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2002-12-30T18:21:00.000-05:00

Well, I did some, er, "things" to some of the pictures in the X [Zero] artbook, but I won't share them until after Moving Day.

I watched Cats and Dogs with Becca and Cayman after I came home from work today :D I love that Russian Blue. It's too funny X3 Then, um, we just all pretty much lazed about. There's nothing really interesting to do right now...

Ag! It feels like somebodt sliced open the right part of my face and stitched it back together! This pain has been with me all day. Owies.....Maybe I slept on my face the wrong way, if that's even possible...

I had this brillant summary of X Vol. 9 almost finished, when I decided it was too long. I should have done highlights. I still could, but I forget some of the finer points of the mock summary. Damn. -.-

2002-12-28T21:53:00.000-05:00

Well, Cayman gave me my gifts :3

The X [zero] artbook (the bastard imported it!)
2 SD Gundam models- Shenlong and Eypon

((Fox: Awww, how cute! Chibi Epyon! Aren't you the- AAAAHHHHHHHH!!! MY MIND!!! MY MIND!!!! THIS LITTLE BASTARD IS IN MY HEAD!!!!!!!))

Velvet Goldmine (which I made him watch today)
A nice silver ring :3
And a Captain Kirk bookmark which had "SPOOOOOOOK!!!!" written in his handwriting on the back XD

Yesterday, we saw Two Towers. Me, Becca, and Cayman SO MST'd that movie! Here's a quick summary of the movie:

Frodo and Sam took a tour of the countryside around Mordor with Gollum as their deprived paranoid schizophrenic guide.
Gandalf went Jesus on us.
The Boys (Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli) had a nice holiday in Helm's Deep.
Merry and Pippin convinced the Ents to revolt (or When Ents Attack!, a new Fox special airing sometime soon)
The Elves moved away, sansElrond, who proved himself a hypocrite as he tells his daughter that she can't stay, yet he decides to stay (maybe he wants Aragorn for himself...)
Sarumon is in deep shit.

And oh my god! The slashy innuendo behind Legolas and Gimli's witty banter! Nevertheless, they were a funny pair and I enjoyed the focus on both characters. Legolas rocks *_* I should mention Gollum's performance: it was AWESOME. He looked so real! It scared the shit out of my sister.

Anyhow, today we ran around Glenbrook mall with a digital camera >:) There's this shop called "Build-a-Bear", where you get to do exactly what the name implicates. They have this poor bloke standing outside the store with a bear, answering questions. I took a picture of him XD We had a BLAST at Joanne's Fabrics, where we did everything from posing in boas to posing with a teddy bear, acting like we were going to shoot it (actually, I did that and I looked pretty insane). I will have pictures sometime after the New Year and I will post a few of them.

I went insane with purchases (SALES!!!). I finally bought Vol. 9 of X, the January ish of NewType, Animerica, a statuette of the Egyptian Goddess Bast, a camisole, and a lacey black shirt from Hot Topics that was on sale (I got it for like $10 XD ). I should have bought a pair of pants at HT (all their pants were $10 off *_*)...I need new pants....>.<

Oh yeah, yesterday, I used some of my $50 giftcard to Barnes & Nobles to get a Gundam Wing graphic novel and the Velvet Goldmine soundtrack, which amuses me greatly because Thom Yorke of Radiohead sings vocals for the "band" Venus in Furs (they have quite a few songs on their) and Jonnie Greenwood (also of Radiohead) makes a contribution with his amazing guitar abilities in the afore-mentioned band.

*kicks self* Dammit. I have to stop being so materialistic.

2002-12-25T18:49:00.000-05:00

Here is where I am relocating. I have the layout up and everything *cheers* The different coloured eyes in the pic I drew of Subaru for this layout freaks me out a bit, because with everything else in black in white, Subaru looks deathly pale o.o;

One week till moving day!

2002-12-25T16:03:00.000-05:00

I am mesmirized by Amie's stop-action animated gif of Data doing the Robot. Hee hee! Dance, Data, dance! *shoots at Data's feet* By the bye, Amie, I love the layout. X3

2002-12-25T15:30:00.000-05:00

I'm feeling better today :) I don't feel hot and I'm not as stuffy. Tomorrow, I should be better or at least well enough to go to work. That is, unless I can't get out of the driveway. You see, it snowed here. In the wild northlands of Indiana (northlands baaad). There were plows out today, but it's Christmas and the workers have families too, so you can't expect them to work all friggin' day long (which I feel sorry for them in the first place for having to work). Usually, on Christmas Day, we go to my grandparents' house and have a delightful festive time with all of our gathered relatives, but today, we are snowed in. I had to call Cayman up and tell him that mom and Becca would pick him up tomorrow. This means my perfect plan to get him up here failed. -.- I should have too in account the weather, but usually it decides not to snow on Christmas.

I'm not in a poor mood. I'm not in a good mood. I am in an appreciative mood, though. I suppose I should list my gifts.

One of those wooden poseable doll thingies that artists use so that they don't have to pose in the mirror as much.
A nice white shirt. White is a good change in colour. I barely have anything white, so I'm happy.
Cd Jewel cases
blank cds (have yet to get a cd burner to fill up these cds?)
A $50 gift certificate card thingie to Barnes & Nobles attached to a block of wood (this amuses me to no end as I will treasure the block of wood for all time)
An artist's set thingie filled with art supplies that would make a young, poor artist squeal in delight (wheeee! Oil paints and linseed oil! XD XD XD)
Gag gifts: A magna doodle (remember those?) and these markers that serve as a cheap for of airbrushing for kids (you blow into them, which neither sounds or looks right. Plus considering the potential health hazards if a child sucks in....)
The afore mentioned scarf and mittens :D

Overall, I am very appreciative over the gifts my peoples gave me :) I really made it tough on them this holiday season when they were shopping, not telling them what I wanted (mainly because I didn't know what I wanted), but they managed.

The holiday season isn't about getting or recieving presents and cards from people; it's about being with those you love and experiencing one or a million moments of happiness. Presents are a bonus and perhaps a tradition that has sort of misconstrued the meaning.

Well, Merry Christmas to everybody. I'll most likely post again today since there's really nothing to do at home Maybe I'll even have a story for everybody. A small Christmas treat, so to speak, that has been developing in my mind (uh oh).

2002-12-24T21:54:00.000-05:00

In my house, it's a tradition to open one gift on Christmas Eve. The gift I opened was a pair of blue mittens (the kind with no fingers) and a scarf :D I really did need those items too.

Well, I'm sick, no thanks to all the people around me who were sick -.- I can't be sick. I have to work on Thursday and through the remaining week. I have to have money to entertain my boyfriend who will be spending four days with us (yeah yeah...I know that it's the guy who's supposed to pay for everything, but isn't it also the host who should treat the guest? Well, I'm the host, yo). My head feels stuffy and I'm hot :(

I exposed Becca to Cowboy Bebop because I can. She wasn't impressed. I told her it wasn't like the other animes I own. It's not cutsy and too unrealistic (if you don't count that it's set in space). I have yet to watch Hellsing. I am not up to watching Hellsing at the moment, either. Another time.

2002-12-23T17:51:00.000-05:00

Deleted last post. Why? Because I realized that it was a bit too harsh and unfair. Here's the lowdown, though.

(1) X Overdose: Fanfic review group that I bashed in deleted post

(2) I. Hate. Review Groups. The only exception is Project R, which is more constructive and less shallow.

(3) I hate review groups because they're usually self-righteous and suck the fun out of the fandom.

(4) I do not like X Overdose. They suck the fun out of writing for the X fandom and they're pretty damn self-righteous.

Now, I put the above numbered items in much harsher terms. This time around, I am calm and can get my ideas across in a better fashion. My main qualm with X Overdose is their bashing of CLAMPesque. They make CLAMPesque sound like a more elite version of FFNET, which they are not. I have found CLAMPesque to be a great place for CLAMP (and related anime) fanfiction writers, than FFNET (which is, as everybody knows, a great place to start out but a bad place to stay).

Point clear? Good.

Now, somebody remind me not to go to Starbucks the next time I need a caffeine fix. They really do suck. They steam their milk too hot, their drinks are too sugary (expresso-related drinks are usually meant to be bitter), and they have the worst seasonal specials (point-in-case, gingerbread latte. yuck). My innards may have thanked me when outside, but my tastebuds cursed me for burning them with a vile-tasting latte. Ugh.

2002-12-23T15:38:00.000-05:00

SCORE!!!

I have obtained the first Hellsing dvd for under $5 (not including tax). It may be for "promotional use only" and "not the final product" (as the sticker says), but at least it's the series, ne? I got it at World Records. Bruce said that he could purchase anime dvds for me too, which would be cool, because he sells them for a few bucks cheaper.

2002-12-22T18:35:00.000-05:00

I'm feeling strange and mellow. Like I'm in a dream, but I'm not. It's times like these when I wonder whether or not I should form a habit out of an addictive substance. Something to keep me from going strange like this. The thought that it may lead to my inevitable demise, however, keeps me from doing it. It's something similar with my brief flirt with the thought of suicide. I may have been depressed and wanting to die, but I could never bring myself to swallow pills or slash my wrists. Bill has guns here. And bullets. I could have ended it all swiftly with one shot to the head, no pain. But I'm a fucking coward. A fucking coward feeling strange and mellow right now. Am I depressed? Hell no. How can you be depressed when you're mellow?

My hair is longer than it has been since the summer before my senior year. Two summers ago, then. It's wavy and annoying at times and I should cut it or style it. But I won't. Maybe I'll style it, but I won't cut it.

Who's your inner gay man?
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I know what you're thinking: David Bowie isn't gay! But you have to admit, he ain't exactly straight either. (Hello, "Labyrinth"?) Rather than squeeze yourself into a label, you screw with them until they're meaningless. What you're really good at is inciting confusion, but from the chaos rises clarity, and beauty. Your inner Bowie probably speaks to you in whispered urges to shout obscenities in church or talk to a complete stranger like you're old friends. Let his schizoid genius burst through every once in a while; it will make you seem more interesting. Promise.

Everybody (or most people) has an inner gay man. Though, I do have some objections to my inner gay man being Bowie; as the description says, he's not gay, but he ain't exactly straight. Hmmm...the screwing with labels till they're meaningless does sound a bit like me...

Fun link: Miffylube.com. The site owner has a nice online comic going on. Good drawings.

2002-12-22T11:47:00.000-05:00

SNL was funny last night. It was a rerun with Sir Ian McKellen (sp?). At one point, he crossdressed as Maggie Smith and tricked Jimmy Fallon into kissing him :D I love it when actors admit that they're gay and are able joke about it.

Well, I started writing my entry for the Ryoma's Christmas Contest for Evangelion fanfiction. At first, I was planning on doing a humour piece, but an idea hit me this morning as I was laying in bed, contemplating whether to get up or not. My muses have strange hours.

I made Becca watch Vision of Escaflowne: Girl in Gaea last night. She liked it, but she made a few valid ponts against the film's dubbing and the script. Mainly, we agree that Hitomi is annoying. This doesn't change that she's one of my favourite anime femmes. Another thing she said was that movie!Folken looks like David Bowie from Labyrinth. How could I have NOT caught this earlier? I was going to expose my sister to the Xtv series, but I never got around to it (i.e. I started watching LOTR again).

I found the Anime Guide 2002 dvd that came with the first ish of NewType! I watched it (finally) and laughed at the dubbed voices that had in the trailers. There was an episode of Arjuna on there, too. I am impressed and slightly addicted *_*

2002-12-21T14:37:00.000-05:00

Which Stereotypical CLAMP emotion are you?
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Er...I'm scared....o.o; At least I'm not Angst.

Well, I finally cleaned and organized the mess in my room. I was surprised to find that a room actually existed underneath the piles of clothes, mangas, drawings, and other items. Seriously, it's not as bad as I'm making in out to be. I am glad I got around to emptying out my waste basket, though.

I downloaded a bunch of songs off of the Priss Asagiri Vocal Collection. Good songs :) I *heart* "Tunnel no naka no Wakusei", the full version of "Waiting for You" (which shocked me, because it's so different from the editted version they use for BGC: 2040), "Bukkirabouna Ai Ni Oboretai", and "Ame". "Blue Confusion" is okay...I'll listen to it when I'm down.

Becca made a good point today: my room smells funny. I think it was because of said waste basket. i need to go out and purchase some incense or something. Maybe I'll opt on purchasing the something rather than the incense. Incense is more of Becca's thing. While I like it, I'm not wild about it.

I was supposed to go to St. Louis this weekend, but the plan never really fell through. I've never been to St. Louis and I was looking forward to it :(

Conscience: You're getting angsty! *pulls out Mallet-san and waves it around threateningly*

Hey! Everybody's entitled to some angst time! -.-

2002-12-20T15:00:00.000-05:00

WAAAAHOOO! *a la Misato* Potato soup! This is my favourite soup out of all the soup we serve at the Mocha Room! And there was plenty left when I got off of work XD Soup is good. Potato soup is the best! ((I'm of Irish decent! Can't yah tell?))

Speaking of Irish, I want to see Gangs of New York! I was reading some articles in magazines and newspapers today on the movie and it sounds really interesting. They never taught us about the warring ethnic gangs in 19th Century New York in school. It has a great cast- Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz, Leonardo DiCaprio (who is actually a damn good actor....just got too much unneeded praise for Titanic), and Liam Neeson (who is one my favourites list for actors). Maybe I can get Becca to go with me this weekend if we go up to Fort Wayne.

2002-12-19T22:07:00.000-05:00

Thanks to Amie for sending me the awesome email with this picture. Thanks to whoever made it (I can imagine that they would be pissed if they found out I was using it without their permission). This layout is my "Fuck You" layout to Blogger. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Oh, and I'm leaving you for Pitas because they don't place frickin' adds at the top of their pages, forcing the creative users (such as moi) who make their own layouts to readjust those awesome layouts. You've been good to me, true, but come January 1st, I will no longer be with you.

2002-12-19T19:49:00.000-05:00

Happiness is finding the Priss Asagiri Vocal Collection online :) Akira Sudou has such a good voice ^_^ The same site has Gravi mp3s and mp3s from a lot of other animes. Alas, there are no YnM mp3s :(

Linkie!

2002-12-19T15:32:00.000-05:00

Hmmm. It looks like I am now the only one out of the small group of associates (that I know on a better level than most) who has not seen Two Towers yet. Meh. I'm probably going to see it with Becca and/or Cayman over Christmas. I'm in no big hurry.

2002-12-18T22:22:00.000-05:00

Well, I went to Sam Goody's today in search of a cd with the entire Devil's Trill on it and I came back with the entire box set of the first season of Twin Peaks. For seven hours my sister and I watched the first season, excluding the pilot (which really wasn't necessary because it's show more or less in the movie). Seven whole hours and an addiction formed in our minds (there were only seven episodes in the first season). By the end, we were hooked like cocaine addicts. Damn you, David Lynch. Damn you and your trippy dream sequence that won my heart over. Wonder when season two comes out? I want to see David Duchovny in drag.

Anyhow...damn. I can't think of anything else to talk about other than Twin Peaks. Ugh. Curse my love for cult classics. You're next, Blue Velvet.

2002-12-17T23:15:00.000-05:00

Online games...fun...Okay, so most of the games are gayer than Subaru in drag,-

(Subaru-in-drag: Hey!)

-but they're strangely addictive. I like the Pocketful of Stars game. It has nice music :3

2002-12-17T16:32:00.000-05:00

Amie, babe, I love it when you bitch about Paul McCartney. I know you're being serious and all, but it makes...me...laugh...! *falls apart laughing* Gomen! Gomeeeeen! Anyhow, I think the whole issue (Paul changing the order of the names on songs he wrote with John as a Beatle) is pretty stupid, but for some reason, I'll side with Yoko (since, as you put it, she represents the deceased John). I think it's because I respect John as a lyrical genius and that the songs have been Lennon/McCartney for years. So why change it now? Because the lyrical genius is dead and the mediawhore doesn't want to play second fiddle to the first Beatle to die (hey, maybe Paul was behind John's death....lol...nevermind)? I would love to hear Paul's reasoning behind this one.

