Post the Twenty-Second: Movie Night III

Today was the second movie night -- no, wait, third -- of the summer. It was lots of fun. We were initially going to do an apocalypse theme, buuut for some reason the DVDs didn't burn properly, so we just walked over to D-Video and rented a couple we wanted to watch instead. We were going to rent the same movies but we're like "Ehhh fuck it."

First we watched A Muppets' Christmas Carol (chosen by Kieran). It was lots of fun. Now before you go judging us, we had Disney night last week and it was a blast. We're all secretly 5 years old. Plus there was lots of jokes and laughter about WOAHHHH ACID TRIP.

Then we watched Persepolis (also chosen by Kieran). I had never heard of it before but they assured me it was good. It's a French animated movie about an Iranian girl growing up during the Iranian Revolution. It's quite good and surprisingly hilarious.

Then we watched Dragonball Evolution (chosen by Daniel mostly, although it was a group consensus). YES. YES WE DID. xD We picked it out for laughs. It was so amazing...ly bad. It was just... wow. Amazing. Words cannot describe how kitschy it was. Lots of laughter. Susan kept pointing out plot holes but we basically said SHUT UP, JUST ROLL WITH IT.

Finally we watched Shaun of the Dead (my choice, and originally part of the apocalypse theme). It was great as always, ended the night on a good note. Noticed a couple of things I hadn't noticed before that people pointed out. I always like that about watching movies with a bunch of people, you see it through multiple pairs of eyes.

Anyways, they just went home about 20 minutes ago. My head kind of hurts, I'm pretty tired, but I'm happy. It was a gooood night.

So, I realize I missed yesterday's thingy. I'm supposed to post a Youtube video. So, I shall.



Cutest video ever? Perhaps.

And for today's, I'm supposed to do whatever I fancy. So, I shall talk about a comic I like!

Blankets by Craig Thompson is SO. FUCKING. GOOD. It's like 600 pages and I read it in 1 day. In like 3 hours. It's so good. It's about this teenager who is very religious and is a bit of a social misfit, and he meets this girl and falls madly in love with her. The story is about him trying to balance his religious conviction with his growing view of the world and his intense love for this girl. It shows the evolution of his character. It's REALLY good, really funny and touching and also extremely fascinating. I'd highly, HIGHLY recommend it.

Post the Twenty-First: Karaoke Machine

Soooo today was fun.

Well. It started out not fun. I only slept 3 1/2 hours last night due to insomnia and having to get up early. I met up with friends down at the station at 10:20 (well, we were supposed to meet at 10:20, we ended up actually leaving the station at like 10:50, and I got to the station at 10:05 because I didn't want to be late sooooo) and went and watched Inception.

I still don't know what to think of that movie. I don't think I liked it very much. It was like... Okay. Here's the thing. I like plot. I HATE the 'it was all a dream' deus ex machina because it is SUCH A FUCKING COP-OUT and essentially allows you to do whatever the fuck you want without any consequences. And, y'know, that was essentially the plot. I did like the very end. I enjoyed the last 20 minutes or so and the last little bit I was like OHHHH THAT'S GOOD.

After that we returned to our friend's house and played Rock Band and ate supper and cake. GTs, GTs. Then we went to karaoke. I didn't go quite as insane this time, mainly because I'm not really that comfortable with half of the people there (they were acquaintances, not close friends) and thus didn't feel as comfortable screaming my face off, as well as the lack of energy (see: 3 1/2 hours of sleep). We did a very good job slaughtering My Heart Will Go On though. There were 9 of us. Apparantly we were the loudest BY FAR. xDD After that we went and hung out by the elementary school for a bit. We grabbed some supper at Safeway and then headed home.

When I got home I managed to download a working copy of the last Scott Pilgrim book. I enjoyed it, I thought it ended well. I am pleased.

Also all the downloaded movies for Saturday worked out fine. I am having second thoughts about watching 28 Days Later however. ;-;

So, yes, good day.

Now for today's daily post: a website. Errrm. http://www.harkavagrant.com/ Hark! a Vagrant is a history webcomic. Do I love it? YOU BET YOUR SWEET ASS I DO.

Post the Twentieth: Boooored

I hate summer for a number of reasons.

1) Sheer freaking boredom. The days are longer and there's less to fill them with.
2) Nagging to spend time productively. Get a job, do chores, etc. Fuck. That.
3) Heat. Fffffuuuuuuuu
4) Sleep schedule gets all fucked up.
5) Less things to occupy mind = intensification of boredom. Usually when I'm bored I'll think about stuff: school, friends, what's going to happen tomorrow, BUT THERE'S NOTHING TO FUCKING THINK ABOUT.
6) Laziness from heat.
7) Everyone either working, on vacation, or busy with other shit.
8) I am a nerd and look forward to the start of school so the summer gets draaaagged oooout.
9) Usually the impending doom of going to California. Doesn't look like it this year, yesss.
10) Early sunrises make me feel like shit when I'm just falling asleep when the sun's rising.

So yeah. I hate summer.

I'm filling up the vacuum left in my life by school letting out chiefly with entertainment. Namely watching anime, movies, musicals, playing games, reading books, comics, manga, etc.

Recently I've been rewatching ToraDora which is an anime that everyone either loves or hates. I finally decided to watch it like half a year ago and LOOOVED it, and am rewatching it now because it's a pretty good romance series and I'm feeling sort of melancholy. It's kind of horribly easy to apply to my life. My guy is weirdly like Ryuuji, I never noticed, mainly because the last time I watched it I hadn't quite fallen for my guy yet. But I'm not Taiga. If anything I'm like Minorin, WHO HE DID LIKE AND WHO DID LIKE HIM but they didn't get together because he stopped liking her and fell in love with Taiga instead. So. Q_Q But it is a really good series and makes my heart fill up with d'awww. Plus rewatching is always fun because you seeeee the little hints and stuff you missed the first time because you weren't expecting them. Like, noticing the signs of who really likes who. I wonder if life is like that. Sssssiiiiiiiiiighhhhhhhh.

My horoscope today said, "You may want to run away from it but you're too invested. You'll be happy about it again soon." Oh, 24 horoscope column. You know me too well.

I want to start schoooooooool. I'm bored. Bored bored bored bored bored. And my classes look like fuuuuuuun. Also I want the teacher for HSCI120 to be announced godfuckingdamnit, along with the books they're assigning.

...Holy shit I just checked, it's up.

