No DDR.

I'm still in a pretty sour mood. The DDR mats and game that Matt and I bought off ebay last week has yet to arrive, and somehow I managed to injure my right knee today. Good thing I'll only need to use it 281609619 times tomorrow. Wrote my second practice essay for the Regent's exam. Topic: "Should internet content be regulated? Why or why not?" I think I wrote a pretty good argument against.

I've spent the last two days trying to generate some new site designs and have nothing to show for it but pages and pages of shitty concept sketches. This is what I want to do for a living-- but maybe I'm one of those people who hits their peak at the start and then has nothing but a long, embarassing failure of a career. I'd like to believe I know a lot about color and composition, but at the moment it doesn't seem I could prove that to save my life. And now that I've ruined my own good mood, I'm going to bed.

Oh goodness, a lot's happened but I guess because I've waited so long to update this thing I'll have to be brief.
I have a new roommate! His name is Stephen, he's awesome, he lets me play his Dreamcast and I'm looking forward to watching him play my FFIX. This must be what it's like to live with someone who you don't hate, and it's awesome! I'm slowly but steadily getting out of the habit of automatically cringing when I hear the front door open.
Over the weekend Matt and I drove to Commerce to do some shopping, although of course on my non-existant budget for me that just meant a pair of cool pants that were $10. I kept an eye out all day for more clothes for my Ryuichi costume but saw nothing, and was very disheartened.
Last night Matt and I were planning to go to UGAnime as usual except he didn't answer my calls around when we usually go, and I got so scared that I zoomed over to his house and let myself in and waited there until he came back, which was only about ten minutes later. The possibility I thought of: Matt had somehow been injured at home and was unable to answer the phone. The truth-- well, give yourself two seconds and I promise you'll think it up. ............ Correct. Matt had driven to UGAnime expecting to meet me there, like we usually do. I blame the fact that I have NO HOLD ON LOGIC WHATSOEVER on the fact that I'm both left-handed (ie. right-minded) and artistic. Or maybe it's just because I'm a big, big moron.

Incidentally, a well-timed u/f+4 with Bryan or Violet (or Bryan's d/f+4 or b+3) can counter that bastard nicely. ... ... God, I wish this game would hurry up and come out for PS2. ._. March is so far away.

I know how it happened. It's that damned CRAIG MARDUK, I tell you. To hell with him and his unblockable throws!!

Oh, and I spent eight bucks on Tekken 4 in the gameroom this afternoon. How the fuck did that happen? -_-;

I had to get up at freakin' 7am this morning to go take a practice exam at 8 for the reading portion of the Regents Exam. If you pass it means you don't have to take the prep class, although you have to take the real exam no matter what. Phoo. But I passed! Hooray, less work!
The past couple days I did some custodial work to A New Era, shut aporia down until I can get a new version together, and now I'm tinkering with new layouts for this site. Yes, yes, life is busy for Aaron in the world of website development!
Yesterday I dropped my Asian Art history class, but I felt so guilty about it that I went and talked to my teacher beforehand and told her why. I was really looking forward to the class, but it's late in the day on T/Th, on which I have three other classes starting at 8am, and I don't need to be taking two art hists anyway. Hopefully having fewer classes will help me to get back on the Dean's List this semester! That's the plan, anyway.
In an hour a potential roommate is coming by to look at the house, and later tonight Matt and I have a date! Huzzah!

Tonight, as part of some sort of fundraiser, they showed Baraka at the Tate Theatre at 10. I was supposed to meet Matt there after he finished teaching his class, but they started the movie early and if he came, I didn't see him. ;_; That is my second time seeing that film and I want to see it at least once more. I don't think anything has ever affected me like this. My heart swells at the beauty and horror of it all, and I go rigid and feel like I'm suffocating, and it makes me want to cry but I can never tell if it's from happiness or grief. It sounds incredibly silly, I'm sure. Still, I firmly believe everyone needs to see that film at least once in their life.

As soon as I signed off earlier I laid down on the bed and passed out for three hours. But that's okay, I still managed to get some work done tonight-- like reading more House of Mirth for my Lit class and writing thank-you notes to family for all the holiday and birthday money I received. Belated or no, it still makes me feel better to do it. And you know, I don't know how I managed to completely forget to note that while at Jon's house and the MOG we played Dance Dance Revolution. I suck at it I'm still obssessed to play it more.
Now I must be responcible and go to bed early. I want this to be a good week!

