Good news/bad news time!
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ltgmarsGOOD NEWS
Got back from Spidey 2 just now. Claire and I set up a nice little Spidey afternoon, where we rented the first movie (since I hadn't seen it yet), watched it at my house, and then went to watch the second in theatres.
Man, the first one was good, but the second one just blew me away. Holy crap. *_* I mean, some of the action scenes I couldn't handle (all the bone-crushing noises and stuff... I got used to it in anime, but live action still freaks me out), but of course the entire Peter/Mary Jane thing is totally *eeeeeek*. :D That Tobey Maguire guy is so fuzzy. ^^ He's like a young Matthew Broderick in terms of fuzziness... but fuzzier.
And the end of the movie... with what MJ did. *eeeeeek* I was this close to squealing my lungs out in the theatre.
I'm definitely likin' the Spider-Man series of movies. They're just so touching and fuzzy and funny and angsty and actiony and stuff... there's quite literally something for everyone. ^^ Claire even shed some light on an industry joke that I hadn't caught (where Peter was trying to be Spider-Man-y and he hits a bunch of cars, gets up, and complains about his back; something about how Tobey Maguire wasn't going to do the second movie because of back complications from Seabiscuit).
I'd say it was a very well-spent afternoon, all in all.
BAD NEWS
Ilse called to confirm that I'd be able to tag along for the planned Michigan Interlochen Let's-Watch-Drama trip that she and Mr. and Mrs. Hamburg had planned, but because she called so late at night, the night before, I realized I couldn't go. I think my parents would have gotten over the whole "crazy-ass short notice" thing (even though I had mentioned it to them about a week or so ago, though I'm sure they'd have forgotten), but the problem was with my violin lesson tomorrow - it's too late to reschedule the lesson (we need at least 24 hrs notice, and I'd already tried to pull a "late-at-night-the-night-before lesson switch" before, which, ultimately, didn't go well (I had to skip out on a lot of anime-watching at Sam's house)), and I can't miss any since they cost money. What's more, since she'd already told me that I couldn't go (as was determined earlier, but evidently changed over the course of the evening, while I was out), I already scheduled work on Friday (and since they called us specifically and we (my brother and I) had already agreed, we can't go back on our word), so if I'd have gone on the trip, I'd have had very little sleep over more than 24 hours, maybe a quick nap (probably not), and hours of more work. Those of you who know me really well will know that putting a physical strain on my body is really bad for me (hence having missed about twice my fair share of school), usually ending with a nice case of "bed-riddenness" for at least a day.
I mean, I feel so badly about it, especially since I'd made Ilse go through all the trouble of calling Mrs. Hamburg and stuff (I have some weird aversion to using the phone; I'm sure most of you know that), but there's nothing I can do. As much as I want to go (as I told Ilse, like, a zillion times, I haven't seen any really good drama for a long time, and Interlochen is an elite art camp, so it's bound to be good; besides, it's Rae!), I can't work on such short notice, especially since I thought I'd already been turned down (hence had been able to agree to more work and not cancel/reschedule my violin lesson when such a thing was feasible), and I don't think it'd be fair to force everyone else to work on such short notice either. My parents would be a little annoyed but OK with it, my brother'd probably be angry, my violin teacher would be disappointed (I don't want to do anything to disappoint her - I'm one of her best students; she's had enough stress as it is (both her husband and cat died just last year))... I mean, I know Ilse's upset, especially after all she's done to pull this off. If it were up to me, I'd go in a heartbeat, but I have to factor in my money and time and health into this, and unfortunately, it seems that things just didn't work in my favor this time.
Sorry, Ilse. I still luff you. ;_;
MORE GOOD NEWS
Sorry, I hate leaving things in a depressed state, especially after seeing such a good movie, so I'll end with some quick notes.
I was accepted by Anime-Keep to be an Editor/QCer... I haven't been assigned a project yet, but it's nice to know I passed such grueling tests. Makes me all proud and stuff. :D Oh, and my recruit-buddy (we were recruited during the same round of recruiting), MT0, just had his first release today. Go pick up A-Keep's Soukyuu no Fafner 03 (amazing opening theme) and look for Magician Type 0 in the credits.
