Anou~~~~~ XD

Excuse me while I howl. XD

Aye-aye-aye, I'm your little butterfly ... XD

You think I "tainted" you, clone-chan? XD But you're my CLONE, so you were already LIKE this! <3 I just introduced the music to you; you're the one who went and got all obsessed with it. <3

The idea of Wolfwood dressed as a spider while Vash is the happy dancing butterfly amuses me. Greatly. I wonder if it would be possible to convince Sharky-twin to draw it for us. *niko* She is back from camp after all ... though she also just got a PS2, so I doubt I'll be hearing from her any time soon, unless I take initiative. XD;;

Congrats on finally getting a DVD player, you two! Though, I always thought Father's Day was supposed to be the day you did things for your dad, not con them into getting stuff for you. XD And the "bonus" of having the dub on the DVD is that, if you're really bored, you can listen to it and see how they compare. <3 For example, I think the Trigun dub is REALLY well done - but yesterday, clone-chan and I were going to watch the dub of Lost Universe and chickened out at the last moment. XD;; M-sama characters always seem to get shafted in dubs. *mourns*

I have this urge to write this one Trigun fic, but other than a rather basic concept and a few ideas of what I want to happen, I can't think of what I can do with it. >___> In fact, I have about a page written, I just don't know what else I can throw in to make it more interesting. XP Hopefully I'll think of something before the next time I update, so I'll actually have something to show for all of it. >_> The sad thing is, I'm getting less stuff written and drawn than I did during the school year, when I had considerably less free time. XD;; Grr.

I learned to cook today! Sorta. One dish. <3 Actually, Mom did all the work explaining what she was doing, and I watched. ^_^ It's been so long since I had bulgoki, I'd forgotten how much I love that stuff. *_____*

Ahhhh, the benefits of living in an Asian family. *grins* I'm definitely going to try and live in a neighborhood with a decent Oriental supermarket when I grow up; otherwise, where'd I get yummy sticky white rice? *___*

This is where I get it from ... ?

Happy Father's Day, to all fathers out there. ^_^

To be honest, I get along much better with my mother; my dad has these mood swings and such, as well as some bad habits that bother me. When he's grumpy, or pensive, I avoid him as much as possible - but when he's in a good mood and smiling, he's one of the most fun people to be around that I know. I think I get a lot of my sense of humor for him; I've had friends remark things along those lines after they meet and get to know my dad.

I guess he's a bit old-fashioned and set in his ways, but then, what dad isn't? He's not as idealistic as my mother - in fact, he's utterly and downright cynical, even when he's joking around - but there are times when I think he's expecting a little too much of me and my peer generation. He came from such a rigid family life with so many expectations and opportunities to slip up, he's terribly strict about things I HAVE to do, things I absolutely CANNOT do, and other things. Little slip ups can earn names that are completely uncalled for, so it's best to tread lightly around him at all times.

At the same time, he's still my dad. Whenever I needed him, for whatever reason, he was there. He puts up with the fact that our house is something of a meeting place for my friends, he puts up with my anime obsessions, and he humors me (sometimes) when I'm silly. Sometimes, he makes me so absolutely furious that I can't even STAND being around him - but that's part of growing up as a teenager, isn't it? It's to be expected.

He doesn't read this, so it doesn't do much good to wish him Happy Father's Day here, does it? XD; But I wanted to make the statement here and now, and maybe (fat chance, but you never know!) someone else will be reminded to wish their father well today. ^_^

*ching*

"The time has come, the Walrus said, to talk of many things ..."

Yuuuuuum. *____* I just had a niiiice dinner. <3 I haven't had fish in a really long time (at least, not COOKED fish - Mom bought some sashimi tuna last weekend, so I ended up having a little sushi *laughs*), so it was a pleasant change. Plus, there were corn muffins and clam chowder (my mom makes GOOD clam chowder, yes she dooooes <3), and there will be brownies in a few minutes. *nikoppa* This is an exceedingly good thing. ^_^ clone-chan and I have decided that Vash would like DDR. XD Mainly stemming from when we were listening to the extended version of "Butterfly" and I mentioned that I had an image of Vash dancing to it, all nicely dressed up in green, black, and blue. XD With Knives nosebleeding in the background - after all, HE'S the one obsessed with butterflies. XD Maybe Wolfwood could hang around there, too - in a PONYTAIL! *sparkles* I like the idea of Wolfwood with a ponytail and an earring, yes I do. ^_^

Fufufu, I'm having so much fun with this Lost Universe x Trigun fic! *nikoniko* It's going to be HUGE when we finish it (chapter four starts on page sixty-seven of the text, fer crying out loud! <3), and so far, I think it's going along very well. ^_^ I feel like we've gotten everyone in-character, while still making signifigant developments. *sparkles* And we've actually got the most difficult part of the story figured out, so it's all completely GRAND! XD

Life! Is! Good! XD

Tomorrow, we're probably going to paint the deck. >_> I'm not entirely looking forward to that (I'd be happier if it weren't so fecking HOT, but that's what I get, living in Texas and all ^_^;), but oh, well. I promised, and I'm supposed to get paid for it. Yay. <3

You know, Rail sounds like M-sama, and yet he doesn't. ^^;; I mean, I can DEFINITELY hear M-sama whenever Rail speaks and sings, but at the same time ... he sounds different. >___> It's hard to explain - maybe it's that he sounds less nasal than he usually does. *thoughtful* I mean, M-sama has a very distinctive voice, and I think I've always recognized him once I realized who he was, but ... oddly enough, at the beginning of "Niji o Mitsukero," he sounds almost like Koyasu to me. o_o

Ehhhhh, then again, my hearing's not exactly what you'd call stellar. XD;

I think I want to try translating Rail's song. Maybe we could use it in our fic somewhere. <3 In fact, I probably will, since there's only a few minutes left to brownies (<3<3<3), and if I get started in the flow of fic, it'll be hard to tear myself away. XD

"No day but today~~~"

Are you two serious?! RENT is going to be made into a MOVIE?! *SPARKLES~~~~~~* THAT'SSOFREAKINGCOOL! Er, as long as it's kept faithful to the musical. Like how they did "Cats" - I missed the pirate cat song (though I can see why they took it out, since it's the one song in the play that's got a racial slur in it X____X;;;), but otherwise, I thought it was done very well. ^_^ If it's the kind of movie that comes out in theaters, we ARE going to go see it, and we'll drag every damn last one of our friends who hasn't gotten into it yet with us. <3<3<3

