The Inane Ramblings of a Stupid Git

Driven by a need for calmness and comfort, I turned to music from an artist who I have not listened in forever. So who did I turn to? Aaron Kwok. He was one of the first artists I was ever introduced to at a young age (I was still in grade school), and so when I was listening to him I felt so much better, AND it was good times and good memories.

I grew up on this guy. He's been called the Asian Michael Jackson (and to be honest, I prefer listening to Aaron over Michael) for a good reason. You'll see why soon.

Unlike Damon, who I gushed over earlier, Aaron seems to have drifted into acting, because I haven't heard of any new music out lately (of course it could just be me being behind). It's a little saddening for me, since he's got such a gorgeous voice. It makes sense though, since you earn more money acting than singing songs (or so I've heard).

Hopefully he'll visit music some more in the future, but in the meanwhile I'll check out the movies he's been in and see how good his acting skills are. :3

Now what you guys have been waiting for, the first music video I was ever exposed to as a kid. I thought (and still think) Aaron's da shit man. So fucking cool.



Oh, by the way, he's nearing fifty years old, and he still looks good. Fuck yeah. I still love it when my favorite artists are doing things that they love and are doing well in life. It makes me feel proud for some strange reason.

Okay. I can't hold in the gushing anymore. GAAAAAAH~ HOT DAMN. SO HANDSOME. I WANT THAT TRENCHCOAT. It's STYLISH TO THE MAX. <3

Yes. You heard me. Just found this video yesterday. I love the bad touch/friends trio.

Francis, Gilbo and Antonio~
If they were real people, I think they'd be really fun to be around with. 'Specially Gilbo, though I'd probably get in trouble most of the time if I was to hang around him. That and my parents would probably disapprove and tell me to find someone that isn't such a bad influence. Phht.

Anyway, this is the video:



I absolutely love this song. This one specifically reminds me of The Pillows, however, when I listened to more works from the band, they weren't that similar to them. By the way, when I was searching (more like scouring) for this song online, the artist is actually supposed to be The Yellow Monkey. Not Univivalence or whatever it was.

Give 'em a listen if you like. :3

Ahem. Just finished the Thriller Bark Arc in One Piece. Gotta say Zoro is da shit, so now I'm adding him to my list of the most courageous male characters that I suppose could serve as the epitome of manliness I've ever known.

1.) Beowulf
2.) Kurogane
3.) Roronoa Zoro
4.) Sanji

I'd put Sanji down if he...We'll I don't know. I'm not sure what it is that makes me hesitant to put it down. Maybe it's all the girl chasing and womanizing. p: Well whatever. He's still a sweetie.

Anyway, this is why I put Zoro on there:



The badassery. I-it makes me cry w-with ECSTATIC JOOOY. *sobs of happiness*

By the by...I'm still unemployed. BOO.

Guh. Got rejected for another job.

( Whine whine whine. Complain complain complain. )

( BUH BUH BUH. More complaining. )

Back to the drawing board when I get back to school. Places to visit: career center and pre-med advisor.

I suppose I'll go work on getting a job on campus again in the meantime. =3=

It really irks me when I see high schoolers with jobs over the summer and yet I myself am lacking one.

If I ever was to be the embodiment of one of the 7 deadly sins, I'd so definitely be envy.

WELL. Time for some Clash then. I always listen to them during unemployment season. Yes. Employers have employment seasons. I have unemployment seasons. Oh the Clash. I admire their attitude. Long live punks. <3



Mmmm...Paul Simonon. I don't care what you say, I think that gap in his teeth is rather charming. Other people can't make it work, but he can. p:

Oiiiiiiiiiiiii.

I'll be volunteering at the hospital I was volunteering at for the previous summer. On Wednesday.

So, I suppose you can say things have gotten better in terms of doing something over the summer. Unlike certain peers, I am not content with lazying around the house doing almost nothing. Thus, I shall count what I have accomplished.

From here on out, I do not know whether or not I'll feel proud, or extremely dejected. Thus, I must inhale, for it is necessary if I am to figure out what progress I shall make. Less serious things in red. Counter-intuitive I know.

