Time: 01:33 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: I'm so ashamed...
I love Getbackers. -_-;;
It's so cheesy, the plotline is so very predictable and Ginji is far too genki for his own good...
but it's so fun!
I don't actually dislike Ginji now, I decided, (*hears joyful squees of Lizzu*) but I still like Ban more. He spends about ninety percent of his screen time pushing his glasses up. This is a mark of cool. ^_^ I am minorly disappointed with this Jackal character...he's a bit too bishounen (as opposed to biseinen) for me to really like him. But then considering who people were comparing him to I did have huge expectations of him being the best thing since...well, Alucard. Jackal is alright, but he's not the vampiric one. ^_^
Going back to watch the grand prix.
Katy smoked a mascot on Sunday, May 4, 2003
Time: 10:25 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: oww... -_-
This shall not a happy blog entry be. My neck hurts from having sat with it cricked funny all afternoon toiling over Coptic translation. Coptic translation doesn't make me particularly happy either.
Yesterday was considerably better than today. Went to see Welcome to Collinwood with a selection of the Ass no Ryu, which was quite silly but amusing nonetheless. Not as good as Ocean's Eleven, but I did enjoy it. And the BMW short before it was....*very very surreal*. Chattage and general bobbins afterwards were fun. Arislan is very pretty even though all the headgear looks like it's straight out of Saint Seiya. ^_^
Today has been...uninteresting. Woke up about twelve due to sleepage only beginning at four thirty, then had absolutely no desire to do any work so watched 8-13 of Wolf's Rain, like I said before. Toboe still irritates me no end, and Kiba is brill, no matter how unpopular both my opinions are. -_-
Feeling a bit miffed at present with the fact that they moved into the new house today. To be honest, I just feel sort of left out. There wasn't anything we could do about it, because I have to be here, but it's a bit like "we've moved to a new house that I've never been to before and didn't help move into...and now that's home." I know it doesn't make much sense, but it just makes me feel a bit sad. I really haven't had anything to do with the move at all. They decided it whilst I was in America, the house got sold when I was in Oxford, and now we're moved house in the middle of term. I guess I just feel a bit out of place everywhere at the moment...not exactly the best feeling in the world. There's not much point getting miserable about it though. The new house has a fish pond. I'm allowed to name some of the fish. That's one good thing. ^_^
I'll drown my sorrows in Sainsbury's walnut cake. ^_^
Katy smoked a mascot on Saturday, May 3, 2003
Time: 03:51 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: brain melt...
Watched far too much Wolf's Rain today. *hits Toboe with stick* >_<
Bloggage coming this evening... -_-
Katy smoked a mascot on Saturday, May 3, 2003
Time: 12:47 a.m.
Listening to/Whining About: oh and incidentally...
Hello to
Laura's friend Nick, who apparently comes here when he's bored to play with the Roadkill. Hello random viewers/readers/surfers everywhere! ^__^
(Please don't miss my huge chunk of bloggage underneath this...the campaign to make people like Texhnolyze needs all the help it can get...o_0)
Katy smoked a mascot on Friday, May 2, 2003
Time: 12:19 a.m.
Listening to/Whining About: Mmm...sleep-deprived....
It has, however, been a fun day. Today was May Day, of course (well alright yesterday was May Day but in my head it's still Thursday night o_0) and this being Oxford, traditional much fun was had. Particularly since the Ass no Ryu invaded and slept on my floor. Gotta love this town centre location. ^_^ I hope much fun was had by all, it was by me.
The whole May Day thing is really smashing me. I love it to pieces...the sleep deprivation, the trawling out at stupid o'clock in the morning to share a bridge with a wretched smell of alcohol. No, really, I do like May Day. ^_^ The people around us did rather make me angry though. If you don't want to listen to the singing/prayers, don't, but
shut up whilst I do! *glares at people in general* >_<
Had a lovely classy breakfast at McDonalds, which was quite enjoyable...there's nothing like a strawberry milkshake thick enough to make you suck your own tongue out to wake you up in the morning. ^_^ Following such delicacies, I came home, wondered at the bizarre things Jane was looking at on the internet, then promptly fell asleep. Mmmm sleep. Shame I had to get up not too long after to do Coptic. -_-
Evening brought animesoc...or not as the case turned out to be, with some nasty set of people having stolen our room. >_< So Tasha's room was invaded and new stuff was watched. I should probably actually express some opinions on things we watched, just to be interesting for once...
*ahem* D N Angel!! Heeee!! ^____^ I do like D N Angel very much. Dark is exceptionally, exceptionally cool. I like the fact that it has the element of humour to it too...it's a nice change.
Last Exile...oh so very very pretty, so very pretty. Gonzo have really stepped it up a notch for this one. (*hits Gonzo* make more Hellsing and make it as pretty as this!! >_<) Reminds everyone of so many other animes though, it's really odd.
Matantei Loki is very very odd. Creepy odd. Poor Lizzu was scared witless at the evil doll. ^_^;; Looks like it may become interesting, and has a very very cool ending theme. ^_^
Getbackers....strangely shares the shame plot as Matantei Loki. o_0 No, really, it does. It was silly, Ban is a dude and I think I'll end up liking it. ^_^
And just because I'm talking about new anime, I shall wave my flag in support of Texhnolyze, which was slagged off by
him not too long ago. And alright I'm in the underwhelming minority of one as regards people who like it, but I like über-pretentious and Texhnolyze does it oh so very prettily.
I should sleep soon. I have a Coptic tute tomorrow. >_<
Katy smoked a mascot on Friday, May 2, 2003
Time: 12:33 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: heeheehee...
With my brain in its current state of decay, finding this on MSN's news amused me muchly.
