a breath of fresh air, and then down again
So today after school, I was typing on my computer when all of a sudden I hear my sister yell, "Mom, you let a bird in the house!!!" So what do I do, I run up of course to see some sort of spectacle with my sister trying to engage the bird as if she thought she were some disney princess. And there my sister is, trying to get her head as close to the bird, which is hiding behind a big plant pot, as possible. My mom comes by and tries to shoe it out and it flies around the room, takes a crap on a windowseal, and hits the windows a few times. Yes, a few times. Mark em... once, it flew back up to a high ledge on our wall, second, fell on the carpet and got back up... and the third time it hit the window it fell smack into the large plant pot it was once hiding behind. Alas, it did not get up this time... We took it outside on the deck and lay it there for a moment until I decided that it was most likely dead from a broken spine, and my mom told my sister to get rid of it. Eventually my sister just took it out in a plastic bag and lay it next to the trashcan for an hour or so to see if it would revive. I think it's disposed of now...
I watched another anime movie by the acclaimed Hayao Miyazaki called "Kiki's Delivery Service." It is not quite at the caliber of Spirited Away or Princess Mononoke, but is a decent movie nevertheless. The Skinny: A young witch goes off at the appropriate age of 13 to start her own independent life in a random town she chooses. She decides to start a delivery service (just as the title says) in a seaside town she grows to love. During the course of the movie she learns more about herself and how to be stay strong when the going gets tough. The general plot line is fairly thin, and it just sort of all ties back together to make a happy ending. This film is aimed at a younger crowd than his other movies but don't expect this to be some great flick. It is a very simple movie that has a magnificently created world, as in most of Miyazaki's movies, and very likable characters. I would probably recommend this movie to a person who is going to babysit and needs some good entertainment for the kids to make em tired. In general, a younger crowd would enjoy this one. Worth renting for yourself? No, but if you're as bored in your free time and can dl it like me, sure why not. Miyazaki's movies are never crap, that's for sure. As for rating, I'll give it a 6/10. It suffered the fate of a simple and boring storyline.
Oye, my 3 hard classes are kicking me arse so badly... I just had 2 out of 3 of my 2nd round of midterms and I got sick around them so I'm not feeling good... =/ I have my chem one in 2 days and I'm feeling really shaky because no one I've talked to is sure about the material and how to do it. I'm still confused about the reactions we're going to be expected to write and I can feel impending doom already... I feel really unfortunate because this prof was the only one I really could take, because I really didn't want to take the late night lecture. This prof is also rated really, REALLY low... He's got consistantely 2-3 range ratings in his course evaluations online. Just great... I'm starting to like my Bio class though. The material is interesting, the labs are fairly straightforward and I find it easier to chat with the profs unlike my other classes. I just hope I can do well in it... Anyway, I must go back to work. Too much to do and not enough anti-slacker/procrastinator juice to keep going X(
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