AHHHHHHH CRAP, SHE ASSIGNED THAT STUPIDLY EXPENSIVE TEXTBOOK. GRRRRRRAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHHHHH. I was hoping she'd assign something I could get for less... the cheapest I can get it is like $102. Why does it have to be the CANADIAN edition?! Stupid bitch. Let's see how much it costs directly from SFU... $135?! Bullshit!! Oh well. Guess I'm ordering it online.

USE CAMPUSBOOKS.COM.

Seriously, it saves you a buttload of money. Let's compare, shall we?

Textbook total cost from SFU Bookstore: $758.50
Textbook total cost from campusbooks.com: $241.75

Now. I may not be a mathemetician but that's, what, a $500 difference?! Do it, guys. That's $500. $500!! And you might even save more -- the HSCI120 book is still $103 and the German textbook is around $65 (instead of $165, BUT STILL). The rest of my books cost like around $20 each -- AKA A SANE PRICE FOR A GODDAMN BOOK. Most of the books are used, but... IDK about you, but seriously, for $500 I can deal with some highlighting.

I'm not in a good mood tonight for some reason. You've probably noticed.

Well, tomorrow and Saturday should be fun.

Tomorrow is a friend's birthday party. We're going out to see Invictus, then come back to her place and play Rock Band for a bit, then go out to karaoke. I, um, motherfucking love karaoke and yet fear it. For when I do karaoke, ALL MY INHIBITIONS ARE UNLOCKED. It's like... damn. I get really hyper and say whatever somes to mind and... yes. It's bad. It's so bad.

And on Saturday I'm hosting another movie night. This week's theme is apocalypse movies. We're watching Shaun of the Dead, Mad Max, 2012, and 28 Days Later. Should be goooood.

Anyways, I missed yesterday's post, so. A hobby. Um. I like to waste my time by watching TV shows.

And a recipe... cereal. Cereal + milk = yum.

Night.

Post the Nineteenth: Handywoman

Hello aaall~

Meh, today was a mostly boring day.

We went out to dinner with my sister and her fiancee to talk about her upcoming wedding. My sister and I pretty much just chatted the entire time while Dixon (her fiancee) and Mom talked about the menu. I borrowed her DSi and her Pokemon games in an attempt to buff up my Pokedex on my HeartGold game.

I built the Ikea furniture I got yesterday today. The chair was stupidly easy to make except for the fact that it was missing 1 part. It's not that vital, except whenever I lift up the chair one of the wheels falls off. But my old chair was like that. It's also kind of short for my desk... but I guess I'll get used to it? The bookshelf was a lot more difficult to build and I messed up a couple of times, but it also turned out pretty nicely.

I'm so predictable. I tell myself I'm going to get over someone and then I talk to him or hang out with him for a few hours and I'm completely smitten again. Damn it. This friendzone thing kind of sucks but kind of rocks. It's awesome because we can talk and hang out a lot but it sucks because he doesn't feel the same way I do. ): But like... I delude myself into thinking that over the course of our friendship at SOME point he may consider me in a romantic sense... and at that time I'll strike. lol

So, for today's thingy, I have to post a talent of mine. A talent of mine... Hm... Well, I like to think I'm good at writing. I don't know. People tell me I'm good at writing too. I don't really believe it though for some reason. I thought really hard about what I'm good at and I don't know. I'm not being facetious or fishing for compliments or anything, I just really don't know. I tend to focus on the negative, so like if I'm thinking, "Am I good at writing?" I'll think of the really crappy self-insert stuff I've written rather than the stuff I'm actually proud of. If I'm thinking, "Am I funny?" I'll think of the times I make jokes and everyone ignores me rather than the times I make a joke and make people roar with laughter.

Oh. I'm good at deduction and logic games. There. My talent is... applied logic?

Post the Eighteenth: Movie Night

Sooo I realize that I missed yesterday's post, but there's a reason for that... the reason being that I had just under a dozen people over yesterday for about 9 hours.

I hosted a Disney movie night at my place. It went a LOT better than the previous week's attempt at a movie night. Lots of friends came over and it was a blast. We watched The Rescuers, A Goofy Movie, Up, and Aladdin. Good times. We set out a ton of food for them and they ate nearly all of it. I was a little stunned. I'm not used to feeding guys. They aren't as shy as girls about eating. lol It was about half-and-half, with more guys for most of it. Daniel and Tyler arrived early at around 1:45, and Kat, Zach, Yvette, and Vinny left at about 11:20. So, yeah, just over 9 hours. And then I had to clean up. D:

Anyways, life rolls on.

I've been doing chiefly 2 things with my free time today: listening to songs from A Very Potter Musical and reading Scott Pilgrim.

I keep listening to Harry (the song) from AVPM. It's Ginny singing about how she loves Harry and he doesn't notice her. I relate, Ginny, I relate... lol

Scott Pilgrim is this comic series I've been vaguely aware of for a few years but never read. I saw the trailer for the upcoming movie adaptation of it and figured I should finally read it. IT'S GOOD. It's very funny and very entertaining. I'm excited for the movie now, I hear the director of Sean of the Dead and Hot Fuzz is directing it, so you KNOW it'll be good.

Other than that, today we went to Ikea. We went to get vases and fake orchids for the centerpieces for my sister's wedding, and I offhandedly said how I would like a bookcase for my room. The truth is I REALLY wanted a bookcase REALLY badly -- I've got a rather small one built into my room, but... I need a big one, and there is a PERFECT space for one beside my desk -- but y'know, money's tight, didn't wanna ask for one. So my mom got me one. And a new desk chair. Yeee! The bookcase is incidentally the PERFECT size, I measured when I got home. It's 24 3/8" x 65". It's as tall as I am, hehe. (This will be useful if people go into my room and stand next to it so I can see how tall I look beside them.) The desk chair is this weird custardy banana-y yellow and is rolly. It doesn't look very comfortable but surprisingly it is.

Oh, which reminds me, I got shoes for the wedding the other day. They're quite pretty and also a bit scary, I need to learn how to walk in them properly, I am a heelnoob. They're fairly comfortable though. Just... scary.

So, in accordance with yesterday's thingy, I'll post an art piece that I like.



Isn't that the craziest fucking cake you've ever seen?? I saw it on a message board and I was like WHAT THE FUCK, SAVE.

Cake can be art and art can be cake.

For today, I'm to post 'whatever I fancy', so I shall post a celebrity whom I fancy quite a lot, Colin Firth.



Picture is from the BBC Pride and Prejudice miniseries which is quite good, not only for Colin Firth but also for Jennifer Ehle who is THE PERFECT ACTRESS to play Elizabeth. The entire series is fantastic, I highly recommend you go watch it. Don't watch the recent Hollywood movie version, it sucks. A lot. Ruins the characters. Is very liberal with the plot. Sucks.

