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Version 5: XD You KNOW I had to make a Fruits Basket layout, after the 1337ness that was AKG's Masq skit. And of course I HAD to make a Flowery Gigolo Trio layout, because I was Ayame. Duh. :P I even have pictures that I've culled from around the internet! :D (sorry if you're the one who took it...)
The sign says it all
Not exactly a Gigolo Trio picture, but blah
My hair is a mess. I am not pleased.
Kakkoi Kev...! er, Hatori~!
This is definitely an...interesting picture. It was taken very, very late at night. Hopefully that should explain it.
Yay, Furuba group pic!
Nothing to do with Furuba cosplay. But I found this hilarious, because the random girl in the foreground holding the moogle is me. Off to the right, you can see Phi and Kenji being accosted while in FFX gear.
Furuba on stage~! w/trophy~!!!
Um...yeah. That's me.
The sign again! <3 And my arm. ^^;
Back of Ke..er, Hatori. XD
Yuki and Ayame coexist peacefully. Egad. Oh, and Hatori's there too.
Another late night photo with the Gigolo Trio.

Must I reiterate that I was wearing a pillowcase for my Ayame costume? X3 I still find that incredibly amusing...anyways, I'm working on a REAL white undercoat(?) for my Ayame costume now. Go me.

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loves: cosplay, white mocha espresso, milk tea, songbirds, drawing, friends, family, home, quiet, stuffed animals and assorted other cute things.

also loves: Kingdom Hearts, Hikaru no Go, Fruits Basket, Dragon Drive, Prince of Tennis (Kikumaru~uu!!), FFX, Robin Hobb

hates: computer viruses and the people who write them. you bastards. as well as crowded areas (ie buses), computer programming, multi-variable calculus, people who smoke with me within breathing distance, people who blame others for their own deficiencies, and people who mess with my little sister.

currently watching: Hikago, Dragon Drive, Prince of Tennis, Spiral, Naruto

karura's current mood is: The current mood of Lisa at www.imood.com

e-mail: sunlit_atelierREMOVETHECAPS@yahoo.com

old entries: archives

karura's website: hidden currents

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friends' blogs

Heidi: my paradox
Janice: 615 feet high
Kenji: eien no yume
Kevin: ...?
Kix: kaijuu ga iru
Meimi: sasayaku
Michelle: aotenjou
Mirae: kiraku na akuma
Pekkle: too much information
Phi: Ø gravity
Sachiko: one more dream
Tomoyo-'mouto: monorail of thought

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interesting people whose blogs I read, only they don't know I read them or who I am. I suppose I should e-mail them...

suzelog
icha icha paradise
temorary mitten
vital access
from the mind's eye
confusion

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links to websites!

Ryuuzaki~i!!: Dragon Blossoms
Hikago scanslations: Toriyama's World
AKG!!: AKG Studios
Jump blog: Weekly Jump Forum
Prince of Tennis scanslations: Manga City
CLAMP fanfiction forum (aka Evil Incarnate!): CLAMPesque
The Mighty Evil Ones (but I love them anyway): Kouri and Karasu's Fanfiction

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Mu5ic Files:

I'll be the One (Hikago OP2 by HAL, full version)
Sincerely ~Ever Dream~ (Hikago ED3 by Dream) (the CORRECT one :P)
Serenade (Fruits Basket song by Ritsuko Okazaki)
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the "basic" stats:

name: lisa

aka: karura, lithele, lis(pronounced "lease", because some friends of mine are just too lazy to say the last syllable of my name ^_~), ayame, moron.

age: 18

keirsey personality type: INFJ: Counselor

ethnicity: mutt. seriously. the polite way to say it is "mixed." ^_^

height: 5'8"

weight: a little below middle of the range for my height

want list: a PS2 of my own, an Intuos 2, a sewing machine, a chance to finish both FFX and Kingdom Hearts, better CGing skills, sleep

