jackstorm

Sun, 08 Oct 2006 19:39:05 GMT

From Asa...because it's funny.

My LiveJournal Trick-or-Treat Haul
jackstorm goes trick-or-treating, dressed up as wicked witch of the west.
arch_nme gives you 7 softly glowing vanilla-flavoured pieces of chewing gum.
asamidori gives you 8 dark green chocolate-flavoured wafers.
bamchikabam gives you 8 blue root beer-flavoured gummy worms.
barachan tricks you! You get a rotten egg.
cambriel tricks you! You lose 18 pieces of candy!
cathlin4 tricks you! You lose 1 pieces of candy!
emmyh gives you 18 red lemon-flavoured pieces of chewing gum.
fahrchan tricks you! You lose 18 pieces of candy!
henshu tricks you! You lose 1 pieces of candy!
jerygan tricks you! You get a piece of paper.
jackstorm ends up with 3 pieces of candy, a rotten egg, and a piece of paper.
Go trick-or-treating! Username:
Another fun meme brought to you by rfreebern.

Bara gave me a ROTTEN EGG!!!! D: Hehe, Asa gave me the same candy I gave her. What could that mean...hmmmm? XD

procrastinating on LJ

Mon, 02 Oct 2006 03:11:07 GMT

I should be doing some research on Miller's Theater of the Absurd, but for the last hour or so, I've been playing with features on LJ. Friends list has been tidied. "Sony" has been eliminated from my list of interests. Maybe, when my Viao is fixed, I'll like Sony more. Maybe.

And I struggle...is Home Improvement an interest of mine or just a necessary evil, one that constantly tugs for my attention? Either way, I plopped a PS2's $$ for new shutters and paint. ...it's a learning experience, which is good. Builds confidence and eliminates potential mistakes. It does make my life, however, somewhat dull. Between painting and grading papers, that'll be my next weekend. Oh well. I'll report on LJ the next crazy thing that happens, which might, you know, take a while. Take care :)

From Lian

Wed, 27 Sep 2006 00:50:06 GMT

Amusing...

	jackstorm dives off building
	And misses the pool by mere inches

'What will your Headline be?' at QuizGalaxy.com

Sat, 02 Sep 2006 07:17:31 GMT

Heh, it's aleady tomorrow. Pasted from my real blog, because life just sucks that much today. But a warning. If you think that teachers are sugar and spice and never curse, and thus never really people, here's a reality check.

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5 days before school starts

I came in today at around 12:30 pm. It's a good thing I did, because if I had left matters til the weekend, there would be no one to report to.

Between today and last Friday, 12 pm, the middle office area of the Journalism wing was cleaned. Nice. Clean is good. I don't use the office area for much other than storage. My students don't use the office area much because they have little to no need to. The Newpaper crew lives there, and for that reason (and perhaps because they were having their training days on Wednesday and Thursday), the janitorial staff decided to dump NEWSPAPER'S left over fundraising stash, God-know-whose binders, and actual NEWSPAPERS in the YEARBOOK room. The yearbooks in my room and the newspapers stapled ALL OVER THE WALLS OF THE OTHER ROOM would have been a clue as to which room was whose. Thanks, coworker and newspaper adviser, thanks for being a good and ONLY neighbor. But that wasn't the best part. No...

I turned around and noticed something missing from the opposing wall. Hmm..that's funny, there was a computer there. Was. The fastest computer we HAD. I call up Computer Tech guy at the school. Luckily, the phone was placed in an odd location, hard to spot, so I FOUND that bit of equipment. I thought, well, there are a lot of new teachers on campus. Maybe they really needed a computer. I'll just ask where it is and ask for it back. But this is frustrating...I think I'll turn on some music. And that's when I find out that the DVD player is gone, along with the DVD inside it.

At this point, things are NOT good. I search for the department head, former yearbook adviser, who closes her eyes for a bit, in a cringe, and carries me through the process of filing for theft. She empathizes, because something similar happened to her, except, well, my equipment can be replaced through insurance.

Within 30 minutes, all the VPs and most of the administrative staff knows. The popo have been called (but never actually came over from across the street). They need to assess whether it was forced entry or an inside job. Important for insurance purposes. The process was all very educational. If anyone else steals about $2000 worth of equipment, I'll know how to calmly, cooly go through the motions of stolen school property. But today, without music to calm me down, I am fucking pissed. I could not take a joke from a VP, and I KNEW it was a joke. My brain registered it as being funny, but instead of making me laugh, he got me to cry. In front of the principal.

