Kovu's Pile of Curious Uselessness

Lock Down

2008-01-14T06:10:26Z

wow hey look, i havent updated here in a while. but due to lack of time, and a lot to say, im gonna try and keep it straight to the point like i promised. though no promises on shortness sense its been awhile.

christmas was fine i guess, snuck up on me and my typical holiday spirit was completely absent. like i seriously wasnt in the holiday spirit except for the last day of school when i sorta dressed like a reindeer, it was more of an excuse to wear my fun jingle bell collar though ^^;
what'd i get?
-some much needed clothes -authentic MICKEY MOUSE hot chocolate, booyah
-an electric shaver (my uncle likes to tease me), too bad i already have one.
-a rubiks cube O.o (how cruel) -a mufasa&Simba print
-an ornament -Ghirardelli chocolates -a lion plush -more chocolate
-this REALLY CUTE lion cub plush that is made to look like a sleeping lion cub
-$50 bestbuy giftcard

not too bad i'd say. the "gift giving" part of christmas is wearing off on me and it shows. But again i say Yay Jesus. he did awesome stuff no one else can.

as for new years eve, ate food and had sparkling grape juice (someone PLEASE come up with a better name for it!!) at a family friend's house. nothing incredibly exciting there.

got a spiffy new mouse for my computer build. still lacking essentials of motherboard, psu, cpu, and heatsink. unfortunately those are all combined probably over $300 easy. so it'll be awhile.

drawing more, kind of having fun drawing again. gotta update the DA page on what im up to now. that'll be a few days though probably.

Alrighty, the big news i guess you could call it is that i am sort of on a lock down. due to annoying distractions, emotional trauma, rather unwavering stress loads and probably a shit loads more of stuff my grades have slipped. i BARELY have a B- in spanish, it was a C+ for awhile. other classes are B's and i have a few A's and i just finally got stuff in for art which should bring that D back to an A. Now i know some of you are going "wtf! i'd kill for those grades!" and others are going "tough shit asshole" and others of you are just pretty much skipping this paragraph entirely. the deal is for whatever reason i want good grades, its programmed into me, i want to do well, its just who i am. i also have a severe procrastination problem combined with the afore mentioned issues. and of course i have grade nazi parents, especially my dad. If i dont have a 4.0, there's hell to pay. and i'm finally giving into things and willingly accepting "punishments" they exact hoping it will have a better effect on my school work habits, since my attempts to change those have so far failed. what this means is i will be on the computer a lot less. end of story. though i believe that most of you who would even care about that have my cell number so just call me. i like ot talk to people that way mroe anyways.

this should also allow me to draw more too.

oh and to wrap it all up.
-definitely just discovered that there is an old 80's-ish rock band called Zebra, and their music kicks ass.

-i bought some more tea today, and there was an anthro lion on the front of the box drinking tea. Celestial Seasons just got mucho bonus points :D

-i've been having lots of dreams lately, bad ones too.

fuck, that damned middle paragraph ruined all the shortness this had! asdkjbfaskjdfba

The Furry Went Down to Florida, Looking for a Mouse to Steal.

2007-12-16T21:33:41Z

so yeah. i went on vacation, it was a lot of fun. minus the two or three times me and my dad nearly killed each other...like, we nearly caused a scene at least once. then i came home and was a few days behind in most classes, except English where i was the full week and a half i was gone behind, cause everyone else had started research papers and such, and i had simply been able to read two books from my author choice. more on that later.

i meant to write down all the fun things that happened as they happened on vacation. but i never did. so im just gonna try and wing it. if afterwards i remember i'll simply add them as an amendment in the next journal.
-its official, i cant read, even stuff i find interesting, anymore without falling asleep.
-dude, someone definitely got shot as we drove through Jacksonville. no lies.
-cheetos+pretzels+doritos+pop=strangest thanksgiving dinner i've ever had
-did someone say Black Friday?
-I <3 TGI Fridays. and that Dragonfire Chicken (HAPPY KITTY)
-dude...map quest led us to a state penitentiary instead of our hotel
-mom and dad fought over directions for every single destination >.> (i should have brought a weapon to keep the peace)
-our room smells like smoke...can we have another one...free upgrade you say. alright!
-Seaworld is amazing!!!! i miss that place so much, i seriously started to cry during the Shamu show.
-and seaworld has new fun lighting technologies that are uber fun. and still has the cute dog and kitty show :)
-Taxi driver MADNESS!! oh noes!
-DISNEY TIME! and parking car sadness :( yay for me splitting off from the group after a fight after being on Disney property for only 1 hour!!
-the Olivia's restaurant is amazing!
-we saw the parks in the following order: Animal Kingdom, Epcot, MGM, Magic kingdom. (it was lots of fun minus a few squabbles)
-Holiday gifties for peoples! booyah traveler's cheques!

