.;;; What's keeping me watching the show (other than the fact that I have nothing better to do) is the cute romantic parts between Kaito and Lucia and my curiosity as to who exactly the main villain is... Either way, this was a rather strange layout for me to make, I had no idea what I was doing with this picture since I feel like its rather hard to find nice, good quality MMPPP pictures... *sad* But I think it turned out quite well... "Ever Blue" is the name of Hanon's first image song, so I figured I'd be unoriginal and name the layout that. { 2 Notes } { Sing }

Mleh. [08 May 2008|02:45pm] [ mood | stressed ] So... I'm sick. And procrastinating. And oh, fuck, work in 15 minutes. ... SHIT GOTTA STUDY TOO. *sigh* { 1 Note } { Sing }

[06 Feb 2008|11:12am] [ mood | sleepy ] So... new things... I have a job now! That's a first. I'm working in my dorm's office doing some regular office work, but my main job is to make posters and stuff for them. I made my first poster in, like, the last 20 minutes of my shift yesterday, and apparently my employer (and her higher-up, too) was quite impressed with the quality and the speed of my work. :D (though they want me to use publisher and so I can't do that many things in photoshop (especially since the work computer only has Photoshop 5.5) and so there's definitely more I could be doing these posters but... oh well.) Also, I've been doing bucketloads of more photoshop work including making logos for friends' student organizations (we'll see if they accept it, though), pictures for my own fun, posters for school-wide concert events (we'll see if they accept it, though).... I think I've finally gotten out of my artist's block. I'm really sleepy now because Dave/Shenlong/Timur has gotten me and Kevin addicted to Ragnarok Online.. @__@ I'm actually surprised I'm in class today, but we had a problem set due, so... of course, I had to be here to turn it in. Anyway, class... I guess I should pay attention. :3 { Sing }

[11 Jan 2008|02:08pm] [ mood | sick ] So... the past couple days have been a disaster... Kevin and I were supposed to go skiing the day before yesterday, but I came down with a horrible stomachache accompanied by fever, dizziness, nausea, and all sorts of unpleasantness... So I ended up making Kevin waste, like, $30 on renting skiis the night before. T__T Yesterday, I went to the doctor's yesterday where they gave me some nausea medicine because I was throwing up all the night before. But then I ended up sleeping through all of yesterday... @__@ We might be able to go skiing tomorrow, but, I don't know... and then, of course, I leave on Sunday, so I won't be able to hang out with anyone, I'm pretty sure, until summer... I'm still rather dizzy and tired, and my stomach still kind of hurts, so today's not good for hanging out... Sorry, guys... { 1 Note } { Sing }

Well, I think this is a first... [03 Jan 2008|03:11pm] [ mood | excited ] [ music | Bleach Movie - Sen no Yoru wo Koete ] I just visited the dentist today, and... I HAVE NO CAVITIES!!! :D!!! Also, Kevin comes in tomorrow. :3 Unfortunately, Charm leaves tonight... oh well, I guess I'm just trading one person's company for another. { Sing }