"hanyaan" list (in no particular order):
1. ken from digimon 02 *_*
2. akira from hikaru no go (i admit his resemblance to ken may have something to do with my obsession.)
3. oujiro!! ^0^ from the angelic layer anime
4. eiji kikumaru from prince of tennis! (u~uber cuteness!)
5. watari from yami no matsuei (cosplay!!)
6. reiji from dragon drive <3 (squee!! same japanese va as ken from digimon!! <3)

favorite subjects: art, english, chemistry, physics (though I suck at it, to tell you the truth)

least favorite subjects: history, calculus once it gets to multivariable, foreign language

favorite food: tea (esp. pearl milk tea!), cinnamon buns, ice cream, and candied yams, white mocha espresso, steamed milk, clam chowder (nummy...)

favorite things: my alpaca rug, my art supplies, my bookshelf and everything on it, my keychain (sai and hikaru!) and my teddy bear

pet peeves: multi-part questions (you know, you start a question and discover it has a part a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i, and j? ARRRGHHHHH!!!), people who eat and sleep unhealthily, and people who pick on my little sister.

color: blue (no kidding. every pita layout but the butterfly one has been blue. and how long did the butterfly layout last? ....okay, so i redid that one because people complained that it blinded them. besides the point...)

music: In general, I like either really slow, stoney music, like classical or new age, or really, really fast dance/techno music. I also don't usually listen to mainstream english music. Either the lyrics bug me or the music itself bugs me. So I settle for pretty foreign music and instrumentals and the few english songs that I find and like. :)

current songs: I'll be the One (HAL, Hikago op2), True (dunno artist, but Dragon Drive op), One Love (HAL), The Starry Sky (HAL; hmmm, theme?), Hikari (Hikaru Utada, Kingdom Hearts theme), White Destiny (Yoko Ishida, Pretear op), Vector (Maaya Sakamoto), Let me be with you (Round Table(?), Chobits op ^^;;), Suteki da ne (Rikki, FFX theme), For Fruits Basket (Ritsuko Okazaki, Furuba op), Serenade (Ritsuko Okazaki, also in Furuba), and of course Traveling (Hikaru Utada, AKG AX theme XD)

current favorite anime: hikaru no go, fruits basket, prince of tennis, dragon drive

older favorite anime: angelic layer, gravitation, digimon 02, berserk, card captor sakura, trigun

favorite manga: yami no matsuei, hunter x hunter, hikaru no go, fruits basket

favorite manga artist: takeshi(ken?) obata. He ownz me. X3 CLAMP is cool when they're not torturing me. ;_;

favorite book: ender's game by orson scott card

favorite authors: robin hobb, kate elliot, lynn flewelling, david feintuch, joan d vinge, orson scott card, tad williams, mercedes lackey, john steinbeck

favorite video game: FFX

test results (because...i can. and it's amusing. ^_~ I'll add the rest later...)

Battle Cry: Mew?
Flavor: Vanilla
Fruits Basket: Honda Tohru
Yami no Matsuei: Tsuzuki Asato
space provided by pitas (yummy :p)

ARGHHH!! Just saw my Sai pic on a NORMAL computer monitor, and the colors are SOOOO weird. >_< Stupid laptop monitor GAH! Have to figure out the right way to tilt the laptop screen so the colors are normal. :/ Bahh... And I'm PMSing. >_< Baahhhhhh....

-karura expounded on the sanctity of "a man's romance" on Friday, November 1, 2002, 12:14 p.m.



Oekaki is addicting.

Drew this. Kurot commented on it. *_* (hero-worship, no way >_>) teehee, AKG + Lisa now out in force on oekaki board. XD

Witch outfit was a success. Was one of few people to dress up. Got lots of 1337 1007 (aka candy) from teachers and my FAC. Met with premajor advisor, he basically confirmed everything I already knew. Didn't do much (any) homework today. Oh well.

So ends my shortest entry ever.

-karura expounded on the sanctity of "a man's romance" on Friday, November 1, 2002, 12:03 a.m.



