. Meimi? is sixteen (tanjoubi 11/18), is generally a genki person, but her cheerful and innocent appearance masks an evil fangirl mind. XD Sparkles at friends, drawing, shopping at Mitsuwa, manga, shounen ai and yaoi, fangirlism as a way of life Has been reading Fruits Basket, Houshin Engi, Gravitation Has been watching Fruits Basket, Pretear, CLAMP Gakuen Tanteidan Has been listening to Chara, Sakamoto Maaya, L'arc~en~ciel Wishes she could stalk Imonoyama Nokoru, Seguchi Touma, Hayate, Souma Yuki, Souma Akito, Sei-chan, Youzen, Ran, Arima Souichirou, Tsuchiya Ruka, Nishikiori Issei, Ishida Yamato, Ichijouji Ken Wishes she could also stalk (albeit with less enthusiasm) Sumeragi Hokuto, Ohkawa Utako, Awayuki Himeno, Sohryu Asuka Langley, Katsuragi Misato, Kusakabe Maron, Arisugawa Juri, Faye Vaentine, Kannuki Wakaba Wants to dress up Sohma Momiji, Tsuwabuki Mitsuru, Shibahime Tsubasa Can be found by email at meimi@time-stranger net or AIM at KSaintTail Current layout: Starring Fujiwara Rekka, the main character from Bound, my joint manga with Shiori. Bound has a very 'wintery' feel to it as a whole, so I couldn't resist the snowy layout with Rekka. Was inked with Copic multiliner, Copic markers, and CG touchup. ^^ maybetomorrow - archive - playlist - fanfiction - pitas allegretto applesauce aqua stranger basic black cat's delicacy cephiro, inc. complete strangers daysleeper december23 disintegration doushita no?! dreams of sakura echoes from the void eyes unclouded freetalk fuuma's shoes green tea ice cream headphones save lives kaijuu ga iru kelemenopy kudaranai kyoko lady commander lime rain one dimensional pensieve random pie sadistic dreaming selective memory somedays good somedays bad tegretol dreams that damn duck the bishounen diaries the letters from no one truth tsubasa uncommon valhalla which way is up? winnow in thy abraxas

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Saturday, January 12, 2002... PITAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS! POST DAMN YOU. ...in the cold winter air//12:55 p.m. Saturday, January 12, 2002... PITAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS! POST DAMN YOU. ...in the cold winter air//12:55 p.m. Thursday, January 10, 2002... np: Goodnight and Thank You - Evita Bell, in episode 26 they do the whole thing with Kyou's mommy. Pretty much word for word from the manga, but you've got to admire the voice cast for that series. I don't think I've ever seen a show so spendidly casted. And while I still haven't finished episode 26, I must say that while I always thought the voice acting was superb, that last episode rules it all. Seki, Seki, Seki. In all the stuff I've seen him in (which is more than a decent amount), I've never heard him do so well as in that episode. Really, the only seiyuu in that series I don't think are 100% up to par is Kisa's, which just didn't fit with my expectations (but since she doesn't really talk in one of her two episodes, it doesn't matter much). The only vague nitpick I can have is that Aaya's voice just doesn't seem to match up to the voice I'd imagine for him (but how can I complain, really?). Everyone else is just too fabulous. Ufufu. I was mostly impressed with Seki (I'll keep babbling about how great his performance was forever), Hisakawa (really, not just my usual Hi-Sa-Ka-Wa drivel, in that episode she suprised me too with how great she was), and Mitsuishi Kotono...oh, by the way, Bell, Each More Insane Than the Last is great; I like the chara page. One nitpick though- on your seiyuu listing page, you listed I think Okiayu Ryuutarou as playing Youzen from Houshin Engi? But he's not; Youzen is Chiba Susumu. Had a decent day for the end of vacation. Breezed out to the bookstore for two hours, and since 'Kaasan stored the first three HP books someplace in the garage ("I know exactly where they are. I'll find them." While this is generally true with 'Kaasan, in garage-translation that means, "Give it up. They're lost for the next year and a half."), I curled up on a footstool in the back of the store with a paperback copy of The Prisoner of Azakaban and joyously reread it. Then came home to happily read fanfics- Kristin, "A Fearsome Business" was lovely to read in