I'm not quite sure why I'm updating at 2:42 AM, but I've been hankering to do an entry for some reason.

I GOT TO EAT TASTY INDIAN FOOD TODAY. Well, I think it's actually more Pakistani...? I don't know, we discussed it at dinner, but I was kind of too busy eating up spicy goodness to pay complete attention. I hardly ever get to go to this particular restaurant because not many people share my love of spicy stuff, so it was a real treat. Also, a transformer blew as we were leaving the place and it made a weird noise and caused the lights to flicker. And Andrew says he saw something that looked like a green lightning bolt shoot up into the sky, but I missed it. :(

Earlier in the day, though, I also got to have some good hot pastrami (lots of good food today, apparently, om nom nom), and hung out with friends. We ended up playing board games randomly, and went through Taboo, Apples to Apples, and Cranium. It was a lot of fun, and a nice deviation from the norm! Also, Jenny gave me and Erin TWO-FACE PEZ DISPENSERS. They're the coolest things ever!! His left side is all purple, it's silly and cute. ♥

I've downloaded some more Batman comics to read, though there were some that I wasn't able to find even when with the help of 4chan's /rs/ board. So I'm going to read those soon, though I also realized that I still need to read all the Iron Man and Spider-man stuff that famira uploaded for me a while back. I'M SORRY, FAM. I'M SORRY FOR FAILING YOU. I'll try to get to it soon, if The World Ends With You and bat-related things don't distract me.

Speaking of video games, I'm looking forward to trying to play Legend of Zelda: Four Swords again when Sabrina comes to visit. I don't think the game was really popularized, most likely because it requires so much to play. You need four people (though you might be able to play with just two?), and each player has to have a GBA and a cord that connects the GBA to the Gamecube. Luckily, with some borrowing and luck we have all of that, so the plan is to give it another crack. Me, Erin, Andrew, and my brother once tried, and -- well, suffice to say that we almost killed each other. I think it might work out a little better if we replace my brother with my Sabrina, though. 8D

Progress on the Harvey app: almost done! I just have to clean up the history portion (still) and do the third-person sample.

H-holy shit. Saw Dark Knight last night, and just like everyone else I've seen react to it so far, it blew me away. My brother is actually the one who got tickets for me and lacidiana, and so we met up with him there. It turned out a bunch of his other friends were there, including this guy in a Joker costume who was actually really good. I probably should have gotten a picture, but oh well. ANYWAY. THE MOVIE.

( here we go. )

Okay, that didn't have much organization to it, and I could say more, buuut I think I'll go hop in the shower now.

So, I came across a new RP, and while I'm generally pretty resistant to joining new games (or I'll at least scope it out for a bit), I couldn't jump on this one fast enough. It impressed me that much, so I've got to pimp it. It's well-organized, it's emphasizing a focus on third-person logs, it has an interesting (logical) friending system, and it just looks like it's going to be a total blast once it starts. It's a war game, so if you have any military-minded characters who work better in that sort of setting, then you should definitely check it out. But everyone who's into RP should check it out. 8D Is it obvious by now that I'm in love?

Anyway, the name is conscripted and here's the ad:

( CONSCRIPTED: cut for your viewing pleasure. )

Since the game is perfect for Metal Gear Solid characters, I couldn't resist applying as Solid Snake, so that's who I've got there now. Going to stick with him for now, though a pending Seifer application has me tempted to take up a FFVIII character later down the line. lacidiana, who also fell in love, is playing Liquid, and there's a Raiden there too. We'd love more MGS characters. Snake needs his nerdy hetero lifemate! (Seriously though, I'm dying for an Otacon.) Though pretty much anyone would be awesome. (If someone took Solidus we'd have the Snake trio, and Daddy Snake would make it even more interesting. 8D)

But really, I'd be happy if people joined regardless of the fandom or character. I only know two of the people playing there, so yeah. The game was too awesome not to pimp. Join us! You know you want to.

I'm always so bad about updating this over summer. Anyway!

First things first, a friend of mine (fanshiilala) has a bunch of anime/manga related stuff she wants to sell, but she doesn't know many people who would be interested, so she asked me if I could appeal to you guys as potential buyers. There are CDs, (Japanese) manga, DVDs, VHS, and more, and it's all really cheap (prices are included), so check it out!

( The message she sent me: )

In other news, my friend from college came down on Friday to visit. Me, her, and Erin pretty much spent the whole weekend hanging out. I finished her up on Supernatural, since she only had the last two episodes of season 3 to watch, and then showed her Batman Begins since she wants to see The Dark Knight and hadn't seen Begins before.

