Cashew lost her USB drive. Both of them. That's nearly $100 worth of spending. *weeps*

*cries pathetically*

Edit:

A quick check on Amazon, and wow, USB are cheap.

Title: Punch Drunk Love (like the movie)

Author: Moi

Fandom: Tenipuri (shut up)

Pairing: TAT

Summary: Like the movie. But not.

Disclaimer: 'Zuka and 'Be belong to Konomi. The story belongs to Mr. Anderson and Mr. Phillips. I make no money and just wanted to play in their corner of the sandbox.

Notes: An exercise in 30 minutes.

( Pudding. Lots and lots of pudding. )

So, Microsoft Windows XP requested to install the update Service Pack 3. Well.

Said update refuses to install. Refuses. Keeps telling me I have an error. What the frook? T_T This is making it impossible for me to do anything on my computer. Gah.

So, Dad!Cashew dropped by to visit Cashew. And her house. And inquire her commute. And comment on how Cashew lives in the boonies.

Yes, Dad!Cashew, I realize I live in the boonies. Please to be stop mocking me. T_T

And Dad!Cashew bought Cashew lobster for tomorrow's lunch. ^_^

Dad!Cashew will also be inspecting school and school grounds. Must study school layout so I can take him around.

But. Lobster. Yum.

Totally Captivated Chapter 35

And if you missed it before, all chapters on savefile.

Gah! Need next chapter now! *bites fingers and waits*

As some of you may know (and as I've also mentioned), I will be reading news articles on how the Western media reacts to Beijing Olympics at the request of parental unit.

Crap.

( The bad, the worse, the ugly. )

In short, I hate, hate, hate the Western media.

The site was down due to excessive database timeouts. I have corrected them and gotten the site back up. We apologize for the downtime. I am also taking time this afternoon to try to track down some of the comment loss bugs.

Thanks to my Dad who insists on knowing how the western media reacts to Beijing Olympics, I'm gonna be stuck reading articles I hate and possibly ranting incessantly. However, for now, it's happy times.

Beijing Olympics Closing Ceremony - A Real Time Review

( Long, extensive commentary )

And that's it for the closing ceremony.

Edit:

And while scouring the internet, I found: 难说再见.

Here is the interview regarding the recording of this song. The best part is Jackie Chan saying he was too nervous to go watch any Olympic games, because, quote, "The atmosphere where you're too nervous to even drink some water, I can't stand it. I would wait for my assistant to tell me 'Oh, China won another gold', before I go watch the re-broadcast."

Oh Jackie, or as they say, Big Brother! You're adorable. You are such a 3-year-old. XD

Also, Andy Lau apparently watched everything that China participated.

You have no idea how warmed I am that China's finally shown some semblance of national pride.

Edit2:

Now that Olympics is over, new layout.

We...didn't get gold in men's 10m platform diving.

What. The. Fuck.

*hates*

*hates the world*

*can't bring herself to hate Australia, although it's a close thing*

*is annoyed at Australia*

On the bright side, at least we won canoing? Which no one was even paying attention to, considering we don't think we'd win?

Finally, the closing ceremony will also be held at 8pm Beijing Time this Sunday, the 24th. Which is 8am EDT on the 24th, and 5am PDT. I heard it will be another big bash with lots of singing. Lots of singing. *pulls out mp3 recorder*

Oh, and also, also?

My dad's coming to visit and he's bringing me the CCTV OPENING CEREMONY DVD. *glee*

Edit:

Okay, I feel just a little bad for China taking all the medals in tennis, when there's a 42-year-old athlete competing for a medal of any kind. However, I can't say that I'm any less proud. I just wish there was a way for said athlete to get a medal while China sweeps it all.

Yes, I am a conflicting paradox of crazy.

Sekrit message to tanithryudo:

Remember that MUD I was talking about? It's OurPlace. Click on Info > OurPlace Library and it should have all the beginning info you'll need.

I'm a pixie psionist in game. I am currently lvl 6 and failing to be, y'know, good. But that's okay, because a hero "botted" and gave me buffs. And a thing to eat for more buffs. XD

Anyway, I am "Eolande" in game. If you see me, it's because I'm waiting for our little monsters to finish their training. :p

Okay, gotta run.

So, there's three of us living in this house. Most of you probably realize this. One of my housemate is fine. She's clean, dutiful, and pitches in on shared expenses, such as paper towels and hand soap. She does her dishes and puts the things away and in short is a desirable and likable housemate.

The other.

Oh, the other.

Y'know, I can over look that she slacks on the chores, smokes in the house (WTF? the lease specifically said "no smoking"), and has all the self awareness of an amoeba. But, after our landlady specifically sent out an email telling us that the electric bill is higher than ever, you'd think she'd follow directions and turn down the AC and what not, yes?

No. I come home to find the AC blasting away at the highest level. The thermostat's turned to 70 degrees. I'm sorry, why the hell do we need our indoor temperature to be 70? That's not even comfortable anymore!

So, so not happy with her. Thank goodness she leaves after a year. Gah.

China has 43 gold! That's...*counts* almost 10 more than last Olympics!

The US has 25. Edit: Oops, now it's 26. Man, I hate this almost hourly changes in medal standings. But. China's still well ahead of the competition.

There's still 99 more golds in the making.

China will, unquestionably, secure 2 of them. From table tennis. Another two more may be secured from diving. We have a chance at beach volleyball, although very questionable chance. We're aiming for one more gold in a rowing event, although I sincerely doubt we're going to get far. And even though our volleyball girls were strong, they seem to be doing less than well this year.

