I want to be the wind... A wind like a breath...
At times, I want to be the wind that
fights against you, the wind that dries your tears, or the wind that eases your tiredness.
I want to be a wind like that. I want to fly. I want to sweep up sadness and spread
happiness. When you’re sad, just cry. I’ll be there. When you’re happy, just call. I’ll be there.
But because we are girls, there are times that you get tired. There are times that you hold back
your tears. In times like that, darling, I’m going to come flying down, so hold me in your arms gently.
Kusakabe Maron
Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne, Final Chapter
Translated by Peaches
Anime: Kare Kano! Cowboy Bebop, Trigun, Digimon Adventure/02/ Tamers (ehehe..), Inuyasha, Petshop of Horrors, Basara, Mahoujin Guru Guru, Initial D, Serial Experiments Lain, Card Captor Sakura, Shinesman
Books: Harry Potter, Ender's Game, His Dark Materials
Comics: The Books of Magic, The Sandman, Calvin & Hobbes, Dilbert, Foxtrot, anything else Neil Gaiman
Movies: Moulin Rouge! A Beautiful Mind, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Fight Club, Memento, Beauty and the Beast (mustwatchatIMAX!)
Music: Kare Kano, Kanno Yoko, Weiß, Moulin Rouge! Squaresoft, Hamasaki Ayumi, Sakamoto Maaya, Maeda Ai/AiM, Wild Arms I, The Brilliant Green, Sarah Brightman, Pierrot, Depeche Mode, L'arc~en~Ciel, Jewel, Ali Project, Disney
*siiigh* I just lost my first 19x19 game by just two! Two! So close...;__;
kamikaze ~ 04:58 p.m. ::
Monday, August 12, 2002
np: Toonami's Hamtaro dub XD;
My second post in less than eighteen hours. Ooh, I'm proud of myself. XD
Meimi, I didn't mean a goban with legs and everything. Just anything made out of wood would make me happy. ^_^; I've poked around a bit online (mostly to "ooh" and "ahh" over the coolness) and seen how woefully expensive the "real" goban are. I saw an auction on Ebay for a goban made out of purple heart wood, which was interesting. <3 And since I'm already babbling about goban, I've learned that traditionally, the lines are made with a katana dipped in ink. Somehow, I find a katana being used to make nice black lines very funny. XD;
I am hopelessly addicted to go. I've now played 26 games (albeit, all but two were on 9x9 boards). I'm happy to say I kicked butt on my first 13x13 game! I still haven't gotten the nerve to play a 19x19 game though. ^_^;; I wish Yahoo's sound effect for placing go stones did sound like a penny being dropped in a tin can though. >_>;
*sigh* I wanted to watch the Powerpuff Girls movie in the theater, but when my sister and I decided to watch it the fifth weekend it was out, it was no longer showing anywhere within a 50 mile radius. T_T My mom asked me if I wanted to watch it the previous weekend, but I told her I'd wait because I figured she probably wouldn't like it. I shouldn't have waited. ;__;
I picked up the free preview issue of Viz's English Shounen Jump last Friday. I didn't expect to get it because I never go to comic book stores, but I saw it at the anime store in the mall while I was shopping for presents. There's a huge picture of Goku (at least I think it's Goku) on the front and back (which are exactly the same) and twice as many pages devoted to DBZ than any of the other series. >_> I think I'll probably end up subscribing for at least a year, since I'm a bit interested in most of the series, and the current charter subscription rate is only for twelve 250 page issues. I'm also curious to see what an un-butchered version of Yu-Gi-Ou would be like. And I can see more of Yuu Yuu Hakusho without suffering through the British dub! I have the first manga volume of YYH, but I never got around to reading it. ^_^;
kamikaze ~ 03:22 p.m. ::
Sunday, August 11, 2002
np: Hitomi no Chikara - Mizuki Arisa [HikaGo Ed 2]
*tears* Where did my summer vacation gooo~? I'm starting school this Thursday. Hopefully I'll be able to attend school all day and graduate this year. *crosses fingers* And hopefully school will make me un-lazy enough that I'll actually blog more than once a month. (Urk.)
