I had more important things to blog about, but they'll have to wait until tomorrow because I'm tired. (Except: I SAW LEMURS TODAY!! IN PERSON!!! Err, monkey!)
Well, the lemurs deserve a slightly more in depth mention right now. Especially the lemurs sticking their genitals in our general direction in order to scent mark the fence. >_< More of a view than I ever, EVER wanted to see, thank you. But only the ugly lemurs did that. The cute fluffy ones stared at us and hopped. XD
-lisa was overtaken by a warm fuzzy feeling on Thursday, February 13, 2003, 01:37 a.m.
Sakuma Ryiuchi-You're cute and cuddly most of the time, but when you feel the music, you turn dark and sexy.
And if you live in 70 degree weather, I hate you. End of story. =P
-lisa was overtaken by a warm fuzzy feeling on Tuesday, February 11, 2003, 12:38 a.m.
I'm alive! I really am!
And Phi is too. XD Yay, welcome back to blogland! Such a pretty layout. O_O Grr, I should revamp mine....but I love Daisuke and Ken too much. XD I want to cosplay Keennn... You know, if I cut my hair to around chin-length, it would be easier to take care of, and I could cosplay Ken, and it would be the right length for Yuffie too, and ooh I could even cosplay Touya... .......it's so tempting. >_< My hair is pissing me off so much lately... If it was short I wouldn't have to worry about it... Oh well. When I go home for spring break I'll see what I can do with it. =D (Then I could just get those black hair extensions for Sai like I wanted to, and and...I like this idea better and better. Good thinking, Lisa.)
And know everyone who ever wanted me to cut my hair short in high school is going ha ha, told you so! blah. I guess college is changing me; I NEVER would have considered drastically shortening my hair a year ago. o_O Good sign, I guess?
I'm sure there was something else I wanted to babble about... oh darnit. Whatever. Anyways, have classes to go to, tests to cram for, and toes to freeze (GARRHH to all you mean people in California where it's warm and happy and 70 degrees all the time >_<) so I guess I better hop to it. ^^;
-lisa was overtaken by a warm fuzzy feeling on Monday, February 10, 2003, 02:07 p.m.
Your present(s) is(are) being processed. For lack of a better word. o_O
Oh, and GO TO HELL, CAROLINA!! XD (<---Duke won, Duke won, hahahaha!! And we had a dancing guy in a speedo! And a streaker who was painted entirely blue! And of course the crazy towel guy! Oh, and we had a bonfire! And beer cans and beer bottles strewn everywhere around the campus the next day! BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!)
College basketball is a scary thing.
And they are in the process of subbing Digimon 02. XD I always thought someone should do that; I'm delighted that someone is. Ken~!! And Daisukii~!!! <3 (I mean, I love Davis and everything...but dude! JAPANESE DIGIMON 02!!! <3<3 meep. I'm done.)
And I think I screwed up the background of my watercolor painting. >_< My roommate doesn't seem to think so, which is the only thing that's keeping me from total despair (I already spent eight hours on that stupid thing! ARGH!!) Hopefully I can save it. We'll see. >_<
And it's snowing. Again. It was #*$&ing 70 degrees here two days ago, so what's with the #$(#$(* snow!? ARGH! Make up your stupid mind!
-lisa was overtaken by a warm fuzzy feeling on Thursday, February 6, 2003, 11:02 p.m.
...! This panel in volume 4 of Yami no Matsuei makes so much more sense to me now...
The whole monkey thing always struck me as completely random and just another way for our darling mangaka-sama to express her sense of humor, but no! Today in biological anthropology we were watching a documentary on primates, and it turns out Japanese macaques DO bathe in hot springs to keep warm. o_O (They look so cute doing it, too. XD) So it was really funny; middle of BAA lecture, all I could think about was macaques and Yami no Matsuei and trying not to giggle. And yes, this was the highlight of my day. Boo.
You know, once upon a time I had a life...
-lisa was overtaken by a warm fuzzy feeling on Tuesday, February 4, 2003, 08:43 p.m.
