Break...

[oyceter]

Taking a break from studying for comps... speaking of which, how in the world is one supposed to go about cramming four years of knowledge into an hour-long oral examination? Ugh.

Gakked from lm:

First bike: a Rose Petal Place training wheels bicycle. I loved it so much. It even had a basket. Does anyone besides me and my sister remember Rose Petal Place?

First best friend: This girl who was one year older than me and a family friend. And the only female family friend I knew. So she was my best friend and her little sister automatically became my sister's. I think it's funny how kids automatically just pick "best friends" without even figuring out compatability and etc.

First real memory of something: I think I must have been a little under two. I had a huge pink balloon, and it flew away. I was traumatized.

First car: Don't have one yet, but aiming for a hybrid. Tax breaks, woohoo! (and environmentally sound is a good thing too)

First partner: Boyfriend? Um. This guy in ninth grade. It lasted all of three weeks before I felt smothered.

First date: Um. I think some time with the boy. Not sure what time.

First kiss: R. Not fun.

First break-up: Technically aforementioned guy in ninth grade, but for me it felt like D. from freshman year.

First job: tutor for grammar in 11th grade. Real tax-paying job would be working here.

First screenname: Amberle on ICQ. Hey, used to be a big Terry Brooks fan.

First self-purchased album: Der... I think it was the Broadway cast recording of Les Mis. Yeah, I was a musical dork even back then.

First concert: Phil Collins, sometime in ninth grade? Blame the father.

First funeral: My grandfather on my dad's side, back when I was seven. It was a Buddhist funeral, noisy and loud and in Taiwan (we lived in CO back then), and it scared the hell out of me. That, and my parents behaving oddly.

First pet: Curiosity and Squeaky Clean, my two white mice from eighth grade. Technically Squeaky Clean was my sister's, but I definitely took care of them and loved them. *sniff* Mice die too quickly =(.

First piercing/tattoo: Ears, on my sixteenth birthday? That, or my seventeenth.. don't remember. Summer before tenth grade, anyway.

First independent home: Does my college dorm count?

First house/flat: A little apartment in Ithaca that I lived in for a month. Don't remember it at all. Then the house in Fort Collins, CO.

First credit card: last year, FINALLY got approved for a PNC bank credit card. Not debit!

First independent holiday: Huh? First one I spent by myself was my birthday in seventh grade, when I was away at summer camp.

First love: The boy.

First enemy: Probably this girl from sixth grade. She accused me of stealing her stickers. Grrrrr. Insult to my baby sense of honor ;).


Farscape is still holding my attention. Still adore Aeryn, mostly because right now she's so emotionally clueless. Everyone else in the ship will be saying things like they have to wait for blah blah's feelings or so and so, and Aeryn'll have a look on her face: Can't we just go now? What the hell are you guys talking about? And I like Crichton too, because he's totally clueless as well, but he thinks he's on top of things. My favorite moment is when Crichton tries to comfort Aeryn with food cubes arranged as a smiley face:

C: See? It's a happy face!

A: They're food cubes.

C: No, see I arranged them in the shape of.. never mind.

Hee. I hope they get an arc soon, because I'm getting really sick of emotional development and then completely forgetting it by the next episode!

Comments

[oyceter]

They are! And for once, I'm watching pretty much completely unspoiled. Usually because I lurk around LJ and other forums discussing Buffy and television, I end up knowing about major plot points for series I don't watch (like Alias, SG-1, etc.), which kind of spoils the fun. Here, I have no idea what's coming! But this is also bad in a way because I don't have the reassurance that it's worth watching... I've heard lots of good things though. *sigh* Of course, then I hear about the cancellation. Go fig.

How's Smallville? I've heard varying reports... my roommate used to download episodes just because, and she said she basically watches it for Lex... LJ seems to host a great deal of people who dislike Lana?

I need to get Netflix or something! Then I can watch Stargate SG-1, Farscape (though I download that too), and Six Feet Under.

[scrollgirl.livejournal.com]

Oops! Well, I'll try not to spoil you then. I know about a few major plotlines but they're actually for later seasons. I haven't seen to many Farscape LJers so you should be safe as long as you don't go hunting fanfic or other fan sites.

Smallville is... okay. It kinda reminds me of Charmed with their Villains of the Week, but the characters are fairly interesting. Lex is fantastic, of course. And very well acted. Clark is pretty interesting too, though the actor (Tom Welling) is kinda new and not consistently good. The Kent parents are fairly good characters though not as complex, Lionel Luthor is incredibly slimy and manipulative but great fun to watch. Chloe is interesting, Pete hardly has any lines. Lana... Lana is incredibly annoying. To me, at least. I just can't take her seriously. The Clark/Lana romance that's supposed to be WB's big selling point just does *nothing* for me. It just makes me grumpy because it's taking time away from the Clark/Lex dynamic -- which is the make-or-break relationship for the show, IMO. Everything hinges on the future Superman and his arch nemesis.

Oops, sorry for the essay there :) Smallville fanfic is often better than the show itself, I find. There have been a few good eps, though admittedly I've only seen a handful. I need to rent the S1 DVDs to catch up on everything.

Six Feet Under? Also hear good things about that. Sadly I can't afford HBO.

[oyceter]

Hrm, yeah... have heard many many good thing about the Clark/Lex dynamic. Lana -- well, my roommate says she's one of those horribly perfect, cliched girls that the guy goes after. I saw an episode once and thought I liked Chloe. Lionel sounds interesting! I love watching the villains, especially if they're smart or particularly amoral. And thank god for fanfic =).

I've heard so many good things about Six Feet Under, but the HBO thing kills me. I'm guessing from the way job searching is going there will be no way I can afford it. DVDs to the rescue! I love whoever thought of television on DVD. I really really really wish they had had it back in the days I was into X-Files and stuck in Taiwan! Obviously, did not get many new episodes and felt lucky for being only a season or so behind! Grrrrr.

[scrollgirl.livejournal.com]

Chloe is cool. But watching her watch Clark and Lana will probably get you in the same place slash does. She's the nice girl that all the guys pass over in favour of the cheerleader, Lana. Totally agree about villains though, especially ones that aren't *entirely* bad. But smart and amoral, that's definitely the two Luthors.

I keep saying I'm going to rent all these DVDs of TV shows I haven't seen yet. Deep Space Nine, Smallville, Angel (just cuz, not like I haven't seen all those a bajillion times), and now Six Feet Under. Only thing is, I don't even own a DVD player! It's next on my shopping list, but I feel guilty spending that much money.

[oyceter]

And already I like Chloe ;). Yeah, I'm a total sucker for the nice girl who's always passed over.

Hrm. Maybe (no idea) it may even be cheaper to buy a DVD drive for your computer if you have a non-laptop? I think there are some pretty cheap DVD players floating around nowadays... I just know I'm going to end up coughing up so much money once I get a space to live in permanently, with DVD players, TVs, internet access and etc. Sigh. And I can feel that eventually I'm going to buckle and somehow get my hands on all of Buffy and Angel on DVD. Need high-paying job! Will not sell out and become ibanker (not that I could anyway)! And there's the first five seasons of X-Files to finally watch... oh the pain!