Thursday, November 15, 2001, 06:53 p.m.

Another episode of 'how NOT to...'

Thursday, November 15, 2001, 06:12 p.m.

" Oh, you're up to something, aren't you? I know that mischievous smirk!"
" ... "
-- Puu and her HS English Teacher, a random encounter in the hallway

PuuRSONA> i would like to state for the record that i am wearing pants
PuuRSONA> yes!
Sanji> you initially said you werent
PuuRSONA> i'm not wearing pants
Rin> so are you wearing pants or not?
PuuRSONA> i don't remembr
Rin> look down
PuuRSONA> do any of you know?
PuuRSONA> oh.
PuuRSONA> blue jammies.
Rin> come over here and lemme feel for 'em
PuuRSONA> with PENGINS on them
Rin> o/~ I feee~~~~~~~l you o/~
ed> musume~
ed> puuuu
PuuRSONA> gheiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!
PuuRSONA> eddddddd O_O shobu!
PuuRSONA> i am ready for my drunk-fu!
*Ed dangles a bottle of Mike's Hard Lemon in front of puu
PuuRSONA> YES MINE
* Ed runs away
PuuRSONA> the worlds an amusing place, you know?
PuuRSONA> and i'm wearing pants!
Sanji> I bet the guys who wrote the dialogue for Pokemon for gameboy were drunk at the time
hase> o.o
Sanji> how else do you explain starting a fight with "You're not wearing shorts!"
PuuRSONA> i ant to hug someone.
PuuRSONA> or go play my videogame.
Sanji> hug your videogame?
PuuRSONA> no, it's oin the playstation.
PuuRSONA> sorry, is my taping bad?
PuuRSONA> i'm trying to type OK!
* PuuRSONA slouches off drunk irc is annoying for other people! sorry! just wanted to chek if id been messaged when I was afk :D
PuuRSONA> and katie brogut up the pants!
Sanji> I suggested you should call dominos
Sanji> and then you said you needed to put pants on
Sanji> kristi
Shanks> katie n_n
PuuRSONA> krist gimme a hug
PuuRSONA> i don't want o wear pants!
Rin> Krinki!
* Shanks hugs Puu.
PuuRSONA> do i hafta wear pants krisit?
Shanks> in channel
Shanks> ?
Shanks> yes.
PuuRSONA> oh.
PuuRSONA> oops.
* PuuRSONA clings to krisit why do all anime/game guys named jun all look the same?
PuuRSONA> why why why?
PuuRSONA> i mean sizatly the same?
Shanks> because the designers are in a conspiracy to not have to create new characters
PuuRSONA> but kashihara jun is gheia nd voiced by gene starwinds aeiiyuu!
Sanji> I think you got every possibly vowel in that
PuuRSONA> so kristina says he s the seme gbut he's a prettyboy who carries areound flowers before killing people so that's weird!
PuuRSONA> katie can we run offtw vwgas?
Shanks> ...
PuuRSONA> iu feel mox0red.
* Shanks nadenades Puu. You can show me the prettyboy on Friday.
PuuRSONA> he is full of tasty goodness!
Sanji> puu: sure, never been to vegas though
PuuRSONA> and he's a sanon seme or uke, dunno which, so...
PuuRSONA> I want to hugs people!
Shanks> Puu, if you run off to Vegas, you'll end up having to visit Frank.
PuuRSONA> will he shoot me?
PuuRSONA> or can he show me where in vegas to arm myself for the final showedown?
Shanks> I somehow doubt it.
PuuRSONA> but that would be fun!
Shanks> the latter is more likely than the former.
PuuRSONA> i will stalk frank and thenwe will talk!
* Sanji makes PuuRSONA wear the phantom pants!!!
hase> o.o
PuuRSONA> the phantom of the pants!
PuuRSONA> duh DUUUUUUUUUH DUH DUH DUH DUH DUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
PuuRSONA> i used to know how to play that on the vioolin!
Rin> the phantom of the pants? is it shaped like a sausage? =P
PuuRSONA> first note is an...ugm...
PuuRSONA> b-sharp?
Rin> cucumber!
PuuRSONA> fourth finger on e-string, but sharp>
PuuRSONA> no cucumer!
PuuRSONA> ghei!
nyakazato> cheese?
Rin> ....cucumer?

