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Suspense
Posted by Amber on March 8th, 2010
Filed under: General


I just watched episode 10 of Sora No Woto and…I’m not sure if I like where it may possibly be going, if my speculation is correct. FYI, this post is going to be containing SPOILERS, so if you haven’t watched up to episode 10 of Sora No Woto and you don’t want to know what’s up, then don’t read the rest of this paragraph. So…I’m really bummed that Rio left. She was my favorite character! I found the end to be sad, with her passing her trumpet to Kanata as Iliya had done to her. The question is why did Rio leave, after saying how she had ran and now she knew she couldn’t stay in Seize and had to perform her duty? Well, I’m pretty sure it’s because she’s the princess of the country. This is due to many facts: first, Kanata kept connecting her face and facial expressions to that of Iliya. Second, the whole telling the story to Jacott about her life and how it was similar. Then there was her telling the story to Kanata when they were walking about how her half sister would come to visit her sometimes, and then flashbacks to Iliya. And I think the last was in the store when the shop owner and some guy were talking about how there was one more princess, but she was illegitimate and then Rio walked into the store. So I think that’s all pretty good evidence to speculate that Rio is a princess, although an illegitimate one. Then there’s what’s worrying me. Kureha was telling Kanata about how Iliya was supposed to have been married to the prince of Rome so that there would be peace between the two nations (because apparently that’s who they’re currently at war with, and the Roman forces are starting to move after I’m assuming an unsuccessful treaty agreement) and that she would be his third wife. But then she ended up drying saving a child from a river. What I’m worried about is that Rio, since she was walking about how she has to fulfill her duty, is going to take on responsibility as the nation’s princess and be married off to the Roman prince. Because that would bug me like crazy, Rio can’t do that! She’s too awesome to not be with all the girls, and definitely too awesome to be married off for peace and never to be seen again. I hope she returns, I really do. It’s partly because she’s my favorite character and I hate when my favorite character ends up leaving, and partly because the 1211th just isn’t the same without her.
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O-chem…
Posted by Amber on March 1st, 2010
Filed under: School


I think…I’m going to take iaido over the summer. I’m sure my parents won’t mind if I do, it’s not too expensive. I need to get into martial arts, and I’ve always wanted to do something with sword.

O-chem is bugging me now. I thought I’d do alright in it, until I had to start visualizing the structures. I did poorly first time on the chapter 9 quiz, but that was because we had only been working on chapter 9 stuff one day in class. And tonight I went through the quiz and I thought I found the two points that I had gotten correctly, and worked through to get a different answer for everything else. Well, I got another 2 points only. So I went through it yet again. Now I’m at three points. I only have two more tried left, I don’t want to score lower. I just can’t figure out what the hell I’m doing wrong.

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The horror of oral exams
Posted by Amber on March 1st, 2010
Filed under: School


Japanese oral went horribly. Everyone who was coming out of the room said they did horrible, although I don’t know if that’s actually true. The professors certainly made it intimidating enough. All of the desks were back against the wall, so it was pretty much a huge room with a table and chair in the front, the female professor on the side watching and the male professor sitting at the table giving the exam. I felt so prepared beforehand, or at least I didn’t think I would stumble as much as I did. But how I did stumble. When I got in there and sat down I lost all my confidence, and my mind went almost completely blank. The professor didn’t ask many questions, I was required to keep the conversation going for the most part, but after the basic introduction I kind of lost everything. I couldn’t even remember how to ask what time they were going home, or what time they went to class. There was so much silence going on, and a couple questions that he did ask I completely guessed on the answers. He asked something about sleeping, but I’m not completely sure what, just understood nemasuka. The test ran longer than it was supposed to as well. Each person was supposed to take five minutes, it ended being around ten, I think I might have actually gone a bit over. How I do hate oral exams. Understanding stuff written down and answering it isn’t normally a problem, but speaking it and having a conversation is difficult for me. If I didn’t speak English my entire life I’d probably stumble a crapload when I tried to speak it (which sometimes I do because I get nervous speaking.)

But on a good note, I only have one class tomorrow, and it’s my late start day.

