Kagari IS Kira's sister, right? They have the same hair and episode 14 had that long still shot on the blonde and the brunette babies . . .nomorepotentialspoiler
Okay, off I go.
A memory surfaced at 06:47 p.m.
Friday, April 4, 2003
Somewhere Over the Rainbow . . .
I would also like to mention that since it rained on me today I saw two H00J rainbows (but not together), But I saw the end of one, walked a block down Telegraph, and saw the other end. o_O And then the other one I saw on campus right afterwards. They were gigantical XD. But the sky was the exact shade of gray-blue that it was in Hawaii when it rained and the one rainbow was nicely framed by a big palm tree, so it really did look like Hawaii. XDXD
But yeah . . . pretty. *_*
Life is busy - I have to go study. *cries* I don't wanna fail Japanese!!!!
A memory surfaced at 02:29 a.m.
Friday, April 4, 2003
And it shook the sky
OMG, that was the LOUDEST peal of thunder I have ever heard in my life, and let me tell you, I have lived through some BAD storms in my time. It sounded like a BOMB had just gone off and for one frightening instant I thought one had. This was NOT helped at all by the immediate commencement of sirens - which sounded like firetrucks and police cars at the time, but were really just car alarms. X_X
Seriously, though, that thunder was what people mean when they say "splitting the heavens." They don't know that's what they mean, but it is. The apartment building shook. I felt the floor shudder beneath my feet. It was really scary. ;_;
And the thought that went through my head first after 'OMG! We're being bombed!' was 'OMG! I won't be able to finish studying for the Japanese quiz!' >_<
A memory surfaced at 02:21 a.m.
Thursday, March 20, 2003
Yes, I KNOW I have issues.
Ugh, studying for midterm tomorrow, but needed to take a break to stay awake. So I went and took that personality disorder test, again.
*Sigh* I think I got worse. But hey, at least I'm not prone to criminal behavior. ¬_¬
Paranoid: High
Schizoid: High
Schizotypal: High
Antisocial: Low
Borderline: Moderate
Histrionic: High
Narcissistic: Moderate
Avoidant: Very High
Dependent: Very High
Obsessive-Compulsive: High
Check out how I'm simultaneously avoidant and dependent, >_< *Sigh*
A memory surfaced at 03:16 a.m.
Tuesday, March 18, 2003
It's nice . . . but it's not something I should have
Why am I such a horrible person? Why do I keep doing these things? You'd think I would've learned my lesson, the FIRST time. But no. I'm just too damn needy.
That's not fair. I'm not being fair at all. Not to anyone.
I NEED TO STOP.
And I owe someone an explanation and an apology because I am such a manipulative bitch. Really.
The past couple of days I've been sort of depressed. Not really depressed-depressed . . . just sort of melancholy and lonely. It's the kind of thing that's brought on my stupid dreams where the pivotal line is: "And I realized that moment on Powell Street that I still loved him."
I HATE it when my self-conscious sees fit to relate these kinds of things to me. Absolutely hate it.
*Sigh*
Being lonely isn't an excuse. In fact, it's quite possibly the least valid excuse I can think of. It's not the kind of excuse I'll accept from other people . . . and it's certainly not something I want to accept from myself.
Stop being such a screw-up! Get your damn act together! That's all I have to say to myself.
I want to be honest.
A memory surfaced at 01:29 a.m.
Sunday, March 16, 2003
I dreamt a dream of murder and lesser outlawery and operas and love
I dreamt a dream last night. A long, convoluted dream. The kind that you don't want to be real, yet don't want to wake up from. Even though at one point in the dream I was actually saying, "I wish this was all just a dream! I wish I can just wake up and it had all never happened!" But in the context of the dream it had, and I never realize that I'm asleep when I'm dreaming.
I did, however, FORCE myself to wake up because I'd overslept over two hours and I have to do massive amounts of reading and study for my midterm (among other things like laundry) today.
