np: Young Soul Rebel X3 i was laughing like crazy listening to this in the car today and my mom was like o_O what the hell is wrong with YOU? so, yeahh... I wonder if it would be as funny if I understood everything they were saying. Something tells me it'd be funnier. XD

I'm not going to have time to put up the new pita layout before I leave like I planned to. ;_; And I won't have internet access until Wednesday or so, I think...wah. And I was almost done with the layout, too! Just had to mess with the code. >_> moanmoangrumblegrumble. Oh well. Guess I can fiddle with it while I'm on the airplane tomorrow. That and read Atropos 36~! And draw~! It never fails. As soon as I don't have access to a scanner or a tablet anymore, I feel like drawing. Go me.

So yeah, in case you don't know, I'm leaving tomorrow for Duke. And I won't see some of you until Fanime next year. ;_; Guess we'll have to plan all that long distance? And oh, I'll e-mail all of you my cell phone number there and my physical address there ASAP! And I'd promise to try to be on AIM more often, uh, but do you really see that happening? Thought not. And I don't want to make promises I'm pretty sure I won't be able to keep. Oh! And I scanned my Umi no Hi and AX pictures! I need to fix them up and upload them, though, and that won't be until Wednesday at the earliest...so, don't hold your breath.

And I want to say I really appreciate all the e-mail's and phone calls and visits that have been pain me wishing me luck at Duke, and just saying 'bye, and see you around!' It made me feel very happy and very loved. *_* I love you all too! Phi, I'm sooo glad you finally got some sleep! I was wondering whether I should start worrying again. O_O And it's too bad we couldn't have a CG club meeting, but...maybe you can have one with Jen! And Kix and everyone! And Kenji? You suck. I want a PS2 in my dorm! >_< Well, I'd settle for a tablet and a sewing machine. But I don't think any of these three things is going to happen. ;_; Wah. And Kix~! Work on site! Work on site! I'll bribe you with Umi no Hi pictures so that you'll work on site! :P Andand I'm still traumatized by the, uh, birthday magazines. Just so you know. I really did NOT need/want to see that. No wonder Phi told me to turn around and go back in the room. XD Andand the rest of AKG! Mirae and Heidi and Michelle and Pekkle and Kevin, and Jack and Chris! I'm not going to see ANY of you until Fanime! Not fun at all! ;_; Well, we can call and e-mail and IM (ha!ha!) and stuff like that, so it'll be cool! And it's not like I won't see you all. :D Same with Sachiko and everyone else who I know don't read this...(mostly because I never told them the url. must remedy that.) Love you! Thank you for sewing my quilt for me~! It's so pretty. And you worked so hard on it. Thank you so much! There was no way I could've finished it on my own. And thank you Sarah for going out with me to lunch today and helping me get over my friendsickness anxiety (thanks for the term, Michelle!), and thank you Sachiko for being my little sis and everything that comes with it, and thank you Amanda and Christi for putting up with me not helping you guys with the quilts, and thank you Melissa for hosting the farewell party, and thank you everyone for caring so much about me. Whee~!!! I'm ready to go tackle the rest of the world now!

i think. well, at least I won't have a panic attack my first night away from home. hyuck.

So much work on new pita layout! If I don't have a new one the next time I update, you have my permission to poke me. *shudder* And I'll work on my website, too; I should really get the fanart section fixed up. And I should work on the conventions/cosplay section as well. (I was inspired by Phi's con report. Crazy... I wanna do it too!!) And...I'll draw. As much as possible. Yay! I'm bring my Prismacolor markers and colored pencils to Duke! :D Draw Lisa draw! Andand...I should really finish packing. O_O Bye everyone! I'll see you all again!

Added: And I have something to add to your inside joke list, Phi!

"But it's SUMMER!!" ---Lisa explaining why she can't do simple arithmetic

Unfortunately, I can no longer use that excuse. ;_; Darnit. Oh well! Have fun with Painter, Phi! I'll have fun organizing my mp3's! Heehee. Yeah.

Got an advance copy of Shadow Puppets from my darling, darling Sarah today, the latest (3rd) offering from Orson Scott Card in the Bean arc. I finished it today, too. :P I was rather happy with it. (Though I'd like to say that Orson Scott Card shouldn't ever write romance. No offense. Truthfully, there's enough of that stuff floating around anyway, so no loss.) It comes out next Monday, the 19th of August, so get a copy if you have the inclination. It was a nice way to spend the latter half of my day. XD (I haven't had a good long period to read any good books lately, so this was especially nice.) But what makes me VERY displeased is that Orson Scott Card himself will be appearing at the bookstore my friend works at. On the 19th. Yes, I leave for North Carolina on the 17th. Yes, Orson Scott Card lives in North Carolina. Does this suck? Ohhh yes, it does. I WANaTED TO MEET HIM!!! ;_; Not happy. Maybe he'll randomly appear at Duke someday if I hope hard enough. Yeah.

And I guess I'll explain Operation Lobby to you, Meimi, as Phi declined by default. ^_~ Lalalaaa~aaa~~~ (restrains self from evil laughter) I'm not evil, noo.....

Kareoke tomorrow. It's Kix's b-day party. I have somewhere around $2 to spend for a present. All of which is in change. This is going to be interesting. And I also need to download lyrics, or else I'm going to make more of an idiot of myself tomorrow than I already am. :P And blah, I need to clean my room, clean the living room of my stuff, and pack my stuff for college tomorrow. >_> My mom just can't wait to get rid of me. Well, that's not really fair. But she can get really growly when things aren't going like she wants them to. Which is often. Which in turn makes me growly. Which leads to the arguments that last the evening and are gone in the morning. Yes, they're always gone in the morning, even that one where she told me she would be glad to see me out of the house when I went to college... I really didn't need that one. So no, if you were thinking I have a perfect relationship with my parents, I certainly don't. I have a normal one, if that can be said to exist. You can't expect much better when you have people whose personalities and ideals clash as much as mine and my mom's do. Seriously. Her personality is very type-A, and I'm...not. She pays a lot of attention to fashion, appearance, being able to use relationships to get information. I won't stand for any of it, and the more she pushes me, the more in the other direction I go. Well, I guess we're alike in that way. We're both very stubborn. But that personality trait really doesn't help us get along. But somehow, we manage it. Most days. Okay, in general I keep out of her way. But...I don't know what it will be like without her. I think it'll be good for me, in many ways. But I'll miss her at the same time. I guess that's all part of growing up...

I'm not very happy about leaving my sister and dad behind eiher. My sister, because I don't want to think about what will happen to her in high school when I'm not around and I feel inexplicably...responsible for anything that might happen...(over-protective, yes, but I have reason to be) And my dad, because he understands me best. Well, I have the cell phone. I'll call. I'll e-mail too. But I'll miss them a lot.

I did not plan on this becoming a pity-party for myself. So I'll stop while I'm...heh, behind. >_< Oh well. I have a lot to think about and do before I leave on Saturday. So I guess I'll go do that...

