I was looking through a couple boxes that I've kept of my school work and I had the horrid realization that I wouldn't be able to do that level of work right now. I got some good grades on tests and as I read the questions I think, "...duh...george?" It's a little sad to think that I've forgotten more than I currently know. If I had perfect retention, or ANY retention, I'd be one smart cookie. I look at my math homework, you know, the one assignment I actually turned in, and I can't help but realize, wow, I used to know this! What happened to it? Even some of my reports...
Maybe it's good that I didn't actually end up sending in an application for that science thing I was all excited about. I'd probably end up trying to mix two chemicals or compounds that really shouldn't be mixed and blow the building to smithereens. Then I'd be in trouble.
I never liked learning things in school, but I really liked knowing them after I'd been forced to learn them. Now that no one is making me learn or use any kind of real problem solving, I'm getting really rusty and I don't get that empowering feeling of, 'ha! I know that when not many people do' feeling that I used to get on a regular basis. Ok, that regular basis was like once a week, but that's more than now!
Am I going to do anything about it? Nah, probably not. Like I said, I like knowing things but I hate learning them. If I'm not being made to put in an effort, the effort will not be made. Oh well. I need to find a guy who will make me do things because I won't do them on my own.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
DBSK Band
Melissa has done it again! Every time I think, 'Ok, I have enough interests, nothing else of any interest to me,' Melissa comes and introduces me to something new. Now, sometimes, it doesn't go so well *coughElviscough* but most of the time I become more engrossed in the things than her. To name a couple examples, the Animorph series, Korean dramas, and now a Korean band called DSBK. 
In this instance, she lured me in with the music video for their song, 'Balloons' which is hillariously silly. And so long as I'm being honest, 'silly' is my weakness. If it's silly or funny, I'm probably going to love it. But see for yourself how devious and sneaky she is! This is what she showed poor, unsuspecting me.
Yeah. And then, to seal the deal, she shows me their song, 'Mirotic' just to "show that they're a real band." Yeah. The music is catchy, and again, the dancing was funny.
I've gone on by myself since then of course. The only other song that I've liked enough to remember the name of is, 'Why Did I Fall In Love With You?' and I've even begun trying to memorize it, but holy crap! They sing the words so fast! I don't even speak english that quickly so the memorizing is slow and arduous. I have been able to memorize their names though: Hero, Xiah, Max, Micky, and U-Know. I can always tell Hero, Max, and Xiah apart, but Micky and U-Know...not so much.
Another thing I like about this band is that they sing whole songs in both their native Korean, but also in Japanese. It's almost a given that they sprinkle english words and phrases into their songs, since most modern asian singers do it, but I mention it here because I really like that they do. As much as I enjoy and even admire the asian culture, it's really nice to hear things in the songs that I don't have to look up to know what they mean. "I've got you under my skin!" ~laughs~ (I think they got this part wrong though. You know Frank Senata's song, 'I got you under my skin?' In this song, the woman is the one who's head over heals in love but they're telling her that they have her under their skin, instead of she having them under her skin. Just a little side note I found funny.)
Anyway, I have no idea what Melissa is going to introduce to me next and if I'll love it or if it's going to be a point of contention between us (like who would kick who's butt, Kirk or Picard) but either way, it's always interesting.
In this instance, she lured me in with the music video for their song, 'Balloons' which is hillariously silly. And so long as I'm being honest, 'silly' is my weakness. If it's silly or funny, I'm probably going to love it. But see for yourself how devious and sneaky she is! This is what she showed poor, unsuspecting me.Yeah. And then, to seal the deal, she shows me their song, 'Mirotic' just to "show that they're a real band." Yeah. The music is catchy, and again, the dancing was funny.
I've gone on by myself since then of course. The only other song that I've liked enough to remember the name of is, 'Why Did I Fall In Love With You?' and I've even begun trying to memorize it, but holy crap! They sing the words so fast! I don't even speak english that quickly so the memorizing is slow and arduous. I have been able to memorize their names though: Hero, Xiah, Max, Micky, and U-Know. I can always tell Hero, Max, and Xiah apart, but Micky and U-Know...not so much.
Another thing I like about this band is that they sing whole songs in both their native Korean, but also in Japanese. It's almost a given that they sprinkle english words and phrases into their songs, since most modern asian singers do it, but I mention it here because I really like that they do. As much as I enjoy and even admire the asian culture, it's really nice to hear things in the songs that I don't have to look up to know what they mean. "I've got you under my skin!" ~laughs~ (I think they got this part wrong though. You know Frank Senata's song, 'I got you under my skin?' In this song, the woman is the one who's head over heals in love but they're telling her that they have her under their skin, instead of she having them under her skin. Just a little side note I found funny.)
Anyway, I have no idea what Melissa is going to introduce to me next and if I'll love it or if it's going to be a point of contention between us (like who would kick who's butt, Kirk or Picard) but either way, it's always interesting.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Whoops
I told myself I was going to write more this month. Heh, oops. In my defense, my modem crashed and I was unable to access the internet for a couple weeks. ~Sigh~ At first I thought it was going to be no big deal. The internet is fun, but I don't need it to entertain myself. I have many interests! And then the third day rolled around and I sat there thinking; how did I ever survive without the internet? It was amazing how many things popped up that I found I'd always taken the internet for granted for. I couldn't look up phone numbers without paying for 411. I couldn't look up how to get to certain addresses. I couldn't look up the lyrics to the song stuck in my head. I couldn't look for the release date of that book I was waiting for. I couldn't talk to people unless I actually called them or went to their house! I couldn't even arrange the order of my netflix movies! It was a long, long, long, long, long, long couple of weeks. I did miss the Korean and Japanese dramas I watch on line, but more than that, the internet is such a usefull tool! It's amazing how easy and convenient everything has become with the invention of the world wide web. I will never complain about my internet bill again. It's so worth it.
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