Time: 10:37 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: sad...
Feeling depressed. Worrying about visa stuff at the American Embassy on Monday. Having nightmares about them finding something wrong with my application forms or something and messing up all my plans for my internship. :( Having nightmares about money too. I don't know where it's going to come from.
Too depressed. :(
Katy smoked a mascot on Thursday, June 26, 2003
Time: 01:18 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: ^_________^
Helen left a few minutes ago. 'Twas a very fun day. ^__^ Got through huuuuuuge amounts of anime, and all were surprisingly well-received (this is what you get if you starve your members of good anime, anime societies of the world!!)
She was very much impressed by Utena (watched the first three dvds and the movie) and wishes to extend her thanks to the Ivanular and Andrular units for the lending of the dvds (I'll be posting them back soon). We have another convert to Utena-ness!
Now this next one was a complete and utter triumph, but
I will state clearly that *I didn't make Helen do it*. She liked Hellsing!! ^____________^ Watched the first three episodes (at her request ^___^) and much impressedage occurred. ^___^ I am happy. Hellsing goooood...and not just Katy says so.
Got through some X, Getbackers, Yami no Matsuei and Card Captor Sakura (she hadn't seen it in Japanese before and wanted to ^_^). X has been lent out because I feel that anyone who wants to be a Clamp fangirl really ought to see it, even if I'm not a huge Clamp fangirl myself. ^_^ Hopefully Helen will like the rest of X though. ^_^
I guess I'll probably be watching the tennis and organising my notes for the rest of the day. Have to get that done before I go to America. And yes, Wimbledon. Wimbledon is great. Nuh.
Katy smoked a mascot on Wednesday, June 25, 2003
Time: 12:18 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: Eee!! ^___^
Anime-loving friend Helen is coming over in an hour! ^____________________^ Can't wait to see her...haven't done so in two years. o_0 We have been in contact since I left school (she was in the year below me) but what with how hectic my life has been with all the moving about and travelling et al, we haven't got round to meeting up until today. And lo shall we be watching lots of anime. ^______^ Utena for sure, Hellsing (she asked me about it!!), X (she needs to see what *really* good Clamp is like ^_^) possibly some other things like Getbackers if we have time, cause everyone should see Getbackers, right? ^_^
Must engineer some kind of meeting between Helen and the Ass no Ryu...you can help with her anime education. ^__^ She'd love you lot anyway. ^_^
Must go and continue the cleaning up of house. Heeheehee!! ^____^
*happy*
Katy smoked a mascot on Tuesday, June 24, 2003
Time: 11:01 a.m.
Listening to/Whining About: Velvet Underworld - Weiss Kreuz
Well, day three in the new house and things are perhaps marginally better. I'm still not exactly taken with the place, but since there's not much I can do about it, I've decided not to worry. I'm here on my own today so I have to day to get to know stuff. Yesterday was a bit useless for that since we had relatives over and general socializing was required. Although in reality I ended up being asleep most of the day. I've been pretty much exhausted since I got back...no sleep on Friday night due to going out with Ass no Ryu/packing + very little on Saturday from manky (and surprisingly painful o_0) hayfever keeping me awake.
Anyway, enough of that. Trying to think of vaguely interesting things that don't involve me whining. Oh yes, my new secret shame. A large chunk of the Ass no Ryu know about it already and verily have I been ribbed about it. *I like Weiss Kreuz* And no attempt to justify it makes it any better. -_- It's got terrible plot, it's cheese, the animation is frankly cheap most of the time....but it's so watchable! o_0 And it has Aya in. And Aya is a dude. So is Yohji...in the way only Yohji can be. ^_^ In conclusion, I like Weiss Kreuz and shameful though that is, I'm going to watch some more. ^_________^
Katy smoked a mascot on Monday, June 23, 2003
Time: 11:08 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: *feels blue*
I don't know whether to blog about this or not, because there's a good chance my parents might be reading this page come next month when I'm in America, and I'm not sure I really want them to know about this.
Left Oxford today and came to The New House for the first time ...and I really don't feel very at home. :( Part of me wonders if it's just because I really didn't want to leave Oxford this term but I also want to be in Texas. It's just...I don't know...this house is perfectly good and everything, but it just doesn't feel like home to me. :( Maybe because I missed out on the whole moving process. It just doesn't feel like this is mine.
It's not that my parents haven't tried really hard to make it nice for me. When I got back Mum was making a fuss over dinner I'd like, and Dad spent the evening helping me move my stuff then hang things on my wall. But I guess I just feel like I'm the only one not used to this place.
Ah whatever. I should just stop being a miserable git. At least I have a house. Whether I like it or not is irrelevant. Things might get better, anyway.
Katy smoked a mascot on Saturday, June 21, 2003
Time: 05:10 a.m.
Listening to/Whining About: O_O
I'm still awake, packing is half done, and I'm still awake. O_O I was tempted to go to bed, but then I thought no, get the packing done and you can sleep in the car. I can actually feel the bags developing under my eyes. o_0
Blogging because it doesn't involve putting things in boxes and right now I'm fed up of doing that. I just remember I shouldn't go to sleep because I did that last time and after two hours of it I stumbled out of bed again...literally. I was about half a step from landing face on the floor the second I got up. So no sleep until this afternoon. Unless I get packed really quickly, which frankly ain't gonna happen.
Fantastic evening spent in the company of the Ass no Ryu, the final fling of our collective living in Oxford, now that the Tashular Unit is off to pastures new. Much celebration of the birthdayular unit also, including cake, sweeties and the Mongolian Wok. ^___^
Spent the rest of the night getting more and more surreal at Tashular's. My highlight of this being the great plastic water bottle fight against Jane....over a packet of mints. ^___^
Feel quite sad that the evening's over, since the Ass no Ryu are wonderful and I'm going to miss them all hideously over the holidays. You'd better email me, you lot, and if you go doing fun things I expect a full report! Just because you won't see me til October doesn't mean I'm not expecting this. :D And Tashular Unit had better be planning when she's going to be coming up to see us! *shakes fist menacingly* Yeah!
Right, suppose I can avoid packing no more. Back to it.
Katy smoked a mascot on Saturday, June 21, 2003
Time: 01:37 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: Logos Naki World (huzzah!)
The sun is shining, the packing progresses (relatively) smoothly, and I'm done for the year!!! ^________^ There's nothing quite like that sunny last-day-of-Trinity feeling. :D Now all I have to do is clear up the rest of this mess, celebrate this evening and get out of here. ^___^
With regard to celebration-worthy thingage, happy birthday and many happy returns to
The Janeular Unit on her escape from teenagehood. ^____^ I don't think I will ever forget the explosion of squeeing gleeage last night when she saw her Laguna doujinshi. ^___^ Giving presents is just the best when you get reactions like that. ^_____^ Happily similar reactions from the Tashular unit for her artbooks and Ass no Ryu case (which made for hilarious fun when Eisuke read it, his confusion causing us to know we actually wrote it right!! "Dragon of ass?!?" ^___^), Jo for her crazy history book, and Eisuke for his gift which inspired either glee or faint embarrassment, I haven't figured out which. ^___^ Suffice to say they all deserve good presents because they will be much of the missedness next year.
Now I'm getting back in packing in the vain hope that it might be done by tonight. Ha. o_0
Katy smoked a mascot on Friday, June 20, 2003
Time: 02:28 a.m.
Listening to/Whining About: o_0
Duuuuude.... and it's not even April 1.
Katy smoked a mascot on Friday, June 20, 2003
Time: 02:10 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: YEAH!! :D
TAKE THAT TRINITY 2003!! I WIN!! ^___________________^
(It is a week of meaningless Oxford triumphs, yes...)
Officially finished all my work for the year now. ^___^ Am not doing any more research for the dissertation, not doing reading for my special subject until I get back (except the relevant books I own) and NO MORE TRANSLATION!!
Until I start my holiday work, of course. o_0
Going to start disassembling my lair now. I hate packing.
