Xanga Digest - The Switchback

Dec 2

More Tech

I would like that. I need to learn more about computers and things.

Other than that though I've been spending too much time sitting here. I actually ache. It's just that I've found so many interesting websites.

I'm worried about my history paper. I think I may have inadvertantly plagiarized. I really tried not to, but I was reading http://www.nypress.com/18/48/news&columns/RobertClarkYoung.cfm and became worried. Some of the examples there are clearly stripped right out but other bits, seem...different. I mean I suppose one still has to cite. Perhaps that is the distinction. Of course I CITED, it just may still be too close for comfort. I'm not very good at this.

If I want to be a translator I need to improve my writing skills. I wonder if I should sign up for a writing class instead of Physical Geology. I wanted to take Physics later anyways right? I should investigate my options.



I also need to study Japanese. Tomorrow is Friday. We've been working on the current chapter for a week already, plus it would've been smart to look over the material during break. I haven't even started. How ridiculous. Sometimes I really wonder what I think I'm doing. It's not that I'm not motivated. I'm just exploring other things, like video games.

Speaking of which:

www.escapistmagazine.com

http://www.jesperjuul.dk/ludologist/

So you see I was serious and not just implying the amount of time being sunk into Mariokart DS (which is pretty fun, and I haven't even tried out the wifi yet XD)

That's the news right now. I like this location well enough I think. I think I'll adopt my blogger title though, because "Duck's Escape" just sounds lame.

Falling out of my chair

www.animalshaveproblemstoo.com

Also:

the other day in film history we were discussing Invasion of the Body Snatchers (the 50s version) and my teacher referred to "i-pod people" WITHOUT EVEN REALIZING IT. We all laughed until we hurt and she was just like "What? *blink blink*"

Priceless.

OH WAIT I also had a strange dream last night that involved subways that were more like horizontal suicidally fast ski-lifts (very unsafe) and the word "repartee" which was there because my HISTORY teacher mentioned it in class. How bizarre.

Dec 3

the gender bender

Welllll we were trying to raise money for the AIDS foundation and we raised a little, but it was mostly because some of the PRIDE alliance members donated parts of their paychecks. No one really came. It's kind of sad.

I didn't have very good clothes but it worked well enough.

Dinner was lousy. I ate sort of the in the middle of my dance experience which wasn't the greatest idea but I was getting hungry. Had a wrap with lettuce tomato chicken and some cheese that was definitely NOT parmesan...probably mozzerella which really makes me mad. I dunno. It wasn't very good, but nothing else looked any better.

Today food-wise once again sucked. I mean I had good pizza for lunch (pepperoni, mushroom, bell peppers) but I never feel very good about eating pizza...

Oh well.

We had rented out this huge room in the dining hall, so an hour beforehand we were all there clearing away tables and chairs and spillage (eww >_<). That took a while because they had just put all the chairs up on the tables so we had to take them down, stack them, and shove them into a corner.

What's frustrating about gender benders is that some of the guys look better in those tiny skirts than many girls do. There is one in particular (whose name I never learned) who really knew how to make his skirt bounce. One guy naired his legs (and in fact pretty much all the hair on his body except a couple spots) but it turned out sort of bad because his skin reacted to the chemicals. : / The vice pres. and pres. were dressed really well in pinstripes. Flipper started out as a boyscout and gradually lost layers throughout the evening to reveal that she had once again knee-bandaged her nipples in order to be acceptable shirtless XD

Tomorrow the plan is sleep in until brunch, go eat, relax for a couple hours, head to the bank, maybe stop at McDonald's to try out my Mariokart DS with the free wifi, and thennnn there's anime at 4, an international dinner at 7 followed by (hopefully if it's not sold out) a play at 8...the name of which I can't spell...

So hopefully that will be cool.

I dunno. I'm thinking a fairly chill weekend, with some note preparing and studying. I have one more reading assignment and I might screen a movie early so I don't have to miss work hours on Monday to see it (something Korean for EAC).

Blah blah blah.

Dec 9

Animal Crossing News

Why are all the animals in my town obsessed with pink? Pink shirts, pink furniture, they all want pink things, and I just have no more to give!! Pierce traded me my number 1 shirt for a sky wall tho...

Also I have to admit to being a total geek and having Katrina test my compatibility with this certain...guy...

and the prognosis was actually...really good. I think it was "good luck, change, and optimism" among some other things about a hedgehog whipping cream or something...

LOL XD

Classes are over so all I have now is tests...studying is good but I'm doing that at four so I feel inclined to shake pear trees...

XD

Dec 11

dakku no nihongo de kaita burogu

http://blog41.fc2.com/duckwaters

with pancakes!

Everyone go look, even if you can't read Japanese. A picture is worth a thousand words ;p

Dec 14

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yay for being done with exams!

I'm pretty sure everything went decently. Best of all, I got an A on the research paper I thought was going to ruin my EAC grade.

All I have to do now is clean and pack so I can jam out to San Francisco tomorrow!! :D

garrrghakkajglkjakfjd

I need to do laundry...

I know this blog isn't very exciting, and I apologize. I guess I just need to find a way to spice things up.



Haiku?

Test is coming soon.

Must study like a banchee.

O hellish terror!

I wrote that the other day before the EAC test.

Dec 17

Worth the greyhound trip.

Yeah, I can't seem to get the Greyhound system to go for me without a hitch. They're 2 for 2 now.

It's ok though ^_^

Scott and I had so much fun it was cosmic.

And then came the snow...

oh wait.

