The joys of procrastination
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tarigwaemirLowell House, on the Feast of St. Conrad of Piacenza
To the kind person who got me a virtual yellow rose for Valentine's day, thank you very much! ^_^
What I've been doing instead of homework this weekend:
1. Downloading and watching Mushishi, which takes everything that I loved about Vampire Princess Miyu and Mononoke Hime and makes it better. The opening theme song alone wins my heart. (Where can I get the OST, does anyone know?) I think if I do manage to write a fic for the mile-long pole fic challenge, it'll be for this series.
2. Downloading and watching Gung. I'm afraid I still don't like Shin, and every little thing that Hyorin does gets on my nerves. (I could rant for hours about that, actually. All that whining about the mask she has to wear and how much she needs Shin. Honestly, get over yourself. You made a choice; stick with it.) Oh, and I'm still convinced that Shin's friends are jerks. (Do not make fun of someone in English when your own grasp of the language is shaky at best.) Yul needs a psychologist, and so does his mother, but I still think he has a pretty face, and he actually cares about Chae-gyung. Oh yeah, and I definitely do like Chae-gyung, who manages to be funny and sincere, without growing annoying. My absolute favorite character though is the grandmother (the Dowager Queen), who has an absolutely beautiful personality. ^_^ But wow, the royal family has really messed-up love lives. Spoiler: Shin's father, the King, used to be in love with Yul's mother?! It's almost like a family tradition, to be a royal prince who is not the heir but in love with the νμλΉ. Was that in the original manhwa?
3. Reading Eternal Sabbath. I've been meaning to read this manga for a long time now, and I finally got around to it. Oh my gosh, what an amazing series. It's true that genetic engineering, superhuman clones and psychic powers are all classic SF conventions by now, but this particular permutation is done really brilliantly. Plus the art is gorgeous. (Thanks,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sub_divided, for putting it up on those Gmail accounts. I've been downloading shamelessly so far, but I'll definitely add to them later. Hm, I should also put up Wa! while I'm at it.)
4. Reading Perfect Girl Evolution. I think I caught up to chapter 48? This manga gets crazier and crazier as it goes.
5. Writing my humongously long day-by-day account of Gasshuku. Currently my word count is:
I'm not even halfway done yet (finished up to three days, have four more days left to cover). You know, if I wrote fic at this pace, I would be so much more prolific.
6. Catching up on all the fic that I bookmarked to read for the past few weeks. Slowly but surely...
7. Sleeping like the dead. On Friday night, I went to sleep around 11 and got up at 10:30 the next morning. Last night, I went to sleep at 10:30 and got up at 8:30 this morning. I made the resolution to stay up late to get some work done tonight but already I'm beginning to feel too tired to keep awake much longer. And as you can see, I've been spending my hours awake doing almost everything other than the work I'm supposed to be doing. I'm so screwed for homework by the way. Haven't even looked at the systems biology problem set, and I still need to spend all day at the lab tomorrow. Argh, okay, am going to go take nap and wake up early. If I get the problem sets all done before Tuesday, I can do the Korean homework more slowly during the rest of the week. Actually, my homework is at a pretty manageable state this week (well, as long as sys. bio. doesn't take me more than two hours, which judging by last week's problem set, it shouldn't, now that I know what they're looking for) but I also ought to return to studying for the GREs. Oh well. I'm operating on the flawed philosophy that if I waste time now, I won't waste time later in the week when I need to be productive. Hah, like that's going to happen.
Yours &c.
Post-script: Self, remember to look up Radcliffe grant and HCRP deadlines. Also, please remember to get your textbook reimbursements.
To the kind person who got me a virtual yellow rose for Valentine's day, thank you very much! ^_^
What I've been doing instead of homework this weekend:
1. Downloading and watching Mushishi, which takes everything that I loved about Vampire Princess Miyu and Mononoke Hime and makes it better. The opening theme song alone wins my heart. (Where can I get the OST, does anyone know?) I think if I do manage to write a fic for the mile-long pole fic challenge, it'll be for this series.
