I'm sad to be leaving school on Friday, but I won't be missing one of my roommates. For serious, she is god awful. Whenever shes hanging out here and takes a shower she doesn't clean the hair our of the drain so when you turn on the faucet the splash of water makes her hair ball BLAST out of the drain at you!!!
Its happened to me once and since I didn't have my glasses on I jumped and nearly screamed! I thought it was The Grudge girl coming to get me!
Also, today when I went in to the bathroom I found a nice little work of art on the wall! It was a large HAIR ART right smack above my loofah! It looks like she smashed a ball of hair right on to the wall.

I found a place that will develop my photos AND mail me the prints!
I found a taxi next to the mall, and then hopped in one. I asked politely if he accepted Credit Cards and then he decided he would rather yell at me. And then I was lead in to another Taxi where that taxi driver started to yell at me some more for not calling their number because most taxis aren't equipt to use credit cards. When we finally got to the desitination, his credit card machine started to not work and he called up his dispatcher numerous of times YELLING and CURSING in to the phone. After a few minutes it went through and I said, "Thank you, bye" and stepped out. The bastard SPED away, skidding even before I could slam the door shut.

I got to the place to get my film developed. The man there was super nice and sweet. I'll be going back there again, I'll be happy to support that company.

But then after dropping it off, I had to find my way back to the mall.
This was harder than usual. I realized when taking the taxi all the buses I could take that will take me the same way to the Photo place but had no idea how to get back. So I started walking..... and reached CHINA TOWN!
Not sure if any of you are familiar with Honolulu's Chinatown, but in some places the place is shadey. I just happened to find myself in the EXTRA-shadey area of it. I called the Bus.org and got directions to the nearest bus stop, to which I promptly went. I love thebus.org, their service is nice and their operators always have nice calm voices that allow me to grow mentally. All them operators will make god awesome preschool teachers.

I kept texting Krystle, in an attempt to keep her posted to where I was in case anything bad happened to me. She was perturbed to find out I was walking around Chinatown by myself. Her advice to me was "carry your cell phone in your hand and look tough!"

I'm back in my dorm, still a little messed up (mentally, by the lack of testing The Taxi does on their drivers).

I also just saw the trailer for Francis Ford Coppolla's newest movie 'Youth Without Youth' and really want to see it. This goes against my stance on the director for his support of Viktor Salva (convicted child molester, director/writer of 'Jeepers Kreepers'). Yeah, so the next time you see that movie, just think "I'm supporting a man who takes advantage of little boys". :(

Oh, making fun of movies made me forget to chronicle my day.
I was feeling pretty shitty, and the shuttle was taking it's sweet ass time to pick us up at the apartments. I was running really early, so I opted to let one of the shuttles go because it was a little crowded in there, so I could grab another less-filled one. Forty minutes later the same shuttle comes back this time filled to the brim with students. I had no choice but to take it. I nearly fell over a few times and had a few near misses with peoples' feets.

Krystle picked me up early to go get some boxes. We were in luck, as the first place we went had a plethora of sizes. I bought 2 medium boxes and one file box (for the DVDs). I totally bought too much, because everything I need stored fits in to one medium box (the DVD box is full by the way). I have yet to find a purpose for the other box.

After picking up boxes Krystle and I went to G Sushi aka the sushi place with the floating boats!


That pictures wasn't taken today but on Sunday, Mother's Day.
I've got a bunch of pictures I still need to upload from my camera of my weekend antics.

http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/2008-05-13/film/1

Apparently, the movie Speed Racer did so poorly this (opening) weekend the studio lied by a vast amount to claim that it ranked in second, when in fact it came in THIRD!

Critics (the professional ones) all thought What Happens In Vegas was extra crappy, so the studio didn't want to loose face. Also, the correct figure of gross this weekend was $18 million, compared to what the movie cost to make at $250-300 million (including marketing), the movie is being deemed one of the worst commerical failures OF ALL TIME!

Yes, I am partial to thinking this is exceptionally funny as I greatly dislike Emile Hirsch, his romanticising portrayal of a frickin' idiot in In To The Wild I deemed unacceptable (it even tarnished my view of Sean Penn- no matter how many little brothers you have in the movie The Lost Boys, I will never think you're cool Mr. Penn!)

This is probably the most weirdest thing I've come across being sold on the interwebs.

RapeX: The Anti-Rape Female Condom

If someone tries to rape you, they get a barb through the penis!
They would have to get it surgically removed!

Weird.

So... sometimes I'm supposed to do stuff (in this instance, study for my final tomorrow), but then I end up not doing it. I end up going through ourbedrooms and imagine what my dream room/apartment/converted loft will look like... and then sometimes I'll spend hours on London Craigslist seeing which room/apartment/converted loft would better suit my designing needs.