Katy smoked a mascot on Thursday, June 19, 2003
Time: 07:46 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: :D
*slaps Oxford online library resources*
I TOTALLY OWN YOU, OLIS!! ^________________^!!! *punches air in minor triumph of finding all her random dissertation crap on OLIS after manifold attempts at inputting the right keywords*
I'm getting obssessed with my dissertation. o_0 And random violence against computer programs. o_0
Katy smoked a mascot on Tuesday, June 17, 2003
Time: 05:43 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: >_<
Some knob is playing with a water gun outside and is getting my windowsill and curtains soaking. The people in this building are morons. >_<
Katy smoked a mascot on Tuesday, June 17, 2003
Time: 05:02 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: *mghf*
*head drops on pile of photocopies* I have been doing much dissertationular research today. o_0 I feel it would be of the good to get some of it started before I leave for the vac, despite the fact that we don't technically have to think about it until next term. I have officially had the title of stressy one bestowed upon me by the other Egyptologists in my year, and perhaps with due cause today. Sat in the library, various people tried to tear me away from my bookular units to go to non-academic places, and lo did I cower under my imposing pile of literature and squeak about losing my books and my train of thought if I left the library. Yes, I believe I actually am stressed about my dissertation already.
I think it's just the great fear that I can't pop back to Oxford when I feel like it over the holidays, so I really have to have all the stuff I need with me by the end of this week. Well, I have a huge number of articles and pictures now anyway, and I'm sure I can do a bit more research before Friday too. Anything to make the third year a little less horrific than I know it's going to be... o_0
Had a well-earned rest for a few hours now since I got out the library, in which I had late lunch with Jane and then introduced her to the delights of Kingdom Hearts, which I think amused for its twinkly music, jumpy-abouty-ness and blatant slash. ^_^ See? Even Disney do it! What a world we live in... o_0
Katy smoked a mascot on Tuesday, June 17, 2003
Time: 08:51 a.m.
Listening to/Whining About: :D
*runs around in circles like delirious running around in circlesey thing* :D
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!
^_______________________________^
So much of the brillness...so much. :D
Katy smoked a mascot on Monday, June 16, 2003
Time: 05:19 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: eh...
Feeling a bit better now, following trip to the oriental food exhibition doodah in the Botannical Gardens with the Tashular and Ivanular units. Didn't solve any of the various problems of the day, but exposed me to sunshine and company, which is of the good. Even if the dancing people in wedding dresses were rather scary. o_0
Right, off to do Coptic and watch the Grand Prix.
Katy smoked a mascot on Sunday, June 15, 2003
Time: 02:06 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: bleh
Would blog but don't really feel that chirpy. -_- Just being one of those days when everything is one big problem. -_-
muh.
Katy smoked a mascot on Sunday, June 15, 2003
Time: 09:10 a.m.
Listening to/Whining About: YEAH! :D
*jumps and punches air in obnoxious sports fan style*
Spurs won! ^_______^ See? All it takes is a little bitterness from me and they're fine! YAY BITTERNESS!! :D I am the secret to the San Antonio Spurs' success, thank you. *bows* And in keeping with this...you didn't win good enough!! >_< Ten points?? Ten points more was all you could muster? 93-83 might be a perfectly respectable score for anyone *else's* basketball team, but no, since I graced you with my badly-informed fandom I shall expect - nay, demand! - better of you! :O BETTER OF YOU!! *shakes fist*
Don't anyone remind me that it'll all be over by next week cause my happy little world of trawling basketball websites and streaming videos from ESPN was just getting fun. ^_^;;
Best get dressed or I'm not going to make breakfast! :O
Katy smoked a mascot on Saturday, June 14, 2003
Time: 11:11 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: Hee ^_^
I am happy. I had a good evening with everyone else tonight at Edamame. And fantastic Jane concert. ^___^ Being the token Northerner of the group (despite my Oxford birth :p) I'm afraid I am a complete fish out of water with classical (sorry, *baroque* today ^_^) music but at least I freely admit it. *commence generic northern attitude* I don't know much but I know what I like. ^___________^ And Jane's solo was absolutely brill. I love having such talented friends. ^___^
Hee...I really enjoyed that, I really did. ^_^ Should probably think about heading to bed at some point not too far from now cause we're off shopping tomorrow. I have a big list of stuff from Lizzu that I have to buy her cause she's stuck revising for manky exams and can't come with us. Neither can Jane. Sucky. Tasha and I shall proxy-shop probably considerably more than we'll shop for ourselves. ^_^;;; I'll have to buy something though; I hate going all the way to London then not buying anything.
Oooh, incidentally, glee for Tasha today - she's making a Schrodinger the Nazi catboy shrine. ^_^ Yaay for people taking notice of Hellsing manga! ^____^
Ok, stop blog entry now, stop. o_0
Katy smoked a mascot on Friday, June 13, 2003
Time: 10:13 a.m.
Listening to/Whining About: completely unjustified angry spazzing
Stupid basketball team stupid stupids. >_< Losing 77-76 is not cool, alright Spurs? Alright?! Not cool. >_< *stomps feet and generally bes irate* Get your act together, ok?! >_< Stupid basketball stupid retard losing stupid. >_< I'm not even going to shout at you today because it blatantly didn't work last time, so I'm just warning you get it together or I'll come right over there and...uhh....yeah, be mad! >_< Don't any of you dare point out that I don't know the first thing about your sport and I'm only supporting you out of my love for your city because that'll just make me more angry! >_<
/completely unjustified angry spazzing
Yes. I had a very nice afternoon/evening yesterday. Spent with the Tashular unit et al in a selection of Oxford's nicer bars. ^__^ Frevd does the loveliest strawberries, Greek yoghurt and honey ever, incidentally, and everyone should try it. I like Freud...the novelty value doesn't wear off cause it's just so pretty...it's a deconsecrated church with virtually nothing in it, so random. ^_^ Raoul's is also very cool and I'd never even noticed it before. But then it's a tiny brown thing also on Walton Street. Very very cool 70s decor. Very cool. Various other places went to, alcohol consumed (even I did not escape the cocktail requirements, but relatively pain-free since Maxwells' Nervous Twitch is very nice) chattage and funnage had. Until I was just too tired and came back to pass out. And now be awake. And I don't want to be because I don't want to have to go to class on a Thursday. Thursday is not an Egyptologist working day. Stupid extra end-of-term classes. >_<
Muh.
I hope this all helps level the imbalance Tasha informed me of yesterday. Apparently I come off a lot less psychotic in my blog than real life. o_0 Dagnammit. >_<
Katy smoked a mascot on Thursday, June 12, 2003
Time: 11:21 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: Juno Reactor - Mona Lisa Overdrive
I'm really not feeling in a coherent prose mood at the moment. Too much essay and translation. They are, however, both done. And that's a good thing, even if they aren't. -_-
Really not very much interesting to say at the moment, apart from caesar salad baguettes from the Brothers in the covered market are lovely, and chicken, houmous and soy sauce isn't.
I do, however, continue to be muchly amused by Sandman. Chibi Endlesses are wonderful, as is any time that Dream and Delirium talk. ^__^ I do, however, have to have a minor spazz fit at Tasha and Jane for not remembering there was a big horrible picture of a squid at the front of volume seven. >_<
Oh, yep, and good luck with your last exam tomorrow, Tasha! :)
Katy smoked a mascot on Tuesday, June 10, 2003
Time: 02:38 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: Heeeeeee!!
*glees and spazzes in equal amounts* I must finish my essay and I must finish it soon! ^__^ I have huuuuuuuge quantities of Sandman from Tasha and they are gnawing at my head like a Bumface Ginji to make me read them! ^_____^
Hee. Glee. ^___^
Katy smoked a mascot on Monday, June 9, 2003
Time: 09:06 a.m.
Listening to/Whining About: Juno Reactor - Guardian Angel
Spurs won last night, not that that's hugely impressive to 99% of people who are reading this, but hey, it's better than Wednesday's result. ^___^ See? All it takes is angry outbursts from me and they win. Totally. WIN BETTER NEXT TIME, SPURS!!
In other news,
Andrew is the creative man. Just go and look if you haven't already. ^_^
Katy smoked a mascot on Monday, June 9, 2003
Time: 12:17 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: Electric Six - Gay Bar
(...for lo I have been singing it all morning ^____^)
Play with
this. It's kept me amused for a long time. ^_^
Katy smoked a mascot on Sunday, June 8, 2003
Time: 10:25 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: Hehe...