As I sat there, writing up the theft report, I could not escape the irony. In front of me was the report, in all its carbon copy goodness, and to my right was a letter of recommendation needed for a former student of mine. I needed to write down that I had been robbed, and then immediately recover emotionally enough to give back to the community.

That, in a nutshell, is really what people outside of education do not and cannot understand

It becomes blatantly clear in conversations with them. "I'm sorry"..."uhhhh, oooh"..."Well, there's nothing you can do now, right?" Well, that conversation was just about as cathartic as me standing in the bathroom, staring at the mirror, with clean razor blades in the medicine cabinet.

But I do feel better now. The cry, reassurance and understanding from the administrative staff, talks with fellow teachers and good food have calmed me down. Before I try going to sleep, I need to let this thought rest. I was going to leave a message to worthless, soul-less thieves who had so obviously made the job a clearly inside job. But since the police had not come by yet, I refrained from writing it. It would have gone something like this:

Dear thieves,

I assume there were more than one of you because only a brothel of geniuses could have pulled this job. You stole the fastest computer in the room, a password protected, 4 year-old and thus tempermental Mac. You stole the DVD player, well, most of it. You left a cable, and the DVD case of the DVD that was in machine. You actually went INTO my desk and stole the highly abused yearbook cameras. Well, now you too can take 2 shots, like my students do, and have it give you a fatal error.
It was not stealing the fucked equipment that I am fucking angry about. Shit is stolen every day. But the fact that you had the gall to steal from a broken program and from a school. You exist on the same level of hell as those who graffiti on churches and beat children in a drunken fit of rage. Thus, I curse you. May the computer blow up and burn down your home, the cameras hold the incriminating evidence needed to send you to prison, and your complete lack of moral fiber disgust your own children so that they disown you and leave you to die by yourself, alone, and hated.

because I don't want to write my finals

Sun, 22 Jan 2006 18:40:22 GMT

From Phil, 100 Best Movies (bold the ones you've seen)

1. The Godfather (1972)
2. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
3. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
4. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
5. Shichinin no samurai [aka Seven Samurai] (1954)
6. Schindler's List (1993)
7. Casablanca (1942)
8. Star Wars (1977)
9. Pulp Fiction (1994)
10. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
11. "Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il" [aka The Good, the Bad and the Ugly] (1966)
12. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
13. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
14. Rear Window (1954)
15. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
16. The Usual Suspects (1995)
17. Cidade de Deus [aka City of God] (2002)
18. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
19. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
20. 12 Angry Men (1957)
21. Citizen Kane (1941)
22. Memento (2000)
23. C'era una volta il West [aka Once Upon a Time in the West] (1968)
24. Psycho (1960)
25. Goodfellas (1990)
26. North by Northwest (1959)
27. "Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le" [aka Amélie] (2001)
28. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
29. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
30. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
31. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
32. American Beauty (1999)
33. Fight Club (1999)
34. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
35. The Matrix (1999)
36. Vertigo (1958)
37. Apocalypse Now (1979)
38. Paths of Glory (1957)
39. Taxi Driver (1976)
40. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
41. The Pianist (2002)
42. Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi [aka Spirited Away] (2001)
43. Seven (1995)
44. The Third Man (1949)
45. Léon [aka The Professional] (1994)
46. "Boot, Das" (1981)
47. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
48. Chinatown (1974)
49. Hotel Rwanda (2004)
50. "Untergang, Der" [aka Downfall] (2004)
51. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
52. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
53. American History X (1998)
54. M (1931)
55. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
56. Rashômon (1950)
57. L.A. Confidential (1997)
58. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
59. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
60. Modern Times (1936)
61. All About Eve (1950)
62. Alien (1979)
63. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
64. Crash (2004)
65. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
66. Some Like It Hot (1959)
67. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
68. Double Indemnity (1944)
69. Raging Bull (1980)
70. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
71. "Vita è bella, La" [aka Life Is Beautiful] (1997)
72. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
73. The Incredibles (2004)
74. Metropolis (1927)
75. Sin City (2005)
76. The Shining (1980)
77. City Lights (1931)
78. Amadeus (1984)
79. The Sting (1973)
80. The Great Escape (1963)
81. On the Waterfront (1954)
82. Aliens (1986)
83. Touch of Evil (1958)
84. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
85. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
86. Rebecca (1940)
87. "Sjunde inseglet, Det" [aka The Seventh Seal] (1957)
88. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
89. The Apartment (1960)
90. Ran (1985)
91. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
92. The Great Dictator (1940)
93. Jaws (1975)
94. Strangers on a Train (1951)
95. Nuovo cinema Paradiso [aka Cinema Paradiso] (1989)
96. Donnie Darko (2001)
97. Braveheart (1995)
98. Finding Nemo (2003)
99. Fargo (1996)
100. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)

hmmm...summer movies...

