Miseries: personal fights, shoes, snobby people, snow in april.
Goals in Life: live in Japan, be happy, grow another two feet, talk maturely, be a child always.
Odd Random Facts:
* started talking when I was 5
* have an imaginary non-hentai tentacle friend named bob
* think lenin is waiting in his glass cage of death waiting for his prince to come
* don't really have a toenail collection but I boast about it anyway
* have one brother and two sisters, all older than me. I'm the [well-loved] brat of the family, can you tell?
* am very shy about my hobbies
* doodle cute anime girls and geometric animals during classes.
* my glasses spend more time perched on my head or hanging on my couch than on my nose
* would rather like to kill off all of humanity so that the world could go on in peace
* mentioning russian films and horses in the same sentence will send me off into convulsions
* have an odd bump on my nose
* practice body art-- give me a pen, give me my leg (ew), and within five minutes there'll be a duck on my thigh. and a bunny-man on the back of my hand
* favorite kanji is onna. ONNA! the curves are soooo purty.
I've been looking through some Kodomo no Omocha pictures, and I have to ask, why the HELL is Hayama featured so often sh1rtless? He's only eleven, and he's not even a hot eleven year old. :P I don't WANT to see him without a shirt. >_<
Thursday, July 19, 2001, 11:11 a.m.
.........
Hotmail got so UGLY.
I don't mind layout design changes, but this is horrid. It's putrid. It's annoying-- for example, when I log in, it doesn't automatically take me to the inbox.
Bleargh. Double bleargh!
Thursday, July 19, 2001, 11:11 a.m.
.........
Hotmail got so UGLY.
I don't mind layout design changes, but this is horrid. It's putrid. It's annoying-- for example, when I log in, it doesn't automatically take me to the inbox.
Thursday, July 19, 2001, 12:06 a.m.
In terms of amusing things about the male and female kanji, my sensei has an amusing story... she was talking about the new trend in using kanji for tattoos. "I can understand that, since kanji are beautiful, but some people have the wrong idea. I saw this one couple-- the woman had 'onna' written on her arm, and the man had 'otoko.' I burst out laughing-- they looked like bathrooms!"
^0^
Tuesday, July 17, 2001, 08:03 p.m.
I had this nice, nice dream. I dreamt that I was flying first class [in a plane], except that first class for me consisted of a nice hotel bedroom with a bath tub. I was going to go take a bath after an exhausting day of travel, but I had to go see okaasan and i-onee-chan first-- who were in the next room-- and they wanted to go eat. I started to talk to i-onee-chan outloud, and that woke me up. Bleargh.
During the dream I also ran into someone who looked identical to i-onee-chan... but with a moustache. ^_^ When I told my sister, she was not very pleased. A bit amused, but not pleased. ^-^
Tuesday, July 17, 2001, 12:27 a.m.
Y'know, I swore to myself that I wasn't going to write fanfics. Yet, I'm bored. So very bored. And the BUNNIES have been partying in my mind. The bunnies aren't helping me keep my promise. x_X
I have a CCS fic (will not reveal around whom it centers, since that would spoil the fun) with a double order of angst. Short but painful.
I also have one page worth's of Jinpachi ramblings (from Please Save my Earth). I'm vaguely suspcious that he swears a bit too much in it, but I can use the excuse that I've only seen the dub, and damnit, Jinpachi has just suffered a bit of... shock. ^______^ And now Issei is demanding he get a chance to bemoan having to share his mind/soul/body with a Dead Woman from the Moon ("I hate having two heads!" -- Homer Simpson). Which, I will admit, is a seriously sucky situation, so I might let him have his [evil] way. As a consolation prize.
Besides that, I've almost completed a Gravitation fic, which I started mainly because I wanted to vent about bad fanfic writers. Don't ask.
If any of my dear readers would like to take a look at the above, I shall be greatly pleased. I want to be sure I'm not insane. -_-
Monday, July 16, 2001, 10:02 p.m.