I love
this fanart very much. ^_^ And the fic that goes with it, despite the fact the dialogue needs a bit of tweaking to make it sound less American, and the concept of Alucard being interested in Integra is completely wrong, it's still amusing. ^_^ By the same person who did
this. Which is the best Hellsing fanart ever. ^____^ *wonders why on earth she likes all the "Alucard is Integra's bitch" fanarts the best* ^_________^
Katy smoked a mascot on Saturday, June 7, 2003
Time: 09:28 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: Rob D - Furious Angel
I am having an orchestral/dance music from the Matrix weekend, and if the people in my building don't like it....I'll care about as much as they have every time I get forced to listen to their crap. :) I do like the Reloaded soundtrack, well, the bits that aren't by Marilyn Manson/POD and the like (Rage Against the Machine I can stand...but that's about it). The Rob D/Oakenfold tracks are a lot better, depsite the fact that I can't listen to Zion by Fluke without thinking of *that* mind-scarringly gratuitous scene. o_0 And they have tracks by Juno Reactor on there!! ^_____^ *glees* I expect you all to have leapt with joy at this because of *course* you all know they did the opening to Texhnolyze (well, Andrew does because he got me it ^_^)
Texhnolyze. I'm going to Texhnolyze glee whether you like it or not. Alright I know the answer is "not" already, being the only person in the entire society who likes Texhnolyze. >_< Watched ep 5 today and thoroughly enjoyed it, for lo it is cool and now it has plot. I just really like the pessimistic look it has...this whole story and look of it just has this really oppressed feeling, if you know what I'm getting at. I mean, the story is convoluted at the moment, yes, but all of it just works together really well to enhance the idea that it's this world being opressed by technology and the corporations who control it. Not an imaginative or unusual idea at all, but one that Texhnolyze does well.
Oooh, I have an anime apprentice! ^__^ *glees once more* I was talking to a friend from back home earlier who got into anime not long ago, and we're meeting up before I go to Texas for much anime watching. ^__^ Primarily because she's desparate to watch Utena. She's a muchly shoujo type and I've been harping on to her for ages about how much she'd like Utena so I've finally got my arse round to sorting it out for her, thanks to Ivan and Andrew from whom I shall be nabbing dvds. ^_^ Should be fun though, particularly since she also wants to see Hellsing....to find out why I'm so obssessed with Alucard. ^_^;;
Oh yes, and irritating last note. Spurs didn't win last night. >_< Get it right!!
Katy smoked a mascot on Saturday, June 7, 2003
Time: 04:04 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: HIM - I Love You (Prelude to Tragedy)
Mmmm time wasting. I've got that end-of-sixth-week feeling and I'm ignoring work. As Jane will testify, having spent a good hour or so with me in Starbucks in Borders making animesoc plans for next year. ^___^ I'm sure she would have had an entirely more productive afternoon if I hadn't been evil and hunted her down in the Sackler library and forced her to come for lunch (not that it was *that* difficult, to be honest ^_~). Anyway, yes, more interesting than the lunchtime I had had planned for myself.
London was good, albeit rather hot. Spent two hours in a storeroom full of surplus bits from the British Museum's Egyptian collection looking at Third Intermediate Period coffins. Very interesting, although I always feel a bit sad going into the storerooms at the BM, cause they've got some really lovely stuff that no one ever sees except the Egyptologists. Would fill many smaller museums many times over, it really would. But anyway, I get to see it, so I can't complain.
Apologies for my lack of socialising last night, btw. I was completely knackered by the end of animesoc, as was tested by Jane, Phinn and Eisuke's incessant poking and the uncoordinated exhausted spazzing effort from me and Liz in return. ^__^ Had a very early night after that, only hindered by the idiots shouting outside at 3 this morning.
Yeah, so, anyway, this afternoon is being decidedly lazy. I am reading Sandman and fiddling with things on Winamp. Trying to get all my HIM songs to have the right names. Hmm...have I ever made any of you listen to HIM? They are a hugely good, they really are; probably about the only non-anime-related band I like listening to at the moment. My sister is a huge fan and it sort of rubbed off due to actual goodness. They're Finnish and they make noisy, melodramatic rock music. With fantastic lyrics. ^___^ We have a running joke that you can quite easily make your own HIM song title with the formula
of and because frankly everything they write is *always* about overblown romance and dying. ^__^ I always get the feeling it's the sort of thing that would probably amuse Jane, from the lyrics...it does over-dramatic tragedy in spades. ^____^ Razorblade Romance is such a good album....plus they do the best cover of Chris Izaac's Wicked Game you'll ever hear. ^_^ Mmm, yeah, anyway, HIM rock.
Going to read Sandman and ignore essays. ^_____^
Katy smoked a mascot on Friday, June 6, 2003
Time: 10:11 a.m.
Listening to/Whining About: Woooo!! ^__^
Woo!!! ^_____^ *woots like a wooting thing*
Go Spurs!! (This is the whole-of-America final now, btw...hence they're playing New Jersey. ^_^;; Win this and the Spurs are overall champions. ^_^)
Going to London now for seminar at the BM. Should be back in time for animesoc. If not, send out a search party. Tracker dogs, that kind of thing.... ^______^
Katy smoked a mascot on Thursday, June 5, 2003
Time: 02:18 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: ^_^
That's some seriously cool work experience you have lined up, Laura. Especially since OPSM2 is one of the few magazines that falls into the intelligent bracket of game journalism! (You should get a comments thing on your blog or something, I'm always thinking of things I want to say! ^_^)
Oh yeah, and don't forget to go and watch Weebl and Bob, everyone. ^______^
Katy smoked a mascot on Wednesday, June 4, 2003
Time: 09:34 a.m.
Listening to/Whining About: hehehe
The new Weebl and Bob is so funny... ^___________^
Katy smoked a mascot on Wednesday, June 4, 2003
Time: 11:15 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: Lucky Lucky! - Pokemon
Mmm...the music of insanity... Yeah, well, anyone who's ever heard this song will agree. ^___^ I have a feeling this entry is going to go off at tangents left, right and centre for I have much to bore you with.
Firstly, the bf alerted me to this. o_0 Just another one of those things that will make your eyes burn. Or your ears, more likely. How did someone ever listen to the dialogue in that game and think, mmm, this'll make a fantastic movie! I love the Adventures of Dante more than is humanly possible to love a game, but videogame movies=bad bad bad idea. However, if they do make it, you, Elizabeth, will be coming to see it with me. ^_^ Dude...who would you cast as Dante? o_0
Anyway, stuff I have been up to today. Washing. Always unenjoyable when you share one washing machine between the entire building. >_< Hieroglyphs and essay also, equally unfun. Had a nice lunch with Jane and Andrew at QLCH though, which made for a good break. Even if it started off in an *interesting* fashion. ^_^ Verily was I pottering about my room just about to go out, when I hear clattering outside my window. Only a small amount, a sound not dissimilar to the falling of small metal objects. I ignored it for a minute and carried on, but it continued. So I looked out the window, and lo was it Ms Goodenough trying throw pennies into my room!! o_0 I blame the Greek, I really do... ^_^
Oh yes, I watched some of the Animatrix dvd I bought yesterday. At some point I will make the Ass no Ryu watch it (well it's a lot nicer than your idea of enforced "entertainment" o_0!) I've seen the first five on the dvd now - Last Flight of the Osiris, The Second Renaissance I and II, Kid's Story and Program. Favourite is tied between Osiris and Program. Osiris obviously because, well, it's Square doing cg, and no one does cg like Square (it also has the best ending ever! o_0) and Program (one of Madhouse's offerings) because it's pretty, and most of it is very Japanese. ^_^ Tasha and Jane, you must watch Last Flight of the Osiris (if you haven't already) before you go and see Reloaded...it directly relates to the plot of the film. If I'd seen it beforehand, the film's plot would've made a bit more sense. o_0 It's a darn sight better than Reloaded too...
Anyway, next topic of rantage. Mmmm Hellsing manga. I guess none of you will be reading it anymore, huh? -_- Can't be helped, I suppose... I'll just force you to read it when I buy the English versions. You may well ask what's the point of having the English as well as the Japanese and the scanlations, but I just want them because I'm one of those obssessive collector types. Whenever I get interested in something I always need to get the full set. (I'm a merchandiser's dream... o_0) Anyway, I've said this a billion times, but they better not screw it up... I am attempting to have faith in Dark Horse over it...they publish Oh My Goddess, and the bf has no grumbles about their treatment of that...and they aren't mirroring it, so that's even better. Hope they use the original cover art.
Yeah, where was I going next with this again? Ah whatever...that's probably as good a place as any to leave it for tonight.
In conclusion, Hellsing manga is great. 'Night.
Katy smoked a mascot on Tuesday, June 3, 2003
Time: 05:42 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: *irritatedness*
Blah blah blah licensing translating ethics blah blah... >_<
RMT have stopped translating Hellsing now, of course. Hmm hmm hmm...
