Mossygirl Senna's Windy Hideaway

Pseudo-Elf Princess Speaks:

Thursday, October 23, 2003 10:32 p.m.

*yawns* Es sleepy. Yes. Okay, not really, I was just lazy in doing my homework because it didn't seem like I had that much (until I actually started working on it, and then . . . *sighs*) Um . . . so, anyway, I finally got the Xvid codec (it took me a substantial amount of time to find the one I could actually use ><), and so now I can watch Asagiri no Miko again!! Happiness!! Nothing sweeter than a girl protecting the boy she loves ^^ *even if he doesn't realize it yet . . .*

Um . . . yes. I forgot what I was going to talk about, if anything. Hm. . . . nope, that's it. Here are some quizzes:

You are an organized and mature person who is talented in many things even though you're still quite young. Your patience only stretches so far but you are tolerant of others most of the time. You're usually the one who holds the group together and make sure people stay on track. Which Gravitation Character Are YOU? Take the quiz at Dare to Dream

^^ Yep, that's me, according to Jen-chan. Um . . . actually, to get this result, I *tweaked* one of the questions but it's all good, ne?

And here's a random one:

You are a Dark Mask, the fourth class of vampire.
You can adapt easily to any climate and
situation. Your servants are few, mostly
because you choose not to sire others. Your
chief ability is shiftery-- you can become
anyone or anything. Overall, you are a great
person. Keep us guessing.

What class of vampire are you?
brought to you by Quizilla

Um . . . cool. I think. . . .

Okies, I have nothing to say. I'll finish up watching an ep. of AnoM, then go to sleepies ^^ Peace out : P

Wednesday, October 22, 2003 10:03 p.m.

Yes!! Is finished with homework!! Um . . . sort of, at least ^^ Good enough. Will do this entry, then read (have intriguing new book The Anvil of the World), then SLEEP!! Is happy!!

Okay, time to talk in complete sentences again. How boring. Anyway, I watched an interesting show today. Kousetsu Hyaku Monogatari (I hope I got that right) or, more simply, Hundred Stories. I don't feel like making a thorough analysis of my own, because I'd probably have to watch it again. Which I wouldn't mind, but don't really want to do at the moment. I'll post this from ANN's Fall Preview Guide though. This time around, the reviewer was pretty accurate (for this particular review, at least--I've disagreed with some of the stuff he's said in the past . . .). Um . . . here it is:

Synopsis:
It is said that if you tell a hundred ghost stories, on the hundredth story, you yourself will experience something supernatural. Enter a novice writer, determined to collect 100 stories. The problem is, he’s lost in the rain and can’t find his way to shelter. He is confronted by a strange looking man covered in bandages, who directs him to a bizarre shelter, inhabited by some eccentric denizens and a wandering monk who’s just as scared by all the creepy goings-on. It’s discovered that the inn is haunted by the spirit of an Azuki bean washer, a kind of ghost that warns against oncoming peril. It turns out to be the first supernatural experience for the writer, and his first encounter with Mataichi and his strange gang of enigmatic supernatural beings.

First Episode Review:
Hundred Stories has the distinct honor of being the most unique show this season, but whether or not it appeals to you will be a matter of your tolerance for strangeness. Drawn in a similar visual style to Nintendo’s video game Viewtiful Joe, Hundred Stories is anything but your average anime show. This is a twisted, refreshing take on the horror genre and will please fans to no end. Granted, some of the scenes look as though they were taken straight from Pink Floyd’s animated film The Wall, but for the most part, what we have here is a visual style heavily influenced by manga (not that that isn’t usually the case, but this is practically a moving comic, and has more in common with old EC horror titles than today’s crop of manga). The characters are all drawn with thick black lines and colored in contrasting hues, and the backgrounds look like they were ripped from the pages of old underground comics, with writhing lines and grotesque imagery. The story itself is creepy and somewhat disturbing, and although it’s still a mystery as to the true nature of Mataichi and his gang, the storytelling and plot composition are compelling enough to make you want more almost instantly. The hapless main character is interesting enough to watch, but in short, he’s audience identification for this totally foreign roller coaster ride through the supernatural. The music is suitably creepy and unique; there simply isn’t anything routine about this show. If you’re a horror fan, get it. If not, try it out anyway, you might like what you see.

So there you have it. Um . . . all I have to say is that it was pretty cool, but completely BIZARRE. Like some sort of druggie hallucination (not that I would know . . .). But it made perfect sense. I don't know. It was weird. But I'll probably keep going, cause I don't know how to quit ^_~ *sighs* Just like Avenger and Tsukihime . . . why do I always pick the weird ones?! *sighs* Okies, off to read my book . . . I hope it's good . . . Peace out : P

Wednesday, October 22, 2003 03:51 p.m.

Watched ep. 2 of Avenger. Here's a summary:

Nei: Layla-sama . . . o.o

Layla: *glares at Nei, eyes soften*

Nei and Layla: *cuddle up next to each other*

Elsewhere:

Vorg (or whatever his name is): *philosophical nonsense*

Vorg's chic: *more philosophical nonsense*

Later . . .

Layla: *glares at rest of the world*

Speedy: Oy, oy. I'm a doll breeder ^^

escaped dolls: *blink blink*

Um . . . that obviously wasn't all, but at this point I'm only watching the show because Speedy amuses me *for some odd reason* Basically, there was no episode plot (or any other kind of plot). Nei looked blank and vacant, Layla glared and looked angsty (think Aya from WK, but without ANY expression--somehow still appearing angsty, though--and a maximum of 10 words per episode), and Speedy still is pretty much clueless, just following Layla and Nei around for no reason at all, even though they keep trying to lose him. Some stuff happened, but it was all very pointless. I doubt anyone watching would care if either Nei or Layla died. They don't say much at all, and they don't do much either. They're just kind of there. They serve no purpose at the moment, other than to provide a bit of fanservice once in awhile and stick nasty, shoujo-ai thoughts in the minds of perverts. Nothing happens, you understand. It's just the set-up of an emotionless older girl who hasn't *yet* killed a cute lil' doll/android when she killed the other doll/androids that makes it like that. Because you know, they must be in love or something because of that. Bah. Right. *sighs* Maybe it'll get better . . . but for now . . . Speedy-sama! *glomps* Hmm . . . I don't actually like him that much, it's just that he's the only one who has a personality so far . . .

Um . . . I think I'll go watch my new thing now . . . maybe that'll be better. Peace out : P

Tuesday, October 21, 2003 09:47 p.m.

Um, no more entries today. This be small. Must finally do Physics *dies* Took PSAT today. It was at least 10x less frustrating than physics. So I guess that's good. Got a cool new Golden Sun shirt. Yep. I love Nintendo Power's special subscription offers ^^ Saw part of ep 2 of Avenger. Odd. Saw all of ep 2 of Tsukihime. Odd and, if not for the dim lighting (which made it impossible to see anything), a bit gory. But a bit of light (no pun) was shed on the plot and what's going to happen. Arc (murdered girl) is sort of like a vampire, but not really. Er . . . I'm just repeating what she said. Then some guy called her princess/descendant of Ancients or something. Interesting. D/l something else, but haven't gotten to watch it yet. Want to watch Kodocha and Asagiri no miko, too. Cannot. Baka physics *kicks physics book* Will go study now. Sorry for laconic-ness. Yay. vocab word. Peace out : P

Tuesday, October 21, 2003 05:05 p.m.

Recovered a few entries. Not enough to make me real happy about the whole situation (I had been planning on archiving, and then while I'm gone this--pitas breakdown--happens), but I'll take what I can get. Perhaps I'll make a real entry later today, but I'm too lazy right now ^^

Saturday, October 11, 2003 11:07 p.m.

Gah! It's so late . . . well, I didn't get as much done today as I should've, but I did get some done, so I guess that's what I'm stuck with *kicks lazy self*

Anyway, I got to watching the second DVD of 12 Kingdoms finally (I watched the first one last night). I'm glad I got both of them, because I am now officially in love with this show. Or, at least, I like it a whole lot. The animation is sooooo pretty! Yes, I will continue to say that over and over again until everyone else tells me that it's really not that great. But it is quite lovely . . . The backgrounds remind me heavily of Voices of a Distant Star's, except without so much CG (in other words, they're breathtakingly gorgeous). The character designs are rather nice, if not the average. In truth I think they seem to be more realistic (but elegantly so) than most anime, but those are just my initial thoughts. I don't really know what to compare them to.

The story--basically, alienated but average girl gets sucked into alternate world and is desperately trying to get back home but is supposed to stay because she's a queen--initially builds slowly. It's not that things aren't happening; it's just that the pacing seems sluggish. This could be because the characters are slowly being developed, so it's not necessarily a bad thing.

Speaking of the characters . . . the main one, Youko, breaks down into tears regularly throughout the first disc (with good reason, I suppose). Just when you start to start to want to slap her, though, she becomes paranoid and distrustful due to a creepy monkey guy who cunningly tells her (in a believable way) that no one cares about her and every one is out to get her, so she should just kill them all (. . .). The first part makes sense, though, because just about every one she's met has either abadonned her or tried to cash in on her being from a different world (the people believe that 'Kaikyaku' are bad luck). Youko does become rather likable in the second volume, though, where she finally . . . sorry, I'm rambling ^^

Anyway, the characters might not seem the most likable people at first, but one of 12 Kingdoms' strong points is character development, especially for Youko.

