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 Kleptomaniac version 4 features Dark Moussy from Yukiru Sugusaki's manga, D.N.Angel, semi based around the theme of a rant on Dark I did. Scanning and graphics by Kimiko. This time Kimi decided to go with the dirty grunge look with a splashing of pixels. Lyrics are from "Across The Night" by Silverchair. Fonts from [link]. Grunge brushes from [link] Kimi: Well, I did warn you I was on a D.N.Angel high.... It's not... too grungy is it? I hope those headings aren't too hard to read.
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Sometimes I forget that Senri is only 16. And while we're at it: volume 7 has just come out. :P D'oh! Mika is the name of Whatshisface's boyfriend/partner. You know, the guy Rei really hates. He's fairly background though, and I always thought he was a she. *Sniff* No RotK for me.
~Kam
*gets a sudden bout of sniggerings and fall off chair* Anyway... You probably know what I'm on about less than I know what you're on about. Reminds me I need to work on Capri's new, uber simplistic layout for every-day-purposes. Or something to that effect. And I also need to work on my fic.................. Hoorah, it's true~
Kotobukiya is making Tales of Symphonia trading figures~! *jumps up and down* They do look very spiffy too, even as white, un-painted casts. Especially Lloyd's (middle). This guy also reminds me of Irvine from FF8 for some obscure reason... Hrm. Arggggg my package didn't come. I think it's lost in the postal system or something. 41 bucks worth of merchandise, lost~! My Trading Figures~~~ ToT. That's the last time I use standard post. Pshhh... I ordered some other stuff instead. But because they sold out of the Naruto cushion I ended up getting the same stuff I should have got two weeks ago. I want Klarth's trading figure~ His design is cool. I should be getting 6 figures, so the odds are pretty good. Hopefully...
~Kimi
In a bit of a Chicago-high. No particular reason. [Edit: Keehehehe!]
~Kam
And I certainly don't remember drawing that, but I'll take your word for it. Why?! WHY?!!!! On a happier note; I was walking around in the city today after my eat-out with Lynnie and went past Kino. Out of sheer temptation I went ahead and brought +Anima 5. Oh the cuteness. Oh the dent in my bank. Only four more to go! :P Senri is too cute for words.
~Kam
It was in my year 8 diary as well. Mwahaha~! Ph34r your oldness. Ew... but found several centipedes while cleaning up. And my cactus. It was alive, once. Yes, it's Kimi's once a year cleanup, inspired by boredom! I have a stack of old sheets a ruler high, waiting to be dumped into the recycling. I keep waaay too much crap, methinks. *Reads... cracks up*. It's those damn squirrels I tell you! They're evil... That reminds me of that hillarious TV show about rabbid animals. The re-enactments were so funny~ ><
~Kimi
Meanwhile, I have to drink some water and stretch my sides.
~Kam
Oh well... Kotobukiya is also doing some Tales of Symphonia trading figures as well as the Tales of Phantasia ones they did. Some of the ToS designs look pretty cool though. Nyuh~ I wish my ToP ones would get here though. I think they'll look cool on the top of my computer *_* [edit] Hrm... maybe it's not a Tales of Symphonia one-coin figure collection after all. Pins then, anyone? I have an inkling they still might be doing a figure series though. It's listed under the "One coin figure series: Next shedule" anyway... Have to wait and see I guess.
~Kimi
And now I'm free. /free as the wind blows..../
~Kam
~Kam
.....o.O Anyway. Interesting discussion indeed XD. Oh the horros of bouncy baby vampires. But half of fanfiction seems to be a culmination of the impossible, spawned in some deranged fan's mind, so I suppose anything goes.
~Kimi
..... OMG. I'm shaking with.... suppressed laughter and fangurl modesty, I think. But you have to admit: he's got it. Or atleast, I think he's got it. HAHAHA! [Edit: Well, speak of the devil [himself], I stumbled upon a very /interesting/ discussion. And no, I was not looking for it. :P]
Good pic though, good pic.