Tuesday, November 13, 2001, 03:20 a.m.

Words of wisdom for any gamers out there...

I'm sure 'woogie' is pretty clearly defined n this picture.
OK, time to sleep. X_x Finished a layout for the persona gameblog; maybe I'll show you tomorrow, Kristina.

Now Playing: Rocky Horror Picture Show - Sweet Transvestite (now I need to find that fanart of Jun dressed in FSS clothing again. XD He's so abused.)

Tuesday, November 13, 2001, 01:04 a.m.

" Excuse me for asking, but...do I know you?"

OK, here you go, Kristina.

Jun: Ms. Amano?! Why are you here?
Jun: Me? I.....
Jun: I don't know why I came here...I just feel like something important happened here...
Jun: I can't remember....what happened here? Why would I feel so much sorrow if nothing happened?
Jun: Araya Shine...Ara...ya...what HAPPENED here?

And the old lady asks if you know this boy, because he wandered in and has been like this ever since.

Poooooor Jun. I swear, the Air Museum battle makes SO MUCH MORE SENSE now that I know the backstory from Innocent Sin. Stuff like how Sudou Tatsuya gives Jun a flower and asks him if he remembers, saying that HE'S not the worthy one, JUN is, and that he won't let him down this time, and Tatsuya's all " let him go, he isn't involved in this anymore"...and when Jun freaks out and keeps Sudou from killing Maya....aiiiiigh! Poor tragic Jun-kun! Let me m0lest you! XD

Why, Atlus, why? Why localize only the SECOND game in a two-part game? T_T And Ulala's acting really twitchy and guilty now that I know what happens. ;^_^ I'll work on the gameblog tonight.

nnnngh. It makes no sense. I got 7 hours of sleep last night, and I was nearly comatose at work. I get 5 hours of sleep, and I'm fine. Weird.

Here's my colorgenic profile. ....................weird. weird weird weird. Anyways, you can take yours at colorgenics.com.

Mya. Gotta sleep. Haven't been having a good week. And it's Monday. Hell, this hasn't been a good month either.

Now Playing: Depeche Mode - Now This is Fun

Sunday, November 11, 2001, 05:19 p.m.

o/~ I propose a toast to my self-control...you see it crawling helpless on the floor...o/~

Busy weekend. I was at CO. That was. OK. Security at airports was mad crazy; got my photo ID checked thrice between entering the airport and getting on the plane. Got searched twice. Got my shoes taken off and run through a metal detector because they had metal eyelets and were setting off the alarms. ( While this was happening, the security officers were scanning each other and giggling madly because they kept beeping. ;;^_^ ) You know, airline stewardesses perform a routine that should be included in Para Para Paradise when describing the safety features of the aircraft. they don't even speak any more, they just have this stylized dance with much synchronized arm-waving and hand-flapping. I couldn't help but giggle while watching them. No more meals on planes, too, due to the lack of money. My mom said philosophically, " Oh well, the meals sucked anyways." :D

Quick fun with referrers:

• Read or Die, Yomiko's seiyuu - It's Miura Rieko. Nancy's seiyuu is Neya Michiko. The Joker is Gouda Hozumi. I actually pulled up my R.O.D. movie to answer this question. You lucky dog you. Kanji-lookup for Miura Rieko was a pain because I couldn't stop the video on a clear shot of her name. >_+
• tenge winamp skin - I think Becca's working on one.
• god bless the usa mp3 karaoke - WHAT?
• Yatta! video - I have this! XD But it's 40 MB, so I won't upload it. Find someone else, and trauamtize everyone around you with it! I command it! XD
• download songs for dorama overtime - sorry to disappoint. ;;^_^

My Playstation calls! And I broke Kristina again yesterday by scanning in the pages from Newtype about the Onmyouji movie. I got her squealing and giggling and hugging the screen, so I hear. XD I tell ya, I am the sl0re! And once I have found out the trigger word - " abe no seimei," in this case - I will never let up! XD Then again, she got me back. :o

