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Wow this is real

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:50:02 GMT

I have been focusing a lot of my time recently into the planning for a webcomic that I want to make. It is based off of one of my stories I had when I was younger, except it is COMPLETELY different. I just cling to the characters (even though they are unrecognizable from their incarnations four months ago, and don't even share the same names!) I've had since fifth grade. It is becoming srs business.

To get a taste of what I am doing, I'm currently writing up the Armonian naming system, which takes a lot of influence off the Russian system, except slaves are accounted for as well. I really can't believe I'm thinking this up in so much detail, but I just am getting REALLY excited for it and yeah haha OK THAT IS ALL.

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:14:18 GMT

I'm a hip hop dancer now. I joined a dance group called "Fresh Off the Beat," which stemmed off of UCF's Filipino Student Association... So I'm one of three or four white peeps while there are like 50 asians and 3 black dudes. Hehe, but it's so fun... I love it! I finally can learn masculine dances~! PLUS they competed in NYC at Prelude this past Spring. I'm so excited, you don't even know! :D

We have shirts that say "FSA MEANS FAMILY" and it totally reigns true. I love everyone in the group, and we are all really close. They also have a Kuya/Ate (pronounced Ah-tay) program which is like a Big Brother/Big Sister type thing. I'm an Ading haha! My official Kuya and Ate are really the best, I feel really close to them and I don't even know a lot about them, but we all talk a lot and they are in Fresh Off the Beat with me so we see each other constantly. Kuya Vicencio and Ate Katrina were already close to begin with so I'm just adding to the family... I'm so happy, it's so much fun!! Ate and I are gunna get Kuya a girlfriend by the end of this year! He hasn't had one since 10th grade and he's a junior in college now! He is really attractive, muscular and has a great smile, it's just that he's too shy to ask a girl out.

Ate Katrina, me and Kuya Vicencio~!

college

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 05:46:17 GMT

I love college and I've only been there two weeks. I say "there" because right now I'm sitting on my bed with my cat cleaning herself next to me. One of the biggest reasons I came home... I miss my pets so much.

I have been having a really rough week emotionally. But not in the, "my week sucked!" kind of way... more in the fact that I have been experiencing a lot of extreme peaks of happiness, sadness and anxiety. When it boils down to it, the root of the problem is that there is a guy that I really like a lot and I think that he likes me sort of, but he is trying to go after this other guy and I don't think other guy really wants him? But I'm not sure. The happiness is stemming from being in college and being with an assortment of best friends from over the years. I've been hanging out with them a lot. Also, another guy entered my life this past Wednesday. He's really nice and I ended up staying the night at his house. If I wanted to, I could be in a relationship with him, no doubt. So it's pretty much like this:

Guy A likes me. I like Guy A. I like Guy B more. Guy B might like me? But Guy B likes Guy C. And as for Guy C, well, I don't really know where he stands. I might end up introducing myself to him because I might need to borrow his shorts. You might be wondering how I would go about that if I haven't even introduced myself to him yet, but the truth of the matter is that all four of us guys are all part of the 100 people in ucf's Gay Lesbian Bisexual Student Union. So... yeah.

Also, I have been practicing for Fresh Off the Beat, a hip-hop dance group that stemmed off the Filipino Student Association. Auditions are on Monday, and there is another interest session tonight (Sunday) at 7. It is some of the most exhausting work I've done in my life. If I made the team, I would be practicing on Sundays, Mondays and Wednesdays for 3 hours a day. Then for the two weeks leading up to a competition I would practice every single day. It'll be really exhausting, but it will be perfect training for my SM/JYP Entertainment auditions. I'm halfway joking... it's something I've been thinking a lot about recently. I dunno if it will ever happen because I'm European and I don't have ANY asian blood, but it's still something I want to try for. If only my singing was above average....

EDIT: When I say I'm European, I obviously mean I'm caucasian, not that I'm citizen of a European nation. lol I'm American.

