Monday, July 7, 2003

...organic chemistry bites. "Hydroboration involves addition of a B-H bond of borane, BH3, to an alkene to yield an organoborane intermediate, RBH2." WTF? >_> ..okay, so it actually makes sense if I think about it. But blaaahhh. It wouldn't be nearly so hard without all the long complicated chemical terms. My brain turns off just looking at all of those loonggg words filling the pages of my text book. Dude, this is going to be a looonng year. Blaaahh.

And~ I have AX to blog about later! It was fun, and I am now pooped, broke, and strangely inspired. Oh, and have done some productive self-reflection. Yay! I also REALLY want to learn how to sew better. >_< And and... I STILL haven't caught up on the sleep I lost during AX. And finally, the official count is that I lost 4 pounds at AX. ^^; hehe.

I need to archive... Next entry! I also need to watch Gundam Seed. >_< Tonight, I say! Tonight!

-Lisa was nostalgic at 04:26 p.m.



Monday, June 30, 2003

Whoops! Haven't blogged for a almost a week. o_O Heh heh. Mini-quick-summary:
1.) last Thursday: Saara's going-away party. ;_; I'll miissss yoooouuu!!! I hope Pennsylvania (and Finland!) are fun... And call me anytime! =D
2.) Watched Finding Nemo on Sunday! XD Sooo cute! The turtles ROCKED! "Duu~uudeee~~" Dory(?) rocked too. XD
3.) Saturday night at Kix's, working on AX stuff. So much cutting. My hand hurt sooo much. o_O
4.) Lots of studying organic chemistry. Blah.
5.) Lots of moping over HP OotP. I am shoooo pathetic. I want to do a HP layout. ;_; But this one has been up for like...barely two months. o_O And that reminds me, I need to archive... After I come back from AX, probably.

Ooh, that reminds me! I need to plan a CG club meeting with Jen! =D Phi, Kenji, Kix, anyone else who's interested in CG, cooking, and gaming (not necessarily in that order XD), when are you all free for a meeting? (ooh, this is so nostalgic. XD) Oh yeah! And Phi, Jen really wants to see her Sephy in KH Final Mix. XD Jen is quite the Sephy fan, to put it very, very mildly... I'm so glad she didn't see that Fanime skit. Someone would have died. And it wouldn't have been Jen. ^^;

Blahblahblah. Going to AX on Wednesday. Going broke, thank you, so I think I'll pack a lot of food. ^^; Incidentally, if the people driving with Jack want me to, I can check in some of your luggage with me on the plane so that you'll all have more space in Jack's trunk for other stuff. Also going to go see X2 (finally) with Sachiko and Sarah tonight! =D Yayyy!! Have to figure out how to drive to the theater... And~~ Zelda: The Wind Waker is KICK ASS. That's all I have to say. Toodles~! =D

-Lisa was nostalgic at 01:13 p.m.



Tuesday, June 24, 2003

w00t!! I actually look decent in a cosplay picture! =D

You can't see Yuffie's ninja star though. It blends in with the potted plant behind it. o_O *giggles* And look! I actually have tummy muscles! *is proud*

-Lisa was nostalgic at 12:45 p.m.



Monday, June 23, 2003

Now that I am no longer completely apathetic... Some things I wanted to blog about from Fanime! =D (must...not...think...about...certain...book...) First, met mucho cool people! Rene and Angela and some of the other Morning Musume girls, and I saw Annie-onee in person and Wayne again (pimping~!), andand Fiona and CC(?) and so many other nice cosplaying people. =D Looking forward to meeting more people at AX, and meeting up with everyone else again~ Also become aware of some mucho not cool people... Right, avoid the guy with blue dreadlocks while in costume. ^^; I do not take personal attacks very well, should they occur... Blah, but most people involved with cosplay are really nice and that made me happy! I think I looked like crap in most of my pictures (especially Yuffie and pre-figuring-out-how-to-pin-Watari-wig-correctly pictures) but oh well~ I also saw Jen there (JEEENNNN!!!!!!) andand...that's really about it. Did lots of driving around back and forth (I drove the same route a good 10+ times within two days, ferrying people back and forth =P could drive it in my sleep by now...), and barely ate anything the entire con. o_O Seriously. I lost two pounds during Fanime. Conventions mess with my head and my eating habits. I mean, Saturday, all I had to eat were a hard-boiled egg, a piece of toast (breakfast), an apple, a cup of coffee, and about a fourth of a piece of Rene's pizza. And I didn't even feel hungry at all. o_O Yup, they mess with my head...

Now I have to do costume repairs (less than I thought I would have to do, actually!), Yuffie shoes (if time permits), and help with the stuff for AX. >_< And help tutor my sister in geometry and study organic chemistry myself. Blaaahhh I say. Blaaahhh.