My subconscious impresses me. I'm not as creative or eloquent when I'm awake. My characters aren't as real, the world isn't as complete, the narrative and dialogue aren't so damn good, the plots aren't so oddly compelling . . .
And I'm not in love anymore. (I didn't kill anyone and I'm not possibly going to be sentenced to lesser outlawery either, but that's beside the point.)
And I would never have suffocating amounts of tension arise within a group because of the arrival of two huge round loafs of bread for making sandwiches at the opera. Which cost $40 for the boys and $45 for the girls because the proprietor had randomly picked us to buy it, but everyone preferred to place the blame on someone else.
And I would also not wake up after the lines, (spoken belligerent and self-righteously) "White blood power is the only power!"
"Not one on one it's not. He was shaking like a leaf."
Which makes NOOOOOO sense because "he" was pretty darn white and whoever said the line about "white blood" (my little sister - who doesn't exist) was most definitely not. o_O;
Yes, subconscious, you are on crack. But I love you anyway, because it was such a damn interesting ride. Let's continue tonight, okay?
A memory surfaced at 02:42 p.m.
Friday, March 14, 2003
Still up
So, apparently XXXholic has been linked to Card Captor Sakura?!!! o_O; All I'm gonna say, is if you've killed off Syaoran you sadistic CLAMP women, I will NOT be a happy camper. Anyways, my first thought was, *snaps fingers* darn. It's not the link between Chobits and Clover . . . I'm waiting for that one. It's coming, I tell you! Really.
But there is weirdness, and a shop, and exchange of wish for soul? o_O And . . . yeah. Anyone have any more info? Anyone???
Oh, what am I doing up? I'm studying for Japanese test and trying to stay awake. >_<
A memory surfaced at 03:57 a.m.
Wednesday, March 12, 2003
Icelandic yaoi in literature, no less!
Ahhh, the weather's just been super nice this week. Even today, while it was colder than yesterday, felt nice. ^_^ Monday night before club, the fog was rolling in and it looked a little like London in Sherlock Holmes movies with all the street lamps sending out warm orange light through the strangeness of the air. It was very atmospheric. And the moon was tinged faintly pink and looked like a slice of watermelon on white rind. Ahhhhh, oishii tsuki!
Sooo, anyways, today I went and told my Professor about Mythical Detective Ragnarok Loki and either confused or made her go o_O - probably both. But she told me to tell her if I heard anymore about it - so I don't really think she really understood what I was talking about . . . I also mentioned the three Norns and Yggsdrasil in Oh! My Goddess, but neglected *cough* to mention the name of the anime.
And then there was talk of ukes and semes after class, yes there was! LOL. <3 my Minor! XDXD No, really. Because I came up to her and was like, "Were there homosexuals in those times?" (Well, duh, yes, but that's not what I meant - I meant aside from all the negatively-connotated "penetration" slander, etc.) And then she discussed how the concept of "homosexuality" as we know it today is really a modern (1880s?) concept and back then (even with the Greeks - yes, we know about the Greeks XDXD) was basically the "penetrator" and the "penetratee" - which translated in my brain to seme and uke. What fun! But yes, because I had this theory that Thorolf (of the Saga of Gisli fame - his brother, not the other one) was a homosexual and that's why he was unable to fit into his family/society and why all the relationships in that saga are so skewed. PLUS, his whole thing with Bard and Thorgrim was just BROADCASTING "here is gaaaaay!" at me. o_O; And I'm not even a yaoi fangirl. So I started explaining that, and another girl who was waiting to speak with the Professor said, "YES! I TOTALLY agree with you! His whole thing with Bard - the reason he wanted to move in with Thorgrim - I see it!"
XDXDXD It was really quite amusing.