My current favorite character is probably Rakushun, a hanjyuu (yes, I'm sure you'll be pleased to hear that they leave a few words in their original Japanese--or 12 Kingdom-ish, as the case may be), or, self-described "half-beast" who usually appears as a large talking rat. He does, however, turn into a rather pleasant looking boy when forced to *giggles at something only she understands*

Um . . . anyway, now I'll just talk about language (since there's way too much else to say in the way of plot and characters). The dub has good and bad points. One of them, unfortunately, is Youko's voice. It's not badly acted, and it fits almost perfectly with the Japanese while Youko's in Japan, but the problem in that regular Youko (as opposed to 12 Kingdoms Youko) sounds somewhat annoying in the Japanese, too. However, when she gets to the 12 Kingdoms, her voice improves in the sub, but not in the dub. Unfortunately, while I prefer the sub (mainly because of Youko), neither is really that great at first in my opinion. But I guess it's the sort of thing that either gets better (like Youko's voice) or you get used to it (like Rakushun's voice--not bad, per se, but seems a bit squeaky; probably intentionally so).

Other tidbits: No romance (unless you count Youko being comforted by Asano or hugging Rakushun--I don't, they're just friends), some violence and bloodshed (Youko can wield a sword with the help of a 'youma'--sorta like a demon but not really-- and, once she gets used to the idea, can kick serious youma butt with it), not really any humor (well, some disturbing things that made me laugh, but aren't really funny), a few non-explicit bath scenes (not even really fan-service--just getting clean), LOTS of betrayal, a bit of grace (a few things made me think of Les Miserables, with parallels between Youko and Valjean), babies that grow on trees (. . . seriously), and beautifully animated fantastical creatures (Kirins . . . *drools*)

So, yes, I like it. If it was only the animation, I would probably still like it (SOO pretty . . .), but luckily there's a strong story (68 episodes long) and characters that force me to pull my eyes away from the backgrounds and immerse myself in the plot. Is this a good thing? Definitely. I don't know what you guys will think of it (feel free to like or dislike, as you choose), but I for one feel it was worth the money and hassles ^^ And, since I'm the one that owns it, that's all that matters, ne? Gah, late. Must sleep now . . . see you all tomorrow! Peace out : P

Friday, October 10, 2003 06:16 p.m.

I went anime shopping after school today with my mom. As per usual, things did not go as well as they should have. I had a coupon for 3 movie/music purchases, good now til the 13th. I had 3 DVDs picked out--Ryvius, .hack vol. 4, and the Kare Kano boxset. I was ready.

I suppose I could include the first thing going wrong as finding out that they would not have one of my desired goods--Infinite Ryvius--because it doesn't come out until the 14th. How ironic is that? Typical. But I made my back up list, and prepared myself.

Then I get to the store. I found vol. 4 of .hack almost immediately (do you guys want me to bring 3 & 4 on Sunday? You can borrow them if you like; I already know what happens ^^). Then I glanced around for Infinite Ryvius. Predictably, it wasn't there. Finally, I began my search for my most coveted item: The Kare Kano boxset. Finally, finally, I would be able to see the rest of it! I have been waiting so long . . . But, in true never-there-when-you-want-it fashion, it wasn't there. I didn't panic. After all, boxsets aren't usually on the selfs. So when an employee asked if I needed help, I told her what I was looking for, and she said she would check in the back. And it wasn't there. *sigh* So I have one of my three purchases, and two slots on the coupon to fill (these things come so rarely that not to use them to their fullest would be utterly wrong--especially if there's anything at all I have the slighest inclination to buy at some point--and they can only at one time). But, ah! I had my list! I pulled it from my purse, and went through the things on it: Arjuna (not there), SE Lain (not there), Noir (vol. 4+ there, 1 not), Petshop of Horrors (not there), Orphen (not there), Magic Knight Rayearth (not there) . . . get the point? Luckily, my list was extensive enough that a few of the things on it actually were there: Boys over Flowers, Read or Die, Excel Saga, RahXephon, and 12 Kingdoms.

Unfortunately . . . I don't know a great deal about Boys over Flowers or RahXephon (they have piqued my interest, but I haven't really dug up any info yet--I basically know, one is an interesting shoujo a la Kare Kano w/ weird animation and the other is a psychological/drama/mecha w/ very pretty animation), Read or Die sounds like a mixed-bag of quality and crap (fluid animation, character designs catering more to males, allegedly weak plot with nice action) and I'm unsure whether or not I actually want to buy Excel Saga (maybe in a fit of impulse, someday . . .). So . . . that leaves 12 Kingdoms, of which there were volumes 1 and 2. So . . . I decided to get them. It sounds good, I hope it is good. This simply rationalizes why I bought into a series relatively (a few months) new to me. The problems don't end there.

It's rather unusual for a shopping trip such as this one to go on without a(nother) hitch. Whenever I buy something with my mother (which accounts for most everything I buy), especially on sale, there are often issues to be resolved. So it didn't surprise when we realized that, when the cashier rang up the prices, the discount only affected one of the three. Oh, goodness, not this again were the gist of my thoughts. My mother once again received the opportunity to complain about something. Not that it's wrong to protest when you're cheated (if it was just me, I would've said something too), but . . . ergh. She always gets much too huffed up about it. Then she said that I was too calm. I was willing to pay any price for my things. If we can't get the discount off, then there's no point in buying them now! No, mom, I would complain, too. I'm just used to this happening. Of course I don't want to be overcharged. But I do want to get my things now. I've been waiting for long enough for one of these stupid coupons. I'm going to use it. I'm sure it'll turn out fine.

I really don't mean to complain by saying this. I love my mom, and she's normally all right (if somewhat odd ^^;;). But when she gets frazzled about something . . . it can be very annoying (especially to the ears . . .). But in the end, they did apply the coupon correctly, and I have my anime. So I'm happy. I just wish that something that seems so easy would actually be easy. But, hey, that's how life is. I'm gradually coming to accept that. Now my only worry is whether or not I'll like 12 Kingdoms . . . ^^ I'm sure I will though. Peace out : P

Thursday, October 9, 2003 04:03 p.m.

I have seen the end of Scrapped Princess.

So what can I say without giving anything away? Well . . . I thought it was a good way to end, though perhaps not up to par with the very best episodes of the series. Not bad, certainly, just . . . how are you supposed to end a show like that? Building up, building up . . . they did a good job. In any case, I liked it. At least, well enough that it doesn't detract from my love of the show in general. And it did have a few quoteworthy lines, some of which I will be displaying in my quote of the week section as soon as I get to it. Plus, I am now officially within cannon for my desired pairings *cackles* take that to mean what you will.

Gah, I just know I'm bound to give something away (if I haven't already . . .). Not that any of you care that much about spoilers, but . . . still. I feel the need to keep things like the final episode of a series sacred . . . but if you really want to know, feel free to ask me about it ^^ Of course, hopefully by then I will have watched the last episode a few dozen more times, so any questions will be a piece of cake. Not that the ending was confusing, which is a very lovely thing if you ask me. Endings that are open and leave questions are one of my biggest pet peeves (read, for example, I'm going to have to watch .hack about half a dozen more times before I'll be satisfied with that crap ending). No such thing with Scrapped. There are some things that are left to the imagination (hm. . . I guess my pairings aren't necessarily cannon then . . .) but it's not so subtle that it could be missed. In fact, most of them are about as subtle as a slap on the face (pun intended, unfortunately, no one else gets it XD) But, um, yeah, it was good. It didn't make me want to throw an egg at my moniter or hunt down the authors to beat answers to my questions out of them (or just beat them for giving me a copout ending). Except for maybe why the last few seconds before they put up "THE END" (in English, no less) were so cheesy . . . but I'll ignore that, because those particular seconds involve none of the characters, and I suppose they didn't just want to focus in on a blue sky/bloody battlefield (or whatever the cliches are) and write 'the end' So it's all good then. And that's all. Except for some quizzies (wow, it's been a while . . .)

What Kind of Blogger are You?

You know, this is completely true. Witness how I refer to an unspecified 'you' throughout this last entry (of course, I'm actually referring to my rl friends, the only ones reading this . . .)

INFP - "Questor". High capacity for caring. Calm and pleasant face to the world. High sense of honor derived from internal values. 1% of the total population.

Take Free Myers-Briggs Personality Test

Wow! This one is genuinely accurate (not that it shouldn't be, since the questions go more in depth than your ave. personality quiz). I chose the option to look up more info on my personality type, and the larger description pinpointed some of my personal quirks (like my allowance for both others' and my own personal space >_<) It even listed careers that I might like (in the extended info), and a few of them were things that I'm interested in! Not that I would ever base my life off of a personality quiz . . . *who knows if I even answered it truthfully enough for an accurate test*

Um . . . I'm now on episode 20? 21? of MaLoki. It looks to be gaining overarching plot movement again (though the last ep.--red shoes?--was very cool and not quite filler, it was also very odd o.o you'll know what I mean when/if you guys ever see it), which should stay since I don't have many episodes left (another series ending! Egh!) I'm no further in anything else. I can't wait for the weekend. Hopefully I'll be able to go to Traci's and see Megan-san on Sunday, but this depends on my ability to get lots and lots of homework done in a relatively short period of time (my procrastination strikes again with consequences ~_~) I'll do my best, though ^^ Peace out : P

Tuesday, October 7, 2003 09:50 p.m.

'Nother short entry. I went to see Luther tonight. All alone. Well, except for the dozen other juniors and sophomores there. None of which were really my friends, but I suppose it was nice to have familiar faces, at the least. Even if I sat far from them. Oh, well. The movie was all right. Not bad, just kind of slow moving at times. It would probably have been better if they chopped down some of the slower segments, but, hey, whatever. I was just there to get info for my review and E.C. for Bible class (which is lovely, since I had to see it anyway). And now I have to do the homework that would have been done in the time I was absent from this building. Fun. The weekend will not come soon enough (and even then I'll have tons of homework) . . . Peace out : P

Tuesday, October 7, 2003 07:07 a.m.

Really quick morning update: ep. 23 of Scrapped Princess is up for Keep. Darnit, this means there will be another long wait before the final episode. Maybe they're working on it now . . .?