Man dials 999 as wife won't cook dinner
LONDON (Reuters) - An angry husband made an emergency call to police -- because his wife refused to cook him his dinner. The man dialled 999 in a fury, demanding help from officers because his wife was busy decorating, Avon and Somerset police in western England said on Thursday. The plea was one of a number of genuine calls made by the public to police which the force published on its website to highlight abuse of the emergency number. "My wife's left me with two salmon sandwiches which was left over from last night, and I'm sat in the chair here and she's out there decorating," the man told the police operator. "She won't put any food on or anything for anybody." The operator is then heard interrupting him saying: "I'm sorry but I really can't take this. It's not an emergency because your wife won't give you anything to eat." In another call, a woman phoned police to say she couldn't find her glasses and needed them to cook her potatoes.
Katy smoked a mascot on Thursday, May 1, 2003
Time: 05:12 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: Just because Jane was here doing them earlier...
I love random quizzes...
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out! You like to hurt people.
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I'm proud of that last one...
Katy smoked a mascot on Wednesday, April 30, 2003
Time: 02:49 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: Oxford High Street
Is it half term or something, because there seems to be an excessive amount of people walking around town. V e r y v e r y s l o w l y. >_< Yes this is an exceptionally pretty city and you should all come and see it, but for crying out loud will you not stop in front of me when I'm trying to go places, and will you walk a bit faster because soon enough you're going to go into reverse!! >_<
>_<
Aaaaand relax...
I just really needed to get that off my chest. o_0
Katy smoked a mascot on Tuesday, April 29, 2003
Time: 01:43 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: *glomps tutor* ^____^
This is the kind of email I like getting. ^___^
dispensing with the 9am
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 12:28:06 +0100
From: Elizabeth Frood
To: "Second Year"
So does 12pm Mon and Wed suit everyone? and 10am Friday?
Liz
Liz is officially the best tutor ever. ^__^ This morning she told us that she just couldn't hack being up for the nine o'clock lecture and since we can't either it's been changed. ^____^
Now if I can just get them to remove Coptic from my syllabus...
Katy smoked a mascot on Monday, April 28, 2003
Time: 07:52 a.m.
Listening to/Whining About: *slaps forehead*
It's lectures now, isn't it? >_<
Katy smoked a mascot on Monday, April 28, 2003
Time: 12:59 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: *blog blog blog*
You can tell I don't want to do any work, I'm blogging. ^_^ I think everyone else who's reading this is Oxford probably feels the same way as me right now. I don't want to go back to lectures! >_< 0th week has been far too much fun and I'd rather just not get back to work and stay like this. But, such things are inevitable so I guess Coptic has to be done.
Amusing couple of days it has been though. Yesterday was good. The Ass no Ryu invaded after lunch at the fountain of healthiness (the juice shop in the Covered Market, of coure! ^_^) and merrily was videogameage partaken in all afternoon. ^_^ And they made me buy things! Oh cruel fate why must you give me such weakness for Playstation games with excessively cool biseinen in!? Well alright maybe I wasn't forced, but it was about time I got a copy of Devil May Cry 2 anyway. ^_^
So the day was pretty much Gitaroo Man/DMC2/Final Fantasy VIII after that. I was employed to fend off Edea, albeit unsuccessfully the first time since we'd forgotten to junction any sort of resurrecting spell or item to Squall (^_^;;) but she got got in the end. Jane has a most unique way of playing that game...she likes her GFs. ^__^ It's the great happiness at killing solitary Galbadian soldiers with Quetzcoatl that amuses me...*insert Jane reign of terror over polygons laugh here* That said, she did pull off a bit of a stunt beating the red dragon with only Laguna junctioned. I am suitably awed at the progress of your mad FFVIII skillz, oh lover of the bumbling biseinen. ^_^
Other sampled gameage of the day was Onimusha 2, and lo did they shriek in terror at the crapness of the dub! A shriek that was only matched in its enthusiasm by the huge squees at ninja uke boy, whatever his real name is. He is small and ukeish in his adoration of the main character...
Alright, enough of that. I'll do some translating.
Katy smoked a mascot on Sunday, April 27, 2003
Time: 02:59 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: hmmm
I was bored. ^_^
Which Member of the Endless Are You?
I wish to know what this says about me. ^_^ *prods Jane*
Katy smoked a mascot on Friday, April 25, 2003
Time: 11:09 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: Nothing, Oxford is its lovely self.
Today has been a muchly enjoyable day. ^__^ After the adventures of last night, I woke up at about ten thirty and stumbled around for a little while. Not long after, I got a text from Jane asking if she could come and learn the marvels of Final Fantasy VIII. Verrily did I agree to such a joyful distraction, FFVIII being the greatest of all videogames and company always being welcome in my little abode.
And we played. And we played. And we played some more. ^__^ I think the counter had hit about seven hours by nine this evening. (The missing hours were filled with making noodles and going to the new and not at all improved Queen's Lane Coffee House to meet Tasha). Other members of the Ass no Ryu arrived throughout the day and much fun was had by all laughing various layers of hilarity I never knew existed in that game. ^_^ Laguna is a officially a dear.
I haven't had so much fun in ages, I really haven't. ^_^
Shame I've got to do Coptic and tidying up tomorrow. o_0
In other news, I found this quote on a page of Animenation about one of their people who went to Gonzo Digimation recently:
"When asked about the possibility of more Hellsing animation, Gonzo President Murahama-san said that the studio would like to make more. Pioneer, likewise, who expected to sell 7,000 copies of the first DVD in America, sold 40,000 in the first two weeks, is also eager to see more Hellsing animation produced. But the final say lies in the hands of Hellsing creator Kouta Hirano."
This paragraph, despite being pie in the proverbial sky by my pessimistic half's thinking, makes me very happy. Not only is the desire for new Hellsing a jolly good idea, but them's some impressive sales figures for the dvds. ^_^ Admittedly this is probably because it appeals to the cheap thrills blood and guts brigade. *weeps about how they ought to see it for more than just that* More Hellsing anime, please. But just don't screw up the ending like you did with the first series. >_< We want Millenium in the anime!!
And just for randomnity,
these make me laugh very much. Alucard and Anderson and the baskets and the radish (?) on page 6, particularly. Oh and Hamtaro Integra (yes you read that right o_0).
Katy smoked a mascot on Thursday, April 24, 2003
Time: 03:04 a.m.