And then we went on to discuss how if we followed up on that line of thought (this is the Professor, mind), if Thorkel WAS a homosexual, then he WANTED to be the "penetratee" (read: uke) and that was *gasp* shocking. LOL. And then she mentioned that there was one well-known homosexual in Iceland and ANOTHER woman piped up that if he was a homosexual he had to be penetrating somebody, and, oh God, I just realized there were no men involved in this conversation at all! XDXD LOL. I don't think I could have these kinds of talks with a male professor. There's just no way.
Mwahahaha. Ahhh, gotta love ancient yaoi.
A memory surfaced at 06:33 p.m.
Tuesday, March 11, 2003
Because I am so very random
Ah, I forget if I pita'ed about this, but much, much earlier in the semester my Scandinavian teacher asked me to suggest some anime for her to watch. What's a girl to do? I suggested Spirited Away and left it at that, since most of the shows I would have suggested either 1) aren't licensed or out here yet or 2) are things like Hikaru no Go or Princess Tutu. And after talking with some people later, everyone said, "Well, what about Oh! My Goddess?" which leads to 3) Oh, well, there's this anime with the three Norns and Yggsdrasil is a mighty computer system . . . Uhhhh, I decided to keep my peace.
And as I was wailing and bemoaning the lack of Scandinavian influences in anime, the Japanese decide to come out with this. Yes, that's right. "Meitantei RAGNAROK LOKI aka Mythical Detective LOKI". Oh, those funny, funny Japanese. ^^;;;; Well, that now gives me option 4) . . . XD
But, but, Paku Romi is going to be HAMDIR (EDIT: Actually, that should be Heimdall. Hamu, Heimu - I plead wishful thinking?)! And Koyasu Takehito is going to be FREYR!!! *Rolls around in a fit of hysterical laughter*
And Yuriko Fuchizaki (Hiro in Fruits Basket) is going to be Loki. o_o But hey, at least the character design is hot. Even if his staff is a crescent moon on a stick wrapped in cloth! XD
Sorry, just had to update everyone on that. Oh, and the dub voices for Star Trek in Japan . . . *cracks up*
But, but, ISHIDA AKIRA (Xellos/Fish Eye) is WESLEY. And TAKAYAMA MINAMI (Conan/Nabiki) is ALEXANDER. Not to mention Keiko (well, in TNG anyways) gets played by Fukami Reiko (Aino Minako). XD And the third person to play NOG is YAMAGUCHI KAPPEI (Ranma/Inuyasha/Ryuichi)! Yamazaki Takumi (Ferio) plays Rom. Ishizuka Unsyou (Jet Black) plays Chakotay. XDXDXD And, of course, there's more. But a lot of them I don't know, and most of them aren't quite as amusing as these. Heh, I really wanna watch Star Trek in Japanese now. (BTW, if anyone was wondering what I was doing, I was looking for info on the Japanese seiyuu for Enterprise. But I don't think it's showing over there yet . . .)
Um, and now I have to go and do homework. >_<
A memory surfaced at 07:40 p.m.
Wednesday, February 26, 2003
Redux
I realize why I don't really blog anymore. All my entries would be veritable repeats of Monday's. Copy-Paste, delete paper references . . . replace with "OMG I left my frickin' paper HOME today after waking up late and dashing to class and then there was much freaking out-age as the new cellphone (Amidamaru) lost all signal and I was unable to call into work which led to me running and yelling and using a campus emergency phone only to have my keitai signal come back 20 seconds AFTER the phone call and then there was work skippage and running home to get crappy evil paper and then back to campus and stuff. Yeah. That's pretty much all the excitement that happened today. Oh, and I'm several hundred pages behind on reading with a Japanese test Friday on THREE CHAPTERS (I, uh, have no idea what's going on?) and a midterm next week.
Yeah, not happy.
