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Yeah..? You got a problem with that, H U H ? ? ?
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+ + January 31st, 2005 (Monday) + +
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--Feeling?---|---Busy, ranty--
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Eh! Don't have much time online! Gotta go off to practice backgrounds! This Saturday, going to the horse-place to sketch and observe them again. ARGHHHH~~!!)($&(*!&%(%! *Falls over*
Got pretty cheesed off this morning. In scenario class (different lecturer I happen to dislike), we were finally given a project. The guy had to be so awfully sweet and pick out an extract of an OLDERN Japanese novel, toss it to us and simple say 'write a scenario of it'. I have no problems writing the stuff itself, but the bleeding extract was in OLD Japanese. Hell even the locals didn't know half of the stupid thing. Idiot old geezer. Did it ever cross his mind that there are foreigners in the damn course who were all bleeding lost?! Oh wait. Maybe he did think of it, that's why he selected that extract. *Fumes* Thankfully Nakasa-san offered help to a very very VERY annoyed Sycia. All the other foreign students around had to latch onto some Japanese for assistance, and even then them Japanese kept asking among one another questions on the oldern words. BAH. Best of all, it was written completely in Katakana. Hurray. *Rips up old geezer* YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Stayed back after class to scan in that animation and finally start on cell-coloring. The new version of the Retas! series (cell scanning, painting and composition software) is cool... O_O So many useful functions I never saw back in Polytechnic days! *Drooooooolz* Got to dabble with the school's G4s to my heart's delight (though I miss the right-click >_<) and got off at 4:30pm. Bought a MO disk (Mac) to store my stuff, but I don't have a drive of any kind to read it at home (PC). Ah well.
Head for sushi (hears screams from people about how she's just recovered from food poisoning and shouldn't be going around consuming raw stuff) at my usual place. The owner's shifu happened to drop by and was giving out tips to his disciple. He seemed to be observing me while I got up to pay; think he was trying to judge if I thought the sushi was nice...?
Cycling back... has it NEVER occured to drivers that if you SHINE them bloody HEADLIGHTS at cyclists coming from the opposite direction when they can see you fine with normal lights, and the road is well-lit enough for you to see them, that the cyclists might get temporarily BLINDED, panic, lose their balance, fall, get knocked or rolled over and have their brains splattered all across the road? I swear. The imcompetence...
Left eyelid has been twitching since Friday... -_-;
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 07:46 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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+ + January 30th, 2005 (Sunday) + +
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--Feeling?---|---Weird--
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... thinking about it now... I'm really far from home...
WHAT? You only realize that nearly 2 years out here?!
I do think about how well I've been doing alone since I can be considered a pretty sheltered kid who never really gave any thought about going overseas (in fact I was not away from my mother for more than 3 days until this). Life is something very strange indeed. Whatever came my way I took, and walked on well, apparently. It's been an interesting ride so far. I hope to take in a lot more as I go along.
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 11:11 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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+ + January 29th, 2005 (Saturday) + +
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--Feeling?---|---Hmm....--
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Forgot to mention this... some time back (a week maybe? Can't remember...), the official video of that Fullmetal Alchemist Festival (that one held in late December) was put up on this website. The whole 1 and a half hour thing will be sold on DVDs come April, but the website is offering it as a free streaming video (of the latest held session). Unfortunately you HAVE to register and that requires persona details like address and telephone numbers (Japan only, I believe). Other videos include interviews with the seiyuus who attended the event. I have a program that records streaming video to remotely viewable files, and saved all them videos though I'm not intending to spread it around on the Net... no no. Too risky. Pity the Ura-Hagane, Roy and Ed's solo singing, and L'Arc ~ en ~ Ciel performances were left out.
So it seems I never trusted most people enough to feel betrayed even if they put a knife through me. o_O You could say I'm never been turned on, in that odd sense.
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 11:44 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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+ + January 27th, 2005 (Thursday) + +
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--Feeling?---|---Drowsy--
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Ugh... Been feeling... extremely lethargic... can't... do... work... must sleep...
.... I've been getting lots more sleep compared to a month ago... bah. Must be my body telling me to build up my inner strength again after that food poisoning thing.
Mom's packages came today~~~ 20kg worth of food. O_O Didn't take that long to unpack, but all this is going to last me till next year...
*Runs off to sleep*
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 11:04 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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+ + January 26th, 2005 (Wednesday) + +
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--Feeling?---|---Relaxed--
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Recovered, mostly...
I was on the verge of barfing up the whole of yesterday, perhaps even fainting, but I decided to take naps instead (which did help, SLEEP CURED ALL). I decided to go for bread as meals yesterday (though I've never actually gotten food poisoning before, I just automatically chose breads, not knowing they're easily digestable and don't unsettle the system even more, according to popular belief). But everything eaten just made it worse, so I decided to forgo food altogether, until 29 hours later, just now. >_o; Sure felt a lot colder without food to fuel the system. Again, people kept telling me not to go to school... I appreciate the thought, but I don't want to go through all the trouble of going to the doc's and getting that medical certificate, missing lessons, falling behind, etc etc. Everyone seemed so shocked when I told them what I was down with. o_O Truly, I'd be pathetic to get taken down so easily by that... Got irritable during lessontime for a bit (due to drop in blood sugar?) but that went away with a 10-minute nap (:o sleep works wonders for a Sycia). After I stopped eatting, it seems, my body recovered fast. So fast that I ALMOST forgot that my system is supposed to still be weak while I was looking for dinner. Nearly got my usual dinner (meat, rice etc) then realized I shouldn't try abusing my body. Bread for dinner, and feeling full. x_X Also, I've been quite effectively dehydrated by this whole thing. ｬ_ｬ Might seem impossible, but I can forget to drink water (I don't feel thirsty except for after extreme activities); most of the time I have to remind myself to take fluids (the results of not doing so are not immediate, and not very pleasant at all, ). Oh well~
Been downloading Inuyasha. o_O I must be helluva bored behind all the hustle of things. The more I watch, the more I get creeped out at how disgusting similiar I'm to a particular one-armed doggie.
I finally have those 3 books I got from Amazon Japan. They're still in their box... I've got work to complete before going on to those. And my stomach is still making strange noises. Gotta try sleeping early.
... I guess he was right, a sad smile suits me best~
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 09:33 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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+ + January 25th, 2005 (Tuesday) + +
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--Feeling?---|---Uncomfortable--
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Having a slight case of food poisoning the whole day long ain't fun. Got told so many times I looked blue in the face by classmates... Oh well... recovering slowly... No trip to the doctor's... it'll pass and I don't want to waste cash on medication I'll probably not take.
