Uni Blabber

Well, this has been a loooooooong day. I got up at 5am! We're not meant to get up at that hour! Anyway, I went to the stupid Hungarian with 3 other colleagues from my study group but then it turned out that we cannot take that class. Stupid non-functioning University! So we had to sign out of it (not that I'm sorry!) and we took 2 other elective courses, both in English, Sociolinguistics and Shakespeare and the Theory of Literature but maybe we won't be needing both of those (stupid mix up with ECTS points in the 1st semester!). We'll know everything on Thursday and then, hopefully, I'll be able to get rid of the stupid Shakespeare.
Then we had Essay Writing. I liked that. It seems useful and I liked the professor. Ok, it had to do a lot with the fact that the professor seemed to like me too. She was talking about her class and digressed then stopped and asked: Where was I with this? and I said: At the instructions. and she pointed her finger at me and said: Right! then continued. So she was talking again then suddenly paused and asked: What's the word for... for... dosljedno? and I said: Consistent. Then she pointed her finger at me again and asked for my name and said she'll make me a demonstrator (it's a student that does stuff but I'm not sure exactly what) and I went: No, no! but she told her assistant to circle my name on the list or else she'd forget it. I'm not sure if she actually meant anything by it but if she did, what on Earth did I get myself into with 4 words??!
Well, that's about it. Tomorrow I have only one class in the morning (THANK GOD!!!) and then I'm free for the rest of the day. There'll be a lot of sleeping going on...

Emotional

Ok, WTF was THAT?
When I see a movie that has a love story going on (and trust you me, the movies I watch have love stories going on!!!) and when I'm rooting for the couple like crazy then they OUGHT TO stay together!
And what was that???
I can't have that shit going on! I get depressed enough from real life!
They better give me some happy fucking endings in movies!!!!

UPDATE: It's 11.12pm now and I am crying over Grey's Anatomy and Meredith taking the bomb out of the patient.
But I'm actually crying over myself and the fact that I'm not gonna make it. What was I thinking? Hungarian?!
Fuck, it's not that either. I'll never make it through college. I just can't do it. I can't do it.

Oscars Review

So, the Oscars...
All right, I admit it, I watched the tape, I totally couldn't stay awake.
Anyway... As I didn't see any of the movies yet, I watched the dresses. It's hard to have favourites when none of the nominees was Went.
So, what did I like?
*gets notes* *really* *stop laughing*
~ Leo was adorable blushing when Ellen mentioned him and said she had no joke, just wanted to give the ladies the opportunity to look at him for a few seconds.
~ Abigail & Jaden were sooooo cute! And boy, that kid reacts fast! Must have got it from his daddy!
~ Sound Effects Choir - oh my God! How cool was that? Making all those effects on the spot? Amazing!
~ In the breaks, I loved the quotes from movies that were popping up: Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn! - Hello, Clarice. - Rosebud. - I'm king of the world! - I see dead people. - Show me the money! ...
~ Robert Downey Jr. presenting - I just love him, he's hot!
~ And of course, Kate Winslet looked like a goddess! Very minty! The woman can't go wrong. Gorgeous.
I didn't like what Gwyneth was wearing, it was just blah. And Nicole looked like a Christmas gift. Odd.


And now about me. Just a sentence or two. We got the schedule for the Croatian classes today. So from now on, every Tuesday I'll be leaving my house at 5.40am and returning at 9.50pm. That is all.

Oscars Or Sleep?

So it's back to classes tomorrow morning. I'm getting up at 6.20 and it won't be easy after almost a month of NOT getting up at 6.20.
Another thing that will make it hard is me planning to watch the Oscars. You see, the ceremony starts at 2am and lasts till... well, no one can tell, right? But it should end somewhere around 6. Do you see the trouble? Yes, sleeping for 20 minutes is not the best idea. The worst part is that, according to the new timetable, I'm supposed to be at the Uni till 9pm. It's fucked up, I tell you.That would be not sleeping for about 36 hours.
Doable?
Well, I'll know tomorrow.

Uni Blabber

Call me crazy but I had this weird and disturbing dream that I was at Uni (most of you know my classes start tomorrow) and there was some mix-up with the schedule. I was confused and lost in it so when I woke up about 20 minutes ago, I immediately turned computer on to check it (our mentor sent us our schedule yesterday). I just wanted to make sure it was still here.
*shakes head at self*
It doesn't even do me that much good since we only got the schedule for English. I'm still in dark about Croatian. Dammit! Now I fear there'll be some major overlapping again... (Or as our professors prefer to say - collision. I know you don't see what's so funny about it but if you heard that damn word 20 000 times in the first week at Uni, you would laugh too!)