1.) Finished painting most of the 1st floor inside the house.
2.) Am helping my baby brother review for when he gets back to school
3.) Is taking care of said brother while mother is out at work.
4.) Just managed to finish volumes 18 and 19 of Excel Saga
5.) Managed to snag a volunteer opp with the hospital by talking directly with people from last year (now has to get bureaucracy to work for ME)
6.) Has started reading Crime and Punishment (very slowly)
7.) Has sent in an app for a research aide position at the same hospital
8.) Watched the first episode of Restaurante Paradiso (or whatever it was called)
9.) ...Barely touched calculus review...QAQ
10.)Am starting on a character design request from a couple months ago.
11.)...Barely started any MCAT review
12.)Contemplated plans for winter term (JAN TERM A POSSIBILITY)
13.)Read a little on e-commerce (must go FASTER if I want to get mom's internet business up)
14.)Applied to a shit-ton of places earlier in the summer (though none have called back, tch, bastards. ALLL of THEM. I hate upper management even more with a rage of a thousand suns now for no apparent founded reason p:)
15.)Survived the first of probably many visits from my devil cousin

BUH. This is just me struggling to be upbeat and positive. I count barely starting and starting as accomplishments. That's how desperate I'm getting.

I can't help but think that if I didn't have to babysit, I'd have accomplished a whole lot more. I'd be so far in my studies right now. It really tears me up inside some times when I think about it.
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STAY STRONG UMEKO! Just...Just don't think about it! *cries melodramatically in the background while muttering to herself* OH THE THINGS I SACRIFICE FOR THE SAKE OF OTHERS! *more melodramatic sobs* I Umeko shall prevail! For I Umeko must do it for the sake of the well being of my parental figures! FOR THE SAKE OF THEIR SAAAANITY! *baaaw*

I just now need an overweight and pre-diabetic fluffy white dogcat thing, and gigantic curls. Yeah. I think I've had my Excel fill for today. p:

Spent a good three to four hours today cleaning out a moldy refrigerator.

REALLY MOLDY. Who knows what kind of funk has accumulated on the walls of that metal and plastic breeding ground for microscopic spores?

How moldy? I really wish I brought a camera with me.

You know those stories of roommates who leave the fridge on all winter break (or longer) without ever opening it? It's like that, but worse, since it's been on much longer than that, and it has not been sufficiently cold enough.

You know, by those large fuzzy spots of black, green, gray and...indigo? There's also this kind of slime residue building up at the very bottom of the fridge UNDERNEATH the vegetable cabinets.

Not only that, oily residue from what was probably eons old takeout ran down one corner in the very back. You know, that corner where people stuff food items only to discover it two years later as a new life form?

I was fucking scared. Fucking scared to breathe in there.

Needless to say, I sprayed shit-tons of lemony disinfectant and cleanser fluid inside. It didn't make breathing that much better with the fumes of synthetic lemon, but I felt a bit safer that way.

I was also holding my breath every time I went in to scrub. Maaaan. I wonder how many brain cells I lost.

Then again, it's probably better this way. I don't want to end up with some kind of weird respiratory illness or funk growing down my trachea into my lungs. I might be paranoid, but I can't help but shudder at the uninhibited growth.

It just made me angrier with each scrub when I think about how it could have been avoided, if my father had just unplugged the fridge, and left it open to dry after the tenants had moved out. Or at least as the tenants to do that.

They remind us at school. Does my father have to remind a couple of "responsible adults" to do the same? Honestly. If that is what it takes, then I wish he'd do it.

Not only does it save him a whole lot of time, but it saves a desperate teenager (looking for paid work) time and the horror that is scrubbing shit piles of mold off refrigerator doors (and their insides).

I still shudder and recoil at the thought that the mold might grow back. I shall rue the day it does too...

It does feel good to put up a gross post. I haven't done it in a while.

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Your Hetalia Family by juniormint
Name
Age
Favorite Character
Country you live in
Father
Mother
Sibling #1
Sibling #2
Pet
Best Friend
Lover
Stalker

Phhht. I guess Arthur was attracted to Ukraine's "big tracts of land"...
I'd prefer not to have Swiss as my lover though. >.>

Didn't get the volunteer opp at the hospital. They said I wouldn't be able to fulfill the 100 hour commitment. Well gee. Instead of wasting my time and having me WAIT until my INTERVIEW to tell me, you could have just rang me up on the phone numbers I PROVIDED on my APPLICATION and just told me so.

How fucking hard could it be?
Yes, I already knew that there's a 6 month requirement, but that's for adult volunteers, and I had turned in my app ON TIME for the high school and college student summer volunteer opportunity.

