Friday, May 19, 2006

I’m sorry I didn’t get to everyone who commented on my last post! *bows* A couple friends stopped by who I haven’t seen in a long time so I was spending time with them. I’ll be sure and visit everyone today though.^_^ Question of the Day: Would you rather have your skin peeled off and then dipped into the ocean, or, drink a bucket of monkey snot?...I read this in a “what if” book at work. My Answer: *stomach churns* Probably the monkey snot. *shudders* Okay, prepare yourselves for one of the nuttiest people we’ve ever had at Barnes&Noble. So, I was in the break room and 2 cops and our undercover guard come in with a lady in handcuffs. Obviously a shoplifter and this is the normal routine for someone caught. So they take her into the guard’s office and the cops start asking her some simple questions. The more questions they ask the more frantic this lady becomes. Suddenly though, she starts FLIPPING out and starts kicking and screaming and spitting. The cops are trying to hold her down in the chair and they call for backup. Four more police officers arrive and they’re all trying to get this lady to calm down but she just keeps screaming. Like the repetitive yell of just, “AHHH!! AHHH!! AHHH!” At the top of her lungs. At one point a cop yells at her, “You better calm down or I’m going to shock the shit out of you!!” LOL! He meant he was going to taser her. I was hoping they would because I wanted to witness a good taser^_~ Then, they call in more backup and they say they’re going to put her in a bag. I didn’t really think they meant that literally…but they did! They got the mental ward into the room and they tied her ankles together and they literally, wrapped her whole torso and lower part in a bag so she couldn’t move. And the whole time, this lady is just SCREAMING at the top of her lungs so loud, that employees from downstairs came into the break room to see what was going on. The cops and mental ward actually had to bring in a stretcher, strap her into it, and wheel her out of the store because she was so hysterical. I asked the undercover guard if he’s ever seen anything like this and he laughs and says, “Nope, this is the nuttiest I’ve ever had.” And what was all the fuss about you ask? The lady was trying to steal 3 books…totaling about $40. If she hadn’t flipped out, they would have just taken her picture and told her not to come back again. And this whole process took about 15 minutes. SNAP! Go NYPD! Pretty D.N.Angel bad dude…*pets*

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Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Hey, there are now over 190 members in the Yuki Club! Whee! Yessss…we shall show our love for Yuki. Question of the Day: What genre of books do you like the most? My answer: Fantasy. I LOVE fantasy…if it has elves, dragons, Pegasus, and all that stuff in it…I’m happy. As long as there’s a little romance in it too. I’m a sucker for the non-cornball romances. I didn’t have work again today…yes, another day off. Well, by the time most of your read this, I probably will be at work technically since I’m updating at midnight. People have asked me to share the stories of the crazy people my coworkers have had to deal with so...let's see…well, my soul-mate, Angelica, had a guy come up to her and then that lead to a 15 minute conversation and then he randomly asked if she had any kids. She was like…'ummm, no.' and then he grabbed her and tried to kiss her! That dirtbag. She managed to turn her head in time and then Dave, yes, the Kakashi-ish manager, found out what was happening and he ran over to the guy and told him to get his nasty ass out of the store and never come back. I’ve had a lot of guys hit on me at work but luckily, they have never tried to kiss me. If they did…you’d better believe there would be a well-aimed knee in a groin. And for all those who have asked if my manager, Dave is good-looking? Well, yes, he’s a good looking guy. He’s 29 or something like that. Not as hot as Kakashi but then again…you know, let’s be realistic here people!^_~ Quote of the Day comes from the Fruits Basket manga, Volume 15: *The school is putting on a play and Hana is Cinderella and Yuki is the Fairy Godmother* Hana: “*sighs*…but I also have to finish the dresses…this is a problem.” Yuki: *voice in the distance* “It’s alright…” *appears* “There’s no need to worry, Cindere…..” *Cameras start flashing like crazy* Boys and girls in the audience: “KYAAAA!!! Ohhhh…Ahhhhh…” *shots of the boys and girls in tears* “It’s…an ANGEL!!!!” Yuki: *blinded and staggering* “Uhhhh…ummmm…I’m your….Fairy Godmother…” Hana: “I must say this, but that is a half-witted self-introduction.”