The info I reqested from the School of Visual Arts in New York City arrived today...in the form of a huge, thick book. The more I look at this school, the more I like it. They allow students to submit cartoons in their portfolios. As a matter of fact, they encourage applicants to send in things that don't necessarily show their experience with different mediums (they want to see pieces that show the personality of the applicant). The downside is that this school seems to be $17000+ a year *dies* I'm sure I can rack up on the financial aide and perhaps a scholarship or two and then there's always work-study programs...but there's that damn side of me that doubts and fears that I won't be able to attend. This school is on my dream-college list (along with the University of San Fransico). I'll send in the application anyways...see what happens (fortunately, they don't really judge on SAT scores.)

I read Aku-tenshi.com's scanlations for "Thief & Detective" last night (don't ask me what the Japanese title was; I forgot). It was an amusing little piece of shounen-ai to satisfy my fangirl side for the moment. Overall, it was, well, cute. I liked the art, but the fact that Martin wore gauntlets with his nice suit & cape annoyed me a bit (it looks gaudy!). I don't see much of a plotline for the manga, but when your fangirl side manifests itself, who needs a plot?

Fangirl-manifest: We don't need no stinkin' plot!
Mecha/fanboy-manifest: *pulls out Duo's Scythe* Shine!

...heh heh...two constantly warring factions of me....At least there's the well balanced fan in me to keep them at bay, right? ...Right?!

Well Balanced Fan-manifest: *lounging in a lawn chair and sipping on a cold beverage* Meh. Not my problem.

*blinks*

My mom sends me the strangest things....Snowbowling. It makes me wonder what a database entry supervisor does all day.

2002-12-16T18:57:00.000-05:00

A package came from Korea today. It was Christmas gifts to all of us from Tom. He got me and Becca silk robes! Mine is big with long sleeves, so I think it's a guy's robe, but that's ok. Dark Blue....silk...pretty XD He also got me two pairs of laquer chopsticks :3 For my mom and Bill, he sent them a nice statue of a tiger made out of soupstone (which is really delicate) and a nice set of wine glasses (the little ones that look like shot glasses; not the wine glasses that we have in the States and such). Becca's other gift was a chasmere jacket that looked like a letterman jacket. Sugoi! Tom is so nice to us! I think I'll send him some money and ask him to get me a kimono (he told us he could do it).

My robe's so niiiiice!

To Amie: Janeway rocked. She was cool and sensible. The male captains have nothing on her (well, except that the series they were in were sort of better....I liked Voyager at first, but then it just got...weird? too dramatic? something like that...Give me Next Generation and The Original Series anyday).
...er, your comments are down...

2002-12-16T15:43:00.000-05:00

Doug got rid of the minestrone soup on Mondays and replaced it with this delicious chicken noodle soup with real (big) chucks of chicken and huge noodles (well, huge compared to Campell's). The soup sold fast, which amazed me because usually the soup doesn't run out and if/when it does, it's usually gone by 4. I "stole" the last bowl and now I'm eating it :3

I managed to finish a comic book page late last night and I have most of another page done right now. I am pleased with my progress. When I finish this chapter (who knows when that will be), I'll post it online. It will give me time to dish out the second chapter. Though, I am contemplating making a small three-page preview, where the main characters are bitching about how unreal and stupid the assassins in Weiss Kreuz are (the story is about three assassins). I plan to have them railing on the whole collective voices shite (I agree with Tetsuo that it gets pretty annoying after a while) and the crappy/lame weapons the Weiss use (does anybody else think that a wire and claws are pretty dumb and not as effective as the good ol' gun with a silencer or a rifle? I mean, Aya's sword is probably the most sensible weapon to use (other than a nice handgun) because it provides a quick kill in one easy blow, but the others...).

No matter how many times I listen to this bootleg version of an unreleased Radiohead song in Lisbon ('There there"), I am always impressed with the drums. Nice drums. Tribal-sounding drums. Ed and Johnny on tribal-sounding drums XD

Social blogging!

It's only part of someone's performance, the shortest one at 1.15, but I'll be damned if it's not my violinist Subaru on that track.
- I have to agree *likes violinist!Subaru* That was a nice version. Prey tell, where did you download all these versions? I have a nice techno version of "Devil's Trill" on my computer. I think it may be the Vanessa Mae remix that you listed. If it has a deep evil laugh at the end, then I guess it is.

RE: ST:NG ep "Rascals": I *heart* that episode XD I haven't seen it on a long time, though. :( None of the stations I have carry Next Generation *cries* I hope things get better for you too. Your dad sounds like a nice person (I don't think I met him when you were living down in Brookville. I think I may have met your mum, though).

Tokyo Babylon TV series Petition: Well, I jumped on the bandwagon and signed the petition. If you think about it, though, CLAMP has really done a lot already for TB. Let's see...there were the OAVs, the x number of soundtracks (I forget how many there are; there may only be two), a post-series movie (Tokyo Babylon 1999 was it?), and they threw the two surviving cast members into their longest running series, X/1999. Hell, they even let Seishirou be the first Dragon to die and scarred Subaru worse than Morpheus/Dream from the Sandman (after he had to kill his son, peeps). Despite all of this, I will agree that there should be a tv series for Tokyo Babylon. It would be hilarious :3 I dunno about Rin Taro directing it, though. I had some problems with the X movie. I'm sure his other stuff is just great, but X was sort of meh...really meh.

2002-12-15T13:52:00.000-05:00

Saturaday I worked from 10:30 till 5. There were some really boring parts where I was tempted to put on this anime cd that Cat gave me and dance around like a maniac to "Mystic Eyes" (um, no customers around, yo). Instead I opted for the X Character File cd that Carla compiled together for me and immediately became sad when the first track started playing, realizing how alone I really was (track no. 1 by the way, was Subaru's track. Damn you, Subaru-kun). Saturday night, I finally got around to seeing "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" with my sister. It was hilarious. I picked up two items for myself: the Twin Peaks soundtrack (to the movie, not the series) and a three pack of unmentionables that I have no problem with mentioning.

Somewhere between Saturday and now, I thought of how funny it would be to cast X/1999 into Twin Peaks (the movie, mind you, because I don't think the series has the backwards talking midget in the trippy jazz dream sequence). The two recasts I was able to come up with were Seishirou as Agent Cooper (because it would be hilarious to hear him say "This place has the best damn cherry pie..." or "best cup of joe") and Kamui as Laura Palmer (which makes a lot of sense. However this would give him very little screen time, considering Laura Palmer is dead). And for some reason, I would LOVE to see Hokuto as the backward talking midget in the trippy jazz dream. But that's just me.

TB series done by Ikuhara (and drawn by Shinya Hasegawa): LMAO Y'know, I can imitate styles really well, especially the styles of shoujo artists. You leave me no choice but to try to draw this now. And you leave me no choice but to ponder what the X series would be like if David Lynch directed it. Ho boy. At least all the female cast would be gorgeous (not that they aren't). Maybe Hinoto would talk backwards and appear to each person in a trippy jazz dream scene (complete with subtitles) XD

((wow...I really need to buy the dvd boxset for the tv series...or I could just borrow the VHS version from James))

Squee! I love the Twin Peaks Soundtrack XD Mmmm! Jazzy!

2002-12-13T14:48:00.000-05:00

	you are Integra... head of the hellsing agency, she faces pressure from the government, the other knights of the round table, and her own people, which might explain her addiction to nicotine. she is a capable leader, focussed on her organization's mission.
Which Hellsing Character Are You?

WAI! Female assuming leadership position in secret organization! XD Tetsuo, I'm getting off my lazy ass and purchasing this anime now. ((happy?))

OH! I forgot! I had the strangest dream! I don't remember much from it except the CLAMP Campus Detectives drawn in South Park style, complaining that they were poorly animated and had "insufficient dubbed voices" (which they did. Strangely, their voices were British).

2002-12-13T09:28:00.000-05:00

I have like 25 minutes to get ready for work and I'm quick blogging, dammit! ((because I feel like it))

Last night I worked on a comic book page. I drew it, inked it, did all the shading that I wanted to do, then scanned it in. After colouring it in (and adding text) all I have to say is Wow. It came out really nice. If colouring on the computer didn't take so frickin' long, I'd do this regularly (wait a second....I do do it regularly! It just seems to take forever...granted I do have time...). Anyhow, I have ten days until my Paintshop Pro evalutaion decides that the relationship is over ((nooo! Don't leave me Paintshop Pro! I love you for all your spiffy tools!...at least let me have Dodge and Burn *single tear*)). How many pages do you think I can do within 10 days? *smirk*

2002-12-12T16:55:00.000-05:00

I *heart* punk. Right now, I'm listening to a punk cd Rob made for Becca (yeah yeah, so I stole it from her room). There's this nice punk version of this old song that goes:

Why do you fill me up, Buttercup, baby?
Just to let me down?
Mess me around?
And worst of all, you never call, baby,
when you say you will.
I need you still.
I need you, more than anything, darling.
I've known that I have from the start.
So fill me up, Buttercup.
Don't break my heart.

(er, anybody know the title?)

There's also a punk version of "Phantom of the Opera" with one of the band members singing in a terrible falsetto. And, there's "Bubblebee Tuna" sung by Mistostopheles XD

As a gag layout, I should set the above lyrics to a picture of a pairing (slash or het) that's totally opposite of the lyrics X3

2002-12-12T15:11:00.000-05:00

I want to learn how to play bass guitar. I came upon this decision yesterday when listening to jazz and Paul McCartney and admiring the bass work. I'm more a bass person anyhow. I don't think I would like to play guitar because guitar usually has the spotlight and carries the melody. The instruments I played in band usually carried the bass line (especially the bass clarinet). Well, I found a nice starter set at Sam Goody's today for $199.99 (which is good when you compare it to a starter set at Hauer's in Dayton, which runs about, I dunno...$800 at least. Granted they are professional basses.). I told Bill that's what I want for Christmas.

My mom and Bill have been pestering me about what I want and I haven't been able to provide any answer. My mom asked me if I wanted any anime, but I declined, because I prefer to buy my own anime. The reason I usually like the animes I buy is because I do a bit of research on the anime before I buy it, and to have somebody who doesn't know this purchase anime for me is risky. There's a possibility that I could really hate it. Besides the next anime I'm planning on buying is CPM's release of Yami no Matsuei, which comes out in January. Then again, there is that Gravitition set that belongs to one of Tetsuo's friends...She's looking to sell it. I may just IM her and ask her about it (with a proper introduction and all, of course).

I told my mom last night just to get me this collection of Harlan Ellison's stories over the years and something by HP Lovecraft, specifically anything that features the story "Call of Cthulu" (which, I admit, I still have to read, though Cat and Nate pestered me about it some odd months ago). Books. That sounds like me. I like books, especially interesting, nonconventional books (which explains my love for stories by Neil Gaiman).

Quick recommendation: Read "I have no Mouth and I must Scream" by Harlan Ellison. The title becomes quite literal at the end.

2002-12-11T09:30:00.000-05:00

Well, today is Tetsuo's birthday. When we were in high school, we would decorate each other's lockers with really strange stuff. I think last year, I went Gundam Wing on him and made this nifty comic-like thing where Duo eats the cake Quatre made for Tetsuo and Quatre goes Zero on everybody (that was funny). I forgot to draw a birthday gift last night (it honestly slipped my mind that his birthday was today until I went to his blog). I may draw something if I can think of anything (I'm not into the series you're into, and I can't draw Alucard yet). Nevertheless, Happy Birthday.

2002-12-10T18:18:00.000-05:00

I read some more Gravi scans. Then re-read them over and over again because it just amuses me to do so. *snicker* Sakano is so funny. Poor guy. He spazzes out over everything that does not go according to plan. In Track 12, he nearly had a heart attack when Bad Luck actually won the game show and were allowed to sing. I really need to see the anime now. I heard that Takehito Koyasu is his seiyuu. Wanna heard Sakano spaz out!

Paul McCartney is pretty addictive when in the right mood. That's what's in my cd player now since Becca nabbed my Mono cd. "Driving Rain" is slowly growing on me. I think I'll keep it around a bit longer. If I'm not totally satisfied with it, oh well. It was only $5.

Cayman, when you leave a random message asking me to call you, please tell me at what time to call. I don't want to call in the middle of your dinnertime.

2002-12-10T14:54:00.000-05:00

Two great references
hesse demian homoerotic- ...maybe. If Sinclair wasn't so in love with Frau Eva (Demian's mum). Most definitely, if you really look into Demian and Sinclair's relationship over the years and the kiss Frau Eva asked her son to give Sinclair. Personally, I think there is a homoerotic subtext to the book, but considering that they (1) are in Germany (or was it Austria?) and (2) exist during pre- and during WWI , the subtext can never really be acted upon. At the most, they could say that their feelings were of admiration. Which sort of gives the subtext-y slash a Victorian or Gothic feel (I forget which. Which one would have romances that are either hopelessly unrequited or from afar on both sides, and has a tragic feel to it?). One should really read "Demian" for the ideas, not the subtext homosexuality. And it just occured to me that "existential subtext homosexuality" would be an interesting way to sum up the book in three words.

Gay Scotsmen- ROFLMAO

TV M.A.S.H. wav download suicide- I was just talking about this with Bruce, the owner of World Records, yesterday. I was considering sending Tom (whose in Korea) a copy of the original MASH song w/words, that interestingly have to do with suicide (Cat told me this one).

Anyhow. Am eating delicious cheddar potato soup from work. Quick summary of day (I haven't done one of these in a long time...):

The Day so far: Bien :)
Mood: Meh
Work: Sloooooooow
Wanting: Human contact. Or pocky...yes...pocky
Song: The MASH theme -.-
Desired CD to listen to: Mono "Formica Blues" (Becca took it with her today)
Substitute for above: My playlist or Paul McCartney's "Driving Rain" (which I picked up used for cheap a few weeks ago)
Writing: "In Regards to Me", which was supposed to be original but somehow turned into an X angst fic -.-
News: Rev'd from the EVA board convinced me to enter the EVAfanfiction.com Christmas fanfic contest (it had nifty prizes like dvds and books!!!). Good ol' Rev'd...

2002-12-09T16:32:00.000-05:00

Feeling like: The Real Folk Blues

I purchased a used cd of a band who I haven't heard in a long time. Anybody remember Mono? Their only hit song was "Life in Mono" from the Great Expectations Soundtrack. Anyhow. That's the cd I got. It was cheap, but it's pretty good. Sort of a moody jazz/blues, the sound that gives peace to my soul.

I organized all my books in my bookcase, adding the new ones and moving the manga to a new shelf. While doing this, I realized how mundane and simple my life has become, and that I was happy. I don't have many friends and I don't do much socially. My life feels like silence. Do you know what silence feels like? Peaceful. Very peaceful. That is silence, for the most part. But silence can become unnerving or scary. That's what my life feels like sometimes, when I want to break free of my cage and fly into the immortal blue skies. Those days are rare, though, and far and few between.

I had this dream two weeks ago where I saw an old friend who I really have no desire in seeing anymore. I told them a secret; something that I was meaning to keep from them, something that had been decided between me and another not to long ago. I forget their reaction and I admire myself in that dream for actually having the guts to tell this secret. I can't tell it in reality. I refuse to because I fear the person's reaction. Though I do not want to know them anymore, part of me still wants their acceptance and perhaps even good will from them. Perhaps deep in my heart, I do miss them, but I know that I wouldn't want to see them again because I don't know what I would do. It's one of the only things I'm not sure about in my life.

James let me read one of his short stories today, one that he had written for class. It was really interesting. The story was about a man who was dead, yet did not accept his death, and he was running from some force that was after him. In the end, he accepted his death by going into one of those machines used for cremating remains, but not before leaving behind a message he had typed out on a portable typewriter that he had been lugging around. The message declared that he wasn't in Heaven, nor was he in Hell, but at the same time, he wasn't living. He just was. I told James that it reminded me of a story by Neil Gaiman, except the story was set in a type of Hell that was filled with machines and computers.