I guess it only means I'll have to wait a few more days than I would have anyway to find out what happens at the end of five though. Verily shall I be throwing the manga at Eisuke for translating purposes. Although the plan for the translations will probably be a bit different now, given the license and all. There's probably not going to be much point getting translations done myself, cause people are going to be able to read it in English soon anyway. I'm still going to see if Eisuke will translate the bits the scanlators have left out (like the Valentine brothers sketches >_<) and the end of five, of course.
Hmm. Yeah anyway...work, stupid. Don't get in to some long-winded website plan right now. >_<
Katy smoked a mascot on Tuesday, June 3, 2003
Time: 02:37 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: o_0
Just o_0.
One day I'm going to make my own set. Of Hellsing ones. *laughs maniacally and runs off*
My Little Hellsing. :D
Katy smoked a mascot on Tuesday, June 3, 2003
Time: 06:35 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: DUDE!!!
Hellsing manga has been licensed!!!!!!! o_0
*runs off in ridiculously life-changing news panic*
Katy smoked a mascot on Monday, June 2, 2003
Time: 11:55 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: Silent Fish Cruise - Yoko Kanno
I've decided I rather like the music from Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. I've never seen the film and I've never seen the series, but the music is very good. I think I like it more than Wolf's Rain as far as new Yoko Kanno goes. There's only really a couple of ones on the Wolf's Rain soundtrack I listen to (Rakuen and My Little Flower particularly) but most of the SAC soundtrack is actually quite listenable.
Anyway, no in depth musical rantage from me...I'm not Andrew. ^_~ I'm feeling better today, which is a good thing because yesterday was particularly bad as far as me sicknesses go. Means I'll have to go to lectures tomorrow whether I like it or not though. -_- Oh well, what am I here for if not to study? Or something.... -_-
Yeah, not much interesting has happened today anyway. I woke up, went to Marks and Spencers, realised going outside was a terrible idea because of all the pollen so did shopping, came back and fell asleep very quickly on my bed when I was trying to watch the grand prix. And trying to do Coptic. And that's been my day. I think you'll agree I haven't been up to much fun. o_0
It's June now. Hm.
Katy smoked a mascot on Sunday, June 1, 2003
Time: 11:12 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: Poorly o_0
Very sick today...head feels like it's swelling up from mucus, it really does (and if you think I'm revolting for sharing that with you, be thankful you haven't had to hear in the detail the Ass no Ryu have today...)
Pollen sickness is rife within me, it truly is. Medical relief thanks to Florence Nightingale Jane who brought me some antihistamines. May your reward be great and full of bishounen. Many thanks to the rest of the Ass no Ryu also for sticking around me in my mucusly state and bringing companionship and pizza. It is all muchy appreciated, believe me. ^__^
Head is fit to burst and I have much too much work to do this weekend. It's blatantly not going to get done, but I think for once I will plead sickness because this is about as ill as I ever get. I've never missed an Egyptian lecture and I've never handed an essay in late, I think I'm allowed to break with form this once.
Thank you again Ass no Ryu, verily are you all coolbeans. :)
Katy smoked a mascot on Saturday, May 31, 2003
Time: 09:57 a.m.
Listening to/Whining About: *feeble*
I am suffering for my decadence yesterday. I have a horrible horrible horrible hayfever-related blocked nose and sore throat. Ha bloody ha. >_< I wouldn't mind getting hayfever so much if it happened when I was outside, but noooo...it has to be stealth hayfever that only manifests once I'm back home again having spent hours storing evil little pollens around me.
Suffice to say I shall now be ignoring the beautiful weather and the Botannical Gardens and will return to my usual photophobic state. >_<
*mumbles* ...wasn't allergic to Texas grass... *mumbles and walks off*
Katy smoked a mascot on Saturday, May 31, 2003
Time: 01:16 a.m.
Listening to/Whining About: o_0
Still not asleep. I'm not the sleeping kind, I think. o_0
Katy smoked a mascot on Saturday, May 31, 2003
Time: 10:21 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: Sunshine glee!! ^___^
Just such a brilliant day, it really was. ^____^ Many billions of thanks to those two. ^_^
Bumped into Jane on the way out of the Sackler Library after lectures at midday and spent a while trundling about the terribly badly-arranged Classics section. Jane remembered she was meant to be meeting Tasha at Exam Schools, so I was sent as Proxy Jane whilst she looked for books. Met again soon after, foodage was bought thanks to Tasha and trottings were made to the Botannical Gardens.
Where we spent the entire afternoon lazing under a tree discussing Hellsing and pretending to read notes. ^___^ And being asleep under a book if you were me. ^______^ Mmmm outdoor sleepage in the warm....possibly the loveliest sleepage in the world. It feels like you have a sunny duvet. ^____^
The Oxford Botannical Gardens are posibly one of the nicest places in the entire world when it's a day like today was. I feel this is the best archetypal Oxford experience I've had. It's just rather lovely to sit in the sunshine and squee about Chibi Integra. Plans for the website are afoot, incidentally. I *will* have my obssessive manga website, I will! And lo shall it have nerdishly detailed essays on it, and fangirlish character analysis. ^_^
After a brief stint teaching the marvels of Gitaroo Man to the Tashular and Janeular Units, we were joined by Ivan and Andrew and trotted off to Edamame. Mmmmmmmmmmmmm...Edamame. Edamame and triple portions of jaga bata. ^_____^ Surely the most delicious incarnation of the potato known to man. ^__^ So much food...so very right. ^__^
Went back to Tasha's after, spent some time doing general lounging about type things. ^_^ Came home not too long ago on account of braindeadness through lack of sleep (but worth it...Spurs glee!! ^____^). Am edging ever closer to bed now. ^__^;;
Ivan and Andrew, incidentally, are to be congratualted once again for reading more Hellsing manga. ^__^ I should make some kind of Hall of Congratulatory Fame for those who listen to my advice. ^___^ Yeah, Miseryfrog can run it. ^__^
Katy, smiley. ^_______^
Katy smoked a mascot on Friday, May 30, 2003
Time: 08:49 a.m.
Listening to/Whining About: *dances with glee*
They won!!!!!! ^_____________________^
San Antonio won the Western Conference! (They're the best team in the west of the US...they play the winners from the Eastern Conference on Wednesday, apparently. ^_^)
Dagnammit, if I'd only stayed awake another hour or so...it was about 58-70 or something when I went to sleep thinking Spurs just weren't going to win, then I wake up this morning and they did...90-78!! ^_______^
I'm going to glee for the day. On four and a half hours sleep. o_0
Katy smoked a mascot on Friday, May 30, 2003
Time: 02:56 a.m.
Listening to/Whining About: o_0
I am so tempted to sit here all night and watch the scores for the San Antonio game update on espn.com. o_0 Dallas just took the lead. >_< ...and they just scored again. >_<
*has it on thirty-second referesh*
*just refreshed it manually because thirty seconds is too long to wait*
*clicking refresh obssessively* SCORE, SPURS, DAGNAMMIT!! >_< 22-28 is not a good score!! >_<
Oooh...they just got two points. Dude.
I am such a nerd. o_0 I'm sure Daniel will find it most amusing that he's now sucked me into the basketball obssession. o_0 ...26-30...28-30!...28-32 >_<...
I really need to sleep. o_0
Katy smoked a mascot on Friday, May 30, 2003
Time: 05:54 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: Duuude...
We should so do this! An animesoc phoon...quality... Of course, we'd have to get Phinn to do one of his own, just so we could send them a Phinn Phoon. ^___^ <----this is the level of humour I've been reduced to today through essayness.
Miseryfrog sends his regards to his two new fans, Ivan and Andrew. Your support means a lot to him, I can tell you.
Katy smoked a mascot on Thursday, May 29, 2003
Time: 02:50 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: Utensil lackage
I want a straw. A drinking straw, to be specific. Tea, whilst still being a delicious source of caffeinated goodness, does not taste as good when drunk straight from a cup. Now I know most of you will probably be throwing your hands up in dismay at this thought, but since when did you not think I was bad and wrong anyway? o_0 I require to obtain a straw from whatever eatery I find myself in next, and tea shall once again be drunk in a humorously wrong manner.
I am vaguely unnerved this afternoon. I've been looking through all the paperwork for my visa and it seems there's actually nothing I can do right now. Of course, I'm probably overlooking something ridiculously important that only a fool such as myself would miss, but I'm a fool such as myself so I can't help it. It does ease the visa angst slightly, but I feel twitchy I can't be getting on with things.
Never mind.
Wonderful Liz has said it's alright if my essay doesn't get handed in on time (too much work to do this week >_<) so essay angst is also curbed to some extent. Even if I'm going to be furious with myself if I don't meet the deadline. I shall go and continue with that now then, shall I? o_0
*cough*
Katy smoked a mascot on Thursday, May 29, 2003
Time: 08:33 a.m.