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:08:13 GMT

I am realizing that as much as I want to leave for college, I'm going to miss my pets SO MUCH. Like I'm getting really sad right now. :(

I don't have a picture of the cat outside because I've never thought to take a picture of it lawl. It doesn't even have a real name, we just call it kitty. So cute though. I love Mistyyyy, she is adorbs.

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 20:42:45 GMT

I am going through my like bi-monthly Korean music frenzy right now, except I think that it will now carry on into other things as well. The Wonder Girls need to srsly hurry up with that English album (Eng. Nobody grew on me lololol) because I'm getting impatient.

BUT OMG SNSD'S GENIE IS AMAZING LIKE WHOA. "DJ, put it back on!" mm Taeyeon you are pretty but I like Jessica the best sorry lol and Yoona is really cute too haaaaaaaha! I am surprised I know their names (or some of their names...) 9 member girl group wtf.

But then I discovered Shinee, and their music is okay but THEIR FASHION is the greatest ever omg love it. I found them because I thought Key was really hot and dressed really well in a performance they did with SNSD omgggg

Only male singer I have ever been drawn too. It's his hair, I'm telling you. I wouldn't be surprised if I had that hair by December.... I plan on lightening it quite soon, actually!

Okay

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:18:35 GMT

so last week KFC hired this guy who was a complete jerk to the company itself. Derek (this guy's name) gave away free chicken to the extent that we were 120 pieces short at the end of the night. Also, I just was informed yesterday that he stole at least $100 dollars from a register. On Tuesday, I was talking with a fellow coworker about how we were surprised Derek's hours weren't crossed out yet (the sign that you've quit/been fired).... we were waiting for him to get fired. Well, lo and behold, I walked into KFC yesterday and his hours were crossed out.

So I asked, "So Derek finally got fired then?" to which my coworker responded, "Oh no, he died."

This guy was like in his early 20's and looked completely healthy to me. He overdosed on some drug. But it gets stranger. Turns out he was the brother of this girl that I went to elementary school with, who I might've called a "good friend" on some sort of occasion... In middle school she got into drugs and eventually dropped out. What's creepier is the fact that they live five houses away from me.

WHAT THE HELL!?

Blah

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:28:18 GMT

Aggghhh my mom is getting on my nerves so much lately. I know it's probably just that whole "about to leave for college" deal, but I mean for real... when I'm in my room, that means I want privacy, doesn't it?? I don't close my door to my room as a sign meaning "please, COME RIGHT IN" because that's what she usually does and then lays on my bed... I mean, don't get me wrong, I luff her, but god lately it's been so frustrating.

Can I please have some privacy!?!? gahhhhh

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:14:05 GMT

I picked up my first book for college yesterday. It's for my honors english class... "The Black Jacobins," OH. I JUST GOT THE TITLE. lol well remember how I was like, "I wish I was studying the French Revolution!"? Yeah, well I just realized now that the revolting party was called the "Jacobins" in France during the Revolution. Hence a book about the Haitian Revolution being called "The Black Jacobins," because they were escaping French rule.

Wow, I'm thick sometimes. It rang a bell with me when I picked it up, but I didn't really give it any though. I'm kind of excited though, because Napoleon was a general, and I love reading about him.

COLLEGE BOOKS FML

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:54:36 GMT

I just spent $352 on textbooks for college. There was a while when I thought I'd be able to manage in college financially, and then I saw this (and though it's cheaper than most sets, [thank GOD for half.com]) and I'm just like "ohhhh well...." It's so much!!! Gahhh.

Also, my English class is going to consist of studying the Haitian Revolution and the involvement of Toussaint L'overture... I dunno. I kind of wish it could be the French Revolution or American colonialism if anything, but whatever.

Furthermore, I am really excited for my Astronomy course... It is one of my only non-honors courses (the other is req. communications), so the class size is like 120 or something and of course it will be in a lecture hall. I dunno what the entire thing entails though! I hear it involves a lot of complicated mathematics, so I guess that'll make me happy in some aspects because I like using brainpower but at the same time.... lol I thought it was gunna be like the course in Harry Potter hahahahahaha x)

Everyday I feel more and more like an adult...