And isn't this just a BRILLIANT time for me to horribly, DESPERATELY want to write/'fic??? ;_;
Note to self: Do laundry tomorrow. You only have one pair of socks left and the clothes will EAT you (oh! reminds me! LARGE PEOPLE-EATING SPIDER IN MY ROOM TONIGHT. I was forced to retaliate with footwear on carpet. It was fuzzy, vaguely-tarantula like and bigger than a wolf-spider. Yes, as if I didn't have enough problems without the PEOPLE-EATING subspecies of arachnid camping out in my room . . . I bet there are clans of them. Thorulfspidersson and Grim and Grim son of Erk the Squinty and Ug the Odd, brother of Harald the Hairyspider . . . Yes, too much Scandinavian. Your first clue?) and you must return overdue library book to library in morning (OH THE SHAME! ;_;) and read and write reading journal and read and study and freak out. Yep.
Oh, also on HUMONGOUS GUH-NORMOUS Trip and T'Pol 'shipping high courtesy of some fanfics that I'm too busy to actually read . . . -_- *Stabs Archer with a gazelle* Oh, Star Trek, how you torment me so. One day soon I will go into a long rant about the inability for 95% of the population in Star Trek to sustain a lasting relationship or a relationship with the proper person . . . And then I will unlease much T&T 'fic reccage upon the unsuspecting masses! MWAHAHAHA. BTW, Trip + T'Pol = Tripoly (Innit cute?). Yes, that WAS my amazing revelation last night. G'Night.
A memory surfaced at 04:03 a.m.
Monday, February 24, 2003
*Rolls brain around on floor* Funfa fufu dammit!
Ugh . . . Finished! Piece . . . of . . . crap . . . paper . . .
X_X Due Tuesday - I have things to do tomorrow.
So tired. Remember that reading? I, uh, laugh weakly at that reading.
And, erm, vocab. Ha ha . . . um. >_<
Me so tiiirred! Happy-go-lucky . . .
Isnotsowunderfuuuul!
Whee . . . Yatta mutilation at nearly 5 in the morning! I'm getting up in four hours. *stumbles off to shower*
A memory surfaced at 04:48 a.m.
Monday, February 24, 2003
GahhhhheeeeerrrrrrkkkSPLAT---brain falls out
Grarrr! Rar! Fang! Claw! Fangfang!
Paper is EVIL. EEEEEVVVVIIIIIILLLLLLL!!!!!!!
Have wasted whole weekend on paper. Have not done 150+ pages of reading for Monday. Have only studied half of vocab words for Japanese Vocab test. Am at the point of ripping out hair.
Am not done with paper! Am short 400 words but first half is too long (and not done) and second half is too short! Hate stupid legal studies "book" (Chapter, it's a CHAPTER) review papers! Critical analysis?!!! *cries* WTH is critical analysis???? I can't critically analyze juvenile delinquency. o_O All the theories look right to me . . . I thought I'd be clever and point out missing theories, but they INCLUDED all the important ones! Growl!
Must get back to work. Still need to do reading after this.
X_X
A memory surfaced at 12:59 a.m.
Tuesday, February 4, 2003
Yeah, I feel like I'm spamming myself. But here's for the people who don't read my livejournal:
For starters, I've calmed down a bit since I wrote the following and am pretending I am not so depressed. But I was definitely wallowing there. Apologies.
Note: Can't access the page. Will just link livejournal instead.
Go here: :(
A memory surfaced at 03:56 p.m.
Monday, February 3, 2003
Ye-ep
This week looks like it's gonna be Hell on wheels. (Hell on rollerskates going downhill?)
At any rate, you'll see me when you see me.
