just a post to say that i'm quitting dNeero.

the site and survey answer-things are constantly down, and the bastards aren't counting my daily clicks anymore.


so, WHATEVAH.

So I went to the Imaging Research Facility to be a human test subject today and basically spent more than hour in a gigantic magnet for 75$. w00t!


Things that contributed to the epic nausea that resulted:
1) I was in a gigantic magnet
2) Before me, they were scanning monkeys, so the inside of the scanner smelled like animal
3) My hairtie was digging into the back of my skull
4) I was looking up at a mirror to an upside down screen
5) There were cushions squeezing my head to prevent movement
6) I was in a gigantic magnet for over an hour


By the fourth test, I was seriously dying ; ;.


Marie (the lady who was the experimenter, tall and slim and pretty and very nice) came in before the fourth test---which was more of a survey than anything---to say that I needed to lie about my scanner experience and say I loved it, even though by then I felt like I should've been puking all over myself.

I had to lie cuz apparently, there was a schizophrenic who was nervous to go into the scanner after me, and he'd be seeing how I answered.

It felt much like a brain-washing thing, cuz I hated it, but I kept answering positively on questions about the scanner, and it was like YESYESYES I LOVE THE SCANNER NOW GET ME THE FUCK OUT.

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By the time she pulled me out, I was so bad, I was shaking. And Moshi is no easily-shaken person, lemme tell ya. There were people outside the scanner-room, and the only thing that kept me from grabbing the garbage can and hurling my guts out into it was the thought that one of those people was a schizo nervous to go into the scanner after me.

So I spent about a few minutes standing in one place and holding it in, instead.

Marie kept asking if I was okay and, of course, I said I was fine, and then went 'n' threw up bile in the bathroom in a way I haven't done since I was a kid.

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No, no, but here's the good part. Which I refuse to cut just so I can impose this quirky punchline on you.

Once I was done filling out the after-scanner surveys and the payment form, Marie decides to tell me...


There was no nervous schizo.


It was part of the experiment: People part of Group "A" were told to answer positively about the scanner and they'd be paid 25$ more. I was part of Group "B", the ones who were told to answer positively because of the nervous schizo that never was. (Marie: ^^;;; "I feel so bad.")

(She also chose after the experiment to tell me that the scanner had the tendency to make people dizzy because of the magnetic waves and people's inner ear fluids, but not many other people have reacted as strongly as moi.)

Anyhooza, I got paid 25 extra, and my total comes out to 100 USD. Not bad.

I also get a pic of my brain sent me---which I will OMGDEFINITELYOMG post! Along with the more technical specifics of the experiments.


( 'til then, have a dNeero survey about...gasp! ME! )


*Note on the title--
alyphessa was playing Truth or Dare with her friends, and I guess one of them dared another one to eat something. But then, the Darer said he put a pubic hair in what the Daree ate. So the Daree started puking all over the place. And then the Darer was like "o_o" and admitted he was just kidding about the pubic hair. And the Daree was all like, "FUCK YOUR MIND PUBES."

XD Itsofunny.


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(psst. part 2 hast arrived.)

it's such a shitty feeling when someone has no faith in your ability. it might be for a good reason, because maybe you have little faith in yourself, too, but....

you feel like such a failure, you know?

like all your effort and achievements were for nothing, after all. even though you thought that if you could triumph over this one little thing, everyone's problems would be solved. you did it to change things for the better. you thought you were changing things for the better.


and when they say you can't do it yourself, and don't even let you try, and yet make you feel like you're burdening them all the same...you're left wondering that age-old question that's clawed at your heels your whole life; that friend that you never considered a friend, but is always there when all the others are long gone:

it feels so crippling.


( a dNeero survey to prove that i prolly won't stay too broken-hearted. )

i should start keeping tally of how many people are telling me that.

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Michael: "Moshi, GET A REAL JOB."

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Prrtrrsha: "Michelle, get a real job!"

.

