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My checking account was overdrawn. My fault really, aside from the ATM fee for taking money out, I neglected to take into account the bank's fee for not using their ATM (considering the fact that there is only ONE in the whole freaking state, it's pretty inevitable). And so as a result of my negligent spending behavior, I am in the red.

- $0.14

I literally busted out laughing when I saw it. Because they sent me like three different emails to tell me this (and the guy I called said they'd keep sending me emails and calling me until the account is paid), and it's such a ridiculously tiny amount that the act of paying it would cost me more than the amount itself. 

Then there's the fact that I'm expecting a windfall of cash next week as my leftover refunds go into this account, and take care of the problem.

I am so looking forward to the first call I receive, assuming they actually go through the trouble. Explaining to me about owing a a dime and four pennies and how important it is that I send them a check or money order for the amount immediately. I cannot promise I will not laugh. XD

I was wondering about this awhile, but a conversation sparked me to do it.

So, I went ahead and created omona_debate .

That is, a community for more in-depth discussions and debates of various issues in the world of Kpop, ranging from points of view concerning Korean celebs and the law, whether being a Kpop idol should exempt you from military service, or other hot topics relating to Korean culture.

I also want to do live debates, but I have to figure out how best to work that out in the future.


It's just been created and I am in need of a couple other mods. In the meantime, look around, ask questions, and make suggestions if you want! I have a few things to change so I probably won't start actively promoting it until tomorrow.


P.S.: I've finally discovered how to make my text blink. :B Yay!

Okay, so I finally got around to watching the trailer for the "Karate Kid". Only....he doesn't learn Karate. He learns kung-fu. In China.


....


Dear Hollywood,

China =/= Japan. All Asian people are not alike. You cannot put an African-American boy in China, get him picked on by Chinese bullies, let him get saved and tutored by a Chinese man in the art of kung-fu, and then name the movie after a fighting style that freaking originated in another country altogether. I know you want to make the connection to (in order to make money off of) the name of the original movie from the eighties, but it makes no damn sense. The story-lines are similar...but you pretty much could have made this a different movie altogether and called it something else. Say it was based off of "The Karate Kid".

I really am so embarrassed as an American. Because it really does make us look that stupid internationally. The kind of stupid that can actually confuse China and Japan on a map. The kind of stupid that says that even though we are a decade into the 21st century, our country is so racist, that we believe that there is no distinction between one Asian country and its culture and another, and because we are such special privileged characters, bothering to learn the difference or care is beneath us. :/ And we don't need this after that whole scandal where we spent two hours as a nation collectively following the flight and landing of an empty balloon.

And seeing as this will be released next year with The Last Airbender and it's epic race fail in regard to Asians....ugh, I don't even know.

LMAO...how did I not know about this?




*dies*


Too cute! I love how he starts doing the neck move and kicking his little leg.

I do not want to down. :(

Does anyone know any funny sites, shows, movies they can recommend?

Got any funny jokes? :B

Anyone else have some asshat show up on their entries writing a vague comment and advertising for a site that apparently has pre-typed term papers? O_o


The hell?

Have you ever heard of Movie-A-Minute? Basically it's a site that "breaks down" various movies by summing up the entire thing in a few hilarious sentences.

Please check it out!

It put a smile on my face.

EDIT: THE OTHER POST HAS BEEN REMOVED!

Because as it turns out, it's NOT the same person. I went and checked again (this time in Canada), and it turns out that this Shyan Mason is a different person.

Unfortunately for her, her Facebook is at the top of the results list for people looking up the Shyan Mason being quoted in the media. Thanks to some other Shyan Mason, THIS Canadian Shyan Mason is being harassed by a shit-load of people who are angry about what the Californian Shyan had to say.

I wouldn't have been aware of any of this (as I considered the matter closed), if her friend hadn't contacted me. She informed me that her friend was from Canada and asked if I could help clear her friend's name, as the matter is very upsetting and she's getting so much hate mail.

I ran a search to see if this was true, and this is what I turned up:
( The truth behind the cut! )

Okay, I am literally shaking and crying, because I am so happy right now.

To explain, there was a quiz posted for my online class last week that I, procrastinating dummy that I am, decided to wait until the last minute practically to take. I did a brief review and chapter skim and opted to take the test Sunday. You can take the quiz up to three times, and I figured what ones I got wrong I could correct the next go around.

Unfortunately, the online class network, Blackboard, was down on Sunday. ALL of Sunday. And by the time it came up, the old quiz had been taken down, and the new quiz posted. Which meant I would have gotten a zero for it.