I played my first game of go on Yahoo last night. :D My record so far is 6 wins, 3 losses, and 1 draw. (But the draw would've been a loss by .5 if Yahoo had the usual 5.5 komi. What's up with that?) I'm very proud of myself, even though I've only played on 9x9 boards so far. XD I've been pretty good at staking out the fellow beginners. *ufu* My first game wasn't with a beginner though, and that was a rather embarassing defeat. So! Does anyone want to come and play me? Please? None of my friends are remotely interested in the game. *sniffle* I've been using negi_ramen as my user name, which got the response of "Sapporo ramen ga hoshii~" when I was watching a game. XD;; Meimi, where did you get a goban? I want a real goban and stones~ I was even looking for goishi-shaped objects in the house the other day to practice with, but I was luckless. A go book I was reading at Barnes and Noble said, "With practice, it becomes possible to slam the stones on the board quite hard. This is regarded as acceptably aggressive rather than rude." I want to be like that! XD
I'm up to episode 14 of the HikaGo anime now. I prefer the manga overall, but I liked episode 14 (the second Kaiou vs. Haze match) much more than the manga version. Lots of drama! And tension! Whee~<3 It's a shame the animators cut out so much of Sai's silliness in the anime though. But on the bright side, I'm almost at the point of Waya's first appearance! Hopefully I won't be traumatized too much by his voice, since I've read that he's played by a girl. Surely I'm not the only one that thinks that he definitely should have been played by a guy...? It still weirds me out that Sai is Chiba Susumu, since I'm so used to thinking of his seiyuu as Chiaki and Yamaki. XD;
In non-go related news, my very lucky (and spoiled) friend Keiko got the very expensive Sen to Chihiro DVD as a birthday present from her aunt. *envy, envy, envy~* She has all five film comics too, and she doesn't even properly worship the movie! ("Why do you want to watch it again? You just finished watching it!") *sigh* For some reason, the DVD wouldn't work on her (Japanese) PS2, so I didn't get to see Spirited Away in all its proper glory. ;_; The DVD also comes with a deck of playing cards that I wish I could have, and a...plastic riceball. That opens. *snrk* Makes me think of PacMan. *chomp chomp the DVD case* Miyazaki (who is pictured making a riceball himself) says the plastic riceball represents life. The riceball also comes with many warnings, such as "Do not eat," and "Do not put in the microwave." Nothing about what one is actually supposed to do with it though. We speculated that one could use it as a mold, but that seems like an awful lot of trouble. ^_^;
kamikaze ~ 10:43 p.m. ::
Sunday, July 14, 2002
np: Itsumo Nandodemo - Kimura Yumi [Sen to Chihiro]
No, I'm not dead or anything of the sort. It's just that I get so lazy and apathetic once I properly settle into summer mode that I don't feel like doing aaanything~ that takes any sort of effort. So if you want me to blog more often, you'll have to come after me with pointy sticks. XD See, an entire year has passed and I still haven't changed the layout. I'm so pathetic. XD I /start/ making them and then I don't have the willpower to finish them.
I really haven't done much of note since summer started, unless I count sl0ring a couple of friends on Furuba and Bebop (it's like Chicken Soup for my SOUL). I watched Lilo & Stitch and cried a bit towards the end, which was my first time actually crying in a movie theater. Fortunately, my friends didn't notice. I'm making up for that by embarassing myself here instead. XD I also watched Minority Report, Bourne Identity, and MIB2. Bourne Identity was completely ruined for me by a couple of middle school-ish Matt Damon fangirls who wouldn't shut up during the entire two hour movie. ("Ooh! hottie!" "He's too hot to die! He's too smart to die!" "Ugh! She's kissing him! Get your hands off him, stupid!") Eurgh. I spent half my concentration on resisting the urge to throttle the them. MIB2 was kinda "eh." What really caught my attention were the trailers for the next Star Trek and LotR movies. I noticed that there was about one shot of the hobbits during the entire thing, and many, many of Aragorn and Legolas. XD;
I've also watched quite a bit of anime lately... I just finished watching Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi for the first time an hour ago, and I'm still sparkling over it and basking in the WAFFy feelings. I'm in love with that movie. *_* I just want to watch it over and over and over again. Disney's theater release is set for September 20th. Hopefully there'll be a theater around here that shows it...when Mononoke Hime came out, there was only one itty bitty theater in the Houston area that was showing it. And I really hope the DVD release will have the Japanese track. It will make me very sad if it doesn't. ;_; I wish there were Chihiro and Haku plushies...
