Monday, December 3, 2001


I am 52.5% British, just like
Hugh Grant
Thought you drive a British sports car you are most likely to have a blowout in LA.

Take the Brit Quiz at
www.darrenlondon.tripod.com/britquiz1.htm

Quiz written by Daz

That's all? Guess that spoils my ambition to receive an Order of the British Empire. ^_^
The brain called at 10:57 p.m., but nobody was home.

Monday, December 3, 2001

OH GOD NO!


Which Evil Criminal are You?

That is NOT cool. XO~~~~~ Imelda Marcos is, like, the most tremendous bitch in the entire world.

Grahhh. No matter how much I tweak it, I can't change my result! My God, I've become evil incarnate. I might as well just jump off a high building and do the world a favor. >XP
The brain called at 10:02 p.m., but nobody was home.

Monday, December 3, 2001

Whoa. Star Trek Deep Space Nine is on Solar. Kick ass. XD
The brain called at 07:35 p.m., but nobody was home.

Sunday, December 2, 2001

Would you like to read my paper about Sakay and the Phil-Am war?

1) What was the major factor in the Philippine defeat in the Phil-Am war? Why?
2) What does Sakay represent in Philippine history?

The reason the Filipinos lost the Philippine-American war is because they all had such long hair. Long hair like that takes a lot of effort to maintain. They must have been washing it every day with those flowery-smelling shampoos and fancy conditioners, rather than fighting and making plans for fighting, as they should have been doing. A lot of times, the Americans were able to catch them while they were all still blow-drying their hair and doing their hot-oil treatments.

Sakay's role in Philippine history was to be the avatar of hair care and general bishounen-ness.

I watched part of the film "Sakay", which we're also supposed to react in for this paper. Sakay and most of the other Filipino fighters all suffered from the Sirius Black Fanart Syndrome: for men who had been hiding out in the mountains for months, they were far too pretty and clean-shaven.
The brain called at 11:48 p.m., but nobody was home.

Sunday, December 2, 2001

Yesterday I ate Hamburger Helper and watched Cadfael and Star Trek: Insurrection on TV. Today I got up a little before 11, we went to church where they've already put up the Advent stars, then went to the mall, ate at California Pizza Kitchen, looked at several microwaves before deciding that the one we had just bought was still the best choice, bought a huge new fancy-schmancy flat screen TV (being delivered this week), milled around a classy bookstore looking at all the gorgeous overpriced books, had coffee, and then went home. And when we got home the Christmas tree was all set up. Ahhhh.

So now all I have to do is finish the conclusion for my thesis, write a one-page paper on Macario Sakay and the Filipino-American war, and draw Plato's cave on transparency sheets, all by tomorrow. ^.^;;;;;;;;;;; Yup. I'm all set.
The brain called at 06:46 p.m., but nobody was home.

Friday, November 30, 2001

Ooh, well put... I'm getting flashbacks now. A long time ago I read and loved the Tokyo Babylon manga (well, read a few summaries and tried to follow the story through the pictures; my Japanese then was even more pathetic than it is now ^^;;). At the time, I actually believed that it was all about the isolation and dehumanization inherent to modern society, along with cool supernatural bits and a bit of CLAMP-ish innuendo among the three main characters. It was only after visiting fansites and reading mailing list messages that I discovered that the whole thing was actually a forbidden romance between tragic lovers Subaru and Seishirou, and there was also some girl who may have appeared once or twice and then died for no discernable reason. -_-;; By extension, from fanfic and discussions, one may arrive at the conclusion that X is the sequel to Tokyo Babylon, and is all about Seishirou and Subaru and their angst angst angst. Supporting cast includes some guy named Kamui and some other guy who seems also to be named Kamui, along with a dozen or so other characters of no consequence.
The brain called at 11:43 p.m., but nobody was home.

Friday, November 30, 2001

Well, this is neat. ^_^ I made a list of all the DVDs Carlo and I own; I hope I haven't forgotten any. ^^;;; I've made a wish list too...
The brain called at 05:13 p.m., but nobody was home.

Thursday, November 29, 2001

Dear Santa: I want this, and this, and oh, this is pretty damn cool. ;__;

Actually, what I'd really disembowel for would be one of those Kyo plushies (scroll down and click to see the large picture). And maybe a Tohru plushie to keep him company. *__*

And damn, I didn't realize FruityGroup was such a high traffic ML. I've gotten upwards of 60 messages today. O___o
The brain called at 09:01 p.m., but nobody was home.

