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Night Winds
For the Record (Granted, I was reading the essay that I'm writing an essay about over again - but then I started falling asleep.) Anyways, here goes. All blame goes to Gina-neesan (BTW, how'd the midterm go?) for this one:
THE END
If everyone else jumped off a bridge- Yes.
Just 'cause everyone else was taking it
I Am A: Chaotic Good Elf Ranger Druid
When you're happy and you know it! And to make things even better TIN UPDATED TURN!!!!!!! ^___________________________^ And let me just say that it is DAMN good. 'Specially since I've read the Golden Ass and can actually pick understand all the references! ^^; Tin-sama's very knowledgeable and well-read so I'm apt to have no idea what she's referring to . . . but Greek (well, the Golden Ass was written by a Roman, if I remember correctly) mythology is just scrumdiddlyumptious! Ooookay, I think I'm a bit too happy . . . seeing as I still need to write Philosophy paper and study for midterm . . . but even that's not getting me down! Lalala . . . Back on topic . . . I love Tin's way of turning a phrase! And, and, Eriol! And . . . aaaaaahhhh! the whole thing!!! Mmmm, I think I'm too bubbly to do it any justice with a review, so . . . JUST GO READ IT! ^_~ My moods really are dependant on the weather. LOL. Okay, that's it! It's a beautiful day - Enjoy it!!
BTW: Can anyone ID this song? It's been stuck in my head all day and I don't even know where I heard it . . . "It's the summer of love . . ."
IT LIIIIIIIVES!!!!!! I'm happy Max is back, but I still must change his name . . . Am currently debating Kazuma - Kazuma Computer. But he's a loverly grey/silver/white (graphite) color, so I dunno. Perhaps Kunzite/Kenneth? Ahhh, but I dunno if I wanna get irritated at *Kenneth* . . . LOL. Anyways, currently trying to figure out how to write this Philosophy paper . . . nope, still haven't started but am looking through notes and things. I'm also debating whether to run into the kitchen and microwave something to eat because Apaatomate A has a friend over and they've been shrieking really loudly in the kitchen for the past few hours and I'm afraid if I go there I'll get things thrown at me or beat to death or something. O_o;;;;
Well, here I go. Wish me luck.
Confession It's called "Hikaru no Go." And I wouldn't give it up for the world. =) Ahhhh, I've been meaning to write that post for days. Unfortunately, with my computer in the shop . . . no dice, kimosabe (or however you spell that >_<). At any rate, I'm currently wondering how I shall go food-shopping since I have almost NOTHING to eat in the house. >_< And I have to do laundry this weekend too. ^^;;; But what I'm more worried about is how I'm going to write my Philosophy paper for Friday. ('cause, y'know, I can always forgo food and clean clothes for a week. ^^;) Oh, I would also like to blog about how INCREDIBLY bitchy my apaatomates are. Michelle Kwan lost yesterday ;_; and I was sad (though Sarah deserved to win for that flawless performance - I ain't arguing that) but apaatomates A and B were CELEBRATING. They weren't just happy that Sarah won . . . they were ECSTATIC that Michelle lost because, apparently, they hate her guts. O_o; B told me that she dislikes Michelle because she was bitter after losing at Nagano. Well, you know what, that's a stupid reason to HATE somebody who you don't even know. If you were in the same position, can you honestly tell me that you wouldn't be a little bitter? If you spent your ENTIRE LIFE working towards a gold medal in the Olympics and you think you're finally achieved it only to have it snatched out of your grasp . . . are you seriously going to just shrug it off and smile? It makes me wonder about some things. When I was little I always wanted to write something that would win the Newberry, and now I'm half-seriously entertaining the idea of aiming for the Pulitzer (um, yeah, not going to happen) or at least some Sci-Fi novel award or SOMETHING. (Aim for the top!) But I think I would be bitterly disappointed if I was only a nominee and being passed up by someone else, no matter if that person deserved it or not . . . I mean, there's a difference between doing something for fun and doing something because IT IS YOUR LIFE. Judging people like that with an armchair perspective makes me mad. It doesn't matter if you don't like the person, talent is talent, skill is skilll, dedication is dedication, and hard work is hard work. When there are winners there are always losers too and while it's nice to bask in the limelight for an instant, it's the people who keep on working towards their goals who I find most impressive. Michelle worked for FOUR YEARS (and I'm sure the thought was with her every minute of the day) towards winning a gold medal at this year's Winter Olympics. That's a lot of dedication . . . it takes a lot of