Listening to/Whining About: the sound of my electric coolbox
I'm back in Oxford, yippee!! ^_____^ Spent the evening with the Ass no Ryu at the Mongolian Wok/Tasha's, which was exceptional fun, but now I must sleep because I'm exhausted. o_0 Bloggage tomorrow, no doubt.
Katy smoked a mascot on Thursday, April 24, 2003
Time: 01:18 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: *vague squicky noises*
Well, I survived and that's the main thing. Felt decidedly sick before/after having injection, but I think that's more the fact that I get myself so ludicrously worked up about it rather than any ill-effects of the jab. I am a foolish thing, really I am. I'm not inspired by the fact that I've got to go and have blood taken when I get back from Oxford to check I'm covered against hepatitis now.
I'd make such a crap vampire, I really would...
Wandered off wobbly-legged after injection to see the lady I used to visit for community service (*not* the court-inflicted kind, I might add...) Hadn't seen her in a while thanks to disorganisation/not being in Grantham enough.
Everyone should visit an old person, they are absolutely smashing. Mrs Earll is 89 and absolutely mad. ^___^ Mad in a fun way, not in the demented sort of way (although she's somewhat forgetful ^_^). She was trying to abduct my Stitch-brain this morning cause she thought he was so cute. ^__^
I do feel really sorry for anyone living in a nursing home though, because they're not great places to be. Admittedly the place Mrs Earll is in is very very good - the staff are all friendly and constantly making coffee when visitors come, it's nicely decorated and people have their own rooms - but it's still a nursing home. Mind, Mrs Earll gets on a lot better in there than she did when I first met her and she was housebound living on her own in this really dark and dusty place. Anyway, vague moral of the story, be nice to old people because they're lovely. ^_^
Oh yes, heehee...I found scanlations of Crossfire (Hellsing manga's Iscariot sidestory) today! ^_^ Rampaging berserker nuns and killer female Catholic priests. Kouta Hirano is on something alright...
Katy smoked a mascot on Tuesday, April 22, 2003
Time: 08:53 a.m.
Listening to/Whining About: ewwewwewwewweww
Going to have hepatitis injection. Not fun not fun not fun not fun. *runs off squealing and hitting things childishly*
In other news, Phinnblog made a very happy bunny this morning. It's almost worth having injections for that kind of goodness. ^______^
Injections. -_-
Katy smoked a mascot on Tuesday, April 22, 2003
Time: 10:49 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: Happy Easter!
Whether you celebrate with the actual religious meaning or not, I hope you had a lovely day.
That's about everything in my head right now. Except Gregorio from Gitaroo Man...for some reason....
Katy smoked a mascot on Sunday, April 20, 2003
Time: 11:08 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: ooh, bloggage...
Urmm, not much to say again today. Like everyone else I am running out of interesting news. I had a really nice meal at the local *nice* Chinese restaurant. Had chicken and lychees...it was surprisingly lovely. ^___^ Had pineapple ice-cream in an actual pineapple. (Yes, my life has got to the point where that classes as exciting...)
I got a new mouse today! Again, if this were anyone else you'd think I was excited about pets, but no, I mean computer mice. ^___^ It's a cute little optical cordless doodah and I shall use it to operate my pc from my bed. ^__^ I'm laaaazy...
Hmmm...well, I really really don't have much to blog about, so that's it. Apologies. Oh, and comment, comment you fools!! ^_^
Katy smoked a mascot on Saturday, April 19, 2003
Time: 11:43 a.m.
Listening to/Whining About: updateage!!
Phinn has a blog for his trip to Japan. Observe in wonder, children, as he travels through the land we all wish to. ^__^
Katy smoked a mascot on Friday, April 18, 2003
Time: 11:49 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: blehh
Like everyone else, I don't have much to blog about, but I'm blogging anyway. Have spent the day working on the awful Coptic essay and skulking around the house. And singing. Singing is my fun activity at the moment.
I'm so looking forward to getting back next week and seeing everyone. It's not that I don't like being here but I miss Oxford. And the various people who make Oxford fun. ^_^ But I'll be back next week and life will be good again. And I should be booking flights for Texas soon too, so life will be even better. ^_____^
Mum was talking to me in my room today. About various things which I won't go in to for the angst levels, but after that about my desire to mutilate her old raincoat. She was looking at my wallscroll then told me "Yes, I could see you dressed up as that character." I love my mum. ^__^
Katy smoked a mascot on Thursday, April 17, 2003
Time: 10:53 a.m.
Listening to/Whining About: Yaay!
Now you can add your own mini-roadkill to my blog thanks to my new sparkly tag-board! Copious gratitude to Tasha for fixing the whole thing up, and also Jane cause I think she was the one who came up with the idea yesterday. ^__^ Anyway, you may now expose my humiliating stupidity to the world with mini-comments! ^___^
Katy smoked a mascot on Wednesday, April 16, 2003
Time: 11:19 a.m.
Listening to/Whining About: hm.
I don't quite know why I'm blogging right now since I have nothing to say but it beats going upstairs and writing my Coptic essay. And boredom. Which I invariably have in abundance.
Oh yes.
squee. Squee squee squee. I'm very happy someone dedicated a page to that. They ought to. And everyone I haven't already thrown it at ought to look at it. Unless they are of the type to shake their heads in dismay at my shameless Alucard fangirlism, in which case move along there's nothing to see here. If you're not averse to it, however, go and squee muchly. (Well alright I know no one else will...)
I spent far too much time reading Hellsing manga yesterday...when I should have been writing my essay. But Coptic books don't have pictures in. -_- Can anyone really blame me? ^_^;;; *knows the answer already* *weeps*
I had a really odd dream last night. I went to play laser quest with the Ass no Ryu (that *is* a really useful phrase! ^__^) Except we were playing against these really evil cyborgs. And they did actually give you lasers. I blame being made to watch that Takeshi's Castle crap before I went to bed. o_0
Well, if I start back at the essay now maybe I'll have it finished soon. Might as well stop putting off the inevitable. TTYS, all.