Also, unless the BestBuy near my house gets merchandise in earlier than the listed date (has happened at Suncoast before), I will not be able to purchase Infinite Ryvius this weekend. Which stinks, especially since it comes out the day after my coupon stops working (10/14). Grrr. Which means I'm going to be delving into a back-up list of stuff that I've been interested in for a while (like 12 Kingdoms) and deciding what I might want to buy (I have a three item limit, and this offer doesn't come very often, so I like to buy all that I can ^^). Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, just kind of annoying, since it means I'll probably have to wait even longer to get Infinite Ryvius (I hope the boxed one lasts . . .) But who am I to complain? As long as I can get anime . . . ^^ Bye now!

Monday, October 6, 2003 11:12 p.m.

If I don't write something now, I know that I won't get to it, and I would like this log of my life to be something which is constant. So here I am. Homework seems to be piling up, and it is definitely a good thing. Not that homework is ever a good thing O.o Anyway, at least I have my stuff set up for the paper, so that's be a load off (though I still need to think up more questions for my interview and figure out how to write a movie review).

One happy thing is that I'll be able to go anime shopping this weekend *rejoices* 10% isn't much of a discount, but just think, with the Kare Kano boxset *please have it please have it*, that's 10 dollars off (going by the price on the website). I also have been looking into a new series that's been out in the States for a little while. 12 Kingdoms has sounded interesting since I first heard of it when the first volume came out a few months back. Basically, your average girl get sucked, along with her guy friend and her guy friend's girlfriend, into a fantasy world, where she is supposed to be the ruler or something and some guy has to protect her. But there are a few things different from the usual (and I heard that, no, though it sounds similar, it's not like Fushigi Yugi). The animation looks quite nice, and I haven't yet seen a bad review (most said it was good, though it starts slow) I don't know all of the details yet, but it sounds intriguing so far, and maybe if I can't find one of the things I plan on getting (Kare Kano, Infinite Ryvius, .hack), I'll pick up the first volume of this. Yes, I have invested time in checking it out; it's not just an out of the blue thing ^^ (but if they have the other stuff, I'll probably just wait on this . . .)

So . . . um . . . I guess that's all. MaLoki's kind of fillerish again, but still amusing (what is with all this filler?? *sighs*) As far as I know, only AnimeKraze has 23 of Scrapped out, so I'm really hoping that the other places are doing both 23 and 24, with the intention of releasing them at the same time *crosses fingers* I hope I hope I hope. Sakura crisis' scans are still down, so none of that for the time being, but at least the site itself is partially up. No other new manga either. Some new anime has come in, and at some point I'll post the link to a webpike that lists the homepages of various series (both the pike and the sites are in Japanese, but it's fun to skim through the list and just check out any pictures on homepages -- both 'Avenger' and some other show look promising). Um . . . that's really all. gotta go b/f mom gets mad at me staying up o.o Peace out : P

Sunday, October 5, 2003 09:49 p.m.

*sighs happily* Do you know what a very wonderful thing to know is? That you don't need to please anyone in the world except for God. Not a single person. Not your enemies, not your family, not even your friends. Now this doesn't give you the right to act like an idiot to people because you 'don't need to please them' so what they think doesn't matter, but it does mean that you don't have to kill yourself trying to get people to like you, or that you'll die if someone doesn't. I suppose I'm not very good at expressing it ^^ but, really, what a relief!

I don't know who I've been trying to please. Myself? My family? My friends?? Any way you put it, I doubt I was really pleasing anyone, least of all God. But . . . He's the only one we have need to please. I don't mean that we can 'earn' grace. We can't. But God is the only one whose opinion we need to consider when we decide whether or not to do something. So that's that. Now I have to go flee from my family, who are all watching the Cub fans celebrate over their victory. I don't really care for baseball (mostly it's too noisy). And that's okay ^^ Peace out : P

Saturday, October 4, 2003 08:10 p.m.

"Heeeeeh heenheene huuuuuuun!" These are the sounds of my agony as ep. 23, the anime kraze fansubbed version, ends. Yes, it finally came out, and I finally watched it. Oh. My. *hyperventilates*

Understand me, now, I'm not angry. I'm not even confused or sad or anything. I'm just . . . hooooweee . . . there's not even a proper name to say it. One episode left, and . . .

I will not give a full summary of the episode (even if you people don't care about spoilers, it's not nearly as fun if you know what happens), but it is suffice to say that it starts slow and sweet, with one or two very pretty, almost pastel-colored moments (because of the lighting beneath the rising sun), a reminder of the loveliness of the animation and the quality of the show overall, and my biggest fear being that, by the time it gets to the U.S., I'll be up to my nose in Forcis/Chris fanfiction because some shounen-ai fangirls can't get in their heads that two guys can be good friends and still be straight. There was even a short moment between Chris and Winia that made me smile in delight (not that it was anything significant, just pleasant). And another one between Leo and Pacifica (both non-romantic, but still sweet).

Then, three minutes before the end of the episode . . . *cries* *pulls out hair* You can almost hear all the people watching either scream or sit there in dead silence as they stare at the screen. Suddenly things are happening at 1000x the speed of the rest of the episode. Stupid, brass-heavy music. I usually love the music of Scrapped, but I despise trumpets. So loud and in your face . . . WHY?! One. Episode. Left. And I still don't know what the outcome will be. Everybody could die a painful, agonizing death (just like in the two episodes that brought me close to tears), or they could all live happily ever after (erm . . . or close to it O.o). It's impossible to know at this point. Not that I have any big unanswered questions (besides what happens next), but if the next episode takes as long as this one did to come out, I think I shall die of suspense. The last battle (not to mention the resolution of the series) is coming . . . and the only thing I know is that it will be spectacular. Doesn't mean that I'll like it, just that it'll be visually splendid. And the wait to see it will be agonizing. But I'm sure that I'll still love the series anyway. After all, the end can hardly be worse than Bebop (though I didn't love Bebop enough in the first place for it to matter enough for me to hate it). *sighs* I don't want it to end! . . . I don't think that there'll be a second season either. Because I'm quite sure that the last episode will tie up everything. Perhaps not neatly, but this is NOT the kind of show that you can stick a half-baked, open ending on. Not that that hasn't been done before (.hack//sign . . . stupid ending . . . but that's different). *sighs again* this waiting is going to give me ulcers . . . Ayiyi . . .

I suppose I should put in that I watched more FMwS (I'm up to episode 9 now! *laughs weakly* after months . . .) and MaLoki (ep. 15 --it's finally gotten off the filler track-- Yay!). FMwS is definitely a show that I can enjoy while watching, but I have to force myself to watch it. It's cute and all, but it's just not as interesting . . . no suspense, really . . . unlike Scrapped . . . gr . . .*Heh*

. . . but MaLoki is good, and it'll distract me (and make me happy ^^) until and after Scrapped ends. I don't know how long it'll last, though, since I've been watching an episode or more nearly every day. Loki finally has turned into his true form! Okay, only for half an episode (and he looks better in the manga XD), but still . . . and Yamino was helpful and Mayura was cute and Freyr was clueless and Kotaru was himself and Narugami-kun was fun and Reiya/Freya was utterly annoying ('Love me, little Loki, love me! Touch my chest and tell me you love me or I'll die of loneliness!' *gags*)and Fenrir was scary in an entirely unintential way (there is something so WRONG about a funky looking but cute black puppy with a grown up voice who keeps telling Yamino-kun that he has a father complex and then calls Loki 'Daddy'-- but I think you'll like him, Megan ^^ he turns into a neato wolf!!!). Oh, yeah, and the Norns are now funky assassins from the seventies . . . Not really, but I think they kind of look like it . . . and Heimdall has been demoted from villain to Freyr's shopping assistant *sweatdrops* You almost feel sorry for the poor lil' boy (I wonder what his real form looks like . . .?) Um . . . I don't think any of that was too spoilerish . . . as long as you knew about the Norse god Loki's children, it's not hard to figure out that Fenrir and a certain female goddess (who I'm not supposed to know about yet but do because I used to read Everworld or whatever it was called) were going to show up sooner or later. And stuff. But it's a lovely show (IMOSHO), and keeps up some good story movement without being quite as tense as, for example, Scrapped is at the moment *darnit, it was almost out of my mind . . .*

Wow, this entry was very long, in spite of the fact that the majority of the people who read this will not have any idea concerning what I talked about. Gomen ne, minna-san. Someday, when it has come out in the U.S., I'll force you all to watch Scrapped and MaLoki ^^ Until then . . . I can just cry and wait for the next episode. I know I should just be grateful to fansubbers for using their valuable time to translate and such (and I am!), but . . . I wanna know what happens next, dammit! >_<. . . *heh* And on that oh-so-lovely note, I shall end this entry. Peace out : P

Friday, October 3, 2003 09:38 p.m.

I figure that I better write now while I still have a shred of sanity and have not yet hit the jetlag that less than five hours of sleep and over fours hours on a bus brings. Oh, wait, sorry it's too late ^^;;

Anyway, today was . . . odd, yet generally fun. The field was . . . on the way there, some guys on the Echo staff (that's the paper) were snorting ground up lifesavers peppermints. Can you say braindead?? The first session was . . . odd and not what I expected, the second session was good, lunch was good (Sbarro pizza, yummy!), the keynote address was boring (they had somehow to introduce the person who was introducing the speaker, and the introductions got off track and lasted at least twenty minutes), and the final session . . . *blinks* You would think that, with over 800 students at a thing like this, that you would get more than two people in a particular session. You would think, but you would be wrong. Yep, it was only me and some other kid who listened to the poor speaker talk about stuff I already knew *sigh* At least he wasn't as boring as the keynote address . . . or as freaky as the zine guy in the first session O.o Oh, yeah, and on the board of that last classroom, there were Japanese names! Maybe it was a Japanese history class or something . . . I don't know. I barely know anything about Japanese history (we always skipped those chapters that applied to anything other than Europe and the U.S. . . . I feel so ignorant >_<) And then I walked (briskly) through the rain, down the long, long quad, back to the bus (after a few minutes of searching and going the wrong way with other Echo staffers). And then we drove home. And that was that.