Wednesday, November 28, 2001

There is a gigantic glowing red parol (Christmas star) visible from our living room window, on the roof of some building that seems to be a church. When I say gigantic, I mean large enough to affect the Earth's gravitational forces. As soon as you enter the room, the first thing that catches your eye is not the TV or the clock or the exercise machine or the cats, but the small red sun outside our window. O____O

And Carlo and I got into an argument today over Viktor Krum. I had mentioned offhand that Emma Watson in an interview seemed to favor Hermione going out with Krum. Carlo then went on to describe Krum as a jock, an idiot, a communist, and ugly to boot. He (Carlo) is just saying that, of course, since Hermione's his favorite and he wants her for himself. The fanboy creep. :P
The brain called at 09:49 p.m., but nobody was home.

Tuesday, November 27, 2001

Cool, I'm Dorothy! XD I wonder if I should put my Selector results back up here...
The brain called at 10:12 p.m., but nobody was home.

Tuesday, November 27, 2001

AARON CARTER?! As MOMIJI??? Oh God NO! XO~~~~~ The main site, here, has an... interesting concept, I guess. But some of their casting choices are severely f---ed up. David Boreanaz as Tooya (from Ayashi no Ceres) made me laugh, because I'd always somehow equated the two in my head. (Don't worry, Saki, Angel is better than Tooya. :P) But Mark Wahlberg as Akio? Johnathan Frakes as Gendo Ikari???? O___________o;;;;;;;;
The brain called at 05:58 p.m., but nobody was home.

Tuesday, November 27, 2001

This is truly the most frightening thing I have ever seen. Please excuse me while I go have screaming nightmares.
The brain called at 05:27 p.m., but nobody was home.

Monday, November 26, 2001

Quote of the moment: "God is so unfair! God, you IDIOT~!" *a moment later, the ground starts shaking and a menacing giant robot emerges* "Waaah! I'm sorry, God!" ~from Space Battleship Yamamoto Yohko, a very very strange anime. O__o;;

Heh heh, I was a bad girl today. I cut two of my three classes. >:D Of course, the fact that I was working on thesis stuff for this afternoon's deadline kind of dillutes the bad-girl-ness a bit... ^^;;

..."Kamisama no BAKAAAAA~!"
The brain called at 06:49 p.m., but nobody was home.

Saturday, November 24, 2001

IYAAAA! More SnapexQuirrell! XD Dear God, the world shall never be safe again. ^^;;;;; (Picture from Severus Snape's Slytherin Society)
The brain called at 09:34 p.m., but nobody was home.

Saturday, November 24, 2001

Faith -- What it mentions in the first book is that Snape and Harry's Dad hated each other, but that Snape tried to save Harry because Harry's dad saved Snape's life. The nature of this life-saving isn't really explained in detail until the third book, though.
The brain called at 08:35 p.m., but nobody was home.

Saturday, November 24, 2001

Spent last night at Saki's. We went to see Harry Potter for the second time. ^_^ I think it was actually better the second time around. That damn iguana of Quirrell's still continues to boggle my mind, along with the B-movie-dinosaur sound effects before and after it comes on screen. The damn thing must be the Voldemort of Iguanas or something.

...And with Alan Rickman's rather heavy makeup, and the SnapexQuirrell scene, and Snape and Draco making goo-goo eyes at each other in Potions class, it's enough to make one see Snape in a whole new light. XDDDDDD But seriously, movie Snape was so awesome. If only they'd had more of him. Out of sheer desperation, I've already started making goo-goo eyes at my Butt-Ugly Snape Action Figure(tm)...

And I was also able to confirm that Neville drops Parvati Patil's name in one scene. So at least she doesn't come in completely out of the blue if ever they make a fourth movie with the Yule Ball scene. ^^

[/HP fangirl mode]
[X fangirl mode]

*Spoilers for Jan 2002 installment of X -- I realize I always fail to put up spoiler warnings for these things. >_<* Whoa, there! O____O Jeez, Arashi! Easy on the boy, he's just suffered from life-threatening injuries! As for that bit where she "gazes meaningfully at her left palm" -- I hope I'm just having Fushigi Yuugi flashbacks here, but does Arashi have to remain a virgin to use her Ise miko powers (i.e. the SWORD)?

