Wednesday, June 13, 2007

   "Closing Time" by SemiSonic

SCHOOL IS OUT! i got home about two hours ago, and it's a little surreal. I'M GONNA BE A SENIOR NEXT YEAR!!! i'm psyched, but it's gonna be weird. i've always related better to the upper-classmen and now they're all gone!! and now i'm going to graduate! it's so weird. like brick wall in the face weird. it was funny, i've been looking forward to all this free time and then i get home, dump my stuff, and say to myself, "now what?"

exam highlights:
mon: brit. lit., pre-cal
tues: econ., chem.
wed: jII, adv. art
pre-cal was pretty bad. i studied, the test was easier than i thought it would be, and i still got a 69. talk about a letdown. oh well, my final grade is an 80 something. good enough for me. i'm not taking ap calculus. i'm done, fed up, exhausted, etc. with higher mathematics. don't call it quitting. some insane part of me will miss the challenge and learning something new every day. i took my Japanese II exam today. i'm not going to lie, the last three exams i took in Japanese class, i cheated (and so did everyone else...we lacked motivation). i didn't this time, though! i studied my ass off last night and this morning and i think i did pretty good. I wrote a whole page for the essay, which was a letter. i was sooo angry in adv. art when i looked up the one word i forgot. byouin. it means hospital. i looked that same word up at breakfast. -_-; the adv. art exam was the sweetest exam ever on the planet!! i swear to god, he told us we were going to do a "class exam." we all got together, he handed us one worksheet with five ?s and a five copies of an article about a pop artist (forgot the name). he said one person could be the recorder and everyone else, pick a question. BEST. CLASS. EVER. danielle and devin played penny hockey (Bladow has the coolest stuff!), Nikki doodled, and jen, emily, and i played cards. yeah, there's only 6 of us. small class sizes rule.

summer:
i'm gonna work on a lot of stuff this summer. i'm writing a story, which i'm hoping will eventually become a manga (for that, i'm looking at years from now), and i'm working on a comic right now with eri, who's doing the story. we're planning on getting it online. webcomics look like fun. a lot of work, but of the fun kind. oh, and i'm a writer now, so i'll be doing a lot of that, too. with any luck, i'll be able to post something soon. i'm trying to get my stuff out there, so i've got a dev art account and i'm on tokyopop now, too. crazy stuff.
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Friday, February 23, 2007

   Love and apologies (to anyone that still cares...)
i feel so guilty for "abandoning" theOtaku/myOtaku!! it was entirely UNintentional, i just got wrapped up in things going on in my life (my dog dying, for instance. 10 days after my last post, we got a new dog, much to my displeasure - it felt like she was being replaced!). i'm planning on updating a little more often and submitting a few more things, just getting back into the groove again.

i read about the huge convention scandal not two hours ago in the Otaku Dispatch (i might not have been around, but i haven't forgotten my roots!!). such a horrible thing, i can't believe it. i'd never think the anime community to be the target of such a crime. i wish i could do something to help, but my current situation keeps me from really being able to do anything. my heart goes out for those affected and i wish lots of luck in the drive for compensation (as well as catching those bastards! ^_~).
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Sunday, July 9, 2006

   hey, look! i'm not dead!
been a while.... but i've been pretty busy. there's the homework and and the finals and trying to remember all the shit sensei teaches once and never reviews, followed by a test on said shit a month after we learned it... but anyway.....

my social life drains all my time. i live in the "suburbs" i guess you could say... though i don't think there's quite enough housing for it to be the suburbs... nonetheless the majority of my friends live in the city (Marine City is a VERY small city, however), the others, in the country (the kind of country where you can't see your neighbors) *is still in denial that MC is a hick-town* <-- it's not true, i tell you! the city itself is NOT full of hicks! but, whatever. most of my summer has been spent finding a ride into the city (i should just ride my bike...) and then walking around town with everyone and then arguing with my mom about when she's gonnna pick me up... blah...

highlight of the day: GRAD PARTAYS!! Rizu-chan's was last week, and Migi's was today. she loves this band called Jonas G and the Fantastic 3, knows them and had them play live. they're city people, so it was their first time playing in a field, lol. but that's not important. the important part is that those guys are fun and the drummer is f*cking hot! Migi just walked over to him and said that some of her friends thought he had a nice ass, and he said that it was probably accentuated by the fact that he wasn't wearing any underwear. after they were done performing, he let Rizu and Steph touch his ass (pants ON, these guys are good, decent people. so please keep your minds out of the gutter). we had a good laugh over that (him included) because Steph is a lesbian (we love Steph, i want no rude comments about her... homophobes must DIE). it was so much fun!

