Saturday, August 31, 2002
Eeyowch. The latest Lupin III TV special is a prequel? Now that I HAVE to see. ^_____^ Though one wonders if trying to lay down any kind of set continuity in the Lupin universe is really such a good idea. And didn't they already establish in the first TV series how Lupin met Goemon?
Martians attacked at 03:38 a.m.! Where were you?
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Saturday, August 31, 2002
Just came back from a late showing of Goldmember. I was worried that it would turn out not as funny as the first two Austin Powers movies; fortunately, I think it held up quite well. ^^ Yes, some jokes from the previous movies were re-used; but it also had probably the most "continuity" of any of the films. O_O At last, we get sharks with frickin' laser beams on their heads! And Foxy Cleopatra is a whole lotta woman. Shazam!
I also like how they explicitly mentioned that the giant rubber lizard terrorizing Tokyo residents was not Godzilla because of copyright laws; and then a few seconds later they show a Charmander/Hitokage. ^^
It's always interesting to me to note which jokes Philippine audiences do and don't get. For instance, Carlo and I were the only ones in the theater laughing at the "Preparation H" jokes (probably since that product isn't sold here ^^). But for some reason, quite a few people laughed at the "Alan Parsons Project" in the last movie, which I barely got myself. Go figure. Martians attacked at 01:55 a.m.! Where were you? ~
Friday, August 30, 2002
Carlo brought home his new computer and is now setting it up. It's all black and shiny. He's naming it after Talyn from Farscape.
Anyway, last night I had myself a little anime marathon, watching a bunch of stuff I had downloaded a while back but not gotten around to watching. Martians attacked at 03:01 p.m.! Where were you? ~
.hack//sign ep. 3 -- Well, I still don't get it. And the music is still freaky. But I'll probably keep going 'till I make some sense of it. Tsukasa is like a more mysterious Shinji, while Mimiru is like a nicer Asuka. ^^
Chobits ep. 1 -- Finally watched this! I was kinda surprised that they added a lot more scenes than were in the manga. Plus, Shinbo living in Hideki's building is different, I think. Chii's copycatting antics are even cuter in animated form. ^^
Hellsing ep. 1 -- Remember kids, guns don't kill vampires; vampires kill vampires. ^^ Despite it being yet another story about vampires and vampire hunters, it seems pretty cool, and I will be checking out some more episodes.
Excel Saga ep. 1 -- Oh my God. I have found an anime that is on even more crack than Dragon Half. XD
Thursday, August 29, 2002
Ew. Ew. EWWWW. That's Lucius Malfoy?! What is with that HAIR?!? He looks terrible; like a bad Highlander villain or something. XP
Martians attacked at 09:24 p.m.! Where were you?
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Thursday, August 29, 2002
Five times...
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Thursday, August 29, 2002
Make that FOUR times. X_____x
Martians attacked at 08:21 p.m.! Where were you?
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Thursday, August 29, 2002
Can we please, please, PLEASE get a new mouse? Only it's taking every iota of my willpower to keep from smashing this one open against the table, after it hangs and makes it necessary for me to restart the computer for the third time in twenty minutes. >_____<
I'm insane with anger! Martians attacked at 08:11 p.m.! Where were you? ~
Thursday, August 29, 2002
Ooh, good X installment this month! ^_^
*X SPOILERS* Am still holding out hope that Arashi doesn't decide to be stupid and join the Dragons of Earth like she did in the anime. Arashi's situation seems similar to Yuzuriha's when she lost Inuki; so perhaps Arashi will miraculously get herself a new sword the way Yuzuriha miraculously got herself a new puppy? ^^;;; Martians attacked at 12:50 a.m.! Where were you? ~
Wednesday, August 28, 2002
I have this theory that somewhere, they have a great big vat full of floating Macaulay Culkin clones, just like the Rei clones in Eva. Every few years they release one of them to the public as Macaulay's "younger brother". Then when that one grows past the cute and marketable age, they thaw out another clone and say it's yet another Culkin brother.