And it's official. I hate Subaru. >__< You stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid prat. Way to show that your fundamental option is towards isolation rather than communion. <--sorry, result of too many Philosophy and Theology classes. What I mean to say is that Subaru is a selfish little prick, to throw everything away just for his stupid selfish "love" for a stupid evil murdering guy who's dead anyway. I'm really thinking that Hokuto was the Good twin, and Subaru the Evil twin.

It also seems we have to wait 'till January to find out if Karen and Aoki are gonna die. Whee, what a way to start the year. -_-;;

And I finally found and managed to download an episode of the X TV series! It was episode 6, which by supreme luck just happened to be one focusing on Sorata. ^_^ People have complained about Sorata's TV voice, saying it's too goofy or whatever, but I think it's just fine. ^_^

It seems that they're making several changes in X for the TV series. I personally rather like it so far. Just imagine how boring it would be for X fans like me who've read the whole manga so far, if everything happened exactly as it did in the manga. ^^;; It's also quite interesting seeing X in episodic format, when the manga is so totally non-episodic. At any rate, I can't wait to see more. Hell, I can't wait for Karen and Aoki to appear. ^_^
The brain called at 07:32 p.m., but nobody was home.

Friday, November 23, 2001

I think I mentioned a few weeks ago that I brought home a tiny kitten from school. Well, she died today. When I came home from my afternoon classes, I was told she had died while I was gone.

It was too cold last night. I should have realized it was too cold for a little kitten. I put a hot pack thingy in her box, but it couldn't have lasted the whole night. And then this morning she seemed weaker. For all my ideals, I can't even keep a kitten from dying of exposure indoors in a goddamned tropical climate.

...I am such an idiot.
The brain called at 04:52 p.m., but nobody was home.

Thursday, November 22, 2001

Would you believe I saw *young* Richard Harris today? For our Romance class we watched the first half of the old movie version of the musical Camelot. And yup, Richard Harris was young and he was King Arthur. It was quite jarring, after seeing him all old and dusty as Dumbledore last night. ^^;;

Many years ago, Carlo and I were given tickets to see Camelot on the stage. We found it so annoying and tedious that we walked out during intermission and went to the mall to watch The Lion King. (Yes, The Lion King had just come out in movie theaters, so that gives you an idea of how long ago it was.) Anyway, watching it now, I found it no less tedious and annoying than before. It got a little better later on, but still. And whenever they were singing about what a great place Camelot was, I wanted to say, "It's only a model." XD Plus I know a far catchier song they could have sung:

We're knights of the Round Table!
We dance whene'er we're able!
We do routines and chorus scenes
With footwork impeccable!
We dine quite well in Camelot
We eat ham and jam and Spam a lot!

The brain called at 05:03 p.m., but nobody was home.

Thursday, November 22, 2001

Oh no! SnapexQuirrel, why must you dog my every step? Oh god, I'll never be able to look at that scene the same way again. XD Now I think of those very strange people who liked to slash Snape with Lockhart. And then I wonder if anyone's thought of dedicating a webpage or a fanfic series or something to the idea of slashing Snape with each of the Dark Arts professors. Of course SnapexLupin is already fairly popular; but when you get to MoodyxSnape it starts to cross from the amusingly disturbing to the screaming in horror and hiding from my computer as my brain slowly trickles out my ears.

By the way, Nasubionna wasn't really drawing SnapexQuirrel, but her page is very much worth the looking at anyway. ...Er, what I MEANT to say was, of course it's worth looking at, and the fact that she *doesn't* draw SnapexQuirrel is even more reason to look at it!!! ^^;;;;;;;;

And you can tell that it's late, and that I'm really supposed to be working on something else at the moment. @____@
The brain called at 02:56 a.m., but nobody was home.

Thursday, November 22, 2001

Okay, saw it. And I really should be working on thesis stuff right now seeing as I have a consultation tomorrow morning, but instead I'm going to write my review.

Okay, I liked it! I really, really liked it. Even though a lot of things had to be left out, things that fans will certainly complain about, I think it's amazing the amount of stuff they DID manage to fit in. And as Carlo said, they really managed to capture the feel of the book.

