(in the) Mood (for): Being incomprehensible
Watched 'Princess Mononoke' just now. Not quite sure what possessed me to watch a 2 hr 15 min long movie on a Wednesday evening, but there you are. Humans aren't creatures of logic, not all the time at least.
Oh, but I enjoyed myself. It's now my favourite Studio Ghibli production. I think it's better than 'Spirited Away', 'cos at least the plot this time round had a clear sense of direction and the ending didn't feel random/ abrupt/ plain weird. Ashitaka and San are a more endearing couple than Chihiro and Haku. Lady Eboshi beats Yubaba hands down, with style. Music is gorgeous. Even though I watched the English dub, the voice acting was good (seeing that some of the voice actors are big Hollywood names; Claire Danes for eg), but the lip-syncing was off. And that's the only major complaint I have. All in all, it made for a wonderful night of procrastination.
I've got an anime surplus at home. Shock and horror. To think that anime was in short supply when I first started and had to cycle all the way to Northpoint in Yishun to buy my CCS box sets. Now there're episodes on my hard disk, CD-Rs and shelves waiting to be savoured. I'm spoiling myself silly.
No, no, no, my dear father, I haven't been neglecting my studies. Not more than is necessary to maintain my sanity. (I'm joking. Can you tell? ...oh nevermind.)
I need to raise at least $2500 because Choir may go for the Bremen Choir Olympics next year and we need all the money we can get. I'm excited more for the exhilarating fact that we are going to GERMANY. Germany, oh the beloved Vaterland... /dances around the room singing "Deutschland, Deutschland uber alles"/ Home of my beloved 3rd language... /starts painting the room black, yellow and red/ IT'S GERMANY!!!!
Aber... ich glaube, dass ich habe fast alles Deutsch vergessen! Was ist passiert?! Hab' meinen Buch nicht fertig gelesen... ich mache gar nichts. Kann nicht alles lernen... was soll ich machen dann?? KeineZeitkeineZeit!!!
Ironic isn't it. The thing that took me away from German may soon be bringing me back to it.
Almost forgot to announce: I've found a way around Geocities' ban on direct linking. Or rather, Hui Chu showed me the way. Which means... images! Finally!
To celebrate, I would like to share this:
/ambles off humming the 'Panzerlied'/
words were spilled on Wednesday, August 20, 2003
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