I feel very incompetent with my camera. It's sort of like an artist who's not very good at drawing. Even though he has high quality supplies, it doesn't mean that he'll be able to draw like Van Gough. This is how I feel right now.  Even though I have a very good camera, I feel like the pictures I'm taking are not very good. I feel like the photos I take are just "average" and I'm just randomly taking a picture of anything I see. I don't feel like I know what I'm doing. I would really like to take a class for photography, but CSUF doesn't have one nor do I think Fullerton College has one. So I don't know what to do...

 So I was in Vegas for a few days because my parents wanted to take me to see the Hoover Dam. So yeah, we also saw Jersey Boys and Phantom of the Opera because I love Broadway shows. Phantom was awesome as usual, but Jersey Boys made me giddy like a kid in a candy store. The reason is because I listened to those constantly as a child. I lived off of oldies songs like "The Four Seasons" for about 8-10 years of my life. So watching Jersey Boys brought back the old nostalgic feeling for me.

We also went to the Hoover Dam. It was sort of cool to be inside the dam and to see how it works. Other than that, it's sort of like one of those where it's good to go and see it once in your life.

We also rode a few roller coasters since me and my dad love roller coasters. We rode the three rides at the Stratosphere, which is basically at the top of the building.  Two of the rides basically hang ya' over the side of the building, which is probably around 800ft or more. The third one is exactly like the Boomerang at California Adventure. They were also very short, so it didn't really satisfy my desire for excitement. The roller coaster at New York New York is pretty good. It's around 3min long, which is pretty long for a roller coaster ride. So it definitely made it to my lists of "Roller Coasters I would recommend to people".

I've also been watching "Desert Bus" during the times when me and my parents were relaxing in the hotel room. Since they were watching a lot of Chinese Dramas, with no English subtitles so I have no reason to try and watch them really, I was glued to the computer screen watching "Desert Bus". You're probably wonderin' what this "Desert Bus" is. It's not a tv show of any type. It's sort of like a Internet telethon (website is here), runned by the cast from LoadingReadyRun.com, where they help raise money for a charity called "Child's Play" while playing the MOST BORING GAME EVER called Desert Bus. They have people donate money to them while they're driving the bus, and they will basically be your monkeys while doing your requests (ex: Sing the Pokemon theme song, read a story to you, do the Carameldansen, etc.) This year they were able to raise $132,392.94. They also auction off a lot of amazing stuff, and people who are able to be in the chat can bid. I've been in the chat and a lot of silly shenanigans happened. I mean A LOT so I can't list them all. XD But all I have to say is Octopimp is awesome and Rosco P. Jangles IV the duck gets a lot of love from the chat. It was a lot of fun watching them and I can't wait to watch them next year. Hope ya' guys at LRR continue to raise even more money in DesertBusIV!! I'll support ya' all the way!!

Now I'm at my Grandma's house since we're going to celebrate Turkey Day there. It's been a while since I've seen my relatives. So that's about it. I hope everyone has a wonderful Turkey Day, and may ya' guys eat heartily. |D

 So today Anime Club had "Anime Bingo" and I won the 2nd round. There was a lot of prizes to choose from, but I decided to choose a pack of Magic the Gathering cards since I felt like pissing off the guys who actually play, due to the fact that I'm DoS/a sadist and I love watching people's reactions. I am interested in seeing on why people really like this card game. I might ask Daniel, or one of the other guys in the Underground, when I see him tomorrow and have him show me how to play. Though I definitely know that I will not be spending hundreds of dollars on this card game. I would rather save my money for something else that is really worth while in my opinion.

 Yesterday my parents and I went to a Japanese market in Gardenia since we heard there's a really good Peruvian restaurant nearby. We got inside and looked around. Guess what I found and bought? Frozen takoyaki~!! <3 I bought two bags and I can't wait to eat them. I also bought some gyoza since the Massu-muse in me wanted some.

I also have a kanji quiz on Monday for Japanese class. It'll be easy since I already know most of them. I can't wait to learn more kanji~!