Ara, I gave you the wrong idea, kate-chan. I HAVE seen Excel Saga, and I worship it! You have to love a series that has a Brazilian imigrant workers (Peeeedro!), a blood-spewing side kick (Hyaaaatt), and cameos by Urusei Yatsura's Lum. ^______^ The CCS parody can be found in the OAV sequel, Puni Puni Poemi.
*looks toward Janaki-san* Why aren't you blogging? :(
Monday, July 16, 2001, 08:58 p.m.
Waaaaaai! We just had an earthquake! I never get too worried about earthquakes [here] because the epicenter is never in Islamab4d. It's usually in Afghanist4n or Indi4.
At first, single second slight tremor. I started to go outside just because I knew my okaasan would be worried otherwise. But I was going downstairs, the house shook hard enough for us to hear it. I FLEW down the stairs. ^_^
Mentally, I'm fine, but physically, I'm still shaking. Kokoro ga doki doki suru no.
Monday, July 16, 2001, 04:25 p.m.
*reads summary for Puni Puni Poemi, the OAV sequel for Excel Saga*
*grins widely*
I'm a big fan of Excel Saga, so I wanted to see it for that reason. But now I really HAVE to see that show! For it's partly a parody of CCS. :D Apparently the viewers noted that Excel and Hyatt resemble Sakura and Tomoyo, so in the oav, the two protagonists have the same sort of relationship.
*niko* ^_________^ *niko*
Monday, July 16, 2001, 02:34 a.m.
*right eye twitches*
*corner of mouth raises*
*bursts into laughter*
Okay, that's IT. I officially like Marmalade Boy now. *grin* I'll put up with the melodrama and all. Because the relationships are fun (when they work), and because of scenes like Yuu. As. Inter-Galactic. Beauty QUEEEN! *rolls around laughing*
Nothing like a bit of cross-dressing to make me into a happy fangirl. *grin*
Monday, July 16, 2001, 12:39 a.m.
I will surprise myself by saying that Miki and Yuu make a good couple. Also, the bishy introduced at the end of ep. 28 looks to be good drooling material-- that is, if it weren't Glaringly Obvious that he's there to bring annoying jealousy problems to the main couple. Eh.
kate-chan, I love the new sidebar comments, but the html for your blog is so very convoluted. o_O;; At the second TD, you tell it to valign twice. But I believe your main problem is that you tell it to close the Table three times. Don't do that! Use /TABLE only once, after you've closed all the TDs.
I'm glad your brother wasn't traumatized. :) But, still, all that grunting and ripping HAS to sound a little odd, even if you don't speak Japanese.
Speaking of pretty weather, we just had the most amazing thunderstorm. The thunder was as frequent as a strove light-- imagine opening and closing your eyes as fast as you can. That's what it was like. And the thunder was just one, long, unstopped rumble. Kewl. And, interestingly enough, the blackout came a few seconds after I wrote the last word for my Gravitation fic draft. *eeery music*
Sunday, July 15, 2001, 11:14 p.m.
I must niko. For I am this close to finishing the rough draft of my [non-h3nt4i] Gravitation fic.
Also of interest to Gravitation fans are these drama clips. I think I'll have to declare myself an official h3nt4i y40i f4ngirl because I did not blush ONCE during this. Kate-chan, I don't recomend downloading that during work.
Sunday, July 15, 2001, 07:09 p.m.
*gasp* I spent a day without blogging! Oh my gods, methinks the sea will begin to boil. Time for lots and lots of tea.
Even if I get nothing else accomplished this summer, I can be proud of ONE accomplishment: I learnt how to color on Photoshop. After using it for two years, I finally learnt how to color. -_- Hooooray for gradients! *throws party* I might post a link to an example or two of this phenomenon, but I'm too lazy right now.
Whoever was in charge of the animation for the Chrono Trigger PSX game deserves to be shot-- after being forced to watch fifty hours worth of it, over and over. It's that ugly. >_< Speaking of which, I should try to play Chrono Cross. But the fighting style confuses me, plus, I dislike the characters I've picked up on the path I've chosen. I'm stuck.
That is all for now. Toodles!
(Toodles...? I've been away from kids my age for too long).
Friday, July 13, 2001, 05:27 p.m.
