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Ittekima~su
And she's off!! That's right minna-san, tomorrow is the day of Kei-chan's road trip up to school. So now instead of hearing about my adventures with Harlequin, Michelle, Li-chan (Lisa), Ash-chan (Ashley), Melissa (hereafter known as Lissa-chan^^), and Rosa, you shall here about the doings of me and my school crew: TrunksMike, Megan, Ali-chan (Alison to most), and Jessie. For the next 11 weeks.

*listens as crickets chirp*

O-kay. Tonikaku, I will most probably not be online much over the next coupla days except maybe to check e-mail and do a quick entry here on Sunday. Hope everyone has a merveilleux (marvelous, for non-French-speaking folk) weekend and I shall talk to you later.

Friday, September 21, 2001,10:23 p.m.

And so it starts...
I leave the day after tomorrow. EARLY. And how much packing have I got done? Not as much as I should. Am I worried? Not yet. Full panic mode will commence tomorrow, when I need to do laundry and pack clothes. Will everything fit into my few suitcases? We shall see. Woe to all those around me should things refuse to do as I command. >:) Nah, not really. I'm not THAT mean when at the end of my rope. *innocent grin*

And so, not much happened today. Sat around, watched T.V. *gasp* I might just be getting addicted to The Ananda Lewis show or Iyanla. Scary, very scary. I normally don't like talk shows. O_o And, the big news of the day....

MY FANSUBS CAME IN!!! ^_____^ I now have my own copies of Zetsuai, Bronze, Cathaxis, and Gravitation eps 1&2. Very happy making. I shall now go have a Gravitaion viewing for myself. After calling Li-chan.

Thursday, September 20, 2001,07:38 p.m.

Tsu.Ka.Re.Ta
Two late nights in a row are not good for Kei-chan, no they are not. But I guess that's what I get for my first weekend off in a while and last weekend here in KY (for a while, at least). Hung out w/Lisa on Friday, Lisa and Harlequin on Saturday (Lisa spent the night), and Harlequin, Ashley, and Ashley's little bro last night. Quite the full weekend. I'm glad I had no homework, though I could have gotten it done during the day yesterday, I guess. Though now I have four days counting tomorrow in which to complete packing and other arrangements. Can we say panic will set in soon?

Not that I haven't had fun over the weekend I did absolutely nothing constructive with. I got to watch The Emperor's New Groove, Endless Waltz, gab till my jaw muscles hurt, laugh my arse off, and, last but certainly not least...I got to RP last night!! ^_____^

That's right, I finally was off work at a time when others could RP, so we gathered at Ashley's to RP and intro my character. ^_^ Things have changed since they originally started, most noticeably in that Rob has been fired as storyteller and Ashley's brother, Jason, merged two of his (male) characters, Miki and Li, into a female charater named Mili(?sp). Maa, we have too much fun with this. They've even made up a soundtrack. Now if I could just remember to sit down and pick music for my character, Lia...>:) Mou...I'm sure talking a lot for someone who is tired. Guess there's just a lot I wanted to say.^^;;;; Oh, well. I run away now. *scampers off to sleep*

Monday, September 17, 2001,09:09 p.m.

What a day....
Long. Very long, this day was. Maybe because I did so much. Packed some, cleaned some, and hung out with Li-chan. ^_^ We watched "The Emperor's New Groove," which is funny. Odd, but very funny. There was much breaking of the fourth wall and silliness that, as Lisa's mother put it, wouldn't have been tolerated when Walt (Disney) was around. Still, it was a fun afternoon. XD

I also found out that I won the eBay auction for Talya-chan's GWing doujinshi. :) Now I just need to send the money, which I promise will be done ASAP. I can't believe I haven't mentioned here yet that I was bidding on that.*anime collapse* I must have really been distracted. :/ Not surprising considering recent events, tho.

De wa saraba no da! *chibifies and disappears into a kasa*

Friday, September 14, 2001,10:36 p.m.