I think it would be hilarious if Spike Lee really is going to direct it. ^_^ Though, is he really the sort to make a musical movie? o_O Ehhhhh. XD

*sings* "Our eyes will adjust / Thank God for the moon~" // "Maybe it's not the moon at all / I hear Spike Lee's shooting down the street~"

Jeeze, there are suddenly all these movies that I really want to see, which is really strange for me. ^_^ As my RL friends can attest, I rarely, if ever, watch movies, which can be a problem when we start playing "do you remember such-and-such scene?" XD;; But starting from the beginning of this year, there was "The Mummy Returns" and "Shrek," plus there's the upcoming Final Fantasy movie, "The Fellowship of the Ring" (if they ruin it, I will be so! freaking! UPSET!), and the Harry Potter one. ^________^

DamnitnowIwannaseeRENTagain! *_____*

X______X

I HATE LOSING ENTRIES! ;_____; I clicked on something by accident, and my nice happy long-ish entry got chomped. *scuffs feet and scowls*

I have this urge to bite someone's head off now. Give me a moment, and it shall pass. XP

Anyway. I can't remember a whole lot of what I was saying before, though I do know I was commenting that it had only taken me a week to get used to the routine of school again. ^_^; I think I'm going to end up really bored this weekend, unless I have friends who'll be free to hang out and do stuff. *wriggles* Youko-twin has left for a while, but Sharky-twin just came home, so who knows? And as long as clone-chan knows what's best for her and keeps working on our fic, I'll have at least one definite thing to do this weekend. *niko*

Maybe I'll be lucky, and Nicole-chan's package will come tomorrow. That will give me some new manga to look at, and a new chapter to translate. (Though I haven't finished Lute's section yet. I want to skip ahead to the Dramatic Battle Scene, but first I have to wrestle with Ditzy Lute trying to impress his baby sister. XD;;)

Then again, timing has never quite worked for me in the ways I'd like them to. XD; Case in point: I feel like going and watching the last few episodes of Lost Universe again, but any minute now, my parents will claim the TV to which the DVD player is hooked up, ostensibly to watch the news and whatever Friday night shows they follow. XD It's odd when your parents watch more TV than you do. *laughs*

Etouuuuuu ne. >_> I'm so boooooooored already, and it's not even the weekend yet! ;____;

And about five seconds after I say that, my dad tells me he wants me to find the "bone song" (y'know, "the knee bone connects to the - leg bone~!") and started singing it and dancing with me. XD My daddy's a really fun person when he's in a good mood. <3

Yay for addictive songs. @_@

I've finally gotten around to downloading "Butterfly," like L-chan told me to ... I knew I'd probably regret it, and yes, I am. XD;; Because it's so damn cute and addictive, I can't seem to take it off repeat play! XD;

Damnit. XD

It's kind of scary, talking to the DCB when he's in a Very Good Mood. o_o;;; Damnit, he was so high after being with his girlfriend, he wanted to FROLIC! Through FLOWER FIELDS! That's NOT the DCB I know! XDXDXD;;; It was amusing and terrifying both at once, because while I'm glad he's so happy, I'm not used to it. XD So I hid. XD

And my foot! Still! Itches! Grrrr. >___> Maybe I should have gnawed my ankle off back at A-Kon. >_>

Hey, there's a version of Dance Dance Revolution that has the Macarena on it. XD;;; I'm not THAT surprised, really, but it amuses the hell out of me to see it. ^_^ I remember when that song was worse than That Damn "Titanic" One in terms of how many $#%*(!@ times the radios played it. *snrk*

We had a HUGE thunderstorm last night. o_o;;; I think lightening might've actually struck our house, because our one clock directly part of the wall is completely dead, as are the hallway nightlights. o_o! I mean, I honestly and truly have never woken up during a thunderstorm today, but at two this morning - I remember distinctly looking at my clock when it happened - there was a sound like a veritable EXPLOSION! outside. O_O;;; That's honestly the first time a thunderstorm has ever woken me up. I hope it's the last. O_O;;

Nyaaaaan. XD;

...... >________>;;;;

I was so happy when my little clone said there was a Lost Universe section on FFNet, but ... it pretty much has all the things I DON'T like in fanfics. XD;; Random crossovers, script-format, self-inserts related to the main character (if Kane had a little sister, don't you think we would've FOUND OUT about this during the series? >_>), and Kane x Millie, which I'm so very not fond of. XD;; I think they'd be a really adorable brother-sister kind of team, all affectionate and cuddly and stuff, but not ROMANTICALLY. >_> In fact, that's how my clone and I are writing them in our fic.

*points and shrieks* THERE'S A LOST UNIVERSE FAN ON BONNIE'S OEKAKI BOARD!!! Granted, I'm not THAT fond of Rail x Neena like she is, but - but - BUT!! She likes Lost Universe, her favorite character's Rail, AND SHE LIVES IN TEXAS~~~~! XDXDXDXD

If there was ever a Lost Universe oekaki board set up, I would visit. *_* I might even try drawing on it (heavens forbid! XD), though it would most likely horribly SUCK. *wriggles happily*

And speaking of Things That Suck, here's my attempt at a picture of Kaze-chan, complete with coloring! He's going to be the one original character who becomes part of the main cast in our Long Unnamed LU Fic. *beams* I sorta wish I hadn't given him a background (though I do like the effect of the filter, and have stored it away for later consideration XD), but in the end ... ^_____^ This is pretty much how I wanted it to turn out. ^_^v

Haaaaaaai, if you can find Trigun Maximum #5 (or anything higher that's been released >_>) for me, I'll grovel pathetically at your feet. XD Too bad you're leaving so soon; my dad's going to pay me to clean and help repaint the deck this weekend - there's another potential twenty there. *snaps in frustration* Oh, well. XD;;

*thoughtful* You know, I thought that once summer school started, I wouldn't write in this thing as much as I did during my free weeks. But look, it seems like I'm writing MORE than usual! *laughs* I can't help myself; I just have a bizzare amount of fun with this thing. XD

*flutterflutter*

I'm in SHOCK. Absolute, utter, complete SHOCK.

