yeah. that's the current plan. more on this later. if you know of any companies or whatever that do the whole "teaching english in japan" thing, please, let me know!

so apparently it's been a little over a year since my last entry. in reality, it seems much longer since i sat in my lancaster apartment, apathetic about graduation and life in general. it's funny how i felt that completing college made me develop into a completely different person. as i sit here now, i realize how much i've changed again in the past year.

i'm not sure what made me start writing here again. i'm not even sure if i'll write another entry anytime soon. i think i'm the most confused i've ever really been. of course, i'm sure that some time down the road, i'll be saying that again. but regardless, it's not a feeling i can take lightly.

i'm so unbelievably lost. anyone reading this probably realizes how little i talk about myself and my problems, and i suppose my desire to write another post here is indicative of a desire to vent a little about everything that's been building up. but the fact is, i really don't want to talk specifics. part of the problem, i think, is that i can't really talk about anything extremely personal with someone i don't completely know and trust, and who doesn't completely know me. and the fact is, no one really knows the me that's developed since my last post a year ago. it really makes things tough.

hmm.

current mood: contemplative
current music: What Sarah Said - Death Cab for Cutie - Plans

they say they shipped it out on march 31st. it's been 20 days now. i went to lik-sang's website to see what they had to say about shipping on the product.

"Global Priority Shipping method will be selected by Lik-Sang.com for the Free Shipping offer."

apparently, "on the back of a sea turtle" is one of the methods.

current mood: annoyed

You are Gaara
You have the kanji of "love" on your forehead. Aw, isn't that sweet....that is, until you know the rest of what it stands for. Let this be the last thing your victims hear...don't mess with sand.

Which NARUTO Character Are You?

This test created by Cadet

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You are GAARA!

Power. It's easiest to sum you up in that single word. Power. Life has been hard, but you've come out of it strong, and while you may not be a people person, you'll never be short of opponents. You're power is like a magnet, drawing people in... to their deaths! Muah-hah-ha-HAHAHAHA!
Which NARUTO character are you?

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yeah, i know i always talk about quizzes being stupid. and yeah, i only made a point of posting this 'cause i got gaara. twice.

current music: No Phone-Cake-Pressure Chief

so i had this amazing dream the other night. i was a character in naruto, and the storyline of the dream was one that rivals the storyline of the typical episode of the actual anime. it was *sweet* - i hope it'll continue one of these nights.

ask me about it if you want to hear the story.

so friday night was band practice, and then sin fucking city. holy shit. that's all i have to say about that, besides "go see it right this instant if you haven't." afterwards we went to a bit of a party at guy's, and i got to try that cool blavod stuff (black vodka). it's actually pretty good, and definitely worth the visual appeal. guy made me a screwdriver and floated the black vodka on top of the orange juice...it looks awesome.

saturday was the party at adam's. i saw some folks from home, which was nice. one of them was caitlin, whom i haven't seen in ages - a nice surprise. also, timmE learned that it is not possible to smoke a taquito. i met a worthy smash bros. challenger in brooks, and had some good matches. props to his falco.

sunday-monday have consisted of my attempting to do work, but failing miserably. and waiting oh-so-impatiently for my naruto game. it's gonna rock so hard.

so today, i finally heard back from the jet program. turns out, i've been accepted as an alternate for the position of assistant language teacher. so what that means is, if enough people don't accept the position or end up getting fired for having inappropriate relations with schoolgirls (or something like that), they will eventually send me as a replacement. ironic, ne?

so here's how it works. i need to confirm that i'm interested in being an alternate by the end of this month. if i do so, they can offer me a position if one becomes available anytime between now and september. at that point, i can either accept or decline. if i decline my alternate status now, or decline a position if and when they offer me one, i will be ineligible to apply for jet next year.

so here's my plan: i'm going to act like i'm not going to japan. i'll go about making post-college plans as if the japan thing is definitely not happening. i'll also accept the position as an alternate. if they contact me and tell me that they need me, then i'll see what i want to do at that point.

what do you think of the idea? it'd be great to have some advice from friendly folk, so any comments/advice are appreciated.

so now i'm looking for jobs. and i think i'm qualified for this one: (a * means i have it, or it's just a bullshit buzzword)

Technical Support Representative

Blizzard is seeking computer-savvy individuals to provide assistance to our customers via telephone, e-mail, chat rooms, and Battle.net forums! This is a position for an experienced computer user with a strong background in technical computer matters.