Jay, I'll try to send out at least a short e-mail, but I don't think I'll have time to reply until Friday at the earliest. -_-
I spent the ENTIRE weekend either buying food, doing laundry, or reading for class. The ENTIRE weekend. Oh, and I'm not done with that "reading for class" bit yet. Toss in two compositions (one for Japanese) due Friday, the weekly Japanese test on Friday, a frickin' reading journal >_< for LS 161 (Chinese Society blah blah) Tuesday, anime Club Monday (tonight) night, required movie showing (Rebel Without a Cause) Wednesday night for LS 163 (Juvenile Justice & Delinquency) and the fact that I'm not usually back at my place until around 6 bone-tired and ready to sleep for a week, and we may just have a problem, folks. Gah. Need a break. ;_;
Oh, and now I'm working on TWO Mankin 'fics. And we all know who to blame. ΆΜ_ΆΜ
XDXD Just kidding. That's actually the only GOOD part of my day. Now, if only I had time to actually WORK ON THEM.
Okay, good night. I have to get up early tomorrow to go to the public library to return LotR because it's due on Tuesday and I can't renew because some BASTARD has it on hold. Dammit. It's hardback, complete set in one volume with illustrated plates, and it's HEAVY. (So it's not like I can lug around all day. So I have to go in the morning before work . . . >_<)
'Night.
A memory surfaced at 04:08 a.m.
Saturday, February 1, 2003
Columbia
So I've been thinking about it all day, and I still don't know quite what to think.
All I've heard is from word-of-mouth and msn.com . . .
I love the space program, really I do. It gives me hope that humans may be able to look beyond themselves to distant horizons and far away stars and worlds . . . That we might advance, little by little . . .
But days like today are just . . .
I hope they're at peace, wherever they are. And my heart goes out to their families.
This is an awful thing to happen on a birthday and a very terrible start to the new year.
A memory surfaced at 06:08 p.m.
Sunday, January 26, 2003
An actual post
Ok, and 'cause Akira didn't feel like sharing his post with anything else ^^;; I thought this this was pretty interesting.
And everyone knows the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are coming back to TV, right? New series based on the comic books. And the voices are all different - No Cam Clarke or Rob Paulsen. ;_; I think this show's supposed to be "edgier" than the original. Does anyone else have any feelings on all this 80s revivalism? I feel nostalgic all the time now. I mean, there's gonna be a new Voltron comic series (and they're doing a crossover with Witchblade o_O;) and I think they re-released the first volume of the original Robotech comic (American artists failing to replicate Japanese animation styles ^^;) 'cause I saw it at comic relief. But there's a new Robotech comic out too, centered around Roy. (I think it's pretty darn funny Roy's in the Macross Zero OAV too . . . Now where the hell is Claudia is what I want to know!)
And apparently there're some new Rock 'n' Roll dolls coming out . . . (I think they should've just stuck with Jem, myself. ^^;)
Maaa, 'm soo old. ^_^; I remember back in the day (look at me use these idiotic expressions x_X which I didn't even USE "back in the day") when I was happily watching Transformers (which is also back), G. I. Joe (also back), Lady Lovelylocks (unfortunately, no - but why did the bad guy have to have black hair???), My Little Pony, Carebears, Rainbow Brite, Denver the Last Dinosaur, Voltron, TMNT, Popples, Mapletown, Bernstein Bears . . . (and my personal favorite Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs which more Europeans seem to remember than Americans ^^; - and that's even back . . . in Germany) and the list goes on. I really have been into animation from a very early age. But if you think about it, most of those shows were animated by Japanese studios. ^_^;; I guess it was fate.
My brother's on a really big Exosquad kick right now. (Yes, we watched that too - and all the Disney stuff.) Now, that's American animation done right. That and Gargoyles had the most depth out of all the American cartoons I've seen (and, unsurprisingly, they also seemed the closest to anime ^^;). His current interest in the show is admittedly all my fault. But hey, good clean fun. XD
(I had a nice long rant in my head about the state of American animation today and how most cartoons such because of the mutation from 80s "cute" to 90s "action" and 2000s "edgy" but it mostly went away, so I'll spare you for now.)