whew... a little long-winded but meh. i haven't been on in a few months, so deal.
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Thursday, March 23, 2006

   new manga! ^^
last weekend, i ordered the first two volumes of Forbidden Dance. i'm not sure if anyone's heard of it, since it's been out of print for who knows how long. it's a tokyopop book, so the translation is pretty good. the story basically centered around a girl named Aya Fujii who fell offstage during a ballet performance and gave her stagefright. she sees a performance of an all-male dance group called COOL and falls for their leader, Akira Hibiki. his performance inspires her to dance again and she tries to join the group, so she can dance with him (she gets mesmorized when she sees him dance, that's why). things are not in her favor, but she's gutsy and a bit stubborn, so it's interesting to read what she does next ^^ vol.s 1 and 2 came today (maybe i should read that in Lit tomorrow instead of starting The Great Gatsby. it's soooo boring, and i only know the plot so far. i dont know why our teacher loves it so much...)

last night i got caught and recieved a lecture today. i dont really care anymore, all i gotta do is do all my computer stuff during the day instead of the evening. hmm... i dont think ive ranted about the lunch policy at school yet... no one is gonna wanna read that, though. in a nutshell, the freshmen dont know how to act their age, and since our assistant principle is such a hard-ass, lunch is now restricted to the gym, cafeteria and activity center. to everyone. the freshmen have also gotten the vending machines in the activity center closed down a few days ago. there goes lunch (the cafeteria lines are murder, i use the machines). the school store has also been closed, so unless you bring food, theres nothing for you in the activity center.
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Wednesday, March 22, 2006

   H.I.M. IN CONCERT!!! W00T!!!!!!!
omfg!!! yesterday, my dad ordered three tickets to see H.I.M. live at the State Theatre in Detroit!!! it's gonna be my first concert and it's gonna be fucking sweet!! the other two tickets are for Erilee and Nessa and we're all gonna carpool and have so much fun! best of all, no parents! mom and dad are gonna hang out in Greektown during the show^^ much awesomenessness! oh, and we got main floor tickets to! (that means no seats! --> mosh pit!!lol!) well, i suppose i should calm down, since it's not until May 16^^;;

anyway, oodles of art, but i have to learn how to use the new scanner. dad broke the last one in a fit of rage (i knew we should have banned him from its use) and then said we had no money to buy a new one. the next weekend, i was home alone for a few hours while they were out buying -what else?- a new scanner o0;

well, that aside, i've been behind and caught up and behind and caught up again with schoolwork so many times it's not even funny. my current status is caught up, but i still cant get up in the morning, and dad, i recently realized, IS my stress problem (since he's so keen on adding to it). he has too much free time nowadays. he's got too much time to spend on my back instead of on doing something else. my sleep deprivation has become a major focal point for all his nagging. and tonight, he changed my bedtime to 9:30 instead of ten (because ive had so much freetime lately, he says. free time my ass. that was today because i finished math early, and monday and the end of last week cuz we had short assignments and a quiz.), which was i dont know how long ago, since this comp clock is slow by probably more than ten minutes. i'll most likely get lectured for this, but i stopped caring. little does he know, that all his damn lecturing and nagging just adds to the problem and puts me in such an awful mood. my friends probably havent noticed cuz im always so cheery (im easily distracted, so hanging out with them washes away any thought of this). wow, this turned into a rant pretty quickly.
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Monday, January 2, 2006

   Love Metal
i'm soooo happy, because i finally have Love Metal!! it's tied up with Dark Light on the top spot of my favs list^^ i also got Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights, but while that one still rocks, it isn't as good, though not by much! i just find myself listening to Love Metal all the time^^ oh, and what do you think of the music video i posted last time? it's from Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights and gets stuck in my head all the time. "In Joy And Sorrow" is such an awesome song!! >< maybe i'll post "Funeral Of Hearts" next time. that one is from Love Metal, and it too is an awesome song and the scene at the end is really cool (though that's just what i think). anyway, i guess i should stop being such an overly-obsessive H.I.M. fan (for now, anyway...*evil chuckle*)

so...i've been drawing a lot lately, so expect new fanart up soon. mostly Naruto, since i've been stuck on it for the longest time (almost as much as i've been stuck on H.I.M. o0;) and through this great site called narutofan.com, i've been able to read Naruto up to volume 32! (now starting vol 33, the first chap is up! ^^) Naruto just keeps getting better^^ it's illegal... but it's way worth it.
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Friday, December 9, 2005

   no school!!!!
w00t! three day weekend^^ even though i was going to ask if i could work on my art project over the weekend, and i was supposed to get my class ring today.... oh well! here's a HIM music video^^

