Haibara Ai (jachan) wrote, @ 2006-09-17 00:20:00

Current mood:	sleepy
Current music:	Darn "We're all in this together, na na na" Disney song.

:: yawn ::
Oh, so much to write, so little motivation to sit and do it. What happened to the old me, who'd spend hours penning a missive and posting it with a joyous click of the mouse? School happened, that's what. School. I hardly do anything at the JHS/middle school I'm at three days a week, yet when I get home, all I want to do is listen to BoA and stare at an episode of Conan subbed by a rival group and uploaded onto GUBA.com (YouTube's successor in anime episodes...at least for me. ^^; Bless people for upping Conan eps for view. I feel good about seeing other people make an effort to share somewhat.) I go to bed around 10:30 every night, and wake up about 6:20 the next morning. I still haven't gotten into the habit of fixing myself breakfast (bread is my friend--don't tell my host mom!!), but one day I will. The only time Mom really ever fixed breakfast for everyone was on the weekends, when we could just take it easy. The rest of the week we were running out the door with bowls of cereal or a hurriedly cooked piece of turkey sausage, egg and bread combo. Ahh, high school. Those were the days I never want to go back to.

You know, I napped quite a bit this evening after dinner (three-day weekend here--thank you Old Folks Day!) and in the world between waking and sleeping as I subconsciously listened to the wonderful music mostly provided by the ladies of 1203 CC, I got to thinking about High School Musical. I know I got that album off some forum somewhere. I never listened to it, though. The other day I was finally reunited with my beautifully fat case of cds (mostly Naruto, Conan, One Piece, random music and assorted dramas--oh, and my nice games that I can't play yet because Mom can't find my PS2 I packed up to send >_<). So, yeah. What was I saying? Oh, right. High School Musical. In my sleep-induced delirium, I was all "You know, I have no idea why the hell that musical was called 'Twinkle Town.' That's an insult to stage performances everywhere." I believe that I was also upset that the feature was written around the songs, or so it seemed. But that's Disney for you. And I didn't like how the high schools for teens and tweens always look like such magical places. I understand that reality is depressing, so marketers lie about how kids lives really are and sell merchandise to perpetuate this lie (good job, Target and MaryKateandAshley! And WalMart, too. Can't forget you, WalMart! MKandAshley are at Walmart, right?). These were just my ramblings as I periodically awoke to nice background music. I'm kind of ashamed that I still remember so much about High School Musical. I remember all the hype that went into it, too. A High School Musical special dance edition. A special karaoke edition. A special encore presentation. They're all special because they're Disney. Yes, got it. And speaking of youths and Disney, why did you cancel Phil of the Future? Why? If you hadn't canceled it, that would have been one Disney show I'd have asked people to tape and send over to me. Now, I have nothing to watch but the Japanese shows I watch anyway! Gosh.

Ah. Note to self: Naruto comes on Fridays at 6:30pm. Yes, you already missed it, Janitha. Darn you, memory! I think they're supposed to air the "3 years later" arc this week or next week. I don't want to miss seeing my favorite twelve and thirteen year olds All Growed Up. Maybe I already have, though. Crap.

Look! I did it. I only too thirty minutes writing this entry this time, though. Maybe I should just save all my thoughts for the weekend when I have no excuse. Hmm hmm.

Good night!

decobray 2006-09-16 14:24 (link)

High School Musical. Haha. It was all right for what it was but it wasn't something that made me go "wow!" I liked the brother and sister but only because they were so exagerated and funny. I didn't care too much for the other kids, though. The girl who played the main character now has this new video out on Disney and it's all R&B-afied and she's singing stuff like "Baby, come back to me! *mumblemumble* (I don't remember the rest)". It's not good. I feel bad for thinking this but I always think to myself, "Girl, you weren't even all that in the movie." You're right though. High school lives are not as great as people make them out to be on tv and movies. Honestly, though, I don't really care to watch or read anything dealing with high schoolers. -Especially- High schol romance. The probability of those romances lasting after those kids graduate is just too slim for me to take it very seriously. But as Malia, Jerry, and I talked about last night, we're just really sick of romance and love right now. They played a new episode of Phil of the Future. They're playing around with the Phil/Keely part of the show and they actually tried to date for an episode but I didn't see it so I couldn't tell you how it went. I don't know if they're making any more new episodes though. Um. And that's it. think I'll go now. ^^ (Reply to this) (Thread)

jachan 2006-09-16 22:11 (link)

Yeah. I think her name was Gabrielle. I wanted to laugh at her when she came into school and was all like, "Ohh, I wonder if I'll make any friends." Hush. You've got bigger problems to worry about, like getting an education in a school that only seems to have three teachers. You speak the truth, Lilly. She was so not all that. They love to hype this kids up. Disney can't turn down a relatively blemish free, youthful face, though. The Disney scouts (skulking metropolitan areas on the East and West coasts as I type) probably just see dollar signs whenever they see such a fresh-faced youngster. Then they drop them when they get too big, like Menudo. (...Or do they?) Sou ne, the possibility of high school romances lasting is quite slim. I don't even see high schoolers as fully formed humans mentally. Not sure a lot of college graduates are even fully formed personality-wise. ^^ We're all just too old to play into that kind of stuff, which is good, I guess. I wonder how nine and ten year olds will feel when they do go to college and find it to be a dark dungeon of bullies, crappy school lunches, and sugary beverages endorsed by Coke and Pepsi. They'll rebel, that's what they'll do. They'll rebel by purchasing furry pink notebooks from Target and live in a dream world, I just know it. And the cycle will repeat. Thanks for the Phil of the Future update. ^^ I miss seeing Fred Savage's name in the credits. And I miss Phil. As much as I can miss a fictional character I only saw for twenty-three minutes a night. Which is quite a bit for me, let me tell you! Oh, and I miss Pim, too. She was funny. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

makie 2006-09-16 17:43 (link)

jachan! it's good to get a decent blurty out of you. we dont get treated like this as often anymore, na. i remember when Disney channel wa promoting the living daylights out of High School Musical. and all summer long they head been promoting the hell out of Cheetah Girls 2 movie. they finally premiered it at the end of august. but a month later, they're still promoting it for Hispanic month. last night they showed it with spanish subtitles. and sometime, they'll play the movie with the spanish dubb and the english subs. what a concept. quite tired of the cheetah girls and all their cheetah-licioso-ness. and if high school was a magical place, i think i must of missed out on it when i was in high school. hope you're doing well! (Reply to this) (Thread)

jachan 2006-09-16 21:57 (link)

Eww, the Cheetah Girls... Disney sure knows how to milk it. What them bring it back for Raven's birthday or something. You just watch! I'm doing good. Glad that it's the weekend. I got your email, and I spent like half an hour henpecking a response on the phone, and suddenly it disappeared!!!! It saddened me, so I had to read an ebook to recuperate. ^^; I'll email you back soon!! ^_~ (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)