Weekly Post!

[rax]

• I pre-ordered Pokemon Black and White through Amazon, so I won't get them until tomorrow evening. I really really should get all of my homework for this week done before they get here, because I know when they get here I am just going to start playing them (unless maybe I have a social thing on Tuesday?) and keep playing them until I get to Seattle, basically. I have three main things I have to get done, and some ancillary things I really should, but I feel like I am thinking through mush. Ugggggh. Is it unreasonable to take a nap at 9 AM on a Sunday? I might try that. 
• My laptop is fixed! All I really lost was the one album and my notes from class on Wednesday. That's pretty amazing. And just in time, too, my wrists were already getting sore using my spare. Hooray for Applecare!
• I'm going to be in Ohio for work tonight and tomorrow; I'm hoping that if I can't restart my brain here, the drive will at least kick it into gear and I can get some homework done at the hotel before I go to sleep. There won't be anything to distract me, at least! Though I always miss my cats when I have to sleep in hotels.
• Speaking of cats, both cats now spend at least a little time on every floor of the house. This is amazing! I was in the basement watching ponies and Leo was on my lap and Selene was sitting on the floor and I was kind of speechless. Basically, CATS. <3
• So looking forward to travel --- so looking forward to Pokemon --- so looking forward to the work I'm going to do on final projects this semester, even --- it's really, really hard to keep my brain focused on today and what I need to be doing right now. Usually I can just flip over to my tasklist and say "Oh OK, I can get to those things I am excited about if I just do these things," and that works. This weekend --- and to a lesser extent last weekend, come to think of it --- not so much. I can do the minor things, but stuff like "read a bunch of essays and write a paper," there's this whiny voice in my brain that goes "whyyyyyyyy?" Shut up, whiny voice. You get to play Pokemon in like two days. For some reason it's easier to do the things that aren't directly homework, so I am doing all of those first. Hopefully this won't lead to me having a completely clean house and alphabetized spices and neatly filed paperwork but desperately working on a paper Tuesday night at 11. ...although who am I kidding, my spices are already alphabetized. ^^;; But I could alphabetize the overflow spices in the kitchen island!
• Another thing I am looking forward to: Spending like all of my non-scheduled time in the Boston area just sitting in the Diesel. Because oh my god. Diiiiiiieselllllllllllllllllllll.
• ...yeah this post is an accurate representation of my brain right now.

Comments

[phi]

You're going to be in Boston? When? I will make sure all my work is done before you get here so I have unscheduled time!

[chagrined]

Aw, I'm happy Leo and Selene are getting along better now. :)

[dreamsofpaprika.livejournal.com]

Gosh, I know how you feel. I have sooooooooo much homework this weekend, but at least as much as last weekend. God, I never get a weekend off, but to be honest, if I wasn't kept busy with either schoolwork or other work-related things, I'd get bored. And besides, I wouldn’t feel productive. But yeah, it's easier for me to get started on stuff that's not school-related, but I try to get my school stuff out of the way, first, so I have plenty of time for my own stuff.

btw Am I the only one not excited for nor impressed with Pokemon Black and White? Video games just never seemed to interest me. EVERYONE on my f-list seems to be in the loop except me. I'm too busy working on art projects while they're busy playing games. I feel like such a loser, sometimes... lolz

(I'm keeping up with the anime, though, but I find this season of Pokemon extremely boring, too. Maybe it's just my depression. The meds haven't set in yet, so I still tend to have a loss of interest in a lot of things.)

[rax.livejournal.com]

Well, so much of my stuff is school-related even if it isn't class-related; I had to fill out IRB forms so I could go and talk to people for my research, and that took forever, and last night I was grading quizzes because I couldn't bring myself to look at the articles I need to read for Thursday. My students must think I am the most dedicated ever; I'm always grading things within a couple of days, even exams. It's really just because I am avoiding other work, but they don't need to know that!

You're not the only one! Though maybe in a minority. But for me personally, I got into Pokemon because of the games, and even though I mostly don't play video games anymore, they're still really appealing and fun. It helps that both of my housemates play and so it's something that we all do together. Remember: If you are doing art projects, and other people are playing video games, it's likely that if anyone involved is a loser, it's not you. ;) I have to catch up on the anime... well, "have to" is a really strong term. If it's coming out one episode a week, though, I might try to pick it up, I'm pretty sure I can spare twenty minutes once a week.

(I totally understand the loss of interest. When the sun isn't out --- which it hasn't been this weekend, although it's starting to clear up --- I'm like "Why would I do anything, ever? Maybe I should lay here until the world ends." But if it's a nice day, and I got nine hours of sleep? "Let's do everything ever!!!")

[dreamsofpaprika.livejournal.com]

It must be a lot of work to be a teacher, then. Probably harder than a student. I can't imagine all the things you have to grade-! I know what you mean, though. Most of my stuff is school related, but sometime homework involves outside research or work not directly invovled with a class. For example, I've also been busy applying to several different colleges and filling out forms to request information for the schools I'm interested in. It's a lot of work!

Yeah, I'm sort of proud to be in the minority, though. I mean, I've always been the odd one out, even amongst my friends. Like, I never just go with the crowd and do what everyone else is doing. I take the path less travelled by more often than not. So when everyone is out buying their Pokemon B/W games, I'll be stopping to pick the flowers on the wayside. Literally.

I still like Pokemon, but not as much as I used to. I never played the games in my life, but I am aware of them and what they represent (stories and characters et all- which are must more complex than the anime). I just think the anime has lost it's innocent, slightly magical touch the same way Disney lost it's classic-ness years ago. But I only continue to follow up on it because of Roketto-dan (Team Rocket). They've always been the best part for me and what attracted me to the fandom in the first place. I'm probably one to zero on that. Haha


(Yes, the sun has hidden from me for a long time, now. Like 1000 Years of Lonliness, sadness accumulates sadness, by just living one's life. And on a certain morning, when I at last came to an earnst relaization... I had lost everything that was beautiful. I'm hoping once the meds kick in, the sun will shine again. When that time comes, I'm going to sing out, ''This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine...'')

[rathdei.livejournal.com]

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