Hello. I'm uchikoma. You can read more about me on my profile. Most of my entries are friends locked, so if you want to know me past the stupid crap that I make public then... just leave a comment or something and I'll probably add you back. Just be forewarned that I ramble on a lot and I like teh gay. :p

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My updates are sparse lately, I've basically been avoiding the whole internet because I have work to do and I really don't want to do it and don't want to have to read emails asking why I'm not busting my ass on it when I'm not even getting paid. I guess I should have a better attitude towards it but I just can't be bothered with it at the moment. So... um... sorry. It's not like I have much to write about anyway, I haven't done anything noteworthy. That's probably not going to change anytime soon, especially now that I'm back at college, but I'll try and at least keep up with my friends page... reeeeally can't be assed with DA or Y or anything else.

Man, I feel like I owe the random anonymous benefactor who gave me a paid account for two months a massive apology for totally wasting it like this. >_<

Bunny Cafe! Look at that awesome reverse-curry thing that they're eating! DO WANT. T____T

It's been a really long, rubbish week but I finally got to see my friends again yesterday, we all went to the pub and then down to this weird little kiddie park on the Hoe to play crazy golf. I didn't join in though, me and Stu did a proper grown-up conversation while everyone else was mucking about. I was really happy to see David again, he's been working constantly for nearly two weeks and I've really missed him. >_<

Got my eyes tested this morning and I need glasses for TV and lectures etc. Yay! I got one pair with plasticky dark green frames that are lime green on the inside and these really awesome industrial looking metal ones with all holes in the side. Pret-ty cool.

We made an offer on another house, this one's a five minute walk from where I am now. It's awesome. I feel much happier about that one because the others have all felt really far away... this might be the one?! :D

I'm going to see District 9 tomorrow, based on katimus_prime's recommendation. Then I have to cook a meal because I'm too poor to keep eating out and I feel bad that David keeps having to pay for me... haha, should be interesting. :p I'm hoping my DVDs of Look Around You will arrive in the morning as well... I always manage to miss really funny/good things when they're actually on TV. It's probably to do with the fact that I never actually watch TV.

Thank you for the card, fastolf! :3 It is creepy and gross but I kind of like that, lol. I think the girl on the front is... um... special. XD I want to send something to you but I haven't bought it yet because I saw it the other day and didn't have any cash on me. It's only a little thing though. :P

Aaaaaagh, I'm supposed to go for a meal tonight and I don't want to! Eating seems like a really bad idea, I'll be too nervous or I'll be sick! I was never this nervous when me and James first started going out... I really regret saying anything now but it's too late to go back on it, omgpanicpanic. On top of feeling sick, I didn't sleep too well because I stayed up half the night watching Peep Show on DVD. Then I had a nightmare in which I lived out my dream of being the cool pilot chick from Aliens, only instead of aliens there were predators instead but either way I still died. D: I woke up thinking it was the scariest thing ever and decided that I'd never watch any of those films again, despite that I just bought the Alien box set. Of course, now that I'm awake I've come to my senses but as kind of a weird coincidence, my brother has just come down and put AVP on the big telly - apparently it was on last night. o_O

Well, at least it's sunny today. As much as I like the rain, it was getting pretty boring. Maybe I'll go in town early and do some drawing.

Oh my god we just went to a house viewing and it was AMAZING. It's not in a great area so I was expecting it to be a total dump but we went in and I was just gobsmacked because inside it's beautiful. :O

The only problem, like I said, is the area. It's not a total dive, there are good cars on the road outside and they're not put up on bricks, though it's not as nice as where we are now. We'd be on the good side of the road, but looking across you can see these really naff cornish (mum said that's what they're called, apparently?) council-looking houses. Bleah.

It's by a busy road so I'm a bit worried about the cats... but everyone else seems to think it's OK so maybe I'm just being a worrier as usual. My mum's putting in an offer tomorrow anyway but knowing our luck someone else will snap it up. Trying not to get my hopes up. o_O

I still kind of don't want to leave here though... I've never lived anywhere else. Even if it's not big and fancy here, I really like it. It's my home. I suppose that's quite a normal thing to feel when you've never moved. :/

Shit, I am so worried that our show isn't going to be ready for thursday. I have done NOTHING. D:

I went to London yesterday and it was pretty good. Whenever I go there I always think it's a really weird place, almost like another country (the underground + people trying to shove newspapers in your face + really crowded = scary ), so I'm glad that the others knew what they were doing because I would have gotten completely lost on my own. Hell of a lot of travelling to do in one day though, the drive up when we go to see NIN is going to be a piece of cake compared to that.

