what i would like to know?
why doesn't the government focus on making an Iron Man? can't we learn something from the movie Iron Man???? we should make universities where people TRAIN to be Iron Men.  how useful would that be???? how many people do you think would go to that university? it'd be like ....awesome. 

okay i really have to write my paper. 

i brought my computer to my class today--it was the first time ever.  the wireless internet actually worked, too, which defied my expectations.  i felt soooo....criminal, because i actually went on facebook to answer some of my wallposts and messages, and i wasn't actually taking down notes for astronomy, rather, i was working on a Writing paper i should have started last Monday and finished last Tuesday (this marks the first time i truly procrastinated on something since Poly....wow).  i was actually online as well, and a good number of my "buddies" were online.  i was kind of willing some of them to talk to me.  alas, nobody did, which was sad.  but i did get prompt replies back on my facebook.  :)

i've got my first audition in a long time in about an hour and thirty-three minutes for the China Care Fund Hope Show.  i don't expect to get in, but the piece i'm performing is "Far Longer Than Forever" from the Swan Princess, something i've never been able to perform before.  because i'm not expecting to get in, i'm just doing this for the performance since i haven't been able to do anything musical in a long time.  even though i'm pretty sure nobody knows songs from the Swan Princess anymore, let alone a group of twenty-something year-olds from China, i chose that song because i'll probably never have a chance to perform it in front of an audience.  even if i do horribly, which i probably will since they sprang this audition on me on November 17, which was what....two days ago? i'll be thankful that i had the chance to perform it in front of people.  but as always, my musician nerves are acting up because no matter what i do, i can't psych myself out of being nervous.  i'm running on pepcid, pepto, and alleve right now....my insides are screaming with pain and they have been all day.  ah...the life of a musician, eh?

then after that i get to work on that paper i procrastinated on.  it's just tomorrow.  tomorrow is the hurdle, and then i'm done.  no more nervousness about anything, and perhaps my insides will stop freaking out because i certainly don't feel or look healthy anymore.  problem!

Up! has come out on DVD, which is very exciting.  i'm definitely gonna hop over to a DVD store this saturday and pick it up because it's kind of necessary for my happiness right now.  michael giacchino has done it again :)

so today marks the first day i think in a long time i went to more than two classes....really bad student-ing i know, but it's hard to make yourself go to places where people treat you like you're stupid.  why would i willingly subject myself to that? going to all my classes was the hardest thing of my life, but now that i've done it again, i'm going to be able to start doing it more. 

so i got a 68 on my midterm.  like.  a 68%.  even with a curve, that's still a 78%.  i'm still kind of in shock because it's like i do nothing BUT work and i get a 68? depressing.  i'm not going to be able to transfer with a 68%.  i emailed my professor about doing something to make sure my grade doesn't suffer but i don't think much is going to come out of that.  he's a good (...he's an okay) professor but he's really rigid about things so it makes me afraid to approach him for things.  he's like the middle-eastern guy who always delivers to my brownstone who always gives me the stink-eye because he doesn't know whether or not i'm the person he needs to deliver to when i'm sitting outside talking to my sister (i'm never the person he needs to deliver to....). 

i watched the Forbidden Kingdom today for the first time.  my review? i give it a charitable 8/10.  it's good for people who just need to feel good.  jackie chan is so adorable as the drunken immortal and so is jet li as the monkey king.  they play off of each other really surprisingly well, and the presence of michael angarino as the token white guy actually detracts from the movie.  it makes allusions to other kung fu movies and aspects of kung fu movies alright, it's a very western-faux-asian movie...personally i think jet li's display of praying mantis kung fu is a worthy enough reason to watch it xD.  other people in the cast are bing bing li as the white-haired demoness (she's reallly pretty), collin chou as the jade warlord, and yifei liu as golden sparrow. 

DVD cover


jackie chan (drunken immortal)


jet li (silent monk)


jet li (monkey king)


collin chou (jade warlord)


yifei liu (golden sparrow)


li bing bing (white-haired demoness)