Katy smoked a mascot on Tuesday, April 15, 2003
Time: 10:33 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: *beats world with a stick*
I am tempted to leave that as my comment for the day. Beating the world with a stick might squish it a bit so Texas was a bit closer. Yeah, it's that angst today. >_< I won't bore the world with the details.
When I'm a bit less grumpy I must blog about Hellsing manga (for a change :p). I found the angsty Alucard backstory chapter. It was just what I needed today.
Apologies at being a boring sod. *bows, exits stage left*
Katy smoked a mascot on Monday, April 14, 2003
Time: 04:58 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: Resurrection - Gitaroo Man (on my newly-skinned Winamp ^___^)
*happy glow of wonderful friendular units*
Heeeeeeeee!!! THANK YOU TASHAAAA!!! ^___________^
Tasha made me an utterly brilliant Anderson Winamp skin as a cheer-up present!! ^__^ Heeheehee...two skins in for me in a week, that's quite brill actually. Especially since they're both such totally quality pieces of work! ^_^
*is feeling exceptionally happy now*
Katy smoked a mascot on Saturday, April 12, 2003
Time: 08:24 a.m.
Listening to/Whining About: this is turning into a bad week...
I really didn't sleep well last night. I went to bed about one thirty (finished Gitaroo Man then had an attack of the ficbunnies...) and slept badly. I'm really worried about my visa application. I don't know if it's all going to go through in time. -_- I haven't heard anything back from the museum yet after I emailed them yesterday, so I don't know what's happening at that end, but they've got to get forms, fill them in and give them to me, and that's sure to take a while to do. -_- So am I going to have enough time to do everything my end before July? I was always aiming to go about the end of June, but I'm really worried the paperwork isn't going to be sorted out now. I know worrying isn't going to make it go any faster, but I can't help it. I guess if the worst comes to the worst I can just take a holiday out there and do nothing productive. But then I can't get funding from my college, and I wouldn't feel right asking my parents for the money to do it either. -_-
I'm going to forget about this for a bit and fic. -_-
Katy smoked a mascot on Saturday, April 12, 2003
Time: 08:57 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: Tainted Lovers - Gitaroo Man
>_< You have me addicted to Gitaroo Man again, Liz and Andrew.... Gregario III is the best.
It would appear we are moving again. Don't ask me how or why because I really haven't got a clue what's happening anymore. All I know is this means I have an awful lot of packing to do.
Things are also getting much more complicated on the visa front. -_- Hurray for complicated forms.
Katy smoked a mascot on Friday, April 11, 2003
Time: 12:52 a.m.
Listening to/Whining About: -_-
I am an unhappy bunny this evening. We're not moving house, it's all fallen through and things suck. -_- To top it all off I'm have big stupid piles of crap trying to get my visa sorted out to go to America in the summer because I need the museum to send me this form about being an intern. And now I need to find an apartment in San Antonio to live in too. -_- It's just so much to have to organise, and it's me having to coordinate it (well, obviously since it's my internship. -_-) I just feel so drained at the moment about the whole thing. I really hate it when things stop going to plan. -_-
Oh yeah, thanks to a combination of Andrew and scans of the end of volume four, I found out the annoying genkicard character is Rip van Winkle and is apparently a she. Oh, and Nazi catboy *is* called Schrodinger.
Now I'm going to be miserable asleep.
Katy smoked a mascot on Friday, April 11, 2003
Time: 12:49 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: Sensou Suru Nara Yumi, Yari, Ken Da Tatakae! - Hellsing Raid
My mum said the other day she thought Invoke from Gundam Seed sounded like Abba. Hmm. I often wonder what the rest of my family thinks about the racket from my parts of the house... (these being the parts with computers in. ^_^) She does like Abba though...maybe I can convince her yet on anime music.
Anyway, that was the cheerful bit of the day done, because other than that there seems to be a whole lot of angsting going on here. Something's going totally wrong with the buying of the new house, and it looks like we're not going to be moving next week, or maybe even at all. -_- Someone somewhere along the chain of buyers has screwed up and our buyers have been left in the lurch. No nice new house and own room for me this holiday then. It's not that I hate this house, it's just it's so small. -_- All of us wish we could move somewhere bigger...it's not fun squashing into this place. I could actually invite people to stay if we had the other house. Oh well, there's no point thinking about it right now. :\
I just found some more Hellsing scanlations. That'll cheer me up. Sweet manga....
Katy smoked a mascot on Wednesday, April 9, 2003
Time: 11:57 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: *squeeee!!*
I have Hellsing 5!!! ^__________________________________^ *does the dance of manga happiness once more* It's so cool!! I want to know who strange genki-Alucard-looking character is. The one that normal non-genki-Alucard goes after later on. ^_^
I must get a scan of the Hellsing logo from the tails of the planes in 5....it's Babbit. o_0 It is actually Babbit from Kodocha....
You'd be amazed how much of Hellsing can be read without knowing a word of Japanese. It's excellent fun when there's a ten page fight with nothing but sound effects. ^____^ I like this muchly. ^_^
You can have more manga thoughts when I have the capacity to process them. ^_^
PS...
this site has some lovely Hellsing fanart on. I love Japanese fanartists...they're so good! >_<
Oh and whilst we're on the subject of fanart, I added a link to Solid and Etc on the side over there. Go if you've never been. It is actually the best fanart ever and adorns my work folders for Oxford. ^____^
Katy smoked a mascot on Tuesday, April 8, 2003
Time: 07:39 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: hee...^_^
I do like
Laura's new blog layout. HAIL ILPALAZZO-SAMA!! ^____^
I must get the rest of Excel Saga somewhen...right after I've got the (released tomorrow >_<) Hellsing boxset... >_<
Katy smoked a mascot on Monday, April 7, 2003
Time: 10:36 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: The Rage Beat - Gravitation
(The shame of admitting I'm listening to that... -_-) I'm so very very bored. >_< Yep, I'm bored, so you get bloggage. Not that there is a huge amount to report, but in lieu of anything better to do, blogs away.