I even called and asked if I could volunteer over the summer.

You don't go and deceive a person like that. Now, I have to go apply to volunteer at a different hospital, and I don't even know if they have any more spots open, because it's already one week into June. FFFUUUUUUCK.

I really hate it when the system fails me. It happens far too often to me. People wonder why I dislike upper management types so much. This is why.

Such lack of responsibility. A simple SORRY is not enough. I'd like the time I wasted waiting back.

It caused a great deal of mental discomfort due to the uncertainty of my schedule when applying for work. Not to mention, I had stayed up the night before to look up bus routes to get to the friggin' hospital.

It was going so well UNTIL the interview. I wasted all morning getting to the hospital only to be REJECTED, when I could have been applying for a multitude more jobs.

To top it all off, I never did get the time to go to those Subway locations, because I had to rush back home and attempt filling out the application for the other hospital. Of course, you can't really rush, when you're waiting for the bus.

Sure, I suppose I shouldn't have assumed that an interview would not mean a guarantee for a volunteer position, but yet, at OHSU, it is precisely how it is done. They first look and see if there is any need for you in the first place before trying to even interview a person. Over there, an interview pretty much means you'll be getting in.

I fucking hate whatever it is that is causing all this bad luck. Nothing ever seems to go right.

This summer needs to make a turn for the better. I must rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Gosh I love that poem. It doesn't need to pertain only to death, which makes it so beautiful. I've also started reading Crime and Punishment. Oh such sweet therapy. =w=

Good news everyone.

I'm still alive. No longer smelling like nasty foul amines.

Terribly sorry for taking so long to update. Right after finals, I was swept in a fury of packing, cleaning and job hunting. Even as I type, I'm filling out applications with the same repetitive information and references.

And if you must know, which, I know some of you are dying to know, I did quite well on my ACS final. The mighty ACS had decided to be merciful with my soul and merely fucked with it a little.

I emerged relatively unscathed, with my initial grade bordering upon a C+ and a B-, only to have it lifted out of the fiery depths of hell to a mediocre B+. Lovely.

Not as kickass as my last semester grade, but I'm pushing the memory of this semester's grades into the pool of acid within my mind, so as to relieve myself of the bitterness.

Ha ha. You could say I'm neutralizing the basicity of my memories with the acid vat within my mind.

...I need a job.

Writing this as my final parting words if I don't manage to come back from my O-chem exam alive (which is precisely 56 minutes from now).

There's no telling how well I shall do, considering how I still haven't gotten all the reactions down. >.> Damned bio, took up most of my time trying to study for that son of a bitch.

Time for me to test the flames that the ACS has ready for me, and if I emerge relatively unscathed, then I shall take a shower, for once that test has been through with me, I shall smell more like charred or rotting flesh, because the ACS is just that ALMIGHTY. Thus, my scent shall resemble that of small amines instead of more pleasant flowery smelling aldehydes, which I prefer greatly.

Generally, I don't emit much body odor, but since the ACS is so...so...Omnipotent, who knows.

I now have 49 minutes left. Must cram make more preparations for my walk of DOOM. Hopefully, there will be no nuclear mind explosions.

I bid thee FAREWELL. *SRS BZNS face...Did I spell that right?*

Just bought a bottle of it today. It's interesting.
It does taste like cucumber, yet it has a bit of dirt/soil flavor to it. It's very faint mind you. The taste isn't bad, but it's just weird, considering how I've never really drank anything that tastes like it.

I know there's such thing as cucumber water, and I know there's cucumber flavored soda (or was it cucumber flavored Coke or something?), but I've never tried those either.

It's nice on a hot day like today, but it can take some getting used to for people who in general don't like cucumbers. Actually, I suggest people who don't like cucumbers not to drink this. It won't be very pleasant. >.>

Well, I guess this is another drink to put on my list of weird flavored drinks I've drank. So far, I've only got Metromint. I'm too chicken to try out the Thanksgiving flavored sodas from Jones. Euuugh.

I think I'll go buy the vanilla bean flavored one from the same people who made the cucumber soda though. It was pleasant enough for me to want to go buy some more. Though it's pricey ($1.85 for a 12 oz bottle). It'll be one of those luxuries that come probably twice a month or something.

Yeah.