-Lisa was nostalgic at 11:55 p.m.



Monday, June 23, 2003

Harry Potter 5:

*bawls*

...and I really could have done without bursting into tears in front of my mom AND my sister, even though I was trying very hard not to. At least they had the good sense not to comment very much on it...

I feel very, very depressed right now. And I actually kinda don't want to be un-depressed. ...actually, I don't really feel very motivated to do anything. Not even read fluffy happy fics about a certain character. ...just thinking about it makes me want to start sobbing again. Last time I cried was when I watched the end of Furuba, and I didn't cry nearly this hard or long. And that was more than a year ago. I feel like maybe I should feel stupid about getting this worked up over a book (I'm still in denial)... but I've realized I don't really give a damn. I feel like I've lost someone very, very close to me...

I'd say I need a hug, but my mom of all people already gave me one... well, a sorta hug. sooo....oh shit, whatever. Screw it, I'm in mourning. Let me break out my copious amount of black clothing. I feel the need to be depressing.

ADDED: And I see Meimi, for one, is in the same boat I am. Don't worry about missing Fanime, you didn't miss very much. You certainly didn't miss much in the Masquerade. (You know it's bad when the highlight of the show for you was a Sephiroth singing Saddam's "I can change!" song from the South Park movie while killing four Aerises. Nope, not kidding. Then there was the Sailor Moon and Sailor Mercury dancing to a TATU song (complete with tongue! >_> my EYES!!) or the Dilandau doing a strip tease and humping the microphone (this is supposed to be a FAMILY convention....) Nope, all you missed was being traumatized, and maybe a panel or two. Nothing compared to Harry Potter. ;_; I actually feel like I would have rather been reading Harry Potter, except that Phi and Kix had their Morning Musume performance... And cosplay just tired me out.

....everyone read Harry Potter please, so I can cry with you.

-Lisa was nostalgic at 04:00 p.m.



Saturday, June 14, 2003

Stupid Yuffie gloves. >_< Can't do it. Give up. Blaaahhhh...

-Lisa was nostalgic at 09:10 p.m.



Friday, June 13, 2003

Princess Tutu 26 spoilers:

Would like to say right off that the Mute Rue coupling does absolutely nothing for me. ^^; But OTHERWISE... Heehee, Neko-sensei finally got married~~ And Aotoa/Arthur, I love, almost as much as Fakia...because he totally saved Fakia's ass! XD Scary man was trying to cut off Fakia's hands and Aotoa knocked him out of the way~ And then bodily tackled Scary man. XD Oh, and blocked Scary man's axe with a book. A BOOK. Aotoa~ Heehee, don't hate Fakia that much after all, do you? XD I still love Fakia best though. Though why Mute and Rue get the happy ending and Fakia and Ahiru... Weeeellll, okay. I'll admit the image of Fakia fishing and writing stories, with Ahiru swimming around the lake next to him, is sooo absolutely adorable and homey and sweet that I'd almost forgive the lack of real Ahiru Fakia lublub-ness. (Ahiru is, after all, now a duck. >_<) However! I am peeved that Rue and Mute got the fluffy lacey fly-off-in-a-chariot-pulled-by-swans ending. They're not nearly as cute a couple as Fakia and Ahiru. Though actually...I think Fakia's and Ahiru's ending is more down-to-earth and heartwarming, a lot more realistic, with a whole lot of room left for elaboration. I like that. Back to the whole, anything involving Mute is a fairy tale romance and thus uninteresting, and anything involving Fakia is wooonderful~ *_* So maybe in the end, Fakia and Ahiru's (open-ended) ending is more appropriate for them after all... Besides, we've seen that the only person that Fakia can seem to change the story for is Ahiru~ *wriggles in glee* If I could fic, I would. Instead, I'll wait for someone better to do it. *_* (Randomly, for some reason, completed-heart Mute mildly annoys me. ^^;)

*waits patiently for Fakia Ahiru fics*

I am having issues with my Yuffie gloves. >_< I mean, I made them. Sorta. Except they cut off circulation to my fingers, which is NOT good. So I think I'm just going to buy some more elastic material and stuff the gloves with fleece to make them poofier. ^^; I'd rather NOT have purple fingers... I still have to go shopping for shorts, too. >_<

Anyone want to go to the mall with me? ^^;

Must...lose...weight...

-Lisa was nostalgic at 10:16 p.m.