We also took her down to the Santa Monica Pier. That was a lot of fun since I hadn't been there in ages, and the weather was pretty nice. The tickets for the rides there are super expensive, so we only went on the carousel and the ferris wheel. Then we came back and watched National Treasure randomly. Oh, and we played cards a good amount, too. And Scrabble. 8D

The only bad thing is that there seem to be a lot of spiders about lately. We had to deal with two while she was here, and one of them was a bitch. Seriously, that thing was smart and fast. Erin eventually caught it and threw it out, but yeah... It makes me worried that I'm going to keep coming across them.

Oh, and I've started playing The World Ends With You again. I'm still not too far, but I'm getting the hang of the battles a little better. And actually getting grades other than E on them. I've been enjoying it!

So here goes! Nice big MGS4 post. I'm going to try and do this by Act, but my memory might fail me.

( Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. Thoughts and reactions, spoilers up to the end. TL;DR. )

I am home! School is over (for now)! I got here around 3:30 on Friday, and the first thing I did was clean the fridge out at my mom's orders. There was a barbeque planned for later that evening since my uncle was leaving the next day and my dad wanted him to get a chance to see me and my brother, so we had to clean. Andrew ended up coming over and we watched my brother play some Grand Theft Auto IV and then ate before heading over to Erin's to start up MGS4.

We spent Friday night and most of yesterday playing (well, I didn't play much, but I certainly don't mind watching and it's Andrew's game and the controls are going to take some getting used to anyway), and I've been completely blown away so far. I'll make a nice big post with all of my thoughts once we're finished. We've gotten up to the boss fight in the Third Act.

Anyway, I'm very giddy because of that, but right now I'm just lazing around. I'm going out with my family for an early dinner for Father's Day later, and I'm hoping we can meet up again for some more MGS4 after that. I should shower and eat something, though. I will once I've posted as Guy.

Kay, may as well do this! I haven't done a survey like this in a while.

Hi, my name is: Court

When I’m nervous I: Bite my nails more than normal and just keep thinking about whatever's bothering me until it's taken care of.

Last night I: Studied for my final and chilled with my suitemates.

( The rest of the survey. )

I got accepted to the study abroad program!

Yeah, so unless something goes terribly wrong, I'll be studying in Japan during spring and part of summer of next year. I'm going to be going to Doshisha University in Kyoto. Victoria, my bud from Japanese class, also got in, so we'll be able to cling to each other while we adjust there.

People who are going to be in Japan at that time: we should organize meet-ups! I know it's a long time from now, but yeah. 8D

So I got introduced to this band called Danger Radio, and I'm really liking them. I only have five of their songs (I don't think their full album is actually out yet?), but they were at that concert I went to a month or so ago, even though I didn't see them there. Anyway, it's very upbeat, fun stuff, and I wanted to share. ♥

Danger Radio, "Party Foul"
Danger Radio, "Slow"
Danger Radio, "Keep It Up"
Danger Radio, "Sparkle Baby Shine"
Danger Radio, "Punch Your Lights Out"

I'd say "Slow" is my favorite, but they're all good.

The studying has been going well. I met up with a few friends earlier today to go through the study questions for one of my classes, and it didn't take as long as I thought it would (a little under three hours, maybe?). Last night I did one of my take-home essays (it was about the visual representation of the enemy, comparing a video game to a journalist's graphic novel, and I like how it turned out), and I'm going to do the other one tomorrow.

I've had more downtime than usual, actually, so I've been reading manga and comics for the hell of it. I don't want to get too involved into a video game yet because I know how time flies when I'm really into one.

One final down, two to go!

Since I don't have any other exams or anything due until Wednesday and Thursday, I vowed to do nothing today. So other than taking that exam (which was easy, thankfully), tagging along with my suitemates to their Human Sexuality class, doing laundry, and catching up with posts, I haven't done much. It's nice!

Granted, now I need to find a way to spend my time. I was thinking of maybe working on that Heroes fic that's been collecting dust, but it's more likely I'll just sit around and watch the time go by and play video games or something. (I was thinking of Brawling later tonight since it's been a while...)

Oh, right! So the dorm I've been living in for the past year is called San Rafael, and we got emails today saying how there were San Raf shirts being sold for only five bucks. I didn't really care enough, but two of my suitemates went and get some for themselves. They came back and showed me, and the design has Rafael from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on it. He's my favorite, so then I had to get one. ♥ I considered taking a picture, but ehh. Oh, and our RA dropped by with presents for us. ;__; So sweet!