So uhh...I didn't do a *huge* amount of work today, but at least I got a page or so of translation done, and that's all to the good, I guess. Lazed about and watched The Boat Race, as you may have gathered, then flicked straight over to ITV to watch the Formula One. Don't know if anyone who reads this blog follows Formula One but that was one weird race. ^___^ When they were actually racing...
The Boat Race was smashing good too, btw. I can genuinely and shamefully saw that I was on the edge of my seat throughout the whole thing. Our team won by ONE FOOT! One foot over four miles!! o_0 That's gotta hurt if you lose. ^_^;;
Uhhh...I really have very little else fun to talk about. ^_^ Oh yes, Lizzu has my Hellsing 5 at her house now. *itchy fingers* I can't wait to see that. ^____________^
Katy smoked a mascot on Sunday, April 6, 2003
Time: 05:17 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: YAAAY!
Oxford win!!!!! ^_________________^
I may have no college pride, but I have university pride in abundance, and
I love The Boat Race so much!!
Katy smoked a mascot on Sunday, April 6, 2003
Time: 10:48 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: Rakuen - Wolf's Rain OST
Mmm London. Try London, try. Yes, thank you to the friendular units for a rather smashing trip to London. ^_^ The events of the trip have been recounted on other desitnations in the blog ring, so I shalln't do that again. ^_^ Highlights for me then. (Katy, the "Match of the Day" of animesoc blogging...)
Not getting lost on the way there was quite a highlight, I must say. Airports I can officially now handle, train stations and tubes scare the living daylights out of me. Too close to moving vehicles and electrified rails. o_0 However, what small amount of common sense I have and much leading around got me to the places I was meant to be in. Useful.
Jane's flat is officially Impressive. I liked it muchly. Next time I may have to glue myself to the floor and refuse to ever leave again. It is far too nice. Has a very very lovely view too.
The Underground. Always frightening for country bumpkin like myself, as I said. Couldn't help but squeak at the poster of Dante in one of the stations. I was faintly ashamed. Verrily was it a far too loud squeak. ^_^;; Still can't help but think of Hellsing when riding the Underground. This makes me happy.
Collindale was lots of fun again. And I actually found things to buy! ^_______^ I got a very very cute Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon sticker book. With stickers. Of chocobos. I got a Final Fantasy VIII postcard book too. I love shopping in Collindale. Except they had no Calpis. >_<
Next to Gosh and the BM. Had an absolutely wonderful time taking everyone round the Egyptian galleries. I promise at least 90% of my waffle was Egyptological fact, really. And Tasha knows what black-topped redware is, so my educational responsibilities for the day are fulfilled. Not to mention images of deities doing indescribable things to themselves... o_0
The rest of the evening was muchly fun. I love the Who Am I? game to pieces, it's possibly the best party game ever, especially the anime version, Empire Records is one of the coolest films ever, and sleeping bags are far too much fun. ^____^
Got home about one, checked email and pulled apart real mail. Alucard wallscroll now adorns my wall. And looks mighty scary-cool! ^___^ Neither of the parents have seen it yet, I quite wonder what they're going to think. ^_^ They don't appreciate Hellsing like I do. Well, no, they just don't like anime. But I do, and my wallscroll is pleasing to mine eye. ^_^
At some point soon I'm going to collapse. I'm very tired...
Katy smoked a mascot on Friday, April 4, 2003
Time: 07:14 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: Hooray!
Congratulations to
Jane On her first. We knew you'd do it! ^_^
(More bloggage when the head works properly. At present I'm more in shock about the dream I had this afternoon. I'm so psychic it hurts. ^____^)
Katy smoked a mascot on Friday, April 4, 2003
Time: 11:54 a.m.
Listening to/Whining About: *kicks ntl*
Thank you for intermittently providing me with internet and cable television services. >_< *angsts*
Well, I haven't been up to much recently, as just about everyone who reads this will know. Not that I actually know who reads this, except the ones who ever tell me. ^_^ Getting far too happy about going to London tomorrow, but then if you'd been in Grantham for three weeks now you'd feel the same way. ^_^ The house is in additional chaos because of the whole moving business (boxes everywhere >_<) so I'm spending most of my time either hiding in my room or mindlessly surfing the internet when no one else is in. It's a sad little life, it really is. ^_^
I have now watched all the Wolf's Rain I've got. Why did it have to stop just when it was getting interesting? >_< Have decided I am firmly in the Kiba camp as regards favourite characters. Don't quite know why...the other three just have various reasons why they annoy me. (Tsume for manifold reasons. >_<) And Kiba *wishes* he could kick ass, even if he can't really. ^_^
Anyway, I ought to attempt to do some work now. I did some translation finally yesterday! 0_0 First text of next term down, yippee! Shame it was really really short though... -_- Anyway, I will start the Conversation Between a Man and His Ba next, that'll put me in a good mood...suicidal bloke talks to his soul, yippee! >_<
Katy smoked a mascot on Wednesday, April 2, 2003
Time: 05:10 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: -_-
I'm so bored. There's never anyone here, the house is a horrible mess because we're moving soon and there's no space to do any work...lonely vac depression. >_<
There's a new Weebl and Bob up though...
Katy smoked a mascot on Monday, March 31, 2003
Time: 05:24 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: *cries*
They took Devil May Cry 2 away from me!! *shakes fist at Blockbuster* Why must I be poor?! >_<
I *like* that game. Contrary to popular opinion, I thought it was great. :p Maybe I just have a huge bias towards games with Dante in. All two of them. Dante falling into my "preffered characters" category of demonic red-coated biseinen with a nice line in silver and black guns, transformation attack skills, bitterness at the world and general cool, of course. What can I say, I'm a niche market and yet they still cater to me. *will never EVER write that as a crossover fic - some things are just too wrong* Anyway, once I have money/have decided what games I can cull in part-exchange for it, I will get DMC2. I need it muchly. >_< Oh and yeah, the "other" character, Lucia? She's crap. Her disk was far too easy. I don't know if playing Dante's first made any difference, but the Lucia missions were too short and too simple. And she sucked anyway. Marginally better than Trish in the first game though...thank goodness you didn't have to play as her. -_- Anyway, I want DMC2, I'll get it somewhen...just as soon as I've payed for my plane tickets to America, general life expenses and Hellsing dvd boxset. -_-
As an aside, thank you to Ivan for getting me the Mr Scruff remix of Cat Blues from Cowboy Bebop. It's brill and they use it on Weebl and Bob. ^_^
Off to continue cooking maternal parental unit's day dinner. Provided the house doesn't burn down now, I might *actually* manage to cook a non-crap meal for once.
