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Jan. 19th, 2007 07:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
brokenrecordThe Office last night made me squee with joy. :D I love this show so much. I watched The O.C. and Ugly Betty this afternoon, and I also loved them. Thursday night TV is clearly the best.
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Each player of this game starts off with 10 weird things/habits/little known facts about yourself. People who get tagged need to write a blog of their own 10 weird habits/things/little known facts as well as state this rule clearly. At the end you need to choose 10 people to be tagged and list their names. No tagbacks.
1. I'm totally OCD about taking notes. I mean, I'm the only one who'll read them, but if something's a little sloppy or my notes get messed up because the teacher teaches things out of order (like say for example in physics we learn about the first law of thermodynamics and then go on to the second but then we talk about the first some more later) then I have to redo everything. I really love looking at my notes, because they're so organized and just look really good. (If only I put so much work into actually learning the material!)
2. This kind of goes with #1, but oh well. Even though I totally hate finals and studying for finals and all that, I totally love figuring out all my grades and what I need on the finals and organizing my weekend into how I should study and how much time I should study and what I should study. Unfortunately, I never really follow my schedules, but I enjoy making them.
3. I, uh, kind of watched High School Musical after I made my last post about how my school was doing it, and, uh, I kind of can't stop listening to the soundtrack in iTunes. It's addictive, ok? The thing is, I didn't even like the kids' voices that much (it was actually my main problem with the movie, because if you take it for what it is [i.e. a Disney channel movie. I mean, it's not going to be brilliant] then it's really enjoyable. Their voices are just too... whiny or nasally or something), but after listening to it on repeat many times, it's kind of grown on me. And now I'm really excited for our school to do it, especially since we have people who can sing really, really well, and are better actors, and just, I think I'll enjoy it even more. (I kind of feel ashamed of myself now, because I was set out to really dislike it, but then I didn't.)
4. I can't breathe through my nose very well (like I can, but if I only breathe through my nose and not my mouth, I start feeling like I'm not getting enough oxygen so I have to breathe through both). When I was a kid I couldn't at all, and I couldn't really smell either. I can now, but it's kind of weak and also kind of random, and I can like... choose to smell things or not smell things, like turn on and off my sense of smell. It's weird.
5. I'm pretty much addicted to caffeine. Not to coffee so much (I like the chocolate-tasting iced coffees at like Starbucks and stuff, but not much else), but to Pepsi. If I don't drink any for a few days, I start getting headache-y and stuff, which is probably not very good, but, well. That's how it is.
6. I sleep with a stuffed animal, not because of like... I don't know how to describe this. Not because of any emotional feelings towards it, or because it brings me comfort or whatever, but just because if I didn't I wouldn't really know where to put my arms. It's just what I'm used to, I guess. I mean, I can get to sleep without one (it's not like I bring stuffed animals to sleepovers/on vacation, and I won't be bringing any to college), but it's a lot more comfortable and it makes it easier for me to get to sleep.
7. I also find it more difficult to sleep without music/the radio. I guess it doesn't really have to be music, since Sunday to Thursday on KROQ when I go to sleep is Loveline, which is all talkshow except for the occasional song or two when a band is in the studio. When I was younger it was really difficult for me to get to sleep without it and I'd hate sleepovers because none of my friends could fall asleep with music, and I didn't like going to sleep listening to headphones because I was afraid I would roll over on them and break them. I think it's easier for me now, but it still takes longer. I think without it my mind just wanders too much and thinks too much and I'm too preoccupied thinking to fall asleep, but when I have the radio on I can just focus on that and before I know it I'm asleep.
8. I ramble a lot and am very wordy and I've seen a bunch of other people do this meme and only write like a line or two about each thing, but I'm just completely incapable of being concise.
9. I've never been religious (my parents I think believe in God and the afterlife but we've never gone to church and my parents never really... taught me anything about that, so I just grew up believing it was all stories. I honestly didn't realize until I was 6 that anyone actually believed in anything religious, since I just wasn't brought up that way.), but when I was 12 or 13 (I think it was the summer after 7th grade) I decided I was going to be a Wiccan. I looked up a bunch of stuff and thought it was all very interesting and tried to learn about it, but after a month I kind of gave up after realizing that I didn't actually believe in any of it. I don't really know where my decision to become a Wiccan came from, but I think that was right in the middle of my obsession with Charmed. After I realized I was being ridiculous (not that I'm saying that being a Wiccan is ridiculous, just that I was ridiculous for thinking I could be one when I didn't believe in any of it and never would), I decided I was an atheist, and... I've been that way ever since.
10. I think I'm a lot tougher on myself than I need to be, especially over grades. I mean, thinking about the possibility that I might get 3 or 4 Bs this semester freaks me out beyond belief. Which is ridiculous, because that's totally not the end of the world, and my GPA is honestly very good as it is and it's not like getting a few more Bs will make or break any decisions, and in any case I've already gotten into 2 places, both of which I'd be very happy at. And I hate it when other people complain about how they're doing so badly and then it turns out they have like 2 Bs, but I'm just a total hypocrite because I know if I get anything more than just one B in English, I'll be disappointed. In my defense, at least I don't usually complain about this aloud and annoy others; I mostly just think and worry to myself. (I guess except for now.) I kind of hate that part about me, but I don't really know how to change it, and I guess it's the reason I've done so well in high school so far, so maybe I don't want to change it.
Oh, god, this was so much longer than I've seen anyone else's be. I don't really know why I can't just keep things short and simple.
Anyways, I love being tagged, but I kind of hate tagging others, so I'm not going to tag anyone. Feel free to take this if you want to, though!
