...I finally got accepted to FIT's Illustration Program...

whee

Wow... I totally haven't updated my journal at all since February... ><
quick recap...
F.I.T. interview went really well but because of an application problem... on their part... I won't be attending F.I.T. this fall...
felt crappy, depressed, withdrew from family and friends for some time... but it's better now...
Bought a Nintendo DS Lite... and I am totally liking it... I've used it more in the past couple of days than my PSP in the last year... ><
Other than that, life has been okay, nothing too great, but nothing too bad either...

Anyhoo, it's 4 AM right now and I am still awake... In fact I feel more awake than ever since I was just visited by a creature I have named Midnight...

I was lying there on the couch, watching an episode of "How It's Made" on TLC... [it was about nuts and bolts]... when all of sudden something flew into the room and started circling the living room...

I thought it was some trick of the eye, but after a few seconds I realized it was for real.

A friggin bat was flying around my living room at 4 AM in the morning as I was watching television. I freaked out a bit, ran upstairs, woke up Hasanai to tell her, but all she said was "Close the door..." and proceeded to go back to sleep...

Sensible advice I guess... but I still had to let the creature out... whom I have now named Midnight... lol...

Problem is Midnight had wings and unfortunately did not... I ran into the bathroom to look for some gloves in case I had to touch it... and as I was rummaging through the drawers, Midnight followed me and flew into the bathroom... eliciting a girly scream from yours truly...

It was circling the the bathroom, resting once and a while on the shower caddy in the corner of the bathtub... favoring the Garnier Fructis shampoo... [Midnight has good taste]...

I then thought to myself... since no one will probably believe me if I tell them of the bat [especially since this is the first time I have seen a bat near my house]... I decided to get my digital camera and try to take a pic...

But since Midnight was restless, I couldn't take a decent pic...
Luckilly my Casio Exilim had video [^____^] so I took a few clips...

But not wanting to piss Midnight off anymore, I went to the kitchen and looked for some sort of "net" like device...
the closest thing I could find was a colander with a handle...

I went back to the bathroom and called Midnight... and he/she actually flew towards me and into the colander... as if knowing what I wanted it to do...

I proceeded to walk out the front door, shook the colander a bit, and out flew Midnight into the night sky... which BTW is abnormally bright for this time of night...

A full moon and a bat... some sort of coincidence I guess...

Minutes later I headed upstairs and began writing up this entry to commemorate this event that I'm sure I would have forgotten if it wasn't recorded...

what a night...

for a portfolio review... but im a bit tired so I'll write more about it later...
anyhoo... i got this test/thingie from J-chan... it's pretty cool....

let me know what you got? or post it on a comment...

Get your own spectral analysis from Area 23®

How FUNNY is this! Most of the lines written below I can honestly relate to...

[Anybody under the age of 14 should not repost this. ;D Just 'cuz you were born in '92 doesn't mean you're a 90's kid. It's not like you could remember the original Simpsons.]

You know you're a 90's kid if...

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You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE!" [sometimes... ^^]

You can sing the rap to "The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air" [I CAN I CAN!!!]

YOU'VE WORN SKORTS AND FELT STYLISH [...hmm no... can't say I have]

YOU YEARNED TO BE PART OF THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB [same as above... though I now AM a babysitter... WIERD! Wasn't the Asian one a diabetic? I remember an episode in which she gives in to the temptaion of some malicious brownie and she went into diabetic shock... i think...]

You use to love playing with your MY Little Pet Shop [never owned one... but played with and loved them]

You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey from "Blossom" and that "How Rude!" comes from Stephanie from "Full House" [man... love and hate relationship with those shows]

You remember when it was actually worth getting up early
on a Saturday to watch cartoons. [YES... Animaniacs was uber funny... and I remember Nickolodeon when it was still GOOD... Maya the Bee, David the Gnome, The Little Bits, The Noozles, Eureka's Castle...]

You wore a ponytail on the side of your head and had fluffed bangs [nope... it would have looked funny on me anyway... ><]

You got super excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school. [YES YES YES... Lemonade Stand... that tomato plant game thing... and later on... the Amazon river explorer game as well as The Island of Dr. Quandary... or something like that...]