Yes, in case you hadn't guessed, Carlo and I saw Signs today. Vague spoilers to follow; click and highlight.
*SPOILERS* It's War of the Worlds meets Night of the Living Dead meets... I don't know, some heart-warming family drama. Because, of course, it's not really about aliens invading so much as it is about faith and miracles and whatnot. That doesn't keep it from being one of the scariest and also one of the weirdest alien movies EVER. Also, scariness aside, those aliens have to have been the most dumbass aliens in the universe. They're severely allergic to water, and they go and invade a planet that's 3/4 water! And then they don't even bring along any power tools or battering rams to break down wooden doors. They must be the nerdy loser aliens that all the other aliens beat up on. XD
*END SPOILERS*
Anyway, I highly enjoyed the movie. I'd like to see it again, but Goldmember and Spirit opened today as well and we'd have to see those first.
In unrelated news, I hate every single person in the world who today has their copy of LoEG v.2 no.2. Yup. I'm insane with anger! Martians attacked at 10:42 p.m.! Where were you? ~ Tuesday, August 27, 2002
The German (I think) Series of Unfortunate Events site. The covers are interesting in that they all seem to follow the motif of the orphans looking at... stuff. All except for the Eighth book, which is pretty much a direct rip from the American cover. What's up with that?
OOH! You can play Headkicker! XD Or rather, "I was playing... YOU were getting a red-ass beatdown!" Martians attacked at 09:25 p.m.! Where were you? ~ Tuesday, August 27, 2002
There was a bat in here last night. A freaking BAT! I saw it flying around at 4 in the morning. Gave me the willies. I like bats, but I still wouldn't want to collide with one in a darkened house. Now the question is, how did it get inside? And is it still here somewhere, waiting to swoop down in a rush of leathery wings? X____x
If only bats ate ants. Then maybe he could deal with some of these little six-legged monsters that are rapidly taking over the house. This is the time of year when the rains drive the ants indoors, ravenously hungry and thirsty. When we lived in the States for a year, one of the greatest luxuries I found was to be able to leave a partially opened candy bar for days without fear of it being despoiled by ants. Here, nowadays, you could blow your nose on a tissue and set it aside and ten minutes later it would be swarming with the little bastards.
Let me leave you now with that appetizing thought. Martians attacked at 07:51 p.m.! Where were you? ~ Monday, August 26, 2002
This is WEIRD: The Chibi Project. @__@ Martians attacked at 05:37 p.m.! Where were you? ~ Monday, August 26, 2002
Ladies and Gentlemen, we have cover art for A Series of Unfortunate Events Book the Ninth. And it's... a lion pit! Now we know why the carnival is carnivorous. XD None of the Baudelaires are immediately apparent in the picture, but perhaps one of them is that unidentifiable figure standing on the plank.
Must have this book sooner rather than later. Now, even. Nyarrr. Nyarrr. NYARRR~! Martians attacked at 02:21 a.m.! Where were you? ~ Monday, August 26, 2002
They're making a Wild Thornberrys movie?? O_O Have I mentioned that I LOVE The Wild Thornberrys? Martians attacked at 01:26 a.m.! Where were you? ~
Monday, August 26, 2002
Well, Tuck Everlasting trailer finally done loading. I must admit that I'd wondered exactly what kind of movie treatment it would receive. I found the book rather odd and thoughtful; not the kind of thing that screams "MOVIE" at one, and certainly not the usual rousing and upbeat Disney fare.