Post the Seventeeth: I Don't Completely Hate Owl City

I admit it.

Okay, well, it all started when I was looking for new songs. On Sparknotes, there's a bunch of articles and stuff they publish daily and I read them. They published a mega-playlist thing and I listened to all the songs on there to try and get some new songs. One of the songs on there was The Bird and the Worm by Owl City. I was pleasantly surprised, I really liked it. I realized that I had only heard Fireflies, so I should download their album and listen to it, give them a fair chance. I've just done so. I like 3 songs from it: The Worm and the Bird, Dental Care, and Meteor Shower. The rest I don't really like. So, I retract my dislike of them.

I still dislike Fireflies though.

I've been listening to a lot of music lately. Summer and all that, all-consuming boredom, along with insomnia... it leads to my iPod being on for like 10 hours a day.

You know what's a really good soundtrack? The soundtrack of A Very Potter Musical.

I finally finished it, it was SO GOOD. My favourite song is Granger Danger, in which Ron and Draco see Hermione at the Yule Ball and fall in love with her. :D For some reason Draco's part keeps getting stuck in my head, and I always giggle at "Sheeeee is the HOTTEST GIRL I'VE EVER SEEN!!"

Tomorrow I'm having a thing at my house. Disney movie marathon. Hell yeah. I invited a ton of people, because last week I invited about 10 and like 3 showed up. So this time I invited like 16. And 10 or 11 are coming. FUCK. It'll be fun, just... hectic... ><

Alright, time for the daily prompt. A Song That Makes Me Cry.

THERE IS ONLY ONE SONG, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.



Don't judge me. DON'T YOU DARE JUDGE ME.

Even just the song makes me cry, it's true. I have it on my iPod.

Post the Sixteenth: Insomnia

So last night I slept for roughly 4 hours. I slept very restlessly for 4 hours. So I'm kind of tired.

I'm just going to post the dailies.

Day 14 - A Non-Fictional Book
I'm interpreting this as a book that actually exists. I started to reread Harry Potter 7 yesterday. Well, I reread The Prince's Tale and the part where Ron comes back. I'm going to start reading it from the beginning tonight or tomorrow.

Day 15 - A Fanfic
Okay. I will post the best fanfic I've ever read. Believe me this is an accomplishment, I used to read fanfics for several hours a day. It's called Shattering Ice. It's based upon Avatar (cartoon) and basically takes a very very minor element of the plot and exploits the shit outta it. Those familiar with the series will remember that Kanna, Katara and Sokka's grandma, was originally engaged to Pakku of the Northern Water Tribe and ran away. This story goes through their youth and them falling in love and stuff. It's very, very, VERY good.

Post the Fifteenth: Laptops and a Reply

Hello hello.

I'm wondering if, in the fall, I should bring my laptop to class instead of a notebook. I honestly cannot decide.

I don't know if it'll be odd. like, will other people bring their laptops??

I don't know if I'll be distracting. I type REALLY LOUDLY.

I don't know if it'll be practical. Notebooks are definitely more versatile and easier to carry, as well as take up less space. My laptop is pretty dang big. Plus it's not very common to get your notebooks stolen, or to have them damaged on the bus by someone shoving you against the door as the bus jerks to a sudden halt.

At this point I think I'll use a notebook for lectures. I was looking around at advice on this topic and almost everyone said you don't need them in lectures. I think they'll especially be a good idea in Astronomy, where there are equations, and German, where there's that weird B-shaped thing (ß) that, I found out today, was actually pronounced like an s. Weird.

Speaking of which, I got an email response from the Japanese teacher. She said she was available to do an informal interview on Friday... Buuuut I've decided I still want to take German, for a number of reasons.

1) I'd like to experience something new, I've been doing Japanese for 4 years.
2) Japanese is REALLY at a shitty time slot.
3) I don't want to do the stupid interview.
4) German teacher is great, while Japanese teacher sucks.
5) I don't want to stress about getting in or not getting in to JAPN200.

Plus today I was looking at German phrases, and... I must figure out how this language works. It baffles me.

Well, today's topic is A Fictional Book. I will interpret this as a book that is IN a work of fiction.

You know what book I've always really really wanted? The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Not the novel, the actual guide spoken of in the novel. It's like a sarcastic Wikipedia, I love it!

Post the Fourteenth: Set in Stone

Well, today I officially registered for courses. Woohoo?

Honestly it's not that big of a deal by now, as I've been obsessively planning it for years and have been REALLY obsessively planning it since the schedule was posted in June. But it's nice to have it all finalized and, y'know, REAL.

So, here it is:



As you can see, I ended up registering for German instead of Japanese. Despite my declaration that I would take German, I did try to enroll in Japanese. However, with my lack of prerequisites, I wasn't able to enroll. Meh. Whatever.

So after comparing notes with high school friends who are also going to SFU with me, I found out that I have friends in 3 of 5 of my classes. Yvette is in ARCH100 with me, Kayla is in PHYS190 (same lab too), and Kayla and Susan are in HSCI120. So, yay! :D Now I just have to make friends in HIST151 and GERM102. In theory making friends in GERM102 should be fairly simple as it's a 25-person class and has a large oral component (being a language and all). I'm slightly worried about making friends in HIST151. But there is a 17-person tutorial session, maybe I can meet someone there.

And of course then we spin off into fantasies about meeting a very cute and very nerdy guy in my History class and hitting it off with him...

Erm. Cough cough.

Incidentally, I was browsing around Facebook and I came upon one of those 'You Know You're From SFU When...' groups. I read through them. I particularly liked this one:

"77. You have been lost searching for tutorial rooms in the RCB building."

Man I haven't even started attending and I've gotten lost in that damn building!! I'm glad I'm not taking GEOG162 this term and have to deal with that labyrinthine building.

Today is Day 12, which means I can do whatever the hell I want. So, I'm going to post something that you all should watch, if you haven't already. It's called A Very Potter Musical, and it is, exactly as it sounds, a Harry Potter musical. It's all available on Youtube. Just search it. It's ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS and very well-done too. I've only watched the first half -- I'd continue but, er, it's 3 AM. -_-; Not like I have anything to do tomorrow (other than go to SFU and change their records of my SIN) but still, sleep is sort of important.

Post the Thirteenth: Unlucky!!

