Helloooo ya'll! Back for some chit-chat once again.

So we have a very special event coming right up! Christmas!!!!

And...the more recent one....thanksgiving!!!

ANDDDDDDDDD who can forget, THE WORLD SERIES!!!!

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No seriously, you all know which event I'm talking about!

So HALLOWEEN is right around the corner and I'm gonna suit up for some cool video-making, candy eating, movie watching festive night! It's going to be the same old lingo as last year except this time, there seems to be no decorations outside our house! OH NOES! It's been such cold crappy days lately that it was a hassle to go out...either that, or we were just damn lazy

And oh noes, I might have other bad news. Due to the fact that my PC, that has photoshop and the scanner connected, has been taken over by my dad for his work related programs, I might not be able to put up my halloween shorties in time b4 halloween! I mean, I have my death note one done, and twilight Volturi halloween special, but...but...the computer is out of mah reach! >< I'll try my best to put them on there tomorrow. Either that, or anytime next week. Sorry!

In other news, college has been same as always. I'm gearing up for my final project in film class (have to make a 4 min movie, got the story ready. Time to make the storyboard and script). I'm really worried about how the audiovisual effects will turn out, 'cause there are going to be surreal and other aesthetic components in there. Sigh...so many crap to do, I just wish I had more time to draw pictures. Have much of my original work in mind...hopefully papa will permit me to upload them soon? *bats innocent eyes*

Let's see...other news....uhhhhhh...nope, can't think of any! HAVE A SAFE HALLOWEEN!

GO PHILLIESSS!!!!!

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Howdy doo! Neo back again with her journal of randomness!

No, really, there's nothing much to say. Things been going as normal as ever. Going to college everyday without much thought to how cool it is to be part of the collegiate crowd Not saying that I hate it, I love going! But I guess if I lived on campus, I would have had a better experience. Some stuff is just hard to do 'cause it's late at night or during class time. But I've been doing quite well. Joined few clubs, did few projects, and now I'm waiting for the end of October to draw near so I can go with my friends to some cool cultural events I've planned to check out.

Let's see, as far as I know, one of my friend's classes, called Creative Spririt, makes her go to awesome places of art&culture like galleries, studios, exhibitions etc. I think there's going to be a Shakespeare play soon that I want to see. Then, my high school will put on THE CRUCIBLE play on Oct 22nd and have my college symphony orchestra play on Nov 1st, so those are definitely on my checklist.

As for halloween, I convinced two of my friends to come with me to the Haunted Mansion and Hayride event (which few sources tell me are quite scary). I'm chicken myself, but there's nothing like a good scare If that doesn't work out, I'm definitely going to the '76 Ghost Tour in Phili, mostly because I prefer historical ghosts more than fake ones

And speaking of halloween, it seems that the time has arrived to make more of my infamous halloween shorties Of course I'll do Twilight ones, but I'll probably mix and match and add a Harry Potter, Death Note, and whatever else come to mind. Hopefully, they'll all be funny I got few midterm exams coming up, but afterwards, I'll definitely start.

Sooo...any good movies out there? I've already listed the ones I'm definitely going to see this year and next, such as:

~ New Moon (because I want to see the badass Volturi)
~Sherlock Holmes (no matter how craptastic it looks)
~ The Lovely Bones (Read the book, which was so beautiful,I highly recommend it. And the trailer looked great!)
~ Alice in Wonderland (Who can deny a Tim Burton classic? And Johnny Depp XD)
~ Cirque Du Freak (Vampires from a mad circus are always cool. Plus,the book was good)
~ Harry Potter Deathly Hallows Part 1 (OF COURSE OF COURSE! No doubt about it!!)
~ Toy Story 3 (After owning the first 2, how can I miss a Pixar classic?)
~ Prince of Persia, Sand of Time (Love POP! Although I never played it )

And of course there's few others that are in their production stages, such as Shrek Forever After, Eclipse, and Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.

Anyone else willing to see the ones I listed? Please give your views of want you want to see and why

K that's all for now

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Hello! Neo has taken a peep into DA once again! Although, sadly, I'll keep this journal short because I've been feeling a bit weary lately. Not physically (Im not ill) but perhaps a bit mentally and emotionally. I don't have a certain cause for it, but it's just something I feel at times when I'm not doing something epic.