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:19:32 GMT

I opened up a checking account today! This means that I also got a debit card... however, I ran into the problem with ordering things online, because I do that a lot (with my mom's credit card). But then the woman helping me suggested I get a separate debit card, named "Neill Peterson Online," so I can just transfer the amount of money I need to buy something into that account from my original card. Apparently debit card's are horrible to use online and are basically like "oh hey take my money," so I can only put however much money I'll be spending into the account and it has to be like RIGHT BEFORE I buy something.

This is really great because I've been browsing a couple of things I wanna get...

They are sooo slick! Unfortunately they come with a burly $110 price tag. My mom said she'd pay for at least $60, but I don't want to have to make her do that. I figure I'll just wait 2 more weeks for when my (also awesome) $230-ish pay check comes in and shell out the money for them then. I have to do some hefty calculating though, I want to have more than $200 for when I go to college in my debit account... and I just don't want those. I want those, plus sunglasses, plus this jersey scarf, plus a oxford tees and black skinnies. Hrm.

So

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:21:52 GMT

I never really do this, but I want to get my flist into Perfume as well! So I'm going to review their new album, ⊿, pronounced "Triangle." So without further ado:

Perfume's "⊿" Review

1. Take Off
What a great way to start out the album! Really cool arppegios, and a really spacey, futuristic feel. It really feels like a "take off" of some space shuttle or something. I LOVE the first half (the arpeggios), which lead into the second half (I'm splitting a 0:49 second song into two halves?), a much more heavy sound, with an unsteady countdown (10...9...8, 7, 6....5....5...5...5...4 or something haha). A great way to start the album, and it seems to flow into "love the world" perfectly.
8/10

2. love the world
I've been listening to this song for almost a full year, since it was the first single to be released after Perfume's last album, GAME. After a year, I STILL LOVE EVERY SECOND OF IT. It's one of the cutest songs I've ever heard. "Chu Chu Chu~! Love Love the world!" It has a very stacatto pop to it... the kind of sound that distinguishes Perfume from other techno, pop artists. It's a sound that I really love, because it's obvious that they're unique, and don't try to conform. This is just a wonderful song, that can cheer anyone up instantly. "Have a nice day! Be in a good mood, yeh! In all of the world!!" Ahh :D
10/10

3. Dream Fighter
I don't know what it is about this song, but something is a little different. It has spirit, and I just get a very full feeling whenever I listen to it. One of my favorite songs, Dream Fighter has been out since December? November? Well, in my opinion, it is one of Perfume's best works... next to Polyrhythm, it is my favorite I think. I haven't been in the right mood to listen to it, I think. It is really a wintery song. A good song to help you get through studies and stuff. When nothing is going on, I kind of feel that it is too heavy for me to listen to XD That's why my Summer soundtrack mainly consists of songs like love the world lolololol. BUT gah... I mean, this is GOLD. PURE GOLD. This song has a great licks, and great sounds, great electronics and such an amazing synth drum sound!! :D
10/10

4. Edge (⊿-mix)
Before ⊿, I didn't care for this song much. On this album, the song is AMAZING. It's got a really, really gritty sort of beat... I'm listening to these tracks as I'm reviewing them, and I am just simply BLOWN away by how awesome it all sounds. I can't believe this is the same song that I use to think was alright, at best. Well, I guess it's a remix, but I mean. It's basically the same song... it's just really thick, really deep and really rich. The contrast of the light voices with the heavy, static-y, beat is AMAZING. The instrumental breaks are really hardcore and it is just really enjoyable to listen to, a great song.
9/10

5. NIGHT FLIGHT
This song is one that I thought I would be listening to CONSTANTLY, but it turns out that I'm not lol. Two posts before this was the post about NIGHT FLIGHT coming out in full and I was so excited... haha. It's not that I don't like the song, certainly not! I think this is a great track, and it's REALLY catchy. It's just not something I'll be oogling over. I dunno what it is? The melody is really nice, and it's nice to dance to... I just feel as if it's a little thin! :( It's still really nice, and I know I'll learn the dance... but I think that's what it is! There isn't a strong precense of bass and it's just kind of treblely... Despite this, it's still really cute and poppy! I enjoy it a lot more dancing to it, it is really a song that just makes you want to get and move! I'm shaking my torso as I type this! Haha. I enjoy it, but it's not the wonderful wonderfulness I was expecting, is all :)
8/10