When I got the first letter, I thought it was some kind of fluke. Y'know, that they'd just gotten my name by mistake or something.

BUT LOOK! Today, in the mail, I got a shiny glossy information booklet, WITHOUT EVER HAVING SENT BACK IN INFORMATION! I wanted to, but I was too intimidated. o_o;; Not only is this INFORMATION, but IT'S GOT AN ADMISSION FORM IN IT!!

I'm dreaming or something, I'm sure of it. *_____*

HARVARD UNIVERSITY KNOWS I EXIIIIIIIIST~~~~!!

*coughs* Okay, so I'm probably being really naive and stupid about this. I'm sure plenty of other kids throughout the nation get things like this. But STILL! To know that they'd send little old ME something as weighty as an admission form ... !! O_O

I'm in SHOCK! XDXDXDXD

"Natsuyasumi Fan Club~!"

My foot is itching like CRAZY! right now. >____>;; It's driving me nuts, because I'm scratching the place raw and it STILL itches. Nyarrrgh.

L-chan, I'm sorry to hear it won't work for you. o_o;; Did you make sure to download that little program I told you about? Because you're the first person who's had problems with the CDs thus far. *thoughtful* And b.t.w., the volumes of Pokemon Special I need (I know I said they're lower priority, but still) are vol. 6 and higher. Just to make sure, since I think you've might've said you'd look for vol. 5 when you were in Japan. ^_^;;

Haaaaai, P-chan, I'm pretty sure I can get you a copy of Photoshop; I just need to buy a few more blank CD-RWs first. >_> Or, d'you think a plain old CD-R would be all right? (Besides which, you wouldn't love me forever anyway? I'm so hurt! ^_~) Unfortunately, there's a set of filters you won't be able to access with the version I send you, because you need a registration code, and I don't have it. >___>;; Which is too bad, because some of them sound like they'd be very interesting to play with. *shikushiku*

I got to see Saru-chan today~! ^_^ I knew she was in summer school, and I knew she was in Web Mastering, and that the class was held in the library - but for some reason, it didn't click in my head that she would be there, too. XD;;; Neko-chan isn't quite at her brightest when her brain is melting in the summer heat, no she's nooooot. XD But, it was nice to see her, and my clone, of course. ^_^ I really like summer school so far; I wish my teacher would come back for Economics next session - but no, it's someone named Ms. Hook or something. XP

My-chan, just like I told my clone - getting your wisdom teeth pulled really isn't that bad. The first few days afterwards are the worst, because you can't close your mouth all the way or chew properly. I still remember scaring P-chan when she came over for the day by throwing the door open in her face and shouting "I CAN CHEW~! <3<3<3"

And my foot STILL ITCHES! XO I must've stepped on ants or something earlier this week. o_o No more going barefoot through grass for me! XD;;

Saa~a! I'll go fiddle with HTML and hope my clone writes more of the story soon. ^_^v

Laaleelaaleeloo~

I like having my Japanese lessons. ^_^ I like my teacher, and her dogs are adorable. (Even if I STILL want to call Harry "Max" for some reason. I call him by his proper name now, but part of me just thinks "MAX!" every time I see him.)

Clone-of-mine, you don't have to be scared about wisdom teeth. ^_^; You might have a bit more problems than I did, because I got mine pulled during the summer, when my violin tutor was on vacation, so I didn't have to worry about that. You don't really have to miss school - just the day you're having the surgery, because you can go back the day after; you'll just have a really hard time eating. >__> After a week or two, you'll get bruises on your face (if your surgery goes anything like mine did - and I wouldn't put it past our clone-i-ness for that to happen _o_), and you'll feel like you've got chipmunk cheeks or something.

I don't know how it'll affect your clarinet playing, but you won't have to miss school or anything.

My scanner's not working! ;__; I open the program, and when I try to set it up, it dies on me. I hope this is a temporary thing, because if it's noooot ... *jiiiiiiii*

I think I'll try again in a few minutes. Maybe it'll have fixed itself by now. ;_; I can hope, right?

^_____^

Mommy called! I'm so glad! XD Especially that she's all right, considering how tired these business trips usually make her. >_>

Oh, I'm in SUCH a good mood right now. ^_^ Minna, daisuki! <3

I~~~~~~~da! XD

I'm in this suddenly hyper mood. XD;; I've been sort of like this all day - I feel like I'm waiting for something BIG, I just can't pinpoint WHAT! *wriggles* Maybe it's because I'm going to have my one and only Japanese lesson of the summer tonight, and it'll probably be the last time I see L-chan before she leaves. (I'm horribly jealous of you, you little mousey. Have lots of fun, and be sure to take lots of pictures! *_*)

Youko-twin, congratulations and fuzzy bunnies! (Real bunnies, I mean - not DCB-bunnies. Or, if that bothers you, then take the penguins! *cackles madly) I'd offer to edit for you, but summer school and my own projects - plus the knowledge that I Really And Truly Suck As An Editor - make me hesitate. Can I be on your cheering squad, though? ^_^ I can do that, at least. *nikoniko*

*wriggles more* I feel like writing, but I feel more like reading, I think. It's probably too much to expect my clone to be working on the fic so soon after I sent her a part, so I'll just troll FFNet and see what I can find. ^_^ Because sometimes, you really can find something amazingly good there - you just have to be patient and determined. OSSU! NEKO-CHAN WILL OVERCOME! *strikes a dramatic pose*

*bursts out laughing* Don't I sound silly? ^_^ I just feel really enthusiastic right now, for some reason. And I hope Mom calls before we leave before our lesson; I'd be glad if she just called, period, but at least then I'd get to talk to her. ^_^ Unlike about half the people my age, it seems, I get along super-well with my parents. Er, most of the time, at any rate - when my dad's in a bad/odd mood, I beat the hell out of whatever room he's in and make myself Very Scarce. XD

*trying to figure out the lyrics to this song* I really want to learn this, so maybe I can sing it when I'm feeling really good like this. ^_^ It's all upbeat and disgustingly cute and stuff. XD

*hyuuuuuuuuuu*

It's so quiiiiiiet. o_o Even with my fan going and the music on. o_o And, of course, except for my growly stomach. ^_^

It feels odd, because my clone came home with me yesterday and the day before; it sort of feels like she should be here again plotting with me. XD But she promised she would work when she gets back from her dentist's appointment - neko-chan ureshii! *sparkles* I'm really enjoying working on this fic, and I'm having lots of fun doodling Kaze at random moments of the day. XD

We watched a movie on the American Revolution today (titled, appropriately enough, Revolution XD;), but it was one I'd already seen sophmore year. >_> So I spent most of the time half-paying attention to the film, filling out the little sheet he gave us to go with it, and drawing. XD Millie is strangely easy to draw, for all that I've only tried maybe two or three times before today. ^_^;

I feel good. ^_^ Even though I scraped my arm up leaving school today, and it stings. >_> I feel contented and happy, and it's not just because I've got a nice cool fan blowing on my face. ^_^ Though, I hope my mom's okay - she left for a business trip to New York yesterday, and she hasn't called yet. *worried* I'm allowed some paranoia, aren't I?

