Waited so bloody long for the price to drop... it finally did... went from 28 #@%$! bucks to 20 bucks. YAAAAAAYYYYY THE FLAMING LIPS FTW!
I just listened the first half of the album... been a blast, but I don't know, it didn't feel quite as epic as At War With The Mystics... the titular song, Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots pt. 1 is quite worth the listen though.
About the PC... same old same old. Reinstalled all that DirectX shit over and over again. Not working. At all. I'm starting to suspect it's really got nothing to do with DirectX, but rather the video card itself... but oh well. I'm not the expert, my brother is!
So yes, Gameless At Home for 3 weeks. I think it's my record.
Hmm other stuff I'm slightly stoked about: new clothes from Muji (though the lack of grey men's L-sized hoodie is disappointing) including new plain grey top and new LBD (sorry for my obsession with greyscales). I probably won't wear the LBD on a regular basis, as goes with any other dress that's unfortunate enough to come under my ownership and collect dust, but srsly this LBD is too fucking cute for me to let go. Unfortunately I'm going to have to try to wear out its value 'cause it's 56 fucking dollars. Most expensive article of clothing I've ever bought.
The thing about Muji being so overpriced is that it's really worth that much! It's very very durable and very very comfortable. And best of all, no fucking labels. Why would anybody want to pay to advertise some apparel company, I don't know, but I certainly won't do that kind of service. I mean take a look at something as small as three pairs of Muji socks, priced at $5 each. Pretty pricey for socks; but I wear these three pairs day in, day out, almost every damned day for the past two years and they only recently got holes in the bottoms. $43 for a hat is a rip-off, but where else can you find a hat as beautiful as mine? It survived sweat, washing, dog licks, hamster chews, international climate differences and all that jazz. Perhaps any damned old hat would suffice but sorry, I'm vain and I'd pay good money for a cool hat that lasts in quality and lasts in style.
Speaking of which, will Muji ever go out of style? No.
Oh and another reason why I'm stoked (LAST REASON I SWEAR): it's 'cause I finally put my $80 Fabrix voucher to good use! By good I mean a laptop sleeve more awesome than yours and an iPod case fit for the likes of Anthracite the 3rd Gen iPod Nano. One for Xero and one for Anthracite. Next thing you know I'm getting a pouch for Bradford. Anyway. One customised laptop sleeve and one iPod Nano case for $10 only. 'Cause I got da vaaoouuccchhhhaaaaarrrr!!!!
Heh and I was surprised to find out the shop assistant at the Fabrix shop in Haji Lane is a first-year Mass Comm student at NP ;D I hung around the shop for a bit (a very long bit) before leaving to meet my folks at Marina Bay.
Oh well. Just fix my computer, get my game up and running, put cornrows in my hair and buy me my longboard and I'm the happiest bitch in the world. :D
It never gets old huh?
Nope
It kinda make you wanna..break into song?
Yep
I love the mountains
I love the clear blue skies
I love big bridges
I love when great whites fly
I love the whole world
And all its sights and sounds
Boom De Ah Dah
Boom De Ah Dah
Boom De Ah Dah
Boom De Ah Dah
I love the ocean
I love real dirty things
I love to go fast
I love egyptian kings
I love the whole world
and all its craziness
Boom De Ah Dah
Boom De Ah Dah
Boom De Ah Dah
Boom De Ah Dah
I love tornadoes
I love Arachnids
I love hot magma
I love the giant squids
I love the whole world
Its such a brilliant place
Boom De Ah Dah
Boom De Ah Dah
Boom De Ah Dah
Boom De Ah Dah
Boom De Ah Dah
Boom De Ah Dah
Boom De Ah Dah
Boom De Ah Dah
Boom De Ah Dah
Boom De Ah Dah
I hate my room. Do I even have a reason to like my room in the first place? I don't think so. My crusade against my room has been going on since 2005 hasn't changed things. Sigh. After all these years. Still pink. Still stuffed with junk. Still dusty. Still horrible with the world's most chor tang furnishings ever.
