I heard an NPR story about Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog yesterday, and although I hadn't planned on watching the videos, the NPR story convinced me otherwise. And wow, thank goodness I heard that story, because Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog was hilarious! The videos star Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion, and Felicia Day, and trust me, it's one heck of an anti-superhero musical. Witty lyrics, snappy dialogue, excellent comic timing-- it was funny enough to make my dad laugh (and that's rare). So here's the link: http://drhorrible.com/ and now it's up to you to go watch it. It's only up until tomorrow, though, so check it out soon!

This is just so cute!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=BgUnYzXU-Fo

Elmo was never my favorite, but I loved Sesame Street as a kid.

Camp was wonderful. Now it is over. I am sad. (I earned a lot of money, though, which is exciting-- and Nancy said she'd like me to come back next year, YAY!)

Book list for summer 2008:

1. Firebirds Rising-- Sharyn November
2. The Naming-- Alison Croggon
3. Emma-- Jane Austen
4. The King in the Window-- Adam Gopnik (I highly recommend this)
5. The Book of Three- Lloyd Alexander
6. The Black Cauldron-- Lloyd Alexander
7. Lady Friday-- Garth Nix
8. The Good Women of China-- Xinran
9. Red Azalea-- Anchee Min
10. Clouds of Witness-- Dorothy Sayers
11. Unnatural Death-- Dorothy Sayers

Pitiful for it being July already, I know, but cut me some slack because of camp.

Rules : Turn on Google & look for the following expressions. Be mature & use your real name. Use the first thing that appears & makes sense..

Q. Put "[your name] needs" on Google
A. Claire needs a visit to the bunny planet.

Q. Put "[your name] looks like" on Google
A. Claire looks like Ha Ri-su with long hair.

Q. Put "[your name] says" on Google"
A. Claire says, "Art is for nerds!"

Q. Put "[your name] wants" on Google
A. Claire wants to laugh.

Q. Put "[your name] does" on Google
A. Claire does Chicago.

Q. Put "[your name] hates" on Google
A. Claire hates waffles.

Q. Put "[your name] asks" on Google
A. Claire asks Sun to take care of Aaron while she is away. (yes, this is from Lost.)

Q. Put "[your name] becomes" on Google
A. Claire becomes the bookies' favourite.

Q. Put "[your name] likes" on Google
A. Claire likes to chew on her clothes.

Q. Put "[your name] eats" on Google
A. Claire eats a gob.

Q. Put "[your name] wears" on Google
A. Claire wears out 3 babysitters.

Q. Put "[your name] was arrested for" on Google
A. "Claire was arrested for operating while intoxicated and possession of a controlled substance."

I sound like a little kid, don't I? ;)

Snagged from Tine:

o1. Name:
o2. Birthday:
o3. Where do you live:
o4: What are you studying/What are you working as:
o5. What makes you happy:
o6. What are you listening to now/have listened to last:
o7. What is particularly good/bad about my LJ:
o8. An interesting fact about you:
o9. Are you in love/have a crush at the moment:
10. Favorite place to be:
11. Favorite lyric:
12. Best time of the year:
13. Weirdest food you like:

RECOMMEND
o1. A film:
o2. A book:
o3. A song:
o4: A band:
FANDOM
o1. Favorite Fandom:
o2. OTP/OT3:
o3. Icon/Fic Journal (so I can join):

PLUS
o1. One thing you like about me:
o2. Two things you like about yourself:
o3. Put this in your lj so I can tell you what I think of you?

Tennis camp turned out to be pretty fun, after all. Are all the other counselors way better than Corey and I? Yes. Are they still nice to us? Yes. The kids were adorable, I enjoyed myself, the other people are a lot of fun to hang out with, and I've lost 6 lbs in the past 2 weeks (now let's just hope it stays off). So you can safely assume that I'm having a very nice summer. I am pretty tired, but I have a whole 'nother 23 hours before I have to be back at camp again, at least. :) OH and Wimbledon starts soon. I hope I get to watch some matches, 'cause I wanna see as much Djokovic as I can!

PS I have the Viva la Vida CD and I really like it. A lot.

PPS My computer is FINALLY fixed, but the idiot techie ruined my hard drive and didn't back anything up. Luckily, Seth had backed it up for me before we brought it in to be fixed (thank goodness!!! I would be livid if I'd lost all of my stuff, especially all my photos and my music), but all my itunes playlists and my playcounts are completely gone. That makes me sad. Dad is going in on Monday to yell at the techie guys. Bwah ha ha. My dad can be pretty intimidating.

My first ever attempted picspam!

 

Watching the Cubs game. Here's what I want: a Cubs win, but a good outing from Khalil. Khalil is great. :)

Oh, & since I started this entry, the Padres have scored 1 run and have runners on 1st & 2nd. I should never watch a Cubs game ever again.