heart to try again after failing once. It doesn't matter if you don't like her - you've got to give credit where it's due. And I am PISSED OFF that all they could do was sit and laugh at her when she was trying not to cry, and scream in malicious glee that she got a "bronze, oh my god!" and make fun of her for putting a hand on her heart during the national anthemn ("Look, she's trying to be patriotic!" *LAUGH*) and silently sing the words (though they shut up about that right quick when Sarah started singing). I watched the competition with apaatomate B since I was making and eating dinner and the difference between her and I is that she wanted Irina to win just so Michelle would lose and I wanted Irina to lose because I wanted Michelle to win. That may sound hypocritical, but I was rooting FOR someone not AGAINST them, and I think it *is* different. Positive vs. Negative justifications and all that. Rooting for someone you don't give a hoot about for the pure malicious joy of seeing someone else fail - it pisses me off. The judges were fair . . . I only wish other people could have been. Um, and that's my rant on that. Sorry, their shrieking and vile laughter were giving me a headache once I was back in my room. And Apaatomate A didn't even get home until AFTER the competition, so she didn't even see what happened and was simply delighted because Michelle *didn't* win. And, err, that really *IS* the last of my rant on that. In other news, while over at Gina's last night, I finally saw the Yatta! video . . . and was disturbed. O_o;;; But I think I was a little bit desensitized to it by watching the Otagen AX 'O1 karaoke final performance directly beforehand (AGAIN). All the members of Otagen went to her school . . . which scares me. We also went to the scary Cheesy-Meat boyband page or whatever. (It's from some weird Jack-in-the-Box commercial or something) . . . and they actually have songs up. Scary songs. With lyrics like, "Let's go get some friiiiiiiies!" O_o;;; Jay-chan had been found toiling under the shadow of the thing called "Senior Thesis." ^^;;; Ganbare! I'm also happy Ninx-chama is feeling happier. ^____^ Wai! Must read more of your Housemates story! More more more!!! :D With me there's not a lot going on since I am currently in computer limbo . . . but you know how it goes. I have a paper and two midterms fast approaching, though, so I'm stressing a good bit. Oh! I drew (copied - it's learning for class) a big ol' piccie of Kyo from episode 13. (To go with Gina's Yuki.) And I did a really lousy job. Foo.
Um, really can't think of much else and I've been here for an hour . . . so I'll, er, try and come back later and think of something to write about in the meantime (Read: Next week). Nothing interesting is going on~ . . .
Eulogy At any rate, that's what's up with me. I'm blogging this from Gina's place. Gina: "Pika-pika." (Ryuichi version) She doesn't feel like saying hello. Gina's wonderful roommate Adrienne says hello instead. ^_- I have a paper due next Friday and midterms and I want my FILES BACK DAMMIT! UGH. No internet, mp3s, no anime, no nothing . . . I am sad. ;_;
Catch ya around . . .
Person in the Place Inbetween
I actually think this test is pretty accurate. O_o; I mean, it certainly *sounds* like me for once.
Nyan-Nyan!
Right now I'm just exceedingly worried about Jay-oneechan, whom I haven't heard from in over two weeks . . . Onee-chan! Please e-mail me!
Pardon me as I continue to worry. Mafty, are you guys all just exceedingly busy on your thesis??? (BTW, sorry, but my Chinese is so poor I couldn't figure out what you said to do . . . ^^;;;;)
In other less worrisome news, MERRITT! I got my Takari pic! ^___________^ *HEART* I LOVE IT!!!! A LOT!!! (Need a frame.) Dude, I'm wondering if I should make a blog pic out of it . . . ^^;;;;; THANK YOU! XD XD XD
LOL. Gina-P, no, going over to your place did not raise my stress level. And did I mention that your fangirlishism frighten me? Well, it does. ^^; And that's something I *NEVER* thought that I would say to you of all people. Well, Kyou ISH cute, but I think Shigure's UFO catcher is the *cutest*! ^_^
What's really scaring me right now is this. That's just highly disturbing. Hide is highly disturbing like that. ^^; Hide is a real person. That's just scary.
(BTW, I could actually see NOIR yuri . . . I mean, what kind of men would they date??? And I could definitely see Chloe-Ririka yuri . . . but it's all on Chloe's side . . . >_<)
Nyah, Ninx-chama, Avie's voice is stuck in *your* head? Must be because I've been neglecting her. Hmmm. I really like your snippet of the housemate story! *Big Eyes* More? ^_-
Ah, and now for some back-blogging.
Monday Gina and I watched R.O.D. episode three subbed at Club. I was very tempted to cry but heroically restrained myself. Err, okay, so I wasn't THAT tempted, but it was still sad. =/ Cool, but sad.