You remember reading "Goosebumps" [Those books were so popular, I think I have a few in the attic somewhere]

You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, wax off" [..."Daniel-san"... RIP the great Pat Morita]

You have pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf. [She was supposed to be EVIL right? Created by Gargamel...]

You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school. [I bought lunch... but I wanted a lunch box once or twice]

You remember the craze then the banning of slap bracelets and slam books. [Hehe yeah, but my parents would never fund such fads... now I can with my OWN money... lol]

You still get the urge to say "NOT" after (almost) every sentence...Not... [I STILL DO THAT!!!!!]

You knew that Kimberly, the pink ranger, and Tommy, the green Ranger were meant to be together. [Yeah, they were cool... but I was more on the Yellow Ranger Trini - Red Ranger Jason Ship....]

You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up" [They still play those commercials... and I still can't help but laugh at the performance, though the subject itself is quite serious]

You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates [I'm actually better with Inline skates... Wood & Wheels allowed both...]

You ever got injured on a Slip 'n' Slide [people with rocky lawns should be banned from buying these]

You wore socks over leggings scrunched down [never caught on with me...]

" Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack, all dressed in black, black, black, with silver buttons, buttons, buttons, all down her back, back, back..." [...she asked her mother mother mother for fifty cents cents cents...]

You remember boom boxes vs. cd players [cd players were the Ipods of those days... I didn't own one till much later on... I've gone through a good amount... still own and use 2... hopefully someday I shall say the same thing about the I-pods... hehe]

You knew what it meant to say "Care Bear Stare" [...wasn't this how they used their powers??? man... that was a bit freaky...]

You remember Alf, the little brown alien from Melmac and Vicki the Robot from "MY Little Wonder" [I remember Alf... though Vicki eludes me...]

You remember New Kids on The Block when they were cool [I never thought they were cool... sorry]

You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By The Bell" [I wasn't quite assimilated yet then... so it never caught on with me...]

You played and or collected "Pogs" [I played... but like I said before... my parents didn't buy them]

You used to pretend to be a MIGHTY MORPHIN Power Ranger [All the time... even got in trouble for it in Elementary school... remember that Nowie?]

You owned a Skip It [My sister did... but I've used it... she's better at it than me though]

You had at least one GigaPet or Nano and brought it everywhere [I had 7...used simultaneously]

You watched the original Care Bears, My Little Pony, and NINJA TURTLES [Yes Yes I did... the pastels colors were pleasing to watch... Ninja Turtles were cool... but I wasn't a HUGE fan]

All your school supplies were "Lisa Frank" brand.(pencils.notebooks.binders.etc.)[That psychidelic sh*t was pretty cool... I admit to using her stickers... lol]

Yikes pencils and erasers were the shit. [THEY WERE... the multi colored wood was the BOMB]

You remember when the new Beanie Babies were always sold out [never collected... cost too much but yeah I remember this craze well...]

You used to wear those stick on earings, not only on your ears, but at the corners of your eyes. [these had a come back a few years ago...]

You remember a time before the WB. [Yes... good old days of yore]

You've gotten creeped out by "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" [that intro with the clown on a swing was scary... I remember an episode with kids playing in graveyards... and thought... man they're stupid... they should be killed for their level of stupidididity]

You thought it would be so cool to be Alex Mack. [The white chick with powers???... nah... I think some sort of slime had something to do with the story... however I DO remember the brainy boring sister...]

You know the Macarena by heart.. [Dale a tu cuerpo allegria macarena... THEY ALL WANT ME THEY CANT HAVE ME]

" Talk to the hand" ... enough said [*snap* circle *snap*]

You thought Brain would finally take over the world [they never did though... but sometimes they were close]

You always said, "Then why don't you marry it!" [Again... I STILL SAY THIS!]

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So yeah... that was fun and nostalgic... thanks Nowie for finding this!

[I got this from Val... uber-funny... although believe it or not... some are absolutely true... especially #7 and #10... uh oh... WATCH OUT NOW!!!]