Katy smoked a mascot on Sunday, March 30, 2003
Time: 04:30 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: *the happy sigh of videogaming*
*glomps Playstation 2* I am muchly pleased. I have gameage, and it is good. Well, alright, I was being a lazy bugger this morning and didn't wake up until 11...when my mother flung open the door of my room to announce that she was going in to town. Priorities being what priorities are at that *early* in my day I remembered one thing only. And off Mum trotted with Blockbuster request into town. *attempts to compose herself* Devil May Cry 2!!! ^__________________^ Hehe, oh how I have looked forward to this game. ^_^ Alright so the reviews have been decidedly mediocre, but it's a game and you shoot stuff and it has Dante in and he is *cool*. *considers that was a somewhat too fangirly sentence* I am only a few missions in so far, but it is muchly enjoyable. I envisage much of this evening being spent in this manner. *happy sigh*
BTW, *everyone* go and read chapter 1 of Hellsing 5 on
this site. Whilst I am not fond of reading scanlations (I feel like a cheat...but hey, I bought the books and eventually I'll have nice translated text done) that chapter is just on so much crack it's hilarious. Poor Alucard...he has the most disturbing dreams. ^_______^ I'd elaborate further, but I don't want anyone who hasn't seen it yet to get spoilt. It truly IS that random. Kouta Hirano is the man. ^_^
Alright, enough with the frivolities now. I apologise to everyone else because this bit's not really in keeping with the rest of my usual bloggage, but some things have to be done. I want to say a really big sorry to my boyfriend Daniel. We had a falling out yesterday and I think both of us were to blame. So for my part I'm really sorry for the things I did to upset you because I didn't mean it that way. I know I'm a dumbass sometimes about other people's feelings but I'm working on it, I promise. *apapapa* :)
Alright, I'm going to play demon hunting.
Katy smoked a mascot on Friday, March 28, 2003
Time: 09:35 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: Postal angst...
I wish my wallscroll would just hurry up and get here! >_< I am having a distinct lack of interesting things happen at the moment...it's a v e r y d u l l v a c. I like being at home to see Mum, Dad and Lucy, but the fact is they're all out all day, so I don't actually even see them most of the time. It's quite depressing really. Ho hum, genki genki genki.... If I get my wallscroll I'll be happy.
About the most interesting thing I've done other than read for my Coptic essay was take a walk into town. Heh, Grantham sucks. (I am a whiner today, aren't I? ^_^) I think I'm getting far too used to pretty and interesting Oxford. Grantham doesn't really compare. I did have a wander though, and it was quite sunny, and there was a big Devil May Cry 2 display in the front of the computer shop and I was quite tempted to run in and steal huge cardboard cut-out Dante for myself. Until I remembered my dad knows the guy who runs the shop...and consequently knows who I am. Doh. -_- I did invest in a copy of Final Fantasy Origins though, which, despite its great age and 8-bitness, is a darn sight more enjoyable than Onimusha 2. Although I think it has lead me to far greater depths of sad fangirlness now. You can choose your own character names. The obvious name being a letter too long for my red mage (they have long red coats and big red hats, what do you *think* I wanted to call it?? ^_^) I now have two characters called Casull and Jackal. Even I am ashamed. -_-
Very little else going on. Have little sister addicted to Special Fred. Much fun and parental confusion abounds walking into the kitchen singing about thinking he's a piece of bread.
Katy smoked a mascot on Thursday, March 27, 2003
Time: 12:56 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: the news, always the news...
Yeah, um, I haven't commented any on that, I realise, but I think I'd rather keep it that way. I'm not a particularly politically minded person and so anything I say would probably be retarded anyway. It's happening, I wish it didn't have to, but I support our troops. That's about as much as I can say.
Ok, away from the political un-rantage. I, strangely enough, have not been up to much. The date has been set for us moving house - 14th of next month. Not hugely looking forward to that, but there we go. I hate moving. I hate it even more if it means I'm not going to have internet access for a week. >_< Well, I'll only be a few days before I get back to Oxford, so I guess I'll be alright.
I have actually started doing some work now, which is officially good news. I've written my presentation on the Tale of Sinuhe and I've done some reading for my essay. It's going very slowly though...even slower when I got bored and started fanarting over my text. o_0 Sinuhe now has a crap sketch of Alucard over it. ^_^
You have some cds heading your way, providing the main post office is still open when I get in to town. Then you can enjoy Haibane Renmei for the goodness that it is. ^______^
Ooh, mini-review for the day. I started Onimusha 2 finally. Very very very gorgeous opening sequence...moving ukiyo-e pictures? o_0 Cool! ^_^ Shame the game itself isn't up to much. Mainly because of the terrible terrible dub. It might get better overall, so perhaps I shouldn't slate it just yet, but I don't have a huge desire to spend hours playing it, which is usually a bad sign with games. Never mind, I got it in a sale anyway. ^_^
Right food, yeah, food would be a good idea.
Katy smoked a mascot on Wednesday, March 26, 2003
Time: 09:54 a.m.
Listening to/Whining About: YAAY!!
Spirited Away won an Oscar!!! ^___________________________^
/is happy anime nerd for rest of the day ^_^
Katy smoked a mascot on Monday, March 24, 2003
Time: 09:45 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: apologies...
...for the lack of updateage on the blog recently. It's a bit of a pain trying to get online here (to the same amount I am in Oxford anyway! ^_^;;) And when I do get online I invariably end up talking to the same peeps who read this stuff anyway. ^_^;; Right, well, yeah, on with the stuff 'n' crap.