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Awesome weekend
Posted by Amber on February 28th, 2010
Filed under: General


Seriously, if I didn’t have a test and oral exam tomorrow, and a hard super important test and practical on Wednesday, this weekend could have been enjoyed to the greatest extent. Yesterday started off a bit blah, because my parents ended up getting here an hour later than they expected, and then we ended up driving around the city for 45 minutes because my dad insisted on using the MapQuest directions he printed off, but we couldn’t find the road we were looking for. Eventually my mom just went on the Freeway. And we got there a bit late, but eventually we made it to the Renaissance Festival, with enough time to walk back to the jousting arena for the fist joust. Our knight was cool, his colors were awesome. Although I couldn’t get over the master of arm’s horse. Last year it was a big beautiful black horse, but this year it was white. What I loved about it though was that whenever she was just kind of in place and not riding around, her horse would dance around. It was awesome. And then, unlike the other years, when the queen/king came out the horse bowed. After that we hurried our way back to the entrance, because I wanted to see the gypsy violinist. I felt bad because we were the only ones who were actually there the entire time listening to her and not just sitting there to eat lunch (although we were eating lunch, I had a broccoli cheese soup bread bowl). I actually ended up buying one of her CD’s, I liked the music. And then there was a quick walk over to Three Guys and a Bunch of Drums. I’m pretty sure it was a new show this year, but if it wasn’t I don’t know why I’ve never gone to see it before. HILARIOUS. It was so funny, although they did some awesome stuff with the drums (and triangles) too. Then…it was walking around for a bit, buying a dragon candle and then back to jousting for the second joust. And we watched that, and then…I don’t think we watched another show, just walked around some (went to look at the hawks in the cages), went to the petting zoo and then back to jousting. And then we went home. The weather was absolutely perfect. I was worried it was going to rain and my parents would wimp out, but it didn’t. Until the last jousting it was cloudy all day and nice and cool, which was awesome. Even this time of the year it gets WAY to warm there with the sun out.
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Wow, I kind of feel like a good student
Posted by Amber on February 21st, 2010
Filed under: School


Seriously, I actually studied today. And it totally isn’t the day before the test. Now, I really REALLY had to force myself, because I really don’t like physio, but I somehow managed to get in about four hours worth of studying on physio alone today. And I actually understood what I was going over, which also means that in those lectures where I was still half asleep the information did actually make it to my brain, it just didn’t register completely with my conscious self. Although I didn’t get as far as I wanted. I wanted to get up through the notes before the axial skeleton, but I was one set short. Why? Because I got on to watch a couple episodes of Rosario + Vampire Capu2 and I ended up finishing the entire thing today. After I finished the first season yesterday. And so my notes have been left untouched for like the past five or so hours. But I did do all my Japanese homework that’s due tomorrow, so I don’t have to worry about rushing to finish that tomorrow. However, I didn’t get to any o-chem. I wanted to work on the worksheet and then go over the quiz to see if I could find the answers I got wrong on my own and correct them, but that didn’t happen. And I wanted to go in tomorrow to get help from the preceptor. I still could, but I’d probably look really stupid, because some of the problems I got wrong were probably easy, but I tried it before he had finished lecturing on all of chapter 4, thus I was missing some information. I also need to try chapter 9 quiz, probably tomorrow, even though we haven’t gotten any info for chapter 9 yet. I know I’m going to need help from preceptors though, and if I wait until I get all the info it’ll be too late to get help before the quizzes close. And then studying for my Japanese chapter 3 test on Thursday. I…I’m not sure about it, I really am getting things, but at my own pace. Seriously, if I had the money I’d just like go to Japan for a year and I’d probably get a decent hold of the language. That would actually be really cool to do, maybe I’ll consider it once I’m fluent enough in the language I could survive without looking like some American idiot.

Kay, late now. Need to go to bed very soon. And need to see if the guy who gets me stuff from Japan can get me Stereopony’s CDs. But that shall wait, because I need to make a list of everything. I’d guess it’s starting to get time of the year when yukata would probably be easier to find.

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The boredom!
Posted by Amber on February 19th, 2010
Filed under: General