"Australia's version of "Survivor - The Australian Labour Party" . The tribe has spoken, and Big Kim has been voted off the island. This country has never been stronger than it has been, and the last thing we need is a boofhead like Latham undoing all the good work done in the last few years by Mr Howard and his side" Excuse me while I roll around in my grave... *choke-gag-choke*. Goddamn it... Labor's probably going to lose anyway (Alas, the horror of Howard for another 4 years), but at least politics won't be as boring. And at least someone can tell the real difference between the Lib's and the ALP. You'd never catch little Johnny calling Dubya 'incompetant' anyway. "Despite the bravado, Latham scares the bejesus out of the Coalition. He really does. He is not another Labor leadership patsy and the Government knows it." Interesting, but strangely true. And remember people, little Johnny's nickname is Bonsai. The 'little Bush'. *cracks up laughing*
~Kimi
Rantage Warning: It's... scary, I think. That Arithon has spoken what had been hinted at for a long time. Davien's betrayal, Kharadmon's dissatisfaction, Traithe's loss, Sethvir's.... (I'm not sure: guilt, perhaps?) all of these little events and personality quirks have led up to that inevitable conclusion. The Fellowship is breaking? Or has already done so. That frightens me a bit. To think that these seven who hold such power (enough as it is to destroy worlds) are under threat of discord..... *sniff* "... our Fellowship cannot determine your future." Does Davien's quote say what I think it says? That unless the Fellowship take control of Arithon's decisions (consequently; his fate) they are being led into the unknown? That his destiny is so filled with twists and turns that it is impossible to determine his... well, path? It's more unnerving to know that by the way Davien states it; they could very well disregard the Law, if they were so inclined, and map out his life for him, whether he'd like it or no. "Would you try?" And is this Davien's character mapped out to the full? That while he could love and very willingly sacrifice all for Paravian survival, he can not tolerate the confinement? I could see that, all his creations certainly is a sign of restrained brilliance. Ciladis was mentioned, that's an improvement! And again, this is another one of those little hints about him, that he has "progressed on" if you will, to greater enlightenment. Which explains the whole dissappearance thing and the double colours (purple and gold). And what Arithon said about the being mortal and all that? Waaah! That's just so.... him!! I can see that, he's so /sincere/ about his failures. And he's, (well, not worried so much but) more "torn." *sniff* Words fail me. Except. He needs a hug. Ah, yes. The paradox that is Arithon s'Ffalenn. Both the embodiment of destruction and yet, the very personification of compassion. He's like a bloody coin, if you know what I mean. /"Not to kill."/ That's beautiful, that is. I'm so glad that he's gotten some of that old spark back, that confidence that he won't fall prey to the curse again. And by that.... _is_ that an oath? Not to kill? I'm very impressed. According to Janny; oaths aren't just a whole bunch of meaningless words. Many of them are binding.... Which makes me wonder about this one. How is he mean to fulfill it? I know Peril's Gate is meant to be the turning point/crux but that's going a bit far, isn't it? "... except to destroy you." Well! As if getting hounded across half the continent isn't enough. But I like that. It's so dramatic and.... darnit, cliched!
~Kam
Bloody hell, the amount of detail revealed... Wild Speculation indeed!
Breathe! Just breathe!
~Kam
~Kam
So speaks the one who has spent nearly the entire day flicking through /Voyager/ giggling over a certain John Grey. Hehehe. I'm such a fangurl. When did I become so fond of shounen-ai? *bangs head* Although, honestly speaking: what's so hot about Jamie? [edit: yaft'i, I may be forced to hide my /slight/ fondness for said character. Mark has discovered him and not being a fangurl will not be able to understand my obsession. *Sniff*]
Back to study.
As a side-note, I want to buy this for christmas. Hehe~ Hrm, maybe I'm getting too into the Naruto thing. I even joined a blog! But I get to fight with Ino over Sasuke, who hasn't joined yet. Mwah. Nevertheless, a headband might actually be more useful than half the other crap I want to buy, or actually do buy. My god, but it's 50 bucks! But it's also actual metal... and it's cool. Argg, will finish uploading Yami o Sukasu and then try to write and do modern. Too much work. Meh
~Kimi
Yeah, bitchin ain't it. Oh well. Thankfully I save all my stuff on my HDD anyway. I have all the files I need for Capricious, so if you want to back-up your things for that and your subdomains as well. Urg, now I have to re-upload all those image files for dnangel.angst-boi.net, amongst other things. Bugger...