But even so ... I can't wait until we get into the Major Plot of the fic! *___* There are so many SCENES we want to have happen, which I just want to see come into existance, so I can go back and reread them! *laughs* I love having a new project to work on, especially at the very beginning, when it's still SO fresh in my head, and I can't wait to see it finished! I usually get jaded and annoyed with it later, but hopefully it won't happen with this fic. ^_^ After all, I can always toss it off to my clone if I get terribly stuck. ^________^

... ooooo. Stomachs aren't supposed to make such an angry fuzzly sound, are they? XD;;; I go eat now. *_*

Iss'aaaaall goooood ...

Don't you just love it when a story's plot just clicks together perfectly? XD We had things we wanted to put into the story, and those kept branching into other scenes we wanted, and then suddenly, they were all fitting together EVER so nicely. I love it when that happens, I really do! <3<3

We've decided. Tomo-chan and I are clones of each other, just like I'm the third twin with my youko and my shark. ^_^ It's just so wonderfully NICE when all these things meld together and make something so perfectly happy like this. ^_^ Speaking of my youko-twin - you'd BETTER bring me some cherries back, or I'll hunt you down and gut you with a butter knife! XD

I'M SO HAPPY~!! Nicole-chan was able to not only get volume 3 of the Lost Universe manga for me, she ALSO got me volumes 23 and 29 of Hameln - I needed 23 to complete my collection this far, and 29 has ... has ...

*bawls* O-ca-ri-naaaaaaaaa!!

I think Vocal dies in volume 30; I'm not entirely certain. When I get it, I think I'd like to completely translate what was going on; what I could understand from simply a raw reading was SO still in-character, and it's way too easy to take a character like him and twist him completely OOC, and then give him a cheesy and/or cheap death. >_> If one's going to off one of my favorite characters, at least that character should have a meaningful/appropriate death!

*piku* That sounded so horrible. ^_^;; I'm not that bloodthirsty, really I'm not. XD

*wriggles* I want to work on the story right now, but it's Tomo's turn. ^_^ I think I'll take a crack at some other stuff, then; it'll help me get some of this creative energy out of my system. Hopefully. ^_^

Happiness is ...

Lots of things. ^_^

I'm feeling very content right now, for no really good reason I can explain.

I really like hanging out with Tomo-chan; it's amusing to know I've got my very own life clone less than fifteen minutes away from where I live. XD

I got to see youko-twin too, and even though I'm incredibly jealous of her at the moment (I want to go pick cherries tooooooo!), she was happy when I did, so I'm glad. ^_^

My angsty "daddy" isn't angsty any more. ^_^ He's listening to HAPPY Inuyasha music, which in itself is a peculiar thing. ^_^

I may FINALLY be able to give poor Nexy-kun his sketchbook back sometime this month!

I got three or four pages of the cowork I'm doing with Tomo-chan done, due to a sudden surge of creativity. And I finished translating the second chapter of "Lute Monogatari," which means a lot to me, considering I've never really undertaken such a serious attempt at translation before.

I had a good dinner, and I feel very peaceful. I'm listening to a rather melancholy song, but I still feel quite good.

I like this. If people felt this way more often, I think the world would be a Much Happier Place. ^_^

G'night, everyone. I think I'll try drawing some and then get to bed early, so I'm not dead tomorrow morning. ^_^ I hope by the end of summer school, I no longer feel so utterly terrified by the prospect of driving. Wouldn't that be nice?

"You clones are all alike!"

The first day of summer school was appropriately grueling. I ended up leaving home around seven-fifteen, meaning I got to school at roughly seven-thirty, and had to amuse myself for half an hour before anything started. Then again, it's better than being late; after we miss more than five hours, we lose credit for the course without a refund, and one tardy equals a thirty-minute absence. o_o;;;;; Kowa~aaaa.

Government doesn't seem like that bad of a class so far, though. My teacher's AWESOME - he's gonna let us use our notes on the final, he let us leave our books and school, and he's going to let us "bank" our breaks so we can maybe have longer ones on certain days. Woo! XD

The more time I spend with Tomo-chan, the more I realize how scarily similar we are. >_> We spent most of today after summer school plotting our Lost Universe epic, and I don't think there was anything we really disagreed on about what should happen. o_o;; Plus, there was our whole scary randomly saying the same utterly nonsense things at the same time ... XD;;;

Waaaah~! I can't wait until we get to the fun caves-y parts! XD We've got all KINDS of fun angst and fluff scenes planned, yes we DO! XD

Nee, I hadn't really noticed the parallels between your updating and mine, but now you mention, and I go back and compare our times ... eheh. XD;; How minorly disturbing. XD I say only minorly, because after an afternoon spent coordinating lines unintentionally with Tomo-chan, there's little left about my friends at the moment that can disturb me. XD

I am surprised, however, that you like the Inuyasha music. It really doesn't seem like your type of stuff, especially after you told us you don't like much anime music. ^^; Especially such happy hopeful stuff like Inuyasha - I like it, but I never pegged you as one to. ^_^;; Though I personally like "Change the World" better than "My Will." And "Fate of Awakening Love" is one of the damn prettiest songs I have ever heard. *sparkles* I'm such a sucker for soft, traditional-y sounding stuff like that. ^_^

Neechan, I TOLD you "Dungeons and Dragons" was bad. XD;; Though I can't help but be impossibly amused by the "You can RUN, but you CAN'T RUN FAR ENOUGH!!" line that Mr. Irons had. ^_^ Sharky-twin was laughing loudly until she realized it wasn't supposed to be a humorous scene. ^_^

KYAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

Tell me if I'm wrong, buuuuuut ...

