Go see it!
Under Pressure (doodoodoo dadadoodoo!)
I just love the first line of my country's description ^_^* I should make a flag eventually.
Well, I feel slightly better about the burden of homework, although I still have this Asian Lit paper due tomorrow and the huge Japan one due Tuesday which I haven't actually started yet. Oh well, I work best under pressure. = ) Agggh the stress.
At least it'll all be over soon, and then I won't have to be stressed about it any more. Untitled An epiphany! (Er, sorta.)
Also, it struck me that house-elf magic must be really different from normal wizardry, since you aren't supposed to be able to Apparate on Hogwarts grounds but Dobby does. Gah, I suddenly want to reread the whole series! Anyway, I should get back to my response to Norwegian Wood now. And after that I have a Lyric Wheel to work on. I think this one may have a bit of smut, although it will probably only be hand jobs. That's okay, smut is smut. Yay.
Unfortunately, the good mood that had been carrying through the weekend is now dissipated because THERE IS ALL THIS FREAKING SNOW ON THE GROUND ALL OF A SUDDEN. If I didn't have things to do on campus today I would seriously just shut all the curtains and play video games and pretend it's still nice out. Grrrrrr. Why We Are Not Seeing "Cowboy Bebop: The Movie" In Ann Arbor
Back when the official Bebop movie site first went up, Ann Arbor was on the list of cities where it would be playing. However, once the list was finalized with specific theaters, Ann Arbor was out and Royal Oak was in. Therefore, I assumed it was playing in Royal Oak instead of Ann Arbor.
I did not find out it was playing in Ann Arbor until TODAY. But since we already made plans for Royal Oak, and since James knows where the theater is fairly well apparently, and since we're seeing the 4:45 show and it isn't playing in Ann Arbor until seven, changing plans now just seems like too big a hassle to save us a little bit of driving time.
Also, just so you know, there is absolutely no ice or snow down here and isn't supposed to be. I think you're on the southern edge of it. Whoa! Who cares about Iraq? Now THIS is news! o/~ Dreaming, dreaming... o/~
Then it went into this weird... Trigun/Suikoden III crossover type thing. Which is a bizarre fusion in of itself. Vash and Knives, who were rather young (they looked teenage) found out that their father was some kind of lord or king or something. So they went to meet him, but his country was at war, and he ended up dying in battle shortly after they saw him for the first time. There was also a subplot involving a cursed shield that I don't remember very well. I believe Borus and Percival were both knights in the king's army. Seems like Knives went crazy after their dad died, too.
What the heck is with this sudden hangup on fathers? Maybe it comes from writing Jecht fanfiction. ^_^* 3, 2, 1... let's jam. You know, it's really amazing how much a little bit of warm weather and sunshine can cheer you up and energize you. Just walking from Brown to the Bernhard Center with a warm breeze blowing makes me feel so energized! It's easy to forget how much I have to work on when the weather is so nice, heh. Okay, here is a breakdown of what I've got due for the end of the semester, in order:
Seven-minute presentation on Tales of the Heike, due Monday, April 1 (maybe I can work on it on the way to Royal Oak?)
Hm. Doesn't seem so bad when I look at it, actually. I just have to remember that I also have to work on getting the FAFSA done. Bebop movie this weekend - and the theater STILL doesn't have showtimes up. If all else fails we can give them a call later on this week, or just show up at the theater on Saturday and see what happens ^_^* I think a lot of the parking in the area is metered or parking ramps, though, so parking for longer than we really need to might not be a good idea. At least we'll (probably) have Justin with us, who seems to know the area. I'm planning on watching some dubbed Bebop over the week so I can get used to the voices. I don't want to be so hung up on the weirdness of the dub voices that I can't enjoy seeing the movie in its bigscreen glory. Mmm, Vincent/Spike fighting in a theater. I can't wait. I wonder if people would kill me for singing along to "Gotta Knock A Little Harder" at the top of my lungs? Speaking of which, I'm thinking about asking my dad if we can borrow the van, so that we'll have a decent CD player. Kathleen's spaceship is a nice ride, but the stereo is just dying more and more as time passes. Well, this was long enough. I should go finish off Norwegian Wood and then look over my psychology notes, although there's still an hour and a half before class. I would estimate I have maybe half an hour of reading left. Maybe I'll dink around online a little more. = )
IT'S MINE! IT'S ALL MIIIIINE!
By the way, you might be interested to know that Akabane actually does make a decent guard - at least as long as my search referrals keep him amused. Not sure how long that will last = ) Because it's important to know these things. Proof that truth is stranger than fiction
He did this by having a big party, getting First Pausanias drunk, and raping him and having all his guests rape him. Then he turned him over to his grooms, and they all raped him too, and then beat him up on top of it. Pleasant, huh? So Pausanias was really pissed at Attalus (with good reason), and went to Philip for justice, but since Attalus was a pretty important ally to Philip he felt like he really shouldn't do anything to him and kept putting Pausanias off, hoping he'd forget about it.
