So, yeah, er...here comes my inner English!geekness. I saw these icons and, well, yeah, needed to have them.

First one I got:


Essentially sums up every single pet peeve I have whenever I read fanfiction or, *facepalm* peers' papers or *facepalm harder* published works (i.e. newspapers, magazines, etc.).

And saw this one today:


Sadly....this is pretty much my rule of thumb when I write papers and I don't want to sound entirely stupid (whether or not using these phrases makes me sound even more stupid is up for debate). Is it sad that I laughed and thoroughly enjoyed these grammar icons? Probably.

So, here endeth my icon!squee.

I'm loving my Chaucer class, even though it's throwing me for a loop. I'm used to the teachers demanding that students speak up, that if we don't participate 'you don't get participation points, which is ZOMG bad for your grade!!1!1!1111!!' But Remley, he just kinda sits on the desk (I think it may have something to do with the fact that the chair's too low for him) and rambles on about the mechanisms of Med. Lit and about Chaucer's sources and parodies, etc. etc., and if there's ever a hand raised he lets them speak up when he pauses to take a breath. It's a new method of teaching an English class for me. I like it, since it doesn't penalize me for being a quiet person in class and for not being able to say my point before someone else does. And in spite of the fact that The Canterbury Tales is technically a poem, I love reading it. So, all's good in my English class as it should be. *waves a banner happily*

I got my pasaporte, huzzah. And..well, I opened it and saw the picture used for my identification.....*winces* I think I kinda forgot about how bad it was, and it was a huge shock to my system to be reminded. People at the airport are gonna look at it, look at me, and tell me that I'm a horrible person for stealing somebody else's passport, I'm sure. Or make some comment to the effect that I've changed quite a bit. At least in my driver's license the blonde is a lot more hidden; I don't even remember when the picture was taken.

I'm finding myself getting drawn back to Darkwing Duck, which is bad because...well, that makes one too many shows for me to be watching. True, DW--er, DWD is over (sadness) but there's still 91 half-hour episodes for me to watch (minus the....6-7 episodes I've seen now), on top of Torchwood (though I am 1 episode away from being caught up) as well as Life on Mars (5 episodes from finishing) and Doctor Who (3 more days before another episode, YAY!!!!!), and soon House will be back on (Monday 21st) AND I'm still doing the 50 Books in a year thing, and am still stuck at trying to finish #6 (which I think is going to switch from The Secret Agent to The Canterbury Tales [Beidler Ed.]). *headdesk* I'm not even going to touch on what I need to do for school/Rome.

I need to make a trip down to B&N sometime this week (probably tomorrow) to finally pick up the last of my Chaucer textbooks, and also to pick up Metamorphoses by Ovid for Rome, and then hopefully I'll be done with books and such! I love books, I do, but having to constantly go out and come back only to go back out again and repeat the process practically 6 times makes me a little weary. Of course, in addition to the Ovid Rome is requiring another book which is out of print! Why can't they pick a different book which isn't out of print which may still cover the same material is beyond me. The email the program director sent to us didn't say explicitly we needed to buy the books, just read them, so....maybe I can just check it out from the library and read it and do it that way, yes/yes? I'll ask him at the info session at the end of the month, and hopefully he'll be agreeable. If not....to Amazon.com/Barnes&Noble.com I go.

Which leads me to another point (sorry, sorry, I know my entries tend to ramble on): Why in pluperfect heck isn't this info session earlier?!?! As in, before the visa application is due??? It doesn't make sense to me why things are running late. Like the deposit? The application says the charge would show up a week after you send confirmation and you need to pay it then. That didn't happen. He later says in an email sent on the 4th, "but it is all straightened out and your deposit amounts should appear very soon". Um....no. Still nothing yet. *headdesk* He's done this at least once before, if not more than that....I'm not entirely certain why this year seems more behind. Did he do this last year, too? It doesn't seem likely to me, but....oh well. What happens happens.

I need to get out more, out to Seattle-proper and such. I'm thinking of a trip to Pike Place this weekend (not interrupting DW, of course!), simply so I can get out and about, but we'll see what happens. I tend to make plans and promise whole-heartedly that I will make good on them, but then it rolls around and I'm too lazy to get out. Maybe I need to drag Kathryn and Nikki and Freddie into it or something, who knows.

38% Geek

Col. O'Neill: I do appreciate that you were the one to come and see if I was okay. That... that means something.
Dr. Jackson: Ah... actually, no, it doesn't.
Col. O'Neill: No?
Dr. Jackson: Um... we, ah, we drew straws. I lost. --Stargate SG-1, Shades of Grey

8 Days Until I'm 21. Still don't think I'm going to do a 21 run. If I do, I'll be bringing Kathryn or my other friends on the floor who wants something to drink to the QFC midnight the 15th and ask them what they like and I'll buy that for them to consume. If too many people try and get in on the action, they'll need to provide their own cash.

So, for my weather class, there's homework involved. Sometimes I have difficulty in completing it, if only because I don't always put 100% of my brain to it. But I don't really need to go out of my way to compare answers with others. But there's a girl in my quiz section who randomly accosted me one day and asked to do so, and we did, and it was kinda okay that one time because it was 5 minutes before it was due. Then she asked if we could make a regular thing of it, and I agreed because I didn't really mind the idea.