DID TOURU AZUMI-SAMA JUST DRAW A TRIGUN PICTURE?!?!

It's the very first one on the upper left corner. *_* Damnit, the dark-haired guy's even got the spikey antenna headband the Japanese fanartists like to give him!!

KYAAAAAA!! Even if it's not them, I can pretend, right? It's so priiiiitty. *_____*

I'm going to toddle off in happy shock, now. XD

"Oh, I just gotta be meeeeeee!"

Uhyoooooooo. I never thought my random late-night entry on Teenaged Love And Angst would garner such a reply amongst my friends. O_O;; I expected to be yelled at and smacked for giving my two cents on a subject I really know nothing about, but instead, everyone seems to be agreeing with me and giving their own points of view on things. o_o Color me just slightly shocked. XD

(Damnit, today is my Day of Typos. >___> I've caught most of them - I hope - but I keep leaving letters out or forgetting spaces and stuff. Damn clumsy fingers! XD;)

I'm really close to my family too, My-chan, and I love my friends to pieces. But even so, I feel no kind of urge in my heart to find someone I wouldn't mind jumping and spending the rest of my life with. XD;; Maybe it's the two years between us talking - but then again, I've known people younger than me going through this sort of Terrible Angst, so maybe I'm just a freak. XD;;;

Hey, that could explain some things! XD

As much as I respect the emotion, there's a lot about it that annoys me. I definitely agree with L-chan that it's contemptible for someone who's "in love" to just drop their friends to spend all their time with their special person. Because damnit, are your friends really worth so little, that any and all good things and times you've had together mean nothing once you're in love? If that's the case, then I'm more sure than ever that being "in love" is not what it's purported to be. Bleah. XP

I'm annoyed by sugary pet names, unless they're meant jokingly. I'm annoyed by cow-eyed swooning over one another, and I'm annoyed when the only thing one half of the couple can do is talk about the other half. (Of my friends who have a boyfriend/girlfriend, I'm friends with BOTH halves of the couples, so I don't NEED to hear about them; I already KNOW them. XP) I'm annoyed when one half of the couple puts the other up onto a pedastal. No one's perfect, no matter how madly in love with them you are. I mean, I've got people I respect beyond words, but while I'll gush about them every now and then, I don't wax poetic so often that I become predictable in what I say (or, at least, I hope not!).

Feh. Maybe it was good that I was Puck in that one English class production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." >__> "Lord, what fools these mortals be!" indeed.

Sometimes, I get afraid that I'm really naive and too optimistic about things - and then I have cynical bouts like this, and wonder. Huh. >_> Sometimes, I think I'm a total idiot and making a bigger fool of myself with everything and anything I say, and then there are times where I feel like I'm making a positive difference.

... I think it's a good thing I didn't take the Psychology AP test. If I'm giving myself such a headache trying to figure myself out, when I know me better than anyone else, how the hell would I have done, trying to analyze other people ... ? XD;; Though in a way, I do that anyway, when I get into series-specific discussions with friends. *ponders*

Feh.

The last day of freedom ... *dooooom*

A~a, I knew that staying up super-late Friday night would catch up with me today. ^_^ I woke up at 11, which is super-late for me - though not for certain people, I've noticed. XD Excuse me while I cackle madly over that, because it amuses me. XD

I just finished watching the last tape of Slayers NEXT (finally! it's only taken me what, six months? to find out that Tomo-chan had it ... =_=), and I'm muchly amused. XD Lina and Gourry had their First Kiss and don't even remember it! How strangely disappointing. *snrk* And jeeze, with all the things they're saying about her and Gourry throughout the last tape ... >__> How does one NOT see them as a couple? XD;;; I feel inspired to try a snippet ...

But first! I must work on the best cowrite in the universe! *snrkchokegasp* Nee, Tomo, I had to change a line here and there so that the introduction part you wanted me to write would fit better. >_> Once I get my own part written, I shall send it over. <3

Well, to be quite honest, I don't really want to sleep with you either. XD Still ... don't tell me you're THAT desperate, you'd even take a deadbody. o_o;; There's no need to rush the matter; not when most of our peers can't even figure out what they're planning on doing with their lives as a single person, let alone as a unit of two. XD

I'm amused by this "How to Draw Manga" book I'm borrowing from Tomo. XD Especially the section that tells the different facial features of certain kinds of character: the strong-willed one, the wild type, the cool calm ones ... and the thing is, studying the examples drawn in, I can recall various "real" characters to apply it to. XD

Huzzah! Now, I must go find myself sustenence. It's a good thing I've started eating lunch so late, or I'd be dying this time tomorrow~ <3

My kingdom for a cough drop ... >_O

I like spending time with my friends, and I'm really glad when we can get into huge discussions/theories about various series we're in, because they're lots of fun. ^_^ But I hate the aftermath later, when my throat gets really sore and almost "sharp" feeling. It started the last night at A-Kon, got really bad, and has been getting sort of better. Not as much as I'd like, but still ...

So I'm going to try and not talk too much aloud today and tomorrow. I'm probably going to see Tomo on Monday, with summer school and all, so I'll probably be doing SOME talking that day. We must continue plotting our fic, after all! *strikes a dramatic pose*

And the longer I continue thinking about it, the more fitting Trigun and Lost Universe seem to be. XD Hooray for combining my two current obsessions in one story! If we can ever get started, but I'm certain we will. XD The plot idea I had before was acceptable to her, so now it's just details and stuff we're hashing out. ^_____^ I'm looking forward to this!

Damn ice bottles. >__> They last a really long time, but unless you wait for a little while, you get barely more than a few drops of water. X_X Though they're strangely fun to chew on. XD

And I liked Shrek, like I thought I probably would. XD Youko-twin's mommy thought very wrongly when she believed it was a kid's movie - some of those jokes are SO not Disney-fied kiddy stuff. XD And the animation was freaking GORGEOUS - Donkey's fur, the individual strands of Fiona's hair, the glass and fire and dragon and sparklies ... XD I'm so utterly and absolutely impressed with how it was pulled off. *____*

*piku* Y'know, it doesn't matter whether I'm on Napster or AudioGalaxy - it seems that people are always downloading more from me than I am from them. ^_^;; Even when I go on my series binges and try to get every single song of a series (XD), I'm getting more people grubbing in my files than vice-versa. For some reason, this kind of amuses me. I really need to get rid of some of these songs; I have too frigging MANY of them. XD;;

Icky sore painful throat ... >_____>

I'm so proud of myself, though! ^_^ I was able to translate the entire first (or is it technically the second?) chapter of the Lute Monogatari side story in Hameln, from volume twenty-four. I'm beginning to think he's going to be one of my all-time favorite characters - he's just so damn COOL! ^_____^ He even has little birds and cute animals and kids who love him - along with the random elephants and anacondas and lions that maul him when he least suspects it. *snrk*

*gnaws on ice bottle to try and get more water for her throat*

Nya~~~~~an ...

