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Hello people from the awesome LJ → DW friending meme! I'm Chibi, nice to meet all of you! My basic info is on my profile, while a (sort of) intro post is right here. :D I also changed my DW layout for the occasion, haha.
This entry is going to be a mixture of fandoms and real life. We've had a lot of real life posts recently, so I want to balance things out a bit.
REAL LIFE
❖ So I am back at uni after three weeks of missed lectures. It's hard to go back to it, let me tell you. For starters, I almost feel like a stranger in the lectures. I missed three weeks and I have no idea what the lecturers are talking about. I'm going to have to ask someone for notes and catch up on the stuff that I missed on my own. Yeah, it's going to be tough. Exams are also one month away. HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE. Time just flies.
❖ I have my Kobo glo! Oh my gosh, I LOVE it. It's made me fall in love with reading all over again. Ever since I've had it (more or less three weeks), I've finished two books already and I'm half-way through my third. They're just the Hunger Games books (more on that below) and I've also started The Hunchback of Notre Dame. It's not an easy read, but I've been wanting to read it for a while now and it was free on the Kobo website! So why not. Anyway, I am loving my ereader and I can't wait to read more books on it.
❖ My macbook is driving me crazy. The laptop itself is great (I've had it ever since I started uni), but it's just the small RAM that I can't stand anymore. I have 2GBs of RAM memory, which means I can only run a few programs at a time and some programs I can't run at all because they need more than just 2GBs of RAM (i.e. programs to make videos with. I miss vidding). So, I decided to buy an 8GB RAM memory from Amazon! It wasn't even that expensive, only £30. As soon as I will put it in my computer, it will run faster and smoother and I will be able to make fanvideos again. I can't wait! :D
FANDOMS
❖ I went to the cinema with Andrew's family and we watched Skyfall. I'm not exactly the biggest James Bond fan - tbh, he kind of bores me. XD; But Andrew's parents are big fans of the 007 franchise and they invited me, so I decided to be polite and accept. I thought it was okay. Maybe a bit too long, but that's because I'm not too fond of James Bond movies (Andrew's parents thought it was brilliant). Andrew thought it was okay, too. Don't get me wrong, it was a well-done movie... I'm just not that big 007 fan. But it was good.
❖ I decided to watch the latest episodes of The Big Bang Theory, even though I have a kind of... love/hate relationship with this show. I mainly just watch it to see where they're going with Leonard/Penny. I can't help it, this show made me ship them! And now I need to know what happens. I must admit, the whole 'Penny doesn't know whether she loves Leonard or if she wants to break up with him again' thing is kind of getting on my nerves. Writers, make up your minds! And she still hasn't said 'I love you' to Leonard. Part of me thinks it's going to happen this season, like, they'll have a very special and romantic moment (kind of like the lab scene) and she will say it either unconsciously or fully-conscious of her love for him. Because I want to believe that there is something between them. I know I shouldn't take TBBT too seriously, it's just a comedy show, but Leonard and Penny have so much potential in my eyes.
In the meantime, I'll just watch this over and over again. It's just so adorable. I NEED ICONS OF THIS MOMENT.also, why the heck does this remind me of Andrew and I, I DON'T KNOW
I like them so much, I was even considering creating a community here at Dreamwidth about them for other Leonard/Penny fans. Would it be a bad or a good idea? IDK.
❖ As I said before, thanks to the help of my forever lovely ereader, I've managed to read The Hunger Games. I'm now halfway through Mockingjay. I read the first two books pretty quickly (I finished each one in two days), but this one is taking me a little more time to finish. It's probably because I find it... quite boring, to be honest. I mean, very little has happened and I'm halfway through it. There's a FREAKING WAR going on and I just... couldn't care less. Which is really weird, 'cause I enjoyed Catching Fire and, generally speaking, I do want to know what happens in the end... but Mockingjay has just been so boring, I can't bring myself to read it as I read the first two.
I'm not exactly a huge fan of the series, but I think it's okay for teenage fiction. It could be written a bit better, but in general, I think it's alright. I don't think I like Katniss that much, though. She was alright in the first two books, but in here she almost has some Mary Sue traits that I don't like, so the fact that the book is in her perspective also doesn't help. The only character I seem to like is Peeta. I do care about him and I want to know if he gets better or not. I like Prim, too. She's kinda awesome. And Finnick, too. I don't particularly care for Gale or his romance with Katniss. I think Katniss is better off with Peeta, tbh. I think she loves Peeta and that she likes Gale more as a friend than as a boyfriend, she's just confused and oblivious about it.
I will definitely try to read more these days. For those of you interested in having a discussion about THG, I'm at the start of chapter 15 of Mockingjay, so please, don't spoil it for me! :)
❖ Lastly, I have started watching The IT Crowd. Man, I LOVE IT. It's like... what I wanted out of the Big Bang Theory, but that BBT never was. It also helps that they're computer nerds, so I can relate to them. And Jen, oh, she's just so funny and lovely! She's not overly pretty or gorgeous (which makes sense, 'cause she's not there to just be the pretty girl who goes 'uh?' at the nerds), not every guy that she meets instantly falls for her and, unlike Penny, we actually see her showing off her social skills! Ahhh, I am so loving it. I need icons of this show, too.
And that's pretty much all. I need to start watching Once Upon a Time and finish the pilot of Elementary (but from what I've seen, I can tell I already love this show).
Also, I decided to start that 30-day meme that I posted some time ago, also in the hopes that it will make me update my journal more. Here goes! :D
Day 01 – Something you hate about yourself.