Since I'll be staying home tomorrow (hey, might as well make this positive), I'll have time to finish up The Old Man and the Sea and do my best to get large chunks of The Lively Art of Writing and How to Read a Book down.
I got my hands on the Shoujo Kakumei Utena Rose Collection box set (DVDs 1 and 2 plus the Limited Edition movie)... :D I like what I've seen so far (and the dub does a superb job of finding some way to mispronounce every character's name! -_-).
Got Chobits 7 and 8 the other day (same day I got the Utena box - I actually went to Media Play, spent about, oh, 2 seconds looking for the things I wanted (I'd already planned my route and attack pattern), paid for my stuff, and sped home), which means I've finished the manga! :D It was really cute. ^^ I mean, there were still some ecchi moments, but now that I've officially Seen Worse, I guess I'll live. :P
Evanescence concert in less than two weeks!
My child did really well at her lessons last week... she's already putting down her second finger on both the E and A strings! :D
And now here's a bad list (small):
Withdrew $100 from the bank to buy that stuff I mentioned when I definitely shouldn't have; I'll probably deposit a wedding's worth of money into the account when our two September weddings roll around.
Am going to have to give every single cent (and then some) of my upcoming wedding money to Ilse's mom for the concert tickets.
As it stands, I currently don't have enough money to buy Evangelion Platinum Edition DVD 1 when it comes out, which I've had my eye on for months, nor will I be able to buy Imadoki! 2, D.N.Angel 3, and Yami no Matsuei 1 any time soon.
I've yet to memorize the piece I'm going to perform in two weeks' time... cadenza and all... ;_;
And just for kicks, a wishlist:
Anime (Utena DVDs 3-10, Evangelion PE DVDs 1-7 (as they come out), Infinite Ryvius DVDs 2-6, Gravi DVDs 2-4 (as they come out), R.O.D the TV DVDs 2-7 (as they come out), Stellvia DVDs (as they come out))
Manga (Imadoki! 2-5 (as they come out), D.N.Angel 3-9 (as they come out), Yami no Matsuei 1-11 (as they come out), Gravitation 4-12 (as they come out; 4-6 are already out), FMP! 5- (as they come out), Kare Kano 11- (as they come out))
Both Avril Lavigne CDs (yeah shut up... she has better lyrics than most of the stuff I hear on the radio nowadays)
Spider-Man 1! :D And 2 when it comes out!
More weddings to play at... they pay so much better than catering does (the rate for the full quartet is $300 for the first two hours and then $100 for each additional hour - at the 4-hour gig we have in September, we'll each get $125)
Money
My purse... ;_;
Ahh, that's still a bad note... umm, I plan on finishing the assigned summer reading by the end of July so that when August rolls around, I can work on my website, make some stuff for Animanga and SSCo., and finally get around to reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix!
Got back from Spidey 2 just now. Claire and I set up a nice little Spidey afternoon, where we rented the first movie (since I hadn't seen it yet), watched it at my house, and then went to watch the second in theatres.
Man, the first one was good, but the second one just blew me away. Holy crap. *_* I mean, some of the action scenes I couldn't handle (all the bone-crushing noises and stuff... I got used to it in anime, but live action still freaks me out), but of course the entire Peter/Mary Jane thing is totally *eeeeeek*. :D That Tobey Maguire guy is so fuzzy. ^^ He's like a young Matthew Broderick in terms of fuzziness... but fuzzier.
And the end of the movie... with what MJ did. *eeeeeek* I was this close to squealing my lungs out in the theatre.
I'm definitely likin' the Spider-Man series of movies. They're just so touching and fuzzy and funny and angsty and actiony and stuff... there's quite literally something for everyone. ^^ Claire even shed some light on an industry joke that I hadn't caught (where Peter was trying to be Spider-Man-y and he hits a bunch of cars, gets up, and complains about his back; something about how Tobey Maguire wasn't going to do the second movie because of back complications from Seabiscuit).
I'd say it was a very well-spent afternoon, all in all.
