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(translation: I got a hotel room and made reservations for Shoujocon! ^_____^)

Yeah. So I'm going. Eek. This is exciting. XD *bouncebounce* And I got the last fucking room in the hotel. o_O Well, that's my parents' fault for being such pains in the ass about me going, but whatever. At least I got one-- it was touch and go for a minute there when I was on the phone with the reservations lady :_: but point is, I get to go! *bouncesqueal*

keri spoke of many things on Wednesday, May 29, 2002 @ 03:26 p.m.




La la la. Waiting for my friend to come over so we can not work on our English paper together. :D But until then, I'll just sit here and look at Kingdom Hearts screenshots. Pretty... If I disappear for several weeks in October, don't worry about me, I'll probably just be playing this game. ('Course, I said the same thing about FFX, and I still haven't finished that... but this one looks better. ^_^)

Nah, I didn't mean you. I didn't even mean conformists per se... I guess I'm just not sure if not many people write fics about/discuss them because they don't like them, or if they don't like them because not many people write fics about/discuss them. Not necessarily a bad thing, just kind of unfortunate 'cause I want more fics XD And yeah, the whole Fuuma thing, I do want to see where that's going. I always like finding out about characters' hidden depths.

Point well taken. ^^;;; I've already gotten the "you're a hypocrite" spiel, but I do think there's a difference between Nataku and A&K in terms of development and interestingness. Nataku is an interesting idea in theory, but it never came to life for me as a character-- perhaps because it is innately lifeless, being a (supposedly) emotionless clone. The saving Karen bit was noble, and of course I'm glad it did that, but it was too little too late for me to actually like Nataku as a character. ^^;;; I think my love for A&K really has much to do with the relationship between them, rather than them as separate characters. Of course, I'd still like them if they weren't connected in any way (and I'd still think they were both gorgeous as hell ^_~), but I doubt I'd be as obsessively supportive of them as I am. Something about the dynamics between them interests me to no end, and unfortunately I inherited my father's inability to really understand other people's opinions, so it confuses me that not everyone finds them as intriguing as I do. ^^;;;

As for your theory that "complicated past = more interesting", I don't necessarily buy into that. ^^;;; At least, not for me. I do agree that that's probably what drives the popularity of Seishirou/Subaru, but personally I've always found tragic pasts to be a bit cliched. Everyone's got one these days. XD Even Karen's is a little cliched, but CLAMP handled her reaction to it rather originally-- she could easily have ended up as the female Subaru, but instead they chose to make her a kind, caring and outgoing person, and therefore not overusing the issue of her past. And again, all this comes back to the fact that I just don't like angst... XD

Actually, I think Ewan looks much better with the beard than with his Episode 1 haircut. It was way too short in Ep 1. Of course I prefer his Moulin Rouge look to any of them, but that's just my bias :D And hey, I got two Obi-Wan action figures last night XD They don't look much like him really, but eh, it's the thought that counts. I wanted a Yoda too, but Yoda's sold out everywhere. *pout* And as for the test, I got Christian too. Of course. ^_~ Ooh, and yes, I definitely saw Seiichirou-san copping a feel on Karen XD you know, he could've just grabbed her arm or something, he didn't haaaave to do a full body tackle move... *nods knowingly* ^_^

Oooh, pretty layout! ^_^

Rented "From Hell" and "Ocean's Eleven" this weekend... "FH" was good, but the ending was de-press-ing. It was kind of predictable, too, although maybe that was intended... but I figured out who the killer was about halfway through the movie. And *spoiler warning* at the very end I realized where I'd seen the actor who played Sir William/Jack the Ripper before. Yep. Bilbo Baggins in "LotR". *brain cries* Although, Bilbo did have his creepy ring-induced moments, so maybe it isn't so farfetched after all... o_o *end spoiler warning*

"Ocean's Eleven" was very cool, and I'm glad it didn't end like the original. Brad Pitt looked pretty good, and there were some really funny lines. I always like movies where you're kind of forced to root for "bad guys", so it was fun for me. I definitely was hoping they'd get away with it. ^___^

Mouuu... *taps foot* is it too much to ask for someone to be on time for once? *rolls eyes*

keri spoke of many things on Sunday, May 26, 2002 @ 11:28 a.m.