Actually in this case, the cuvettes in the super fancy Hitachi something something 3100 spectrophotometer. The gigantic one with a tungsten lamp AND a deuterium lamp, and the beauty of it all? YOU don't have to calibrate a blank FIRST and then test both the sample and blank. NO. You can stick 'em both in there and it'll automatically calibrate the blank and test both at the same time.

Hm. Yeah, I'm a fucking nerd. Deal with it.

Anyway, finals and projects and shit are just really eating me from the inside out, but again, I guess I'll just have to deal with it and drink shitloads of coffee. I might need to stay up all night to just finish stuff.

Damn it. That's the last time I take some theater based class. I don't mind memorizing stuff, but pair that with science courses that tend to be very lab intensive and you pretty much get...Whatever this is. *points to self* Half-death and half-not death? I don't know.

So yeah. Where was I headed with that?

Oh right. Left the cuvettes in the spectrophotometer. BAD. Had to go back and empty them out and wash with acetone. Organic waste bottle is completely full. Didn't notice until stuff started overflowing onto the counter.

Got some on my finger. Quickly washed it off after going "OH SHIT."

I'm way too predictable in this kind of way. I just knew this would happen what with being uber stressed and all.

Well that's it. Must finish lab report and memorize my fucking personal narrative.

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Dear journal,

Today, I was awesome, and did neat things. I went to a guest lecture titled, "Using Anti-Aromaticity to Understand Aromaticity". It was great! The lady presenter was energetic and supported her evidence with really well fit data. Makes me wish I was a chemist. Damn it chemistry department. Quit tempting me.

Yesterday, during Research Methods, I rocked my recrystallization of porphyrin. Oh hells yeah. Since there was still a little bit of water left from my earlier washes/extractions, I decided to work on a smaller scale and use a test tube to separate the soluble and insoluble stuff right.

It went so well, I broke the Pasteur pipette that I was using to scratch the stuff stuck on the sides of the test tube and had some of the aqueous layer get past my goggles in into my eye. It was fucking fantastic! :DDDD

I got over to the chemical wash sink thingy and rinsed out my eyes real well. I got water all over the floor though, because there was no bucket under the sink (it's one of those open sinks where the water just falls onto the floor due to lack of pipe leading underground).

I just win so much. In the end, there was still a drop or two of water left after I separated some more and did some roto-vaping, but the crystals are pretty. A nice shiny sparkly violet.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha!

I've noticed that this is the third (more like umpteenth) time I've picked up some Fleur de Sel flavored ice cream at Albertson's just to put it back again toward the end up my trip.

Why do you ask?

Well, it's quite simple really. First of all, I'm practical (a good 75% of the time xD). I'm also a cheapskate that still wants to splurge a tiny bit a couple times a month (90% of the time).

I always intend to splurge on fancy flavored ice cream, yet always come back instead, with fancy chocolate. You know, those special bars of chocolate that seem to rip you off, because they sell from $2 to as much as $4 (and no, they're not the KING sized Hersey's chocolate bars).

Why not buy both? I already told you, I'm cheap.

Anyway, this has become something like a hobby now. Yes, you heard me right. Chocolate tasting.

WHY? OH WHY DID IT TURN OUT THIS WAAAAAAAAAY? It's such a ridiculous and slightly expensive hobby, but now you know, Umeko when given a tough choice between expensive ice cream and expensive chocolate will indubitably choose chocolate out of seemingly irrational and intuitive behavior that is vainly covered by a thin construct of reason.

Yes. I'm eating my Ritter Sport chocolate bar right now as I am writing this. P:

As some people already know, APH had just recently made it's first animated debut a couple days ago. Yeah.

This is just an excuse to post up something APH related.

...So here's Gilbert (Prussia) with a little Pocky dance and his usual AWESOMENESS.



You know...The name Gilbert does not seem to match the character at all. Though it could just be me. Every time I hear the name Gilbert, I think of a some wimpy dweeb with Coke bottle glasses, despite knowing people with that name and not bearing any semblance with the image in my head.

Oi. I don't even know where to start.
My baby brother is currently, in his teacher's point of view, somewhat of a trouble child. Not a TROUBLEMAKER. No definitely not. There's a difference.


I agree that my brother needs to work on his "speaking skills". I get very impatient when I listen to him talk some times. The teacher states that it is probably because he is younger than everyone else in the class. Okay. Point taken.