Sleep...
For once, I'm tired at around 11:00. This'll be short, since I sincerely want to go to bed and it's been a long day. Not necessarily bad, just long. >_> Saw Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, which was funny as anything, just wish I'd been in a more happy-genki mood. Oh, well, I'll probably feel better after a good night's sleep. I need it, since I intend to pack tomorrow. Not everything, just books and stuff. Clothes can wait until the last possible moment, aka next Fri. if I have anything to say about it.

Oyasumi.

Thursday, September 13, 2001,10:39 p.m.

"Could we start again please?"
Geeez, am I still half in shock or something? Again, today was kinda strange. In the paper, on the radio, and on the net people are talking about everything that's happened. My next-year's roomie, Kimie, is concerned, as are her parents (well, she is coming in from Osaka and all). Okaasan (my Tottori, Japan mom ^_^) emailed me asking if I'm okay and saying they were worried. Aunt Linda called asking if we were okay, and when my brother called from his current position on his road trip, I swear I'd never been so glad to hear his voice. *was worried somewhat* So the recent attack is still big news and has shaken people up...

But, all the same, things went on as normal today. My dad went to work and mom went to her big meeting thing. I picked up meds for me and mom, talked to people, and started thinking I should get off my lazy arse and start packing for school. I found out that Harlequin now has her GED (OMEDETOU GOZAIMA~SU Harl! ^_^ You can kill me later for announcing this) It was a gorgeous summer day, not to hot, but still summery/early fall-ish. On that level, I was happy.

And I guess that's okay. I mean, no matter how terrible I feel for those killed/injured, I'm still here, alive, with the rest of my life to live. I can't go around forever feeling bad, and I doubt they would want me to do so. If I could make a wish, I honestly would wish that all the planes had been diverted, or that this had never happened at all. In the same spirit as this entry's title, I wish we could hit a 'restart' button. Unfortunately, we don't get restarts in the 'real world'.

I hope that our government, and governments allied with it, deal very carefully with this situation. Like so many others have said, we're dealing with people, not an entire country or group of countries. Those behind the attack should indeed be punished, but not the countries they're from or the religious groups they belong to. I'm as angry as anything, and want those people to pay for the lives they took, but I also know that bloodlust can be a very dangerous thing. If we go to far, we'll land in more trouble than we bargained for, or highly regret our actions. I'm not totally pacifistic (not a Relena by any means), but I'm sqeamish enough about fighting to not want the situation to get much worse. We'll deal with whatever problems we run into, I'm sure, but some prices are too high.

I'm also not highly religious. I don't see God or any other higher power as being behind this or having abandoned us. Why blame them for something a group of humans did? I think the powers that be must be disappointed/saddened by the way some of us use our free will. I won't pray for the victims or their families, but my heart goes out to those who lost someone (or several someones) important. I wish them the best.

Lastly, but not leastly, I want to say "Thank You" to all the countries that have shown their support. I don't know if anyone from those places read this, but I'll still say it: Thank you. :)

This ends Kei-chan's once-in-a-decade voluntary speech/long rambling.

Wednesday, September 12, 2001,08:43 p.m.

"So what happens now?"
Mou, today was stra~ange. Everything goes to pot on a very distant, national level, but here it was just a nice, sunny day. I set up my mom's old printer that she gave me, and just generally hung around. Nothing out of the ordinary, despite the chaos in other places. I hope this situation gets resolved relatively quickly, or we could have something major on our hands. :/ Boy am I cheerful. Not. *sighs* Though I will say this: Free (probably virtual) hugs for all who need them. That's about all I can do for anyone really. ;_;

Tuesday, September 11, 2001,07:23 p.m.