Brian and Manna left a little ago. The weekend went by so fast! They got in Saturday evening and we and some of their friends went out for a Chinese dinner. Yesterday we, Matt, Jon, Sara Kate and Michelle drove to the Mall of Georgia for the afternoon, drove back to Athens to drop Matt off around 8 or so, then drove to a theatre in Atlanta to see a movie called Brotherhood of the Wolf at 10:40 and then got home around 3 or so. As to the movie itself, picture a French version of Sleepy Hollow with more gore, more sex, a more interesting plot and also a whole lot more camp. ^_^; But it's definitely worth seeing if not even for the spectacular costumes alone.
Now I gotta go do my homework and run errands for this coming week, fun fun!

The week was chaotic in all means but schooling. Ex-roommate Matt has been sending me a series of catty, melodramatic emails that have been so funny to me and all my friends and family that I think I'll post them here at some point. Meanwhile I'm also putting out ads and signs for a new roommate, showing potential tenants around the place and interviewing them. I planned to go home to NC for the long weekend and surprise Becca, but in the end dad figured it would be best for me to stay here to see tenants, a suggestion I was not at all pleased with. -_- In the end I'm glad I didn't tell Becca I was coming! Instead, Manna and Brian are going to drive here today to see me and eeeeeeee I AM SO EXCITED! I can't wait! I woke up at 7:30 and was too hyped up to go back to bed. ^_^; Oh yeah, and I started a mailing list dedicated to people who hate Hamasaki Ayumi. Checkitout. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hamasakihaters

Oh Jesus, you wouldn't even believe me if I told you.

Yesterday I evicted Matt (roommate, not boyfriend). Lest he happened to read this blog and tried to get me back or something, I haven't mentioned a thing about the hatred and tension between us during the last several months, or any of the many shitty things he's done. But now he's out for good! ^_^ I rekeyed the locks yesterday morning and put up a sign in the window listing and explaining all the fees he owed me, because he was planning to break verbal contract and move out without paying about $230 worth of rent and utilities. Cute, huh? To make a long story short, Matt, of course, threw a fit, which managed to be both frightening and irritating. Once my father and I talked to his Mom and she agreed to pay for everything he owed, I let him into the house and he moved all of his stuff out. He's completely gone now. As a side note, though, he also stole my silverware-- knowingly-- and if he doesn't return that in several days his mother is going to shell out for that too.
So now I'm living completely alone for the first time in my life, until I get another roommate. I've been putting up signs and have a classified going out tomorrow, so hopefully I'll get someone soon (especially since I of course have to pay all of the rent and utilities until there's somoene else here). I spent all day today cleaning the entire house (I had to buy a vacuum cleaner $_$) and now it's incredibly clean and feels incredibly empty. I can't stop thinking about Joan. I'm surprised I didn't cry when he took her, but I'm also planning to get my own kitten as soon as possible and I hope I can get a black one, like her.
So yeah, it's been an interesting weekend. After all this, the coming week is probably going to feel like a vacation.

Rather than discuss the serious events going on in my life I will continue to bore you with inanities! ... Actually, I don't even feel like doing that.

Dave Thomas is dead! You know, the Wendy's guy? He died of cancer today at age 69. What lousy news to wake up to at 6:50AM. ;_;

Today's memorable event:
Just now I was driving around campus putting up signs for something. I parked in a side lot and, roll of tape and signs in hand, went to hang up the last two and then headed back towards my car. A distance down the sidewalk was a group of three guys waiting at the bus stop, and as I started to approach, someone in the parking space right across the street from them started up their car and backed out of the space.
There was a small dip in front of the parking space and they pulled out too quickly. It jolted their car-- and one of their front headlights fell out! It swung there by its cord and before the person could drive off the three guys at the stop hopped in front to catch their attention and signal what had happened. The driver got out of his car to see it.
By then I was right next to them on the sidewalk. They looked at me.
I lifted up the roll of tape and asked, "Need this?"
It was plain artist's tape, but we taped the headlight back in place securely enough for the driver to be confident enough to drive off.
I just thought the timing and coincidentality (if that wasn't a word before it is now) of it all was pretty funny. And doing a good deed makes me happy!

Well, my schedule and most of my classes really suck but I can't do anything about them because everything is filled up and I'm feeling like crap so I'm just going to bed.