There's still nothing interesting happening in my life. Yay. Except I'm doing a watercolor painting! REAL watercolor! As in, paintbrushes, paper, water, everything! No computer involved! It looks...pretty good, actually. I'm surprised. o_O Though it's still only halfway done, and I've already spent a good 7 hours on it. Good lord. ^^; Oh well. I'm proud of it, so I'll post it when I'm done with it. Somehow. It's kinda big for the scanner. o_O Aaanyways! Yup, that's all I've been doing.
Imouto, your Choose Your Own adventure fic was very amusing and creative. Great job! Hope you have a chance to write more! And I hope you had fun working with that autistic girl again. =D Congrats, Meimi!! That first acceptance letter is always the best, because as soon as you look at it, you're like, no matter what happens, you're going somewhere and you're not a failure. I remember getting my first acceptance letter very clearly. It wasn't a place a particularly wanted to go either, but blah! They wanted me. That was all that mattered. And I'm sure you feel the same. Now you get to look forward to all the rest of the acceptance letters coming! ^_~
Ermm, crap. Lotsa of pschology reading to do. Oh well. Will do more blogging later. When I have more of a life. =P Later! (PS: I'm not repressed!!!)
-lisa was overtaken by a warm fuzzy feeling on Monday, February 3, 2003, 08:37 p.m.
Again, I have nothing particularly blog worthy. Unless you want to hear about how happy I was that it was stir-fry night tonight (YES!!) or how I had to get up at 6AM to go to the neurology department of the hospital (no, don't worry! I just volunteer!) or how it's been raining here for the last two days and I'm #*$&ing SICK of my socks being wet all day... Yeah, nothing else to say about my life, really. =P
Ooh, HangedMan!! You like Digimon! I love you!! *glompsparkle* Yeah, I tried to visit your blog, but the server's down, soo...later. Oh well. And yes, I'd love to get some Digimon fic reccomendations!! Especially 02 fics. With Daisuke and Ken. Teeheehee...
And I find this quiz result hilarious in its accuracy. XD Just remember: if I know you in real life, you're reading this blog, and you're not related to me, you probably contributed to this result. ^_~ (Tomoyo-imouto, don't take this quiz. I mean it. I can already tell you what you're going to get, so do me a favor and just...don't.)
Knowledgeable -
You know all the tricks, you just haven't used them. You can talk big, but that doesn't change the fact that you have no hands on experience. You've learned everything by reading about it, and you haven't had the chance yet to put what you've learned to the test. You really should get out in the world before your sexual frustration catches up with you. So get out there and get some in the field training already!
Dammit, I'm NOT repressed!! Yes, I'm talking to you, Amanda! NotnotNOT!!!!!11111
You're laughing at me now, aren't you?
-lisa was overtaken by a warm fuzzy feeling on Thursday, January 30, 2003, 11:16 p.m.
Guess what I did this afternoon? ...no, I didn't get my tongue stuck to a freezing lamp post. I counted spores!! =D Spores!! Black spores brown spores squashed spores... Whee!! Isn't that exciting?! Spores!
Is the sarcasm obvious enough? I tried really hard. Written sarcasm is difficult to get across sometimes.
I have a paper to write tonight. Wish me luck. I haven't done any planning for it at all. =D At least it's only 1-2 pages. Double-spaced. XD But it actually requires thought. And organization. Whee.
-lisa was overtaken by a warm fuzzy feeling on Monday, January 27, 2003, 06:57 p.m.
I have been so terrible about blogging lately. I'm sorry! But...there really isn't much to blog about. ^^; (stares at last post) Anyways... I'm 19 now! For my birthday, we went to see the sneak preview of Shanghai Knights (very cute!) and to the mall for my birthday, and it was fun. XD Then we got lost coming back from the mall and ended up taking an impromptu tour of the...less savory parts of Durham. We made sure the car doors were locked. =P My roommate's mom also bought me this GIGANTIC birthday cake (O_O) and...yeah. Wow. No way us girls are finishing that thing, so we brought it down to the bunch of guys watching the Super Ball. They assured us quite enthusiastically that they were capable of polishing it off. XD Umm...and Happy Birthday PHII!!!! Because I know your birthday is right before mine~!! Miss you! And...yeah. I REALLY don't have much to blog about. ^^; Except...read a BUNCH of really good Digimon fics lately~!! *_* I think I'll make a fic reccomendation page. They need to be shared with the world (or at least my fellow Digimon fans). Oh, hell, why not? I'll share a few of them now~!! For the general crowd, read...