So I held a movie event at my house today. I initially invited like 16 friends. Only 3 showed up. I was pretty pissed off, but I still had a good time. Kind of shows who your true friends are, y'know? Well, no, that's not true. I mean I know everyone has situations and such to deal with, but still. :P

Tomorrow is course registration. I'm anxious. I hope I can get into every class I want to get into. My appointment is at 3:30 PM. I'm going to be sitting there at 3:00 STARING AT THE CLOCK... then I'll get bored and start playing solitaire or something to pass the time. Then I'll look down and it'll be 3:35 and I'll FREAK THE FUCK OUT. lol

So, today being Day 11, here's a recent picture of me:



Yes it's another grad picture. DEAL WITH IT. I like this picture, it's a good picture of my mom and I.

Post the Twelfth: Obligatory

Nothing to report. Life rolls on. I did like nothing today. So I'll just post with Day 10's task: a photo of me taken over 10 years ago.



I'm the younger one on the left. My sister is the other girl, and our dog Lacey is in the middle. I think this was taken in like 1994?

Post the Eleventh: Complications

So it seems as the days go by more and more things build up towards this SFU thing. Things change, things appear that I didn't even think were a problem, and I find out new things.

First off, I've changed my course schedule. Yet again. BUT FOR THE LAST TIME, I SWEAR. course registration is on Monday, I can't fiddle around with it for much longer.

First change: I'm dropping GEOG162 and taking ANTH100 instead.

Why? Because GEOG162 is a fricken boring course, I really want to take ANTH100, and while I DO want to take upper-division ANTH courses (meaning that I should take lower-divison ones NOW), I have no intention of taking any more GEOG courses other than GEOG162. My schedule isn't altered that much by this change: both classes are on Monday, and no other class is on Monday.

Second change: I am officially deciding to enroll in GERM102 this semester, NOT JAPN200.

I got an email back from the LTI, and while they said it was advised that I take JAPN200 I needed permission from the instructor to enroll. I thought, "But Annie didn't have to do that, she just enrolled in upper-level French." Upon checking out the French website, they allow for high school. Japanese does not. So, I am enrolling in GERM102. In one way I'm slightly relieved, Japanese was at an awkward spot in my schedule anyways.

Alright, so, that's all that's done for changes. I'm still taking HIST151, PHYS190, and HSCI120 as planned.

I tried applying for a bursary yesterday. I learned a couple of things over this process.

1) SFU doesn't have my correct social insurance number. I'm going up there today to give them the correct one so I can apply for the bursary before the deadline, which is the 16th.

2) My scholarship of $3500 is split evenly between the fall and spring semesters, meaning I only have $1750 this semester. Tuition, JUST tuition, per semester is around $2400. That means I am $650 short. Shit.

3) For SFU you cannot start applying for student loans yet. I don't know why, but it looks like you can only apply for student loans when class is actually in-session. This is retarded.

So, yeah, money. Christ. I wish I was a French citizen.

I did find out some good news though. I was on Facebook yesterday, and my English teacher (I added him as a friend) messaged me and told me I got 4 on the AP Lit exam. Yay! Later, when attempting to obtain my transcript from SFU (for the purposes of emailing the Japanese teacher), I found out that it had my AP scores on there. I got 4 on the AP Lit exam and 5 on the AP Human Geo exam!! :D I'm happy, quite happy.

Now if only I can ace my provincials, I might get a scholarship. A $1000 scholarship that will cover the gap left in my tuition fees. But I won't find that out 'til July 31.

But yeah. The plan for today is to go up to SFU and get my SIN in order, and then go make sure I know where my ARCH100 class is. I'm pretty sure I know, because when we were trekking around looking for my HIST151 tutorial we passed it.

Also on that note I should make sure I can find that HIST151 tutorial from the outside.

And now, for Day 9's task: A photo I took.



...Yep.

It's a picture of my friend at the Cancer All-Nighter, a fundraising event held at my school in May, where basically you raise money to stay awake at school all night. It goes from fun to horrible. But yeah, one of my friends had a panda balaclava. Another had a bright pink Snuggy. Shit happens.

Post the Tenth: I Hate Summer

So today is a lazy lazy day. I'm so bored that I'm actually posting on time. *GASP*

We're in the middle of a heatwave right now and it is toooo daaaaamn hot. Luckily my family bought an air conditioner back in May when they were still relatively cheap, and we set it up yesterday. It's located right behind my chair -- My desk is beside the sliding door, which is the only window in the main living area. So if I get too hot I can literally swivel around and stick my face in front of it. When I got home yesterday I stood in front of it for a few minutes letting the air blow up the front and back of my shirt. It felt NIIIIIICE.

So, yeah, I have nothing to do today. It's a bit weird since I've been pretty busy lately, but nice. But also boring. I feel the need to go out and do stuff.

I feel the need to go wander around SFU some more to get acclimatized. But it'd be useless in a way. Y'know? But it's like ever since my excursion up there a few days ago, my excitement about university has fired up again. Now I can imagine me BEING an SFU student, and... yep. Fired up.

My enrollment appointment time is 3:30 PM on July 12 (Monday). It's a pretty good time; Monday is the first day you can register. I'm not toooo worried about getting the classes I want, except for the languages. Here, I'll show you a comparison:

GERM102 or JAPN200 : 25
HIST151 : 102
HSCI120 : 120
GEOG162 : 150
PHYS190 : 216

So, yeah, y'know, only about 4-8 times larger class sizes. Whatever.

I've been talking to my friends about classes and they all say, "Take 4, take 4, take 4." But... I'm stubborn. lol I asked an upperclassman friend if I was crazy to take 5 and here's what she said:

"I took five courses first time, you won't die horribly. It won't be easy, though; you'll definitely be diving in head-first. If they're all courses you really want to take, though, I'd say go for it. If you'd rather ease in slowly/at a more regular pace, then take four. Five is definitely manageable, but it can be a lot if you're not used to it.
Just don't take three 200-level courses right off the bat like I did. That's the only thing you really shouldn't do."

(Copypasted from Facebook)

And I mean grade 12 year, a lot of them called me crazy for taking all academic courses (my least academic class ironically called Academic Reading & Writing). But I got through that just fine. So, yeah, I'm going to stick with 5. If it turns out to be a bad idea, I'll just take 4 in the spring.

I just did a search of the textbooks I'll need for fall.