I wish I could sing and write songs. I'm a terrible songwriter and I can't really sing all that well (at times, I don't think I can sing at all, yet I try). I think if I could sing and write songs, I could express myself better. There's times where I just want to scream out my feelings and thoughts. It's a pity when you "have no mouth" and you "must scream" (borrowing from Harlan Ellison). Things feel locked up and slowly tear at you. It's a blue feeling.

2002-12-08T21:40:00.000-05:00

I'm a bit insulted that the movie industry is moving into the realm of marching musical performance and competition (i.e. marching band and anything similar). Example: this new movie called Drumline. They make it almost look fun to the person outside of the whole world of marching band and related things. Drumline is only fun to marching band geeks who feel that they should either (1) do something in the wintertime that is more strict and requires more obedience than marching band, (2) need something to do in the wintertime with their boring social lives (that seemed to be at their highest point during the marching band season in the summer and fall), or (3) are for the most part, forced into it because the ruthless percussion instructer wants them to do it. Has Hollywood become bored or so disenchanted with the various sports movies with the same predictable endings that they chuck out every year that they *have* to do the same thing with the extracurricular activity(ies) of a social group in high school (and sometimes college) that isn't understood by the outsiders that treat it so shabbily? How dare they dare to bastardize marching musical performances. Bastards.

Anyhow, my pens that I purchased yesterday at Michael's are really useful for inking. I like the 005 (aka the one with the really thin tip). It's making inking drawings and comic book pages easier, because I can do more detail.

I watched LOTR today and some of the Appendixes. No matter how many times I watch it, I'm always amused. Plus I can't MST it like I could with Spiderman when I went to see it last spring with Tetsuo, Carla, and Cayman, who was my partner in crime (was it me, or did it seem like some of the dialogue held potential slashy-ness to it?). That's how you can tell I really like the movie/series, when I can't MST it (except with the original Star Wars trilogy. I love it to pieces but there are some parts that just need to be ripped on).

Oh. Idea came to mind when reading book 2 of Wish. There's this part where Kohaku addresses the cherry tree as "Mister Cherry Tree". I think you can see where this is going....

Blogspotting Parody Theatre Presents...Dear Mister Cherry Tree

Kohaku: I wonder why Koryu decided to eat at Shuichirou's house? He's so weird...What do you think, Mister Cherry Tree.
Seishirou: *from way up in the branches* I think you should kill Koryu and bury him under me. *smirk*
Kohaku: Huh? You spoke, Mister Cherry Tree! I thought all trees were silent in their true forms...
Seishirou: Not this one, honey.
**Fox is laughing her ass off right now at that rather OOC line for Seishirou. It could not be helped**

...Bleh. I've had better ones in the past. Like the one that rips the whole "The Flower" segment of CCS vol. 2. I think I'm going to dig that one up. It's somewhere in my livejournal....
*runs off and returns after a short period of time*
Here it is! I created this Parody Theatre in honour of the 2nd CCS book!

Vintage Parody Theatre: The mysterious petals

*Tomoyo inspecting a petal that suddenly fell*
Tomoyo: A petal...
Sakura: I wonder where they're coming from?
*scene cuts to Seishirou from X, who's standing in a tree, admiring his favorite prey*
Seishirou: Hey, don't look at me...

a little while later...
*Touya and Yuki after a somewhat fanservice-y scene*
Touya: What's with all the flowers?
Seishirou (offstage): It's not my doing! I swear!

later on...
*Kero communicating with Sakura and Tomoyo via phone*
Kero: First thing, find out where the flowers are coming from.
*Sakura sees where they are coming from and points to...*
Sakura: THE ROOF!
*from a nearby tree...*
Seishirou: HA! Told you it wasn't me!

I should really draw some of these out...

2002-12-08T11:35:00.000-05:00

HeyAmie, babe, I saw something interesting at Suncoast: this DVD that's a tribute to John Lennnon. I think it's a concert featuring his songs solo (and perhaps some with the Beatles) performed by different people :) It reminded me of you and Stacy, since you're both into John and the Beatles (personally, I like Ringo and George, but that's because George's solo songs are really good and Ringo amuses me).

Becca gave me her extra copy of Amnesiac!!! XD You can't imagine how happy I am. I LOVE this cd! I no longer have to sneak into her room and borrow it when I want to listen to it. My favourite tracks are "Packt like Sardines in a Crush'd Tin Box", "Knives Out", and "Life in a Glass House". The whole cd is flows together almost perfectly. The only imperfection is that damn skip between each track >:(

2002-12-07T12:12:00.000-05:00

*GLOMP* I love your new layout XD Ora happens to be one of my favourite CLAMP femmes. She's so....un-CLAMP (hell, most of Clover seems un-CLAMPish, except for the ever-present theoretical slash pairing, in this case being GingetsuxRan (which I can somewhat prove...well, I used to be able prove that Gingetsu is gay or has those tendencies...I just need to go back and search for the evidence again)). I think I like Ora better than Karen and Hokuto, come to think of it...She isn't extremely insane like a fangirl, but at the same time she isn't as mother-like and caring (to the point where she has no self-worth) as Karen is (well, that's probably a facet of Karen's overall personality). Ora is beautiful, intelligent, fun, nice, and not an extreme of anything. In the first and second graphic novels of Clover, you can see how much she meant to Suu, and she is always present as her songs fill the pages of Clover. She's different from the other dead CLAMP femmes.
...
That and her appearance in general is apart from those of other CLAMP girls. How many other female characters are there in any CLAMP series that have a full set of curly locks like that?

2002-12-06T15:17:00.000-05:00

YOU! er, Two now, eh? Carla-chan made her blog a groupie blog of sorts o.o Coolies. I would do that to mine for Cayman-kun, but I like my solitude et personal space for my own thoughts and insanities (sorry, darling). Well, welcome back to the world of Blogging, Carla, and welcome TO the world of Blogging, Blyss. I should give you both a link to my "Which Seishirou are you?" quiz (I was X Seishirou...dunno whether to be scared or celebrating).
...
Blyss-san, didn't you say one of the characters in your story "Broken Wings Shattered Dreams" was supposed to be me? O.o Or was that another story? I should model some characters after some of my friends for "Sora" but the last time I did that....well, look at what it did to "Wonderland". Yikes. *cries and mutters that it was all supposed to be different* I think I'll keep "Sora" for myself ^_^ It's not going to be dedicated to anybody, nor is it going to be written for other people.

I figured out today that (personality-wise) I am the "love child" of Seishirou and either Shuichi or Ryuichi from Gravi or Tsuzuki from Yami no Matsuei. Either that or I'm just Tsuzuki all the way (my personality seems to resembles his more than anything).

Well, my sister stayed home today. Her tres busy schedule FINALLY overwhelmed her. Let's see...She's taking Calculus, Sociology, Honors English, Band, and some other classes that she really doesn't mention AND she's doing Jazz band, taking guitar lessons from Cayman's hippie dad ((1) Only on Wednesdays and (2) yes, he really is a hippie), and she's writing all these essays for college and for some classes. She leaves at 6 AM and comes home between 7 and 9 (maybe even 10) at night. She hardly has any time to relax at night as she is doing homework and essays. Keep in mind that the drive to school and back totals four hours a day in the car. I think the girl needs a break. She really pushes herself hard. Harder than the rest, I think. It makes me feel really bad, because I've just naturally been lucky for most of my life. Luck follows me and I am very fortunate. If path is blocked, there is always another path that will lead me to my ultimate goal, and most of the times it's usually better than the initial road I was planning to take. Becca and others that I've known have never really had such fortune as I have, and it makes me feel bad. For my sister, I wish I could give her some of my luck so she could relax more and not have to push herself near extremes. It would make me happy.

Anyhow. I have over $200 and I'm going to try to finish up my X-mas shopping this weekend. I *still* don't know what the hell I'm going to get my mother and my grandparents and my aunt. I think I can get by with getting some nice smelly stuff (aka a basket with bath and body products in it) for my aunt. For my grandparents, maybe a nice decoration they can hang in their house or put in their lawn. For my mother....Chocolates? A gift basket? A nice sweater? Yikes. She's hard to shop for...

Wai! I have to go help my sister bake cookies ^^ Snickerdoodles XD *the ever-present sweet tooth kicks it*

2002-12-05T22:39:00.000-05:00

New Layout. I like this one better :3 Wish that damn add wasn't at the top though. Oh well....at the end of the year, I'm following Tsu-chan's lead and moving to Pitas.

2002-12-05T17:36:00.000-05:00

Cayman gave me back all the CLAMP mangas I let him borrow (I got him hooked on Card Captor Sakura, I think). In Chobits, there was one of his baby pictures (he doesn't give me regular, up to date pics; he gives me baby pictures) and a crayon drawing of him and me walking in a field under the sun, drawn in the style of a little child XD And he made my eyes yellow *snerk* I love the picture to pieces and it is SO going on my wall X3

2002-12-04T15:15:00.000-05:00

O.O Somebody linked me and I didn't know they linked me! *has an "You link me, I link you" policy* I didn't realize this until I actually checked my counter (I was in search of funny referrals, which I will list later, since there is one that I simply can't pass up).

*bows in reverance* I'm a fan of yours, Miss Rackham Rose, and for some strange reason I feel honoured to be linked by you. That could be because I am relatively new to the whole blogging thing (I haven't even had a blog for a year yet!) and for the most part, I'd imagine, unknown in the fandoms I lurk in (with the exception of the EVA fandom. those sassy bastards seem to remember me). I'm reminded that I need to link some more people with my new layout....

I was sitting around during the slow hours of work, re-reading the stories in Mister Gaiman's "Smoke and Mirrors". When my boss asked me who/what I was reading, I tried to explain, but in the end, turned to "Nicholas Was..." and made him read it (it's only 100 words long, btw, if you don't could the title). I dunno if my boss was amused or just apathetic, but I'll go with the latter.

Neil Gaiman always gets me in the mood to write. I think it's because I can relate a lot to (1) his style and (2) the seemingly nonexistent yet very broad genre he writes in. This is because I can't write conventional fiction. I think some of my later fanfics are evidence of this. Look at "Life in Hell" and "Murdering the Sun" (two of my last fics- the former unfinished humour and the latter serious). LiH is full of strange humour and MtS is just weird (granted it was for a 1999-word challenge).

Hmmm. I feel like writing down an idea that has been floating in my head for some odd weeks. But before I toddle off and bring up Word, the promised referrals:

Pedophilia Alan Rickman Movie- Well, I don't think this exists (unless you interpret those strange moments with Snape staring rather intensely at Harry in the 1st HP movie as potentially slash).
Asuka and Shinji Couple Pic (anime): ...ahahahahaAHAHAHAHAHahahah!.......AHAHAHAHAHAH! No.
tabula rasa subaru seishirou: O.o I think one would want to go to the authoress's blog if they're searching for that...or FFNET.
"The Osbournes" fanfics: ...*is scared*

That's all. *toddles off*

2002-12-03T17:35:00.000-05:00

I found a spiffy Oekaki board by following links present in some of my dailies' blogs :P It's so cool XD Oekaki is fun!

This is my second piccie I drew there.

My first one isn't as good as this one (Oekaki no.1 was of the Corinthian). It took my only 20 minutes to do the above Oekaki :P

2002-12-03T15:36:00.000-05:00

Cayman, are you a big enough fan of Phish that you would want something likesay a poster hanging in you room???...just curious.

I feel...bleh. I want to do something to my site, but I don't know what. I was thinking of changing the site layout and adding a few anime/manga reviews, but (1) I can't find anything that would make a suitable layout and I'm in no hurry to change layouts and (2) I'm a bit apprehensive to write a review for series that I have not seen the entire thing of (like Xtv, FLCL, Utena, Escaflowne, and others)- I fear making a mistake or misunderstanding something then bashing it, only to get a better concept of it in later episodes >.< I could write up a review for Evangelion, but I fear writing that specific review because I know it will turn out horrendously long @_@
Fanart??? *flips through notebook and sketchpad* I have this little comic that stereotypes Seishirou and Subaru's relationship as conveyed through fanfiction. I should transfer it to regular paper (it's on notebook paper), scan it, do some editing and colouring...I also have a nice one of Chibi Corinthian (for a murderous/scary/psychotic nightmare, he sure makes a cute chibi).

I think I'll do something to the SxS comic.

Oh! Arcana! Yikes! If that doesn't say "Obsessive Ex", I dunno what does! Then again, if it turns out to be Sloane who wrote in Caine's blood (or so it is presumed that it's his blood), that would be an ugly twist!

2002-12-02T17:31:00.000-05:00

FLCL. Head. Owie. @.@
*goes to numb brain with a massive amount of fanfiction*

2002-12-02T15:48:00.000-05:00

Work. Bleh. I was really tired when I got in this morning. Yesterday had been spent in bed with a major headache, thanks to a change in the weather (at least it was a change for the better :D ), so you'd think that I would be well rested. I finally woke up all the way around 8 today. The smell of coffee itself does wonders on sleepy people. After I woke all the way up, things were better ^_^

After work, I went to Sam Goody's (because it was convenient), where I bought Bill (stepdad)'s present- the new Paul McCartney cd (he may be a media whore but he sure knows how to sing)- a cd for the whole family (the new George Harrison one- everybody loves George Harrison, and I figured mom and Becca could use a change in music on their daily drive), and for myself , FLCL, because I couldn't resist. It's a good thing that all of these items were on sale :D

On Fire's Day, I believe, I bought Part Un of Cayman's gift. It wasn't what I originally had in mind (too difficult to find :x), but it is good. Part Deux and Part Trois of his Christmas gift will be purchased probably over the weekend (hopefully on Son's Day, if I'm working Satryday, because Satryday is the day I'll get paid). Hopefully I'll be able to get Becca's presents too (some Radiohead singles with songs that don't appear anywhere else). After that, the only people I'll have to buy for are my mom and my grandparents. My gifts for my friends will come later, as I am still thinking about what I should get them.

Well, the sales tax went up here in Indiana. A whole percent >.< Now, we're at 6% sales tax, just like Ohio. Um, usually sales tax doesn't go up a whole percent, FYI (or so I have been told by many people). I guess it's because the state is bankrupt >.< But did they have to do it this month of all months?

I read two books of The Sandman last night- Brief Lives and The Kindly Ones (which I have read before, but nevertheless enjoy immensely). I found myself more respecting of the art in The Kindly Ones after reading Brief Lives. The Kindly Ones' art is more emotional, even though it is blocky and more cartoonish. The use of colors and light to convey the mood of each panel is brillant and the story itself is marvelous. My favourite nightmare, The Corinthian, is recreated XD And one of the best exchanges in dialogue in comic books is presented:

The Furies: You? What are you?
Mervyn Pumpkinhead: Me? Lady, I'm your worst nightmare- a pumpkin with a gun.
The Furies: We have no nightmares. We are the Hounds of Hades. Gods fear us. Demons fear us. We have hounded kings and angels. We have taken vengeance on worlds and on universes. We are the Kindly Ones. We are the Eumenides.
Mervyn: Yeah? Well, eumenides this!

I love Mervyn. He has a no-nonsense attitude and he's always going on about the "Blue Collared Workers" of the Dreaming and Worker's Rights. Plus, he's unimpressed and brash towards "myths" like the Furies XD

Another favourite section of mine is when Remiel comes to see Lucifer on taking Hell back from his and Duma's possession. Rem looks so innocent, then after Luci more of less tells Remiel his thoughts on the Angel, Rem spits in his face and pisses the former Prince of Darkness off XD

Anyhow. I have some ideas for better layouts than this one. I'm REALLY considering the Lucifer one, because he's one of my favourite non-Endless characters in the whole series and beyond. But then there's Destruction, who is my favourite Endless (sorry, Death, but Destruction takes the cake just because he had enough sense to realize that the Endless aren't needed and he left). There's a million and one good Lucifer pictures out there (and in a lot of them he looks like a rather young David Bowie), however, there are only so many pics of Destruction.