I used to hate my body, but now I've grown comfortable with who I am, especially thanks to my boyfriend, Andrew. So, I guess right now the only thing that I hate about myself is the fact that I can get stressed really easily. Stress is never fun.
That's all for today!
This entry is going to be a mixture of fandoms and real life. We've had a lot of real life posts recently, so I want to balance things out a bit.
REAL LIFE
❖ So I am back at uni after three weeks of missed lectures. It's hard to go back to it, let me tell you. For starters, I almost feel like a stranger in the lectures. I missed three weeks and I have no idea what the lecturers are talking about. I'm going to have to ask someone for notes and catch up on the stuff that I missed on my own. Yeah, it's going to be tough. Exams are also one month away. HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE. Time just flies.
❖ I have my Kobo glo! Oh my gosh, I LOVE it. It's made me fall in love with reading all over again. Ever since I've had it (more or less three weeks), I've finished two books already and I'm half-way through my third. They're just the Hunger Games books (more on that below) and I've also started The Hunchback of Notre Dame. It's not an easy read, but I've been wanting to read it for a while now and it was free on the Kobo website! So why not. Anyway, I am loving my ereader and I can't wait to read more books on it.
❖ My macbook is driving me crazy. The laptop itself is great (I've had it ever since I started uni), but it's just the small RAM that I can't stand anymore. I have 2GBs of RAM memory, which means I can only run a few programs at a time and some programs I can't run at all because they need more than just 2GBs of RAM (i.e. programs to make videos with. I miss vidding). So, I decided to buy an 8GB RAM memory from Amazon! It wasn't even that expensive, only £30. As soon as I will put it in my computer, it will run faster and smoother and I will be able to make fanvideos again. I can't wait! :D
FANDOMS
❖ I went to the cinema with Andrew's family and we watched Skyfall. I'm not exactly the biggest James Bond fan - tbh, he kind of bores me. XD; But Andrew's parents are big fans of the 007 franchise and they invited me, so I decided to be polite and accept. I thought it was okay. Maybe a bit too long, but that's because I'm not too fond of James Bond movies (Andrew's parents thought it was brilliant). Andrew thought it was okay, too. Don't get me wrong, it was a well-done movie... I'm just not that big 007 fan. But it was good.
❖ I decided to watch the latest episodes of The Big Bang Theory, even though I have a kind of... love/hate relationship with this show. I mainly just watch it to see where they're going with Leonard/Penny. I can't help it, this show made me ship them! And now I need to know what happens. I must admit, the whole 'Penny doesn't know whether she loves Leonard or if she wants to break up with him again' thing is kind of getting on my nerves. Writers, make up your minds! And she still hasn't said 'I love you' to Leonard. Part of me thinks it's going to happen this season, like, they'll have a very special and romantic moment (kind of like the lab scene) and she will say it either unconsciously or fully-conscious of her love for him. Because I want to believe that there is something between them. I know I shouldn't take TBBT too seriously, it's just a comedy show, but Leonard and Penny have so much potential in my eyes.
In the meantime, I'll just watch this over and over again. It's just so adorable. I NEED ICONS OF THIS MOMENT.
I like them so much, I was even considering creating a community here at Dreamwidth about them for other Leonard/Penny fans. Would it be a bad or a good idea? IDK.
❖ As I said before, thanks to the help of my forever lovely ereader, I've managed to read The Hunger Games. I'm now halfway through Mockingjay. I read the first two books pretty quickly (I finished each one in two days), but this one is taking me a little more time to finish. It's probably because I find it... quite boring, to be honest. I mean, very little has happened and I'm halfway through it. There's a FREAKING WAR going on and I just... couldn't care less. Which is really weird, 'cause I enjoyed Catching Fire and, generally speaking, I do want to know what happens in the end... but Mockingjay has just been so boring, I can't bring myself to read it as I read the first two.
I'm not exactly a huge fan of the series, but I think it's okay for teenage fiction. It could be written a bit better, but in general, I think it's alright. I don't think I like Katniss that much, though. She was alright in the first two books, but in here she almost has some Mary Sue traits that I don't like, so the fact that the book is in her perspective also doesn't help. The only character I seem to like is Peeta. I do care about him and I want to know if he gets better or not. I like Prim, too. She's kinda awesome. And Finnick, too. I don't particularly care for Gale or his romance with Katniss. I think Katniss is better off with Peeta, tbh. I think she loves Peeta and that she likes Gale more as a friend than as a boyfriend, she's just confused and oblivious about it.
I will definitely try to read more these days. For those of you interested in having a discussion about THG, I'm at the start of chapter 15 of Mockingjay, so please, don't spoil it for me! :)
❖ Lastly, I have started watching The IT Crowd. Man, I LOVE IT. It's like... what I wanted out of the Big Bang Theory, but that BBT never was. It also helps that they're computer nerds, so I can relate to them. And Jen, oh, she's just so funny and lovely! She's not overly pretty or gorgeous (which makes sense, 'cause she's not there to just be the pretty girl who goes 'uh?' at the nerds), not every guy that she meets instantly falls for her and, unlike Penny, we actually see her showing off her social skills! Ahhh, I am so loving it. I need icons of this show, too.
And that's pretty much all. I need to start watching Once Upon a Time and finish the pilot of Elementary (but from what I've seen, I can tell I already love this show).
Also, I decided to start that 30-day meme that I posted some time ago, also in the hopes that it will make me update my journal more. Here goes! :D
Day 01 – Something you hate about yourself.
I used to hate my body, but now I've grown comfortable with who I am, especially thanks to my boyfriend, Andrew. So, I guess right now the only thing that I hate about myself is the fact that I can get stressed really easily. Stress is never fun.
That's all for today!