-(this gets its own paragraph)Thursday i got to run around on my own. and it was awesome. i got to hang out at animal kingdom most of the day and talk to people in the vet center. saw the Festival of the Lion King show, which is always a must see. and i got to sit in the lions section (go figure). Then i went to MGM studios to grab a necklace. and in the process i got to spend a lot of time with some Disney illustration artists. whats more is i got some really cool pieces of artwork and helpful books and met nice helpful people. to add to that, its also quite possible that i could get a job in the illustration department of Disney as a Summer thing for when im in College!!! And i topped off the night with the world show case at Epcot and saw lots of cool stuff such as authentic imported London Tea, real silk Kimonos, and this Chinese girl from Bejing got me hooked on what they call magic stix, better known as devil sticks around here. They're quite addicting. then i watched the Illuminations fireworks show (the plan was to meet my family for this, but i couldnt find them even after they gave me directions. though it was fun since i was running to the location they'd given me as the first fireworks went on with epic music...i felt like i was in a bomb raid..only it was fun :D ). ironically after the fireworks show the lazy commute back to the hotel was one of the best times we all got along.

-Friday we hung out at Downtown Disney and later that day went over to Magic Kingdom for the Very Merry Christmas party. it was lots of fun and had free cocoa. also we got to ride all the rides AT NIGHT!!! there is no way to describe the awesomeness of that. unfortunately there was still stuff i wish i had done by the end of the night (which was midnight by the way. thats right, i was in Disney until MIDNIGHT! w00t! )

-then we went home the next day and it was uber sadness.
-It was really ncie to be able to hang out with my grandparents again. they are the ones that can get us the spiffy condo at Old Key West and came to us for a couple of our parks visits. Mainly Epcot and Magic Kingdom.
-we had our first visit to CHili's which has amzing food and is now on my Fav's list. But it was quite a first impression as our waiter was a roadie and im a techy, my dad nearly got an A1 bottle in the face because it slid out of the waiter's hand when he swung it up to put it on the table, and i nearly tossed my ice water down the back of the guy behind me because i picked up the mug thinking it was glass instead of plastic (significant weight difference).

and thus is my semi condensed vacation.

Now im just almost done catching up in school, my grades are suffering, band drama still sucks major ass, im making like no money, and not many people care to talk to me anymore. on the other hand tech crew has started to get under way and im designing the hoodies this year. and i have many other projects lined up too.

wow...i just had 6 cups of cocoa in like 4 hours o.o .

~Kovu

Unlive from...Orlando?

2007-11-24T09:41:58Z

ITS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING NOT SO LIVE!!!!! YYYAAYYYYyyyy!!

okay, wellll, i meant to put this up like three days ago...BEFORE i left for this vacation O doom. but then i had those awkward spontaneous cat naps, nagging parents, packing, and just plain weirdness that some how distracted me from getting here. it was meant to be a quick post any ways. the fact that its nearly 4am and im using some hotel wifi and hacked through the parental controls on this computer...will only make this a quicker post...hopefully.
If anyone knows Dvalinn and his "observation files" it might seem a little like that XD