...you know, we HAVE to tell Meimi about Operation Lobby. Not just because we'd be borrowing her Go board, but because if nobody else knows about it I'll explode. Seriously. It's one of those things you just can't keep in. :P Do you want to explain it to her or should I?

And YES! Need a CG club meeting before I go! (Next Saturday, the 17th. ;_;) When? Dunno... How does Tuesday afternoon before kareoke sound? (Yay! I can go to kareoke!!) I could try to convince my mom to let us have the meeting at my house. I'm open to other times, too; but not Monday afternoon, Wednesday morning, or Thursday evening. And probably not Friday, because I'll be very busy packing Friday. ;_; So... What's everyone think? As for the sewing machine, Phi... Looks like I won't have much time to use it, after all. ;_; Unless you wanted to give me a quick lesson at the cg club meeting? If I knew at least HOW to use a sewing machine, I don't see how my mom could complain!

And I think I had what might've been my last pearl milk tea (until I come back from N.Carolina) today. At least it was a good one. A VERY good one. Also picked up Hikago volume 17 at Totoro comics! XD The one with the prettypretty Sai on the cover? Of course I'm going to have to bring my Hikaru no Go volumes with me to Duke. ^0^ And probably my Fruits Basket volumes. Maybe the Yami no Matsuei. The CLAMP series are staying behind because I'm trying to break their hold on me. :P And the Hikaru no Go artbook is, unfortunately, staying at home. Because 1.) I don't want to damage it bringing it back and forth and 2.) it's HUGE. So the artbook will have to stay at home, unappreciated. (sniff) And I'm bringing a bunch of my stuffed animals, too: Pistachio (squirrel), Shigure (dog:P), Yukimomo (mouseXD), Thumper (rabbit, duh), Haru (cow!), and The-Bear-Whose-Name-Has-Changed-Too-Many-Times-to-Count. (I just call him Bear now.) Dunno where I'm going to pack all this stuff... But I need to bring it all to make my dorm room homey! (to me) It's kinda sad how...kiddy all the stuff that's important to me is. ;_; Comic books and stuffed animals. (well, manga isn't really all THAT kiddy, but Hikago IS in Jump, and Jump IS aimed at boys 9-14 years old... Though from some of the content in Jump I'd like to really like to contest that...)

Speaking of Jump! I've been hooked by yet another Jump series! I spent the last three days reading all the Hunter x Hunter at Toriyama's World, and have discovered the next manga series I'm gonna buy. (If I manage to escape the clutches of CLAMP. Otherwise X and Tokyo Babylon come first. :P) I like Hunter x Hunter better than Shaman King, and better than Naruto; Shaman King is cute, but I guess it doesn't suit my tastes all that much, and Naruto... It's good, with excellent character development and a moving story, but it doesn't really grab me. I don't pine after the next chapter like I do for Hikago or Hunter x Hunter. Though I might subscribe to the english Shounen Jump to read them, as soon as I find out what my address at Duke is. :P But anyways, Hunter x Hunter. ...actually, I don't feel like ranting about why I like it right now. Okay, later. I don't suppose anyone has the anime? So I could borrow it? Probably not. It'll be my next priority after downloading Hikago and Prince of Tennis episodes. ^0^

I don't think I'm forgetting anything... Ah, Atropos 35! XD A lovely, lovely place for the authors to leave off! They show us mercy. For once. I think the last Atropos chapter that made me so happy and fuzzy was the one with Fuuma and Kakyou on vacation... *_* Darnit, CLAMP got their claws into me again. Grr.

Eeep! While I was wallowing the past two days away, I forgot about stuff I promised to do for people! (This is another reason why moping me is not good. I get nothing done.) So I'm sorry! Soo... I'll burn Hikago for you, Kenji, 23+, and I'll reburn 9, and when I'm done, I'll call you and you can pick it up? Maybe. Okay. And for Phi's 36-38 (which, as I delayed giving to you, turned into 36-39, and probably 36-40 soon >_>), sorry I left no cell phone/phone. I thought I'd left something on the message I left, but I inevitably forget SOMETHING when I leave phone messages... Err, I'll e-mail you my numbers. Though my cell phone number is going to be obsolete pretty soon. (But I'm getting a new one~! For N.Carolina~!) So, I guess we can figure out something.

And Atropos 35 is out. XD I am so addicted it's not even funny.

And I might have things to say about your entry later. When I'm not feeling like daisies and sunshine, which is usually what I'm like for a period after I break out of a depression. :P

Hello~!!! I haven't written in a while. Bad me. But that was because I was in a...not good state of mind the past few days, and I didn't want to make the internet a darker place than it already was. :P A depressed me is not a me I want to shove on everyone else. But it's okay, because I think I have it all figured out; I felt like I was running out of time, and I am. I leave in 10 days. For good, really. I'll only be able to come back home for the December break, and there's no guarantee I'll see everyone then, either. Yeah, that was really what was bothering me, as much as I didn't want to admit it because I've got a tough hide, you know, I can take homesickness/being separated from everyone I know and love/etc. :/ Remind me not to be such an idiot again. Of course I'm going to miss everyone, a lot. I'll only have e-mail and the phone to keep in touch with people, and I'm notoriously bad with the two, especially the second. I won't see a single familiar face, I might not meet a single person that shares a single one of my (admittedly strange :P) interests, it might be weeks or months before I can settle down into a normal, healthy rhythm. But I think I'm confident that I'm resilient, and that I can adapt, and that I'll make friends, and that I'll be able to keep in touch with the people I already know and love. Because I've done it before; when I switched to a new junior high, and then to a new high school, and because I think I already have a friend in my room mate. So~! Reason for depression found, reason countered, depression gone, all is well! :D Even if it did take me two days to figure out what was wrong with me! (anyways, if I mope any more I'm going to shoot myself. I'm very pathetic when I mope.)

If you happened to read, um, an entry I deleted, um, yesterday morning, I think this solves that. Just in case you were wondering. :P

A~anyways! SQUEE! Operation Lobby~!! XD Don't mind me. I have the unfortunate tendancy to give code names to things. Remember Operation Tipsy? (Okay, that one didn't work out quite the way we wanted it to, but it was fun just freaking Neil out.) So anyways, Operation Lobby~! (i need to come up with a better name.) I would say we have lots of time until Fanime and AX next year, but if I said that I know I at least would put it off until the last minute and this isn't something you can do that with. Um yeah. So I'm going to continue studying that Go book I got, look through kifus, and try to find someone with a go board so I can practice making woody Go board noises. XD So at least we have every intention of cosplaying Hikago again, Meimi. :D Besides, I need to make my costume more accurate! And I didn't wear it very often at AX02. ;_; So! Must have it ready for next summer!

Watched episodes 2 and 3 of Dragon Drive today. It reminds me much of Digimon, which is not a bad thing; I also adore the main character. There was also one character named, oh, Tachibana or something, that my sister kept looking at each other and shrieking "GAYYY!!" at. I mean, don't get the wrong idea. He's one of those "I ooze with coooolness and peerrfection ah let's watch the main character do blahblah and then say iinteresting with my chin in my hand" kind of character. Except he toys with his hair very...delicately. And it's curly, platinum blond, and long-ish. What would you have shrieked, dammit? He's all set up to be cool and perfect and then he flips his hair? Am I SUPPOSED to take him seriously? Really! (Meimi's influence again, I believe. This whole shrieking gay thing. Except I can't blame it on Meimi, because my sister does it too. Maybe it's just a fangirl thing.)