Tadaima.
Du~de. I can't believe it's been nearly a week since I've written anything here. *anime collapse* Bad Kei-chan! Even if I was kinda busy. You can get a lot accomplished with three days off of work. Or maybe not so much when you consider that I spent a lot of the time watching videos. :/

Tuesday was spent hanging out with folk. I took Li-chan to see Rush Hour II as a late birthday present, and we both laughed our arses off. ^_^ Well, that and enjoyed all the cool action scenes. Jackie Chan good. Not long after dropping Li-chan off for her afternoon class I went over to Harlequin's to watch more stuff. Yami no Matsuei and Gravitation Very Good. Especially when they have subtitles. ^_______^ We also watched another episode of Queer as Folk, which was cool. Came home with fansubs of Gundam Wing. The entire series, plus Endless Waltz. *_* Can we see where my next few days are going? XD <----had not seen complete series before

Wednesday was spent going to the doctor's in the morning, then about mid-afternoon I started my Gundam Wing Marathon. Between tape-watchings I made food, slept, and did other necessary things, like taking my TV in to get fixed (Preparation for School Part II: Making Sure Things Work is completed) and picking up a few books from Barnes and Noble's. I now own bianyothername and Lost Souls. :D

Tonkikaku, I finished up all the vids Fri. morning when I watched Endless Waltz, which is, I think, my favorite part of GW. Since then I have just been doing things such as puttering around the house (read: cleaning) and working. I'm taking next weekend off for school prep and hanging out with folk. Wonder if Rocky Horrer Picture Show will play at the Kentucky Theater. It did around this time last year...

Saturday, September 8, 2001,07:36 p.m.

*sigh*
No, I'm not in a depressed-type mood. It's just that it's a slightly overcast, gray day. Perfect day to go to the movies, which means more work for us movie theater workers, and it's Labor Day, so people have the time off to go to the movies. >_< I've said it once and I'll say it again:

Entertain yourselves people!!^^;;;

Not that I don't like my job, but dealing with hordes of people is generally Not Good For My Mental State. Though the time does pass more quickly on busy days...Eh, whatever. I'm in such a neutral mood I can't get too worried about anything. And I must admit, I've been going to such extremes of mood this summer that this in-between stage is ni~ce. Here's hoping I can keep it for a while. The only reason that I don't want to go into work is that I'm in a 'want to write or curl up with a good book' mood. O_o

Maa, ii yo. I'll just go to work, make some money, all that good stuff. At least I've got three days off after today. *_*

Oh, before I forget: Okaeri to all who went to Yaoicon! Hope it was much fun and many wonderful Yaoi things were bought. ^_^

Monday, September 3, 2001,10:42 a.m.

Just change my name to "Lazy".
Because that's what I am. I got off of work early today (three hours early. Meef) and had the best intentions of getting things done. That lasted until I got home after buying Vol. 4 of Fushigi Yuugi in the translation and Sailor Moon volume 10 and Sailor Stars volume two. Then Kei-chan was a slave to manga reading and therefore useless for anything the rest of the day. Not because I'm a slow reader, but because I'm too easily distracted, reading one thing makes me want to read another, and I suddenly think of other things I could do. Add that to the fact that I was having too much fun doing absolutely nothing constructive, and you get a very useless, lazy me, despite the fact that I have so many things I need/want to do before school starts. :/ *sighs* Oh, well. As long as I know where I stand, ne?

For once I actually looked at more of the newspaper than just the comics the other day, and found something quite interesting. There was an article regarding the fact that certain states (Florida and Utah among them) will not let gay or lesbian folk adopt, even if they were a foster parent very close to the child. The issue had been brought to my attention through the mailing list I belong to as a member of my school's Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgendered Student Organization (GLBTSO), but I hadn't the time to respond at that point. Besides, this is happening in another state, so why should I worry, right? Well, my mind kicked me in the rear later after reading the article in the paper, along with a letter to the editor about gay issues, and said, "Ba~ka. Here's my/our opinion." To which I replied (and still reply) "Wa~h. You make me think too much.*sobsob*" My mind's heartless response? "Bwahahaha~. It's my job." Anyhoo, for those who care to read it, here's my basic response to what I read:

Prohibiting gays and lesbians from adopting is, in a word, ridiculous. If they want to adopt and feel they can provide a good home for a child, then they should have that right. The government and adoption agencies make no discrimination (to my knowledge) regarding race, religion, or anything of that nature when selecting potential foster/adoptive families, so why should they discriminate regarding sexual preference? Studies have shown (according to the article) that children raised by homosexuals have the same chance of growing up to be happy, healthy adults as those raised by heterosexual parents. I should also think that it would be fairly common knowledge that stability of home environment depends on the people themselves, not their sexual orientation. >_< Then there's the simple fact that these people want children, and adoption is one of the only ways they can "have" (awkward usage, I know) kids. Why take that away from them? Because the people that yell the loudest are arguing for "family values"? *rolls eyes* Am I one of the few that sees the stupidity/irony in that?