Fri, 16 Dec 2005 04:33:14 GMT

eeeeeeeee...heh...it's only 8:14 pm at the moment. It feels like midnigt. Burn-out? Yes'm. Although the speed at which I read has increased exponentially, I still have very, very large piles of work. I'm tempted to use the supplementary geometry credential I already possess, to lighten my paper load. But then I would be teaching Geometry, which is now a requirement for the UCs and Cal States.

Anyway, what brings me here is Michael's comment. No, I don't work for TCUSD. Even though Plutko returned, and my class was the class he entered and left with, the hiring office didn't bat an eyelid at my credentials or my alumni status. I was hired by another school district I spent the first few years of my education. It's not my first choice, but I'm glad to be working. I just don't want to be working this much because it's turning my head into mush. Ironically, Arcadia called me and offered me an interview to be a SUBSTITUTE TEACHER. Gee...thanks. Unless they offer me a classroom where I can be thoroughly acquainted with the rats that inhabit the foundation of their buildings, I think I'll stay where I am. The roaches here are more humble.

Sun, 20 Nov 2005 01:05:41 GMT

From Kyubikitsy. Waiting for carpool person for Cal game...

1. What is your occupation?
English Teacher/yearbook advisor
2. What color do you wear most?
Black, blue, brown
3. What are you listening to right now?
Katamari Damashi soundtrack
4. What was the last thing you ate?
Vietnamese sandwich
5. Do you wish on stars?
Stars in Los Angeles? Nope...
6. If you were a crayon, what color would you be?
"Storm" blue
7. How is the weather right now?
Sunny.
8. Last person you spoke to on the phone?
Gary...giving him directions to get here.
9. Do you like the person that sent this to you?
Sure :) She's a nice person.
10. How old are you today?
26 years...about 3 months?
11. Favorite drink?
Peach soda, root beer float
12 Favorite sport to watch?
Basketball, football
13. Have you ever dyed your hair?
My friends tried to
14. Do you wear contacts or glasses?
Sometimes glasses
15. Pets?
BILL!! kitty
16. Favorite month?
August
17. Favorite food?\
Things that include bread or rice
18. Favorite day of the year?
The day after final grades are turned in.
20. What do you do to vent anger?
write in blog, play RO, talk to friends, sleep
21. Fall or spring?
Fall.
22. Hugs or kisses?
no, thank you?
23. Cherry or Blueberry?
two slices of pie, please!
24. Do you want your friends to email you back?
if they have time, either way
25. Who is most likely to respond?
no one!!
26. Living arrangements?
With parents, no rent in exchange for fixing house
27. When was the last time you cried?
probably when I was watching a movie...
28. What is on the floor of your closet?
too much stuff...suitcase, shoes, art box...
29. Who is the friend you have had the longest?
Linda, Jerylin
30. What did you do last night?
Watched the high school fall play, had a very long and theraputic talk with a coworker/friend about students, ate pizza, got a hug from her kids, drove home and went to sleep
31. Favorite smell?
laundry, the smell of dinners being made on my walks home
32. What inspires you?
life?
33. What are you afraid of?
large insects, blood, failure
34. Plain, cheese or spicy hamburgers?
spicy cheesy burgers!
35. Favorite car?
I like mine, Accord '05.
35a. Car u drive?
uh...see above
36. Favorite dog breed?
none...but if I must, husky :)
37. Number of keys on your key ring?
Too many...thank you YEARBOOK!
38. How many years at your current job?
nearing 3rd month, round abouts
39. Favorite day of the week?
Saturdays are good
40. How many states have you lived in?
1 in the US.
41. How many cities have you lived in/name the cities?
later...time to go watch Cal game

...I'm vulgar?!

