Wow. Do mine eyes deceive me? Or is this another ultra-impersonal review?

依然范特西 (Still Fantasy) is Taiwanese superstar Jay Chou’s (周杰倫) seventh studio album, officially released September 5, 2006. Because I absolutely insisted on purchasing the CD+DVD version from YesAsia.com by mail order, the CD arrived just two days ago, about three weeks after I initially made the order.

Hahaha… you just gotta love the U.S. Postal Service…

At any rate, sorry for the lateness. Just humor me and allow me to ramble on a while longer.

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BoA’s 2005 Korean album, Girls on Top, was an unexpected pleasure; I didn’t know BoA could do hip hop! Additionally, the Chinese version of the title track also deserves ample praise. And since we’re on the topic of Korea, BoA is definitely my second most favorite Korean of all time (and no. 1 favorite South Korean… needless to say, the position of most favorite Korean on the entire Korean Peninsula still belongs to Kim Jong Il, dictator and Dear Leader of North Korea).

I finished all of my exams. And we have Monday off this week. So, frittering and loitering, here we go!

Also, I’ve decided to remove all instances of my full name from this blog. Not because I’m primarily concerned about, uh, my safety (I doubt it was ever in jeopardy)… it’s just that I Googled my name out of sheer boredom a while ago, and I was horrified by the number of crap-blogs that popped up, all claiming to be authored by my clones. There were also a fair number of doctors of the same name with intimidating-sounding titles, but that’s beside the point.

For the record, my real, legal name is Jennifer. But I won’t be answering to that any longer, in an effort to sever all associations with other less-educated peoples. However, you may still call me Jenny-fa.

And now I shall depart.

Ha! Just finished my computer science exam. There were three questions on computer history in there, but I know I definitely bagged the Charles Babbage one. And Herman Holarith computerized the 1890 U.S. Census, right? Didn’t he?

My Spanish III exam is next, after lunch. No digan a otras personas, but I think my teacher didn’t spend enough time reviewing vocabulary with us; my previous teacher last year used to show us flash cards and make us play review games all the time, but this year, while I was poring over my textbook, there were a score of words I didn’t even know we covered.

I cram surprisingly well, though.

So, on another note, I ordered about four music CDs from YesAsia.com back in December, but when I checked my order’s status on their site, it still read “In Process.” What’s keeping them, I wonder?

Bwehhh… I’m running out of worthwhile subjects to blog about. My personal life’s still as stubbornly miserable and hopeless as ever, so I suppose it’s time for another review!

The American rock band, Evanescence (their official U.S. Web site, by the way, is simply beautiful), released their second studio album, The Open Door, on October 3, 2006. My brother purchased the album for me last Christmas (the first present I’ve received from him in a decade, it seems), and now I shall endeavor to spread the joy.

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Ohmigosh! It’s my first post of the year! Hurrah!

I’ve been painstakingly coding XHTML, CSS, and PHP for the last 3.5 hours, working on a Web site for a client. Unlike this humble blogger, who frequently mooches off free hosting plans with comparatively pathetic directory URLs/subdomains, my client purchased a real domain name, and the server is wicked fast. I just hope this isn’t a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

So. It’s late in the evening on Saturday, and I still have truckloads of homework awaiting me in my bedchamber (^__^). But, bah! I still have plenty of time… no need to worry… yes, that’s right, no need to be concerned… especially about that art project… and English paper… and chemistry assignment… and…

Oh, something just occurred to me. Attention, ladies and gentlemen. A friendly writing/spelling tip for speakers and aficionados of the English language: “all right” is not spelled “alright.” “A-l-r-i-g-h-t” is incorrect! It’s a word that does not exist! So just keep that in mind, the next time you use the phrase in your pitiable prose.

Sorry for sounding inane. I’m usually much more composed and together… usually.