I ate Burger King (ick) with some sophomores on the Spire (after we had gotten back), then we went back to school. We waited for the yearbook sponsors, then, 15 minutes after we were supposed to start, they got there and we set up. From there on, the Spire Party was in session. I didn't get quite as many signatures as I would've liked to, but I think I got all the majors (except you, Megan-san ;_;) I feel bad for the people of all the yearbooks I signed. I was just . . . *shakes head* Weird. I couldn't think of anything to say, so I ended up writing stupid stuff that wasn't even really nice. Even 'You are such a sweet person' is better than 'I don't know what to write except this.' But I was sick of writing that meaningless drivel that often fills yearbook pages. At least I wasn't fibbing or anything. I tell the truth, and nothing but the truth!

Um . . . yeah, that's about all concerning today. I need to see the movie Luther so I can write a review on it for the Echo, due Oct. 13. And I never go to movies and I can't drive x.x (which is my own fault, I know, but unless I can get my license within 10 days . . .) But that's not as bad as my other story. It'll be great to interview an old friend of mine for it, but I'll feel so cheap when I go up and talk to her after months of silence, then just ask for an interview. I'm such a bad friend >_< Especially if I don't see people often. Gomenasai!!!!

. . . still no Scrapped. *kicks Keep and Junkies* Come on, you guys, we've been waiting forever . . . gr. I'm going to go watch more Loki now . . . Peace out : P

Thursday, October 2, 2003 09:37 p.m.

Tee hee, I haven't done any homework and I'm not going to ^^ Before you kill me, though, I'll be on a field trip tomorrow-- one which requires four hours, there and back, on a big uncomfortable yellow bus with a few people I don't like much and no option of tuning them out with headphones (not allowed; we're supposed to 'bond'). It probably won't be the best field trip I've ever been on (at least I won't be sick like I usually am . . .), but at least I can postpone my homework until the weekend. I can do a chunk on Saturday, and the rest on Sunday. So don't worry about my procrastinating ^^

We had Scribes tonight. It completely amazes me that we were able to have a second meeting so near after the first one. It was good for the most part. But morbid. Very, very morbid. Not that morbidity doesn't fascinate me (it does), and not that it's not interesting to listen to (it usually is-- cool piece, Traci-chan ^^), but . . . I wouldn't have minded something happy in there.

My own piece was only slightly morbid. I finally started the vampire story, so there's a bit of blood-sucking, but no death or anything. I'm not quite sure if I like the beginning yet, but the others thought it was fine. It was a bit annoying for me to read it because I don't particularly like reading stuff of that sort (this isn't romance at the moment, but vampires have to get pretty close to someone whose blood they're going to suck, and . . .). Truth be told, I don't much like reading any of my stories out loud. I don't know; I just speed up and my cheeks heat up and I stumble over my words. With a poem, I've read through it so many times that it's not too hard to get through it without incident. But I really love writing stories, so . . . um, yes. And I was disappointed that I didn't have any of the (not yet written) humorous parts to read. Maybe next time . . .

Anyway . . . um . . . I don't have much else to say. *checks animesuki for Scrapped* *sigh* Still nothing. Episode 10 of MaLoki was, sadly, quite fillerish. Not that I didn't like it, just . . . well, I heard it really picks up in a few eps., so . . . ^^

Still no new manga. Oh, wait, except I did get vol. 2 of Mars in from the library, so now I get to read that. See how it goes. I almost feel guilty reading it, knowing that it's just shojo romance and . . . I don't know. But I thought the last volume was very interesting, so . . . bah. I keep using ellipses because I don't really know what to say. Must take shower and go to sleep now. Must get up early for field trip *murders alarm clock* Baaaaaaaaah . . . Peace out : P

Wednesday, October 1, 2003 05:52 p.m.

Early entry today. *shivers* It's cold in this house . . . I need heat!

*sigh* Yet again, I go without a new episode of Scrapped Princess. Episode 22 came out 9/18, and I had thought that the next one would be out in about a week, but, alas . . . no such luck. I just hope it comes soon . . .

In addition, the only site that has new stuff in the way of manga for me to download has crashed (though, thankfully, it is not gone for good, nor were any of the files lost--it'll just be done for a few days). My other manga interests have nothing new-- Kakan no Madonna is released sporadically, and MaLoki's translator is doing finals, so she won't have anything new at least until the middle of the month. On a good note, now all of the MaLoki anime has been fansubbed (unless there are more than 26 episodes . . .) Well . . . mostly good anyway. I guess it really doesn't affect me right now because I'm only up to episode 9, but still . . . I just hope nobody snatches it up right away before I can watch it ^^ It's not nearly as episodic as I thought it might be, so if it got left off now, I would be kept in suspense over . . . well, stuff ^^

Hm. Maybe I should get my mom to drive me to BestBuy and get the Kare Kano boxset. I plan on getting it at some point, now that it's out, but I don't know when (it'll technically be a Christmas present -- my only one -- but that doesn't mean that I can't watch it before Christmas). Then again, I also want the first vol. of Infinite Ryvius, which doesn't come out until the fourteenth, so . . . Bah, sorry. I'm rambling. I always do this, though, don't I? But the scary thing is that, now, as I ramble, in my head I am identifying words as different parts of speech, and different kinds of phrases, and realizing how odd my sentences are O.o Yep, being in Honors English is fun, but you see words very differently . . .

I have a test in Journalism tomorrow. But today and yesterday, we spent the entire period working on the bulletin board across from the office. Isn't that sad? It's not even a very interesting subject. The bulletin board will be devoted to the Cubs and their playing in the world series (if they make it that far? I don't follow baseball . . .) It is kind of amusing to listen to the only other girl in my class complain, though (no, not my friend; she's with the other editors). Amusing, but slightly annoying. I think that the girl may hate the class as much as I do, at least, that how it sounds from the way she disdains most of what we do. *sigh* I complain, too, but at least I take the class seriously *whinge* Oh, well. I'm not failing *yet*

Um . . . this entry was stupid . . . gomen ne, minna-san. I have nothing interesting happening in my life . . . except for maybe Friday . . . on which I go to school at quarter to 7, ride a bus to UI, listen to some Journalism stuff there, come back, have an hour to eat/whatever, set up for the yearbook party, have the yearbook party, go home, sleep. Still not very interesting. Bah. Sleeeeeeeeeeep . . . . no, I'm not tired, just bored. Good bye now. *blinks*

Tuesday, September 30, 2003 08:14 p.m.

I'm taking a short break from my homework to write this (don't worry, I won't procrastinate long--I'm already half through my Precalc ^^) since I figure that I won't feel like it later. My granpa and uncle are over, and my uncle just talks way too much x.x

Um . . . I don't have too much to say. STILL no Scrapped *kicks fansub companies*, and, while MaLoki is still good, I don't particularly like Freya (who has been the focus of the last ep.-7- that I watched).
WARNING: Possibly spoilerish rant coming up
She's just so . . . helpless? And not like Mayura is, either. Freya's a damsel in distress who's sad and lonely but ready to betray. *shakes head* At least Mayura's funny (and tries to do things--it's only her clumsiness that makes her need rescuing ^^). . . that's probably what bugs me. That and the fact that I think they're trying to imply that Loki actually did love Freya before . . . we know she loved him at one time, but . . . ugh. And it's kind of weird to see a grown woman clutching to a little boy as if he's her hero O.o Even if she was just pretending. Bah. If there must be pairings, I'd go with Mayura x Loki (NOT little Loki o.o) or um . . . I don't know. MaLoki's focus isn't exactly on romance ^^ so . . .

Er . . . I guess I'll go back to my homework. *sighs* Life is so dull . . . I want to meet a kawaii detective who's actually a Norse god! . . . *blinkety blink* Peace out : P

Monday, September 29, 2003 09:40 p.m.

Kids, procrastination is a very, very bad thing. It'll keep you up past midnight polishing off that Physics assignment that you got last Thursday, and memorizing quotes from obscure people that you've never heard of whose words have no importance whatsoever. Yes, if you should choose to procrastinate, these'll be the things you lose sleep over. That and nightmares that have you doing piles and piles of journalism homework . . .

I guess you might make a supposition of what I'm going through right now? Yes, that's right, fear the evil creature that sneaks up behind you, in the innocent forms of a new episode of MaLoki (nothing new on Scrapped at the moment . . .) or that free issue of YM that you wished to make fun of. Just one more article to laugh at . . . just one more run through of the pretty theme music . . . don't fall into these traps. Loki may look cute, but you know inside he's really the Norse trickster whose kids include a wolf and a giant snake (. . .) Um . . . anyway, procrastination is bad. So is physics. PH33R IT!! But movies about what to do concerning Jehovah's witness are very good ^^ . . . o.o By the way, you took AP Chem, Megan-san, right? Is it as bad as Honors Physics?? *sighs* No likey. Must take shower now. Then memorize and do physics. Bad bad procrastination. HIDOIIIII!!! . . . peace out u.u

Sunday, September 28, 2003 06:55 p.m.

Just some quizzies . . .

You are Mayura. You are cute and actually a bit too
energetic. You like strange mysteries and you're
so beautiful. You're cute and you are actually
very clumsy, you always fall down or trip but
at least it's always accidentally.

What Matantei Loki(Ragnarok) character are you?
brought to you by Quizilla

Bah, I need to find a better MaLoki quiz. I may be like Mayura (always clumsy ^^;), but this quiz didn't have much to do with personality . . . and I had to fix the spelling on the description. They kept using 'your' instead of 'you're' and 'clumbsy.' O.o yeah.

