The details:

Status :


Where :
work maybe, not sleeping for sure

Reading :
Gonna finish Sorcerer Hunters 6 first - but can't read that on train, so I'll probably read Akira 3 

Playing :
Gareth is replaying FFVIII to my amusement - 40 hrs clocked and he's still in the Garden, claims to be doing something with the card game

Listening :
"Once More With Feeling" AKA Buffy : The Musical - can't stop listening to it. Besides the fact I loved it - there are things hidden in the lyrics. Joss is an evil evil evil man.

Manga Obsessively Chasing Down :
Rosemary Hotel 4, Shinesman 3 and 5

The anime:

current obsessions :

Gravitation
Kaikan Phrase
Princess Nine
Pretear
GALS
Trigun
Argent Soma
Initial D
Violinist of Hameln
Rurouni Kenshin
Yami no Matsuei
Big O
08th MS Team
Fruits Basket
Utena
Scryed

The manga:

current obsessions :

Kaikan Phrase
Imadoki
Gravitation
Basara
Peach Girl
Clover
Karekano
Rurouni Kenshin
Big O
Akuma na Eros
Love Hina
Hana Yori Dango
Pretear
Angel Sanctary

The TV Show:

Buffy : The Vampire Slayer - what can I say, I'm in that phase

Too much e-mail
Saturday, November 24, 2001 01:21 a.m.

My brother pointed out about a week ago that "Something Blue" was a truely twisted episode of Buffy to watch in hindsight. "Willow's been dumped, she abuses magic, Amy gets de-ratted and Spike and Buffy kiss. Sound familiar?"

(Mariela gets lost in thoughts of "Smashed" again)

I really need to mention something other than Buffy on this blog occasionally. So I'll mention raziel - who has a blog that he refuses to call one - and who I linked - or rather will as soon as I'm done typing this.

Somewhat befuddled
Friday, November 23, 2001 01:17 a.m.

Cause I read the first three Harry Potter books one after another over a year ago, and now I can't tell if things were cut from the movie, or did they happen in another book?

Movie was fun though. No Episode II trailer though - waaah.

SKIRT!!
Thursday, November 22, 2001 05:17 a.m.

I will scream that word. SKIRT!

Am I a supreme nerd for knowing there really was a limited edition Boba Fett figure in 1979 - yes before ESB, based on his apperance in the SW : Holiday Special that no one likes to talk about?

Twas a three heart attack day. At least three. Can't talk about all of them - but craziness in the industry.

And once more it was a SKIRT!

I could do without the falling building but . . .
Wednesday, November 21, 2001 01:35 a.m.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lullaby
Tuesday, November 20, 2001 01:05 a.m.

So as I wait with - well insanity for Buffy, Angel was a pretty good ep. Not trying to spoil to much but, I knew what was coming, and yet I didn't. Pretty weird when that happens.

I have no Thankgiving plans. Zip. None. I don't think that has ever been the case. At least not this close to Thanksgiving. Wonder how that happened. The idea of eating McDonald's with Gareth is not the most appealing in the world I'm afriad.

Carp - you aren't aloof. You just refuse to tell any of us where you work. Hee hee.

When I next make an entry - expect th delayed scream that I am holding in about Buffy.

Sometimes I have nothing to say
Thursday, November 15, 2001 03:00 a.m.

But I'll do an entry anyway :P

The channel went into Purity Test mode - but for once I think I'll use some caution and not report my score here. Too many people seem to read this page - which is rather odd to me!

But it did bring up the usual set of depressing questions about my life, heh.

So back to Buffy. Can I hit her?

I just realized I edited a bunch I was gonna write cause I'm sure it will be misread . . .

You know - last friday on the train to work, just as I got off I noticed the cutest guy had been sitting next to me the whole time, and I'd been reading and listening to a CD. But then I remember I'd had enough problems in my life.

Some people just aren't worth it
Tuesday, November 13, 2001 05:03 p.m.