My first class, American Lit since 1865, looks very promising! The teacher seems like a bit of a jerk, which is a good sign because it means she probably knows what she's talking about. I went to the Law Library to see if they had any jobs and asked the secretary how to get to the office of the woman in charge. She gave me directions and I spent 20 minutes trying to find her office in the building but couldn't, and I was too embarassed to ask the secretary for more help so I just left! Dammit! I tomorrow I'll have my four other classes. I hope they're okay...

The drive home yesterday afternoon totally sucked, but at least I made it. I dropped Becca's belated Christmas present off on the way and she liked it a lot, for which I'm very glad. But... but tomorrow I have... school! Aaaaaugh!!

Goodness! Yesterday I drove to Becca's in that snow and when I tried to get up the hill, it was covered in ice. My car did a couple not-so-fun slides and spins and whatnot, but I got it under control and ended up parking at the bottom of the hill. Today I trekked to the bank to make a deposit and decided I want to work in one. I want to dress nicely, work in a nice clean building and manage large amounts of money every day, even if the money isn't mine. How sweet would that be? I could totally do that.
Later I went to the mall to play more Tekken 4 and then spent the rest of the afternoon sifting through Japanese Tekken sites. There are a lot of good ones but my head hurts from reading choppy (and occaisionally hilarious) translations from Amikai for so many hours straight. Some of these have cool art:
http://yamagata.cool.ne.jp/edenmania/dendo
http://isweb6.infoseek.co.jp/play/orikuchi/
http://www.linkclub.or.jp/~sagano/index2.htm
http://www.linkclub.or.jp/~moue/caress
http://yaoi.jpn.org
http://yaoi.jpn.org/masaoka
http://www.geocities.co.jp/AnimeComic/5551/rakugate.html
http://www.tanpopo.sakura.ne.jp/~puresoul/contents.html
http://nmt.ne.jp/~masayama
http://www2.ocn.ne.jp/~hijiriya
But I have yet to find any good Bryan Fury pages. ;_;

I logged into the UGA student terminal this morning to find my Fall grades. My goal was to make Dean's List again. I didn't. I got four B's and an A, which is good, but I'm disappointed that I didn't do better. And it's my own fault, of course. I guess next semester I'll just try harder! Less online shmucking and more studying. ... ... As silly as I know it is to be upset about getting a 3.2 GPA for the term, I really am. >_< But now it's snowing, and it's pretty to look at...

It wasn't snowing when I woke up but it was snowing when I was scarfing some breakfast, so I hopped on the road as soon as I could and only had to drive through snow for half an hour or so before I got out of its range. Not bad at all. Of course it's supposed to snow there pretty badly on Sunday too, which means I'll have to drive down a day early, but that's not too terrible either. Now I'm chillin' at Bec's while she takes a shower because her family invited me to go out with them to celebrate Becca's sister's birthday tonight! They're so nice. Ryuichi's shirt is only held shut by a single button at the center of his chest, by the way. Cosplay should be interesting! ^_^; Oh, and check out "I ~ Crossin' the Star" by Kimura Yuki. It's good shit, mang.

This just in-- They're calling for snow here tomorrow. GODDAMMIT I WANNA GO HOME! ;_;

In around twelve hours I will be on the road back to NC, until Sunday when I return here again for class (ACK!) beginning on Monday. One of the battery connectors in my car is loose and keeps my car from starting every once in a while, forcing me to pop the hood and jiggle it until it works again, but I'm not too worried about it though. Dad'll help me fix it when I'm back in NC and as long as the car doesn't die when I'm doin' 75 on a highway, it's no big deal! I'm so excited to have a car, you have no idea. I imagine copius three-day weekends back home with Becca and my folks and get all cheery. For a year and a half I've watched as everyone else here flees campus to head home for the weekend (80% live within an hour from here) and now I'll be able to do that too. Much joy will be had.
It's 10:30 and I still have to study Gravi and do some good sketches of Ryuichi's poet's shirt for cosplay (Suzy's gonna make it for me! *_*), but I have a warm cat in my lap and don't feel like doing much of anything other than sit and be endlessly serenaded by Toshinori Yonekura. I can't wait to get back to NC and see Becca! I miss her when I'm here, I miss Matt when I'm in NC. I want the two of them to meet sometime, and I imagine if they were in the same place at once I'd have Happiness Overload. Not that that's a bad thing!