(Sidenote: I think Cal Animage Alpha is the only place you can go to watch anime and ALSO overhear Egan Loo - of Macross Compendium fame - chatting up girls. O_o;;;)
Aha! I've been meaning to blog about this and keep forgetting. Takeuchi-sensei's coming out with a new series: Love Witch. And the name brings to mind my original conceptions of the Sailor Moon series which *would* have been detailed in the "Once on a Blue Moon" fanfic series that I am no longer writing. Basically, it makes the Scouts/Senshi (along with Naru) witches, Luna's a familiar, Tuxedo Mask is a Magician (I mean, LOOK at that top hat!), and Jadeite and the other Generals would be wizards/instructors. Actually, I got the entire idea from the commercials they showed so there was only Jadeite, who was going to be Serena's instructor in my mind. ^^; Now, if the series is anything like that I'm going to . . . laugh. ^_^;
Ah! Flipped through the copy of Animage with Furuba on the cover. The contents included Furuba, Inuyasha, Angelic Layer, and Scryed, with ads for Mahoromatic and shtuff. I was tempted to buy it just because . . . but naaah. At any rate, saw an ad for the new FY OAV series. Never thought I would say this, but Tasuki looked really hot. >_< Tamahome did too, and of course so did Keisuke-kun!!! ^_^ Miaka looked good too with her hair longer. I'm hoping the girl on the top of the ad was maybe Maya (or whatever her name was) and not Yui, otherwise Yui dyed her hair orange. ^^; But, I was excited to see the ad.
Okay, I'm going to end this post with a big "People on my Mailing List are cool and make me happy!" ^____^ Of course, Tin-sama joined it so I feel intimidated and unworthy . . . but I will do my best to not keep churning out crap. ^^;;; And I at least expect you to give me some negative feedback since you're a friend and you know I can take it. And I KNOW my latest offering deserves quite a bit of negative feedback. Go to!
"Cry havoc and let loose the dogs of war!"
Not convincing enough
Ah, and the poodle won. Durn poodles . . .
All righty, I AM GOING TO READ. I AM. I . . . really . . . am? >_<
Westminister Report
I *did* think the Smooth showed better than the Rough tonight, tho'. ^_^; But I guess I can't complain since Smooth got fourth, ne? Ne? At least it's *something*. At any rate, this year's German Shepherd really WAS super cute. Ch. Kismets Sight For Sore Eyes. Can't argue with the name. ^^;;;;; And, of course, we get an Ein-dog. But isn't Ein the Cambridge kind? Does he have a tail? Does anyone remember??
Well, well, best in show to gooooo~! I really MUST read. >_<
Oh, I forgot Gina. XD XD XD Me? A bad influence? Whatever makes you think *that*? LOL.
And yesh! Me likes Kyou-kun!!!
Year of the Dog?
I missed the first night (last night), so phooey. But I'm watching (well, semi-watching) it right now. Like the Triple Crown, it's something I watch every year. (Though, going to College sort of royally screwed that up for me.)
Yeah, I don't watch the Olympics . . . I watch a dog show. XD What a weirdo. XD XD XD I can't help it! I enjoy it. And I'm always rooting for the collie . . . (Lassie and the Terhune novels pretty much ruined me for any other dog, I think. Though, Malamutes and Huskies (ones without freaky eyes) are nice, and I DO like other dogs (not Chihuahuas) because dogs are wonderful! Lovely! Creatures! ^______^) Ah, but a collie hasn't even won the herding group in around a billion years. >_< It's always the gosh-durn German shepherd! >_<
Oh, btw, the Welsh Corgi's (he was *adorable* - I saw him in a demo) name was "Cowboy." XD XD XD I wonder if his owners' ever watched Cowboy Bebop? XD
Ne, Gina, how'd the competition go?
Mou. I STILL have all my reading to do. >_< *sigh*
I Forgot ^^;
Shing nian kwai lu! Gong shi fa tzai!
A question to myself: Are you sure you even know what priorities ARE? The reply: Um, no? --;;;
Didn't do any reading today, either. >_< And I STILL have to catch up and do MORE. YUCK. Ugh, and I'm going over to someone's house for New Year's dinner because I got TOLD that I was. -_-;;;
Gina-oneesan, the speed-talking thing is NOT something I'm proud of. It's scary and disturbing. >_< Especially when I'm doing it and I DON'T trip over my tongue like I usually do. -_-;
Waaaaah! I have a chapter of Econ, 70 pages + 50ish stories (short, 1-3 pagers), and TWO Philosophy texts to read. For tomorrow. >_< And I spent HOW MANY HOURS on a pic for my De-CAL? Need to fix those priorities. Yes. Uh-huh.
Meia, you are hard to draw!
If I was a Mythological Creature
Granted, I was *tryiing* to get that result, but stiiiiilllll . . .
The other one I got was still fun! I get to hunt people down and torture them. Whee!
Hmmm, yes, had a strange *STRANGE* dream last night. Remind me not to leave my bag behind in buses, talk to cops, or get arrested in hick-towns where they're filming movies . . . Errrk.
BTW, I would just like to mention that, Gina-oneesan, you who thought Souma Yuki looked weird, have turned into a strange breed of fangirl! ^^;;; It's quite disturbing to watch her be all fangirly. XD I hope you feel better!
Ninx-chama, interesting as Avie might be . . . she's a bit on hold right now. After all, that whole thing was conceived of as a webcomic story (which is why I didn't bother describing the action in proper English). Plus, Tokyo Fish is developing a PLOT. >_< I will blog about that later in the other blog. At any rate, the first webcomic to come will be about my cute, cute, CUTE Treehouse cast . . . though, I think I'm going to change the name. Yes. Hmmm. Keenspace, hurry up and give me a site already?!