Well, college started for me and I LOVE IT! My campus is big and very diverse, and walking around makes me feel happy ^^ Although I haven't made close friends yet, I have talked to some new faces. I suppose if I lived in a dorm, I would have had better luck (oh well). And and I'm also traveling on public transportation on my own too! My parents were never quite fine with me traveling alone, and I usually got rides to places and stuff. But now, I'm allowed! And its nice seeing new people on board the trolley and trains (which I have to take to get there). My classes are nice too! Especially my film class ^__^ In fact, I already got an assignment to do a 1 min video that's due the week after next. I'm gonna get a big DVC-7 camera and tripod from the equipment office to film it, and I got my storyboard and characters all set to do it!

Sooo I guess that's all the news I have. I haven't been doing much artsy stuff lately (and I wish I did to progress my skills) but I've been caught up with writing my stories and fanfics. I was going to upload some pictures and stuff...a bit delayed I know, but give me some time, and when I'm not in my jaded form, I shall do something swell out of the blue I suppose that's why I feel so weary right now...I'm NOT getting much INSPIRATION And when I DON'T do anything, I start to feel reckless. As if I'm not moving any forward or progressing my creative abilities at all. Like some mental writer's block that makes me go crazy! Yah, that's why I so feel down Sorry people

K, that's bye bye for now!
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HELLOOOO pleasant viewers!

So I am back from India! Well actually I was back a week ago. The 15th of August to be exact. But somehow I've started being all lazy again and I had some other business to take care of (yah...back to reality again, right?) so it took me this long to post another journal. And somewhat talk about my journey.

It's funny how I said last time that I had SOOO much to say about my adventure. I mean, was afraid that I was going to make a GINORMOUS list of stuff I did. But after summarizing it for everyone whose been asking me about my trip, I guess I got bored repeating the same thing after another...and so I left out the dull unimportant parts, making it less long than I thought it would be. Either way...I would love to talk about my visit to India...woahh do I have a fancy complaint on that!

I guess I should file out the complaints first. Some, I say, are rather interesting and thought-provoking. Well, my home's in Kolkata in West Bengal (East of India that is) and even if it's one of the most important cities in India, it's also one of the dirtiest. Especially around where I live, there's smoke, pollution and exposed heaps of trash lying everywhere. Then the fact that animals such as stray cows, dogs, and goats seem to cross the streets alot, we get their leftovers lying around (and when I say leftovers...I don't mean cheese ). Then the overpopulation. Ughh...so many people!! Picture the streets in New York City on Xmas eve, and times that by 5. That's how many people smudge into you every single day. Especially in the marketplace! Then top that off with the heat! Being sandwitched by dozens of sweaty strangers is not fun Rain doesn't help either, 'cause all we get is sticky humidity Also, our electricity went out at times (alot at my grandparents' place), so no fans...and vicious mosquitoes biting your ass off...yah that was a delight Speaking of mosquitoes, they were the worst! My whole arms and legs were so filled with bites, one would have though I had smallpox or something I also had some other bug bite under my butt that caused a big rash (damn perverted insects).

Oh...and let's not forget the best part---Traffic Law Disobedience. Not only are the streets crammed with honking vehicles at every turn, but no one seems to mind being involved in crashes. Vehicles would swerve up in front or behind you when you least expect it. Worse, when cars are stuck at one spot, no one would move to let the other one go. They would just honk at each other until one of them gets the brains to move out of the way (geez so impatient and reckless!). Of course, let me say that even pedestrians have faults such as crossing the streets in mid rush hour traffic. I guess it's reasonable since the traffic lights don't switch until an hour later, but even when they do try to cross, you would expect a vehicle to stop to let them pass. Well my dad almost got run over 'cause a stupid taxi still kept moving forward even when the driver saw my dad in front of him! Seriously??? I thought that was rather queer.

