Saturday, January 3, 2004

Geeze.
There really has been a lot going on in my life.. I haven't had time to update on MyOtaku much or post on OB. So I'll try summarizing things.

My grandmother was "invited" to our house on Christmas, which really shook things up for all of us. She's going downhill quickly.. We found out yesterday the cancer's gotten into her brain. My aunt, uncles and father are all going ballistic and/or hysterical. I, however, don't feel much emotion about it. When she dies, she's gone, and I might feel more sad at the funeral, but at the moment I really don't feel like it's drastically effecting my life.

I wonder if that's normal..

Christmas, though, was nice. I got Soul Calibur II, some Eva and FLCL manga, this awesome manga kit (Which I found at animebooks.com, a great site), and enough cash from relatives to buy a couple FLCL DVDs. I now am the master of all Taki players (That I know, which isn't saying much) with an awesome set of manga screentones to give my drawings a rather professional feel.

God, this Tachikawa ink pen is utter hell to use. It's always spilling out way too much ink. I need to learn to tame this thing soon. o.o' I did one page and had to go buy another ink well.

As it was with a lot of people I know, Christmas didn't seem to be here this year. It was all so superficial, I felt no major excitement or happiness about anything this holiday season. I think I'm accidentally shutting off all emotions in my system..

But then we visited a lot of family at my aunt-in-law's house the day after Christmas. Then it really felt Holiday-ish. We found out my Aunt, who was previously thought to be unable to conceive without medical assistance, is now pregnant with a home-grown, natural baby. I don't know, though.. My mother thinks she may lose this baby because of two things: My aunt recently miscarried and is still very worried about that, and she is also the only one who lives close to my grandmother.. My grandfather died back when his kids were very young, and they all are feeling like they're going to be grown-up orphans. And.. Aunt Jenniffer doesn't even remember her father.

On a lighter note, my aunt-in-law got me a Japanese penpal. Well, a temporary replacement for the real one, I guess. She is a Japanese English teacher who teaches Freshmen and Sophmores. When they get off from break on January 12th she plans on asking her students if they want a penpal. She's very nice, and Syk and Shin are hoping I get a hot 16-year-old Asian schoolgirl.. And I can't say I'm not, either. =p

I. HATE. GROUP. PROJECTS. I have a language arts book report thing due on the 8th, and none of my group mates have even begun reading their 600-page books. Plus there's this stupid Social Studies one due on Tuesday, and I'm doing all the work.

And because they didn't do their part, I'm probably going to get an F. Great. I hate group projects, and I hate groups. Are novelists or artists forced to work on novels or paintings with another person? They do so only by choice. Teachers do some work together, by choice most of the time, but most teachers are competent workers and not lazy idiot procrastinators. So, considering these are the three fields I am thinking of going in to as an adult, I don't see if I'm learning anything important here. Other than that other people suck.

And finally, I changed my MyOtaku MIDI to Blue Oyster Cult's "Don't Fear the Reaper". It's a nice little diddy I first heard on Saturday Night Live's Best of Will Ferrel. I've been listening to it over and over...

Later.
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