He didn't, obviously. Similarly to the show, Philip was killed while unveiling a statue of himself among the twelve Olympian gods; it is nice to know that the real Philip got stabbed in the ribs and died pretty much instantly, instead of being stabbed in the throat like in the show. That looked REALLY PAINFUL. Pausanias was chased down by some guards and killed, which sucks for him, since the guys who killed him were in on the plot and he thought they were going to help him escape. Geez, though - what a story. You could practically write a whole book about Pausanias, I bet. It wouldn't be a very happy one, though. ^_^*
Yeah, so today is one of those stuck-at-school-for-hours-between-classes days. I already ate some McDonald's and have two hours to go before class. Maybe I'll try working on my Lyric Wheel fic; it's due April 10, I believe. It's pretty much just an angsty little conversation between Jecht and Auron about Braska; I need to figure out what the point of it is, or it will just ramble on.
Yeah, so speaking of rambling on... that is totally what I'm doing right now. I know this is probably weird, but typing is fun. I don't know why I think so, but I just enjoy typing. Maybe it's because I'm so good at it. ^_^* It's normal for people to enjoy doing what they're good at, right? Sigh. But I have already educated the masses (er, the few people who read my blog) about poor Pausanias, so I guess my work here is done. Maybe I will amuse myself by looking up the doc files saved on the computer. That's usually vaguely interesting.
Free things, and not-so-free things.
Talked to the Financial Aid office yesterday... I have to file a FAFSA before they can tell me if I get any money. Hooray, hooray. I also have to do my federal taxes. ^_^* Maybe I can do that tonight.
CRAP! I can sign up for classes today! Agh! I'm going to do that right this insant! I had forgotten!!! Agh! I don't have my big list I made of classes I want to take! It's in my other notebook! SO I have to get a catalogue and do it all over!!!! ^_^* Bye! The ultimate disaster movie?
In other news, watched episode 9 of Wolf's Rain. I love Quent. ^_^* I am probably the only person who does, but dangit, it was impossible to not feel sorry for him! ::gives Quent hugs, 'cause he needs them:: ... I think I've been throwing myself into anime and RPGs more lately because thinking about this war crap is just depressing. I actually was near tears today. And since I can't seem to do anything about it, I really would rather try to keep my mind off it so I don't start getting stressed. Nooo, I didn't REALLY want to flirt with death! Well, okay, it's not me, it's my car. The poor thing is getting all shuddery from lack of oil again, but since the hood has a problem (i.e. it won't open) I can't do anything about it at the moment. So my mom is going to take me to class tomorrow... unfortunately that means I can't put an "Another American for Peace" sign in my window like I wanted to, in response to the constant claim by lots of pro-war people that being anti-war is somehow anti-American. Gee, I thought being American meant we were ALLOWED to express disapproval with our government. Seems I was mistaken. -_-
I want to say more, but I can't really think of anything coherent, so I will stop. Oh! I dreamt about licking Tybalt's chest the other night. Mmm.
Yet more new layout-ness. What can I say? I love Akabane. I wanted to see him more often. I stuck him up on my layout. Fairly simple sequence of events there. This is a pretty dull layout and I spent very little time on it, but that's okay, it's got Akabane's Seal of Approval, as you can see by the giant J up there. Erm. Yes.
Tuesday, April 15, 2003
02:20 p.m.
http://www.nationstates.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi/target=display_nation/nation=shounen_ai
Monday, April 14, 2003
12:53 a.m.
How am I going to get a presentation together by Tuesday, a book report by Wednesday, and a hugeass paper by next week, PLUS study kanji and for finals? Eeek. I should've skipped out of some of the hanging out with the family to work on things, but I was feeling guilty about not really feeling all that sad. The funeral is tomorrow, and I have never wanted to skip a funtion more in my entire life ^_^* I do want to go to the reception afterwards and see my family, including people i don't see all that often, but the funeral itself is going to be me feeling awkward around a bunch of really upset people and putting up with getting hugged and probably crying just because everyone else is crying. (Seeing people cry tends to make me cry too ^_^*)
Wednesday, April 9, 2003
09:22 p.m.
Okay, I'm writing this mostly for Kathleen, who hasn't been online and I'm sure would want to know. My grandpa, who was diagnosed with cancer a few months ago, died yesterday afternoon. But before you start feeling sorry for me, I want to say that I'm fine. It's annoying, because my parents keep asking if I'm okay, and I'm like, "Uh, yeah," and I think, am I not supposed to be? And then I feel guilty, because everyone else seems so upset. ^_^* But, I dunno, he wanted to die. The cancer wasn't progressed enough where it would've killed him if he hadn't wanted it to. So I just don't really feel that bad about it; I just feel guilty for not feeling bad. So yeah, I guess that's about all I wanted to say. ^_^* Yay.
Tuesday, April 8, 2003
12:40 p.m.
I was sitting in the Bernhard Center just now eating a very tasty and not remotely healthy double cheeseburger meal (I won a free breakfast meal on my fries, cool!) and staring idly at the TV, which was showing something about Harry Potter, and suddenly I realized something. It actually makes sense for Lucius Malfoy to be at the Quidditch match. That would certainly explain how Dobby was there, at least.
Monday, April 7, 2003
09:51 a.m.