And...guess what? Guesswhatguesswhatguesswhat? Kingdom Hearts~! Is coming out on September 17th~! In ENGLISH~!! <3 Andand I heard English voice clips. Andand you can't even IMAGINE how beautiful an Aerith Mandy Moore makes. *_* No, don't laugh. I'm perfectly serious. She's perfect. SQUEE~!! Everyone else has been pretty good so far, too, that I've personally heard. But...I haven't heard Cloud's voice yet. Or Squall's. Yuffie is adorable. So is Kairi. Other people have criticized Riku's voice, but I like it; and Sora? You kidding? XD As for Donald and Goofy... Well, they're Donald and Goofy! They're timeless. 'nuf said. AND! Hikaru Utada sang an English version of Hikari for the opening! You don't even understand how happy that makes me. I was worried that Mandy Moore might be doing it, according to some rumors I heard... Nothing against Mandy Moore, but...she's not the same as Hikaru Utada. Hmm, what else... Ah! They added bosses in the English version~! :D Normally, I would be wary of alterations from Japanese-->English, but I'm not complaining about this one. Because they added Sephiroth as a boss. XD I think Jen will play the game just for that. There is, however, a very large downside to all of this. I'm going to be stuck in North Carolina without a PS2 until December, when I come back for semester break. Which means I can't play the game until four months after it comes out. Which sucks. A lot. Unless I can save up $250+ for a PS2 and a copy of Kingdom Hearts. But as my TOTAL monthly allowance at college is $150, I'm not getting my hopes up. Maybe I can ask for a PS2 for Christmas. XD But still. I can't play the game for a loong time. And I'm the one that wanted to play it the most. ;_; Nooo fun.

And I found out I might not be able to make it to Kareoke, Kix... ;_; I'm sorry. I'll tell you more definitely later.

And note that I haven't mentioned fics in this entire entry. I am proud. (Hey, Atropos 34 was posted!)

Heehee. I still haven't archived or redone my pitas layout, even though I scanned it. Considering it took me two months after I scanned the pics for my layout LAST time, that doesn't bode well for this one. ^^;;

And my eating habits are back to normal, so THERE!! :P Even went to a buffet last night and made a decent showing of myself. And I'm beginning to think the most evil, evil thing about Atropos is that the authors DO write it so quickly (their collective work ethic frankly amazes me) so you have a reasonable expectation that when you go to CLAMPesque, a new chapter might be there. You can't just think to yourself, "stupid, you're just being obsessive. no, don't click on that bookmark, there probably won't be an update anyway and even if there is, you'll just be torturing yourself because it'll take HOW long for the next chapter to come out?" Not so with Atropos. >_< The fun thing about Atropos is it's managed to sell me on Seishirou x Subaru, Keichii x Kamui, AND Fuuma x Kakyou all at the same time. (No, I was not already sold on SxS. Shoot me. No, wait, don't.) It has also convinced me I need to buy X volumes as soon as possible. I hate you. And it's ALSO made me go through all my Yami no Matsuei volumes. Which I haven't actually read yet, because it takes a bit of effort. I'm not THAT fluent reading in Chinese. Just passable. So what has Atropos NOT done to this poor, tortured soul? Gotten me to sit down and actually DRAW. >_< Because the inspiration comes and I just don't DO it. Something I mean to remedy. Really.

KYAA~AAA!!! You mean the gift art you did for Aftermath? Teehee, I really love Subaru in that one. Dammit, when did I become a f*cking X fangirl. This is disturbing. But I'll still join the clique too! Because, as I said, I was sold. Or maybe I sold (my soul). Interesting thing to ponder. And I'm still waiting for your new layout! ^_~ (mention my tardy layout and die.) Andand twin laptops! Didn't do it on purpse, but may admit that I was inspired. Lan and Watari. XD If Lan was a Dell too I'd be very frightened.

Ooohh, CG club stuffs! I think I called/left a message for everyone interested already, but just to make sure everyone has the info that needs it: we meet at Jen's tomorrow at 11AM to cook lunch, ala CG club tradition. ^_~ (for the unknowledgable: "Cooking and Gaming". Yes, we're supposed to actually CG stuff. Do we ever actually draw? ...well, sometimes....) Anyways, 11AM lunch, talk with Kei and Lorelai and Jen, etc.etc., we're planning on leaving for the beach at 1PM but I doubt we'll be running according to plan. Kenji's planning on going there for lunch and leaving before we go to the beach: if you want to do that Phi, it should be fun. :D If you need a ride, I don't have any problem doing it! We want to be returning from the beach around 5 or 6, and I don't know what we're doing after that. Dinner? That's it, I guess. Except! 1.) I have Hikago CD's for you, Kenji! and 2.) I have Hikago CD's for you, Phi! (yes!yes!! hook Pekkle on Hikago! me hook Kenji on Hikago! and soon...the WORLD! BWAHAHAHA!!!) ^^;; and 3.) if you decide come tomorrow, Phi, thanks so much for letting me borrow the sewing machine! My mom is warming to the idea...slowly... At least she gave me another sewing lesson today!

And I have no words to describe THAT. I thought I'd NEVER find a picture of me and you cosplaying Sai and Hikaru, Phi! Never! Found lots of AKG-as-FFX, and some of AKG-as-Furuba, but never AKG(sorta)-as-Hikago! I am content. Even if I was stupid and left me con ID hanging on my RIGHT HAND. The one I held my fan with. >_< I...am not very bright. I'll have to make a better showing for myself NEXT time we cosplay Hikago! (is the, uh, 'lobby' idea still on? the brilliant one?)

Speaking of cosplay, I got my pictures from AX and Umi no Hi developed! :D Some of them I like, a lot. I'll scan the good ones and post them...soon. Yes. No Furuba costumes, though. Was too frantic Masq day to actually take pictures. And only one of Phi and Pekkle as Hokuto and Subaru. And only one for Hikago. But a bunch of FFX! And some funny Umi no Hi pics, if I might say so myself... Anyway, that should be...Tuesday, or Wednesday. Sunday is CG club and Monday is 'camping' with Sarah, Melissa and co. And I still have to continue getting ready for college. I leave in 14 days. ........wah. ;_;

I got rid of my old decrepit 6GB (or somewhere around there) harddrive in my laptop and installed a 30GB one! :D And amazingly, I had NO trouble installing Windows 2000 Pro, and NO trouble getting it connected to the internet via our in-house network/DSL line. So I'm very happy. I'm so happy with my newly spiff-ified computer that I renamed it Watari. Because it seemed appropriate. Now I need to reinstall all the programs. Joy. And install the wireless card! JOY!!XD (my daddy bought a wirless card for my laptop. he rox. no wires internet! bwahahaha!!)