By pure coincidence(?) I bought my new Intuos2 at the campus computer store as a way to cheer myself up (*_* is speechless with happiness at finally owning a tablet again) on the same day that I discovered the oekaki board that Phi and Kix (and KUROT!) are posting on. (dies) I want to draw!! >_< But I have to finish my wretched, wretched computer program first. And grr, tomorrow's Halloweeeenn!! I'm just gonna be a Gothy witch. ^^;; Must wake up early to do makeup. >_< Makeup takes me foreevveeerrr... And *glomps* Kix! I actually had a Jack-the-beached-whale picture too, from Umi no Hi, but I don't think he would've appreciated it if I posted it. ^^;; It's, uh, special. And it's at home anway. ^^;; Err, yeah. Program. Then maybe oekaki~!! XD Wacom tablets so rule over that tablet I had before... Even if I am $200 lighter. ^^;; okay, yeah, program.

-karura expounded on the sanctity of "a man's romance" on Wednesday, October 30, 2002, 11:16 p.m.



It's been an icky yuck blah bad day. I (a) caught my umbrella in a tree (b) whacked Mary Ann with my scarf (c) knocked over a glass at dinner (d) threw 2 pieces of silverware away by accident (also at dinner) and NO there was no way I was going to dig for them (I pretended it didn't happen. >_>) Oh, and of course: I slept through my entire chemistry lecture (Maya-papaya promised to hit me with a rolled-up newspaper the next time I do that) and got royally f*cked up results on my chemistry lab. But besides that......well, yeah, nothing went really well today. Blah to bad days.

However, I remember those photos I promised to upload a long time ago? The Umi no Hi and AX pics? ...well, yeah, I finally did. ^^;; I'm too lazy to write up descriptions for them all (and what I named the files probably tells you enough in most cases XD) They're here. And yes, I'm too lazy to make an index page for them. ^^;; Well, it works, right? Anyways... If you want to use any of them for anything, go ahead! :D (And if you do nothing else, you all HAVE to check out the "Censored" picture. XD)

No more time, need to do calculus HW, but check Phi or Kix's LJ for my LJ link. And Imouto? You do NOT want to know what a seme and an uke are, and DO NOT try to find out. Thank you! :) Oh, and yes, I worked on LH. Have most of second page done; I just ended up using the original layout after all. All I have to do is find a ruler so I can draw in the box lines. So yay!! I'll definitely be finished sometime this week.

Now, homework.

-karura expounded on the sanctity of "a man's romance" on Tuesday, October 29, 2002, 06:05 p.m.



This is going to have to be a really short entry, because as usual, my professors decided Monday is the best day to have midterms. (They also make everything due on Monday. Weekends are no longer weekends. I'd say the closest thing I have to a weekend is Thursday and Friday.) But anyways, quickpost....

Daylight Savings Time r0xx0rs. XD I woke up today at what my alarm clock said was 11:30, and I winced. All that time wasted already. But no, my computer said it was 10:30! :D So yay!! I got an extra hour or two of sleep, and I got one more hour of study time than I thought I would get! :D Woohoo! I'm also happy because I got so much done yesterday. Woke up at 11:30, but still managed to finish a math assignment, go over all 6 chapters that are on my chemistry midterm, finish my chemistry prelab, find all 6 research sources for my single women/childless women research paper, finish the zipper for Ayame's white thing, and draw Yuffie! Productivity is good. I hope I'm half that productive today. >_>

Cosplay: Oh well. Masq is fun... but I guess nothing I'll ever do will ever beat the adrenaline of the Furuba skit. XD And we have so many other plans~!! Can't wait to do Yami group. XD If we can find a Tsuzuki and a Muraki or maybe even in Oriya it would be even better...but I'm sure we'll make more than enough fangirls happy. :D Oh, and I forgot last time, but Operation Lobby! XD Famine or AX? Or both? Whatelse? Oh, and thank you for belt tips, Phi! I'll look for them next time I can convince my roommate we need to go shopping... (soon, I hope. very soon. I'm running out of things to sew.)

I'll finish up later. Have to study. >_<

...*stares up* THAT was a short entry? Crap. Too much lost time!! ;_;

-karura expounded on the sanctity of "a man's romance" on Sunday, October 27, 2002, 12:56 p.m.



