Friday, January 13, 2006

   Dressers Are "Out"
Hey everyone! Thanks for the comments on my last post. I can now claim my writing abilities as my own with no (or very little) shame ^_^ Muwahahaha! And if you haven’t read it, then go! Read! I want people’s opinions. The more the merrier.

In other news, I’ve decided that my room is too crowded, so I’m going to get rid of my dresser (as in, it’s going into the basement, since it was my great-grandmother’s). Where will my clothes go, you ask? Well, into my closet. It turns out that once all the stuff that wasn’t actually mine got cleaned out of it, I had some decent room ^_^ And once the dresser is out, I’m going to put my drafting table in my room instead. It’s amazing how much smaller that thing is than my dresser O.o So yeah, I spent all day after work Wednesday and a couple hours before work Thursday cleaning and rearranging stuff. The end is near! Soon all will be settled! And then more junk will steadily accumulate until I can’t see my computer screen or walk to my DVD player. Which in turn will lead to more cleaning. Ahh, the wonderful cycle of life ^_^

-Quote of the Day-
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
-Albert Einstein-
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Wednesday, January 11, 2006

   Literature Day
Hello folks! Well, I really don’t have much to say right now. I found out late Sunday night via e-mail that I didn’t have to go to work until 11am, so I was one happy camper and got to stay up late ^_^ And Tuesday was just lazy, so yeah, nothing to report. However, I was feeling rather quasi-philosophical today and I worked on my story some more. I finished writing a little wise-man-sage-y speech for one of my characters. I’d started it a while ago and never finished it. I originally imagined it shorter, but that was apparently not in the cards ^_^’ Those of you who have seen the Fruits Basket wallpaper I made will recognize the beginning. The quote thingy I used was actually something I wrote, but it looked cooler with quotes around it *hehe*

Anyway, so I finished the spiel and would like you guys to read it. If you hate it, I will never speak of it again, and all will be forgotten (ah, the joys of internet anonymity ^_^) Of course, if you like it, then I will claim that I always knew it was good and had no fear of its acceptance *Muwahahaha!*

roboartemis’s Quasi-Philosophical-Zen-ish-Depressingly-Uplifting-Wiseman-Sage-y Spiel

Have you ever been truly alone? So utterly and completely alone that you can’t remember what hope is? Where even heaven is only a quite place to yourself where no one can bother you? Well, I have. And let me tell you, that kind of loneliness can make you strong… or it can break you. I don’t know if everyone must face that someday, or if only a few are given that trial. But I do know that those of us who suffer are not meant to stay that way. Grasping to that hollow emptiness for the sake of familiarity will only cause the walls to weaken… weaken until they crack under the weight of all that you have forsaken and ignored in order to maintain your solitude. No, the only way to survive is to remember. Take in all the emptiness and sadness, all the different unsung facets and degrees of those emotions, and remember. Those who learn the secrets of the very depths of the dark are the ones who can most clearly recognize the true forms of light. And when the day comes that you realize that you have slowly left all those dark feelings behind, embrace that as well. Welcome the end of your loneliness as the beginning. You will find that there are very few truly dark people, and even fewer who you can truly hate.

-Quote of the Day-
“Congress shall also create a tax code weighing more than the combined poundage of the largest member of the House and the largest member of the Senate, plus a standard musk ox.”
-Dave Barry-
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Monday, January 9, 2006

   All Is Well... Kinda...
So, Saturday I went to go see The Chronicles of Narnia. It was good. The end of that book always made me kind of sad, and the move had the exact same feeling for me, so that just proves that it was a good adaptation ^_^ Although, the end also makes me sad when I think about the book Prince Caspian *cries* If you haven't read any of the Narnia books, I'm not going to say anymore ^_^

Anyway, after the movie we all went to the Denny's right next to it. We were there for quite a while too. We got our checks at about 8:30pm and we didn't leave until 10:30pm *hehe* But yeah, so I got my conversation fix since the guys ended up talking about paintballing and such so we girls caught up on a lot. Of course, once the boys started talking about CJ's insanely cool Best Buy employee discount, I broke in and asked when the Playstation 3's were coming out ^_^ He doesn't know yet, but he said he'd tell me when he finds out and what the mark-up is. Hehe, it pays to have connections. Especially ones with kick-ass discounts *rubs hands together evilly* As you can tell, I'm in a better mood than last time *contimplates* Yes, these boys just might fit into the group nicely after all... wow, now I sound like even worse of a person than I did before. But seriously, it was the downloading, DVD burning, and computer capacity topics that got everyone together as one group. That's geek-bonding for you ^_^

Anyway, I've got to go to sleep now. I have to get up early to go into work tomorrow to check my schedule. It's rush now that classes start in a week, so I wouldn't be surprised if I had to be in by 7:30am. Which means I have to be there before that just in case T_T Damn my forgetfulness. I wish I had remembered to call and check on Friday. Bah! Oh well. Have a good day everyone!