Just got back from Episode II. It's not going to be easy to tell you exactly how I felt about it, considering that for me it played like two different movies. One very good, interesting, and action-packed movie, and one of the most badly acted, badly written, cheesy and overdone pieces of crap I've ever seen. Take a wild guess who stars in which section of the movie. :D

Yes, I'd already expressed my hatred of Hayden Christiansen, but that was before I saw him act. Now I really hate him. The kid has no apparent talent. He delivers his lines like he's reading from the script and is incredibly bored by everything going on around him. The dialogue between him and Amidala is pretty bad, but a good actor could probably pull it off (i.e. Ewan, but I'll get to that later ^_____^). Unfortunately, he isn't one, so these overly passionate lines are delivered in a monotone and it sounds even stupider than it already would. And Portman wasn't much better-- her performance seemed completely phoned in and it was almost as if she was only there to look pretty in her endless amount of outfits. Between the two of them, the lack of chemistry was appalling.

Isn't it lucky that the ever wonderful and adorable and sexy Mr. McGregor was there to save the movie? ^___^ Alright, I'm exaggerating a bit, he wasn't the only good thing about it-- in fact, everything besides the romance bits were quite good. But of course Obi-Wan was one of the main attractions for me. ^_^ And even though I hate facial hair as a general rule, Ewan looked very good with a beard. He was just generally charming and heroic and he acted circles around ol' whatshisface upstart whippersnapper. He had more chemistry with the friggin' robot than Christiansen had with any of the human actors.

Then of course there was Yoda kicking some ass. Rock on, little green man. Rock on. Samuel Jackson was pretty cool, too. But mostly Ewan. ^^;;;

So, yeah, there are my thoughts. I know I'm vicious to Anakin, but damn, boy, take some acting lessons. George Lucas must've been smoking something while he was watching the dailies if he didn't see how bad this kid is. ^^;;;

keri spoke of many things on Friday, May 24, 2002 @ 10:58 p.m.




Ack. o.o;;; Been busy lately. But now I get four days off, hurrah. ^__^

Got back from the senior trip last night... it was rather... eh. I felt pretty out of place most of the time, considering not many of my really good friends went, and the ones who did were too busy having high drama to be any fun. One of them kept fighting with her boyfriend on and off the whole time, and another would complain about how this one guy keeps asking her out and she wishes he'd leave her alone, and then she'd go and stand by him and flirt with him. -.-;;; And apparently a guy I barely know who is friends with some of my friends really can't stand me, because he kept trying to avoid me all weekend and getting all pissy when I'd try to go anywhere with any group he was in. I've barely spoken to him three times in my life. o_O So, yeah. I should have enough self-confidence not to let those things get to me, but they still do, and I still feel pretty lame right now. *sigh*

There were amusing moments, though. Like when we went swimming and there was this couple who looked like they were in their twenties down at the other end of the pool, having sex. Not kidding. They were definitely doing some interesting things over there. o.O;;; And of course there was the amusement of making fun of a certain classmate of mine, who'll go unnamed in case anyone from my school ever finds this blog (ha ha)... considering she's had a college-age boyfriend for four years now and still proceeded to do untoward things with another certain classmate of mine in the hot tub. -.- My class is great, really, they are.

So. I'm going to proceed to try to block the past few days out of my memory (no one makes you feel like a pathetic loser like your good old hometown classmates, you know) and concentrate on the fact that I'm going to Star Wars tonight. Whee. ^___^ And I got the Spider-Man soundtrack. *snuggles it* I'm madly in love with "Bug Bytes" by Alien Ant Farm. Yes, cheesy name, but the song is great, I swear. And the guy from Slipknot does a song called "Bother" that's really good. He can sing really well... so why doesn't he? o.o;;;

Oh! X updates! ^^;;; Yeah. I've already been yelled at for my rather controversial opinion, but here it is. I don't feel bad about Nataku. I felt kind of bad when he died in the anime, because it was a retarded plot device. But dying for Karen is a worthy cause indeed, and I won't be missing him too much in the plot, so I'm mostly just happy A&K are still alive and therefore have a (very slim, but better than before) chance of both surviving this.

