Dancing through life...

I have an assignment to use an HTML table to put a picture of a piece of art known as "The Tiger" back together. Why is the g'd damn front leg not where it's supposed to be?????
http://beard.dialnsa.edu/~lesliefay/tiger.html (helps if I put in the right address...)

Comment if you need more info.

because he brings me roses at work. And yesterday, he gave me Paper Mario 2 as an early Chrishannayule present, AND he let me play it. Booyah! I win. :)

In unrelated news, I'm in the process of learning Voltaire's "Goodnight Demon Slayer" in American Sign Language. Not as easy as I'd thought it'd be, but fun! "Slayer" is a fun sign.

Off to bed with me, for I must away to the Hallmark of DOOM at an early hour.

Fenix427: bibity bobbity boo
Spookie14: Since when are you my fairy godmother?
Fenix427: since ..... yesterday?
Spookie14: Really? Can you get me a pony??
Fenix427: umm...im not that type of fairy godmother
Spookie14: Awww...what type are you?
Fenix427: i dunno i dont think i got to that part of training yet
Spookie14: Well...what can you do?
Fenix427: i can make thinkgs sparkly
Spookie14: YAAAAY!
(later on...)
Spookie14: Yep. My classes start tonight, but I'm totally not ready.
Fenix427: for?
Spookie14: My classes to start.
Fenix427: yeah i figured that cus you said it... i mean for where?
Spookie14: New School.
Spookie14: Y'know, that whole edumacation thing.
Fenix427: whast the school
Spookie14: New School University.
Fenix427: no really
Fenix427: whats it called
Spookie14: No, I'm serious.
Spookie14: New School University.
Spookie14: http://www.newschool.edu
Fenix427: my arent we original
Fenix427: what happens when it get older
Spookie14: Yep. Funny thing is, it's been around since about the turn of the century.
Fenix427: does it change to middle age school U
Spookie14: LOL

Last Sunday, I changed the oil in my car, all by myself! Dad stood there and told me what to do, and I did it all perfectly!

This whole "diet" thing sucks like you wouldn't believe. I miss my chocolate, and my coffee, and Mommy's tomato sauce, and my CHOCOLATE! However, I have yet to *ahem* "cheat." Hard to believe, isn't it?

Let's see, what else? Ahh, yes. Obligatory grade report:
T'ai Chi: B- (considering I missed two classes, that's pretty damn good)
Writing therapy: B (also pretty damn good, considering my lack of any real effort)
Fantasy From the Hobbit to Holes: A (of course!)
Sign Language: A
Intro to Fiction: A

I think my overall GPA is somewhere near a 3.6, or something.

In other news, the squirrel in my front tree is trying to take over the world. I'm sure of it.

So I have to write a term paper for my stupid Writing Therapy course. The topic? "Writing is the best therapy." 2500-3000 words.
I thought this entire course was bullshit. I got absolutely nothing but frustration out of it. The teacher was an idiot. It seemed like the rest of the class actually needed therapy, and were using the course as such.

I don't need therapy. I need three credits. I don't think writing is the best therapy, especially not talking to an imaginary bird in your head for an hour.

How the hell am I supposed to write 2500 words about how writing therapy is wonderful when I hate it?

Here are the courses I've decided to sign up for next semester:

Fantasy: From The Hobbit to Holes Online (3 credits)

Introduction to Sign Language Tues. 6:00-7:50 (3 credits)

Introduction to Fiction Thurs. 6:00-7:50 (3 credits)

Beginning Guitar Level 1 Wed. 8:40-9:40 (2 credits)

OR

Piano Basics Level 1.2 Mon. 8:40-9:40 (2 credits) (If Santa doesn't bring me a guitar)

T’ai Chi Ch’aun: General Principles of Body Movement Wed. 6:00-7:50 (2 credits)

So that's 5 classes, 13 credits. The work load shouldn't be too terrible, and I'd only have to drive in three days a week. Now let's just hope that none of them get cancelled or anything...

As you all know, RotK is coming out in theaters as of midnight tonight. As most of you know, I am the biggest LotR geek there is. I'm even making a scrapbook.
Anyway, I'm not going to see the movie until next week, as it is traditional for me to see it first with my mom. She introduced me to the cartoon of the Hobbit when I was quite young, then she gave me her boxed set of the books from like 1974 when I was in the third grade. I've seen both of the other movies first with her, so of course I have to wait for this one.

So please please please PLEASE, if you must rave about how wonderful and fantastic the movie was, could you put it behind LJ cut? For me? 'Cause I'll scratch your eyeballs out if you don't?

In other news, I have all of my Christmas presents wrapped and ready for the big day. Even Snowball's. She's getting a large jar of biscuits, a package of chew bones, a candy cane shaped rawhide, a box of Scooby snacks, and a new collar. It's purkle. :) It's so much fun to watch her open her presents. She's so cute. Mom wouldn't let me get her a pretty snowflake sweater though. I may just have to go back to Petsmart and get it myself.