--research paper stuff plus chem and pre-calc homework is the major unfunness on vacation!
--I have a terminal illness now apparently, in which i cant read books for a long duration of time without falling asleep. Currently reading "War of the Worlds" for this research paper. And my family takes great fun in waking me up from my inevitable nap. And its not even a bad book. WHY CANT I STAY AWAKE AND READ!!!!
--And even with the nap hours removed. it seems like i've been reading it longer than the 6-7 hours my english teacher said it should take.
--And i STILL cant come up with a thesis for H.G. Wells. This shouldnt be that hard!
--Once again my family has made it possible to start fighting before we even arrive at our first vacation destination. this time it was the parents getting into a bickering match, for the SECOND time this trip already, over directions that were lousy. I couldnt take it any more and basically went into "dictator beat-down" mode. somehow i came out the "victor" in that whole few hours.
--been keeping in touch with the grandparents that we're meeting with later via my dad's spiffy phone. Apparently my uncle's dog died recently up there. Poor doggy ;_;
--FUCK YES!!!
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/offbeat/2007/11/23/jackson.lion.WCMH
GO LION GO!
--IM GOING TO SEAWORLD!! w00t
--how the fuck did i get TWO MORE canker sores!?!?!?!!
--Traveller's cheques are fun. but not when the minimum purchase price goes up $50.
--Though i missed the fun of doing it this year thanks to this vacation, Black Friday was a success since my buddy was able to get me a hdd with the money i gave him. THANK YOU!!!
--I really hope to finishing old pics as well as starting new pics in my sketch book during this vacation. but with this homework load im not sure what i'll get to do. but i did bring my brand new 9"x12" sketch padd. w00t.
--imm running out of things to say.
--Holy shit!! im like a $150 below my personally set minimum x.X
--Im not sure what else to say so...FURRIES RULE!! lolz

Oh, and for those of you who dont know. im on a vacation to Disney world and such with my family and grandparents. So thats why i may be out of touch for awhile. I simply wanted to get this post up to explain whats going on and what im up to. not that anybody cares really ^^; . but at least i tried.

and i wish people would answer their phone when they're called by someone they know. or at least call them back later or something *sigh*

I think im going to finally expose this to DA...this might get interesting..but likely no-one willnotice for quite some time, lol.

alright that should be plenty for you all to indulge on for awhile. 7 months til AC w00t!! *furry*

Viruses be the bad...

2007-11-20T00:12:14Z

So, there were a few things i forgot to mention in the last post. and i really didnt want to make it any longer. and its just more randomness...which is what this is for is it not?

first off. reason for the tile is simple. i have a HUGE fucking canker sore on the inside of my right cheek. im fairly good at toughing this little bitches out. but this one wouldnt go away. plus we have this family vacation coming up and im in the band. so i cant exactly just wait around. so im using some "gly-oxide" antiseptic gel medication. it gives me that "i just was at the orthodontist's" semi-bad breath feeling. on the other hand it does seem to make it feel better and it has gotten smaller. but i cant exactly prove that this thing isnt a placebo either and all the improvement is coincidental timing with it healing. other than the fact that as the sore on my cheek heals up a new one has formed under my tongue!!! asldknfaklsdnf

also. to finish off that vacation thing. yeah thats right. im going on vacation with my family, meeting up with my grandparents. to all go to Disney world (and one day at sea world too). it should be lots of fun. though of course my apathetic/impartial nature anymore seems to be getting in the way. the sorrow filled thoughts dont help either. *sigh* I would probably enjoy it a lot more if i could have had more say in its timing and course of action. for one we are very inefficient. we now have 3 drivers. we could easily make it down there and back, each in one big long stretch, and stop periodically for food and to stretch. But no, we are still going to stop mid way at some point an stay at a hotel for the night (both ways). this really wastes time. i understood this stopping thing for when me and my sister were little. but we're not anymore. plus, as much as i like the idea of the last day being one where we can just lounge and hang out and not go anywhere necessarily. so why do i care so much about the timing? because the way it is set up (which is pretty much set in stone because it works around my dad's schedule and i didnt plan any of it myself to begin with. point is. this trip overlaps a rather important date to me. and it bothers me to no end. especially since i cant do anything about it but hope to make it up later. and now im not giving out specifics.

also, this is just funness. My mom was watching CNN one day and they were doing one of their weekly report things and she suddenly starts yelling at me to come over there. well by the time i get there the video is gone. but she explains that there were a bunch of people in animal costumes that were calling themselves furries. and then asked if that was what i had gone to this past summer. I believe she saw MidWest Fur Fest. though im not positive since i didnt see the clip and the clip on their website coincidentally didnt have sound. So i finally explained to her that yes im a furry and that is what it is, and gave her a few examples of the good and bad points. so yeah...all that hint dropping over the past 8 months or more...useless, she just finally saw it on tv and connected the word furries to the term of the same meaning she hears me say every now and then.