Mon, 08 Aug 2005 00:50:29 GMT

...because I thought it looked amusing on Phil's LJ.

the Prankster

(43% dark, 39% spontaneous, 38% vulgar)

your humor style:
CLEAN | COMPLEX | LIGHT

Your humor has an intellectual, even conceptual slant to it. You're not pretentious, but you're not into what some would call 'low humor' either. You'll laugh at a good dirty joke, but you definitely prefer something clever to something moist.

You probably like well-thought-out pranks and/or spoofs and it's highly likely you've tried one of these things yourself. In a lot of ways, yours is the most entertaining type of humor because it's smart without being mean-spirited.

PEOPLE LIKE YOU: Conan O'Brian - Ashton Kutcher

My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:

You scored higher than 18% on dark

You scored higher than 56% on spontaneous

You scored higher than 68% on vulgar

Link: The 3 Variable Funny Test written by jason_bateman on Ok Cupid

I have an incredibly high vulgar rating. I don't know why, though. It might have been that I chose Rushmore for one of the "funny movie" choices. I hadn't seen any of those movies, so I just chose Rushmore, since I had heard it...somewhere. Bad choice? Maybe...>_o

Bastard Drivers

Mon, 23 May 2005 01:06:52 GMT

I'm someone who believes in "justice from heaven." If you're an ass and you make life hell for other people, then you'd better watch out for lightening. Lightening would be good, but I think that they guy should get his car totalled. That would be much more fitting.

Today was my roommate's sister's graduation. It's a day of celebration, so there had to be a bastard in the scene. We came out of the restaurant and the car in back of me is parked, touching my back bumper. I moved my forward, to see if there was any damage, and lo, another gouge into the paint. The bolts from his liscense plate had dug into the paint.

Now, how did I know it was a "he"? Well, the bastard and his friends were lounging in front of the restaurants, like a bunch of teenage thugs...only he was a short, late-20s to 30-something Korean guy, dressed like your typically single nerd. I asked the bunch if they knew who the owner of the white civic was. His buddies, true friends that they were, replied with a "it's not mine." Real gutsy. He finally spoke up. I told him the situation and his response was that his car wasn't parked touching mine, that in fact I had BACKED INTO his car, and that all of this was my word against his. I had moved the car, so there was no proof, save that the gouge marks match exactly where his screws were. But the shithead didn't even stand up to take a look or be considerate.

Of course, it wasn't just my word against his. There was the graduation crowd. In the end, I walked away, pissed. Although I know it can be faked, next time, I'm taking a picture.

Next time you see a white civic, 2000 build, 4 door, with a fast track on the upper portion of the passenger side, a front liscense plate holder saying that he bought his car from Anaheim, and a lame striped bedsheet draped on the backseat, give him hell.

Sun, 01 May 2005 19:15:16 GMT

From barachan
...because procrastinating is very bad :)

A picture questionairre

-Place you grew up

It's kinda big...like the city o_O

-Place you live now

-Your name

-Your grandmother's name

Oh my...uh...

-Favourite food

-Favourite drink

-Favourite song

-Favourite smell

-Favourite shoes

because it looks cool

Sun, 27 Feb 2005 02:46:41 GMT

From Phil

~jackstorm~

LJ friendsCollage.

Brought to you by pratibha75 and teemus.

So what have I been doing lately?

Fri, 21 Jan 2005 21:38:23 GMT

As substantive post! Copied over from my blog. I should talk about things more important than quizzes, etc. If you have problems with my observations, feel free to comment so that I cuss you out.

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Where did Ms. Chow learn to cuss? Why, from SCHOOL, of course.

My friends all know that before I entered the MUSE program, my vocabulary was squeaky clean. It was irritatingly goody-too-shoes. It's only been after dealing with shit from students, other teachers, parents, faculty, administrators, wanna-be-theoretical educators, state mandates, federal regulations, teacher unions, the PTA, special ed that doesn't want to be CALLED special ed, mental and physical disorders that suddenly appear and demand my attention, over-crowded classrooms, having no supplies I can work with...

You get the idea.

To top it all off, I'm also a graduate student, attending my second year in hopes of getting my Master's Degree in May of this year. How have I been fucked? Well, there was that whole ordeal with Albany High. There are very few words that contain the intensity of hatred that I hold for that city and for those who inhabit it. Not everyone there, of course. Very rarely, there will be a nice person who does something out of the kindness of their hearts, because they actually have one and are able to listen to it, instead of drowning it in liquor.