Thursday, June 12, 2003

w00t! I finally got off my lazy ass today and finished Yuffie's top! ^o^ ...well, MOSTLY... I still have to gloss-coat the paint on the belts. But~ The belts are attached, the top is sewn so it actually fits, and it actually looks decent~ The top came out a little smaller than I intended it to, however. o_O Not like Yuffie's top was very big to begin with... ^^;

Sooo...with that in mind, Lisa's cosplay status report:
Yuffie: 50% (still need to do boots, find shorts, make gloves. ;_;)
Watari: 100% (unless I want to find a 003 ^^;)
Sai: 75% (I definitely have to make a gi for it...and I am so remaking that fan...)

Not bad, considering I have NO mad sewing skills. ^^; You'd laugh if you saw some of my stitches. But it works~ Who'd have thought you could BS sewing? XD

AND! My sister has a better love life than I do, and she could care less. Life isn't fair, but that's okay. ^^; Dude, if I had a guy who I could talk to as a friend, was cute, sweet, British, a little shy around me, played chess with me, AND gave me teddy bears and sweeeet cards that read something along the lines of "please never forget me..." ... DUDE.

And it looks like I'm going to have to have surgery AGAIN, this summer. >_< Blah to surgery. I've had too much surgery in my short life.

And my quick take on the whole fansub whirlwind that's been invading the net lately: I'm not even going to touch the legality of fansubs. They're all illegal. Debating the subject to death won't change that, and it's your choice if you want to follow the law or not, or to what degree you decide to follow the law; just follow your own moral code (or lack thereof) and be prepared for any consequences that might result. So it's not so much the whole AJ subbing licensed anime that bothers me as the absolutely HORRIBLE way that the UV representative was replied to. It's only the (ir)responsibility of one, totally immature person on the AJ squad, but the absolute disregard for the rights of the party that has actually paid for the license to a title is abhorrent. Dude, if the company asks you to take the link down, just take it down. Fansubbing is on shaky ground as it is; don't rock the boat. And there was absolutely NO reason to respond that rudely to any reasonably polite e-mail.

And laaa~~~ I still have flab around my tummy. ;_; Go awaayyy! I've been exercising and eating healthy and EVERYTHING! *sniffs* At least I haven't gotten any migraines lately...

-Lisa was nostalgic at 12:54 a.m.



Tuesday, June 10, 2003

Heh heh...I haven't posted anything in more than a week. ^^; Oops? But it's been a little hectic. On top of my sudden-onset migraine-like headaches (complete with the sparks in front of your eyes!), I've planned a last-minute surprise birthday party (happy birthday Kenji!! <3), searched for jobs, went to a job interview (hope that one goes well~~), tutored chemistry, and worked on cosplay. ...not so much cosplay. Oh, and prepared for my dad going off to San Diego for his job. >_> At least it's not...oh, North Carolina or something. But I'll miss my daddy... ;_; And when I finally got to come home from school too!

Oh, rides for AX. Rental car won't work out because my parents, understandably, don't want to rent it because they don't want to hold responsibility for what happens to the car, because it will, after all, ultimately show up on their record. ^^; So...I don't know what everyone wants to do. I might just buy plane tickets. But that's not an option for everyone else... Other ideas?

Nooo, Meimii!! If you don't come to AX we won't see you...like, for forever! ;_; That's so sad... Hope you can find a job!

I need to work on Yuffie... I'll blog more later. ^^;

-Lisa was nostalgic at 08:39 p.m.



Sunday, June 1, 2003

My parents say if I don't get transportation to AX worked out soon, I'm not going. ^^; Just to warn you all....

Fuuuu~~ My first day tutoring for my new job today~ It actually went well. I'm so proud of myself! Unlike some of the students I had to tutor back at MV, these ones actually paid attention to what I was saying and told me what they didn't understand, or at least that they didn't understand something at all (which happens with chemistry ^^;), which makes it so much easier for me to tutor them. ^_^ Yay!! And with three hours of tutoring today, and two hours of preparation outside...5 hours worth of pay! Maybe even more if I can convince them to give me commute compensation! *_* (Round trip is about an hour. >_< SUCK!) Ahhh, money~~ Yay!!

Somehow managed to get rid of my cold yesterday, even though I was in San Francisco all day and walked 10 miles. O_O PLUS we walked up the hill that goes to Lombard Street. You know, the 'curvy road'? The famous one? *_* SOOO steep! But I'm so proud, because I didn't have to breathe too hard at all. W00T!! I'm in shape! Sorta. ^_~ But I have lost four pounds since I got home from LA~~ wheee!!

Princess Tutu: if Fakia and Ahiru are not a couple at the end of this show, I will kill something. I'm starting to feel really sorry for Rue. ;_; Mute is going crackers. Like, completely crackers. Dude. O_O The new Aozoa guy, I like. Not as much as Fakia, but still, I like. He should end up with Rue. ;_; And I can't believe there's only 3 episodes left! Waahhh, I don't want it to end!