It's so strange, writing an entry from somewhere not my house. ^_^;; I feel like I've been forgetting something important all day about being here at Tomo's house, but ... nnngh. I have no solid proof that anything's missing. >_> I even brought all the doujinshi that they wanted me to.

Mou~! What am I not thinking of? I called my parents; they know I'm here; we're not getting the car inspected 'til next week ... argh! XP How utterly frustrating. XP

Nya. Ah, well. Nothing terribly interesting thing to say right now - maybe I'll have more tomorrow. XP

Curiouser and curiouser ...

Why are there slash fics (hell, why are there fics, period!) for RENT, but absolutely frigging NOTHING for The Coldfire Trilogy? >________>

... you know, I'm never going to see that musical the same way again. >_____> Ow, ow, ow. XD;;;;;;;

Early morning fun with personality tests!

Never get me started on these damn things, man. I can never take just one. XD;;

A Dark Side test:

Sith Warrior
Your savage and aggressive nature does you credit, my apprentice. And it will serve you well when you learn the ancient battle arts necessary to become a Sith warrior. There are weapons, powerful weapons, that I will teach you to use - not the least of which is your own formidable body. Your lessons will be harsh and painful. But you will use that pain. It will make you invincible. Not even the most accomplished Jedi Knight will be able to withstand your onslaught.

And yet, when I try to get sorted, the Hat tells me I would be best in Gryffindor. *niko* I guess the two aren't completely mutually exclusive - both of them bring to mind images of fighting - but really, I don't consider myself a very aggressive person outside of when I'm hanging with people I know. XD;;

The stars got their timing all wrong. *snrk* I'm actually a Libra, but I should have been Aquarius. XD

And I got a B+ when they graded my sleeping habits. I'm terribly amused - I thought I would get worse, but them's the breaks, wot? XD

Late night with WhiteCat ... ? Oh, teenaged angst! XP

Damnit, I'm so in love with this song, it's almost not funny. XD;;; Now that I know other characters Souichirou-sama has done, I want to find his other songs. XD;; I mean, sure, he's not a famous seiyuu/singer on the level of, say, Hayashibara Megumi or Koyasu, but STILL! I've really liked all three of Kane's songs, and especially this one ("Again) and "Tears in Heaven." Now, if I could only find the long version of "Shining On" ...

In half an hour, tomorrow will be today, and I should really go to sleep. XD; I have a busy day tomorrow, and if things work out, I won't be getting ANY sleep tomorrow night, because sleepovers always seem to work like that. They're fun. XD

I don't know. Today, I spent a lot of my evening going around and reading my friends' pitas/LiveJournals, checking out some of the older entries from before I started reading them daily. And there's always that one reocurring thread of being lonely and wanting love of the romantic sort. I think, out of everyone, only two of my friends about my age haven't made some sort of comment about wanting a boyfriend/girlfriend. *thoughtful*

Is it heartless of me to say that I don't get it? I can appreciate sweet gestures and love songs and all the like, but that's a VERY fine line for me - a little too much, and I get annoyed to the point where I twitch and try to avoid the song/scene/story whenever possible. It's not that I don't think love is a wonderful thing; I agree that it's one of those things that keeps humanity from completely dragging itself down into the gutter of the universe.

But damnit, I just don't GET why so many of my peers are so frigging DESPERATE for it!!

I have a lot of people I love, but no one I'm in love with, and that's just fine with me. My parents, the rest of my family, and my friends - they're all very precious to me, and I don't want to lose any of them. It's not that I wouldn't mind having a boyfriend, or even a girlfriend, but I don't understand why so many couples my age are so clingy and touchy-feely. It makes me uncomfortable to see people making out in the hallways or on hilltops - anywhere where strangers can see. When I'm not emotionally involved with people, I prefer to observe rather than participate - but damnit, that's NOT something I want to see! >_____> There are just some things I feel are better kept privately - okay, you love this person (or you think you do). As long as YOU know it, and THAT PERSON knows it, what does it freaking MATTER whether the rest of the world knows it or not?!

.....

Ugh. I sound really closed-minded and cold, don't I? But this has bothered me for so long - even though I have no self-confidence and no illusions about how loveable/likeable I am, I've never felt the need for CONSTANT reassurance from people, except maybe my mom when I do really badly in school. >_O;;;;; I trust my friends to tell me when I'm doing something that hurts or bothers them, and I'm confidant enough in their affection for me that I don't have to cling desperately to them. And for their credit, when it comes to friends, they do the same.

So what makes "love" so different from "friendship"? To me, they're just different degrees and nuances of the same emotion. I mean, if your friendship with someone is deep enough, you'd do anything for them, no matter what - just like you would for someone you were in love with. When you lose your very, very best friend, you feel like a piece of you has been torn out and trampled, and can't ever be replaced. That's the same when you love someone you're in love with. There's just the added degree of sex in romance, which I think American is obsessed with to a point of something that's close to disgusting. Plus, that whole "unspoken taboo" of sorts, which says guys and girls can't JUST BE FRIENDS - I find that idea absolutely ridiculous and rather frustrating, especially when applying it to fandom matters. Practically all my guy friends are romantically involved, so that says a really bad thing either about me or about them (or both of us, really) that we can be "just friends."

And, frankly, it's much easier to lose someone you're in a "relationship" with than it is to lose your best friend. I've had friends go through multiple relationships in the times I've known them - and when those break apart, I'm still there, as their friend.

I'm not quite sure what I'm trying to say with this. I DO want to meet someone someday, and be by that person's side forever. But that's something in the future - something I can look forward to, not something I'm desperately seeking now. And to be very honest, if it came down to the last choice, I'd chose keeping my friends rather than fall in love.

