gogmagog: The Fourth Doctor from <i>Doctor Who</i> (Gay in green)
Eldrad must live ([personal profile] gogmagog) wrote2006-02-05 02:33 am

WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

Well, thanks to the pimping of various people on IRC, I've been reading JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. >_<

First off, it's very...well...gay. There's simply no other way to categorize a series featuring muscular, tightly-dressed men with questionable friendships making flamboyant poses at each other. XD

Second, the rock and roll puns are out of control. Jonathan's best friend/groupie is named Robert E.O. Speedwagon, his mentor is Zeppeli (presumably his first name is Led?), who learned his own MAD SKILLZ from Tom Petty and his disciples Dire and Straits. The villains of arc 2, ancient proto-vampire-thingamabobs, are named Santana, Wham, AC/DC, and Cars. In order to defeat them, Jonathan's son Joseph goes to train with Lisa Lisa and her servants Messina, Loggins and Suzy Q. And I hear they just get worse. XD

However, I've got to admit I do like its distinctive brand of Special. And I've only got like 60 volumes to go! XD

Anyway, I think I may be coming down with something. I've been feeling achey and exhausted for the past week or so, and have been in a total fugue state - for example, Thursday I was getting ready to leave the house, thought, "oh, it's cold, I'd better put on a coat," and then realized, "oh, I'd better put on some pants, too."

Also my gut seems to be trying to devour itself. Ugh, there are some days I could totally live without a digestive system.

I'm really starting to hate my seminar class. And the weird thing is, I shouldn't - I'm interested in the subject, the readings are interesting, I like the teacher (who's the nicest person EVAR - seriously, I'm doing a presentation on Janet Hamilton later in the month, and so she lent me an 1885 first edition of Hamilton's poems to help with the research!), I like my classmates...there's no real reason I should dislike this class except that I feel dismally stupid in it. For example, we've had to take turns coming up with discussion questions for part of Aurora Leigh, and Wednesday was my turn...only every question I came up with got shot down by the rest of the class. They weren't being mean or anything, they were just like, "well, I don't really see that, because of this" and then I'd be like, "oh, I hadn't seen it like that but that's a good point and makes way more sense than my interpretation of that. And, er, that also happens to completely invalidate my point. Crap." So basically I never say anything in that class that isn't a) obvious, b) irrelevant, c) moronic, or d) some new and exciting combination of the above!

Oh well, at least I'm mostly enjoying my other classes.

Let's Positive Linking!
- A sequel to The Dark Crystal? That could be either really good or really bad. :/
- MOST ROMANTIC VALENTINE'S DAY EVAR. From someone on the flist, I don't remember who. ([livejournal.com profile] eikitty, maybe?)
- Crack crack crack the egg into the bowl. Butter butter butter joins the bowl! ...Now I want to bake me a cake. D:
- Tilt-shift photography is the coolest thing ever. Those are all full-size things in those pictures, by the way. (From [livejournal.com profile] rathershady.)
- Bollywood remakes Fight Club. With musical sequences, natch! (From [livejournal.com profile] satsu.)

[identity profile] firestorm717.livejournal.com 2006-02-05 08:37 am (UTC)(link)
Wow, how do they do that tilt shift photography stuff O_O. Something about depth perception and the ratio of heights? Freaky.

[identity profile] dincrest.livejournal.com 2006-02-05 02:30 pm (UTC)(link)
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure was one of my favorite fighting games on Dreamcast. Playing as the boston terrier and the bird were sweet.

[identity profile] rathershady.livejournal.com 2006-02-05 05:08 pm (UTC)(link)
If you are getting sick Joseph make sure to take plenty of vitamin C and Zinc. Also you could look into some Zicam (I know some people that swear by it).

The only thing that would make your valentine's better is Law and Order SVU valentines!

And here is a way to do tilt-shift photography without dropping $1000 for a lens. Of course it calls for a digital SLR camera, so you would need to have spent $800 already anyway.

[identity profile] lordtravis.livejournal.com 2006-02-05 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
If anyone can relate to feeling like a drooling moron on class it's me. Everyday I sit in class, ready to open my mouth, and much of the time an inexplicable fear of saying something stupid holds me back. And when I do open my mouth I would say that about 90% of the comments I make, in retrospect, are...well...retarded. I do, however, realize that I am my own worst critic and that the rest of the class is paying no more mind to whether or not my comments are moronic than I am to theirs. You're a smart guy, don't worry about it.

Take solace in the idea that most of us feel stupid on a daily basis at this point in our graduate school life.

Although there are a few people too smart for their own good that I'd like to tackle in the hallway...

[identity profile] aurianrose.livejournal.com 2006-02-05 10:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Joseph, Joseph, Joseph...

Why did you not tell me you were a BPAL addict? I could have been swapping with you! (Although, I've been abstaining from BPAL purchases for awhile now because I am so poor.)

Also, yay Buffy!

Love,
Crazy Me Who Is In Both Your Calligraphy And Shakespeare Class (And Who Is Not Travis Or Erin)

[identity profile] courters28.livejournal.com 2006-02-06 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
This is totally unrelated, but we've been meaning to tell you for awhile. We found your Blockbuster card and frequent buyer card for a soap store in the floor board of Vinnie's car. We are guessing it is the bloody remnants of your wallet exploding. If you want to email one of us your address in Iowa, we will totally stick them in an envelope and mail them to you.

We just found them last week, I think this just proves that Vinnie's car is WAY TOO MESSY!