Yeah, I realize that's a bit hypocritical, considering I'm always ranting about most X fans' lack of interest in the lesser characters, but I never said I wasn't a hypocrite, did I? ^_^ Besides, I get mad at obsessive fans of the main characters more for being conformists than for their personal character preferences. (Of course, I don't mean all big four fans, but some of them... ^^;;;) I wonder sometimes if they don't like other characters because they truly are uninteresting characters, or because it isn't popular to like them/write about them. *shrugs* Just a thought...

And I actually am interested to find out what's going to happen with Fuuma. *gasp* Yeah, I know, shocking. But this Wish thing has the potential to make him interesting to me... i.e. giving him a motive, making him more three-dimensional. ^^;;;

I must say that I adore Ko's new layout. Heeee, nekkid Yuuto! Yuuto slash! Two great tastes that taste great together! ... right. Anyhoo. Lovely lovely work, and you should draw Karen sometime. (Or ideally, Aoki, but no one likes him except me so that's probably too much to ask. XD) ^_^

keri spoke of many things on Friday, May 24, 2002 @ 03:42 p.m.




Ack. ~~;;;

*semi-spoilers for X-Files series finale*

What the hell was that? I mean, granted, I didn't see the entire thing (was running back and forth so I could discuss it in real time ^^;;;), and granted, I haven't watched the show regularly for longer than is really reasonable to keep up with continuity, but the end of the episode seemed like such a copout. Not that I really expected it to be completely resolved in a two hour episode, but the last scene seemed... just cheesy. I wouldn't have even minded it ending on a cliffhanger, something scary or mysterious, but instead it was just this big sappy New Age hippie speech. Hn.

And they didn't even screw! (Yeah, I like them together. They're cute. :P) Rule number one of not pissing Kerianne off when you are part of a couple she supports: When you are alone in a hotel room at night with the man/woman you've had sexual tension with for 8 years, you jump his/her damn bones! You don't sit around making whiny speeches about hope! ><;;;

Yeah. Okay. I'm over it. XD Now I kinda regret not watching it for all those years... I missed a lot :/ but I still remember most of the eps I saw back in '94 when it first started, which is weird, 'cause I was only 9 at the time. I even remember which one I had to miss because we went to Toronto for the weekend (the one with the loggers). I was very upset about that, because I was madly in love with Mr. Duchovny at the time. *snicker* And I still remember the first time I ever watched it... it was strange, because I can remember sitting on the rug as the opening credits rolled, thinking "I wonder if there are going to be any cute guys in this show?" I was psychic or something I guess ^_~ Then I saw him and the rest was history. My first crush, awww, how cute. XD I think Fox Mulder is the origin of my suit fetish, really. *_*

But the only episodes I saw after the third season or so were "Drive" (the one with the sound waves that made the people have to constantly move westward or their heads would explode o_o I can't remember why I was watching it, I guess 'cause I wanted to see whether any heads would explode XD), "Chinga" ('cause Stephen King was involved and I was a King junkie until "Dreamcatcher" came out -___-), and the one about Mulder and Scully staying in a haunted house on Christmas. I missed so much! :_:

Ooh, and I went to see Spider-Man again today. Harry's still hot. The Green Goblin is still the coolest freakin' movie villain ever. I'd love to psychoanalyze that one, mmhmm. Insanity's fun, children ^_^

I want to see Attack of the Clones now. Alas, I have to wait until next Friday. *crycry*

keri spoke of many things on Sunday, May 19, 2002 @ 10:10 p.m.




Because I'm bored, and have been on a webcomic kick lately... some new recommendations.