I loved that show, the concept will never grow old, because even in modern times... children will forever say the weirdest things...
I child-sit part time for this awesome family a few days a week... and almost everyday, the two kids I watch say something so funny that I end up cracking up... most of the time they don't realize that it's funny.
Today they were watching "Inspector Gadget" on the Disney Channel. The boy comes up to me and says, that man just said "This is why I left Tokyo"... and he said it in "Tokyo-language"...
LOL ^_^

A few days ago... the little girl randomly asks me as I am getting her a glass of milk: "Umm... do you have hair on you 'pits' ??? Because my dad does..."

Another time, both kids got "Jungle Book" toys from McDonald's and in it was a little plastic figure of a girl with a bindi on her forehead. The little girl yells, "WHY IS THERE A ZIT ON HER FOREHEAD???"
I explain that it's most likely a jewel, and it represents "the third eye"... [a concept that loses them]
The boy adds... "It's not a jewel... they didn't have them back in Indian-times"...
I told them that there are precious stones and jewels all over the world... especially in the past...
The little girl continues, "How did they keep it on... maybe they used glue"
The boy says yet again, "I don't think they had glue back then"...
I told them I wasn't sure if it WAS glue exactly, but it might have been something just like it.
The girl suggests, "Maybe they used sap."
I nodded in agreement... then the boy says... "No... I think..."
But before he could finish his sentence, the girl interrupts him and screams, "IT WAS SAP!!!!!"

I couldn't help but laugh...

I hope I was this funny to listen to when I was a child... well... maybe not...

I hate banks... and all its stupid surcharges...
I especially loathe the fact that deposits don't clear til Monday morning... and PLUS all deposits are factored in the system well AFTER all the withdrawals are...
therefore making all possibility of incurring surcharges increase tenfold...

[>_________<]

::DIE BANKS DIE::

I love Project Runway... although never in my wildest dreams do I ever see myself able to compete in such a competition. I am a true procrastinator, and although I am quite competitive... unless I am not sure of my abilities then I'd rather not be in such a situation.
Anyhow, I knew that the second season of PR had already started, but because of my schedule, I haven't been able to sit down every Wednesday and watch. I have however been keeping track of what's been going on by logging on to the PR website.
This Wednesday, they had a marathon... so I was finally able to see them all... and I was happy.
Recapping, I seriously cannot pick a favorite this season. Last season I liked Austin Scarlett... that man was unique style embodied. This season however, no one... although if I had to pick one anyway Daniel Franco would have to be it. Unfortunately he was voted off in the most recent episode... ::sniff, sniff::
He didn't to win this... though I'm sure it would have been good. He says that he wanted to come back and just prove himself since he was already involved with the first season. If I could afford his clothes, I would definitely buy them... they look like they would fit very well, while still looking uber chic.
So anyway, there is this pompous designer named Santino that should have been voted off in the last episode. If Daniel Franco hadn't sacrificed himself... Santino would have been the obvious choice. The project was to design a line of lingerie and while Daniel's was the atypical line... Santino's was absolutely horrible... I mean ghastly. The models were meant to look like "deer" and had clothing embellished... with what seemed like cupcake decorations... [you know how the icing looks like on kid-made&decorated cupcakes?... it looked just like that... horrid colors and all...]
But anyway, I'm kind of glad that there is no one specific this season that I am rooting for... not even of the two Asian women... ::GASP::
I think for the rest of the season I will have some form of an objective view... unbiased because I am not rooting for anyone specific.
hmmm.... that's it I guess...
oh... I also saw Brokeback Mountain a few days ago... a wonderful movie... I highly recommend it!

