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October 31st, 2009

12:11 am - Hey, what was Michael Jordan's jersey number again? Because that's how old I am now. Emphasis on the "old." Derp. I am so mentally and emotionally... um... way younger than that. Lolololololol. Oh, did my first official work shift at Muvico today. Yay, money and maturity points. Or something. Current Mood: amused Tags: birthday, feck i have a job!

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October 29th, 2009

11:12 pm - Scribble scrabble erifnosmirc erifnosmirc erifnosmirc erifnosmirc erifnosmirc erifnosmirc erifnosmirc erifnosmirc erifnosmirc erifnosmirc erifnosmirc erifnosmirc Checkity check-check it! I started an online writing journal. Well technically, it's a creative works journal, but I don't really make icons or draw or compile fan soundtracks. In the off chance I do, it'll go there. And techinically again, I didn't just start it. When I was an ickle 17 year-old, I signed up for an LJ and completely forgot about it until this summer, when I went through my inbox old mail to new. "Oh hey, LJ verification e-mail from forever ago, holy crap!" I decided to use it for creative stuff but just got around to posting anything in it. Any of you writerly folk are free to check it out and leave feedback/concrit. I have a weaksauce ego, but if I ever want to improve my writing I need to learn how to work with criticism. I am gradually getting better at it, though. Hehh. It's very much a process. Current Mood: creative Tags: i wish i could write, lj

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October 22nd, 2009

03:49 pm - A fork in the road of (im)maturity From skwerly: mistressofrobin n. a good or new police car. "Want me to punch that mistressofrobin, dude?" Taken from the randomly generated Infinite Teen Slang Dictionary. Look up another word:- Sorry about that last pathetic entry. It was my first job prospect and even though I should've figured it's not often you land your first job offer, I expected too much out of it. But at least it taught me how to deal with rejection more easily, and the following ones haven't been as heartbreaking. Live and learn. I did an online application for The Body Shop and got rejected by the computer as soon as I finished it, which was a swift, outfield jab that never settled long enough for me to brood over it. Had a group interview with Bath and Body Works, which I thought I answered as well as I could've considering all my "work experience" was volunteer and extracurricular stuff, but my fellow interviewees were a former teacher, hairdresser, and sales associate for another store. My chances: small. ^.^;; Course, that rejection still sucked. But I did get hired at the nearby Muvico, so yay, actual paying work experience! It's not exactly the path you'd expect a college grad to take, but I was your typical sheltered Asian kid whose parents worried more about my grades than life experience. So for me, this is still a life step up. XD;; It's mostly a weekend job, so maybe I can sneak in a second job for double work experience, ha ha, but I'll figure that out when I start the job I do have. Herm. I recently joined a writers' circle at the closest Barnes and Noble, which had a bigger turnout than I expected, maybe about 18 or so folks. Most of them are adults -- yeah, I kind of still consider myself a kid, hehh -- so the feedback is different than I was used to getting at the writers' circles in my classes. They're more willing to offer suggestions, unlike students who'll say something like, "I like the title." So hopefully I'll actually get somewhere with my writing now that I'm going to a group. And that's the important bits of my life right now, besides ( these hot No More Heroes 2 trailers, ) popping my Hetalia cherry I guess -- I still want a Philippines-tan, Himaruya! -- and a dorky meme I filched from dufaux just for kicks. Give me three people I know and I'll tell you whether I'd Shag, Marry, or Push Them Off a Cliff. Current Mood: excited Tags: feck i have a job!, i wish i could write, meme stuffies, no more heroes

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October 8th, 2009

05:23 pm - Just... frick. I'm really starting to worry this job thing won't pan out after all. Where is my darn phone call? It's over two hours late and just... They didn't leave me any of their contact info, I don't remember the name of the woman I talked to yesterday, and I can't help but feel like I've been set up for disappointment, in large part by my own premature celebrating. Maybe they just mean to call me around 3-ish a few days from now? I don't know. I want to stay positive, but I'm stupid scared now. Friggit. Why can't I have nice things? >.<* Current Mood: crushed Tags: feck i need a job, my general suckage

