*yawns*

Bored... talking to Fleur. These things, of course, aren't related! hahaha

I get the feeling I should be writing, or drawing. But I don't much feel like it right now. I want... action. Something. Don't know what. Whatever it is, it should be happening soon before I'm bored out of my wits and getting depressed.

Nico did this kickass design! I want it on a t-shirt, yes I do! *_*

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Switching off ICQ now to save resources while coloring. norty, when you're back, just gimme a holler, okay?

How queer...

I'm coloring a pic that I'll probably delete later on... very strange.

*whine*

My skin is so dry, it hurts.... T_T

What a shock! I rise to find my brother sitting in the living room already! ugh! Usually, the morning is mine and I can do what I want! And now he's here in the living room, watching TV and annoying me! But he's entitled I guess... poor guy. He's got a sinusitis and it must have been there for over a year! It turns out that he's been taking painkillers for a long time, not telling anyone. Yesterday the pain got so bad that he had to see the doctor. Well, I hope he gets better...

Morpheus is so slow today... T_T Well, not really Morpheus, but the people sharing the files. Sucks...

I loved the second panel of today's BmB. The sister's face was just too cute! *_*

Took that test on Umbra...

Snatched from Cammy. I'm too lazy to type it all up, but it's interesting! Hehehe. I made a screencap of my room! ^_~

Nico, you should take it too! I can already imagine your room! *_*

Feeling accomplished...

Last night when I went to bed a managed to write a huge part for Cara! I'm feeling like such an achiever! *_* I hope I can write the rest of that scene today, then I can piece it fully together which means that the night club scene finally will become readable! Oh yeah! *_*

Gotta reread it first though... I tend to write crap when I'm on a writing spree. Confusing words and crap.

Bored... survey snatched from Sandra...

Four things you would eat on the last day of your life:
- apple sauce and whipped cream, tons of
- pizza with an obscene amount of garlic
- Feodora chocolate, the very expensive kind
- cheese cake

Four names for an adorable new puppy:
- Watson (to match Sherlock)
- Yuppy
- Heisenberg
- Shakespeare

Four CDs from your collection that you will never get tired of:
- Jesus Christ Superstar
- Cowboy Bebop OST 1
- Gackt - Mars
- Rammstein - Live in Berlin

Four movies that made you think:
- Velvet Goldmine
- Shallow Grave
- Total Eclipse
- Carrington

Four celebrities you would have sex with:
- Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
- Ewan McGregor
- Gackt
- Cathering Zeta-Jones (yes, I *am* gay, dammit!)

Four shades of blue:
- aquamarine
- royal blue
- prussian blue
- navy blue

Four causes that you would donate to if you won the lottery:
- Amnesty International
- WWF
- AIDS research
- my own foundation which I'd found to bring a gay and lesbian library into every city

Four vacations you have taken:
- New York
- Scotland
- Venice
- Paris

Four songs you get stuck in your head frequently:
- Queen - It's a Hard Life
- Michael Feinstein - Where Do You Start?
- Rainbow Connection
- Gloomy Sunday

Four things you'd like to learn:
- the piano
- (better) fencing
- (better) Japanese
- (better) drawing

Four beverages you drink frequently:
- coffee
- milk
- tea
- beer

Four TV shows that were on when you were a kid:
- Knight Rider
- Lady Georgie
- Fraggles Rock
- Duck Tales

Four places to go in your city:
- the park
- the many cafes
- the museums
- the Japanese bookstore

Four things to do when you're bored:
- chat
- write
- draw
- watch anime

Four things that never fail to cheer you up:
... can you cheer me up?? *thinks hard* uhm...
- hugs
- praise
- gifts / buying things
- jokes

Four favorite artists:
- Van Gogh
- El Greco
- Bosch
- Delacroix

Four Songs That Describe You:
- Bon Jovi - Mystery Train
- Orange Blue - Can Somebody Tell Me Who I Am?
- Polar - Bipolar Dream (all those voices in my head)
- Shigeru Nakahara - Doukeshi

Add one!
Hmm...
Four movies you're looking forward to or were looking forward to a lot:
- Harry Potter (yay!)
- The Mummy Returns
- Star Ward Episode I: The Phantom Menace
- The Road to El Dorado

That was fun! *_*

Hmm...

Rizen looks weird... *uses dodge tool*

Bleh. Don't like it... T_T

*yawns*

I'm bored...

norty?

I miss you... where are you, sis? I hope you're alright...

*hugs kat*

Get better. I don't want you to be sick...

Intercultural Communication

I wanted to talk about this cool experiment we did in Intercultural Communication last Tuesday. Never got to do it!

We were put into four groups. Six people per one group and we got into pairs, so that there were three players per group effectively. We were supposed to play cards. We got the rules handed out on a sheet and were supposed to memorize them. After five minutes, the sheets were taken away and we weren't allowed to talk anymore. Only communication by hands, signs and drawings was allowed. It was a normal card game. Following suit was mandatory, one suit was trump, the couple with the most tricks won. The best couple moved one table up and the worst one down. That way, there was a strict rotation.

We started playing. I was on table 1, so I kinda was fucked from the start. I never got to move, no matter what, because I was such a bad player and worse than 1 didn't happen! hahaha. It was weird not to talk. All the while we saw all the others vividly discussing and we had no idea what there was the need to discuss. One couple left our table and returned the next round. So, not much rotation for us. At the last round, suddenly there was Ms. Class Asshole at our table. She started gesticulating wildly, showing us cards, drawing question marks and doing weird noises. We had no idea what the fuck was wrong with her. Then we started playing. I wanted to trump her card and she shook her head vigorously, drawing a heart on the paper, whereas spades was trump. We got pretty annoyed.

Then, the experiment was over. And the teacher revealed the trick. Each table had a different trump card! And nobody knew! When a couple moved to another table, they ran into problems regarding the trump cards and had to solve them! We, on the other hand, never noticed that since nothing happened on our table! Hahahaha! That way, we became the example for the person who never leaves his country and has people who left it return and tell them everything's the same. Thus, we reacted very hostile to a strange who was acting strangely towards us!

I thought it was very fascinating! It's strange how you react, even if it's just a simulation game. When you can't communicate, you suddenly feel very vulnerable. You think a) everybody else is too stupid to understand the rules, b) they're doing it on purpose to annoy you, c) you're the only one who got it right d) they're trying to cheat you. It was very, very enlighening! No matter how tolerant you think you are, you can always walk into the trap when you don't expect to encounter a communication problem.

It was interesting to see how others handled the situation, too. Some dominated the group, forced others to accept their trump card. Others deciced democratically. Others tried to solve the problem from the start and adapted to the group's current trump card. Like a mirror of society! ^_^