Nyo~!! I have other things to talk about, but right now I just want to talk cosplay planning, because Kix brought it up and because not planning is bad. :P And I'm never online, so I can't discuss there with everyone else. But if you do plan a chat, you'll tell me, right? ;_; You can call my cell! I won't mind!

Err, first, cosplay groups? I think we have Yami, Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy, Hikago...um...what else? Hokuto and Subaru? Is there a Chobits group? I'm planning on doing Fruits Basket again, especially for Fanime and Akitaroh Daichi, but I don't know about everyone else... All I can think of, anyway.

Ooh, hotel rates and stuff for Fanime out. Were we planning on staying at the hotel? Or commuting? And actually, who's going to be in town and who's going to be doing stuff elsewhere? (like Phi doing school during the summer. :P) Eek, I feel like such a control freak. >_< And how would we want to do AX hotel? Like last time ('SWEET!') or some other way? ...i think too far ahead, don't i?

Masq. No AX Masq. ;_; I don't think I can stand being in the audience after being on stage. But, okay. Fanime then. But if Momosu is doing something, Kix and maybe Phi won't be in Masq with us! That's no fun at all! >_< Err, so yeah. We can consider that, too...

And I've been considering doing a Garnet, if I get the other four done. (it's possible...Ayame's coming along pretty quickly, and Watari's just about done... And Sai's actually almost halfway done, because I can scavenge the hat and the hakama from last time...and Yuffie...ooohh, Yuffie. Belts. ;_; How did you do that belt, Phi? Yuffie's belt looks just like Rikku's, except blue. And then there are the belts that hold her, uh, top up. Belts, belts, belts. And I need to make my stomach more presentable. Maybe I'll take cardio-kickboxing next semester...yes, I'm really that masochistic...) Anyways, if I do manage to get to a Garnet, I'll go around with the Final Fantasy people groups, I guess. :D

I'm so obsessed. This is horrible. (But I did get half the zipper on Ayame's white thing done! :D Beats a pillow case any day! Though I love that pillowcase, make no mistake...)

-karura expounded on the sanctity of "a man's romance" on Thursday, October 24, 2002, 11:53 p.m.



Heyhey! I was considering getting an LJ, for various reasons (1 being so I can comment, but...yeah. I don't feel like discussing the other reason...) but I need an account number thingy. Sooo....would anyone with an LJ like to help out their darling friend Lisa? :D

Err, yeah. Did end up finishing my calculus homework. Even understood it at the end, and was getting all the problems right first try. o_O Of course, this was at two in the morning. >_< This is what I get for leaving three math assignments to the last minute. Ooh, and I got so distracted doing it, too! I went through all the cosplay.com AX02 photos again (there was a Watari in there that I didn't notice! XD ...but no one does the hair quite right, even the japanese cosplayers that I've seen; I think it's a bit hard to make real hair look like Watari's hair. I love my wig. XD) I need to make a fabric run. I've also found that two shots of espresso in my coffee makes me reaallly alert. Probably is very not healthy for me...but anyways, I think I'll try to save up for a espresso machine. (oooh, yuppie alert!) They don't cost that much, especially if you get them at Walmart. And espresso is good. Very good. *_* I am such an addict...

Waah, I wanna see KH Sephy, Phi!! ;_; So lucky. Lucky duck. (quack!! XD) And you're sooo far! I haven't been able to play since I came back to school! ;_; Wahhh... Too much work to do... And you!! You have to stay healthy!! (this coming from someone who has been throwing up/feeling nauseous at random times the last three days. >_>) If you get sick, I'm going to...to...beat you up!! Yeah!! (that is a stupid threat on so many levels.) Seriously, feel better, and I hope it doesn't hurt anymore. ;_; (And I want to get to Neverland! Tinkerbell! Flying, and not in a Gummi ship! And I want to roast Captain Hook's butt! XD)

And Kenji, you'll be happy to know I haven't reloaded the random couple generator for the past 24 hours. :D I think Seishirou x Muraki scared me away...

Err...there was something I wanted to say, but I don't remember what it was. Oh well. Later then!

-karura expounded on the sanctity of "a man's romance" on Wednesday, October 23, 2002, 05:03 p.m.