kamikaze ~ 11:52 p.m. ::
Tuesday, June 18, 2002
np: Last Regrets (X-Mas Floor Style) - I've
Eheh...so much for more blogging during summer vacation. But all I've been doing is staying at home alone the entire time, so there's not much to say. _o_
Well, except for the first week-and-a-half of break, when I had four doctor appointments, along with a tilt-table test, which was really miserable. It made me want to stay completely apathetic for a while. During the tilt-table test, I was to stay still for 20 minutes lying down, then 40 minutes in an upright position (70 degree angle) as they measured my blood pressure, heart rate, oxygen saturation, and such. I also had an IV stuck in my wrist to drip a .9 NaCL solution, which was pretty unpleasant going in...though the sensation of the cold water going up my veins was pretty interesting. ^^; But I passed out after 14 minutes during the second part, so it was cut short. I was very glad to have the IV in my wrist at that point. >_> Ugh...it was terrible. Right before I passed out, my heart rate dropped by 33 and my bp when from 94/50 to 67/47 within a minute. And towards the end, when I was trying my best not hyperventilate because I felt like I was freaking suffocating, one of the administrators had the GALL to tell me, to "relax," (what the hell did they /think/ I was trying to do?) and "Like I said before we started this, we're not doing this torture you. We can't stop this, no matter how bad you feel." Then it was recorded as "reassurance given to patient." Reassurance MY ASS. So it turns out I'm positive for orthostatic intolerance, which is apparently worsened by hot weather and is most severe in the morning. Another incentive to get out of Texas, I suppose. >_o I'm taking salt tablets to raise my blood pressure, and it's ridiculous how much those things cost - for 100 one-gram tablets.
And since there's nothing else to talk about...time for fangirlish blogging~! I had Christina and Melanie over a couple times that first week to watch anime and play video games (Super Bomberman! Bust a Move 2! Pocket Fighter! XD). Though they're both off visiting relatives in the middle of nowhere now, so I'm stuck being bored all alone. _o_ Anyway~ for some reason, the 17th episode (I think?) of Kare Kano didn't work on either of their computers, so we watched it together. It was the episode where Arima came back from the nation-wide tournament. They were both freaked out as I was when Arima threw Yukino against the wall (Eeee...). Overall, they both had very fangirlish reactions. *ufufu* I showed them the first episode of Furuba too, but they weren't so enthusiastic over that ("The first part was...kinda boring."). ^^;; Melanie was a bit disturbed at Yuki's feminine appearance and feminine voice and most of all, his feminine...proportions. ("Guys don't have waists like that!") XD;
I managed to finish downloading the first 22 episodes of Furuba a week ago, and I've already watched six episodes since then (I've watched the first 19 now.) My powers of resistance are pretty sad...^^; The Momiji episode was so saaad..;_; I cried. Even though my mom ruined the moment a bit by asking if I was planning to go to bed anytime soon... Ayame was fun fun fun. I don't think his voice quite suits him, but his seiyuu's enthusiastic gayness makes up for it. XD I really feel sorry for Hatori...having to put up with Aa-ya and Shigure. Poor Mit-chan too. Episode 18, the one about Hana-chan...the Hanajima/Tohru-ness was apparent before, but that episode was just screaming it. ^^; Episode 19 was more fun fun fun. Kyou the mother hen. *ufufufu*