Another nude model over today. I wasn't in tip-top shape, so couldn't tell if what I drew was good, or bad.
Them books from Amazon Japan came today, though since I wasn't around to give them the money (CoD), I got them to come over again tomorrow night. Mom's package should be arriving then too, with lots of food.
Ugh food... none of that. Bad stomach and nausea...
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 08:39 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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+ + January 24th, 2005 (Monday) + +
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--Feeling?---|---A little confused at self--
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*Mumbles* I need more time to research my stuff.
Looks like most of my weekends will be taken up observing horses. I don't mind. ^_^ Might have to borrow a video camera and film em. Saw one horse trying to do some rodeo (it was trying to get some coat off itself by kicking around). o_O
*Smiles* やっと、やっと立ち直ったようだ…
とりあえず今あいつの事のために、笑える
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 11:35 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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+ + January 23th, 2005 (Sunday) + +
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--Feeling?---|---Fulfilled somewhat...--
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Yaoi and Yuri addiction is... scary. I personally have nothing against homosexuality, but those who aren't homosexual themselves and still fantasize about the opposite genders' indulging in one another is... O_o||| I really don't understand. What's so appealing to guys about girls with dicks, and what's so great to girls about girly-looking guys touching one another in odd places? Even weirder that the good lot of people who like this stuff are... straight, outwardly... *Rolls eyes*
Practising some background painting. I'll need this when I get on doing that final year project. Here's a a tree I just did... There's no background at all, so the color looks a little raw.
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 07:05 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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+ + January 23th, 2005 (Sunday) + +
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--Feeling?---|---Weirded out--
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Alright... had no problem sleeping. In fact I went to bed early. o_O And slept till 10am this morning.
Some people should GET THE HINT that they're JUST NOT WANTED in certain places. Bloody thick-skinned morons. *Mumbles*
Hmph. The rest of the world should follow Bhutan.
Not a fan of Inuyasha, but I do follow the story somewhat (well at least it's GOT one, unlike eg Pawua / Bobobo Bobobobo). The 3rd movie got the above 2 characters co-operating a little bit, and it did tease me a little. Unfortunately... x_o I had to remember a certain BL (stands for 'Boy's Love' in Japan) mp3 I downloaded by accident with the same 2 voice actors doing .... *sweatdrops* s...stuff. To say 'molest' would be an understatement. *Shivers* The mental image of Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru for me has been changed forever. x_x
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 12:03 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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+ + January 22th, 2005 (Saturday) + +
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--Feeling?---|---Awake--
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Headache just spoilt my trip to the ranch. oo; I'll say this though... I've not ever seen such a wide open space in all of Tokyo. It's a real pity I can't even call it much of a 'ranch' though... It's more a place for people to ... ride horses. There weren't many people going about it this morning, though then again it may have been because I just went far too early and left quick (headache). The only horses that didn't have people on em were just... 'grazing' on some open 'pastures' (small barren pieces of land). I suppose that'll have to observing horses. And watching them get ridden is kinda informative since I get to see them go from a trot/ walk to a faster gait, vice versa. Next time I go, I'm bringing my sketchbook there. Gotta look for other places to observe em... Most of the other farms / ranches I've looked up are right smack in the middle of nowhere. Not that I would mind venturing out of Tokyo, but they're like.. 2 hours from the nearest train station by car. x_x; *Continues her search*
The Last Unicorn really got me annoyed at one point. *Rolls eyes* Talk about mental weaknesses. And terrible dubbing... The animation wasn't too good... oh well. The story was somewhat alright... but that mental weakness bit pissed me off some. Would like to see it remade. Disney's fine... but NO MUSICALS in the middle! >_<; Maybe Miyazaki Hayao could take the challenge of redoing it.. *looks in his direction longingly...*
Took a 4-hour afternoon nap because of that headache... Cripes... How am I to sleep now...
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 10:49 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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+ + January 21st, 2005 (Friday) + +
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--Feeling?---|---Full, and satisfied--
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I wonder, of all the die-hard anime/ Japan fans, how many of them can actually stomach authentic sushi or sashimi (as in, RAW seafood). I love Japanese cuisine better than the food I actually grew up on. ^_^; RAW FISH...................
^_^ What I had for dinner. Expensive, but GOOOOOD stuff. What was in that..? Chuu-toro (<3), Jou-toro (<3), maguro, botan-ebi, kanpachi (<3), tai, engawa (<3), anago, ikura, uni (<3) & tamago. :o~
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 10:29 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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+ + January 21st, 2005 (Friday) + +
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--Feeling?---|---Inspired--
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Ah... the magic of Don Bluth animated films... Most of them I've ever seen had characterized animals telling / as the story, perhaps that's why the memory of their company trademark at the end of their every movie (golden leaf settling on the surface of water, red backdrop) still remains as clear as crystal. Favorites... hmm. The Land Before Time, Secret of Nimh, An American Tale, All Dogs Go To Heaven. Looking at the animation again... My jaw just... HANGS... they did all that... with... cells... O_O Surely, technique-wise, Westerners deserve far more credit than the Japanese. FAAAAAAR more credit. One thing though. I really wish people would STOP making their characters SING a musical right in the middle of an animation. I never liked it as a kid, and I still don't. oo; I just watched Secret of Nimh, and thank goodness no one sings in there. But I suddenly realized the guy voicing Jeremy (the clumsy crow) is also the one doing Tiger (clumsy cat) in An American Tale... o_O Didn't check the credits, but it can't be anyone else.
There's this other animation I liked... also about animals (again hehe) though I can't recall the name. I remember it being a group of young rodents embarking on a journey to find herbs to undo what a chemicalspill did to their entire neighborhood (mostly poisoning every other creature around). At one point they referred to bulldozers, cranes and blah blah as 'yellow dragons' and built some aircraft outta twigs and leaves towards the end of the movie. Can someone out there give me the title to this animated movie?
Then there was Watership Down... o_O I swear that made me look at rabbits in a new light. The Rescuers (2 wasn't bad, but I got too worked up with how the human characters mistreated wildlife), 101 Dalmations (animation, not the movie), that animal version of Robin Hood... XD *Feels like a child once more~~~~* Pretty easy to tell WHY I hold 2D animation in such high regard. And it's pretty obvious I preferred films with not many humans in the picture (hell, Sycia plucked heads off any Barbie Dolls her Mom tried giving her as a child XD). Damn films with princesses/ women having to be plucked from a horrible life / curse by princes/ strong guy or what not gets boring.