Geez, I'm getting long-winded. I'll stop here. If anyone would like to see a copy of the article or a letter to the editor I haven't even mentioned here, let me know. I'll be happy to point you towards the 'paper's website where they should probably still be lying around.

Saturday, September 1, 2001,09:24 p.m.

Ugyuu??
Not much to say today. Kind o' P.O'd at the maternal unit but that's normal for any situation in which we have to share the same space for any amount of time. I definitely do better when away from/left alone by los parentos, at least IMHO. *shrugs* Maa, ne. Someday I will be free.

On a brighter note, I did get to take my car in to get the scratchies in it all fixed up. Mostly all it needed was paint. I get it back tomorrow. *_*

And now we have Preparation for School, Part One: Making sure everything needed is owned. Went over to Bed, Bath, and Beyond and got some non-flannel sheets, a laundry basket, and fan. Why did I not get these things last year? Because I was then a silly freshman who wasn't aware of how necessary those items are (my shcool is in Michigan, hence my thinking flannel sheets a necessity year-round) and was then dealing with other things. I also got my mom's okay to take her old printer should it work with my comp. *crosses fingers* Now to find a power strip/surge protector combo thingie...

Thursday, August 30, 2001,07:52 p.m.

Ah, randomness.
First off, I'd just like to take this moment to say:

HAPPI BASUDEI LI-CHAN!!

Hope it was just wunderbar. I promise we will hang out on Friday and see a movie with whatever time I have

In other news: I finally got my hair cut. It brushes my shoulders now instead of hanging down my back. I like the way it looks, but 'twill take some getting used to. If I want I may get it cut shorter eventually. O_o

Memo to self: Retain sense of humor when driving in areas unknown. Tonight I drove B-chan, aka Harlequin to most of you 'net folks, out to Barnes and Nobles to find a book. Unfortunately, it wasn't there, and we had trouble getting back out to a main road since I don't know that area. However, I did find out that they have a book on bisexuality (yay! XD), and the trips to and from were much laugh-inspiring, which actually helped greatly in calming me down. I will post snippets of conversation should people so desire to hear our crazy, somewhat yaoi-based (for the most part) humor. Kei-chan and Harlequin have much fun, yestheydo. :) Point of story: Keeping sense of humor and not getting uptight can help you relax and hopefully not have a wreck.

Now I must go, since I have to be up early tomorrow to take my car in.

Wednesday, August 29, 2001,10:05 p.m.

Free at last. :)
This will be short entry mostly for the purposes of archiving and other such things. Thought I'd put away all the entries where I was whining and complaining about work.^^;;; Can we say Kei-chan gets carried away? I think so.

Anyhoo, I finally found out who my roommate for next year is going to be. XD At the end of last year I requested to be roomed with a visiting international student since my girl-type friends all had other arrangements (Megan and Jessie rooming together, Alison, or Ali-chan as I call her, living in a...I guess "theme house" is the phrase I'm looking for), and I finally got info. Like I hoped, I'm rooming with a Japanese student, who is from Osaka as it turns out. *thinks about asking her roomie to teach her Kansai-ben* I hope she's nice. It would be perfect if she liked anime and shounen-ai/yaoi, but I'm not holding my breath for THAT good a match. I'll settle for us being able to live together okay and possibly be buddies. I wish we could move in at any time during orientation week, but no, I have to wait until 3 on the 22 and hurry my arse up to get ready for class on the 24 and say hi to everybody. :/ Oh, well. With luck, a lot of work, and a huge energy level it shall be accomplished.

Now I must run write a letter to me roomie so we won't be strangers when we meet in about a month.

Tuesday, August 28, 2001,01:07 p.m.