The trailer seems nice enough. They've got their standard issue atmosphere-setting trailer music in the form of That Enya Song That's Been In Two Or Three Other Movie Trailers Prior To This. They've obviously aged the heroine a bit, 'cause she sure doesn't look ten. In fact, the trailer seems almost to pass the story off as some kind of period romance flick. O___O But the Yellow Suit Man still wears a yellow suit; and there was a neat shot in the end of an old street with carriages fading into a modern street with cars. At least they're not selling it as "the rip-roaring adventures of wacky immortal hilbillies". ^^;;;; Martians attacked at 12:38 a.m.! Where were you? ~
Sunday, August 25, 2002
HOW DARE YOU, C.A.T.S. Virra Mall? How dare you not have LoEG vol. 2 no. 2 a week early, the way you had no. 1 a week early last month! How dare you make me wait a whole week -- A WHOLE WEEK -- to get it at my friendly neighborhood comic store! And how dare those guys on the DC message board have their advance copies already, and hold spoilers under the snivelling noses of people like me! FOR A WHOLE WEEK! And how dare this Tuck Everlasting trailer still not load for me!!! AAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGHHHH *goes on killing spree*
Martians attacked at 06:37 p.m.! Where were you?
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Sunday, August 25, 2002
YARRR!!! How come nobody told me there was a trailer out for Tuck Everlasting?! @___@ *is loading trailer right now* Actually, I only found out a few weeks ago that they were making it into a movie, when I saw the book in the bookstore with "soon to be a major motion picture" on the cover.
*is also coloring right now* Hmm... Is there already a character out there with dark purple/maroon hair and yellow eyes? I'm sure there is, I've just forgotten... I'm trying to choose an eye color for this guy, but I don't want to inadvertently rip off some other character's coloring. Martians attacked at 02:42 a.m.! Where were you? ~
Saturday, August 24, 2002
Had to keep the computer off for most of this afternoon, because of a pretty bad lightning storm. Read a bit from King Solomon's Mines. Then I switched on the TV and found that the atrocious Bicentennial Man movie was on. Now, as I've said, I have a very high tolerance for bad or schmaltzy movies; I've quite liked Lost in Space and The Avengers and A.I. and a number of movies which others consider to be garbage. But Bicentennial Man put even me off, when I watched most of it before.
At any rate, it was on TV this afternoon and I didn't want to watch it. I decided instead to read the original short story version of it, which was in the huge Isaac Asimov robot story collection I bought in Australia. And, uh, yeah. It was okay. Better than the movie. And the point of that whole anecdote is that holy crap! Samantha from Sex in the City was the Vulcan chick in Star Trek VI! Does that not blow your mind?! @____@ Martians attacked at 07:12 p.m.! Where were you? ~
Saturday, August 24, 2002
A while earlier I was flipping through TV channels, and I came across an extremely cheesy adventure movie, made in the 80's by the looks of it. The hero looked kind of how Riker from Star Trek would, if his beard took over his brain and forced him to wear sweaty grimy khakis and not button his shirt. I'd seen bits of the same movie on TV before, and had formed the sneaking suspicion that it was a bastardized version of an Allan Quatermain novel; but this was the first time I actually sat down and watched enough of the thing to confirm my suspicions. Sure enough, Blondie Blondgirl Chick calls Grimy Riker "Quatermain!" and Blondie Toothpaste-Ad-Guy calls him "Allan!" And all three of them are as American as apple pie. XD But Quatermain does wear a chainmail shirt! And Umslopogaas is there as well, played by James Earl Jones of all people. And the villain looks like Richard Simmons on a REALLY bad hair day. And I wasn't able to finish the movie this time either, but I think we all gather that it was quite terrible. XDDD
According to IMDB, the movie is called Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold. And apparently Blondie Blondgirl Chick was Sharon Stone. O_____O;;;
And... there actually was a Hunting of the Snark movie? O_____O Is there nothing we cannot learn when we look to the Internet Movie Database? Martians attacked at 01:25 a.m.! Where were you? ~
Friday, August 23, 2002
Fruits Basket vol. 9: Some interesting developments. And Momiji is such a little GIRL, I swear. Not that that's news or anything. XD It was just a bit disturbing, though, how in the first panel of chapter 53 we see a close-up shot of a pair of calf-high stiletto-heeled boots... and the next thing we see is a cutesy Momiji, who (though we don't get a close look at them) is obviously wearing boots of a similar height. Yes, it is established later in the chapter that the boots and legs in the first panel belonged to a different (female) character, and not to Momiji; it is disconcerting nonetheless. Stiletto heels are so not his style. XD
Martians attacked at 02:51 a.m.! Where were you?
