....I'm not Persephone, not even in Babylon [IV]

Lostboys Esca RPG (aka) we need players...

I'm ready to load my Court Duel/Crown Duel site. But brinkster is being a shit head. *sigh* I'll again later, I guess. Heh...I do have a 5 pounds worth of bio-math notes to figure out.

Look who has a new layout! It looks great--love the pink^^

Hey hey, you have a new HanaKimi layout too! It's an adorable v-day edition...the design is fantastic!

Ahh...so that's Emeraldas...love the muted colours that you used (not to mention the snazzy design!).

Chu-chu, my cockatiel broke one of his pin-feathers again. He's adorably clumsy, which worries me. Everytime he attempts to fly, he plummets to the ground, and ends up hurting himself. I love him, but even I have to admit that he's a dumb bird. Actually, in our last bio lab (which was unexpectantly fun for once!), we got to go through a bunch of bird, mammal and amphibian skeletons. One of the excercises was to compare cranium size of all three taxa. Conclusion: birds have pea-sized brains.

^{<-----Feb. 3, 02 + 03:28 p.m.----->}

*Yawn* is tired...

Hmm...I just got up, have an hour before I gotta go to school for a hideous 3 hour bio-lab. Blech. At least we're past calculating allele frequency and all that mathematical junk. I mean, it's been months into the course, and we haven't once dealt with interesting topics like cytology or etymology, or hell, even a bit of anatomy would be a welcomed break from this insanely tedious ecology unit, grrrr.

Can you believe this snow? This must be the first real snow-fall of the season. "'Lon"...haha, I like it^^;

Lol..."one man anime shack"...really, God bless 'em.

I'm glad your midterms went well! Can't wait to see the new Hanakimi layout! Ach, sorry i haven't mailed you back yet..remember that french essay i was talking about? Yeah, I still haven't completely finished it and it's due tomorrow! Bear with?^_^

But Van Fanel is such a violent litttle midget on E! *sigh* Hmm...well...however, I agree with you on one point: the boy has guts. Yeah, CLAMP boys can be so limp and moppy. Just how many times do we have to see Subaru angsty over Seishirou's betrayal? Humph. At least Kamui is starting to regain his manhood.

^{<-----Jan. 31, 02 + 10:12 a.m.----->}

Site News

The new Trigun layout is up at Echelon. Go take a look!

^{<-----Jan. 26, 02 + 06:40 p.m.----->}

Well, it's Saturday night...

...And my tooth really, really hurts, it hurts spontaneously now, and with increasing frequency. I think I might have to go through with the root canal surgery afterall. At least the tooth is way at the back and shouldn't ruin my smile*_*

Wonderful writing, Amy! (That was an understatement >_<) "Icarus Rising" is an incredibly brilliant poem...I love it 'cause it captures the movement that's going around (and then some), that of the individual striving to retain his/her identity against the chrome and plastic wrap of en mass, numbers and "6.2 billion of you on earth." oiy. Well, anyway, impressive as ever Amy and bravo!

Uhh...I guess I'll work on some site-projects now, it's very necessary that I get at least ONE of the gazibillion projects done before midterms.

Aiieeeeeeee, Sal, I have absolutely no idea why the images won't load properly. Ummm....BTW, I just remembered something about the next Star Trek moive (YES, there is going to be another ST:TNG movie!!): Troi and Riker are tying the knot, it's gonna be called "Star Trek: Nemesis", and rumours that Cpt. Picard will be dying are false. It's coming out later this year I think. Hopefully it'll coincide with the time that you'll be in TO.

^{<-----Jan. 19, 02 + 09:20 p.m.----->}

Fou..

Urggggg...X can be pretty silly with its drawing. I've noticed that CLAMP draws, with increasing frequency, the X-boys wrapped in a million (artlessly arranged, of course...) flowing bandage. It's...The Mummy all over again^_^.

