. 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, Evangelion, Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne Has been watching Hikaru no Go, Inuyasha, Utena: Adolescence Mokushiroku, Buffy 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 Valentine, Kannuki Wakaba Wants to dress up Souma 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. chicken scratch complete strangers daysleeper december23 disintegration dreams of sakura echoes from the void eyes unclouded freetalk frosted sugar fuuma's shoes green tea ice cream headphones save lives kaijuu ga iru kudaranai kyoko legal alien lime rain one dimensional pensieve psychological couch sadistic dreaming selective memory shiori 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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Thursday, February 14, 2002... Nrgh...planned on waking up this morning to watch the second episode of FLCL and maybe more Pretear, but it turned out that our block had the oddest power outage ever. Nothing in the house works except lights. And they only turn on dimly. Weird. And not fun. More updates to MT. Want to finish I*O*N by the end of next week...and plan to continue my quest to finish off all necessary translations in my old Naka issues. Sigh. Must run off to complete Valentine's Day cards. *thuds* I swear I'm going to go insane this week. ...in the cold winter air//08:17 a.m. Sunday, February 10, 2002... np: Mamoru Hito ga Iru - Orikasa Ai Nrgh...I've never had to move a site before, and it's quit irritating. ^^; MT was moved today, so...um, go marvel at the prettiness of Yuki. ^^;;; ...in the cold winter air//11:10 p.m. Sunday, February 10, 2002... np: Blurry Eyes - L'arc~en~ciel Oookay. Let's tell the thrilling story of yesterday, which started out fun and then became hell. Friday I went over to Ali's after school, and was rather tired since I hadn't had sleep (besides one short nap in Fine Arts class). After failing to fall asleep, we started watching Buffy - Doppelgangland and The Weight of the World. Went out to dinner for Japanese, where all of us ordered, predictably, chicken teriyaki. *_*; We went home, and started watching the Olympic opening ceremonies, but I fell asleep in five minutes. Then Saturday...we got up and had breakfast at IHOP, where I ordered the funny-face pancake out of a nostaglic mood. Drove up to Mitsuwa, where we had the usual hellish experience of picking out something for Les' birthday. I had a better idea of what she'd bought recently, so I helped Ali by picking out Furuba 3. I, meanwhile, bought her D.N.Angel 6, and afterwards was broke, so Ali and I made a scene in the middle of Kino where I convinced her not to buy it for me. We went to pay, and discovered the Copic Multiliners now come in 0.05 size. We both bought one, and I picked up my Pretear manga. Went to Ali's grandparents' house, read manga...Pretear manga was a complete disappointment. It could have been so much more- there was very little plot, and very little character development outside Himeno herself, and a serious lack of romance. Some of the art was nice though. ^^; Got home, and 'Kaasan picked me up and informed me that I was getting a 63% average in math. As I'm supposed to have a 76% average, this was news to me. We fought. A lot. It's a mistake. =_= Got home, and checked email...to find that Les had sent her mother up to Mitsu that very day. To buy what? I bet you can guess. =_= Fabulous- I guess I'm lucky that I didn't get two copies of D.N.Angel six after all. ...in the cold winter air//01:46 p.m. Friday, February 8, 2002... Okay, now I know it wasn't a good choice to stay up all night. "*squinting at blog sidebar*....it says I'm sixteen? I'm seventeen, aren't I?....nooo....wait. I am sixteen." ...in the cold winter air//07:14 a.m. Friday, February 8, 2002... Iyan~ I'm so tired. All-nighter...I realized I didn't have any money to shop for Les, since my mom didn't give me allowance this week. ;_; I was totally messed if I didn't have it, and lots of times my mom only half-wakes me in the mornings...so I had to stay up all night to make sure I'd get it. *thud* I love Les. Really. ^^ The big problem is that now I have no energy for the super Buffy marathon... ;_; Oh, and I have two tests today. Notice how I'm worried about one thing and rather apathetic abut the other. Sore nii~ Adeline, I jst realized I forgot to blog it a long time ago (bad me), but the Touma shrine is sparkly and beautiful, and everything I dreamed it would be! XD Also..um, could you send me your address again? I'm terrible for not getting your package off to you...