chrryblssmninja

Hi. Brain fried. Too tired to post links here or watch Superliga (if I try to watch games or movies when I'm tired like this, even the best stuff can annoy me).

Rambly brain-fried ramblings...

Milpitas, home of That Smell. There are fields there, past the dot-com ghost town office park, near the stores and restaurants of the place still called McCarthy Ranch. The corn's still growing now, behind the real estate sign. Two fields, side by side; now two lots, for sale or rent.

In the days of agriculture, it was known as the Valley of Heart's Delight. Now, it is Silicon Valley. Some of the richest soil on earth, making the office landscaping greener. I can't let go of this.

There are still farms in the Bay, scattered here and there. Here in Fremont, the place with goats and a llama is recently empty, with the wood of sheds and fences still standing. Across the road, some greener grasses stand. No horses slow their growth now.
Also growing: the business in hiring animals as roadside gardeners. They've even mentioned it in business articles. We've seen the goats by the highway. In their little herds, they keep the golden grasses trim and tidy, decreasing risks of fire and such. Hey- with animals, less need to buy fertilizer. Now and then I see the cows hired to graze the lots where the A's new stadium (and accompanying "village") will be built.

About a month ago, 400 of those goats died in a car accident. 700 goats in a trailer, driver messed up a turn- 300 traumatized goats.

San Jose, 10th largest city in the US. Its downtown is less lively than that statistic would suggest. Pockets of bustle, random events like this weekend's Grand Prix to bring people. All the high viewing spots outside the fenced areas were taken. But I did managed to see the tops of cars speeding past. Wonder if there'll be another driver fistfight like last year. I like hearing the cars.

Saw some cool cars displayed in the circle of palm trees, which you can find in a wide walking area sandwiched between the Museum of Art and the Fairmont Hotel. Ooh pretty Ferrari and Lotus. For someone who can't even drive, I sure like looking at cars.

San Jose's Japantown. Small area, small Japanese population. Still a nice area. Too bad we missed the Obon Festival. There's a Cuban restaurant next to the Filipino community center. And an abandoned 7-11 down the block. Dark glass smashed.

Okay, me stop rambly right now. Memes don't take brainpower. Meme time.

taken from blackmoonruby:

Look at your LJ userpics list. If you have fewer than 50 icons, pick every fifth one. If you have between fifty and seventy-five icons, pick every seventh one. If you have over seventy-five icons, pick every tenth one. If you have fewer than ten, pick all of 'em. List each one in your LJ, and tell everyone exactly why you have it, why it's interesting to you, what significance it has....

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Look at it. So cute. Taken from a random macro my brother found.


Os Mutantes: a Brazilian psychedelia band that was part of the Tropicalia movement. They make songs that are funny, sweet, scary, or all these things at once. And whee jumping hypernness pic.


Flight of the Conchords! Whee strange Kiwi craziness.


Because I always need a Supernatural icon, and this one looks cool.


Because it's pretty and it's got Nine and Rose.


It looks cool and it's got Captain Jack Harkness.


Because that's what I am.


I always need a non-Arsenal footie icon. I usually use Diego or another Bremen player, but I decided to give this cool Villa icon a try.


It's got Bennet and his moral greyness and the light orange/white/dark blue suit colors are nice.


Me is failed ballerina-ninja. Took it for a combined total of over 11 years. I still like watching dance, though (and trying to perform random steps). I so wish I was better, but...I'm not.
Oh, and the picture's pretty.


Because I'm dark like that. And Uzumaki doesn't get enough attention in the manga world. There's just a small cult of us Junji Ito fans, but that's about it.


It was time that freaky Ben represented my Lost fannishness.


It has Claude looking like he caught the emo bug from Peter. While it didn't turn out the exact shade of blue I wanted, I'm still kind of proud of it.


Because it has Shiina Ringo looking cool. And Shiina Ringo is one of my favorite musicians. I always try to have a Shiina icon.


Because it reminds me of one of the many awesome moments in Deathly Hallows.

I talk too much.

Aack. It's not like I update very often, but I'll update even less this summer due to several reasons:

1) My brother has taken over the new computer and it is way too hard to get him off all the time...

2) Spider Solitaire is ADDICTIVE. I even made a real Spider deck out of 2 and a half card decks just because I am obsessed.

3) Mom's late night Buffy/Angel sessions. Well, it's sometimes the only time in the day I get to spend with my mom. (She is OBSESSED. Mostly because of the Buffy/Angel relationship, but other stuff too.) Plus, those shows are better than I expected. We've just started Season 2 of Angel and Season 6 of Buffy. Libraries are great.

Anyways, I've given up trying to find a program to type offline for my San Diego report, so the trip report will not be posted. Grr. I was realy looking forward to writing it too.

Oh, and congratulations to NASA on a sucessful mission. Sometimes I wonder if I could have seen the launch if I had decided to work at NASA Ames another year. Oh well.

Borrowed these CDs from the library:
Dir en Grey- Kiso. It was okay. Some songs I like, but sometimes the speed metal-scream sound just becomes kind of juvenile and silly. They are best with melodies and instrumental breaks and stuff like that.
Gackt- Rebirth. Haven't finished it yet. Just okay so far.
Various artists- Mexico and Mariachi. Songs that inspired Robert Rodriguez's El Mariachi trilogy, along with songs from the movies. This is good, but not great. I really like Rodriguez's music, though.

(Sidetrack- Robert Rodriguez helped on the score for the Kill Bill movies. Those movies have awesome music as well. Just had to say that.)

Last, but not least, the novel project is going okay. I've totally changed the idea, though. Instead of the high school drama I started out doing, I got stuck and decided to start over with an old idea of mine: Shadow City. In eighth and ninth grade I spent lots of time doing character maps and story bits for that idea, but I never really got started on it. Well, now I am. It's going by at a slow pace, and I probably won't finish it in thirty days, but at least I'm writing every day, and that's what I really wanted in the first place.

Wow. I can ramble with the best of them. See you all someday.