PuuRSONA: but tatsuya is still a sulky little punk who needs to get a spanking.
kristina: says the person who was scarred by the kyoudai slash?
PuuRSONA: I wasn't scarred by it!
PuuRSONA: it's the BAOFU slash that scarred me for life.
PuuRSONA: I thought the kyoudai slash was, um, cute.
PuuRSONA: because it was cuteslash, not twisted slash...uh...
PuuRSONA: I think I'm digging myself in deeper here, aren't I?
kristina: mwahahaha
PuuRSONA: I just mean that Katsuya isn't going to do evil things to his little brother!
kristina: oh, reeeeeeaally?
PuuRSONA: well, I mean, we're not talking...
PuuRSONA: actually...
PuuRSONA: kristina, you're putting Bad Thoughts into my head.
* PuuRSONA is like a tea kettle about to boil over XD
kristina: how can I put them into your head when I don't have them myself, hmmmm? XD
PuuRSONA: XDD
PuuRSONA: OK! I think we're on the same page then XD

I'll get you back for that someday, Kristina. I PROMISE you this.

Oh, to celebrate my first visit to CO, I bought myself the paperback version of The Shining.

Yes, I'm sick and twisted. You just noticed?

Sorry I missed you this weekend, Matt! Maybe next time you're in town? ;_;

Kate---! We must hang out soon!

Shannon: stop quoting the strokes. I'll be forced to cling to you next time I see you. XD

And Joy! QUIT POSTING SAIYUKI MERCHANDISE LINKS IN YOUR BLOG! IT MAKES ME REACH FOR MY WALLET@! Especially that Sanzou-with-paper-airplane artbook cover. Cruel. Cruel and unusual. You KNOW I have a weak spot for bitchy monks in pleather. XD~

Curent weird codewords, just to disturb people: unF. oishii. kichui. ass-marionette. subarashii oniisama. abe no seimei. ghei-SUPA-GHEI! bibleslash. There's a novel behind each of these damn words, and it's all Wrong as hell.

And Rin, quit reaching out and touching my faith. At least not while I'm idle. XD

Now Playing: bauhaus - Exquisite Corpse

Tuesday, November 6, 2001, 08:01 p.m.

Fun with Referrers

Random pr0n searches. I swear I get more black love hits than anyone really should.

Time to ogle the new manga. Mmm, Boogiepop Dual #2 and E'S #1-5. *__*

Kristina: 4-8402-1705-X *_* We finally find out Akizuki-kun's first name - it's Takaya. Poor little guy. XD He's SO ABUSED!

You know what I REALLY REALLY HATE? People who are LOUD and not doing anything when you're trying to work. I have my headphones on, but not too loud so that I can hear the overhead pager. They've moved a coworker into the next desk, and she apparently is popular where she came from, because every half hour or so, one of the guys from her old section wanders in to chat with her. Loudly. For half an hour. Over stupid shit. I can't drown them out, and it's fucking distracting. I saw another one of my other coworkers veinthrobbing. Guys, hit on her during your lunch hour! I need to do my work, not listen to you babble about the CDs you burnt her!

I'm going to bitchslap you with my pad of recycled paper tomorrow. Nnngh.

Now Playing: Adam Ant - Whip in my Valise

Tuesday, November 6, 2001, 01:43 a.m.

" No, K'! Don't give up! You still have me, right?"
Puu: Ramon....please, you're scaring me.

Damn. Let me repeat that again. Damn. I love these comics. XD~~~~~

OK, time for Persona 2 talk. Persona 2 is a fun rpg. It's really an unusual RPG, in both style and setting. Persona 2 is set in the modern times, with skyscrapers and computer labs full of iMacs, the internet buzzing with rumors on BBS's...it's set in an unspecified(?) city where Amano Maya, an editor for a popular teen magazine, is sent to the Seven Sisters HS to investigate a bunch of recent murders. Rumor has it that they're the work of a mysterious murderer called the 'Joker', whom you can summon by performing the Joker curse. If you ever hate someone enough to want to kill them, you call yourself on your cellphone - and the Joker will answer and take out a contract on that person. High school students had been trying out that curse on each other, figuring it was just a joke, but when people started dying...

