Yep, this livejournal has seen better days. Or not.
But there's a reason why there's no movement in here lately : i promised myself I would be bolder, audacious this year of 2011.
And that means living more and writing less.
Well, we all know New year's resolutions are not easy, but i have to make a stretch for it now.
Wishing u all a wonderful new Year !
Luana
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Since i have been loosing my sleep and my normal ability to focus harden on my regular text books, i decided to download some light reading to lure me into sleep. For a lot of people out there who likes to read in bed, i'm with you ,bros! And with so much options out there, what to do??
Well, i saw this huge poster of the new Vampire diaries on street the other day, but i had already read Meyer, so i wasnt really in the mood for more vamps. I was browsing in Amazon to see books similar to some PC Cast or Richelle Mead ( both writers i enjoyed reading very much) and stumble upon some weird stufff. But I'm weird, so i gave it a try.
I think i have never read so much in the last week or so, specially since this crazy drug dealers x police confrontation going on in Rio keep me inside my room even on weekends.
Overall, i have found some good and not so good stuff. For a girl who read Marion Zimmer Bradley when a teenager, i think teens nowadays are in so much trouble with this supernatural nonsense !! Oh well, let's rave about it !
- Blue Bloods series is not that bad, but there's too much holes for me- 5 books and no resolution whatsoever. But i kinda liked the idea of angels/vamps for some reason...
- Immortal series is ok, but oh so boring . The sole existence of them lacks a purpose.( 4 books)
- I really like Rick Riordan. It's fun, instructional and age appropriate. Mythology is my thing, and I'm thinking my cousin would like it. The latest series that begins with "The lost hero" is such a nice idea ! Fun reading!
- Mortal instruments series (3 books) by Cassandra Clare is good, but i guess i could be even better. Well, it's teenage stuff, so its ok. I enjoyed it though. This angels legacy thing is really kicking these days, huh?
- Evernight series is also good for a teen book. Again, too much vampires in fiction these days, but at least this one has vampire hunters to spice it up.
- In the more mature line of fantasy, I just got some Game of thrones series. I have not finished the first one yet, but it's really good. it's the dark Lord of the rings. I reallly like it. Guess this one is gonna prevent me from sleeping.
Since it's for helping me go to bed, i accept suggestions. All these teen books are short and fun, so it serves the purpose even though some are weird. But i can live with that for now.
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I was just thinking how weird it is to really like and really dislike Night Shyamalan in the same week.
I saw Avatar : The last Airbender and i thought it was a good interpretation of the anime. The visuals and the small changes he made made sense to me. Happy to see it was not a childish interpretation of a good story. Lot of people didnt like it but since the anime is such an incredible source of stories, at least he told the story without ruining the fan's pride, in my opinion. The fire nation he portrayed is much more interesting than the one in the series - Dev Patel is a great Zuko.
Than i realized i really kinda like his sense of aesthetics - I believe "Lady in the water" is a simple and great movie. "The Village" was good too, so it was "Unbreakable" . "Six sense" was good for those who werent familiar with Asian horror, but still scored high points with little Haley Joel ... Oh, Stuart Little was cute !
Then, the tv special broadcasted "Signs". For the hairy balls of Zeus, that was so bad ! Great potential, but so, so bad ! Then i remember i saw another of this movies recently and went searching for the name... Gosh, 'The happening" was so ... so not good !! Good idea, but bad executed. What should we do about him? Is this "Devil" movie any good? That can help his career !
I just hope to see more of his good work, so i will go looking for this "Devil" and watch to see if Mr Night Shyamalan is back on track. Wish him success in making good stories into good plots and into great movies.
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I was feeling down after being sick for a week or so, then i found a beautiful prayer in one of those pagan sites i used to visit. Here it goes :
Make me strong in spirit
Courageous in action
Gentle of heart
Let me act in wisdom
Conquer my fear and doubt
Discover my own hidden gifts
Meet others with compassion
Be a source of healing energies
And face each day with hope and joy
http://spiralgoddess.com/New_Goddess_Prayers.html
Simple and full of meaning.
I hope that, at each brake of dawn, i have a new chance to change my life,and the life of those around me in a positive way.
Hope you have a great halloween week !
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What should i do?? I just keep wanting to see more and more dramas !
Then, i find viikii and now i cannot do anything else till EVERY episode I longed to see is watched. And boy, i spend a couple of days on it, almost nonstop. The subbers do their work so damn fast you dont die out of curiosity expecting the previews!
Yeah,awesome.... but terrible.
I have to focus. I need to focus. My life depends on how i study, but i have been so not motivated that very little thing is an excuse. Gladly, i have more classes coming up, and in class I am 100%. Now i have to stay away from the computer and write a tight schedule for studying more.
Starting monday, i'll try this new system and we'll see how it works. And i'll try to go to viikii.net only every other day from now on rather than every couple of hours like i did this week.
Thank heavens "Baking king Kim Tak Gu" is rapping up this week - one less show to worry... "My GF is a gumiho" is half way through, and I am legend is coming to an end as well ! But then, next week is comeback time for House, Glee.... Sungkyunkwan scandal is only in the beginning and Fugitive is gonna come on set 29 !
My heart does not have peace at all - but since i have nothing on my social schedule, dramas fill in nicely ! | |
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My B-day this year went so smoothly , i cannot believe how blessed I am.
Really, i can finally say long are the days my mom staged a hospital visiton on my day ( yep, 3 b-days in a row some years back - and i still ache for that stuff). I always worry she will end up doing something, but i feel she no longer needs to do anything to get attention. yatta!
