noisy

well. we are slightly beyond halfway point in the holidays and, with practice exams less than a week away, all I can think about is Twilight, The Musical. Part 2 is here.

"I am a vampire."

Truly amazing. I have restrained myself from watching more, however, in fear that my family will hear my shrieks of laughter and think that I am insane. Or not studying. Which I am. Anyway.

Other distractions include the new TV show, Glee, the presence of which both Wensi and Rama alerted me to. This is about a choir (YES! LIKE CHOIR! sort of), except it sucks (not like choir) and they do cool dance moves (not like choir). The thing I like most about this show is the exciting music, which is alot better than High School Musical. Except that it consists of covers. Not that that's a bad thing - in fact it means that you will probably have heard msot of the songs before (unless you are like me and don't listen to english music often). It is slightly confusing and jumbly though, but I'm hoping that's going to get better - after all, only episode 1 and 2 have aired so far.

Anyway, if you are looking for a way to procrastinate, Glee is an entertaining way to spend an hour on Thursday nights. It airs at 7:30 pm on Channel 10. You can also stream it on their website. WTH! i totally did not know you could do that until now. How weird. But that might use up a lot of your download, so I don't know if you would want to do that.

Well. My holidays have been fairly wonderful. I have also been eating a lot, very exciting.

I am hungry now. goodbye.

I had a horrible dream just now. I only remember the bit where Melissa did a laugh which she never does in real life, then her face made the shape of a person doing shoop da woop (above).

tumblr?

I thought i'd try out using tumblr...and there is some handy import utility on the net so i tried usingthat. the only problem is it doesn't show who did each blogl...but that should be pretty easy to figure out.'

go to fallingrice.tumblr.com

EDIT: er....doesn't work

Go to wongsta.tumblr.com for my own blog :S

EDIT 2: What the crap tumblr is worse than wordpress....i'm just going to use wordpress now...

My Supre Experience

Today I went to Westfield for the first time since its renovation. It is exceedingly shiny, even inside shops! If trying on clothes on top of other clothes there is no need to use dressing rooms - one can simply use most surfaces within the shop as a mirror (kind of like at school where everyone stares at themselves in glass doors/windows/the glass on framed pictures).

Anyway. The point of writing this blog was to comment on my experience within Supre. This is a delightful store. It used to be pink but is now black and often has very loud music playing. As I ventured inside the store, I noticed a number of things:
1. There seemed to be about 10 of each design in a number of different colours (makes one wonder where they get all the stock from - or maybe they do not sell much?)
2. EVERYTHING SEEMED TO BE REALLY TIGHT! perhaps i should go on a diet! i felt upset by this.
3. The people in the store seemed to consist of girls under the age of 16 (from my estimation). I wondered, belatedly, if i was too old to be in the store. (distressing)

I did not buy anything.

However, I did feel concerned for the fate of young children, lured into the world of SEXUAL PREDATORS. How can young girls achieve 99.95 if they fixate on fashion/are raped and traumatised? Besides, such tight clothes encourage anorexia.

Based on my experience at supre, I have derived the following equation:
Supre = young girls
Supre = tight clothes
Tight/revealing/short clothes + young girls = danger (for girls/pedophiles)

-->

Supre = danger

So...I was opening up my Lexicon Omega audio recording thing because....well it kept on dying and i don't think i can return it anymore (i'm voiding the warranty by opening it, but you can't tell that i opened it.)

I turned it upside down, and unscrewed some of the bottom plate's screws. I then heard a clunk, of something heavy falling down. Once I fully opened the case i found out what it was.

Click for full size photo.

They were metal plates. I thought removed the plates which had aided in cooling the mosfets, or something. BUT THEY WEREN'T FOR THAT. Additionally, the bottom metal plate which came off (in black) also served no purpose. Well, it did serve one purpose. To make the product seem more expensive. (actually it could be to give it a lower centre of mass so it doesn't fall over...but couldn't they have made it horizontally?