So…BORED! I don’t know how long it has been since I’ve been this bored!! I don’t know what to do right now. I was good and did my Japanese stuff like way early. Okay, not way early, but last time I did it on Sunday afternoon, this time I did it Friday evening. I think that’s a lot earlier. And then I’ve been playing Pokemon Yellow for a few hours tonight. I was wondering why the hell Sabrina’s pokemon were all at level 50 when I didn’t have a single one at level 40 yet, thus being unable to see how I was expected to beat her. Well, I then figured out after finally beating her (on the sixth try) that it’s because I forgot to go to Fuchsia City first and fight Koga. Not my fault, they make Saffron City right next to Celadon, where I battled right before. But oh well, I have that MarshBadge. Now I need to go fight Koga for the SoulBadge, and then I’ll try to remember where you get the Surf HM from and go for badge seven.
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Damn mornings
Posted by Amber on February 15th, 2010
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It’s actually not morning, it’s almost ten at night, and I’m going to go to bed very soon, because I’m tired. Because it’s yet another one of my 8AM days. And I was good, I got up even though it’s a holiday and most schools have it off except universities. I went to class even though the professor wasn’t there today nor is she going to be there Wednesday and so a grad student was lecturing. I wasn’t like half 1/3 of the class (possible more? It was pretty empty) who decided to skip. I went. I didn’t fall asleep in class. Then I went to another class. And I had a small break, during which I studied for Japanese. And then I went to class again, and sat by these really annoying people who don’t know how to shut the hell up. And then I went to Japanese, and then I came back to the dorm. And I only messed around on the computer for like 15 minutes. And then I played Wii for like ten minutes. And then I actually got started on school stuff. I tried the chapter four quiz for o-chem, even though we haven’t gone over all the stuff. And hopefully I can find the motivation to go in Wednesday to the TA hours so I can get the answers to the quiz. And then I watched one episode of anime, and then ate dinner (which I will get to later) and then I took a small break and played Pokemon Yellow, and then I got bored with that and finished reading volume 17 of FMA because I’ve been on it for weeks, and then I started working on my lab report, and I finished it. I usually don’t even start lab reports until the night before, but I’m all done with this one and it isn’t due until Thursday morning. I even got started on my second one and hopefully will find the motivation to finish it this week so I can get it done with.
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So apparently the best diet is…
Posted by Amber on February 11th, 2010
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Apparently the best diet (both by means of success and deliciousness) is to pig out like crazy on various chocolate and foods with chocolate on them. I don’t even know how, but I’ve lost six pounds in the last week. And that was after I went home this weekend and had chocolate covered cheesecake, two big pieces of fudge, a chocolate covered funnel cake, strawberry and chocolate crepe, a root beer and a root beer slush. Oh, and like half of a buffalo chicken pizza. Along with a root beer. I was worried about gaining a pound or two over the weekend, but apparently that was not the case. Very strange indeed.
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Overdrive or mellow mode?
Posted by Amber on February 4th, 2010
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Blah, I have no clue anymore. The start of this week I was so busy, working to get all the studying in for physio and Japanese Pop Culture, because I have the tests back to back tomorrow. But physio…I think I wasted a few hours of my time on physio. I was reading through the book, and stopped. Not even worth my time. Everything I was reading was all stuff I learned in gen bio and gen chem. Yet the professor kept saying how the concepts would be difficult to understand. Not so much when you’ve spent the last year and a half learning it, but oh well. I’m just going to go over the slides and the few notes I wrote down and that’ll be it for physio. For Japanese Pop Culture I’m going to look through my notebook and hope that the notes I took were good enough to get me through the test. He said at the beginning of the course that writing just what he wrote wouldn’t cover everything, so I’ve been writing other stuff as well. I feel as if maybe I should have taken notes from the readings as well. Oh well, I just need to not bomb it. Really I want to get at least a B, although wouldn’t an A be nice. I’ve always counted on A’s in my gen ed stuff to keep my GPA somewhat decent.

And then I have two classes after that, and my weekend begins! I’m going home! I wasn’t planning on going back home until spring break, but this weekend is the Chocolate Affaire, and I was so depressed when I thought I’d have to miss it, so my parents are coming down to get me. Yay, I get to eat yummy chocolate!!

And then after that, the rest of my weekend will be filled will studying for o-chem, maybe a little Japanese. My original plan this weekend was the study for o-chem and Japanese, and then get way ahead on most of my homework/reaction papers/reading/pre-lab stuff. I can still work on it some though. I was also going to try to start another anime (even though that’s the last thing I need right now) but that probably won’t happen. I’ll just watch episode five of Dance in the Vampire Bund when it comes out, along with Durarara! and Ookami Kakushi.

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Stuck. And tired
Posted by Amber on January 25th, 2010
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Today, after two short weeks of school, began the first full week of classes. Apparently the guy Japanese professor teaches Mondays and Wednesdays. I thought the first day the female one said he taught two days, but last week he was only there on Wednesday. Makes sense now.

I feel like already I’m so behind on everything. I study every night, mostly for Japanese. I’ve taken the online quizzes for o-chem, or at least given a first attempt. Maybe it’s because I haven’t bothered with any physio yet. Or because I have an outline due in two days for my Japanese popular culture class and have no idea what to write it on. He gave very little on what we’re supposed to do, but it has to do with pop art in Japan, and we have to do a crapload of research for it, at least 6 academic sources. And then today he gave an example, aesthetics of Japanese cooking or food, but that was just because he was trying to point out how wouldn’t always find stuff directly on our topic. I have no clue how that has anything to do with pop art, but okay. Right now (and I don’t have much time to decide) I’m thinking either something on fashion, specifically Lolita, or something involving anime. Or censorship in manga, but I think that might be a bit too narrow a topic, considering a lot of the more gory manga never make it over to the US, which would make it hard to find stuff on it.
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