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'Get diploma within days'? 'No one is turned down'? o_O AAAAARGH! Nonononono! I don't NEED this! And you know how they found my email address? They're oh so very creative-- they're doing it through alphabetical order of hotmail accounts. -_-
Bleargh, what dumby dumb idiots.
Friday, July 13, 2001, 11:05 a.m.
Out of a little bit of fondness for my native country, here's a pretty decent site on ccs. Nothing spectacular, but I'm glad that I can read it naturally. ^-^ Yaaaaaaay! I'm not COMPLETELY Portuguese illiterate!
Friday, July 13, 2001, 1:56 am
For those of you who care, the Graviation ML is having a discussion on gender in Wish. I've never posted so much at once before. o_0
Friday, July 13, 2001, 12:12 a.m.
If you're having one of those bad days, where even a sunny day is dark, I suggest you watch 'Hello, Dolly.' It's such a fun, bright film. Lots of dancing (with their butts sticking out, usually), great singing, wonderful choreagrophy, and cool acrobatics. It's just a fun, fun, FUN film. Did I mention that it's fun? ;)
Thursday, July 12, 2001, 10:58 p.m.
kate-chan, my heart is breeaaaaking... I can't take the rejection of ninja burger. *jumps off cliff* Hope you're HAPPY, kate-chan, 'cause now I'm DEAD. Oh, by the way, you *do* know how to edit your pitas entries, right? It's very possible.
Janaki-san, such a dramatic past! o_O Your family is such anodd bag of mysteries and surprises. Like I said before, I marvel at how you keep track of it all.
And, Janaki-san, I SWEAR you know to many people whose names have 'k' and 'a' in them. It's so confuuusing! On the book-- if it means that much to you, then yes, by all means, get it. I understand now. ^-^
Thursday, July 12, 2001, 02:50 a.m.
*smothers laughing*
Y'know what's almost as good as shounen-ai?
Tease shounen-ai. *snickers* Yeah, tease. Teasing silly homophobes like Miki into thinking her beloved crush is gay. *rolls around laughing* Of course, it'd be better if he were, but whatever. Watching Miwa (who, I should add, is most handsome) scare the bejeebers out of Miki made my day.
Pity Miwa and Yuu AREN'T a couple. They've even got the whole sparkly thing going, kira kiraaaaa~~~! Not to mention the first time Yuu is EVER shown being irritated is when Miwa hits the nail on the head-- "you think you're the only one with the righ to tease Miki." Yuki/Touya flash backs, anyone? :) (albeit mb is waaaay older than ccs).
And from the way Meiko was happily gossiping, I take that she's a shounen-ai fan. ;)
The ironic thing is, if Miki had the guts to go to Yuu and say something along the lines of, "You fucker, stop playing around with me! Touch me again and you DIE, stay away from Miwa because it GROSES me OUT, and by the way, I LOVE you, so cut the crap and give me the truth," he might be stunned into admiting a thing or two. But nooooo, Miki is dumb-dumb. ^___^
Conclusion: episode 20 was the DAMNED funniest thing I've seen in a long time. I was niko-ing widely ^__________^ from beginning to end, giggling often in between.
Thursday, July 12, 2001, 12:58 a.m.
Wow. I do believe this is a record number of blog entries in a single day. For me, I mean.
But I had to say. Aine-san, I do so very like the idea of linking Gravitation. I shall do it. I probably won't be able to resist a link to Aestheticism. ^___________^
Thursday, July 12, 2001, 12:28 a.m.
A long blog entry just for you, janaki-san. *grin*
That is too freaky. That is so freaky, in fact, that I will pretend that this has not happened. We DID not link to the same blog on the same day. Nope. One of us is lying. *grin* How did you find her, btw? I got to her through tomoyo.
I actually don't enjoy reading random blogs all that much. :P If I know the person (ie, seeing them on other mailing lists), or I've read their blog before, maybe. But picking up random blogs-- if I don't know the person, their personal lives aren't all that interesting to me. Unless they write it well, like Meg-san. Most blogs aren't well thought out. That's fine, I know my own writing style is incomprehensible. I just don't want to read about bland descriptions of other people's lives. But once I find a blog I like, I make sure to check it at least once a day. I'm a wh0re for good blogs.