Which Rurouni Kenshin Character Are You?

Test Created By oronoda

Hmm . . . that sounds kind of accurate. I don't really think I'm very confrontational though (in general--sometimes I blow my top). *shrugs* The piccy is pretty ^^

Well . . . I'd best get on with my homework. I did precalc yesterday (and U.S. History today), but I still need to diagram some sentences for English and do my physics x.x I watched ep 4 of MaLoki, and had thought it would be filler, but it was actually a very sweet look into Mayura's childhood and why she wants to become a detective. *sniffles* So . . . cute . . . I love MaLoki even more . . . and now I really want the opening and ending songs . . . not that I didn't before. By the way, the show is directed by the same guy as Jing. I thought they seemed similar . . . well, you know, sort of . . . animation, opening/closing sequences, and such ^^; . . . that's all . . . peace out : P

Sunday, September 28, 2003 02:46 p.m.

Still no new episode of Scrapped *is getting impatient* But, you know what, that's okay! Because now I'm officially obsessed with Matantei Loki Ragnarok (MaLoki for short)! ^^;;

It's kind of sad. I have 21 episodes of FMwS filed away, downloaded over a period of a few months, just waiting to be watched (I've only seen 5 so far . . .) and now I'm d/l and watching MaLoki. I already have eps. 1-3 and am currently getting the fourth. I've really fallen in love with the animation (as simplistic as it is, it does well with both bright and dark lighting, and it's interminably cute) and the characters. Surprisingly enough, they seem to be already past what I've read in the manga (chapters 1-5), for the most part at least. New characters that I've never met have been introduced (Heimdall and Thor), but Yamino's true identity hasn't yet been revealed (which happens in chapter 4 of the manga and ep. 8 of the anime). Really, they haven't used too much from the parts of the manga that I've read. But it's okay, because the show is more driven by the characters than the individual episode plots. And the plot of the series itself seems to be developing rather quickly, if the first three episodes are any indication. Heimdall (I can't remember his or Thor's human names) makes for an interesting adversary (he's not really the villain, and having a child's body doesn't make him look very scary, but he is quite intent on 'destroying' Loki). And I was mistaken. Mayura has pink hair in the manga, too O.o But that's okay, because she's kind of a ditz anyway ^^ (a lovable one, that is).

Bah, Loki's my favorite, though. He's so KAWAII! And yet I feel sorry for him, because he's stuck in the body of a child, and . . . well, that stinks for a number of reasons. O.o I guess this means I do have a thing for guys stuck in the bodies of cute things ^^;; Anyway, his interaction with Mayura is really amusing. He always ends up saving her, and she still has no clue that he's more than a little boy inside *heh* Memory loss? Who knows. At least it'll be interesting when she finally figures it out (for being so in love with mysteries, that girl sure is slow . . .). But, anyway, um . . . yes, MaLoki is cool. I don't know if any of you guys would like it, but that's life ^^ Just another thing to add to my list of 'Buy when it comes to the U.S.' Yep, both anime and manga . . . funzies! ^__^ Peace out : P

Saturday, September 27, 2003 01:42 p.m.

Saiyuki with Jen was fun. I probably missed half of the story, though, because I couldn't stop myself from making pointless comments ^^ Oh, well, it was really funny, and I'll probably get to see it again when Jen shows it to Traci ^^

We really did have a good time overall. We also watched eps. 2-6 of Boogiepop (Mwahahaha! Now Jen and Traci are both at the same place) and part of an episode of BKJ. And . . . actually, that's pretty much all that we did. I mean, we got back at 20 to six, made pizza (we each ate half!), looked at piccies, and then watched Saiyuki until midnight, and Boogiepop and Jing in the morning. It was really fun, though. But we missed Traci-chan (and Megan-san . . .). Some other time I guess? ^^;;

I watched the first episode of Matantei Loki Ragnarok. It was . . . weird. The animation was actually quite nice (in spite of having character designs that were just a tad 'cutesy'--like Mayura's pinkish hair o.O), but the story . . . it wasn't bad, but . . . instead of headless bodies of girls who look similar showing up, they had . . . a laughing, talking doll. Yes, a doll. It was a possessed doll, but, it was possessed by the spirit of a doll, not a person. A lonely doll. Since when do dolls have spirits?! *sighs* . . . so it wasn't great, but it wasn't that bad. And I really love the ending sequence *drools over 'mysterious bishounen' whose identity is obvious XD* The next episode looks interesting, too . . . and at least it seems to have maintained that amusement/charm that I like the manga for, so I think I'll continue with it ^^ ugh . . . now it'll probably get licensed -_-;; I wonder if I'll even have time to watch it . . . *sighs* I'd better go see if I can get some homework or something done now . . . because that would be smart . . . Peace out : P

Friday, September 26, 2003 04:48 p.m.

Wow, I'm updating this on my school's computer! I'm here after school in the library because Jen's practicing for the play. It feels kind of weird, since I don't really belong here, but . . . oh, well. Traci couldn't come ;_; She had a prior commitment, so . . . We miss you Traci-chan!!

Today was kind of . . . well, I was behaving rather rudely, because my group messed up on our Physics lab again and now we have to do the calculations all over again. Gr. And it didn't help that I had an assignment for Journalism that stretched into every single one of my classes (find five significant events per class and write a headline on them--harder than it sounds) and it was driving my crazy. But that's still no excuse, so . . . I'm sorry you guys!

There's still no new episode for Scrapped-- not that it would affect me right now anyway, since I can't d/l stuff onto this computer (much less watch it . . .) Hm. I can't think of much else to say and I shouldn't stay on long, so . . . Peace out : P

Thursday, September 25, 2003 09:43 p.m.

Um . . . I did have something to talk about . . . um . . . oh, yeah! . . . I have too much stuff on my computer that I d/l that I haven't watched/read/listened to. It makes me guilty. And I feel kind of weird if I'm not d/l something or other. I just . . . want to d/l something . . . *blinkety blink* I think I have an obsession. Oh, well! ^^ I'm just getting antsy waiting for the next eps. of Scrapped. It's been a week now . . . I know that it's nothing I can do anything about right now, but I want to see more!! Gr . . .

Um . . . I finished my homework already! Most of it, anyway . . . the rest I'm putting off for another day because I'm lazy o.o So there. *blinks* Tomorrow should be fun ^^ Jen and Traci are coming over. Yay! . . . *blinks* I want Scrapped . . . We're gonna watch Saiyuki and BKJ. And it'll be . . . Scrapped . . . very good ^^ And it's pub day (publication) for the first Echo, so my first article will be published. One of them's even on the front page! . . . >_< Scrapped . . . not that I really care a whole lot. I just hope nobody comes up to me and says 'that was so stupid. Why the heck did you write that?!' because that would probably make me cry ;_; Because I'm completely weak and I suffered so much for those stupid articles and I . . . want more Scrapped!!

Um . . . sorry, I'm suffering from Scrapped Princess withdrawl. Apparently. Hm. If I'm like this now, I wonder how I'll be when the series ends ;_; *sighs* I guess I can watch FMwS . . . but that's not nearly as fun . . . maybe I'll go for MaLoki! Yeah, that sounds good . . . maybe I'll start now . . . Peace out : P

Wednesday, September 24, 2003 10:01 p.m.

Agh. This is going to work! It must!! Okay, Jen, Traci, about Friday . . . we'll probably be staying after doing sets painting and homework ^^ But that's okay (because I'm sure I'll have more than enough homework to last until Sunday night). It's my fault because I didn't realize that my family is going to remove the boats from the lake water on Friday afternoon, and my mother is unable to go back and forth. But we can have someone pick us up at whenever practice finishes! So it'll work . . . unless Traci becomes an aunt . . .

*heh* Anyway, I was kind of bad during Journalism. Well . . . 'bad' isn't the right word, but, thinking about it afterwards, I almost feel guilty. You see, Frau asked me to choose one partner out of three of the boys in the class. I don't care especially for anyone in that class (my friend is an editor and spends class with the other editors) so I said it didn't matter. And then she said she would choose for me, and, with a flippant shrug, I said something to the degree of 'go ahead' in that utterly annoying tone of voice that indicates 'I don't care' and general disdain. *blinks* It's doesn't sound so bad, reading it over, but it's not really the kind of thing you should say to a teacher. Disrespectful, almost. Especially when I consider my attitude when regarding journalism. I wonder how obvious it is that I'm not going to take it next year. But she didn't say anything, and no one else said anything, so . . . that's that, I guess.