Saturday Blabber

I am so boooored. Seriously. It's Saturday night and I feel like banging my head against the wall. I asked a friend to go out but we didn't.
I guess the highlight of the evening will be getting really depressed watching "Brokeback Mountain".
Must I mention I'm also hungry?
Yeah, partying all the way here...
Sister's bf said he would take me to the city so I can rent a movie and I already decided I was gonna take "Mr & Mrs Smith" (I know, you're probably laughing, or maybe hating me for liking Brad Pitt) because I wanted to watch something that requres no brain at all and also something with a lot of accumulated hotness but then he left to a dinner with friends.
I like my sister's bf but this was just wrong. I think a serious conversation is about to take place...

Uni Blabber & Summer Plans

I totally aced Phonetics and Phonology! Yaaay!
And I got a B in Introduction to Literature!
Total score: 5 exams taken, one A and four Bs.!Totally better than expected!
My poor mom was yelling across the street to a neighbour how I did. She claims the woman asked her about it but I doubt it.
Well, let her enjoy it while it lasts.

We had to take an additional elective course and most of us took Hungarian. It's gonna be fun, I hope. Well, either fun or a nightmare.

I realized I won't be able to go back to Krk to work during the summer. No way.
Too much studying I'll have to do over the summer so I'll have to stay home.
But Maja asked me to come with her for a week of vacation to Krk.
(It seems noe like there's only one island at Croatian coast. It's just a coincidence, I assure you.)
But it's a long time till summer comes and I'll probably make Maja hate me for some reason in between so let's not make a big deal out of it.
Nevertheless, Maja, it was very very sweet of you to invite me and it means more to me than you'll ever know.

Phon-Phon Update

Update on Phonetics and Phonology:

Apparently I got an A on the written part. Have no idea how that happened. Weirdest part is that I apparently made no mistakes. How did that happen??? I'm not complaining though, don't get me wrong. But still, there's the oral part tomorrow and regardless of the A, I can still fail. Now I'm worried again cuz the written and the oral parts are completely different. *worried* *not studying though* *tipically*

Phon-Phon Update

Phonetics and Phonology update:
NOT GOOD!
I checked the words I had to transcribe in the dictionary and FUCK! I got maybe 3 or 4 right. There's no way in hell I'm gonna pass that.
It fucking sucks!

Phon-Phon

Let me tell you, Phonetics and Phonology - HARD!
*worried*

Not Hungry

Happy to say that I'm not hungry anymore!
My body adapted faster then usual!

Hungry

I am hungry. Duh.
I have an exam tomorrow morning.
I just read Hamlet again for God knows what time.
I am not happy.

Hungry

You know, I was hungry like 2-3 hours ago. I'm beyond hungry now.
Now I'm numb.

Diet

THIS IS IT!
DIET STARTS TODAY!
I dare not to weigh myself but my clothes tells me pretty much all I need to know.
This is now official.
I do this every year around this time. I simply cut all food after 5pm and all kind off snacks are off the menu, sweet and salty. And I do fucking sit-ups.
WISH ME LUCK!

Blast From The Past

A funny thing happened earlier this evening. I got a text message saying Happy Valentine's day, dear. I hope you're enjoying yourself.
No, that's not the funny part. The funny thing is that it came from a one-night-stand guy that I did last summer.
Why... I mean...
*confused*
But whatever. I was polite enough to reply with Hey, you! Happy Valentine's Day! and that was it.

Internet Bill...

So I got my Internet bill today. Guess what! Apparently I used (spent?) 7gb!!! HOW? I don't download anything! So I called the sons of the bitches and asked them WTF is going on.
It turns out everytime I fucking click they charge me something. Ok. I just wanted to know.
Oh and... If you don't see me online ever again, there's your explanation!

For someone who doesn't believe in love, I sure do love me some love-stories! I watched some lame movie with Shane West and Mandy Moore ( I know, I know but it was on TV!), "A Walk To Remember", and... This is embarrassing... She died. I wept.
*pulling herself together*
*clearing throat*
Well ok... From now on - "Die Hard" it is!