That whole ordeal basically killed my classes for that semester. My GPA dropped from the classes from that semester and that semester alone. Who'd blame me. All of our papers where based on what WE DID IN OUR STUDENT TEACHING. Mine were all fabricated, since I didn't HAVE a class to base my research on.

My livelihood also was put in jeopardy. I had to spend ANOTHER 6 months as an unemployed financial aide hobo. So, in addition to owing Financial Aid $10,000 in my Fall Semester, I owed it without the benefit of having a JOB, which everyone else in my cohort had.

But I've been ok with burning a hole in my stomach every morning with a cup of coffee and two pieces of toast, with my peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch, granola bar after school, and whatever Jery and I decide on for dinner, getting to school at 7:10 am and leaving at 4:30 in the afternoon as a long term substitute BECAUSE I knew that I would get my credential. Pulling my supervisor to do my observations was hell in a box, since I was never sure if she'd show, but my two observations were done. The requirement was fulfilled. My student teaching was completed. And she assured me that she would turn in I my grades, write out the approval to go ahead with my teacher's credential, and that this was all settled.

I will never trust her again.

Today is a Teacher Work Day for the Hayward Unified School District. It's given to us teachers so that we can spend the whole day grading, settling matters, cleaning, whatever we need to get done so that we can be ready to begin the next semester. Semester grades...BIG DEAL for me since I've got 34 students a class and, well, I've written about my fail rate. I asked the Principal if I could come late, so that I could get to the offices at Tolman while they were open, to get everything settled for my Teaching Credential application. He approved and I went to the offices.

Not only did Christine NOT fill out the form to allow me to get a teaching credential, she didn't even give me a grade. The credential expert was confused because the classes that Christine told me that I needed to enroll in last semester WEREN'T EVEN THE RIGHT CLASSES.

I have two incomplete classes, which puts me 3 units under what is required, by the state, to apply for a credential. Not having a grade for student teaching dampers things too. And I don't care...I DON'T CARE IF I GET A "B" in that class, so long as it says "B" on my transcript and I can move ON with my life. (for all you bastard overachievers out there, in graduate school, a "B" is roughly equivalent to a "D" or "F" in undergrad. You would have had to have done some really stupid shit in order to get a B).

After sitting and crying in the School of Ed's office for nearly an hour, the credential lady assured me that this was not an uncommon occurance, which doesn't make me feel any better. She reminded me that I still had my substitute permit, so that I can keep my job (and get paid half as much as a hired teacher, even though I'm long term and I need to grade papers and discipline kids and come/leave just in time to drive with my headlights on), and that me having my permit to cover my ass was better than what other students had when they came crying to her. She was supportive and knowledgeable. She'll also talk to Christine because I know that if I tried to...we won't go there.

Right now...after wasting a good portion of today, I'm going to need to head back to the School of Ed, talk to the Master's Advisor about how I can borrow books, apply for health care, and get into the computer labs to do research on ERIC (esp since my computer died yesterday), all while on Filing Fee, so that I can get done with this shit program and get the hell out of here.

Thu, 20 Jan 2005 05:26:00 GMT

From Ozzy!

Answered because I'm off RO and I need to smash something (like my keyboard)

A - Accent: Californian, dude
B - Breast size: wah?
C - Chore you hate: cleaning the toilet in bro's bathroom
D - Dad's name: Tak
E - Essential make-up item: huh? lipstick?
F - Favorite perfume: clean air
G - Gold or silver: silver
H - Hometown: City of Angels, Ca
I - Insomnia: only when there are problems left to solve
J - Job title: Substitute Teacher
K - Kids: later
L - Living arrangements: Apartment with roommie
M - Mum's birthplace: Secret Pirate Island(?), better known as Hong Kong
O - Overnight hospital stays: none recently
P - Phobia: speaking in public
R - Religious affiliation: Agnostic
S - Siblings: 2 little but currently significanly bigger bros
T - Time you wake up: 5 am...getting up is a different story
U - Unnatural hair colors you've worn: eh? none.
V - Vegetable you refuse to eat: beets
W - Worst habit: not getting back to people
X - X-rays: dental, a few lungs/chest, MRI
Y - Yummy foods you make: fresh bread, chocolate chip cookies, rice
Z - Zodiac sign: virgo

Neeeeeeeeeeeerd...