Ahhhh, Merritt, Argent Soma is good, nenene???? LOL. ^_^ I love to fangirl over it! Ryu! *sparkle* Angsty characters! *sparkle* YAY! Ah, and I'm rubbing my hands together in devious anticipation of my Takari pic! XD
Ick.
Why people come
Some of the fluffier hits come from people searching for:
Sexy Commando Masaru-san
And those were the *less* scary entries. >_<
Sunshiny Day
Okeydokey . . . took my stupid Philosophy midterm this morning and know I messed up on at least three of the essays and since I wrote around three sentences for all of them, I can't help but think that I probably didn't do so well. Hrrrm. Oh well. At least it's over.
Gina-P and I are going to SF on Sunday! ^_^ I need to pick me up a copy of X 17 and Time Stranger Kyoko 3 among other things. ^^;;;; But. MUST conserve money! Think trip, think trip, think trip.
And seeing as I still have no job, since I didn't even get a phone call from the library. *sigh* Underqualified, I know.
Ah! I got my package from my mummy yesterday. Cookies. Mmm! Nyan-gow too. (But I dunno how it'll taste seeing as it was in the mail for two days.) I love my mum, really. And not just for food. Of course, I found the box on my BED. Where I sleep. My UNMADE bed so it was on the sheets. Gee, thank you, apaatomate. You couldn't have left it on the table or the floor? >_< (BTW, Merritt it's your box. XD We're getting lots of mileage out of it! XD
Congrats on your wins at the YUAFF, Jay-oneechan, Tin-sama, and Chibi-Imp! XD *whistles (attempts to anyway) it's a small world after all!*
I *heart* the new layouts, Tin-sama, though I must say the Weiss Kreuz one really IS disturbing. Especially after that Four Horseman comment. ^^; Need! More! Moon River! and! Magic!!!!
Oh, a follow up to my previous post:
Well, I finally figured out who I was rooting for . . . too late! >_< It was couple B. But we ended up with couples C, and possibly A and D. A A-HA! But in the manga - which goes to show that I think more like the mangaka . . . which is, um, scary - well, from what I read in the translations anyway, we get couples B, F, and D (I think)! Wah! And I'm a firm supporter of the manga couples now. XD But I still think couple G would be cool! *evil laughter*
In other news, Vandread the Second Stage's ending was very nice! I *heart* it. You know, I even ended up liking the annoying characters by the end . . . because I think everyone just improved so much. ^_^ Of course, Meia is still my favorite character! ^_____^ Ah, and I think Duero and Parfait are super-cute! XD XD XD Ah, but the twistiness of certain revelations was very, um, twisty. Yeah. XD
The De-Cal's going okay. I actually FINALLY got in! THANK GOODNESS. Ah, but I hafta go and buy 16x18 size paper. *SIGH* I think it's really actually helping, though. I really *am* learning things, which is more than I can say about my other classes. >_< Is it too late to acquire talent and major in art? Probably, huh?
It poured yesterday, but I scored two free Miso soups this week. ^_^ Apparently, since I'm a regular at the Asuka Donburi house I get free soup! Mmmm, nummy. Good thing I think Miso tastes okay. LOL!
Monday was beautiful and warm and sunshiny! It was a joy. Weird-ass weather we have here, but it was a lovely day. And today was nice too! But I got hot! But there's SUNSHINE. But apaatomate A is sick and I'm getting sniffly . . . but the SUN! And Vitamin C! And CITRUS! And Ruby grapefruits are nice and yummy!
Erm, forgot we changed classrooms for Scandinavian Lit. and went all the way to Donner and ran ALL THE WAY back to VLSB. DAMN. I could've slept IN. >_< Ehhh, took a nap during class anyways. Trying to get over previous day's migraine and dizzy spells in time for 2nd class midterm. Remind me not to get paranoid and go meet my Philosophy GSI an HOUR earlier than planned, because I will just end up sitting on the bottom steps inside Moses in my yellow raincoat looking like Paddington Bear and getting STRANGE looks.