...or not.

what everyone's saying IS true, tho. everywhere i look, all my friends are scoring interviews and landing jobs. and i...still have no calls on my cellphone from the jobs i've been waiting on.

i am trying for a 9-5 sign-waving job soon. my feet shall be dead by the end of each working day, but i'll be burning SO many calories <3! plus, it's a weekend job, and weekends are very splendid for me, you see. it doesn't pay that much, though, so i'm trying to hold off on it just in case the flyer-delivery-person-wanted people end up contacting me after all.



now, if you shall excuse me---i have to finish BSing my 1500 word essay that's due in five hours. (TOO BAD I SUCK AT ENGLISH. MAJORLY.)


( dNeero survey about Christmas carols. those people! it's not even Thanksgiving, yet! )

People keep bringing up the fact that Obama's our first black president.

But honestly, I keep forgetting the guy's black until this happens. I seriously don't think of the dude as black. I think of him as...just a person; a leader of our country. Does it really matter what color he is?

I'm sure it's exciting to many that we have our first black prez, but not me. Maybe it's cuz I grew up in the generation where elders always preached "it doesn't matter what race you are". Or maybe I just don't notice his skin color as much cuz I'm a minority as well, but...to me, he's not black!

He's Barack Obama. And he's our new president.



And besides, he's only half-black, anyway!


( spurred by this dNeero survey. )

brrrrrr. it's gotten so cold so fast. and it's absolutely wonderful!


usually, the weather here takes a ridiculous amount of time cooling down. we have 3 months of winter and 7 months of why the fuck is it so hot. i think it was 2005 that was the worst.... took 'til freagin' mid-December for the temperature to drop from the nineties! (what the fuck? i think we're in California.)


i guess global warming's letting up. YAY.


it's been solid rain for the past three days, but i think it stopped now. lucky, cuz i have to start driving to school soon (turns out, Red Behemoth was fixable!), and i'd rather not drive a humungo unfamiliar car through Cirby (a.k.a. construction work hell) in the rain. can you say 'recipe for disaster'? or is that too overused for you XD? how 'bout i remind that i'm a terrible driver?


so! to-dos today include mucho homework and job training!


OMG MY MICROPHONE COMES IN TODAY.


EEE! <3


( dneero survey about mooovies! mooovies! )

Okay, second post of the day, but....

I've told you guys that I want to be a working voice-actor. Can't remember if I added that my reason was to do cameos in all my favorite cartoons someday. But I know I've already plugged VAA on here and mentioned that I auditioned for a paying gig.

What I know I didn't say, though (I omit a lot of things, I know, but they just don't seem that important at the time) was that the person who listened to my audition offered to buy me a microphone. EEEEE~!!! <3 LEIK WOAH, RITE?!

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Well, okay. So first, the person said that my audio quality was horrible beyond fixing up with some editing. BUT WHO BUYS SOME CHUCK ON THE INTERNET A MICROPHONE, RITE?! At first, I'll admit I was trying not to get my hopes up.

I just did some mic shopping (mostly for reference on what type I'd want when I raised the money, just in case this offer fell through), and found a few that caught my eye and discussed lightly it with Yi (the sponsor), but I "knew better" than to put full trust in kind offers over the internet---this chick said she'd send me a UK-exclusive TMNT calendar, but never replied when I kept trying to contact her, then she exploded when I got pissy at the no replies, old news, old news---

But right now, I just got an email from Yi, confirming the buy. Said I'd be contacted again once the mic was in shipping. Eek. Eek. EEK.

I tried to thank Yi as much as I could without sounding like a bloobering idiot or artificial, but words cannot do justice to how grateful I am right now. <3 <3 <3

What the hell type of kind person, right? Yi. I will use that name in a work, somehow.