Hehe, I watched too many animations as a kid. Wish I could see them all over again... Used to have this huge archive of VHS tapes on em all.. ;_; They all got fungi-ed..........
Tomorrow... trip to ranch. Hope to take lots of photographs and talk to some riders about horse behavior...
"There is no such thing as 'impossible'. Only the mind makes it so."
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 08:51 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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+ + January 20th, 2005 (Thursday) + +
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--Feeling?---|---Creative--
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Wow... going to different lecturers about that final year project of mine, I was showered with all sorts of comments, suggestions and advice. Very good advice touching on points I never thought about. *nod nods and takes note of stuff*
Hmm... need to get some animated films... stuff like The Land Before Time, Lion King... . Secret of Nymph (?)... etc etc Gotta get off my lazy ass and start practicing painting backgrounds too. RAH. Lots to do.
Also... I'm enjoying LotR music while my neighbour and her boyfriend are at it AGAIN. Yes it's none of my business, but you gotta admit it's horrible when you're listening to nice peaceful music when suddenly comes some onslaught of moaning and blah blah from the room next to you. -_- I'm not even going to wish they'd keep it down. *Switches to earphones*
And I've fallen... Ipods, I decided I didn't need (20 gigs?! Or better still 40?!)... and for some reason I dislike those Ipod minis' design... so I got this Zen Micro thing... o_O I... didn't know I'm supporting a Singapore company. Small, much lighter than the Ipod, comes with a built-in radio... and touch buttons... :o Must've been lurking around that MP3 player section for about an hour wondering which one to get. Thank goodness for language setting options...
"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only
through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be
strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved."
- Helen Keller (1880 - 1968)
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 10:22 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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+ + January 19th, 2005 (Wednesday) + +
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--Feeling?---|---Inspired--
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Hmmmm.... today's drawing class was interesting. Got to try out painting clouds. T_T I CAN FINALLY do REALISTIC CLOUDS. Techniques vary between poster colors and Photoshop, but me being me, I'll take paint anytime. Only problem is that there isn't a 'undo' button. ^^;
Finally discussed that final year prject with the course manager. Got the green light, but it'll be tough from now. NEVERMIND. I shall start practicing horse sketches, background painting from today.
... Horses are beautiful.... *sniff* *感動* That alone is enough inspiration to get me going on this crazy project.
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 10:53 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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+ + January 19th, 2005 (Wednesday) + +
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--Feeling?---|---Thoughtful--
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あの人に何か喋ればいいのか、分からない。下手にすると、
又余計な会話になっちゃうから黙ってる。とりあえず、彼の
立ち直りを願っているんだ。「あんたと会話するのは苦しい」
と言われたけど、なんで完全に私との会話をやめないのか？
今の段階、別にあの人と話したくない訳じゃないけれど、こ
のままではあいつをもっと辛い目に遭わせれるなら、もういい；
話しなんかしない。でも|い、面目なくて、聞けないんだ…
... and I found the back tyre of my bicycle flat this morning right as I was ready to head to the station. Funny... it was fine yesterday...
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 12:00 a.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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+ + January 18th, 2005 (Tuesday) + +
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--Feeling?---|---Rushed--
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Hmm... the teacher surprised us today by suddenly bringing in a nude model for us to sketch. It was far more interesting than drawing boring stuff like pots, bricks, buckets etc... especially since I'm better at drawing/ rendering natural forms. Learnt quite a bit from the exercise. Wish we would have more of this kinda lessons...
.... boy I am glad I'm 'as strong as a bull' <-- (Mom's phrase lol). With all the abuse I put my body through, it still holds strong. T_T Thank you~~~ *For Sycia, sleep cures almost anything...*
And to all those who've not seen me in ages on ICQ... Sorry... m(_ _)m Haven't had the time.
*Runs off to look up places where she can observe horses...*
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 10:37 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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+ + January 17th, 2005 (Monday) + +
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--Feeling?---|---Dazed... tired?--
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Feeling... high... could only sleep 2 hours last night (sleep patterns messed up bad this weekend) so I'm going off at 12am to recover.
Tested the fixed animation today and spotted another big booboo. This time, it won't have no more silly mistakes GRRRR. Discussed my final project with one of the teachers and he seemed to be kinda impressed with my determination and willingness to take up the challenge of animating horses. I want to speak with the course manager first though. Ah well. I guess I'll just bring this to all my lecturers and ask for their advice. *Starts to plan out simple storyboard...* Durrrh it don't look like it'll fit within 5 minutes... -_- While I'm quite excited to start... the background music has gotta fit in good, otherwise it won't bring out emotions.
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 11:58 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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+ + January 17th, 2005 (Monday) + +
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--Feeling?---|---Serene--
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o_O Sycia is listening to Christian songs. WtF. Well some of them are nice.... ^_^ Nevermind the lyrics.
.... I see why some people seek faith in a 'God' or 'destiny'. Perhaps it is best for them too. We all have our different ways to live.
.......................... I long to return home.... But alas, I have something to do before that can happen.
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 12:47 a.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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+ + January 16th, 2005 (Sunday) + +
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--Feeling?---|---Refreshed~--
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My sleep patterns are officially screwed. Could only sleep at about 2pm just now, and woke up only because I set my alarm to 7pm. Who knows what time I would've awakened had I not prepared. Haven't eaten anything in 24 hours. Stomach has been making sounds since before I gave in to slumber.
In any case, I'm taking it slow and easy now that I finally have time for myself~ Ordered a buttload of sushi~ ^_^;
On of the forums I frequent had this interesting topic.... is happiness underrated. I recall a few times my optimissim has been put down by some people around me, simply because it was deemed unrealistic and childish. Though I may hope for the best of things, I always keep in mind what's the worst to expect should it happen. From young, I've always had the impression 'adults' are boring, dark, dull beings of dreary existance. So far nothing has changed this opinion. Even I hesitate to call myself 'adult'. Someone said most people haven't experienced enough suffering to appreciate what they have... in a way I kinda agree, but some don't need to go through all that; they already know how sad and tragic the world can be, and are grateful for what they already have. Is it really such a sin to be cheerful among 'grown-ups'? I mean, sure bad things happen in life, I'm not about to start comparing who's is more tragic and what not, but life is for the living. Short, and to be enjoyed. What's the point of looking to the gloomy side of everything all day long when life goes on? You're kinda just wasting the gift of it if all you do is just mope around like a pathetic swine. Whatever it is that happens to you, remember that you're just a spec in the universe; it ain't the end of the world. Kudos to those who pick themselves off the ground and continue walking forth, my respects to you great people~
"But really...being pessimistic does feel good. Feeling
sorry for yourself and demanding pity is like a drug..."