Hm. I really love the book The Innkeeper's Song. I have read up to page 137, and the writing is quite splendid (I love that different chapters are written from the pov of all sorts of characters, all managing to somehow fit into a seamless narrative). I would definitely recommend it, except . . . if you should decide to read this on my recommendation, I would also suggest you skip pages 116 - 130. Because . . . well, let's just that I was glad that I was at home alone when I read these pages. Because suddenly, as the things happening came together, one word popped into my mind, which I said out loud after an insane giggle:
"Orgy!"
Yes. It's hardly lemony at all (I've only read one fanfic lemon in my life--by accident and it filled my mind with disgust, though I think I hit a particularly bad one) and is written in such a way that I wasn't too bothered for the most part. But . . . I think that, because of caffeine and such, the effect was switched to that of insane gigglish-ness. Which just shows that a sane person might be offended by it. Then again . . . considering some of the other things I've read in the average novel, really . . . this is probably the least offensive sex scene that has some description to it. Er . . . yes, the most unusual topics, eh? *has no clue what she's even saying*

Anyway . . . I d/l some more scans today. I read FMwS chapter 15, even though the last one I read was chapter 4 (I simply cannot find anything inbetween), and it made me remember that, while I like the anime to a degree, the manga is much sweeter, if only because of the gorgeous art. *_* Shoujo!
New Loki won't be out for a while, so I got some other stuff that I hadn't read before: 1st chapter of Count Cain (which I liked to a degree), Kakan no Madonna (haven't read any, art's odd, story sounds good), Bloodhound (read 1 of 3 chapters, looks amusing), and Alichino (which has some very lovely 'gothic' art--haven't really read any yet). This and the FB stuff I didn't realize I hadn't read yet should keep me busy for a while manga-wise. As far as anime goes, though, I'm just biding my time, waiting for the last two episodes of Scrapped Princess to come out. *cries* Only TWO! 24 episodes long! *sighs* I am definitely buying it if/when it comes out domestically. Right now, it's second only to Escaflowne. It's not going to go up (nothing beats Esca ^^) but I don't think it'll go down on my list, either. The storyline is just so fluid and multi-layered! ^^ Every episode has something good about it, and there's really not any filler. And the characters! Sorry. I'm chattering again. Maybe MaLoki will be my next anime d/l. I hear the anime's not too shabby, though I haven't read too much on it yet. Oh, yeah, and I think the Kare Kano boxset comes out next week! *celebrates* That'll keep me busy for a while (unless, since it's a Christmas present, my parents make me wait until Christmas . . .). And .hack and Infinite Ryvius . . . *sighs* I can't wait. *reads over entry* Sorry this jumps around so much *heh* I guess it only needs to make sense to me, though, so . . . Peace out : P

Tuesday, September 23, 2003 09:36 p.m.

Sorry, guys, for being catty today. *sighs* For unknown reasons, I have been seriously PMS-ing for today and a few other days. The reason this is unknown is because usually this comes before 'aunt flo' visits, but she already *is* visiting. *blink* Sorry, for the subject, but at least it sort of explains messed up behavior. Like suddenly feeling naked in Bible class when I realized that I was the only female in the entire class not wearing make-up. Which I guess I just never thought about before. And it made me feel odd, though I don't know exactly why. Oh, yeah, and it would explain this, too:

So it's a love/longing poem. So what? But it makes me think odd things O.o and . . . *blinkety blink* I was the one who wrote it! *cries* . . . and I kind of sort of like it in some weird twisted way . . . baka mossy. I don't know why I'm even posting this. I'll just say, ignore the poem, ignore my raging hormones, ignore this entry. But then why am I even posting this?! *sighs* Well, it is my webjournal, so . . . bah, maybe I should just get a new site and not give anyone the link and write my stupid thoughts there. But . . . that just seems so pointless. At the least, I think I'll take this link down from public places . . . and do ignore the poem, please *sigh* Baka mossy. Peace out ;p; (don't ask me what that's supposed to be . . .)

Monday, September 22, 2003 09:24 p.m.

Very quick entry. As usual, I still have plenty more to do before the night is over and I can let sleep come. Stupid slow me *sigh* If only I had better time management skills -_-;; Anyway, nothing much new to say. Today was another day. I did much better on my second Physics test, so that was good. I lost a book last Friday, but then discovered I had left it in my 7th period class when the teacher gave it to me today. That was a relief. The Innkeeper's Song is turning out to be a very good read. Right now I would recommend it, though I'm still not very far (don't have much time to read). Well, here's a quiz I took a while ago, and then that's it.

Well, that was amusing at the least *giggles* Go ahead, try it. I know you want to! Now must go finish Spanish poster. Then shower, then precalc. Bah. Peace out : P

Sunday, September 21, 2003 05:54 p.m.

I am now reading "Matantei Loki," translated as "The Mythical Detective Loki." It's quite amusing and interesting. Basically, it's been about mysteries that have to be solved by Mayura (a 16-year-old girl who LOVES mysteries and is kind of clueless), Loki (apparently a little kid, really the Norse god of the same name), and Loki's butler, Yamino (actually more than he seems). Um, yes. Nothing in particular strikes me, but I rather like the simplistic art style, and the story is interesting. Loki is a rather funny character. Everyone sees him as a child, but in reality he is the great trickster of the Norse gods. He got stuck in a human body as a result of playing one too many tricks, and now must solve crimes in order to find demons to seal (when he seals enough he'll be allowed out of a human body). He's extremely cute, but at the same time demanding and dryly witty. So far the manga has been a bit episodic (following the cases that they've had), but I've heard that it picks up after a while. I got the scans from Hemuloki.

Loki is a bit of a diversion from the stuff I normally read. It can probably still be considered a shoujo because of the cute art style and female lead, but it's hardly a romance, and it doesn't look to be an angstfest either. Mystery with a light touch of humor. I suppose the first case can almost be classified as horror (a killer stalks teenage girls, leaving their bodies and taking their heads), but it's not really scary or even gory (sorry, you guys ^^). Right now, it's just kind of amusing to me. But I know that I like it already. Just because ^^ Peace out : P

Saturday, September 20, 2003 12:00 p.m.

KAWAII!!! I just finished reading Time Stranger Kyoko. Some parts at the beginning were a bit iffy to me, but by the end . . . ^___^ My faith in Tanemura-sensei's ability to write a great story is restored. That was just so sweet!! It even had sort of a battle (almost O.o) And I really liked the main couple's fluffiness. Their relationship is so sweet and pure! *unlike that of Maron and Chiaki . . . Gr . . .* And everybody's stories ended in a satisfactory way. I kind of wish the secondary characters could've have gotten more development, but the twists and development of the main characters were lovely. Hizuki even got a cute ending ^^ *giggles at his final scene* Then again, I usually prefer light-hearted fair to drama (like KKJ had), and while TSK had its heart wrenching (very well done) scenes, it didn't put the pedal to the metal with the angst, and I liked that. I like angst as much as the next fangirl, but sometimes you need a bit of humor and happiness to lighten things up. If TSK comes to the U.S., I will most definitely buy it. If it doesn't, maybe I'll buy it anyway! *it's only three volumes long* I would definitely recommend it to anyway who likes light-hearted adventure, bishies, shoujo, fluffy romance, and a good story at the heart. XD So cute!!

Friday, September 19, 2003 08:11 p.m.

Well, I finally saw the last volume of Yami no Matsuei. . . . I have to be really careful about how I say this, because, as this is my weblog containing my opinions, I want to write what I thought, but I don't want to offend anybody. And I know that if I'm not very careful, I will. So, here it is, please, PLEASE do not be offended, at least until you get to the end (because you would have to read all to understand all). Now that your hackles have all risen and I can almost hear the growls, I'll begin *heh*

I didn't like it *okay, that was a bit blunt* for the first three eps., at least. This is for a few reasons: First of all, I still have a lot of questions. I know that the manga goes on way past the anime, but that's no excuse to leave viewers who don't read the manga confused on important things. For example, what exactly is Muraki? Did I just miss the part where they explain why he won't die and how the heck he can teleport around and float in midair? What exactly is Tsuzuki, if he's supposedly not human (something about demon blood??), and how did he get that way? I know Muraki wanted Tsuzuki's body (very literally) but why was he so obsessed with him? Was there even a reason for it (or is it just because Tsuzuki's a vulnerable, angsty bishounen)? When Tsuzuki talks about killing people, does he just mean after he became a Shinigami? Or was there something before that happened (or did I miss that part too)? There are more questions that I could list if I watched it again, but I think that's enough for now.

The second reason I didn't like it was because I saw shounen-ai. Before you kill me (I can already hear Traci's screams of rage) HEAR ME OUT. I'm NOT saying that it is shounen-ai. I'm NOT saying that anyone besides Muraki has an interest in Tsuzuki in a non-platonic way (Muraki's PsYChO). What I am saying is that, through either reading too much into things or just my imagination, I could see shounen-ai. Does that make sense? If not, please ask me and I'll try to explain it more. It's just that, when I see certain things, I have trained my mind to think 'Romance!' (heaven knows why--I just have to pair up everybody somehow) These things DON'T necessarily mean romance to others or romance at all, but they do to me. So when Tsuzuki got drunk and upset and such, and Hisoka calmed him down and then let him lay in his lap, well . . . it doesn't mean that they're anything more than friends, but it strikes me in such a way that my mind interprets it as such. And I really can't stand to watch it, because I'll liken it to a similar scene in .hack where Bear had his head resting in BT's lap. And, no, that doesn't mean that they're in love, either, but that scene made me wonder exactly what kind of relationship they had. And it made me consider certain possibilities. It's like when I sometimes hear screams outside my window at night. Most likely, it's just highschoolers acting stupid and goofing around. But my mind interprets it as 'Oh, no, what if someone's being attacked!' Okay, perhaps that's not the best metaphor, but I'm trying.

^^READ THIS PART!!^^
Now that I've been so negative, I get to be positive ^^ and hope that you read and remember this section rather than just thinking that I hate Yami or something. Because I don't. In addition to rather liking eps. 1-9 for the most part, I really loved the ending, from the moment Hisoka goes in to save Tsuzuki through to the last scene. I thought the scene where the two are together with the fire around them and Hisoka was telling Tsuzuki to live was very sweet and cute and wonderful, and, in spite of my feelings during other scenes, I saw no shounen-ai whatsoever in this one (it was just so KAWAII it basically made up for the negative stuff ^^). I also liked the character development of them all from that point on. Without the questions that Muraki kept bringing up, I was free to enjoy seeing Tatsumi's character further deepened (I hadn't particularly liked him in the rest of the eps., but in that very last one he became one of my favorites--I really liked the whole 'I was even afraid to save your life thing.' I guess it may sound weird to others, but it makes sense to me). And while Muraki didn't die, I can just pretend that he did ^^ Either that, or go with Hisoka's little, 'as long as he's alive, I have something to aim for' speech. Because that amuses me, somehow. And . . . that's about all I guess. I'm sorry for ranting, but, I really wouldn't want to watch any more than the last episode in volume four if I were to watch it again. But I truly thought the latter part of the last episode was great, so . . . don't kill me please. I'm entitled to my own opinions. You can hate my series, if you like (as long as you give them a fair chance ^^). I won't rant about Yami anymore (if I do, kick me or something) unless it's about how cute the 'shinigami are my only family scene' was. And I DON'T HATE YAMI!! Okay? Just wanted to make that clear . . . but I suppose since I have to do that it probably seems that way . . . *sigh* Well, it was nice to see the ending anyway. I'm going to stop rambling now. Peace out : P

Friday, September 19, 2003 04:38 p.m.