Volcomstonev2™

i love this song! i want Deep Shadows And Brilliant Highlights sooo bad >< oh, and Love Metal too^^ heh heh...Erilee turned me into a HIM fanatic just like her, lol ^^;;
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Monday, December 5, 2005

   w00t
had a creative surge, wrote a poem^^

i tend to write things in a dark-ish point of view. i actually have a cheery personality, but i guess thats because a lot of negatives come out like this. theres a short story behind the inspiration for this, but i'd rather not go into, becuase it's normally something i avoid as much as possible, and ppl are REALLY touchy about it. with out further ado....my poem^^

(untitled so far)

Brought on by fears and corruption
Society's collapse and regression
Shunned and not open for discussion
Welcome to the End of the World
As we all tear each other down

Bit by bit
Piece by piece
No more shit,
Tell me please

As you drag me down,
Along for the ride
We hit the floor,
My head spinning
Filled with stars of the day,
Clouds of the night
And I opened my eyes

And I opened my eyes, there was the night sun

And I opened my eyes to the night sun
Shining down forever on society's dust
And ashes blow, blocking out the day moon

~*FIN*~
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Thursday, November 24, 2005

   bleh.....
um...yeah.... time: 1:53am. but thats my comp's clock. it's slow. thanksgiving recess brings about one of the best weeks of school: the two day week. and all i have for hw is two math problems. but i dont want to do those. they make my brain hurt. this whole thing with matrices and determinants and stuff.... just... bleh...

hhmmmm....stuff....
current anime addiction: Naruto

current music addiction: H.I.M.

current random thought: hey, anime and music have the same number of letters...

current art project: drawing food from a picture from a food magazine on a 15x20 piece of cold press illustration board. pencil shaded.

current video game: FF VII

today's main event: Shadow got hyper, and as i was walking out of the living room, she jumped on my back and nearly knocked me over... she can almost reach my shoulders when she stands.

current mood: tired, cold

recent exciting event: Jordan came home! ^__^ i have two classes with him^^

things: i sleep with three blankets now. i signed up for indoor soccer. my Lit teacher scares me with her perkyness. i have her 1rst hour for pete's sake! how can coffee make someone so happy at 7:30 in the morning?! today, Shadow discovered snow for the first time.

one last thing- i recommend reading Zogeta's article about DBZ and how special your first anime is. it's very encouraging and well written. just...read it. also, because i said so. just do it. go. now.
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Saturday, October 22, 2005

   Homecoming!
yeah, well this week was the infamous "Spirit Week" that i usually only participate in on Fridays, because it's orange and black day (school colors). i can do school colors. everything else is just....bleh. well, spirit week Friday is the best day of the whole year (excluding every day of the last two weeks in June) because it's the day with the best pep rally. it's the mother of all awesome pep rallies. tons of games and the cheerleaders had some new routines to show off. some traditional "battle cry" stuff and something new, that they hadnt done last year, was they had the drumline perform. it was so awesome it is beyond words. it gave me chills, it was so cool.

i got to be in the parade, too. Nessa and i carried the banner to represent TATU. there was supposed to be seven of us for TATU, but three ppl didnt show up. Chelsea and another girl passed out gum, but they fell behind and we lost them about half way through. so in the end, TATU didnt have much to represent it. which is something i can easily go off into a long rant about, but i wont cuz im tired.

i really wanted to go to the game, but mom wouldnt let me, so my day feels incomplete. what really sucked was that everyone was there. Jordan was there!! and even Nessa went! well, at least Jami was considerate enough to call me so i wasnt left out on what was going on. i still regret not begging mom to let me go or plan ahead of time...

Homecoming dance is tomorrow, and im going with Tyler as friends. i like my dress... it's nice, and i cant thank my cousin enough for letting me borrow it since i wasnt able to go buy one... well, it should be fun... man... Homecoming has to be the best part of high school... it makes everyone so happy, and the teachers even lighten up on hw (which i happen to have none this weekend).

wow, this turned out kinda long... oh well. i guess i just dont want this day to end. maybe that's the reason i dont want to go to bed despite how tired i am... oh well. all good things must come to an end. just remember TATU's corny parade slogan: chew gum, dont smoke! *proceeds to hand out bubble gum*
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