I mean, who wants to buy a product which feels as if it's about to break? Consumers associate weight with a quality product, so that is what they get. It also servers to differentiate this top level product from the bottom level (this is the best of 3 lexicon audio interfaces).

I was thinking of getting a zoom H6n or whatever it's called...the new one. I have another zoom product which works fine, a guitar pedal. I have not opened that, but i'm sure it's weight is due to precise engineering, not clever marketing.

If lexicon has another reason for these plates, they should tell me, as i will immediately take down this blog.

Rest

One of the tips my head of year gave was to avoid falling into a late night sleeping pattern. I agreed with him, noticing that, even if i got the same hours of sleep, sleeping late reduced my mental capacity throughout the day.

I thought I could keep this up over the holidays, sleeping at about 10ish.

(look at the timestamp)

Haruhi Discussion

yi-ling says:

*cool let's do one now

*on haruhi

*do you agree

Wongsta says:

*ok

*i agree

yi-ling says:

*i believe we should ask questions of each other

Wongsta says:

*who has to format it then

yi-ling says:

*like an interview

Wongsta says:

*i'll do it then

yi-ling says:

*okay

Wongsta says:

*does kyon remind you of me?

yi-ling says:

*yes. reasons: kyon seems vaguely apathetic, but is not really. kyon is a single syllable name, just like wong. kyon has a little sister, just like phillip. kyon is generally emotionless-seeming, but may at times become violently emotional. but not violent. kyon does not enjoy studying and would describe himself as an "average student". kyon is part of a random club because he finds it interesting

Wongsta says:

*...what club am i part of?

*uni-physics is not a calub

yi-ling says:

*well you would be part of a random club if you found it interesting

*okay no

Wongsta says:

*(ask a question)

yi-ling says:

*because he finds it interesting to be in the club, not because he actually wants to be in the club and is there of his own volition.

*do you believe that kyon/itsuki will occur?

Wongsta says:

*no. next question.

*well

*unless it is part of some fanservice

*do you want kyon/itsuki to occur?

yi-ling says:

*not extremely. i do not really support kyon/mikuru though, as i used to. i do not even like kyon/haruhi very much. kyon/yuki does not appeal to me either, due to yuki's recent lack of personality. thus, i am left with kyon/itsuki. i suspect this is due to endless eight, where they had endless conversations. thus, once i rewatch the entire thing, my...uh..wishes will change.

Wongsta says:

*the only relationship i'd like to occur is kyon/haruhi...the rest don't seem fitting

yi-ling says:

*do you believe that kyon, and not haruhi, is "god"?

Wongsta says:

*Only in the respect that, if haruhi actually cares about him, she would do what he desires to some degree. In this way, kyon can have some control over 'god'. However, it remains to be seen if kyon will leverage this/haruhi actually does this.

*Is itsuki hot?

*compare with kyon if necessary

yi-ling says:

*no, itsuki is not hot. he is overly fake. more information would need to be given about itsuki for him to be considered "hot". also, he is an anime character. it is difficult for me to consider anime characters hot.

kyon is also not hot, for aforementioned reasons. i do, however, like kyon. he is my favourite character in haruhi. i also liked last episode where he displayed some emotion. that was

*exciting.

Wongsta says:

*(agrees with kyon description)

yi-ling says:

*MIKURU>ITSUKI YES/NO

*um that doesn't literally mean yes/no.

Wongsta says:

*i just hate itsuke for no reason so mikuru is better. Mikuru seems more human and empathises more with most characacters. Her only shortcoming is that she relies on others too much? hmm what do i mean. ie endless eight she probably would not have been able to deal with the situation without the others aaah i don't even know what im' talking about anymore

but anyone mikuru is better than itsuki, despite itsuki being more proficient at ....everything except being human and being likeable

*oh right

*i need to ask a question

yi-ling says:

*i also wish to respond to that question. unless you wish to ask another question.