I Hate Valentine's Day

All this Valentine's Day talk is so annoying! It used to be a day for those in love, right? And now everyone sends greeting cards to everyone else!
It really has nothing to do with me. I'm not in a relationship. I'm not in love. I don't want to be in relationship. I don't want to be in love. My name (unlike my sister's) is not Valentina. See? That day has nothing to do with me.
I even forbid one of my ex-boyfriends to mention it to me, let alone buy anything or plan something "romantic". I don't want to have anything to do with it.

P.S. Romeo & Juliet, Dr Zhivago & Lara, Jack & Kate, Christian & Satine, Rhett & Scarlett. I rest my case.

Love Actually

"Love Actually" tonight!!!!!
I just LOVE LOVE LOVE that movie! I mean, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson and that cute cute kid... What more could one ask for?
And then after the movie "Grey's Anatomy" and "Desperate Housewives"! TV night, baby!
But damn, I would so trade it all for new PB...


EDIT: 11.32pm Oh I forgot about Heike Makatch and Alan Rickman and Billy Bob Thornton as a sleezy President!
And when Hugh Grant dances - FUCKING PRICELESS!
I LOVE THAT MOVIE!!!!

Uni Blabber

I got a B on exam in "Morphosyntax and Semantics of Verbal Expressions in English Language".
I thought it was gonna be a C for sure.
So this is very good.

MP3

It gives me great pleasure to inform you that I have finally found out how to copy music into my mp3!
And yes, it is a big deal!
It means that I can finally carry Liquid Sex with me all the time!
And music, of course.
Anyway, I'm happy!

Funny Sister

I told my sister to rent a movie. Any movie. Nothing on TV tonight. Then she sends me a text message saying she got "Big Momma's House 2". Just to be clear, she knows I HATED "Big Momma's House"! I call her immediately and she says she's not kidding! I flip out! She says she WAS kidding.
Who knew my sister was kinda funny after all...

Stupid People Should Wear Signs

Stupid people should have to wear signs that just say, "I'm Stupid".

by Bill Engvall

That way you wouldn't rely on them, would you? You wouldn't ask them anything. It would be like, "Excuse me...oops...never mind, didn't see your sign."

It's like before my wife and I moved. Our house was full of boxes and there was a U-Haul truck in our driveway. My neighbor comes over and says, "Hey, you moving?"
"Nope. We just pack our stuff up once or twice a week to see how many boxes it takes. Here's your sign."

A couple of months ago I went fishing with a buddy of mine, we pulled his boat into the dock, I lifted up this big ol'stringer of bass and this idiot on the dock goes, "Hey, y'all catch all them fish?"
"Nope. Talked 'em into giving up. Here's your sign."

I was watching one of those animal shows on the Discovery Channel. There was a guy inventing a shark bite suit. And there's only one way to test it. "Alright, Jimmy, you got that shark suit on, it looks good... They want you to jump into this pool of sharks, and you tell us if it hurts when they bite you."
"Well, all right, but hold my sign. I don't wanna lose it."

Last time I had a flat tire, I pulled my truck into one of those side-of-the-road gas stations. The attendant walks out, looks at my truck, looks at me, and I SWEAR he said, "Tire go flat?"
I couldn't resist. I said, "Nope. I was driving around and those other three just swelled right up on me. Here's your sign."

We were trying to sell our car about a year ago. A guy came over to the house and drove the car around for about 45 minutes. We get back to the house, he gets out of the car, reaches down and grabs the exhaust pipe, then says, "Darn that's hot!"
See, if he'd been wearing his sign, I could have stopped him.

I learned to drive an 18-wheeler in my days of adventure. Wouldn't you know, I misjudged the height of a bridge. The truck got stuck and I couldn't get it out, no matter how I tried. I radioed in for help and eventually a local cop shows up to take the report. He went through his basic questioning ..okay...no problem. I thought for sure he was clear of needing a sign...until he asked, "So, is your truck stuck?"
I couldn't help myself! I looked at him, looked back at the rig and then back to him and said, "No, I'm delivering a bridge... here's your sign."

I stayed late at work one night and a co-worker looked at me and said, "Are you still here?"
I replied, "No. I left about 10 minutes ago. Here's your sign."

Cat

I think my cat is allergic to me.
He sneezes a lot around me.

Me & 10 Things...