~Kimi
......Arggggggg nooooooooo~!! Remus, sweet Remus, they have made you nerdy looking x_X. Is that a mustache? Good god tell me it's just the lighting... or the pixels. And he's supposed to be unkempt, dishelved and patchworked, not neat. He's too tired to be neat. Yeesh... Argg... meh. Lets hope his actual characterisation is what it's meant to be like. Hrm, yes, interest level's falling after seeing that. Still kind of want to see it anyway, just to see what they made of it. Plus, at least Sirius doesn't look screwed up. Edit: Would Kimi like to read said books down there? Hell yes... I was cracking up sporadically while reading the reviews. Plus, as twitchy as slash may be... it also makes me laugh like buggery. Oho! *sniggers and falls off chair* Oh~ Also, sent a helpdesk queery to pixel people asking them what in the name of funky buggery is up with the subdomains. I have no idea, so maybe they do, and they can fix it too.
~Kimi
Cross Stich/Outlander
Spoiler-Free Review
Spoiler-y Review
Well, now that /that's/ out of the way.... Let me begin.
And that's probably what I didn't like about it. Too much. Way too much. What's this? Is Jamie a horny sixteen year old? From the way he acts it would seem so. But if you ignore all that, it's really a brilliant read. The characters are good. There are three main ones that do stand out remarkably. That is: Claire Randall, James Fraser and Black Jack (from now on known as The Sadistic Bastard TM).
Plot is... well, it's pretty unpredictable considering it follows history. There's nothing too out of the ordinary, aside from using Stone Henge as a time machine. The language is not too descriptive and it flows quite nicely. Then again; I think she drags out this whole romance crap for far too long. Ending slightly anti-climatic, which makes me suspect that it's because the whole arc is unfinished. Now if only that asshole who moved the next book would kindly return it to the right spot.... Recommended to: it's worth it, yes, if you have the patience to drag yourself through the first chapter or two. For those of us who find historical-fantasy fascinating. I'm not but I'm still really curious about this whole Jacobite thing. The fangurls will like this one. And yes. There is slash. No, wait. There's yaoi. Have I mentioned that Randall is cool? Well, he is. ---
Lord John and the Private Matter
Spoiler-Free Review
Spoiler-y Review So it begins like this. Our dear beloved Lord John Grey has stepped into the back house to uh.. utilize its facilities when, (out of idle curiosity you understand!) he, uh... notices a slight uh.... blemish (it's syphilis!) on the uh.... unmentionables of his cousin's fiancé, who also happened to be in said back house. So now he's meant to break off this arrangement between fiancé and cousin but politely as possible without damaging her reputation too much. This seemingly simple but embarrassing matter actually turns out to be something much deeper, and more /sinister/ (always wanted to say that) and as more of this plot unravels, so does the much-rather-be-left-forgotten memories of Grey. And entangled along with this masquerade are the exploits of cross-dressing spies, a secret affair and murder. Lots of it. Ah, writing that makes me remember how much fun I had reading it. It's pretty short and enjoyable, so I'm stuck halfway between giving it a 7.5 (a pretty good read) to 8 (highly recommended). 7.5 - because the ending could have been done without Whathisface giving away the whole thing, 8 - because it's just so...... FUN to read. It's not light-hearted, no. But there is a certain quality to the novel that I can't place my finger on. Something that'll make you smile to remember and not because it was fangurlly.
Character is focused around Lord John Grey, youngest of four sons, bachelor, gorgeous pretty-boy and of course, untouchable. Because he prefers men. Which makes him a bloody funny character to read, considering he has to hide this trait in a era when revealing it would probably result in a hanging at most. So all his interactions with women are amusing to say the least. How do you tell someone you're just not interested without:
The language is in third person which I find much more comfortable to read, and the style is pretty much the same as /Outlander/. There is humour, yes. I'm not sure if he means to be, but John is a very endearing character. Recommended: Outlander fans, duh. And fangurls, yes. Mature audience advised. There is homosexuality so /run away!/ if you find that twitchy. On the other hand; I think Kimi should read this, she'll find it more than amusing. :P
Oh golly. Here comes the fangurlism..... Can anyone more familiar on the intimate details of this guy's love life tell me what's the whole deal with Hector, Everett and Fraser? It seems to be a fairly tragic, true love sort of tale with Hector, something abusive with Everett and a bit unrequited with Fraser. Yes?
Hmmm, too much Gabaldon? That was a long three paged rant.
But anyway... Having seen the trailer before I also kind of want to see it. Oldman makes a pretty decent Sirius after all~ Although.. I'm not entirely sure I want to know what they did to Remus, after that rather-not-pleased rant... Good god, they didn't really give him a mustache, did they? x__X.... And has anyone else noticed that none of our subdomains work? They work when you use the address, say... angst-boi.net/capricious, but not capricious.angst-boi.net. Very strange indeed...
