Sunday, October 12, 2003

*huggles Pocky*
Yup! I finally got that Gravitation manga. I was quite happy last night, needless to say. I ate Pocky to my heart's content and read... Ah, that is THE life!
I went to dinner tonight at Benihana's, and I actually ATE the octopus, and I didn't like it much. It was sort of bitter. But I had my tuna sashimi so I was happy. Also, since it was my mom's birthday, she got the whole singing/wish/picture treatment. She's not livin' that down any time soon...
My parents are going on the South Beach diet. I considered trying it too, but then I realized the horrible truth. This diet starts out with two weeks carb-free. No carbs = no Pocky. No Pocky = total chaos in my world... So I'm going to cheat a bit on this diet and eat my Pocky. As my friend pointed out, "BREAD IS LIFE!" so maybe I should give it up altogether. Sounds good to me!
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Saturday, October 11, 2003

I'm bored! You know what that means...
Oh yes, and no one's visited since... Since, well, forever. Or at least forever to the person with the goldfish memory.
I still wanna know if you all are interested in those sketches. Actually, just tell me if you desperately do NOT want me to put them up, because it takes very little effort for me to scan, tweak contrast, and save as JPEG to send in.
Random news... Dance last night, whoopee-doo. I go to a lot of dances, pretty much to just hang out with friends. THREE Good Charlotte songs, so I was quite happy (Little Things, Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, and The Anthem, in that order). I have given up on the boy I dance with, as he likes my friend who likes him back. So I was all alone during the slow dances...
I found the "Yesterday" AMV again! Outside of Kazaa! I'm so happy! And my dad just got the record album with it, after months of searching. Also discovered some other funny AMV's. I am resolved to get Gravitation manga if it's the last thing I do. Still mad at WB. I apparently have a friend who knows a small amount of Japanese. Green tea smells good.
And that is pretty much it. I think I need sleep, went to bed too late, got up too early. The price of loving Yugioh.
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#%&^$@*($%#&!!!!!!!
Grr... Those Kid's WB idiots... I JUST finished watching the Yugioh episode I found a Japanese clip of, and I was very disappointed. It was just a few little things, but they grated on me terribly. The first problem: Remember the one line I complained about because Malik sounded so annoying saying it? "Marik-kun Ishtar, honmono no na." (or something like that...) Well, they replaced it with something like, "Time to check the damage, and cause some more," or something extremely lame like that. Then, when Yami's blocking the attack of the Winged Dragon of Ra, Anzu (Tea, whatever) shouts "Yugi!" in the Japanese. But they changed that to "Hold on!" A completely unnecessary change, if you ask me. Then there was the little half-second or so bit where Malik takes out his dagger from the Millenium Rod. Well, they cut it. So it looks like he's doing some freaky little hand thing, because it was cut rather badly.
Now I understand why people like the subbed version better, and I know the full force of the stupidity of Kid's WB. So let's all gripe about how they dumbed it down!

And the new format for the posts. Ah! It's like it was made just for me! Too bad I'm still too lazy to use it...
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Friday, October 10, 2003

   The return of Jou
Last night I went out shopping... we stopped at Border's to look at graphic novels... What to my surprise was sitting on the very first shelf?
Yu-Gi-Oh! vol. 2. I had lots of fun last night.
I still hold a grudge that it took Viz four months to release one volume. I also now greatly dislike Shadi. If it weren't for this volume I never would have known that he controlled some guy (names of minor characters never stick in my head) to strangle poor Jounouchi just to get Yugi's dark side to come out. And I'm seeing a trend of electrocuting Jou as well. In the gang story he was assaulted with little stun thingies, and much later in the anime he is struck by lightning during a duel. He needs to stop using that lightning rod for a back scratcher...
That reminds me, someone was assaulted by something sometime today, and if I remember it will be hilariously funny. Sadly, I have the memory span of a goldfish when it comes to anything but anime.
Let's see, I made some statements today... Wore my hair down for the first time in several years (it's a mess; you'd keep it up too), brought in aforementioned graphic novel for re-reading (English teacher showed mild interest in it; Christine showed great interest in it), and got stuck carrying home a mysterious picnic basket for my mother. No lies. There's a card in the basket addressed to Linda and John, whoever they are. They aren't my parents, I'll tell you that much. I don't even know the person who gave it to me, but it passed through the homeroom teacher so I trust it.
Dance tonight, gonna go kill some more perverts. Although my friend and her b/f broke up... Of course, you never know when a pervert will attack, especially if you hang out with the guys in my class. Remember this. Oh, and have a nice day!
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Thursday, October 9, 2003

   All is not lost!
I thought I was competely barren of inspiration for a while... And then I looked back at some slightly older pictures I drew of some random people I had a dream about (Black and White Dragons, if you remember that post). I decided to draw them in both their human form and dragon form on one page, overlapping and everything. The White one turned out great, the Black one a bit above average, and then I shaded them. Oh, you should see how the first one looks... That's why I'm considering posting it as fanart. Anyone interested?
*sigh* I feel like I'm maintaining two different people's love lives at the same time here. I have a very close online boyfriend (veeerrry close, almost like he doesn't live in CA), and there's a boy in my class I like a bit. For some reason I seem to be looking at them as if they were the same person, even though they're completely different. But it also looks like he likes my other friend still, so he's hovering at guy friend level. Which is perfectly fine, as I already have a boyfriend, and he makes a good friend, AND I think my friend deserves him (she likes him too). So there, I did my self-psychiatry bit and now I'm done.
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Tuesday, October 7, 2003