I did find one loft, it was in New York though and it was the 5th floor of a converted warehouse, man was it beautiful. It was $2,300 a month for rent though, but right when I saw it I contemplated calling up everyone I know to see who'd want to come with me to New York and split the it. We could all go there and pretend we're living IN the movie 'Rent'!!!

Eh. I had no sleep last night. My thyroid was acting up (and considering that I took myself off the meds for it, can't do anything about it). I spend a good amount of hours tossing and turning in my bed, an hour on the floor of the dirty-ass bathroom dry heaving in to the toilet, and the rest of the night conked out on the couch in the living room. Yes, I travel a lot when I'm sick. I'm always paranoid I'm going to offend someone with my gagging, or wake someone, so I tend to wander around, changing places.

When the sun came up, I woke up again and decided the best place for me would be back in my bed. I was feeling very mcShitty today until I saw this:

The new trailer for Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2!!!


Yup, I love the series.
Whenever I'm in the mood to cry, but not in the mood to watch a sad romance movie, I turn to one of those books and weep. Seriously, it doesn the job well.

So I ate like 2 pounds of quality mozzarella and a pack of pepperoni slices.
Now I feel sick and gross. I don't know whether I want to throw up or fall asleep.
I think its time to sleep though.

We'll see if I do anything tonight, most likely not.

I just finished wathing 'Diving Bell and the Butterfly'. What a great movie.
Of course, I cried. Theres a scene where he sees his kids for teh first time after the accident and his son wipes the saliva from his mouth, then they show his son crying and his mother comforting hiim. God, that got me good.

Yeah, yeah, my head feels lighter now.
Theres still some crappy, fried hair left, but not a lot. I'm still trying to find a way to style it while still looking like the old me. hehe

I don't know what I'll do tomorrow, there is a review session for one of my classes at 11am that I may go to. But after that? Nothing.
No class or tests till Tuesday, and then another on Thursday.
I've registered for classes.

Courses I'm Taking Fall 2008
- Basic Apparel Construction (Fashion Program)
- Cinematic and Narrative Production (Film Program)
- Creative Writing: Drama and Screenwriting (English Program)
- Understanding Photography (Art Program)
- S/SE Asia Drama and Film: Phillipines (Indo-Pacific Languages Program)
Up in the air: Screenwriting (Film Program), Internship (Film Program, 5 hours a week working on TV set)

It's a full load. Cinematic Production is 4 hours a week, and class for Understanding Photography is like, 5 hours a week (not including homework).

I'm muchos excited!

I have no idea how I'm going to pay for this.
I did the math (actually the school website already billed me for it) and next semester alone is going to cost me $5,500. I get $1,500 from a school grant, $1,500 from a loan. I'm fine with paying $1,000 through payment plans throughout the semester.
I already asked my brother for money but he hasn't responded with a viable answer, even though he said he would help me with any money I'll need. I don't like to ask him for money, but it's kind of an emergency, I guess.
Financial aid said they'll give me $1,000 more in loans in a few months. So we'll see.
It just pains me to know that I'll be paying all this from August till December, only to come back to Oahu in January and have to do this whole thing over again.

I'm still excited though. Snooches.

I just came back from getting my hair cut!!!!
I look like Knives from Scott Pilgrim. lol

Awww! Last class was today.
I'm not going to lie, I got a little weepy. :(

I have to study for finals, but the two tests I have are both on what we've went over for the past 2 weeks! I'm stoked.

In my Fashion class today I was making faces at the instructor whenever he said anything about the written final, because I thought I flubbed it. But I didn't! I got an A! I got 2 questions wrong, but he gave me half points for them.

I'm cutting my hair today!
I want this cut:


This is totally drastic, but the ends of my hair is so dry and crap, I just really want to start over.

I went back to the sushia place again today. Spent just as much money as I spent before, and seeing as it's not my money, it pains me. No more spending until JC comes over later this week,

I did my final project presentation in my fashion class this morning. I thought I'd get laughed at and ridiculed by the teacher, but he ended up liking it. Though he did rip off the safety pins on to the ground to illustrate how he'd re-work my garment to make it sellable. I seriously went down on all fours and picked up the safety pins as I was leaving the from of the room, like a sick wounded puppy. Gosh, that professor scares me, although hes been taking a liking to me lately.

I borrowed 4 more movies today. Actually, just 2, the other 2 were season DVDs of 'Friends'. I've taught myself to sleep only after I've watched 'Friends'. I swear, whenever I hear that Rembrandts song my eyes start to drift.

I finished my first role of film and I have a vague idea on where I could drop it off to be developed, but no idea how to get there. I have no car, and the problem with taking a bus there is that it's uncharted territory. I won't know how to get back to an area that I'm comfortable being it. I don't know how to get a bus back to the mall after going to this place, PhotoLab Inc. But their rates are cheap and I really want to see how these pictures turned out before I leave for home.