Random thought of the day: Don't you hate it when you hear the lyrics to a song a certain way, but then you find out that they're actually differently, but the way you heard it is a lot cooler? My example would be from Red Hot Chili Pepper's "This Is The Place." I heard one lyric as "On the day my best friend died, I could not get my carpet clean." Which is creepy and awesome, but it turns out that "carpet" is actually "copper." LAME. If anyone else has instances like this, I'd like to hear them!

My TA just sent out an email about a review section last week, and he used a tilde:

"Good luck in all your finals next week~"

WHAT THE HELL.

Also, I don't have Red Hot Chili Peppers' Californication album on here, and it's my favorite of theirs, so this is a tragedy. Does anyone on the flist have it who wouldn't mind uploading it for me? I will totally upload an album in return if you'd like. I have... a good amount of music? (4,178 songs.) But thanks in advance!

Man, this song brings back memories.

You know, reading bunches of pages for class and doing homework is easy enough, but when it comes around to study time (for big tests, not quizzes) I end up wanting to do anything but. I don't have very good study skills, I don't think, and while it always works out in the end, right before finals is one of the only times I actively procrastinate. I know it makes no sense. :|

So here I am! All of my reading/work for this quarter is pretty much done. I have class tomorrow and a final on Friday, then two more finals next week. One of the ones that's next week also has a take-home part, though, so I'll have that to work on. And I think I'm getting study questions for my other class. What's nice is that I don't have anything to go to Saturday through Tuesday, so there'll be a lot of time to put off studying and to actually study.

Anyway, summer's coming up! The idea is to get a parttime job just for the extra cash and hopefully to save for studying abroad, provided I get accepted. I'm not sure how that's all going to work out, though, since I don't have a car, even though I can legally drive now. I might get to share my brother's car, but I have no idea if that would work since he enjoys going out at strange hours and would probably make a big fuss about my driving it. So I might just apply to nearby places and bike, even though biking on normal streets terrifies me. I probably just have to get used to it...

Also, I need to make up a big list of STUFF I NEED TO PLAY, because... there's a lot. A whole lot. And summer is video game binging time, which I am totally ready for. Cannot wait for SWELTERING HEAT, it's too cold in Santa Barbara. I know it's really not cold at all, but this is like frozen tundra for me. Even when it's sunny it's still cold somehow, and I protest.

Oh, and you crazy kids (forgetting the fact that you're all older than me) in LA who I'm returning to: My conservative guess for when I'll be home on the 13th is 3PM, so EPIC MEET-UP THAT NIGHT Y/N? evildrew and lacidiana, we at least need to get together for some METAL GEAR SOLID if all goes well. ♥

So, I pretty much just got back from my trip home for the three day weekend, and man, traveling like that can really tire a person out. Since I was taking the train, it required walking from my dorm to the bus stop (with my backpack and duffle bag), taking the bus downtown, taking the shuttle to get across downtown to the train station, and then taking the train for about three hours until I arrived in Union Station in downtown LA. I started playing The World Ends With You on the train, but I'm still only at the beginning -- just met Beat and Rhyme. Anyway, Erin and I somehow had miraculous timing so she got there right as I arrived, and then we went and got some food. I had a burrito from Tito's Tacos which was wonderful, and after hanging out for a bit we went and got that yogurt stuff from Pinkberry. Mmm, strawberries and bananas for toppings is the best.

We just hung at her house for the night so that we could be ready to go get everything together on Saturday for the surprise party we were throwing for Andrew. This involved a lot of driving around picking people up, but there was a cake made from scratch and I got to decorate a room, so that was fun and kind of nostalgic. Also, party poppers with very shiny confetti. So we had pizza and ate cake and then caught a showing of Iron Man.

...So yeah, I kind of have a crush now. That movie was outlandish and fantastic. RDJ proved himself to be way hotter than I expected, even in the suit. Anyway, this resulted in me searching the internet for random Iron Man/Tony Stark stuff. Most of it I found at scans_daily, so yeah, disclaimer: I didn't scan any of it, cap any of it, or draw any of it. But I figured I'd share!

