Below are the 6 most recent journal entries recorded in talon46's LiveJournal:

Wednesday, January 25th, 2006
6:48 am	Off Track Ugh...I'm so off-schedule right now, and it'll be hard to get back on track. I messed up my sleep cycle and have been sleeping in the daytimes because I'm so tired. And I end up sleeping until night, and when I'm awake, I can't go back to sleep and end up staying up the whole night and then just going to class. Then, when I get back from class, I fall back to sleep, and the cycle starts anew. I'm sick of this. I need to have like a taskmaster making me do my work and stay on top of my schedule. And this is only the beginning of the semester, too. Somebody make the day longer, please. In other news, I've been totally engrossed in So Weird the times I have been awake. I've forgotten how amazing this show was, and it still absorbs me with its great characters, storyline, and music. It's such a pity that the music on the show wasn't more popular than it was; it was really well-written. I've been watching the episodes that I've been able to download, and seeing them again has brought tears to my eye, quite seriously. I forgot how touching some of the episodes were, and I started crying while watching a few of them. It's such a shame that the show wasn't completed in its own right. Had Disney not brought along that peroxide-vulture Alexz Johnson, then Fi would have been able to stay and the story would have been finished. From what I understand, there was to be more development on the history of their family, and the show was to end with their father being saved and returned from the Spirit World. Curse you, Alexz Johnson! Another thing I was thinking about was I had completely forgotten how wonderful Mackenzie Phillips is in her role. I guess I just never thought about it because I was younger, but, seeing her now, it's hard to remember sometimes that she's an actress because she just seems so natural as Molly; she really is a wonderful actress, and I think she is too often overlooked for her acting ability, let alone her singing. Though her voice is definitely not what would be considered mainstream and beautiful by most, the emotion she puts into her songs is poignant and more than can be defined by the sound alone. Mackenzie Phillips, you have a fan for life; I only hope that others can see the star in you, as well. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, January 17th, 2006
8:44 pm	Stress Wow...I'm really overwhelmed with my schedule right now. I have no idea what to do. I've added my final class to my schedule today, and that brings my final total to 18 hours. I know I have issues with time management, and this really has me worried. All these classes are important to me, and I am unwilling to drop any of them. However, I'm scared that I won't be able to handle it all and will have to leave one of them behind, maybe the Greek/Latin class. Ugh... Stupid me, I thought I could even get a job this semester. Well, that idea's out the window. Too bad, I could really use the money right now, considering I don't even have enough to buy all my books. Goodness me, I don't know what to do... (Comment on this)
Monday, January 16th, 2006
3:19 am	Mr. Anderson... I just saw The Matrix Reloaded on TNT about two hours ago. Now, I am remembering all the hype that was created about it and how disappointed I was when I finally caved in and saw those movies. It suprises me how much I've forgotten about those movies; I guess I'm just that good at blocking out bad movies and the accompanying memories. :-D Also, I saw Pretty Woman earlier tonight. That, I must say, was a much better movie. In fact, I watched it twice because TBS had an encore presentation. LOL. This was the first time that I saw the whole thing in its entirety, as I'd seen bits and pieces over the years, but not the whole thing. All in all, it was a pretty good movie, and I'm sure it was quite something when it first came out. Julia Roberts and Richard Gere really do have an on-screen chemistry that many screen couples are lacking. This movie was interesting in its dynamics between their two characters. I liked how it explored the roles in life that different people play and that affects one's behavior and treatment of one another. I've just found out that the student union will be playing Flightplan this coming Saturday. I'm really excited about that since I've been dying to see a good thriller, and Flightplan seems to hold promise for that. In any case, it will be nice to see Jodie Foster in a new movie. She's always been a fantastic actress. Well, I think I might actually get some sleep now. More later... Actually, I'm listening to So Weird songs right now, and, as "To Dream about You" plays in the background, I am reminded of how much I hate Annie's character and her obnoxious replacement of Fi, who is and always will be the main character of So Weird. Goodness, I miss that show! (Comment on this)
Sunday, January 15th, 2006