-Quote of the Day-
CJ (to Charlie): "You could always just go out and connect to an unencrypted wireless network that's near-by."
Keebs: "Yeah, like the kind at Android's house."
Me (to Charlie): "Don't bother trying to hack in at my house though. Our internet's encrypted."
CJ: "Yeah."
Me: "I take it you've tried?"
CJ: "PDA."
-After movie conversation- (haha... that's so illegal...)
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Saturday, January 7, 2006

   Some News And A Rant.... Hmmm, Got To Stop Bottling That Anger...
Ah, I had a wonderful day Friday. No work, so I sat around watching movies and doing jigsaw puzzles ^_^ And I saw a little behind the scenes thingy for Pirates of the Carribean 2 *squeal* It actually looks like it won't suck *sigh of relief* I never would have forgiven Disney for ruining that movie. Although I might have forgiven them long enough to buy Howl's Moving Castle, but they don't really get the credit for that one, so it's ok ^_^

Today I'm planning to go see The Chronicles of Narnia with a group of people. The only bad thing is that it's two couples. Bah, when did I become the only single person I know? Not that I'm complaining or anything, it's just kind of annoying to have your friends always attached at the hip to someone else. Everyone comes in pairs now. Why can't I hang out with just them for once! Seriously! I mean, their boyfriends are great guys and everything, but they aren't the best friends I went to high school with. They aren't the ones that I can sit down and have a conversation with and understand the five different levels of meaning and multiple inside jokes that are fit into one sentence. And it's been months since I had one of those conversations *sigh* I guess this means I'll have to get myself a guy. Bah! So much work. I'm too lazy. Plus I have impossibly high standards. I wonder if this is how the crazy cat-ladys get started. Hmmm.... I do like cats ^_^

Oh, I got my R.O.D OAV today. Woohoo. That OAV always makes me laugh. Especially the scene where Yomiko is too busy staring at her book to notice the overturned bus that's skiding down the road *laughs* My friend Keebs thinks that that's an "Android Moment". As in, something I would totally do. Yes, I do tend to get spacey when reading. It's a gift ^_^

-Quotes of the Day-

"'Tell me of this Wizard Howl of yours.'
Sophie's teeth chattered, but she said proudly, 'He's the best wizard in Ingary or anywhere else. If he'd only had time, he would have defeated that djinn. And he's sly and selfish and vain as a peacock and cowardly, and you can't pin him down to anything.'
'Indeed?' asked Abdullah. 'Strange that you should speak so proudly such a list of vices, most loving of ladies.'
'What do you mean, vices?' Sophie asked angrily. 'I was just describing Howl.'"

"He watched the tiny Princess of Tsapfan walk quietly among the exclaiming crowd and gravely put Morgan in Howl's arms.
'Thanks,' said Howl, 'I thought I'd better bring him along where I could keep an eye on him,' he explained to Sophie. 'Sorry if I gave you a fright.' Howl seemed more used to holding babies than Sophie was. He rocked Morgan soothingly and stared at him. Morgan stared, rather balefully, back. 'My word, he's ugly!' Howl said. 'Chip off the old block.'
'Howl!' said Sophie."
-"Castle in the Air" (sequel to "Howl's Moving Castle") by Diana Wynne Jones- (for some reason, it amuses me when people make fun of their own children)
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Thursday, January 5, 2006

   *Doing The Happy Dance*
Whooo! Howl's Moving Castle comes out on DVD in March! That's one of my absolute favorite books! And the movie's not bad either, even though it greatly deviates from the book. In fact, the only real problem I had with the movie was the way they changed the relationship between Sophie and Howl. They were hilarious in the book. They bickered and argued constantly. And the funniest part, in my opinion, is that when Sophie realizes that she's fallen in love with Howl, her general reaction at the moment is like, "Crap." *laughs*

I'm also doing the happy dance because I found a website that has summaries of Fruits Basket chapters after #107 *squeals* It's not quite as good as being able to read the scanlations but it's better than nothing. I must know more! *falls off chair in agitation*

Anywho, I also went and bought my drawing kit for art class this upcoming semester. And since I work in the bookstore (which is where all the class kits are sold) I got it at only slighty above cost. Wooohooo! Anyway, I'm off now and I hope everyone has a good day ^_^

-Quote of the Day-
"'Mrs. Fairfax is a family friend,' said Sophie. 'How was I to know you would be there too?'
'You have an instinct, Sophie, that's how,' said Howl. 'Nothing is safe from you. If I were to court a girl who lived on an iceberg in the middle of an ocean, sooner or later - probably sooner - I'd look up to see you swooping overhead on a broomstick. In fact, by now I'd be disappointed in you if I didn't see you.'
'Are you off to the iceberg today?' Sophie retorted."
-Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones-
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Tuesday, January 3, 2006