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Tuesday, May 16, 2006

I’m glad you guys like my stories from work. I really never got so many crazy customers till I worked here in the city. Lots of people are nutters around here.^_~ And people ask a lot if I’m the only one at my job who gets the crazy people? Heck no! My co-workers get the nutters as much as I do. That’s why we can share our stories to one another and laugh about it. Question of the Day: What’s something about yourself that we would have no way of knowing by reading your Otaku page? My answer: I have a really long tongue. Like…reeeeeeally long. When I stick it out, it goes past my chin! I love to stick my tongue out at people…especially guys. Their expressions just go totally: O_O Sorry, no funny work story today because…I had the day off! Heehee! It was so nice and peaceful…well, I shouldn’t say peaceful since they’re renovating the apartment below mine and the constant sound of banging, drilling, and sawing got pretty old. I watched Memoirs of a Geisha today and it was good. The book is better but it was a good adaptation. I had downloaded it too so it didn’t cost me anything. Heh heh. I then downloaded the soundtrack since I loved the music. I made myself a bowl of cereal and I put away the milk and cereal and then I thought…did I just put the cereal in the fridge and the milk in the cupboard? I turn and yep, I had. Whoops! I daydream WAY too much and don’t tend to pay attention to what I’m doing. Like when I go to heat up my coffee in the microwave and start putting it in the oven by mistake. I can’t believe my natural hair color isn’t blonde. Oh! I randomly remembered a ‘your momma’ joke a guy at work named Chuck told me that I thought was hilarious: ‘Your momma is so fat, that when she moons people, they turn into werewolves!’ Hahaha! I found that really amusing for some reason. Quote of the Day comes from Seinfeld: Jerry: “You know, if you want a person to feel better after they sneeze, you shouldn’t say ‘god bless you.’ You should say, ‘you are soooo good lookin!’” Elaine: “Yeah, that’s a lot better then ‘god bless you.’” Haha! I love their random conversations.

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Monday, May 15, 2006

I played some more Kingdom Hearts 2 today. Damn that addicting game. I planned on playing it for like an hour…2 at the most but yeah, 5 hours later I stop playing it for the day. *shakes fist at SquareEnix and Disney* Question of the day: What color do you find you wear the most? And in relation, does the color you wear the most happen to be your fave color as well? My answer: I wear green ALL the time…never noticed it till a fellow co-worker commented on it. I wear loads of green yet my favorite color is red. Weird. I know, I always have stories about crazy people at work but now I have another story that happened to me yesterday. So, I was behind the information desk and the phone rings so I pick it up saying, “Barnes & Noble, Court Street,” and there’s this lady on the other end who says, “Yeah, who is this?” I answer, “This is Barnes & Noble.” She says, “No it isn’t, my son got a voice message from this phone number that said, ‘You have 30 minutes.’” I tell her, “Ma’am, this is a bookstore, you must have the wrong number.” She replies, “No I don’t! Why did you call my son and threaten him to tell him he has 30 minutes? I want to know what you plan on doing in 30 minutes?” I again tell her, “I’m telling you, this is a bookstore, we did not leave that message.” Eventually, she hung up, so I went to my manager, Dave(Yes, the manager who throws Skittles, sneaks up behind me and screams in my ear to scare me, AND literally will kick customer’s asses out of the door), and told him what had happened. He looks at me and says, “You know what you should have said right before you hung up?” I ask, “What?” He goes, “You should have said, *his voice goes deep* ‘Now he has 28 minutes.’” LOL! Oh, that had me laughing. He’s so evil. Lordsesshomaru said my manager reminds him of Kakashi from Naruto…he is SO right. If I see him stroll pass me reading a corny romance novel, THEN that idea will be confirmed. Quote of the Day comes from Animaniacs: *Yakko has just been made king of Anvilania and is making his address to the people* Yakko: “As your Sovran leader, I promise not to abuse my total, unyielding, supreme, and absolute power over you.” Mmmm…Train-kun:

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Saturday, May 13, 2006

I’m so sleepy. So so sleepy. I had to open at work this morning so I had to lug me butt outta bed at 5:15am. I had gone to bed a little after midnight. Didn’t fall asleep till after one and then I slept like total crap because there was a big thunder storm outside that kept waking me up and on top of that I kept having nightmares that the girl from The Exorcist was attacking me and cornering me and trying to gouge out my neck. Yeah, so I didn’t sleep very well. Question of the Day: Who’s your all time favorite cartoon character? And yes, it can be an anime character^_^ My answer: Yakko Warner from the Animaniacs. His cheesy puns and slap stick humor never ceases to entertain me.^^ So at work, I was heading up the escalator and a lady in front of me turns and asks, “Where is your DVD and music section?” I tell her, “We don’t have a music section. We only have books on music but not the music itself.” She looks totally puzzled and said, “But…Barnes & Noble has a music section.” And I reply, “Yes, some Barnes & Nobles have a music department, this one does not.” She looks quite dumbfounded and asks, “Are you sure?” My patience at this point was beginning to diminish and I reply, “Yes, I’m sure.” She stares at me and says, “No really, I know there’s a music section here.” *smacks forehead* I tell her, “Ma’am, I work here, there is NO music section.” Once again she asks, “Are you sure?” Gah! My head. And I tell her, “Ma’am, unless I pull back one of these bookcases and find a magical vortex that leads me to an unknown realm that somehow has a music department on the other side, then we do NOT have a music section!” She laughed then pranced away to the café. I can’t handle common sense illiterate people. Asking me if I was sure? What the hell… Quote of the Day comes from Jack Handey: “Broken promises don’t upset me. I just think, why did they believe me?”