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Thursday, August 22, 2002
Gyeeheehee. Age of Bronze is great. Paris is an asshole and a half. Odysseus is so cool. And Diomedes, for some reason, looks like an ape. From the Planet of the Apes.
Seriously, it's got pretty art, and is a solid, no-gimmicks, realistic retelling of the Trojan War story. One of the great things about retelling famous old stories everybody knows the ending of, is the ripe opportunity for dramatic irony. Like when Troilus says, "you'll never catch ME making a fool of myself over some girl," or when Odysseus goes, "Nine years? My wife won't wait THAT long!" you've just got to laugh. XDDD Martians attacked at 08:20 p.m.! Where were you? ~
Thursday, August 22, 2002
I had a feeling this would happen. I knew that once I went to the comic store to finally buy that Age of Bronze collection, scores of other items would be there to distract me into spending my money on them instead. When I arrived at the store, I found no less than Chobits vol. 6 and Fun Fun Factory vol. 3 among their new aquisitions. Counting my money, I determined that I would have just about enough to buy both of those AND Age of Bronze, when I spotted their other new arrival: Fruits Basket vol. 9, with the biggest fruit of all, Ayame Sohma, on the cover. @____@
...So I ended up getting the Age of Bronze book (ha! I will not be swayed!) and Fruits Basket. I'll have to return another day for Chobits and Fun Fun Factory. And arm myself with yet more cold cash... Damn you, o insidious garden of comic-y delights! DAMN YOOOOOU~! Martians attacked at 04:42 p.m.! Where were you? ~
Wednesday, August 21, 2002
So today I showed up slightly early for my 9 AM class, fully breakfasted for a change and all set to do my darndest to stay alert and participate in the discussion (something I've been remiss in for the past weeks). And as it turns out, our class wasn't meeting today. Apparently the message was sent around yesterday, but failed to reach me. Dod gurn rassa frassin making me get up early for no reason. >____<
Carlo had it worse, though. He was up all of last night -- I mean ALL of last night -- and the whole day today, working on a long-overdue article about his polar bear expedition last year. Right now he's asleep and dead to the world, I imagine.
The other day I was getting a vague craving for Trojan War stuff; and as of late I've seemed to have a bit of money lying around. So tomorrow after class I think I might just drop by the friendly neighborhood comic store and pick up that Age of Bronze paperback that's been gathering dust on their shelf. And, of course, inquire after LoEG Vol. 2 no. 2, which should hopefully be out by next week... and look! The first page! It slays me that Bond's entrance is almost exactly the same as his entrance in Vol.1 no.1 -- that guy needs to have sleazy theme music playing wherever he goes. The main difference is that this time, the League are all there to glower and snipe at the sleazebag. XD
Anyway. Yes, more class tomorrow, so back now to reading my copyright-infringing xeroxed copy of The Man Who (Thought He) Looked Like Robert Taylor, by Bienvenido Santos.
Martians attacked at 10:59 p.m.! Where were you? ~
Bond: Hi, guys! How're things?
League: Screw you, Bond.
Tuesday, August 20, 2002
Updated Icarus Falls with some crap. And am right now still loading the American Spirited Away trailer.
Martians attacked at 11:32 p.m.! Where were you?
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Tuesday, August 20, 2002
Well, my geeky League of Extraordinary Gentlemen site, Britannia Waives The Rules, is finally up. After only a couple of centuries! In related news, I completely retooled the crappy old LoEG quiz I made before, and it turns out:
Which Extraordinary Gentleman are you?
O____O;;;
Martians attacked at 02:41 a.m.! Where were you?
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Sunday, August 18, 2002
It occurs to me right this minute that I would so love to see Lemony Snicket and the guy who answers the Letters to the Editor in the LoEG comics have it out with giant sharpened pencils in a literary Arena of Doom. Make of that image what you will.