After class today I skipped on down (not literally, but then, you never know with me) to Cody's where I spent a blissful half hour looking at books. ARRRRRGH. I know I swore off Star Wars novels after certain events that I did not read but skimmed through (seriously though, once they broke up Wedge and Qwi Xux . . . I think that was my breaking point. And Luke and Mara? *sigh* Are there no other women??? Not that I was a big Callista fan. And Teneniel Djo got married (and apparently in the latest book *spoiler spoiler spoiler*). And Gariel is now DEAD. And what ever happened to her daughter? But I'm actually talking about the, erm, character death in the previous book.) but I couldn't resist glancing through the newest one. Paperback. Written by a woman. And DAMN if there wasn't a lot of Tenel Ka. I like Tenel Ka. This is a fact. ^_^; At any rate, ERM. My love intuition is never (hardly ever?) wrong and I'm glad women writers have a tendency to focus more on the emotional aspects than on action! action! action! Though, men can do it too . . . I'm not saying the situation can't be vice-versa, but the best is, of course, when they can strike a nice balance. I, alas, am lacking in the action department. Getting back on topic, *spoilers to follow*:
Jacen *may* be dead. But I don't buy it. Especially since they just offed Anakin and destroyed the Anakin-Tahiri relationship that I've only *heard* about. Now, I wouldn't have been so concerned about Jacen before, 'cause, frankly, the boy was getting on my nerves with his wishy-washyness, but TENEL KA is in LOVE WITH HIM ala "The Young Jedi Knights" series. *^^* Dude, you can't beat it when your preferred couples come to pass. And apparently, because of their "strong connection" through the Force or what not, he might have been in love with her too and just not noticed it. ^^;;; Oh, and Jaina's got something going on with some dude named Jag I know nothing about. And I dunno how Kyp and Zekk feel about this, but whatever. The Tenel Ka-Jacen relationship was the only one I could really *feel* in the YJK books. ^_^ Of course, he might actually be dead and that would just suck. But I REALLY don't think so. But I'm still pissed off that Anakin's dead. I'm not sad like I was with Chewie. I'm ANGRY. And in denial. MASSIVE denial. Anakin was my favorite. ;_; Of course, nothing makes me more upset than the breaking up of the inter-species relationships. I sad about Gavin and the Bothan and Wedge and Qwi Xux - I have yet to read the entirety of that book, and I own it, because it STARTS with them breaking up >_< - and Winter and Ackbar! >_< If interspecies relationships = interracial relationships . . . What are you saying here? Ick. And Gavin's apparently married. And Wedge is married to that woman whom I don't like AT ALL. But Tenel Ka and Jacen! *fangirlish squeal* Dammit! It just goes to show that I've a soft touch. You can completely piss me off and drive me far, far away, but give me one good potential relationship and I'll come running back like a bat out of hell. Damn. And Teneniel Djo is dead, too. Poor thing. Damn. >_< But Jaina didn't go to the Dark Side. I may have to start reading again. DOUBLE DAMN.
Um. *Ahem* Now that *that* is over, I'm going to work hard and attempt to get "IAL:GB:E3" out by Valentine's Day. Because it is a Valentine's Day episode. And was conceived as such, oh, four years ago? >_< So I'm a little late . . .
But I wanna write! I have an urge to write about all my pretty, genki characters who are never genki and seem sort of genki right now! The *other* novel series charas, the fanfiction charas, webcomic charas, manga charas, heck, even the regular novel charas are all bouncy-happy! ^^;
Wai! I'll get back to you!
Potential, um, vague and indirect spoilers? Avoid if you don't want to be spoiled.
Ugh, one the one hand, if it's couple A that would be slightly weird but cool. I'm rather fond of couple B, however . . . but then I feel bad for one half of couple A. But with couple B I feel bad for one half of couple C. And let's not even get INTO D and E . . . GAH! And this isn't even the main plot . . . >_< Oh, and whoever was in charge of continuity in this series really needs to do a better job! For crying out loud!
And once we hit that middle episode . . . whatever the hell it was, there was just altogether TOO MUCH blushing. Hrm. I just remembered couple F which I can't see at all . . . but heck, anything's possible. And I just came up with couple G which I think I like the best so far! XD But then who would so-and-so end up with??? Not *him* surely . . . -_-;;; Damn. Stop screwing with my mind!
I will just vaguely keep referring to this series so as not to spoil certain people who have yet to see it . . . Just three more episodes . . . *SIGH*
Um. Sorry. Had to write that. It's 4:36 in the morning . . . I'm not exactly "with it" right now.
Let's see . . . where to begin? I'm so far behind now in blogging I don't even know if I should bother recapping . . .
The anime art decal looks fun . . . but it was EXTREMELY crowded. Like, 70+ people crowded. And I still haven't gotten my CCN#. Did you get yours yet, Gina-P?
Recent purchases include: Lochinvar Luck by Albert Payson Terhune (a collie book printed in 1925 that is now out of print AND my favorite Terhune novel), Clover 3, and Black Horses for the King (Anne McCaffrey). I overheard a convo in Other Change of Hobbit today and let's just say that cops shouldn't shoot dogs without provocation. Especially showdogs. Especially Dalmatians, for Pete's sake! >_<
Oh, I also bought a Cowboy Bebop poster I've been lusting after since before Winter break for much too much money.