Scrapped Princess: Have I mentioned I love Shannon-nii? I love Shannon-nii. Waiwaiwaiwaiwai!!!

Reservoir Chronicles: OMG. It's like, a CLAMP Kingdom Hearts on crack. O_O I like it, don't get me wrong. But...dude, I never thought I'd see Souma again! (Does this mean CLAMP will stick Karura in there somewhere? *_* Lisa would be happy~~) AND!! It has Touya in it~! And he's a king! I loooveeee Touya!! <3<3 Andand Fye!! Is so cool!! He's...I don't know! Cool! *_* And OMG!! MOKONA?! >_< ...It's like, Shaoran's Sora, Kurogane's Goofy (XD), Fye's Donald (XDXD), Sakura's Kairi (^^;), and Mokona's...Jiminy Cricket or something! @_@ And Yuuko's sorta Maleficent-like...sorta...^^; And they'll go off together to journey the dimensions searching for the lost pieces of Kai...Sakura's heart/soul/mind! ^^; They just need a Riku. Hrmm....

I need to work on cosplay...well, exercise, take shower, work on cosplay. Yupyup. Sounds good.

-Lisa was nostalgic at 08:48 p.m.



Sunday, June 1, 2003

Whoooo~~ the room is spinnning~ Helloooo NyQuil!! (you don't want to know how long it took me to write that sentence correctly; or this one, for that matter...) anyways...San Francisco tomorrow...maybe pearl milk tea with Heidi and Michelle Sunday morning...tutoring chemistry Sunday afternoon (bleh; but money is involved, so it's sorta ok...) and...I think if I don't get into bed soon I'll fall asleep in my chair, fall off, and break my head open on the corner of my desk. And I had so many interesting things to blog about too...

oh welll....tomorrow....

-Lisa was nostalgic at 12:04 a.m.



Thursday, May 29, 2003

OMG. Princess Tutu keeps on getting better and better... *_* Meimi, if you don't have any ways of getting the second half, I'll send it to you when the entire thing is released. Because duuudee... *_* I am definitely enjoying Gad Guard as well... Scrapped Princess too, though I haven't had a chance to watch 6 yet. ;_; And I promised Terra I'd watch Azumanga Daioh this weekend, and I still haven't seen Get Backers 28... yup, just reconfirming my nerdy fangirlishness! =D

I am sooo #*($#* tired, but I feel productive and happy, so it's cool. ^_^ Sooo...I've already got two tutoring jobs, so I'm going to make at least (or more!) on Sunday for what amounts to 3 hours of actual work. w00t~~! And on Saturday, I'm going with Jaewon and Melissa and Ellen to San Francisco!! Whee~~!! Adventures on BART! ^_^

Oh! ABOUT TRAVEL TO AX. People, please get back to me soon~ I NEED to know who's interested! I will be seriously pissed off if you put off making this decision until the last minute and we end up with a less-than-desireable price for the rental car, so e-mail the list! Get a discussion going! Decide how everyone's going to get their butts down to LA! And at this point, the only way we can get all our butts down there is by car. (Besides Phi who was smart and reserved her plane tickets early.) Anyways. I need to reserve the rental car soon if this is what we decide to do.

And boo to RO going pay-for! ;_; Not like my computer was able to handle it anyway. Sorry I wasn't able to join you all for Glast Heim~ But I was tired and I had to get up at 6AM to take my shower and get to the hospital and it was already 1AM and RO was spitting out random Korean error messages (I assume they were error messages) every time I started it up. Sooo....i gave up. ^^; Jack's probably got a higher level aco than I did anyway. =D

Hm, what else...? Oh. I went with the doctor I shadow to a lunch conference today~~ On sexual assault. Oh my. Not only did I get a crash course in rape forensics, I also got a very graphic photographic slide show of, uh, cases. No, I did not keel over and die, as you might expect me to. It was very sobering and only makes me want to be a doctor more. ;_; ...though I admit I'm glad I had finished my lunch by the time they got to that portion of the conference. O_O

...okay, maybe I did keel over and die. A little.

And REMEMBER PEOPLE!! CONTACT LISA ABOUT AX TRANSPORTATION OR LISA WILL GET PISSED!!!!

....'kay? ^_^

-Lisa was nostalgic at 11:37 p.m.



Thursday, May 29, 2003

Wahh!!! I have to fast because I have to get a stupid blood test tomorrow, and I'm sooo hungry, but I won't be able to eat breakfast, and my parents were LAUGHING at me because I was running around in circles moaning about how hungry I am! ;_; Nobody loovees me!! My tummy is growling! Wahhh!!!