[I get the feeling I'm going to get flammed for that. Oh well.]
What I really like in a blog, though, are theorizations, thoughts, and discussions... on anything! Yaoi, fandom, books, hard-core computer stuff, music, people, recent events, etc. For example, Spent Casing horrified me, but Icchan raises several good points. I spent the rest of the day thinking about gun control, and why I'm [emotionally] against having guns.
Still, I believe the main charm of blogs lies in talking to friends (yaaaaay!), and making friends (double yaaaaaaay!).
If you hold Neil Gailman that dear, then yeah, it makes sense to buy the book. I, for one, love getting books too, since I underline and make notes all over the pages. Plus they're good to have as refrence later. But, in retrospect, I bought too many books last year. *frowns* Now I'm going to have to give my first born son in order to pay for the shipping rates. And I STILL want more. >_<;;;
I was discussing with i-onee-chan just how COOL it would be to have a mini-computer-- the size of a typical book-- and be able to read books through it. It'd save on paper, printing costs, space, weight, etc. I'd love it. I know books online already exist, but not nearly to the extent I want it to.
Wednesday, July 11, 2001, 10:14 p.m.
We have a bottle of sake that, if I'm not mistaken, reads "when pouring, please have a cup at the opening." o_O;;; Great. Sake for idiots.
Some random notes for kira-kira kate-chan: the ninja burger is HILARIOUS. Mind if I send it to some friends? :) And yes, my college is the besht. 48% are femenist, 44% are radically femenist, and the rest are conservative but usually keep it a secret. And since you're playing ff4 (I don't have the patience to do it, I've played it far too many times already), tell me how the famed porn book is. ^_______^
Itooshi Janaki-san E!: Is it a freaky odd coincidnece that we both linked Psuzan Death, or did you get it off me? I hope the latter, because the former is too scary and coinquidinqual for my ath3ist beliefs. ;)
I think you should save getting American Gods-- you can borrow that from the library, or from a friend. It's like buying a Harry Potter book; it'll be available second-hand within a few months for 75 cents. This is, of course, coming from someone who has only read Neil Gaiman's blog, and nothing else. *grin*
And don't get me started on the purpose of blogs-- I spent a good while staring into space while I thought about it. And just how odd a phenomenon it is. I mean, a lot of us are writing in these things every day (or several times a day, like me). That's more often than some people brush their teeth. >_< What for? Friendship? Recognition/fame? Cathrathis (sp?) purporses? Hen da yo!
Wednesday, July 11, 2001, 07:00 p.m.
Mm. Highly amusing blog right here. Love the yahoogroup game.
I'm tempted to rant and rave and make death threats-- and I already wrote up a list of arguments *grin*-- but I won't. It looks like it was written to be purposely inflammotory.
So, instead, I'll go to the forum, and post a bunch of links to kakkoi shoujo pictures and websites, like Utena, X, Angel Sanctuary, and the like.
Wednesday, July 11, 2001, 12:21 a.m.
Oh. My. F'ing. God.
Marmalade Boy is soooooo melodramatic. >_<
It's hardly even funny! Well, actually, yeah, it is hilarious. I couldn't stop laughing when they showed Miki running down the stairs of despair. Or snicker when a tennis racket drops from shock. And the bubbles! *giggles* They're still using BUBBLES for luv-luv feelings. Not to mention other funky modern art-ish backgrounds.
I think the only reason I'm watching this, and the only thing stopping me from stopping the tape is that this is the epitome of shoujo. It's dripping with the characteristics. So, if nothing else, it's educational.
Tuesday, July 10, 2001, 04:58 p.m.
*sniffles*
Xenosaga is looking really ugly. When I look at the Elly-look-alike, I think of Japanese s0ft p0rn computer games. >_< And what's up with trying to mix anime style and realistic graphics. They clash, my dear friends, they clash.
The FF4 from FFChronicles has a new translation. They better have kept "You spoony bard!" They better.
whine, whine, whine. *grins*
Tuesday, July 10, 2001, 01:00 p.m.