*realizes something*

Hey! I've rambled on and on about a comic book that isn't Japanese! It may be British, but, hey, it's my favourite comic book in the whole world. X or Tokyo Babylon or anything else by CLAMP could never beat The Sandman :3

Amie, I'm with you on the whole Gackt-worship thing. I just downloaded the English version of "Junigatsu no Love Song" ("December Love Song") from here and I'm listening to it now. *squees* WAI!

2002-12-01T12:00:00.000-05:00

YnM Book 2 Chapter 4 is up ons a k u r a - c r i s i s . n e t! Evil Tsuzuki is sooo cool XD Chapter 2 of Gravel Kingdom is also up. I may download it, I may not (S-C.NET converted everything to zipped files).

I like your YnM fic, The Things We See. FYI, this is the first Yami no Matsuei fic I have ever read and I am pleased to find it so good! :3

2002-11-30T22:36:00.000-05:00

Happiness is getting this as a referrer:
Crossdressing Duo Maxwell Fanart
Somebody keep any drawing materials away from me.

2002-11-30T18:03:00.000-05:00

Fate 'n' fortune 'n' good luck! As luck would have it, I was able to go down and see Cayman this Friday. Since Emily and James were off of school that day, Doug managed to schedule us all in. I worked until 10 then I went home.

Cayman and I went on our official "Second Date". It wasn't as awesome as our first one (which was a day before my birthday) but it was just nice to see him :) He bought me roses. Red roses. A dozen of them.
XD <---Happy Fox
We ate at Cold Beer 'n' Cheeseburgers with some of the band members (that went to Tuba Christmas) and my mom, sister, and my cousin and her daughter. Then we (mom & relatives) dropped Cayman off at his dad's house. :3
*squees*

I bought the 2nd ish of NewType (forgot if I mentioned this). It's an improvement on the first issue and I really love the extras (the postcards are FLCL XD). There was this story of sorts written in it. They previewed the series in the first issue and I thought it was an actual anime, but now, I'm thinking that it's a story/series specially written for NewType. It's called Over the Barrel and IMO it's pretty good. There was a few illustrations and the style reminded me a lot of Cowboy Bebop. Oh, all the fanart was Japanese. Either, nobody sent in pictures or a majority of the American fanart sent into these anime/manga magazines really is crap in an embarassing sort of way (woo hoo???).

Well, tonight I work. I was planning on going in early so Emily and I could hang out but I don't think that'll happen, considering I came home not to long ago and I still need to do some stuff.

2002-11-28T11:12:00.000-05:00

Happy Thanksgiving, minna. Or something like that.

I have Konya wa Hurricane stuck in my head and there's nothing you can do about it! Ke Ke Ke! ((I'm not insane...really)). I also did something that will shock the hell out of my relatives. I already shocked my mother XD Becca helped me, so no shock for her. I won't get to show Cayman, though, because I can't go to Tuba Christmas (aka the Lighting of the Tree in Dayton) :( I have to call him and tell him not to wait up for me. *sniff sniff* Since I won't see Cayman-kun until December 11th (or whenever the Christmas concert is), I'll just come out and say it.

I DYED MY HAIR DARK RED
(though it doesn't looks as dark as it should have....)

Um, not so shocking considering that I've been thinking about doing it for a while, but nevertheless. I can no longer cosplay as Tsuzuki from YnM (I figured out that I could some odd weeks ago) or any other anime character that I could pull off cosplaying (this includes Hitomi and Sakura aznd Ryuichi (from Gravi, folks)). What characters could I cosplay? *thinks but draws a blank* Shuichi. I can cosplay as Shuichi from Gravi XD And my personality will match! ((that's the scary part)) YES! La li ho!

I am the Keeper of Seishirou's Suits! Um, I decided this last night because I wanted to be the Keeper of something.

Chibi Fox: *in Seishirou's closet, ironing suits* Now you better not get any blood or other bodily fluids on this suit, Mister Sei-chan.
Seishirou: Drat. I can avoid the blood, but the other bodily fluids will be harder to avoid *smirk*
Chibi Fox: *pulls out Mallet-san* BAKA! *bonk*

Uh, randomness? Yes...randomness...

AMIE! Did you see the Media Whore on ABC last night? He was playing the ukulele in honour of George o.o Mixed emotions! argh!
((*plays with strand of hair* ooh. My hair is soft ^.^))

2002-11-27T14:42:00.000-05:00

Well, it's that time of month where Fox becomes a happy drug addict. That's right. It's my Period. -.- Menstrual pain + a steady flow of customers = aggravated Fox. Fortunately, my boss, having grown up with older sisters, was sympathetic and let me go out and pick up Midol. Now, I am on Cloud Nine. Whee. No more menstrual pains for me (until six hours, at least).

I was hoping to catch up on my Z's after work, but my peoples are taking me shopping with them. Not that I have any objections (I can frantically search for that [censored] for Cayman. Ugh. Hard to find.).

Anyhow, during the time I did have to myself, I was comparing reviews from NewType and Animerica. It seems that NT's reviews are less professional than Animerica. Both magazines have fans writing for them, but at least with Animerica, they manage to sound like they know what they're talking about, as opposed to not knowing what they're talking about and using stupid, short descriptions that are a million miles off....like the rather insulting review for the Evangelion movies. Everybody doesn't just die. Shinji (a la a new God) gives them the decision to exist as one within Giant Naked Lillith/Rei or go back to living with their AT Fields and individuality perfectly intact. Putting it this way, I'd buy NewType for the pictures (as gloroius and plentiful as they are), but I'd buy Animerica for the articles.

2002-11-26T17:28:00.000-05:00

Scruff is fun :3 Right now, I'm taking a break from colouring in my guest strip that I am contributing to Arcana. I'm doing an amusing strip that involves Caine's band (which I forget the name of). Harper (the drummer) was hell to figure out how to draw (the artist has two different hairstyle for him). I think I went over board with his scruff, but I can't help it...I love scruff *loves her boyfriend's scruff a lot* Anyhow, I drew each panel on seperate pieces of paper, so I could make them as big as I want. I'll less likely to screw up on detail this way, plus, I can decide on different ways to arrange the page. The only problem is that it takes a long time and a lot of patience to clean up the individual panels one at a time on the computer and colour them in. Nevertheless, I am having fun ^_^

2002-11-26T06:36:00.000-05:00

I've always wondered what would happen if I just let the emails in my inbox pile up for a week. I never get anything interesting or different. Maybe within that week, something from an actual person would come.

2002-11-25T15:00:00.000-05:00

I finished reading the preview ish of Shounen Jump USA. I've forgotten how cool Vegeta is XD The DBZ manga was the one before Trunks makes his appearance, and the coolness of Trunks is something that is hard to forget. Another one by Akira Toriyama, Sandland, was really good, too, and I am completely in love with One Piece (it's a manga about this boy who wants to be a pirate XD). Yu-gi-oh wasn't too bad either. And YuYu Hakusho...*.* I've forgotten how much I liked shounen manga. I think I may just subscribe to Shounen Jump :P Or maybe I'll just subscribe to Asuka, even though I won't really be able to read it X3

I went to World Records again today and picked up a nice Tori Amos poster. Bruce gave me this sample cd that one of the warehouses he orders from gave to him (well, they gave him a whole bunch). It's a band called Girls versus Boys. At first, I thought it would be this anti-boy chick rock (a la Avril), but the band is actually composed of boys. It's interesting. The songs are repetitive, but, then again, not all the bands out there can be different and "revolutionary". I also heard a song from the new album by the late George Harrison :3 I was considering getting it, because I liked what I heard, but all Bruce had were the LPs and the special editions with the dvds (the latter was $26). I think I'll pick it up on Friday if I have enough money (fyi, I now get paid on Saturday).

I watched part of Naked Lunch with Becca yesterday afternoon. That movie (or what I saw) was fucked O.O Talking bugs, Inter Corps, and whatnot. Wow. It was a trip on reality. Makes me wonder how the book is. I would have finished NL last night, but this made-for-tv movie on Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis was on. Jack from Will & Grace was Jerry Lewis XD It was sort of odd at first, because I'm used to seeing the actor playing a flaming homosexual on a comedy series, but overall, I think he did a good job. I didn't see the whole thing, though, because I fell asleep somewhere near 11:00.

2002-11-24T12:32:00.000-05:00

Thoughts on X2

-Kamui reminds me of Heero Yuy...
-The Sorata-centric episode (6) was nice. I'm wondering if they'll do that for the other characters (I want to see Arashi's the most since I really know nothing about her character).
-Aoki's first active appearance was just peachy. I loved his whole bit
- Sakura petals that weren't somehow in relation to Kamui! (aka Seishirou "attacks")
- I can so do a whole bunch of parodies on nearly all the scenes XD
- Kotori is still a bint, but I like her overall role that has yet to come in the story.
-Bleh. Xtv is okay, but it will never beat Evangelion or Bubblegum Crisis (well, the first part of BGC:2040...the latter half seemed out of place). I'll still try to collect the dvds, though, because I want to see if the anime is any better than the manga, plus I want to see their ending and their interpretation of the original story.
-Yuzuriha's so adorable :3

Congratulations, Amie! XD Spencer's sounds like a good place to work at, and I'm glad you managed to get a job so close to the Christmas season ^_^

2002-11-23T15:20:00.000-05:00

Emily is so cool *_* She's like Indiana's answer to Stacy XD I had a fun time at work with her today. Doug left the shop to us, which is fine with me (I sort of feel uncomfortable working with Doug. It's intimidating because he's the boss and the pressure not to screw up is greater). James also started today. He looked a bit down after his shift. I asked Doug how he did, for the sake of satisfying my curiousity and sizing up my fellow employees. Doug was disappointed that James hadn't started to pick up making java beverages so quickly (I believe he said that the boy was all left hands). Of course James isn't going to pick it up immediately! He's new. Ugh. My boss has some strange expectations for him. I hope James isn't disheartened by this.

I going to buy X2 today *knocks on wood* I think I'll just buy the regular edition, since I have to buy Christmas gifts for the relatives today as well (rationing money!). For sure, when the dvd where Sei-chan dies comes out, I'm so buying the special edition, in hopes that the extra thing that comes with it is something good i.e. something in relation to what happens on the dvd, likesay something with Subaru and Seishirou. For some reason, I'll be very amused if they give you a honey coloured eye on a keychain. Which bring me too....

Blogspotting Theatre Presents...Memento

Subaru: Seishirou's dead *cries*
Fuuma: He would be. You're the one who killed him.
Subaru: *wails*
Fuuma: ...Look, if it makes you feel any better, I have something of his you can remember him by.
Subaru *sniff sniff* Really???
Fuuma: *pulls out Seishirou's good eye* Ta da! It's Seishirou's eye! I had to fight off a few rabid organ recipients to get it ((didn't know the Sakurazukamori was an organ donor)), but in the end...*evil laugh*
Subaru: Squee! *takes the eye* I'll go put this on a keychain now! Whenever I take out my keys to open my car door or to unlock the various locks on my front door and windows that were *supposed* to keep you out, I'll always think of you, Seishirou-san. *walks away*
Fuuma: *sweatdrop* That wasn't what it's for...

Y'know a good song to have stuck in your head? A punk cover of "Crimson and Clover" :)

2002-11-23T09:11:00.000-05:00

Mystic eyes is stuck in my head again @_@

What she drew for Sei-chan's birthday is just too fucking brillant XD I'm sort of sad that I didn't know about Seishirou's birthday until yesterday. I would've drawn a picture.

2002-11-22T15:53:00.000-05:00

*kicks Tetsuo*

There was no reason behind me kicking you, Tetsuo. I'm just bored and needed somebody to kick and you're very kick-able. I would be watching Naked Lunch, but right now, I'm not in the mood to have my mind repeatedly raped :P I realize that I could have kicked Amie-sempai or Cayman-chan, but that would be mean *yes, she realizes the hypocrisy behind the last statement*

It's Seishirou's birthday today :D If Destiny (aka CLAMP) hadn't screwed him over, he would have been 37. Meh heh heh. Wait till his 40th birthday. That's when the Old jokes come into play XD

Here's a random idea for all you TB/X fans out there:

Seishirou Sakurazuka
is
James Bond

Damn the newspaper's comments on James Bond. It's their fault this came into existence.
Now, which Bond Girl should Subaru be? Or should he be Moneypenny? *snerks* Hmmmm...Hokuto could be Miss Moneypenny and Subaru could be random Bond chick. Though, the idea of Hokuto as Moneypenny scares the shite out of me.

2002-11-22T15:39:00.000-05:00

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Hmmmm....That sounds about right....my first result was 120% seme and I was like "HOE?! :x" <---a la Sakura, folks.

2002-11-22T15:05:00.000-05:00

I finished watching the rest of BGC: 2040 last night. The ending was weak and sort of out of place. The shit hit the ceiling too early in the later portion of the series, and the Knight Sabres having to fight a hopeless war against the Super Rogue Boomers (courtesy of Galatea) got old quickly. The series deserved a better ending. And a better villain. Galatea was a watered down version of Largo (um, sort of) -.- As far as villains go in the Bubblegum Crisis Universe, Largo was the best XD As for "minor" villains, 2040 Brian J Mason was just cool ^_^

After work, I went to World Records to buy Sarah Brightman's "La Luna" with the tips I had saved over the week. I found the Evangelion movie posters! That was shocking. Bruce (the owner) doesn't have anything anime-related usually. I also found a niiice Radiohead "Amnesiac" poster with the crying minotaur on it. Becca will like that one :3

Bleh. Nothing more to say. I think I'll go watch Naked Lunch (this movie that James let me borrow). It's based on the book by William S Burroughs (it's not a porn as the title may suggest) and it's supposed to be very David Lynch-esque *likes David Lynch*

OH! I forgot to mention this! James is going to working at the coffee house now! The day Rebecca quit, he put in an application. Doug is training him tomorrow morning. I think I'll come in and see how the newbie does :3 Tomorrow, I'll be working with Emily, too, during the lunch shift. I met her yesterday and she seems to be a nice girl. She, too, is addicted to the puzzle that we keep out. I nearly finished the puzzle today, but I knew how addicted she was to it, so I put the last piece in an envelope with her name on it and a note reading "Have Fun" on the inside X3

2002-11-21T18:05:00.000-05:00

I stayed up last night and watched most of Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040. Yeah, I was tired for a majority of the morning, but as soon as I got over the ten o'clock hump, I was awake. Cayman, hon, you're fueling an addiction, you do realize.

Watching BGC 2040, I was able to draw some connections between characters in the old series and characters in the new series. Galatea(sp?) is actually a combination of Cynthia (from episode one) and Largo (who is Brian J. Mason boomer-ized). I'm thinking that out of the mentioned deceased Knight Sabres mentioned by Sylia in 2040 Reika Chang was the martial arts expert that did not master her suit. It's not exactly her, but it sounds like her (fyi, in the original series, she is this cool vigilante named Vision. She was supposed to replace Priss, but the fans did not take this too well). I'm loving Tokyo 2040 more than TOS. I do miss Daley being flamboyantly gay and Mackey being a major incestuous lech, however. Daley still acts gay, but his sexuality is not as obvious until after the OAVs (eps. 1-8).

Last night when I was pointing out to a new rp-er in Gundam Next the mistake and impossibility of having three systems to a Gundam, I realized just how much of a mecha fan I was. Looking back on it, Bubblegum Crisis is what really got me into the technical parts of mecha animes. I love the technologies and the machines ^_^

2002-11-20T19:07:00.000-05:00

New layout! And it's Chobits (I'm taking a page from Amie's book :Þ)

2002-11-20T15:05:00.000-05:00

Well, Rebecca quit today, so I picked up her hours and got a raise. I'm sad that she quit, but at the same time, I'm happy because this means that (1) I get more money and (2) I can now apply for a scholarship at BSU for students/applicants who work at least 20 hours a week.

In other news, Enya is really addictive *.* I normally don't listen to her songs (this based mainly on a belief that she sold out in the genre she sings for), but yesterday, I couldn't find the Carmina Burana cd and I was not in the mood to listen to anything else in mine or Becca's cd collection.