*blinks* My parents bought me a car. *blinkety blink*

I know I mentioned this at school this morning (to Jen-chan at least). There was a car my parents spotted in the paper. Low mileage, good condition, quite good price. They thought it would be a good car for me. Even though I'm 16 1/2, don't have my liscense, and haven't driven since driver's ed a year ago. They thought it would be sold already. I was rather non-commital. Yeah, a car would be nice, I suppose, you know, when I actually start to drive--so, really, no need for one now. . . . I didn't really think that they would buy it. Or even seriously consider buying it. Until today, after school, I walked outside and didn't see my mom's car waiting for me. Instead, I saw a car with both my parents in it turning into the parking lot. The car in the paper I_I

. . . Yeah, I was speechless. What was I supposed to say? If I had been begging for a vehicle of my own--or even hinting that I wanted one, I would be really happy and stuff. But . . . yi. The only thing I said was that it might be sort of nice 9_9 Don't worry, though, I wasn't impolite or indifferent. That would've absolutely made my parents go crazy (they were both still in the giddiness that purchasing vehicles gives them--like how I get after buying or watching anime; they really like buying cars o.o). I was just sort of, "Oh, my. Wow. Um, thanks O.O" Lots of weird, not exactly nervous, but not very jolly laughter. I'm not going to tell them to bring it back or anything. Like I said, it'll be really nice to have a car when I do drive. And I'm definitely grateful that they would even think of buying me a car (maybe they just like buying cars??). And I like the car a lot (on my own I would probably choose something similar). It's just sort of . . . unexpected, maybe?

Of course, it won't be my car. Which relieves me somewhat, because . . . I don't know, it makes me feel supremely spoiled. Not that I'm not-- I know that I act like it at least sometimes (though I try not to . . .) My parents will drive it, my brother will drive it (another thing: this car was the same price as the car he got soon after learning to drive, so that's good too. I wouldn't want to get special treatment ~_~ Mom thinks he's a bit jealous, though) . . . it'll just be another family car. Except, it'll be the car that I use, like when I practice driving and stuff. And if I go places. And . . . yi.

. . . I guess I'll post the logistics. I feel so silly doing this. I feel like I'm bragging. I am bragging. Gomenasai. Baka me. I guess I get that from my dad . . . he just loves to show cars off. Please don't hate me. I already feel guilty. They shouldn't have done this for me . . . I'm so undeserving . . . I don't even drive yet! *sigh* I'm trying to strike a balance between humble and grateful. It's not working . . . here we go. It's a '97 Chrystler Sebring convertible: deep green, black roof, gray (probably vinyl) interior. Nice sound system; AM/FM radio, cd player (O.O I still can't believe that . . .) Runs well, probably won't break down (^^), apparently had the brakes done recently. My mom said to me, 'It's not perfect . . .' but . . . in reality, it's more perfect than I deserve, more perfect than I ever imagined I would have (not that it's . . . I don't know, um, something that you would never give a teenager?). Bah, now I'm just whinging. This is my first car. I should be happy like a normal teenager. My parents obviously think that I should be happy. I am happy, just not in the way of a normal teenager. Having a car never mattered a great deal to me before, and it still doesn't. If given the choice, I would rather spend that money on anime (just think how much I could buy with the cost of the car . . . o.o) but, well, I don't think that would be something my parents would be willing to buy for me ^^ Gah. They seriously spoil me way too much, though. I feel bad, especially since . . . oh, never mind. It's all just kind of crazy, ne? And now I can't give my excuses against driving, because if I do I'll feel even guiltier -_-;; Baka Mossy. I hope I don't sound as ridiculous as I think I sound ^^ . I just don't know quite how to react . . . well, I guess that's it . . . except, ah, yes, there's a new episode of Scrapped out! *celebrates* . . . funny that I'm more excited over 129 MB of sound and video than I am about a car. Wait, no, it isn't. >< Baka Mossy . . . Peace out. X P

Thursday, September 18, 2003 09:47 p.m.

Since 6th period ended (journalism), for apparently no reason at all, I have felt genki. Which is funny, because during 5th (H. English) I was nearly falling asleep (and I like H. English). Of course, it helped to keep my genkiness up that I had fun during the first meeting of Shakespeare Society (during club: "We read Shakespeare for fun!"). And I had fun during the first meeting of Sets Painting/ Props Construction. Mostly because I got to talk to Traci-chan and listen to some of the guys make funny comments. But most of all, I had fun during Scribes. We seem to have a very good crop of writers this year-- not a bad apple in the bunch (next time you're coming too, Jen-chan!!!). And they liked my poem! *cries tears of happiness* There always seems to be that one piece per meeting that everybody says, that was really great; needs no improvement. And that was mine. I feel so special!! Of course, I also feel kind of bad, because I know I rather disliked it when I wrote something I thought was good and it got lots of improvement comments and then somebody else just got praise. But . . . it still feels good! *so selfish* Um . . . oh, yeah, and it's odd, because my poem was a happy poem, and so now, to those new to my writing, I'm the 'happy little cute girl picking strawberries poem' girl. And so, when I bring in something that's depressing (which probably 99% of my poems are) or something odd and/or violent (which is a category that at least a few of my stories fall under--some poems, too) they'll all be like, Woah! I thought you were the 'cute, happy poem' girl. And I'll be like, no, that was the only poem you'll hear by me that's happy. But, um . . . Why the heck am I talking like a valley girl?? Maybe I'm just genki because the lack of sleep has finally gotten to me. ^__^ Well, now I need to go study for four tests, a memory verse, and do my precalc x.x *dies* ^________^ Peace out! : P

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 10:44 p.m.

Lessee here . . . I can't type adequately at the moment, so this will probably be a rather short entry. My homework is done, amazingly enough (bar studying for Friday's multiple tests) so I may actually write some later. I began reading Time Stranger Kyoko (same author as KKJ), and I rather like it at the moment. There have been a few short melodramatic bits, but it's humor for the most part, which I much prefer. Hopefully it won't make me annoyed like KKJ; right now it seems safe enough, but you never know . . . that's it for now. I did have a school rant brewing, but . . . why waste your time and mine, ne? At least I'll be up til midnight doing something worthwhile . . . time for Inu! Peace out, all : P

Tuesday, September 16, 2003 08:57 p.m.

*sighs* I hope this posting and then doing precalc til midnight won't become a habit (though it was nice to watch Inu . . .)

Today was . . . well, I got very angry during Journalism because my disk (which I'm supposed to save stories on and hand in) would not work--and today's the deadline. So we spent the whole period running back and forth and getting tensed up trying to find out why. *sighs* At least the editor was very nice about it. At least she didn't yell at me or anything (she even said it was okay because it wasn't my fault . . .).

I finally finished KKJ. The ending was . . . for the most part fine, but Noin (who turned out to be one of my favorite characters) just disappeared until the end, where he was in some unknown place saying, "When Maron is born again, she will be mine!" It was pretty cheesy. You know, I really liked KKJ through the beginning and the middle, but the whole God having no power and 'you can still be pure while sleeping with your boyfriend' thing really got to me at the end. I mean, the scene with Maron and Chiaki only involved one kiss and the hint that they're naked, but . . . in heaven of all places!! What is that?! If their love is so 'pure,' they would've gotten married. Really. *sighs* I suppose I can't say that I'll hate something if it has the slightest implications of sex in it, but . . . there's a right and a wrong, and this makes wrong look right. /rant.

I really hate school right now. Wait, hate isn't the right word. I don't feel any anger toward it . . . It's just that I'm so bored right now. None of my classes are particularly interesting, and I don't have the play to keep me busy. I know, I'm kicking a rotten corpse by mentioning the play. But it really helped to keep the time passing, and I would like to have something like that right about now. No use crying over the past, though. I guess . . . I don't know. I'm just sick of this cycle that I've put myself in. When I go to college, I'm going far away. The novelty of high school has worn off. And, if you should think so for whatever reason, no, I'm not depressed. Just bored. End now. Peace out -_-

Monday, September 15, 2003 09:45 p.m.

Gah, I really shouldn't be writing this, but I won't have any other moments to do so, so . . . here I am. Still need to shower and do pre-calc. Yeah. This is due to rampant procrastination (til nearly 7!) and a lovely little shoujo manga series called "Mars," which I find to be quite intriguing (though I doubt my friends would . . .). It's about a girl who loves to draw and is extremely shy and a womanizing, devil-may-care, life-is-just-a-game, friendly and somehow lovable boy whose attention is caught by the girl's drawing of a mother and a child at their chance meeting. There's more to both of them than meets the eye, and things are more complicated than they seem (as is quite typical of shoujo). Who knows what'll come of it, but I have access to up to vol. 5, so I can read til then and decide if I should get more. Gah, I know, I like shoujo way too much. That and horror *hums boogiepop's opening*

I am somewhat annoyed at a certain shoujo at the moment, though. KKJ pressed a nerve with the whole 'must seal demons or Kami-sama will die thing,' but I just took that as made-up. It's when they trepass on the real territory and twist it when it really hits me. Half of chapter 29 concerned creation, and God was a human and he was in love with Eve so he gave her a soul that could reincarnate, and sent them from the garden of Eden because of his jealousy of the man. And those jealous feelings turned into Maou (basically the devil). That made me kind of angry. I don't mind if they make up their own little fantasy world with its properties and gods (it is FANTASY), but when they twist the creation story . . . gr. Not that I now hate KKJ, I just need to vent a bit. *sighs* Such is life. Now I must go do precalc *dies* Peace out X P

Sunday, September 14, 2003 07:20 p.m.