~Kimi
OH MY GOD, WHAT IN THE NAME OF THE ALMIGHTY DID THEY DO TO REMUS??!!!!!!!!
yaft'i, yaft'i, yaft'i, yaft'i, yaft'i, oh friggin i'yaft On the otherhand... the music certainly sounds much better. And I don't mean the kids. It's less childish and more... omnious. And I love those clouds. Sweet.
~Kam {then again, maybe not}
Although honestly; he has some rather nice shots.... except... why did they pull his hair back in Dracula? Go with the screaming at the camera, dude. And I can't believe that the Dememntors would surf the internet let alone know how to code. It's just so muggle.
~Kam {Maybe she will see HP3 after all}
Somehow St. George changed me over to some 'free' account without registering that I was a student, and now I owe them 15 bucks! Wtf indeed.... oh well. Not like I had a lot of money to get chewed up by fees in the first place anyway. Oh no, I get to wait until I'm an adult for that. Don't overtly mind actually, as long as I don't have to end up paying them the money that they now technically owe me. Meh..
~Kimi
I was thinking..... when's the two year anniversary for our beloved A-B[dot]Net? This journal is... three years old now. I think. It could be four. Gosh, I feel so old. Looking back at our earliest entries.... When were we so bloody immature?!
~Kam
Whoops.... Sorry, sorry~!! ARgg.... erm... I guess I was thinking more about that fact that I had actually updated my side of Capri, rather than which file was going where ><... Erm.. oh well. Reminds me, maybe we should change the layout some time. That main pic is getting so old. You know what oldness feels like~! You don't want to show it to anyone... oh the horror~ Again, sorry 'bout that index thing T.T. Although I can't say I was ever sure on why you put the new layout in a different folder anyway. See~ Look how it's confused me so. Oh! English speech... *is finishing writing hers*. Nooo, Kam is infected~ *rummages for bacteria fighting-stuff* You poor soul ;.;... just don't start gnawing on people's arms, you got that? It always starts with the diary entries. The more uninteligable Kam gets the more zombie-like she's becoming! *gets eaten by rabbid Kam* Oh yes, I like being random. That and on random highs of various things. And now back to english...
~Kimi
Sorry for the inconvience people! Our websites are usually in order!
~Kam
Trans: Urgh. My nose feels like a fifty ton elephant and my head.... urgh.
~Kam
~Kimi
Wow, in a seeminly neverending cycle or randomly irritating things, my brother screwed up my computer. I wonder how many times this makes it in total. I'm sure he's done it before.... I want photoshop back, goddamnit~! I never knew something so simple as rotate-cropping a canvas would require a program that's so expensive. The drooling zombies on my RE4 doodle can only sit there in their un-touched state for so long before the desire to colour in their soon-to-be-smoothed-out lineart sets in. I like my zombies. They're funnily deformed~ I want that game though... seriously... now. But nooo~ Capcom has to say that it will be released in 200X, and there might probably be a playable demo at next years E3. Chances are it'll be released midway through next year or something... I sincerely hope so anyway. I don't want to have to wait a year~! ><... And now.. can I remember what happened at the con. Well, what I wrote anyway. Bah, I don't feel like writing this now. I need a shower....
~Kimi
Probably the only major loss would be your entries on the con. The rest was just my mindless ramblings. And that list which I haven't complied yet.
Top 10 Slash Lines from Wars of Light and Shadow
~Kam
+ Anima (1-5) because the art is oh-so-pretty; who cares about the fact that I can't actually read it? It's not like Senri says much anyway.
~Kam
I've never seen that image before!!!
~Kam
You will have to make do with my unorganized ramblings instead.
I never realised before how cool the Fool was. Kinda. His departure was truly heart-breaking; and that whole deal with it been left unfinished was kinda annoying, but in a good way. I do wish it wasn't the last Fitzy tale, because knowing that it's the last time Fitz'll ever see him again is very depressing. Isn't it just like Fitz to miss the most important meeting of his life? I am fairly certain the Fool is a guy; although it's never fully said. I'm sure Fitz would have noticed something while holding onto the corpse, if it were otherwise.
I still love her female characterisation. You wont find any whiny damsels-in-distress here. Kettricken is always impressive; although I wish she had more screen time. This series though is about the continuation of Verity's line; namely Dutiful so I'm not that surprised that Kettricken didn't show up as much; her time was in the Farseers and she played it well.