With that, you'd think I would've gotten a higher gluttony score on this thing. o_O

The Dante's Inferno Test has sent you to the First Level of Hell - Limbo!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:

Level	Score
Purgatory (Repenting Believers)	Very Low
Level 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers)	Very High
Level 2 (Lustful)	Low
Level 3 (Gluttonous)	Moderate
Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious)	Moderate
Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy)	Low
Level 6 - The City of Dis (Heretics)	Very High
Level 7 (Violent)	Moderate
Level 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers)	Low
Level 9 - Cocytus (Treacherous)	Low

Take the Dante's Inferno Test

The last time I tried to take this test, the server was down... But in any case, I am so not surprised by my results. =P Though I do find it funny that I scored 'moderate' in the violence category. XD

and...i need to sleep.

-Lisa was nostalgic at 12:45 a.m.



Sunday, May 25, 2003

Hakuuu!!! I'm in looovveee!!! <3<3<3

I obviously just watched Spirited Away. Loved it. Squealed a number of times, and not just for Haku, though he caused a lot of squealing. (the hair! the hair! i'm such a freak, but the HAIR!) I can't believe it took me this long to watch it... But anyways! I want to watch it again~~ And no, I don't have anything more intelligent than that to offer you. Deal.

There's so many other things I've been planning to blog about... And I'm soo behind on my e-mail AGAIN... (sorry, Sachiko, Terra, everyone! Tomorrow definitely! Before I have to go to that wedding. >_>) But anyways...

My internship has pretty much convinced me that I want to be a doctor, something I've been fuzzy on for years. It's wonderful to have this feeling of certainty and having a strong goal now... I can't really say what convinced me. But it did, and that's what counts. Finally I have some idea of what I want to do with my life! Even if it does involve me being a student until I'm at least 30. =P And being an intern. And residency. o_O Heheh. At least I know what I'm in for...

RO. Err, as if my computer doesn't lag enough on its own, there's now always 11,000+ people on the server, and it's no fun at all playing. Especially since I can't really talk with the party anymore, since DXN is currently disbanded, and I don't really care about leveling up or making money on my own... And leveling up is so slooowww. *sighs* And I know, I need to catch up with everyone else in level...but everyone else is so much higher than me! I'm still only barely level 30. ;_; And the only things I know of that make a dent in my EXP are pecopecos! And if I'm not careful, they pack on me, and though I can deal with two just fine, if three attack me, I only get through it alive half the time. The lag doesn't help. ;_; How do I know when I need to heal myself when the server lags so much? And when the server lags my heal? ;_; So frustrating. Maybe I'll go attack some undead and see if I die. That which doesn't kill you makes you stronger, ne? ^^;

And I saw the end up Shaman King~! <3<3 ...without seeing the episodes in the middle first. ^^; I'm impatient. Sooo... I love Yoh. We all know that. He's so happy and easy-going and wonderful and I love his seiyuu sooo much! I'm...kinda like him. When someone isn't making me do work. o_O All you who think I'm all disciplined and hardworking should see me at home. XD But anyways! Love Yoh. Ren, love, seiyuu is wonderful because seiyuu is Paku Romi and Paku Romi has a permanent pass to sainthood because she was Ken Ichijouji's seiyuu. So wahh!! And Ren is so grumpy and cute, and I love grumpy standoffish characters that are all mushy inside. *_* Lyzerg I want to cheer for. Obachu is so cute and I love him much more than Manta. Sorry Manta. ^^; I think it's the voice. Manta's voice gets on my nerves. But anyways, my surprise love of the series is Hao. o_O I usually don't like the uber-evil-villain because, they're, well, uber-evil and they kill lots of people and do evil things and, well, yeah. But Hao...not only is he utterly hot (god i'm superficial), the little tiny hints of humanity and emotion behind his psychopathic-ness made me first fascinated by him, and then made me love him. Same happened for me with Toki Kohei from Dragon Drive with me, actually; it has the uber-evil villain who undeniably needs to be stopped if not destroyed element, but the signs of humanity are what interest me and, ultimately, frustrate me. And dammit, what did the anime have to end!! ;_; Now I have to collect the Shaman King manga AND the Get Backers manga AND Hunter x Hunter AND I have to catch up on Furuba and Hikago and Yami no Matsuei...wah. ;_; ...oh well. Anyways. Shaman King = <3<3<3 I wonder if I cosplayed Hao, I could convince my sister to cosplay Yoh? We look like twins, so it would be perfect... well, no time this year. I still haven't figured out how I'm going to do my Yuffie gloves...I'll have to look at some gloves as reference to figure it out. ^^; So hard~~ Good thing Yuffie's my hardest costume this year. o_O

Err, think that's it. I have to go to a wedding tomorrow, so I won't be around much...hopefully I'll finish up with my e-mail before we have to go. If not...Monday! Definitely! And I really want to see Scrapped Princess 5. I haven't had a chance to watch it yet. ;_; Wah. No time. I have less time now than I did when I was at school! This is horrible! And I'm going to have even less time once I start getting calls for me job! Yes, I got the an hour tutoring job~~ Tutoring chemistry. ^^; They needed chem tutors, apparently. Hehehe. Sometimes I don't know if being good at chemistry is a good or bad thing. I'm going to be totally immersed in chemistry this summer, what with studying ahead for organic chem and tutoring general chem... Whee! Doesn't that sound FUN? Fun fun fun! But money is good. Oohhh yes. Money is good.

