Colored Ink
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miss something? check the archives name: n/a aliases: kit, kitsuki de kage (don't ask), hey you, the smart girl, foxay, kitkat, kittykat location: southern california contact: coloredink@mailcity.com you have to add the .com age: 17 hobbies: anime, manga, drawing, reading, writing, video games, French horn likes: all of the above, being lazy, laughing loudly in public, animals, mushrooms dislikes: bugs and insects (especially the stinging kind), ignorant people, religious fanatics who attempt to convert everyone in sight, violence, olives playstation 2 20-30 gig hard drive car summer job a good night's sleep money stress-free life dip pen + ink dayworld by philip josé farmer kabuki by david mack over the rhine cd moxy fruvous cd anime/manga yaoi/shounenai clamp music animals life and living candles video games my mice school (**cries**) ffx gohou drug by clamp ff6 ffx galerians (sieangame) star ocean 2: the second story hana yori dango (16) gravitation oav (1) fruits basket (17) ayashi no ceres (11) utena (15) rayearth (8) gto tv (4) ccs tv (8) blaze of mirage (3) star ocean ex (8) |
Monday, June 24, 2002 [link] 08:20 p.m. listening to: "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" - Peter, Paul and Mary I watched a little bit of The Crow today. I really have no words for it, since I only watched a forty-minute chunk from the middle. I stopped because I decided that a movie like that needs to be watched all the way through, and maybe with friends. I also watched episode 16 of Utena today. I think having all this anime on CD just makes me less inclined to watch it, since it's there to be watched any time. ^^;; In any case, episode 16 has to be one of the strangest things I've ever seen, in any series. It makes a lot more sense, though, when you regard it as more of a fable than anything else. Which it is, in a way, but that's another story for another time. The episode did, however, make me remember a song from my younger days: Dona Dona (or, alternately, Donna Donna). I have no idea who the artist is, and upon researching, found that it appears to actually be a Yiddish song, I think composed for the Holocaust. Wow. I've been looking for the mp3 now for several hours, with no luck. If anyone can locate or give me the mp3, I'd be eternally grateful. The lyrics, in case anyone's interested (ganked from this site): On a wagon bound for market There's a calf with a mournful eye High above him there's a swallow Winging swiftly through the sky How the winds are laughing, They laugh with all their might Laugh and laugh the whole day through And half the summer's night Dona dona dona dona Dona dona dona do Dona dona dona dona Dona dona dona do "Stop complaining" said the farmer "Who told you a calf to be Why don't you have wings to fly with like the swallow, so proud and free?" Chorus Calves are easily bound and slaughtered Never know the reason why But whoever treasures freedom Like the swallow, has learned to fly Chorus Monday, June 24, 2002 [link] 02:15 p.m. listening to: "Reunion" - Steven Cravis Look, Gen! Someone agrees! This brings me glee. I was beginning to think that there were maybe five people left in the world who don't think that being anonymous gives him/her the right to be a dickwad. This song makes me feel sad and want to cry for no discernible reason. This means, of course, that it is a good song and Steven Cravis does good music. And now for some much overdue social blogging. Ugh. I probably need to catch up on my email, too. >_< Amber: Congratulations! **huggles** **hurts herself laughing at this** Thanks, Eggie! **wipes tears from eyes** Oh, that's great. Jas: Thanks for the bit about the cherry tree. I feel really dumb for not realizing that on my own. Anyway, I had a really strange dream last night. I think I was in some kind of video game or something, and an event happened that turned everything. . . inside-out. Everything was the opposite of how it was supposed to be. We lived in water instead of air. Things that used to be solid turned amorphous, shapeless, intangible. Things that used to be intangible and shapeless became solid. So, for instance, people were turned into. . . nothing. Well, not nothing, they were still there, you just couldn't see them. Things like ideas turned heavy and solid like rocks and sank to the bottom of whatever watery world we were in. Weird. Sunday, June 23, 2002 [link] 11:32 p.m. listening to: "Through the Kaleidoscope" - Steven Cravis Steven Cravis does really good music. Believe it or not, we have been playing and watching Star Ocean concurrently. "We" being my cousin Siean and I. Well, Siean has been doing most of the playing, and I've been doing most of the renting. We've watched the first eight episodes of Star Ocean EX and played Star Ocean 2: The Second Story up 'till the end of the Tournament of Arms. Blah blah blah blah spoilers. Well, we both agree that the anime is superior to the game, which I guess isn't a big surprise to veteran gamers/anime fans. Most of it is because the game