Gimme gimme gimme
A man after midnight
Won't somebody help me chase the shadows away?
Gimme gimme gimme
A man after midnight
Take me through the darkness to the break of the day
Best ABBA song ever. Probably because I do need someone after midnight.
On the other hand I think I need my Sims more than someone.
Gimme gimme gimme
My Sims after midnight
Won't somebody help me get back my game?
Gimme gimme gimme
My Sims after midnight
Playing in the darkness to the break of the day
I do realise I've become a bit of an ABBA addict. I don't know what's so nice about ABBA's songs... but they grow on you... they make you want to dance... they make you oddly happy, even songs like The Winner Takes It All, which is a song sung by the dumpee about her dumper who dumped her for some other woman... it just sounds so cheerful... Or songs about breakups (Knowing Me, Knowing You) and being hunted by a chasing lover (Under Attack)... I don't get this world...
(Sorry for excessive use of ellipses)
1. My dad's back!! But not for long. He'll be flying to Tianjin again next Monday. Then he'll be staying there for three years... maybe come home once in a while... oh well. By the time he's home for real I'd be like 20? Probably graduated already. The last time he was posted overseas like this was 1995 to 1998. When he first went over I was only four and missed him so terribly every night. Then when I was five I went over to Suzhou for the summer and I guess that was the best summer I ever had as a kid.
2. Holidays are so boring... for now. I'm so bored. I don't know what to do. I don't feel like looking for jobs anymore because I have no motivation to work. I can't get started working on a script for Gold 2009 graduation at SHHK. I wished I had my PC fixed so I can play The Sims 2 but it has to crash just as the holidays start. Shit man. Looks like we have to format the PC and I will lose all my game data, all the custom content, lots, mods and hacks I had collected from MTS2, Garden of Shadows, Insimenator, MATY, PMBD, WNF and other custom content sites... the Zimmermans, the Axelrods, the Byrons and the Wilsons... aargh! Shit! This is scary as fuck!!
3. If I have a scruffy little grey puppy I will call him Jake, if I have a chipmunk I will call him Adam, if I have a snail I will call him Earl, if I have a hen I will call her Pimp! And and and. That reminds me. The Zimmermans had three cats called Bonkers, Skywalker and Hoo-ha, and two dogs named Happy and Scary. How cute is that!
Since the holidays are here and I have the time to do stuff for myself again... I shall make a wishlist... AGAIN!
1. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips
2. Reanimation by Linkin Park (I used to dislike remixes, but Pts.OF.Athrty changed that)
3. I'm inspired to get some more clothes 'cause I'm in the mood to experiment. It's unlikely coming from me but I realise I'm quite easily bored.
4. Maybe get a job. I don't know.
5. Maybe go and learn something. I don't know. Musical instrument. Those who say you could learn guitar yourself. I take it you're all lying 'cause I tried but I produced nothing.
6. TS2 Ikea Home Stuff. Got tempted after flipping through Ikea's 2009 catalogue!
7. Those who have known me all along and have been reading my shit you know there's one mission I always attempt every holiday but fail miserably at it: CLEAR MY ROOM. I know you're all sick of hearing me say this, but I really hate my room. I know I'm a lucky bitch with a room and all but seriously, I cannot stand the sight of my room. I guess it's no use complaining so I shall get down to business once class chalet is over. Unfortunately, I'm going to have to get my grandma to be more tolerant, 'cause from the looks of it, clearing my room is no easy feat. It will take two consecutive weeks just to clear out all unwanted junk. Not to mention the few days I won't be able to clean because the cardboard boxes have run out, my friends probably want to ask me out, because I feel like shit for the day, etc., etc., etc., etc. Everything that can go wrong, will.