Brand New Year: Start Me Up! [01 Jan 2008|07:23pm] [ mood | awake ] [ music | One Piece - Brand New World ] So, the past week has been interesting... I'm not sure when the last time I updated was, but... both a lot has happened, and yet it seems like not much has happened at all. Last Saturday, Mommy took me and Charm to a day spa... it feels so nice getting pampered, but it was pretty expensive, so definitely not something I should get used to... ^^; Yesterday was the most hectic day I've had in a while... First, we went skiing after 3 so that we could go for free... it was pretty nice. Even though it was really cold, the powder was amazing as usual. X3 Afterwards, though, we had to go back home and prepare for a dinner party at some asian lady's house (one of mom's friends). But earlier that day, Skuld-oneechan had called and wanted to hang out before her root canal on Wednesday. So Charm arranged that we could have a sleepover with her after the dinner party... So, at around 6, we get home, and we have about an hour to get ready for the dinner party... At the dinner party, there were a lot of people, mostly old Chinese people who I have a hard time telling if they're trying to talk to me or not... X__x and then I don't speak chinese that well, so trying to respond was rather painful... but then, at around 8:10, I get a call from Sam who tells me there's a 'shindig' at Danielle's house, who I realized lives about a block or two away. So I got permission from my family and drove over to her house for about an hour before I had to drive back to the house-of-Asians to pick up Charm and back home in time to greet Skuld. Skuld coming over was a total blast. We played a lot of Set and Fluxx (yeah, we're geeky, but it's fun like that). But because of her toothache (which is why she's getting the root canal) she needed her pain medications, but she forgot them at home... so Charm offered her some of her prescription painkillers which was described to her as "glorified Advil" by her doctor. Since Skuld's not allergic to Advil or anything like that, we didn't think it'd be a problem and she took a pill before we continued playing games. A few games later, though, she started noticing that she was really itchy all over and her voice was getting hoarse and she had a kind of sore throat... we looked online, and apparently, she was experiencing many of symptoms that occur if you're allergic to the medicine Charm gave to her... OOPS. Before we went to bed, we found that she had broken out all over her body in hives even though the itching was gone. Well, at least she was perfectly fine when she woke up this morning, but... I guess this is why they tell you not to take other people's prescription meds. ^^;;; Either way, Happy New Year to you all~! This year... was filled with a lot of change... that is, with my grades (getting better!) and me actually taking action to change schools... Well, it's a new year... in a few weeks will be a new semester... hopefully I'll be in a new school with new ideas of what I want to do! { 2 Notes } { Sing }

New Gurren Lagann Layout! [29 Dec 2007|12:41am] [ mood | accomplished ] Following my current Gurren Lagann obsession... after hunting around for adequate screenshots, I have finally (well, not really considering I only thought of making a Gurren Lagann Layout maybe a week ago...) made this layout. It features a cute picture of Nia and Simon and the text, though usually not something I would use for the kind of background I put behind the picture, works as a Nia-like font. It... makes sense if you see the series. Anyway, the title, Happily Ever After is also a title of one of the image songs from the series and the lyrics floating in the background are from this song as well. Working on Nia-themed icons currently, they'll be up sooner or later, depending on when I decide to go to sleep. { 1 Note } { Sing }

Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Review [24 Dec 2007|01:06am] [ music | Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann - Happily Ever After ] So... Still not sure if this Anime replaces One Piece as my favorite... viewing-pleasure wise, it's about the same as One Piece, to me, and the fact that it's rather short without a horrible-truncated ending (like, it doesn't end just to have an ending...) is an added bonus, so, it probably does. Though I don't know if the shortness counts in the criteria for such things... since being short has it's ups and downs. The fact that it's short makes it so that it doesn't drag ON and ON like Naruto does... Things that happen just happen and end usually within an episode (though that's not saying there aren't cliffhangers). Also, though, it means that fight scenes aren't the same animation over and over again (like Naruto is) with really bad-quality-repeated-motions. So basically, the fight scenes are good, well-animated, and not longer than they need to be. The story itself is interesting and has some intriguing themes... It's well told, I think, keeping you wondering about why certain events occur and such. It's also not unrealistic and optimistic in its promises and whatever. The characters in this story are amazing - you manage to get attached to all of them, even the side characters that only appear once in a while (or maybe that's just me being sappy). It does get a little trippy near the end... but despite an initial unsatisfied feeling after the ending... I realized that the ending was probably the best they could have possibly come up with while keeping everyone in character and stuff - I just wish we could've seen more of everyone's lives after everything is said and done. Emotionally, Gurren Lagann holds a good mix of humor and seriousness... Humor consists both of silly innuendos and off-the-wall, blindly-confident characters (Kamina) that actually remind me a lot of Luffy sometimes. My favorite part, I think, is probably the soundtrack... there are some really strange songs in there, but they all fit the mood of the anime very well. It's an enjoyable soundtrack both while watching the anime and just listening to the music alone... Overall, it's an amazing, short anime that's good to keep you laughing and crying and is great to watch with friends. Just don't think about the events TOO much, and you'll be okay. { 2 Notes } { Sing }

