Archive for September, 2003

not dead.

Wednesday, September 24th, 2003

Hope you didn’t miss me too much.

My computer’s leaving me again. They messed it up even more, if that’s possible. Now it likes to freeze completely as well, and the sound is still funky. I’m pissed, if you couldn’t tell. So yeah, bye bye computer. See you in the far future.

My sister looks funny when she dances. She just wiggles around, smiling like a silly. With Nappe, the dog, at her feet. Good thing she doesn’t stomp him.

I’m just writing this to piss her off. Because she has pissed me off one too many times. Yeah. Retribution.

Now she’s pouting like an even bigger silly. Huge puppy eyes, and a tucked out lip. But she’s trying mad not to smile, because I can see her dimples. Hard to cheat anyone when you’ve got dimples. Now she’s laughing mad, because I’m reading this outloud while typing. Now she’s plucking Nappe’s eye. And now Nappe trying to pounce her lap. And now Pal’s macking silly smacking sounds at our very, very, intelligent dog.

So, I’m healed now. Well, over a week ago. I’m still waiting to get my bed, it should be coming today. It should’ve come yesterday, and a week ago, but there you go. It didn’t. My back is all achey from my current bed.

I’m still waiting for exam-results. The final results won’t be coming until october-november, but our teachers will be checking them during the next few weeks, so we should be getting an overview of our exams. I still have the text-comprehension test in English this Friday. Exciting indeed. The listening comprehension went allright, I got around 86% of it right.

Now I should be writing an art review for my Finnish class, today, but I’m lazy. I should be writing a bookreport for my English class, but I’m lazy, and I’m reading Robinson Crusoe, so it’s not the easiest task. I’m still on page 90 something. Ugh. Yes, and today we’re writing an essay in the Swedish class. Writing, writing, writing. I’m tired of writing. Really, I am.

There’s a new gym near my home. I got a membership there for a year, so hopefully I’ll be exercising a bit more from now on. I’ve been incredibly unmotivated in doing anything, really. Hopefully I can get my motivation back soon. I’m growing desperate.

The Flu, Count of Monte Cristo and The Two Towers on PS2

Friday, September 5th, 2003

Life sucks. My computer’s gone again.

I’m having a flu. Mom forced me to go to the doctor (nurse, actually). I said I didn’t want to, I said that it would be a waste of time (bcause they never find anything wrong in me, health wise, that is). I raved for about half an hour to mom because of this. But alas, I went, because mom made me an appointment and was really, really, bitchy about it. And guess what happened when I got there? The nurse looked into my mouth, poked once, and told me to go home and rest. “It’s been going around a lot lately. Nothing serious, if it doesn’t get better in a week, come back and we’ll check again.” HA! I knew it. And mom didn’t listen, and now I’m pissed and tired. And my old computer is really shitty and slow, and is bitching around. I’m surprised it even works.

I’m getting a new bed, though, so not everything is really shitty today. We’re going to buy it this weekend, so I’ll probably get it next week sometime.

My first exam is on Tuesday. English hearing comprehension. Eek.

My Count of Monte Cristo fanlisting is open, it’s called Retribution. ‘Twas Pal’s idea.

Oh yeah, and Anukk is my new affiliate, go check her out if you haven’t already.

I’m almost through The Two Towers (for PS2), which I bought last Saturday. I stopped playing when Legolas kept dying in the second phase of Helm’s Deep. I was getting real good at killing the trolls, but then he went and died by the hand of one of ‘em! So yeah, I’m still pissed. And Aragorn doesn’t get through Orthanc. I suck. But I’ve reached level 10 on all three of ‘em, so I’m feeling a little accomplished. Balin’s tomb was a real bitch for Gimli. But a good place to collect upgrade points is at the Gap of Rohan, the one with the wolves of Isengard. You’ll just parry (square) the big guy (the challenge enemy), and when he rises, you’ll hit him with the death strike, or whatever (just hit the triangle many times. You’ll be able to hit him three times with the double-triangle hit, then you’ll have to parry him). The other wolves you’ll just have to avoid by running around them, then hitting then in the back with the “triangle hit” aswell. Easy points, though I can’t get anything better than “good” there. I’ve got perfect in Fangorn Forest for all three. Whee. Easiest to get through the levels with Legolas and Gimli is to go through the game with Aragorn, and then go on an easy level and collect upgrade points. Then when you’ve got all the upgrades, you’ll go to the tough levels. Great strategy. I wouldn’t have gotten as far if I hadn’t done this. I usually just hit the orcs and uruk-hais by shaking the right analog stick like a maniac. It’s not skill, it’s desperate.