^{<-----Jan. 18, 02 + 02:59 p.m.----->}

Procrastination; it's a happy little sin

I'm sti-llllllll coding the new layout. I gotta finish it before January ends, or else the whole point of it will be lost. Yes, so, like Laine here, my newest anime delight is Fruits Basket, a stylish and extremely entertaining show without a single mecha/and or sword to be found. *sigh of relief* Paul, who as usual, lent me the primary material, rather blatantly hinted that my next layout would be a Fruits Basket one even before I'd seen a single ep. Heh. Heh.

Since pitas seems to be working today, I took the oportunity to link several new blogs.

Trinity, I think it was great how you struck out on your own and made AV the masterpiece that it is without being discouraged by that guy. Your sites are amazing, full stop.

Kerianne, thank you for the lovely comments. A Seiichirou fan too! It's not everyday when I find another X fan who prefers the book-ish and mature editor to the more popular characters like Fuuma. On another note...I agree with what you said about English. Writing is joy, but writing for the sake of getting a good mark for a stressed out TA who wishes, with all the might of her little heart, to not have to mark 100 essays, is not fun.

Kei, you make spiffy cliques. In a web-world where fresh and original cliques are becoming a true rarity, I'm glad to have found your collection of ani-manga cliques.

Blink...a new Satsuki shrine to debut? Sugoi! And thank you for making Strategos a spotlight site @ HAV!

^{<-----Jan. 15, 02 + 11:08 p.m.----->}

There will not be time....

So...like...I'm writing this 2000 word comparison essay on "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," I'm all out of ideas. I simply cannot write another word--and yet, I must! I must and I must. Anyone else find English to be one of, if not THE most impossible course around? I can spend 10 hours becoming more and more lost in assonants and onomatopoeia, rhyme and beat. It's a field that requires not only a creative mind, but also an extremely tehcnical one too. Unfortunately, I'm not creative and I hate nitpicking on technicals. It's just not enough for you to relate Dante to Eliot, but you have to methodically comb through a cyclic process of induction and deduction. That's why I find English so excruciatingly frustrating. That and the fact that my Dad is an English prof, who gives me a major inferiority complex every time we talk about literature and grammmar. I wish, right now, that I was reading articles on nanotechnology instead of killing myself over this blooming poetry essay! Errr, actually, what I really wish is for a nice cup of steaming hot chocolat, a chocolat cookie, my little birdy on my shoulder, a taped ep. of Voyager in the VRC and Paul's Fruit Basket DVD in the computer. Bwah. My bird is sound asleep, I don't have a single morsel of chocolat in the house and there is nothing entertaining to be found in my vincinity. Pity me.

Hey, I wonder if Sal sent her application to Guelph. If she didn't, I shall personally go to BC and trottle her.

^{<-----Jan. 13, 02 + 02:38 a.m.----->}

Joy, it's Friday....

Finally, it's Friday. The thought of attending English and taking copious notes on Eliot was just way too much for me to bear, so I skipped it XP. Well, that's one good thing about uni, the classes are so freakin big (first year classes @ U of T range between 200 to 2000 people) that no one cares if you go or not. Heh! Ohhhh...pooooh! The house's phone line is dead. The repair guys did NOT come as they had promised. I'm living without a working phone line--quel horreur! What's more, no phone line means no internet (on my compy), so I have to use my Dad's cranky old one upstairs. Wow, January is just filled with birthdays! I have a new layout in store for that, stay tuned!

Wai, Mary, I'm so glad you got a blog-ish page!! I love the look of it--and the title is a hoot. I don't think I've ever met anyone who read Dostoyevsky for fun. I shall never cease to be impressed by you^^

Eeh, it's an actual Keiichi (X) shrine! I wish we get to see more of this guy in the manga. He's kind of zoned-out-happy looking, a la Seishirou in Tokyo Babylon (when he's got that kindly mask on), so...well...what does it mean? Hmm. Sav, I didn't like Kotori's character either (right, movie Kotori is much less developed than in the manga). She's a really brave girl, and it was interesting how she exerted such a strong influence over the boys/men in her life--Kamui, Fuuma, Kakyou--however, I just didn't "get" into her character as I did with Yuzuriha.