I guess that's mainly the worst parts. You've already heard what happened with the Harry Potter 6 movie incident. The government people after that started closing some public transportation so it was more difficult to travel around. Some days they would close taxis and/or buses, other days trains etc. I got really pissed thinking that these were supposedly signs of the government showing their power and threat over the opposers (lame I say! completely brainless!). Fortunately, I got to do alot of walking, which helped me to get a few centimeters taller and possibly lose some weight

Other than that, I had fun. It was really nice to see my relatives, especially the ones that I haven't seen in years and have forgotten their faces. I got to go to different places such as hot springs, a dam, and hindu temples, even the site where one of our holy books was first written. I even went to check out the place where my parents got married! It was at one of my grandfather's house which is huge and had enough room for the marriage (the inside looked so exquisite and royal). I also met up with my friends, who were so SO nice to me Then of course the awesome presents and clothes that I got (including money from everyone of my grandparents ). I suppose the good times such as these helped to overshadow the bad ones. In the beginning, I was a bit distressed over the difficulties, but later got used to them. I was still bored at times, especially when the electricity went out and I had nothing to do (we didn't have internet either except at my uncle's), but then I got so attached to living there that I secretly didn't want to return back to the U.S. It was quite nice!

So that's all the main points. I said I took alot of pictures there so I will post some on DA. I think everyone would find the landscapes, the people, and the culture interesting. Especially the monkeys...oh wow, do I have a story on that! But I'll include that fragment with the picture so look out for it! Other than that...I believe that is all.

Now for current news...I still have this week to go before I start college! YAHHH freshmen all over again!!! I feel anxious and excited...but I'm ready to get my head out of the clouds. I should be studying for my permit test, but I've been so lazy and reading my complete series of Sherlock Holmes that my dad bought there. He said that I should start reading some detective novels to get my mind working and now, I can't seem to put it down! I LOVE IT! Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is awesome! And let's not forget the brilliant Jeremy Brett, who has allured me with his magnificent interpretation of the whimsical detective on screen. He was a classic star and forever will be If no one has seen his productions yet, I highly recommend that you should! He was a charming and exceptionally handsome actor in his young years (watch "My Fair Lady", "War and Peace" and "Ideal Husband" to find out) and I dearly hope there are more men like him out in the world. May he rest in peace always

Okay, that's all the blabber-mouthing for today! Like I said...I need to get my head out of the clouds. After all, my mind rebels at stagnation...give me work, give me assignments, give me the most intricate puzzles, and I am at my proper atmosphere.

Bye!

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Howdy-doo everybody! Neo here live from India typing away on my Uncle's computer, relieved of the fact that I have finally connected with the outside world after 2-3 weeks! Yes, I must say it's been different here than my home in U.S, but I have been adapting to this natural habitat quite well.

Plus I have taken over 400 pictures on my seemingly well-spent trip with my relatives, few that I shall post up on DA after I return back.

Trust me, there is ALOT to say of what I had been dealing with here. Some good some bad, but we can leave that for some other time.

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Today, however, I wish to rant on about the new Harry Potter movie that I was fortunate enough to see here, and when I say "fortunate" I mean THANK-THE-LORD FORTUNATE.

Remember how I made plans about going with my friend to see it in India when it came out? (And it did so on July 16th instead of the 15th btw). Welllllll...we both booked tickets to see the 1:00 pm show at the South City Mall theatre, and let me make a side note that this mall was soooo much cooler and bigger than the ones in the U.S.

So she had my ticket and we were going to meet up at the mall at 12:30pm. I was dressed up and everything (all hyped up and shit) when all of a sudden, my dad gets a phonecall from my uncle that some buses were burned near our district as signs of protests against some government regulation. It was supposedly really violent, so knowing that, my dad freaked out and FORBID ME TO STEP OUT OF THE HOUSE. And here's one of those things that I really HATE about Kolkata,India is that our government is so damn weak and corrupted, and all these violent protests are happening every day. So just my luck, something like that HAD to happen right on the day of the movie!

Now let me just say that I was on the brink of tears when my dad wouldn't let me go. He even called my friend and told her that I wasn't going and to give my ticket to someone else. I was planning this day since last year, and if you are a rabid Potter fan like me, you would understand. Well anyways, the rational side of me had to choose which one was more important---My life, or Half-Blood Prince. I was too upset to make a decision, but I had to accept reality.

Luckily however, two of my other relatives had come over that day (my grandma's sister and husband), and they proposed that we take a different route to the mall to avoid the violent streets. After my mom, who pitied my despair, finally convinced my dad to take me, we FINALLY were able to leave the house! I was freakin' overjoyed with madness

But the dilemma was not over yet, 'cause the streets were packed and I had only half an hour to get to the theatre. Plus, I found out on the way there that my friend had already given away her ticket to some neighbor's kid so my reserved spot was gone. Now there are ALOT of Potter fans in India (Yes, Indians love their magical British heroes), so there was a high chance that the theatres would have a full house by the time I got there to buy a ticket for myself. Of course this led me to freak out even more.

