25 random facts about me, part I.

technically, you're only supposed to do this if somebody has done it before and then 'tags' you on your own blog. but, ha! i don't listen to unwritten rules. and i like talking about myself. >:D besides, who cares?



1. i was born in Manilla, but i'm an American citizen by birth 'cause my dad had been in the US Navy at the time. whoo, military perks. does this mean i can run for president? muahaha.




2. i can't speak Tagalog for crap. when i try, i have this ghastly American accent and i just sound like an idiot. sometimes i wish my parents were like Joy Luck Club parents, and forced me to speak Tagalog at home.




3. i'm left-handed, which means i'm right-brained, which explains why i'm so bad at math. but, but, da Vinci was left-handed and he was hella good at math. wtf is this shit.




4. you know what grinds my gears? child prodigies. especially self-righteous, presumptuous child prodigies. and you know that story they tell kids about Einstein being bad at math when he was young? BULLSHIT, he taught himself calculus when he was 12. the story is a myth to make underachieving kids think that they can be as smart as him when they grow up. THANKS FOR NOTHING, EINSTEIN. motherfucker.




5. do you notice all my swearing? the only two places i swear are on the internet, and in my head. =]



6.

i hate Twilight. and not just 'cause everybody else loves it. like, i WANTED to read Twilight. i saw an article about it in Time that said it was the next Harry Potter. so i read it. and it was a poorly written book. (sparkly vampires are the least of this book's problems, seriously) so i didn't like it. and all those teenage girls saying it's like THE BEST BOOK EVAR are silly, and need to read more books. speaking of teenagers....

7. i think most of them have horrible taste in everything (but not you, of course, because you're reading this, which means that you have IMPECCABLE taste). man, i'm just bitter. bitter bitter bitter. i'm like that little old lady sitting on her front porch in a rocking chair, petting her cat, and cradling a shotgun. damn kids these days needa GET OFF MAH LAWN! :P

8. i really, really like those classic, old-school movies from the 40's, 50's, and 60's. maaan, they don't make 'em like they used to. :(

9. i have a brown fedora named Rick, and a grey one named Henry. they are both named after famous fictional characters who wore similar hats. Rick is named after Rick Astley Blaine, Humphrey Bogart's badass character in Casablanca. (which i still haven't watched! DX) Henry is a reference to Henry Higgins, the witty linguistics professor from My Fair Lady (he's kinda like a male Ms. Hill, HAHA), also known as the guy who inspired the creation of Stewie Griffin. i'm so serious. look it up.

'tis Rick.

10. i disagree with all the media people right now who are hailing Michael Jackson as the greatest pop singer ever. i still think it's Frank Sinatra. lol. don't mess with The Chairman of the Board, Jacko. his fedora beats your one glove.

11. i've never gotten my ears pierced, nor do i plan to. and i'm probably never gonna get a tatoo, smoke anything, pop anything, get drunk, etc. etc. etc. basically, i'm gonna be boring.

12. i like history. i think it's interesting. which sucks because all the history teachers i've ever had were all horribly incompetent, and i remain convinced that i could have taught the class better than they did. (not because i'm any good, but that's just how bad they were/are) eff the Humanities four-year commitment. HAHA.

13. i like Start Trek. well, some of it. i've watched most of the Original Series episodes, and it's so CUTE. like a freaking sitcom in space. okay, yeah, the special effects suck, they sometimes talk too much, Shatner can't act for shit, but still....it's cute. one of my favorite moments is in the fourth Star Trek movie, where Chekov is like running around the streets of San Francisco, asking random people where he can find "Nuclear wessels." wessels! tell me that's not cute.

yes, it had whales.

summer project shhhedule.

you ever notice how people sometimes pronounce it as 'sheh-jule' instead of 'ske-jule'? (like Mr. Garrison? lol) i think that's stupid. well, anyways, here is what i'm planning to do for the remainder of the summer:

6/30 - 7/6: Bio AP notes. concert at DK on the 2nd. wanna go? GO!

7/7-7/11: Humanities essay #1, the one that's "only" five pages. i think my topic is the Civil War. yeah, i don't remember.

7/12-7/19: notes on The Crucible for English AP.

7/20-7/25: Humanities essay #2, AKA the hella long one. on the Spanish American War. oh yeah.

7/26-7/29: English essay on whatever she told us to do.

7/30-the day we go back to school: NOTHING! AHAHAHAHA!


i'd like to get a job at DK somewhere during the summer. if only they would call me! DX
oh yeah, i watched Transformers 2 yesterday. i thought it was pretty good, action-packed entertainment that summer blockbusters are made of. i like how all the Transformers are British, because British people are epic. (i still think Star Trek was better, though. muahahah.)

desktop screenshot, lalalala.

totally stole this idea from Elaine. this is what my desktop looks like. a little insight into my brilliant mind....sike. o_o



yes, i know, my wallpaper's awesome. [but no McCoy! whaaat. >:O]

....i need to get a life. :P

you know, those flying monkeys are actually kinda cute...

so yesterday, i went and watched this.