- Enki
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 09:05 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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+ + January 16th, 2005 (Sunday) + +
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--Feeling?---|---Downright irritated.--
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DAAAAAARGGGGGH
IPODがほしくてほしくてたまんねぇ！どうしようというんのか！！！！
... so I still need a damn credit card to use PayPal (No credit-card/ debit card, can't get verification for non-US accounts to withdraw funds from local banks). *Mumbles off in a line of swears* Not that I don't have money... Have cash. Just don't want a bleed'in credit card dammit. I could get a debit card, but *censored* Japan doesn't seem to offer making it anywhere. You could say Sycia is downright annoyed now. There goes hope of purchasing cheaper stuff online. *Goes off mumbling* Then again... Amazon.com doesn't exactly support PayPal either... *Looks* Money orders seems alright. *Then sees something* .... only available drawn on US banks... '......................'
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 09:20 a.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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--Feeling?---|---Awake.--
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I heard my little sister is going to church these days. I'd hate for her to get into Christianity. Crap I hope she doesn't turn out as *CENSORED* as the good dumb lot of them simply due to influence from friends.
... it's almost 7am... I've only been awake for 12 hours really... spent the whole night completing that annoying pastel piece. FINISHED. DONE! IT'S OVER(!*^*!$^%*&(!^
... and it's getting bright outside... o_O Still raining too... which means I can't go about my research... *sigh*. I suppose I'll just have to wait till next weekend. In the meantime I'll have to refine that idea for my final year project... And discuss the whole thing with teachers..... *thinks hard*
o_O Been getting a lotta people telling me my avatar over at an FMA forum's nice. O_o
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 06:51 a.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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+ + January 15th, 2005 (Saturday) + +
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--Feeling?---|---A little dazed--
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.......... I woke up finding myself in darkness. It was about 7pm... o_O I must be far more exhausted than I had first thought.
Hmm Livejournal's down.
Time to get to work... Still have a troublesome brick cottage to render out with all its details, and pastels (ARGH).
"There's always two sides to these wars.
Politics always come before human lives."
- Hermaphromike
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 07:26 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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+ + January 15th, 2005 (Saturday) + +
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--Feeling?---|---sleepy--
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Ah.... I can FINALLY sit down and relax... It's been bleed'in hectic all week... Showed a few teachers my section of the group animation... Was kinda worried because those teacher really FIRE AWAY when it comes to crits, but surprisingly I got the rough OK; they did point out my timings were too monotonous (which I agree with). I'm happy they like my animation's smooth movement though (well yeah, I researched quite a bit on flapping-in-wind stuff). ^_^ Have to add in several more frames and edit the timing a little more and I'll be DONE.
Oh, and it's nice of the teachers to ask if my family's fine (Tsunami thing)... but why do they keep thinking I'm from Malaysia?!
Again, it's weird seeing news you report being spread around the World Wide Web... Wonder... if I said I'm an animator from BONES, would they believe?
*Laughs at Chris's entry on a brownie* XD XD XD That was too cute
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 05:01 a.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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--Feeling?---|---Cold...--
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x_X Discovered a special newly-uploaded video on the official Hagaren movie site and spent the time meant for sleeping, translating the whole messed up interview with the staff... x_X
News from Japan:
Fullmetal Alchemist: Conqueror of Shambala
A special trailer (interviews with the producer and director, plus Ed's Japanese voice actress) has been put up on the official Fullmetal Alchemist movie website. Please take note that this trailer will only be avaliable for download from there until the 10th of February. This trailer was shown at the recent Fullmetal Alchemist Festival.
Instructions: Click on either button of the two buttons under the bunch of yellow text to copy the URL, and replace the 'MMS' section of the URL with 'http' in your brower's address bar. The video is TOTALLY in Japanese, but I've translated the interviews (which contain eyebrow-raising content...) below.
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Topright : Paku Romi (Edward Elric's Japanese voice actress)
Bottom Left : Director, Mizushima
Bottom Right : Producer, Minami
Rough outline of the video (with translations):
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--- Short clip with sequences from throughout the TV anime series with lines from various episodes. ----
--- Short interviews with the movie's director, producer and Ed's voice actress (Paku Romi). ---
Tell us about the movie?
Paku Romi : "I know absolutely NOTHING about the contents of it..."
Producer Minami: "I can't tell you anything..."
Director Mizushima: *Laughs*
What's the movie's story about?
Director Mizushima: "Well from the TV animation series, comes the movie..." <-- ??????
Producer Minami: "Hmmm... Ed and Al go in search for something..."
Paku Romi: "What kind of adults do they (the characters) become...."
Director Mizushima: "What kind of experiences they (probably the Elric brothers) go through, and what they make of it all. It'll probably go all in accordance together with what happens in the animation series."
What is Shambala?
Producer Minami: "The Conqueror of Shambala..."
Paku Romi: "Wasn't it Janbara or something...? That I was told by Minami-san..."
Producer Minami: "So... what is Shambala..."
Paku Romi: "Shambala is paradise."
Director Mizushima: "Shambala means paradise"
Producer Minami: "Think of it as something like the Philosopher's Stone..."
Director Mizushima: "Since it's the title of the movie... it's got a pretty deep meaning to it"
Producer Minami: "Does it actually exist? You'll have to see for yourself..."
What's the theme of the movie?
Producer Minami: "Simple, pure love"
Paku Romi: "Al has some love-love scenes"
Director Mizushima: "A chance meeting and paradise..?" <-- ???????
Producer Minami: "And it's not with Ed..."
Paku Romi: "Of course, I think it's the brotherly love between Ed and Al.... right..??? *unsure*"
Producer Minami: "... unfortunately...." <-- I really don't know WHAT to make of what he said here... -_-;
Any lines from the movie with strong impressions?
Producer Minami: *Flips through book* "Give me a moment..."
Director Mizushima: *Flips through same book* "Where was that..."
Producer Minami: " 'WHO ARE YOU CALLING SMALL?!' " <-- note: This line was in Osaka accent. Why, I have NO idea...