Maya meets up with her friend Serizawa Ulala, and together they go to the HS and interview the panicked students. Maya has ulterior motives in going to the HS, actually; she has this weird fixation on a guy she calls 'Deja-Vu Boy'. She bumped into some guy in the train station, and they looked at each other, and she had the strangest feeling that she should know him. She figured out from his uniform that he goes to this HS, so she figures that if she finds him...(bad Maya, he must be, what, five years younger than you? XD Maya and Ulala are, like, 23.) Anyways, while interviewing everyone at the school, they run into this young cop named Suou Katsuya, who's helping run the investigation. He keeps asking students if they've seen someone named 'Tatsuya', and sweatraining when the students ask what Tatsuya's done now. (Poor guy...) Anyways, Maya and Ulala find out that recently a HS trackstar named Anna was hit by a car, ruining her career - and shortly afterwards, the driver of the car was killed. The police and a lot of students suspect Anna, but she won't dignify the accusations with a response. But after the principal bitches her out, she mutters that she wants to kill him - and shortly afterwards, Maya and Ulala find the principal dead in his office, a victim of the Joker. Katsuya appears, wanting to question the principal, and finds Maya and Ulala staring at the body. Then Anna appears, and she takes one look at the body and runs off.

Katsuya and the two girls chase her, and are stopped in the hall by a strange red hound that breathes fire, something definitely not of this world. Then a man appears behind him - a guy in a long trenchcoat with a paper bag ove rhis head *giggle* There's a single eye poked in the paper bag, it's smeared in blood, and a big psychotic grin is painted on the front of the bag. He's the Joker, and he announces that he filled his contract. Then (IIRC) he asks Maya if she 'remembers.' Remembers what, asks Maya, and the Joker says he'll MAKE her remember. He summons a giant demon to attack them, and one by one, they feel this funny presence - and each summon a Persona, a spirit that attacks the demon for them. The Joker seems to think this is great, and laughs and says he won't kill them now; he'll just let the demons kill them slowly. He disappears, and the three people faint -

This game is interesting because 'reality' is not fixed in the game. It can change almost instananeously. This is because rumors can become reality if enough people believe it. So if you want something to be true, spread the rumor, and it becomes true - even the identity of the Joker can change as long as someone spreads the right rumor...

The Persona themselves are interesting. They're summoned by Tarot cards that you get from demons. When you encounter demons, you can either fight them for EXP - or try to make a contract with them. Depending on which party member(s) you have contact the demons, you'll either make friends with the demon, scare it, or make it angry. It takes a bit of intuition to know whom to use, because demons have their own personalities. When you have enough Tarot cards of a particular type, you go to a mysterious place called the Velvet Room, where Igor, the Demon Artist, the singer Belladonna, and the Nameless piano player dwell. These four...people? can use your Tarot cards to summon the Persona from the depths of your soul - Personae have affinities, and I guess could be called different aspects of your personality? Maybe?

This game takes a bit of work to get used to, but it's explained as the game goes on, so it doesn't have a very steep learning curve. The voice acting is OK, as it goes, but I usually play games on mute anyways XD The world is pretty big and complex, and the backstory is pretty damn complex (especially considering that this game is the sequel to a game never released in the US T_T - namely Persona 2: Innocent Sin. Let's just say that when people go, "Don't I know you?" - yes, you do! Everyone's memories were erased at the end of Innocent Sin - except for those of one person, and that's what's causing all the trouble in this game, really.)

The storyline is kinda dark and creepy, and not your typical RPG stuff. You have friends with deep hidden resentments of each other, corrupt bureaucracies, petty bosses that hate you - but then again, it's pretty damn funny at times. ( Mostly Katsuya is funny, because he's so...so...I dunno, amusing. When they visit Maya's apartment, he goes, " Oh my god! Look at this place! Were you robbed?" Ulala informs him that Maya's room is ALWAYS THIS MESSY, and he sweatrains.)

Spreading rumors is an important part of the game, because honestly, you can't get ahead in reality as it is, and your enemies will be changing reality themselves...