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October 7th, 2009

05:14 pm - SNAP I might not fail at life as much as I think! So, back from the job fair at my old college. HOLY CRAP I might be in line for an entry-level administrative position for an online education facilitator. They're calling me tomorrow with details, and hopefully from there they'll set me up with an interview if they think my resume and skills set looks about right for the job. I MIGHT NOT BE A HOMEBODY BUM FOR THAT MUCH LONGER GUYS. THIS IS CRAZINESS. I know it's still early to be this worked up about it, but just the fact that I might be qualified for this kind of job period is alsdjflasjdflaef. It feels like I could already have it in the bag. The woman I spoke with did say she just remembered about that particular job opening when I showed her my resume and that they were looking to fill it quickly, so I think my chances are pretty darn good. Positive thinking, self. Positive thinking! :O Current Mood: excited Tags: feck i need a job, just pretend i'm awesome, no future even any future?

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01:59 am - Some semblance of a professional life. Or something. Hum-dee-dum, working on job stuffs. Filling about a handful or so applications for mall jobs because I have no paying job experience, and I don't know what my chances are of getting a career job based on major-related coursework and extracurricular activities. At least some of those I've had officer positions, but still. Been going to just about every career workshop I get wind of for advice, reinforcing of said advice, and networking opportunities which, wow, I am a total joke when it comes to networking chat. It kind of kills me that this is how 80% of applicants are hired -- and yes, that's an accurate figure according to the presenter at today's job fair networking workshop at my alma mater. On top of that, tomorr-day I'm going to a job fair to scope out my employment prospects there. Sucks that there aren't going to be any media or publishing companies since well, I want to do something along the lines of my communication major. Ah well. Just have to see if my lacking skill set can fit any of the positions the companies actually there are hiring for. My university e-mail won't be deactivated until December I think, so I'm still getting messages from the career center and English department about visiting writers. And it's nice to be in the know about the career workshops and other interesting open events so I can attend them, but I can't help but feel like Dr. Kelso in the last season of Scrubs. All I need are the unlimited muffins from the coffee shop and expanding waistband muffin pants, and I'm set. It's like I'm going there often enough to halfway feel like I never graduated, which I can't help but see as kind of pathetic, even if those events would behoove me. I've been to three university events all within the last two weeks, I think. I know there'll be more in the future. I just wish I'd be going back to my old university seeing my professors and classmates when I made something of myself. I still haven't visited my high school for that very reason. I don't know what point I was trying to make ranting about all this. How awkward it makes me feel is about it, I guess. Crap, still need to tweak my resume a few times over and write out my elevator speech. Frick on a stick with a brick. Current Mood: anxious Tags: bad plays on words someplace, college, feck i need a job, i try to explain things or something, my general suckage, no future even any future?, scrubs

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October 2nd, 2009

06:53 pm - Raison d'etre I don't pimp games in my journal that often since not everyone on my Friends List is a pretendy fun tiemer, but this round of app_this_plz has me in the spirit, so. XD romdeau FAQs X Storyline X Applicatons X Taken Characters X Holds ( LJ-cut for great justice! Or a game premise! ) It's kind of on the small side, but I think it has an interesting premise if you give it a chance. Lots of characters are available, so if you weren't lucky to snag that one you really wanted to play someplace else, you're likely to have them here. The Taken Characters list is going to be cleaned out this weekend, but you can see a more current list at my app_this_plz thread here. Give it a look if it's something you might be interested in. Thanks! ^.^;; Current Mood: energetic Tags: rpgs are like crack