Sat, 08 Jan 2005 23:38:11 GMT

XD As always, from Ozzy and her hip-ness, because man, I'm "Not nerdy, but definitely not hip," so sayeth the quiz. I think, though, that since I'm not a nerd, I would fall into the "idiot" category...I'm teaching science and I don't KNOW the answers to the science questions. ;____; Yeah, I've been teaching science for a whole 3 weeks...but still!

From Ozzy :)

Sun, 05 Dec 2004 08:03:37 GMT

LAST MOVIE YOU SAW IN A THEATER:	Super Size Me...I think...it's been so long
WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW:	textbooks, many of them
FAVORITE BOARD GAME:	ahhh...I dunno. Scrabble? Ones that are timed and have to do with words
FAVORITE MAGAZINE:	Communication Arts
FAVORITE SMELLS:	dinner, clean laundry
COMFORT FOOD:	congee, soy sauce chicken, hot chocolate or coffee
FAVORITE SOUNDS:	guitar
WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD:	finding out that you've unintentionally screwed someone over, and that anxiety one gets while confessing to them about it
WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING:	cat....cat needs food
FAVORITE FAST FOOD PLACE:	in and out burger, jackie in a box
FUTURE CHILD'S NAME:	Thinking of Allison or Ben
FINISH THIS STATEMENT: "IF I HAD A LOT OF MONEY, I WOULD":	pay off my college loans
DO YOU DRIVE FAST:	I have no car...
DO YOU SLEEP WITH A STUFFED ANIMAL:	no
STORMS -- COOL OR SCARY:	if they uproot trees, then scary
WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CAR:	refer back to "drive fast" question
FAVORITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK:	don't drink
FINISH THIS STATEMENT,'IF I HAD THE TIME, I WOULD LOVE TO':	finish all my unfinished projects, which includes getting in contact with long, lost folks
DO YOU EAT THE STEMS OF BROCCOLI:	yes? This is an odd question.
IF YOU COULD DYE YOUR HAIR ANY COLOR, WHAT WOULD YOU CHOOSE:	blue
GLASS HALF-EMPTY OR FULL:	empty
HOW MANY CITIES/TOWNS HAVE YOU LIVED IN:	3 counties/provinces (LA, Bay Area, Fujian)
FAVORITE PLACE TO RELAX:	couch
FAVORITE SPORT TO WATCH:	basketball
WHAT IS UNDER YOUR BED:	Jery's luggage
TOILET PAPER/ PAPER TOWEL--OVER OR UNDER:	however it decides to be
CREATE YOUR OWN! - or - GET PAID TO TAKE SURVEYS!

Taken from Bara

Tue, 14 Sep 2004 14:42:28 GMT

LJ Friends Hallowe'en by jacquelinetm
UserName
Favorite Treat/Candy
The Witch	jeykama
The Vampire	o_8
The Headless Horseman	suavo
Frankenstein's Monster	lazulisong
The Princess	yellow_p
The Devil	ozzyopolis
The Ninja	okitah
The Ghost	yarareta
The Sexy Cat	shigi
The One Who Doesn't Dress Up	pornkings

Quiz created with MemeGen!

Interesting....

no expiration...>:O

Tue, 14 Sep 2004 14:37:00 GMT

Yeah, right, hotmail...it never expires...MY ASS!! My mailboxes have been emptied for the second time in 3 months. Ironically, they kept the folders I created...emptied, of course. If you sent me an e-mail via my hotmail account, send it to my yahoo or berkeley account. My hotmail account is kept only for MSN messager purposes.

...along with returning a call to Discovercard (they had called my parents...which boggles my mind, since I changed all my contact information) and found out that it was for bloody promotions...there goes 25 minutes out of my morning I could have been preparing for class!

everyone want to be like phil!

Sat, 11 Sep 2004 19:10:53 GMT

Go Suavo...you're interesting! But no one as the same interests as me!! ;___; I'm not interesting...

my bit of narcissism

Sat, 11 Sep 2004 19:06:56 GMT

a quiz about me...hmmm

poetry

Sat, 11 Sep 2004 17:31:02 GMT

Which poem are you?

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Eliot

God, you're indecisive. You're not that great, but you don't know if you want to accept that. You appreciate beauty and observe things others may not, but you're also hopelessly impaled on your own foolish romanticism. Go you.

Click Here to Take This Quiz
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an artsy side?