6. Kiss and Music
LOL OMG THE OPENING TO THIS SONG MAKES ME LOL SORT OF. It is so like mysterious, badass club people. Reminds me kind of a Lady Gaga song, the opening. It's REALLY short for a full length Japanese song (only 2:36! Most Japanese songs run over 5 minutes). The melody is interesting, it is a really mellow song... Sort of a, like, LOL , love making song? I dunno... I get a really sultry feeling whenever I listen to it. Like walking into a room to find someone on your bed in lingere. It's a really nice little track, it's easy on the ears.
7/10

7. Zero Gravity
This is SUCH a cute track! I've been reading a lot that people don't like it that much, but I personally like it a lot. Reminds me of the future, as in a tune that you would see in a cute futuristic television show. I seriously don't understand how you couldn't like this song!! It has such a fun chorus, it just makes you want to smile, and be happy! :) I read somewhere that when people do like it, they don't think it is "memorable," and I can see where they are coming from... but no, not for me! This is a song that I can see myself humming the melody too because it is just so damn catchy! "Gravity! Gravity!!!" :) (I finished writing this before the song ended, lol, I don't want to press the forward button!!)
8/10

8. I still love U
This song is so damn misleading! You think it is going to be this kind of grungy, hard rock-esque song and then they start singing. It is an interesting song to say the least. I agree with other people. The songs on here all sound futuristic... this song on here, however, sounds like a song from the 90's. It has a nice premise, and a good beat, but I dunno. I'm just not feeling it so much, I guess. Nakata at least did a different sound with the girls voices during the verses. They kind of sound like they're singing through a telephone, it's a cool effect! As they get closer to the chorus, it wears away. OH YEAH but there is this cool like, I dunno what to call it, but this like CRAZY HIP HOP REMIX TURNTABLE effect thing in the song, and it's cool to listen to. It got there and I was surprised, I had forgotten it was in there!
6/10

9. The best thing
PURE GOLD. ONE OF MY FAVORITE PERFUME SONGS! :D This has SUCH a nice beat!!! It is so refreshing, so sweet and REALLY charming! The lyrics of the chorus are all in English, and it is just... oh wow SUCH a great tune!! After a few listens, I can tell this is going to be in like my top 5 Perfume songs! It just hit into the chorus and I got the WIDEST smile on my face... It is so nice, so... just AH! It's like a breath of fresh air. A lot of arpeggios and fun things, cool beats... ah goodness knows I LOVE IT. Just the little things in the verses that Nakata does, it just sounds SO COOL. And I really love it in songs when the verse distinctly ends, and then the chorus comes in, and that's what happens in this song, if that makes sense. AH it is just sooo good... Really wonderful work.
10/10

THESE AREN'T THE REAL LYRICS! The real lyrics are probably closer to, "You are my heart, my life and my soul/I love you more than words can say, ah/You are my heart, my life and my soul/The best thing that I can do is just show you love."

10. Speed of Sound
This is an interesting track... It has a sort of latin beat, I guess. I think it would be cooler if it was purely instrumental, but the voices don't bring it down in any way. There is no lyrics in this song, only vocals... only words. It's not a bad song, but it just seems kind of filler-y. It sounds like a capsule song, to be completely honest. It doesn't sound like Perfume. That's to be expected as capsule and Perfume are both produced by Nakata, but Perfume and capsule always had a distinct personality. This just kind of confuses me... it's not bad as I said! It's just weird, because I have to question if I'm listening to a Perfume song, or if Nakata just wanted to advertise his group in their album... haha.
7/10