( Includes naked Tony, Tony-in-a-dress, Robert Downey Jr. and Tobey Maguire being gay, and other random funny panels. )

After the movie, we went back to my house where I tried to get some posts in and do homework, and then on Sunday I got to chill with my brother and watch some Sweeney Todd. My mom also came back from her trip to South Africa that day, so I was glad I got to see her and get the candy my grandma sent back for me. 8D Then we went back to Erin's to meet up with everyone again, finish off the cake, and watch Hook. Then back to my house because I had to be at the train station this morning to make the trip back again. The train ride was very nice, though. It goes right by the beach and I got to see all the people set up for their Memorial Day barbeques and such. A lot of them turned to watch and wave at the train.

Tonight brings yet another burrito and possible Supernatural watching, plus continuing on my Iron Man kick. (It's a damn good thing I only have six icons because I would be so tempted to upload one of Tony Stark otherwise.)

Man, I'm so drained for some reason. Tuesday is my super busy day, so I guess it makes sense, but still. I also had an off-and-on headache all day today, but I finally buckled down and took something. And I think showering woke me up a little.

Anyway! Today in Japanese Pop Culture we watched from the middle to the end of Akira, and man, it is weird. I mean, I saw it once before in middle school, but sheesh. Though we were watching the dub and I kept thinking, "Wow, Kaneda really sounds like Guy" -- and I was right! WTF, Johnny Yong Bosch, why are you everywhere.

Oh, and I got an A- on my Narratives of War midterm. Whoo! Oh, and I did a Japanese presentation this morning that I think went pretty well. I turn in my study abroad application tomorrow.

Guess that's it. Still all fjdaoiej;fda over upcoming Supernatural finale.

My midterm has been taken! Yes, I only had one, but I've had lots of Japanese projects and I had a six-page paper due... last week? Something like that. (I have three finals, at least?) Anyway, I took the whole time for it, which is very rare for me, but I wrote a lot for each question. (It was all short answer.) Anyway, I feel pretty good about it, so I look forward to seeing my grade.

Anyway, as is probably obvious by now, I've been really busy with school. I've had to go and watch some movies on Monday nights for my Narratives of War class. The first was Apocalypse Now, and the second was No Man's Land. I had seen bits of Apocalypse Now before, but only the beginning and the end. Good movie, and the visuals in it are amazing -- not to mention the intense ending. It was also cool since I actually read Heart of Darkness in 12th grade, so I could make the connections. No Man's Land is about the war in the Balkans (Bosnia, Serbia, etc.) that took place in the '90's. It's a foreign film, and it was also really good. It did a good job of showing different aspects of the war while also focusing on individual people, I think. Anyway, we're also going to be watchingWest Beirut and Jarhead, the latter of which I've seen before.

Other than that, it's been normal schoolwork and studying and so on. I think I should have some more free time in the next few weeks, since midterms are done and I don't have papers for a bit. Oh, actually! Another thing that's been keeping me busy is my study abroad application. That's due this coming Wednesday, so I'll be glad to have that out of the way since it's been quite the process. (Still a little freaked out at the idea of possibly going to study in Japan for four months, but it's also really exciting -- and I know others who have done it, so I can do it, too! Right? Right!)

Anyway, I hope this "dry spell" in my schoolwork willl give me some time to actually play some games, since all I've been doing lately is Brawling. Last weekend I went downtown for a bit with my suitemates and I ended up buying The World Ends With You and Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations. Yes, I finally got PW3. :| TOOK ME LONG ENOUGH. Anyway, I used the Gamestop gift cards that I've had since Christmas to get those, so I only actually spent six dollars. I want more DS games, like Animal Crossing (yes, shut up, it's fun, if totally pointless), and Phantom Hourglass, and Apollo Justice (once I've beaten the third game, anyway). It's weird... At the moment I want DS games a lot more than Wii games. I guess there's more stuff out for it, though. I still kind of want the NiGHTS game for the Wii, but I'm not sure if it turned out to be any good? Granted, I'd probably enjoy it anyway just due to nostalgia. I heard that Mario Kart for the Wii didn't get very good reviews, so I'm not so sure about that one. Not to mention I'm attached to my Double Dash!! Oh, and that new Wii channel is pretty cool! Sure, it's just advertising, but I want to be advertised to! The fact that you can use it to download DS demos onto your DS is also the coolest thing ever.

Man, did I abuse italics in this entry or what? Anyway, Supernatural tonight! I am excited. Only two episodes left, oh man.

Two posts in one day? Inform the papers!

( Supernatural 313, 'Ghostfacers' )

Man, this brings back that urge I had to write Sam, but I have nowhere to do it. :( And I can't write fic since I don't really have any ideas and I already have two Heroes fics I need to be working on. SIGH.