Saw this on Val's page... thought it was interesting... so I did it as well... ^_^
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LJ Interests meme results

1. art:
   hmm... what can I say... I believe art plays a great part in my life... and that it also does a little in everyone else. Although I can't see myself totally being IN the art scene, I can see myself in it...
2. chichiri:
   One of my most favorite characters in Anime of all time... and there have been lots...
   The scar, the hat, the powers, and of course... the wicked "no da" suffix... ^_^
3. ekin chen:
   Pretty cool Chinese Actor. I was on a Kung-fu drama/comedy movie binge when I wrote my favorites list.... lol I should update it...
4. fushigi yuugi:
   My first anime that I've seen completely... loved the story, the characters, everything... I really connected with it when I first watched it... [Early High School Years]
5. hot:
   ... this was supposed to be H.O.T. as in the awesomest but now split up Korean boy-band... and not "hot" as in "hot or cold"...
   Hee-Jun of H.O.T.... I will never forget the awesome costume he had on their 5th album cover... and he was the reason I wanted "candy apple red " hair... although now... it just doesn't match my skin-tone.
6. karen mok:
   Another great Chinese actress... listed as a result of my already mention Asian movie binge...
7. onnie:
   ...hmm... Onnie... Talented and Gorgeous... holds a special place in my heart... ^___^
8. ranma 1/2:
   MY FIRST anime series... saw this way back in 1996... during my trip to the Philippines... I saw my first anime nipple because of that show... The premise rocks... a man with hot water... and become woman when doused with cold water...
   Oh the situations you can be in... and believe me Rumiko Takahashi alsmot thought of them all...
9. sexbomb girls:
   Product of my second trip to the Philippines... these girls were so popular they had their own record...
   "Laban Laban, o Bawe Bawe... ah ah OWWWWW"... lol...
10. shu qi:
    She is just hot... not afraid to bare it all... loved her in "So Close"... She can whoop Zhang Ziyi anyday... lol

Enter your LJ user name, and 10 interests will be selected from your interest list.

...okay so I'm a wee bit late in reading Half Blood Prince... sue me... in fact, I'm actually not reading it now either... instead I'm listening to the cd's like the lazy person that I am. I just finished disc 4, and it ended with the scene on the Hogwart's Express, in which Draco paralyzes Harry Potter and then proceeds to stomp on his face...
I seemed to forget that they are supposed to be 16 or so now... and that, that kind of behavior is some sort of a "norm" for warring boys their age albeit somewhat extreme... As I listened to it, all I could picture in my head were two eleven year old kids bashing each other's faces in... and that didn't seem right... then I realized that they are in fact older now...
Anyway... please no spoilers people... or else I may be forced to stomp your face in...

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So yeah, I wrote my Art History term paper this morning...
It was assigned to me... the second day of class... [>_____<]
Sooner or later my sever procrastination regret enduced boost will not be enough to complete such important assignments... though I have to say that, it has worked quite well for me soooooo far in my education.

I guess I really need to work on my constant procrastinating...

...someday anyway...

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So what's up people? I've read some of my friend's list... a grand total of seriously like 6 friends... I can't possibly keep track of many so I pick and choose... ^_^

I see some people are in some rough water... I hope all the best for you guys!

I have a wedding this Saturday that I'm participating in... [thank GOD I'm no longer the "best man"... I barely know the guy... although he is a relative]...
If anything interesting happens I'll let you guys know... but I highly doubt it... weddings are usually uber boring for me...

They BETTER have good dessert...