This is pretty cool:

http://tinysong.com/

I went to the doctor's today, and I guess I got my mom's veins, 'cause it took them 3 tries before they could draw any blood. Plus I got a tetanus shot and a TB skin test. FUN! But at least I'm not sick. :)

Instructions: Go to your music player of choice and put it on shuffle. Press play. Use the song title as the answer to the question. NO CHEATING.

How does the world see you?
You're In Love, Charlie Brown-- Vince Guaraldi, played by George Winston

Will I have a happy life?
Violet Hill-- Coldplay (um, is this a no? or a yes? I can't decide.)

What do my friends really think of me?
Fireflies-- Search/Rescue

What do people secretly think of me?
some Jack Johnson song I don't know the name of

How can I be happy?
Stille Nacht-- The King's Singers

What should I do with my life?
So Bist Du-- Oli P.

Will I ever have children?
Symphony # 5 in C Minor-- Ludwig Beethoven

What is some good advice for me?
Speed of the Sound of Loneliness-- Nanci Griffith (I do love this song)

How will I be remembered?
Maria-- Vittorio Grigolo (ha ha! Yes, I am Puerto Rican... not really)

What is my signature dancing song?
Further To Fly-- Paul Simon (I did dance to this when I was little, ironically enough)

What do I think my current theme song is?
Something There That Wasn't There Before-- Alan Menken, from Beauty & The Beast (aww!)

What does everyone else think my current theme song is?
Erlkönig-- Franz Schubert (I don't think anyone knows this song, let alone would peg it as my theme song)

What song will play at my funeral?
Kiss Me-- Robbie Williams (uh. no.)

What type of men/women do you like?
Crayons Can Melt on Us for All I Care-- Relient K (uhhh....)

What is my day going to be like?
All That We Can See-- Sholi (aka kind of electronic, ambient, boring)

P-Z of my paperbacks

( still blaming Arpita-- although I would'n't've done this if I didn't want to :) )

Note to Arpita: my brothers have more books, as do my parents, so you can also borrow stuff that's not on this list. :)

Arpita gave me the idea to do this. Blame her.

( a list of books I own: part one )

That gets me up through most of P of my paperbacks. Hardbacks are shelved separately. I stopped at P because the rest of the books are in my closet; as you can imagine, I don't have enough bookshelves, so I have to use the shelves in the closet, too. Now if I loan stuff out, later on I'll know if I'm missing a book or not!

I AM DONE!

I think 1/2 of my German paper was good, and the other half was not so great. But I can afford that; my other grades will pull up any paper related disasters. The exam was a cinch, as she designed it to be. Hooray! So strange... I'm 1/4 of the way done with college. Eek!

Here's what I have left to do before I leave:
1. return library book
2. clean
3. finish packing
4. check mail
5. ask Stephanie if she wants her Chinese book back
6. register for spring term
7. check out and go home!

I finished my essay! YAY but I don't know if it quite fits the assignment. Oh well. Whatever. I did discover that there's a study guide for the exam, which makes me quite happy indeed. Now if only I could make myself work...

I'm about 1/2 way done with my essay...

I have to finish that and then start studying and maybe finish packing tonight... yay...

I want to be done!

I have to write a German essay & take a German exam and pack and that is ALL THAT'S LEFT between me and freedom! YAY! ...but writing this essay is going to be tough, inspiration-wise. Bleagh.

ETA:

Last night I had this dream that's too weird not to write down: I dreamt that some of my college friends & I went on a school field trip to a talk show hosted by Carly Smithson, the Irish girl from American Idol. She wasn't nearly as nice or peppy in person; in fact, she looked rather old and bitter. She had a pretty bad attitude as she walked around, warming up the crowd. She was complaining to the tech guys, and I kept wondering if she was going to get nicer once the show started, and how she managed to be so fake for so long on TV (and was amazed at what a good job the makeup artists on AI had done!). But I think I woke up before the show started, so I never found out.

I think I could avoid most of my mood swings if I never watched another movie as long as I live. Darn depressing movies!!!

PS This German movie had some graphic gratuitous nudity, too. Definitely an R-rated movie.

I'm tired. I don't want to rework my English essay. And I don't want to write my art essay. I'm nervous that I'll do poorly. If I don't do it, I'll never have to worry or not if I'd have done it poorly. (not that that's a good reason not to do it, but...)

blaaaah.

In light of the bitter, frustrating political campaigns in America, I am writing my next English paper as a proposal that America should become a dictatorship. It is my hope that my teacher will approve the topic and perhaps even sign on to my brilliant theory. I think I will nominate Stephen Colbert for the position of supreme dictator. Anyone with me?

Yes, this is entirely satirical.

I just left my entire packet of German homework somewhere in the language building. Every single sheet has my name on it. I am so embarrassed, not to mention annoyed, because now I don't have my homework to study off of (not that I need to study off of my homework for German, but it would've been helpful). ARGH. I am so ready for this semester to be over.