I finished LOTR last night XD Aragorn sings!!! He has an okay voice...not much is desired in it. And there was this GORGEOUS part with Frodo and Sam coming across the Procession of the Wood elves, who are leaving the Middle Earth forever. They included the part where Galadriel is giving each of them gifts before they leave. That was just cool. Those three parts were my favourites out of the added material ^_^

What's YOUR Writing Style?
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You are a dark writer. A fierce and loyal follower of Poe and the other gothic authors, you LOVE to instill a sense of revulsion and somewhat fear in your readers. You love to poke their brains with logic dealing with the darker side of the human mind and character. Truly surprising and a true individual, you'll do ANYTHING to create a scene. :)

I'm not that dark! I just like coming up with strange and different myths! My myths aren't that dark and morbid (well, okay, maybe the one about Sora and the one about the origins of the stars are, but that's beside the point).

2002-11-19T22:11:00.000-05:00

Fuck. Does anybody know how hard it is to find a picture of crucified Kotori? No, it isn't for my viewing pleasure. I am putting the concept of crucified Kotori to good use with a themed wallpaper based around the Latin phrase "dona eis requiem" (trans: "grant them peace"). It's more for a background picture as I already have this lovely one of Kotori where it looks as if she's behind broken glass designated as the foreground picture XD

2002-11-19T15:57:00.000-05:00

Feh. I had a good idea for an essay on the whole anti-fangirl shite that I have to deal with on the DarkScribes forum and then some (the DS denizens sort of have this belief that any yaoi in any anime, regardless of it's certification and proof of existence, should not have a fan following. I'm starting to find some of the DS as narrowminded as some of the fangirls). Unfortunately, I forgot most of what I was going to say around Noon when I was working >.< It was a really good idea too...~le sigh~

Anyhow, I decided what I'm going to do for a series of themed wallpapers. Since a series based on the Requiem Mass is harder than hell to do (because there are so many versions of the Requiem Mass and I'm having a difficult time deciding on which version to use), I'm "creating" my own mass: the Apocalypse Mass. I'm taking Latin hymns and Latin/Old German songs and using them to create a theme based around the Apocalypse. I already decided to use "Liberi Fatali" (FF8), "O Fortuna" (Carmina Burana by Carl Orff), "Dies Irae" (from Mozart's Requiem Mass), "Requiem", and "Pie Jesu" (from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Requiem). I haven't decided which anime series I'll set this to, though. My two choices are X (which has a multitude of lovely pictures I can choose from) and Angel Sanctuary (which would be tricker, but would make more sense since there is more of a Judeo-Christian influence in it).
...
This keeps me amused in my boring life. I don't feel like doing anything really original right now...

OH! Bitching time! The fanfic bug totally bit me in the ass today and left toothmarks! DAMN YOU! I am *trying* to get away from writing fanfiction and you *must* tempt me with a delicious idea! The idea came about when my boss was telling a customer that supposedly the Mocha Room is occasionally haunted by the ghost of an old man who is attached to his couch, which is next door in the antique shop (it's not bad ghost). I remembered hearing and reading stories about ghosts that were attached to objects. Then I thought about ghosts being attached to people. That lead to the idea of ghosts being attached to people that they don't know. In the new Vampire Chronicles book, that is the case, only the ghost assumes the image of the person it is haunting, thus becoming sort of a doppleganger. A doppleganger is "A spirit of a living person, outside the physical body" and it usually appears before the person's death or if the person is in grave danger. This gave me a great idea of a Tokyo Babylon fic where they have to deal with a doppleganger.

Should I write it? Or should I ignore the urge? Argh.

2002-11-18T17:23:00.000-05:00

I got home from work and I slept until 4 in the afternoon. >.< The weekend messed up my sleep pattern. *yawns*

It's a Monday and there is usually nothing on tv. I think I'll start the evening with Tokyo Babylon and end it with X1, with Escaflowne and the X movie somewhere in between (I haven't watched the X movie in a long time). Or I'll just settle down with LOTR and spend my evening oggling the special effects X3 hmmm...Special effects or slashy subtext and a semblance of a plot...? LOTR, you own me for the night.

At the moment, I am downloading the entire Messe de Requiem, because I am a sucker for choral music. If I could ever find the Latin lyrics and the English translations for each song in the Mass Requiem, I'd put them to good use (squee! I have plans for a set of themed wallpapers using the lyrics of the Requiem Mass).

2002-11-17T23:53:00.000-05:00

*victory dance*
YES!!! I got my ticket to Two Towers! And it was free with the purchase of the Special Edition of LOTR XD I haven't watched the Special Ed. yet (wanna see the extra stuff they put it!) because I have been watching BGC 2040 (oh, Cayman. It turns out I have only seen up to episode nine. Please let me borrow the rest *puppy eyes*). I lent Becca $20 and she bought Tom the Star Wars: Episode II dvd (he has yet to see it. The army theatres suck royally). I also picked up Rolling Stones mag, because the cover was the Simpsons a la The Beatles' Abbey Road XD They also had Homer done up like Bowie on the inside cover (bleh. don't ask me which Bowie. Amie-sempai is the Bowie expert).

Anyhow. Am happy. Got my ticket for Two Towers. Wai.

I think I may follow your suit, Tsu-chan, and switch over to Pitas for the same reason. *pokes ad, tries to kill ad* I love your new layout. Your skills have grown X3

That reminds me. A new layout idea based on the end credits of BGC 2040. You see, the end animation is framed by this funky border that features leaves from topical trees, a funky mask/face, and a leg revealing itself seductively from behind the leaves. The window where all the animation takes place is rather small, compared to the rest of the screen, but that's okay. Delete the stuff in the window and put text entries there. That would be soooo cool *_* The only problems are I can't find screencaps of the ending and I don't know how to make screencaps yet (it is apparently harder than I thought).

2002-11-17T12:47:00.000-05:00

Aie! Long weekend! Friday, Cayman spent the night. I was really hoping to see a movie with him and Becca, but they were home by 9:30 or so. Too late to see a movie. But they rented a bunch of DVDs and we watched Zoolander, which was actually pretty original and funny (it had David Bowie in it!!!). Saturday, we left for Indianapolis for the BOA Grand Nationals Finals. I've never driven through the middle/downtown of Indy. It was soooo pretty *_* We ate at Hard Times Cafe, where they specialize in chili. There, I had the BEST cheeseburger that I have ever had in my entire life XD

BOA was pretty cool. The bands that got into finals were meh. They SO didn't compare to the finals bands two years ago, as evident by the scores, the highest being a 95 (two years ago, the highest bands had 98s). The band that won was Lassiter from Georgia, which really didn't surprise any of us, because (1) their show fucking rocked and (2) they've been working on that show for the last two or four years. The show was composed of lirugical music and they pulled it off sooo well. The band that won Class AA (but they didn't get into finals), did something similar, only their musical selection was Kyrie, Dies Irae, Pie Jesu, and Hossanah (all four are great pieces, especially Pie Jesu, which had a wicked flute duet. Dies Irae, for the curious, is a bit more gothic than the others, or at least I've heard it that way).

There were NO bands from Ohio in the finals. THAT was the real shocker. Usually Northmont, Centerville, and some others from the Dayton area get into finals (and Bellbrook usually does the exhibition, being the Class AA champions....usually), but this year there were like six Texan bands, and those bastards swept the proverbial floor! And not to mention that Lassiter was there...

Anyhow, overall, I had a fun weekend. It was good to see Cayman and other friends/people I knew. The little bitch boy (Jody) wasn't there. I was going to give him a piece of my mind for being an asshole to my boyfriend. I still have a bunch of DVDs to watch, as along with the rented DVDs, Cayman brought the first two DVDs of Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 (um, I think I may have already seen these episodes but, oh well. BGC 2040 is one of the animes I can watch over and over again).

Added: I forgot to say. There was this band whose show was entitled, "Anime". The music was all original composition, though, so nothing from any actual animes. They had these Shinto drums that the drummers were beating on. As impressive and "neat" as that might have been, the show itself was pretty campy and borderline insulting to anybody who cares about the stereotyping of such genres and cultures. I'm not really one of those people, luckily, as I can take a joke, but I felt sort of embarrassed afterwards to be an anime fan.
...they had kanji out there that they just put out there because it "looked pretty" -.- At least they weren't as bad as this one band that did this Mexican-themed show (Mariachi, I think) that was pretty gay (my sister and Cayman told me about it).

2002-11-15T12:15:00.000-05:00

Hmmm...While describing Tokyo Babylon to a person on the DarkScribes forum without trying to make it sound too fangirl, I came up with a random thought that described CLAMP and some of the other female mangaka and writers perfectly: women are cruel. I suppose I've known this all along. Perhaps that's why I made the creation force in "Sora" a goddess rather than a god. To quote myself from my message on the forum, "We take tragedies and make them a million times worse, and we can turn love in a destructive element that results in fates worse than death"

2002-11-14T15:16:00.000-05:00

For anybody who doesn't have NewType, a USA reviewer for the mag gave a really pissy, opinionated/unjust review of the Evangelion movies (which was something that I added to my cons list against the magazine itself- insufficient, opinionated reviews). Somebody on the DarkScribes forum gave a link to the CEO of Manga Entertainment's response: LINK

I have one thing to say: OUCH! That was a good comeback! The review itself was a BAD way of starting off a magazine that's supposed to promote anime and manga, and this comment from the CEO just tops the cake, insulting the [lack of] journalistic abilities of the reviewer and the complete incompetence of the editor XD
I still like NewType, but not for the reviews. I prefer Animerica over NewType when it comes to anime reviews. At least the guys over at Animerica don't get reviewers who will end up slamming the anime-in-question (for cover stories, that is). I think Animerica has respect not publishing degrading, unresearched reviews.

Animerica: one, NewType: zero

AMIE!!! The Chobits anime is being released in March!!! ((ooh, and X2 comes out the 19th of this month. The cover has naked!Kamui wielding the technically useless Holy Sacred Jew Sword))

2002-11-14T14:45:00.000-05:00

Well, I have retired from writing fanfiction as of today. Fanfics are fun to read, and even funner to write, but there is only so much a writer can take after so many stories and maybe one or two reviews that are constructive criticism and not flames or jank praises. I'll keep my stories up, but I won't write, unless the fanfic bug nips me hard...very hard. I think I should concentrate on what I like doing best within fandoms and in general: writing original stories/creations and drawing original art or the ocassional fanart (that happens to bastardize a certain character...like Leather-clad Treize or Bondage Kitten Subaru).

I guess I lost all faith in fanfiction in general. There's really nothing so special about it to me anymore. It's hard to come up with something special and different, and the majority of the fans are single-minded and like this or that. Then you have the fans who you can't stand- the ones who argue against a pairing even if it is legitimate or the ones who just don't get the humour and take it too seriously.
Bleh. Whatever. I quit writing fanfics (for the most part).

In the meanwhile, I've decided to actually use my chibi sketchbook (the one with 300+ pages) to draw each panel of my webcomic. This is so I can get details in there. I know it's wasteful, but they're cheap (the chibi sketchpads). I have page one all drawn out. Now I just need to scan each page in and edit the images and add text & colour. Or I could just colour each page in by hand. Meh.

I have Sora developed for the most part. I have the basics of two languages used, also. Plus I have the myths down and the general descriptions of most of the species. All I need to do is write out the timeline (which I have most of) and connect events. I love creating things :Þ

An awesome line that I really want to use for Risha, the Lord/Goddess of the Western Hunt in the fox culture (um, the whole becoming a god thing in the Fox cultures is really complicated. Gods aren't so much mystical creatures as they are mortals with powers superior to others).

"The love of a Goddess?! I'll show you the love of a Goddess!!!" ((right before she destroys a tribe that worshipped her))

Wai! Risha is a good character. She's not as bloodthirsty as that quote and the after-action suggest. She's just really skeptical, realistic, and impatient. And she wields swords :D

2002-11-13T23:04:00.000-05:00

I've been reading fics at the Sith Academy again X3 Returning to roots, perse. Law & Order is on for background noise (I wasn't able to get into tonight's episode) and I'm sleepy. I'm going to have a long day tomorrow (I'm going to Indy with my peoples to see the CHS marching band perform at BOA Grand Nationals). Ugh. I don't see how I'm going to survive Friday morning with the amount of sleep I'll be getting. Well, there is a comforting thought that Cayman will be spending the night on Friday :3 I think I can manage to survive.

I need to do something with the song "Knives Out" by Radiohead. I have it stuck in my head. I was thinking something along the lines of a wallpaper en CLAMP, but there's so many other series that I can apply the song too (read: other series by other people that I have gotten into). Unfortunatly, I can't apply the song to YnM (I've been wanting to do something with some of those gorgeous coloured pictures). After reading "Devil's Trill", I really want to make a themed wallpaper for YnM.

Amie, ganbatte ne! I hope tomorrow's interview at Suncoast goes well.

2002-11-13T10:55:00.000-05:00

Well, the tips were good today ($16 in 3 hours, half for me, of course) and I think I have enough for my BOA prelims ticket tomorrow ^_^ And mom has to pay me back the money I lent Becca Saturday night (she said she would since Becca is financially bust this month) and she's repaying me the $20 I'm lending Becca for BOA (well, Mom suggested it and when my mother suggests something it's more like a request, or better yet, a borderline command. I'm a kind person, though, and it's not like I would have objected lending my adorable little sister money). Oh. And I get paid this Friday. It's going to be more than usual, since I worked 7 till 4:30 in the afternoon Monday. The money should go in the bank (I've been neglecting to do this for two weeks now), but I have to go Christmas shopping for my cousins, who are going to be at Grandma's house Thanksgiving (but not Christmas). Meh.
Grrr. It's good that I'm picking up Saturdays (10 till 4) and that I get tips daily. I can make up for the money that I neglected to put in the bank this way and any money I lose to Christmas gifts. It's not as bad as it sounds, but I simply like to be prepared for Christmas when it comes at me head on (wow. I'm making Christmas sound like the enemy or something...). There are things that I would love to buy for myself (when does the YnM dvd come out again? And I know Xtv2 is coming out this month), yet there are people who I would love to buy gifts for (you know who you are). Money, unfortunately, is a major factor in this, and it's good to start saving back (for the YnM dvd, Xtv2, maybe even dvd boxset of the first season of Twin Peaks...).
Bleh.
On a happier note, I am completely in love with Yami no Matsuei. Reading scanlations for most of "Devil's Trill" on Sakura-Crisis.Net comfirmed this love. It's a great series and I'm wondering why the hell I didn't get into it earlier.

Oh, and for the person who wanted an explanation of beastiality, beastiality is (to put it in crude terms), people fucking animals (fun with referrals...oh shit....for that last part, I'll most likely get a few similar referals for it).

added: 11:09 AM: Utena kicked ass. I've seen the movie already (that was a trip) and I've read the manga also, but the tv series was something that I hadn't seen yet. Well, I saw like the first 7 episodes on it (the Rose Collection dvd) and it ROCKED. I like the anime better than the movie and the manga. The movie had more of a focus on symbolism and things were more serious. The manga is sort of bland at times and typical (of a shoujo manga). But the TV series....

(1) It's labelled shoujo, but it is the weirdest brand of shoujo I've ever seen.
(2) It's funny. I LOVE the Student Council's speech that Touga is always making. That sequence just reminds me so much of the Team Rocket motto. I'm just waiting for Juri or Miki to say "Um, do we always have to say this before we start a meeting?" after Touga finished XD
(3) Touga! I *heart* Touga. He's such a playboy *snerk* He fucked Miki's sister in the piano XD YES!
(4) I like the oddness of it, like the little things (Miki stopping his watch before he speaks, ect). There's almost a drama to those actions. They're presented in a big way, as if there is significance (which there probably is).
(5) The music. Surprisingly, the Duel Chorus (as they are called) makes a LOT of sense. My favourite is "Tenshi Souzou Sunawachi Hikari" ("Angelic Creation Namely Light"). I love the end theme "Truth" too. Utena dressed as the Rose Bride dancing with Akio (yes, Cayman, that is Akio. I think he is the prince that gave her the ring...And he's such a bastard too! He's worse than Touga!)
(6) Juri. Juri is awesome *_*

I still like Saionji, of course. I have dubbed one of his lines from the movie as one of the best lines in an anime- "And I'll be there waiting to seduce you!" XD It's sooo Saionji! Movie Touga will always be a favourite of mine, though it's really awesome to see him actually do something rather than see him giving away plotlines as he lays around with Shiori cleaning his ears (that's from the movie, Cayman).