8. Meet my dad soon. I miss him.
I don't want to have to hate my family because they're dear to me, they're the ones who brought me up, who gave me everything I need and own and in short, without them there'd be no me... but all I ask of is just that little bit of tolerance to who I am. Nobody influenced me. Nobody changed me. Nobody made me this way. I know what I'm doing. I'm hurt every time you all say something mean about me and what I do. I didn't become vegetarian to lose weight. I became vegetarian for something greater than just my personal beauty, though if its effects are starting to show on my body then that's out of my control. I love tattoos because I am an artist, and sometimes, something just is better on skin than on any other medium. I like bikes, and I know of the dangers that come with it. But if we stop doing something just because it's dangerous, then we might as well not do anything and just kill ourselves. I love animals because I can feel their love. I have no patriotism to Singapore because I am a living being of the world, and have no desire to simply belong to just one tiny place in a whole wide universe. There's just no point.
Sometimes when I remain silent, it's not because I'm at a loss for words and can't reply you.
Sometimes, some things are better left unsaid because you'll never understand why I think this way.
To explain everything would take a million years.
We don't live that long.
1. Full Name: Lin Fangying
2. Full Name Backwards:gniygnaF niL
3. Were you named after anyone?: Nuuu.
4. Does your name mean anything: I don't know why my mother used the "Fang" in my name, but she said the "ying" meant "intelligence", and it was to match my dad's "cong" to form one of the Chinese phrases for "intelligent". So my mom wanted me to be smart...??? Guess I turned out otherwise.
5. Nickname(s): Erm. It's more for you all to decide, right? But I have heard of people calling me. *AHEM*. FANGFANG. *AHEM AHEM AHEM*.
6. Screen Name(s): The Unfathomable Lamer, Anthracite Designs Inc, Zimmerman Smith, Zimmerman Axelrod, Zimmerman, etc.
7. DOB: 14/01/91
8. Place of Birth: Singapore
9. Nationality: Singaporean
10. Current Location: Singapore... erm I mean at home.
11. Sign: Capricorn
12. Religion: Bleh.
13. Height: 1.56m
14. Weight: 53kg
15. Shoe Size: 6
16. Hair Color: Black
17. Eye Color: Black
18. What do you look like?: ...a human?
19. Innie or Outtie?: ??? ??? ???
20. Righty, lefty, or ambidextrous?: Lefty
21. Gay, bi, straight or other?: Bi
22. Best Friend(s): Foamy, M_M, Sherilyn
23. Best Friend you trust the most: ... hey if they're your best friends you should trust them all equally, right...?
24. Best Friends (your sex): !!! THOUGHT YOU ASKED ALREADY
25. Best friend of opposite sex: ...no idea, really
26. Best buds: ?!?!?!?! EHY THIS MEME IS DAMN REPETITIVE
27. Boyfriend/Girlfriend: Xero, Anthracite and Bradford.
28. Crush: : P
29. Parent(s): ... Dad and Mom?
30. Worst Enemy: I'm so lovely, how to have enemies? >: D
31. Fav. On-line guy(s): ?!?!?!
32: Fav. On-line girl(s): ?!?!?!?!
33. Funniest friend: I know I sound so politically correct but I have to say, every single one of my friends are funny in their own ways.
34. Craziest friend: Birds of a feather flock together.
35. Advice Friend?: Eh. This meme is damn obsessed with friends.
36. Loudest Friend: ... I think my talking voice normally drowns everyone's out.
37. Person you cry with: If I want to cry... I just cry, I don't care who I'm crying with!
38. Any sisters?: None
39. Any brothers?: Two brothers, one just graduated from university and just started working, the other still in NS.
40. Pets?: VONDY! And a couple of fishes who are really dumb.
41. A disease: YES I HAVE ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION
42. Pager?: WTF?!
43. Personal phone line?: Hmm. Personal phone line under my brother's name yes.
44. Cell phone: Yes.
45. Lava Lamp: ME WANT
46. A Pool or hot tub: ... I don't look obscenely rich to you do I.
47. A Car: Not. Mine.
Describe Your...