The art style is really what hooked me on the game, what made me pick up the game in the first place. A quick rundown of the characters:

• Amano Maya and Maia , her Persona
• Suou Katsuya and Helios
• Baofu and Odysseus (?)
• Serizawa Ulala and Callisto
• Apollo , the persona of, um, this guy, Deja-Vu Boy. *whistles* Either you can read his last name, or you can look at his face and notice a resemblance, or look at his persona's name and notice something when compared to the other Personae. I think that's pretty cute, actually. XD

Here are some JP fanart sites. Um, 'ware of the Suou Kyoudai....XD~

• 10count
• Ame-ya
• Gentai-LIFE
• meso
• Wild - has a couple of nice puzzles.
• The Suou Kyoudai webring - for fans of the Suou brothers. XD
• Limitation
• Revale
• Side:ANI
• Another Kyoudai site with a webcomic and art.
• Wolf Empire - this place has the BEST art thus far :D

This just cracks me up. First look at this. Then look at this. I love JP fanartists, I really do.

OK, must crash. that was my sl0ring for tonight. X_x

Now Playing: Brian Eno - Baby's on Fire

Monday, November 5, 2001, 11:57 p.m.

" You know that story about someone coming to a fork in the road, and one road's all bright and straight, and the other is dark and crooked and leads straight into the depths of hell? Well, Puu wouldn't hesitate an instant."
" Yeah, she'd go merrily skipping down the path of evil."
" YOU GUYS--! XD "

My friends are so complimentary. XD

Whoa, I'm tired. I'm gonna try to go to bed at a reasonable hour today.

Came home, found a note from the post office that they had something for me. " Hm," I said, " What's that?" So I went there 5 minutes to closing, when all the trucks had returned, and picked it up. ( They say to come tomorrow, but this also works.) It was this enormously heavy package, so I lugged it to the car, got in, and only then did I bother to look at the return address.

Kai.... *SPARKLE* *SPARKLE* *SPAR-KLE---*

Kai sent me something like 7-8 kilos of Chinese KOF comics. You know, the ones I've been drooling like crazy over, the one that I based my last blog layout on? XD~~~~~~~ I've been in my special Fangirl Place all evening, giggling evilly. Iori seems to have a interesting backstory, but, uh....poor guy *snicker*

There are more serious things I could blog about, but maybe after I've napped and have the brainpower to handle a real blog. Anyways, last night I did some serious Persona 2 surfing, and I found a seiyuu list for the JP games. It splits up like this, after I did a bunch of kanji lookups and comparisons >_< :

Amano Maya - Yajima Akiko
Suou Tatsuya - Koyasu Takehito
Baofu - Nakata Jouji
Serizawa Ulala - ?
Suou Katsuya - Takada Yuji
Nanjo Kei - Morikawa Toshiyuki
Kirishima Eriko - Asami Junko
Sasaki Ginji (?) - Hayami Sho
Katayama Noriko - Mizuhashi Kaori
Kandori Tataku (??) - Kosugi Jurouta
Yoshie Anna - Watanabe Kumiko
Kurosu Jun - Shinbuya Shigeru

OK, that's amusing on so many different levels. I was prompted to do an immediate seiyuu lookup after I noticed that my Persona 2 came with a 'bonus disk'. I popped it in, and it had an anime-style trailer for the entire game. Complete with the original Japanese voices. Which was OK until we got to Tatsuya. When he started talking, I thought, " Naw..........COULDN'T BE." Then he yelled " PERUSONA----!!!!" and I KNEW it was Koyasu. XD~ Whereupon I got up and ran around the room giggling furiously.

Damn, these KOF comics are COOL.

After I nap, I'm going to talk muchly about my Persona 2 gaming, so if you're not into gaming...um...I'll describe the game. It's a really interesting RPG! You must give in and buy it!

I also saw Fruits Basket #1. Dammit. I promised myself I'd keep away from this...but...but it's so cute!

Now Playing: Grand Theft Audio - Stoopid Ass

Sunday, November 4, 2001, 10:49 a.m.

For Meimi, mostly.

Meimi? Your mp3 for Cosmic Dare is here. Sorry about the wait. ^^

Dammit, Juri, tiny snow fairy sugar is....is.............koge donbo. _O_

Now Playing: Tool - Prison Sex ( o/~ do unto others what has been done to you o/~ )

Sunday, November 4, 2001, 05:02 a.m.

Damn, that's creepy.

I was digging through my old stories on my HD today, and I found one that I'd finished over a year ago. It was about the bombing of a major high-rise building, and kinda tried to imagine the aftereffects on a political and social level. I have no idea why the fuck I wrote this - it was a idle piece of fiction - but it's creeping me out right now, especially the bit about the anti-terrorism squads.