Got tagged by vwl. ♥

List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they're not any good, but they must be songs you're really enjoying now. Post these instructions in your LJ along with your 7 songs. Then tag 7 other people to see what they're listening to.

1) The Decemberists, "The Engine Driver"
And I am a writer, writer of fictions
I am the heart that you call home
And I've written pages upon pages
Trying to rid you from my bones

Well, I originally found out about The Decemberists through noa when she uploaded "The Maringer's Revenge Song" (♥♥♥), and then got more of their music from nanceinsnow later. But that was on my old computer, so I lost it all when it died. However, then cacodaemonia, awesome as she is, emailed all of their stuff to me. I remembered really loving this song when I had their music before, so I've been listening to it a lot. They're a cool band if you like songs that tell stories.

2) Finger Eleven, "Paralyzer"
Well, I’m not paralyzed
But I seem to be struck by you
I want to make you move
Because you’re standing still
If your body matches
What your eyes can do
You’ll probably move right through
Me on my way to you

This was one of those songs I caught on the radio and liked the first time I heard it. It's got a good beat, and I have a few other Finger Eleven songs that I also like. It's just got a nice energy to it.

3) Fiona Apple, "Criminal"
Oh, help me but don't tell me to deny it
I've got to cleanse myself of all these lies 'till I'm good enough for him
I've got a lot to lose and I'm bettin' high so I'm begging you
Before it ends just tell me where to begin

I was re-introduced to this song when I watched a VH1 "100 Best Songs of the 90's" thing on TV, and this was one of them. It's... actually my second most played song on my iTunes right now, since I haven't been able to stop going back and listening to it. Good lyrics, and it's really fun to sing along with if you like doing that.

4) Foo Fighters, "Let It Die"
In too deep and lost in time
Why'd you have to go and let it die
Beautiful veins and bloodshot eyes
Why'd you have to go and let it die
Hearts gone cold and hands are tied
Why'd you have to go and let it die

Another one I heard on the radio and tracked down when I got the chance. I love the Foo Fighters, though, so this isn't a big surprise.

5) My Chemical Romance, "Sleep"
And through it all
How could you cry for me?
'Cause I don't feel bad about it.
So shut your eyes,
Kiss me goodbye,
And sleep.
Just sleep.

At that concert that I went to a few weeks back, My Chemical Romance was the big band that was playing there. (It was a festival thing, so there were a loooot of bands, but they played last on Sunday night.) They opened with this song, and it wasn't one that I had listened to as much as some of the others, but I was definitely in the mood to listen to it after hearing it live.

6) The Bravery, "Believe"
There's a smell of stale fear and it's reeking from our skins
The drinking never stops because the drinks absolve our sins
We sit and throw our roots into the floor
What are we waiting for
What are we waiting for

I don't really know many other people who like The Bravery, but I really enjoyed their first album and jumped on this song when I first heard it on the radio. The lyrics really remind me of the storyline stuff Erin and I have going, too, so that was a plus. And I got to hear them perform this at that concert, too, so yes. I need to get some more of their new stuff, come to think of it.

7) Youko Kanno, "Beauty Is Within Us"
And my mistake is much too late
But your mistake was trusting
That out of grief, a goodness comes
And love comes out of lusting

This was posted up by a player to damned_lounge after certain events in the game went down, and I downloaded it since I love Youko Kanno. This certainly didn't disappoint -- it's a really beautiful song. I remember I wasn't in a very good mood that day (which is rare enough in and of itself), and hearing it really cheered me up, even though it's not really a happy song. XD;

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I don't have some of the download links up because I actually bought those songs off of iTunes. I know, GASP, legal obtaining of music. But I got a $25 iTunes gift card for my birthday back in October and I still haven't used up all of it, so I've been trying to buy some more songs... Partly because it's easier.

I tag bondofflame, cacodaemonia, continuing, green_and_warty, lacidiana, nest, and skyrend!

Wooow, haven't updated for a while and now I'm only doing so with news that isn't going to matter to most of you. But it's very exciting for me, so!