Well, that's a few more things to add to my list of DVDs- the Utena dvds (which are more than any regular dvd). I should start collecting the manga, too...There are already two graphic novels out and I've only read the first one.

2002-11-12T21:13:00.000-05:00

Who is Your Cowboy Bebop Soul Mate?

Which Cowboy Bebop Character are you?

Gren was the hermaphodite, right? YES! I am the sexy bishie hermaphodite! X3
...
Every good character in Cowboy Bebop is depressed...Except for Ed and Ein. Ed's just loopy and Ein is smarter than most, if not all, of the cast.

2002-11-12T14:37:00.000-05:00

Amie, you are so right. This is fucking hilarious.

Darkside: switch

It's almost better than the Jedi Council Drug Rehab Center Poster and the story it's featured it (Kenobispotting).

((Public Service Announcement: Fox is a sucker for the Sith Academy stories. Maul/Kenobi amuses her to no end. It is what got her into yaoi and slash and all that homoerotic goodness. Cat is the one who introduced her to the Sith Academy slash. Blame Cat for any future Maul/Kenobi madness))

Ooh. Speaking of slashy goodness, Cayman lent me an Utena dvd that I still need to watch X3 Slashy lesbian goodness, here I come! ((wow...wanna bet how many referrals I will get for that last part?))

2002-11-12T14:19:00.000-05:00

Wai! My first quiz! It was inspired by that "Which Subaru are you?" quiz I took some odd weeks back. Meh. It's not the best and it could be better. This quiz is so going to be subjected to the editting process. The images as well. I was in such a hurry to make it that I really didn't work on the images. I'll do that tonight...Now, I sleep.

Which Seishirou are You?
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You're X Seishirou. Wow. You're a million times better than you were before, as you have matured in age. You're a condescending bastard to Subaru, opting to call him "Subaru-kun" familiarly. However, you show another side that is almost reminscent of that mask you wore in Tokyo Babylon, as you treat Dark Kamui to ice cream and crepes before you both destroy parts of Tokyo. Subaru really wants a piece of you, as do the fangirls, but probably not in the same way. You assume that you know Subaru's wish, but remember, to assume "makes an ass of u and me".

Meh. I'll have to work on the descriptions too...making a quiz for Seishirou is haaard.

2002-11-11T17:43:00.000-05:00

*chibi Fox holds up victory sign*
Yes! I worked until 4:30 today! You know what that means? More money for Christmas presents and such XD Plus I'm going to start working on Saturdays with the co-worker I have yet to meet. *Dollar sign eyes*

In other news, it has just occured to me that the Holy Sacred Jew Sword is a very shitty sword that is more for show than function. Poor Kamui and Fuuma...their swords suck more than Cloud's (whose sword also couldn't technically be used, but at least the fact that Cloud can use it makes it at least somewhat impressive).

2002-11-10T20:30:00.000-05:00

RE: floating naked!Shinji and floating naked!Kaworu floating into each other
...
That would be so awesome (whee!) but the concept of Kaworu being involved in the recovery effort and both boys meeting in Shinji's head seems sort of, um, familiar? Where have I heard something reminescent of that before??? Oh yes. X. For some reason, now the thought of crucified Asuka or crucified Rei being impaled by a sacred Jewish sword (or the Lance of Longinus) by evil Gendou is amusing me to no end X3
....
Well, the idea did occur to me to try to recast the Evangelion characters into X, but that's damn near impossible because there's too many people in X that have semi-important roles and not enough of those type of characters in EVA. Unless you started casting the Evangelions themselves as characters (which would techinically be recasting the dead mothers, if you're one for the whole theory about the souls of the dead mothers' being the "hearts" of the Evas). Then things will get weird...

OH! Shounen Jump has finally made it's ass over here! I found the preview issue in Walden's and it was freeee! But, stupid me, I didn't buy it.

Inner Monologue: ha ha ha! Fox, you silly bint.

-.- Omae o korosu, Inner Monologue.

Anyhow, I should have bought it. *cries* There was a translation of Yuu Yuu Hakushou!!! WAI! Does this mean YYH graphic novels sometime in the future??? *crosses fingers and knocks on wood*

I'm having too much fun with this: The Advertising Slogan Generator XD

Alucard
Bridge That Gap with Alucard.
Let Your Alucard Do The Walking.
The World's Favourite Alucard.
It's the Bright One, it's the Right One, that's Alucard. XD

Treize
We Do Treize Right. I'd think that would be the other way around *snerk*
A Treize Works Wonders. He sure does...
Smart. Beautiful. Treize. Can we get a sexy in there??
It's Good To Talk Treize. Try telling that to Wufei...
For Mash, Get Treize. Is anybody else sensing something slightly sexual about these slogans O.o
I'm Not Gonna Pay A Lot For This Treize. *spits out orange juice all over the monitor and dies*
Kills All Known Treize- Dead ...wouldn't that be Wufei???
It Takes A Tough Man To Make A Tender Treize. Phwee? O.O
Please Don't Squeeze The Treize. Dirty thoughts...dirty thoughts...
Schhh... You Know Treize. ...I think that one speaks for itself....

Seishirou
Make Someone Happy with a Seishirou. XD XD XD
The Science Of Seishirou.
Feel The Raw Naked Seishirou Of The Road. SQUICKY THOUGHTS!!!
Because So Much Is Riding On Your Seishirou. O.O wai!
You Deserve A Seishirou Today. Of course!

Cayman (because I can)
Make Someone Happy with a Cayman. You can make me happy with a Cayman :D
When It Absolutely, Positively Has To Be Cayman Overnight. *kidnaps Cayman*
I Can't Believe It's Not Cayman. It's not Cayman? o.o
For That Deep Down Body Cayman. Cayman, are you about to kill me for this yet? :3
Reach for the Cayman. *glomp*

2002-11-09T11:21:00.000-05:00

It's morning x.o <-- Fox in the morning

I woke up and thought I had to go to work, then I remembered that it was Saturaday >.< so I stayed in bed until I fell asleep again and dreamed that I was trying out for the role of Seishirou's voice in a small scale English dub version of the X tv series (because the people in charge of this small scale dubbing project weren't satisfied with the Pioneer dub). The weird thing was that I kicked ass too, even though I had to speak in a voice a few ranges below my own (I'm an alto and for some reason I was speaking in a low mid-range tenor voice and doing quite well). Ugh. Weird dreams....>.<

Yesterday, I took Becca to see The Ring. Though I had already seen it, it was worth seeing again just to see my sister scared XD The theatre was packed and I heard that the show was sold out. Wow. It's been some odd weeks since The Ring came out and it's still selling out.

I bought Becca a book- CS Lewis's "The Screwtape Letters", which is an amusing prose composed of letters from an uncle to his son. The catch is that they're both demons XD I would have bought something for myself, but I couldn't decide between a collection of Harlan Ellison stories or two CS Lewis books- "Till We Have Faces" (which I have already read but enjoyed immensely nevertheless) and the whole Chronicles of Narnia Collection. Then I was considering buy a manga, but I couldn't decide. In the end, I bought nothing for myself, save an egg roll and a medium-sized root beer at this Chinese restaurant before we went into the movie (I bought Beck an egg roll too...she was broke and dependent upon me for financial purposes).

I got home, there was a message on the answering machine from Cayman, so I called him back :) This was at midnight. I think we talked for an hour before I was too tired to keep any conversation going. Well, he watched The Wall :) Poor darling is now confused. Thought he had everything figured out BEFORE they dropped a bomb on him with Pink's transformation into a Neo-Nazi-ish dictator XD Yeah...that part always throws everybody off the first time around. I told him that the Dictator Pink was sort of Pink with all knives out and the Wall at full function. That's how I interpretted it, at least. Pink Floyd's The Wall...Good movie ^_^

Anne Rice has a new book out. It's Vampire Chronicles (yay!), but I'm not sure if I want to read it, because (1) it introduces a new character to the Chronicles that has the potential to be an important character and (2) it's not very Vampire Chronicles-esque. It's more of a Mayfair Witches-type of story. On 1: I don't think it's a good idea to introduce new and potentially important characters so late in a series of books, unless the series has no purpose, except that it was written for amusement. This proves to me that the Vampire Chronicles no longer has a purpose. The purpose before was to tell the tales and adventures of the Vampires who appeared in or had a connection to other characters in the first book, "Interview with the Vampire". They have already told most everybody's story, even Marius's ("Blood and Gold", which in comparison to the other books was a bit rambling and not as good). They focused a whole bunch of stories on Lestat, which makes sense because he is the most important Vampire in the series. And just as it seems that the vampires are evolving to a stage where sunlight does not kill them for the most part (...just burns them to a yummy crisp), Mrs. Rice throws a curveball at the readers by giving them stories that don't focus on this important evolutionary detail. Either the author is a major tease or she doesn't want to write about it. There is the possibility that she's getting bored writing the Vampire Chronicles, but she keeps on writing to keep it alive for the fans who would be disappointed if she were to stop writing those stories.

Meh. Don't know what I'm going to be doing today. The skys are gray and it was supposed to be a nice weekend, but then again, it's still morning. I'd call Cayman, but he's off with his mother in Yellow Springs. I recall asking him to try to pick up a pack of those X/1999 playing cards at Dark Star (they're regular decks of cards with illustrations of the characters. I've been told that Kusanagi is a Queen *snickers*).

2002-11-08T16:30:00.000-05:00

recently downloaded this nice remix of "Devil's Trill". Am loving it to bits and pieces. Now, just to find the original...

2002-11-08T14:26:00.000-05:00

Becca had a day off today, so she and mom came to pick me up at work XD Beck and I roamed around downtown Decatur for a bit. I purchased the soundtrack to Wonder Boys, because it has artists that I am in the mood to listen to, mainly the awesome Bob Dylan :P There's a John Lennon song too- "Watching the Wheels". Purrr. I'm liking this soundtrack ^_^ Great soundtrack to a great movie.

Becca and Cayman went thrift store shopping yesterday. Becca brought me back a slutty Catholic schoolgirl skirt(TM) and a maroon trench coat that I am loving to pieces. XD Too many people have black trench coats and quite a few even have white ones, so I like the trench coats that are different. I want an off-white on for the obvious potential cosplay purposes, but the maroon is very nice and a nice departure from the typical black ((shock!)). Thank you, Becca and Cayman XD

I woke up today feeling punk, so that's my outfit today- punk. White short sleeve shirt, black pin-striped pants and punk pin-stripped tie, with the accessories of chokers, punk bracelet and safety pins. XÞ Neh, so it's a nice, semi-dressy punk. Sue me. I feel comfortable and satisfied with my clothes.

I feel sorry for Kelly, the creator/artist of Arcana. With nothing better to do last night, I was reading her livejournal. Coming across this entry that she had disabled the comments on for the sake of not dealing with discussing the issue, I realized how creatively exhausting it must be to come up with three pages of a webcomic within a week- three pages that have a drive the plot. I know with comic books that every page doesn't have to be plot-driven, but with a webcomic, I suppose that you have to make every page somehow plot-related. I guess it's because it's not like reading a regular comic or manga. With webcomics, the reader has to patiently wait for the next page, and if that page isn't a nice piece in the puzzle known as the plot, then the reader can be dissatisfied. When the artist doesn't feel like doing something plot-related, it must be a real killer to try to force oneself to draw something that one doesn't feel like drawing. The artist can't really cut loose and do some whacky Omakes without recieving at least one email or comment from a disgruntled reader who was expecting something to do with the plot. Kelly, the artist who my heart and sympathies go out to in this case, seems like she's one of those people who would want to do something whacky and OOC every once in a while, but then again, I could be wrong and mislead about her personality. A webjournal only tells as much as the writer wants to tell the reader. You can only see so much of the writer's personality in their webjournal.

I'd like to become friends or at least acquaintances of the people whose blogs and livejournals I read. The reason I read their webjournals is because they interest/fascinate me. Then again, they probably do the same thing to many other people, so it's probably not something new to them. ~sigh~ C'est la vie...

2002-11-07T20:32:00.000-05:00

Blah. I'm trying to put together a new layout for my blog, but it's coming out pretty jank. The layout is basically art work taken from "Scarlet's Walk", and the idea is really nice, but assembling it and finding mistaken that may have worked in Paintshop and Photo Editor, but won't work on the Web is pretty frustrating. I'm considering scraping the idea in favour of a Karen-centric layout revolving around some lyrics from "A Sorta Fairytale" or "Jackie's Strength" (though I would love to use the former in a Subaru-centric layout as well. And the latter would be nice for a Clover layout and possibly a Hokuto-centric layout).

My boss commissioned me to make signs for our Origins coffees (which are coffees from any country that can grow coffee, like Sumarta or Brazil). He called it a challenge, but it's extremely simple ((excuse me while I enter Satsuki Mode for a moment and calmly declare that this is simple and people over all are boring as I talk to my computer -.-)). He didn't give me a deadline, but I wish that he would have, because now I'm putting this off in favour of making a new layout and possibly some wallpapers to boot. He told me that he would pay be overtime for them too- however long it takes to make each one. Wow. I guess I won't be making that much then. I may do two of them tonight and do the other two over the weekend. Or I could pull a glorious all nighter, pacing myself in the creation of the signs. I haven't stayed up all night since I got this job. I better not chance it, though, because the following day I will be tired and it might effect my performance, thus increasing the risk of complaints. Ugh.

I watched the first Bubblegum Crisis dvd. I must say that I like Tokyo 2040 a bit better, because the animators took full potential of the animations for the fights and they expanded the series to 26 episodes. But the Original BGC has it's points. I love the music (cyberpunk yet retro), the characters are pretty well rounded for being in a series with only 8 episodes and a 3-episode spin off, the villains are cool, the Boomers are better (I like the human-esque design over the 2040 design). I noticed that Akira Sodou (who sings for Priss in 2040) sounds like the lady who sings Priss's songs in the original, so that's great ^_^

*has "Konya wa Hurricane" stuck in her head*

Anyways, now that I am out of awe over Tenku no Escaflowne: Girl in Gaea, I can give a better review based off of what I've seen in the series. Characters in the movie versus characters in the tv series, there is much difference, and I'm sort of sad that they neglected some of the minor character's side stories (like Alan's and Millerna's). The focus was mainly on Hitomi and Van, as they are the main characters. Hitomi, who is majorly depressed, wishes to "fade away". Her wish is granted as she is whisked away to Gaea where she becomes the Wind Goddess, who can summon Escaflowne, the God of War (which is in the form of this cool dragon armour mech). She meets Van, a king whose country was destroyed by his brother Folken. Van wants revenge, naturally. Yeah. That's basically the whole story without giving away any spoilers. There's deeper meaning to the characters and their words, too, as the movie isn't so much centered around Fate versus Free Will as the series was (or that's what the series seemed to be based around); the movie was centered around finding oneself and learning that no matter how lonely you are, you are never truly alone (an anti-depression message).

There were something that I really missed from the tv series. I'm gonna list them:

The Alan-Millerna subplot
This one scene where Hitomi is where this gorgeous, long dress, trying to run away from some baddies with Merle by her side. She has to make a long jump, so she just rips the dress until it's about mid-thigh XD
Hitomi's tarot card reading abilities
Hitomi's determined attitude
How Hotomi arrived in Gaea (that was just cool!)
The necklace being more focused on (in the tv series it was something that her grandmother gave her)
Dilandau rubbing this scar Van gave him in battle while saying "It stings....It stings..." as a sort of mantra
Dilandau's abuse of his pretty boys (always good for a few laughs).
Dilandau's MAJOR rivalry with Van o.o;
The tv Folken (in the series he was more depressed, but in the movie he was a bastard...He reminded me of Zechs's from Gundam Wing)
Merle's possessiveness over Van
Some parts involving flashbacks of Van's mother.
The whole Draconian thing

Wow...I miss a lot. And those were only things from episodes that I have seen and maybe one spoiler somebody told me (the Draconian thing). One of the things that I liked in the movie was how Escaflowne operated off the blood of the Dragon using it (Dragon= Draconian in the movie). They really couldn't do that in the series and it sort of limited the amount of times Van could use Escaflowne. Plus there was some symbolism that I caught with the pilot of Escaflowne sort of symbolically becoming Escaflowne.