It was sort of awkward today in Japanese class, well for me I guess. We were supposed to be going over conversations using "ーましょう" and "ーましょうか” (ex: えいがにいきましょうか。trans: Shall we go to the movies?) So the conversation on the board which went like this:  [NOTE: words in "{ }" is the translation]

Ａ： 「どんあ　＿＿＿＿(ex: movie, food, music, etc.)　がすきですか。」 {What kind of ...... do you like?}

Ｂ：「＿＿＿＿＿　が（だい）すきです。」{ I like/love .......}

Ａ： 「じゃあ、こんばん　＿＿＿＿＿(music concert/restuarant/place)　にいきましょう。」OR 「じゃあ、こんばん　＿＿＿＿＿(insert food) をたべましょう。」{Then, tonight let's go to ......} OR {Then, let's eat ...... tonight}

Ｂ：「でも、ちょっとたかくありますか。」{But, isn't it a little expensive?}

Ａ：「いいえ。だいじょうぶですよ。」{No. Don't worry about it.}

So I was "A" and my partner was "B". Now apparently my partner wasn't really paying attention to what the teacher was saying at all. So she didn't get the memo that we're repeatin' that conversation on the board. So when I got to 「じゃあ、こんばん　＿＿＿＿＿(insert food) をたべましょう。」 the conversation went like this: " NO!" ".....eh? But you're supposed to say that on the board. *points to B's second sentence* m9( ；ﾟДﾟ)" "...We are? I thought we were having a normal conversation." "*thinking*She thinking I was actually asking to eat dinner with her or something?! ||||OTZ" Oh well, *sighs* a misunderstanding that happened in class, but still a little bit awkward in my opinion. Other than that, I'm home early since my Psych class is takin' furlough today.

 I am thinking about getting a new e-mail address...as much as I love my current Yahoo e-mail, it is sometimes embarrassing to give it out to people. Yes back in high school, which I was an immature git, I would've found it hilarious to give it out to classmates. Now these days I just want to go hide under my desk. I don't really check my college e-mail since I'm the type who gets attached to one e-mail address (now these days is two since my roadrunner account is the default e-mail on the Mail app), and I use mainly that one/two address(es). I only have two other Gmail accounts since they're what I call "alternate accounts" [One was mainly for RPing. The other one was for e-mailin' reports/projects/etc. to myself back in high school. Ontop of that, I really hate usin' the 2nd Gmail account...the screen name bugs me to no end].

The only problem why I don't get/make new e-mail accounts is because I am not the most creative person when it comes to makin' screennames. Yes, I can create characters easily with a decent background/history. Yes I can draw and play a bunch of instruments. When it comes to a "Make yourself a screenname" or "Come up with a title for a report/story/etc." I definitely lack in this department. I can't really come up with anything witty nor can I think up of a new name that's cool in general. It takes me hours or even days to come up with a screen name that I feel comfortable with (Good example is Larry Butz's screen name when I used to RP as him. Spent more than two days coming up with a screen name for him, and I'm still not even proud with the one I chose.). This is why most of my SNs in places are basically the same.

Yes, as you can see I am the type who talks about something simple into a whole whiny pessimistic complaining rant/drabble. I really apologize if ya' actually read and put up with  all of that. I'm tryin' my best to try and keep things short and simple without all of that crap. If you guys are okay with my deviating rambles or not, just tell me in a comment. I personally don't mind if you guys say "Please stop digressing and bein' a pessimistic complainin' git". So go ahead, give me your thoughts and I'll accept them with an open mind.

 So on Saturday I started learning how to play a free-base accordion. I need to learn how to play one since most of the accordion competitions require ya' to play a Baroque era piece (ex: Bach, Vivaldi, etc.). My accordion can't play pieces like those very well so I need a free-base accordion.

Since I'm new I started off with a very little one (2 octaves + a 5th with 25 basses). I feel like I'm five years old again since it's so small. The basses are different since it's all chromatic instead of bein' 5ths. [ya' probably don't understand what I'm sayin' right? ^_^; Sorry.] I already played through the whole first grade free-base book on Sunday since it was pretty easy. Though it hurts my wrist a lot since the note placement is different. Ontop of that, the strap is meant for a little kid, so it's really really tight and digs my wrist into the accordion [The strap is already loosened to the end before it screws off]. But other that, I find the free base amusing and I hope I can start playing the 2nd grade book.