Fri, 13 Aug 2004 22:49:17 GMT

Another survey from Ozzy! She's so awesome ^__^

*Maly's drawing-tastic art survey*
What is your favorite subject to draw?	children...they will stay still if they get to keep the picture
What is your most common choice in 2-d media?	CG
Anything you refuse to draw?	Ozzy put it well...porn, porn, mecha, and porn. Also horror/ultra modernish stuff
Real anatomy or cartoon physics?	real
Which is more important - solid inking skills or solid color theory?	I don't want to choose...color then.
Photoshop or PSP? Illustrator or Painter?	what's PSP? Photoshop, Painter <3
Markers - Prismacolor or Tria?	Tria, all the way
Paints - oils, acrylics, or watercolors?	watercolor, then oils, then gouche...no acrylics please
Have you ever done a stippling project outside of art class?	for a commission
Ever imitate a popular style of art? (anime, disney, comic book...)	yup
How would you define your "style?"	"under construction"? comic realism
What is one area of drawing that you need to improve in?	one? perspective, then
When did you start drawing as a hobby? (we all drew when we were little)	5...more an obsession with tempera paint, really
What kind of sketchbook do you have? Brand? Size? How old is it?	I don't remember...it's from the Art Store, paper-bound, spiral
How many sketchbooks have you had previous to this?	4 or 5, I drew on loose-leaf paper
How many sketchbooks do you go through in a year?	ZERO! I use my computer and my lecture note paper. 2, if I take a class
#2 yellow pencil or a clicky pencil?	clicky please
What kind of eraser do you use?	Pentel, white plastic, discontinued in US, only found in China...bastards!
Who are your artistic influences?	Rockwell, various comic artists, friends
What books would you reccomend to aspiring artists?	DK photo books of ANYTHING! Anatomy, visual encyclopedia, it's all awesome stuff
Do you have any favorite online tutorial sites?	that anatomy one...other'n that I don't use them
What is the most money you've ever made on one drawing / illustration / painting?	hmm...$50? At least $20, from school poster contests...XD
What do you hope to accomplish with your art? Do you want to go anywhere with it in life?	nope...just to enjoy it, and draw what I like, and what others want
Finally, why do you draw?	because I need to...the day is not complete until it has been accomplished, and because I get bored easily
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oh my...

Fri, 09 Jul 2004 21:54:25 GMT

From Suavo...because his was so funny.

...I don't talk all phuny caps-laik? PRAISE GOD!!!! I'm a grateful little grammatician. o_8 is a real person! >_< So first, Tin hates me...and then, she doesn't?

These are always kinda sorta interesting ^_^

1979...blargh

Thu, 08 Jul 2004 18:02:28 GMT

Ozzy's got all sorts of nifty stuff!!

In 1979 (the year you were born)

Jimmy Carter is president of the US

A major accident occurs at a nuclear reactor on Three Mile Island near Middletown, PA

An American Airlines DC-10 loses its engine and crashes seconds after takeoff, killing 275 people

Hurricane David kills over 1200 in the US and the Dominican Republic

Some 90 people, including 63 Americans, are taken hostage at the American Embassy in Tehran, Iran

The Soviet Union invades Afghanistan

ESPN starts broadcasting

Aaliyah, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Norah Jones, Heath Ledger, and Kate Hudson are born

Pittsburgh Pirates win the World Series

Pittsburgh Steelers win Superbowl XIII

Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup

Kramer vs. Kramer is the top grossing film

Sophie's Choice by William Styron is published

"My Sharona" by The Knack spends the most time at the top of the US charts

The Facts of Life premiers

What Happened the Year You Were Born?

More cool things for your blog at
Blogthings

Not too many happy things...nope. They didn't mention that the Sony Walkman was also created in 1979. Poor walkmans...not notable enough to be put on the list.

la di dah

Thu, 08 Jul 2004 17:57:48 GMT

From Ozzy

1. FAVORITE BREAKFAST IS...
omelet, with salsa and spinach and cheeeeese

2. THE MOVIE I'VE WATCHED MOST NUMBER OF TIMES IS...
Sleepless in Seattle, Ocean's 11...uh...I'm a teacher, so I watch the same movies 6 times a day @_@

3. LEAST FAVORITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL...
PE...people would pick on me

4. SPEND MY LEISURE TIME
cleaning, shopping, video games, talking to people

5. WORST SMELL?
daipers, burnt silicon ;___;, rotten roses

6. IF I COULD HAVE ANY CAR IN THE WORLD, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
BMW, a mini or a 4 door sedan. I like the way they look.