   Good Day!
Hello! I hope everyone had a good New Year. I did. I hung out with my friend Liz, her boyfirend, and some of his friends at his house. Liz and I played Mario Party 7 and made lewd jokes based on some of the mini game instructions and titles. It's so easy to do, too. You know those game developers are sneaking references into games *hehe* Anyway, at midnight, we all ate crackers for good luck (don't ask me why, apparently it's a tradition in his house). So yeah, fun all around ^_^

I made a New Year's resolution. I've decided that I have to be nicer to people. That means no more round-house kicks to my co-worker's face when we're group bowling T_T (No, I didn't really kick him. I don't remember why I pretended to kick him. He probably said something stupid. Eh.) Anyway, so yeah. I wonder why I'm still working in a customer service type job O.o

Oh, I finished watching the Evangelion series and now I'm through the Death part of the Death & Rebirth OAV. I had to stop half-way due to babysitting. Gir. So I really haven't seen anything new yet, since Death is just a nice giant recap of the series *tear* Why, Kaworu, why!? Sorry, that kid was kind of cool, in a weird, alien way. He's certainly got the levitating thing down pat ^_^ Plus, he seemed like a very sincere "betrayer", if that makes any sense. Anywho, yeah. I also have to say that I didn't hate the ending to the series, but I am glad that the OVAs were made to redo the ending, simply because there was so much information left out in the open. It was just like, "No! I have to know more! What the hell is Rei?! Why was Kaworu so surprised by the angel that was supposed to be Adam?! What REALLY caused the Second Impact?! What the HELL is going on!" But yeah, so I'm glad there's still at least a little more to see. Although, I'm kind of wondering... if there's a Second Impact, shouldn't there have been a First or Primary Impact? Maybe they're counting the extinction of the dinosaurs or something? Hmmm...

*Addition: I can't believe I almost forgot! I got to read volume 18 of Fruits Basket, thanks to good ol' StopTazmo.com. It's fabulous, as always. Hiro and Kisa have gotten so much bigger O.o I know a couple of people have mentioned that they didn't like the way the story has kind of spiraled away from the triad of Tohru, Yuki, and Kyo. I mean, Tohru doesn't even show up until the last chapter of vol 18 and most of the other chapters are about Haru and Rin. But I like the way things are going. All these characters that you formerly only saw through their relationships to Tohru/Yuki/Kyo are getting to develop on their own. It brings a sort of culminating feel to everything, like the end is just around the corner...*

-Quote of the Day-
Cassandra: "There's only one reason a Christian girl comes down to the Planned Parenthood."
Roland: "She's planting a pipe bomb?!"
Cassandra: "Okay, two reasons."
-Saved!-
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Saturday, December 31, 2005

   And The Idiots Shall Rise Up And Declare This World... One Of Those Circle Ball Thingies
Well, we had a little bit of drama at my house again. My 18 year old sister got in trouble and whipped out the patented I-don't-have-to-take-this-I'm-leaving retort. She grabbed a bunch of junk and stayed the night at her friends house on Thursday. Then I had the merry job of taking my little brother and sister out of the house on Friday so that she could come back and have an in-depth talk with the parents about her future. And after all that was over, I come home to find that my Mom has actually answered a phone call from my DAD. And there was no arguing O_o Probably because my Mom was on a mini-rant and it's almost impossible to interupt that woman when she hits that point. It's like she doesn't need to breathe. O_O If my mother was bilingual, she'd be swearing like Ricky Ricardo. But oh well. You learn to tune out until she's done. And there's always the fun of watching her go off on people who deserve it *evil grin* Anywho, so my sister is not moving out, but she wants to once she graduates, to which my parents (mostly mom) said "If that's what you want, go ahead." We're not a very restricting family.

Well, family issues aside, I've also started watching Neon Genesis Evangelion from the beginning. I've seen bits and pieces on [Adult Swim] but fate has somehow managed to always screw up my viewing plans. So yeah. DVDs ahoy! And Happy New Year to all!