And I hatehateHATE water retention! It makes you think you're getting really fat when you're really not! Grr! ...though I could still stand to lose some more weight. Yuffie...doesn't wear very much. ^^; Muscle would be good too. Flab is bad. So I'm going to exercise and make my diet healthier so I'll be in tip-top shape for Fanime! Yay!! *goes to lift weights and do situps etc. before bed*

-Lisa was nostalgic at 11:40 p.m.



Tuesday, May 20, 2003

The reason I haven't been blogging is because of my internship, which is very tiring. The reason I'm not going to blog much tonight and tomorrow is because I'm going to be on RO. (Yay for having Wednesdays off! Though tomorrow I do have a job interview... @_@) And do you all realize that Fanime is in a month? We really should get cracking on cosplay. Really. We should. .....my aco also needs to get to level 30. Go aco go!

#($*!! I want to find Shaman King 26! >_< (Kix, do you still want Princess Tutu 15.5?)

-Lisa was nostalgic at 08:33 p.m.



Sunday, May 18, 2003

Okay. So I went to see Matrix Reloaded (squee!!) today with Sachiko, Melissa, Sarah, Parinda, Jaewon, Neil, and Mark, and guess who ends up being in the line a few people behind us? COMPLETELY randomly? ....if you know me at all, you know who it is. Yes, him. Senior prom boy. HOW? WHAT have I done in this life to deserve this? Luckily, he either didn't notice me or didn't have the nerve to come and talk with me, so I didn't have to talk with him. But DUDE. I've realized there's no possible way I'd enjoy going to senior prom with him. There's a limit to being a nice person. When I know agreeing to go with him would result in me being miserable and uncomfortable the entire dance, I really have to put my foot down. I mean, in general terms, I hate dances. Really hate them. Unless I'm with people I like and know very well, and then I can dance with them and socialize on dance breaks. Fast dance, mind you, not slow. But if I went with him, I know NO ONE in his year that will end up going to this dance, he can NOT fast dance (I know) and I hate fast dancing alone, I would feel SO uncomfortable slow-dancing with him (or anyone), and I would feel MORE uncomfortable trying to talk with him for 5 hours. He NEVER talks to me, especially not on a one-on-one basis; we would never be able to hold any sort of conversation for that long. We don't really have anything to talk about. I've come to the conclusion that he's in love with some image of me that he's created, because he sure as heck doesn't know me. He talks more with Amanda than he does with me. I would definitely NOT enjoy it, and I've decided (after a pep talk from Sarah, Sachiko, and my parents, of all people) that I really have to just say no for once in my life. I feel bad for ruining things for him like this, but you know, it has to happen sometime; I just don't feel anything for him. And it's better if it happens as soon as possible.

So now, we see if Lisa can actually carry this out. >_<

So! On to other matters! Matrix Reloaded!! (POSSIBLE SPOILERS!!!) Okay, right off, the ten-minute-soft-porn-scene was a bit much and had me absolutely traumatized. Even Keanu Reeve's ass could not alleviate my trauma. And the poor adorable little old asian man! ;_; Whyyy did he have to die? He was SO CUTE!! Me and Sachiko were squealing over how adorable he was, and were like, if he dies, we're going to cry. And he did, and we were like, ;_; The plot was ok. Solid enough, I guess, but nothing earth-shattering. Lots of talking. Lots of talking about fate. Which I enjoyed, because like I've said before, I have this hate-hate relationship with the concept of fate, but they mentioned a few things that gave me springboards for further pondering. (Does causality eliminate free choice? Maybe in some cases...though I don't think I consider physiological reactions to fall under the realm of free choice...but yes, things to ponder when I'm bored...) Oh! And the orgasmic cake! o_O I SOOO did not realize that woman was having an orgasm! I mean, everyone else seemed to realize it but me. >_< They had to explain it to me after the movie. I'm so slooowww!! >_< The man swearing extensively in French was fun! Link was funny! The Neo-vs-100-Agent-Smiths was SOOOO awesome. XD Wow, I want to see the movie again just for that fight scene! All the fight scenes were good, of course. The car scene was fun fun fun!! Neo-as-Superman is funny! Neo and Trinity suffer from a major case of hormones. >_< They make out like BUNNIES! All the time! Everywhere! First thing they do when the see each other? Lip lock! Alone in an elevator? Lip lock! Bah. But Trinity is still cool! Heehee, Trinity got all catty with Persephone woman. Persephone woman wants to sample Neo's love (aka kiss him?) Trinity: (pulls out gun) "Sample this!" XD She roooocks!! I really don't have much to say about the plot, but yeah. Good movie. Entertaining. Funny to watch it with all the nerds in the audience. XD Whee!! Now I have to go see X-Men 2!