3:38 am	underworld I just finished watching Underworld; TNT showed it right after The Matrix. TNT seems to have a really big thing for The Matrix, as it seems to come on every other week, and TNT always airs an encore immediately after. Anywho, Underworld was actually much much better than I expected it to be. In fact, from what I understand through friends, it seems to have actually been a pretty big movie when it came out a few years ago, but, strangely enough, I hadn't even heard of it before. Nonetheless, it came on tonight, and I was able to watch the whole thing. It turned out to be pretty intriguing, and the characters were really neat. They came up with a really great story about werewolves and vampires and the ancient relationship between the two species. Quite interesting. This has really renewed my familiarity with Kate Beckinsale, as it seems to have been so long since she's really been in anything mainstream. The last big thing she ever really did was Pearl Harbor, and that seems forgotten by all at this point. Incidentally, the sequel to Underworld comes out this coming Friday, though I don't know if I should really spend my $10 to see the movie at the theater. It seems too pricey. (Comment on this)
Saturday, January 14th, 2006
4:56 pm	Tired Last night, I ended up falling asleep while watching The Devil's Advocate at 3 in the morning. I woke up at 5 and got into bed. I didn't get up until about two hours ago, and now I'm all tired....from sleeping. I don't know what to make of that movie. It seemed interesting, but not as good as so many people have told me. I'd heard some rave reviews, but I guess it just didn't meet my expectations this time. The weather has progressively gotten worse here. The whole week had been nice and sunny, unusually warm for this time of the year. Then, yesterday it started storming, and, today, the wind has been blowing so hard that it makes me nervous being in a high-rise dorm. I may go practice piano in a little bit. I played for four hours yesterday, and it still doesn't seem like enough. After playing for 13 years, coming to college has really taken away playing time, and, now that I've realized that, I can't seem to play enough to satisfy myself. In the meanwhile, I've just requested to join a So Weird group on LiveJournal and hope I get approved. After not seeing So Weird for so long, it would be really nice to see if they really do have episodes in their community. I'm still new to LiveJournal, so I'm not exactly sure how this whole thing works. I just hope that I won't get rejected and won't even know; it would be really ironic for me to be awaiting confirmation when I was already denied.LOL. Lately, I've been reading The Bourne Supremacy, and it's quite good. Although I enjoyed the story from the first in the series, I didn't really like the writing, and reading the second book has made me remember that. The writing is so dry and boring, and he tries too much to show what the character is thinking that it becomes repetitive and trite very quickly. However, the plot is riveting, and I hope that will put the writing style in the background. Well, I'm off to eat an early dinner and will probably post in a few hours. (Comment on this)
Friday, January 13th, 2006
8:39 pm	OVER! The first week back to school has been so hectic; I'm just grateful that it's over. My current schedule is driving me crazy, as I can't seem to balance it out well enough. On MWF, I have 5 classes, and on Tuesdays and Thursdays, I have 3 classes, which account for my 18 credit hours this semester. Last semester, it was nice and even, with two classes per day. This time, I'm left scrambling around trying to run to my next class before it starts. I'm just glad that I have a long weekend coming up to get all of my work done and maybe watch a movie or two. Being a freshman is a really strange experience, it's as if I know that I have a long time to go while I'm here, but the time that has passed has done so too quickly to even realize. My freshman year is almost over, and I've barely had time to notice. I'm dreading that college will be over before I even know it, and soon I'll be 30. Yikes. In the meantime, I've been persuading my sister to transfer up here and join me. At first, she was a bit reluctant to leave her school, since she had already settled in for three years. But, I understood that the school didn't have the major she really wanted. Once she found out that my school was top-notch in journalism, which is her interest, she started filling out the transfer application. I think she'll be pretty happy here if she gets in. At home, I'm worried about what will happen with my little brother. I was always there to help him with his homework and projects, and, now, he has no one. My parents are always working, and he's left alone at the house for the whole day. From what I hear, his grades have been slipping ever since I left for school, and, at this point in time, it seems like there's nothing I can do, which irritates me because I've always been able to help him. It feels like abandonment on my part, but I know that this is what he needs. This way, he'll learn to do things for himself, but it still hurts for me to see him doing poorly when I know he has the potential. Meanwhile, as a longtime fan of So Weird, my interest has been resparked after I found some old emails in which I corresponded with someone I met over the internet. She was telling me that if I could find a certain episode for her, "Strangeling," that she would have the whole set and would burn me copies of the episodes onto DVD. I don't recall exactly what happened, but we lost touch and I never got any DVDs. How awful. I had never heard of this LiveJournal website before, but now that I'm on it, it's quite addictive. This could quite possibly become my Facebook replacement, as I currently seem to be spending most of my time on there rather than doing schoolwork. In any case, the weekend is here, and I'm ready to eat and watch Desperate Housewives! (Comment on this)