If you didn't get my silly list (and you do watch Buffy) - perhaps this quote from "Gingerbread" will remind you of at least one thing:

Cordelia: "I came over here to tell Buffy to stop this craziness, and found you all unconscious--again. How many times have you been knocked out, anyway? I swear, one of these times, you're going to wake up in a coma."
Giles: "Wake up in a...? Oh, never mind. We need to save Buffy from Hansel and Gretel."
Cordelia: "Now, let's be clear. The brain damage happened before I hit you."

I know my Cordelia lines . . .

Smurf Nuggets
Tuesday, November 13, 2001 03:19 a.m.

If you laughed at that title - you are reading this at about the time I'm writing this - AKA after 3 AM, when all things are funny.

My mega-rant is not finished, and by the time it is - it may be irrelevant.

So instead I will celebrate the fact I have now watched every single episode of Buffy (and Angel) that has aired with these words of wisdom.

Things I Have Learned From Buffy the Vampire Slayer (and its spin-off Angel) :

1. Everything can be found in a book somewhere - do your research
2. The location of the heart is dependent on where your stake landed - and if the target has a name
3. Multiple blows to the head may eventually result in one waking up in a coma
4. Your love is doomed if your love theme is depressing to listen to
5. No one on either show has figured out what a "perfect moment of happiness" really is
6. Not all evil can be pummeled
7. Having a soul is borderline overrated
8. Killing your love interest is hard when storylines dictate they come back
9. Just because you were popular in high school doesn't mean your life won't be a hellish existence with demons and visions and all sorts of bad stuffies
10. Your vampire self has everything to do with what you were like as a human - so there!
11. Having magical powers means everyone tells you not to use them for your own good
12. Yes, that fantasy that your kid sibling isn't really your sibling may be true.  But you may not like the real answer
13. Seen one robot - seen them all
14. Gypsies (on the show) really need to put more thought into their curses
15. Sex always always always leads to bad things.  Maybe not immediately - but it will 

New girl will be the death of me
Monday, November 12, 2001 07:24 p.m.

I've been ready to leave the office for over 20 minutes! But NOOOOOOOOOO! New girl is sitting there discussing the computer she ordered. Would I have an issue with this normally? No. But you see - she has no keys. I cannot leave the office until she leaves - because she cannot lock up.

I was trying to get home early. She has wrecked this. If I'm late to work tommorow I'm blaming her.

Words from the sleepy
Sunday, November 11, 2001 01:54 p.m.

I lay down at around 8 PM last night thinking I'd nap for a while. And while I woke up several times - I didn't really get up till 11:30 today. Looks like I needed more sleep than I thought.

OTOH I finally had a dream where I got a lead role in a play. Course before that happy revelation, I had to run through NYC in my underwear and a sheet. Ick.

You knew Buffy and Angel were doomed when you heard their love theme. Depressing and minor. No make me stop humming it.

Sleep is for the sane
Saturday, November 10, 2001 03:15 a.m.

Which I am not. Today we actually re-watched two Buffy eps we'd seen before. "Lover's Walk" and "The Wish". Glorious, if painful eps. Much more fodder for my rants and speculation on Human-to-Vampire transformations in the Buffy world.

This isn't real . . . but I just want to feel

Will someone get that line out of my head now please? It's depressing enough as is.

Somehow I suspect I will not be making the Mitsuwa portion of the NYCAT tommorow - which is really today.

Even in my dreams?
Friday, November 9, 2001 04:19 p.m.

While I still work on the rant to end all (my) rants - a ponder.

Last night I had a dream, and I don't recall all the details of it, but I remember I was trying out for a play, an old play, though I can't remember the name. Being in this play was apparently going to be complicated - I had some other commitment - but I tried out.

And as often happens in my life, I was up for a decent role, a lead maybe, down to me and maybe two others. And as often happens in my life, I didn't get it - but I was offered a smaller role. And of course, I took it.

None of this is weird, or even bad, I mean, I'm always happy to have a role period, plenty of people don't. But as I was trying to recall the dream this morning it hit me. Even in my dreams I don't get the part I want?

What gives?

Testing Testing
Thursday, November 8, 2001 02:03 p.m.

Just doing some tweeking before I go all crazy.