7. FAVORITE HOUSEHOLD CHORE?
swiffering

8. WHEN I WAS A KID I DREAMED OF BECOMING A...
I never dreamed of becoming much...a good person, maybe?

9. FAVORITE COLOR/s?
blue, green, neutral tones, burgandy

10.FAVORITE PERFORMER(S)?
pianists? Eddy Izzard, Alcia Keyes

11. WHEN I DIE, I'D RATHER BE CREMATED OR BURIED?
cremated please

12. IF I COULD REPEAT COLLEGE, I'D TAKE
that stupid 1 unit class at PCC that would have allowed me to transfer 1 years worth of English. Instead, I only got one semester...grrrr!! I would have taken Japanese 10 and Chinese 1B. All in all, though, my college schedule/plan was pretty darn good.

13. THREE THINGS I CAN'T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT?
keys...gotta remember my keys...dammit, cell, wallet

14. FIRST THING I BOUGHT WITH MY FIRST SALARY...
I still don't have a salary-ed job. I think...food, with my first paycheck. Most likely, though...bills.

15. I'D LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED AS?
a good person

16. IF A BOOK WAS MADE INTO A MOVIE, WOULD YOU STILL BOTHER TO READ THE BOOK?
Yup.

17. SPECIALTY IN COOKING?
cookies, bread

18. PRESENT CRUSH?
Jack is currently a bit heart-broken, so no crush.

19. FAVORITE HANG-OUT?
in front of my computer, starbucks

20. BEST PLACE TO SHOP?
farmer's markets or Berkeley Bowl

21. DO YOU LIKE TO WATCH PLAYS?
they're ok

22. FAVORITE PLACE IN YOUR HOUSE?
kitchen

23 BEST GIFT YOU'VE GIVEN?
probably all the penguins I've given my bro.

24. WEIRDEST GIFT YOU RECEIVED?
a rubber cat costume snout, a temperature color-changing doll (the ones that have make up when you put cold/hot water on it) when I was 13 years old ¬_¬, lead pencils from Costco for Christmas

25. GIFT THAT YOU WANT TO RECEIVE AS OF THIS MOMENT?
a flower

26. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE BEST QUALITY OF THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU?
caring

27. OF ALL THE PEOPLE YOU WILL SEND THIS TO, WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO REPLY?
...

28. WHAT TIME IS IT?:
10:45 in the morning

29. ANO SA KEYBOARD ANG PARATI MONG NAPIPINDOT (what are you always pressing on the keyboard?)
my tagalog is not sufficient enough to fully understand that phrase...but I 'am wirking 'on my bilibino ahksent with dee helb ob my roommate.

30. YAHOO OR HOTMAIL:
uh, I use yahoo more.

31. LEFT OR RIGHT:
both?

32. BLACK OR WHITE:
green

33. BLACK OR BLUE PEN:
green

34. SANDALS OR SHOES:
sandals

35. COLGATE OR CLOSE-UP:
huh?! whatever's on sale.

36.chopsticks or spoon and fork?
chopsticks, detinately

38. ROBOCOP OR RAMBO:
Bruce Lee

39. JOLLIBEE OR MCDO:
I have yet to go to jollibee...someday.

40. COKE OR PEPSI:
pepsi

41. SAN MIG LIGHT, LONE STAR LIGHT OR REDHORSE:
what?!

42. HOPE OR CAMEL (na yosi):
...eh?!

43. LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO:
Jeryland

44. LAST PERSON WHO TEXTED YOU:
my bro

45. LAST PERSON WHO MADE YOU LAUGH:
Jeryland

46. LAST PERSON WHO MADE YOU CRY?
Channing

47. THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED:
Sunday, watching Spiderman 2...I'm such a sap

48. SOMEONE TO BE WITH:
I want a cat?

49. YOU SEE ME ALWAYS EATING...
carbohydrates...I am anti-atkins! *eats another cracker*

50. FAVORITE CHOCOLATE:
I don't like chocolate. >_< Probably carnation...in hot chocolate form.

I dunno...maybe...

Mon, 21 Jun 2004 21:24:56 GMT

How to make a jackstorm

Ingredients:

5 parts friendliness

1 part crazyiness

5 parts instinct

Method:
Blend at a low speed for 30 seconds. Top it off with a sprinkle of curiosity and enjoy!

Personality cocktail
From Go-Quiz.com