Wongsta says:

*ok

*no go

yi-ling says:

*i do not understand why you hate itsuki for no reason, but i suppose it could be his overly fake cheerful nature. truthfully i find mikuru irritating, mostly because of her voice and constantly timid nature. it is pointless and infuriating. but then again, i should not be like this. itsuki is amusing and he is no longer my most hated character. um...i think they are equal.

*do you believe that kyon secretly loves haruhi

Wongsta says:

*It is very difficult to judge this...I think that he may love her, although it is definitely a very mild, subconscious love. I really don't know, what do you think ying?

yi-ling says:

*do not know. definitely saw some tension forming in last episode. remains to be seen. i actually supported mikuru/kyon during original run of haruhi, but i do not know.

Wongsta says:

*is this enough?

*:S

*oh

*what do you think of shamisen the cat

yi-ling says:

*nothing. shamisens are like erhus. i saw someone playing one at manifest one year and i asked them if it was an erhu. that was vaguely embarrassing.

*yes let's stop now

RE: THE LAST POST

The completion of school is not a saddening event for me.

On a side note, everyone go to Crunchyroll and watch 'Time of Eve'. It's good.

more endings

Despite what has been written and inferred by certain people, this blog is not ending. However (as I realised recently) Yr 12 is.

HOW DISTURBING.

As i checked my plc email I noticed that "this friday form assembly will be put aside for a preliminary locker cleanup". My initial reaction was ??!?!!!! and then "oh dear! maybe we will not have lockers next term!" and then "oh dear, we are actually leaving plc after all...how disturbing".

I don't know about other people's feelings towards their schools but I am actually quite sad about leaving plc. As wensi often points out (sneeringly, like snape) I am a Junior School Girl and have actually been at plc since year 3...ie for TEN YEARS (not as long as viv/sav though). 

sigh. and, like, there were no guys. not that i am sexist, but I highly doubt i will experience guyfreedom again. unless I go to an all girls' college. or teach at a girls' school. or..er anyway, yes my point is that a special time is almost over. i am sure it had its flaws and things but i will miss it too.

my music recital is over, too - i feel a bit stunned. and angsty august is nearly over, too.

gosh. i cannot believe this.

the world is exploding! (slightly)

the break up

you may have noticed that this blog is disgustingly inactive.


and why is this? you might ask.


as much as it pains me to make this announcement.. there has been a falling out, between myself and the other members of this blog. ah...when i say members i guess i really mean one member in particular, as in the only active one. if you can really call us active.


anyway. i just thought i would let everyone know.










..


okay sorry that was a joke. ahem. yes it was a rather bad joke, i am sorry.

wish me luck for my concerto tonight : (

Pulling it Off

Conversation at school:

"=" = drawn out word

"^" = stressed word

N:"Hey C**n, how do you get it off?"

C:"It's easy, let me show you."

(C 'pulls it off')

B:"OH, tha=ts how you do it...

The other guys were complaining about how hard the small ones were to get off,

they had to get other people to pull it off for them since they couldn't do it themselves."

C:"Well obvio^usly the bigger ones are easier to get off"

B:"Geez this sounds really dirty"

(C**n puts his 'Scotch 2009 hoodie' back on, laughs)

television

Ah...hi again (yes i am sorry for that post but i am glad some people found it funny)

Being a true slacker, over the holidays i've been watching some tv shows in an attempt to avoid my homework. Probably not the best idea, but, you know, it was fun. I also realised today when i was reading up on anime that i haven't watched anime for ages : ( i remember that idyllic time when i spent hours hunched in front of my computer screen, allowing tears to run freely from my eyes as Shirou confessed his love for Saber...

Ok, that was a lie, i don't think i actually cried in fate/stay night (i'm sure chewy would disapprove greatly of such emotional affectations in such a um, inferior anime to haruhi) ....moving on to my next point, season 2 of haruhi is out. so i have been watching that.