BAD NEWS
Ilse called to confirm that I'd be able to tag along for the planned Michigan Interlochen Let's-Watch-Drama trip that she and Mr. and Mrs. Hamburg had planned, but because she called so late at night, the night before, I realized I couldn't go. I think my parents would have gotten over the whole "crazy-ass short notice" thing (even though I had mentioned it to them about a week or so ago, though I'm sure they'd have forgotten), but the problem was with my violin lesson tomorrow - it's too late to reschedule the lesson (we need at least 24 hrs notice, and I'd already tried to pull a "late-at-night-the-night-before lesson switch" before, which, ultimately, didn't go well (I had to skip out on a lot of anime-watching at Sam's house)), and I can't miss any since they cost money. What's more, since she'd already told me that I couldn't go (as was determined earlier, but evidently changed over the course of the evening, while I was out), I already scheduled work on Friday (and since they called us specifically and we (my brother and I) had already agreed, we can't go back on our word), so if I'd have gone on the trip, I'd have had very little sleep over more than 24 hours, maybe a quick nap (probably not), and hours of more work. Those of you who know me really well will know that putting a physical strain on my body is really bad for me (hence having missed about twice my fair share of school), usually ending with a nice case of "bed-riddenness" for at least a day.
I mean, I feel so badly about it, especially since I'd made Ilse go through all the trouble of calling Mrs. Hamburg and stuff (I have some weird aversion to using the phone; I'm sure most of you know that), but there's nothing I can do. As much as I want to go (as I told Ilse, like, a zillion times, I haven't seen any really good drama for a long time, and Interlochen is an elite art camp, so it's bound to be good; besides, it's Rae!), I can't work on such short notice, especially since I thought I'd already been turned down (hence had been able to agree to more work and not cancel/reschedule my violin lesson when such a thing was feasible), and I don't think it'd be fair to force everyone else to work on such short notice either. My parents would be a little annoyed but OK with it, my brother'd probably be angry, my violin teacher would be disappointed (I don't want to do anything to disappoint her - I'm one of her best students; she's had enough stress as it is (both her husband and cat died just last year))... I mean, I know Ilse's upset, especially after all she's done to pull this off. If it were up to me, I'd go in a heartbeat, but I have to factor in my money and time and health into this, and unfortunately, it seems that things just didn't work in my favor this time.
Sorry, Ilse. I still luff you. ;_;
MORE GOOD NEWS
Sorry, I hate leaving things in a depressed state, especially after seeing such a good movie, so I'll end with some quick notes.
And now here's a bad list (small):
And just for kicks, a wishlist:
Ahh, that's still a bad note... umm, I plan on finishing the assigned summer reading by the end of July so that when August rolls around, I can work on my website, make some stuff for Animanga and SSCo., and finally get around to reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix!
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Date: 2004-07-22 02:24 (UTC)I just finished watching Puni Puni Poemy XD. Tonight I am going to finish watching Pretear then start on either Gravitation or Oh My Goddess. You need to like...come over...and like...watch anime. Yeah.
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Date: 2004-07-26 12:02 (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2004-07-26 11:59 (UTC)Well, that's just probably me and my inability to notice things. >_>
Thanks again! ^^
Oh, that purple bubble wrap is cute. :D
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Date: 2004-07-23 18:31 (UTC)FINISH assigned reading by end of July? I'm almost done with the third book...HtRaB, and so twill just be LAoW (I couldn't remember that adj. Happy art? Spiffy art? Subtle art? Stupid-and-Anal-Retentive art? All hyphenated, of course)and Walden. Joy. Skip. Happy. Gah. HtRaB is driving me insane. And I want to know what the quiz will be like. Upperclassmen to ask...my frater was useless and couldn't remember.
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Date: 2004-07-24 19:46 (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-07-26 12:01 (UTC)Wait, I thought you weren't taking Gerencher's class anyway... stop complaining about your lack of cliff notes.
By the way, call me about the directions to that one place, OK? ^^;; And show me pictures. :D
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Date: 2004-07-24 19:43 (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-07-24 19:44 (UTC)I've got pictures of Rae/Matt/Gary/Nancy, so let me know if you want to see them.
Evanescence concert in less than two weeks!