And the best part of this entire computer thing is, I was productive today!! For the first time since.........hmm. That's...rather alarming. Umm. Yeah. I blame fics and my lack of self-control. And laziness. Don't underestimate that. And I'm also rather worried about my abrupt drop in weight lately. Strangely, it correlates with when I started reading Ashes/etc. Coincidence? I think not! (yes, laugh, you! I'll fix my stupid eating habits again and will be back to bug you about yours! Soon! So there!) Of course...I seem to have abrupt drops in weight on a fairly regular basis, for varying reasons. But I gain it right back again, most of the time. So I generally don't worry about it.

Fic-revenge. I like that. XD Be watching out for my devious counterattack soon, Meimi! Bwahahaha!! And I agree very much about Atropos; "cackling fangirl" pretty accurately describes the state I was in while I was reading it. I'm not a very GOOD X fangirl, but I'm sure that'll be remedied with time. Against my better judgement. Oh, hell, might as well admit it; if there was anyone in X or Tokyo Babylon that I could reasonably cosplay, I would, but there isn't, which I am highly greatful for. I'll settle for just continuing to hang around CLAMPesque waiting for the next chapter in Atropos to come along. X3 Atropos makes me a very happy fangirl... On a side note, if you're reading the Ender books, Meimi... if you haven't gotten to it yet, I would highly recommend skipping Children of the Mind when you get to it and skipping right to the parallel novels with Bean. You know, the Ender's Shadow etc. books. Even if some elements of them made me pissy. In any case, neither my father nor I could wrap our brains around Children of the Mind, and we're too of the biggest Ender series fans I've ever met. Sooo...yeah. *glomps Ender*

Speaking of cosplay... Phi, quick request? Could I borrow your sewing machine briefly sometime soon? Maybe with another explanation on how to use it? This is the next step in my quest to get my mommy to let my get a sewing machine. ^_~ I've gotten her to the point where if I'm semi-competent at sewing, she'll support my hobby. She even suggested a project for me to try with the extra cloth I have from AX. So I figure, if I end up with a product, and I know how to use a sewing machine, she won't yell at me anymore. ^^;; So if you would, that would be great! Thanks!

And Kenji? About burning Hikaru no Go for you? I'm on episodes 7-9 now. Does that answer your question? ^_~ And does Pekkle still want Hikago, or does he already have it?

Lastly! I've only heard from Phi, so...is anyone else interested in CG club Sunday? Disinterested? I want to get back to Jen ASAP about it. Kenji? Kix? Maybe Mirae and Michelle? (Michelle, you really suck. :P So you say you "suck" at using tablets? Kiss my shiny metal @$$!)(sorry, couldn't resist. ^_~) Everyone's got tablets! Lookit Phi! Intuous2, and using it a lot by the looks of it. Scenery. Pretty scenery. >_< Very pretty scenery. And pretty men disguised as shading exercises. (if you say he's ugly, you can kiss my shiny metal @$$ too!) See, so everyone has a tablet but me! And okay, other people, but leave me in my bubble and everyone should be fine.

Um, I appear to be rambling. I think it's the fact that I haven't been eating much lately and my brain is...fuzzy. Yes. Should eat more. But sleep is good too. I think I will sleep. No read fics. Bad Lisa.

Hey everyone! Just a quick update on CG club news... Okay, for anyone interested, particularly Phi, Kix, and Kenji, I was talking to Jen about CG club and when we can have a meeting. Turns out she works for her professor until 5PM every week day, so weekdays aren't good, but weekends are. And we were thinking Sunday would be a good meeting time, because I think everyone works on Saturday, so we were thinking CG club this Sunday. And one pretty important thing: apparently, Art Corner people, specifically Keiiii of Cozy Paper and Lorelai of Aristeia are gonna be in town, and they were going to be visiting with Jen, and.... Heck, you've seen their art. o_O (if you haven't, click the links.) I'm sure we could learn a LOT from them. And seeing them work will probably motivate us a whole lot, too. ^^;; So, to make myself clear, Keiiii and Lorelai and maybe others would be there too. :D And just so you know, they might be planning on going to the beach, too, so we might end up at the beach... But anyways! If you're interested, e-mail me or blog. I read blogs just as often as my e-mail now. XD

And a reminder to self: do NOT read fics that have "angst" in summary. Unless you want to depress yourself to the point of banging your head against a desk. Not to say Ashes wasn't good. It was just...angsty. >_< I loved it though. A little too much. So that'll explain why I read a good portion of Atropos today, and continued throughout the day, except when my mother hauled me off to my grandmother's house so I could sit there doing nothing for a few hours. Well, actually, I wasn't doing nothing. I was doing a good deal of drawing, which I notice I do quite well when I'm depressed. (yes, Ashes depressed me that much. And it's not like it had a really tragic ending or anything. I'm just a pathetic person like that.) Besides, I love my grandmother, and I really don't mind spending time with her. But... Sheonlyspeakschineseandifeelembarrassedsayingalotaroundher. Especially with my mom around. There. But yeah, Atropos dispelled my depression quite neatly. ^_^ I'm starting to worship Karasu and Kouri of THAT site. It probably isn't very healthy of me to read fics all day though. It certainly isn't good for my productivity levels... And I'm sorry for not heeding your warnings, Phi, but...I really, really don't have any self control when it comes to things like reading books, food, and sleeping. And fanfiction falls under books. So...no self control. Yeah. That about explains it.

And I'm actually kinda proud of some of the sketches I did at my grandmother's house. Kinda. Considering I had no references of any type with me so I had to...improvise. Maybe I'll scan/post them later. :D Err, after I finish reading all the Atropos that's out. XD Later~!

I promised myself I'd never do this, but this was so weird that I had to say something about it. o_O I got the following search query: "who likes rikku so much they would suck her toes in final fantasy x". O_O W..T...F.....? This is almost worse than getting the hentai search queries. The hentai ones seem normal compared to that one. O_<;;;

And...Phi...?....you're too late. I've already been caught by the fics. I was in the middle of reading Ashes when I got your warning. It's too late for me. ;_; And of course you know I'm going to have to read Atropos. I'm a sucker for crossovers. Must...pull...self...away.....!!! >_< See, I'm not nearly as smart as you think I am. Not nearly. And garh, at this rate, I'm going to be buying X and Tokyo Babylon volumes, too, which I've been trying very very hard to prevent myself from doing. Stupid CLAMP. >_< Evil. EVIL.

And I need to talk to Jen about CG clubbing. Like, right now. Email is good. Scurry! (That way I can get back to reading fics as quickly as possible! ^0^ And I even dredged a sewing lesson out of my mom today! Good times!)

Grrrr. Meimi's got me reading fics. And I don't even really follow X. Or Tokyo Babylon. Well, last volume I read was X16. And the highlight of that volume for me was Inuki-puppy. (oops, I hope that wasn't a spoiler for anybody...but considering who reads this...nah. XD) So yes, I like the lighter side of CLAMP. So why am I reading X fics? o_O Must do something productive. All I managed to get done today was catch up on e-mail and scan my new blog pics.