Eh. *shrugs* Weird things happen when it's late and you haven't had much sleep for the past two weeks. In ten minutes, it'll be tomorrow, which'll be a new day to try life all over again.

I may be naive-sounding, and I may seem stupid - but hey. I've made it this far without being trapped for too long by the monster known as Teenage Angst. *shrugs* Muddle on through, as my dad says, and eventually you get through even the most horrible situations.

Aren't last-minutes fuuuuuun?

Congratulations, you!! I want to apply for NHS this year ... I meant to do it in sophmore year, and never got around to it. XD;;

I LOVE this sooooong ... *_____*

Hey hey, I got something to eat, even though there's next to nothing in the house! XD Youko-twin and I went to this little Japanese fast food place near where her mom works - though to be honest, that place isn't any more Japanese than I am. XD;; (And for the record, I'm Korean. Severely Americanized, true, but Korean.) I mean, it had a fountain drink machine, fer cying out loud! XD;;

The chicken wasn't too bad, but I wish they'd put more crunchy noodles on the top. *sparkles* It's been literally years since I had those, and they're so GOOD ... X9 I wonder if K.S.Oriental sells 'em or not. >____>

I was going to mention this earlier, but then youko-twin came and I didn't. XD;; I noticed both L-chan and Tomo got their report cards, so I swung out by the mailbox to see if mine was there - and joyyyy, it was. XP Honestly, though, I didn't do that bad at all - I was exempt from three finals, and seeing those "E"s made me very, very happy. *snrk*

I'm still annoyed by the 92 in Physics (I had a 94, and then that #*&%$(*#@! lucky lotto test knocked me down two points >________>), but hey! I made a 92 in PreCal (go ME! I went up a whole POINT! XDXP). English and Latin were laughably easy classes, as usual ... and then there's P.E., which gave me my lowest final grade, of an 88. XP If only I hadn't misplaced that other sheet of notes~! *tugs hair* Mou~u, how frustrating. XP

Neeeee, did you do what we were encouraging you to do last night? XD Or will we have to bother you moooooore? XDXDXD You know we wuuuuv you, My-chan. <3<3

And yes, I am in a good mood today. ^_^ It started last night and never went away all throughout today, despite my whining throat. XD

These things don't have to make sense, do they?

*points and waves wildly* "JABBERWOCKY"! XDXDXD I LOVE THAT POEM!! XDXDXDXD

*chants* "'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves / Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: / All mimsy were the borogoves, / And the mome raths outgrabe." XDXDXD

=^.^= I like it sometimes when my parents aren't home - I can sing at the top of my lungs and not worry about either bothering them or making a fool of myself. XD And if I don't sing, I can do stupid things like recite poems like "Jabberwocky." <3<3<3

Hai, hai, hai, Tomo, we shall write a happy Lost Universe caving fic once you see the last DVD and I can tell you the Idea I've had. ^_^ Of course, there's always a chance you might not like it, so we can always haggle out details later. XD Summer vacation is still at its beginning, after all! <3

Youko-twiiiiiiiin ... >______> *huggles* Don't worry, I get like that a lot at times during the summer too. Try not to let it get to you - it's not that hard to find something to do, if you're desperate ... though the problem with me saying that is, I think I'm much more easily amused than you are, so depending on my mood, I can hole up with some mundane piece of everyday life and promptly be utterly fascinated for an hour or two. XD;; We're talking about someone who used to use scissors as birds with nests of string in make-believe games when she was a little kid. XD;; I kid you not. XD;; This was because when I was at daycare, I didn't really have a whole lot of friends - not on the level I've got all you people now. *nikoniko*

Oh, and to answer your question, I'm taking Government and Economics in summer school. That leaves me a free period next year, since I made sure to sign up for them on my schedule Just In Case, so ... hmmm. XD;; I need to figure out a filler class I can take instead. XD;;

... I've just realized. We have no food in this house, and I have no car with which to go get something. XD;; Not to mention I've got no money, 'coz I keep fergettn' t' ask Mumsy-dearest for this month's allowance. XD;; Anou sa~~ neko-chan is fasting today~~~ XD;;;;

Isn't it nice, how these things all work out? XD;;

"Marionette" is an eeriely fitting image song. O_O;; There are a few lines I'm still not terribly certain about, especially since I worked from a romanization without lyrics, but ... yeeeeesh. O_O;; Poor Lute. O_O;;

"Even though I seem like a marionette // My heart won't give up ..."

Kyaaa. I like it when image songs actually fit their characters. XD;;

There's TWO of them now?!

Ever had a friend that, while you know them okay-ish, you don't know a whole LOT about them, because you've never really hung out with them? And then, when you do, you find out that you're much more alike than either of you really expected? XD;; Because that's kind of how my day went. XD

I like Tomo; she's definitely a friend, but I haven't really spent a whole lot of time with her. >__> But we hung out quite a bit at A-Kon, and then she came over today, and we watched the fifth Lost Universe DVD. ^_^ It was quite scary, really; we were mocking certain parts, and saying the same things at the same time, without ever really planning it. o_o;; It was kind of funny after the first two or three times. XD Yay, caves and mocking! XD

I'm really beginning to like Rail x Kane, even though I still somewhat prefer Kane x Canal, if only because the latter has more screentime. >_> Still, as I mentioned before ... "aisuru Kane," the man says ... XD;;;

I want to see the first three volumes more than ever now. XD;; Because I want to see more Rail and maybe write cave fics. Once I work more on my original story, naturally. >_> Uwaaah, I'm really regretting signing up for summer school; it's going to limit my free time more than makes me happy~~ *shikushiku*

Anou sa, but what kind of surveys are you planning to go with fanfiction? ^^;; Whether people prefer yaoi/yuri/straight couplings, what series they like to read, and the ilk? ^_^; First, you need to find a place with much traffic and target your audience accordingly. ^_^;;

If you write fanfic, though, I wanna see. XD Even if it'll probably not be for any series I'm into at the moment. T_____T Unless you can magically manifest some LU or Trigun fics for me, that's certainly not going to happen. Lute-centric stories would be nice as well, but ... *fluttersigh* How SAD! That's not going to happen anytime soon. XP Those people who do write Hameln seem more interested in Hamel and Raiel and Flute rather than Ocarina and Lute and Vocal. *shiku*

This is a bit belated, but neechan, ganbatte ne~! I'm certain no matter how bogged down you'll get, you'll make it through. ^_^ My family's motto is "muddle it through" - since you're much more grounded than I am, you'll certainly rise above the muddle and be just fine. XD

Mwahaha. Now I want it to be Friday, because I REALLY want to see those first three Lost Universe volumes, plus I've been wanting to see "Shrek" ever since I saw the previews, which will make it better. *kirakira* Days spent watching anime with friends are nice days, aren't they? ^_^

A ... aisuru ... tte ... O_o;;;

Aisuru Kane?! O_______O!! Rail-keibu, is there something I'm missing because I don't have the first volume of the manga? O_______O

.......