Yet, the goddess of luck and fate was on my side that day, for not only were we able to get to the theatre in less than half an hour (full praise goes to the cab driver who got us there through a clear route not inhabited by traffic), but I was also able to buy my ticket for the 1:00 pm showtime. Although I didn't get to sit with my friend and her buddy for the first half of the movie (we chose an empty row to sit altogether after the intermission), I was glad that everything worked out as planned. We were lucky to have many seats available for the 1:00 pm show because it was a weekday and kids/teens had school.

So on that note, I would continue on saying that I was so happy that I got to see what I have set out to watch since November of last year. Half-Blood Prince, I thought, was much better than the other Potter movies after 3 (1 & 2 dont count 'cause they weren't dark enough). I believe I laughed more than I cried, which is interesting considering that the book was exceptionally dark (besides the snogging parts), but here's what I have opionized and noted---

First, the mild disappointments...nothing too drastic but nonetheless...I was a bit upset that we didn't get too much into Riddle's past. I wanted to see Merope and the Gaunts, and Riddle seeing the Hufflepuff cup to use as his horcrux (not much important I know). Then, they didn't show the white tomb at the end which I was sort of expecting since I pictured it all in my head (and it does come back in book 7 when Voldemort tries to steal the Elder wand). Yet, Dumbledore's death in the movie was very well done and I sincerely felt the pain (it was great how everyone raised their wands as a sign of respect and grief). Then there was the fact that the Burrow got burned down--Did NOT happen in the book and I understand that the movie showed it to add some juicy action...but Im wondering how its going to be revived in Deathly Hollows when the wedding will take place (Unless of course, Fleur and Bill decides to have it somewhere else, or worse, they dont show it at all!). And a big goof I've noticed...how the hell did Snape and the Death Eaters just leave Hogwarts without anyone noticing? They just marched through the empty hallways like they were havin a stroll through the park and just left! I recall there was a battle indoors in the book. I mean, I would have noticed something fishy going on if I saw the dark mark over my school.
And then of course there were those measly errors that only Potter-movie watchers would not get, such as how Harry suddenly became captain of the quidditch team with Ginny and the others, and that Ginny suddenly became Harry's love interest. Yes, to me, I dont think this relationship was too developed. It sort of progressed, but not as much (I didnt see Harry flicker with jealousy when Dean kissed Ginny at Hogs Head for example). And OH! Speaking of romantic errors...I was VERYY upset that Tonks and Lupin were ALREADY married in this movie! NO, we all know that they shared this secret forbidden relationship that is broken and complicated! And they were my favorite!! Oh well....

Now for the good parts. Well, the humor scenes were just...humorous. I think the movie did really well on making it funny when it needed it to be. I love love LOVE the part when Harry drinks the Felix Felices. ROFL, he's all giddy and walking down hogwarts like dum-dee-dum-dee-doo without a problem in the world The quidditch game was awesome, Katie Bell and the cursed necklace was wicked cool, the Weasley twins and their Jokes shop was slap-your-knee hilarious, Dumbledore's death was heartbreaking, and the cave scene was just as how I imagined! Pure brilliance and full of awesomeness! And should I mention that Snape somehow looked very attractive in this movie? I don't know if it's the makeup, but gosh! And Draco Malfoy, oh poor old foolish Draco Malfoy...can't hate a guy who can be so wickedly vain and buffoony yet wrench my heart out when he's all teary in front of Dumbledore because he knows Voldemort would kill him if he fails (Yes you know the line..."I have to do this. I have to kill you...or...he'll kill me." T__T ).

K, well that's the ranting for today! Once again, I was exuberant that I got to watch it here 'cause I know I wouldn't have been able to anytime else. Brilliant film, brilliant book, and now it's just a matter of time before the next and final 2-part movie will come out. Boy oh boy, my favorite book too! I might just go see Half-Blood-Prince again after I go back to the U.S. Got a poster from my friend, for my bday already! (YEA LOVES U LUCIDA! ).

So what did YOU all think of the movie? Leave some comments!
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