   See that little face? That's me, aaaaall day.
Oh, I had a bad day. It was mostly my fault, true, but that doesn't make it any better. I had fun writing my service relflection for the leaf thing in art class (we were making the stationary for Leafy House, some retirement home), and going off on a bit of a tangent about my unusually nasty case of PMS... I mean, I've never been so bitchy in my life, I don't think. I was ready to rip people's heads off. And during "computers" (like we can ever use the computers anyway) I had the sudden urge to bash my computer to a smoldering pile of debris with a large, pointy, metal stick. Until Kelly found out another comp was working and I found an awesome in-depth site on Sergei Prokofiev for my composer report, that is. Lit. class was as much of a nightmare as it always is...
Long live the avies! For they're good to draw when there's nothing else.
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Monday, October 6, 2003

Peace
Three words to sum up the evening: Nigiri. Is. Bliss.
And don't you forget it!
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Gift Shops, Gold Leaf, and "Vicky"
Today we had our first Confirmation retreat! We went to the shrine in DC and the Franciscan Monastery for tours and we even got a Mass at the shrine! The mosaics there are breathtaking; in fact, all the art is beautiful. A lot of the mosaics had gold leaf pieces in them, a LOT of them, and the ceilings on the upper floor just shone gold, so there was this shimmering light everywhere you looked. One of the mosaics, I forget which, was rubbed stone, and it was so smooth-looking and all the colors blended, and the piece after that, which wasn't rubbed but was still made of stone... Each of the stones glittered in the light. Heh, you can tell I was pretty impressed with everything. ^_^ Well, except for the food, the food kinda sucked. When I tried the fried chicken I wasn't sure if my tongue had gone numb or if the food was supposed to be that way.
At the monastery's gift shop there was a book of cards that told the meanings of names, and I went on a bit of a name-finding spree. I discovered to my delight that the name "Joey" means "darling". How kawaii is that?! I didn't bother looking up my own name, it's so obvious anyway (here, I'll give you a hint: VICTORIa). Someone's name turned out to mean "destruction," though... I wish I could remember whose.
One thing I noticed as I looked through the name cards at the shrine: No Victoria. No Tory. Not even Tori. There was a Vicky. But I hate that nickname so much, it's not even funny. So I wasn't too happy at the gift shop's choice of stock. Other names I found the meanings of: Greg, meaning "watchman" (got a kick outta that one; Greg is one of my many guy friends), and Joanne, meaning "God's gracious gift". I'm not sure just how gracious Joanne is... Or how much of a gift... Just kidding, she's a great kid, was my companion throughout acting camp.
Yes, well, that was my day. Tadaa! Hope you enjoyed, and if you didn't, I'm sorry to have bored you. Or angered you. Or whatever I may have done. Don't kill me!
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Sunday, October 5, 2003

   I'M RICH!
I got my allownace today, plus money for helping bring in the new porch furniture last night, PLUS the beginnings of an allowances increase... I got $22. Wow. Add that to my other 30 or so dollars and... $52 is my life savings. I do have money in the bank, but I can't actually get it out, as the bank never seems to be open and those idiots won't let me have a bank card. I say if I can walk to my friends' houses all alone, watch Devil Hunter Yohko without being scarred for more than twenty years (I may yet recover, there is still hope!), see Meier Link get sliced in halgf without flinching, fly headfirst off a bike and not even scratch my dad's cell phone in my jacket pocket, I can handle having a bank card. Of course, I have already lost my library card... And my Umbreaon card, too. *weeps in corner for her favorite card, lost* ...And a lot of other things... Like my friend's shirt, my good black pants, one of my old Gameboy games, a drawing pencil out of a small German set, several various novels, my life, my favorite Aoshi bookmark (that I made all on my own!), and a leather belt or two for school. All in the last year or so.
...I strayed off-course again, didn't I? Oh well. I suppose I'll live.
And I lied about not liking Pokemon anymore. It's just that it brings back those painful memories of ECDC...
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Saturday, October 4, 2003

Comp and Minor Otaku Updates (If not interested, ignore as always)
Let's see, I organized my favorites list and My Pictures. Very fun, actually, sorting through everything and putting icons with icons, wallpapers with wallpapers, Sesshoumaru pics with Sesshoumaru pics (all 170 of them, as well as 9 wallpapers and 19 icons).
I sifted through some Fruits Basket sites last night, and went on a Yugioh media rampage. This resulted in seeing those Japanese clips as well as finding the original Japanese songs (WHOOOOO!!!) and credits sequences and such. I still wish I had more than one stinking issue of manga... I don't even remember where it is now... Wait, I think I saw it sitting on the toilet tank in the upstairs bathroom... I guess now it might really BE 'stinking'... *on the verge of tears* Why does no one give my manga any respect?! My Ranma volumes, so carefully collected as the teen volumes are hard to find, my Petshop of Horrors, my mother not even caring that there is FLCL manga in stores now! It's too hard to bear!
...What was I talking about again? Oh yes, my computer. Ah, screw my computer, it signs me off AIM anyway. I want to see if I can fool my mom into letting me get some Gravitation manga so I can scare myself with its... unknown-ness (I do believe it's yaoi, based upon what I know from DES, which is a lot). Yes. Maybe at the mall tomorrow? I'll give it a shot!
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