11. One Room Disco
A single that has been out since March. When it first came out, I didn't like it all that much. It has to been one of my favorite Perfume songs. It is SO distinctly Perfume... it's really cute, while still being mature! The beat is really good... there are a lot of different melodies in here that are really great! "DISUKO DISUKO! WAN ROOMU DISUKO!!!" I mean really, this song is just like, never-ending goodness. From the hardcore beginning that leads into the sweet "Disuko disuko!" part, to the verse and the chorus, back to the "disuko," verse, a new chorus, A~chan's solo, and then the two chorus put together, ending with "disuko disuko!" It really just has a lot in it, and Nakata worked them EXPERTLY. He is really a genius. Except...
10/10

12. Negai (Album-mix)
WHUT IS THIS TRACK I HATE THIS TRACK. Negai means "wish" in Japanese... well, this is the B-side that was released with "Dream Fighter," but that version is MUCH better. I mean, like, it had a distinct feeling... it's mood was so beautiful. It was just a feeling of reflection and solitude. What irks me about this is that this would be so much better if the violin used wasn't synth. I understand that Nakata is synth, yes, I get that. But it just sounds SO fake... What's a shame is that there are some really awesome additions otherwise, like vibes and stuff. But this should be a lesson that you SHOULDN'T use fake instruments... I mean like, WHY? Gah.... I dunno. The outro is so difficult to sit through... it was SO BEAUTIFUL in the original version. A soft piano playing the melody... and this one is like the synth violin and like some other synth instruments... I dunno. It wasn't as bad to listen to this time around, because I was expecting it I guess. But seriously... GAH IT IS JUST FRUSTRATING!! I'm sad this was the way they ended the album. I'm posting the original Negai because I don't like this version! harhar...
4/10

So overall, I would say that I liked this album better(?) than GAME. I'm not sure though, because I never fully listened to GAME, like I did with this... I just got it, deleted all the songs that I already had from the singles and just listened to the new songs... which lol some of them are really great (Puppy love and Secret Secret)! But some of them I was just kind of "they're alright..." I didn't have a song though that I was like "UG THIS IS HORRIBLE!" like I did with Negai's remix on this one, but yeah... I'm sure they'll grow on me :)

LOL SO MANY SPELLING MISTAKES IDC.

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:35:07 GMT

Trying to read the first six books of Harry Potter in two weeks while I have a job (I have a job!!!.... at KFC :p) is stressful. You try it sometime!

I am liking the summer a lot. Haven't had the "summer fling" quite yet, but I'm working on it...

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:10:19 GMT

NIGHT FLIGHT in full was finally released! :DDDD

Gahhh I love Perfume so much, their music is SO GOOD.

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:28:19 GMT

My livejournal is too girly atm. I wanna have a Wonder Girls theme but also a Perfume theme. How do I manage this without looking REALLY GAY?

flarshing

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:16:40 GMT

Why couldn't I have been born and raised in Japan or Korea? They are much more focused on life than Americans ;____;

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:07:05 GMT

The World Stage is something that amazes me constantly. The Iranian election is crazy to follow on twitter, it is all so surreal.

Hawaii is being prepared for a missile attack from North Korea.

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:02:30 GMT

Why do people consistently make fools out of themselves? Like, not with things that people are actually passionate about or that some people would find cool in context, but with just dumb shit. For example, So You Think You Can Dance is premiering tonight and I guess I just don't understand how people think they can dance? Like, I know it's basically the same thing as American Idol, but the prospect of dancing seems like people would understand more when they couldn't? I don't know... like with singing at least you have the excuse of sounding good in the shower or when you're singing along with a song, but with dancing doesn't this come more obviously? Like I know that when I'm dancing poorly I feel really awkward about it... huh. Maybe it's just because I know I can socially dance well if I try.

This turned into a commentary on people knowing how well they can dance. My original point was I don't understand why people like make OBVIOUS jackasses of themselves. It's just strange.

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:25:48 GMT

Has anyone on here ever watched/read "Nodame Cantabile?" If so, what are your thoughts/opinions on it?

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 13:54:27 GMT

I LOVE MY MACBOOK PRO. OMG. This thing is so beautiful.... everything on it looks so clean and the colors are SO beautiful. Very rich, very deep... there are some pictures of space on here and it looks like my computer actually has depth to it because that's how deep the blacks are.