BUT, on a whim, I checked today and the quiz was reposted until tomorrow, since apparently a few people had missed the deadline due to Blackboard being down and the quiz inaccessible.


Despite maybe having studied a total of thirty minutes in all over three days ago, I didn't bother to glance at the material; I opted to just go for it. I took the quiz. I finished it in roughly in 13 minutes and

I got a 24.5 out of 25 (98%) on the very first attempt.

O_O?!

I seriously cannot believe it and I'm freaking out and happy. I even called my mom and my dad. :B



YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!

Oh my God, I just...I just don't even.


:|


Have you ever been in a class with someone and actually wonder why in the fuck they were THERE? Like, what possessed them to be in a course they obviously DID NOT freaking belong in?

I am in a class about ethnic groups and minorities. So you know there will be a lot of history concerning various discriminatory practices, historically shameful acts, and the lot. Happy fun time, yes?


Well, I'm in class with a girl who is clearly

A.) White
B.) Privileged
C.) Does not realize that the combination of A and B are blocking her from being able to comprehend any aspect of this course.

Especially B. That bitch is DROWNING in white privilege and she says the most stupid, rude, and insensitive shit and I am ready to choke her ass. The only problem is that it's an online course and we don't yet have the technology that would allow you to wrap your fingers around someone else's throat via the internet. Because if they did...I don't think she'd be here.

This is a person who honestly believes that all racial tension that exists to day is the fault of the victims of racial discrimination, because they won't let the past go and try to be more positive. Oh, and because people don't teach their kids "good manners". Someone who implies over and over again, that everything will be better when various ethnic minorities "get over it", and continually blames them for their feelings of anger, implying at one point that they were angry just for the sake of being angry.

I'm not even going to get into the ignorant shit she said regarding Holocaust victims and Native Americans. :|

I have decided that I'm just not going to look at her posts. Because each time I do, I rage and want to kick kittens.


*goes and takes an aspirin*

Yeah, so some yahoo attempted to rob my brother yesterday. He was taking a short cut to work (a dark alley in an urban area. Sometimes, that guy has no sense...) when this person popped up with a gun, pointed it at him and told him to give him his money.

Rashad, my brother, actually talked the guy out of robbing him. Somehow I'm not surprised. If there was ever anyone who could talk you into or out of anything, it's him. He's what you call "a born salesman". While sometimes this door-to-door mentality has driven me up walls, I'm actually grateful he used his persuasive ability to avoid what could have turned out a lot worse.

In the future though, my entire family and self agree that he should throw the money at the person ASAP and pray that's the end of it. Some people are crazy and will hurt/kill you even IF you give them your money. We also suggested he go to the police to report it and look at mugshots to see if he recognizes the person. Odds are, he'll likely try again, and it would be better if he's apprehended before he does.



In less scary and horrific news, I had discovered that away from my folks place or other places with free wifi, my laptop has a hard time picking up a signal. Of course it COULD be because I reside in the middle of nowhere. So it looked like I wouldn't be getting any internet from where I was. While contemplating a membership to McDonald's Wifi service, it was suggested to me by my dad that I invest in a Belkin and hook it up to my modem.

. . . .

This honestly never occurred to me. :B

So I bought the router, attached it to my modem and voila! A new network. :D I didn't even have to use the installation CD. I'm still going to hold onto it, and get myself another Ethernet wire, just in case things don't run as smoothly when I leave the house tomorrow. Hopefully that won't be necessary.

What's really great is I don't need to go to the library almost every day. I don't need to run into the community center ever so often and deal with the creepy maintenance guy making passes at me. Yippee!

My Mac came! I ordered it like two days ago, and I'm typing on it already. The express shipping was so worth it. :D

I am so happy right now.

It's so...shiny. O_O


I still have to get used to it since there are features that are a bit different from the traditional PC, but I know it was worth the extra money to get it versus a PC laptop. I intend to take good care of this baby. <3

I've got my printer too, but I'm not hooking that up until later.


Hopefully my tablet will be here later today (or tomorrow morning).


In any case I'm am a happy camper right now. :DDD


EDIT: YAY THE TABLET CAME! :)))) *Happy dancing around*

Well, in a surprise twist I got my refund money early (like a few hours ago) and I went on a mini shopping spree. I bought my Mac and a Wacom tablet online, and a new mp3 player. :)

I brought a few other little items and have promised my brothers that yes, I am going to totally buy them a PS3. And just like the Wii I bought them...I will probably NOT be getting to play it. :| Such is life.

My mom is a little freaked that I (gasp) made online purchases (from the Apple and Wacom sites but still) and I dread hearing a speech over the phone from my dad who will suspend reality, where I am a twenty-something with actual experience making online purchases, in favor of proclaiming the evils of technology where money matters are related, where the internet is filled with shady characters just waiting to rip you off.

