Pitfalls of obsession
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tarigwaemirAd Mundo Exteriore,
I have about a week and a half left to my summer vacation. ::cue sad Italian tenor aria in background:: My reflections on the time spent so far:
1. I am as socially inept as ever. Why is it so hard to initiate conversations with new people? I also spend just as much time second-guessing myself and replaying conversations in my head as I did in seventh grade, even though I know it's a waste of time and causes me undue mental stress. >_< Ugh! I've decided there's only so far I can go in acquiring social skills, and despite the incredible loneliness of my past ten weeks in Cambridge, I might as well be used to feeling out-of-place and on-the-fringe-of-conversations.
2. Tenimyu has taken over my brain. All![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
tryogeru's fault, although I actually gave her the first musical. But seriously, Fudoumine! Kamio! Tachibana! Shinji! I spent all of August humming "omoidasou ano hi" under my breath while setting up PCR reactions. I even...bought a Shinji plushie at Tokyo Kid.
I have about a week and a half left to my summer vacation. ::cue sad Italian tenor aria in background:: My reflections on the time spent so far:
1. I am as socially inept as ever. Why is it so hard to initiate conversations with new people? I also spend just as much time second-guessing myself and replaying conversations in my head as I did in seventh grade, even though I know it's a waste of time and causes me undue mental stress. >_< Ugh! I've decided there's only so far I can go in acquiring social skills, and despite the incredible loneliness of my past ten weeks in Cambridge, I might as well be used to feeling out-of-place and on-the-fringe-of-conversations.
2. Tenimyu has taken over my brain. All
tryogeru's fault, although I actually gave her the first musical. But seriously, Fudoumine! Kamio! Tachibana! Shinji! I spent all of August humming "omoidasou ano hi" under my breath while setting up PCR reactions. I even...bought a Shinji plushie at Tokyo Kid. [Error: Irreparable invalid markup ('<_<>') in entry. Owner must fix manually. Raw contents below.]
Ad Mundo Exteriore,
I have about a week and a half left to my summer vacation. ::cue sad Italian tenor aria in background:: My reflections on the time spent so far:
1. I am as socially inept as ever. Why is it so hard to initiate conversations with new people? I also spend just as much time second-guessing myself and replaying conversations in my head as I did in seventh grade, even though I know it's a waste of time and causes me undue mental stress. >_< Ugh! I've decided there's only so far I can go in acquiring social skills, and despite the incredible loneliness of my past ten weeks in Cambridge, I might as well be used to feeling out-of-place and on-the-fringe-of-conversations.
2. Tenimyu has taken over my brain. All <lj site="livejournal.com" USER="tryogeru">'s fault, although I actually gave her the first musical. But seriously, Fudoumine! Kamio! Tachibana! <I>Shinji</I>! I spent all of August humming "omoidasou ano hi" under my breath while setting up PCR reactions. I even...bought a Shinji plushie at Tokyo Kid. <_< All right, I'm despicable, I admit it!
3. I got to sneak into my future entryway at Lowell and even explored one of the doubles there (the suite that Jenny and Jenny will be staying in, actually). I'm looking forward to sophomore year dorming--the rooms aren't large but they aren't small enough to be uncomfortable. Plus proximity to dining hall, suite bathrooms, and most of all, a very cool blocking group promises a winning combination.
4. I started reading Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries and the Song of Ice and Fire epic series over the summer. Lord Peter makes my day, and somehow I haven't lost all tolerance for high epic fantasy after all. (The Starks won me over, even if I despise every other plotline.)
5. Oh my gosh, thanks to music rotation sites, I'm actually starting to develop...favorite rock bands! O_O Downloaded two songs by Kent, a Swedish group that also releases albums in English, and am hooked. Speaking of music, my FST is going nowhere, and I think I really am going to make good on my threat to turn it all instrumental (i.e. folk and classical). I could then make silly constructions out of composer biographies. Say, Rachmaninov for Ender and Tchaikovsky for Colonel Graff? Okay, that doesn't quite work, but it's a lot easier than trying to find songs with lyrics that aren't about love. >_<
Anyway, now that I'm home, a Korean drama has taken over my brain. Not sure why or how, but it has and it refuses to let go! My mind is possessed! I went to karaoke with <I>oniichan</I> yesterday and got 94 points for singing one of the drama theme songs. This is insane, especially if you consider that I neither knew the lyrics nor heard the song from beginning to end until that moment. (Only heard it as backgrond to the drama.) The drama in question, 파리의 연인 or Des Amoureux à Paris (translated as Lovers in Paris or My Sweetheart in Paris), has been a huge hit in Korea. Both lead actors aren't particularly attractive, but they're both immensely talented. I've never been so absorbed by two characters before. I'm now currently downloading the last two episodes because frankly I can't wait until next week which is when the videos come out in the local video-<I>bang</I>.