Cre----epy.

Today I watched Hikaru no Go #1, X TV #1-3, and Earth Girl Arjuna #1 (finally). I'll comment more on those later.

All I have to say about X TV, really, is that it's Big Gay Fuuma's Big Gay Basketball Hour.

XD

Now Playing: Adam Starr - Bad Acid Jesus (" because we all know, Jesus Christ LOVES ravers.")

Saturday, November 3, 2001, 04:08 a.m.

This is easy to explain. Really.

It went kind of like this:

Rin: o/~ I hear you caaaaaaaalliiiiiing.... oh baaaby pleeeeeeeeeease, give a little rehspeeeeeeeeeect, tooooooooooooOOOOOOO meeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEE! o/~
* PuuSANAGI has this incredible weak spot for ghei.
PuuSANAGI: it's like the rotten core of a tree. XD
steph: that they are XD
PuuSANAGI: o/~ how can i explaaaain, when there are few words I can chooOoose~ o/~
steph: o/~ when words get broken and used ?
Rin: o/~ together we break these chains of loooove, don't give up, don't give uuuup o/~
PuuSANAGI: you guys are aiding and abetting me!!!!
Rin: o/~ baby, break the chains of looove o/~
PuuSANAGI: you're supposed to stop me!
steph: () =)
*** Rin is now known as MiniPUU
PuuSANAGI: OK, that's it.
Ed: puu?
PuuSANAGI: I'm going to download some MORRISSEY!!!

And the rest is history. X_x I think I'd like to blame my sister too, because she was a major smiths/morrissey fiend when I was about 10-11, and when I looked at the list of songs I could download, I knew like 90% from a distant memory. She sl0red me so hardcore on this stuff when I was too young to resist! :D

I still don't like this layout for some reason. Bleh, I say. I'll work on the Ten-Ten page soon.

Anyways, all the stuff I've been meaning to get to:

The Interview: was at Ohio State in Columbus. That's about a six hour drive from here, maybe a bit less. We drove up after work, and it was a lovely warm evening. Somewhere in IN, my parents got bored because NPR got out of range and tuned into the Savage Nation. That's a rabid right-wing talkshow. I listened for a few minutes, squirmed, and put on my headphones turned to high. It's not that I can't listen to viewpoints that oppose my own - but it really BUGS me when I can't argue/discuss with the other person. You know how if you show a bird a mirror, they'll get pissed off and attack their reflection? I guess I'm sort of the same; if I can't argue with someone that I want to argue with, it makes me squirm like nothing else. So the five hours passed slooooooooooooooowly. -_-

I've been re-listening to the Koyasu Takehito CDs "Mary & A Kitten" and "K.T. Love-Love Shokomi Island Special". The second is a radio talk cd, and it's fucking hysterical. I have come to the conclusion that Koyasu is on crack. I couldn't listen to it without bursting into giggles, because even though I only understood a minimal amount, he was obviously highly caffeinated and babbling into the mike. He was talking faster than Mitsuishi Kotono as Excel! O_o; And he's always laughing and doing weird voices and in general having a caffeine freak-out with a mike in front of him. The part I DID catch was him complaining about the title of the show; he didn't know where this 'Island' was. But we girls are all his koneko-chan. XD The OP song for the show is called "Dr. Strange Love-Love." Say what you will about the suckitude of WeiB, but I'm rather fond of the nutcase behind it. :D

Anyways, we got to Columbus, and we were staying at the house of some friends. They'd moved out of my hometown several years ago, and the daughter of the house is 16 now and in high school. I confess that the last time I saw her I myself was in high school, and I was pretty awful to her in the way only older kids can be when a younger kid tries to tag along after them. " Quit following me!" So I felt a touch guilty, and swore that I'd be as nice as possible to her. So we talked for a while, and it was a lot of fun! She's a really nice person and it makes me feel even worse for being such a pain to her when she was little. Oh well. We exchanged email addresses, and I'll email her really soon.