... Of course that's true in some instances but still, I'd appreciate it if I could do nice things for myself and not be made to feel guilty about how I spend and what I spend it on. Damn it's my money. Via loan refunds.

*cough*

Anyway, I'm calculating and recalculating and already have a designated amount to be put aside for savings should I need a little extra cash in the future. No one thinks I'm thinking about these things. <.<

I will not feel guilty that I burned through nearly fifteen hundred dollars in  five minutes! I AM SPENDING WOMAN! HEAR ME ROAAAAR!


.... :B

They finally cleared up my billing account (thank God) so all my classes and books are marked as paid for and I have a nice sized refund coming within a week.

^_________________________________^


*does a happy happy dance*



In the meantime I've decided that I'm DEFINITELY getting a Mac. PC has burned me for the last time.

So, as of yesterday, my loan payments have been deferred another year, all because I'm an undergraduate student working on a second degree. I didn't even have to file, it was done automatically, thank God, so that's one less thing for me to worry about.

^______________________________________^


What a relief.


Now, I just have to worry about WTF my college is doing with the loan money granted to me for my classes and books. I log on today and my account is still saying that my balance hasn't been paid. Even though yes, I have the loan money to cover it (and then some) and even though the not-very-helpful information lady I called insisted that accounts were all going to be settled....last freaking week.

I want my refund already! :(

GIMMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

And pay for my shit!



Stupid colleges hoarding aid money until the last possible minute...

I'm going to go ahead and write this as a new journal, because it warrants one for a couple of reasons:

1.) I now know who I'm dealing with, and letting you know requires an explanation, and it didn't seem appropriate to just make it a short edit.

2.) It involves  stupid_freedirectly, and omonatheydidntto a lesser degree, and in truth, this actually goes back (wait for it), more than a month. And yet, I'm just now hearing from this person.

3.) Lulz.



Okay, to begin, about mid way through last month, I made what was to my knowledge, my first and only post over at stupid_free in regards to a wanky and head-achy post at omonatheydidnt that was overflowing with race wank and a bit of stupidity. The entirety of the situation, from the controversy, to the OMNTD post, to the stupid_free (and her) response is there, and available to all.

In it, I refer to the words and actions of a particular member by the name of livvyxo, who was making comments and comparisons that were for lack of a better term...stupid.

This is a person who:

+ Honestly thinks that making fun of a British accent is the total equivalent of discrimination against Native Americans.

+ All racial controversy begins with and is largely the fault of the United States...because God knows there's no history of ethnic or cultural tension anywhere else on earth, especially not in East Asia. :/

+ The best way to win an argument in regards to stereotyping and the promotion of racial discrimination is post pictures of people modeling Native American Halloween costumes.


In other words, this person is stupid. Too stupid to form a valid argument in regards to Korea and certain failures in regards to grasping and respecting other cultures (and every country on Earth has been guilty of this at some point), or to realize that attempting to make said invalid argument over a MONTH AFTER THE FACT only makes the failure that much more complete. She did not bother to read dates, she did not bother to consider the fact that enough time had past that I had forgotten her specific role in what was posted, which is why I didn't remember her name, even though I do admit remembering the post.

And so, the great irony is rather than make me feel bad in any way, I'm very confident in my decision to feature her in the community. I also am laughing myself silly.

And, this idiot, just makes herself look that much worse. Because not only do I now know she's an idiot, but she's a RACIST idiot. And as such, every negative thing she's said about me, is instantly not worth a hill of beans.

Which is why this final update on the matter has been posted publicly, and not privately.


So if she wishes to rant, she can go ahead. But I'm pretty much not going to take her seriously, or delete her comments. And seeing as she's paranoid as hell about her "privacy", she probably won't say anything anyway.

But what's important is that the mystery is solved.


EDIT: I just got a reply to my comment about how I now know who she is and how maybe she should let this go with a comment that is basically "I didn't read this you stupid mean bitch go away! LA LA LA LA!"

So I'm just going to consider the matter closed. :/

Some people do not think reading is fundamental...which is possibly how they get silly ideas in their head about how racial persecution and non-existant shows making fun of British accents (really?) are the same thing.

I did get a couple good things out of this though: A good laugh, and if this psycho moron yells at me in the future and I forget her (which I probably will), I at least have something to refer back to.

Yay!

So I've started my online geography class right, and it's week two. Our assignment is to post a discussion thread about an article relating to a current event in Central or South America.