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September 30th, 2009

03:06 pm - Seasons change. Lazy-bum lifestyle? Working on it. It's not autumn weather yet, but it's nice out and there's even a light breeze. I was thinking of doing some exercise hooping in the backyard, but why spend the time outside in one place when I can enjoy the weather biking around the neighborhood? Besides, my waist hurts from last night's 30-minute session. So much for trying to keep in shape. Haven't hooped in probably months. The thing's made of heavy irrigation piping, so yeah, ouch. Just have to get in the habit of doing it again, orz. Probably going to go to Brandon mall looking for "Now hiring" signs because man, do I need a job. After that, heading back to my old college to see a visiting writer read. The event's open to public, but I still feel weird about going when I'll likely run into old classmates and professors who'll want to know what a college grad like me is doing now. And um, if you know me, you know I don't want to answer that question because they're not going to get a remotely impressive answer. But bah, I'll just have to suck up my embarrassment or something. Or just not go, but I don't really want to skip out on it just to protect my meager pride. Random question: do you have to pay to use Bluetooth? I'd guess no, or else you'd have to cough out extra money just to use one of those headsets, but just want to make sure since this is my first Bluetooth-capable phone. Oh, and The How's My Driving? Meme even though I've been quiet the past two weeks in my main game and the other two are smaller. Current Mood: calm Tags: college, crazy life carp, feck i need a job, meme stuffies, rpgs are like crack

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September 25th, 2009

12:14 am - On the road to nowhere I think I'd be happier with myself if I had any sense of life direction. Not to mention I'd actually get things accomplished like oh, looking for work. I am way too old to still have never held down a paying job. I'm so stupidly paranoid about ending up a bum on the street waxing poetic about what I should've done with my life, but right now? I'm not a whole lot different, except I'm being a bum at home. It's a dumb state of affairs and I know it, but I'm failing at getting off my butt and doing anything about it. GAH. Oh, went on a grocery run a few hours ago. When I was backing out to leave, some douchefaces rolled into the parking lot and screamed, "NIGGER!" really loudly. Mature now, aren't we? O.o;; Current Mood: contemplative Tags: crazy life carp, dumbnut people, my general suckage, no future even any future?

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September 6th, 2009

10:15 am - I love the night life, I like to boogie Since we got back from California about three weeks ago -- I think it was, can't remember -- I hadn't completely readjusted my sleeping pattern for Eastern time. About three days ago -- I think, can't remember this either -- I thought I could fix this by pulling an all-nighter so I'd be extra tired right around when I should be properly asleep. I used to be able to pull this off when I was in high school. Right when I got to around college-aged, I'd only be able to last till about 4 or 5 a.m. before surrendering to sleep. Not very good at all when you have work due the next day that you could've done earlier but didn't because you're a procrastinator. I chocked my inability to stay up nights to growing old. Hah. So pretty much what all this rambling means is that this time around I just might be able to stay up till tonight. Hopefully. I am looking forward to sleeping and waking up at a reasonable time again. Going to be around 7 a.m. and waking up at 3 p.m. just doesn't make sense ever. Gaaaaaah, come back Shinobu and Kira muses! I'm still having the hardest time getting back into my games. I think my sudden surge of OC game inspiration is stealing all the juice from my fandom muses. Or something. That made more sense in my head than I'm pretty sure I'm writing it. Lol, sleep drunkenness. Edit, 10:46 a.m.: Okay, so just updated my Twitter. One of Twitter's Trending Topics is "NickJonasSideBoob." What. The feck people. Current Mood: drained Tags: crazy life carp, just pretend i'm awesome, procrastinating is bad but i'm good at i, rpgs are like crack

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September 2nd, 2009

05:16 pm - No more sad songs Don't know why, but I'm kind of in a BLEH mood right now. I didn't even finish my already late lunch because I just kept staring at my sinigang -- which is one of my favorite dishes ever -- and thinking, "Ew." Although, I'm getting the hollow stomach feeling that's telling me I should eat, so I'll probably do that right after I'm done with this entry. Not motivated to do anything either except read, which isn't all that bad because I don't read enough as it is. Yeah, my New Year's Resolution to read a book a week? Was a huge failure. Maybe I'll just make it a book every two weeks next year. I should be tagging around my games and ish, but haven't been feeling that either. My characters' friends lists look like a foreign language, and the few attempts to tag feel so OOC. Bah. Apparently, my way of coasting through all this slightly emo blah is listening to Clay Aiken near nonstop. XD I probably should be more ashamed of that than I am. I'm not OMG IN LUV with him anymore like I was in high school, and even if I were it'd be pointless because um he's gay, but his singing voice still turns me to mush. LOLOLOL. Wow okay, I am so quitting this before I divulge anymore shameful secrets. Current Mood: crappy Current Music: Clay Aiken - Invisible Tags: angsting is for emo-douches, books, clay aiken, rpgs are like crack