My gosh. <3


( another dNeero survey about McCain-Obama 'n' such )

*nods* it's true, y'know.

i can't stand being around the same person frequently for prolonged amounts of time. i like not seeing a good friend for a while, and then meeting up and spending the entire day catching up and being foolish. and hanging out with ProPhessa the other night was fantastic. whether i finish a good session like that with a friend, i'm so happy; i'm confident and i know exactly what to do with myself.

and Phessa's just great. she's so biased for the people she cares for, it's stunning.

now, whenever Michael (who i must see every Tuesday and Thursday, and stick with from 8am to 5pm) bugs me, i shall always remember her words:


"You know a man's man? Michael is a douche's douche."


. . . you can't see me, but i am cracking the fuck up over that.

( dNeero survey about how Starbucks gives you free songs off iTunes )

Once I secure a job, I swear it shall be invested in clothes for exercising. Because while archery's great 'n' fun, it's too low-impact for one of bulk such as I, and I'd rather not go running in my usual garb of baggy, weighted clothing.


Speaking of jobs, a couple people have begun to notice how since I can't get an actual job, I've been getting into a bunch of $$$-making things on the side. Like Today.com and dNeero. And now I'm trying to land a paying voice-acting gig. Phessa describes it as being "entrepreneurial", and that sounds pretty classy-cool.

I really wanna go write/draw some Lupin work, but I still gots that English essay due today.... >.>;;;


( dNeero survey about credit unions 'n' stuff like that )

man, i got another essay due in English? i wanna keep auditioning for fandubs, instead.... ...yeah, i still need a job. what of it?


So, the current craze of Moshi right now is voice-overing. I'm currently apart of a forum called Voice Acting Alliance. The people are really cool and aren't buttholes (and I know I said the same thing about Shia Forum, but I think I'm actually right about this one!).

But, yeah. It's much greatness. In fact, (although it's extremely rare) you can sometimes get PAYING jobs on there. I auditioned for one just now.

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Should you decide to join the fun, remember to put "mister.moshi" as your referrer when you register for your account if you can, please. I...have no clue what referring does to the people who referred, but I'm sure there's a reason it's there.

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It'd be cool if we can voice in a project together~!


( dneero survey about computer back-up files )

Little sister 'n' me saw a dead bird a while ago. And a lot of people may not find it a big deal, but dead birds so fresh after death are hard to find in my area, so I took a picture:

( dNeero survey on political convo. )

Given:
-Moshi is obsessed with Lupin III
-Lupin is approx. 5'9''


YKYOW....

1) When there is a deviation of a naked guy, Moshi's first thought is "I can use that for referencing when I want Lupin naked!"

2) Before faving, she comments with praise and then asks for the model's height.

3) The deviant replies back saying that the naked guy is 6'3'', and Moshi ends up not faving it.


( dNeero survey )

So one day, I was a-browsin' at the ol' Targey~. And spotted...THIS.

( dNeero survey. another one about TV >.> )

I finally got a call through to Irene the other day, about being hired and such. ...Yeah. I am getting such a strong vibe that I'm not wanted.


I mentioned the meeting that she tried to call me in for last week, and she was like ". . ." after everything I said. She finally asked for my number (like she didn't already have it) and asked if I'd be available that day. (me: "I'll be available all day~.") And then said she'd get back to me.

She never did.

*sigh* Speaking of earning income....

( survey )

Those VT message-things sound fun. I should do that on the next birthday card I send~.

I thought now would be a good time to share the ways I've been trying to keep my head above water financially while unemployed. I got two:

Today.com is a blogging place where you can be paid 1$ per post per day and .002$ for every unique visit to your blog. They send you a check after you reach the minimum payout value of 50$.

dNeero is a site that pays you to take surveys. They pay via Paypal once you reach 20$.


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I actually didn't wanna mention either of them until I made sure they actually paid, but I also didn't want to just post with a random dNeero survey ending an entry XD;;;. I'll be sure to update on this info later; still, there've been no complaints on either being a scam.

So, this post is mostly a warning that all my posts from now on are gonna have a dNeero survey attached. They'll be under a cut, of course, but still. Just wanted to say.

With that, I wish you all much fortune! ^0^


( dneero survey. )