^{<-----Jan. 11, 02 + 05:55 p.m.----->}

Oro...

Woah Di, the new Seichirou & Karen layout for Enchanted is so beautiful! I love the frames...and just everything about it. WTG girl!

Sav; you've piqued my interest in Eva, next time I'm at the store, I shall pick up an ep or two. Ohh...and speaking of shrines...I think I may have a new one ready in a few days time. If I can ever decide on a name for it!^^;;

Oiy, oiy, I'm sick again. I've been off school for nearly a month, and I've been sick 80% of the time. It's sucks quite a lot considering I have to go back to school on Monday. Gosh, I don't feel like going, but I know I have to.

Saw Jurassic Park III, Shadow Magic (a chinese film), Mulan and The Mummy today. I've seen the latter two a dozen times already -_-; Jurassic was bad, really quite awful. The first one was still the best. Shadow was alright; but much too quaint. I don't think I've seen a really great Chinese film with oomph since To Live, over five? seven years ago? Everything is just so Hollywood-ized and, thus, tacky as tassle. *sigh*

^{<-----Jan. 5, 02 + 08:50 p.m.----->}

Happy Birthday Di!

Happy (belated) birthday Dianna, *hug!*

Oh my goodness Di, the new blog layout looks gorgeous. The blue tones are...iridescent. Wonderful editing--c'est enchantée. It downloads fast, really, really fast, to boot.

Happy birthday Saluria! Two decades my friend, two decades. I love it. Have you gotten to the cheesecake yet? Expect a *ring ring* from me tonight! And I better not get your..uh..interesting answering machine again.

Amy...thank you so much for the wonderful flower days dedication! I love it! The new look is refreshing and rejuvenating--I felt like munching on a really zingy green apple or braiding colourful beads together afterwards. Ah, merci.

Moo, I tested the current layout out on the upstairs old computer...and the background didn't work. I think I've fixed the prob, but am too lazy to check again. Hmm...I also dallied with RK images again and made this cute little red chibified layout...maybe in a few more weeks, I'll put it up. Oh, grrr, I installed this QuickTime CD Extra thing-bob, unaware that it also came with this picture-viewing program. And you know what it did?! It turned all my thumbnailed .jpg pics into, well, a non-thumbnail. All 2800+ of them! Apparently, it can be fixed but the procedure is too complicated for me to understand at this time. Grrr. That's the last time I'm installing anything on my PC again.

^{<-----Jan. 4, 02 + 04:35 p.m.----->}

First Entry For 2002!

This is my first entry for 2002. Unfortunately, I didn't experience an epithany to share with y'all. Umm....oh yeah, finally, a layout change. It's a about time, oh yes, that beige Kamui layout was killing me with its blandness. Do you like it? It's Kaoru from Rurouni Kenshin in an uncharacteristically docile pose, very pink too! I'm turning into such a girly girl...wearing frills and making pink layouts...oiy.

Wai, I finally found your blog!

Sal, Mr. James Bond *wink* may have the face of an angel, but he deserves to be shot for being a frivolous skirt-chaser. Still...he's...so sweet...but GRRRRR, he shouldn't go around like that! YES, take the Archeology course, gawd, it sounds frickin' fantastic!

Savie, great layout: it's all hip and industrialized, awesome! And you too have a fantastic new look! Yeah...Gandalf was cool; I loved his staff and his accent and his friendship with the hobbits. Another character that I loved seeing was Gollum. Can't wait to read more about him in Pt. III of the series (which I still haven't finished reading). I want to read The Hobbit next.

Natasha finished Four Minutes(!!!) The ending is absolutely, delightfully perfect. The story concludes beautifully--with that rare blend of humour and romance that you manage so well. Having the Fool card woven into the end was really clever!

Ack, I have to return to school on Monday. *despairs* I so don't wish to see my meanie french prof again.

^{<-----Jan. 3, 02 + 05:27 p.m.----->}