Oh, I leave Uni on the 15th. I'm still working on this though, my timing is all off.

Just got back from watching Iron Man. A good movie that was.
A little weird on the storyline, but the effects were awesome. Jeff Bridges... gosh, I didn't think he could pull off the vilain character as whenever I see him I always picture him as 'The Dude'.

I finished my first roll of film. I gotta reload some more, this time some B&W kind I bought the other day. Should be great, I'm not that big a fan of B&W photography, but we'll see.

So, here you go. I went and searched google real quick on how to use Photoshop Actions (made things A LOT easier!).

I'm posting this here, because my life is boring and I doubt anyone would find it cool in any way (other than people already on my friend's list I guess lol).


( Wakey Wakey! )

I got my Holga on Thursday! Did I post that??? It's mighty awesome and I love it!

I bought film for it, B&Q ones, but I still haven't got a clue where to develop it. I know theres all these darkrooms on campus, but I don't know how to use a darkroom (the lst time I used one was in high school, senior year).

I tried doing 'A Day In the Life' entry over at one of those communities, but my day ended up sucking perfuse butt. I watched 4 DVDs yesterday and thats hard to capture the intensity of that on a digital camera. So I guess once I download them and askew them, I'll post it here. It was just my day as I woke up, took the bus to Ala Moana, went to Blockbuster, borrowed movies, bought film, went back to the dorms, and watched said movies.


I can't believe how much I slept today. I wasn't even that tired.
I wanted to go back to Ala Moana and get more DVDs, as yesterday's haul is done being watched. But I ended up watching some 'Friends' episodes, and that shit to me is like a sleeping pill. Back home, when I couldn't sleep I'd have to watch 'Friends' DVDs until I did. So now I gots my body trained to do watch just one or two episodes and I'm OUT. I fell asleep around 1 o'clock and it's now 5:30.

I swear, I won't be able to sleep tonight. :P

I turned in another final, going over to that Professor's desk I felt all accomplished. Then, he gave back our last project and saw that my group members who had already gotten their graded papers looked super depressed. Yup, we did bad. Overall a 'B' isn't that bad of a grade for that class (at least for me), but my group members worked really really hard for that shit. They wanted an A.

I was alright with the B though. As long as it wasn't a 'C', right?

I got my Holga camera in the mail today, I haven't had that much time to tinker with it, as I was reading the manuals to 'Lars and the Real Girl' and ended up falling asleep in the fetal position on half of my bed (the side that wasn't occupied by boxes and mail bubble padding). I slept well.
Before I dug in to the Holga box, I did talk to Ali. She told me a story about the dorms I live in, and how scary it is. I upped her by telling her how freakin' scary 'The Orphanage' is (complete with minute details about the disfigured little boy and his Michael Jackson-like ability to draw attention from everyone from the room).

No more class till Monday, and then thats when I'm to show off a re-constructed garment for my Introduction to Fashion class. I've come to the realization that my Professor will either love it or hate my garment, as its completely avant garde. It's inspiration: 'Sixteen Candles' meets 'Party Monster'. We'll see.

Oh, and I was having a pretty shitty day until I saw this from destroyerzooey's fickr, where he is photo blogging an impromptu trip to LA to help with some shit on Edgar Wright's new movie (you know the one starring Michael Cera as 'Scott Pilgrim'). Oh, destroyerzooey WROTE Scott Pilgrim! Isn't that wild!?

I'm getting my lomo camera tomorrow! (or friday!)

yay!

I am so overwhelmed right now.

I have 4 pages of a written final due tomorrow, and a mandatory meetind ownstairs in the lounge at 7. I can't afford to loose this valuable time... and these college students scare me. They're obnoxious.

I'd say I'm kinda quirky. :P
Like, once I get comfortable in a place, I start to be a little weird when it comes to handling myself. For instance, if there is a class that I find enjoyable, I may be the one bringing up really weird scenarios during discussions (ie. "Catherine Morland in Northanger Abbey is a lot like The Dude in The Big Lebowski").

I went in to finals week really excited, but now I'm soo overwhelmed by everything.
I want to be at home, in my apartment, watching DVDs and writing my screenplay. I don't want to be studying for a test that I'll most likely forget 2 days after. I feel creative today, but I have to study.

Why don't these professors allow open notes!?

I need to finish this thing.

Listening to Tyler Hilton calms me.
But no matter how calming it is, I will never watch One Tree Hill. Nope. Never.

So, so, so...... Tyler Hilton is awesome!

For the first time in my life, I BOUGHT an mp3 of an artist! haha
I'm considering buying more, because I downloaded Tyler Hilton's song 'Picture Perfect' and the dude is great.








and beautiful. :)