Save me from this. One day I'm going to giggle myself to death. >_<

Kamui x Sorata (yes, you read the order right. kamui=seme. how does that work?)
Ryouga x Hatsuharu. (XD would their senses of direction cancel each other out?)
Furuba Yuki x Gravi Yuki. o_O
Gojyou x Yohji. XD
Now this will break your brain: Seishirou x Muraki. No, not kidding. Help.

If I get another couple with Genma as a seme, I'm going to scream. Oh, and I did get Shuuichi as a seme once, (uke Kurama!) and yes, I did squeal "WHEEE! I'm a big bad seme!") ....you see why I need to stop, don't you?

And why is Suguru always seme? He was even seme to Seishirou! ....oh dear. >_<

Oh, good lord. Hatsuharu x Akito.

.....must....stop...must...do...calculus homework....>_<

Meimi? I love you, but this is all your fault.

Though I think the prettiness of Nagi x Yuki makes up for it.

Will write real entry later. If I finish my calculus.

-karura expounded on the sanctity of "a man's romance" on Tuesday, October 22, 2002, 06:27 p.m.



So! I woke up this morning feeling nauseous, and ended up throwing up after breakfast. That should've told me how my day would go. ....okay, my day wasn't that bad, but it sounded good, all right? Anyways! Engineering test == DOH! to floating point mantissas and finding machine epsilon by hand. And yeah, it may sound like I'm babbling, but those are real things! Really! And Chemistry quiz == I hope I get partial credit. Actually, I didn't do too bad, considering that I studied maybe two hours at the most last night; I mean, studied as in, read the book, did problems, never touched the chapters before that. o_O Hell, this is review for me, okay? And my engineering test was way more important. The engineering test is like, 20% of my grade in the class, and the chemistry quiz is 10 points, and you can drop a few of your lowest scores. ^^;; So yeah, guess where my priorities lie.

So! Tests over. What does Lisa do? Lisa goes to have yummyummy warm Chinese food at the designated campus Chinese food place, which actually has Chinese people running it! The beef and bell pepper dish was very good today. *_* And then, tennis was canceled because the courts were all wet from the rain (have I mentioned that the weather here has sucked lately?) and so Lisa...took a break from studying! Because I studied nonstop during the weekend, for Engineering, and Chemistry, and even Writing; had to read a 240 page book this weekend and respond to it. (Prof liked my response. He told me so. XD I was embarrased because I hadn't proofread it, so the grammar/typos in it were atrocious...) So, break from studying consisted of Lisa finishing the mandarin-ish collar for Ayame's white undercoat, and I'm so proud of myself! (my roommate says it looks professional, and asks if I would sew stuff for her. o_O I'm so flattered it's not even funny. Because I am seriously making this up as I go along. ^^;;) Next up? Zipper! Yay. Another day... Also just babbled with my roommate alot, while I sewed. We get along so well it's not even funny. I won't be surprised if we stay roommates all four years. o_O Seriously. We're interested in the same things, we have similar and compatible personalities, we have the same types of friends... We have not had a conflict of any sort for the entire time we've known each other, and we talk about everything with each other; friends, schoolwork, ambitions, hobbies, siblings, stalkers....^^;; Yeah, she had one too. Oh, and she not only tolerates my cosplay hobby, she thinks it's cool! o_O And we have plans to give each other makeovers. O_O The list keeps on growing... And the best part is, we have lives outside of each other, so we're not clingy, and we can sense when the other needs alone/quiet. It's...perfect. Frighteningly perfect. Especially with all the roommate horror stories I hear all the time. Wow.

Oh, and yeah!