Went to the bank today and waited in line for over twenty minutes - bastards - to cash a $10 rebate check from Memorex. Oh, btw, the check had ink on the bank that disappeared if you touched it or breathed on it and reappeared later. I amused myself with that for awhile. XD I am such a simple person. ^^;
I've discovered that there's something that I'm worse at than Calculus and Physics. I present to you: Philosophy, the current bane of my existence! I want to take a STATS course instead . . . that's how bad it is. I have NO IDEA what's going on in class, I inadvertently skipped last Friday's because I thought it was only held on MW, I can't stay awake during lecture, everything the Professor says sounds like adult-speak on the Peanuts' specials and goes through one ear and out the other and the text is SO dense that I can't fit a pin through it. Oh, and I have a midterm next Friday. >_<
Suffice it to say that I went to office hours today in search of enlightenment. It helped . . . a little. Knowledge is now trickling through my brain very slowly. It's as though the facet is dripping in my mind while in everyone else it's blasting at full power and filling them up . . .
I always knew that I wasn't a very deep person. I'm rather dense and lack the ability to delve too deeply beneath the surface layers in search of deeper meanings. That's not to say that I take everyone around me at face value or anything . . . but I *am* too trusting and I'm oftentimes naively lost in some sort of impenetrable haze . . . *SIGH* That's why I'm terrible at critical reading. Sad, isn't it? With me, what you see is basically what you get. I'm honest and open, and while I'm developing a smidgeon of duplicity, I'm not too good with it . . .
When I was younger I asked all those questions that people are supposed to ask of themselves. You know, the "who am I?" "why am I here?" "what is my purpose in life?" "what comes after death?" type questions. Then I decided that it was too depressing and morbid and I got scared of the death bit so I decided to shrug my shoulders and figure things out as I went and not worry about it. ^^;;;;;; Are you beginning to understand why I'm having problems with Philosophy?
I mean, it's all very well and good to wonder about the nature of morality and moral values - whether they're subjective/objective, blahblahblah. But in the end . . . what the hell is the point?! Does it matter at all?? Things are the way they are! Is knowing whether your moral values are engrained in you or a result of subjective experiences and reasoning important? Will it affect future decisions? I don't think so! (I mean, expanding your horizons is all well and good - I'm beginning to think that I'm turning into a REAL otaku - you know, the kind that huddles in his/her room all day and who concerns him/herself with nothing but anime/mamga? - but that just means I have to get out more . . . I don't think Philosophy is going to help.)
Hmmm. My GSI was despairing. I don't think he's ever had someone come to him with so much desperation - and such a blank slate too. >_< Yuck. I want out of this class. Damned prerequisites!
Ah. Chicken refuses to cook all the way. I am HIGHLY disturbed and fearful of salmonella.
Oh. Didn't do reading or studying. Instead, watched all of Comic Party yesterday. >_< I have decided that I am not ONLY stupid but ALSO insane, seeing as I took a look at the reading assignments for next week yesterday. Oh. And I have homework due soon too. Great.
Am also turning into old lady. Five hours of sleep is too little. This is the girl who subsisted on THREE hours of sleep freshman year. Now I'm exhausted all the time and napping isn't doing any good. >_< (Of course, old ladies don't sleep that much. >_<)
It was my brother's birthday. So Happy B-Day to my brother . . . who can't remember this site's URL. ^^;;;;
Social blogging:
Condolences to Alison and Kristin for the loss of a dear, beloved cat and a computer harddrive. While these things are not alike in ANY conceivable way (unless, perchance, you are Satsuki) they are still both noteworthy losses and you have my sympathies.
To Tin-sama: Oooooh, Magic reworked! (It's Anne Murray! "Killing me softly with his song . . . Killing me softly . . . with his song." ^_^ Heh. And that doesn't date me at all because I grew up listening to my parents' CDs . . . I am not ashamed!!!) Looking forward to more . . . (again) ^_^ BTW, how's the Conan one-shot going? I just thought of it suddenly . . . ^^;;;;
Writing from Ninx-chama! Sugoi!! "Clarified Light"looks *berry* interesting (also of epicly massive proportions) even though I'm not familiar with Weiss Kreuz at ALL. ^^; But Nuriko and Tomo? I'm gonna have to see how *that* works. And your original works are drawing me in . . . *Drools over the writing* (Must go look at my "Under Heavy Revision" book and cry) And as for the trip, that's just a tentative plan right now . . . where a bunch of people and I are attempting to save up enough money to go to Japan not this summer, but next summer. (Yes, folks, I am even attempting to get a job. Me. The girl who's never worked before in her life and who squanders all her free time AND her money. I must really want to go, huh?) As for a travel journal . . . Well, I will bring a notebook and jot things down . . . and when I come back I will see about posting up pictures and entries, 'kay? ^_^ If you want to come . . . ?
(Oh, and as for "penis" I do believe that less professional writers are less comfortable with the word. Heck, I'm uncomfortable writing it now . . . but maybe that's because I'm a prude? Hrmm. In any case, notice how often "penis" is replaced by something else in fanfics, for instance. It's because underneath it all we're a prudish, prudish society . . . with a New England puritan mentality. Of course, Gaiman's English, so I dunno.)