I love the Narcheska. And Dutiful. It's all very sweet. Somethings are meant to be "happily ever after." Thick was precious, his interaction with Nettle made it only better. "... because I love you..." Wa!!!! *heart* Poor thing.
~Kam
~Kimi
~Kimi
Got your +Anima~ Senri is indeed on the cover, with a small bemused Kuuro in the BG. And Senri's chibified on the back as well. Walked.. all the way from Atarmon station to Chatswood, since by the time I had actually gotten to where you said you lived I realised I was closer to Chatwood anyway. The number you gave me does not exist -_-;... Had to ask directions, good grief... If the place you live is where I think you live then it's very snazzy looking. Pinged you once and spent 5 minutes contemplating pinging you again. Were you even home? I think it was around the time you blogged. Where the hell do you live anyway~!! Arggg..... You'll have to wait to pick it up. I'm thinking of having a movie night some time soon anyway. I think I know why +Anime is more expensive... it's about 2cm wider than my normal-sized D.N.Angel volumes Oh yeah, and [this] is what Alana was talking about. It's an anime con on the weekend of the 12th~
~Kimi
Pity; I would have liked to see Verity and the Elderings rise up to kick Red Ship butt; but watching the birth of Tintaglia will be just as good. I suppose.
~Kam (Suffering from Hobbism)
I'm sure the book will come out soon... eventually. Watch the stairs will you...... Oh yeah, I was going to do the archive page just then ^^;..... Hehe, sorry 'bout that. You'd have thought with all the teeth gnashing that went on last time we archived... Unfortunately my procrastinative tendancies still remain. *grins* Just got off the phone with Steph. Pirates of the Caribbean again~! *sighs*. Believe I shall do as Kam did and ignore beginning until Depp shows up. Also, I saw +Anima volume 6 while I was at Kinokuniya, as well as Star Ocean. Was tempted to buy but had no cash. Plus, not sure if I wanted to guilt-trip you by gettiing it in an inspired act of randomness. Are you still into +Anima anymore anyway?
~Kimi
*********** The Fool turned away from me, showing me his back. He looked over his shoulder and asked, "Fitz, does this make my ass look too big?" I was surprised that he'd asked. He smoothed the snug-fitting fabric with an elegant long-fingered hand. I did not reply. "Well?" he said, an earnest look in those liquid golden eyes. I didn't understand. I didn't know what he was asking for. I couldn't tell what he wanted. What answer did he seek? The Fool's ass always looked good. What did he want me to say? "No. Yes. I don't know. What makes you think I was looking at your ass? Um, er, what did you say?" "Never mind." I knew I had angered him somehow, but I couldn't understand how.... *************
Fitz: Hey, Fool? Can you still tumble?
************* This probably meant nothing to you, Kimi. ^^
~Kam
Breathe. Yes. breathe. Atleast it's better than getting it in January.....
~Kam
Yes. It was twitchy and rather disturbing. Am not sure if I will pollute the rest of the world by putting it up. I've been scarred for life as it is, although honestly it wasn't as bad as say: *cough* the ol' Vocab Lesson. Now _that_ was really twitchy. Have already heard about movie thing. I guess I wouldn't mind seeing it; but I'm not sure how much I like the screenshots. Sephiroth does not look appetizing at all. *sniff* Instead; it looks like he need a good bath to clean off some of that dirt. Smirk is not good enough. Cloud looks un-Cloud-like; you are right in saying that he looks more like Tidus; I thought the first one was a screenshot for X2. ^^ WAAAAIIII!!! Guess what's the date?! Lalalalala! *dances around in circles* It's the 1st! the 1st of OCTOBER! And we all know what that means!!!!!!! Yeah! I'm off to buy Fool's Fate!!!!! WOOOOHHOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
~Kam
And, in other news.... Are these the FF7 characters you know and love?
I suppose that might depend on whether or not you love Cloud and Sephy tho... and in a 60 minute DVD coming out next year, entitled Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children (Screens -> [link]). Sephiroth looks hell feminine there though. Which may or may not be a good thing.... Cloud reminds me of Tidus as well. People were hoping that Advent would be a remake of FF7 for the PS2, although not having a PS2 I can't say I'm overtly dissapointed with a CG movie. Square always does spiffy CG stuff anyway... *watches video of it from TGS, although at a reeeeealy bad angle*. Doesn't look too bad..... although if you're going to release a video at least film it straight on -_-;... Meh. I wanna see Pirates of the Caribbean again~ *goes on random trippy high for about five minutes*
~Kimi
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