Monday, July 19, 2004

A quick side note
About art of various kinds. I'll get that up as soon as I reinstall my testy graphics program. (Microsoft Picture It and procreate Painter (not so bad, really), can you believe it? I need to get myself some decent software...) So don't be holding your breath for the infamous fox-lady. Ciao. :P
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A lot of meaningless fangirl blather (heeeyyy, blather is a cool word!)
*contented sigh* The rabid fangirl part of my brain has been extremely active lately, and as such my composure is quite relaxed, when not bouncing off the walls in an amiable manner.
(Whoooo, lookit the big words and neat sentence structure...)
I have been disappointed so far, looking for Baldur's Gate fanfiction (yup, I'm an addict now). F/F and M/F. Bah. Am I the only one who sees Xzar/Montaron? *grumble* Not that I'd want to read fics involving someone so grouchy as Montaron, but it would be nice to know I'm not completely alone. Xzar is decidedly my favorite NPC, except perhaps for Boo. Anywayses.
Y'know what else there isn't enough of? High-rated Good Omens fanfiction! I know, I know, I'm puching the fan-made pairings right now, but they are rather delectable, the demon and the angel. *fangirl smirk*

Phew. Well. I'm stuck going to Annapolis with my great aunt on Wednesday to help her pick out colors for her new house. If she hadn't asked me directly to come, I would have found it easier to decline, but I'm just such a pushover. Oh well. At least her house will look nice. *shrug*

Ashley is my newest convertee. First got her hooked on Furuba, then moved on to greater things... Gravitation. I've got my very own yaoi student. There were some great moments while we were watching the bootleg. There are considerably less sexy scenes in the anime, but during the first one (which is just a scene of Yuki and Shuichi's kissing sillhouette sort of falling over o.O), Ashley looked at me, slightly puzzled. "Wait, did they...do it?" she asked hesitantly. I nodded and couldn't help grinning. "But...how?" I sighed. "How do you think, Ashley?" A pause. "Oooohhhhh. EW!" (She got over the "ew" stage quickly, evidently, as she required me to let her keep my entire Gravi manga collection for her to reread.) The second one, which is just as suggestive as the first (dark room, shot of the floor, littered with Shu's, uh, [girl's] school uniform), elicited another confused response from Ashley. "Wait, is Shuichi just running around naked now?!" I looked at her pointedly. "Ashley, what do you think happened?" (The thinking part works very well, it would seem.) "Oooooohhhhhh." And she laughed the whole time at Hiro because the subtitles called him Ho. Meanie.

So, my adventures as, er, myself. I finally got an easy idea for Otakon. I'm gonna get myself a plain T-shirt, write "Those yellow people have been dancing here" on the front in yellow, and on the back in red and dramatic lettering, "He's robbering the studio!" Maybe write "Ho" somewhere discreet. I figure, whoever gets the joke is my new friend. (If you don't... That's ok, I still love you. Just not as much.)
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Friday, July 16, 2004

Wheeeoooo. Well, here we go, folks. Prepare yourself for the excitement.
I
am
BORED!

That's right, I'm bored. Isn't that exciting! Yeehaw, I'm glad life isn't like this all the time or I'd have an ulcer. I got some manga. *twirls finger* I started trying to find a good color for for my drawing. Er, yeah. Good colors. Umm... *confused*
I'll submit the B+W version. I don't think it needs color at all but I decided to work on it for entertainment. I've also done some chibis and mouse-art (it's hard to draw without the tablet, but kinda fun to use just Paint).
My thrilling life. *yawn* I've gone pretty much totally nocturnal now. Today I slept from 6 AM to 5 PM. For some reason I'm really tired tonight though. Oh well. I've decided to go for the gothic Hanajima Saki look instead of the school uniform, which means all I have to get is a nice long cloak. That should be easy enough. I hope. *prays her grandma is willing to make one for her* I can't sew for beans, in case you were wondering. I just can't.
I've rambles too much now. I might change my picture, who knows? Hmm...
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Monday, July 12, 2004

Well, now I've been playing Baldur's Gate and Myst III (Myst not so much, because it makes me dizzy). Also poking around online for good graphic RPGs. Whee! Had a marshmallow roast yesterday with Ashley and Lisa. Had fun setting marshmallows on fire and mutating them into odd shapes with just heat. Then we trekked inside, listened to some Weird Al, then watched an eppy of Weiss Kreuz. LOVE that show so much. Funny voice actors. *huggles Omi's actor*
Right, so that's what's been happening to me. Oh yeah, drew an AWESOME picture (somehow) and I'm pondering submitting it to fanart or not. It's original, by the way. Oh well, I'll figure it out eventually.
Still haven't gotten a single email since the last time I complained. I find that rather funny. In a sad way. Hee he--waaah. Yeah.
My uber-relaxed life. Not too exciting. But come on, it's summer, interesting stuff only happens when I'm at school! Oh yes, and OTAKON IS IN TWO WEEKS! That means I'll have to get my outfit together real quick, eek. If anyone has any suggestions for places to find long pleated skirts or wide-collared shirts, that would help...
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Thursday, July 8, 2004