The best things:

  • The three kids. They were the heart of the movie, as really they should be. Ron especially was bloody brilliant. XD Hermione was a snotty bitch. XDDD And Harry was just so cute, I wanted to go "look he's so cute!" every time he appeared on screen. But it's funny how his voice was obviously deeper in some scenes than in others. XDDDDDD
  • Hagrid! It was apparent even from the trailers: Robbie Coltrane makes Hagrid COOL. ^__^
  • I thought Malfoy was quite spot on. I'd never really understood from reading the books just why Draco is so ridiculously popular, but I guess he seemed to come to life for me in the movie. ^_^
  • One word: QUIDDITCH. *__*
  • Oliver Wood. Heh heh. He had the most adorable accent. ^_^ I predict a lot of new Oliver Wood fangirls...
  • Percy was adorable, too.
  • Okay, this is really shallow, but wow! They all have British accents! *___* The characters never really had voices for me before now (except when they were speaking in Japanese ^^;;;;;).
  • The moving paintings in the background.
  • The Final Battle with Quirrel and Voldemort was much better than in the book. In the sense that stuff ACTUALLY HAPPENS instead of Dumbledore just having to explain it to us afterward.
  • Alright, you knew I was getting to this, didn't you? Of course Alan Rickman's Snape was brilliant. The part where he just comes striding into class, and that whole succeeding scene, is absolutely kick-ass. He was the ultimate terror teacher, the one in whose class you do NOT let your cellphone go off. Plus, I have no idea why, but I kind of liked that stupid get-up he had during the Quidditch match. We got to see Snape wearing a scarf! And, just to be contrary, the complaints that I *did* have about the movie:
  • Snape. As in not nearly enough of him. Not by half. They didn't really establish how he hated Harry. They didn't have enough scenes to establish what a mean biased bastard he is. As I said, he just came across like one of those really scary strict Philosophy teachers. And they didn't explain why he hates Harry, or why he saved him, or anything about him and Harry's dad, which is one of the things that interested me in Snape's character in the first place.
  • Dumbledore was... serious. Very very serious. Even if they didn't make him as genki as Seravi-sensei from Akazukin Chacha (which he is in my mind), they should have made him just a *little* quirky.
  • I have to agree that the movie seemed to jump from one thing to another quite a bit. Carlo especially complained about the leaps of logic, like why'd they suddenly suspect Snape all of a sudden?
  • No Rik Mayall. I've mentioned this before, but I don't think I've stressed enough how much ass Rik Mayall would have kicked as Peeves. They should make a whole movie just about the ghosts, with Rik Mayall playing Peeves like Rick from The Young Ones. And Vyvyan as Nearly Headless Nick >:D and Mike as the Bloody Baron ("Hey Mike, why've you got bloodstains all over?" "Who can say? I'm a mysterious guy.") And Neil as the Grey La... er, Hippie. XDDD But that's another blog for another time... Anyway. These were complaints I did have, but which, I must stress, did not really detract from the movie for me. And now, on to the totally random things:
  • That iguana Quirrel was holding in his class! What was *with* that thing? Was it an evil iguana? The question will haunt me for years to come.
  • No, I wasn't really bugged by the fact that James Potter looked the way he did. They were really playing him more as "Harry's Dad" than as "James Potter". And Lily Potter was a babe. ^^
  • That scene where Snape's got Quirrel backed up against the wall... I dunno, something in my head just screamed, "AAAGH! SnapexQuirrel! Oh my virgin eyes!" X__x
  • "Harry... Join me... we will rule the universe as father and son..." Geez. Star Wars much, Voldie? ^^;;;; And I'm sure I'm forgetting something that I wanted to say, but I really must run.
    The brain called at 12:46 a.m., but nobody was home.

    Tuesday, November 20, 2001

    Well, I'm seeing the Harry Potter movie tomorrow. Barring nuclear holocaust or Luzon sinking into the ocean, of course. I rather hope those things don't happen, because I really would quite like to see the Harry Potter movie tomorrow.

    And, a few random Fruits Basket related thoughts, with SPOILERS for volume 6 of the manga and I-don't-know-what-episode of the anime.