Meg-san, I would like to bounce genkily about and enthusiastically proclaim that I! Like! KwA! And your webcomics are pretty damn funny. Um, yes, and I will expand on KwA fangirlishness in an e-mail or something.
Dude. I sympathize with Michelle. Apaatomates can be horrible people to live with. >_< Hell, we even both refer to them as apaato mate A and B.
Looking forward to summaries for volumes 5 and 6 of the Big O. ^_^ Also, I think your new layout idea is very nice, Ming-Ling.
I hope I didn't forget anyone I had to SB with. Huh. I'll deal with that tomorrow.
Oh, and I cannot buy the English version Kodocha manga . . . Maro-chan is apparently a "chipmunk." And while his coloring IS a chipmunk's, his tail is too damn long to be one. Sorry. >_<
And I obsessively want to make an X music video to the song "God Help the Outcasts" from the Hunchback of Notre Dame soundtrack (the non-Bette Midler version). >_< I could probably do it too, if I had the right equipment . . . Karen would narrate . . . there're even scenes of her in a CHURCH for crying out loud! Yesterday, I couldn't stop SINGING it.
All right, I'm going to shower then come back and read some Scandinavian or something before going to bed.
I WILL blog tomorrow. I will also do WORK tomorrow and STUDY and READ dammit!!!!!!! >_<
Oh. And virtue.nu was grudgingly obliging so now the picture is up and you can see that my color sense is *completely* gone . . . Or maybe not. Brown and lavendar? Riiiiiiight.
Social bloggage and e-mail tomorrow. Must read 38 reader pages = 76 pages before going to bed. Class tomorrow at 10. *whimper*
In the Layer anyone can shine . . .
At any rate, I REALLY need to see what happens next . . . and the show isn't even *that* good. I like HikaGo much better . . . and I think CCS was definitely a better effort by CLAMP, but most of the AL characters are likeable and the boys are cute . . . and so it's OK. ^_^ (Ah, but Tamayo-chan REALLY gets on my nerves. ^^;;;)
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YUCK. I can only blame the four hours at CostCo and Safeway and the one hour afterwards spent crying and ranting to my mother in broken (and very, *very* lousy) Chinese about certain nameless apaatomates. Especially ONE certain apaato mate who's a spoiled stupid brat of a freshman. (Wo yow da si ta - well, not literally, though I AM tempted. Erm, try to read that awful Chinese romanization as best you can.) To my credit, I *DID* actually get pissed off today. Thus the crying (I was mad and upset as hell). It was a stupid thing but I was NOT in the mood to take it. Bitch.
In any case, my Mummy made me feel better. ^____^ And as an upshot, she promised to make me some cookies and mail them to me! YAY! And I will diligently HIDE them from my friends this time so I can actually EAT them! ^_^
And I got to talk to her about my proposed Japan trip. Merr, Gina-oneesan, Jay-oneechan, amusing we're going I'm thinking we should see if we can afford to stay more than a week. Because I did a little research . . . and I've heard 7 days is about long enough to explore Tokyo. >_< Just Tokyo. With maybe time to squeeze in a short side trip to somewhere nearby. But I wanna see at least ONE castle while we're there . . . and I've heard GOOD THINGS about the Kyoto area . . . plus, we'll need some extra time to just hit all the Mandarakes, Gamers, KAC Shops, and Animates in Tokyo. ^^;;;; Since I'm not exactly sure how much housing will cost . . . (and I'm not exactly certain I could *rough* it in a Japanese-style inn the ENTIRE time) we're just gonna have to see, I guess. BTW, Merr, my mom guesses around $500-600 for a round-trip plane ticket if we go in the summer and I'm thinking $30-$50 (or more) each per night in an inn/hotel if we live at the CHEAPEST places we can find. ^^; But I wonder when the trains run till? (If we could spend a night sleeping on the train while heading the Kyoto . . . ? But then, I'm sure it can't possibly take *that* long since Japan isn't all that big.) Oh, and we should buy an All Japan Rail Pass (I think that's what it's called?) while we're there. It's good for 7 days and costs about $25. If we stay for a week and a half, say, it'd probably still be good to get another one . . . since I hear it's a whole lot cheaper that way.
Um, so places I wanna hit while we're there (not countring stores ^_^;;):
Tokyo Tower
Ummm . . . think of more, people! I know I forgot a lot of the places I found that looked interesting. ^^; (Obviously we won't be able to go to all of them, but it'd be good if all of us could at least go to *some* of the places we want to go to. And if we plan the trip out properly, we should be able to . . .)
This page also has some interesting places.
Oh, and this is what I figure about luggage. We should bring our own toilet paper . . . because apparently public women's bathrooms have the Japanese style toilet which is icky enough to being with. >_< And I figure we should try to conserve as much space as possible (since we're going to need the room if we *DO* buy as much as I think we're going to buy. Personally, I think I'll bring at least one empty suitcase (I think we're allowed two suitcases and a carry-on but I could be wrong) just for stuff. XD After all, how many pairs of pants do we need? ^^; (Hmmm, us smelly foreigners. ^^;;;;) At any rate, do your own research and get back to me. Thankies.
