Smallville

So, guess what I have been up to this past week aside from the 5 homework assignments and 2 exams I had. I was catching up on my Smallville episodes. Smallville has become my new favorite TV show and I have been watching the old Smallville episodes on ABC Family so I won't be clueless when watching the season premier. Call me an idiot but I had no idea Smallville is based on Superman. Can't blame me because I have never watched Superman. I don't think they had Superman in Hong Kong!!! Anyway, Clark Kent lost his powers in the season premier. So what's gonna happen next? I like him for his powers and now he is trying to ruin the show for me??? Crap...

Emmy's

I missed the Emmy's, how disappointing:( Well, I only wanted to see Lauren Graham in her beautiful outfits. I managed to find a picture of her from the Emmy's and yes, she looks elegant as always. Hmm...looks like she gained a little weight, but she still looks amazing. Who won best actress and actor by the way? What about best series? I can't believe I missed it for Family Guy (which was disgusting btw) and American Dad (also disgusting). For some reason, both shows had the same disgusting content, which I won't mention and am sure you know what I mean if you watched them last night.

Movie Review: The English Patient

"In Love, there are no boundaries."

Beautiful story and the quote is very well portrayed. This is an old movie and I didn't have the chance to watch it until yesterday. Now I understand why people thought the beginning was boring but the story is more intense after the 1st hour. Sad story indeed but their passion is so strong and so wonderful. It's amazing what love can do to a person. The movie is a bit long (3 hours) but it's worth my time.

TV Fanatic is BACK

I am so happy my life is back to normal again. For the past few summer months, my best friend has been on vacation. Now he is back with season premiers and new shows. Oh, I can't wait until next week when I sit in front of the TV for 3 hours each day, sippin' my wine cooler, eating cheetos and enjoying my favorite shows. In addtion to all those that I continue to watch (Gilmore Girls, SVU, Joey, Will & Grace, Crossing Jordan, One Tree Hill, Battlestar Galactica, MI5), I am planning to add a couple more, or at least watch a few to see if they interest me. The new additions are Living with Fran, Smallville, Prison Break, Numbers, 3 of the CSI series, and Supernatural. Living with Fran, Smallville, and Prison Break are for keeps but not sure of the others. Yes, I am a TV fanatic and thanks to HappyOblivion for that.

Let's talk about Gilmore Girls. I am so happy that Luke and Lorelai are engaged but this happiness won't last very long because I know they won't get married!!! If they did, everything will be happy happy joy joy and that's not what Gilmore Girls is about. It's a drama and bad things are bound to happen. I just hope their engagement last for at least until the end of this season.

We Love Katamari

September 20th is a very big day for me and all those Katamari fans out there! Katamari is back with new and improved characters, challenges, and graphics in We Love Katamari. I am soooo excited! Too bad the ugly King is still there. Anyhow, I heard the new Katamari has an option of team play, meaning 2 people rolling one katamari. So if you and your roommate never agree on stuff, don't choose him/her as your teammate for this game. Also, I saw some previews of this game and they have different looking katamari's. One was a huge sumo wrestler...so funny :) Well, I spent today cleaning up the TV shelfs to make room for this new game (I am so silly). If you want to learn more about Katamari, its website is http://katamari.namco.com/. Enjoy!

PS. I beat Katamari Damacy already. Haha, that 300m ball was huge!!!!!! I got to pick up roads, bridges, and islands!!! I told you sticking all of Honolulu on my katamari is possible! Oh and below is a picture of the King of Cosmos in Katamari. I told you he's weird looking.

Katamari Damacy

Ohhh, this game is addictive! Japanese people always come up with cutesy games that make people sit on the couch all day and play. Believe me, the concept of this game is very easy to understand. This king (who is really ugly and scary looking and wears a purple robe) did something wrong and accidentally destroys all the stars in space! He then orders the prince to carry this big adhesive ball (katamari) to Earth. His goal is to stick as much stuff as possible on the katamari and bring it back to the King. The King will then release it to space and make it a star. Easy right and somewhat stupid and weird. Just don't ask any questions. No matter how stupid this game may sound, it is driving me crazy! Doesn't this sound ridiculous, "I stay up all night trying to glue stuff on a ball so I can make it into a star." Yeah, even I laugh.

So the katamari...you have to start with little things and then work your way up. The katamari won't stick to big things at first. Let's talk about levels. First level is to make a 5m ball in 3 minutes. Second level is 10m in 5 minutes. I am at a level where I have 23 minutes to make a 300m ball. That is intense! Just 3 days ago (when I got the game) I was rolling this little dingky katamari trying to find pencils and erasers to stick to it. Now, my initial targets are fences and I end up with elephants and giant octopus on the katamari! Now you know why this is stupidly intense. I play so much now that when I take the bus to school, I stare at buildings and picture myself rolling the katamari, sticking all of Honolulu on it and bring back to space.

If that's not enough, let me tell you about the 2 player part. You can compete with your buddies in making the biggest katamari in the time alloted. If your katamari is bigger than your opponents, you can actually stick him/her onto your katamari! Isn't that great! The one thing I wish to do is to stick the stupid King onto the katamari. Why? Because whenever I fail to accomplish a level, he calls me names and say I am a failure. Then he tells me I am no good and sends me away to cry. It was his fault for destroying everything in space and I am just being nice to help him rebuild his kingdom.

Anyway, if you have PS2, BUY THIS GAME!

TAing

Hmmm...being a first time TA, I feel so much pressure just from grading papers. Imagine that! I thought it was just taking points off whenever I see a wrong answer. Well, it wasn't like that. The hardest part was figuring out how much points to take off. These assignments I am grading are really easy to get an A but I see papers that are so trashy that I don't think they even deserve a grade. Then there are those stupid math problems that all you have to do is show your work to get the full 10 points. My professor urged me to be lenient and not grade so hard and I am. Let's say a problem is worth 10 points and there are 5 problems to make 50 points. I see students answering half of the questions and they get only 25/50, THAT'S AN F!!! I feel so bad for flunking them that maybe....just maybe I can lower the bar and take off less points. Grrrr! What to do, what to do...

Oh and I caught 2 students with the same answers. That was the highlight of my day :) Not that I want the students to get zeros on their homework assignements. I just feel so smart and bright (for one second of my life...finally!).