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August 18th, 2009

08:14 pm - Why I Suck Reason #12938749237401239479234 RE: Today's Fandom Secret 167 I read bad books by crappy authors. I need to stop feeling personally offended by every little disagreeable thing. Or come to better terms with my less than awesomeness. Oh, and get myself back in my darn games, whut. O.o;; Current Mood: guilty Tags: books, my general suckage, rpgs are like crack

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August 17th, 2009

08:41 pm - Self-Improvement for Dummies La-di-da dropping this off. Wanted to write an actual entry and just tag this on at the end, but I didn't have anything worthwhile to update about, so have a pointless and egocentric entry. :\ First Impressions Meme Maybe if I know what people think of me, I can work on fixing my sucktitude. XD;; Current Mood: curious Tags: just pretend i'm awesome, meme stuffies, my general suckage

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August 9th, 2009

05:34 am - Summer cleaning Cleaned out my school e-mail's inbox and my joined communities. The school e-mail has the tiniest storage capacity ever and I'd have to empty it out like every three months because of course-related newsletters, global messages, school organization e-mails, etc. etc. Came about time to do it again, only now that I'm done with college I really wiped it out. Made me kind of sad to think that part of my life is really over. As happy as I am I don't have to go to school anymore -- until I decide to go to grad school or something -- I kind of miss it somehow. Got that nostalgic feeling leaving LJ communities I haven't looked at in years. I was active in fandoms back then, at least by way of commenting and discussing. And wow, did I have annoying weaboo chatspeak back then. Adding suffixes to names and spelling out exclamations like "muuy" and... other ones I can't remember, but I abused that one plenty. Unfortunately I still abuse emoticons, but whatever, old habits die hard. XD;; This is lol embarrassing to mention but back in like 2007 I was obsessed with this terribly soapy college drama called The Best Years which aired on The-N. Why does this matter? Because I can probably say with authority I was the smartest-sounding person on that series's LJ community, and that makes me feel like an awesome person. While other fans were like, "OMG trent is so hawt" I was writing manifestos on why the main character Sam was a total Sue and the writers are trying too hard to make viewers sympathize with her tragically perfect, self-absorbed self. Okay, so it was one tl;dr character analysis and some other scattered but still smart-sounding comments about how Trent is a creeper and Devon was the better boyfriend except the show made him look like a douche and other such oddities. But the point is I was active and actually looked intelligent. The only other fandom that made me feel smart was IGPX, but the LJ fandom was awesome anyway, so it was a collective effort. So not sucking up, HONEST. D: Lololol brag brag brag someone please convince me out of researching and looking up the supposed Best Years season two that only aired in Canada because watching anime is clearly more mature and less shameful than watching "edgy" glamorized teenage dramas. PS: Ha ha, I forgot there was a Noah in TBY and that made me (re?)realize I have a soft spot/thing for Noa(h)s. Noa in the Yuugiou fillers, Noah in TBY, Noah in Heroes, and my favorite of them all -- Noa in KIBA. It's like my thing for Jamies that started with Zoids or that Disney EMT show from the early 2000s with hot Christopher Ralph. Rofl this entry, man. Current Mood: Clearly I was awesome Tags: college, heroes, igpx, just pretend i'm awesome, ki-ba, lj, noa, tv

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July 26th, 2009

02:07 am - Me-me-me-me-me-me-meeeeeeme~! In California. Stayed at my aunt's for a while, then drove to San Diego for Comic Con. First out-of-state convention ever, and Sis, Beni, and I pick this one. XD;; It's crazy, but a lot of fun. I'm picking up a lot of useful TV, film, comic, and fiction writing tips at the panels and such, as well. Plus, lots of awesome happened, but I'll save that for after the con. For now though, I'm going to be annoying and link to more memes. ★small fandoms★ friending meme Because holy crap, most of the series I get into are tiny tiny tiny. *sadfaces* The ones I added are on page 18, and I commented here and there in some other ones. And... RPSHIPSMEME Lol, yeah right. Current Mood: tired Tags: i wish i could write, meme stuffies, vacation times