So, that's a totally of 4 more golds secured and 1 gold in aspiration. For a total of 2322 over the US current count. In turn, this means that as long as the US doesn't get 2322 more golds, China will dominate the top of the gold medals list. There's a total of 24 more track and field golds in the making. I doubt the US can dominate all of them.

And Phelps alone had contributed to nearly 1/3 of the US current gold medals count. China's winning chances are high, high, high.

Made an anikaos moodtheme.

Download Here - images and code

Sample images can be seen in my journal.

One of these days I will make a Chi's Sweet Home set. For now, this will do.

*eyes crosses*

Which of course, is unfun moments for other countries. Anyway.

1. Watching men's table tennis. It's just hilarious looking at all these huge men hitting a puny ball on a punier table. Hee!

2. The fact that apparently we Chinese are mostly tune deaf and can't even sing our country's national anthem. Well, they know the words but the off tune singing? Horrendous. It's so adorable!

3. So, after months of propaganda and "education", Chinese audience are attempting to embrace the Olympic spirit. By cheering on other nation's team with Chinese flags. I mean, yeah, I know it's because they're cheap, but...man. I'm sure they can afford another flag for appropriate cheering. =.=

4. I love watching China dominating the diving event. By over 20 points. (^-^)/~

5. CCTV's recap of gold medalist individuals and teams. It's just hilarious watching the list get longer and the recap getting longer. Heh. Of course, this squeezes into the commercial times. And commercials get shorter and shorter. You only find this in China.

6. CCTV's announcers have apparently memorized everything regarding their event, including the names of people who are handing out the medals and the other events said people also attended. Clearly, CCTV has the best announcers for these types of games. So much detail your brain will explode.

7. I'm pretty convinced the CCTV announcers are even more twitchy and more stressed than the competing athletes. It's hilarious listening to them getting excited for each success (yes, including the Americans') and annoyed at each mistake (yes, including the Americans'). If anyone embraced the Olympic spirit, it's these CCTV announcers for sure. (The best part is when they're rambling on and on about each player's background. It's like...dude, do you do anything else? >w<)

Well, more like stalking Olympic events, because I've been trying to sleep early instead of staying up late and watching things. Too bad all the best events were during the time when I needed sleep. Darn.

So.

China didn't get anything on the vault. Surprising? No. But still sad. Our boys. Oh our baby boys! But, they got the rings and horse, so I'm happy.

Our girls are still the bestest, even if they couldn't get all round gold.

Have I mentioned I only want our babies win?

Unsurprisingly, table tennis has been dominated by China. Well...duh.

Similarly unsurprising, the hurdles were dominated by the US. Damn. I don't think our baby (Liu Xiang) will have much of a chance, but...I still cheer him on. Regardless. Wait, what do you mean my baby pulled a muscle?! How could that happen?! Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo....

*wails*

I wanna buy him a cake. T_T


In non-Olympic update, our degus range from mentally retarded to geniuses. In other words, we have one animal who can perform all tasks at 98% correct rate with 0 omissions. Then we have others who just sit there and sleep. =.= Or maybe they realized that we have to give them water regardless and they don't need to work. *sigh*

1. Wow, I didn't think we'd get gold in badminton women's double, but apparently we did. Apparently we had a lot of athletes in this event, since our previous Olympic champion lost to the Japanese in the quarters.

2. Amazingly, USA has yet to secure a gold in the track and fields. Shock.

3. Nothing fun on today. Darn.

4. I'm still upset about women's gymnastics. I'm also upset about men's air rifle, but I'll live. Maybe.



And in non-Olympic updates, I watered the lawn today. However, the sprinkler head wasn't working so I ended up having to water by hand. By sticking my thumb into the hose to create a "sprinkle". And now my thumb hurts. And I'm also wet from battling the sprinkler. But most importantly my thumb is swollen and crappy.

I hate that people seem to think that "scientists" apparently have no morals or even basic common sense. Because I can assure you the first thing that a scientist will do upon finding an alien (especially one that resembles humans) would not be to lock it up in a laboratory and torment it both physically and psychologically.

For one, if the Chinese were to discover it, it'd be a new dish called "Ambrosia from Heaven" or something equally misleading.

For two, to not psychologically and physically torment your research subjects is rule number one in research. Because happy research subjects means happy test results, or rather more accurate test results. Sure, you can breed for non-happy ones, but you still put them out of their misery as fast is humane. And, okay, so we call them our little monsters, but we still treat them as carefully as possible and try not to stress them out if we can avoid it. I highly doubt a scientist's first response to an alien creature is to see what can cause it pain.

(I'd also like to say here that we researchers get bitten and scratched by our research animals and we never hold it against them. They're fighting for their lives and we just have to get our experiment over as fast as possible.)

And for three, if an alien is capable of learning human speech, why would you be tormenting it? Wouldn't the sane and scientific response be to get as much information as possible from the alien about life outside earth? I mean, wouldn't you be curious?!

/rant

claim: magnificent seven, tv series, season 1
batch:#3 56/100 complete ( 27/50 themes, 29/50 artist's choice)
rules: want. take. have. credit is nice, comments are adored. neither are necessary.
resources: here
masterlist: here.

previews


this way to the icons

An Olympic update without China's mention? Crazy, I know.

But.

Germany has now over taken both Japan and Italy. Just thought I should mention.

(Also off topic, the ad on my update page is currently lulu.com. >w<)