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Friday, May 12, 2006

Boy, the past couple days at work have been quite interesting to say the least. I think this is a record at the amount of crazy people who I’ve spoken to within a certain time frame. One total stranger came up to me and asked me if he was a failure. I was like…what?! It really felt like a scene in an anime. Like maybe this guy was having a mid-life crisis and approached a random B&N employee to see if he had a point in continuing his life. I told him he wasn’t a failure and he seemed satisfied and left. Weeeeird. Question of the Day: What was the very first anime you’ve ever seen? My answer: Inuyasha Dark angel 103’s comment on my last post reminded me of a random story from college. My friend, Gavin had come to NYC to visit me and he was going to be staying for about a week. The first day there, I was telling him a story about a giant cockroach that had been in my room. This cockroach was literally, about 2 ½ inches long so it was HUGE! I told him how it kept scattering across my room but I could never catch it to kill it since they’re so bloody fast but one night, it got one of its wings stuck on a sticky part on my floor so I grabbed a shoe and squashed it. And then I was telling him about this little mouse that would go in and out of the vents even when I was sitting right next to them. After telling him this story about all my cockroach and mice problems I turn to him and say, “Oh, and by the way, you’re sleeping on the floor tonight.” His face just went to a total O_O expression. Haha! I’m so heartless sometimes. Quote of the Day comes from The Simpsons: *Homer and Marge have just completed a course on how to be good parents and they’ve gone to the neighbor’s house to get them back* Homer: “Kids, we’re good parents now…GET YOU ASSES OUT HERE!!”

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Wednesday, May 10, 2006

When I mentioned yesterday that Kadaj was a puppet, I didn’t mean that literally. I was speaking more-so metaphorically. Sorry to confuse those who haven’t seen the movie yet^_^ Question of the Day: When you look up from your computer monitor, what’s the first thing you see? My answer: I see my Inuyasha animation cel and my framed D.N.Angel drawing hanging on my wall. I was commissioned to do a couple drawings and I finished one of them today. I haven’t done a drawing in a long time since my wrist has still been bugging me. It’s still really sore when I do the back and forth strokes with the colored pencils but ah well, I’m tough. I’m not going to upload it into my portfolio though since I worked directly from a picture reference and I begged the lady if she wanted me to alter the style of coloring or anything and she said no. Hmph, I don’t really see the point in paying an artist to do a drawing when you don’t want them to add their own style into it! Bah. Here’s the drawing anyway so you guys can see it. I’m not even sure what anime it’s from…Samurai Champloo? I think she said it was from: I did it just using colored pencils and a special inking marker for the pure black parts. I didn’t really do much else today. We have ANOTHER mouse in our apartment though! I need to yell at Yuki for allowing his friends to crash at our house^_~ This mouse is a jumper though which whigs me and my roomie out. It’s like spiders…I have no problem with spiders until they start jumping and then I freak! I think I need to set another trap since if there’s one mouse, there’s probably more coming. Phooey.