I must at least ATTEMPT to be productive.

.......................all right. I attempted. XD

While I'm at it, I might as well read those Daiken fics I've been wanting to read, too... KEENNN~!!!!<3

Phi got a new tablet! :/ Lisa is jealous. Lisa's tablet is dead. Lisa cannot CG. Lisa is peeved. But let's have a CG club meeting soon anyway! :D When does everyone not have work and such? I'm good almost any day. And Mirae's ocean dreams are very scary to me, because I can't stand water. o_O Or swimming. Or yeah. It's not a phobia, I just don't like it.

Errr, anyways. The point of this entry was supposed to be about Furuba, because I just finished watching ep 20 with my sister just now, and upon watching the series over a second time, a few things became clearer to me, like why I like certain characters. Before, I just knew I adored the characters; but now, I've pinpointed exactly why. So now I get to rant about Furuba characters and how much and why I like them, so yay! ^0^

First: Yuki. No, I'm not going to say I like him because he's pretty (though I will admit that I love his eyes). I love him for his princely moments: when he creates a study guide for Tohru or when he dives to catch her when she falls (despite the obvious consequences XD). I love him for his unprincely moments: when he squeaked in the Hana episode when she appeared next to him X3, or how he is such a mess when he wakes up (i look like that!), or how he can't cook (or, on the first page of the manga, his 'bah' attitude to the mess that the house has become ^_~). I love him for suffering silently, because that's what I do too. I love him for his lack of confidence in himself, the gap he finds between himself and most people, and his quest for acceptance, the last of which is of course the case for every character in the story. I love him for his real smile. I love him because of all the characters, I think I understand him the most, and in the ways are that important, he is the one that is most like me.

Next: Kyo. If Yuki wasn't in the picture, I would no doubt be melting over Kyo. I love him for how he fights his own nature, his own personality, when he's around Tohru, out of consideration and probably love of her: he'll say something, realize that it might have hurt her, and then try his best to comfort her and make her feel better. A big step from his rampant temper tantrums when we first met of him, and of all things, I most respect a persons will to change themselves, because that's a hard, nearly impossible thing to do. (changing self: another overall theme!) I love him for being able to cook, for being brash but loveable, trying to become a more sociable person. (the last, again, is one I especially identify with) But I think I love him most for how he can be so sweet and comforting and understanding, when I don't think he thinks he can be. No wonder Heidi wanted a layout of him! ^0^

And I think I only have time for one more tonight, so let's hit the last big one: Tohru. Of course. ^_^ I love her for being able to cook, clean, study, and occasionally, 'fail'. I love her for the 'foolish traveler'. 'Nuf said. I love her for her perseverance, her energy, and her ability to work a part-time job until midnight AND study for high school AND take care of the Souma men. o_O I love her for refusing to allow others to pay for what she can work to pay for, though many would be willing to pay for her. I love her for her understanding of human nature, her ability to make anyone she talks to feel at peace, and for her positive outlook despite all that she's been through. I love her for caring for her friends and for seeing the best in enemies. Basically, there's nothing about Tohru that I don't love. (except the short school uniform skirt, but it's not as bad as it could be, I suppose. On her, it looks cute, not slutty, so it's all good...) She's the best female lead ever; admirable, but not perfect, someone that you'd like to see be happy and someone that you'd want to be like. And that's enough for tonight. ^_^ On to the Gigolo Trio tomorrow! XD

Garrhh, busy busy. Went to Bonfante Garden today with family, had fun, relaxed, worked out my legs on the paddleboats, and bought a stuffed squirrel that I promptly named Pistachio, which is now sitting next to me. He's adorable, and I need to pay my dad $10 for him. I promised my sister I'd watched a few episodes of Fruits Basket with her tonight, too, so I'm going to do that soon. Not that I'm complaining. But that means everything I've been planning to do I have to do tomorrow. So for the benefit of me, here's tomorrow's "to do" list:

1.) Catch up on e-mail
2.) Scan pictures for new pita layout
3.) Code new pita layout
4.) Go to Costco to see if pics are developed
5.) Code, upload art page for my site
6.) Finish drawing, pen current page of collab manga
7.) Continue researching sewing machines
8.) Print out remaining squares for quilt

....I think that's ambitious enough.

And I've renamed my stuffed animals. So now I have a Shigure, a Kagura, a Momiji, a Hatsuharu, a Ritsu, and a Yukimomo (it's a little pink mouse. A PINK mouse. I don't think it would be appreciated if I named the little guy Yuki. ^^;; So he's Yukimomo. ^0^) My goal is to get a little stuffed animal for all the jyuunishi. Though how in the world I'm going to get a seahorse, I have no idea. Anyways, have to watch Furuba now!

My cousin sooo rules! I asked him to get some manga for me while he was in Taiwan, and he did! ^0^ Hikaru no Go 10 and 16 in Chinese, and Fruits Basket 1-8... And he refused to let me pay for them! o_O Flat out refused. So not only is my wallet the same weight as it was before, I have manga to read! Seriously, it's hard to get Chinese manga. I have exactly four ways to get it: the little comic store at Ranch 99, websites that sell the Hong Kong version instead of the Taiwanese version, and I much prefer the Taiwanese version for aesthetic as well as accuracy reasons, a website called Chinese Online that I would order from except their organization and method of ordering is unintuitive and difficult, at least until I get a checking account, and finally, asking people to buy volumes for me when they go on trips to Taiwan. I've gotten all but three volumes of my (chinese) manga that way, and I own 47. So, anyways, I'm always very, very happy when people bring me stuff back from Taiwan. ^0^ (besides, a volume is, like, $2.50 there. Compared to $4.80 at Chinese Online and $6.00 at my local Chinese bookstore? Hell yeah!)

Umm, now that I've ranted about totally senseless and boring stuff... I've realized I don't really have anything interesting to say. ^^;; I finished my paperwork for Duke, I made my packing list, I stressed about going to college in three weeks, I pondered my collaborative manga with my sister, I figured out what I'm gonna do for my next pitas layout (XD it'll be sooo amusing...), I avoided working on my website (^^;; no poking!), I buffed up my characters in my FFX game so I'll be ready to fight Yunalesca (heard from my sister that fighting Yunalesca is fecking annoying...), ooohhhh!! I'll be the One just came up on my playlist! HAL absolutely rules~! XD, ummm...where was I? Dammit. Oh. Yunalesca. Right. ADD. Sorry. Anyways, also watched up to Fruits Basket 16 with my sister, pondered cosplaying possibilities, and...um...not much else. Oh, speaking of cosplay, if I bought the wig, would anyone (this is aimed at AKG members, but anyone I somewhat know would be fine!) be willing to cosplay Touya from Hikaru no Go? ^^;; Becausebecause we have a Sai and a Hikaru, but no Touya, and I WANT a Touya dammit! >_< ....no, not in that way, sicko. Though that wouldn't be too bad, either. ^_~ Anyways...before I dig myself into a deeper hole... Welcome back, Kenji!! Hope you had some semblance of fun, and in case you missed the message on your message board, get Sachiko her prom pictures or she'll go after you with a big stick. ^_~ Just a little 'encouragement'. And...my parents are giving me that Look. Like, why the hell aren't you in bed yet? So, um, looks like I better go to bed now. ^^;; So...I'll be productive tomorrow! Yeah! Really! I'm not putting things off at all! I'll do my layout and everything! Promise! ...i really mean it....