... have you ever had one of those times when so much has happened that you cannot think straight...???
This weekend was one of those times for me...
SO MUCH... and yet I don't feel like talking about it...
but I guess I should...
writing usually gets things off my chest...
But since I still feel lazy... I will list things as I remember in no particular order...
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... family trouble... it was due time... haven't had one in ages... and was starting to get worried...
... friends in hospitals...
... craptastic presentations in school...
... my frigging pokemon game that I've been playing decided to delete itself...
... my list of torrent files to download also decided to delete itself, causing me to try and hunt down the kabajillion torrent files....
... saw Final Fantasy VII : Advent Children... WHICH WAS THE ABSOLUTE BEST... don't care what anyone else says... I FUCKING LOVED IT...
... finally got my Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince on CD's from the library...
... A STUPID site I stumbled upon friggin spoiled it since it said who the "half-blood prince" was... at least I think so.... >____<
... still quite pissed at the pronounciation of "NAAH-ROOO-TOH!" that the cartoon network insists on keeping...
... didn't get to see Es... cuz of some of the sh*t listed...
... I still can't get the hang of reading sharps and flats in piano class... >_<
... Ani-Kraze torrents STILL don't work for me...
... bought 2 pairs of distressed jeans and 2 button down dress shirts and a visor at Filene's for TWENTY bucks!!!.... SCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORE!!!
... The rain sucks major ass....
... tore a hole in my muffler... so the car was mad loud and stinky on Friday...
... Then on saturday it decides to die at the Hannaford parking lot...
... Might have to fork over 170 bucks for a new alternator...
... there goes my game boy micro...
... My stupid bank charged me a mysterious 33 dollar fee on my measly savings account....
... closed that account and started a new savings account at a bank farther away with no online banking service...
... chores up the wazoo...
... had to teach my mom's sunday school class... seemed like a BAD high school flashback...
... realized I was bigger and older than any of them so had myself a blast...
... my wrists sort of don't hurt as bad any more...
... DROPPED my new phone IN THE RAIN for 5 seconds....
... it's all scratched up... and I was doing such a good job protecting it too...
... no apparent water damage though... so far... PHEW
... customized my live-journal somewhat...
... the same goes for my myspace page...
... it's starting to get frigging cold... and I don't like it...
... stabbed myself trying to make the kids at work "Amboy-chicken"... a variation of "Nana-chicken" [breaded chicken strips]...
... cell phone bill sucks ass as well...
... umm thats all I can think of now... I'm getting quite tired... but I may add more later...

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... I JUST had the biggest scare ...
My family and I were leaving my sister's house cuz we had dinner there today. I went to my car first while my mom and Gabe were saying goodbye and whatnot...
Anyhoo... I didn't know that Gabe followed me towards my car...
After buckling my seat belt and doing whatever it is I do before I actually turn on the car... I looked outside and saw Gabe at the driver's side passenger door trying to open it...
He wasn't strong enough so all he managed to do was lift the handle but not actually opening the door...
At first I was shocked cuz I didn't know he followed me... so I told him to pull harder... not even thinking of going outside and opening the door for him...
a few seconds later... I heard that "click" meaning he actually opened the door... and get this... AS SOON as he opened the door... and partially gotten himself in the car... he was still standing on the road... this car ZOOMS past like a bat out of hell... and all I could think was... OH MY GOD!!!!
If Gabe hadn't opened that door in time he might have been killed... that car was going fast... and it was night time... the door was partially opened and the car almost touched it...
I'm still sort of shaking just thinking about it...
I berated my mom for not watching him... and now that I think of it... I shouldn't have... I could have gotten him in the car myself sooner if I actually helped...
Anyhoo... that was scary...
He's okay... a bit shaken... but he is downstairs sleeping with my parents...
MAN....
i was sposed to visit friends in NYC this weekend... but because of work related problems... I couldn't make it... ::waves to J-chan and Es::
Umm... I want to visit next weekend... but I have to check up on them and see if it's okay first...
Happy b-day Wendy!!! sorry for not making it to ur party!

I'm still alive by the way... to all my friends back in K-town... if y'all wanna chill I'm free most Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays... e-mail me ^_^ [my father has my cell now]
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Your IQ Is 125

Your Logical Intelligence is Exceptional Your Verbal Intelligence is Genius Your Mathematical Intelligence is Genius Your General Knowledge is Above Average

Another year has passed... full of mirth and sorrow... and I cannot help but think of all the things that has happened. Gabriel entering the dreaded "terrible two's", my sister's wedding, and my finally going back to school...

As I comfortably sit here I cannot help but think of the millions of people whose New Year will not be so great. With the death toll rising far above the 120,000 mark... only much more grief and sorrow is to come for the people affected by the tsunami enducing earthquake in Asia.

I cannot bear to look at the photo's and news reports sometimes, because I cannot help but cry. The holidays are supposed to be merry... but for a lot of people, it is far from it.