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Tuesday, May 9, 2006

Whee! I’m glad you all like my new theme! Kadaj…*le sigh* I know he creeps some of you out…being a bit psychotic and childish at the same time makes an eerie combo but I guess that’s what happens when you’re a puppet used by a secret corporation created to do nothing but use you to destroy the world. Poor guy, he’s really not all that bad when you think about it. Like Anoel said, he’s just a lost little kid without a mommy^^ Well, no longer a child but you know what I mean! Question of the Day: What color is your hair? My answer: A super deep brownish red. So today, I got out of the shower, wrapped myself in a towel and then walked out of the bathroom to head to my bedroom. It was pretty stuffy in the apartment, so I went to the windows to open one and as I was opening it up, I hear a whistle and look to the side, and 3 construction workers at the building next to mine, were staring at me and whooping and hollering! I gasped and ran away from the window to my bedroom. Those pervs! Bah…it’s annoying having a building under construction right next door. Feh! And now they saw me in only a towel! Grr. And then today, I was on my way to the post office to send out some Mother’s Day cards and I couldn’t find my blasted keys! I looked and looked and was getting all pissed off and flustered and then…I looked down…and there they were…RIGHT in my hand. Bah! I felt like such a doofus. This isn’t the first time I’ve done that. I need to start paying attention to my surroundings. Quote of the Day comes from the comic, FoxTrot: *The siblings, Jason and Paige have just come home from seeing Lord of the Rings* Jason: “Holy charging oliphaunts. Talk about epic.” Paige: “Super epic!” Jason: “Talk about sweeping and exhilarating and awesome.” Paige: “Super awesome!” Jason: “Talk about raising the bar for cinema.” Paige: “Super raising it!” Jason: “I’m not talking about Orlando Bloom’s close-ups, by the way.” Paige: “Don’t tell me you liked that filler stuff about a ring.”

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Monday, May 8, 2006

Theme change! I hope you guys like it. It took a long time to put together and make the colors cordinate. Like putting together an outfit! Ha! So yeah…Kadaj…mmm. And the music is from the Advent Children soundtrack(which is excellent and I totally recommend getting). Question of the Day: Who’s your favorite Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle? My answer…the totally radical, Michelangelo. And did you guy know, the guy who voiced Raphael in the original cartoon was the same guy who voiced Yakko Warner, Pinky, and Dr.ScratchnSniff in Animaniacs? Heehee. I was fixing up the romance section at work yesterday, and I noted one of the author’s names to be ‘Nina Bang.’ Haha! I thought that was a fitting name for a romance novelist. I was eating lunch and flipped on the TV and caught part of ‘Sabrina the Teenage Witch.’ Man, I can’t believe that show is still on! That first starting airing when I was in early high school! It’s still as corny as ever and okay, with all the technology they have these days, why does that cat, Salem, still look crappy? I swear, it’s the same animatronic cat they’ve been using since the mid-90’s. It’s the fakest looking feline I have ever laid eyes on…then again, I don’t spot too many animatronic cats…heh. And they try and fool us by swapping in a real cat now and again. I ain't fooled! Oh, and I noticed a bunch of you on your websites were complaining about a certain Otaku member that was going around leaving crude comments on people’s sites. I got one too but I didn’t bother replying to this guy since I think he wanted the attention, rather I reported him and I already got an e-mail from Adam, the owner of this site, saying he’s going to take care of it. Good ‘ol Adam…he certainly does take care of things quickly when it comes to harassment problems. Go Adam! Quote of the Day comes from Rurouni Kenshin: *Kenshin has agreed to go fishing so they can have a proper meal for dinner* Yahiko: “I’m counting on you, Kenshin. Catch lots for tonight!” Sanosuke: “I’ll be REALLY hungry after being forced to work so hard. You better catch at least 20 or 30 whales, otherwise, I’ll kick your ass!!”

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Saturday, May 6, 2006

So, I have a Fruits Basket calendar and I flipped it over for May and I couldn’t help but grin…this month, depicts the image of when Yuki, Shigure, and Kyou transform back into their human forms so…yeah…lots of Sohma skin! If only that smoke would clear away a little more…feh. Question of the Day: Do you have something from your childhood you refuse to let go? My answer…indeedith, I still have my baby blankey my grandma knitted for me. I still sleep with it to this very day. *blushes* So, at work, I was on the phone helping a customer and so more customers who were in the store began gathering around my information desk. So, I get done with the customer on the phone and help the first person who was waiting in line. I get done with her and this lady, who was about 40 years old and African American, looks over at the other girl I just helped and says obnoxiously loudly and full of sarcasm, “Oh yeah, I see how it is. Help the white girl first since they’re superior, huh?” I just gaped at the lady and said to her, “Ma’am, this isn’t a racial issue, she was first in line!” The girl I had helped turned to the lady and basically said the same thing. The older lady got all huffy and left. I mean, seriously…what is wrong with some people! The other day, a lady called me a “white bitch” because we were closed and she refused to leave! I just don’t understand it…why bring up racial issues at all? I have no problem what-so-ever with black people until they get mad and then start calling me racist names but am I allowed to say something back? Heck no, I would be splayed all over the floor if I were to say something. I hate to bring up racism but it’s just something that I don’t tolerate well. *hands everyone cookie dough ice cream for listening to my rant* Quote of the Day comes from The Simpsons: Homer: “Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is…never try.”

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