48. Personality:I'm hot. I'm cool. Yeahhhh.
50. Car or one you want: Hmm I shall make a list? 1970 Dodge Coronet, 1976 Ford Mustang, 1957 Chevrolet Corvette, 1967 Chevrolet Corvette 427, 1957 Mercury Montclair
51. Room: It's messy, it's cluttered, it's old, it's pink. Two bigass bookshelves of books, one plastic chest of drawers, one mid-height wooden cabinet, one old wooden desk, two built-in wall closets, one bed and usually a hamster cage, but my grandma thinks Vondy's noisy and puts her outside : (
52. What's missing?: Vondy from my room : (
53. School: Hmm. School is fun. Full of people ranging from the awesome to the bothersome.
54. Bed: Childish bedsheets.
55. Relationship with your parent(s): Pretty good, save for some miscommunication, particularly with my fascination for animals, tattoos, piercings and rock music.
DO YOU:
56. Believe in yourself: Fuck yeah. Who else am I gonna believe in if I don't.
57. Do you believe in love at first sight?: Hardly. I prefer to call that lust at first sight.
59. Consider yourself a good friend: Hmm. What do y'all think?
60. Get along with your parents: Yes. Most of the time. I hope.
61. Save your e-mail conversations: I don't really converse through email.
62. Pray: Is crossing your fingers and muttering incessantly under breath considered praying?
63. Believe in reincarnation: Sorta.
64. Like to make fun of people: Stressed out people are so fun to make fun of >: D
65. Like to talk on the phone: Kinda!
Do You...
67. Like to drive: I wouldn't like to drive on roads that have other cars on them.
68. Get motion sickness: Hardly. Only while reading on vehicles.. and commuting on bus 151. It's as if all 151 bus uncles and aunties are driving under influence of alcohol, and are out to make everyone puke like they're under influence of alcohol too.
69. Eat the stems of broccoli: Yes.
70. Eat Chicken fingers with a fork: I. Don't. Eat. No. Chicken.
71. Dream in color: Sometimes.
72. Type with your fingers on home row: ...whaaa?
73 . Sleep with a stuffed animal:No.
WHAT IS:
74. Right next to you: Old CPU on the floor.
75. On the walls of your room: Paint.
76. On your mouse pad: ...mouse? What kind of question is this? Or you mean the cat on my mousepad?
77. Your dream car: I thought I already listed all my dream cars?! Look at 50.
78. Your dream date: Hmm. Every date should be a dream date, most important thing is you're on a date with someone you love.
79. Your dream honeymoon spot: I'd say either Surfer's Paradise, Gold Coast, Australia, or a biking trip in Taos, New Mexico, a tattoo trip to South Beach Miami and West Hollywood, California.
80. Your dream husband/wife: ...sorry, gonna be Dating Forever. Don't talk commitment with me.
81. Your bedtime: Anytime.
82. Under your bed: Dust bunnies, dust kitties, dust doggies, dust hammies, etc, etc, etc
83. The single most important question: Why?
84. Your bad time of the day: 1pm-3pm: Post-lunch slump. Can't even walk in a straight line to class.
85. Your worst fear(s): Die a virgin.
86. The weather is like: HORRIBLE.
87. The time?: 1:16AM
88. The date?: 04/08/08
89. The best trick you ever played on someone: "Where's Sharpe's pigeon-hole..." "Look up. Up. Up. Higher. Higher." (when the WritComm pigeon-hole is at the most bottom row in the most left corner)
90. The weirdest food or drink that you like: Erm I don't know?
91. Theme Song: Currently it's In Pieces by LP. Brad's guitar solo is like permanently stuck in my head!
92. The hardest thing about growing up: Having to be "sensible".
93. Your funniest experience: Too many! Life is a funny thing you know.
94. Your scariest moment: Life is a scary thing too.
95. The silliest thing you've said: I think I've blabbered a lot of silly stuff!
96. The funniest or most desperate thing you've done to get the attention of the opposite sex?: ... ... ... ...
97. The scariest thing that's ever happened while with your friend(s): I don't know? Can't remember.
98. The worst feeling in the world: Sadness and being neglected.
99. The best feeling in the world: To love and be loved in return.