is, well, very tedious in places, especially in the beginning when everything seems to consist of random encounters followed by long periods of dialogue. Now it's becoming rather more interesting, but the battle engine is still clumsy as hell. I don't know how Siean puts up with it; I played the first hour or so and really, really couldn't stand it. But maybe it's just a matter of preference, since I'm one of the four people in the world who liked the Xenogears battle engine. Anyway, the anime has more characterization, which probably helps a lot. I love Ashton so much it's not even funny. He's adorable. And Dias is a manly man, which is a big plus. Celine is hysterical. I feel very eh towards Claude and Rena, which does not come as a surprise to me; I often feel lukewarm towards main characters and adore the supporting cast. ^^ Siean and I spent a lot of time during the anime pointing at the screen and commenting that we'd like that to be in the game. Prime examples are Ray (which is oh-so-powerful in the anime but pretty weak in the game) and Ashton when he's possessed by the dragons (which I think we may acquire later on, but Siean seems doubtful). Have I mentioned I love Ashton? I love Ashton. By the way, I love Ashton. I [HEART] Ashton. Precis has the most annoying voice I've ever heard in a video game character. Not that I've been exposed to many voice-dubbed games, or maybe I've just been spoiled by the excellent voice acting in FFX. Actually, never mind, all of SO2:TSS has some of the worst dialogue I've ever seen, and some of the voice acting makes me cringe. Although, I must admit, it's pretty hysterical to see Claude facing weak enemies and saying, "Oh, it's just them!" Siean and I fell out of our seats laughing at that. Anyway, I I feel the need to explain the "manly man" in-joke or whatever the hell I should call it. It's something I originally came up with and shared with Rachel, and now we both use it. It began with Karsh from Chrono Cross, whom I dubbed the "manly man" for. . . no particular reason, I think. Then later I gave it a definition, based off Karsh: a man who's pretty (preferably with long hair), but muscular and buff. Karsh probably has all those muscles from lobbing around his huge battleaxes like breadknives. Anyway, so, that's the "manly man" story. Dias is a manly man. Sephiroth is a manly man, too. This is opposed to girly men such as Kuja and Seymour. Yes, we're lame. Hush. Saturday, June 22, 2002 [link] 04:47 p.m. listening to: nothing While I was on my bike today, I was chased by a dog and bitten! Don't I have wonderful adventures? Life in Happy Suburbia is oh-so-exciting. Saturday, June 22, 2002 [link] 02:24 p.m. listening to: nothing ADDICTION. Nothing of great import happening lately. I've basically just been wasting my time playing Flash games, reading manga, and being generally unproductive. I think I need a life. Thursday, June 20, 2002 [link] 12:29 p.m. listening to: nothing There's a peach tree growing in our backyard. I think someone threw a peach pit back there and it grew. For some reason, I find this unaccountably hilarious. Probably because my aunt actually tried planting a cherry tree, but it's never given us cherries. But I like peaches, so it's okay. My dad and I discovered that there's a family of cats living under our house. My dad wants to get rid of them. I think they're cute. Thursday, June 20, 2002 [link] 12:11 p.m. listening to: "For Fruits Basket" (instrumental) I keep forgetting to put the little linkie things in the URL box. My bad. Today's the last day of school. It didn't really feel like the last day. Yesterday was the last day for me, because all I did today was give an oral presentation on T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land, which is quite possibly one of the hardest things I've ever read. It made my head go kaplody. I had to find a synopsis of it before I could even begin to understand it. I think my presentation was pretty cool, though. I gave people chocolate and money to explain datta. damyata. damyadhvam. And I had a box. With dirt in it. And flower seeds. English class is all about BS. I guess I should say that it's not really an ending. It's more like a beginning. Woo, look, I'm deep today! I have to play graduation. I don't wanna. Wednesday, June 19, 2002 [link] 05:07 p.m. listening to: "Call Me Call Me" - Yoko Kanno Tired. Going to sleep now. Tuesday, June 18, 2002 [link] 10:41 p.m. listening to: "Call Me Call Me" - Yoko Kanno So today, I did my Wind Ensemble audition, which I did not suck too badly on. Found out that Hala's leaving Wind Ensemble, which made me scream for no reason I can really discern. I guess it's just that she's been in it for eight years, this year she's driven me crazy, and now she just leaves. Gargh. And now how many horns will we have in Wind Ensemble? Garland's pretty much confirmed going back to Arcadia. Suckage. Was gleefully assraped by my math final. Studied for my Chemistry final. Helped Rachel with History. And now, I go to bed. |
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