Donkey Madness by Athena. A famous fic in its own right. Despite the fact that it's Ken/Miyako, I really love this fic; it almost made me like Ken and Miyako as a couple. O_O Or at least tolerate it. It really manages to capture the feel of the series while still delving deeply into the emotions of the characters (especially Ke~en!! <3) and yeah. Read. It's good.
For They Shall Be Filled by Vain. It's an epic. That's all I can describe it as. It was a wonderful read, and once again, it delved very deeply into the characters; but believe me, it's nothing like Donkey Madness in tone or style. Read~!!
Ground Level by Aphrael. Also an AU, kinda fantasy/sci-fi-ish, and I know I've recced it before. But...it's good, so it gets the treatment again. XD Verry creative, and the author is soo amazing when it comes to characterization and setting. Daiken, Taito, other couples.
The following fics were rated R by the authors, but there's no descriptive s3x or drugs or extensive swearing... But I'd say the author's had reasons for rating their fics the way they did. Something to keep in mind...
Oasis, by Sugah, a fantasy AU (alternate universe) fic. Daiken, Taito. I love the setup of the entire thing, and her writing style is amazing~~ Whee! Ken is such a sweetheart, and Daisuke? Don't even get me started on Daisuke~! And the way she works magic in is creative and still has vestiges of the show in it... Read~! (it's not finished, though, soo...^^;)
Cursed in the Name of the Lord by Kinslayer. Another AU, but it's set in the Digital World. A very deep fic, that I'll admit really cut me to the core. Very, very emotional. Despite the lack of any ostensibly offensive content, it really needs the R rating. Mature minds definitely needed.
For the more mature (read: 17 and older) crowd (I mean it! s3x, drugs, etc.!), we have...
Body Heat by Sugah again, an AU fic that is...wow. She gets so many elements of the show in here... (even the Kaiser! Who I refer to in this fic as a gorgeous hybrid of the Kaiser and Fuuma from X. Hot, evil, sunglasses Fuuma, not goody goody Fuuma. Can we say yum?) But she really takes the characters and creates something that is truly unique (and yummy). Oh, and Daiken. And sorta Kaisuke. And other couples. But those are the ones that matter. ^_~ This one's also unfinished. ;_;
Darnit, there's other fics I want to rec! But since FF.net took all the NC-17 down, and I don't want to repost things without permission, there's no way to do so! >_< Hmm...well, if you really want more fics, e-mail me. I want to share my addiction. XD
....okay, I'm done. Wow, this was long. o_O Fics~~!!! Almost makes me want to write fanfiction myself! XD
-lisa was overtaken by a warm fuzzy feeling on Sunday, January 26, 2003, 07:52 p.m.
"Divine phallus?" <---phrase quoted from psychology textbook.
....."Divine phallus?"
...........
*laughs hysterically*
This is worse than the "banana" incident at the Mayan ruins during the Cancun trip that traumatized me so much, because the textbook actually wants me to take it seriously. >_<
-lisa was overtaken by a warm fuzzy feeling on Monday, January 20, 2003, 07:16 p.m.
Yay, new layout!! That took way too long. And I wouldn't have gotten it to work at all if it weren't for my Imouto prodding me. ^^; Thank you~! *glomps* I think I made it too purple...but...oh well. It's Daisuke and Ken. Therefore, it is perfect.
I twisted my ankle again. Yes, again. Yesterday. I wasn't even going doing stairs or anything; I was walking, and I tripped and fell (over myself, apparently, because there was nothing there to trip over but even pavement) and BOOM! Next thing I know I'm on my limping to my next class and my ankle looks like it's grown a lump the size of a golf ball. For the record, I last twisted my ankle approximately a month ago. Who's a klutz? Not me!
