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It's a Long Way to Tipperary
The Journey to a BFA
Hello there, this is Katana, your friendly neighborhood eighteen-year-old hyperactive art student who somehow manages to have wit. Questions? Comments? Death threats? Put 'em in the guestbook! But bear in mind -
"It's a plot device. It's very flimsy, so be careful."
Hahaha, yeah that Kat will actually call you if you give her your number.
-Miss Anonymous (and confirmed by many others)
Nehs, this one's for you.
I don't have photos from Cinematic Titanic yet, but boy oh boy do I have a story. I have an awesome story.
So me, Kastom, Ryu, and schultzie are standing in the hallway because we were there at 9pm (show started at 10:30). After lining up, Gruber comes along, handing out green cards to ask Joel (or anyone) a question. I had a thought...but decided, eh...Then the suggestions from the three boys were stupid, so I went with my question, handed it to an usher as we were sat, and prayed it would at least get to the hands of Gruber who could then do whatever the hell we wanted.
Joel had the questions at the end of the warm-up, and Kast goes "Eee, your question!" I just shrugged; I mean, there wasn't a chance in hell the question was going to be asked. We were entertained by his calves, though (I gave out a whoop, and I think I was one of about five who really got the joke) before the fated words that I had written fell upon his lips.
Is Frank currently seeing anyone? I have a friend who's interested.
Joel reads the question, then goes "Who wrote this?" I promptly stick my hand in the air and go "Yo". A spotlight comes on me (yeah) and Joel is just staring right at me, twelve rows from the stage, and asks "Is this friend with you?"
"No," I answered, "She's in Michigan, couldn't come."
"Oh," Joel said. "Having a girlfriend in Michigan is like having a boyfriend in Canada."
To which I burst out laughing, ruffled Kast's hair, and went "You got it right Joel!" But everyone was laughing and the spotlight swooped off me. He finished the answer by saying "I told this to Frank backstage and he went 'Eneghehghgeehh!'" (Or however. It was a "YESPLZ" kind of answer.)
Kastom and I are freaking out. Schultzie reduces it to me stalking Joel, I say no, I don't, Ryu just sits there laughing his ass off. I call Miss Anonymous, relay the story, and then just sit back and watched the movie.
After the show, I purchased a Coke from the bar, and just as I was telling the bartender guy about the question (since he heard them but didn't see them, so he was curious about who asked my question), Frank walks out and asks for a Coke. It was a very speak-of-the-devil moment.
"And - yeah Frank, I mean, my friend has a crush on you, what can I say."
"Hey, tell her to look me up on Facebook."
At the meet-and-greet, I bought the Danger from Tiki Island poster based off the fact that it's the creepiest one of the three and may therefore make my roommate think I'm even weirder. We were at the back of the line, so it was a relaxed pace with us. I told Trace that me and my family didn't go to El Taco Grande (which I invited him to come with us tonight last night) while they're all signing my poster. Mary Jo remembered us from the previous night and when I was presenting my argument of what I said to my dad after he learned I was going to all three shows, Frank went "Tell him I almost graduated high school."
Then we get to Joel. And Joel says to me "Hey, you changed shirts." I look at my shirt and look at him and say "Uh, yeah, I wear clean clothes." Then he gets really confused and we exchange a confusing banter before I cleared it up by saying, "I wasn't here at the 7:30 show, I was here last night."
"OHHHHH..."
"Yeah man, I have a life! Going to class and...stuff...Though we're going to be back tomorrow..."
"Wow, awesome..."
"Oh, and Joel?" I again ruffle Tom's hair. "You remember the quest -"
"Yeah?"
"He's Canadian."
And I will never forget the face he made. He had the look of shock. It was Joel Hodgson shock, but shock nonetheless. "NO. WAY." he managed to get out, staring at us. "...I'm like, a mind reader! Wow! Woah!"
Yeah, it was amazing.
I have to run to the Neptune North computer lab really quick to print out an English paper, but I can take a moment to pause and think about what's going on.
Kastom and I are in the dorm lounge right now, both laptopping away. But due to the security measures here and stuff, he can't get on the interwebs. So he's kinda like...sitting here...while I write a paper...
Last night's drive to Midway airport was interesting, as my dad and I were actually talking the whole way about completly random things. At the airport, there was a welcome home ceremony about to start for some Navy folks, but we left before that got underway. Dad drove Kastom past Fermilab because the nerdage was quite high, and...etc.
Coming home, we talked for a bit with my parents, and Tom brought us presents. OF FOOD! (How that passed customs is beyond all of us.) Then he helped me with my stats homework before we watched Hobgoblins. xD But I was dozing off so we stopped about 2/3 of the way through.
"Hey I'm going to do something really cool, watch this...Look! You can see my legs! You can see my legs!"
And uhhhh yeah. Been goin' to class, wanderin' around, doing stuff...Music let out early, since we had an exam, and my fast quiz-taking abilities came in handy and I ducked out of stats recitation ten minutes early.
Oh, and I have a new roommate because Natalie just up and left. @_@ Her name's Allison, she's an art ed major, and we're getting along soooooo well. It's good times.
Cinematic Titanic tonight! I think we're going light on the geeking; just going to enjoy the show and meet the folk and head home. Tomorrow is going to be the fun night - ACen crew reunite!
I'm writing a very small, paragraph-length assignment for my English class. And for the longest time, I have verbally been using the word "chalant", though I typically use it in terms of "non-chalantly".
But whenever I've gone to use it in MS Word (and Firefox), I am told it is not a word. So I go to Dictionary.com; maybe I spell it wrong. No, nothing. I finally went to Google, my first result being UrbanDictionary. Okay, definetly not reliable, but seeing -
OH FACK YOU
So apparently "chalant" is not a word. Therefore, "non-chalantly" is not a word. But "nonchalantly" IS word.
EFF YOU ENGLISH LANGUAGE
EFF YOU
Just a quick little update between me doing art homework. :D
I got my haircut yesterday. And I mean extreme haircut. Okay, not EXTREEEEME, but it's a lot different. No, I'm not keeping it this short - me and my hairdresser agreed to cut the shape and then let it grow out to fit the style I wanted.
My best description is "vigilante out to kick some ass".
OH YEAH AND I FOUND MY GOGGLES. THEY WERE IN A BATHROOM DRAWER. WUT. WHY. I DON'T KNOW.[/capslock]
As we dance to the Masochism Tango...
Okay, work in a half-hour. LET'S GO!
- Kastom arrives at Midway airport in four days and three hours.
- That means five days until Cinematic Titanic.
- But why am I not excited? Because I've got a crapload of work to do before then. Tonight is actual-work (you know, my job), then I have to tackle two art assignments, write a summary for English, take a quiz for Music (it's online), and do my Stats homework so that I'm ahead for Thursday. I won't feel anything until Wednesday afternoon.
- Two weeks of school down means I've got fourteen left to go. Sheesh, that seems like nothing.
- Yesterday I got my first session of training at the art building. It was just a basic rundown of the building and the function of each floor. When the boys came (due to class schedulings, we overlap for only one hour rather than two), we went out around the building. Then we learned that one of the labs has a 3D printing and we geeked.
- I've got a cold or a sinus infection or something. Sore throat, runny nose, but no fever (I hardly ever get fevers). I had a headache, but ate some cup noodles and felt so much better.
- I had a dream that 'gome was at NIU and we were roommates. It consisted largely of her playing the PS2 hooked up to my dinky TV while I sat on my bed with my laptop.
- Wow is my brain loopy. Thanks Robitussin!