At any rate, I finally got to see Lilo and Stitch today, and it was quite adorable. ^_^ The "family means blah blah blah" bits got a bit schmaltzy after the first ten or so repetitions; but overall the movie leaves a pleasant candy-like taste in the mouth. And the ending somehow reminded me of the ending of Totoro. Plus it's heartening to see a 2D-animated picture do well for a change. Martians attacked at 11:01 p.m.! Where were you? ~
Friday, August 16, 2002
Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter -- not only does Jesus have vampires to contend with, but he has to fight off a vicious gang of atheists as well! I so want to see this. XD And now I want to watch Kung Fu Jesus again. Unfortunately, it seems that Trailervision now makes you pay for membership before you can view their trailers. >_<
Martians attacked at 03:37 p.m.! Where were you?
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Friday, August 16, 2002
...Michael Caine played Captain Nemo on a TV miniseries?! *bursts out laughing at the pictures* I'm sorry, but it just looks so... Doctor Who-ish... And when you're used to a Nemo who looks like this, Michael Caine is a bit jarring, you have to admit. XD Hey, I wonder if this explains Captain Murphy being so obsessed with Michael Caine in that one episode of Sealab 2021? XDDD
And on to the truly bizarre... A Tintin/Death fanfic. Yes, that is Tintin as in the comics by Herge, starring the intrepid reporter with the little white dog. And that is Death as in Death of the Endless, from the Sandman comics. I think a "why, God, WHY?!" is in order right about now... Martians attacked at 02:46 a.m.! Where were you? ~
Thursday, August 15, 2002
What! No Karen, Aoki, Kakyou or Satsuki in the X fighting game? I thought they just hadn't gotten around to adding those particular character profiles to the site yet. ^^;; Needless to say, I'm wanting that game a bit less now. -_-
*meanwhile, is still busy thinking of members for Children's Lit League* Ooh, I know! How about Charles Wallace from... those Madeleine L'Engle books, you know, A Wrinkle in Time, A Swiftly Tilting Planet... I don't know what the series is called. (*checks Amazon* ...okay, apparently it's called the Time Quartet.) But wait, does he have any special abilities other than being smart and having weird things happen in his family? I don't quite remember. Martians attacked at 01:44 a.m.! Where were you? ~
Thursday, August 15, 2002
Still on that last topic, it occurs to me just now: Harriet the Spy. DUH. Except that there are too many chicks on the team already. I could just go all the way, replace Harry Potter with Hermione Granger, and have a Charlie's Angels-ish team composed of the Hot Babes of Children's Lit. XD
Martians attacked at 12:45 a.m.! Where were you?
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Wednesday, August 14, 2002
Today I've been amusing myself by putting together a League of Extraordinary Gentlemen-like crossover team composed of grown-up children's book heroes/heroines. Am obsessed with the idea of the group being led by a grown-up Matilda Wormwood, as the Mycroft Holmes-ish supergenius mastermind (and occasional Scary Psychic Chick). ^__^
Then of course Harry Potter would be recruited, after he faked his death and fled the Wizarding World following his defeat of Voldemort. (Which sounds like a bad HP fanfic, I know; but if these guys are following LoEG footsteps, they need at least one character who faked their own death.) And then Violet Baudelaire is coerced into joining as the group's tech/inventor person, in exchange for a full pardon for herself and her siblings on the murder and arson charges.
For the other members, I've been racking my memories of the books I read as a kid; but I'm not sure what Milo from The Phantom Tolbooth would do on the team, or whether Henry Huggins, Paddington Bear, or the Narnia kids would have anything to contribute. Then there's The Great Brain, but he's quite the wrong setting and time period, and he'd be better as a villain anyway. And as for Darren Shan or Artemis Fowl, I'd like to consider them, but I'd have to read their books first.