My classes are way too easy this semester. It's WRONG. I mean, I still have 18.6 hours of class every week, but none of the classes are...I dunno...challenging. >_< No problem sets. No math. The only homework I've had so far is reading and learning chinese characters. I find this incredibly weird. I think I'm missing math. Or at least chemistry. Because...I dunno. I feel like there's never anything to do. Not like last semester. I don't think I like this feeling. The reason I always try to overload myself with work is because I HATE being bored. If I don't have anything to do, I get seriously depressed. I'm not kidding. If I'm not occupying my mind with something, preferably something that I feel is worth my time, then I just go lethargic and depressed. It happens a lot during the summer if I'm not doing anything. And another thing--there's no way I could major in a social science or english. Surprise surpise? To me, yes. But I've discovered that I just can't stand the fuzziness of the fuzzies. I want scientific method. I want evidence, theories, and clear application to real life. I want problem sets. Disgusting, but true. It looks like I'll end up majoring in a science after all.
Hmm. I should draw something tonight. Or read more fics!! XD Yay!! I should post fic reccomendations later... So many wonderful fics to read~~ (too much time, dammit)
-lisa was overtaken by a warm fuzzy feeling on Friday, January 17, 2003, 10:33 p.m.
All right. That's it. I give up. I was trying to make it work, but it just isn't. Yes, I mean my pitas layout. If you ask me if I'm going to finish it any time soon, I'll throttle you. Because it is not happening. I drew the base picture, I colored it, I sorta liked it, but I CAN'T find a way to make it into a pretty layout. And it pisses me off. elkaflasdgasfljd@!! Here's the base picture; if you have any ideas, please share them with me. I'm at the end of my rope here. >_<
Teehee, I love them. No, wait, I'm supposed to be pissy right now. Grrr. Anyways, I have 60 pages of stuff to read by tomorrow, sooo...yeah. I'd better stop with the HTML/Photoshopping. It's just frustrating me. ^^;
(oh, and almost forgot! Sorry Imouto for not responding sooner; but in terms of tapes, just do whatever you want. I don't really want to keep either tape. And thank you for recording stuff for me~!! It's weird, I'm on such a Digimon high right now. o_O Kee~eenn!!! And Daaiiisukee!!! <3 Okay, fangirling done.
-lisa was overtaken by a warm fuzzy feeling on Wednesday, January 15, 2003, 08:46 p.m.
teehee. My hands smell like kettle corn.
No, no new pitas layout yet.
And we're reading the Canterbury Tales...in Old English.
"A povre widwe, somdel stape in age" indeed. How is this useful again?
-lisa was overtaken by a warm fuzzy feeling on Thursday, January 9, 2003, 05:59 p.m.
it ate my entry. not happy. grrr. i don't have the energy to retype all that. ok, summary: duke basketball = fun but tiring, woke up at 5AM to get tickets, my feet hurt. Don't particularly want to do it again, though going WHOOOSH!! was fun. Being a Cameron Crazy was a unique experience. I'd rather watch the Cameron Crazies than be one, though. Less tiring. =P What else did I type about? Oh, I don't know. I'm tired. I know, I know, no new pitas layout. I'm sorry!! I'll have it done soon! ;_; Shower now. I feel gross. And blah to intelligent blogging. It is so not happening. =p
-lisa was overtaken by a warm fuzzy feeling on Wednesday, January 8, 2003, 11:10 p.m.
I forgot about New Years Resolutions! Silly me.
1.) No more spending money on espresso
2.) 4.0 next semester
3.) Do homework for material the day the material is lectured, or a day later at the latest
4.) No more planned last minute studying (or in other words, no studying for tests day of)
5.) Eat my vitamins/minerals/medication on a regular basis
6.) Do more traditional-media artwork
7.) Avoid leaving homework for weekends
8.) Less surfing internet, more reading books
9.) Eat normally ^^;
10.) And just because no New Years list would be complete without it, EXERCISE!! Sit-ups and walking to West Campus every so often should do it. =P
There, that's doable. Now, I need to go pack. >_<
Added: (because I forgot a few...)
11.) Update website with some consistency
12.) Blog more intelligently; I've noticed a gradual loss of intelligence and interesting content in my bloggage the last few months ^^;
13.) Learn how to cook at some point
14.) Actually get my new blog layout done! >_<
There, that should about do it...