Wicked was wicked, and i can see why Garrison says plays are better than movies. it's cause they are. especially if you're in the literal front row - so close, that if you stuck your foot out you'd kick the conductor in his back, so close that you can see the performers' spit coming out of their mouths when they sing.




not exactly like that, but you get the picture.


yep, it's a great experience. so if anyone actually reads this, get offa your computer and go watch a Broadway play.


observations:


- Nessa, or the Wicked Witch of the East has some nice socks. i've never appreciated those socks whilst watching the old movie.


-dude, Elphaba was freaking miserable throughout the whole play. she was like never happy. not once. ever.

"gimme mah sister's shoes, BITCH."

- THE WIZARD IS ELPHABA'S FATHER!!!!! OH MAN. finna get Maury up in here to do some DNA testing. i'm never gonna see The Wizard of Oz the same way again... oh, i hope i didn't spoil anything for any of you.


- i was actually in the presence of a real live famous person, Patty Duke! OH MY GOD Patty, i saw you as Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker! upon seeing her, i almost called out, "HOLY FRICK IT'S THE BLIND GIRL!" with all due respect of course.

She's a bit older now.


- okay, MVP of the play was the conductor man. i don't even know his name and i'm kinda mad! i wonder where my Playbill went....well, he's tall, skinny, bald, wears glasses. ANYONE KNOW SOME BROADWAY CONDUCTORS WHO FIT THIS DESCRIPTION? (hella of them, i'm sure) because dude, lemme tell you. he's apparently memorized every single line of dialog/song lyric in the whole play. while conducting, he would sing along to the songs. when not conducting he would mouth off the lines. i honestly believe that this man could do the whole freaking play, BY HIMSELF. i mean, he knows everybody's part!



why does he even have a score in front of him? EPIC CONDUCTOR MAN NEEDS NO SCORE!




he's even more epic than this man.


so yeah, that just made my day. :DDDDDD

excerpts from a myspace survey.

i don't want to, uh, toot my own horn, but i'm just so funny sometimes. ha ha ha! j/k.


"52. What was the stupidest thing you've done? i tried licking my elbow <-- HAHA OMG me too<-- probably me too. Haha. <-- OH MAN IT'S A CHAIN OF ARROWS! muahaha."


btw, if licking your elbow is the stupidest thing you've EVER done.....go deface public property or something. XD

graduation invites uncomfortable yet necessary thoughts about the future.

goodbye seniors. it was fun. thanks. i didn't even get to hug most of you. i didn't get to see Deidre, Sallancy, or Christine get their fishies - that we all helped pay for, btw. nevertheless, i'm happy for them. i hope all of you guys win at life.

oh, and i successfully passed the Sophomore Symphony Note to Mr. Oscar. i love Oscar. he's hilarious. and adorable. :D

on another note, depature of the seniors raises inevitable questions concerning the future our little band. new drum major, new section leaders, etc. so, who's going to step it up next year? who's going to be recognized as a crucial part of this organization...and deserve it? who's actually going to work for something - perhaps the only thing - that's worth the effort in their sad little conformist lives?

i am. the end. call me an ambitious attention whore, but i hate being overlooked by those i admire. it's a tragic flaw, lol.

"it's only hubris if i fail." <---my life motto, forever. Rome has the best quotes.
btw, i'd rather be a Julius Caesar than a Brutus any day. why am i always talking about Julius Caesar on this blog?

last Friday of the year. :DDDDD

English: rapid fire review. it was hella fun, i love this. haha. i hope i'm winning. XD got an A on my binder! muahahaha.

Yazz: did Pomp, the most boring song that ever exsisted. bleck. i'll be glad when i'm a senior and won't have to play it anymore.

Humanities: said goodbye to our stupid Arts and Ideas book. discussed with Rhea, Jeycy, and Munir about Munir's talk show hosting career in the future.

so, like, you know how the company that produces Oprah's show is called Harpo Productions? well, Harpo is Oprah backward, and we tried to follow the same pattern with Munir. his last name's Karajah, so that would be Hajarak. and Munir said that 'hajah' means 'rock,' and 'rak' from Hajarak sounds like 'rock,' so his future company is going to be called Rock Squared. HAHA.

Math: got out of class so the band could play for the office lady who's retiring. muahaha, again.

Science: presented the skeletal project system. Elaine's 'model' was the best thing EVER, she officially wins the Trooper Award, because she's a trooper. Ms. Marte gave us a 98 on our presentation, though, because we didn't memorize it. MAAAN, Ms. Marte! we hella got those 'types of joints' questions right, and that wasn't even on our powerpoint. ah, whatever.

Filipino: took the final. bleck.

then came the Link Crew meeting. while everyone was playing games, me and Mariella were stressing about how to get our Hill binders, and i was stressing over how to get all my band crap out of the band room. but it all turned out well.

tomorrow is Pista. i'm gonna go and play this new online RPG thing i found called Fly For Fun. (fly for fun my ass, though, you don't get to fly until you're like level 20! ><) if you play it....i dunno, find me or something. character name = spockity. server = Clockworks 1-8, or something like that.