Though if I change one answer I get water instead...so...yeah. It's weird that no one's been getting water! We all seem like such artistic people...

glomps Sachiko. You almost made me cry, you know that? I have never heard a more heart-wrenching but real story in my life, especially not from a friend. .....you can call me anytime. You know that, right? Love you, miss you. ;_;

Re: KH cosplay. XD Phi as Sora!! W/keyblade!! Ooh, keyblade... Deadly weapon. XD That'll be a fun prop to make, though... Oh, and yay Kenji!! KH cosplay! We'll find someone for you to cosplay. Heck, at first I didn't think there was anyone in KH I could cosplay, but...Yuffie!! Oh, and eee!! Not KH cosplay, but yay to Kix's...wings? (see, lisa reads both lj and pitas!) Ooh, for Koujiro/Kouchiro? Oooohh!! Prettiness. Yay to Yami cosplay too!! :D Though AKG is seriously 26th on the waiting list for AX Masq'03. >_> So, uhh, doubt that'll work out very well... Alternatives?

Meimi~!!! Having caught you in a good mood (?) (and hopefully done with your essay), I am now going to once again take up my important responsibility of threatening/poking you into working on Bound. :P The Touya-in-a-dress threat is still active, you know! Oh, and as it seems my death/laryngitis/techie threats wished upon the girl you were supposed to replace haven't worked out... New threat time! .....umm...thinking......okay! May a laxative be slipped into her coffee!! And then, may a squirrel drill holes in her lawn! And then, may a seagull fly over her head! (oops!) And then......okay, i'm sorry. I'm just getting childish now. This is what happens when I'm uninspired. (Read: out of ideas.) Sorry. Nothing beats the techie threat. Or the Touya-in-a-dress threat. But I don't think that one will work on her...

Imoutoo!! Heyhey! Don't worry, I'm at least thinking about how to do LH. ^_~ Drawing, a little. I'll try to get a page or two done this week.

And...yeah. These entries take way too long. I have calculus and my chem prelab to do. Don't want to. But must. Oh well.

-karura expounded on the sanctity of "a man's romance" on Monday, October 21, 2002, 08:37 p.m.



Squueee!!! I'm all better now, after the yuna trauma incident! *_* Because...Akitaroh Daichi is going to be at Fanime 2003!! See?? ...you know? Fruits Basket director? And Kodocha? And ohmigod, I can't believe this, but Ima, Soko ni iru Boko (Now and then, here and there) too? (The difference in tone between these shows is absolutely amazing. o_O Cute and sweet, crack-happy, and suicidally depressing? This man has range...) I have to do a good job on my Ayame costume now! So I can go to his panel and everything? And oh, I need his autograph, definitely!! And yay!!!

Um, need to study for engineering test tomorrow. And, chemistry quiz. (probably won't end up studying for it.) And, yeah. Sutff. Oh, and so happy all of you guys had so much fun at Kenji's this weekend! *_* Makes me so nostalgic. Whee, Kingdom Hearts!! Everyone's going to finish it before me. Dammit. But! I can still work on cosplay!! :D Erk, apparently the person with the wedding yuna at AX02? is doing a KH Yuffie too. >_< Er, so I have to work hard so I don't look too bad. Eep! And, and, I'm glad Phi is feeling better, and don't worry about getting settled in; I've been here, like, what, two months now, and I'm still not totally settled in; but I'm used to it. Even if you don't totally feel like you're into things yet, it's okay; occasionally you still feel out of place, but there's still familiar things that make you happy, and new people, and yeah. Fun stuff. Except for classes. But doing laundry is good! All my clothes are all warm and fluffy and smell like Bounce afterwards! :D ....and yeah. Engineering test. Okay, can do this...

-karura expounded on the sanctity of "a man's romance" on Sunday, October 20, 2002, 12:20 p.m.



....a sequel? To FFX? .....with Yuna in hotpants?

...........

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lisa breaks out into tears and begins sobbing

i'll go be traumatized in my corner, now... and if that thing is actually real and isn't a joke square is playing on all of us, i doubt i'll play it, just because playing that will totally ruin the beautiful atmosphere of ffx for me. i have no desire to see yuna in a skimpy outfit, wielding guns. seems like some fanboy's fantasy to me. who says square doesn't pander to fanboys? (if this is real, and i hope it isn't.) i'll go finish kingdom hearts now.

...........trauma.

i'll be intelligible later.

-karura expounded on the sanctity of "a man's romance" on Sunday, October 20, 2002, 11:35 a.m.