Another thing I liked was how tribal Gaea seemed in the movie. In the tv series, things were more organized into kingdoms and such, but there was a more tribal feel to the movie. That might have been because of the music too...

2002-11-06T19:49:00.000-05:00

I bought the Escaflowne movie today and the Limited Ed. of "Scarlet's Walk" (it FINALLY came in XD). I just got done watching Escaflowne. WAI! Dilandau didn't die *likes Dilandau* But the end was, meh....The peoples screwed us over! >.< Damn! I love it when they do that, but in this case, though it was expected that Hitomi [SPOILER], it would have been nice if [SPOILER] (like hell I'm giving away parts to people who want to see this). I loved the music. The usage of "Sora" in the film was just awesome. And the animation was sweet! I really do need to see the whole tv series now...I know a place I can pick up a boxset of the subtitled version on VHS for $20 (the one with the pretty packaging; not the crappy Bandai box), but I can't get down there to get it.

WAI! The new Tori Amos cd is so cool! The limited edition came with a lyric sheet that was also a map, a DVD, stickers, a bunch of promo pictures (they look like vacation pics XD), and an ickle plastic froggie. I'm tempted to use the pics in a layout. But I'm also tempted to do an Escaflowne layout. Oh well...I'm not done enjoying my current layout and inspiration will hit me with a great layout idea in due time...

OH! The artist for November in the Mocha Room is this professor from the University of Saint Francis! He's really cool and supportive of students who draw the Japanese cartoon style and who want to be comic book artists. He even wrote a sci-fi-ish book, which is coming out in December, and he drew these AWESOME pictures for it! This guy is soooo cool!

2002-11-05T15:36:00.000-05:00

Mwahahaha! Behold! Leather-clad Treize! ((and Bondage Kitten Wufei, hating his life as usual))

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CAYMAN!!!

((I'm not implying anything by this picture...really!))

This is staying up until midnight tomorrow X3

Now, time for an explanation for those who do not know the greatness of Leather-clad Treize (and his bondage kitten sidekick). Cayman and I love coming up degrading things to do to bishounen. Leather-clad Treize is sort of our prototype of the evilness we inflict upon the anime fandom in question through the bastardization and degradation of prominent characters. In other words, he's our first "child". We have made many-a-joke evolving around LC Treize and we never tire of him.

Since I am the artist of our demented little duo, I guess it falls on me to draw these things. Not that I mind. Or else I wouldn't be doing the extremely happy face that can be symbolized by this: XD

For the curious, yes, we have other things that do not involve Treize or any other Gundam Wing character. I believe we did something to Seishirou, but it's slipped my mind. There was the idea of Leather-clad Seishirou, but it won't look too good since Seishirou would not look right in a leather teddy. Subaru, however, would look awesome in a leather teddy ((that just came to mind, people)) and Kamui would look drool-worthy. But the best X male character for a teddy happens to be none other than Fuuma X3 Of course, now I have to draw this, which will be hard considering Fuuma is a bitch to draw. And I've gone off on a tangant.

Um, about the picture I guess. I was imagine something Rocky Horror-esque, so I just drew Treize a la Franken Furter on the cover of the box. ^_^ I was tempted to draw four anime characters like the participants of the floor show (Subaru dressed like that and singing Brad's part cracks me up), but I just kept it at LC Treize since he was my objective.

2002-11-05T11:20:00.000-05:00

Meh. All politicians look the same. Today is election day, and we had the candidate incumbant for judge and his lackeys come into the shop. It was easy to pick out which one was Mister Judge Incumbant. Everybody was talking to him and he had the politician looks- nice suit, conservative haircut, ect...At least they tipped us. If they hadn't tipped us after they slammed us (to slam is likesay a rush of people coming in ordering, thus "slamming" you with orders), I so would have been pissed. -.-

Gave Becca Cayman's gift today. Hopefully she should have remembered to give it to him. *crosses fingers* I'm sad that I can't be there to see his reaction, especially when he opens the card....I should have scanned in the drawing I put in the card. It's hilarious.

Meh. Nothing to do. I think I may write out a timeline of events for webcomic prototype No. 2. Or I may just watch X- the tv series and the movie. Or I could watch Tokyo Babylon again..Better yet, I could watch both, TB first (of course), then the X Movie, and then the tv series. Or I could just start watching all of my anime at random.
...
I'm hungry...
*wanders off to get snackums*

2002-11-04T18:17:00.000-05:00

Blah. My hair's being weird again. Wait. My hair is always weird -.- And yet people want my hair....

I'm in Muse Mode. I'm coming up with an idea for a better webcomic that is more do-able than my last idea. This one is- *gasp*- fantasy. Anyhow, I'm actually sitting down and typing out a list of characters along with a description of the characters' roles in the story. And as I am doing all of this, the entire plot and story is becoming clear XD Everything isn't centered around a main character, but rather a minor-ish one called Sora, who happens to be a Goddess that can grant any wish. The main character is trying to find Sora. Sora is just cool.

Whee! Making up names out of thin air or just making names that are puns is fuuuuun! Especially when you have great music to listen to while coming up with these things (i.e. The Escaflowne Movie Soundtrack).

*gets to "Nomitori Uta"* The little kids singing is actually really cute, though it should be scary. I still need to see all of Escaflowne. I only got so far in the dubbed version before I got disgusted with how much they cut out and how nonsensical it seemed. I saw I think up to the sixth episode (or maybe it was the eighth) when I spent the night at Cat's house once. Mindy had made her a tape with some episodes of Escaflowne on it. The end sequence is just awesome *_*

2002-11-04T15:15:00.000-05:00

Wai! I picked up Cayman's birthday gifts today ((yes, that was plural, Cayman)) XD I got them wrapped and everything, but his birthday is on Wednesday. Hmmm...Should I give them to Becca to give to Cayman tomorrow (a nice, early surprise)? Or should I wait and risk forgetting to give them to Becca on Wednesday? Eeks. This is a toughie, it is!

The electricity upstairs (i.e. where mine and Becca's private sanctums are) was out for a bit today, so I have candles in my room. It's still colder than hell in my room, but tomorrow some guys are coming in to fix the connection of the heater to the upstairs. Grrr. I am ruing that I ran my ickle space heater so much last winter (it's bust now...). so I'm sitting here at the computer, wrapping in blankets with my hands exposed as they type on the keyboard. My hands are cold *.*

I'm listening to the Escaflowne: Girl in Gaea soundtrack (the movie OST, basically). It is really addictive *.* Half the tracks sound sooo Arabian (think "Kashmir" Symphonic Led Zeppelin style) and the other half is like listening to an angelic choir, only instead of singing in Latin, they're singing in Old Flanelian. The choir singing "Sora" is excellent. I love the voilins on the Arabian-sounding tracks. They're so exotic X3 I love this soundtrack, period. There's some songs I can do without, though, like "You're Not Alone", but otherwise, excellent.

2002-11-03T11:53:00.000-05:00

Bleh. My mom's in another bitchy mood this weekend. Her and Bill are fighting once more over something trivial. This time, it's over the basement Bill has built. My mom has a problem with heights- she can't even go up stairs (which is why she hardly ever comes to mine and Becca's inner sactums). Similarly, she has a major problem with basements. -.-

Anyhow, yesterday, we went to Grandma's to help out around the house, since my grandmother just had surgery and really couldn't do anything. Mom lightened up after the few hours we spent there.

My grandma got a new dog- a German Shepherd puppy that they named Fritz. This pup is the epitome of cuteness *_* It has large paws that it keeps on tripping over and one ear that hasn't stood up yet. Fritz and the other dog, Roxy, were "attacking" me when I was sweeping leaves off the back porch. The leaves evidently belong to them and they were upset. When I was raking their leaves into neat piles, they ripped through my piles of leaves or just laid down in the middle of them. I wish I had brought a camera.

After Grandma's, we went to the MSBA band finals. CHS got into them of course :) I got to see Cayman XD and Blyss and Carla! It was so fuuny! When Blyss and I saw each other, we purred at the exact pitch! It's very reminescent of mine and Becca's "Yay!" that is the same pitch, tone, ect. (which makes it all the freakier).

Cayman gave me pocky *_* Strawberry pocky XD *munches on her pocky* SanKyuuu, Cay-chan!

2002-11-01T16:51:00.000-05:00

It's Leliel. He doesn't look as feminine as he used to (that may be because he isn't in drag...). He's supposed to be holding a weird pinkish lotus in his hands, but I haven't drawn a lotus in a loooong time.

Ok, enough showing off. Time for business. Cayman came up with something that deserves a website: The Bishounen Protection Agency. Now, since I know how to make a website (he doesn't know html...), I am going to be awesome and make a site for this. I just have to scout out a locale that isn't as crappy as geocities -.- When I have the site prepared (which will probably be by Monday if I work hard on it this weekend), I'll post more.

Cayman, should we make this like the Yaoi Files, which has "agents"? Or should it be just something between us and perhaps a select group of friends willing to write up reports and such that will most likely bastardize and parody their favourite characters from their favourite anime/manga series. Whee! I can't wait till we get to Gravitation! I can imagine it now: Tohma and company put Ryuichi in the BPA because of K or because Tatsuha's stalking has become out of control XD

Anyhow, ideas that Cay-chan and I came up with via phone convo:

X
Victim: Kamui
Assailant: Fuuma
Relocation: Um, we never decided on that did we?

Gundam Wing
Victim: Wufei
Assailant: Treize
Relocation: San Fransico (ho boy...^.^;;)

Um, that's all we have so far (other than this amusing parody of TB set in the South where Hokuto is a psycho Southern Bell, Subaru is one of those young male debutantes (if they exist) and Seishirou is a rich bitch belonging to a planation family who can trace their roots to some great Civil War general. I'm amused by this because of this line:
Seishirou: *with southern accent* I do declare! You are lookin' mighty fine, Subaru-kun!
^.^;;;)

2002-11-01T12:48:00.000-05:00

Argh. You know what? The Limited Ed. of "Scarlet's Walk" (Tori Amos's new cd) did not arrive at World Records on Tuesday as it was supposed to. So I have to wait till next week to pick it up. Oh well...Instead I purchased A Sorta Fairytale single, which was worth it *_* Then I went to Sam Goody's and picked up "Strange Little Girls" (another Tori cd, with the awesome cover of Eminem's "97 Bonnie & Clyde") and the premiere ish of Newtype, which was very much worth the $9.95. There's a lovely feature on X (though I prefer Animerica's cover of the series), a manga insert of Full Metal Panic and an actual manga of FMP. The centerfold is the everso lovely Faye Valentine ((excuse my brief lesbian moment as I do have such tendencies)). There are RahXephon postcards (purttttyyyy) and a Sakura Wars poster. There are translated articles by CLAMP's Satsuki Igarashi and director Mahiro Maeda. There's J-pop and rock features as well XD This magazine has it all!!! 192 pages of anime, manga, videogames, and anything else that is Japanese or is somehow tied in with Japan (like "The Ring")!

Tetsuo, currently available in Japan are busts of Hellsing (the Alucard one looks nice, but they have the name as "Arucard") and there's figurines for Akira that look niiiice.

*falls over laughing*

In the X feature, they have arrows pointing to characters to show the connections. Between Seishirou and Subaru, the arrow has the comment, "What is in their past?" *chokes back a squeal* Unfortunately this illustrates that Newtype really didn't delve into the CLAMPverse or else they would have known about the Tokyo Babylon connection. Oh well ^_^

Hmmm...now I have to make a decision about my next layout: something in honour of the gorgeous Tori Amos or something anime/manga. Ooh....toughie....

2002-10-31T18:51:00.000-05:00

YES! *victory sign* I finally finished my Halloween tribute pic! Seishirou was supposed to be in there, but I didn't want to spend anymore time colouring this in on the computer, so I just "erased" him *evil cackle* Anyhow, there's a story to it. Subaru's eyes look jank. Blah. I love how Hokuto turned out ^_^

2002-10-31T12:21:00.000-05:00

Halloween is a holiday of traditions. Originally the "pagan"/Celtic holiday of Samhain (actually pronounce SOW-in or SAV-ayn), marked the beginning of the Celtic new year. On the night of Samhain, the Old God would die and return to the Land of the Dead to await his rebirth at Yule (which happens around Christmastime...AMF, I think Christmas was placed on Yule because of some symbolism connecting the birth of Christ and the rebirth of the Old God anew. Christmas also happens to fall on a Roman festival that also moonlighted as an orgy. Or so my French teacher told us my Freshman year). The Old Crone (who is the Goddess in the classical Triple Goddess form that appears in a lot of old religions) mourns the death of the Old God, as she leaves her people in the natural darkness that befalls the earth around this time.

Some fun facts:

Apples are connected with the dead. On Mabon (which celebrates the Autumn Equinox) an apple is traditionally placed on a burial cairn. The name for the land of the dead, Avalon, literally means "Land of Apples". Feh, and you just thought Avalon was of the Authorian legend! ((Well, originally Author was a Welsh king back in the day of the Celts. All the Christianity nonsense, such as the Holy Grail, came over time))

Some traditions hold Samhain on November 7th, or on the first Full Moon in Scorpio.

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And since we're on the subject of the dead and such....

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Person in the crowd: You mean Watari?
*pulls out mallet-san* No. *bonk* -.- ...Wai! That's a cute picture of Tsuzuki! Even if the dessert item is super-imposed...

I haven't been to CLAMPesque in a while, so I was pleased to discover that a week or so back, somebody posted a challenge for a holiday fic. I decided to tackle the Celtic "pagan" holiday of Mabon (since Samhain/Halloween would be rather typical and more than likely, taken on since it is the month for the holiday). I have half of the fic already typed out from yesterday and I think I'll finish it today. It's an X fic (because I respect the other CLAMP series enough not to write fiction for them). Bleh. Subaru is so simple to write for. Kamui's a little bitch, though. Sorata's fun XD As a matter of fact, the fic starts out with Sorata (straaaaaange).

2002-10-31T10:58:00.000-05:00

Wai! I came home today from work to find Kakyou laying beside the door, catnapping. He is sooo adorable! He's pretty big too, and he's not even 6 months old yet. He's about....4 months old, methinks. Anyhow, I brought him inside and now he's eating (poor darling! He hasn't eaten all day!). Wai! I think I'll give him a middle name: Yuuto. He's so genki and nice like Yuu-chan, but you know when he grows up, he's gonna be popular with the ladies XD

Awwww! How cute! He's using the rubber soles of my boots as a scratching post, and I'm still wearing the boots too! ^_^

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Meh...I think of myself more as Saehara-kun...mixed with some Satoshi during my quiet, reflective moments :P But Dark's cool XD

2002-10-30T17:28:00.000-05:00

"I'm the Prince of Sorrow! Woo woo woo!"- Azrael from the Goth Talk skit on SNL

Tomorrow is Halloween :P I have this picture that I need to finish up for a Halloween tribute fanart. It's dead!Seishirou dressed as the devil, dead!Hokuto dressed as an angel, and Sakurazukamori!Subaru dressed as a bondage kitten and not looking very happy about it. My sense of humour is evil :) I still need to finish drawing Hokuto (despite popular belief, she is harder to draw than 16-year old Subaru and I need to colour it in. I think I'll do it on the computer :D

2002-10-30T12:17:00.000-05:00

GRRR! World Records opens at 4:30 today and tomorrow they're not even open -.- That means I have to wait until Friday to pick up my Tori Amos cd.

I feel...meh. Work was slow today. Not a lot of people have come in this week. I found out that one of my regulars- this guy who is nationally known for building awesome race cars (he has a lot with some of the Mustangs he has rebuilt. I like passing by there. The cars are pretty)- is (1) in a coma and (2) most likely paralyzed. He got in an accident during a drag race in California. He hit the railing once, then twice again as he froze on the gas pedal and went slamming into the other side. Ouchies. I hope he's alright. He was a nice guy...