Hugely important stuffness warning. I'm going to do a nice "things I have been watching/playing" report and um, it might end up having spoilers in. So, for the sake of covering my back and not being beaten up by you lot next time I see you, I will outline things. ^_^ The next paragraph is about Kingdom Hearts, the one after that is the Escaflowne movie, and the one after that is Haibane Renmei (right to the end...so if you haven't watched it, please don't read it, you'll regret it! ^_^;;)
KINGDOM HEARTS. Yeah, right, so, I finished that yesterday. I will shamefully admit to liking that game muchly. Alright so it's chocked-full of Disney characters, but it's Squaresoft and I am a big rabid Squaresoft fangirl. So meh. :p I have to say I was disappointed with the ending though. *glomps Riku* Riku was evidently the best character in the entire game, why did they have to have the poor little mini-bish get all the crap happen to him? *weeps for trainee-bish* Oh well, he got a cool outfit when he went all evil and he *did* get a tragic ending, and there's nothing we love more than tragedy with our bishies, right? ^_^
ESCAFLOWNE MOVIE. Right, next topic of discussion. The Escaflowne movie. Which has been sitting in my moveable pile of possessions (oh what it is to be a migrating student! >_<) for a good few months now. I did attempt to watch it with t'other half in Texas, but we both fell asleep. ^_^ Some might blame it on the jetlag, others might just say it's a pretty poor piece of film... ^_^;; Well *alright* I won't be so cutting of it. It wasn't brilliant...but it had very nice music and lovely scenery. And lots of Folken. Katy likes Folken. (Yeah alright, no prizes for guessing, ok? :p) On the downside, the character designs are almost entirely yucky and the story re-hash is irritating at best (despite the fact I haven't seen all of Esca yet, the fact that it bears *absolutely no resemblance whatsoever* to the series does annoy me). Well, I watched it anyway.
HAIBANE RENMEI. I'm begging anyone who hasn't seen all of Haibane Renmei, please don't read this, ok? For it is a wonderful wonderful series and I want everyone to enjoy it muchly. "Why don't you just not blog about it?" would be the question I imagine most people asking. Well, um, cause it's brill and I love it and I really need to say something about it? ^_^;; Ok, beginning Haibane Renmei spoilers. This is your last warning, alright? >_< Beginning....now! I love Reki so much! *cries* She's so the best character in it and she's so cool at the end and it's so lovely and I cried and *I'm so ashamed to admit that*! Haibane Renmei doing happy is possibly one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen, but Haibane Renmei doing angst is also superbly wonderful. I just love everything about that series: the scenario, the characters, the art style (I LOVE the art style beyond belief...it's just so much like what dreams ought to be!) It just comes together exceptionally well as a really well done anime. *can't find good enough words to describe it* Yeah, so, Haibane Renmei...two thumbs up from Katy. ^__^
This paragraph has nothing to do with anything I'm spoilering for, but I just thought I'd put it in as a buffer. *huge spoiler paranoia*
Ok, all clear with the spoilerage. Hmm...what else about today then. Oh yes, I started the secret magical project and some work today. The secret magical project is intensely uninteresting if you're not me, but I like it and I'm doing it. But no one else is going to know about it until I'm 100% sure it's perfect. Not that it will seriously improve the quality of your lives, but hey, humour me. ^_^
Question. Just a random question that is bugging me. Why do all the main characters in Hellsing wear white gloves? o_0 Alucard does (duh...), Integra does, Seras does, Walter does, Anderson does, Jan and Luke Valentine do...why? o_0
Incidentally.
this comic makes me laugh. That is all.
Katy smoked a mascot on Sunday, March 23, 2003
Time: 02:46 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: let the blogging commence!
Sorry, I'm feeling in a bit of a bloggy mood. Perhaps brought on by the writing frenzy currently going on around the readership of this page. ^_^ That and
Tasha's appeal to "think of all the good for humanity" that my blogging does. Yesss... ^_^ I will remember to copy and paste my entries from now on. ^_^;; Hai mastaa...
/break to make pasta...
Mmm pasta. Anyway, yes, blogging. I have to say, I am utterly ashamed of how fangirly I have turned in the space of a week. I leave Oxford and the lack of anime types turns me in to a rabid fic writer?? And now a COSPLAYER?! o_0 *can't decide if she's secretly very excited about the cosplay idea or just nervous that she'll look like a prat* ^_^;; Heh, it passes the time though. I was pleased/shyed by the comments I got about my fics. I don't like them because they're written by me, and, well, everything I write sounds crap to me (*kicks blog*) but the readers thereof were complimentary so maybe I did something right. ^_^;; I was wondering what they would think about Integra in my fic...I was trying really hard not to make her sound like a wuss, but I do get the feeling she's not as cold-hearted as they make her out. Not as much as she is in the anime, anyway. *wastes far too much time thinking about this sort of thing* ^_^
I have to do some more work on my fic for
Jane's site. I will do it, I just couldn't think of anything other than the scene I wrote. Said I would do it though, and I do it I shall. ^_^
Apologies for the whiny fangirl writer tone of this entry. What can I say, I'm new at it. ^_^;;
Katy smoked a mascot on Friday, March 21, 2003
Time: 12:11 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: >_<
*hits pitas.com with a stick* Stop eating my entries!! >_<
I think I may have had the curse of non-working blogs transferred on to me. Tasha and Jane's blogs come back up just when my one starts misbehaving... o_0
Katy smoked a mascot on Thursday, March 20, 2003
Time: 08:34 a.m.