-lisa was overtaken by a warm fuzzy feeling on Sunday, January 5, 2003, 02:20 p.m.
I love you, Phi. I hope you feel better soon! And enjoy the CC Lemons. XD Me, I'm going to go drool over the Spiral bishies now.
And there is now a Touya Akira AND a Hikaru on my keychain. Ooooh. *waggles eyebrows* Teehee. And Watari and Sai, too! I think at this point, if I ever lost my keychain, I would be more devastated by losing the keychain charms than the actual keys. Just shows you my priorities, huh? Anyways~! Today was loots of fun, seeing everyone!! But it just makes me miss old time even more. >_< And I'm sorry I missed Michelle and Heidi too. ;_; wahh!! *glomp* And Kenji, maybe you want to come to CG club Friday? Call me when you have the chance! =D Oh shit, I have to contact Jen... Bah, I'm incoherent right now. I'll blog later. Have to try to work on my new layout now. XD (I'm almost certainly doing Ken and Daisuke. wheee!!!)
-lisa was overtaken by a warm fuzzy feeling on Thursday, January 2, 2003, 11:09 p.m.
Well. Still forty minutes until 2003 and I've already have more than enough excitement for one New Years. Have you ever been run out of a house by an old man threatening you with a card table before? And I assure you, no alcohol was involved. Or any other substance. Except sushi. And I kicked Neil's dog. (sorry, Ludwig! It was an accident! You're just so...LITTLE!) And....yeah. I "party-hopped". And I finally decided to stop mooching rides off everyone else and drove my own self around. (It really is like riding a bicycle! Driving, I mean!) And...urgh. Somewhat dazed. I think I'll watch cartoons until midnight with my sister now. XD Shut up. It makes me happy. :P
And I KNOW that there's no new layout. Soon? I'll put it on my list of New Year's Resolutions. :P At this point, I'm trying to decide between Daisuke and Ken shopping ('baby, KURIZAMASU da ze!' XD A little late for Christmas though...), some sort of Hikago layout, or something with Kurapica in it. XD I dunno yet. Or if some other sort of cuteness hits me, then that would work too...
And I got a haircut!! XD It's...shorter...now. o_O Oh, and for those of you who are interested and in town!! CG club meeting on Friday at Jen's house~!! I don't know if you're in town yet, Kenji. o_O Oh! And Phi, Kix? I really need to give you your gifts! >_< If you read this, Phi...call me? So I can haul your gift over to you? Or...bah, I dunno. >_< Anyways. I'm gonna watch cartoons now. XD
-lisa was overtaken by a warm fuzzy feeling on Wednesday, January 1, 2003, 11:21 p.m.
I will get a new layout up by New Years. I think. Nothing else, except I love Copics and I needed something to occupy my brain with, so I'm memorizing the hiragana chart I stole from my sister. I'm a nerd. But you all knew that. (It's like memorizing the periodic table, but prettier! =P)
-lisa was overtaken by a warm fuzzy feeling on Sunday, December 29, 2002, 01:18 p.m.
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Version 6: A Warm Day
I'm currently on a gigantic Digimon high. The result? A Daisuke and Ken layout! I wub them so much~~ For the uninformed, they're from the second season of Digimon. A kid's show, you scoff. Ha! Shows what you know. Picture above was done in Painter 6.1, with an Intuos 2 graphics tablet. It was the first time I used Painter. It rocks.
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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, 'lisa-pyan'.
hair/eyes: dark brown
height/weight: 5'8"/125
occupation/skool: student/duke
horoscope/keirsey: aquarian rat-pig/infj
happy things: cosplay, white mocha espresso, pearl milk tea, Earl Grey tea, (okay, tea in general), songbirds, drawing, home, quiet, stuffed animals and assorted other cute things.
obsesses over: Kingdom Hearts, Hikaru no Go, Fruits Basket, Digimon, Prince of Tennis, Trigun, Berserk, Gravitation, FFX, Robin Hobb, Kate Elliot, Orson Scott Card, David Feintuch, Lynn Flewellyn