USE campusbooks.com!! Seriously this thing is nifty. You enter what books you need and it tells you the lowest price they're being sold at various different online retailers. I entered in all the textbooks I'll need (through excavation for course outlines -- there's only 1 class that doesn't have one, HSCI120, so I just used the book that was used for the last 2 times it was taught) and it told me where they're being sold the cheapest. It has 'cheapest overall' or 'one-stop cheapest' options. Cheapest overall for me is $261.19 including shipping. Not bad for 7 textbooks. The most expensive is the one for HSCI120, so I kiiiind of hope that's not the textbook that's being used this term. I hope that the book that was used in Fall 2008 is used, because the cheapest price for that one is $3.62 instead of $103.10.

So, I'll put the theme for Day 8, which is a picture that makes me mad/sad.

Post the Ninth: Changing my Mind

Heeey~! In keeping with my trend I'm posting in the early hours of the following day. -_-; I need to stop doing that.

So today I had a bit of a change of mind with my schedule. I was looking at Japanese with some despair. First off, I'm not sure if I can even enroll in this class. It's a 200-level class, and although I've taken 4 years of Japanese in high school, I don't think they care. You're supposed to take a placement exam before enrolling in anything but the intro course, and... well, course registration is in 5 (4 now) days. There's no time goddamnit! Plus, I hear the teacher is a biiiitch. Plus, it's at a very awkward time in my schedule. There's a class right after it, and in order to get to it on time I'd have to pretty much run across campus. I'm not a big fan of running. So I went, "Well, what could I take instead of Japanese?" I started to look through the SFU course schedule... Anthropology? Hmm, yeah, but that doesn't fit well with my schedule. Linguistics? No, that's at an awkward spot too. German? ...German!

So, yeah, I'm seriously considering taking Introductory German I in the fall now.

Why?

-It's at a better spot in my timetable. It's still in the faraway building that Japanese was in, but now I have an hour-long break to mosey on over to my class.

-It has a better teacher. The German teacher has gotten nothing but rave reviews at RateMyProf, while the Japanese teacher has... not.

-I don't have to take a placement exam. This is highly appealing.

-I'm exposed to a new language. I don't mean to boast (yes I do) but I'm pretty good at Japanese. I mean, I'm far from fluent, but I can watch dramas, anime, etc with understanding most of it (unless it's a sci-fi, then it's more like 50% understanding). I got 96% in Japanese 12 without trying very hard. One of my ultimate life goals is to be near-fluent or at least familiar with several languages, not just be a crazy master of 1. German is a language that has always interested me, and... Well, you're supposed to expand your horizons in university.

So, yeah, I'm seriously considering it. I'm not ruling out Japanese as an option at this point. I emailed the head of the languages department today and asked if I could be placed without an exam based upon my grade received in Japanese 12. If I can enroll in JAPN200, I probably will. I'd be MUCH more comfortable in a Japanese class -- familiar environment, I know basic grammar, it's not totally new to me. It'll be a less jarring experience probably. I can always take German 2nd year -- there's only 2 courses of Japanese I can take anyways at SFU. If I can't, I'll probably go ahead and enroll in German.

And, as far as having to run to class... Well, I've got a friend who is taking the class afterwards with me and on Thursdays she's going to be in a similar situation to me (her classroom is in West Mall Centre like mine) so we'll freak out and sprint together on Thursdays.

For some reason I don't want to give specific details about my schedule yet here. Maybe I feel like I'll be jinxing it?? I don't know. You'll find out the specifics soon enough.

So, yeah, today I went back up to SFU and explored the West Mall Centre, where the language classrooms are. They're teeeny. The language classes only have room for 25 students, so the rooms are pretty small.

As I was walking around SFU, I got the familiar feeling of not belonging. I still feel like a kid, and everyone there's an adult. I mean, I caught sight of my reflection in a window and I physically look like I belong, but I still don't feel it. It'll fade with time, I know.

I'm at least becoming more familiar with the layout of SFU. It's a pretty simple school to get around in -- all roads lead back to the AQ. When in doubt, go to the AQ and wander around until you see a sign.

So, today (yesterday) being Day 7, I'm supposed to post a photograph that makes me happy.



It's a picture at my graduation with my mom and sister. I think this encapsulates my family pretty well. It makes me smile whenever I see it. :)

Anyways, with that, I bid thee good night.

お休みなさいみんな！
ほらぁ、私は日本語の授業を要らないよ！もう上手だ！

Post the Eighth: Exploring the Future

Like my new layout? I do. It's sufficiently nerdy. Plus it kind of matches my blog title and reminds me that this blog is supposed to be about the SFU university experience...

So today I took two of my friends and went and explored SFU. My reasoning was that it was better to get lost now than in September 15 minutes before I had to get to class.

I had a very basic knowledge of SFU... and by 'very basic knowledge' I mean "I'd walked around the Academic Quadrangle about 5 dozen times during the course of Anime Evolution 2007." However, I knew that there was much, much more to SFU than just wandering around in the AQ.

The good news is that SFU is much less confusing than I initially assumed. Almost all of my classes are either in the Academic Quadrangle or are in buildings that are directly connected to the AQ. The only exception is my Japanese lecture, which is in a building that we forgot to go explore. Furthermore, not only are the classes close together, they're all easily accessible. Here, I'll give you a detailed run-down.

PHYS190 lecture, HIST151 lecture, and GEOG162 tutorial are all in the same hallway of the AQ. PHYS190 and GEOG162 are RIGHT BESIDE EACH OTHER, and HIST151 is literally across the hall.

The HSCI120 lecture is held in the first classroom you come to when entering Saywell Hall from the AQ.

The GEOG162 lecture is the first classroom you come to when entering K Building from P Building (from the AQ).

The PHYS190 laboratory is a bit more difficult to find, but it's just a hallway and right turn away when coming from the AQ.

The only exception to this rule is the HIST151 tutorial, which was found in the FURTHEST REACHES of Robert C Brown Hall, which is basically a concrete multi-leveled labyrinth with vague and confusing signs that feels like something out of a horror movie. However, I found a much MUCH easier route to the class -- there was an open doorway at the end of the hallway where my classroom was. It was the literal light at the end of the tunnel. The doorway leads pretty much directly to the outside of the AQ.

As I said before, I don't exactly know where my JAPN200 class is yet, but I'm going to return to SFU briefly tomorrow and figure that out before I go out with my friends.

My impression of SFU visually was also altered. I still believe that SFU is a concrete doom block -- hell, it's socialist architecture, it's kind of in the description -- but the good news is that the administration has apparantly realized this and worked to make the outside of SFU as appealing as possible. Maybe it's just because today was a beautiful summer day, but I genuinely thought SFU was beautiful today.