I'm currently on a big Shaman King kick (stayed up last night to watch 12-16 which is where I last left off) and the blame for that I will lay completely at Tin's door. Go read her new Shaman King fanfic. It's good. ^_^ Heh. Next step is to get Tin to watch HikaGo. That fandom is in desperate need of some good fanfic. x_X
Anyways, I will also blame her for the rather depressing Shaman King fanfic bunny that's rattling about in my head right now. Oi.
*Pokes WHR fanfic bunny* And what happened to you?
Bunny: Bars and churches and weird speculations not cutting it here. I'll get back to you at a more inconvenient time.
. . . yeah. 'Swhat I thought.
A memory surfaced at 02:46 p.m.
Sunday, January 26, 2003
Belated gifts are nice!!
SQUUUUEEEEEE!!!! *Huggles Gina* Guess what me gots for Christmas from her yesterday????!
AKIIIIIIRAAAA!!!!
LOL. He's a really cute plushie! Really, really! XDXD
*huggles Akira*
A memory surfaced at 02:44 p.m.
Thursday, January 23, 2003
I did a stupid thing yesterday
. . . I decided I needed a minor. ^^;;;
Scandinavian.
Yeeeaaahh, took me by surprise, too. o_O;
A memory surfaced at 11:33 p.m.
Tuesday, January 21, 2003
Ramblin' Time
Yo. Okay, so I'm back, I've been back, I've been back for AGES, and yah yah bladda blah.
Recently my most coherent thoughts have been along the lines of "Elves CAN'T have body hair. After all, just imagine Legolas having to halt the chase to wax and shave! *shudder* Nope, doesn't work." -_-;;;
Okay, that was a lie. I've had more coherent thoughts than *that*, but not by much. I DID watch the movie over break (Nemesis too - got those checked off the list, at any rate) and I'm slowly and painfully making my way through the complete edition of Lord of the Rings. I can see why they cut Tom Bombadil out. o_o;; But maybe I'm just stuck on the "advancement of plot" mentality. Lord knows (I tried to find a non-religious phrase, but it just didn't sound right - who was it who said that English is a stupid language for making all its swear words relating to either bodily functions, reproduction, or religion? Has "Lord!" become one of those four-letter words? -_-;;;) I did just the opposite when I was younger. Plot? Huh? It's supposed to go somewhere? But now, seeing as I've grown more patient (in the "im" way) I like it when the plot moves along at a nice pace. No side quests!!
Mew. Did you get my phone message the other day, Merr???
*Yawn* First day of classes today. (Same as Ninx-chama. ) I went to work too. All in all, rather dull. And I had a few panicky moments in Japanese - having somehow managed to forget EVERYTHING over Winter Break. o_O;;;
Ehhhh. Got accosted last week by a representative of a bible study group. I really have to start wearing a big sign or something . . . ΆΜ_ΆΜ Or dress crazy. There's always that. Why do these people never approach people who look like they might actually NEED guidance (spiritual or otherwise)? Why do they always come to ME! Ugh, without fail.
Also, I do believe that guy on Sproul I bought National Geo from back in October was it? cheated me. Never again will I believe a man who talks nonstop about his Starbucks-managing girlfriend or his stupid life AND can even make me out a yellow receipt. Geez. You'd think people have better things to do. But no, I have SUCKER written all over my face. >_<
Hawaii was nice. Too many people, too much development, and TOO MUCH Japanese (seriously, the signs and brochures were all written in Japanese) and my mother was mistaken for a Japanese person with a "Chotto matte" from this one shuttle driver - (and we were an all-Chinese tour group - which, by the way, helped my comprehension of the tour TONS >_< ). I managed to frighten this woman at this one Japanese restaurant when I told her "domo arigatou gozaimasu" after she brought the food. She jumped. Really. >_< (Oooh, but I ate watermelon sherbet there and it was GOOD! Almost tasted like the watermelon pops they sell in Taiwan . . .)
Oahu is overrated. We stayed at the Marriott on Waikiki but were so far down the coast that our beach was about a foot wide. ^^;;; It got better walking down, tho'. But there was much erosion. Maui was the prettiest island by far out of the three I was actually on (Oahu, Maui, Hawaii), but I don't think it had any beaches from what I remember of the flight over.