Road Waffles - Unfortunately, this one seems destined to remain unfinished, as the last time it was updated was over a year ago. However, what is there is well worth a read. It's your typical "sarcastic loners wandering around and having wacky adventures" strip, only with an utter lack of morality and almost constant violence. And lots of death-- only not always the permanent kind. Oh, and alternate dimensions. @.@;;; It's a lot more fun than it sounds, though. And you can't help loving the characters-- for depraved criminals, they're all so cuddly... ^^;;;

The New Adventures of Bobbin - A very funny little strip. It's got a lot of mildly perverted humor and completely reminds me of my own life. My best friend and I act exactly like the two main characters most of the time (only we don't like the same guy, because she's got bad taste :P hehe).

Something Positive - Hokuto got me into this one. Pure sarcasm-- gotta love it. If I didn't have the friends I have now, I'd want friends like them. *snicker*

Social time!

Good points again. I do like random pairings, either het or yaoi, but I only like them when they are truly random, and not just the same archetypes with different characters. Most of the "random pairings" that have been popping up are just that, and that's why they don't really interest me. In my (admittedly biased) mind, for instance, Fuuma/Subaru is just Seishirou/Subaru with one amoral, charming seme replacing another. Sure, the nuances of the characters and the relationship would be different, but not different enough for my (admittedly whacked) taste. While on the other hand, something like... Yuuto/Sorata is an entirely new combination of characters, unlike any existing pairing. Therefore I like it. ^^ Even something like, as you said, Sorata/Satsuki would catch my attention. I might not end up liking it or supporting the pairing, but I'd probably read it, just because it's something original and I'd be curious to see how the author made it work.

As for this... well, thanks to me, there isn't a single X character (well, okay, we'll stick to Dragons) who hasn't molested Kamui... *whistles* At least in fanfiction. hehehe

"Normal life"? What do you mean? o_O I don't think Karen really wishes for a normal life... perhaps a more stable life, being respected and loved rather than treated with contempt, but not necessarily normal. There are clues that she might want to be a mother, or at least would be a good one, but I don't think that really translates into wanting a normal life... explain? 'Cause I'm slow and dense and stuff XD

keri spoke of many things on Saturday, May 18, 2002 @ 010:15 p.m.




*whew* Crisis averted... Last night I upgraded my browser, and this afternoon I opened Outlook and found all the messages I've been saving over nearly two years gone. Luckily, after a lot of ranting and searching, I found a way to restore them. ^^;;; I would've lost all the fics I've saved, all the drafts and sent e-mails I've accumulated, all the ML mail I've saved... :_:

Hm, true. Although I still think Sorashi has the edge as most written-about and drawn het pairing. Not that they get anywhere near as much attention as, say, SxS or SxK, but yaoi fans seem much more receptive to it than to A/K or Kusa/Yuzu-- perhaps because Sorashi is an actual relationship in canon, while the other two are more ambiguous and therefore easier to ignore.

Your points about why A/K doesn't get written are quite valid, particularly the "roadblock"... I find myself often not wanting to deal with it, so I can only imagine how it must repel other authors who aren't obsessed with it like I am. ^^;;;

And I am a yaoi fan, but for some reason I just like the het pairings in X a lot better (yeah, I know, blasphemy). Maybe because I prefer lighter relationships rather than dark and angsty ones. The only X yaoi pairing I'm a full supporter of at the moment is, oddly enough, Yuuto/Sorata. (No angst there! XD) But I can see what you mean about some non-yaoi fans writing het as a rebellion. I once posted a non-yaoi WK fic on FF.net and was irritated by the amount of reviews that said something along the lines of "omg!!! a fic that isnt yaoi!!!" and said nothing whatsoever about the quality of writing or any other values of the fic. ~~;;; And, umm, my karaoke fic was pretty stupid, actually... XD

Oh, and I totally agree with this. In an odd way, the X fandom is open-minded and narrow-minded at the same time. Basically any pairing goes, but only as long as it fits into the rather strict rules of what the fandom finds interesting and wants to read about. Cross the line, and your work ends up ignored. I guess it's like that in any fandom, though...

keri spoke of many things on Tuesday, May 14, 2002 @ 03:55 p.m.