The only criticism I have at this point is that SFU seems kind of... quiet. Y'know? Like, we'd walk through the AQ, and there'd be like... 5 other people in the 300 m long hallway... But this could be attributed to it being summer; even though SFU technically runs on a trimester system, there are a lot less people who take classes during the summer.

Another thing that will doubtlessly pass with time is that I felt like I was invading the school. I don't feel like a university student yet. But, again, that'll pass with time. I felt like that at the beginning of high school. I just have to acclimatize myself to the new environment. But, gotta say, it's going to be weird going to school with people who have beards.

At this point my least favourite part of SFU is probably the bus ride... the LONG... ENDLESS... SLOOOOOOW bus ride up the hill. Although I'll probably come to love it in the future. I can utilize it to cram, or listen to music to wake myself up, or people-watch... I'm not looking forward to taking the super-busy bus every day though. It was quietish today but again, summertime. Plus we went pretty late in the day, we got up there at around 5-ish and left at 6:30. Most classes have already let out.


So, today is (was, it's just past midnight damnit) Day 6, and I can do WHATEVER I LIKE. >:D

Soooo... I'll talk my favourite mangas. Because I don't see a 'favourite mangas' category on the thing, and I'm a manga freak. I'll talk about my 3 favourite finished series and my 3 favourite ongoing series.

Genshiken - Shimoku Kio
This one is pretty damned geeky. It's a slice-of-life comedy about a college club of anime/game/manga/etc geeks called Genshiken. Genshiken is short for Gendai Shikaku Bunkai Kenkyuukai, or 'The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture'. It's an excellent manga for people who are hopelessly geeky like me. There's a wide, diverse range of characters, from the geek-hating girlfriend of a geek to a guy who loves building models and sewing costumes. It's not just about the geeky culture, although plots often revolve around that -- it's more about these people and their lives.
Also the main character has the same birthday of me and is actually uncannily like me in how he acts. Whenever I read it I go, "...Wow, that's actually how I'd act... Do people see me like that?!"

Fullmetal Alchemist - Hiromu Arakawa
This one is freaking popular for damn good reason. It's a fantasy action series that is very hard to explain. Basically, the plot revolves around 2 brothers who tried to revive their dead mother through alchemy, a forbidden practice, and ended up losing parts of their body -- the older brother lost an arm and a leg and the younger brother lost his entire body; his soul is encapsulated in a suit of armour. Now, they seek to obtain the Philosopher's Stone, a substance that amplifies alchemical power and will give them the power to return to their original bodies. To gain access to research that might lead them to the Stone, the older brother becomes a State Alchemist, an alchemist that serves the military. They become embroiled in a great conspiracy involving the entire country. It's EXCELLENTLY written; not only does it have amazing action, the characters are compelling and you are NEVER EVER left bored. This is an absolute masterpiece. It ended about a month ago.

Hana Kimi - Hisaya Nakajo
This is a genderbending romance. Before you back away slowly, let me explain. A Japanese-American girl falls in love with a famous high-jumper, but, after an accident, he loses the will to jump. She moves to Japan and disguises herself as a boy in order to enter the all-boys school to convince the man she loves to return to the high-jump. They end up becoming classmates, roommates, and close friends. However, after an accident, the man picks the girl up and realizes she is a girl (he, er, kind of felt her up). He slowly falls in love with her, unbeknownst to her. This story is hilarious and SO GODDAMNED CUTE. It's probably the best romance series I've ever read.

Ouran High School Host Club - Bisco Hatori
Another genderbending romantic-comedy. A shabby bespectacled girl gets a scholarship to a super-rich high-class high school, and, after accidentally breaking a $300,000 vase, she must repay her debt to the Host Club, a club of handsome male students who entertain female students for money. She initally works as their lackey, but they realize she's got potential as a host, they give her a uniform, a haircut, and contacts. It's only after they've decided to make her a host that they realize she's a girl. However, to repay her debt, she lives at the school as a boy, with her female gender only known to the people in her club. The club leader, a princely charming yet totally idiotic boy, slowly falls in love with her, and she falls in love with him. As the manga stands right now, she's just confessed to him. It should update in a few days; much to everyone's rage, it took a month-long hiatus. It only updates once a month, but is worth it.

Kimi ni Todoke - Karuho Shiina
A romantic comedy. It's about a girl who resembles the girl from The Ring and has scared off potential friends all her life. Despite her appearance, she is very sweet and innocent and wants more than anything to be accepted by her classmates. However, this year, her grade 11 year, is different. She makes friends with two girls in her class who aren't scared off by her. She becomes known to her class as a sweet helpful girl. And, the most kind and popular boy in school who she holds a secret crush for, begins to fall in love with her. The series is about her dealing with all these new common things -- for example, being invited to a Christmas party brings her to happy tears. She's so sweet and innocent that you can't help but love her. Right now she and the boy have just gotten together, and they're stumbling about each other cutely. It hasn't updated in awhile much to my chagrin.

Hourou Musuko - Takako Shimura
A genderbending slice-of-life! Yes I really like the genderbending ones. This story is about a grade 6 boy who secretly wants to be a girl. He steals his sister's clothes and wears them. He discovers that a girl in his class crossdresses as a boy. They become friends and bond over this secret. This series is nothing but DAWWWWW and is so indescribably cute. It moves really, really, REALLY slowly though.

So, yeah, those are my favourite manga series. :P

Post the Seventh: Weddings are Busytime

Oh my. I have fallen behind. No surprises, I suppose.

Yesterday was my sister's wedding shower, which I was hosting, and today we crossed the border to go shopping for my bridesmaid dress. The shower went well and I got a dress, and all is fine. Other than the fact that I have little free time and it depresses me.

SO, let's marathon through the Tasks I've missed.

DAY 4 - My favourite book!

My favourite book... This is a tough one. I'll pick my two favourite books, one fiction and one non-fiction.

I apologize in advance for gushing. I am a book nerd. I will freely admit this.

My favourite novel is Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire. Many people have heard of the musical adaptation, but it pales, ABSOLUTELY PALES, in comparison with the novel upon which it was loosely based. (Very loosely based.) The novel follows Elphaba, AKA the Wicked Witch of the West (from L Frank Baum's beloved book The Wizard of Oz) from her birth to her canonical death and paints an absolutely fascinating picture of this archetypical villian. The novel is amazingly broad in its scope, examining things from the nature of evil to the role of religion. The characters are fascinating and unique, and one thing that is done that I grudgingly like is that not much exposition is given; you are left to sort out the characters for yourself based upon their actions and words. The book is occasionally dark and often philosophical, but is also funny. Not only are its contents fascinating, it is written in a manner that takes my breath away. I've often said that besides content I focus on the writing style, and Maguire's writing is... amazing. I love the writing. I would provide a quote but every single bit of it is amazing and stunning and makes me reel in wonder.