She wanted to meet at 8:00AM Tuesday. I cringed inwardly, but I said sure. My mistake. Because her alarm didn't go off and she completely missed our meeting. I understand, and I don't blame her, but...I got 5 hours of sleep when I could've gotten 7. Wasn't terribly thrilled.

Then she wanted to take a look at my notes because she missed a day. Again, I don't mind because she's not trying to use them to cheat or something. She said she'd meet me a few minutes before class today, so she could finish copying my notes.

She didn't come. Instead, she texted me: "I will c u in class i need 2 eat. I am so hungry." This was about 3 minutes before class started. I don't entirely understand why she A) couldn't get up earlier in order to eat, B) bring her food to class to eat, or C) why she felt it necessary to include the last sentence; it felt a bit like she's looking for attention from me.

I ran into her after class (11:20), where she was just standing around outside. She said she'd gotten there at 10:50 (class starts at 10:30) but she hadn't wanted to go inside because she was late, and she would have just felt so bad about it. Never mind the fact that people come in late all the time, and it's a lecture class, so you blend in with the crowd after you settle in. But she was so.....I don't know if it's her way of making friends with people, but to me she just comes across as really whiny and needy and attention-seeking.

I'm sure she's a nice girl. But, for a 5th year senior majoring in Math who's engaged to be married to a guy in law school who has a business in San Diego whom she's had a long-distance relationship with for 3 years (I met this girl maybe a week ago and already I know all this.......) she feels really....not immature, but she has a quality that doesn't feel very adult to me. It's kinda hard to explain what it is about her that rubs me the wrong way. I guess I sorta just want to be able to tell her "Take a step back....we're not BFFs from kindergarten. Stop with the mother-henning."

Maybe that's what it is. She has that really bothersome mother-hen trait. Not even the "Oh, hey, you want me to buy you some chicken soup?" kind of mother-hen, but the "Oh my god you rubbed your eyes let me call the ambulance for you!" kind of mother-hen.

Okay. Wow. Totally didn't mean to use 7 paragraphs describing one little instance of disgruntlement with one random person in my life. I barely use even a paragraph for the LaRouche people who plague the campus on a daily basis.

Going to go see the Vagina Monologues tonight, even though I don't really think it's my thing. I'm all for women having equality and being comfortable with their sexuality and having the liberty of freedom, but I'm more of a passive-type. But it'll be a fun night with a bunch of other girls, and then afterwards we'll probably go get ice cream. So, really, it's just a girl's night out.


I randomly decided last night to do memes. I particularly wanted an icon meme, because I wanted to show off the pretties other people have made (since GJ completely deleted all icons in its slow sinking death). Sooooooo......this entry is LOTS OF MEMES and no purpose.

WARNING! There's an Icon Meme down below. This Entry = Icon Meme, Icon meme = Images, and if your Internet connection = DSL, This Entry = DEATH for you.

1) Select your month of birth.
B) Strike all the ones that don't apply to you.
iii) Bold between 5 and 10 that most apply to you.
Lastly) Post in your lj including all 12 months into a cut.

(Some in my month require qualifiers, but....*shrugs* I'm feeling lazy)

( Month Before Me )

February:
Abstract thoughts. Loves reality and abstract. Intelligent and clever. Changing personality. Attractive. Sexy. Temperamental. Quiet, shy and humble. Honest and loyal. Determined to reach goals. Loves freedom. Rebellious when restricted. Loves aggressiveness. Too sensitive and easily hurt. Gets angry really easily but does not show it. Dislikes unnecessary things. Loves making friends but rarely shows it. Daring and stubborn. Ambitious. Realizes dreams and hopes. Sharp. Loves entertainment and leisure. Romantic on the inside not outside. Superstitious and ludicrous. Spendthrift. Tries to learn to show emotions.

( Months After Me )

( Word Association )


( Icon Meme )

Amber: Hi, Greg. And I call you Greg because we're now social equals.
House: I call you "cutthroat bitch" because... well, quod erat demonstrandum. And I speak in Latin because I don't try to hide what an ass I am.
[Later]
Dr. Wilson: C'est la vie, and I use the French because you're an ass.

House: (to Wilson, both holding cocktails) Wait a second. This isn't just about the sex. You like her personality. You like that she's conniving. You like that she has no regard for consequences. You like that she can humiliate someone if it serves... oh my god. You're sleeping with me. [Wilson and House both have strange looks on their faces; House gives Wilson his drink and hurries away] --House, Don't Ever Change

Where had this last week gone? I don't know why I spent most of it in a tired state, but hopefully all I need is some downtime. All that stands between me and that are two finals, so.....I'm screwed. Yay.

Beyond that, there isn't much to update. Just felt like doing some quizzes/memes.

( Really really long list of memes and answers behind here. )

"Where there's a will, there's an or." Jack O'Neill, Stargate SG-1 *is now inspired to go searching for SG-1 icons*