Monday, September 13, 2004

I hate Budd
Sorry for scaring you/others yesterday, Sara. I just had some excess frustration after spending so much concentrated time helping my mom with typing, scanning and re-sizing pictures, translating a text into English twice because of power failure, and then finally printing out the entire thing in all its essay-ness that needed to be in today.

Stress levels were sky-rocketing and its epicenter was in my room, my waterhole,
my sanctuary *dramatic pose*. Hrm, quite.

Anyway, Shin gave me some therapy and then I had a good night's sleep, followed by a very relaxed breakfast this morning. So we're in the clear ... until mom comes home with the corrections she need to make and the whole circus rolls into town again. Pluh.

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Kill Bill vol II Notes
Budd is an ass. I agree with Elle's sentiments on him. He's a coward as well, and his 'philosophical preaching' is just a glossy cover on his craptastic attitude. Budd's death might've been my favourite, hehe.

(Vernita puts on an act and tries to do a 'double-whammy stab in the back' on the Bride, so I ain't got no love for her either. Their fight was good, though.)


I'd go so far as saying that Bill is the most sympathetic villain in the movie[s], if it wasn't for O-Ren.

[O-Ren does not display any regret for her actions, but she does (eventually) show respect. In doing so she acknowledges the Bride's quest on some level. Their fight is also the only one that doesn't start with an ambush (I don't count Sophie as an ambush), so even though O-Ren is aware of her opponents strength (why else would she send her band in first ?) she faces the Bride head-on. That makes her the most respectable and sympathetic villain character, in my humble and silly opinion.]

I do think Bill comes in at a close second. Despite his little tricks. The actor who plays him is also very charismatic and he portrays Bill lovingly. On one hand he comes off as a twisted bastard, but at the same time I can appreciate his actions and reasoning. There are a lot of dimensions to Bill *nods*


And Elle ... *grins* That woman lit up the screen. I haven't seen many of Darryl Hannah's movies, but this is by far the best performance she's done in my recollection. The fight scene with her and Uma Thurman was so funny, both in dialogue and in action ^__^


Pai Mei, lol. Too cool for words :p The weirdness of having something so heavily Asian influenced, combined with the American style, made that little story arc bizarre. But in a good way, hehe.

I thought he looked familiar but it took me until watching the extra features to realise who he was *hits head* That was the case with Esteban too !

Seriously, that was some acting. And the nods back to where the Bride woke up is hilarious. The glasses, "Where is Bill ?", the ... vehicle, heh. It tied everything together real nice ^_^


One of my favourite scenes (if not my absolute favourite scene) is the one with only the Bride, at the end. (I won't say where or what happens, because I'm too lazy to put things in spoiler tags.) The entire movie up to that point was just funny, but right then and there you sort of stopped for a moment and thought about this whole 'roaring rampage of revenge' and what had happened from where we were first introduced to the Bride and where she ended up. It was just perfect.



This isn't some brilliant review of the movie, but the movie itself is ~_^

The comment box is just below this post, if there's anything you want to add/ask/challenge :p

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Sunday, September 12, 2004

Arrrr
I was sitting at the computer, translating a page worth of text for my mom's essay. Moments after I hit 'save', the power went out :o

(Sorry about disappearing on you Alex ^_^;)

Dad was sitting at the other computer and he hadn't saved one bit of his document. Boy was I smug about having saved before the power went down, heh.

That lasted until power came back and nothing had been saved -_- So I had to do everything all over again. Sure, it was only a page but it's the principle of thinking you did a great job the first time around and being forced to try and remember how you put it ;_;

At least the phone lines weren't down, hehehe. And it was quite nice to sit in the kitchen, candles burning. Peaceful. Mmmm.


Ah well, back to helping mom finish her essay. It's due tomorrow and there's still some minor issues she wants to sort out before we're done.

I'll try to be online a bit later on. So be ready with those Literati tables :D


EDIT: I feel just about ready to scream until there's no air left in me, punch anything until my fists bleed and cry my eyes out to the point where I'd be completely dried up.