Yes, this is about me and no, I've got nothing to say!
Just regular Friday morning... Read the papers, ate (a bit too much, I must say) and now I'm just waiting for my friend to arrive. Haven't seen her in a while, between her work and my classes it's not easy to find a gap.

I was wondering what time is it in Korea but it's still feb 9, 7pm. I wonder if he is there already... Are you, Wentworth, are you? Or are you still on the plane (no snakes, hopefully!)? Or are you somewhere taking a walk with She-who-shall-not-be-named?
Obsessed? ME??? Nah...

Damn, I should study. Seriously, I have the entire Hamlet to read - AGAIN! I know, I know, this is getting old... Stop rolling your eyes, I'm bored too!!!!

Tonight is 10 Things I Hate About You on again! Laugh all you want, that's the only teen-movie I like! Well, ok, love. It reminds me of a story I went through with my sister. Wanna hear? K! There was this guy that I sort of slept with once. I liked him but I knew nothing else would happen between us. Then one evening I was at my friend's and her phone rang. She gave me this weird look and told me it was him. Apparently, he phoned my house first and my mom told him where I was and bla-bla-bla, he wanted to meet me that night at this cafe where the bunch of us used to hang out. I agreed (DUH!). As I was on my way there I met my sister who was coming back from school and I asked to come with me (DO NOT YELL AT ME! this was not supposed to be a date, the whole gang was supposed to be there, not just the two of us!!!!) and she did. And to make the long story short, that evening the guy asked my sister to be his girlfriend!!!!! What was I talking about? Oh yes, 10 Things... Remember how in that movie younger sister dates the guy that the older sister slept with once? Well, there you go! Although, my sister did not date this guy! Anyway, I felt pretty stupid. Ask me why I have no self-confidence again. THAT'S WHY!

Exam Passed

I passed "British Culture and Civilization" exam today! As we got our exams, mine wasn't with the others. I was sure that the professor took it out to exemplify how NOT TO do an exam. Then I asked her what happened and she said it was put with the blank exams by mistake and then i had to go with her to the office and watch her grade it. I was mortified! Imagine sitting there and looking at the professor going through the thing you're not so proud of! But I got a B!!! So yaaay!

Haunted Computer

As I was studying earlier I was listening to the radio. I began with some classical music that soon started to drill a hole in my brain. I changed the station then. And when Naughty Girl, Baby Boy and Hips Don't Lie came on... my studying was soooo over! How... HOW could I possibly concentrate with the images that music inevitably produced in my mind?
Goddammit, now there's Let's Get Loud on! Baby, do you get loud too or is it only your women that scream in that holy place, that heaven on Earth that is your bedroom?

Anyway, my computer put me through hell once again earlier. First it kindly offered to update my Media Player. The naive little me fell right for it! After the updates were downloaded and all, it refused to validate it and I found myself caught in the Twilight Zone loop of going back and forth between non-validating and non-working Media Player! Then I somehow stumbled upon the instructions for restoring the computer to status quo. I said a little prayer and went for it (all the while expecting for it not to work). I thought I had nothing to lose since the Media Player couldn't be opened anyway. But it did work, thank God! And my unupdated Media Player is playing my media again!
Yesterday similar crap happened. I put a CD in to copy it to the (now notorious yet much appreciated) Media Player. Before I'm able to click on Copy Music this screen opens with some kind of a video and there is no tool bar whatsoever. So I right-click. WTF??! No Exit, no Stop! Only Zoom In - Zoom Out! What good does that do??!
Next thing I know,I'm pressing every fucking key there is on the keyboard and NOTHING HAPPENS! The screen is still there... zooming in... zooming out... What do I do next? The usual - get the CD from hell out of the computer and RESET! Once my computer is recovered I SHOVE THE CD BACK IN! (I know, I know, I'm not very bright and I learn really slowly if at all.) But this time I click Copy Music really fast thinking that should do the trick. HELL NO! The copying begins but the fucking screen opens again! Only now I don't want to reset what appears to be the haunted machine because, you know, at least the music is being copied. But I am once again frantically pressing every fucking key. And HALLELUJAH!, I accidentally press ESC!
Toolbar appears, I close the screen and retain the little sanity I have left.
Then printer refused to turn off. It was roaring at me! I unplugged it, plugged it back and it roared again! I was afraid of my own fucking printer! I have no idea what I did there but it stopped roaring and turned off eventually.
Pffewwww...