Anyways, the interview. It was scheduled for 10 am, so I got there at 9:30, as had everyone else. There were about a dozen people scheduled for today, so we were all stiff and nervous at first, and then loosened a little for some small talk. Well, nothing really HAPPENED until 11; the 10 am time was just for check-in. So we sat around stiffly, and then finally got herded into a room for a peptalk from the Dean of Admissions. Then a professor came in and talked to us - he was pretty funny. He'd drawn a raw red ulcer on his cheek and stalked among us.
" I'm a tanner by profession. I've developed a high fever, and this weird sore. Quick, what do you do?"
Puu: Administer Cipro.
" Good. XD"
So he talked for a while, and was actually quite interesting. Then we had lunch while we talked to some current students. The students who actually volunteer to come to these things are always really nice ( and want a free lunch ). So we talked, got a tour of the school/library/hospital, and got back at 1:00 for our interview schedules. Mine was at 2:30, and some poor suckers had theirs at 3 or later. By that time, we were so tired and mellow that we weren't stiff anymore; we lounged around the conference room, chatting idly. Finally I went for my interview; it was this old guy who looked pretty stern. So I decided to be as formal as he was. So we went into the interview room, and he complimented my MCAT score, asked me a bunch of stuff about my background...and then came the ethics questions. Which weren't hard, really, but when I gave my answer, he'd keep questioning and poking at it, which was unnerving. But I held my ground, and finally it was over. Then I found out that my interviewer had been a medical missionary to the Congo for 25 years, and I privately freaked out, trying to remember what my answers had been to the ethics questions. ;;^_^

Anyways, we drove home that same day.

The Mental Patient : The next day I went to work, and the front door was locked. I had to be buzzed in. That's odd, I thought, and the secretary explained that it was just a precaution, nothing had happened the day I'd been gone, nothing to see here, move along.. ( What retards, I thought. Are they freaked out by the possibility of terrorist attacks?) So I go to my desk, and ask some of my coworkers. They say something about an ex-employee who'd been loitering around, so we were locking the doors. " Oh," I said, and kept working.

After lunch, my boss held the door open to let me back into the building, so I asked him, " Why ARE we locking the doors?" He explained that there was this guy who kept coming here, sitting in the front hall, and writing something for the president of the company. They'd called the police, who'd told us to lock the doors until further notice. They thought that he MIGHT have escaped from the psych ward of the local hospital ( which is only a few miles from here; that's where I see my useless shrink ) but the hospital wouldn't confirm or deny that he'd been a patient recently. " Oh!" I laughed. " I heard that it was an ex-employee." Well, it was, my boss explained sheepishly. He'd never hurt anyone, but still, he'd had a massive nervous breakdown many years ago and had been wandering about the building recently. ( Our building is one floor, small.) " Oh," I said, sweatraining.

That night I called my mom to tell her about this, because it was so surreal.
" Now, don't worry, Mom, but..."
" Does he have anthrax?"
" No..."
" Oh, okay, whatever."
" ... "

THE REST:

All I can say is, Joy, is that you better scan in the relevant bits of that chapter of Saiyuki for me. Or I might be forced to find where you live so that I can rip the magazine away from you and leer at its contents. :D

Kristina! Tell me what Persona 2: Innocent Sin is like when you get it! *__*

Uh, apparently I'm a Shark :

You've got a robust love of life and a killer instinct. Your mantra: Work hard, play hard. You own a garage-full of sports gear. You talk on your cell phone in restaurants, and laugh too loud. Wherever you go, everyone thinks you're important. You own stock in everything. You wear Prada to the gym and drink designer water. Dull parties make you weep. You hate rules, and don't plan on getting old.

You think you may be a genius. You tell a great joke. You're extroverted and love being in the spotlight. People admire your good looks and personality, and they're jealous of your wardrobe. You're flexible and friendly, and on the rare chance that you're feeling down, you can always cheer yourself up with a new pair of shoes.

You should run for president (if only you didn't have that criminal record ...). You've got enough charisma and style to move mountains. And you're a great self-starter and a lethal flirt. You're innovative and smart, and people respect you. Except when you don't get your way and you lose your temper — then everyone just thinks you're a brat.

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh......yeah, OK. ;;^_^ I think my monster was a vampire or a ghost. :D

I seriously need to crash. Kate dropped by tonight, an unexpected surprise; I gave her half a loaf of chocolate-chip pumpkin bread and hugged her. I'm so behind in hanging out with people. ;_;

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