My favourite non-fiction book is Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond, which I am in the process of reading. This book basically addresses the question of why there are inequalities among human societies; in particular, why Europeans have become dominant over other peoples. It doesn't base the question on superiority of genes or such archaic ideas, but attributes it to 3 basic factors: guns, germs, and steel. It's difficult to explain, as the book starts in prehistorical times and brings it to current day, but I don't exaggerate when I say it's the most fascinating book I've ever read. It goes into so much detail and examines every aspect of society -- there are several chapters based upon the domestication of animals -- that it's impossible to not find SOME of it fascinating. For me, who's passion is basically the thesis of this book -- why human societies came to exist as they do today -- this book is like treasure. I also like how it examines cultures that I don't know much about; for example, the Maori are a constant theme throughout the book. It's a really interesting read, isn't very difficult to follow, and teaches you a lot.


NOW, for Day 5, AKA 'today' -- It's technically the 6th as I write this but I haven't gone to bed yet so in my mind it's like the 5th...

YOUR FAVOURITE QUOTE!

...You bastards. I'm a quote-whore.

If I had to pick one, just one, it'd probably be:

We have done the impossible, and that makes us mighty.
-Mal, Firefly (played by Nathan Fillion)

Why is this my favourite quote? I don't know.

No really, I don't. There's just something about it... Like, you can be mighty by doing something that you thought was impossible. Greatness is achievable by breaking beyond the boundaries that have been set for you.

...Yeah I don't really know.

Anyways, off to bed, tired as hell.

Post the Sixth: Life Rolls On

So this post is kinda late, as I didn't write one last night like I usually do because I was busy -- more on that later -- and I was basically not home today.

The reason I was busy last night is because I started learning how to write hangul. Yep. IDK why. I got bored. It's vaguely amusing, now I can read random Korean signs. Sort of. I know how to pronounce them. I have nooo fucking idea what they mean.

Today was one of my friends' birthdays, so we went over there and invaded her house for a bit. It was a lot of fun. We watched Youtube videos, watched Team America: World Police and Spice World (we're cool like that hell yeah) danced around, played Twister, invaded the local elementary school's playground at midnight... It was a lot of fun, yep yep yep.

I sort of realized I essentially have 3 core groups of friends now that often intermingle but basically stay separate. I have friends who went to my elementary school, who were in my high school's Writers' Club, or are grade 11s. The grade 11 group is the newest, I've been friends with one of them for a few years but just began making friends with the rest this year. The groups are all fun in distinctly different ways. My elementary school friends are good if I want to relax; they're the only ones I feel like I can act like myself around, say whatever I want, etc. I feel like no matter what happens these folks will still love me and be there for me, and that's very reassuring. The club friends are good for crazy fun times and also for going on adventures, but I often feel like I'm on the fringe. The grade 11s are good for geekiness and messing around and they're also really good at making me feel welcome even though I'm new. It's still slightly awkward with a couple of them however.

As it's Day 3 (or was), it's time to talk about MY FAVOURITE SHOW!!!

You all know what's coming. It's Firefly. You're not surprised. See previous post talking about Serenity to see why I love it.

SERIOUSLY THOUGH IT'S JUST SO GOOD. It's like pure happiness injected into my eyeballs. The characters, the relationships, the plot, the script, the props, the costumes, the EVERYTHING... just... grrrgh. So good. So amazingly wonderfully good. It's funny yet dramatic. It's fantasy yet realistic.

Other than Firefly, what shows do I like?
-Avatar. Best cartoon ever. Seriously. It's like Firefly as far as quality goes IMO. See praise. It all fits.
-Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. The 'remake', AKA the version that didn't delve into fanfiction territory because the manga series wasn't done yet. The plot is AMAZING, the characters are so loveable, and the action scenes... make me happy. In many ways.
-Quite Interesting. It's a British trivia/comedy show, where they talk about obscure, interesting trivia and dispute commonly-held beliefs. It's horribly entertaining and very addictive.

I don't watch a lot of TV, and the stuff I do watch typically isn't on TV. (Yeah internet!)

Anyways, I need to sleeeeep. It's my sister's wedding shower tomorrow. Urgh.

Post the Fifth: Canada Day

My blog is likely going to take a bit of a personal edge for awhile, at least 'til school starts up again.

Today was Canada Day. I left the house at 9:15 AM and got home at around 11:30 PM. Good day.

I went to go see The Last Airbender movie in the morning. I'm still not sure what to think of it. I was expecting it to be terrible. It wasn't terrible but it was by no means good. I watched a bit of Avatar later and it struck me exactly HOW terrible the movie was in comparison.

Then I went to a BBQ at my friend's house. It was really REALLY fun. It was with a bunch of somewhat new friends and I'm really enjoying spending time with them and getting to know them. They're pretty rowdy but in a good way. They're mostly Asian guys weirdly enough, I noticed today. It was kind of funny, we got there about an hour late and when we came in all the Asian guys were sitting in the living room playing video games -- on their DSes or on the TV. Me, the white girl, goes, "Ooh, video games," and plops down with them and starts playing. And nothing is amiss.

So, yeah, we hung around in the living room playing video games, then migrated upstairs and played more video games, then came down for supper, a delicious supper of burgers. There were 9 of us that somehow crowded around a table originally set up for 4 people. Then I passed out upstairs. I was tired. Later we went outside and lied in the grass. As always the gymnastics instructor did handstands and tricks and somehow ALWAYS FELL ON TOP OF ME. Jackass. He does it on purpose just to annoy me I swear. Then came back inside and went upstairs and watched Youtube videos. Specifically the There She Is mini-series. I was listening to my iPod and one of the songs from the series came on, and I said to my Korean friend, "Hey I have Korean music on here." I showed him and he went, "OH this song!!" And then we started talking excitedly about the series and decided to watch it on Youtube. After that, the host of the party wanted to sleep -- it was about 11, he had to work the next day, and he's a big baby -- so we went downstairs and I left pretty much immediately afterwards. There was a ride shipping out and I jumped at the opportunity to not have to call my mother and beg. Incidentally all the people who left with that ride happened to be all the white people at the party -- 4 in all including myself. It was totally coincidental but also hilarious.

So, yeah, that's all the news that's new here. Today was a pretty hectic day.