Director Mizushima: " 'I am who I am, here right now.' " <-- from the use of words, I'm guessing this is Al's line...
Producer Minami: "That's it."
How is production coming along?
Producer Minami: "We've finished writing the screenplay, and are proceeding on with the storyboarding and animation from now."
Director Mizushima: "We were told not to storyboard the movie, thinking of it as a movie..."
Producer Minami: "Ed's dubber will be changed, so we're holding auditions right now." <-- At the event, the whole stadium was filled with "WHAT?!" yells, including mine when we heard this.
Paku Romi: "Of course I'm going for that audition, if it were real..."
- JOKES ASIDE - <-- ARGH the staff was just kidding us on Ed's voice being different... *PHEW*
Producer Minami: "We will be finishing production in summer so everyone will be able to hear Paku Romi's (Edward Elric's voice actress) voice. (Voice-recordings will be completed in June)
Director Mizushima: "We're not actually that into production just yet... everyone's still waiting for the storyboarding to be done. Our work has yet to begun...."
Producer Minami: "Where the animation series left off was a tense cliffhanger. We're aiming to create something better than what (fans) expect. Even work(ed) hard through January to make sure of that."
Director Mizushima: "We're quite excited about getting down to the actual production.."
How do (you) feel about the movie?
Paku Romi: "It looks like its shaping up to be a really production. No matter what the story, I'll work my hardest to bring Ed(ward) alive again!
Producer Minami: "We plan to work through January so we can start production as soon as possible; to create something we can call 'good'. <-- Note: this interview was done in December 2004
Director Mizushima: "Almost all the staff involved in the animation series are doing the movie too. We want to create a anime/ movie that'll make be able to make the viewers feel 'pain'. We'll work hard to make it good, so do come down to theaters to support us~<-- Don't understand what he means with the 'pain' part...
--- 2nd trailer clip ---
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Sources:
Official Movie website (Jpn) >> (link)
T_T Paku Romi is still voicing Ed. Thank the lord.
Phew translation is tiring.
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I'm going to avoid translating when sleepy again... x_X
Lol... funny clip.
Gotta get to work now...
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 05:52 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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--Feeling?---|---Amused--
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Animation class this morning... Kinda made a big booboo with a walk cycle (o_O character walked like a bird: head bobbing up and down lol) so threw it all away and started from scratch (much to the dismay of my classmates, who were going that it was a waste). I'm supposed to have a lot more experience with animation, so when I do them assignments, I'll get em right.
Heh... if I'm this demanding to myself already, I wonder about others under me when/ if I set up my own animation company... o_O
More random engrish:
...so this is what time and effort comes out looking like... o_O
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 04:21 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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--Feeling?---|---BURNING!*^*--
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 O_O *Drools* Strange me. I think Ed over here looks sexier than him half nekkid in here... Yay for clothes.
This month's GanGan issue was pretty good... The best chapter of Hagaren so far is in there... Poor Ed. I admire people who can get back up on their feet that fast even after such... revelations. Don't really need the free Roy keychain that came with this issue though...
Had to bring the whole thick issue to school (to be used for Screenplay class. We were told to pick out one comic from weekly / monthly comic compilations, so I picked Hagaren. The teacher had first told us that we couldn't choose manga that had been turned into movies, OVAs or anime. o_O But all the manga I read (save for Gamers Heaven, but that's from a different monthly compilation) has ALREADY been turned into animes. Eventually he relented and let me go on with writing the screenplay for the newest Hagaren chapters... oo; Eks 38 pages worth of it when the minimum requirement's only 16... uh well. I suppose I can't complain since it's a manga I love.
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 04:02 a.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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--Feeling?---|---やる気満々だぜ！--
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Hmmm... I'm seriously thinking about doing the final year project alone... Consulted the teacher this morning about it, and she was pretty O_O. But as I told her what softwares I've used before, she eventually calmed, and at last said, "Hmmm, it could happen... it could happen... I'm behind you all the way!"... Reason why I want to do it alone? I want to find out just how much I can manage to achieve with the given time. I want to work myself to whatever limit there is. Still, drawing horses is one thing. Animating them is another altogether. I will have to a LOT of research... Some might think of Spirit: Stallion on the Cimarron. Go ahead. I admit I was inspired by it greatly, but the message I want to tell with the animation I plan is something else. The reason I pick the horse as the main focus is because it's practically one of the most difficult animals to animate. Walk, trot, gallop. Drawing still pictures of a gallop in itself is a pain in the ass if you want to get the leg positions right. I'm here in Japan to find a job. There are a gazillion other locals I'm competing with here. That's why I need to challenge myself with horses. And bygolly I WANT that job, so I'm going to work HARD. Gotta start planning out the story already... get them lecturers to approve of it, study horses all the way (might have to take a trip to some faaaaar side of Japan) etc etc... Already I know what kinda background music I'll be using...
... and horses are beautiful creatures... Absolutely magnificent things... : )
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 08:40 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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--Feeling?---|---Sleepy--
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First day at school... hmmmm....
One thing's for sure... I behave more sociably among my Japanese classmates. Hardly think I'm becoming more open to them though... my guard's still up high, though I'm much better at making that less apparent. Strange that a piece of still-life observation rendering I did of a pair of boots (vacation homework) which I thought was complete crap was pinned up for everyone to see and labelled good. Teacher did, of course mention some points I have to work on from now on, but he did also say I improved of late (???? the last whole month has been winter holidays)
Head back to Shinjuku with a coursemate in the same group project. I was suddenly asked by some white guy on a train, while it stopped at Yotsuya station:
Guy: すみません、これ何ゆきですか？ (Refering to train)
Sycia: え？えっと、新宿ゆきなんですけど…
Guy: O_O *Runs out train onto platform*
Coursemate and I just raised our eyebrows at him looking around in confusion around the station... It struck me about 2 seconds after he ran out, that he didn't mean to say '-ゆき', but '-えき'... o_O In that case he got off at the wrong station... eh, well he phrased his question wrong (that to which my coursemate agreed). If he had just asked in English, there wouldn't have been a misunderstanding, but oh well. The train left before I could stop him.