    I think it's kind of neat that Kyo's situation is not like characters in other manga/anime/etc. who have some "alternate form" that they turn into, and bemoan it as a horrible curse even though what they turn into is actually pretty cool. Like the Beast in Disney's Beauty and the Beast. He's like, "Oh, I'm a horrible ugly beast!"; but really, he's much handsomer as a beast than he is as a prince. All the "cursed" characters of Ranma 1/2 -- "Oh woe is me, I turn into an attractive female version of myself," or "Oh, how horrible it is to transform into a adorable little pig". Or Van from Escaflowne: "I'm so ashamed! I secretly have a pair of beautiful fluffy white wings!" -_-;; That's why I find it refreshing that the thing Kyo turns into, and which he angsts over, actually *is* ugly and grotesque and worth angsting over. No, not the cat, dammit. I told you, go read vol. 6 first.

    And, still more randomly, Kyo is really cute. It should be Kyo who ends up with Tooru, dagnabbit. Also, his pants are cool. The cargo pants, with the weird strappy bits. Yuki is okay, but he just doesn't compare to Kyo in the pants department. Go Kyo.

    Hm. Only 19 hours more 'till I see the Harry Potter movie. I wonder if I should go to bed.
    The brain called at 11:51 p.m., but nobody was home.

    Sunday, November 18, 2001

    If Man is the Steward of Creation, does that make Woman the Stewardess of Creation?

    Add that to the list of "Questions To Annoy Your Theology Teacher With". Assuming you go to a Catholic school, of course. ^^;; Another such question I actually asked during high school was, "If Mary is the mother of God, is the mother of Mary the grandmother of God?"
    The brain called at 10:34 p.m., but nobody was home.

    Saturday, November 17, 2001

    At the moment, Carlo is off reliving his high school days, playing Magic: The Gathering at a friend's house. ^^;;; I just thought that was an announcement worth making.

    Well, seeing as I'm avoiding any Harry Potter related stuff so as to evade movie envy, I might as well do my Fruits Basket babble now.

    I really like Fruits Basket. Why do I like it? For several reasons.

    1: For a dinky cutie-pie shoujo manga, it contains surprisingly heartfelt emotion, as well as great heaping spoonfuls of angst. All these cutely-drawn characters with all these weird secret angsts! It's so bizarre. O__o But it's one of those strange series that has angst aplenty, and yet it manages to be upbeat and fun, not dour and grim.

    2: The art. I just love Natsuki Takaya's style. She's one of those artists who can draw girls as well as guys, clothing as well as hair and eyes, poses and action shots as well as facial expressions.

    3: The characters! As I said before, my favorite is Momiji the bunny-boy, simply because he's... adorable. *.* He's such a little girl though, I swear. XD And he suffers from the anime gaijin syndrome, meaning he has blond hair despite being half-Japanese, and speaks in a series of token German phrases which would probably grate on the ears of anyone who actually spoke German. >_< Aside from him, I like Hatori-san, and Kyo and Tooru (especially after vol. 6 ^^), and Tooru's two friends Scary Goth Girl and Scary Gangster Girl. They kick ass. ^___^

    That's just based on the manga. Haven't seen the anime yet, but plan to.
    The brain called at 05:07 p.m., but nobody was home.

    Saturday, November 17, 2001

    Well, I'll just avoid the internet in general and Harry Potter sites in particular until the 21st, shall I?

    ...That shouldn't be too difficult. Nope. Not difficult at all.
    The brain called at 01:39 p.m., but nobody was home.

    Wednesday, November 14, 2001

    Brrrrr. To quote a random background character in Fruits Basket, "kowai, kowai, kowai yo~" T_T I had to slap my right hand to keep from clicking and viewing all the clips there at Countingdown.com (I don't want to spoil myself entirely); but I just could not resist viewing that one Snape clip. Cripes, he's one scary bastich. *holds Butt-Ugly(tm) Snape action figure up to the monitor so he can take lessons*

    And Hermione's hand-raising has always cracked me up, in book or movie form. ^0^ Harry seems a bit of a sop, however. No Harry, don't be a Kamui! Don't let the Fuumas and the Snapes and other Scary Bastards of the world make you quiver in your boots like a floppy-haired little weenie!

