I love movies, and it's been a while since I actually wrote reviews for them. This is a pretty mixed batch. It includes: Halloween, There Will Be Blood, Raise the Red Lantern, Letters from Iwo Jima, When a Stranger Calls, and Borat.

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You are Mystique

Mystique 66% Two-Face 58% Magneto 56% Dr. Doom 55% Apocalypse 55% Catwoman 55% Riddler 54% Venom 53% Mr. Freeze 51% The Joker 49% Dark Phoenix 48% Lex Luthor 44% Green Goblin 38% Poison Ivy 37% Juggernaut 30% Kingpin 26%

Sometimes motherly, sometimes a beautiful companion, but most of the time a deceiving vixen.

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I'm a lying, conniving, manipulative whore.... but I can still shapeshift and seduce whoever I want, so HA!

The winter session started on Monday and I've been doing nothing but sitting back and laughing derisively at all you foos that have started school. I still have a month and a half of freedom to go, beeches!

Meanwhile I've been completely obsessed with Romance of the Three Kingdoms X. I've played 7 and 9, but neither was quite as addictive as this one. I blame the level of difficulty. Xiahou Dai can only be pushed around to a certain point. Then he goes apeshit on you and starts conquering all your regions. Cao Cao, your end is near.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go play said game. That bastard Cao Ren is attacking my outpost.

BANZAAAIIII!!!

Three finals down, one to go.

Surprisingly enough, my chemistry final went better than expected. I did spend a good part of my weekend studying for it so I guess I shouldn't be too shocked. As it stands now, I'm looking at a pretty solid B in the course. Professor Chen had better give me at least a B for the lab section. I'm not even playin'.

Worst professor I have ever had. His ass is lucky we didn't report him to the Dean's Office for his inability to speak and his refusal to give us the mandated 30-minute break per day. You best believe I'm going on ratemyprofessor.com to decry his incompetence. VEHEMENTLY!!

Because we took so long with presentations, our final for History of Rock and Roll was cut by two-thirds. That was exciting. Well... considering just how many artists, albums, and songs we were to memorize for that class, it was justified, I think. Lady Luck, don't stop shinning down on me! I'd be so embarrassed if I got anything less than an A for a class than can only be categorized as 'filler/useless'.

The Japanese final was hard as hell! Why was I the only one who thought so?! Yuka-sensei took each of us outside for a short interview. It went a little like this:

Yuka: Furansu-go shirimasuka?     (Do you know French?)
Me: *blank stare as he tries to process the question*
Yuka: *repeats*
Me: A! Chotto, chotto.   (Oh! A little, a little.)
Yuka: *a little surprised* A, gakkoo de Furansu-go o benkyoo shitakkata desuka?  (Oh, did you study French in school?)
Me: Hai, soo desu.  (Yes, that's right.)
Yuka: Tanjoobi wa itsu desuka?   (When is your birthday?)
Me: *long silence as he thinks* Anoo.... tanjoobi wa subarashii desu...   (Umm... my birthday is wonderful...)
Yuka: *baffled* Tanjoobi wa ITSU desuka!   (WHEN is your birthday?!)
Me: A! Sumimasen *blushing* Tanjoobi wa yongetsu---   (Oh! Excuse me... my birthday is in April---)
Yuka: *interrupts* Shigetsu.  [Correct way of saying April]
Me: Shigetsu... juunana... (April.... seventeen...)
Yuka: *disappointed look on her face as she scribbles on her paper* Nichi. (Counter for days)
Me: *more blushing*

I originally made this account just so I could post in other people's pages but I'm bored out of my mind right now and thought I might as well write something.

So I went around tinkering with the customizing options. Bad idea. I knew I should have just left it how it was. I stopped myself before I lost control and smashed my poor, defenseless laptop to the ground. I just picked the black theme. It looks alright and I didn't have to make it! Win!

Whatever. I might not even keep this thing anyway.

I hope this weekend doesn't suck too much. Finals start Monday. Goody. I can't wait to get those things over with, but man, the Chemistry final is going to suck so hard. I don't want to blame the professor for my shortcomings, but I remember being so much better at this crap in High School. Is it really that different? Maybe it's because they're jamming everything into 16 weeks, whereas in HS we had the class for an entire school year. That must be it. *delusional*

I just finished reading a book I checked out from the campus library about a week ago. Fiend: The Shocking True Story of America's Youngest Serial Killer, is it's title and it's very well written. I was a bit startled at first at how explicitly graphic it is in describing the torture and murder of the children at the hands of Jesse Pomeroy. Only a small portion of the book focuses on the crimes, the rest goes through the trial in detail as well as Pomeroy's stay in prison. Though a bit repetitive at times, it was a good read. I can't help but feel sorry for the man. I do feel at times that I'm too easily swayed by my emotions though. When reading through the details of his crimes, I could only feel repulsion and hate. My belief in capital punishment was only enforced then. But by the end, there was a bit more sympathy for the man. Forty years in solitary confinement... I just can't imagine that. It's a difficult question... would giving him the death sentence have been a better choice? Those that opposed it claimed it inhumane... yet being locked in a cell in such hellish conditions sounds far less humane than death.

I can't stop staring at my default pic. It's so freakin' beautiful. This artist (http://heise.deviantart.com/) is truly gifted. If I had the money, I would totally buy some of these amazing paintings. For now, I can only gawk rapturously...