Mou. Well, everyone ignored my rant, which has now been archived 'cause the page was getting too long. Kind of a shame, because in all honesty I was hoping for a nice brutal battle. Yeah, yeah, I know all of you in blogland are being nice little pacifists right now, but dammit, I need somewhere to vent my frustrations.

Sad part is, I don't have a lot to be frustrated about. I'm just in an extremely hair-trigger mood. The slightest affront, and I'll either burst into tears or get inordinately pissed off. And I'm so sick of my family. Call me insensitive, but there are times when I cannot deal with them. Not even because of anything in particular... it's just the idea of being around them that makes me want to get away. I'm still trying to figure out why. Knowing me, it's probably some long involved psychoanalytical reason. ~~;;;

But aaaanyway. I'm also slightly pissed at my best friend right now, because she keeps constantly changing her mind about where she wants to go to college. Now she says she wants to go to Massachusetts, and I really don't want her to move away just yet. :_: We've only just started to be close and go out and do things together, and it's been a long time since I've liked someone around here well enough to want to spend time with them outside of school. I'm just very sick of losing friends. :/

But all ranting aside, it was a decent weekend. Class Night was okay, and the bash was fun. Lasertron is absolutely the coolest thing on the planet. *_* Even though our team lost all four games, it was still awesome. Then we went to this rock-climbing place, but considering I'm not terribly coordinated when I'm wide awake, let alone at 4 in the morning, I decided to play foosball the whole time instead. *snicker* When we got back to the school, the fire department sent a truck down and we set up a foam slip and slide, which was really fun, but wet. And cold. o.o;;; I got home at 7:20 and ended up sleeping until 3:30.

I also saw Spiderman with a bunch of friends (it was originally just me and Rhonda, but we happened to meet up with another group at the theater). I loved it, although not everyone was in agreement-- Kaylea and Kaydie kept making fun of all the romantic parts (which, I must admit, were pretty over-the-top in a few spots... the hospital room scene particularly *gags* XD). But I have to agree with Nayami that Willem Dafoe was awesome as the Green Goblin. My mom has always insisted that he's scarier than Christopher Walken, and I think I agree. The scene where he's talking to himself in the mirror and keeps switching between personalities was seriously freaky. o.O;;; And I happen to be of the opinion that James Franco is pretty hot, although his character was a bit too preppy at times. And I don't think he's going to be able to pull off Dafoe's level of creepiness if the movies follow the comic and have him take over his father's villainous role. *shrugs* We shall see. I'm already looking forward to the sequel, really. ^^;;; And hey, I've done a bit of research-- some of the art for the comic is actually really good. Finally, an American comic I can support. ^^

Awww, no more Aoki layout... *pouts* ah well, it was lovely while it lasted. ^^ As for your question about how A/K fans (I have the nagging suspicion that I shouldn't be using the plural there ~~;;;) deal with the wife and kids... the answer is, many can't even get past that to the point of becoming a fan. It seems like most people hold marriage in much higher esteem than I, but my general opinion is that these are fictional characters, we only know as much about them as we have seen, and from what I've seen I think A/K is much too interesting and too meant to be to bother worrying about an offscreen wife and kid who aren't even active characters. ^^;;; If you meant how do I deal with it in fanfiction, that varies. I've actually got a fic I've been working on for a while that poses the question, what if they never existed. XD But usually I take the "not-quite-cheating" route as in "Ordinary Man", kill them off (^^;;;), or else I'm writing humor and it doesn't really matter because it's light and not meant to be too terribly canon. I would love to see a good serious fic handling their relationship without taking the family out of the picture (and not copping out and making it a one-sided thing or a close friendship, as most fics do), but I don't think I could really do it justice, and no one else really wants to try. ^^;;;

Um, that was long. Yeah. XD Oh, and while searching for some fanart on Google the other day, I happened to get a result from your blog archives that had my name in it... so I checked, and found the recommendations of a few of my fics that you made a while back... *blushes* thanks so much for the compliments! Personally, I think I'm getting worse as time goes by, but it's good to see that someone enjoys my stuff. ^///^

keri spoke of many things on Monday, May 13, 2002 @ 04:47 p.m.