Phiii~iiii!! You know how you're saying that the version of Sincerely I have is actually not the one used in the 3rd ending of Hikago? I was pondering that, so I went on an mp3 hunt...and I found it! ^0^ It really is a lot prettier than the other version; and I know it's the real version because it has the piano opening. ^^; So anyways, here it is: Sincerely ~Ever Dream~. ^0^ Enjoy~!

Added: And since you wanted to do custom 404 messages.... Here is a good place to start, I think. They're short and sweet, and .htaccess files can be used to prevent people from stealing your bandwidth, too, so they're a good thing to learn how to use. You just need to create the html page that you want the 404 error to point to, use the "ErrorDocument 404 [URLoferrorpage]"line into your .htaccess file, and then upload the .htacess file. .htacess files can be a pain, though, so be patient with it. It pays off.

Heehee, I need to blog Umi no Hi still. So! Umi no Hi! It was lotsa fun! ^0^ Despite a late start, we (we being Phi, Kix, Mirae, Le, Jack, Chris, Pekkle, Heidi, and Lisa (me!); all of AKG but Kevin and Michelle, plus other cool people...) still had fun playing volleyball (I learned how to serve! And play o_O) and bashing watermelons (we really did get weird looks ^^;) and catching sandcrabs (I still think they're cute :P) and getting ice cream and chowder and eatings Phi's yummy tamago (yum!) and soba and throwing seaweed and mud and people o_O and ATTEMPTING to tan... Funfun! ^0^ I was so tired, after, though. I fell asleep before 11PM. That's scary... Anyways, AKG (& affiliates) need a CG club meeting! And we need to work on websites! And I want to see Phi's Hikago fanart! :P

And I saw Lilo and Stitch with my little sister today! ^0^ It was as adorable as everyone said it was, perhaps more so. "I'm cute. I'm FLUFFY!!" XD Soooo cute! The best Disney movie I've seen in a long time! It was cute, but not sugary; funny, but not base. And I want a Stitch plushie. I SOOO want a Stitch plushie. I want two. One for my dorm, one to inhabit our house. And I want to see it again. We are sooo buying the Lilo and Stitch DVD when it comes out.

"I think it's a koala. An evil koala."

XDXDXD

Ackk!! I need to contact Umi no Hi people, but no one's online (yes, I'm actually online, voluntarily, under the ayame SN o_O the world will now end...) and it's too late to call people! And I guess I could call people tomorrow morning, but that seems awful last minute. And I realized that I don't have anyone's cell phone numbers. >_< ARGHH!! Guess I'll just have to resort to calling people tomorrow morning... Sorry if I wake people up. ^^;;

And random good news: I got AP scores back! And all the tests I actually studied for, I got 5's on! ^0^ Calculus BC, 5; English Language, 5. Well, I didn't study for the English one, but you can't really study for english tests, anyway. And I got a 4 on the Microeconomics test, but considering how much I studied for it... I'm pretty proud of it. ^_~ And Government/politics... Hehheh. I got a 3. ^^;; But I never took the AP class for it. And I never studied for it. So I'm fine with that, too. ^_^ So, anyways, this means I have five 5's in total for AP tests: Chemistry, Calculus BC, English Language, English Literature, and US History. And one 4. I like that. I can get out of a good chunk of college classes with that. XD

Hurray! All the AKG peoples have blogs/diary things now! (you know, that's really weird to think about; is AKG the original three people, or is it also the extra six people who cosplay with AKG? it's very confusing...) That renews my determination to 1.) redo pitas layout! and 2.) rework my website. I actually have the new main page layout for my website done, but content... Heehee. :P So yes, I'll work on that today. What else do I have to do today? Mop floor, play FFX, work on manga for sister... (we have the division of labor figured out! I do sketching and penning, she puts in final text and screentone on the computer, we both work out story! And she does omakes because her drawing style is cuter. :P) Also want to email roomie back, fill out Duke paperwork, and watch more Fruits Basket with my sister. :) Oh, and start thinking about redoing cosplay costumes! If I learn how to sew before I go to college, maybe my mom will let me get a sewing machine. :) So, things to redo: make white under-dress thing for Ayame, remake the big floppy sleeve top for Sai. Ayame will probably be easier in terms of finding help/documentation; so I'll concentrate on that. But first... I have to learn how to sew! ^_~ Ah, the joys of being incompetent...

I also want to cosplay Karura someday. Just because. :) She was my layout before this one, in case you didn't know. And I like her fashion sense. ^_^ She can be my costume when everyone else is doing cosplay groups I'm not in~! Because I personally think there's no point in being at a con unless you're in costume. :P (Look and see what you've done to me, Phi!) And on a final note, yay for Umi no Hi being on Sunday! It's not quite as accurate, but everyone can be there and I won't have to cancel my class, so it's all good. ^0^ Anyways... Should go eat breakfast now. o_O

Oh, and before I forget...

You are Kusakabe Marron | Kaito Jeanne

You are generous and talented, though often widthdrawn. You tend to have just a few close friends, rather than many. You appear very cheerful and enthusiastic, but struggle to keep up with what others expect of you. In the end, your perseverance and sacrifices help you pull through.

Take the "What Magic Girl are you?" Quiz

Haven't been doing test results lately. ^_^ Later!

Wheee~~!!! I'm sooo psyched about my college roommate. :) I contacted her about a week ago, and we've been having an e-mail dialogue ever since. She sounds soo cool! She's an artist, too, and she just moved to North Carolina, so she knows the area, and she plays a bunch of instruments! And she's really nice; she was suggesting that we could go shop together for stuff to decorate the dorm, so we won't hate the stuff the other person decides to buy. :P And she said if I wanted to store stuff at her parent's house, like winter clothes/stuff/etc., I could do that, too! XD I'm haapppyy~~!! I have a cool roommate. :) Should make my freshman year very happy. ^_^ Thank you, Duke room placement people, for choosing her as my roomie!

I tried eating solid food again today! It was very, very slow going, but I finished a meal! That wasn't soup or ice cream! I'm proud. ^_^ I also managed to go most of the day without any painkillers, so I'm proud of that, too. Maybe all that opium/morphine or whatever's in my pills is finally draining out of my system. Good times. ^_~

Neee~~!! Umi no Hi wa? ;_; Don't make me go online! You know how much I hate going online! (Besides, I think I forgot the Aaya SN password. ^^;;)

NEEEE?! You guys finished the Furuba marathon!? ;_; Ahh, maaannn... *sniffles* Well, not like I was in any condition to even be out of the house Saturday night, let alone stay over a night at someone else's house, but still... Fu~ru~baa!!! ;_; *sniffsniff*

Oh well. Glad you liked Furuba, Kenji! Another unsuspecting soul sl0red, thank you very much! ^_~ And from the sound of it, Michelle, too! ^0^ All these happy people hooked on Furuba... Bwahaha. ^_~

And don't let my whining and complaining scare you, Phi! Getting wisdom teeth pulled isn't that bad. Actually, some parts of it are rather good! Like parents fawning over you and getting you ice cream and and stuff all the time, and sleeping whenever you want to and no one complaining, and... Well, it doesn't hurt that much. Really. (Considering how much codeine I pack into me, I should hope it doesn't. :P Did you know codeine is either obtained from opium or "prepared from morphine by methylation"? I found that out today. Opium or morphine. Glad to know what's in my pills.)