Speaking of flights, the plane made a tiny shadow on the clouds below and the shadow was framed by a rainbow halo. It was really beautiful and I tried to take a picture, but by then we were descending through the cloud cover and I missed my chance. >_<
I also saw a handful of rainbows while I was there. Pretty, pretty rainbows.
Eh, I'll talk about the trip more later.
At home I didn't do much but watch stuff and dl stuff through Kazaa on my brother's computer. ^^; Forced him to watch that dvd of The Muppets Take Manhattan that I got in my cereal with me, though. And we subsequently both got "Together Again" stuck in our heads. Which automatically reminds me of Chris Davies and leads me to ask when is he ever going to finish that??? *Sigh*
I think I was more impressed by rollerskating Miss Piggy as a child when I didn't realize that it was a person in a giant pig suit. ^^;;;
And I STILL don't know how Muppets can bicycle.
Oh, finished watching Saikano and I still think the manga is a billionjillion times better. *Nods* And clothes - oh look, suddenly NO CLOTHES - is just not working for me in those scenes. ^^;; I know you did your best, Gonzo (the studio not the muppet >_<), but stiiilll . . . .
Wow, this is some kind of massive outpouring of pent-up nonsense that's just being spewed forth onto the page. How . . . frightening.
Oh, currently completely enamoured of Princess Tutu! So much so that I wrote a quick little nonsensical fluff piece for it. Also must write Witch Hunter Robin 'fic. (Just the one, methinks.)
And Tokyopop's continuing Harlem Beat! With a new title (Rebound?? WTH???) and unflipped, but I don't care! Except, their listings on their page don't list the numbers of all the remaining books which makes me go ". . ." at them. Also, DAMN YOU, Tokyopop! Karekano and Scryed and Rave and Lupin and KINDAICHI (Bloody HELL!) not to mention ALL THE CLAMP and 94380492857 other things I have to buy from you now. ARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!! Why must you have good taste?! WHY?!!! And I wanna buy Slam Dunk and Onegai Teacher and other manga from other companies too. ;_; Not to mention I'm still in the middle of a h00j number of other series, as well. Anime? Who can afford anime??? >_<
No, nobody license Hana Yori Dango! Just don't do it! >_<
*pantpant*
And I wanna buy the Argento Soma dvds with the BOX! Box, box . . . >_<
And Tenshi na Konomaiki has PLUSHIES out! And they're really freakin' cute!!!!! (Which is surprising, considering the characters . . . ^_^;)
Oh, btw, G-na, a new batch of Chobits Plushies is out.
Gah. Wish my posts wouldn't dissolve into puddles of anime-related slush. But really.
And I never ever commented on the Big Game. ^^; It was good. I didn't see it, Gina and I being in SF and all and me having no tv channels, but when we got back EVERYBODY LOOKED SO DEPRESSED. People in the Bart station asked who'd won and apparently it was us, but you wouldn't know it to see the crowd. While I was walking home I overheard three girls talking, one of whom said, "So we lost, huh?"
"No, we won."
"But why does everybody look so UNHAPPY, then?"
Apartomate said maybe it was because we were retarded and the fans pulled our goalposts down (leading to some arrests) but my mother's theory was that since there was some kind of scandal with the last coach and bribing players to join the team we had been disallowed from competing in the something-or-other games.
I say, eh. We beat Stanfurd, we got the axe back (after faaaar too long - I don't go in for "judge the school by their team" but frankly, it's EMBARASSING), and Dom posted about it on Megatokyo (THAT was a highlight) so all's well that ends well.
Or whatever.
More to post later (am slowly working through a backlog of mental posts that were never made). Including: "Homeless People & Me" - dealing with the crazies. >_<
A memory surfaced at 06:58 p.m.