2. Downloading and watching Gung. I'm afraid I still don't like Shin, and every little thing that Hyorin does gets on my nerves. (I could rant for hours about that, actually. All that whining about the mask she has to wear and how much she needs Shin. Honestly, get over yourself. You made a choice; stick with it.) Oh, and I'm still convinced that Shin's friends are jerks. (Do not make fun of someone in English when your own grasp of the language is shaky at best.) Yul needs a psychologist, and so does his mother, but I still think he has a pretty face, and he actually cares about Chae-gyung. Oh yeah, and I definitely do like Chae-gyung, who manages to be funny and sincere, without growing annoying. My absolute favorite character though is the grandmother (the Dowager Queen), who has an absolutely beautiful personality. ^_^ But wow, the royal family has really messed-up love lives. Spoiler: Shin's father, the King, used to be in love with Yul's mother?! It's almost like a family tradition, to be a royal prince who is not the heir but in love with the νμλΉ. Was that in the original manhwa?
3. Reading Eternal Sabbath. I've been meaning to read this manga for a long time now, and I finally got around to it. Oh my gosh, what an amazing series. It's true that genetic engineering, superhuman clones and psychic powers are all classic SF conventions by now, but this particular permutation is done really brilliantly. Plus the art is gorgeous. (Thanks,
sub_divided, for putting it up on those Gmail accounts. I've been downloading shamelessly so far, but I'll definitely add to them later. Hm, I should also put up Wa! while I'm at it.) 4. Reading Perfect Girl Evolution. I think I caught up to chapter 48? This manga gets crazier and crazier as it goes.
5. Writing my humongously long day-by-day account of Gasshuku. Currently my word count is:
| |
5,589 / 10,000 (55.9%) |
I'm not even halfway done yet (finished up to three days, have four more days left to cover). You know, if I wrote fic at this pace, I would be so much more prolific.
6. Catching up on all the fic that I bookmarked to read for the past few weeks. Slowly but surely...
7. Sleeping like the dead. On Friday night, I went to sleep around 11 and got up at 10:30 the next morning. Last night, I went to sleep at 10:30 and got up at 8:30 this morning. I made the resolution to stay up late to get some work done tonight but already I'm beginning to feel too tired to keep awake much longer. And as you can see, I've been spending my hours awake doing almost everything other than the work I'm supposed to be doing. I'm so screwed for homework by the way. Haven't even looked at the systems biology problem set, and I still need to spend all day at the lab tomorrow. Argh, okay, am going to go take nap and wake up early. If I get the problem sets all done before Tuesday, I can do the Korean homework more slowly during the rest of the week. Actually, my homework is at a pretty manageable state this week (well, as long as sys. bio. doesn't take me more than two hours, which judging by last week's problem set, it shouldn't, now that I know what they're looking for) but I also ought to return to studying for the GREs. Oh well. I'm operating on the flawed philosophy that if I waste time now, I won't waste time later in the week when I need to be productive. Hah, like that's going to happen.
Yours &c.
Post-script: Self, remember to look up Radcliffe grant and HCRP deadlines. Also, please remember to get your textbook reimbursements.
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Date: 2006-02-20 06:36 am (UTC)3. Eternal Sabbath! I see it's been liscenced. Good! Although I worry that the pacing is too slow for print. I hope you're not too disappointed by the ending.
Soryuu Fumi's art is gorgeous, and it's perfect for this series because it's so detached. I mean, the characters do switch expressions, but it's like they have to think about it. And there's so much precision in the backgrounds. It's the scientific approach to manga XDXDXD.
Mostly, though, I just love Shuro and Kujo. Shuro for being this casual mindreader/writer who has to borrow other people's identities or else he doesn't exist (OMG BRILLIANT) and Kujo because AH SPACEY RESEARCH SCIENTIST LOVE.
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Date: 2006-02-20 07:18 pm (UTC)4. Ah, PGE! I need to catch up on that. It is the craziest manga I've encountered yet so far. Ahaha. Sunako nosebleed. XD (AND THE CHIBIS)
5. *cheers for you!*
7. Sounds like you need a lot of rest. (I do that too--wasting time at certain point and believing I'll work with lightning speed when the deadline comes near. Though I'm sure Tari will be successful in the case *_*)
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Date: 2006-02-22 03:09 am (UTC)And Mushishi is lovely, isn't it? ^____^