Just a short entry, then I have to write some stories for the paper. My family went to Megan's church this morning (which she doesn't go to right now, since it would be kind of far to drive ^^;;). They told me they've been thinking of switching for years, and they really like the service (though they said they'll have to get used to the loud music). I guess I wouldn't mind if they decided to switch sometime. I don't really have friends at either church, so . . .

Megan came to Traci's, and it was pretty fun. We watched the 3rd disc of Yami no Matsuei, and I really liked the eps. on it (though Muraki is just . . . *shudders* MESSED UP. Yep). We also saw some DNAngel, and that was interesting, too (though I'm just a tad confused since I've missed a few eps.) Over all, it was good.

I feel pretty silly. I thought Infinite Ryvius had come out already and have been blathering on and on about how much I want to get it. Then I looked it up in ANN's encyclopedia and discovered the release date isn't until October. Well, at least I won't have to worry about finding it until then ^^;; *sigh* But I want some anime to buy that I haven't seen (I prefer watching DVDs on the big screen to staring at my computer and further impairing my eyesight. After all, DVDs have much better picture quality ^^)

*sighs* The Kare Kano boxset doesn't come out til 9/30. Not that I have money to burn . . . but . . . well . . . bah. I'm just stupid. I haven't spent any money since I got Boogiepop. And I love to spend frivolously on anime-related goods. Anime, manga, candy (to watch while eating anime) . . . I don't *normal/clothes* shop much, so I can't even get a slight release from that (though I would like a new pair of shoes . . . the ones I use I've had since freshmen year). I like getting .hack (which I plan to get vol. 4 of whenever I get to it), but I've already seen the entire series, so it's not quite as fun (though it is good to watch it over and figure out why everything turned out the way it did--I'm still working on that). Gah, if nothing else, I just want to get to some place that sells stuff and look around. I'm not too much of a crowd person, but there's just something about commercialized places trying to sell stuff that just warms your heart . . . ^_~ okay, not really. It's just fun. And it could get me away from my homework (boo-ring). Wow, this entry was longer than I expected. But at least I haven't spent too much time writing it ^^;; Okay, that's all for now. Peace out : P

Saturday, September 13, 2003 09:40 a.m.

I officially have a cold, as of this morning. I woke up at about 8 feeling absolutely awful. Ugh. But I feel better now. And I got to do something that I haven't done in a loooong time: Watch Digimon on Saturday morning.

When I woke up, something I had read -somewhere- came to mind. I remembered reading that ABC family would be showing Frontier, the 4th season of Digimon. Probably lelola.

So I turned on ABC family. And I got to watch Beyblade VForce (it's kind of cute, actually. I like Max and Rei :D). And then I came down and watched Scrapped (I didn't have much interest in Daigunder(?) or whatever it's called). Ep. 21 was all right. Only 'all right' because half of it was basically mecha-esque fighting (they're not actually mechs, but that's the only word I can think of right now to describe them. They're kind of cool--especially Zephiris/Shannon's dragoon thing, but I prefer the characters). The other half had some really good stuff, though. Chris and Shannon (and Pacifica, sort of) both gave some very nice speeches that I plan to watch again for quotes (actually, it'd be easier to find a script and just copy the whole episode. There were LOTS of good quotes, as usual). And there was this part where . . . bah, never mind. It just struck me because of my odd obsession with Winia/Chris. Okay, I feel like inflicting it on you. When Winia sees Chris in this episode, she just gets this kind of sad look in her eyes, sort of like she wants to say hello and talk to him but is too shy to. And Chris doesn't even look at her once. But because I'm a hopeless romantic, I still think that they belong together ^^ After all . . . episode 4! And the letter! And . . . yeah. Sorry. I just think that if anyone could break through to him, it'd be Winia. But you can ignore me ^^ Anyway *spoiler warning*

. . . Steyr's dead, too *cheers* She had a really crappy death, too. They're just like, 'oh, she's been destroyed. Oh, well.' Not that I hated Steyr. She was just kind of annoying. You know, the whole 'I'm a slut supposedly working for the good of the human race and humans are inferior to me.' Riiiight. *end spoiler*

Then, I watched Digimon. Yay! I don't like it nearly as much as season 1 (likable characters and a good story) or 3 (quite deep for a show of its genre-- IMHO), but I suppose the first episode is too early to tell. I don't really like any of the characters in particular, but I don't think they've all been introduced yet, so . . . we'll see. If I remember to watch it x.x

Um . . . I guess that's it for now. I hope to feel better by tomorrow, but even now I don't feel so bad that I wouldn't be willing to go. I have to do my homework today. I hate homework. At least I don't have pre-calc . . . *sighs* Peace out : P

Friday, September 12, 2003 11:29 p.m.

Tired. But I didn't want to skip an update. Gotta have something consistent in my life. Ate with Traci and both our parents at China Buffet. Had what I believe to be an onigiri (it was listed as "shusi;" yes, shusi.) I'm almost positive it was wrapped in seaweed and definitely had rice. But I have no idea. Watched "Muzzy" in Spanish I today. That movie is so very funny. "Muzzy grande!" *laughs sleepily* Gah. Why am I so tired? Must be because I'm an insomniac. Must do homework and lots of other stuff tomorrow. Megan's coming up from college on Sunday. Not that every one doesn't already know that. It'll be fun. Wish Jen could come ;_; But we'll have other chances ^^ Am now on the brink of starting a Vampiric comedy story that I am really enjoying thinking about thus far. Tentative title is 'Bloodsuckers.' I hope to have something by the first meeting of Scribes (writing group) next Thursday. Basically, it's what would happen if a non-willowy, short, non-threatening, extremely clumsy, and otherwise not vampirically cool girl (basically based off of me ^^) got turned into a vampire and went under the tutelage of a rather tradition vampire-- you know, black clothes, longish black hair, creepiness, bishiness; the usual (oh, yes, this shall be fun ^__^) First image, I do believe, came from drinking red pop and calling it blood and thinking about a vampire drinking blood from a pop can. Yes, I am weird. Got AJ copy of Scrapped. Too tired to watch. And now it's finally on Keep. So I'll get the Keep and hopefully it'll be done by tomorrow so I don't have to wait. *sighs* Yes, it's basically pointless, but Keep is what I'm used to, so . . . must sleep now. *yawns* Got lots to do this weekend. Peace out. *Zzzzzz . . .*

Thursday, September 11, 2003 09:49 p.m.

There are good things in life, and then there are craptastic things in life. Yes, you heard me, craptastic. Like pre-calc assignments that take far longer than they should. And bad test grades. And memory work twice a week (even worse when the teacher guilts you by saying, "What better thing than memorizing God's word do you have to do?"). And Frau's quizzes. And interviews. And colds, and sore throats, and computers that delete your stuff for no reason (Poor Megan-san!). Yep. Craptastic.

But, like I said, there are good things too. Like being able to get ALL the scans of KKJ! (Woo hoo! Happiness! Though at the moment it is really creeping me out. BAD NOIN! DOWN BOY! O.O) And a new episode of Scrapped on the way (though I haven't started the download yet because only AJ has it so far, and I prefer Keep). And . . . *thinks hard* . . . um . . . *grabs cat* Kitties are good, too! ^_^;;

Er . . . that's it. Hopefully I'll have more of a voice by tomorrow. Then the weekend! And I can finish KKJ, watch Scrapped and FMwS and . . . RELAX! *sighs* Peace out : P

Wednesday, September 10, 2003 10:55 p.m.

Um, yes, I did archive my entries. Pretty pathetic; it hasn't even been three weeks since the last archive. I guess I just talk waaaay too much when I have such vast amounts of time on my hands. Er . . . my throat hurts *whine* So if I don't feel like talking much tomorrow, that'll be why. I think I overtalked myself again. I do that. If that's the case, it'll hopefully be gone in the morning so . . . bah. I think I'll just post some quizzies and go. I (finally) started reading The Innkeeper's Song by Peter S. Beagle (which I bought months ago), and it's very interesting so far. FYI, Beagle is the lovely author who gave us The Last Unicorn, which, if you haven't read yet, you should most definitely read. Or at least watch the movie ^_^ Um, yes, quiz time.

You are a descriptive writer. An avid reader of
Robert Frost, perhaps, you LOVE to use flowery
words and use the paper and pen as your canvas
and paintbrush. You prefer to paint a mental
image rather than simply toy around with
people's minds. A very inspired person, you
love to be in nature and usually are a very
outdoorsy type of person. A writer with a
natural green thumb, perhaps?

What's YOUR Writing Style?
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Fun! Um, I'm not very inspired or outdoorsy (read: I'm as pale as a vampire, even though I tan easily during the summer), but I do enjoy reading Robert Frost. "Nature's first green is gold . . ." ^__^

YOU ARE ... PSYCHOTIC SIDEKICK! (Edward from Cowboy
Bebop)

What Kind of Anime Character Are You?
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YOU ARE ... INNOCENT SCHOOLGIRL! (Kareshi Kanojo No
Jijou)

What Kind of Anime Character Are You?
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. . . I took this quiz a few times. Other things I got were "Ditzy Heroine." And once I think I even got "Damsel in Distress." *shrugs* Since I got "Psychotic Sidekick" first, and "Innocent Schoolgirl" quite a bit the rest of the time, I decided to post both. Really, I think I'm a mixture of those two (plus the brainlessness of ditzy heroine . . . o.o Yeah. Sometimes, the lights are on, but nobody's home).

Um, that's it. Gotta sleep. Or read. Whatever. Peace out : P