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July 18th, 2009

02:34 am - No man is an island, or "emo post is emo" I've been feeling kind of meh the past few days, kind of an off and on thing or whatever. ( That would be your warning to skip over the emo. Yeahhh. ) In other news, finally heading to California this afternoon. It still hasn't sunk in. Huh. Current Mood: gloomy Tags: angsting is for emo-douches, my general suckage

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July 14th, 2009

08:11 pm - Something of an oral fixation? Fell asleep watching TV and woke up from a split second dream where I fell asleep wearing a retainer that was clearly molded for someone else's mouth and woke up with my jaw horribly disfigured. I've also had recurring dreams along the lines of my teeth falling off or my gums melting so all my teeth fall off since like forever. I think I have some weird dental paranoia or something. O.o;; Current Mood: weird Tags: dream "interpretations"

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July 12th, 2009

04:15 pm - This entry title is so cute and witty, yes! Dad's finally back from the Philippines. Two months is a long time to go without seeing family. Sis and I managed all right on our own pretending to be being adults, but it's nice to have Dad around again. He's still on Filipino time, though, hee. I made tinola for us to "celebrate," but it didn't taste as good as it did last time. Lol, fail. Been kind of watching more anime recently. Because that's totally productive. Yeah. Blah, hardly have anything to update this doohicky with anymore. So whatever, have overdue memes that were cool last month. ( Give me a fandom, and I'll tell you: ) ( And here's a character RP meme while you're at it. ) Current Mood: hungry Tags: dad, family, meme stuffies, philippines, rpgs are like crack, sis

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May 28th, 2009

02:44 am - It's gonna be a Desperate Struggle waiting for the sequel Yeah. Cheesy subject title is cheesy. Deal. But HOLY CRAP NEW NO MORE HEROES 2 SCANS. Unf unf unf UNF. Travis wielding two Beam Katanas and sporting unnecessary belt loops wrapping around his thigh YES PLZ. I can't form coherent thoughts because alksdjfalsdfoaf too excited and like I NEED THIS GAME NOW. Dying to know what happened with Henry, though. And if Shinobu's back in the sequel because I LOVE HER AND SHE AND TRAVIS NEED TO HAVE THEIR EPIC LOVE REMATCH. And cute nerdy recorder girl is adorable and I want to believe her recorder turns into a double-sided Beam Katana and that she is no threat to my dorky lame, barely past statutory, why-am-I-even-shipping-in-this-game Travinobu love because she and Travis are looking mighty cute and cozy sitting back to back. Sylvia's jacket tails and skirt are super tiny and the new assassin Nathan Copeland looks like a kick and NO BISHOP DON'T DIE YOU'RE HIS ONLY FRIEND and wow Desperate Struggle is actually looking SRS BSNS compared to NMH and I'm so lksdjflasdkjflasdf excited. Aaaaaaand shutting up now. ^.^;; Edit, 3:09 a.m.: Totally unrelated, but oh man, Inheritance Cycle RPers in dear_mun? TONIGHT IS A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT FOR MY FANDOMS. Current Mood: ecstatic Tags: bad plays on words someplace, capslock abuse, fangirlism, inheritance trilogy, no more heroes

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May 23rd, 2009

02:29 pm - All hail Uzumakiism! As stupid, ill-informed, and naive as this sounds, all the jaded Naruto "fans" make me feel really guilty for still enjoying this supposed PoS and make me feel better about not delving into the fandom. I'm sorry I like Naruto better than Sasuke. I'm sorry I abso-fecking-lutely hate Sasuke and don't give a crap about their twagic clan except for Obito. Then again -- gasp! -- he's supposed to be like Naruto. I'm sorry I started to actually like this Nagato arc and aspects of his character. I'm usually indifferent to Akatsuki as a whole. This is a rarity. I'm sorry I'm too stupidly sensitive to look at Kishimoto's storytelling objectively to see the flaws you all do. Naruto's far from perfect, but can I just pretend it's still wonderful and amazing, please? No, that just makes you part of the problem, right? This is such a stupid post, but whatever. It also reminds me I'm behind some chapters on Bakuman. Lucky that series has a nice, goofy fandom. Pth. Current Mood: aggravated Tags: fangirlism, naruto

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