*FFVII note: I am now on disc 2, with all characters, and my time is at 26 hours ^_^*

-Quote of the Day-
*The class is discussing Watership Down*
Karen Pommeroy: "This could be the death of an entire way of life, the end of an era..."
Donnie: "Why should we care?"
Karen Pommeroy: "Because the rabbits are us, Donnie."
Donnie: "Why should I mourn for a rabbit like he was human?"
Karen Pommeroy: "Are you saying that the death of one species is less tragic than another?"
Donnie: "Of course. The rabbit's not like us. It has no... keen look at something in the mirror, it has no history books, no photographs, no knowledge of sorrow or regret... I mean, I'm sorry, Miss Pommeroy, don't get me wrong; y'know, I like rabbits and all. They're cute and they're horny. And if you're cute and you're horny, then you're probably happy, in that you don't know who you are and why you're even alive. And you just wanna' have sex, as many times as possible, before you die... I mean, I just don't see the point in crying over a dead rabbit! Y'know, who... who never even feared death to begin with."
-deleted scene from Donnie Darko- (this movie always makes me sad T_T)
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Thursday, December 29, 2005

   Good Day!
Hello everyone! Sorry I haven't updated. I planned to last night, but then my friend Keebs came over and she didn't leave until about 12:30 (my time, 1:30 otaku time) so by then I just decided to go to bed. I really didn't have much to say anyway, since I'm on a simultaineous break from school and work (both baby-sitting and at the college) so all I've been doing is playing FFVII *hehe* All I have to do now is get Vincent and Yuffie and then I'll have recruited everyone *woohoo!* Muwahaha! I've got 19 hours logged at the moment, which sounds pretty weak to me, but that might just be because I've been using a cheat page online and I get to bypass a bunch of guessing *shrugs* Anyway, I hope everyone is having good breaks and/or weeks in general ^_^ Later.

-Quote of the Day-
"We as we read must become Greeks, Romans, Turks, priest and king, martyr and executioner, must fasten these images to some reality in our secret experience, or we shall see nothing, learn nothing, keep nothing. What befell Asdrudal or Caesar Borgia is as much an illustration of the mind's powers and depravations as what has befallen us. Each new law and political movement has meaning for you. Stand before it's tablets and say, 'Here is one of my coverings. Under this fantastic, or odious, or graceful mask did my Proteus nature hide itself.' This remedies the defect of our too great nearness to ourselves. This throws our own actions into perspective: and as crabs, goats, scorpions, and the balance and the waterpot, lose all their meanness when hung as signs in the zodiac, so I can see my own vices without heat in the distant persons of Solomon, Alcibiades, and Catiline."
-History by Ralph Waldon Emerson- (This is one of my favorite Emerson quotes ^_^)
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Monday, December 26, 2005

   Merry Day-After-Christmas!
Hello everyone! I hope you had a good holiday. I know I did. I got a digital camera! Whooo! It also records video and voice. Muwahaha! I going to have so much fun with that *evil grin*

My family also went to my stepdad's parent's house for dinner. I took Kurt Vonnegut's book of short stories "Welcome to the Monkey House" and some Emerson with me. I tend to wax pretentious when I get bored ^_^ My step-dad's one of three brothers and all they talk about is sports. My poor grandma is so out-numbered ^_^

Anywho, I've decided that I'm going to dedicate the rest of my break to playing FFVII. I've gotten far enough to where it REALLY gets interesting, so now I'm even MORE addicted *laughs* Poor Seprioth, you really feel sorry for him... up until he goes psycho-pyro. Then it's just like, "Damn, that boy's loco!" *laughs* So, yeah, have a good day all, and I'll see ya later!

-Quotes of the Day-

*walks into sci-fi convention*
"My God! Who's manning the internet?!"
-American Dad-

"He was referring to the fact that ethical birth-control pills, the only legal form of birth control, made people numb from the waist down.
Most men said their bottom halves felt like cold iron or balsa-wood. Most women said their bottom halves felt like wet cotton or stale ginger ale. The pills were so effective that you could blindfold a man who had taken one, tell him to recite the Gettysburg Address, kick him in the balls while he was doing it, and he wouldn't miss a syllable.
The pills were ethical because they didn't interfere with a person's ability to reproduce, which would have been unnatural and immoral. All the pills did was take every bit of pleasure out of sex.
Thus did science and morals go hand in hand."
-"Welcome to the Monkey House"-
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Saturday, December 24, 2005

   Rock On
Well, I rearranged my site a bit. I moved the club banners into my quiz space at the bottom, and I added a new video. Hehe, I love fan videos. Especially when the song really goes well with the anime ^_^ Gah, I wish I had something better than Movie Maker. But oh well, I’ll go hunt down something one of these days.

Oh, I almost forgot to mention, I went bowling with my work buddies on Thursday. Everyone goofed off and hilarity ensued. I also proved my not-too-controversial theory that the more alcohol everyone else drinks, the better of a bowler I become in comparison ^_^

Well, anyway, in case I don’t get to update tomorrow, Merry Christmas everyone!

-Quote of the Day-
Father: “The mill's closed. There's no more work. We're destitute.”
Children: “Ohhhhh.”
Father: “I'm afraid I have no choice but to sell you all for scientific experiments.”
-Monty Python’s “The Meaning of Life”-
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