 I saw "Paranomal Activity" today. It's not as scary as most people told me. I saw the demon more as a "Possessive Stalker Ex-Boyfriend" type of demon once I saw the signs. Really this movie along with "The Exorcist" are good examples of "Why you SHOULD NOT play with a ouija board".

Even though it hasn't affected me now, just wait until tomorrow or something. Movies like these don't sink into my brain until the next day or whatnot. Then you'll see me start gettin' paranoid (especially in the mornings since I'm the first one in Japanese class).

 Chris and I decided to trade video games today. I let him borrow PW: Ace Attorney while he let me borrow KH:CoM (GBA). I started playin' it and it's alright. I'm going to try my best to beat the game. I have my Japanese oral test tomorrow, so wish me luck!

 I've been sort of sick ever since last Saturday. I think I got it from Kristen and/or Sarah since both of them were sick. It's not bad though, just a sore throat so I'll get over it quickly. I'm going to go to Halloween Haunt with Kris (my nickname for Kristen) and Sarah this Fri. So hopefully I'll be fully recovered by then. *nods* I mainly go with them because I like seein' them get scared since I'm such a DoS person. 8D Ontop of that, I'm mainly used a shield/protector since I don't get scared easily.

Though I'll be missing the CSUF's Cosplay Picnic this year. I promised my cousin and uncle I would go see RENT with them. We're going to see a matinee show at 2:00 so I'll have to miss the picnic. I find it funny I tend to miss cosplay events because of RENT, but I'm not complainin'. I think though if the weather isn't too hot, I can wear my Yoite outfit to RENT. 8D; It's basically normal enough for me to wear around without lookin' weird (weird = my Ginko cosplay, which is basically complete). Casual cosplay ahoy?

I went to the Rainforest Cafe at Downtown Disney with my dad for lunch on Friday. While we were walking towards the restaurant, I looked at the small banners on the lamp posts. Each banner had a different Disney villain on it, since Halloween's comin' up, so I thought it was cute. When I saw Cruella de Vil, I noticed something different on her outfit. I noticed she's wearing a fur coat made of dalmatian puppies instead of her usual yellow fur coat in the original cartoon movie. It made me go "D8 The puppies!!! She finally got her dream of a dalmatian fur coat made of puppies!! Why the puppies?!" and yeah....I don't think anyone else really noticed.

I really should be doin' my take home History test that's due Mon...but procrastination is very powerful. Ontop of that, I'm just not in the mood to finish it. So instead I'm procrastinatin' with a meme...

( meme is over here if ya' guys want to look at it )

 I recently got hooked onto K-Pop due to my 16-year old aunt from Boston. XD;;; I never really listened to K-Pop before except for the ones from "Winter Sonata" (which are more like love ballads than "pop", but ya' know what I mean...I hope), but I think it'll grow on me as time goes on.

 I've been waking up at 4am lately instead of my usual wake up time, 5am. I don't know if my body's already adapted into the "time falls back" mode, but it's sort of annoying for me. I have to force myself to go to sleep, but I'm always in the state of  I usually wake up from nightmares/I'm-always-dying-and-repeat-the-whole-situation-over-from-the-beginning type of dreams, but I'm not having any lately (thank god).  Let's hope I won't wake up early again tonight...

 So yesterday me and the accordion orchestra played at "The Big Squeeze", which was connected with a swap meet junction at the OC Fair Grounds. We also got to have free food at the main food stands so all of us were happy. We played okay, but we've had better performances.

Me and my friends walked around the whole swap meet durin' our breaks. We also bought Marshmallow Shooters/Guns along the way because we're just nerds like that. Kristen and Sarah are planning on draggin' me to their house to help out with givin' out candy on Halloween (thank god it's on a weekend) dressed as soldier/SWAT member. That'll be easy since I can wear my China outfit (w/out the arm band and leg wrappings) It's also probably another way for them to get me to go trick-or-treatin' with them....but I digress. We're all plannin' to have a marshmallow war fare one day at one of the nearby parks. Oh the mayhem that will occur... XD (though we might get kicked out for it, but it'll be worth it)

 So I beat KH 358/2 Days last Friday on Standard mode. It was a pretty good game and I enjoyed playing it. I'm playing it over again on Proud Mode (aka: Hard) and I'm trying to get 100% on all of the missions (w/ finding all of the treasure chests) on Standard mode. I'm going to try and unlock all of the chars in the Mission Mode since there's one/two chars I really want to play. 8D

I also have an performance with my orchestra tomorrow at the OC Fairgrounds. The event we're playing for is a joint event with a swap meet. So I'm hoping that I get to have time to look at the swap meet during the few breaks we have.