Been playing Balloon Duel a lot lately. It's SO much fun. I like all the customizable stuff, very nice. Plus, I get to say, "Y'know, if you keep doing that, you're gonna get eaten by the fish," and "NO! Hey, man, I liked that thing. You shall FALL INTO THE LAVA NOW!" Which isn't that uncommon, but it's funny when paired with people tied to big balloons. Also fun: Watching yourself falling and flapping your arms. You look kinda like a Power Ranger when they fly through the air.
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Monday, July 5, 2004

Well, out of sheer curiosity I decided to look at what all kind of glitches were out there for the older Pokemon GB games (thanks for the tipoff, exo). The one I found most interesting was Glitch City. It's complicated to get there and all, so give it a Google and find out yourself. Anyway, the city is very odd. You often have to surf on land and walk on water, and there are invisible barriers, and if you're using yellow then Pikachu pops in and out of existence and likes to run around a lot. Anyway, I hopped onto Nidoking and started surfing off to the east, on land for a few blocks and then on regular water. And all of a sudden, after surfing for maybe fifteen seconds, the game crashes. Oops. Oh well, heh heh. Guess I went a little too far? It was funny though, when I pressed start for the menu and suddenly I was standing in the middle of a huge expanse of ocean. Ah, good times.
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Sunday, July 4, 2004

Happy Fourth of July, all you American people. And happy fourth of July to all you not-American people. (Notice the lack of capitalization; just celebrate life! Whee!)
And a hand of sympathy is extended to all people with dogs tonight.
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Saturday, July 3, 2004

Today was rather surreal. Ever since the Gravitation manga became my favorite, I've glanced at the space before GTO in the DVD racks at Suncoast, etc. No Gravitation. Later I figured out you could pretty much either get it imported or bootleg, not the greatest choices of all. So I got the Hong Kong bootleg DVD, and had a fun time laughing at the subtitles. But there were moments I wished I understood what was going on.
So we stopped by Best Buy to see if they had any old GB games (I'm looking for Pokemon red or blue so I can fool around with the glitches---when they came out I bypassed them and went for yellow, stupid me). We swung by the anime racks and--gasp--I looked at that spot before GTO. I'd promised myself I would stop doing that before I bought all the GTO crap out of frustration. But... there it was... Gravitation. Not bootleg. It had dubbing. It had special features. It was not half-Chinese. I thought I would faint. Instead I squealed childishly and grabbed up the box, unable to believe my eyes.
So now I've watched three episodes of dubbed Gravi. The voices kinda suck, but I imagine it's not so easy to find guys willing to do voices for gay anime guys. Ah well. I dont plan on getting the next volume, cuz this one was just out of curiosity, but it was pretty fun. Somewhere, deep down in my heart, I'll really miss those yellow people who were dancing here, and the wonderful words, "dizzling", "guiltar", "robbering"... Good thing I've got both now.
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I looked at the Good Counsel website just out of curiosity, and browsed over their course information. At the bottom of the page it said that GC doesn't base any placements on race, color, ethnic background, etc. etc. (not in so many words, but I don't remember the exact notice). I know it might not be the most amazing and moving thing anyone's ever read, especially in a Catholic school that seems to accept just about anybody, hence they are moving to a larger location, but it was soothing, in a way. Somehow it's very reassuring to know that there are places where they really actually don't base a thing on physical or religious/ethnical differences. There are situations in which people give advantages to those of minorities or whatnot, but really, that's not any better than discriminating against them. We are ALL EQUAL in the value of our being. Discriminating against one race to make up for once doing the same to another isn't going to get us anywhere, and might someday turn into an endless loop. Also, the colleges and places that do this are often just striving for a better self-image, having equal amounts of all different backgrounds, but education isn't related to race. If a person who is black or another non-caucasian background and just isn't cut out to go to that college, and another person who is white is, it would make sense for the more well-equipped and productive person to be admitted and the other not, right? Apparently, some people don't think that way. Turning the tides in the totally opposite direction is not helping.
*sigh* I'm sad my Japanese classes are over. I made some good friends in just two weeks. Hopefully we'll meet up at Otakon (or beforehand, as may be necessary) in July. I'm thinking of maybe cosplaying as Hanasaki from Fruits Basket. I've got the hair (only it's too damn light, grr), and I love her clothes. Unfortunately, it looks as though Hana will have glasses for a day. Oh well. Still, as my first time cosplaying (hell, my first time at a con--eep!), I'm quite excited. There'll be so much there, I can't wait to soak up the experience, even the overpriced Pocky and large men in sailor fukus. I love trying new things, right? So this should be great! (Plus Fred Gallagher should be there--my first autograph ever! EEE!)
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Tuesday, June 29, 2004

Confused say...
A good dog is like a lollipop found buried in the couch cushions: Fuzzy and sweet.
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