Shit. Hafta try and read Econ now. Eeeep.
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Let's see, watched X 5-13 (have 12 and 13 in .rm) and Fruits Basket 5-6 yesterday and Hikaru no Go 1-6 today. ^^;;;; Haven't done much reading yet. Whoops. ^^;;;;;;
But on a related note . . . OMG, I'm currently OBSESSING over Hikaru no Go! So good! So good! So good! You've got to WATCH it, Gidge-neesan!!!! As soon as I get your cds back to you, that is. ^^;;; And the VHD file didn't work. I think it's because I don't have the MPG4AVI. Bleh. Oh well. ^^;
Forgot to mention that my current desktop is wearing Ming-Ling's Okashina Okashi birthday wallpaper! Wheee!!! Kawaii!!! *^^*
And I'm seriously considering moving this blog to blogger . . . not because I dislike pitas or because I particularly like blogger (never used it so can't really say) but - and this is going to sound REALLY stupid - because I can't get the stupid layout pic to load properly on virtue.nu! >_< I like the LiveJournal commenty things but I've realized that I ENJOY making a new blog pic (can't say layout because I'm not exactly advanced enough to make a pretty one) and I can't exactly do that for LiveJournal. Bah. With blogger, at least I can link a picture off my site (I think. I *can* right?). Well, I'll have to think about it for a while. *Sigh* At any rate, you can find the current broken blog pic here.
Just not working . . .
So her name is Agatha, huh? Hmmmm . . . what does she look? Because my image of her has her with Tohru's hair (well sort of - and grey and bouncier: think Tomoyo hair, maybe? but with a little braid down one side), and you know how some girls in dating simulations are drawn? - I wouldn't know which ones . . . I've just seen pictures; at any rate, they're cute - she's got that kind of a face and eyes. And she dresses rather Victorian. Black pinafore (At least, I think that's what it is) with white lace around the collar and sleeve cuffs. Of course, that's probably 100% wrong and she has short red hair, a nose ring, and wears ripped blue jeans and a halter top. ^^;;;; BTW, Tin-sama, have you ever read anything by Nick Bantock? Everything is so visual and literary and drool-worthy. Which reminds me, I have to go find his new book and READ it. O_O Especially since it's a continuation of Griffin and Sabine which was weird and wunnerful.
New blog pic (And ABOUT time!)
My computer SHUT DOWN by itself SIX times today, three of which while I was on the phone with Tech Support. >_< At any rate, I spent the ENTIRE day burning off stuff onto cds and praying that Max wouldn't turn off in the middle (Max has actually been quite good and not down anything naughty and disturbing since I got off the phone with tech support O_o;;;). . . and yes, Gina I now have all the Kodocha eps I have burned onto cds . . . because I sure as hell don't want to have to download them again! >_< I also discovered that Pretear 13 and a some other episodes of stuff have sound errors. >_< Dammit!
At any rate, the long and short of it is . . . I may have to take Max in for servicing. >_< And since they don't gurantee the safety of your files - massive backing-up of things. ALL day. >_< And I also labeled some of the 50 tapes I have yet to watch. That was my day. Fun.
Oh, and my *bleeping* apartment mates had BETTER go shopping SOON! Because they're actually ASKING if they can eat the food that *I* bought now, because there ISN'T any . . . so I have to say yes. But is it MY fault that they didn't bother going shopping??? NO. And that food cost money DAMMIT. Oh, and if you're GOING to eat my food you should really TRY and be nice to me. WTF? "I've noticed that you don't like putting away dishes. A and I were discussing it."
To which I replied that I put away MY OWN dishes.
To which she replied that she's put away apaatomate A's AND her friends' dishes and it only takes like two minutes. So why don't we all just help out? Isn't that fair? WTH? If it ONLY takes two minutes and it's not that big a deal, why can't you just DO IT YOURSELF? The same goes for WASHING your own dishes. It's true that sometimes they put away the dishes I left out to dry, but occasionally I'll put away theirs too. It's not like I'm intentionally NOT doing it. It just pisses me off that this is the kind of thing the whine about behind my back. And THEN they have the gall to ask me, oh, can I just eat some of YOUR fruits and vegetables for my low carbohydrate diet? And I'm so hungry, there's no food in the house . . . I can't go buy something BY MYSELF so let me eat yours! Whine whine whine. Not to mention laughing at me because I am STUMBLING over schoolbags strew across the floor seeing as you have turned off all the lights to watch a movie and don't have the courtesy to clear a path in the living room for people who have to get by. I pay for HALF of that living room, you know. And HALF of that bloody kitchen.
Gah. Apologies for the rant. I'll go shower and (perhaps) sleep. Or maybe I can fit in the end of that episode of Majo no Joken? Hmmm . . . |
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