the puppyfic craze I was going through. Considering to go out to either the movies on Friday night with Ali's family (LotR, of course), and I think the conversation today went something like... Ali: WE MUST HAVE IT. Meimi: o_O ...uh, I guess we can shop next time we go to Mitsu. Ali: Sure. When do you want to go? Meimi: Uh...dunno...whenever you want. I'm free whenever, you know. Ali: *pleasantly* Is Saturday or Sunday good for you? Meimi: O_O; ...Ali, you haven't even asked...wait, we went LAST week, too! Ali: My mom's been in a generous mood lately. *niko* So we'll see what happens with that, though it's so spur of the moment that I doubt it'll happen. ^^; I only have about $30 anyway...usually I find it's not much worth it unless I have $40 at least. ^^; ...in the cold winter air//09:18 p.m. Friday, January 4, 2002... np: Get Over - dream I typed up everything that happened Wednesday but never posted it. Nyoo...by the way, Kikyo-chan? When you use tone in your manga, how do you scan it so it doesn't end up looking all weirdly-patterned? ^^; Fufufufu! Totally random trip to Mitsuwa with Les and Ali- and for the first time ever, Leslie's MOM driving!!! WHEEEE~~~~~!!! Leslie's mom: *teasing Les* Yeah, you're never awake till like five at night- Leslie: *smirk* Life is but a dream. ARE YOU LIVING IN THE REAL WORLD? From the front seat: ..... *ANGUISHED SCREAMS* Leslie: O_o;; ..um.. Leslie's mom: *screeches* SPIIIIIIIIIIKE~!! VINCEEEEEEEENT~!!! Leslie: O_O; ....Mom...um, sorry...I didn't mean it... Leslie's mom: *hysterically* AND then!! He SAID!!! "Because...I remembered who I really loved"...!!! Leslie: Mom...I'm really, really sorry... Ehe. Leslie's mom also speaks regularly in fangirl Japanese! It's really cute to hear though! So we got there and shopped like crazy. All in all, I bought: -Inuyasha 22 (I mixed them up; I wanted 21 for Miroku and Sango! >_<;) -Houshin Engi 20 (....I screeched. Really loudly. And had my usual fit over how in that manga, whatever character who dies is always made even more lovable than they already were, right before it happens. So it's even sadder.) -Evangelion 5 and 7 -$30 worth of Copic merchandise (new markers, two multiliners, a Sketch type 36 marker case) -KareKano postcard book -after much whimpering at the CD single section over the Chara single for "Boku wo Utsushite", I bought the new single by dream instead, "Yourself" because it was a better buy. I wish I'd bought the Chara one instead...I bought the dream single for the remixes included of "Get Over", but they were really poor (one is seven minutes of the beat drilling into your head- they only sing one verse and the chorus three times). "Yourself" is a pretty decent song though, and its remix wasn't too bad. All in all, the best purchases of the trip were the Eva manga. Les showed me that 7 was out, and I just went crazy in the middle of the store for my joy...I had already read 5 before, but of course had to buy it for the pretty pictures of Kaji and Misato. Les: Is KAWORU in it? Meimi: I don't think so. *flips through quickly* I don't see him. Les: Then I won't buy it. Later, in the car ride home as I read it in detail... Meimi: *mindless fangirl screech* Ali/Les: ...? Meimi: *shoves the last two pages of the manga in their faces* It's KAWORU DARLIIIING~! Les: *scream* I SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT IT!! And the manga in general continues to top the Eva anime in every way it can. Spoiler-ness? The Kaji backstory was sheer brilliance. In the anime I never cared for Kaji much- he never interested me. My favorites in the anime were always Asuka, Misato, and Shinji...Rei not as much so, because her "Red. I hate the color red," and "Meat. I hate eating meat," routine kind of started to irritate me. But in the manga, I completely love everyone...but Kaji has become one of my favorites. After tankoubon five and the scenes with him and Misato, and him talking to Shinji, I started to like him a lot already...but then in tankoubon seven, I loved him even more. He was such an adorable kid. Kyaaan. I think everything about Kaji has become more clear now- why he became a spy and works for NERV in the first place, why he befriends Shinji in the first place, and why he and Misato broke up. He's become remarkably well-rounded...I just really like how they made his breakup with Misato more obvious that it was both their problems that did it. They always made it seem like it was all Misato's fault in the anime...like in manga five, even... Misato: When I dumped you, were you suprised? Kaji: Of course. Don't ask me questions you already know the answers to. Misato: ...you didn't try to make me hate you on purpose? Kaji: Not at all. I'd never do that. Misato: ...liar. But now Kaji has such angst...when he talks to Shinji in tankoubon seven: Kaji: ...but then I thought. 