And the only b-day wish I had was a cream & pineappple cake - which i didnt get, by the way, cause we already had a sweet 15 bday to go that week - but ended up with a Sansumg 10'1 netbook. Really ! Mom and dad going out to buy a present - it's like a Xmas miracle. I am not overreacting - my mom usually buy us weird stuff and my dad always give you the money to buy something, never going out to do it himself, so i was speechless and thankfull. The dogs welcomed me so happily i always wanna go home just to play with them.
I dont like bday calls very much, but is nice when people remember ! So, my friends did not remember the date after all, i mean, some only through facebook, and my best friends from college who are August babies like me did not. I know I am kinda antisocial when it comes to drinking and partying late - i dontlike going to people's b-days in pubs - but i call, or text, or e-mail... But anyway, i ate to my heart's content, walked around, saw a movie - it was nice.
....and 29 feels weird because you no longer 20 and yet not reached 30.But i dont care, cause i dont look 29 anyway ! LOL
I guess i'll stick to 29 for the next 5 years or so.
- Tags:birthday
- Mood:good
 - Music:Madonna, by secret
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I miss him soooo much... He's the one that always welcome me home first, and with such joy that it seems i am of great importance! I neither bathe or feed him, so i guess he likes me for me !!!
I hope i can spend some time with him next week....
And yeah, he loves socks and his own shaggy hair
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- Location:Bed
- Mood:Blah
- Music:Bulletproof, by La Roux
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I have been neglecting this blog because I have very few things to add nowadays.
I have been trying to fire up my readings and studies in general, even Korean I have been putting aside..., nothing really seems to impress me. I am always too bored or too annoyed to do things.
So, nothing new, except I have a crush on a teacher who's gonna be married next semester. Holly f***, if I had applied for his class a semester earlier, i could be the one picking napkins now... Well, I cannot even say " hi" to him without blushing, so I guess I will continue blushing till the end of the semester. Go figure. Another platonic love is all I needed now. How annoying. See, nothing new. Posted via LiveJournal.app. | |
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see more kpop photos @ soompi!
So, South Korea has EVERY pop group/singer/celebrity/whatever posing for pictures cheering for the Reds, had already 3 full soundtracks packed with artists composing exclusively songs for the World Cup, and i have already seen a handful of MVs of them singing their songs and singing... ( none of the songs i have seen are good enough, but it doesnt matter.)
My point is - what the hell are we doing to cheer our country?? I dont think the President pat on your back shows your people's support , right? The community itself normally decorate streets, houses, organize parties and stuff adn sure the private sector is getting money selling shirts and doing contests abut the best catch phrase to put on a banner or whatever but i dont see neither government nor entertainment industry support of out athletes ! Shame on you all !
And although i dont think my national team is good enough, i will still wear a t-shirt on game days and cheer. I will also cheer for EVERY national team who decides to play fairly and passionately, showing the world the soccer-art we all love to see.
And the World Cup is just a few days away.... and South Africa already faces structure problems with the new arrivals.
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Gosh, I am pissed.And frustrated.And i still dont know how to get out of this shit.
I went to class yesterday, saw all this people i really did not care about, had the same History lesson i had ages ago, managed to scribble my notes alright and then it was time for the English class.
I knew we are going to have a new teacher, but then why the hell a former student of my class is now the teacher? Really, of all the people, the hippie guy with the English accent and bad shave?
Why?
I dont know him very well, just found out his name yesterday, but i was so outraged by the fact he was going to be teaching i left class 2 minutes after he got in. He did not noticed, anyway. I noticed the exercises changed, and thought they were easier than before, but it doent mean he is necessarily a bad teacher.
I am soo pissed, even though i have no reason for that. Was I expecting to be teacher? Hell no, I dont even have the qualifications for that... but i was the last teacher's assistant, and she never told me she was gonna drop off all her classes to a bunch of new people.
Well, she did not answer my e-mails either. She did not bother to call me personally to tell my internship was over. I have not seen her since the joyous day i almost fainted in a classroom full of strangers because of a kidney stone. Maybe she thought i was okay to help her at first then did not bother anymore, maybe... whatever. She chose that kid to teach, and the time if the internship, she did not picked him to help, so i really dont know shit.
Worst thing is, it made me sad about myself. I have been bouncing my head at this wall and wasting my time with a dream I maybe never have, and i still need her - and her facilities since she owns the place i study - to get me somewhere. I have to make some plans and adjust my studying schedules to get it next year, or buy a ticket to Korea and never return. Heavens help me !
This is not a good week at all. I was kinda down at first, but this is insane ! My head is a mess, my body is a mess. I haven't been sleeping well, which means i kinda wake up late every time I have to go to the library. Cannot study with this flue, my throat is just sore, s sore.... splitting headaches, the only thing keeping me able to not spend my day sulking and crying is reading. I read 10 books in 4 days - trashy light yet fun and full of sex books like Queen Betsy series ( Go figure that MaryJanice Davidson is a NYTimes Best seller for every installment - Harry Potter would be like a a Oscar Wilde masterpiece compared to it, really.).
Whatever. i spend all my money yesterday on pizza and makeup. i wanted shoes, but the lady in the store ignored me when wan inside, so i left - i am not going to beg to be welcomed... The girl in the makeup stand was nice- saw i was wearing nice makeup probably - and helped me with a new concealer and a brow set.
I will try to establish new sets of rules and hopes and classed this next week and gonna start implementing them as soon as possible. I will drop off English, maybe get Modern Geography on International Politics.... gosh, i hate it. But it need to be done, i can mess up my future thinking about people that dont deserve my appreciation.
Gotta go take an Advil or something.
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