Listening to/Whining About: Hmm
Everyone is having essay-related angst right now. How rare. I have essay angst. Secondary to my visa angst, but a source of angst nonetheless. I'm about 10% essay angst and 90% visa angst on the angst-o-meter.
I'm please to report that Andrew caved in now too. And I believe he also agrees that it's better than the anime. On account of the characters actually having personality and stuff.
*pats Hellsing anime* I do like you, I'm just mad you could have been so much cooler if they hadn't sliced and diced the manga plot like they did.
Katy smoked a mascot on Thursday, May 29, 2003
Time: 11:35 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: Miseryfrog's company
Miseryfrog is a small ornamental frog that sits on top of my pc. People who've ever been in my room might have seen him before. I bought him on holiday at a lake one time when we lived in Germany. Eight-year-old me chose him chiefly because he is the most miserable looking piece of decorative tat you will ever find. No, really. I'm very fond of him. He sits there with his head in his little froggy hands and stares up at the sky all day. Miseryfrog rules.
I only mention Miseryfrog because I seem to have spent most of my day talking/shouting expletives at him. Because I can't get an appointment at the American Embassy before the 30th June. The day I was intending to go to Texas. >_< !!!! Thus I am now having to rearrange everythning. -_- I just hope the new dates are going to be alright for Dr Scott, I really do. -_- It's a frustrating experience trying to sort all this out. Especially since I've spend £10 on phone calls today. See, that wouldn't be so bad, if it weren't for the fact that the sum total of time I've actually spent on the phone is about eight minutes. The American Embassy's phone line costs £1.30/minute. o_0
*siiiiigh* But they're in charge so I have to do as they say. It will get me to my internship in the summer, and hopefully that will be good.
Despite appearances, I'm not all that miserable right now. (Miseryfrog is, but then he always is. He rocks so much. Say hello to him if you come round.) I have been drowning my sorrows in Hellsing manga because essay notes just don't have the same effect.
Ignore anyone who claims that you don't need to read the first two volumes because they're just the same as the the first half of the anime. They're not. They actually make *sense*. o_0 The more of the manga I read, the more I think I'd be livid at just how much they chopped up the plot if it were my story. The Valentine Brothers story actually gets put into the bigger framework than its random little two-ep detour in the anime, the reason Iscariot and Hellsing are so annoyed with each other at the moment is better explained, and the scene in the gallery is just *so* *much* *funnier* (funnier than "not" then, yes, I know....) Oh and Walter talks about Star Wars. Kouta Hirano is the king of random pop-culture referencing. ^___^
Anyway, yeah, you know you want to. It'll make me happy...go on...
Katy. Not depressed, honestly. Just sort of exhausted by the whole day.
Katy smoked a mascot on Wednesday, May 28, 2003
Time: 03:02 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: -_-
Somebody out there is having a really great laugh at my expense this week... -_-
*kicks visa applications forms*
Katy smoked a mascot on Wednesday, May 28, 2003
Time: 08:24 a.m.
Listening to/Whining About: *kick*
And you did not win *why* last night, San Antonio? >_< *sulks*
(*Yes I have no other basis for sulking about this than I wanted them to win since I have no idea what happened in the match and frankly my knowledge of basketball in minimal anyway as you know. But that's not the point. ^_^)
Just win, alright? Put me out of my blatantly-only-supporting-you-because-you're-from-San-Antonio misery, then I can turn up next month and everyone will be like yaay we are the best basketball team in the world ever, and I will smile and nod and actually know what American sports fans are talking about for once. Despite the fact that I've never seen a basketball game in my life. ^_____^
(To console me in my American-sports-related misery, you know what you can do. Ivan gets a gold star for having done so, *and* for noticing Seras is much less annoying in the manga. Particularly so when Alucard is telling her what an idiot she is, believe me. ^______^)
Katy smoked a mascot on Wednesday, May 28, 2003
Time: 03:43 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: EEEEEEEEEE!!! :O
The forms for my visa arrived this morning!!!!!
*runs off in a cloud of American embassy paperwork*
(Don't forget to download Hellsing manga. Yes, before you ask, when one of you reads it and enjoys it with equal glee I will shut up. ^___^)
Katy smoked a mascot on Tuesday, May 27, 2003
Time: 01:24 a.m.
Listening to/Whining About: *sighs the deep sigh of disappointment*
The Matrix Reloaded is poo. Really. -_- It had about three good scenes which did make it worth watching, but to be honest, most of it was just soulless and incoherent. -_- This bothers me greatly since I loved the first movie.
I will keep my review as brief and spoiler-free as I can, for the benefit of those who haven't seen it, but the Neo/Trinity love story plotline was appalling, the million Agent Smith fight was too long, and that was one of the most gratuitous sex scenes I've ever seen. o_0
However, Neo fought with sais and random restaurant dude said exceptionally funny things about swearing in French so it wasn't *all* bad.
To compensate for the unpleasantness that was that movie, I reccommend you download this. (Ah ha! Who can I fool into downloading it this time? ^___^)
Katy smoked a mascot on Tuesday, May 27, 2003
Time: 05:44 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: My dear friends...
I beseech one thing and one thing alone of you this fine evening. Go here and download this for the good of your own sanity.
That link again: here
The fine examples of humanity that you are, I'm sure you'll do as I request. That is all.
This entry sponsored by Katy's shameless attempts to get people to read Hellsing manga.
Katy smoked a mascot on Monday, May 26, 2003
Time: 09:38 a.m.
Listening to/Whining About: woohoo!
*glees at San Antonio basketball winnage last night* ^_____^
*kicks all this for not happening next month when she might hopefully be there* >_<
I wish my visa would be sorted soon...I can't wait to get back to Texas. Not that I don't like England, I just wish I could transport family/ass no ryu/studies to San Antonio. It's lovely, honest....you should all come out there with me. ^_____^
Anyway, boring weekend over, prospects for a not much more interesting week begin. At least we're going to see The Matrix tonight, which will mean a bit more socialising than I've had these last couple of days (a bit more than "none" then? o_0) Just got to do my stupid essay, which I've decided I want to do completely differently now. The temple of Horus of Edfu shall now be my subject of choice, on account of there being much more written about it than Philae. ^_^;;
To the lecturemobile!
Katy smoked a mascot on Monday, May 26, 2003
Time: 04:59 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: splrgfulplop -_-
I have been doing very very boring research for my temple essay this afternoon. The number of long words the guy writing that last article used was not conducive to Katy understanding. o_0 Brain meltage ensued.
Have been having a boring weekend actually. Tried to salvage what was left of yesterday and got brainache from translating the works of Shenoute for Coptic (you know it's bad when your tutor says "yeah, this is probably the hardest thing you're ever going to have to read in this class". >_<) Got fed up and indulged in non-academic pursuits for a break. For some reason (I really cannot imagine why I have a sudden desire to be playing Final Fantasy again, but there we go. ^_~) FFX is still as enjoyable as ever...I am muchly fond of the battle system in that game...and the sphere grid (it's like levelling up on a Tube map ^_____^). I'm trying to level up so I can beat the Dark Aeons but my fangirlish bias always means that I have Auron in the party and he's so goshdarn quick and powerful now that none of my other characters get a look in in most battles. ^_________^ *insert excessive Auron-related fangirl glee here*
Oh, and yes, before I forget. GOOD LUCK TASHA!!!! May your finals be relatively stress-free and deservedly successful. ^__^
Katy smoked a mascot on Sunday, May 25, 2003
Time: 01:15 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: *guilt*
I just woke up. -_-;;;;; *guilt guilt guilt* No doubt I needed the sleep, especially given how late I've been going to bed this week, but I also need the time to work. -_- Well alright it's not that bad but I just have my horrible guilt-driven work ethic, essentially consisting of work you lazy cow, work. And lo am I lazy and lo do I not work enough. -_-
Do Coptic, do. -_-
Oh yeah, but on a lighter note, San Antonio won again last night in the basketball playoff mebobs. This is a Good Thing. *misses San Antonio*
*kicks self*
Katy smoked a mascot on Saturday, May 24, 2003
Time: 02:25 a.m.