annnd thats it!

damn, this is still pretty long.

this is too fucking long! sorry :(

2007-11-15T04:12:14Z

i apologize in advance..this is actually going to contain small entries (by my standards) about things that have happened recently..ive just been so busy i have collected quite a bit of stuff to say...so this will still be long.

to begin..Nordonia lost the second game of playoffs to North Canton Hoover...in over time. and after one of the best come backs i've ever seen...after a game of fumbling and other related bad things in plays..Hoover had only 14 and we had nothing. then..in the end of the 3rd quarter we came back and with like 4 seconds on the clock we score a touch down with and endzone pass that ties the game and puts us in over time. and then we still lost. now i dont have to go to football games, and actually have time on saturdays. However, being a big supporter of good sportsmanship, i really do feel pretty sorry for them. :(

another thing about band though. we have this assistant director Ms. Levy...she's kinda short and has this annoying voice (obviously not something she chose). And she tends to be the one calling for quiet and order all the time...so everyone naturally dislikes her. HOWEVER!! some of you assholes in the band need to swallow your egos and shut the fuck up and do what your told for once!! just because no one showed the freshman how to behave and so they run around crazed doesnt mean you UPPER CLASSMEN should sink to that level!! sure, she can be pretty annoying and she does make mistakes (like all of us), but she has a job to do..just like yours is playing an instrument when told to and not playing it over her trying to talk or talking while you're supposed to be playing...or being a smart ass! enough said on that topic.

fuck...these arent as short as i was hoping for...dammit...

alright...i know some of you out there either know im drawing something for you or found out that i will be drawing something for you. I APOLOGIZE!!!! my homework is getting turned in as incomplete a lot now. some of my recent test scores really suck. and my grades are suffering. not to mention i am still trying to catch up in art meaning i even have ART homework (wow, im a loser). I need to get my act together before i can continue these...i know some deadlines have come and gone now for awhile...i'm very sorry, hit me for it if you like.

since we're on the topic of my busyness...i'll list what i've been up too lately...necessary and unnecessary stuff:

-doing homework late into the night as well as all through school the period before its due.
-running small errands for things like reeds to ingredients for spanish cooking project.
-i've taken up soldering.
-i've done a little bit of drawing.
-we're reading Hamlet in English, so i've been at that alot...which is also the majority of my homework.
-i have been finally able to start my computer modding.
-i'm leaving for disney vacation in a week. gotta get planning done.
-i've got to go to work. especially since i need to build up my money after spending a good amount of it recently.
-band stuffs. luckily that just ended. (refer above)
-my dad's being a jackass so i've recently had to start hacking my own computer again.
-i get little sleep still...and often fall asleep at an inopportune times...like in class.
-Polar Knights starts in like 3 weeks. i'll also probably start doing weight training, cause a lion with flabby arms just dont look right. ;)
-there is tech crew. which is randomly scattered all over the next few months.
-im building a website.
-and dont forget to add that im a procrastinator when it comes to school work and that i love just screwing around on the computer...so admit that i do tend to waste some of my time. (like typing this thing out right now)

at least i warned that it wouldn't be short :( im sorry...take a break to have a cookie or some other treat. then keep going.