I've also zoomed through the first 95 chapters of Hikaru no Go these past few days. ^^;;; I've been meaning to check it out for some time, with all the talk about it. I didn't mean to read all of it (the scanslations at Toriyama's World, that is), but once I started...I just couldn't stop. o_o I think it's the most addictive manga I've ever read. I'll probably think the same of the anime, if I ever get around to watching it (though it's a shame I would already know how all the matches end ;_;). Aaah~ I want to buy the manga~ I want to watch the anime~ There's already 17 or 18 volumes out too. Gaaah...such an expensive, addictive drug. x_x I wonder how long I can resist before I end up buying the whole series? The feeling of actually having enough money to buy it all is a very nice one, even if it'll leave me drained. XD;
kamikaze ~ 07:27 p.m. ::
Monday, June 3, 2002
np: Kopperia no Hitsugi/Coppelia's Coffin [Hyper Remix] - ALI Project
This is the kind of stuff my sister sends me. >__>
kamikaze ~ 04:01 p.m. ::
Saturday, June 1, 2002
np: Young Soul Rebel - Nishikiori Issei/Okiayu Ryoutarou & Ogura Jinpachi/Morikawa Toshiyuki [Please Save My Earth]
Ph34r me. I have been listening to this for more than two hours nonstop. And I'm still not sick of it. XD;; Honmou~ Mo~u~ honmou~~
kamikaze ~ 01:38 p.m. ::
Saturday, June 1, 2002
np: Young Soul Rebel - Nishikiori Issei/Okiayu Ryoutarou & Ogura Jinpachi/Morikawa Toshiyuki [Please Save My Earth]
This is a terrible, terrible song. My parents are out, so I can blast the speakers with it on repeat. XDXDXD;;; I want a slashy fangirl friend. I need to share this with someone who can properly appreciate it. ;___;
But damn, I really want to watch something Gay now. It's all your fault. "Homo ja nai" indeed. >_> (If you ever find a Seki/Koyasu duet anywhere near that Gay, please do tell. XD) I refuse to watch Furuba out of order, so Aa-ya's out. (Now I keep getting images of Shigure and Aa-ya rapping about how gay they are. It's frighteningly easy to imagine, isn't it? XD Actually, them rapping about how much they're not gay while acting very much so would be quite fun too. XD) Someone give me a pretty nancing Legolas? Or at least the HP DVD so I can cackle at Snape?
But anyway, about Fruits Basket. *_* I've been religously downloading it off of WinMX for three weeks now. With my 56K connection. I wuuuuub~ it~<3 Which you can take credit it for, because the link to the scanslations doomed me to Furuba fangirlism. XD (By the way, I looooove your new layout. Even though I've never actually seen Gravi. XD;) Now I just need to get the real manga... I've been trying to get episodes 12-22 of the Furuba Fansubs, but I've been having an impossible time with 12, 14, and 16-18. The only people who seem to have those episodes are the ones who have ridiculously long queues or a connection as bad as mine. T_T
I really really love all the characters. <3 (Though I like Akito because he's a sexy slut with a sexy voice, rather than for his personality or anything else. XD) Kyou had a head start though, because he's a kitty and he's voiced by Seki. XD (Tohru's so cute! "Neko-san ni narimasu!") I need to show Meli Furuba, for Seki if nothing else. Because she's such a Seki fangirl and she'd be squealing like mad by the end of the first episode. XD And...eeee...Hisakawa-san, what did you /do/ to your /voice/? *_* I was pretty surprised at Okiayu's voice too. I couldn't really see Shigure with his voice when I was reading the manga, but once I heard it, it just fit. It's an Okiayu-voice, but different somehow. XD Furuba keeps making me cry though. ;_; Hatori and Momiji both. ;_;
Aaaah...I didn't get much sleep last night. So I don't think my brain cells can take being coherent anymore. XD
