New Font

  How could I be so stupid, using that unreadable cursive thing, sigh. Anyway just realised that today so I changed it, hope you all like.

What does your Blog Name mean?

  I thought the question be pretty relevant to our English course, so I thought hey why not explain it.

  My blog domain is Slings Ate Arrows, which originated from Hamlet, which is a part of the famous 2BOrNot2B quote:

To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,

  Yeah so all in all it basically means a negative attack. And I changed it because it's apparently TAKEN to slings ate arrows. Now that I think about it it kinda suits me because not only do I hate/complain about everything I am also hyper/random and I'm also incredibly angsty at times just like good ol' Hamlet. If you squish that into a giant dough you get me. My name doesn't have any interesting puns so my only resort was to think of something that suited the theme of this blog.

  Before 'All Those Ups and Downs', this blog was called Part-time lover, Full-time hater and that was also true until I realised how embarrassed I am of my angsty (and young!) self. I remember the description was 'Selena's not-so-reliable guide to life and everything that comes with it.'

  Ok, blog post down, so let me list the things I need to do in the remaining holidays:
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1. Start history major work NAO! Finish synopsis and at least introduction cmon.
2. 1000 words of Ext 2 done
3. Hitler Notes, WHY HAVEN'T YOU FINISHED THEM YET?!
4. Eco Notes, SEE ABOVE
5. Hamlet/Calvino readings, start on Calvino essay even though you have no idea what you're talking about.

  Doubt I'll get all of them finished, especially the notetaking part.

I feel the need to Mumble it up just to see how everyone's doing

  What if everybody forgets about me when I go back and there's no longer a point getting my Steam back because I no longer receive invites and I will never get to try out Bristle or play the Divine thing or get into an OMG server.

  I mean 2 weeks is hella long when you think about it.

  Worse, what if I become addicted to LoL and turn into a LoLfag.

  What if I end up going back to CoD and pose with controllers on my chest like those sluts on tumblr and I came across some of those posts today and I felt the need to like them all since it reminded me of the team's first cm and a couple of chicks were whoring around in Spectator Chat.

  This is a bad idea, a terrible idea, so much regret.

  I get way to paranoid about this crap.

  Ok I should just go do work.

  Also I crave Korean stews someone make some for me pls :(

I am NOT and WILL NOT become emotionally attached

  I know I'm acting like a sappy tofu, but that's just how I am.

  It's just oppa incident all over again, but this time instead of embracing it I will deny it until I forget.

Ok Screw That

  The only thing I got around to doing is my ext 2, did a teeny bit of Modern and grasped the concept for ext 1... just alittle.

  Screw me, why do I have a headache EVERY FREAKING SUNDAY causing me to not be able to do work.

Pls bbz

  I know you're probably disappointed me with my exam performance, but pls talk to me without me having to send you an awkward tryhard-interesting/engaging whatsapp message and have the convo end with you ignoring me.

  I'm sah bored.

  Listing work for Sunday, now that I'm in low prio for Dota:
1. Modern Hitler Notes
2. Ext 1 English task
3. Ext 2 2000 more words you can do this babygurl
4. Economics Notes- do as much as possible

  Yep I do procrastinate, I need this low prio to get my head straight..

Odoke...

  All of a sudden, all these teacher meetings, out-of-class slips and anti-game enforcements hit me hard.

  Above all the terrible results of my economics and modern assessments... Yeah, legit terrible not "OMG I GOT 93% SO BAD" that kind of bullshit. Oh yeah, getting English back tomorrow, and I'm 100% positive my essay did not go according to plan...

  And you know what my problem was? Not addressing the question. The content/knowledge is all there, but I apparently strayed SO FAR OFF from the question I deserve a near-fail.

  Alright, stop nagging, I won't play games on weekdays, big deal. But how do I study? Am I motivated enough? Will it be possible for me to, the very phrase makes me cringe... work hard? I mean so far all this 'studying' had proven to be, dare I say... FUTILE? I mean what did I friggin do to deserve this terrible mark?! I walked away from those exams feeling good.

  I have a tedious journey to ATAR in front of me. The sense of hopelessness is really bashing me in the head. So far I did super-average for Assessment 1, terribad for assessment 2, can I still get the ATAR I wanted? Goddammit HSC.

[REVIEW] Amnesia- The Anime

  I'm sure the first thing you'd think of when I say Amnesia would be the horrifying game that sent millions screaming, but what if it becomes the entirely opposite and turns into a corny girly fanservice story? That's pretty much the Amnesia I'll be reviewing today, because why the hell not.

  First things first, the anime is based off the original Otome game (Visual Novel/Dating sim for da girls), so it's basically a reverse harem of 1 girl VS 5 guys as love interests. The plot is about a girl waking up forgetting everything about herself and her previous life because some ethereal spirit called Orion bumped into her soul and transferred her memories to outer space or something, it's of 0 importance to the anime itself methinks. She realises that there are 4 guys in her life who work at this cosplay cafe with her and another guy who has a split personality and stalks her and stuff. She would get herself into an accident and wake up in an alternate dimension on the same date (August 1st) but she's dating a different guy in every alternate universe, the process repeats itself as she constantly gets herself killed. Seriously woman stop trying to die already.