Listening to/Whining About: ^___^
Watched much anime this evening with Liz, Andrew and Ivan, including great amounts of Utena. This pleases me. Actually enjoyed Rahxephon, much to my surprise. Stuff got smashed up, things fought each other. It weren't terrible, even if I do hate Hemisphere now due to overexposure. Wasn't overly keen on Brigadoon, sadly...but it's always interesting to see such things. Oh and we watched Lilo and Stitch. This always does a happy Katy make. ^______^
Now must wait for next chapter of Hellsing manga to download before I go to bed. It's Flash Point, the one with Willis and the random Alucard dream sequence in! ^______^
Katy smoked a mascot on Saturday, May 24, 2003
Time: 12:52 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: Hmmm...
The small pile of Yen on top of my computer seems to have spawned since last night. o_0 I now have ¥55, which apparently equates to the princely sum of 29p.
Public service broadcasting...
Katy smoked a mascot on Friday, May 23, 2003
Time: 09:15 a.m.
Listening to/Whining About: *makes glee hands*
Soul Calibur II!! Soul Calibur II!!!
^______________________^ <--- the smile of playing superior quality fighting games on Japanese import months before they come out in own country.
*runs off squeeing at last night's gameage*
Katy smoked a mascot on Friday, May 23, 2003
Time: 12:27 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: *kicks self*
Cheer up you stupid bugger...
*Goes to tidy room and translate things*
Katy smoked a mascot on Thursday, May 22, 2003
Time: 12:05 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: sad...
Got to the library this morning found out lesson was cancelled. That was a waste of a morning. -_- Made me kind of annoyed. Feeling sad now because I just found out tutor Liz is leaving. :( She's got a job in Liverpool so she's leaving at the end of term. I'm happy she's going off to do something she wants to, and it probably sounds a bit dumb to be upset about your tutor leaving, but I think it's because I'm in such a close-knit department. Plus Liz has been the one who's helped me more than anyone getting this internship in Texas and the one who put up with me whining about things going wrong all the time. We just all like her very much and it's going to be hard to see her leave. :(
Can't help but feel I'm losing a lot of people I like very much this term. Feeling a bit low...it shall pass.
Katy smoked a mascot on Thursday, May 22, 2003
Time: 09:57 a.m.
Listening to/Whining About: Yaay!
Spurs won last night, yaaaay!! ^_____^ *is shamed at how interesting she is finding this whole basketball thing this week* I think I suffer from the problem Liz said she has - very easily enthusiasticitis. ^_^;; But it made me happy this morning when I rolled straight out of bed onto espn.com to find out the score (*cue tiny jump in air from end of bed*) and it shall make boyfriendular unit happy, so things are good. ^__^ Even though I'm probably one step closer to complete Americanization now. You have my permission to give me a timely slap if I ever call anyone "y'all" though. ^_^;;;
In other news, this looks like a terrible idea. Word of it has been floating around for a while as most people probably know, but this is the first I've seen of it on a big website. *shudders* I want a half hour Asuka death rampage scene and I want it now, Hollywood.
Oh yes, I got Crossfire 3 finally after about six hours of trying. And hilariously funny it is too. It's set in Wales!! ^_____^ Even more amusing because the translation for the scene-setting caption say "England: Wales". Way to irritate the Welsh, mate. ^_^;;;
I have a class today. *strops* Thursdays are not Egyptologist lesson days. >_<
Katy smoked a mascot on Thursday, May 22, 2003
Time: 09:33 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: *irritated*
Can't...get...Crossfire. >_<
Random Manga is going hideously slow right now. My attempts to get Crossfire 3 will have to wait until tomorrow. Poofaces. >_<
Katy smoked a mascot on Wednesday, May 21, 2003
Time: 04:58 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: Katy talks too much...
But I just (finally ^_^;;;) watched the second Noir dvd and it was muchly cool. My enormous apologies to Laura cause I've had her dvd for ages and I'm quite sure she would like it back. Verily shall it be returned to you tomorrow night. ^_^;;;;;
Anyway, yes, Noir good. Noir soundtrack not as good as everyone makes out, but Noir prettiness pretty. ^___^
And now for part one of an occasional feature here on Mascot Roadkill, answers to readers questions (or comments...or something....)
o_0 Crossfire three is out? YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!! ^______^ Thank you for that piece of information, Andrew. Iscariot may be Hellsing-hating meanies but we still like their sidestory. *bounces off to Random Manga* I had been checking their site but they're decidedly slow about it these days. o_0
Yes I spend £30 a week on food. This is because I don't spend my week's allowance on things like Brigadoon dvds. Nuh. :p I'm not the sort that can live on yuck, you see...
Yeah, anyway, I have to go and start my essay on the Philae temple. Mmmm Ptolemaic.... -_- *beats Graeco-Roman Egypt round head with a stick*
Katy smoked a mascot on Wednesday, May 21, 2003
Time: 02:32 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: fooood...
Well, it's not so much a whining about as a very happy about today. ^_^ I got treated to a very posh lunch at a restaurant I didn't even know existed somewhere behind Oriel way. 'Twas called Ma Belle and it was rather too posh for the likes of me. ^____^ Not that I'm complaining, the food was delicious and muchly appreciated, I'm just hanging onto my ingrained working class-ness. ^_^ Not that this was helped any by the fact that I've now decided I'm food shopping at Marks and Spencers. ^_^;; I have come to a decision: food I buy in Sainsburys usually costs me about £30 a week or so, and invariably I don't eat all of it. Food I buy in M&S costs me about the same, even though I don't get as much of it. I do, however, eat it all because it's good quality. Thus foodular logic shall now be my £30 gets spent on nice quality food and I actually stop eating like a slob. ^__^ *runs off to gorge on salad and chicken fillets*
That was an exceptionally uninteresting paragraph. Sorry. ^_^ (I'm just trying to justify my disgusting Oxford habits to my peasant self, that's all.. ^_^;;)
Not much of note has happened since my last bout of bloggage. I have marginally more understanding of basketball, although the Spurs didn't win on Monday, apparently. From what I've had explained to me, though, they've got to play the same team again for a few more legs to decide who actually wins *cowers as random Americans discovering this blog point and mock at her lack of basketball understanding* Anyway, yes, that's that.
Since I'm on a role with things other people will find intensly boring, I'll finish with saying how much I luff Azumanga Daioh. I sat and watched some more of it last night and I luff it so, I really do. The episode with disgruntled Chiyo-chan fuming about people wondering why such a small girl is in the school is hilarious. ^____^ Chiyo-chan you are small and adorable and I sound like a fanboy. ^_^;;;
For the good of humanity, this blog entry is over. o_0
Katy smoked a mascot on Wednesday, May 21, 2003
Time: 02:18 a.m.
Listening to/Whining About: why...
...I'm blogging at this hour and not being alseep like the majority of the population of this country, I don't know. Just been talking to the boyfriendular unit, who has now gone off to watch basketball. ^_^ I am informed it's a big game for the San Antonio Spurs. Something akin to the FA Cup Final, only with more basketball and less drunken Englishmen. ^_^ I tried looking through the ESPN website in an attempt to know what all this is about, but the sport still flummoxes me. ^_^ I'll just add go Spurs! and have done with it. ^_^
My day has been muchly busy. o_0 It was not helped by a two and a half hour seminar, which was only meant to last for an hour. Cue arseular numbage and general desire to run away *very very fast* at the end. Well, it wasn't that bad really...I got to fangirlerize about my favourite pharaoh, Tuthmosis III, who absolutely owns every other ruler ever ever ever (you get the feeling I think he's cool? ^_^) He would be my answer to the "which famous historical figure would you most like to meet?" question.
Oh and also, scariness of scaries, everyone! I actually had a good Coptic lesson! I translated things...and they were right!! In my head I leapt out my seat punching the air with my fist, believe me. ^_^ It was nice to be told I was doing something right for once. ^_^
Lizzu cam round this evening and we went to Pizza Hut. Then watched Saiyuki...which is considerably more fun dubbed in English. ^_____^ I will shamefully admit, I LOVE the English dub of Saiyuki. Yes it bears no resemblance to the original script at some points, yes no one can say Hakkai properly and they screwed his character up no end, but Gojyou is so funny in the dub!! ^___^ And they all make the most inappropriately rude remarks to everyone they meet! *scrubs brain free of Gojyou's far too explicit "curtains and carpets" remarks...yes he was talking about what you think he was talking about o_0* Anyway, Saiyuki dub gets comedy thumbs up, coming from me who invariably hates dubs. ^_^
I write far too much like I'm on crack at night. Now would be a good time to go to bed. ^_^
Katy smoked a mascot on Tuesday, May 20, 2003
Time: 09:49 a.m.
Listening to/Whining About: heh ^_^
It's one of those news stories that could only ever happen in this country...