    .......My God, what the hell am I talking about? @__@;;; I'd better see this damn movie soon, for the sake of my sanity. Good thing my amazing Tito Kaiku (Uncle Kaiku for non-Pinoy-speakers ^^;;) has managed to get us tickets for 5:00 in the afternoon on the 21st, which is when it opens here. And it's only as late as 5:00 because I have school up to 3:30, and I'm not quite far gone enough to cut classes to see Harry Potter. Not yet, anyway. T____T
    The brain called at 09:17 p.m., but nobody was home.

    Wednesday, November 14, 2001

    Kakakakakakaka! XD I've never even *read* Foxtrot, but...
    The brain called at 08:53 p.m., but nobody was home.

    Wednesday, November 14, 2001

    Oh yeah... while watching the Utena movie DVD, Carlo was musing about how much it would suck to be the janitor at Ohtori Academy, what with the constant rain of rose petals all over everything. Imagine the blood vessels said janitor would burst during the Toki Ni Ai Wa scene! XDDD
    The brain called at 08:29 p.m., but nobody was home.

    Wednesday, November 14, 2001

    Oh yeah, and Carlo got back from his Arctic Expedition last Monday night. It's only now we got to check out a few out of the metric ton of DVDs he bought in Boston. Watched a few choice scenes from the Utena movie... DVD quality... soooo cleaaaaarrrrrr... *drools* Though the translation was a bit funky. "Whoever loses his bosom rose loses"?! O__o ...somehow it doesn't sound quite right...

    And speaking of funky translations, I also watched some of the extras on the Monty Python and the Holy Grail DVD, including the Japanese-translated scenes. ^0^ Some very cool stuff there; I'd always wanted to know the lyrics to Sir Robin's song. ^-^

    Annnnd, Kellilla's bookmark arrived in the mail today! It's Piper and Miles, kya! ^_^

    What else was I going to say? Bah, I've forgotten. And I was also going to babble a bit about Fruits Basket, but I'll save that for another entry, I think. Ah, now I've remembered! I made myself a new desktop wallpaper: take a look. Wow, what a pleasant face to have staring at you every time you start up Windows. XD
    The brain called at 07:17 p.m., but nobody was home.

    Tuesday, November 13, 2001

    ...I'm not sure what to make of it. ^_^;;; But I'm suddenly reminded that I wanted to use Krang or similar brain-like TMNT antagonists as examples to explain the Cartesian viewpoint in my Philosophy orals last sem.
    The brain called at 06:42 p.m., but nobody was home.

    Tuesday, November 13, 2001

    Hee. I just happened to catch an episode of the old, horrible Street Fighter cartoon. It was hillarious. XD This particular episode was set in London. You knew it was London because people used words like "blokes", "mates", "chums", "love", or "guv'nor" in every sentence. Plus the animation was so absolutely and utterly crappy, it made Speed Racer look like... something really well-animated.
    The brain called at 05:56 p.m., but nobody was home.

    Monday, November 12, 2001

    Found on the wall of a ladies' room stall in school, written in kana: Kore ga oretachi no saigo no diipukisu ("This is our last deep kiss," in masculine form.) <---O____o;;;;;;

    I guess I hadn't mentioned this earlier, but our Philosophy teacher Mr. B______ is teaching our class again. Last Friday he came to class and told us that he'd consulted his mentor, and the mentor had said something about choosing his battles. It was very cool; a real Kung Fu moment. ^__^

    And I don't think I've mentioned this, either; but I brought home yet another cat last Friday. ^^;;; I found a very tiny kitten, eyes barely open, mewling from within a dirty crevasse in the wall of one of the buildings at school. Its mother was nowhere to be seen; and when I saw it again later that afternoon, it was still crying. So I brought it home. We have it in a box in the kitchen, taking milk from a bottle. And no, we have more than enough cats thank you very much; but I just didn't want the little thing to die.

    Annnnd, the Fruits Basket vols. 5-7 I ordered from my friend Aiee came today. Yayyy! This manga is so addicting somehow. My favorite character is, weirdly enough, Momiji-kun. I know, he's a very strange kid, but he's just so adorable (not to mention fruity O.o;;). My second favorite is Hatori-san. And my third favorite is Kyo. Go catboy~!
    The brain called at 04:04 p.m., but nobody was home.