I bought the most beautiful graphic novel and I saw an amazing fabulous wonderful handmade storybook at the exhibition we went to and now I feel really bad about myself. I think these things are supposed to inspire you but I just look at them and think I'll never be that good. D:

I know I shouldn't think like that, I have way too much work to get done to start again now. At least everyone is away this weekend so I can concentrate on that and hopefully catch up on some of it.

Memes from fastolf.
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I decided to do this old meme again because I'm bored (I think the last time I did it was on GJ!). Listening to less harsh stuff than usual this week, mostly synth but there's some other stuff in there as well.

List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they're not any good, but they must be songs you're really enjoying now, shaping your spring. Post these instructions in your blog along with your 7 songs. Then tag 7 other people to see what they're listening to.

1. X the I's and Dot the T's - Ultima Bleep
This reminds me a bit of Apoptygma Berzerk. It's good, but it keeps getting stuck in my head so I'll probably be sick of it soon. I want to open it up in audacity and clip the movie(?) quotes from the start and the end because they're so unnecessary and they really, REALLY annoy me. More than the stupid sounding guy in "Afterfire" by VNV Nation and I really hate him.

2. Blue Lights - Fictional
I've only just discovered this band - they're like Funker Vogt's synthy side project or something? I think this is their best song; the live version makes me jealous because it reminds me that I missed seeing Funker Vogt AND Grendel in Birmingham this year. :(

3. Nothing at All - Rob Dougan
Ahhhh, I really overplayed this when I first heard it but now that I haven't listened to the album for ages I'm totally into it again. The intro to this one sort of reminds me of FFVII and Silent Hill and it's like nothing else that I listen to, so it looks weird in my last.fm. The whole album's really epic though and it has the bonus instrumental CD that I always hear on Top Gear. XD

4. Return (Imperative Reaction mix) - Bruderschaft
This one sounds quite clubby at the start but it's not Ibiza shit, OK?! D: I like pretty much anything that Ronan Harris does because I am a sucker.

5. Endless Skies - VNV Nation
Matter and Form is one of the albums that I overlooked when I first got it and I don't know why because it's really quite good. I'm glad that I did though, because it means that I didn't play this song to death. It's just a nice, quietish sort of song... I sort of prefer it to Illusion now because I've listened to that song way too much.

6. Get Off - The Dandy Warhols
I can't remember why I decided to dig this up again... I used to really like it when I was a teenager and spent my life glued to MTV2. It reminds me of cowboys but I think that's because there were cowboys or something in the video. Ahaha, good times. XD

7. Super Trouper - Somegirl
lol omg sometimes I listen to utter cheeeeese. This is one of those songs that I shouldn't admit to enjoying, isn't it? I don't even like ABBA but it's so happy (at least, it is compared to what I usually listen to o_O), can't resist! D:

I'm not tagging anyone, if you want to do it, do it, if not then don't. XD

We have optional life drawing classes on Tuesday afternoons now and Dave keeps trying to convince me to go to them. I didn't last week because I was so tired that I could barely keep my eyes open but now both him and Anna are on about how good it was and saying that I should definitely go this week.

I don't really like life drawing. It's alright... I don't hate it and I could probably use the practice, although anything I draw in those lessons never looks like I drew it. But the thing is, in all the time that I've been going to art college I have never had a male model and I know that the model on tuesday will be.

I don't want to see a naked man!

I know you're all laughing at that and thinking 'WTF it's not like it would be the first penis you ever saw, or even drew'! and that's true. I suppose I don't really have an excuse to be all embarrassed about it, but I am. Too immature, I guess. :P

Anyway, I watched the trailer for Broken Steel (Liberty Prime sounds scary, have they changed his voice or is it just me?!) and that's out on Tuesday so I think my mind has been made up for me. I considered not going to college at all, but I already promised the lecturer I'd have a book made up by then so I'm not going to stay home and play videogames.

I'm quite impressed with Dreamwidth so far. I was prepared for it to be too little, too late but it's really rather good. The cross-posting feature is a great idea and now that I've worked out how to get my layouts on here, I'm happy. $3 well spent! And I have a couple of invite codes going spare for anyone that wants one. ;D

James made this and you won't find it half as awesome as I do.

Of course, when I say 'made' what I really mean is he got a load of quotes and stuck them on top of a pre-existing track. I spent most of this evening tweaking it and adding extra stuff to what he already did so it seems unfunny to me now. I'm sure it will seem amusing again in the car tomorrow. :P