AGGGH OMG the only part that frustrates me is that it seems EXTREMELY complicated to get my play counts and ratings and stuff from the PC to here... tons of things telling me to delete this .itl file and rename that .xml file. I don't really understand it, and I think I just kind of jumped the gun to do anything now. I have all my music and all my album covers (except Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, becuase that's not on iTunes for some reason...?) and I don't want to have to go through the process again because I realy don't have all my music backed up on a flash drive (I have about half of it... but I deleted the other half to make room for the second half hahaha).

OH WELL, I LOVE IT IT IS SO PRETTY.

So now, MEME TIME!

01. Anyone who looks at this entry has to post this meme and their current wallpaper at their LiveJournal.
02. Explain in five sentences why you're using that wallpaper!
03. Don't change your wallpaper before doing this! The point is to see what you had on!

I'm using this wallpaper because I've always loved Perfume since I found out about them. I go back and forth between picking wallpapers of Perfume, natural things (like my first wallpaper was a piece of grass with dew on it) and Pokémon. I really like this picture of Perfume a lot and someone made it into a really nice wallpaper. I'm thinking I might change it back to the dew one though XD Yeah, but I love their single Dream Fighter, and this is the promo picture for that, soooo yeah!

My grad party is tonight :)

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:34:33 GMT

So... I'm getting my MacBook Pro this Friday. However, being the obsessive apple guy that I am, I'm always checking macrumors.com and reading their forums and stuff. Well the Worldwide Developers Conference is next week and there is talks of upgrades on the MBP's or perhaps a price drop. I know this wouldn't really affect me in the long run (if it's just the price drop, I'm assuming I can get some money back? I think there is some 14 day window...), but some people are speculating that there might be a RAM update to 4GB which would be a MAJOR improvement.

So I'm stumped as to what to do... I've waited forever and had to put it off another week already. I can finally get my hands on my laptop this Friday, but I'm worried that if I do, then a week later it will have been updated and I'll be saying "fuck!"

fcksss

Sun, 17 May 2009 15:06:54 GMT

Errrrrrm I agreed to play Claire de Lune at baccalaureate and now I am SEVERELY regretting this. I can play it well... but idk why I didn't think it through that the church would probably be packed with people from all the different schools in the area and their parents. I'm reallllllly hoping the piano is in some out of the way area and not like center stage. Because if it is then I will shoot myself! :D

Mon, 04 May 2009 02:23:34 GMT

I am so not ready for my calc exam at all. But I am so ready for the day following it. :3

There's been so much to do lately, I feel like I am rotting from all of the stuff. Like, actually, I guess there isn't a whole ton to do, but there is just so much going on that I feel exhausted and it's as if I have a mountain on my shoulders. I mean, really! I can feel it right now!! I wish I would write in here more. It's stupid that I don't because I look at it multiple times a day. Hrrm idk, idk, what to do, what to do... I need to start writing in my private journal! I didn't because I discovered I was superstitious and believed that if I wrote about DIego in there it wouldn't work out because that's how it was with like every other guy. Well just like with every other guy, it didn't work out... but I didn't write about Diego in my journal, so that's a ++++ because now I can go and write in it regularly about my lyfe without freaking out.

Umm herm. ione. This summer should be really kick ass because I won't have ANYTHING to worry about sans college stuff... but I think the worrying about college stuff will be way more fun and exciting than stressful. Off the top of my head I can't even really think of anything that I should be worrying about. The summer assignment, maybe (there is always one... right?). But yay

oh yeah I'm in UCF's honors college so go me for working my ass off in high school because it evidently paid off.

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:16:20 GMT

twitter.com/neillpeterson

it's been forever since I've written on here, but I check my friends pages upwards 4 times a day! haha

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:45:03 GMT

texting shouldn't have been invented.

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:46:48 GMT

WTF GRAD NITE IS CANCELED. WHY EAU GALLIE YOU STUPID BITCH. I WANTED TO SEE KATY PERRY AND METRO STATION AND PARTY ALL NITE AT DISNEY :|