Err, I still need to catch up on e-mail. But at least I have a job interview next Wednesday! For the an hour job! *_* Please let me get it! MONEY!! But I need to sleep. Wow, am I really NOT getting on RO tonight? o_O Guess not. Too tired. Wow. But yup! Catch up on e-mail tomorrow! *nods*

And lastly: BOO to Shaman King being licensed by 4kids! >_< NOOO!!! I want my japanese subbed unedited version! ;_; *sniffles* I didn't mind Yugioh because I seriously think that thing is the cheesiest thing I've ever seen, but Shaman King! ;_; Yuck. And my OpenCanvas trial period is over, so I can't draw right now! *cries* And and i'm sleepy. Good night.

-Lisa was nostalgic at 12:41 a.m.



Friday, May 16, 2003

np: Love Tropicana by Sister Mayo

Love Tropicana for Kix if she still needs it. =D Sorry about the yucky static at the beginning. It's the best version I have right now. ;_;

EEEEEEP!

To do list:
1.) Find a job (or two). Make money.
2.) ...this while doing an (unpaid) internship for the next three weeks, 8.5 hours a day, four days a week.
3.) Catch up on e-mail and blogging >_< Sorry!!!
4.) Clean room.
5.) Clean house.
6.) Study ahead for organic chem (yes, I actually will do it. I'm more than scared enough of it.)
7.) At least attempt to catch up on all the shows I'm trying to keep track of.
8.) Organize and optimize by poor laptop ^^; i think i need to reformat it...
9.) Website! Which I never update! ^^;
10.) Art! To put on said website!
11.) Finish Kingdom Hearts and FFX without interruption, interference, or unwanted spoiling. *glares*

And finallly....
12.) Level up my aco on RO ^^; I would be lying if I didn't mention this. =P I was cruelly addicted to it during my trip to Southern CA. But...it warms my fluffball heart! *_* I can run around serially healing people! It makes me so happy!! *_* Even if my laptop lags like crazy, even when my graphics are set to shitty mode! *_* Right. I'm obsessed, aren't I? I need to level up...Heehee, two more job levels and I can learn warp! *_*

Must...have...discipline...

oh. And Princess Tutu 18 and 19 are *sparkly*. Fakiaaa~~ And am amused by Drosselmeyer complaining that he has lost control of the story. XD And am more impressed by Mute/Mytho than I ever have been before...which doesn't say much. But yeah. Cool. And the cute Midsummer Night's Dream references in 19 were sooo cool! XD I love that play! And Faaakkiiaaa!!! You cried again! I love you! And stop with all the Fakia/Ahiru hints, you #&$* anime, and just GIVE it to us! Please? ;_; ...and yay for the pieces of heart plotline being over! All that leaves is the sacrifices plotline (bleh to formula) and the final battle with the raven(?). *_* ooohhhh.... Yay for afk and HnK putting out so many episodes so quickly!

And Scrapped Princess 4~~ The fight scene animations were so fluid. o_O Most beautiful thing I've ever seen! (The fact that Shannon and Chris were fighting might have some sway over my opinion, but I'd like to assert that I'm not that shallow. Really.) It was over too fast! I was expecting at least a half an episode long battle...but then they went and stuffed a whole bunch of other stuff in. o_O Wow. They keep on giving more and more hints to the larger plot and mystery of the series, just enough to build suspense and keep you interested. Nice pacing. Besides, we got a brief scene with Pacifica's twin brother at the end, who looks like a complete sweetie. And yay for Chris being an ambiguous baddie! XD But Shannon is still the best. Yupyup. *nods*

I also have to watch Get Backers 28. But bleh to my laggy computer. >_< Also planning on watching Prince of Tennis episodes soonish. And Loki. (you know you've got it bad when you see Loki and think RO first. >_<) Wolf's Rain and Last Exile I decided to save until I have a good chunk to watch. Spiral, I should probably finish watching, but I find myself unmotivated. More that I can't think of. Eep more. Oh well. I'll watch them when I feel like it and when my laptop isn't on vacation from me. =P

-Lisa was nostalgic at 08:02 p.m.