    Sunday, November 11, 2001

    Oh horror of horrors. I have just gotten about 10 search engine queries for "Justin Timberlake naked". And a bunch more for Britney+Justin stuff. XO~~ I don't have any! Go away, or I'll sic my Snape action figure on you!
    The brain called at 03:01 p.m., but nobody was home.

    Sunday, November 11, 2001

    HAHAHAHA! Well, I did it. I bought one of those Ugly Bastard(tm) Snape action figures. >:D We got a gift certificate at our local supermarket for 500 pesos off a single purchase at the 2nd floor of the place. The 2nd floor is where they have school supplies, houseware, and toys -- and I happened to know that they had a single Snape figure gathering dust on their shelves, where a few weeks earlier there had been a Hermione, Ron, and Malfoy as well. And the figure was a little less than 500 pesos. So I thought, why the hell not. >:3

    I now have him standing here on our computer table, and Good God is he ugly. XD Standing next to him, my super ugly Sandman: Ramadan figure looks like freaking Ralph Fiennes in comparison. You look at the the awesome photo of RickmanSnape on the package, and compare it to the figure, and it's enough to make you cry. Well, okay, he doesn't look quite that awful; he looks okay in profile. But look at him straight on and his eyes are smooshed together in the center of his face, and they're BROWN for chrissakes. And he seems to be wearing too much lipstick and blush. If I had some white and black paint, I could probably try to fix the eyes. What kind of paint does one use on action figures?

    Ooh, look at these two. I now have them facing each other. They're both holding their little props and gesturing wildly. What sort of conversation might they be having?
    Dream: My shiny red plastic ball is much cooler than your flask thing.
    Snape: Idiot! My flask is a million times cooler than that stupid red ball of yours.
    Dream: Well, if you like it that much, then... *poof* (Snape is now inside the flask)
    Haroun Al Raschid: Hola, stranger! What is that you carry?
    Dream: An Ugly Bastard(tm) in a bottle.

    Kakakakakaka. XD
    The brain called at 02:35 p.m., but nobody was home.

    Wednesday, November 7, 2001

    Ladies and Gentlemen, it's time for yet another round of Amusing Search Referrals.

  • Lupin III porno -- Okay, here's my Lupin III lemon fanfic: Lupin and Fujiko had sex. Fujiko has big boobs. The End. Was that hot or what?
  • pictures of Justin Timberlake naked -- Er.
  • maria makiling with pictures -- Dear God, even the search referrals are nagging me to work on my thesis!
  • +"Hummingbird" +hentai +pic -- I knew nothing good could come of my mentioning that "hummingbird erotica" dream I had. -_-;;
  • fanfics about britney and justin -- Okay, here's my Britney and Justin fanf... nah, it's just too easy. -_-;;;
  • Hades God of the Underworld pic -- Okay. ^^
  • nissin yakisoba philippines -- Aah, I am hopelessly addicted to these things. :D~~~ Full of yummy MSG!
  • gloria macapagal arroyo pics -- Well, at least they've stopped asking for her naked. -_-;;; And, since I need a closing line, I am seriously commited to using the word "henshinjutsu" somewhere in the Harry Potter collab site Saki and I are planning. ^^;;
    The brain called at 07:21 p.m., but nobody was home.

    Wednesday, November 7, 2001

    Keheheheh. Goofy Utena references make me smile. >:D
    The brain called at 07:17 p.m., but nobody was home.

    Wednesday, November 7, 2001

    Thanks for the info, Meril! ^^ Author-insertion, hmm... I read a book of that sort a few months back; it was called the Inferno. XD At any rate, I guess I'll have to add Darren Shan to my ever-growing list of "Books I Need To Check Out Someday".
    The brain called at 07:05 p.m., but nobody was home.

    Wednesday, November 7, 2001

    I wanted to refresh my memory of a particular scene in the first Harry Potter book, and for some reason I was unable to find either my American or my British copy; so I checked the Japanese version. ^^ Fun fact: did you know that that Transfiguration in Japanese is "Henshinjutsu"? I find that amazingly cool for some reason. ^-^ Potions is "Mahouyakugaku", which unfortunately does not sound nearly as impressive as "Henshinjutsu", but oh well. Defense Against Dark Arts is "Yami no Mahoujutsu no Boueijutsu", and Charms is... "Yousei no Mahou"?! Am I an idiot, or does that really translate as "Fairy Magic"?