'Since I killed my brother, why do I deserve to be so happy all on my own?' Shinji: ...you're kidding. That's why you two broke up? That was when I decided I loved Kaji. :D I mean, how can you not love him after that angst? And all those gorgeous pictures of him all cute and young and with short hair and no stubble? Kyaaan. But I'm confused. They KILLED OFF TOUJI?! WHAT THE *HELL*? Why would they do such a stupid thing when they'd devloped Touji so WELL?!! Also, Shinji just seemed to pretty much angst over Touji's death for all of a few pages, and then (as is typical) totally blame it on his father and get over it completely. And then Kaji, with his cleverness, told Shinji that Nope, It WAS Your Fault...which promptly makes Shinji have a guilt trip and cry, but then skip back to headquarters to pilot again? Okay, it wasn't that stupid when it happened, and everything is forgiven since Shinji tried to punch his father. I'd rate that as the highlight of the manga so far. Also, what is it with Sadamoto and managing to make every tankoubon end with a cliffhanger? Even if you've seen the anime, there's still a cliffhanger. I haven't read the earlier ones in a while, but 4 had that touching aquarium scene followed by Rei stabbing the Lance into Lilith, 5 had Touji being lifted out of his Eva in, um, pieces, followed by that Hikari scene which made me want to cry. And now in 7, you think, "Hah! It's just that Shinji disappears!" but then he adds in KAWORUUU~!!! It's not FAIR! Also, since they killed Touji, makes me wonder how things will change after this point. I personally think Shinji has held up pretty well up till this point, so it would be somewhat strange for Kaworu to appear when Shinji's soul isn't completely crushed nearly beyond repair. (Shinji, after all, seems to have practically given up on Gendou after tankoubon 5...Touji's death doesn't seem to be a real issue (but how will he face Hikari-chan and Kensuke?)...so maybe Kaworu'll stick around for a bit. :D) Of course, it would be too much to wish that Kaji won't die...but his relationship with Misato is simply too infurating. They love each other so much, but don't think they have the right to. Ergh. Though I was really sad that they left out that little exchange that was in the anime, at the start of the scene where she holds up the gun to his head- "Oh, Katsuragi. Feeling better?" "Yes, thanks; I'm sober now." XD That was quite long, but the Eva manga just makes me happy. Anyway, after that, we ate lunch and went to Les' house. We read manga and looked at artbooks in Les' room, watched the first episode of Hikaru no Go... Les' mom: *pops up* What's this? Les: Hikaru no Go. Want to watch? Les' mom: Hm, sure... Sai: *appears Les' mom: *screech* Les: .... Sai: Two days later, I drowned myself... Les' mom: .....*lets out a little pitiful moan, and then stomps off* Les: *calling after her* But MOM! He's a SPIRIT now! So you don't NEED to worry about him dying!! Then we ate dinner and talked about Go, and I started trying to explain the rules to Ali and Les...but then Les' mom said they had an old Go board, so we went looking for it...but there were no game pieces, and a small part of the board itself was missing. ^^;; So we played Scrabble instead, but I said that it was "CLAMP Scrabble"...only words somehow related to CLAMP works. (Words like 'fate' and 'hoe' and things ^^;) Then Les found this game book she had, that had lots of games in it...and it had pieces and a small Go board! So Ali and I played together...but since I've only played on my computer before, I had no idea how to add up the