Randomness of an Idle Thursday Night
Today was...interesting. Pretty much nothing went according to plans. Let's give you a few examples, hm?
1. The one class I managed to make it to was cancelled as only one of us was done with the reading. Huh. Go figure. (Only have 100 pages left!)
2. Tried to get my taxes done by the nice BYU accountant students, but discovered I need to do this form online first. I hate this. *sighs*
3. Didn't manage to make it to the forum that Ki made it to. It was on "The Moral Universe of Martial Arts Cinema" and I was totally pumped for it, then forgot that the univerty library's "auditorium" was on the first floor, not in the back. But I had fun talking to 9-Fingers and basically goofing off with his wireless.
4. Work was mostly okay, didn't have much to do, but I left at my usual time. Just started later than usual, because I was busy missing the forum... I give up. (On a side note, I think I walked by some of Ki's students getting out of class.)
5. Came home and tried to do homework. Well, thought about it. Played around with my computer even more. 9-Fingers was over here for like...6 hours or so yesterday just toying with my poor, old laptop. Got me normal word (THANK THE HEAVENS! *kills Microsoft Works Word Processor*), fixed things here and there, etc. Still don't know how it took that long... But I converted some of my word files *cough*shadesones*cough* to .doc instead of .wps and am not looking forward to doing it to the rest of them. Oh well, labor of love?
6. BUT! I finally got tired of not being caught up on my Naruto manga, so I went and downloaded what I've been missing. Still haven't read any of it (I was on like, 270ish?), but I think I saw some spoilers as I checked to make sure the pages downloaded correctly. *can't wait to read soon*
7. Had fun at Pirates improv. Didn't have to flirt mercilessly with sweaty-boy and watched possibly the funniest rendition of "Mumbles" ever.
Here's the explanation, in case you're curious. If not? Skip till you see a number again.
You take an activity, (while the guesser is out of hearing range) and replace two of the usual items with suggestions from the audience. The more random, the better. Best part and source of the game's title? You can only communicate with gestures and sound effects or mumbling. I love this game. Some of today's juicy choices?
A. My roommate Uffish got to be one of the actors and did the activity of playing Racquetball, but instead of a racket, you're using swordfish. And instead of a ball? A kidney. The squelching sounds...oh man. And to make this one even harder? They made one of the "actors" be Helen Keller. Try picturing her playing racquetball.
B. I was the guesser in this one. I much prefer the acting, though this was a very fun experience as well. It took me a bit to realize what the activity was, but the objects were pretty easy. Renting a video (I kept thinking there a vending machine in there somewhere) but instead of a video? You're renting a goat. And instead of money to rent the said goat/video? A couch. And to make this even better, I have a pretty good rendition of a goat. Can't do a sheep for the life of me, no matter how many years I've had them pestering me next door.
And for the best one of the night...
C. Take the normal sport of weight lifting and replace the weights with corpses and the spotter with Abe Lincoln? You have this great rendition. One of the actors was Flops and he's been doing improv a whole lot longer than me. I don't think I can ever forget him as a corpse...let alone one being a weight. And, and...*shuts up*
Either way, I love improv! Mostly...being in it and knowing the people.
8. Half-listened to the end of "Muppet Treasure Island" as roommates and 9-Fingers were watching it. Was busy converting my word files then. *dances* I have Word!!!! Sorry. Calm now.
9. Reading for my Creative Class is a story I've read far too many times. "A&P" is great, but...again? So I didn't have to do any homework tonight...though I should've done some American Lit. But it's already 1:30 a.m.
I'm off! Hope you were amused. Or...something.
-Matsugi
1. The one class I managed to make it to was cancelled as only one of us was done with the reading. Huh. Go figure. (Only have 100 pages left!)
2. Tried to get my taxes done by the nice BYU accountant students, but discovered I need to do this form online first. I hate this. *sighs*
3. Didn't manage to make it to the forum that Ki made it to. It was on "The Moral Universe of Martial Arts Cinema" and I was totally pumped for it, then forgot that the univerty library's "auditorium" was on the first floor, not in the back. But I had fun talking to 9-Fingers and basically goofing off with his wireless.
4. Work was mostly okay, didn't have much to do, but I left at my usual time. Just started later than usual, because I was busy missing the forum... I give up. (On a side note, I think I walked by some of Ki's students getting out of class.)
5. Came home and tried to do homework. Well, thought about it. Played around with my computer even more. 9-Fingers was over here for like...6 hours or so yesterday just toying with my poor, old laptop. Got me normal word (THANK THE HEAVENS! *kills Microsoft Works Word Processor*), fixed things here and there, etc. Still don't know how it took that long... But I converted some of my word files *cough*shadesones*cough* to .doc instead of .wps and am not looking forward to doing it to the rest of them. Oh well, labor of love?
6. BUT! I finally got tired of not being caught up on my Naruto manga, so I went and downloaded what I've been missing. Still haven't read any of it (I was on like, 270ish?), but I think I saw some spoilers as I checked to make sure the pages downloaded correctly. *can't wait to read soon*
7. Had fun at Pirates improv. Didn't have to flirt mercilessly with sweaty-boy and watched possibly the funniest rendition of "Mumbles" ever.
Here's the explanation, in case you're curious. If not? Skip till you see a number again.
You take an activity, (while the guesser is out of hearing range) and replace two of the usual items with suggestions from the audience. The more random, the better. Best part and source of the game's title? You can only communicate with gestures and sound effects or mumbling. I love this game. Some of today's juicy choices?
A. My roommate Uffish got to be one of the actors and did the activity of playing Racquetball, but instead of a racket, you're using swordfish. And instead of a ball? A kidney. The squelching sounds...oh man. And to make this one even harder? They made one of the "actors" be Helen Keller. Try picturing her playing racquetball.
B. I was the guesser in this one. I much prefer the acting, though this was a very fun experience as well. It took me a bit to realize what the activity was, but the objects were pretty easy. Renting a video (I kept thinking there a vending machine in there somewhere) but instead of a video? You're renting a goat. And instead of money to rent the said goat/video? A couch. And to make this even better, I have a pretty good rendition of a goat. Can't do a sheep for the life of me, no matter how many years I've had them pestering me next door.
And for the best one of the night...
C. Take the normal sport of weight lifting and replace the weights with corpses and the spotter with Abe Lincoln? You have this great rendition. One of the actors was Flops and he's been doing improv a whole lot longer than me. I don't think I can ever forget him as a corpse...let alone one being a weight. And, and...*shuts up*
Either way, I love improv! Mostly...being in it and knowing the people.
8. Half-listened to the end of "Muppet Treasure Island" as roommates and 9-Fingers were watching it. Was busy converting my word files then. *dances* I have Word!!!! Sorry. Calm now.
9. Reading for my Creative Class is a story I've read far too many times. "A&P" is great, but...again? So I didn't have to do any homework tonight...though I should've done some American Lit. But it's already 1:30 a.m.
I'm off! Hope you were amused. Or...something.
-Matsugi
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