And one more thing... why in the world am I getting asked how to get around Tokyo so much of late? o_O
Met a Cambodian guy (not Pirum-san) at the train station (someone from our old dorm, who's also living in the same dorm as I at present) and babbled off with him all the way back. He studies Interior Design and like myself, is enjoying Japan to the fullest. I'm a little puzzled at his... odd Japanese though... thick Cambodian accent + Japanese = HUH? Say what???? He's been here about 2 years already (as with I), so... o_O I know I try to mimick the local standardized accent (Tokyo) so people can comprehend what I say easily without giving me too much of a strange look, and thought most learners of any foreign language would do the same. But listening to some Americans speak Japanese though they've been here for a year still amazes me how... disgustingly yucky their accent with spoken Japanese is... *shivers* Thick... US.... accent... + Japanese = -_-; Get outta here. Wonder why they aren't flexible with switching accents? Can Singaporeans manipulate accents better? Or is it just me? *Recalls incident at a busstop when she was conversing with locals for about 15 minutes before claiming she isn't from here, and them locals freaked out bad*
Darn... I should've gone to see RiverDance...
Saw the 3rd Inuyasha movie yesterday on TV and... hmmm.... I resemble Sesshomaru more than I would like to admit...
Which InuYasha Character are you most like? by Deji-chan
.... *Steals that fluff thing from him* Nice pillow.
"I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand."
- Confucius (551 BC - 479)
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 11:47 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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--Feeling?---|---Lazy--
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Um.......... =_=; This is bad. I've just become incapable of doing my homework. =_= Even though it's the last piece and I could finish it if I stayed up the whole night... =_=; Been doing muh vacation homework the past few days, so I've have pretty much nothing to log down.... *procrastinates*
Anyway... had another whacky dream last night with someone trapped in a bathtub (???) and me turning into a horse, running faster than a cheetah... o_O
The rice wine worked, to say the least... took an hour to get outta bed then ran around getting stuff done (namely, getting a brush, file and some food). Came back, lazed around.. oo; Feeling so.... dazed? Would that be the right word for it? o_O Bleeaaaaah don't wanna do homework. Wanna schleep. But should do homework... =_=;
Mom's apparently running into some problems sending foodstuff over. Apparently after Japan's bird flu scare, they need me to get some license thing to bring in foodstuff over 10kg (Mom was originally intending to send 25kg worth of stuff including food; more worth the money instead of sending less in weight)... too dazed to think up a solution now except divide the stuff into packages that weigh less than 10kg each.
o_O Ura-hagane #46:
Hohenheim: Bones are needed for human alchemy~ *POOF*
Trisha: Oh, Ed, Al!
Ed & Al: MOM?!
Hohenheim: You look well honey...
Trisha: Hello dear! It's been a long time~ Erm, I've been meaning to ask you something for a while now... After you left I found this receipt in your coat... Hmmm... some cabaret in Central City called Blue... Blue something...
Hohenheim: ... Eh?! Erm, em... ahhhh.... Ed, Al! My job here is done! *Runs off*
Trisha: Explain yourself~!!! *Chases*
Al: Human alchemy is scary....
Ed: ... in a lotta ways...
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 11:55 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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--Feeling?---|---Hmmmmmm--
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In this month's Animage (Jpn), there was an article featuring Fullmetal Alchemist with a little news on the movie. I'll just pick out what's important (not translating the whole thing this time)
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"Producer Mizushima hinted in last month's interview that while Edward AFTER the season finale will be drawn, there will be parts that showcase the Hagaren world, as well as sections that were never featured in the actual series itself."
"From the latest trailer of the movie, we see Huskinson (the guy in the mask) trying to prove his might through a battle with Edward, who retaliates with alchemy..."
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This only opens up more questions to the fans, like who is Huskinson? What is he holding in the above picture?
Sources
Animage, Feb 2005 (Jpn) : (link)
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 05:22 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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--Feeling?---|---High~--
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I want to go places... I want to record them down with a camera. I want to hop locations by bicycle. ARGH WANDERLUST... ANYWHERE would do! I just don't want to stay put >_<
... maybe NOW'S the time to try teleportation... Just that I want to go places I've not been before and that's a little trickly. Don't want to land up in the middle of a bear feeding frenzy by mistake...
All the personality tests in the official FMA manga guidebooks (Japanese) said I'm Roy Mustang. o_O
Hmmm gulping down rice wine at the moment. Little experiment to see if it can knock me out good. That way I can sleep deep, but sleep less hours and still feel refreshed.
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 04:52 a.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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--Feeling?---|---:D~--
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o_O Since I've got nothing much to say these past two days... erm. I'll just post what I usually have for lunch....
Ingredients: An egg, a pack of Nissin chicken ramen, boiling water.
Empty pack of instant ramen into a bowl, side with the depression in the center facing up. Crack raw egg and balance white and yolk in the middle of instant ramen. Add boiling water around the ramen. Cover for 3 minutes and voila~!
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 11:02 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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--Feeling?---|---oo; I don't know--
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Umm... woke up with an aching neck...
oo *kinda in a blur at the moment and doesn't know what else to say...* Feeling... wasted... inside...
Mom called...? oo; *Goes floating off...*
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 11:03 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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--Feeling?---|---Sleepy... really sleepy--
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x_X I must be exhausted or something... because I just took a look at my right hand just now and thought I saw through the skin, blood pumping through the whole network of capillaries with each heartbeat. o_O And to my wounds on my fingers, more blood was directed there... O_o I think I'll go to bed now... zzzz
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 05:21 a.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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--Feeling?---|---Cold--
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Just what in tarnations is up with my fridge newly evolved 2nd freezer?! ANYTHING I stuff in there just comes out rock hard and takes 2 days to defrost (winter)... :o
Was at school for the most part of today, finishing up that animation project~ Finally got down to testing it with the right timing and such, and am quite happy with the results so far.
 :D Happiness. I finally got that pocket watch I've been eyeing for a while. The watch I've been using has just gone pop, so yeah. Before anyone accuses me of being taken over by FMA fandom, I'll state first that I've always loved pocket watches (and no this is NOT Hagaren merchandise; this is a regular pocket watch : link). Ordinary wrist watches I don't use any longer (straps STINK after a while, leave a white band on my skin, gets the way of clothes in winter etc etc). Used to own a cheap pocket watch but lost it before coming to Japan, so someone else gave me a digital wristwatch with the straps ripped off upon my request. Carried it around in my pocket almost everyday until I discovered it was lagging 12 hours behind time a week ago. The buttons have been wearing out for a while, and at this point they just don't work anymore, so I'll go with a new watch altogether (I know the original owner is going to go on a long peotry and prose woe-is-me phase related to this...). 6877 yen, but I got it for almost about half that amount; 3605 yen (gotta love their loyality point system). Guess I inherited my old man's love for old things... I've always considered these kinda watches timeless no matter what the era. ^_^ Time is another force I respect. It waits for none, obeys only itself
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 11:05 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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--Feeling?---|---Wander-lustful (yes, still...)--
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;_; I like vacations. At least I can achieve what I want and still have time. Ergh school's starting on the 11th... >_< いやだなぁ…
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You scored as Chaotic Evil.