*cringe* What is it with me and never getting packages off on time?!! ...in the cold winter air//07:14 a.m. Friday, February 8, 2002... Meg, I don't have much but I could probably get more if I had the desire. But seriously, do you have the vaguest idea how BAD it is? It's the worst shoujo anime I've ever seen in my life- poorly animated, badly casted, one big series of filler whereas the manga's strength was that filler did not exist...oh, poorly plotted, badly ended, and I could go on for days. I actually have a lot more to the below "summary", but I'll post it maybe tomorrow. ...in the cold winter air//12:12 a.m. Thursday, February 7, 2002... ........... Well, Meg, I guess you'll be happy. This sucks. I knew this would happen- toss Mink with an actual PLOT- not a fabulous plot, but still - out the window for crap. I'm not saying I don't read that crap. I translate that crap, for reasons unclear to me. =_= I wish animation studios would quit being afraid to create a show without many possibilities for filler. Of course when I say this, all it means is that I would have endlessly preferred B-Wanted to be next in line behind Mink. In other news, Tanemura's new manga, Full Moon wo Sagashite, is up for April anime release as well. Let's cheer and hope that it's either a different studio from Jeanne, or they've learned something since. I'm so bitter. ^^; At least there's more good stuff coming up to watch in late spring- I was afraid I'd have nothing to rejoice about but Chobits. Speaking of which, Les insists that Miyuki-chan and Chobits are products of CLAMP restraining themselves all these years...the UST just builds up...and builds up...and finally CLAMP has no choice but to draw something to release all that tension. And Chobits cast gets my vote, because out of the whole cast I only see two names I don't recognize immediately. HELL YES. It's all the usual CLAMP series regulars nowadays- Seki, Inoue Kikuko, Kumai Motoko, Yuzuki Ryouka...plus other favorites like Kuwashima Houko (chotto...MINORU?). There's Toyoguchi Megumi in there too, which overjoys me since she's just great. All in all, a great cast. ...in the cold winter air//10:52 p.m. Thursday, February 7, 2002... Meia-san, if I hadn't spent an afternoon perusing the a section of FFnet, I'd think you made that up. Granted, there is that Very Wrong picture of Haru and Kisa, but...ew... ;_; Of course, there was that one fic that went something vaguely like... "Damnit, Yuki! Don't you understand?" "Gasp! Understand what, Kyou?" "I never loved Tooru! I just pretended to, to make you jealous!" "How coincidental! I was doing the same thing to make you jealous!" "Spiffy. Wanna make out in celebration?" My brain bled. I will fic that series someday, just to save my own sanity. In other news, I LOVE MY LIFE sometimes. Ali agreed to a mini-marathon of Buffy- rather, the Oz and Willow highlights. O.O That's all I care about anyway. I'm going to sleep over at her house tomorrow to marathon Buffy stuff (hrm...I guess Phases, Wild at Heart, and New Moon Rising for sure...? must have What's My Line part two for the animal crackers... XD Lover's Walk for the PEZ dispenser of LOVE...) And then we're going to Mitsuwa on Saturday, so we can shop for Les' tanjoubi present and I can pick up my Pretear manga. Life is good. Soo, off to pack, and burn CDs, and rejoice in the fact that I'm getting HER to watch Buffy. Even if it's just for Oz. Because really- when there's not enough Spike, what better reason is there? ...in the cold winter air//09:54 p.m. Thursday, February 7, 2002... To: The scriptwriters of "Friends". Firstly, you have had me for several years, longing for Rachel and Ross to get their acts together. With several well-written episodes this season, you have CRUSHED that. You have created a sick and wrong and painfully suspenseful chain of episodes concerning Joey and Rachel. And so concerning tonight's episode... The one before the Olympics, meaning a two-week cliffhanger? ROT IN HELL. Thank you. ...in the cold winter air//08:51 p.m. Wednesday, February 6, 2002... A rather disturbing piece of news from Nakayoshi ML. ;_; Mink was terminated. ...I can't remember the last time that happened to a manga in Naka. I'd guess PQ Angels? But that's absolutely awful, because PQ Angels was what, five chapters? And Mink is...I don't know, I'd suppose it was around chapter twenty-eight? And with a SPRING ANIME RELEASE planned? Makes me wonder why- if Tachikawa-sensei is ill, or if she went the Takeuchi-sensei route and had some falling out with Naka...they said there's be a special issue later (I assume that means Natsuyasumi). That makes me sad- I haven't read Mink for about a year now and haven't kept up with tankoubon, but...it's saddening. Naka has been lacking in good stories, and Minku's world of idols and charming characters was a big plus in that magazine. Overall, it's no Sakura or B-Wanted (the art and plot isn't as good), but it was pretty nice. Good fluff in a fluffy mag. I hope the special will somehow wrap things up between everyone... ...in the cold winter air//07:45 p.m. Wednesday, February 6, 2002... I completely understand now what the expression "worried sick" means. I've been going through it for the past two days. Whenever I think about it, I feel this sudden wrenching pain