 I pulled a "David" today. [it's a joke b/w me and my friends in orchestra. When we were in NZ, one of the guys, David, fell asleep on the bus and missed our stop. We were basically running after the bus to get it to stop.]

 So I took the bus back home, and I missed my bus stop. I can usually wake up at least two stops before my own, but I felt really exhausted today so I completely missed it. When I woke up, I realized I was at the last bus stop for that line and the bus driver was no where to be found. So I was stuck in an empty bus for three minutes. I was able to get out once he came out (he didn't even see me in the bus sleeping XD;;), but fortunately I knew where I was. It's near my work (like a few blocks) and at least a mile (or two) from my original bus stop. I called my dad, and he said that he would rather pick me up than having me walk all the way back to the bus stop. So I waited, and now I'm back home safely. 8D;;; Lesson learned: I should stop sleeping on the bus now.

 I have added two new cosplay projects to my list. Why does it keep growing?! D8 I want to do Older/"Adult"/Legal Luke from the third Professor Layton game: "Professor Layton and the Specter's Flute" and Yoite from Nabari no Ou.

I just bought Yoite's hat today and I'm happy. The hat place had one that is similar to Older Luke's but not the right shade.  So I'll probably have to make Older Luke's jacket from scratch, even the hat, since there are no newspaper boy hats or blazers in those shades of blue.

 So last Thursday, I was in the Titan Underground and I decided to play chess with Chris (who's in my Jap101 class and in the anime club). I haven't played chess in at least 5 years, so I felt a little bit rusty. In the end I won that game, and Ken decided to play me. I beat him two times:  first time as white, second time as black. I felt happy that I still remember how to play. Though my brain hurt just a little bit since I haven't thought that much in a chess game in a long time (the last time was in a small chess competition, which I placed 5th in). ^_^; Then after that, I hung out with Kiya-chan for the rest of the time until we had to go off to class. I also got tackled by TOFU~!!! *le gasp!* D8 It was adorable though!

Another thing also happened last Tuesday. On the way back from the underground, it was me, Kiya-chan, and Elric. When we got outside we saw some students protesting about the whole situation of classes being cut and the furlough days. Elric got a flyer from one of the protestors, and we went on our way going around the crowd. After me and Elric went towards the Humanities building, Kiya-chan going to her class at a different building, we heard screaming behind us. Both of us turned around and saw the protestors coming our way. We were joking around saying "Look they're following us! Maybe if we go into the building they'll go away." We were getting into the building and saw the protestors were heading towards the Humanities building also. So I looked at Elric and said (we're still joking around), "What did ya' do to make the protestors follow us?!" "I don't know I just took a flyer from them!" "Maybe they're angry you took a flyer?" We got to our floor and we could hear the protest from the elevator. We looked outside and saw that the protestors were right outside of the building yelling and screamin'. I saw one of the posters that said, "If YOU don't join us, we WILL get militant!" It got me thinkin' on what would happen if those students did decide to get militant and take over the Humanities Building. I know that an event like that happened on campus before in the 70's which included the takeover of the whole Performing Arts building. So being the very paranoid person that I am, I was thinking of the best escape route while waitin' for my class to start. XD;

 So I tried cooking tonight for the first time. When I mean cooking, I mean "pot and pans" type of cooking (not frozen food) though I'm usin' a pressure cooker instead of the trad. pots and pans. So I made chili tonight and it tastes pretty good. 8D;; I hope I don't fall over with food poisoning tomorrow or whatnot.  Back in the good ol' days the only thing I could "cook" (with a pot wise) were noodles in chicken broth (it's not Top Ramen) and frying an egg. But I'm trying now to cook so I won't starve or whatnot in the future when I'm by myself. *sighs* I need to stop living off of frozen dinners...