I have "California Dreaming" by the Mamas and Papas stuck in my head >.< My boss had a cd of songs from the 60s playing on the stereo. I would have brought out my Flaming Lips cd, which I have been carting around since Monday, but I was really enjoying the music. I was softly singing what I knew of "Peppermint and Incense" when that was on ^.^

Meh heh heh...Thanks Amie-sempai for releasing my vampiric nature XD Tetsuo sent me something like this in an email, but my internet connection was slow and I got bored waiting for the page to load, so I exed out of it. I would have tried again, but I accidently deleted the email with the link.

2002-10-29T21:52:00.000-05:00

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Um....I've never even heard the song yet it sounds like me o.o;; I was hoping "Forever Love" would be one of the results (suspiciously, a couple of choices sounded like Forever Love...or at least the end of the X movie from which the song comes). Forever Love is my favourite J-rock song, period. :Þ ((Amie, have you heard it yet? It's X Japan and, imo, one of their best songs.))

2002-10-29T19:02:00.000-05:00

Ok. I take it back. DN Angel is addictive *_* There is an anime out for this series, ne? I must know.

In the meanwhile (as I download scanlations...because I can XD), YES! In Arcana, the remaining band member was remembered! See the last panel! ((a break from angst is good :) )) Now I'm going to be anticipating Friday's comic. Can't wait to see what the artist has planned :3

Ooh. I need to pick up my Tori Amos cd tomorrow. I hope that I work overtime too. That would be great (more money!). That means I can pick up the cd without having to wander around for an hour waiting for World Records to open, also. If I'm busy, my anticipation won't be so great ^_^

2002-10-29T11:25:00.000-05:00

Meh heh. It's official: I get half of the tips in the tip cup XD I made $5.50 today :3 Could have been more if I didn't get uber-annoyed when I was making two Breves for a regular and his wife. The regular is this guy who my boss gives free drinks to because the guys did some woodwork for him (okay, so the drinks aren't free; they're on the guy's tab which is now over $100, but do you think the guy's ever going to pay his tab? No -.-). This guy is basically a freeloader. He comes in and orders the weirdest drinks. Today he got a breve (which is made with half and half instead of regular milk) decaf with 4 shots of expresso and sugar-free english toffee flavouring. His wife gets the same thing, only with two shots instead of the un-godly 4 and sugar-free hazelnut flavouring. Everything started to go wrong when I steamed the half & half. -.- I put too much in and it went all over the place. Bleh. Messy counter. The grinders for both decaf and regular were being bitchy today. The decaf usually is a bitch to tamp (that's where you use this stick thingy to push down on the loose grinds and push them together), but the regular usually isn't! It was sensitive today! I tamped it how I usually tamp it and it was too hard (on the regular), so the draw was sooo slow (draw= grinds brewed with water pouring into the little shot glasses). Usually you want your draw to be around 23 seconds. It took nearly a minute on one order -.-

Anyhow, back to Mister Freeloader. He had decaf. The decaf was HELL to tamp. The draws on both baskets were too fast, so I had to pour them out and start over. By this point I was getting super annoyed. The same thing almost happened on his wife's order, but fortunately, the draw took a hint and slowed down before I had to stop the expresso machine and throw the draw out. So I got their drinks made. I thought the guy would be putting this on his enormous tab, but he actually pays for it O.O No tip for Fox-chan. Ugh. I'm gonna apologize to him tomorrow for being rude. At least I didn't charge him for the flavouring ^^;;; (ok, so I forgot to charge him for the flavouring. Still...)

There's this regular who comes in- this soft-spoken girl. She's out of high school and I'm not sure whether she's going to college or not. She works at this place that I asked for an application from- the Palmer House (which is in Berne and is supposed to be a great restaurant).

Side Story: I didn't turn in the application because they asked me if I was married and they gave me an application for somebody who wasn't married (they had two types of applications: married and single). If anybody knows anything about HR and regulations and such, they'd know that this is illegal. A company cannot ask you about your marital status and give you an application based on your answer. If they do, they can get into a LOT of trouble.

Anyhow, back to the girl. I guess she quit her job at the Palmer House (go her! That place so had a bad vibe to it), so she talked to my boss and he gave her an application. I hope she's able to work here (at the Mocha Room).

2002-10-28T20:49:00.000-05:00

More insanity with Cayman! On the phone we were talking about American comic books characters. And somehow we decided to put the cast of X into varoius American comicbooks ((we usually do this with Gundam Wing, but since Cayman now knows more about X, let the good times roll XD)). Most of these are Marvel, since DC was just bleh.

X-men (we enjoyed this one to no end XD)
Kamui= Jean Grey
Subaru= Cyclops (partially because of Kamui being Jean, partially because he has one eye and traditionally a cyclops has one eye)
Fuuma= Wolverine (he would SO enjoy those claws)
Aoki= the Beast
Yuzuriha= Jubilee
Sorata= Gambit (YES! This was the best one by far! Sora-chan is the Ragin' Cajun!)
Arashi= Rogue
Karen= Storm
Seishirou= Mageneto (only because we would love to see him in that outfit)

Super Friends (heroes and some villains)
Aoki= Superman (*snicker*)
Sorata= Batman
Karen= Wonderwoman (It's because their costumes have so many similarities, mainly that they're teddies!)
Kamui= Aquaman (meh. Because we couldn't think of a better role)
Subaru= Green Lantern (their lives are really fucked)
Yuzuriha= Robin (we based this on Sorata's and Yuzu-chan's X character file pic....)
Arashi= Catwoman (because it seems so right)
Fuuma= the Joker (meh. needed to include him...)
Yuuto= Lex Luther (because we're just weird like that)

Fantastic Four
Aoki= Mr. Fantastic
Karen= Invisible Woman
Sorata= The Human Torch
Subaru= The Blue-eyed Thing (he's "rocky" and hard on the outside but on the inside, you know he's that gentle boy from Tokyo Babylon. Er, very deep inside...)
Seishirou= Dr. Doom (because this REALLY amuses us to no end. Dr. Doom in his gear, smoking a Mild Seven cigarette, or trying to)

Various Marvel Characters
Kamui= Spiderman (well, if he were on massive amounts of prozac and intense shock therapy)
Fuuma= Venom XD
Kotori= Mary Jane
Aoki= J. Jonas Jameson (Aoki-san smoking a cigar and screaming at Kamui makes us giggle. This was partially based on his job at Asuka in X. If he can help out with a shoujo mangazine, surely he can do a newspaper.)
Karen= Black Cat (um, at the time it seemed perfect....)
TB or X Subaru/X Seishirou= The Incredible Hulk (looking at it from a metaphorical standpoint, because Subaru kills Seishirou, inherits his position, and takes his eye, he becomes Seishirou. And a part of Seishirou still exists because Subaru has his eye. Or something metaphorical like that. That and giant green Seishirou not being able to find a trench coat that fits him provided a source of amusement for me and Cayman)
Hinoto= Daredevil
Daisuke= Elektra (...only he doesn't come back! er, this was based on DaisukexHinoto)
Yuuto= Iron Man (yeah, we think he can pull of being a man who has a million and one psychological problems and addictions)
Kusanagi= Captain America (if he were American, you know Kusanagi would be patriotic)

Blah. Both Cayman and I are behind on our American comicbooks (that's because we've pretty much have forsaken them for mangas and in my case, British comics produced by Vertigo). Any help would be appreciated. This is all a basic rough draft.

2002-10-28T18:07:00.000-05:00

Bleh. Getting addicted to DNAngel. It's good so far. It's not as addictive as Gravitation was (wheeeee!) but I can get into more than I was able to get into Saiyuki (then again, I only read the first volume of Saiyuki whereas I read up to Vol. 3 Track 11 of Gravi). DNA is cute ^^ It's slowly growing on me.

I should download more Hikaru no Go. I found out the exact gigs left on my computer, so I'm safe for now. I have 6.61 GB out of 10 GB left XD We have this Compression Agent on our computer. Thus the enormous amounts of gigs. ((I think...I'm gonna have to ask Bill if it's the Compression Agent or something else that made 10 GB possible. I'm still learning about the various essential programs on our computer))

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2002-10-28T17:44:00.000-05:00

Mwahahaha. In the Gundam Wing RPG that I am Mod-God for, I'm reintroducing New Types to the AC Universe! I miss New Types. That was one of my favourite elements from the UC Universe. I was disappointed to find no New Types in Gundam Wing :( So for this RPG, I brought in a New Type :D He's not very New Typish, though. He has the mental powers and thensome. His personality was programmed into a new, unstable system developed from scratch by the British government (sort of a la Blue Destiny). Um, the NT can come in contact with the pilot and can take posession of the pilot's mind. So it's sort of a New Type with a Zero System for a mind. ^^;;;

Here's a chart of contact! How the New Type can contact the pilot!

New Type --> System (w/NT's personality)--> emotion-based Hallucinations induced by the System--> Pilot.

I'm so evil :D

*is a Gundam Geek* 8-B

2002-10-28T15:33:00.000-05:00

Wai! I reserved my copy of Tori Amos's new album! The music store I go to (World Records) is only getting the limited editions tomorrow, but that's alright. They're selling it for $21, whereas Sam Goody's will probably have it for $29, which is the price it is listed as. :3 I'll either pick it up tomorrow (if I have to work overtime) or Wednesday.

I am listening to The Flaming Lips "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" cd. This is soooo good. One of my customers was talking about it with me today. He said that Rolling Stones mag acclaimed it as the best album in 7years o.o I'd believe it. This cd is great. I can use some of these lyrics in a wallpaper or for a layout.

Halloween is in what? 3 days? Wow. I haven't dressed up for Halloween since freshman year when Stacy and I took her brother Garret trick-or-treating. Maybe I'll throw a costume together in case there's some kiddies who come to our doors (...like that'll happen....(1) I live in the country and (2) I don't think the Amish kids go trick-or-treating). Or I could dress up for the hell of it. OOH! I could dress up as Yuuto XD I have blonde hair (sort of...it's more brown now...)! It just needs to be trimmed up XÞ Or I could dress up as Hitomi.
....
Maybe I won't dress up....

2002-10-27T14:38:00.000-05:00

...I had the strangest dream where I was eating lunch in a cafe with Fuuma and Nataku. For some reason, I was explaining what hope is to Nataku. O.o If it had been Kamui and not Nataku, I could make some analogies to the Devil and God in a French Cafe stories that one hears every once in a while. Nevertheless, the dream was strange and my explanation was satisfactory. And for being somebody with a severe knack for sadism, Fuuma was pretty nice. ^^

Ugh. Some little git left a message in my dreambook asking me to complete my EVA yaoi fic, "God's in Heaven..." Like Hell am I completely that revolting piece of OOC-shit. -_- Reading over it, I had some good ideas that could be used in some cheap, fluffy romance fic, but overall, it was just crap. I can't believe I had the audacity at that time to write Asuka in such a way that was really demeaning and bastardizing of her character. I happen to like Asuka now. Her comment at the end of the dubbed version of EoE is the best line for (1) her character and (2) in any end episode or movie for an anime series. She says "How disgusting" XD

Anyhow, will email person back offering a polite explanation as to why I can't finish it.

2002-10-27T02:34:00.000-05:00

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2002-10-27T00:18:00.000-04:00

...I have the stangest idea of Seishirou singing "Free Bird" when he dies. I think it's because you presented the idea of X the Musical and the idea of X being a bitchin' rock opera came to mind (using rock and pop songs from over the years). It wouldn't be as trippy/good as, likesay, Tommy by The Who (nobody can top a rock opera that represents a neo-Messiah-based religion with in a blind/deaf/mute pro pinball player and his large fan following), but it would be trippy. For some reason, having most of the Angels' songs be classic rock songs makes a lot of sense at 11:00 PM, after having spent some time at an extremely boring(?!) band competition where 60's classics were the typical show (see last post). The Seals would be singing newer rock/pop songs. Satsuki singing something like Bjork or Radiohead makes me giggle. Sorata could be rapping (Sorata sings Eminem!). And Karen, of course, would have all Tori Amos songs (this based on a sort of opinionated view that Karen is the Tori of the CLAMP-verse). Subaru singing a heartbreaking redition of the Beatles' "Yesterday" is just so perfect for his character. And lastly, for some reason, I have the urge to make Kamui sing something Britney Spears, but that may just be because I like degrading the boy.

Meh. I need a collaborator on this. Too bad Carla is grounded (still) and Amie doesn't know much on X (...yet). I could collaborate with Cayman, but I already collaborate too much with him anyhow, and though our whacked ideas may be funny, it's sort of refreshing to have a change of partners every once in a while. I suppose I should socialize with the X community some more so that I can make friends that I can talk about this whacky stuff with online. *wanders off to the nearest X forum*

2002-10-26T23:45:00.000-04:00

Bleh. I went shopping with my mother today. Ugh. I hate shopping with my mother, but not because she's a boring person with uninteresting material likes. It's more like because I'm more likely to spend more of my money when I'm shopping with her. -.- Example: Today I bought the 8th Volume of X/1999 and Watership Down, and I was really considering getting a copy of Breakfast at Tiffany's (fun movie fact: BaT is based on a book). Fortunately for my wallet, I turned down the idea of owning the book, but later on I turned around and bought Becca Interview with the Vampire (the movie, not the book). The movie was cheap ($10 at Walmart), but still, it's a prime example of spontaneous spending that occurs mostly when I am with my mother. And the new Tori Amos cd is coming out Tuesday. Bye bye, this week's wages.

Well, good did come out of shopping with mum (hell, the whole just shopping part and obtaining desired objects was good): I got a new coat out of her XD It's a pea jacket (er, you know, the "Mary Tyler-Moore jacket" as Cayman calls it) and it's black (...that's (sic) shocking). It keeps me wa~arm ^_^ And it has big shiny black buttons with anchors on them.

We went to Becca's band competition in Brookville. The field was super-bad because last night it (1) was assaulted by rain and (2) had two opposing football teams playing on it. Not a good combination. The band directors of all the bands came to a joint decision to just stand in an arc and perform their shows. Just watching bands stand there in something that may or may not have been an arc and perform their music with the visual horn pops here and there and some other interesting visuals that can be done standing in place is not an ideal band competition. And most of the performances were based on rock and pop music from the 60's (small bands, meh, are not as serious as larger bands or bands like CHS that decide to do serious music). CHS did get 1st in auxilary and 1st overall, though, proving that even standing still they can beat out a band who did an impressive rendition of a bunch of Fleetwood Mac songs (yes, that band was impressive).

I should explain yesterday's rant. I was railing on the inability of the younger generation/people in general to just deal with/get over their problems (because there are bigger ones); I was not ranting on conformity (pish, why should I rant on something like that? While conforming is good, keeping your individuality is also a must- that's my position on conformity). Thinking about it (and I've had a whole day in the car with mom to ponder this), you shouldn't dwell on problems unless they're something that's life-changing. Your boyfriend or girlfriend dumping you isn't necessarily life-changing. I believe the term is, "There are other fish in the ocean." Your parents not really interacting with you isn't something as bad as it may seem either. Often times the problem is mutual; the child/teen won't open up or give the time of day to their parents, so the parents do the same. It can be solved by actually making efforts to communicate (if the case is something where one party talks to the other, but the other party totally ignores them, then I'm sorry, there is a major, life-changing problem and counselling is recommended as a last resort- why spend your money on a somebody else on the outside helping when you haven't tried all the options yourself?).

Anyhow, because I don't want to spend more time on this (and because I know a certain person will reply and totally berate my theories because they don't like them), it's time to move on. I saw a book of Jim Morrison's poems O.O Stacy will SO love that. When she comes to visit, I'm going to give it to her as an early Christmas girt XÞ I read some of the poems; they're really interesting ^^

O_O Oh. My. God. Richard Harris is dead. Amie, you're so right; that is sad. He was a bitchin' Dumbledore. There's no way they can replace him. He was so~o good.