in my stomach. Like I'm about to throw up. Since I've been thinking about it every other few seconds, I've just felt as though I'm about to be sick...pretty much constantly for the past two days. And I've gone to bed ridiculously early both nights, just exhausted from pure worry. In other les ambiguous news, everyone must see "Pay It Forward". Right now. We watched it in my marriage and parenting class, and it was great. Really great- one of the best movies I've ever seen. It really irritates me that movies nowadays aren't really widespread or popular unless they have a steady combination of explosions and pop idol eye candy (or just one or the other). Meanwhile, the really great movies that try to offer an actual message just get blown off. It's sad there isn't much hype about genuinely good movies...this one was fabulous, and I want to rent it and watch in again in the confines of my own home, while eating popcorn, hugging a pillow, and sobbing my eyes out. And the performance by the boy who played Trevor was one of the most talented performances I've ever seen from a child actor. Just a great, great movie. I'm off to go feel sick to my stomach again. ...in the cold winter air//06:28 p.m. Wednesday, February 6, 2002... I swore to myself, after about three episodes, that I would nevr again watch the KKJ anime.Anyone who's seen that anime knows it's crap. It could not BE worse. But, you know how things go. I like to torture myself. But wow. It's bad. Access: No, Fin's not evil! She's just brainwashed! Fin: I am not. You suck. Access: Don't you remember? flashback mode, as Fin and Access prance around heaven which appears to consist of a place made up of pastel splotches Fin: Evil black hole. I think I'll get sucked into it. Access: Uh-oh. end flashback mode Access: And she was brainwashed ever since! Fin: I'm perfectly sane. You suck. And so does God. Maron: I suck. Watch as I wallow in self-pity. Chiaki: Drat! Curse their evil plan to make Maron wallow in self-pity! Noin: Observe our evil plan to make Maron wallow in self-pity. Access: Yo, she's gotta be brainwashed. No winged person would dress like that and be sane, unless they're in a CLAMP series. And we are not CLAMP, because our animation quality is BAD. Fin: So you named Chiaki after a billboard? Access: Uh...yeah, actually. The lesson to be learned here, is KKJ anime is bad for the health. It has good music, good henshin stock footage, and...I'm sure there's something else passable...um, some of the seiyuu are good (Kuwashima Houko, Yamaguchi Kappei). But everyone should run out and buy the manga right this second because it's the best manga ever!! Janaki, if I had the magazine, it would be scanned and probably used as my blog layout. ^^;;; My friend bought the issue and showed it to me, because the wrongness overwhelmed her. If I ever get the chance to scan though, I will. Because it's so wrong! Lego lingerie just should not exist. ...in the cold winter air//04:07 p.m. Tuesday, February 5, 2002... Janaki, it was in the actual magazine for Newtype.com (the idea that there's a magazine for Newtype.com boggles my mind as I don't see why they can't just add more pages to Newtype to spread the Lego love), I'm not sure if it was up on the website. But the spread included all the Dragons of both sides. And it was Sick and Wrong. All the characters had happy Lego-smiles, except for Kamui and Subaru who scowled in Lego-angst. Kakyou's eyes were shut in adorable Lego-sleep. And Karen wore (I kid you not) Lego-lingerie. Pink Lego lingerie. It numbed the mind. But they should release a set. To spread the Lego love. ...in the cold winter air//05:14 p.m. Monday, February 4, 2002... Getting an art site started is possibly the most tedious activity ever. I've never been one for link pages with lots of buttons, so this is an interesting experience. And Jin, does detache.net have a link button I could use~? ;_; By the way, for good Inuyasha fic, have you tried at WhiteCat's? My favorite is "Who I Am". I really don't frequent many English CG sites unless they're my friends', but Japanese ones...ergh. I'm going through my bookmark list, with an endless amount of Pretear, Houshin Engi, and Digimon sites. Wah. Though I did discover this Digimon site, and another site with the most precious CG of Furuba ever. That's mostlyTaichi and Yamato numminess, as per usual with me. ..... Say, Jiiin, speaking of TaichixYamato, you know... XD ...in the cold winter air//08:56 p.m. Sunday, February 3, 2002... I also had the oddest dream last night. My dreams are nearly always recurring, and if they aren't, they're in very specific dream-places- I'll have different dreams, but the location will always be the same. Last night's was a nightmare, but my nightmares are usually ones where nothing really scary happens, there's just this feeling of terror. I was in one of my dream-schools. It's usually reserved for nightmares. The front hall looks like my favorite elementary