  Let's talk about the characters, they're very typical male archetypes for any shoujo mangas. First we have Shin, who's the typical forceful tsundere type except he's younger than the protagonist so she's pretty much a pedo. Then we have Ikki, who's a typical manslut who has his own fanclub. Kent is the smart glasses-wearing guy but he's unique in that he kind of represents the reader and instead of producing extreme dramatic irony like all the other characters he actually questions the plot on a deeper level, breaking the 4th wall? Metafiction? Toma is my personal favourite, he's Shin's big brother and despite being a sweetiepie on the outside he's actually a psychotic yandere who eventually locks the protagonist up in a cage. Ukyo is the stalker guy and I'm not up to his episodes yet but he apparently has a split personality and he has something to do with why the protagonist lost all her memories. The protagonist is... one word, WEAK. Although I wouldn't categorise her as a Mary-Sue because she DID just get amnesia and floating around like a hollow shell seems legit to me.

  The artwork for the anime is quite well-done, as expected from a new anime produced in the 21st century. The backdrop sceneries are quite detailed and sometimes it feels weird when juxtaposing animated characters next to such artistic landscape. The protagonist aside the males' appearances are quite... unconvincing. Their outfits... Y SO COLOR-COORDINATED 4?! I know they each represent a different card suit but wearing those rippy clothes IRL is a big No-No. Dem leggings... Shin Ikki stahp! Toma's outfit works but everybody else GTFO.

  I really, REALLY enjoyed the soundtrack for this series. The opening 'Zoetrope' by Yagi Yanagi really captured the melancholy, enigmatic yet exciting feel the entire anime gives off. I LOVE the first few lines it's so Opening-y!! It's also a great standalone song and the opening credits really matched it. The ending 'Recall' by Ray slowly fades in when every episode reaches its end and it makes the listener feel really lost and confused- mirroring the protagonist's FEELZ.

Eyes

Wat r u doin

  Onto the miscellaneous complaints. THOSE EYES! I'm sure EVERY SINGLE PERSON has brought up the topic of them seizure-inducing eyes of the main characters. WTH is with those weird colour combinations? Sure they look as hot as hell but they are so damn distracting! Sometimes I find myself tuning out of the actual dialogue and plot because I've been too damn busy staring at the characters' eyes! Also, why is the main character such a slut? She goes along and loves a different guy everytime she teleports to another world, WHO DOES SHE REALLY LIKE? And everytime she changes worlds it's like she magically forgets about the previous one so one time she's having sexytime in the Shin world and ten minutes later she's screwing around in the Ikki world. Cheesus woman MAKE UP YOUR GODDAMN MIND ALREADY!

Eyes

Stahp.

  So, all in all, this anime can really drive one insane with its... unique plot and its... special character designs. But hey, the characters all look hot, the plot progresses steadily and one can't really expect anything more from an adaption based off of a Visual Novel (although stuff like Clannad begs to differ). So if you're into corny fanservicy stuff, go for it. Otherwise in my biased opinion an anime like this has so much more potential which it failed to take advantage of in its creation.

It has occurred to me that...

  Since our falling out (and making up) a while back last year we stopped talking on a daily basis and conversations end abruptly (just you).

  It feels weird since back then I couldn't survive 2 days not talking to you in a row and admit it no matter how you resist it one of us breaks the ice and starts a conversation. Now it feels mundane and we don't really have anything to talk about anymore? Thanks for the constant exam reminders, not helping as much as they should but hey whatever bit of concern counts.

  But for your information, if you just feel like talking alot will cause history to repeat itself and you hurting me again... you're wrong ok. Man I sound so obnoxious you probably just ceebs and have better things to do in life than talk to a boring person like me.

  :(

Oh Dear

Good Lord Skyrim, I wasted my 4 and a half days of freedom (for studying) on you.

A Gamer's Exam Week

  For odd reasons I had plenty of time to study for everything, but ALWAYS leave everything till last 4 hours because I'd waste time doing NOTHING (thats right even gaming would be more productive) and end up with no notes written.

  My performance in the past exams had been satisfactory but I know I screwed up English when I had a 6 page creative and 3 page incomplete dumbed down essay.

  Modern was alright but the whole class feel really screwed about the "whoa I did NOT see that one coming" question.

  I completed eco essay but left out important details from my practise essay and the question was also on something I wasn't too sure about.

  I celebrated the start of my 4-day break with plentiful amounts Skyrim and Dota. Made alot of Skyrim progress and played Dota well... most of the time. Parents are feeling concerned for my behaviour.

  Haven't done ext 1 essay and readings for ext 2 yet, breaktime's over Pig, time to (hopefully) get some work done.

Dear Mum

  I didn't mean to be all grumpy and rude.

  I'm just screwed for exams thats all.

  Please don't go back to China.

  Please don't leave me alone with him.