Sunday, January 5, 2003
Ne, Oneechan
Nope, Jay-chan, just got the short letter I'm afraid. ^^;;;;
A memory surfaced at 02:51 a.m.
Thursday, January 2, 2003
past midnight ramblings
Wow, that's really very noxious. But I don't particularly feel like dealing with the color scheme now (Do I ever?).
At any rate, there's a note for Onee-chan in the archives and I must apologize profusely for missing both Pout-chan (I assume you called? ^^;) and Merr-chan's calls. At any rate, phone is being bad - methinks it's rather broken - the blasted thing keeps turning off on its own. >_> AND it wants me to reset the time. Funfun.
Should I call you tomorrow or Friday, Merr? And I *would* call you, Pout-cat, but I don't have your num-ber! And did the two of you get your postcards yet? Gidge, your postcard is with me because I don't have your address! LOL.
Haven't been doing much (uh, any) writing. Am reading The Summer of the Great-Grandmother right now and ODing on anime. It feels weird to be using my brother's computer - I don't feel very comfortable with it. Plus, I think it hates me, ne, Goseijin? *Sigh*
Definitely must pita about trip and all that assorted crap I promised to write about ages ago. Bleh, so little time.
Ne, ne, Pout, Gidge, what CD Burning programs are you using again? This is the last time I'll ask - I promise! Blame my mind for having the distinctly sieve-like ability to retain information. Neh. Must burn stuff off brother's comp before a)Brother throws fit or b)computer throws fit and goes through one of its regular cycles of death and ressurrection.
And because it's late I'll just toss in the fact that I got a stuffed crab in Hawaii and his name is Snuggles Keiichi Hideki. ^_^; Because Snuggles came first and then I needed a CLAMP character and dubbed him Keiichi before realizing the resemblance to Hideki. Hideki really DOES have crab eyes! <- is serious
By the way, brother and I have been contemplating Hideki no Go, wherein Chii is a stand-in for Sai and Hideki is Hikaru and I guess Shimbo gets to be Akira. Then we got sufficiently disturbed to abandon that train of thought.
Frey in Gundam Seed is psycho.
Naruto is fun!!!
Me had much catching up to do with much anime. Did watch Enterprise today, though. The VCR is semi-broken. It won't tape anything properly that it's programmed to tape. Mother is watching lots of Meteor Garden 2 which I haven't watched any of yet. :(
I forgot to ask my dad to drive me to Best Buy or wherever before he left so I don't know if I'll be able to get more cds since Mom refuses to drive that far. Is in all kinds of trouble if that's the case. o_O;;; Evidence: Have added at least 9 GBs to brother's HD in about a week. Ehehehe. Now multiple by semester and go ehhhhhhhh . . .
Have book plots and characters bouncing around in brain a little. Am determined to write something soon. May write Furuba fanfic entry for US Newtype (managed to pick up a copy in Hawaii - yay!) contest. Deadline is 15th. Feel like congratulating Maria for her X fic acceptance. Wonder if ought to be submitting to magazine or ought not to concentrate on original fiction? Wonders if in rut and if will ever get out? Why sentences fractured and incomplete?
Wonders if life has shrunk upon self and am unable to concentrate on important aspects of life? Am worrying about grades. Only two back and so-so and in constant terror of doing worse and being DOOMED. Gah. Wonders if can publish book before graduation is law school can be averted? Scoffs at self and complete impossibility of writing, revising, and getting manuscript accepted in alloted amount of time. Also scoffs at self for being unable to finish things one starts. Need more discipline! Need it now!
Ugh. Is going to shower. Will pita in more coherent and less random but no less rambly (I know my weaknesses) manner tomorrow.
Wonders one more time how Father can think LoTR: TTT a stupid and pointless movie. Wonders if parents will ever read own books. Is sort of nervous they will. ^^;;;
A memory surfaced at 02:34 a.m.