Ferret terrorises train
LONDON (Reuters) - A wild ferret has caused chaos on a commuter train in Leicester, leaping from passenger to passenger before ducking into the driver's cab and devouring his lunch. The ferret jumped on to the northbound Midland Mainline train as it picked up passengers at Leicester Station. "It ran up and down the train causing more than a little consternation -- although it is hard to say if the ferret or the passengers were more frightened," a company spokeswoman said on Sunday. "It then got into the driver's cab and ate his lunch -- a cheese sandwich I think -- before he realised what was going on," she told Reuters. The quick thinking driver radioed ahead for experts from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) to meet the train, capture the ferret and remove it so the journey could continue. "So we have a hungry driver and a full ferret -- which is spending the night with the RSPCA while they try to find it a new home," the spokeswoman said, adding that it was a first for the company.
Katy smoked a mascot on Monday, May 19, 2003
Time: 11:09 a.m.
Listening to/Whining About: *cracks knuckles*
Alright, before I get back down to the work business, I shall blog. You might think this pretty late to be starting in the morning for someone who has exceptionally large amounts of work to do today, and to that I say my building is full of morons who don't shut their stupid music up until half past three in the morning. >_< Anyway, stay chronological dear...
Excessively dull but productive day yesterday daytime. Got up early, spent most of the morning/early afternoon in the library photcopying things I needed for my seminar presentation tomorrow, then came back and read the aforementioned things. Got a bit of a break when the other half turned up online but other than that it was a very very boring day.
The evening was...uh...interesting? o_0 Went to Ivan's house to watch films/stuff...enjoyed Withnail and I more than is humanly possible to enjoy cinema, thought Gadguard was *very very silly* and had eyes burned by Raimuiro Senkitan (the sentai hentai Meiji era mecha show - we kid you not o_0) and Gohatto (I don't know what was more disturbing, the acting or the plot o_0). Suffice to say, yes children, I was officially broken by the end of the night. ^_^
Got back here about half past two, realised no sleep was going to be had any time soon because of the inconsiderate little beggars I share living space with so sat down and did some more work on my seminar presentation. That reminds me, I should have my revenge on them this morning...*runs off to find all the Two Mix she has and fling open the windows* See how you like that for the rest of the day. >_<
Stay calm stay calm...
Oh, and I have huuuge amounts of Sandman to read thanks to Lizzu and Jane. This makes me happy. ^_______^
Katy smoked a mascot on Sunday, May 18, 2003
Time: 11:23 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: *shudders*
If this isn't disgusting over-merchandising, I don't know what is. It's so very bad and wrong on so many levels.
Katy smoked a mascot on Friday, May 16, 2003
Time: 05:44 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: Try bloggage, try
For all the people who've had to listen to me whine about it for the past couple of months, you'll be pleased to know, my visa application is finally in the post. It is a hugely satisfying feeling that I've done all I can for it now, even though I'm going to be worrying about it not getting processed in time. o_0 It's sent, that's it.
Yesterday was pretty smashing. Lizzu and I got the bus to London at seven thirty (o_0) and got there about two hours later. Had breakfast in McDonalds in Victoria station, which was full of miserable looking businessman and exceptionally quiet except for Lizzu singing along gleefully to Meatloaf.
Got to Dr Scott's hotel in plenty of time and found him soon after. Forms were filled in and pleasant conversation was made. Dr Scott is a very nice bloke, it should be a lot of fun working with him. ^_^
Following formular business we hopped on the Tube and went to Collindale, a journey only remarkable because between the last stop before Colindale and our destination, there was nobody on the whole train except for me and Lizzu. ^___^ So we ran up and down the carriage swinging off poles and doing what must be the absolutely obligatory re-enactment of Hellsing 7. ^__^ It was amusing.
Got to Collindale and were joined soon after by Jane and Andrew. Descended on Asahiya and spent much money. ^_^ I came out with a suitably ecclectic pair of books...a Totoro film picture-book and the Devil May Cry Memorial Album. ^____^ I love that shop, I really do.
Got home in time for a bit of dinner before animesoc, then on to St Peter's. I shall express once again my disowning of episodes 8 and 9 of Hellsing. Alright 9 has one vaguely cool moment with Alucard and his hyper-Integra-protectiveness but what can I say...had they kept animating the manga at this point, they'd be doing the Rio de Janiero story arc and that's so. darn. cool. >_< *shakes fist at animators for not animating the good bits*
Today hasn't been too bad. Mum was here this afternoon, so I took her to Edamame for lunch, which was yummy. ^_^ We sorted out the last bits of my visa form then trotted into town for some shopping and tea in Marks and Spencer. (I got M&S groceries...this is a Very Good Thing. ^____^) The letter got sent and hopefully things shall be sorted.
Now I've got to go and do some Coptic otherwise my plans for the weekend are going to be stuffed.
Katy smoked a mascot on Friday, May 16, 2003
Time: 02:20 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: Tutorly squeeage! ^__^
Yesterday was uneventful so I shall gloss over it, suffice to say that it was filled with much doing of forms and translating of text.
This morning's Middle Egyptian class was amusing though. ^_^ I took the previously mentioned copy of Sandman with me to amuse the Egyptological types. I gave it to Liz and told her just to read the relevant couple of pages. The look on her face and the huge squeak when she realised it was The Man and his Ba were absolutely hilarious. ^__^ I hadn't told the rest of the class what it was she was looking at at that point, so much puzzlement arose at why Liz was squeaking. But everyone was amused at the inclusion of our luffly subject in unusual parts of modern culture, and Liz went off to photocopy it to pass round the Egyptology department. ^_^
And now I have to do some work, cause me and Lizzu depart for adventures in London very early tomorrow morning. Well, when I say adventures I mean meeting Dr Scott then a quick shopping trip. ^_^ We shall endeavour to get back in time for anime soc but if not, put Kare Kano on first please 'cause I hate it with a passion. ^____^
Katy smoked a mascot on Wednesday, May 14, 2003
Time: 05:17 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: *headachey*
Anyone on my messenger list who's been online this afternoon might already know what I've been up to for the past couple of hours. Sleeeeeeep. -_- I don't feel very good...haven't done for the last couple of days. I have far too much work to be doing to be sleeping but sometimes you just have to, I guess.
Only I got fed up of sleeping and read Jane's Sandman book. And DREAM QUOTED THE MAN AND HIS BA!! ^_______________^ I'm sorry, I just have to be excited cause the exact same text I'm doing this week in class got quoted in the book! ^__^ Nobody *ever* quotes Egyptian literature even though it kicks arse and for my text to turn up in the book I'm reading the week I'm doing it is just far too much fun for its own good. Neil Gaiman has my utmost respect now. ^___^
*Glee*
Katy smoked a mascot on Monday, May 12, 2003
Time: 02:37 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: >_<
I hate forms I hate forms I hate forms I hate forms. >_<
Yeah, I'm having forms angst. >_< My life is just one big fluctuation between delirium and depression this week, it really is. o_0
Katy smoked a mascot on Sunday, May 11, 2003
Time: 01:25 a.m.
Listening to/Whining About: *shivers*
Phone Booth is a scary scary movie. o_0 Both Andrew and I sat chewing our nails off throughout the whole thing. Much to the amusement of the rest of the Ass no Ryu. It does, however, come *highly* reccomended by me, so long as you can stand an hour and a half of your pulse going beserk. o_0 Quite how they pitched this movie and actually got it made is beyond me. "Ok, right, we got this idea... It's basically going to be Colin Farrell standing in a phone booth for 80 minutes...but it's going to be so good you're not going to be able to tear your eyes away. No, really...don't throw us out." But anyway, it's an amazingly good film but hugely unnerving. o_0
I have been told I am required to blog about my other watchable of the day, and I will happily do so for today it is my dear pet anime that no one else loves, Texhnolyze. How you can't love an anime where someone drags around his arm and leg on piece of string I don't know, but apparently so. Much humour arose in Pizza Hut this evening when I tried to explain what happens in ep two. Guy has arm and leg chopped off, hops around on one leg, tries to use crutch with one arm, people kick him and he falls over. This was a lot funnier than it actually is in the episode to the dear folk I was explaning it to. o_0 But if it'll make them watch Texhnolyze...