That was honestly horrible. Bleh.

*contemplates stealing the household phone and talk to someone for a very long time*

I'm ok, just exhausted and in need of an empty house. That wish will be fulfilled tomorrow and I plan to enjoy it thoroughly./EDIT

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Saturday, September 11, 2004

Brain damage
Not much to say today, really. Just updating to make sure certain people don't worry too much *pokes and smiles*


My parents have carefully asked me questions lately. Dad more so than mom, and he does it in a playful tone. At first I thought it was because mom wasn't concerned for once, that my relaxed attitude made her feel comfortable and that she wouldn't have to be worried about me.

It's a bit much to ask, I realise that when I think about it. And also, both of us probably figured she'd never have to deal with worrying about me the same way she has my two older sisters (and to some extent my younger sister now). I even thought that it'd be different with me, if it came to that, because we have such a special relationship.

Apart from the random questions and expanding certain subjects to involve said questions, no one has voiced anything in particular. They're going easy on me, but I'm not sure why. Like I said, I want to think that it's because of my attitude, but it might just as well be because they weren't prepared to face this with me and are caught off guard. Maybe they're afraid I'm too vulnerable to be 'confronted' with their concerns and that taking things further than the vague stages of curiosity would create some kind of irrevocable rift between everyone.

I don't know. I would if I asked. But is it really warranted ? Is there a need to ? Probably, seeing as I'm confusing myself the more I think about it.


Heh, that probably came off really cryptic. I'm sorry about that. My brain is just going places it hasn't been before, at least not with any kind of reality attached to it :p

Now for some Literati therapy. *calls up her therapist*


Oh, and I still need a word from Queen Asuka to plug into my Literati Square.

Just tell me which it is, where you want it connected and what color you want on it ^_^

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Friday, September 10, 2004

WARNING: Needles
Don't you just love having your blood drawn at 7.30 am, without having had breakfast ? ... No, didn't think so. Well, that's what I had done this morning.

It went ok, though the nurse missed the blood vessel on her first try and had to go for another one. Luckily that one came through and they only needed enough for 3 tests, so I was in and out really fast. The nurses in this town are excellent at drawing blood, at least my blood, and I know that from experience.

For some reason it's tricky to get my veins to co-operate. They'll sort of 'slip away' (as many people wearing white uniforms have put it) or refuse to show themselves at all. Back in winter they had to put this heated cloth on my arm for a couple of minutes, just to lure them out into visibility, haha.

And using a regular needle is impossible in my case. They have to use the 'baby needle', which is a very thin needle attached to a tube that transports the blood to the little glass container. Whee, I'm a big baby :p

The nurse remembered that when I came in today, which was ... both nice and sad. Nice because I didn't have to bring it up and feel stupid for not having 'good veins'. Sad because I've actually been there and have my blood drawn so frequent that they remember me. Heh.


Having that done is never nice, but as long as it's here in my home town I'll be fine with it. But I've had nightmarish experiences in other towns.

This one time they tried 4 times on my right arm and 3 times on my left arm. After that they still didn't have enough to do all the tests they needed, ngh.

And my younger sister gets away with having her finger pricked for her blood testing.... Hm. Good for her, I guess :p

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Right. Kill Bill vol II. I was going to talk about it. Today. But. My intelligence isn't up to scratch and it's not nice to feel like you're going to come off as a brainless moron the moment you open your mouth.

So. I'm not going to :o
*runs and hides before anyone can grab her*

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Thursday, September 9, 2004

Bang, bang

Kill Bill Fest

The bag in between the two DVD's is the chocolate I'm currently infatuated with. They're puffed maize with a milk chocolate coating *licks lips* There's also cheddar popcorn somewhere, unless they've been found and devoured by another family member. Hm.

Now I shall Kill Bill, rawr.