Yeah I'm back in O-town now, you see, so it's damned cold (19F last time I checked...and the sun was only just going down then...) My brother's X-box 360 is sitting (on a towel? Yes, the X-box apparently deserves a towel throne...) over there making puppy eyes at me. Or maybe it's more of an evil eyebrow, "Oh yes, you DO want to play me...GET OVER HERE!!" *devour*

o_o

There is a wireless modem here, but I'm not sure if it's working. At least my DS won't pick it up...which is sad. There are a few green blinky lights; usually that means it's working right? *shrug* All I know is...well I guess I don't know much. I should be in mke soon. I mean I could be tomorrow if I wanted. PERHAPS I SHALL. I'll give concerned parties a call if it goes.

*grin*

Dec 19

Boyfriend!

Yes, we're "official" now. We decided that since blowing off dates and not pursuing other potential suitors effectively made us exclusive, we might as well go for it. ^_^

Other than that, a long month coming up. Unfortunately, my laptop is fried somehow. I watched an episode of Beck, paused it for a while, and when I came back it had crashed and now refuses to load windows. : / Hopefully someone can help me figure it out...(yes this is a call for help heh)

I tried PDZ (which I suck at...maybe I should try to improve...) and Kameo (which I wasn't terribly thrilled with...). It was fun, but I decided to work on FF1 instead for the time being. I'd sort of like to play Windwaker again. I mean, I never finished it, but I'd like to start a game and see how far I can get. I also realized I missed the fishing tournament start yesterday in AC, but I'm not overly concerned. I haven't talked to any of my animals in a while. Last time I played I just sold a lot of pears...

I need a shower...lol.

I guess maybe that means I'll shower twice today, since Eric said we would probably go to the Y later. That's ok. I need to get into a better groove on that stuff.

Happiness abounds ^_^ One thing though, is that I realized unless I can get my laptop to work (and then bother about switching the net connection to it) I won't be able to update my Japanese blog. It's sort of fun to write it longhand though. Maybe I will just do that and then just transfer it later. In fact, that's almost a better idea PERMANENTLY because that way I have to actually WRITE the kanji and come up with them myself as opposed to just letting the computer find them for me (however sexy that might be.)

Yeah, I should study, and read. Maybe I'll go over to the library. I wonder if I would just totally freeze my brains out if I walked...

lol

But yeah I've been reading The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, which I highly recommend. I wish I would've read it before I was tutoring those Hmong refugees. It's a story about a little girl with epilepsy and the cultural clash between her American doctors and traditional Hmong ideas, but the author provides a lot of background about their situation and what happened in Asia to the Hmong people as a whole.

Also still catching up on The Escapist. Good stuff!

Yay ^_^

Dec 20

It's...Tuesday.

Not very eventful. Oh! I want to get pics of my haircut!! @_@

Yes, that's what I did today, haircut. Last night I ended up going with Ryan shopping and then to his class and then out for dinner and THEN to his friend's house where we were GOING to watch The 40 Year Old Virgin, but he forgot it in his PS2 case, so we saw The Family Guy Movie instead...*pant*

Not really my kind of thing, but some of it was pretty funny/horrible.

I've been perfectly my Sharkey-style eggs technique lately. Should I give you the recipe?

1 slice of bread
1 egg
a couple shavings of cheddar cheese
a bit of butter or oil

FRYPAN TIME XD

So you heat up the pan and make sure it doesn't stick (with the oil/butter)

For people without toasters, this is how to make toast ne. The thrilling thing here, is that you cut a hole in your bread and crack the egg into it. (Toast the circle of bread alongside your Sharkey-style egg!) Anyhow you wait till it's set well enough and cooked on the bottom and simply flip it! (Also flip your circle ;D) After you flip it, put the cheese on top of the egg side (that is already cooked). Wait a minute till it's done and then chow down! Beautiful!

So yes, I'm a geek for eating association-ridden eggs for breakfast, but it's really tasty. I have cereal as my late night snack, so it would be boring to have the same in the morning ;p That's my defense! No matter how weak! ;p *sigh*

I decided that since my brother is playing my DS all the time, I'm going to play the hell out of Windwaker. Did I say that already? Well I am! I never beat it! (Rarely do I beat anything, but still... ... ...shut up ;p)

It would be nice to hit the Y, but it seems as though my brother is taking a shower. Maybe I will just do some exercises here. Hup...sounds like I have a babysitting job...XD yay! That kinda rocks hehe

Ciao :D

Dec 23

*sings* What dayyyy is it - could you please tell me?

Friday! Yes! lol

~dUcK!

Last night Luke bought Ryan and I dinner at this super groovy Mexican restaurant and we watched The Boondock Saints. It was pretty good. ^_^ I wasn't really sure what it was about. I guess I didn't ever ask any of the fans ;p But luckily I'm used to gangster violence from all the yakuza movies I watch so it's cool ;D

Today I'm going shopping with my dad for X-mas stuff...blah blah.

My peach tree died in Animal Crossing. I guess that's to be expected when you don't play for almost a week, but I was sad...

I BEAT FINAL FANTASY YESTERDAY XD

Of course, it's Dawn of Souls, so it's easier than the original : / but I still feel happy! My characters were so leveled up that it was ridiculously simple. Don't diminish my sense of accomplishment please ;p

I also finished the book I was reading, which is happy, except I dont' have something to start now. Really I'm halfway through I am a Cat, so I should find a copy of that and keep going. The trick is FINDING it though, when you can't go to a library or anywhere >_< Maybe Dad and I will go to Half-Price books or something...

Ack I have to go...

>_<

lol

;D