I've decided that black and white are the most boring colors in the universe and it's about damned time that I change my layout colors.
Tell me if it hurts your eyes.
Tuesday, July 10, 2001, 10:29 a.m.
I had this dream where I was watching a documentary of an animal species Bhustan. If you're thinking that you've never heard of this country before, I'm glad, because my imagination made it up. Though, technically, b/c I was thinking of the 'istan' countries, it should have been, 'Bhutistan.' Or something like that.
Anyway, because they didn't think they had any animals of interest, they got some people and dressed them in penguin suits, and had them run around a frozen set. Which is funny, because it doesn't snow in Bhustan. Or at least in MY Bhustan.
Today we had a surprisingly succesful shopping trip. Usually when I go shopping, here or anywhere else, I get a yucky dirty feeling and a headache. And nothing of any good.
But! But! But! We went to the art supply store (to get funky pens and some good paper, I love drawing), when I decided to look in the book section. And there it was! Margaret Atwood! *shriekes* YES! When I went BOOK hunting I couldn't find her, but now, completely unexpected, I found her. So I bought it, 'Alias Grace.' Me very much happy girl now. ^____^
Then we stopped by a video game (pirated games, about a dollar per cd, so don't think I'm spending ghastly amounts of money). You know you go to a store too often when the moment you open the door the owner greets you and presents you with a copy of the latest Squaresoft game. And you buy it. XD FF4 and Chrono Trigger in English! I can't wait. :D
And one more note-- some people are dirty, evil liars. A few weeks ago I bumped into a mother of some high school class mate of mine. She blabbered and gossiped with me, and gave me a piece of information that shocked me. I checked up on it-- and guess what-- it wasn't true! *sizzles*
This is the sort of people who told bb-onee-chan, while she was thousands and thousands of miles away, that I had comitted suicide because a girl rejected me. She had no way of knowing any better, so she believed it. And was devastated. Meanwhile, I was perfectly fine, hadn't been rejected by anybody (since I asked no one out), and was in perfect health. What sort of sick people spread rumors like those?
Sunday, July 8, 2001, 11:44 p.m.
I know I've been away from my college for far too long when something like this surprises me:
"« thanks for the time in listening to this rant.»
because it is saturday and i am bored, i'm going to pick a bone with this expression. you, who i don't know personally, should feel free to complain about token machines or whatever on this conference, because it is Community and the token machines are an issue that affects campus summer residents. now, i have heard from quite a few people that many women, when expressing an opinion or position, or giving a presentation of any kind, feel obliged to apologize for "wasting" their listener's time. why do we feel like we are wasting anyone's time? we ought to feel proud of our minds and what we have to say. yet (especially in male-dominated work environments) women often apologize for little things. my good friend recently used the example of hanging out with her friends and, say, eating cookies, then someone says "Man, some milk sure would be good with these cookies" and my friend then says "oh I have some milk" and runs up a couple flights of stairs to get it and come back down. upon returning, the first thing she says is "I'm sorry it's skim, that's all I have..." well, wait a minute, she just made the effort of running all the way to her room to get her milk to share it, so why should she apologize for that at all? ta -dah, the moral is don't apologize! you're fine and people should be grateful for your shared wealth of knowledge."
Have I said how much I luuuuuuuuuv my college? XD
Sunday, July 8, 2001, 09:33 p.m.
I sincerly doubt I'll ever get married, much less to a man, but I WILL melt if anyone ever sings [seriously] to me, "Gigi."
"While you were trembling on the brink
Was I yonder blinking at a star?
Oh, Gigi, was I standing up to close,
Or back too far?"
(plus, my real name's nickname can easily replace 'gigi.')
My friends think I'm cuckoo for having 'Gigi' be my favorite romantic film, and they might be right. Louis Jordan is horrendously frumpy, the ending doesn't agree with me, and, and... I don't care! 'Gigi' is the epitome of romance to me. >_<
Saturday, July 7, 2001, 08:00 p.m.