...Ah, the things my brain comes up with to entertain itself. XD Martians attacked at 09:01 p.m.! Where were you? ~
Tuesday, August 13, 2002
THE X FIGHTING GAME! Damn it, even if it turns out to be really lame, I so want this. T__T Keheheh, I can't wait to see exactly how Kakyou is supposed to fight anyone. XD The site has some extremely pretty wallpapers as well... WHAT THE-?! Is Yuuto wearing a pink suit underneath that coat? @___@
It was raining like hell this morning, and terribly dark out. So it's a good thing the wind started blowing furiously and banging my venetian blinds around at half past ten or so. Otherwise I might never have woken up enough to look at the clock and realize it was not the crack of dawn, and I might never have gotten up early enough to finish crap for my 1 PM class.
...Damn ants. DAMN YOU ALL, YOU... SIX-LEGGED... FREEEAAAAKS!!! Martians attacked at 06:00 p.m.! Where were you? ~
Sunday, August 11, 2002
This afternoon Carlo and I went to see EIGHT LEGGED FREAKS! (That title is just made to be yelled out, you know?) It wasn't quite Tremors, but it was quite fun anyway. ^^
Also, at the bookstore, I bought a couple of issues of W.I.T.C.H. It's this new comic/magazine thing from Disney -- a few girly-teeny articles and a 60-page comic for just 60 pesos (less than a dollar fifty U.S.), which is a pretty good deal. The story seems your standard magical girl plot; cute enough, but a bit confusing at times (maybe because it was translated from Italian?) But the art and character designs are super-cute -- a sort of Disney-manga style. This comic will probably be one of my guilty pleasures. ^^ Martians attacked at 08:03 p.m.! Where were you? ~
Saturday, August 10, 2002
Echh... sorry about that. Here, in all its tardy glory, is the account of our Australia adventures. As I mentioned before, this is the first time in YEARS AND YEARS that I've visited a new country for the first time. The last time, I believe, was my first real trip to (Fukuoka) Japan, back in maybe second or third year high school or so. (Carlo's last time was just last year, when he went to see to see the polar bears in Canada. Dammit.) We only saw two little bits of Australia, but the bits that we saw were really lovely and the people were lovely too, and they liked using the word "lovely". They also like to say "no worries", and apparently some real live Australian people do actually say "g'day mate". But amazingly enough, it seems that real live Australian people do not actually all sound like the Crocodile Hunter, nor do they all have pet kangaroos or flush water down the drain in an unusual direction. Despite this terrible shock, a marvelous time was had by all.
Day One:
Later, we had dinner at The Rocks, which is not a restaurant nor a collection of boulders, but a part of the city close to the harbour. (Ooh, I spelled "harbour" with a "u"!) Then we went back to the hotel and bathed, and I managed to keep from passing out instantly in bed by reading one of my new purchases, the Unauthorized Autobiography of Lemony Snicket. Regarding same, I have only two things to say: one, Lemony Snicket is a wacko. And two, if there's nothing out there, what was that noise?
Day Two:
Day Three:
In the evening, we went on a ghost tour, shuttled around in a tram with a bunch of rowdy Asian students. It was just like my high school field trips, complete with food and a chorus in the back singing Jose Mari Chan songs. Fremantle has pretty much everything one needs to be the most haunted city ever, including an empty 150-year-old prison where they used to hang people, several elementary schools built on graveyards, and an Art Center which was a former insane asylum. Crazy.
Day Four:
In the afternoon, we went to a mass and then dinner with all the people from Mom's conference thing. At the dinner, there was a lady across the table from me who was a dead ringer for Fiona Shaw. It was scary. Afterwards, we rushed back to the hotel to pack quickly and leave for the airport. Did I mention our flight back to Sydney was at 12:45 AM?
Day Five:
Our first day in Sydney, we stayed in the Marriot. But now we're staying in a hotel called the Merchant Court. So far the hotels we've been staying in have been lovely and generally bigger than any of the ones from our Tokyo and Hong Kong trips; but this one is particularly special. It's one of only two hotel rooms I've ever stayed in (outside of the Philippines) that gets Cartoon Network. You'd think all these big and fancy-schmancy hotels would be classy enough to get something as basic as Cartoon Network, but apparently not. Anyway.