I'll probably end up writing a long, detailed summary and pseudo-analysis once I finish watching it, so I'll leave it at that for now. But honestly, it's taken over my brain! I feel like a total sap! >_< I wake up thinking about the drama, and I can't help it! I adore the two main characters, in-spite-or-is-it-because of their obvious plainness and age. By the way, the prince charming wears these ridiculously tacky double-breasted suits with wide neckties and silk handkerchiefs planted in the right front pocket, and apparently they're now all the rage in Korea. I'm slowly beginning to understand what my professor meant when he said fashions change quickly in Korea and it's difficult to keep up with them. (When Winter Sonata came out, that striped scarf was the hot item.)
...Tari
I have about a week and a half left to my summer vacation. ::cue sad Italian tenor aria in background:: My reflections on the time spent so far:
1. I am as socially inept as ever. Why is it so hard to initiate conversations with new people? I also spend just as much time second-guessing myself and replaying conversations in my head as I did in seventh grade, even though I know it's a waste of time and causes me undue mental stress. >_< Ugh! I've decided there's only so far I can go in acquiring social skills, and despite the incredible loneliness of my past ten weeks in Cambridge, I might as well be used to feeling out-of-place and on-the-fringe-of-conversations.
2. Tenimyu has taken over my brain. All <lj site="livejournal.com" USER="tryogeru">'s fault, although I actually gave her the first musical. But seriously, Fudoumine! Kamio! Tachibana! <I>Shinji</I>! I spent all of August humming "omoidasou ano hi" under my breath while setting up PCR reactions. I even...bought a Shinji plushie at Tokyo Kid. <_< All right, I'm despicable, I admit it!
3. I got to sneak into my future entryway at Lowell and even explored one of the doubles there (the suite that Jenny and Jenny will be staying in, actually). I'm looking forward to sophomore year dorming--the rooms aren't large but they aren't small enough to be uncomfortable. Plus proximity to dining hall, suite bathrooms, and most of all, a very cool blocking group promises a winning combination.
4. I started reading Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries and the Song of Ice and Fire epic series over the summer. Lord Peter makes my day, and somehow I haven't lost all tolerance for high epic fantasy after all. (The Starks won me over, even if I despise every other plotline.)
5. Oh my gosh, thanks to music rotation sites, I'm actually starting to develop...favorite rock bands! O_O Downloaded two songs by Kent, a Swedish group that also releases albums in English, and am hooked. Speaking of music, my FST is going nowhere, and I think I really am going to make good on my threat to turn it all instrumental (i.e. folk and classical). I could then make silly constructions out of composer biographies. Say, Rachmaninov for Ender and Tchaikovsky for Colonel Graff? Okay, that doesn't quite work, but it's a lot easier than trying to find songs with lyrics that aren't about love. >_<
Anyway, now that I'm home, a Korean drama has taken over my brain. Not sure why or how, but it has and it refuses to let go! My mind is possessed! I went to karaoke with <I>oniichan</I> yesterday and got 94 points for singing one of the drama theme songs. This is insane, especially if you consider that I neither knew the lyrics nor heard the song from beginning to end until that moment. (Only heard it as backgrond to the drama.) The drama in question, 파리의 연인 or Des Amoureux à Paris (translated as Lovers in Paris or My Sweetheart in Paris), has been a huge hit in Korea. Both lead actors aren't particularly attractive, but they're both immensely talented. I've never been so absorbed by two characters before. I'm now currently downloading the last two episodes because frankly I can't wait until next week which is when the videos come out in the local video-<I>bang</I>.
I'll probably end up writing a long, detailed summary and pseudo-analysis once I finish watching it, so I'll leave it at that for now. But honestly, it's taken over my brain! I feel like a total sap! >_< I wake up thinking about the drama, and I can't help it! I adore the two main characters, in-spite-or-is-it-because of their obvious plainness and age. By the way, the prince charming wears these ridiculously tacky double-breasted suits with wide neckties and silk handkerchiefs planted in the right front pocket, and apparently they're now all the rage in Korea. I'm slowly beginning to understand what my professor meant when he said fashions change quickly in Korea and it's difficult to keep up with them. (When Winter Sonata came out, that striped scarf was the hot item.)
...Tari
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Date: 2004-09-01 06:23 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-09-02 08:07 am (UTC)...Tari
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Date: 2004-09-01 08:42 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-09-02 08:08 am (UTC)...Tari
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Date: 2004-09-01 09:34 pm (UTC)O.o
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Date: 2004-09-02 08:11 am (UTC)The actors are really, really talented. I was seriously moved to tears (well, okay, sniffles--I couldn't quite manage tears) at one particularly anguished moment by the male lead actor--and I never get moved by dramas (I've watched too much and feel too cynical). Anyway, it has the most hilarious script! You should watch. I don't know how well they'll translate it, but the dialogue is really witty.
...Tari
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Date: 2004-09-02 02:18 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-09-02 08:16 am (UTC)...Tari
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Date: 2004-09-02 08:53 am (UTC)(no subject)
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