Friday, May 9, 2003

Off to SoCal! Will be back Monday night! I'll probably answer e-mail and blog anyways, but just in case I don't, know that I'm not ignoring you, grounded, or dead. =P

And since I'm not sleepy yet...

*sparkles* Princess Tutu 17.0 and 17.5 are out!! Download, my pretties, download!! *cackles* Now if Anime-Keep comes out with the next episode of Scrapped Princess, I'll be a happy, happy camper...

*Lisa is temporarily distracted* *Lisa's brain melts* Holy #(*$!! The same seiyuu who did Asuka in E's Otherwise did Touya Akira!? @_@ ...I don't think my brain can handle this image...

-Lisa was nostalgic at 11:08 p.m.



Thursday, May 8, 2003

You're Oishi!

(Prince of Tennis) Which Seigaku Regular are you?
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*giggles* Seme, am I?

Anyways~! Layout! I was being obsessive over Gundam Seed, watched 30 raw, and turned all effusive and gushy and sad. So I started drawing without anything in particular in mind, and this is what came out. I learned a lot about Open Canvas in the process, too. =D I'll admit parts of the picture are very rushed and BS'ed (mostly because I wanted to get this picture done before I went to SoCal, which I did; no poking!! XDXD yay!!) but overall, I guess I'm pleased with it. Though as always, my humans could do with a lot of improvement... As for the use of Friend ~Itsumademo Wasurenai~... Waii, I'm glad Meimi likes it too! XD It's one of the few songs I loved more when I found out what it meant. I've been meaning to do a layout with it for like, forever (with cherry blossoms, of course), but nothing came of it until now. And here we go~~

Saara~! Well, I'm not driving down, but I'll make sure to make a good guess as to where Santa Barbara is when I'm up on the plane and I'll blow a kiss! XD Love you~! Hope school's going well for you!

And Sachiko!! Yes, let's get together and get pearl milk tea! Nothing wrong with getting pearl milk tea and dim sum! XD Besides, I need to rant to someone about the situation with prom and that boy. >_< Wahhh... Well, maybe sometime next week whoever's in town can all get together. =D

Other things... I baked chocolate chip cookies! From scratch! On my own! And they were not only edible, they were GOOD! Yummy! They made me nostalgic for CG club. ;_; I also picked up Hikaru no Go 21 (20 wasm't there >_<) and it is sooo adorable! I have to scan a few of the panels in. XD The Korean guy is definitely hot, but he's almost too hot. And I really wish they had had volume 20. ;_; Oh well. Also picked up HanaKimi 2-3 and giggled over Umeda-sensei coming on to Mizuki's brother. XD That man is smooth. Though how in the world can this manga last 20 some volumes? o_O

Anyways. I'm sleepy. It's not even midnight yet. Weird. Being at home where everyone else is at bed by 11PM is so disorienting after dorm life, in which everyone's still out and about at 2AM. o_O

-Lisa was nostalgic at 11:28 p.m.



Wednesday, May 7, 2003

Layout up~!!! YAY!! But it is dinner time. So I will babble about the layout and various other things later. (I LEAVE FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IN LESS THAN TWO DAYS!!)

Dinner time.

-Lisa was nostalgic at 06:16 p.m.



Tuesday, May 6, 2003

Lisa doing blog layout:

"yay! It's finally all colored! And it even has a background!! Good job, Lisa! Pat yourself on the back! Now, let's see. Hard part. How to make it into a layout? ...wish my coding skills were better. Grr. This won't work. How wide do I want to make this sucker? Grr, I don't want to cut off the bottom of the picture, I spent so long getting the background right...oh, flaming #(*$!!! I forgot to color the #($* #*$&ing BIRD!! And oh #$&*, you are NOT #$*(ing running out of scratch disk space NOW!!! ...you #$(&ing BASTARD! >_< ARGHHHHHHHH!!!"

Next week: acrylic paints with Lisa. Be sure not to miss it~!!

-Lisa was nostalgic at 08:23 p.m.



Monday, May 5, 2003

I am home!! Helloooo California! And now, I am going to get my blog layout done. Like, I'm going to work on it NOW. And I'm going to get it finished before I go down to SoCal to visit you three (which is Friday). If I don't have it finished, you have permission to...um....poke me? Or whatever. I just need to get this stupid layout done! >_<

Oh, and quiz. Because...yeah.


Yoh is best with you. He's been your friend for so
long, but now you realise your feelings are
stronger than that. If he doesn't love you the
way you love him, don't worry. He'll still care
about you very much.

Which Shaman king character would be your best date?
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Yoh!! *wants to watch more Shaman King* Yay for animetorrents putting up batch torrents for it! *_*

Okay! *cracks knuckles* Layout!

-Lisa was nostalgic at 07:09 p.m.