A Chaotic Evil person is destructive to the extreme. These people put no value in life or beauty, taking pleasure in destroying both what is good and what is ordered. They have little to no respect for laws and the rights of others. Revenge is a powerful motivator for these people.
Chaotic Evil : 90%
Chaotic Neutral : 70%
Chaotic Good : 65%
True Neutral : 60%
Neutral Evil : 50%
Neutral Good : 40%
Lawful Neutral : 20%
Lawful Good : 15%
Lawful Evil : 5%
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What is your Alignment?
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O_O o_O O_o o_o; I just don't like laws... Morals are far more important. If anything, I'm Chaotic Neutral. Perhaps evil in the eyes of Man, but other than that...
Pagan goth
You are a pagan goth. You may follow the religions of the occult, such being as wicca, pagan or another new age religion. You dont take life for granted. You use the life force around you for your everyday needs. And perhaps you dabble in abit of magic from time to time.
Take the quiz: What kind of goth are you?
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Most certainly~ but I wouldn't even dare call myself a goth.
"The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp."
- John Berry
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 04:05 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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--Feeling?---|---Wander-lustful--
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Just gave Sis a call. So glad everything worked out fine... T_T Dear, if you were wondering why I kept pausing, it was because I had to stop myself from saying Japanese phrases, and took the time to translate them back into English... -_-; This is slightly worrying. How come I never get this problem when talking to Mom...
You know what... I just want to travel places now. Be it Japan or elsewhere, I just want to go somewhere and take photographs of Nature, cityscapes, etc... I just don't want to stay put at this point in time. There's a whole world out there to see. I need to work these legs... and make them take me places... going wherever the wind blows me. Beautiful or ugly... I want to capture it all on camera.... Shucks... wanderlust is getting to me... *Looks at itching feet*
"The virtue of the camera is not the power it has to
transform the photographer into an artist, but the
impulse it gives him to keep on looking."
- Brooks Atkinson
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 09:53 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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--Feeling?---|---A tad sleepy--
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.... very worried for Sis... Just why did it have to happen? ................
Spoke to a few people I've not seen in ages... felt great chatting with them once more~
Other than that, the whole day's been spent doing that animation project. Finished quite a bit and finally tested it a sequence that kept me on my toes, all along fearing that the results of stuff animated flapping in the wind would come out completely wrong (I've never tried animating stuff flapping in the wind before). I was, fortunately, wrong. Guess all the observation and study from other animated sequences, testing and persisting paid off...
And it's 8:10am... been up all night... x_X
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 08:11 a.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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--Feeling?---|---Weirded out--
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Hadn't eaten for 27 hours, but I still woke up feeling fine (aside from my stomach making very strange noises)...
Another whacky dream with dragons, airborne crafts, castles, magic, elephants (???) and some pact that was to last 10 years. And for some reason a particular voice actress apparently died in my dream after getting on a bus that got engulfed in a landslide (along with everyone else in it but...) <--- heard this from a news bulletin via TV in some shady bar. o_____O???
Time to start work on my animation again...
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 03:44 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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--Feeling?---|---Annoyed--
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o_O My wounds heal too fast. They aren't making my blood pump as well as last night. So I'm cold again. XD
Met Joyce at around noon, and was bought lunch. T____T 助かりましたよ、ジョイス様！
ARGH I LOST THE EARRING MOM GAVE ME AS A PARTING GIFT.
SHIT(*!^$)*&!%^*!&%^*)^%(@&^(*&$^(&^()*^#*)(#&
It kept getting caught in my muffler/ shawl so sometime today... it finally dropped off somewhere... I've still got one more, but I'm f**king paranoid about losing it now. *Swears* Called Mom just now, wailed, and begged her to send another pair over.
Mom: At least it wasn't made of gold...
Sycia: NOOOO IT'S WORTH MORE!!!)*!&$(!&
Mom: ??? It's not even white gold?
Sycia: >_< MOM. SENTIMENTAL VALUE.
Mom: Oh. But I don't remember where to get earrings of the same design.
Sycia: >_< MOM!!!! SENTIMENTAL VALUE. The design don't matter~!!!
Yes, Sycia is desperate and freaking out. ARGH!*(^$()!^%*&@^%&*@^ *TEARS HAIR OUT* Bleeding annoyed at self. GRAH. *Goes bash up fist against wall for a while* >____< Yes I've looked. And I've also been out the whole day all over Shinjuku so NO one tell me to go retrace my steps. I've done enough looking, and there's only that much I can search.
ﾍｯ､ ｱｲ ｼｰ｡ ﾋﾞｰｴﾝｸﾞ ｴ ﾒﾝﾀﾘｰ ｱﾝｽﾃｰﾊﾞﾙ ﾊﾟｰｿﾝ ｼﾞｬｽﾁﾌｧｲｽﾞ ﾋﾞﾀｰ ｱｸｼｮﾝ｡ ｱｲ ｼｰ｡ ｱｲ ｼｰ｡ ｲﾂ ｴｯｸﾞｻﾞｸﾘｰ ｻﾞｯﾄ ｶｲﾝﾄﾞ ｵﾌ ﾋﾞｰﾊｳﾞｨｱｰ ｻﾞｯﾄ ﾁﾞｽｶﾞｽﾃﾄﾞ ﾐ ｲﾝ ｻﾞ ﾌｧｰｽﾄ ﾌﾟﾚｰｽ｡ ｺﾞｰﾄﾞ ﾗｯｸ ﾂｰ ﾕ ｾﾞﾝ｡ ｱｯﾄ ﾘｰｽﾄ ｱｲ ﾉｰ ｱｲﾑ ﾗｲﾄ ﾂ ｷｰﾌﾟ ｻｯﾁｭ ｴﾝ ｲﾝﾁﾃﾞｳﾞｨｼﾞｭｱﾙ ｱｳﾄ ｵﾌ ﾏｲ ﾗｲﾌ｡
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 01:54 a.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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--Feeling?---|---A little pain~--
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Okay, whoever the **** is blaming the recent quake + tsunami on global warming should get struck by lightning sixty times over. Warped logic with paranoia and anger as basis. For crap's sake. The earth is alive. Plates move. Volcanoes erupt. Mountains form. Ocean trenches open. Earthquakes occur on a daily basis all over the whole place. Just 'cos it's bigger than usual doesn't mean some malicious force is behind the whole thing for cry'in out loud. ｯ_ｯ Nature has its way of working things and running earth and this happens to be one vital part of it. Nature isn't revolved around humans so she won't care to direct damage to rural areas. Screw the idiots who think she should. They obviously don't know their damn place. And blaming the US for stuff on it is pretty stupid too. No one's devised a way to accurately predict this sorta thing yet, and even if they did, you think they could evacuate everyone in time? GRR. People are inevitably looking for someone to blame.