If I feel well enough tomorrow, I might go to a quilting party with Amanda-tachi. ^_^ Sounds so domestic! X3 They're supposed to be memory quilts; they have pictures and drawings on them that our friends make, and we each put our own quilt together individually.

Only, none of us know how to sew. X3 This should be interesting...

In the course of this, I discovered that Wal-Mart has a fabric section (who'd have thought?) and that fleece is flammable. (No, no fires involved, dammit! I read a label, a label! I am NOT a pyro! Really!)

Anyways... Codeine makes my brain fuzzy. Hmph. Anyways, have fun in Alaska, Kenji! No prob about the Hikago, Phi! And someone tell Pekkle that I'm going to start burning Hikago for him, okay? (Actually, anyone else want Hikago while I'm at it?) And how are Umi no Hi plans coming along? It's still on? Garrh! I don't like being an invalid! I don't get to do things like Furuba marathons and and yeah! *cries* *waves bye-bye*

Waaahhh!! Mouth still hurts! And the left side's still bleeding, too! And I didn't get a good night's sleep, because I woke up every 2~4 hours or so to take either painkillers or penicillin. And my face is all ugly and puffy....

And on top of that, I'm having guy problems! ;_; Not on my end; I've already determined that I don't need or want a boyfriend at this point in my life. Maybe never. But my friends have been telling me (especially Mark and Amanda) that a certain guy likes me that way, and of course being me I brushed it off to exaggeration. And then I got called by said person yesterday asking if I'd like to go see a movie with him this weekend. >_< What am I supposed to say? I've never had to deal with this before! For now, I have the perfect excuse: I just had surgery, and I'll be out of it for a while. Besides, there's no way I'm showing my face in public at this point; I look ugly. But what can I say after this? Tell the truth and say I'm not looking for nor do I want a boyfriend and have him assume I'm trying to be nice to him by lying through my teeth? Or maybe stress that I'm only going to be in town for another month before I go off to college and that I don't believe in long distance relationships? I don't know! I'm going to have to remember to never, ever, encourage guys, ever, so I don't have to deal with this sort of thing. It's more stressful than finals week. ;_;

And it's even worse, because he was brave enough to call and ask me out, and he doesn't seem the type who could just DO it, and you would think that type of courage should be rewarded. But dammit, it's MY life too...

Grrr. Refuse to think about it for now. Oh, I also started playing FFX again yesterday! :D I haven't played it since spring break, and I had forgotten how much I looove the game! After dying twice (>_< soo out of practice...), I got through the Calm Lands and Gagazet to that blasted save point that's, like, an hour away from the save point before it. >_> If I had died then, I would have been sooo pissed off... Playing FFX has also made me want to draw more. :D Yay for drawing!! I just wish I had a tablet again. But anyways, we have to have a CG club meeting yous guys! Everyone has to come! Kenji and Phi and Kix and Jen, and Mirae, too, because she CG's! We can work on websites, and draw, and use Painter (I have to burn a few more copies of it...), and and do everything but cook and game! XD I want to actually CG. It'll be fun! (Maybe we can take a break and make cookies, though. :P)

Last thing: Hearing about Mirae's and Phi's collaborative manga makes me want to work on the manga I'm doing with my sister, too. ^^;; So yay for productivity! Must scurry and work more on character designs... *scurries*

Waaahhhhhh!!! ;_; The anesthetics wore off. *sniffsniff* The worst part of surgery isn't the actual surgery; it's the day or so AFTER the surgery when the anesthetics wear off. Stupid surgery. Oww.

Just got all four of my wisdom teeth removed. It wasn't that bad, except now, my tongue is all yucky and swollen and puffy and I LISP. For real. So I'm not going to talk for fear of sounding like Scary Fanboy. I also never want to hear my teeth crack (like, in half) ever again. And I'm going to look really ugly the next few days ;_; all puffy and swollen. Chipmunk cheeks. And it really, really, REALLY sucks typing with only one hand. (other hand holding ice pack to fore-mentioned cheeks) The upside to all of this is that I get to eat all the ice cream I want. The downside is that for the next five days, I'm basically on a liquid diet. :( Eewww....

In other news... Furuba marathon last night was so fun! XD We successfully hooked my little sister (yes, I know she looks like me. According to my English teacher, we even sound alike. We're five years apart, dammit! This ISN'T RIGHT!!) Luckily, my sister and I only have to catch up on two eps, so that's good. (switches to left hand to type) My tongue is completely numb now. Ish so weird... Oh, Umi no Hi plans! Did we decide on Boardwalk, or are we opting for another beach? And can I get a ride? (Doctor said I shouldn't drive for a while. Considering how hard it is for me to type, I think I'll listen to him. ^^;) (switches hands again) $#^%, this is annoying. Okay, I'll blog more later when I have two hands. Later! ^_^

My dad explained the Prince Albert in a can joke to me. o_O Apparently, it's this really old, old practical joke. (my dad stressed this; this is an OLD joke. Almost before his time, he said.) Prince Albert is a cigarette brand, and it's sold in a can. The joke is that people called cigarette stores and asked, "do you have Prince Albert in a can", the cigarette store said "yes", and the punch line was, "well, you should let the poor little guy out!" o_O So not only were the scary stalker fanboys annoying, obnoxious, and on crack, they also didn't know how to use the joke correctly, because of course we answered "no", and the still used the same punch line. o_O I don't know whether to be amused or disturbed. (Oh, and in my dad's opinion, what the fanboys were trying to do was start a conversation so they could pick us up. And failing very, very, badly at it. Fanboys have zero social skills.)

I'm still gushing over Masquerade. The crowd cheered/laughed sooo much, when the music started and the found out it was a Furuba skit, when the paper bag hit Tohru and the music stopped, when Kyou and Yuki started fighting, when Kyou almost won, when Kagura ran out all cute and then turned demonic and tackled Kyou, when Yuki and Tohru and a shoujo moment X3, when the *POOF!* cloth came up, when the Gigolo Trio came out, when Kyou had his "evil plan" thing XD, when Hatori came out and did his thing, when everyone was running across the stage at the end, and even after they said all our names and announced us as the Fruits Basket group! (That was seriously the only time Fruits Basket was said. I hope we sl0red lots and lots of people on Furuba, because the first DVD's coming out in October. X3) Cheers, WHILE you are on stage, and especially right at the beginning of our skit, are amazing for your ability to act. The audience really does feed an actor's performance. I think I did the best Ayame I've ever done, during the Masquerade. And all us, A.K.G. as well as affiliates, probably did the best run of the skit we ever did. ^0^ And boy did it pay off!! DESPITE the fact that our skit was in Japanese, we were sitting around a cardboard box (no one chanted "box"! SCORE!), and I was wearing a pillowcase that safety-pinned and duct-taped to my costume (you can't tell in the pictures I've seen :P), we WON!! We WOOONNN!! AKG! On our own! PYAA~AAANNN!!! X3 I'm still so excited!