Well, lacidiana came up to see me this weekend (and evildrew and fanshiilala even came to see me on Saturday) -- I showed them campus and we had good food and went down to the beach and played games and stuff, and with Erin I watched more Profit and just chilled and tried not to die from the sudden heat (still, excited about summer weather starting), but the arguably most exciting thing that happened was that I called the university's tech support and figured out how to get my Wii (and Nintendo DS) connected to the internet here! (Oh my god, that sentence was way too long but I don't feel like fixing it. Oh, and actually, I need to thank verie for this since her post made me realize that hey, maybe I could get my Wii connected here.) Anyway, YES YES YES. This means I can Brawl it up again!

And trade Pokemon, though I'm still not far enough in Pearl to have anything cool to trade.

In any case, I basically just wanted to make this announcement so that my Brawl buddies know I'm up for playing again. It'll be a little harder to schedule stuff, but still. OH, and I think some people have gotten the game since then, so throw your friend codes at me if you haven't yet.

I should probably update about the concert I went to at some point, but I'm lazy so who knows if that'll be happening. And I still have that fandom-related discussion thing I want to post about stewing in my head, so when I get the chance...

But for now, I'm out. There are posts to be done and apps to be read.

Happy April Fool's! I'm personally a fan, at least when I don't actually get fooled by anything. I didn't this time around, even though I did come across quite a few pranks thanks to my flist. (You guys are hilarious.) My university's newspaper was also a prank. One page had a cat macro on it, and the front page had an article about an octopus killing a student. (There was a pretty picture of an octopus, too.) Oh, and when I went to my Japanese class this morning there was a paper on the door that said that the class had been moved to another building which is waaaaay across campus. Glad I didn't fall for that. Anyway, there won't be any pranks to be had here, mainly because I've already had my hand in a few others. (ilu, damned.)

Anyway, I've been to all of my classes now (except for Literature Symposium, but that's not actually a class), so here are my thoughts so far:

Narratives of War: I'm pretty intrigued so far. I mentioned that I've had the professor before and really liked her, and it seems like she's going to be awesome in this class as well. It sounds like we'll be covering a wide array of media in the class, from literature to articles to movies, and the professor just really seems to know her stuff. It could be a lot of work, but it doesn't seem like the reading is ridiculously heavy, so I think it'll be all right. My TA seems cool enough, but his facial structure and hair reminds me a lot of Dennis from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. It's really distracting, actually. DX

Modern US Short Stories: This class is taught by a professor I've had a bunch of times before, and his classes are always really laidback. They basically just consist of doing the reading and then coming to class and discussing it. (I don't even speak up that much.) There are four 3-page essays for this class, though we're also allowed to write a 3-page story if we want, so that's cool. We'll see if any of my creative juices are flowing for that. And I get to read Hemingway for the first time for this class -- I've already read a few of his stories, but I'm not quite sure what to think yet. (I know people tend to feel either one way or the other about him.)

Japanese 6: I'm actually kind of uncertain about this because we changed textbooks and so the whole format of the class is different. (Also, the new textbook has barely any English in it, which worries me.) I'm sure that I'll get used to it and it'll all be fine in the end, but I'm still going to be flailing about that for a while. We don't have a midterm, but we do have a few projects. The final is during a regular class period rather than during finals week, which hopefully means it'll be shorter... Though not necessarily easier. :|

Japanese Pop Culture: I have to admit I wasn't sure what to expect from this class. I'm minoring in Japanese because I was taking the language classes anyway and figured I might as well go ahead and make a minor out of it, so this is to fill one of the requirements. It seems like it's going to be pretty interesting, though. The professor did an overview of what the whole course is going to cover and there are some topics in there that I don't know much about, so I should learn a lot rather than hearing things I already know. Oh, and we get to read an article about Pokemon, so how can it go wrong?

And that's that. Kind of a packed schedule, and my classes tend to go late, but I think it'll be okay.

On another note completely, I wanted to thank everyone who Brawled with me over the break. It sucks that I can't get my Wii connected to the Wifi here at school, but I did manage to get a lot of play time in with a bunch of different people, so I'm glad about that. Hopefully some of you will still be up for it when I'm home for summer? But yeah, thanks to bondofflame, callie_chan, caim, elendraug, evangelic, kinneas, merelyaphase, and wyna_hiros for playing with me! (I think that's everyone, and I'm sorry if I forgot you. ;__;) It was fun to play with all of you, even if some of you beat me good. ♥ (And of course, it was awesome playing with endless_abyss, evildrew, and lacidiana locally!)

I SHOULD SHUT UP ABOUT REAL LIFE THINGS ALREADY. (Even though that last paragraph was about games. Shh.) I've had a fandom-related topic I've wanted to make an entry about for a while now, so hopefully I can write it up soon.