Joyce's TV just broke down earlier today... o_O Which has left her no choice but to come to town... Going out with her so she's buying me lunch; MEAT T___________T. Coincidence?
Hmmm.... ripping chunks of flesh/ skin off my fingers makes the blood flow to them better, and I get fingers that are much less colder than usual. Yay! A little messy with blood and body fluids oozing out, but heck, at least I've got feeling in the fingertips again. *Rips off more skin*
... o_O Are people gonna freak from what I just typed?
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 11:41 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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--Feeling?---|---Cold....--
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*Sweatdrops*
With recurring thoughts of that great steak dinner I had with Joyce at Akihabara, and a dream last night about duck wings served with some sauce (???) after fighting alongside a huge spider... Erm. o_O
Anyway... that was some dream... either I was fighting together with the huge spider (which looked like it could have Godzilla for tea), or I was the spider (???). Trying to avoid some big... turtle-tyre thing that kept shooting bubbles of stuff. o_O I don't watch Godzilla....
Eerk. Without proper food, can't stay warm... *Wraps self up in more clothes, but hands and feet are still cold, then goes off to distract self with work*
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 03:17 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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--Feeling?---|---Amused at self--
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Forget about Haagen Dazs. I just realized I have no money, almost nothing to cook, and all the ATMs countrywide are closed until the 4th (unlike Singapore that leaves ATMs accessible 24/7, 356, Japans' has this stupid system of them only being open during working hours, and closing over public holidays). Okay... I've got 3 days to go... Plus it being winter means I'm going to be feeling hungier quicker. Bah whatever~ I'll last. Though no doubt people will be wondering why I stare at them intensely with my stomach growling.
"There's no sauce in the world like hunger."
- Miguel de Cervantes (1605 - 1615)
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 11:25 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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--Feeling?---|---Happy--
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Hmmm I want to have something sweet... Haagen Dazs ice-cream anyone? :D~
Animals are more touch with Nature and fled inland before the tsunami could reach. Hurraaaay~!
The death toll getting impressive. :D
Hmmm this guy made Transformers (first generation) in 3D and made em dance. The sound effects and voices are almost exactly the same as the original series', and the animation is really really good... but for some reason I find it painful to watch... being a fan of the series, you definitely don't wanna see a mean Decepticon (Soundwave) doing the woogie woogie... ｬ_ｬ;
[x] What is the first impression people usually get of you?
It varies (largely depending on the situation). I've been told I look arrogant, sometimes very intimidating. But others say I look happy and cheerful. Weird.
[x] What is your worst trait?
I am really selfish. The desire to keep whatever's good, and not share; this probably stems from the fact I'm a very instinctive, primal creature (and denying it by no means). I'm not sure if this is present in people these days. Truly, I have to fight myself with all my might to share anything with anyone unless given an incentive.
[x] And your best...?
Hmm.... probably my determination. When I set out to do something, I get it done no matter what, or who's in my way.
[x] Tell us something you're good at?
Acting/ veiling myself. There hasn't been a person I couldn't fool.
[x] How about what you suck at doing.
Putting my emotions into words. -_- I don't know why. I am in touch with my feelings, but argh I can't write em down. I try, but it comes out the wrong tone, or I forget halfway etc. -_- This leads to me getting misread a lot by people.
[x] Explain your ambitions.
To save her. To end her suffering. To exterminate her vile offspring. To make her smile once more...
[x] Now tell us your dreams.
To tell stories via 2D animation.
[x] Attached?
No.
[x] Why? Or why not?
Simply because I don't have a reason to be.
[x] Is religion & spirtuality the same?
Absolutely not. Religion is made up by people, beliefs written down in the form of some holy book or script, and passed down to others who are willing to 'believe' in that. To me, religion and cults follow the same principals, but different executions. Spirituality is what an individual believes in via personal experiences. No 2 people will react exactly the same to a given situation, and that little difference is all it takes to set each and every person's spirituality apart even if they share the same basic beliefs or religion.
[x] What is the meaning of life?
That's up to an individual person to decided what his or her life will mean. My life, my existance is dedicated to a purpose I've placed above myself (and no I am not Christian).
[x] Where would you like to be in 10 years?
Japan? And the president of a famous animation company that handles TV-animation and animated films. Hopefully by then I would have gained enough skill and experience to finally begin work on my 2 babies (anime ideas) and make them truly good.
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 05:26 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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+ + January 1st, 2005 (Saturday) + +
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--Feeling?---|---Refreshed--
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A new year~
I'll start it off with this song:
楽園 by Ｄｏ Ａｓ Ｉｎｆｉｎｉｔｙ
誰もが 皆 知ってる
消せやしない 傷を
どれくらい 続くの？
もう いらないよ
誰もが 皆 待ってる
争いのない 日々を
戦場の 兵士たち
思い出してよ
今 母の温もりを
この果てしなく 広い世界に
自分だけの地図 描いて
涙こらえて 僕等は
歩いてゆこう
立ち上がれ今 ほら何度でも
眠れる獅子 呼び起こして
生きてゆくんだ
明日へ
誰もが 皆 持ってる
一欠片の 愛を
憎んでも 何一つ
生まれないんだよ
そんなのもういらないよ
この限りある 時間の中で
まだ見ぬ 楽園目指して
どこまでだって 僕等は
歩いてゆこう
振り向かないで 前だけを見て
その身体 朽ち果てるまで
生きてゆくんだ
未来へ
思い出してよ
今 母の温もりを・・・
この果てしなく 広い世界の
まだ見ぬ 楽園目指して
どこまでだって 僕等は
歩いてゆこう
振り向かないで 前だけを見て
その身体 朽ち果てるまで
生きてゆくんだ
未来へ
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 02:21 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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