A Fan's View actually has pictures of our skit. o_O They're on their AX photo album, pages fourteen, fifteen, and sixteen. ^0^ You can see my legs in the Ayame picture though. ^^;;

XD (<-------still can't get over winning a prize in the masquerade. I was wearing a PILLOWCASE! (a fact that you can't tell from the picture, something I'm rather proud of. Go safety pins and duct tape! ^0^)

Cosplay.com also has pics of us during the awards ceremony. !!!! But you can see Wayne and Genri in there too, and it's sooo funny seeing us look all so amazed and happy!! So anyways, here's Wayne and Genri and everyone walking on stage, and accepting award (or shaking orange lady's hand ^^;;), and one more. ^0^ And here's US!!! And again with the trophy! And again!! (We're on the big screen in that one. o_O Somewhat disturbing, actually.) In this one, this one, this one, this one, this one, this one, and this one. o_O Wow. Wow.

I never found pictures of Phi and I as Hikaru and Sai (;_;) or Phi and Pekkle as Hokuto and Subaru (;_;), but at least there were the pics of Kenji and Heidi and Phi on A Fan's View. :D You guys look sooo good! I never even notice that Phi's hair isn't blonde (actually, seeing cosplayers with blonde wigs and black hair underneath is more distracting than anything else o_O), Kenji has the Auron look DOWN, and Heidi just looks soo sweet and adorable. ^0^ Yay for GOOD FFX cosplay!

And I'm going to start looking for issues of the LA Times so I can buy a copy when the issue with the picture me, Kenji, and Phi as Sai, Auron, and Hikaru comes out. :D Now that was cool! I seriously did think she was joking when she asked, "Hello, can I take your picture for the LA Times? Just look like you're not having your picture taken" I seriously thought she was joking. But she wasn't. o_O She had the badge, and she took five or six pictures of us. THAT was an amazing experience! ^0^

Oh, and the same time we saw the LA Times lady (in the AMV line ^^), we saw Meimi!! And Leslie! ^0^ We had seen them on the first day, and it was cool to finally meet Meimi in person after stalking her blog for so long (yay! she stalks my blog too! ^0^), and it made for good passing the time in line, talking to them out CLAMP and Hikago and just about everything that came to mind. And I didn't even know the lady who sang the opening for Pretear was doing a concert at AX. ;_; I LOVE that song! *sigh* Oh well. It was just fun becoming a non-stalker! ^_^

Other fun AX moments: seeing our amazingly huge suite ("SWEEET!!"), staying up all night after Masquerade crashing the arcade and the kareoke room (that was the first time EVER I've stayed up 24+ hours straight o_O), all the girls dressing up in coordinated rainbow colors one of the days COMPLETELY on accident (the picture of that is hilarious: red, orange, yellow, green, blue... and Michelle is white, but that's okay, because the picture is just HILARIOUS. X3), all the people stopping me and Phi to take our picture when we were Sai and Hikaru (yayy!! people know Hikaru no Go!), "Traveling" X3 I should put up that mp3 just because, all the people taking pictures of AKG-tachi when we were OUT of costume because they loved our skit so much XD and they RECOGNIZED us out of costume!, living off ramen, raisin bread, cereal, water, and for a little while, milk tea... and, of course, meeting Watsuki-sensei and Watsuki-sensei asking me if I was Sai. ^0^ I said yes. ^_^ It was really cool.

And thoughts for next year: I'm going to try to make a yellow spy Tomoyo outfit for my little sister for Fanime 2003, because that's practically her avatar, and because she'd look absolutely adorable in it. ^0^ Later now!

You know... I was looking through my archives, and discovered that AKG conceived the Furuba Masq skit idea on May 19th or 20th. Which means we actually had about a month and a half to finish costumes and write and revise the skit, all while finals were happening and other costume construction was being done and while people left on vacation. o_O I am very, very, impressed with us. X3 GO AKG!!

I'm still not ready to write the entry about Masquerade. I'm still on this gigantic high over it. Like I said, there's no way I would ever, EVER go to another convention without a cosplay group. (Specifically my darlings, the AKG cosplay group. :P You can't spend five days, day and night, with a group of people and not grow to love all of them. Especially when you won a pretty prestigious award with them. ^0^) Too bad I can't make it to Animagic. :/ I guess I'll be "East Campus", then. (My mom agreed that I could have sewing lessons! And once I learn how to sew, a sewing machine!! XD Competence, here I come!)

Something else that makes me very, very happy: I can probably make Fanime next year!! XD At the Fanime website, it says the date for the 2003 convention is June 20-22, 2003! And I get out of school May 1st! So I'll be home for it! The only problem I can see is the extremely close proximity to AX, about two weeks after it. o_O Now that'll take planning...

Another thing to make me happy: I've barely been home a day and I've already downloaded Hikaru no Go ep. 34-35. X3 Happyhappyhappy!! And yes, I'll start burning episodes for Phi again! Where did I leave off again?

Dumdedum...tired but happy. Want to watch episodes now.

Meep. Back from AX. Running on two hours of sleep. Lived on ramen, raisin bread, and cereal for the last five days or so. Dizzy. Disoriented. Exhausted.

#&@* that was fun! XD Let's do it again!

I archived. Omigod.

Yes, Lisa is back from Cancun, but no time to blog that now b/c Lisa is tired and Lisa needs to sleep. (It's 3:30AM in Cancun.) However, a quick preview of what I will blog (later): pretty beaches, scary Mexican guys that waylay you everywhere you go trying to sell you stuff, What You Can't See Can't Traumatize You and Why Lisa is Glad She Didn't Know Guys Were Freaking With Her at the Night Club (don't ask how they managed it; I couldn't see them, dammit! they were behind me!), I like (ADORE!!) pina coladas, watched Pokemon, Rurouni Kenshin, and Corrector Yui (o_O) in Spanish, and Lisa's Cockroach Adventure.

Yes, that's only a preview.

Now, for the very immediate: cosplay!! IEEEE!!! Okay, I have a hakama now. However, Aya = ???? I'll try to call you during the afternoon tomorrow, Phi. But I'm only free to do stuff until around 5 or 5:30; after that, and we'll have to do it either the morning we leave or at AX. >_< At least I have the wig... And I'll remember the duct tape. X3

If I don't sleep I'm gonna keel over. And I have to meet people at Sweet Tomatoes at noon tomorrow. So, must sleep. Going to the nightclub yesterday didn't help. >_>

I think I'm babbling. Good night.