alright...also..last night i went online to actually use my computer for english homework. had this big fucking packet of questions, some of which were rather ambiguous so i was hoping sparknotes would rescue me...well, as i get online what do i discover??MY FATHER HAS DECIDED TO GO ASS HOLE ON ME AGAIN AND ENABLED THE PARENTAL CONTROLS AGAIN!!that's right...me, a junior in highschool has parental controls...after nearly 3 years of him finally co-operating and me not having them...he decided to bring them on again. i think this might be due to my tendency to be on the computer and be up late while doing my homework. unfortunately this isnt the route to go to fix that, especially when i actually need the computer for homework for once. well. after finding a bunch of my sites (including this LJ) didnt work. i tell a few of my "hacker" friends and so we all try to work to fix this..back when i used to have this..i had found that i was able to end a process of one of the specific programs in the security suite...so that it disabled the parental control. this got me around it..and the next person to log in..it would start for them...so it was undetectable. however. the program has improved since then. for starters..that process is now a "system" process. meaning you have to be an admin to shut it down. also, my dad either just finally noticed, or decided to annoy me and change it...every user on this machine used to be an admin. well, now its just my dad thats the admin..meaning i cant end that process. nor can i activate certain programs any more...the big one right now being my encryption program for my jumpdrive >.<
---So now im waging a silent war. previous to this i had made a one character change in my windows password (my dad is supposed to know everyone's password) so that my dad couldnt alter it, because my parents kept threatening to change it on me so i couldnt use the computer. well, its now back to the old password..so somehow it got reset. the goodnews is that in my exploration of the parental control's program i found that it only works with IE and Firefox. So with the help of a friend im now exploiting that. so i have my internet back. im currently in the process of password hacking. and once that's done i will be able to access those programs i have been blocked from..as well as make admin changes once more...perhaps i'll mess with my dad's head a bit. but at the moment i am playing as if i've not noticed any change in the computer...so we'll see how long that lasts before he knows i know.

its this kindof crap that encouraged me to build my own machine...this will now only make me build it faster ^^

alright...this is what will make all this reading worth while. i hope...
i have a stalker. no, not the little shy girl that likes you or the "secret admirer" kind of stalker...i mean the "I WANT YOUR BODY! UNF!" creepy kind of stalker. O.o this person about 6 weeks ago just randomly started calling my cell with a private number. They know my name, can describe me physically to an extent (not that im hard to find in a crowd), know i work at handel's...and apparently like to fantasize dirty things. This slut chick...person, calls herself "Liz". she would leave rather..."suggestive" messages on my phone. what was really amusing was the "oh you must not be there, so call me back sexy" style messages. Cause remember...she calls with a hidden number, so i couldnt call her back, even if i wanted to. ha, fat chance. She even apparently would go to my work place and harass my co-workers "asking for me" even though i wasnt there. then it eventually died down and was quiet for like 4 weeks...and now she's back. >.> hasnt bothered work yet...but has left some messages on the cell again. and one time when i actually answered the phone she claims to be a junior at my school (checked the year book, the only liz in my class everyone says would never do this...plus i dont know her). She also seems to think that im going out with her and that i talk to her frequently at school. and apparently she got hold of my sketch book at one point because she was able to reference to some of my sketches. so she apparently does go to my school. but recently me, my mom, and my sister played "pass the phone" game, so each time she called one of us would answer saying stupid crap...that is, until my dad got annoyed and ended that. for a bit we thought this might have been my sister's friends who are infamous for prank calling. but the more we think about we think it isnt. just doesnt sound like them. the funniest thing so far is that she apparently also lives close by or can drive...because i got a message saying that she had left something in my mailbox. and she did.. some hand written note in pink marker depicting many fantasies of hers...it was rather hilarious to read. the fact that this person is now going as far as to leave notes in my mailbox is a little creepy though.
So yeah...thats the fun stalker news of late.

Other than that im done, finally!!!! i blame the lengthyness due to the fact that it just took me so long to get the chance to post. been having some really crappy past few days too. so my mood is certainly taking a hit too.
alright, im out.

cable companies are annoying

2007-11-05T01:56:43Z

Okay. so, if you talk to me via IM you probably already know that i frequently experience connection losses that result in me suddenly signing off and hopefully signing back on with in the next 2 minutes. in theory this same connection loss results in my slow page loads in firefox and possibly even the imploding firefox where the program locks itself into oblivion. (task manager ftw)

any who. after hanging up with the cable company...or rather, the place the cable company redirected me too. i explained semi vaguely what was going on to a friend of mine. so im just gonna copypasta what i said to him over here, and you all can drool at it.

copypastar...ENGAGED!

