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Driver's License Problem: Solved! No more hate toward the entrenched establishment of DMV.

Anime club briefs:
KareKano: V.v. amusing! One ep that was done almost draft-ish, juxtaposed on RL shots. So the school is b+w pencil scribbles, but the rest of the city is a RL shot. Hilarious. The pace of dialogue is comparable to that of West Wing (as usual)
RahXephon: real tear-jerker. ::sigh:: I just fall for this stuff, don't I? Anyways, again, excellent script, etc. The animation of the second episode that we saw today was soooo baaad that it was almost unbearable to watch. It looks like it was done on the comp. With MS Paint. With a Mouse. (okay, fine, maybe a tablet). No shading whatsoever, none of the subtle play of emotions that makes the series work (b/c after all, it's all about the things unsaid). So 2-D! Gaah!

Am seeking conejita's RL mailing address. Can't send her anything if don't have her snail mail address! (if anyone knows, send me via email!)
(Well, I guess I can resort to subliminal messaging, but it's *so* tiring, especially with the time and spacial difference)

Mom reminds me to keep my center/focus. (Actually, the literal translation would be "learn to protect yourself, guard your roots.") Must remember that, amidst all the reading and movies and Chinatown and activities and everything else... Yeah, some days I do feel a little floaty/disoriented. But other times, I am absolutely sure this is what I want to do because it's what I want to do. Uh oh, may have bitten off more than I can bite.

Okay, need to sit still for a moment and reflect on what I have to do, and what I want to do, and what I'm willing to give up. At least for this weekend.

( even more boring stuff than the above. Perform evasive maneuvers! )

So the real problem is this Patlabor thing. I'm going mostly for the company, because I really enjoyed the Spirited Away trip. But I think it just might work better for me to just do hw and watch Punch-Drunk Love. Don't know. Don't know. I'll see when tomorrow comes. Everything will resolve itself at the right moment. Forethought might justify it more one way or another, but really, you don't know until you get there.

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how much do I rock? muchly. At least that's my current mood. We'll see.

(Maybe part of it comes from selling my morality for $124.30)

I'm not even gonna count how many entries I wrote today.

Once again I realize how different my brother is from me. Whereas I had to be forced to go out and make friends, my brother has to be told to stay home, stay offline. He called me today, because he was bored. See, I would never do that. And then we talked for 15 minutes. I'm gonna stop here b/c he might be reading this.

Speaking of siblings, I watched Punch-Drunk Love tonight. Good movie, in a nice, unassuming way. Not "Look at me, I'm artsy and funky and cool," but "I'm artsy and funky and cool, just by being natural and innocent and straightforward." Mature Adam Sandler with problems is much much better than "hey, I'm a kid, look at me make funny faces!" Adam Sandler. And no, Sabrina, I still don't get the shopping cart in the middle of the hallway thing. Is it like the piano in the middle of the road, or the shopping cart full of pudding?

What do I want to do this summer? ::sigh:: I really don't know. I'm going back to China for a month... I kinda want to do some teaching-oriented stuff, but, y'know, the real thing, not summer camp. But for that, you need references, experience.... I guess I have 4 choices:
a) get a job, and earn money for next school year, small effort to relieve some of the pressure on family.
b) get an internship, and acquire experience for future jobs.
c) take classes at Foothill, etc.
d) study and read books at home, like last summer.

c and d are the easiest, b would be the most helpful, but probably also the hardest.
A preliminary internship search:
VCA Maybe? A bit far. But no formal application. I guess as long as I'm willing to learn...
meh. will keep looking.
Oh the other hand, can spend summer doing things. At home. or taking classes. or getting a job.

Thought of the day: having something to do gives you incentive to do things. But then having too much to do would just be stressful and tiring and make you want to give up everything. The hard part is figuring out what is just right and what is too much.