    At any rate, on to somewhat more sobering matters... Last Monday we had our first class meeting for Philosophy 102. I have the same teacher who I took Philo 101 with last semester. At any rate, the bell rings, and the teacher is just about to start talking, when... somebody's cellphone goes off. Now, it's sort of a general policy in school that cellphones are not supposed to go off in class, though some teachers enforce this more strictly than others. Mr. B______ is one of those who will make you leave the room, if your phone goes off. Everyone's known that from day one. But this time, nobody came forward and admitted it was theirs. And Mr. B______ basically walked out without discussing anything.

    Today, Philo time rolls around again. And we find out that still nobody has owned up to it. Mr. B______ is fairly pissed off, since we were just done with the lesson on Responsibility last sem. Annnd, basically he's not going to teach the class until whoever it was approaches him and confesses.

    Mr. B______ is a good teacher; but he frankly scares the living daylights out of me, because he never raises his voice or even looks angry, so you can never quite tell whether he's pleased with you or annoyed or amused or if he wants to crack open your head and feast on the gooey stuff inside.

    When the cellphone thing happened on the first day, I almost wished it had been me so I could just jump up and apologize and be done with it. Alas, I compulsively keep my phone on silent all the time, since I have nightmares about it going off in class.

    Pweh. All I have to say is, damn you to Hell for not admitting it, whosever cellphone that was. May army ants devour your brain while you sleep.
    The brain called at 04:11 p.m., but nobody was home.

    Tuesday, November 6, 2001

    Can somebody please tell me what the hell "Darren Shan" is?! I've seen fanart for it at several of the Japanese Harry Potter sites I go to. Whatever it is, it looks pretty interesting.
    The brain called at 09:38 p.m., but nobody was home.

    Tuesday, November 6, 2001

    I did it again! This time I made Darth Flower, in magical-girl form. Sort of. She really should be holding another lightsaber, but I couldn't get one into her right hand. Heaven have mercy on my poor damned soul, and to those at heromachine.com for having a hand in the propogation of this monstrosity.
    The brain called at 08:43 p.m., but nobody was home.

    Tuesday, November 6, 2001

    Please forgive yesterday's post. My brain took a little vacation, and it still won't tell me where it went.

    Ha ha! Daniel Radcliffe has a big boy voice!

    In other news, playing God is fun. Is that not the greatest hat ever? XD It's supposed to be a cane that he's holding, but it doesn't show up against the color of his coat. Go and create your own shambling, misshapen mockery of life at heromachine.com.
    The brain called at 07:35 p.m., but nobody was home.

    Monday, November 5, 2001

    Look! Look at the beautiful story I wrote today!

    "So tell me about this wolf," said the huntsman, and the girl in red seemed to be suppressing a smile.

    "E~to~ne~... Atashi, ookami-san to atta, mori no naka de... Soshite obaachan no uchi e ikitsuzuketta. Demo ookami-san ga atashi yori hayai. Obaachan o tabetta. Zurui ne..."

    "Your grammar sucks," said the woodsman, who was now a woodsman and not a huntsman anymore.

    "I know!" the girl exclaimed genkily. "Isn't it wonderful? Atashi, kusatta mikan yori anata ga suki! Mochiron Morufeusu-sama mo suki. Daisuki desu. Furuutsu Basuketto no manga ga suki. Kawaii koneko to koinu ga suki. Kamui-chan no iru tokoro ga suki. Niwa Daisuke-kun mo DAIsuki, kawaii katta kara. Ne, atashi, chotto hen? Deru-chan to sokkuri ja nai?"

    "Aho ka, omae."

    "It doesn't make seeeeeense!!!" She started screaming and rolling around on the floor, crushing the cookies underneath her and getting the crumbs all over her dress.

    "Don't cry, Evil Red Riding Hood," said the huntsman. "Whoops, did I just reveal that you were evil?"

    "I thought you were supposed to be a woodsman," said the girl.

    I call it "Adventures in Psycho-Sexual Parallelism and Bad Japanese". I usually have trouble with titles, but this one came to me right away. I don't know what Psycho-Sexual Parallelism is, but it sounds like it would make an interesting story.
    The brain called at 07:47 p.m., but nobody was home.

     
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