Powder! [21 Dec 2007|09:09pm] [ mood | cheerful ] So, I'm sick... I have been for the past few days... >__< but I went skiing today anyway. Despite the being sick, the really cold snowing wind of pain, and sore legs right now, I had a lot of fun! :D The most hilarious part was when my cousin, Lily, tripped on some branches and fell into the powder, and since we were on a narrow path, I couldn't avoid her and tripped over HER and fell on top of her. We ended up making someone else that came by a few minutes later (yeah, we were still struggling to get out of the powder) throw himself off (or read as: "intentionally fall to the side of") the trail so he wouldn't hit us and by the time HE got up, we were still struggling. Lily and I took a good 10, 15 minutes to get out of the powder, probably... XD it was so funny... the powder was so deep, almost past knee-high. Every attempt of ours to get out, we'd end up falling back in even deeper... I might've lost a ski, but Lily stepped on it in her attempts to get out, which informed me of where it was, yay. All the meanwhile, the other guy was trying to help us get out and stuff, but there really wasn't much he could do... It didn't help that I was just laughing so hard at ourselves... I don't know why, but Lily ends up screaming, "get off of me!!" a lot whenever we're around each other.. XD The powder was so nice, though... X3 *squee* it was so much fun, even though I got stuck in it a good 5 times or so... XD I like my new skis and totally look forward to more skiing this season. :D { 2 Notes } { Sing }

So... [17 Dec 2007|08:46pm] [ mood | sleepy ] [ music | Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann - Sora Iro Days ] I'm home now. It's nice not having classes, but I feel obligated to do things that I would otherwise want to take a nap... X___x Anyway, over study break/finals, Kevin and I discovered the wonder that is Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. It might actually replace One Piece as my favorite Anime (at least for the moment) since it's short, I'll see the ending by the time school starts again, and it's making me laugh and cry about as much as One Piece does... Not sure yet, but it's a pretty close call... Lily, my cousin, is over now, and Charm comes home late tomorrow. After that, Lily leaves on the 28th or so, and Charm leaves on the 3rd of January, and then Kevin comes over on the 4th. :3 I'm pretty tired, and even though it's nice being home, I miss being in the dorms more, I think... though I'm so happy being back with Cai Cai... X3 he's so cute and silly. { 1 Note } { Sing }

[19 Nov 2007|03:58pm] [ mood | sleepy ] So the past week's been kind of fun... in a sleep-deprived sort of way. Tuesday was my birthday, but I had a test (CS) that day too. X__X I ended up getting an 88 on the test, despite not having gone to class for the past couple weeks (Hooray!). And when I got home, everyone (that lives in Becker, almost) came over because Kevin had bought a cookie-cake with M&Ms on it for me that had "Happy Birthday Crystal" written on it. Tiny and Paul had made me a paper cardstock kitty which is really impressive! :O Then, yesterday, we made dinner as a whole group, Kevin and I made deviled eggs and Linguine w/ a Freshly-Made Garlic and Orange-Bell-Peppers and Tomatoes and Stuff sauce. Tiny and Paul made a delicious Cream of Mushroom Chicken with nummy mushrooms... *___* Mmmmm... And THEN, they brought dessert out after a while, and everyone sang happy birthday to me AND Kevin. It turns out they were planning a surprise party for the both of us before Kevin went and bought the cookie cake. So anyway, dessert last night was a delicious Cherry, Blackberry & Raspberry-Jello pie, and delicious Brownies, and Ryan-Raspberry bars (which were also delicious). Thanksgiving break is soon, so I'm feeling really chilled out right now. Unfortunately that applies in a physical sense too... X___X it's getting really cold out. Anyway, for Thanksgiving break, I'm going up to Canada to visit relatives. While I'm there, I need to remember to buy: Nice PingPong paddles for me & Kevin New black lace-up shoes that aren't sneakers { 2 Notes } { Sing }