Requirements
Passion for games*
Customer service experience*
Strong knowledge of Windows-based operating systems and the DirectX API (ehh, won't be hard to sharpen up)
Excellent communication and troubleshooting skills*
Experience with sound cards, video cards, modems, and other peripherals found in a personal computer*
Positive work ethic*
Good typing skills*
Team player*

Plusses
Call center experience*
Strong knowledge of the Macintosh-based operating systems*
Strong knowledge of Networking, HTML, and/or Programming*

woot.

current mood: contemplative

1. set itunes to shuffle
2. record the first 10 songs that play
3. add "in my pants" to the end of each song title
4. post

cacophony in my pants - blink 182
steven's last night in town in my pants - ben folds five
everything sucks in my pants - reel big fish
guitar in my pants - cake
sweet disasters in my pants - hot water music
in the still of the night in my pants - the chessmen
andrea in my pants - mxpx
wicked little town in my pants - hedwig and the angry inch
1989 in my pants - less than jake
another mystery in my pants - dar williams

current mood: amused

why are you reading this and not watching sin city?

go.

current music: Vibrate-Outkast-The Love Below

teh intarweb is completely fucked up today. it all started off with this afternoon's fark.com and cosplay.com problems. i was gone for most of the evening, but as soon as i returned, i was fortunate enough to witness the great AIM crash of aught-five. it seems like it was a big deal. both adam and i got booted off of AIM simultaneously, and then we couldn't sign back on for about half an hour. even when we could get back, there were only three people on my buddy list. and we weren't getting each other's IMs. gradually, people started appearing again, but as i write this, there are only 12 people out of the usual 3x online from my buddy list. and fark.com seems really messed up now...

but here's the kicker.

i'm browsing around at lik-sang.com, (importer of all things video game - click it, you know you want to) and i'm looking at the nifty little deal they have going where you can get the gamecube import boot discs and naruto gekitou ninja taisen 3 in a discount package with free shipping. those of you who have spoken to me on the subject of my gamecube (or are attentive regarding my lj posts) will know that i've been pretty excited about that game. 3d fighting, naruto, 29 playable characters, signature moves, up to 3v3 team battles, the anime was practically *made* to be turned into a fighting game...gaara...the list goes on. so i've been thinking about getting it, wondering if i'd be able to afford buying it in time for anime boston. i was looking around at the shipping options, seeing if it'd be possible to upgrade the shipping so i could wait it out 'til around the middle of next month. i was sitting there at the screen with the total cost, where it also said "enter your paypal info to log into your account so you can buy this." i was also talking on the phone with adam at the time. suddenly, i heard the noise my computer makes when i have a new e-mail. wondering who would be e-mailing me at 1:47 am, i looked...

Dear Chris Silansky

Thank you for your Order at Lik-Sang.com! Did you know that you can see the status of your order, track your package, print an invoice or update your personal information on our web site?

wtf. apparently, i somehow just bought naruto 3. and boot discs.

wtf.

current mood: confused

fark.com is having problems, as is cosplay.com...what's going on? i hope this doesn't mean that i have to do the homework that was due yesterday.

oh yeah, so here's what yesterday's exam questions turned out to be:

1. In what ways do Kuhn’s views challenge the logical empiricist’s conception of science? What reasons does Kuhn offer in support of these challenges? Critically comment.

2. What is the Quine/Duhem thesis? How do Quine and Duhem differ in their formulations of underdetermination? What is the relevance of underdetermination to logical positivist accounts of science? What are the implications of underdetermination for the possibility of rational theory choice?

3. What are Quine’s two “dogmas” of empiricism? How does Quine think they are related?

4. What are some of the answers to the analytic problem of describing inductive inference? What are some of the limitations, problems, and paradoxes for these models of inductive inference?

ugh.