I DO NOT understand how my brother needs to work on his social skills. At home, he's very sociable, will talk for quite a while, and will gladly talk to people that he does not know very well either. Thus, I'm quite puzzled when the teacher says that he does not play with other children at recess nor interact with his tablemates in class.

It's really quite odd. I really wish I was there to verify whether all the statements about his social skills are true, and to figure out why he doesn't do the things he should in class.

What REALLY annoys me though, is that when I was a kid, I hardly ever got paid attention to in terms of social skills. IF ANYTHING, I was even more reserved and alone than my baby brother was. ESPECIALLY during recess. I feel as if I was cheated of a somewhat better childhood that could have made the "becoming more social" process of mine much more easier. Yes. I am jealous.

( Less important ranty stuff... )

I had stumbled upon a nice site that sells socks, hosiery, gloves, armwarmers and other related things. While sifting through the oodles of cute and warm looking things (which I'd really need, since it's supposed to reach 20 degrees Fahrenheit on Monday), I found THIS: http://www.sockdreams.com/_shop/pages/product_detail_ProductID_1069.php

GAAAAAH. SO CUTE. TINY BABY FEET. SO ADORABLE. It reminds me of the little booties I used to wear as a baby, only they were handmade and crocheted. xD

That is it. Now I need to get back to studying for bio and orgo. *shakes fist*

Oh, and if you're wondering, all the stuff on there ships FREE if you live in the US. Lucky for me, when I get back home, I could just go visit the store, since it's in PORTLAND. YEEEEE. I can't wait. I want to take a look at their arm warmers, since a lot of my shirts tend to have 3/4 length sleeves (it's because with long sleeves, I'm constantly pushing them up or rolling them up...and I just got lazy...>.>).

Got this from Envy su. Modified it su. Yes su. :3

"The problem with LJ the INTARWEBZ: we all think we are so close, but really, in most cases, we know nothing about each other.

So I want you to ask me questions you think you should know about me.

Ask away.

Then post this in your LJ and find out what people don't know about you!"

WEEEEEEEEE! *spins* Ask away. No limit. *flies out of chair*

AHHHHH AHHHHHH OMG! OMG! A science colloquium I'd actually set time aside for! AAAAHHHHHH! x3 I'M SO EXCITEEEEED. Here's the description:

Professor Dean Atkinson from Portland State University will be the
speaker at the Science Colloquium this Thursday in Murdock 105 from 4 -
5 pm. I have copied the title and abstract for his presentation below:

"What can we learn about climate change by doing Cavity Ring-down
measurements in a big city?"

Notwithstanding inaction by the U.S. government, people are concerned that
anthropogenic emissions may be leading to an overall warming of the climate
of the Earth. The main culprit in the warming is carbon dioxide, but
aerosols (particulate matter in air) play a major role too. This seminar
will describe the optical effects that aerosols can have on the Earth's
atmosphere and also describe an instrument that was developed in our
laboratory at PSU that can measure these optical properties. Some
"real-life" aerosol optical (and other types of) measurements will be
presented and discussed in the context of regional and global climate
effects.

I hope you will consider joining us on Thursday.

Yeeeeee! If I get out of bio lab quick enough, I'd be able to catch it!
So many words that are familiar to me (aerosols, anthropogenic emissions, optical properties...). So many connections to make. Oh, isn't it wonderful? *rolls around in ecstasy*

Kurogane: -_o I don't believe I've ever seen her like this...Okay, I have, but never over something this boring...

>.> *ignore ignore ignore*

My LiveJournal Trick-or-Treat Haul
Umekox2 goes trick-or-treating, dressed up as A female Yakuza leader.
arisyuu gives you 2 brown licorice-flavoured jawbreakers.
concertina9 gives you 14 mottled green coffee-flavoured pieces of bubblegum.
envythechemnerd gives you 12 blue tropical-flavoured gummy bats.
indigoru gives you 9 white coconut-flavoured pieces of chewing gum.
lhuna gives you 3 teal peach-flavoured pieces of taffy.
orenjidesu gives you 2 green blueberry-flavoured nuggets.
tsuyukawa gives you 10 brown root beer-flavoured gummy worms.
Umekox2 ends up with 52 pieces of candy.
Go trick-or-treating! Username:
Another fun meme brought to you by rfreebern.

That's some odd colored (let alone flavored) bubble gum. Actually, much of the candy is weird colored. P: Oh well. I ain't complaining here. YEEE! CANDY!