So finals start on Tuesday, and I have a college interview with Pitzer tomorrow and Vassar Wednesday, so I'm going to be gone until about Thursday. See you when I'm back!
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ritzyblonde:Each player of this game starts off with 10 weird things/habits/little known facts about yourself. People who get tagged need to write a blog of their own 10 weird habits/things/little known facts as well as state this rule clearly. At the end you need to choose 10 people to be tagged and list their names. No tagbacks.
1. I'm totally OCD about taking notes. I mean, I'm the only one who'll read them, but if something's a little sloppy or my notes get messed up because the teacher teaches things out of order (like say for example in physics we learn about the first law of thermodynamics and then go on to the second but then we talk about the first some more later) then I have to redo everything. I really love looking at my notes, because they're so organized and just look really good. (If only I put so much work into actually learning the material!)
2. This kind of goes with #1, but oh well. Even though I totally hate finals and studying for finals and all that, I totally love figuring out all my grades and what I need on the finals and organizing my weekend into how I should study and how much time I should study and what I should study. Unfortunately, I never really follow my schedules, but I enjoy making them.
3. I, uh, kind of watched High School Musical after I made my last post about how my school was doing it, and, uh, I kind of can't stop listening to the soundtrack in iTunes. It's addictive, ok? The thing is, I didn't even like the kids' voices that much (it was actually my main problem with the movie, because if you take it for what it is [i.e. a Disney channel movie. I mean, it's not going to be brilliant] then it's really enjoyable. Their voices are just too... whiny or nasally or something), but after listening to it on repeat many times, it's kind of grown on me. And now I'm really excited for our school to do it, especially since we have people who can sing really, really well, and are better actors, and just, I think I'll enjoy it even more. (I kind of feel ashamed of myself now, because I was set out to really dislike it, but then I didn't.)
4. I can't breathe through my nose very well (like I can, but if I only breathe through my nose and not my mouth, I start feeling like I'm not getting enough oxygen so I have to breathe through both). When I was a kid I couldn't at all, and I couldn't really smell either. I can now, but it's kind of weak and also kind of random, and I can like... choose to smell things or not smell things, like turn on and off my sense of smell. It's weird.
5. I'm pretty much addicted to caffeine. Not to coffee so much (I like the chocolate-tasting iced coffees at like Starbucks and stuff, but not much else), but to Pepsi. If I don't drink any for a few days, I start getting headache-y and stuff, which is probably not very good, but, well. That's how it is.
6. I sleep with a stuffed animal, not because of like... I don't know how to describe this. Not because of any emotional feelings towards it, or because it brings me comfort or whatever, but just because if I didn't I wouldn't really know where to put my arms. It's just what I'm used to, I guess. I mean, I can get to sleep without one (it's not like I bring stuffed animals to sleepovers/on vacation, and I won't be bringing any to college), but it's a lot more comfortable and it makes it easier for me to get to sleep.
7. I also find it more difficult to sleep without music/the radio. I guess it doesn't really have to be music, since Sunday to Thursday on KROQ when I go to sleep is Loveline, which is all talkshow except for the occasional song or two when a band is in the studio. When I was younger it was really difficult for me to get to sleep without it and I'd hate sleepovers because none of my friends could fall asleep with music, and I didn't like going to sleep listening to headphones because I was afraid I would roll over on them and break them. I think it's easier for me now, but it still takes longer. I think without it my mind just wanders too much and thinks too much and I'm too preoccupied thinking to fall asleep, but when I have the radio on I can just focus on that and before I know it I'm asleep.
8. I ramble a lot and am very wordy and I've seen a bunch of other people do this meme and only write like a line or two about each thing, but I'm just completely incapable of being concise.
9. I've never been religious (my parents I think believe in God and the afterlife but we've never gone to church and my parents never really... taught me anything about that, so I just grew up believing it was all stories. I honestly didn't realize until I was 6 that anyone actually believed in anything religious, since I just wasn't brought up that way.), but when I was 12 or 13 (I think it was the summer after 7th grade) I decided I was going to be a Wiccan. I looked up a bunch of stuff and thought it was all very interesting and tried to learn about it, but after a month I kind of gave up after realizing that I didn't actually believe in any of it. I don't really know where my decision to become a Wiccan came from, but I think that was right in the middle of my obsession with Charmed. After I realized I was being ridiculous (not that I'm saying that being a Wiccan is ridiculous, just that I was ridiculous for thinking I could be one when I didn't believe in any of it and never would), I decided I was an atheist, and... I've been that way ever since.
10. I think I'm a lot tougher on myself than I need to be, especially over grades. I mean, thinking about the possibility that I might get 3 or 4 Bs this semester freaks me out beyond belief. Which is ridiculous, because that's totally not the end of the world, and my GPA is honestly very good as it is and it's not like getting a few more Bs will make or break any decisions, and in any case I've already gotten into 2 places, both of which I'd be very happy at. And I hate it when other people complain about how they're doing so badly and then it turns out they have like 2 Bs, but I'm just a total hypocrite because I know if I get anything more than just one B in English, I'll be disappointed. In my defense, at least I don't usually complain about this aloud and annoy others; I mostly just think and worry to myself. (I guess except for now.) I kind of hate that part about me, but I don't really know how to change it, and I guess it's the reason I've done so well in high school so far, so maybe I don't want to change it.
Oh, god, this was so much longer than I've seen anyone else's be. I don't really know why I can't just keep things short and simple.
Anyways, I love being tagged, but I kind of hate tagging others, so I'm not going to tag anyone. Feel free to take this if you want to, though!
So finals start on Tuesday, and I have a college interview with Pitzer tomorrow and Vassar Wednesday, so I'm going to be gone until about Thursday. See you when I'm back!
