Friday Five Halloween

Sunday, 27 October, 2002 at 12:30 pm

Hm. I think I’m getting into the Friday Five? ^_^;; I won’t post my blog url there, though!

1. What is your favorite scary movie?
Uh, it isn’t really all that scary, but I like the b&w version of The Haunting. 1963. I can’t remember right now any others I like.

2. What is your favorite Halloween treat?
Ohh, don’t remind me of chocolate right now, I just finished off my See’s bar. ^_^;;; It changes every year, I think. Because I pig out on my favorite, so then I get sick of it next year. :b

3. Do you dress up for Halloween? If so, describe your best Halloween costume.
Do I? I don’t know. I’m at that stage right now where I’ve pretty much gotten out of going trick-or-treating, but haven’t slipped into the other aspect: handing out candy! Um. Anyway. I’m more likely to sit at the computer instead right now. ^.^; Erm … and my best Halloween costume? I don’t know. As a kid I wore store-bought costumes. Can’t get much out of those. The last costume I wore (didn’t go trick-or-treating, just walked around) was my Japanese ghost one. :D I liked that one … didn’t shave off my eyebrows or paint my teeth black, though. *shrugs* I’m not that much of a nut. ^^;

4. Do you enjoy going to haunted houses or other spooky events?
I guess not. *shrugs* Never went to any. Never really plan to, either.

5. Will you dress up for Halloween this year?
Highly unlikely. ‘Cause I’m going to be at Noelle’s, and I don’t want to pack any costume.

laptop troubles, “Portibal”

Thursday, 24 October, 2002 at 1:53 pm

AAARRRRGH!! >.< *whacks her laptop* I don’t wanna whack it, but I don’t know what’s wrong with it. ^_^;; *pats laptop* I guess I have to talk to Daddy about … nvidia thingimabobber … the blue screen (with a black border) said if it was the first time it happened, turn off the computer and start all over again. But if it had happened before, to contact … someone … to see if my drivers were correctly installed. o_o Did I do something wrong? I hope not. :b Of course. But anyway.

The last two times it froze, it just froze, absolutely. Even my music stopped playing. And when I took away all the power sources, and restarted it, the laptop didn’t seem messed up … *koff* Or at least as far as I can tell.

Euww, I hope the fact that I was at Diaryland the last two times the laptop froze doesn’t mean a thing. Really truly seriously. *hugs diaryland* You couldn’t do anything horrible, oh no, not you.

I feel like naming my laptop. :b “The laptop” and “my laptop” are getting boring and repetitive. But I can’t think of anything to name it. Aii. Well. Something to ponder about. :D

screen crash; tv questionnaire

Thursday, 24 October, 2002 at 12:17 am

explode? or implode? *flips a coin*

>_< THAT WINDOWS UPDATE THING DID NOTHING! Nothing, I say!! Aaaarrrrgh! My stupid display is still dangflabbin freezing!! Whyyyy?!?! And it never happens at home, nooo. Of course, the perfect time for Daddy to check it out and fix it for little me, because, poor me, I have no idea what’s going on. And neither does Auntie. eeeegh. Stupid blahbby thing. *whacks*

Well anyway, back to what I was doing earlier. -_-

1. How many TVs do you have in your home?
Five. I didn’t pay for any of them, though, considering my “home” is my parents’ home … and it’s not all that grand that the number makes it out to be, two of the TVs are over 15 years old, and one of them is over 5 years old. The other two were bought in the last year and … umm … 4 or so years ago.

2. On average, how much TV do you watch in a week?
Erm. I guess four. Considering I kinda pay attention to DBZ.

3. Do you feel that television is bad for young children?
*shrugs* I grew up watching television. Not too much, though. Hey, it fed my and my brothers’ imaginations. It gave us something to “play.” :) We even had a game called “television.” :D That was uber fun, yo.

4. What TV shows do you absolutely HAVE to watch, and if you miss them, you’re heartbroken?
Monk, and Everwood, and 7th Heaven too, I guess … and yeah I know I just mentioned my whole tv schedule. :b

5. If you had the power to create your own television network, what would your line-up look like?
Uhh, I dunno, this is interesting … I don’t know what it’d look like … I guess it’d have stuff from KTLA5, Nick, TVLand, movie channels (TCM toooo!!), Discovery, History, and TLC. Toss in programs from the Asian channel :b and anime shows and CSI and Monk and and and I don’t know …

downloading music

Wednesday, 23 October, 2002 at 11:42 pm

Hm. [dead link I guess about Janis Ian’s opinion on downloading music, positive I think.] Janis Ian. Cool. ^-^ Heh, now I don’t feel so guilty. :b *thinks* I’ve downloaded Jimmy Eat World’s The Middle, Cosmic Dare (Pretty with a Pistol) from Cowboy Bebop (movie), all those Gundam Wing songs, opening theme from Fushigi Yuugi, Fugu’s The Best of Us (came with my laptop), The Cardigans’ Lovefool, Len’s If You Steal My Sunshine, umumum … can’t remember any others. I’ve bought the CDs to The Cardigans and the GW soundtracks. And I plan to buy Fugu’s CD, and kinda plan to buy CB soundtracks and Jimmy Eat World’s CD (Bleed American?). *shrugs* Ah well.

Friday Five and Thursday Three

Wednesday, 16 October, 2002 at 9:00 pm

*shrugs* Friday Five and Thursday Three. ooooold

1. If you could only choose 1 cd to ever listen to again, what would it be?
Mm … I don’t know … I suppose right now it’d be The Cardigans’ First Band on the Moon

2. If you could only choose 2 movies to watch ever again, what would they be?
Wait Until Dark, and Three Faces of Eve

3. If you could only choose 3 books to read ever again, what would they be?
O.O Okay, I thought the first two questions were hard? This one is completely inane. o_< I suppose … Lirael, Garth Nix; Keeping the Moon, Sarah Dessen; Dancing on the Edge, Han Nolan

4. If you could only choose 4 things to eat or drink ever again, what would they be?
Udon, ochazuke, shrimp, gyouza :9

5. If you could only choose 5 people to ever be/talk/associate/whatever with ever again, who would they be?
… Do I even want to answer this? Noelle, Mommy, Matt … Adam … .. …. … aaand … ….. Jesus? XP Thursday Three, even though it’s Wednesday and I’m lame and doing the old one almost a week after it’s posted. *shrugs* I’m bored. Even though I should be going to bed just ’cause I need the shleep.

Do you believe the general public spends less time watching television time due to time spent online?
I automatically say yes, but then I remember the people without internet access, and they’re probably watching just as much, if not less because of poor programming. So then I think no, but there are people who surf the ‘net instead of channels now, right? *shrugs* In between. Favoring the yes side. :b

Do you feel that surfing or creating for the Internet has taken from your television viewing time? Is that a good or bad thing?
Yes. It has. I used to watch maybe 15 hours of TV a week. Now it’s more like three. Four if you count the uninterested viewing of the TV that someone else is watching. It’s a good thing, people! I’m doing things with my mind now! *rolleyes*

Have many hours of television do you watch per week? Favorite show?
Hah. Three. XD Answered already. I suppose my favorite show is CSI … no WAIT! I forgot all about Monk! T.T How is that possible? I keep forgetting to watch CSI anyway. Monk is my favorite show right now. ^-^ Oh! But this Friday is the season finale. *weep weep* Such sad news.