PreEnroll - Successful [05 Nov 2007|06:56am] [ mood | sleepy ] Proposed schedule for next year... ART 171 - Electronic Imaging in Art BIONB 222 - Intro to NeuroBiology BIONB 331 - Human Sociobiology PSYCH 205 - Perception ECON 204 - Networks And now, it is sleepytime. { Sing }

Layout Change [02 Nov 2007|01:40am] [ mood | tired ] I've decided to put up a new layout. It features Mitsuki from Full Moon wo Sagashite for a couple reasons. 1) I just finished watching Full Moon wo Sagashite a while ago (finally) and 2) because all of these icons were already all made and so I don't have to deal with making more. as for anything else important: Colbert was hilarious I'm starting to finally catch up in One Piece since I'm so used to poorly-subbed things now that I can (somewhat) deal with other people subbing One Piece other than K-F... (somewhat) I have a meeting with an engineering advisy-person on Tuesday to talk about transferring out of engineering... X___x Course-Enroll for next semester starts Monday Test on Tuesday for COGST Test on Thursday for Math Test on NEXT Tuesday (my birthday, of all days) for CS 211 and I quit CSA... mnyeh... busy busy... { 2 Notes } { Sing }

[29 Oct 2007|06:53pm] [ mood | confused ] Does anyone else feel pain in their dreams, or am I just unusual? Like - it's happened several times before, but earlier today, I was taking a nap and in part of my dream, I was being shot by a machine gun and my side tensed up and started hurting and I couldn't breathe, but I also didn't really wake up... Is this unusual, or do other people have pain in their dreams too? { 3 Notes } { Sing }

[25 Oct 2007|01:17am] [ mood | tired ] Kevin decided that he'd learn, at least somewhat, how to cook. So using that cookbook I bought last week, we picked out a couple recipes (Lemon-Garlic Spaghetti and Beef Patties with Onions and Peppers) and decided to cook them on Sunday. We had a few problems (like a fire drill before we were done cooking... =_____=) but it turned out really well. I had to do some things like sautée the onions and peppers, the beef was a little overcooked, and we had to improvise a little to make the spaghetti more flavorful, but everything tasted really good in the end. We even gave some to Tiny and Paul who were going to go somewhere later and when someone called Tiny to say he was waiting for them, Paul continued to shove his face as quickly as possible before running out the door (lol), a very flattering compliment to a cook. :3 More than anything, though, it was fun cooking with Kevin, though a little hectic, but certainly better than cooking by myself. We've decided to make this a biweekly event. Maybe the week after this week, we'll do a combined cooking project with Tiny and Paul. :D Also on Sunday, I made myself a new watch! I bought a watch face at a craft store since I bought some ribbons that were too short for anything but my wrists and hair (and I don't put my hair up so much anymore) and ended up (after a long and painful process) making it so that I could put the ribbons on the watch and then around my wrist! Hooray. Now I have a watch that matches pretty much every one of my outfits! In other news: Math HW due on Friday BioNB test on Friday Colbert on Friday Into The Streets volunteering thing on Saturday CS project due on Monday.... These next few days are going to be hectic... { Sing }

Cooking +2 [14 Oct 2007|02:16am] [ mood | cheerful ] So, since I last posted... there was Fall Break. It was amazingly fun, I did no homework because I had none, and I made my friends curry on the Saturday of fall break. Things to remember from cooking curry: Adding more curry paste does NOT thicken the sauce, but just makes it spicier (well duh, Crystal) Soysauce would probably be good to add the next time I try the same thing Kevin likes the curry with peanuts in it... again, to be tried next time Rice isn't that hard to cook without a rice cooker Cornstarch probably should be added to make the sauce more sauce-like instead of making the curry soup-like... Everyone said they liked the curry, but it was a bit spicy... Alex was funny about it because after his first bite he yelled, "OH MY GOSH!" and started laughing and proceeded to explain, "I love really spicy stuff - it's like a challenge to eat!" and I'm just like, "uuuh... -__- thanks?" It's was kind of amusing, but they all seemed to like it.... The Thursday after fall break, I had my CS 211 prelim - I got a 94/100. ^^v Win! I'm very pleased with my score and am really quite proud of myself. After that, Friday was a fun day since I only had two classes. Then, today, Kevin and I went to the mall. Kevin bought me Xenosaga II (which is a little confusing as I've never played Xenosaga I or Xenogears [but we couldn't find those]), as an early anniversary present and I bought myself a neato "Three & Four Ingredient" cookbook. :3 I also bought stuff to make dinner for Kevin as an early anniversary present to him. I ended up making: 2 Rib-Eye Steaks (seasoned with pepper, garlic, and salt) with Sautéed Mushrooms and Onions (and a hint of lime), and Buttered-Dill Potatoes. Kevin really liked the steak, which made me really happy. I was a little afraid I would undercook it because I don't trust the beef from Tops as much as I probably should... but, then, I didn't want to overcook it either because then it wouldn't taste good. And since Kevin nor I have horrible stomach aches just yet, I think I did okay. I like cooking - it's especially fun when people like eating what I make. { 2 Notes } { Sing }