Mom and Rich are getting...well, I'm not saying. They read this journal. :P You two will just have to wait.

This is my final week of classes, except for Freaks, because we missed a class in the middle of the semester, so I have one more after the break. Then...nothing!...until February 2. I've got the new course catalog in my posession, (they actually sent me one this semester!), and I've already picked out a few courses:
Sign Language (I was supposed to take it this semester, but it got cancelled.)
Tai Chi
Guitar (but only if Santa brings me a guitar. Otherwise, maybe Piano.)
And the following course, the description for which is taken directly from the catalog:

Fantasy: From The Hobbit to Holes
Albert Einstein said, "The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowlegde," and Oscar Wilde stated, "One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead." Why does fantasy appeal to children and adults? What important messages might it contain? Is fantasy even more popular during troubled times of political instability, and if so, why? These and other questions are explored against the varying backdrop of the sociocultural conditions in which each story was written. We read The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien, The Neverending Story by Michael Ende, The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, Holes by Louis Sachar, The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, and Sabriel by Garth Nix.

I've already read half of the books on that list. Not only that, but the course is online! I can go to class in my pajamas! How hot is that??

I'm not exactly sure what else I'm going to take, but we'll see. I'm going to make an appointment with my advisor ASAP so I can get into that course.

Work is going well. Everyone there is nice, and I'm making money. So woohoo!

I'm off to write my final psychology paper. Wish me luck!

In approximately 19 hours (if my calculations are correct) I will be the proud owner of a brand spankin' new copy of "The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers" Extended edition DVD! That's right folks, it comes out tomorrow, and I'm going straight from my physical therapy appointment to the mall to purchase my copy. Don't expect to hear from me for a couple of days, as I will be holed up in my room thouroughly examining every piece of information on all of the disks. Oh joy! Oh rapture! Numerous hours of LotR viewing pleasure! Weeeeee!

In other news, hanging out with gothic_cowboy and melancholia33 this weekend was super fun, and we have to do it more often.

I learned how to roll sushi watching Queer Eye for the Straight Guy yesterday. I love that show. I want the Fab 5 to come to my house. They're so absolutely adorable, I want to keep them as pets. :)

My Freaks teacher hasn't e-mailed me back about the project I'm supposed to be working on yet. I'm supposed to be writing a 2-3 page abstract of the final paper, but I have no idea what this entales. So I e-mailed her to ask for some suggestions, and she hasn't written me back. The paper's due Thursday. I'm e-mailing it in to her because I'm going to see Henry IV with Rich aziraphalesshop and his mom that night, but I'd like to get it out of the way in order to make time for the above mentioned DVD.

Bleh. My eyes are itchy. I think I'm going to go take out my contacts.

I have finally gotten an appointment with the good physical therapist, Jeff! Woot! I've got a referral and everything. Hopefully this time everything will go well, and my shoulder/neck will be all fixed. Now I just need a job....

In other news, I'm already intensely bored with school. It seems to be a very large waste of my time. I was sitting in Shakespeare last night, thinking to myself, "I could be doing this at home, in bed, in my pajamas, with a nice big bowl of ice cream." Instead, I was in a room with soul-sucking flourescent lights listening to a continual re-statement of the obvious. I really don't think the teacher knows how to teach Shakespeare. She's quite knowledgeable about it, or at least she seems to be, but I'm not learning anything. Not a thing. I'm thinking of being lazy and just doing the bare minimum to pass, because I really don't care any more. Psych is also boring as hell, which is why I'm doing this instead of studying for the exam tonight. Because I really don't need to. The teacher basically just reviews the chapter in class. The book goes into more detail than she does. I don't understand this. I could've saved quite a bit of money by just buying the book and reading that.

The only two courses that are still holding my interest are Fiction and Freaks. Freaks looks like it may not succeed in that much longer, and I wish I could have more workshop days in Fiction.

I think I'm going to take mostly writing courses next semester, since that seems to be what I'm getting the most out of.

I have been way to busy the past couple of weeks, hence the not updating. Classes started this week, and I was totally unprepared for that event. I'm taking Shakespeare's Living Line, Fundamentals of Psychology, Freaks: The Culture of the Grotesque, (which was supposed to be Intro to Sign Language, but that got cancelled), and Getting Started in Fiction. I'm also supposed to be taking a yoga course, but I have apparently messed up my shoulder/neck pretty badly, and I have to go to an orthopedic surgeon to have that checked out. Depending on what he says, I may have to drop the course. It's not a big deal, it was only a one credit course, but I was kind of looking forward to it. Oh well.

I'm off to read Titus Andronicus. Have a great day!