So, like, Saturday was one of the most fun days I've ever had. The Bebop movie was even more awesome than I had remembered it, and the dubbing was surprisingly good - better than the TV series dubbing, since all the extras were well-cast. I still like the Japanese better, but I was very pleasantly surprised.
Friday, April 4, 2003
11:28 p.m.
...an essay.
Thursday, April 3, 2003
06:27 p.m.
Thursday, April 3, 2003
09:45 a.m.
Man, I had a weird dream last night. There was this whole big weird Getbackers part in the beginning, where Kagami was Akabane's father. I have no idea where that came from. Akabane got all angsty. It was strange. I don't remember that part very well, except that the setting looked like a school.
Tuesday, April 1, 2003
01:52 p.m.
Response for Norwegian Wood, due next Tuesday, April 8
One paragraph and bibliography for 9-page Chushingura paper, also due next Tuesday
5-page book report on Norwegian Wood, due April 15
Response to Woman in the Dunes, due April 15
Short presentation about the stereotypical salaryman April 15
Hugeass Chushingura paper due April 22
Saturday, March 29, 2003
11:56 a.m.
OMGWTF!!! Thanks to Sarah, I have found... good-quality character art of Ansem! It's taken SO LONG but I finally have it! Now I can make a wallpaper! = D
Thursday, March 27, 2003
09:16 p.m.
You are purple-haired. You are strange, sometimes
perky, but well-liked, most of the time. You
are curious, open-minded, and multi-talented.
What is your inner anime hair color?
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Thursday, March 27, 2003
01:16 p.m.
Finally got up to Philip's death in the biography of Alexander the Great I'm reading... I really, really should watch the rest of Reign. It's just fascinating to see how much of the show was actually based on history - reading Chushingura recently has really made this something I'm interested in. In the anime, the guy who actually killed Philip was just some random soldier man who was being controlled by some kind of hypnosis/magic/drugs/something. In real life, it was way more complicated than that. His name was Pausanias, and he had been Philip's lover. Then Philip dumped him for a different guy, also named Pausanias (just to make things confusing - the book had a short rant about how repetitive the names are and how annoying that is for historians, heh). The first Pausanias was very jealous and pissed off and ranted about how the second Pausanias sucked. Second Pausanias proceeded to get himself killed protecting Philip in battle, thus earning him some recognition. Attalus, whom Reign-watchers may remember, was the second Pausanias' friend, and was pissed off by the first Pausanias' slander, so he decided to get revenge.
Tuesday, March 25, 2003
02:34 p.m.
Yesterday I got a package from Soulkool, the people promoting the Bebop movie. It contained a t-shirt, mousepad, and hugeass poster. I didn't know I got anything... ^_^* Makes me feel bad about doing pretty much NO promotion, but it's not my fault their web site is down and I can't figure out where they want me to link the banner. I also don't like the idea of spamming chants and message boards... Today I did wear the t-shirt and a guy in my Japanese class commented about it. He had no idea the movie was coming to theaters, so I at least informed one person. ^_^*
Monday, March 24, 2003
11:29 p.m.
I had this weird dream last night where I was on either a ship or an airplane or a dirigible of some kind (it kept kinda changing back and forth) and there was a disaster involving a dinosaur escaping. It looked lik a triceratops with a T-Rex head... so in other words like that one you have to fight in Gaea's Navel in Chrono Cross. Anyway, I was hiding in a room with some teenage girls, a few small children, and a sexy JRock guy. The JRock guy was actually really happy that I was there because I didn't really know who he was and was the only girl who wasn't swooning all over him. ^_^* There was a pool table in the place we were hiding. I don't really remember anything else except that at one point I somehow wound up back in time and was trying to stop the dinosaur from getting loose in the first place - maybe. I don't actually remember, and that may be too logical a plot for a dream of mine. I think there was something about a haunted house tossed in there too.
Thursday, March 20, 2003
01:18 a.m.
Monday, March 17, 2003
11:11 p.m.
Sunday, March 16, 2003
01:54 a.m.
Threw this up quickly just because I wanted some Akabane action on my blog... and because it seemed about time to archive. I don't know why I love this guy so much; he'd likely kill me if we met, which is what inspired the title this time around. Ah well, for a man whose name means "red corpse" he IS awfully sexy.
Observation
Name: Christy
Birthdate: 8-2-82
Zodiac: Leo
Chinese Zodiac:Dog
Hometown: Kalamazoo, MI
Interests: Anime, writing, reading, yaoi, DDR
Fav. Anime: Cowboy Bebop
Anime Character: Nicholas D. Wolfwood (Trigun)/Clive-sensei (Jungle
wa Itsumo Hale Nochi Guu)
DDR Mix: 3rd
Fighting Game Character: Benimaru Nikaido (King of Fighters)
RPG: Final Fantasy X
Movie: The Princess Bride
Current Desktop:
Exploration
Sarah
Kathleen
Aaron
Alexis
Patches
BBT
Collin
Fox
Katherine, whom I
don't actually know but who writes interesting blogs
Arcana
Boy Meets Boy
Glamour Lust
My Life In Blue
Penny Arcade
Strange Candy
The Bebop Board
Boy
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