Listening to/Whining About: the ficbunnies, the ficbunnies! >_<
Jane you evil thing. Setting ficbunnies upon me whilst I'm vulnerable from boredom! *me hangs head in shame* Yes, I was brought in to the little world of animesoc fic writers, innocent though I am in the ways of fanfiction. I don't read it, so I'm not entirely sure what people expect from their fics. Ah well, my first attempt *seemed* to be well received...although it was sent to friendly types. I don't know, I hope you genuinely liked it. ^_^;; I'm open to criticism though! I must make it longer, I know that, although I'm not sure what direction to take it in if I do expand it futher. I have a few other ideas I want to think about, so maybe I will come back to my first attempt later in the week. ^_^
This week is being quite nice and relaxing so there's not actually a lot to report on the me front. Watching Haibane Renmei (or at least I would be if I could find the cd with eps 6-9 on >_
Katy smoked a mascot on Thursday, March 20, 2003
Time: 10:28 a.m.
Listening to/Whining About: the lack of mp3s on this computer...
Mmmmm...sleep. I think I'm making up for every single lost hour of sleep last term now. I can't believe I was in bed for ten hours. That might not seem like much to everyone else but I generally hate staying in bed and doing nothing when I know and could be up and busy, so I must be pretty tired. I'm also making up my Playstation and anime hours. ^____^ Playing more Kingdom Hearts and watching Wolf's Rain, Haibane Renmei and Azumanga Daioh.
Alright, I will admit my new secret shame. I, Katy, lover of Hellsing and of the blood and the fighting in her anime, do indeed find Azumanga Daioh hilarious. /avoids the stoning of her animesoc peers. It's just well-observed, cute, slapstick comedy. The scene where Chiyo and Osaka play catch made me laugh so much, just because there's absolutely nothing complicated about the humour. (Osaka is so my favourite character. ^_^) They're both hopeless, it's funny. Anyway, it will never be to everyone's tastes, and I'll certainly never convert anyone else to thinking it's good who doesn't already, but I can't wait to see more. ^_^
Next thing I am very excited about at the moment...my dad got me Lilo and Stitch on dvd!! ^__________^ Yaaaaay!!! He came home from work last night and gave it to me. It was so like when we were little and he used to bring us stuff when he got back (we have an excellent menagerie of plastic dinosaurs from this tradition. ^_^) But I am muchly chuffed and I even have all the freebies he got because he bought it in Woolworths - yaay new Stitch toy! ^_________^
Oh, yes...on a much less happy note, *enormous hug* to
Laura for her current angsty problem. :( I really hope you get to go to Japan soon, even if it isn't this year. I'm sure you'll find a way.
Alright, off to enjoy some quality time with my Playstation.
Katy smoked a mascot on Tuesday, March 18, 2003
Time: 12:15 a.m.
Listening to/Whining About: *vegetates*
Mmmmm....spending the day doing nothing. How rare! ^_^ I refuse to do anything constructive for the next week, on grounds that I worked hard this term and am officially knackered. So today was spent playing Kingdom Hearts and watching anime. And enjoying the new sofa set they bought whilst I was away. Mmm soft squishy leathery. ^_^ It's one of those "omg I can't get up this is so squishy" sofas. Muchly enjoyable. ^______^
I didn't actually do much else worth blogging about really (well, was that even worth blogging about, eh? ^_^) Bought t'other half a Castlevania game he wanted from eBay. It has vampires in. One of them is called Alucard. I approve. (Although Castlevania Alucard is no where near as good as Hellsing Alucard, even Daniel admits so. ^_^) Will hopefully play it in the summer when I'm over there...if I can be pulled away from the Gamecube and my Animal Crossing obssession. ^____^
Oh, yeah, Wolf's Rain. I watched some more of that. Toboe...yes. Him being beaten up by crows, hugely amusing. His mishap with the girl's falcon, doh. ^_^ I do like his character, though, even if he is a wuss. Very much so.
Katy smoked a mascot on Monday, March 17, 2003
Time: 10:20 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: *waves cutlass*
Already having Oxford withdrawal symptoms. :o Busy yesterday/today blurred into one. Last night was great, with the Edamame trip and all, even if I am exceptionally tired now. ^_^;; Packing etc went amazingly smoothly, if only because I packed instead of sleeping. I did collapse for a little earlier but...meh, I am tired now.
It feels really quite odd to be home. I figured out I've spent about five days here in the past six months....which is a record for me. There is the whole seeing parental units, getting nice food and lots of sleep, which are all excellent reasons why it's good to be home, but I've had such a good term I really didn't want to leave. And yeah, mainly because of animesoc and related stuffs. Until now I never used to enjoy being at Oxford...I just used to feel really miserable about the "I have no social life, nobody here likes me" thing, but it just doesn't bother me anymore because to a large extent it's changed. Mainly the whole "having become more sociable" thing is thanks to animesoc people. ^_^ Hehe, /me must avoid being gushy about how fun animesoc people are. ^_^ But yeah, I don't think I'll be dreading the beginning of term for the first time when Trinity rolls up. ^_^ I don't think that's a bad feeling really.
Katy smoked a mascot on Saturday, March 15, 2003
Time: 04:43 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: IT'S FRIDAY OF EIGHTH!!!
Ehhh...sorry about the lack of bloggage. Things are, as one might expect, rather hectic at present. But hey, they're enjoyably so. Animesoc, obviously, last night. Was surprisingly amused by "This is Otakudom", possibly due to the number of jokes blatently applicable to people around me. ^_~ (See...you're incriminating yourself if you know what I'm talking about. ^_^) My favourite episode of Hellsing too...demon dog Alucard rules! I was amused to hear Tasha say it was "cute" when Alucard finds out Luke Valentine isn't strong enough to fight him. Hurray! More sympathy for Alucard for he is not evil, he's just bored, very bored!! Bored and cool! ^_^
I am also utterly ashamed of myself today, because I've been listening to Super Drive. I may hate Gravi, but it's such a bouncy great song. ^___^
Must get ready to go to Edamame. Mmmm food. ^_____^
Katy smoked a mascot on Friday, March 14, 2003
Time: 11:21 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: Tsumitsukuri na Nikui Yatsu - Hellsing Ruins
I have archived. :o If you want to know the brilliance of my day today, you can click on my "old roadkill..." link.
Thank you come again. ^_^
Katy smoked a mascot on Wednesday, March 12, 2003
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