Today my family and I went to a Chinese restaurant. The reason I mention this is because it's the first time I've left the house in the last two weeks. Don't laugh at me! Trust me, there's NOTHING to do here. Nothing. My friends are all gone, there are no attractions, etc, etc. Plus, it's ridiculously hot outside. Being at home is much more relaxing and entertaining.
fried wontons. Yummy. Crunch, crunch, crunch. We eat, eat,
When we sat down they gave us a plate of complimentary eat, and after a certain point, only about three wontons are left. We're still talking, eating the wontons, and so on, when the waiter comes. With another plate of friend wontons. "How nice, lots of wontons!" we think. But noooo. He TAKES our plate of three remaining wontons. We were all too stunned to say anything. Which made me sad. Wonton is one of my favorite thing about Chinese restaurants. Sniffle, sniffle.
Saturday, July 7, 2001, 02:12 a.m.
I don't know wether to hug or KIIIIILL the Kodocha Translating Project for being such great people and providing me with my weekly dosage of Kodomo no Omocha. I mean, on one hand, I'm super happy to see the episodes, but on the other, the endings are ALWAYS cliffhangers. Love cliffhangers. Romantic, sappy, 'oh no do they still love me' cliffhangers.
Just watched ep. 83, where Naozomi and Sana come back from NY. B/c they skipped the NY arc, I haven't seen any of those episodes. Thus, Sana's cheerfulness is SUCH a surprising,refreshing change. I want to hug her. ^______^ (she was being such a whiny love incompetent fool before that it was sickening). She and Naozomi are getting along beautifully, it's good. Fuka and Hayama are doing well, it's good. Demo, demo, demo... yappari sana to hayama no hou ga ii yo. Sore ga ichiban no koopuru. Janaki-saaaaamaaaa, have you seen the end of the series? *chews nails* Give me spoilers, give me spoilers, I KNOW they end up together, what self-respecting shoujo anime doesn't have the lead characters getting together, just give me details! DETAILS! *bell goes insane with cliffhanger anxiety and hangs herself*
....You know, when I started this entry, I wasn't planning on killing myself. Really. I mean it.
Saturday, July 7, 2001, 01:09 a.m.
There's this mad party of a lightnining storm outside. Most funky. XD
Friday, July 6, 2001, 11:39 a.m.
katelynne-sama, i d0 nut remembaa saving u, but i 4m gl4d i did!!! i will 4lw4tys b happi 2 hlp u. did i l00k g00d in da f3lt h4t?
"Pixbell and bob the invisible tentacle of love"
aahhh, u m4k3 mee blush. mee, a tantecle of luv!!
janaki-sama, d03s dis m34n u will n0t m4rry mee!!???!! u br34k my h34rt. s0b, s0b, s0b....
b0b da h34rt-br0k3n tantecle
Friday, July 6, 2001, 10:04 a.m.
Janaki-san, I agree with you on the kekkon thing. :) Except for one thing-- if you're married, there are some economic bonuses. I'm not quite sure what they are, but I do know the goverment is nicer to you in taxes. So that counts for something, right?
Economic boons or not, though, I don't think I want to get married. Because it's much easier to seperate then to divorce. :P (and see-- I don't even have someone to marry yet, and I'm already thinking of divorcing them).
You always feel so much older, too (it's only a three year difference, but...). None of my friends have gotten married, no pressure on any of us from each other or our families.
Kate-chan... *hug* Crying is healthy. Don't feel bad about it.
You don't understand Pokey the Penguin? @_@ Zanen. Actually, I know only of three other people who like it. >_> There are a lot of bad ones, ones that make no sense and aren't even funny, so maybe you've been reading those? Don't read them in order, the first dozen or so are terrible. Jump around and read the ones that sound interesting.
Some really good ones are 'Enjoy Smeat' and Forbidden Candy. For the most part, though, the charm lays in the fact that's it so freaking ridiculous. Why do they always say 'Yes'? Why do they cross out words for emphasis? Why are the penguins scratched out the in background? Why is there a talking snowman called Mr. Nutty?
It's also fun to show Pokey to someone else, just so you can laugh at their confusion. ^_^