score properly (I know how to technically, but having never done it before, it confused me and I kept losing count ^^;), so we don't know who won...but it was fun! Then we drew a bit, and watched the first five minutes of Seisouhen before Leslie had a hysterical fit and turned it off. Leslie's mom: *hadn't watched it* Cheer up! At least he didn't die! Leslie: *shriek* BUT HE DIIIIID!!!! THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU!!! So Les was screaming over how it wasn't fair, and she was going to kill all the scriptwriters, and how KENSHIN DID NOT LOOK *HAPPY* and he was damn well going to die a peaceful death in bed surrounded by all his friends and family, and she would personally drag Kenji there. That was about it... Really fun day though!! Also I ordered the last two Pretear manga from Kino, but it won't come in for about a month...wah...so who knows when I'll actually be able to drive up and get it. ^^; Possibly I can ask my mom to charge it and then have them ship the order to me? ...in the cold winter air//04:39 p.m. Tuesday, January 1, 2002... Happy New Year~ Was going though my tracker, and was quite interested to find that I had gotten a hit from a Japanese porn site. ....I don't even want to know. ...in the cold winter air//02:59 p.m. Tuesday, January 1, 2002... Was in terrible mood tonight- I really miss 'Kaasan, and I really dislike my siblings at times. Ugh. Aniki is such an idiot. 'Neesan I can deal with, though she can be awfully brattish, but Aniki. Of course I'm sure he's even more pissed off at me for staying upstairs the whole night, but dammit...I don't care. I just felt sulky and lonely and I missed my mother and my friends. >_<; And I wasn't in the mood to be snapped at downstairs, so I simply went to sleep at 11:30. Yeah, great New Year, that...I'm sure everyone will snap at 'Kaasan over the phone about what a little bitch I'm being to the rest of the family (of course nobody will mention Aniki's bitchiness to me first, damn him). But I really don't feel like I belong. I don't want to just sit downstairs and feel out of place and then just get yelled at for it... Of course my sleep schedule is totally messed up, so I woke up at three and tossed and turned over stuff I was procrastinating on...so I got up. To obviously procrastinate more (none of it is stuff I can do now; mostly stuff I need to get mailed) and watch more Hikaru no Go. Happy New Year, everybody. ...in the cold winter air//03:42 a.m. Monday, December 31, 2001... Am incredibly bored. Worked on drawing and CG yesterday, so after sparkling at the Feb Asuka scans that Meia-san posted and my love for D.N.Angel reawakened, I did some translations of the love letters from the Lovesick and Lovepleasure dramas. (Had not listened to the dramas in such a horribly long time that I somehow managed to convince myself that Dark's letter was Kosuke's, and Kosuke's was Satoshi's. And I was very much muttering, "If Satoshi had a sappy letter, how did I FORGET?") Might do more random tracks from it tonight; I'm bored enough. ^^; ...in the cold winter air//09:21 p.m. Monday, December 31, 2001... Ufufufu. More on the 'I looove my friends' thoughts, still from last Sunday... Ali's mom: *looks in Ali's room* Everyone else is outside. You guys want to join in? Ali: Dunno. What's everyone else doing? Ali's mom: Spoons. *vanishes* Les: .... o.O Meimi: .... o.O Les/Me: ..... *suddenly enlightened* OH. THE *CARD* GAME! Ali: *buries head in her hands* You...two... (This was twice more amusing, because Leslie's CLAMP filk she wrote for Christmas last year had that exact same misunderstanding. Wah. ) ...in the cold winter air//02:56 a.m. Sunday, December 30, 2001... Ingrid-san: There's more Neville than there was in the books. But the whole movie is just worth it for Snape Snape Snape Snape Snape. XD I was definitely planning on seeing it again just for Snape....but if I'm going to spend three hours of my life in a theater, I'm going to go see LotR again. Because of the aforementioned gayness factor (because Snape can only do so much). Sort of on that note, everyone should read How Harry Potter Got His Groove Back. ("I'm the Boy Who Lived. Bloody sexy.") ...in the cold winter air//10:39 p.m.