On an actual SCHOOL-RELATED note, AP scores are officially open to be reported today. At the BBQ we realized this and all pulled out our numbers excitedly. However, as we found out when the first of us called in, you need to pay to get your score early. We're cheap, so none of us did. They send out the paper transcript of your marks in mid-July, so we should get them by August.

On a personal note I'm feeling sort of emotionally confused right now. It's becoming more and more apparant that they guy I'm interested in isn't interested back and will probably never be interested back. So I have to wonder where things stand as far as my feelings go, and what I should do about it. Some days I'm verging on being in love with him, and then days like today I'm ready to give up on him.

To make it worse I'm noticing that I'm seemingly really compatible personality-wise with another guy. I don't really see him in a romantic light but it still makes me confused with the guy I DO like -- like, if I can talk more easily with another guy, does that mean the guy I like isn't totally compatible with me? Y'know? I kind of held the guy I like on a pedestal, I actually thought/still sort of think he's perfect for me, but there's all these things... But then like there's lots of people who have close friends of the opposite gender that get along with them in a totally different way than they do their significant other. Y'know?

I honestly think, at this point, that the only thing that's wrong with him FOR ME is that he doesn't like me back. If he could somehow like me back romantically... Yeah. I think things would be good.

ANYWAYS.

Seeing as how today is now technically July 2nd (it's 1:36 AM as I write this), it's time for the task of Day 2 -- My Favourite Movie!!

This is a difficult topic for me as I don't like a lot of movies, and the movies I do like I watch over and over and over again until the things I love about them become boring.

However, if I had to choose a favourite movie, I would probably choose Serenity, the movie made from the cult classic show Firefly.

Not a surprise, I know. But Serenity is essentially an extension of Firefly, more or less like a 2 hour-long episode. The characters are well-developed and absolutely lovable, the plot is solid, the script is fan-fucking-tabulous, and, for Firefly fans like myself, there is a lovely amount of exposition.

The only reasons I dislike this film is because of certain events towards the end of the movie that make it basically impossible to create a continuation of Firefly. And also because with these events, certain questions about the plot are left unsolved. Fans will know what I'm talking about. I'm trying not to spoil it.

Anyways, I'm getting sleepy. Understandable, I only slept 6 hours last night and spent the entire day with extremely energetic people trekking around the city. I'll write tomorrow!

Post the Fourth: Exams and NEW Schedule

Wow I am bad with keeping on top of updates.

Well, in my defense, things have been hectic. School has officially ended as of 2 days ago -- I wrote my last exam, Japanese 12, in the morning, and went and picked up my report card. I walked out the doors of the commons and have thus officially graduated from high school.

How does it feel? ...It hasn't really sunk in.

To be honest, when the realization that high school was ending began, there was definite panic. The security blanket I was so used to for ALL MY LIFE was now gone. I particularly fretted about my friends. Even when we transitioned from elementary school to high school, pretty much everyone went to the same high school. There was always the promise of possibly sharing a class the next year, or, failing that, at least hanging out during breaks. However, that's gone. Half my friends are still in high school while the rest are being scattered about the province and even the COUNTRY to go to university. Although a good deal are going to SFU with me, I won't see the rest as regularly.

Yep, I panicked pretty hardcore. But, as school has been out for 2 weeks now and my social life hasn't imploded but FLOURISHED, I say things are mostly safe. I have a chronic fear that my friends don't really like me, which didn't help this post-graduation panic, but I'm somewhat more secure in that now.

My grades, as expected, pretty much tanked last term. I failed a class for the first time in my life! However due to getting As for the first 2 terms I scraped a B for the final mark in that class. So, my GPA is intact. :D After APs, things... just don't matter. If you're a high schooler reading this who hasn't taken APs, but is going to next year... believe me. You just won't give a shit anymore.

So, life goes on with a lot less stress, a lot more fun, and a lot more sleeping. For now, anyways.

I've revamped my schedule AGAIN. I decided that I really didn't give a shit about Canadian history and needed at least one fun class for the semester. So, I dropped HIST101 and instead am going to take HSCI120 - Introduction to Human Sexuality & Sexual Behaviour. That's right. A class on sex. I'm excited. A good couple of friends are taking it with me too, which will make it even better.

Course registration for me is on July 12 at 3:30 PM. Hopefully I get into all the classes I want. I'll post an update on that when the time comes.

As far as my personal life right now... Well, it's officially Canada Day! My plans for today are to go see The Last Airbender (which I heard was abso-freaking-lutely terrible but still feel compelled to see anyways) and then go to a barbeque at a friend's house. Pretty excited, it's gonna be a good day. :)

For now however I need to go to SLEEP, as I'm supposed to be up in 6 1/2 hours.

Ah, yeah, for the month of July I'm going to be doing a daily update. It'll probably be short.

Day 01 — Your favorite song
Day 02 — Your favorite movie
Day 03 — Your favorite television program
Day 04 — Your favorite book
Day 05 — Your favorite quote
Day 06 — Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 — A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 — A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 — A photo you took
Day 10 — A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 — A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 — Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 — A fictional book
Day 14 — A non-fictional book
Day 15 — A fanfic
Day 16 — A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 — An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 — Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 — A talent of yours
Day 20 — A hobby of yours
Day 21 — A recipe
Day 22 — A website
Day 23 — A YouTube video
Day 24 — Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 — Your day, in great detail
Day 26 — Your week, in great detail
Day 27 — This month, in great detail
Day 28 — This year, in great detail
Day 29 — Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 — Whatever tickles your fancy

SO -- today being Day 1...

My favourite song!

Currently my favourite song is What's This Feeling by Slakah the Beatchild. Extremely catchy and upbeat.

I don't know what it's done to me, yeah
I feel like I'm trapped up in a dream, yeah
And when I try to run
I just end up back where I begun

And this ain't fun, no, this ain't fun, no
This ain't, this ain't, this ain't fun, no

What's this feeling called love?
Is this what they call love?
I'd really really like to know
(x4)

Boom boom boom
That's the sound of my heart when I'm thinking of you
And bang bang
That's the sound of my head banging on the wall 'cause of you

All day long I just wanna sleep, yeah
This love thing has drained my energies, yeah
And when I think it's done
Every girl reminds me of that one

And this ain't fun, no, this ain't fun, no
This ain't, this ain't, this ain't fun, no

What's this feeling called love?
Is this what they call love?
I'd really really like to know
(x4)

Help me, help me, help me
Can anybody hear me?
(x4)

What's this feeling called love?
Is this what they call love?
I'd really really like to know
(x10)