Fien thinks it happens because my PC can't handle all of the Went-hotness stored in it. I don't disagree. It refuses to play me my PB S1. I think it fears overloading with The Pretty!

First Exam Passed

I am proud to announce that I have passed my first exam at FFOS!!!!!!!
I got a C (ok, not great, I know) but I already have a B and an A there so I'm hoping for a final B in "English Language Practice I".
And this also means I'm not a freshman any more! (It's a Croatian thing, once you have passed your first major exam, you became a regular student.) (some say you're supposed to have sex with a colleague too to earn the student-status, but I'm ignoring that one!)

Bored Blabber

Oh, could I be more bored? Nope. Wait! Yep. If I were studying. And damn, I should be doing that. And I'm gonna. Seriously. Just wait and see.
What am I going to do today? I have no idea. I've got no books to read, no movies to watch and no friends to see. Wanna trade lives, anyone? No? Didn't think so.
Oh well, Hamlet it is!

Over At Friend's

I was at my friend's earlier, we had some food that is really bad for us, I even smoked (and I haven't had a cigarette in a while) and we watched Miss Universe. Damn, that was funny! Seriously, what is with those girls??! Nineteen-year-olds shaking their practically bare asses in front of a bunch of old farts for God knows what reason! And the show itself was just bad. They played the same song all the time and two reports of the girls preparing for the pageant were played FOUR TIMES! Ahahaha! And the dresses (evening gowns) were so ugly!!! I can't remember the last time I was laughing that much! Good times...

Everwood

Ok, tell me honestly, am I too lame for being happy that the new season of "Everwood" started today?

Uni & The Human Stain

I'm bored. So I'm gonna write some shit for a while.
I had an exam today, "British Culture and Civilization". To tell you the truth, it didn't go all that well. I think we all underestimated it a bit. See, we thought it would mostly be filling the blanks. Well, it was but there were a lot of blanks to fill! 6 pages of questions! And not just filling the blanks, but explaining and stuff! I don't think I did that bad but I certainly didn't do well. And I know, I know oh so well I've got no one to blame but myself! Ok, I should stop whining and await for the results. Then I'll whine with a reason!
I watched The Human Stain today (as I said in my previous post). The movie wasn't that bad, I like movies when people talk a lot and do nothing but I think it was a bit confusing. No, that's not the correct word for it... Maybe not elaborated well enough. Or the director wanted to do a movie about too many things in one and I think he kinda got lost in the process.
Anyway, Wentworth was wonderful. (I know, biased...) But he really was! He is talented, that's for sure! *shaking fist at that guy, John, I think, at Just Jared who said Wentworth needed acting lessons desperately* I really hope he'll do a movie soon. First and foremost, because I want to see him on the big screen and second, because today there's no movie without a love scene! *grinning* So, let's all kneel and pray for Wentworth doing a movie! Oh ok, you can throw in the world peace if you really must...
Hmmm... I'm trying to find something else to write about but I've got nothing to say. I HAVE GOT NOTHING TO SAY. I am boring myself out. I'm gonna go and watch Desperate Housewives re-runs. That's more interesting than hanging out with me.

Exam For Footballers

As many of you know, this is the time of exams in the fair world of Croatian universities. So I'm studying. Well, you know... Anyway, as I'm going through this "British Culture And Civilization" materials this is what I find (and I honestly believe no one expects us to actually learn this, I'm sure this is only here to amuse us):

COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAM: FOR FOOTBALL PLAYERS
You must answer two (2) or more questions correctly to qualify.

1. What language is spoken in France?

2. Give a dissertation on the ancient Babylonian Empire with particular reference to architecture, literature, law and social conditions. OR Give the first name of PIERRE Trudeau (Prime Minister of Canada).

3. Would you ask William Shakespeare to: a) build a bridge b) sail the ocean c) lead an army d) WRITE A PLAY

4. What religion is Pope? (Check only one) a) Jewish b) CATHOLIC c) Hindu d) Swedish e) Agnostic

5. Metric conversion. How many feet in 0.0 meters?

6. What time is it when the big hand is on the 12 and the little hand is on the 1?

7. How many commandments was Moses given? (Approximate)

8. What are people in America's far north called? a) Westerners b) Southerners c) NORTHERNERS

9. Spell: CAT, DOG, PIG

10. Six kings of England have been called George,the last one being George the Sixth. Name the previous five.

EXTRA CREDIT: Using your fingers, count from 1-5.