Day Six:
The Australian Cartoon Network is neat. They show Superfriends and The Zeta Project. The Zeta Project! Why can't our Cartoon Network do that?
Day Seven:
Anyway, in conclusion, Australia is a beautiful place to add to my list of Countries Travelled To, and I certainly wouldn't mind going back one day and seeing more echidnas.
Martians attacked at 06:57 p.m.! Where were you? ~
We arrived in Sydney at around 6 in the morning, after being unable to get any sleep during the flight over due to strangely uncomfortable seats. Which means I was basically running on empty the whole day; but I miraculously managed to stay on my feet. We walked through the park a bit and saw COCKATOOS flying around wild in the frigging TREES. Also visited several bookstores, including the Sydney branch of Books Kinokuniya. It is a HUGE and very beautiful bookstore with a wonderful selection of English books and comics, and a mediocre selection of Japanese manga. Ended up purchased an assload of books, and zero manga. Oh well, can't have everything I guess.
Got up early to fly to Perth (on an airplane, silly). Arrived at Perth mid-afternoon, were driven to Fremantle, which is near Perth. A lot of the scenery on the drive reminded me of California. When we got to the hotel, Mom went straight to preparing to go to her meeting thing, and Carlo and I walked around and had some food. Fremantle seems quite a charming place; the area we were in had about a billion cute little restaurants and shops within walking distance.
Mom had meetings to go to today, leaving Carlo and I to amuse ourselves. We thought it might be fun to go to prison, so we went to Fremantle Prison. Didn't even have to commit any major crimes; we took the tour. We saw some interesting stuff, including the inside of one cell where a prisoner had covered the walls with amazingly beautiful illustrations done with a pencil he had made from a sharpened button. I kept waiting for tales of gory crimes and executions and chilling ghost stories, but the goriest thing we saw was the gallows. Not quite London Tower, but anyway.
Once again, Mom went to meetings while Carlo and I were left to amuse ourselves. We did so today by taking the train, braving driving wind and pouring rain, to visit a beach. I quite literally haven't been to the beach in YEARS, so even though no swimming or sandcastle-building was involved, it was rather exciting for me. (I live on a freaking archipelago, you'd think I wouldn't have to go all the way to Australia to see a damn beach, but anyway...) It was windy and there were big waves, and lots of people surfing. Carlo walked all the way to the end of that walkway thing that sticks out near the waves, and SPLOOSH, he got wet! Ha ha.
We arrived at Sydney at around 6 in the morning, having slept about 4 hours on the plane. I had a strange sense of deja vu. Miraculously though, I managed to remain perky and alert practically the whole day. That's because we went to the Taronga Zoo. It was great! We got to take pictures with the koalas, and the peacocks and emus were wandering freely all over the other animals' enclosures like obnoxious sitcom neighbors. Echidnas are the weirdest animals ever. No wildlife book, no matter how lushly illustrated, can prepare one for the experience of actually seeing these little spiky brown things with pointy snouts and beady black eyes, trundling about the place with all the eagerness of real live Pokemon. Also, snow leopards are probably the most beautiful animals in the world.
Today we mostly spent shopping. I bummed around Kinokuniya and Borders for hours and bought ten billion more books. And Mom and Carlo insisted on buying me a new pair of white sneakers to replace my old ones, so we did. Yay, now my shoe needs are filled for the next five years or so! For dinner, we ate at the same restaurant at The Rocks that we did on the first night, and I ordered the same thing - fish and chips.
Flew home. In an airplane, silly.
Saturday, August 10, 2002
EEEK!!! I'm sorry, the Australia report will be up in just a bit... But Carlo just came home with a region one LOTR DVD! Deleted scenes, here we come! ^o^
Martians attacked at 05:20 p.m.! Where were you?
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Wednesday, August 7, 2002
Back from Australia! Details to follow soon.
Martians attacked at 10:25 p.m.! Where were you?
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