after sitting on hold for like 30 minutes
(20:08:07) Kovu: i talk to some girl that it explain my specific problems im having that make me think what ever they did to "improve" our connection didnt work. and after a certain point she tells me that the tests she ran seem to say that the cable modem's signal is strong, but that she doesnt know enough to answer my specific questions about teh programs' problems, so i get transferred
(20:08:16) Kovu: then the next lady, i explain basically the same stuff
(20:08:21) Kovu: and she asks if i am using a router
(20:08:33) Kovu: i say yes im in a wireless router that is in another part of the house.
(20:08:48) Kovu: there for the modem is also in another part of the house
(20:09:37) Kovu: she says that the packet loss could be attributed to that, but there's no way to prove it. and that the next step is to plug the computer into the modem directly, and bypass the router.
(20:10:20) Kovu: which could be interesting since this computer is intertwined with cables in this desk, as well as the fact that i have to go down a hallway, down stairs, and behind another desk to get to the modem to plug an ethernet into it
(20:10:35) Kovu: so there's a good chance that'll never happen
(20:10:39) Kovu: especially with my dad around
(20:13:04) Kovu: so for the time being it looks like i have to put up with more of this connection loss shit, until i get my machine built and either the machine itself corrects the problem, meaning this computer is just not qualified anymore.
(20:13:16) Kovu: or, it being my machine i can move it freely
(20:13:33) Kovu: so hooking it up to the modem directly wouldnt be too much of an issue
(20:13:39) Kovu: okay
(20:13:43) Kovu: </rant>

copypasta OVER!! yaaaayyy. so its edited for typos and taking his sn out. but otherwise its pretty much the same. so there you have it. the summary of my internet issues. and that they will likely go unsolved...at least for awhile. but it at least works enough for me to be online...just intermittent at best.

Excellent?? pfftt

2007-11-04T05:24:26Z

heh, i first have to say. as much as i love these penguin smilies. there's not lot of variety in them. for example the picture being used now is probably used for like half the moods...something tells me all the icon styles have some similar flaw though.

anywho, band went to states. thats what all the "location, music etc." stuff pertains too. it was pretty cold out. and my first states competition at night O.o. we got a II, again. which, i'd probably have fainted if we got a I. a granted, that probably WAS our best show of the season, but its not worthy of a one at states at all. there were plenty of parts that sucked really bad. but yeah. thats that. at least the hot cocoa was fucking amazing. yeah thats right, fucking amazing XD.

When going to states we always go to Polaris mall for dinner and shopping time. And i finally rediscovered that dragon incense burner (or at least one of similar like able design) that i had seen back in my freshman year at this "Tropical Trends" store. (though i remember it being called "Tropical Sensations"...maybe the name changed *shrug*). but yeah, i bought that and two animal figurines as well as some incense to make use of said burner. i love how one of the various scents was "opium"...and no, i did not buy that one >.>

and for Halloween i combined my old hippy costume i've been wearing for the past 4 years. with the also often suggested lion costume. however the cliche ears and tail that is often easily found for Halloween costumes was missing in all the stores because ALL THE STORES ARE SETTING UP FOR CHRISTMAS ALREADY DAMMIT!!!! so i had to make the ears and tail from card board. so it looked really bad and shitty
and most people gave me a "wtf is that" look, honestly i cant blame them, i would have done the same had i seen myself too. however i do like that i was able to get the nylon whiskers to stay on with some well placed glue. but they got all bent and shit so it looked bad by the end of the day. basically what im trying to say here is this year i had the most EPIC FAILURE OF A COSTUME EVER!!! hopefully next year i get a better costume and/or just have a partial fursuit or something which would be amazing ;)

there isnt much more to say than that. football team is in playoffs, so though band competitions are over i have to go to the games for football, which are now on saturdays because we are somehow a Division I school. so until we lose i get to do that. and since tonight we won 43-21...that might be awhile >.<

i might take some pics of some random shit to put up here. also got a pic of the "epic failure" costume that i might put up here. im trying to make this page look better. but some stuff is just plain weird for the design...so bare with me as stuff changes and changes. i wish i had time to learn how they style their layout designs so i can make my own.

anywho. im getting pretty pissed at how many typos im making and having to go back and fix. which is probably a sign i should go to bed. so im gonna go do that.

Let it be done

2007-10-28T21:54:23Z

Well, just got started on this. posting something more for the purpose of seeing how it appears on the page than anything else.

so i got convinced to do this by myself and friends. Many were saying that i needed one...uh huh, sure whatever >.>
but i discovered and it was also mentioned to me that i can use this to view the many people's LJ's i frequent, and this way i dont have to waste my time typing each one into the url, cause that sucks really quick. =_=

So yeah. we'll see how this goes.