Someone decided to do one on Chavez and the souring coffee industry in Venezuala, where we are now moving away from geographic discussion, you know, the point of the whole class, and into a soapbox at a town hall meeting where people blindly try to connect Chavez and his asshattery to the current administration and how "big  government is totally turning our country into a commuinist AND socialist (lets ignore the fact that the systems aren't mutually exclusive) country, and our capitalist system totally works just fine without the big government interfering!"

Except, you know when things like depressions or recessions happen.

The annoying part is even though I responded that the problem with our economy was not "big government" and that the problem in Venezuela isn't a system of  government or economy but persons in power abusing it and the system to make unnecessary and harmful changes, I just KNOW there is going to be a bullshit argument.

WHY, must there be so many stupid idiots in Delaware?

Remember that birther woman that stood up and interrupted Rep. Mike Castle?




I always thought my state was more Democratic, but then I remember that my state is racist as hell and really backwards at times, something I didn't consider until after I hit the reply button and realized you could not delete or edit comments. I would rather not engage this sort of paranoid idiocy,  as I'm exposed to enough ridiculousness as it is.


It's going to be a loooooong week.

The IWF (Independent Women's Forum) is running commercials decrying the move for health reform as a tactic by the government to take over our health care system and run it into the ground.

Have breast cancer? Well apparently a public option means that you will die.

That is pretty much what they implied.

They brought up bullshit "research" where women in England (where they have a public option) where 300,000 women died of the disease. The implication was the women were killed by the SYSTEM and not the DISEASE ITSELF.

...


You know, I have a grandmother who is adjusting to life after being operated on and hospitalized for throat cancer. Even though we decided to forgo the chemo, she's still rehabilitating two years later. A lot has changed in regards to her health and her mental welfare.

And then, there are the medical bills. Even though Medicaid and Medicare took care of the lion share of the bills, she still has to pay out of pocket for what wasn't covered. Thousands of dollars that at this rate, she'll be paying the rest of her life, as she's 76 at the moment.

And then there's the dental work that has to be done that's not even covered by her insurance, and she really can't afford to buy additional insurance.

I just saw another commercial as I was typing this about all the things that are aimed to be included in the reform package and it really really is what she needs.

So it makes me so sick that organizations like the IWF is spreading fear and misinformation, for something that is as important as this reform.

I almost signed up for their site so I could scream at them on their forum. I opted to yell at them via Twitter instead. Ah, internet.


Anyway, the government is the reason why my grandmother only pays $14 a month for rent (it went up from  $2, actually). These people can shove it.

Okay, so today is my birthday! :D

YAY!

Anyway, I decided to celebrate by carrying my frantic, paranoid, hyperventilating self up to the college campus to find out WHY HAVEN'T I GOT FINANCIAL AID YET?!, only to find out that (1) I'm a day early anyway, since book purchases for classes doesn't start until tomorrow (2) The deadline for book-purchasing isn't until near the end of next freaking month, not the end of this one, like I thought and (3) they actually did award me the aid, and if I had been anywhere near the internet this morning (which I can't be, since my computer is broke), I would have known this, and saved myself the five bucks it cost to hop buses to get here.

. . .


AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRGH!

>.>


Anyway, the good news is I've got my financial aid, I've got plenty of time to get my books, and that I will have plenty of shopping money on my brand new debit card when they give us back our refunds, which will be instant, since I have a card now. :)

So, it's not a total waste. Nope.


Anyway, I'm going to computer surf since I'm up here, then I'm going to go home and enjoy the rest of my birthday.

I haven't written anything in ages, mostly because there isn't anything exciting going on. ^^' I'm waiting for my fin aid to go through, which is taking a bit long than I'd like. Hopefully I'll be able to get my books and supplies by the end of August.

Speaking of the end of August...my b-day is coming up. I'll be 25. O_O

Wow, time really does fly. I swear I was 17 like yesterday.


+ + + + 

I had a bit of bad luck with my bro's computer. It works fine but for some reason no longer recognizes my cable modem. It's like ten years old and there's no way to get it to re-recognize the modem because it's too old to know anything but dial-up, which we don't have. <.<

Ugh.

But I can log on to the internet via the Library, and I'm back checking out books. :D My bookworm self is happy. <3


+ + + + 

I'm still boggled by the so-called healthcare debate, as it continues to be unnecessarily ugly. And how about that nutjob that was allowed to bring a GUN to a townhall where the president was attending. 2nd amendment my ass, there is no reason for anyone at a presidential townhall to be armed, other than the secret service.

I don't know. I feel that this is building towards something ugly and people are going to be hurt and or killed.

I hope not, but it sure feels that way. :(