Test Scores [04 Oct 2007|07:20pm] [ mood | sleepy ] So. Here's how all my scores worked out. BIONB - 90.5/100 (don't know what the mean was) COGST - 89/100 or 93/104* (Mean: 77 or 81) ARKEO - 43/50 or 86/100 (Mean: 89) MATH - 89/100 (Mean: 79) CS - TBA (test next week, after fall break... ) My highest test score is in the class I find most interesting.... ... how does this not surprise me? Maybe I really should change schools... X___x I've been really sleepy/dizzy today... but, I have to finish my comp sci project before tonight - bleh. *The Prof. wanted the mean to be 81, so he's adding 4 points to everyone's score and putting it out of 104 (since the highest score would then be 104). { 2 Notes } { Sing }

+9 EXP, Found: 5 Gold [03 Oct 2007|08:48pm] [ mood | satisfied ] I got a 90.5 on my BIONB Exam!! Also, I GOT FREE MONEY*! I love free money... and good test scores. I'll find out how I did on the COGST, ARKEO**, and Math** exams tomorrow. For now, I have to do my CompSci homework. x___X; * The other day (Tuesday) after my classes, I went to a psychological study thing a professor was doing, originally just to get extra credit for my COGST101 course, right? Well, the study dealt with making decisions about money, and so the professor had a HUGE stack of $5 bills and said that one of the scenarios that we would be asked about would be actually enacted, so to take them seriously. Well, the scenario was simple, we get a $5 bill, and are asked if we want to flip a coin (heads: we double our money, tails: we lose it all) or just keep the $5. I figure, it's a free $5, which is more than a potential $0, so I'll just keep the $5. Kevin did the same thing, and so we both got $5 and extra credit! AWESOME. ** not sure, but hopefully { 1 Note } { Sing }

[01 Oct 2007|02:06am] [ mood | intrigued ] Today, I cut my own hair. ... with scissors... in front of the mirror. ... ... hm. Shit, I really need to do some work... stupid CSA for eating up time and stupid work for being boring. :( { 2 Notes } { Sing }

[25 Sep 2007|02:06pm] [ mood | stressed ] So yesterday was my first test for Intro To Behavior. Not bad, but definitely not great because I KNOW I missed the first question because I second-guessed myself and I really shouldn't have... >__> I have another two tests on Thursday: Cog Sci and Math. I think I'll be okay for Math, but I haven't done ANY of the readings (really) so far for Cog Sci... X___x on top of that, CSA wants membership cards finished by Monday... =___= It doesn't help that I didn't get the pictures of people that we DO have until yesterday. So last night, I was so exhausted that I couldn't study so I went to lie down a bit. I remember waking up to the room being completely dark thinking "OMG WHERE DID THE PICTURES GO" and I was so confused about what was going on. I was apparently having a nightmare about all the things I had to do, and I was just completely confused when I woke up... X__x It doesn't help that my mouse has gone missing, so my photoshop productivity has dropped 3-fold, I also can't find my comb... and this is odd because I just cleaned the room the day before yesterday and I discovered that things were missing yesterday... *sigh* Mleh... Crystal not too happy right now. { Sing }

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