So, yeah, we went to Pizza Hut, the cinema, then Tasha's house. I've actually had a hugely busy day. Started off early going to the Oriental Studies open day to be the Egyptology representative there. And disturbingly I don't just mean student representative....until the last hour I was in fact the only Egyptologist there and thus fielded manifold scary questions for uberly enthusiastic sixth formers with nervous humour. Fortunately wonderful tutor Liz arrived when we had to have subject-specific talks and I could quite happily relax and answer questions when she wanted me to. ^_^;; I do not speak well in front of groups of more than about zero people. Frankly I screw up in front of myself. o_0
After that had a brief stop in town to see older sister Jenny who's in Oxford for the weekend to see one of her friends. All too fleeting but it couldn't really be helped. It was good to see her though. Anyway, then came home, gave Daniel a ring because I wanted to (^_^) and then you know the rest.
And now I'm going to bed before I get tempted by my two remaining episodes of Getbackers I got on Thursday. ^_^
Katy smoked a mascot on Sunday, May 11, 2003
Time: 06:27 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: *confused*
Far too many things to talk about at the moment. Must attempt some kind of order in blog entry...
Alright, last night was exceptional fun. I luff Hellsing 7 so very much because it's so fantastic. *makes glee hands at Alucard being protective over Integra* It is actually the best entrance Alucard makes in the whole series. ^__^ And it's the episode with Sensou Suru Nara Yumi, Yari, Ken Da Tatakae! in (allegedly the best song name ever..."If You're Gonna Fight, do it with Bows, Spears and Swords!") and it's my absolute favourite song on the whole of the Hellsing soundtrack. ^_^
Phinn is The Man for bring so many presents back from Japan for everyone! ^____^ *strokes Alucard coffin* Heeeeeeeeeeeeee. ^_____^ You are officially brill, Phinn, and I think everyone agrees! ^_^
I would glee more, but I think people might try and sedate me after copious gleeage last night. But the prints, the beautiful prints! *glee hands* ^____^
Alright, on to some things that have been happening today. I remembered to go to my Provost's Collection! Thank you to Lizzu and Ivan for both reminding me! ^___^ Apparently things are going fine, which is what I was hoping for.
In what I hope is very very very good news, I have found a company that will help me get my visa. When I phoned BUNAC they weren't able to help me because they had all the people on internships that they can take this year, so they gave me the number for a group called Council Exchange. So I gave them a ring and spoke to a very nice bloke who said yes, we will get you a visa!! ^_____________^ He sympathised with my problems trying to get hold of a visa on my own...apparently it's almost impossible to do it by yourself. o_0 But anyway, they're sending me forms to fill in and I've got to get Dr Scott to do some when I see him on Thursday (please don't let me forget to take them Lizzu!!)
Anyway, this makes me feel better. I won't keep worrying at random o'clock in the morning about these things now, I hope. o_0
And if you read all that, congratulations. I can't be bothered to read it again. ^__^
Katy smoked a mascot on Friday, May 9, 2003
Time: 02:19 a.m.
Listening to/Whining About: ^__________^
So...much...Hellsing...stuff. ^_______________________^
Katy smoked a mascot on Friday, May 9, 2003
Time: 05:32 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: *blushage*
Thank you for the supportive comments on my tagboard today. :) Does make me feel happier...almost as much as a bumface Ginji. ^_^
Katy smoked a mascot on Thursday, May 8, 2003
Time: 09:48 a.m.
Listening to/Whining About: Glay - Survival (for the millionth time this morning o_0)
Right, I don't know why I'm blogging about this because it's probably the most boring thing in the world for anyone else to be reading, but I'm sufficiently stressed about the whole thing that I really need to do something.
I think I might hopefully have made some progress with the visa thing. I've spent the last two hours trying to find information about what I'm meant to be doing to get this stupid visa and a few thousand desparate emails to various organisations later, I've found an organisation that helps people in this country apply for internships in the US. WHY OH WHY DIDN'T I FIND YOU BEFORE?! >_< Anyway, I've emailed them now to ask if they can help me, so everyone please keep your fingers crossed that they can. Unfortunately their application process takes about eight weeks, and those of the Oxford persuasion will be able to tell you that today + eight weeks = past the end of term and when I was intending to travel. So it looks like I'm not going to be going to Texas straight away after the end of term. Oh well, I'm sure my mum will be a little bit happy about that...she'll actually get to see me for once. o_0 But yeah, this BUNAC organisation better be able to help me otherwise I'm just ready to give up on the whole thing and just spend summer doing nothing constructive at all in San Antonio. Which would not be a good use of my time or money, even though it would be considerably less stressful than this is.
Anyway, if I hear anything about this today I'll probably be either a very happy or a very miserable bunny at animesoc tonight. If not I might just be very stressed. o_0
Yeah, stressed...stressed is the way to get things done today. o_0
I'm actually going to work out how to make my eyes do that one day. o_0
Katy smoked a mascot on Thursday, May 8, 2003
Time: 05:52 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: AAAAACK!!! >_<
*stress stress stress stress*
Yeah, in case that was too subliminal, I'm actually feeling quite stressed today. And it's the irritating bad kind of stress that you just can't forget about because it's worrying you to a sufficiently huge level not to let you stop thinking about it.
As with most stressing bouts in my life right now, I'm stressing over stupid getting a stupid visa to go to America. >_< *hits head against wall* Why can't these things just be simple? Why? >_< The guy I'm meant to be working with at the museum in San Antonio is coming to London next week for a few days so we're going to be meeting up to discuss what's happening. This in itself is not a bad thing, it's just the fact that I now actually have to figure out what's happening. >_< The stupid information line for the American embassy is no help at all. Dr Scott (the guy in Texas) tried doing what they told us to do and it's not worked, he can't get hold of these forms he's meant to have for me, which isn't his fault, of course, it's just the stupid amount of paperwork and agencies involved in the whole process.
They really don't want to make it easy for you to go to America. >_< Anyway, I'm going to try phoning them again tomorrow and if they don't tell me what to I may well just cry. It's got to the point where I can actually feel the hairs standing up on the back of my neck when I think about this. So. Very. Stressful. >_<
There had better be something cathartic about blogging all this, otherwise I think I might go mad. >_<
Apologies for the unusually high (well no, alright it's *not* unusual for me these days o_0) levels of angst-stress today.
Katy smoked a mascot on Wednesday, May 7, 2003
Time: 12:06 a.m.
Listening to/Whining About: *slouches over keyboard*
I really can't justify buying those Hellsing dvds right now. They may well be exceptionally cheap (for anyone who doesn't know what I'm talking about, there's an auction on eBay going at the moment for non-bootleg dvds...for a change) but I just don't have the spare money, even with this lovely £500 cheque. It'll have to sit on my wish list a little longer, I think. But hey, I might even find it cheaper somewhere else, you never know. :)
Lots of plan-considering has been going on this evening. Like what I'm going to do this summer. I have the £500 from the college, which is a good thing. This means I can put back going to Texas by a month or however long it needs to be in order for my visa to be sorted. This would seem like a good idea, but for the fact that I'm worried the visa thing won't get sorted...in which case I'll have to return the money to the college, I presume, and I'll be paying the airfare myself. I might be lucky and my parents might bail me out if it comes to that, but right now I just have to wait and see how things pan out. I'm not getting any emails back from the guy I'm meant to be working with in Texas either, which is not a good thing. I haven't a clue what's happening at that end about my visa, but I really wish it would be good news. Even though it's probably just paperwork jams. -_-
(Meh! Positive thinking, postitive thinking... I'm going to get to Texas this summer somehow! I'm sure my parents will help me if things go wrong...they always say they know how much it means to me, and they've helped me out before. *attempts positive thinking*)
Spoke to Daniel on the phone for the first time in ages today. We don't really phone that often, because it costs a lot and MSN messenger doesn't, but it was just good to hear him again. I will stop short of whining about how much I miss him because I don't think anyone else wants to be subjected to it, but suffice to say that I do. With a bit of luck I'll be back soon though.
Sleep...sleep good. And if you're reading this, Daniel, don't worry, I'm not depressed, I'm just thinking about stuff. Things will be alright in the summer, I'm sure. :) Don't go worrying about me when you're meant to be thinking about finals! :)
Katy smoked a mascot on Tuesday, May 6, 2003
Time: 03:50 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: Hee ^_____^
I went to my pigeon hole this morning and there was a cheque for £500 in it. Addressed to me.
Life is good. :D
Katy smoked a mascot on Monday, May 5, 2003
Time: 03:48 p.m.
Listening to/Whining About: *squeaks like a squeaky thing*
Phinn found me Hellsing artwork!! The most unfindable item of all Hellsing merchandisage!! ^___________^
So very happy... ^_^ Best go and do some work then I can watch more Getbackers. ^_^
Katy smoked a mascot on Sunday, May 4, 2003
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