Is it just me, or has mikuru become more annoying? I swear i liked her before, in season one. I think that as my love for mikuru has waned, i have begun to like haruhi more. Slightly. I think that my preference for the girls goes like this:

haruhi > yuki > mikuru

and kyon >>> itsuki (which is slightly better than before when kyon >>>>>>> itsuki)

Has anyone noticed that yuki keeps wearing her school uniform? I think it is because she is so bored that she can't be bothered changing anymore. Also, why do they have so many swimsuits o__O they..seem to change every episode. um.

anyway haruhi 2 is the only anime i've been watching lately, but I'm sure wong could tell you more about the anime he's been watching. It's...not hentai though. I think.

So apart from anime, there is this great tv show called

~*~ 30 rock ~*~

oh dear it looks a bit like sabrina the teenage witch with those salty brackets. ANYWAY
30 rock is a comedy show written and produced by Tina Fey, which she stars in as the main character, Liz Lemon. It's set mostly behind the scenes of a comedy sketch show, where Liz Lemon is the head writer. god i suck at writing summaries, here is the wiki page
Anyway, it is funny and charming! and witty! and pretty and bright, tonight. The third season is currently airing at 11:30pm on Monday nights, but don't be put off by the late airing. ok i'm just going to end this post now, i like 30 rock a lot though : (

enter scores

Ok, i'm not going to say i hate my family, i'm just going to say that I just had the following exchange with my brother:

me: Matt, what would your predicted enter score for me be?
him: i'd say...about 92.
me: okay. i will look up the conversion.
him: okay.
me: 92 is 34. which would mean that i would have to get less than 6 in most of my subjects.
him: yeah.
me: okay.

well. i think that i should be looking forward to the end of the year, when i get 92. well, matt, even if i don't get 99.90 like you, at least i will still be able to get in to music at melbourne...which is more than you ever tried to do.

Snakes on a plane.

sport, again

We had house sport yesterday and somehow i ended up playing soccer. This was actually quite fun surprisingly enough, despite my lack of skills. Sadly my house captain seemed to be unable to understand that i actually lacked these skills.

HC: "Linh, run! Run and kick the ball! Go, Linh, go! *squeal*"

...as you can see, she also seemed to keep forgetting my name.

Later I attempted to kick the ball as it was coming towards me. Sadly my foot went over the ball and hit..the air. This was unfortunate, but not unexpected.

HC: "Linh, I saw that! you were deliberately trying not to kick the ball!!!"

I have never been accused of this before in such a serious tone.

Katherine confessed to me today. She told me that she would "turn homo" for me. Well, now we know the reason behind all of her boob-punching. Hah! I believe that her verbal attacks on my "boobies" are in fact, fuelled by her intense desire for me.

I think i like this word too much...intense. : (

'Funny Photo'

'Funny Photo' round up. I 'stole' three of the pictures from here: http://akibanana.com/?q=node/1675. They shouldn't mind since I linked to their website anyway..

From funnies

Here is one I found in my physics text book. I don't think this guy should be diving off the board in his current condition...

From funnies

I stole these from OCAU, pretty self explanatory (image is too big, click to see):

From funnies

From funniesThese are the ones I found on the website I just mentioned.

From funnies

From funnies

Fromt that Katamari game...youtube it if you don't know about it.

From funnies

Get the kid ready

um. this is pretty polarising stuff but if you do like it it will entertain you, if you don't it wont. There is another one of these for a guy getting ready for work: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qin4UptOEsI

Source of all this randomness (except for the horse head video)
http://www.japanprobe.com/

ハレ晴れゾンビーズ検証

The 'proper' version of the last video with a comparison.

ゾンビーズ ハレ晴レユカイ全壊バージョン

this group is known as the 'zombie dancers?'

Maths Pun/Fun - it's PUNTASTIC

Take up my challenge. Can you make a more cheesy 'maths pun' than this?

define x=my love,

F( x)=sqrt( |x|), x ɛ (-∞>x>∞)

(The root of the absolute value of my love has no bounds.)

Yes, thats right: I realize this is crap.