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Oh, forgot to add that I bought a very cute/feminine skirt yesterday. Originally I was looking for a new jacket (since my old ones are too big) but there were none around and that skirt was just too cheap (as in not pricey ~_^;) to miss out on, hehe.

And I'll have read and commented on both Pyro and Solo's lyrical ventures, by the end of today *nods*
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Wednesday, September 8, 2004

- snoozy -

I was so very tired a couple of seconds ago, my eyes were barely open and now I'm close to wide awake.... My body needs to make up its mind *flamboyant gesturing*

But yeah, very tired and not coherent. Which probably won't show in this post, since they're rarely Pulitzer prize material anyway :p

Sorry for not commenting much today, but it's been difficult to stay awake ^_^;

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Ehum...
Shin, anything up to a 15 points difference in Literati, is considered a pummel. Anything below that is a boring/nerveracking game and anything beyond is pure slaughter.

So I won't admit to lying or being wrong *stubborn grin* I will however commend you on your excellent skillage in talking trash. It would be quite easy to mistake you for the local trashman *nods*

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Stuff from Yesterday


Yep, I baked a cake. Schnookums was all over it, as is evident by that picture. If it weren't for major facts like not being able to eat more than a few select food items, I would've gone for a degree in culinary art or some other fancy title, hehe. For some reason my cooking/baking is appreciated, even though I rarely eat it myself. Odd how that is *giggles*

What else ? ....


Oh yeah, my dad had ordered a bunch of DVD's cheaply and among those were
KILL BILL vol II :D

I clutched it tightly enough to not let anyone steal it from me, but careful enough to not leave any marks on the cover >>;

Tomorrow the curtains will be draw, popcorn poured into a bowl and Schnookums and I shall marvel at Miss Uma Thurman & Co ~_^

(Sidenote: "Big Fish" was also in the stack, so after explaining to my dad that I prefer owning films to borrowing them from others, it was in my possession. Heheheheh.)


My younger sister came home for a couple of hours and we watched Naruto (man, the drawings were really .... bad *frowns*) and started watching Big Fish. She had to leave halfway though, but enjoyed what we managed to see ^_^


..... Zzzzz, Literati, Zzzzzz......

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Tuesday, September 7, 2004

Brilliant, simply brilliant !

I give to you, the awesome banner made by Sennen:



Everyone should go to Sennen's MyOtaku and praise him.

Mr.Sennen, you rock ~_^

That should be proper pluggage, heh. I'm thinking of doing a little separate [web]space for Scnookums and his adventures, so any ideas/help with that would be appreciated. Be it design tips, caption ideas and so forth ^_^

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Literati me this, Literati me that :p
Yesterday I had the pleasure of playing Literati with the lovely Miss Badness and promptly got my ass kicked to a pulp. I didn't mind one bit though, because she played brilliantly and it was masses of fun ^_^ But it was even more enjoyable seeing Shin getting pummeled by her, hehehehe.

I am curious as to how things will be getting on with Mitch and Mr.Ken. Mitch is working harder than an ant carrying a disabled elephant, so I have no clue if/when they'll get their matches cleared. One of them will be my next opponent and I'm intrigued to see what is coming my way ~_^


Rawr, I'm just feeling very good today.
So good, in fact, that I shall now bake a cake :o

*gives everyone a slice of Love*
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Monday, September 6, 2004

- bops around -
Well, the foul mood passed and no one got hurt too badly. Except for Alan, who is being tortured daily to play Literati with me :p

Shy, the reason I got peeved enough to mention it here was because things just went from worse to ... hell, hah. And I didn't like being cut off from people because of Literati of all things. Had the possibility of PM's through MyOtaku not been available, I imagine I would've really flipped on you. But don't fret, everything's calmed down and we can all laugh about it now.

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So far it's a slow day. Did my exercise and dinner is next on the agenda. But to make this post a bit more fun, I am going to showcase something. And .... errr, I didn't actually ask for permission to show it, so until clearance has been given, pluggage will be held back >>;;;

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"Come fly with me, let's fly, let's fly away"

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