Imagine taking your two children to the water's edge for their daily bath when out of the blue you are engulfed by a humongous water swell. You hang on to your two children, the 4 year old with your right hand, and the 2 year old with your left. Seconds feel like hours as the pull of the water is strong. You dig your feet into the ground as far as they can, but you still feel yourself drawn to the see. You do not want to die... you do not want any of your kids to die... but you also know that soon your strength will be depleted and you and your kids will be in complete mercy of the sea. You are desperately trying to hold on to both children... but you feel that one by one, your fingers lose their grip. You only have enough strength to draw one child in...

A woman in Sri Lanka had to make that decision... and my heart goes out to her... I do not know waht I would have done. She let go of her 4 year old boy... and with a muffled scream hugged her 2 year old daughter with all her strength... apologizing to her son, to her ancestors, and to her God... for what she had to do.

Miraculously... the 4 year old son found something to hold on to... and he lived... but there were many more people who were much less fortunate.

I pray and earnestly hope peace, comfort, and relief fall on all the people affected by this tragedy.

I wish all the best for all this upcoming new year...

So many things have happened... but I don't want to even think about it anymore. But to fill you in, I had the worst week last week. Anything and everything car related was stressful. I got into my first 2 "accidents", one with another car, and one affecting only my car. To top everything off, I also got my first ever and hopefully last...[for this year anyway] parking ticket.
My quick trip to the art store uptown, cost me 40 bucks... [-_________-]
Family wise, everything is sort of ok. My mother was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes... which sux ass... but according to her and her doctors, it can be controlled to some extent with, proper diet and excercise. But its annoying to have to see my mom remember to take another pill in the morning and at night. Plus now she has to take her blood sugar level regulary too.
Im pissed at her job. They have her on for a twelve hour shifts when she works, but most times, she ends up working at least 14 hours instead. One night last week, ICU [where she works] made her stay 19 hours. How could they do that? She is a nurse... she takes care of people... how can you expect someone with that responsibility to continue doing her job well, when you don't give her time to rest. I dunno.. I was so infuriated when my mom told me that other nurses just left at the end of their shifts... because they "had something to do"... so they gave my mom the "charge" position, and expected her to deal with eveything when her very own shift was almost done. When she tried to ask for help, because the department was low in staff, not only did they not provide her with any, they were very rude about it. GRRRRR....
[I gotta go... I'll continue this later]

man... I do envy him... in a sick and twisted kind of way... [>___<]'''

...dalous! I just bought 4 movies from www.yesasia.com. I ordered, "Twins Effect II", "Enter The Phoenix", "Guns & Talks", and "Gen-X Cops". The last two I already have a copy of, but I wanted the DVD version. I can't wait to get them. My previous DVD order arrived a few days ago, and I stayed up all night and watched all three DVD's.

I don't know if anyone out there has heard of the Chinese director YonFan. He makes really interesting movies dealing with love, life, and sexuality. The three movies were: "Bugis Street", a movie about transvestites un Singapore in the mid 60's, "Bishonen", a movie about gay call boys in modern Hong Kong, and "Peony Pavillion", a movie of lesbian love early 1900's in Mainland China. All were shot and directed real well, if you ever get a chance to see any of these movies, I suggest you do.

Anyhoo, lately I have been a bit torrent whore. I've downloaded the entire series of "Naruto" which is awesome, and Im currently downloading "Cooking Master Boy" suggest by J-chan herself. I was able to download 4 episodes of "Samurai Champloo", but midway of downloading episode 5, the series itself was actually licensed... meaning no more torrents of the series were allowed. GRRRRRR [>___<].

School is going alright, I finally gave my speech on Feng Shui which I was told to have gone well, even though I know I could have gone better. I keep getting essay assignments in English, which I keep on putting off til last minute. Procrastination is my life.

As for my friend, mentioned in previous post. He started his getting his treatment right away, and I hope in the end the treatment will work. Another friend of mine currently living upstate is going through a lot right now too. I wish I can be there more for her, but I am soooo emotionally drained right now, that I have to reserve my remaining energy so that I can still normally function.

Life can be such a pain sometimes...