school, and for some reason I keep thinking it's crossed with my first sixth grade school, but it looks nothing like it. But I hated that school, so perhaps it's the atmosphere. This dream-school has two, perhaps three floors, all very dark in tone and color, and any nightmare in this school always involves running up and down stairs, down corridors, and fleeing from something. Last night's was a bit different. I reached a large hall with a high, high ceiling, very brightly-lit compared to the rest of the school. In the middle of the hall was a spiral staircase- the tight, open kind with railings, where you could easily fall through the stairs or railing. (We had a similar one in the house we rented in Pennsylvania, and it was quite slipperly- my mother was terrified I'd get myself killed on it someday, and we all had some slippery near-misses.) The staircase was quite tall and only narrow enough for one person to climb at a time, but had platforms at several points- like at tall staircases at shopping malls, so people can pass one another. Girls from my high school now were walking down from it- a girl named Hilary, who I barely know (she sits nearby me in an art class but I've only spoken to her once or twice), walked down and stared at me with this piercing gaze. And I began to climb the staircase. I was scared I'd fall, because the railings were too short, and nearly impossible to hold onto while climbing. I met a few girls coming down as I went up, and stopped politely at the platforms so they could pass. I climbed and climbed, till I was quite high and couldn't see a bottom anymore. And then I reached the top, and the short railing ran out. There were just a few stairs left, just perched in the air- with nothing left for me to cling to. And I cried and sat on the stairs, clinging to them because I was too scared to go on without a railing, in case I slipped. And there was only a few more- I knew there was only a few more - but the thing was, there was no second floor to get to. There wasn't anything up there at all. It was just those stairs, and I was all alone. ...in the cold winter air//10:11 p.m. Sunday, February 3, 2002... np: Atashi Nande Dakishimetain Darou - Chara Just saw the video for this the other day- wow, that's some serious crack. XD At any rate, a fairly nice weekend, although there were some very freakish happenings, as I think my body is just geting seriously messed up in some ways- pushing myself towards exhaustion and stuff, stress, etc. Grr. Also had a Talk with my mother, which was just the same thing although it seems she's noticed how miserable I've been lately. That's somewhat comforting, though she was a cause of about a third of it. Umm...yesterday, I had a short Buffy marathon with my entire family (!) that went for five episodes. Alica's DVD set is seriously messed- the volume levels for the BGM and dialogue are switched, so the BGM blares while the characters are impossible to hear- this isn't too much of an issue most of the time, but it gets really bad during scenes at the Bronze. Personally found the first five episodes painfully dull- Alica said when you get right down to it, first season is only about Xander. She's right. My favorite characters in the series are Oz, pre season-four Willow, and Spike...so...it was kind of a bore, since there was very little Willow. Then went to Ali's house to sleep over- I really don't know why we didn't invite Les, I feel really badly about it now. I kind of thought Ali would do it, it suprised me that she didn't. We watched "The Abyss", then I convinced her to watch the Buffy musical (nyahahah! her and her conformity to the masses!! I think she only did it to make me happy, but she enjoyed it somewhat). Um...then this morning I didn't get up early enough to go to temple with her, so I went with Ali's mom to pick her up. Apparently Ali didn't even tell Les I slept over? That kind of...shocked me. Makes me wonder if something's going on here I don't know about, but I doubt it...Les seemed suprised we didn't invite her, though. I feel guilty now... After that we went to go see LotR, and at this point it was impossible to take the movie seriously. Aragorn: Gasp! It's the...Horn of Gondor! Ali/Me: ...... XD During the battle in Moria... Ali's mom: *_* Does the Elf prince get out alive? That's all I care abouuuut... (This was after she'd rolled her eyes at us for gushing over how PRETTY Legolas was through the whole ride to the theater.) And I don't know how this started, but...Janaki, I don't suppose you saw an article in Newtype.com magazine maybe two, three months ago? There was a story on X, but they spread was, instead of some pretty illustration, a photo of X Lego people. Meimi: *_* ...just imagine... Les/Ali: ? Meimi: A Lego Snape...a Lego Legolas...and a Lego Evil-Fuuma...it would be like, the ultimate Lego orgy...XD Whee...need new layout. Did finally update links though. ...in the cold winter air//09:33 p.m.