Excuse me, I'm going to wander off and die laughing now. XDXDXDXDXD;;;;;

All I want for summer is some LU fics. >__>

Why, when I first get into a series, is there barely ANYTHING related to it online? ;____; I mean, I got into Trigun in a major way last year, and there was next to nothing about it on the Turnpike, but now that's been changed. ^^;; Lots of people like Trigun now, as obvious from the rebellion in the video room Sunday afternoon. XD LOVE AND PEACE~~~!

But now, I'm really into Lost Universe. ^_^;;; It's sort of unfortunate, since I'm the only one of our group who really liked it; the others enjoyed it at parts, and most of them agreed they liked Canal, but ... ehhh. ^^; I went a little further, and now I feel like I'm going through partial withdrawal, because THERE'S NEXT TO NO FANSTUFF ON THE ENGLISH NET! *dooooooom* There's more art than fics, and most of these are of a pairing I'm not too fond of. (It's not that I dislike Kane x Millie, I just prefer Kane x Canal, especially after watching the last episode. Uwah. O_O)

How saaaaaad. *shikushiku*

Nee, anta, it's a little late for it, but yes, I did find a few DDR songs. ^^;; Not on Napster, though; I got mine through Audiogalaxy, which is also where I found Lost Universe songs. ^^;; I think I might like it a little better than Napster, in terms of searching for things - at least thus far, nothing on Audiogalaxy has been blocked. ^^;;

I didn't take a whole lot of pictures, but I know Tomo did, so if worst comes to worst, I can maybe get some from her. I definitely want one of the two Vashes chasing the Meryl with the Krispy Kreme doughnut box. XD And it might also be a while before I get the photos, since there was still a lot of film left in the camera.

Who else does Kane's seiyuu voice? He sounds so FAMILIAR, but I'm too lazy to look up the URL of the seiyuu database, so I'm hoping it'll just come to me. ^_^;; Nnnnrgh. There are times when he sounds vaguely like M-sama, but you can really tell it's NOT him when he sings, and besides, M-sama does a different character in the series. ^^;

And I wish the Hameln anime was more like the manga. I got to watch the movie, and DAMN if it wasn't like reading a story straight from the volumes. XD Though admittedly, I did like how they did Bass/Lute's voice in the anime better, having them both speak at the same time. ^_^ And I saw Orgel briefly in the opening credits, but there was no Ocarina OR Vocal. Mwah. Two of my three favorite characters don't even make a brief appearence in the movie. >_O;;

And where was Trom? I watched the whole thing, and it was only when I was rewinding the tape that I realized he wasn't in it. ^^;; It has to take place early during volume 13, since Ocarina left durng the beginning of that volume, and Trom doesn't reappear 'til 14 or 15, if memory serves. Huh. *shrugs* One of the Great Mysteries of the series, I suppose. ^_^;

But Lute's DAMN cool. XDXDXDXD

Oh, and b.t.w., if you really want to interview me (though I've got no idea why you'd want to O_o;;), I'll be on AIM whenever. ^^;; Kyaa, Rb-san really did start a trend, didn't she ... XD;; Though I don't know if two people really constitutes as a "trend" ... *laughs*

Ahh, well. ^_^ It's all good.

Maybe it's something on the worms.

L-chan, you're not the only one who'd like to find a few of the DDR songs. >_> That damn bumblebee one has been stuck in my head for the past half-hour, and I'm trying to forget it by playing other songs instead. >___> One can't really do a search for "Dance Dance Revolution" on something like Napster or AudioGalaxy and really expect to get much, right?

Oioi! My favorite Digimon doujinshika also does Lost Universe stuff! XD And not only that, but she does Kain x Canal AND Kaine x Millie - SCORE! XD I really need to make that list for L-chan - nee, you're leaving in three weeks, right? That doesn't leave me much time. Hm. >_> I wonder if she'd even be able to FIND this doujinshika's non-Digimon works, considering that seems to be what she's focusing on the most at the moment. *shrugs*

Neeee, neechan, I seem to remember you being confuzzled when I confessed I had vague inklings of wanting to write a "Mummy Returns" fanfic. And now lookit, you're doing it yourself. XD And don't worry about slashing Ardeth in a fic - if you look, you'll find slash for everything. E-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g. By going through FFNet and the Fan Fiction Directory, I've found numerous things, most of which border on frightening and/or traumatizing. ^^;;;; I mean, people have slashed the MUPPETS, for crying out loud! The MUPPETS~! That disturbs me somewhat. o_o;;;;; Or a lot, to be honest, since ... yeaaaaaah. >_O

Tomo, I'd be happy to translate whatever I can for you, but don't expect too much of me, okay? I'm terribly failable when it comes to translations and their ilk. ^_^;; And can I give you Wedge's present on Monday or something? Since both my class and yours made it into the summer school schedule ... *hmm* Unless, of course, she has a class there too, and I can give it to her directly. I'd like that. ^_^ I always like to see how people react to things; sometimes, it's more fun than going through or seeing something yourself. ^^;; For example, I knew how I'd react to the things that happened in the last volume of Trigun, and after I watched it, I wanted to see how my friends would react. I live vicariously, and yet not. ^_^;

The bumblebee song is almost out of my head! HIT REPEAT ONE MORE TIME~! XDXD;;

Tadaima!

Uhyouuuuuuuu. ^_^ I actually got home a little over an hour ago, but I've been resting. >_> Little sleep over an entire weekend will do that to you. ^_^ Plus, over the course of the weekend, I think I got a little sick - my head hurts a little and my throat hurts a lot - but otherwise, issalllgood. XD

I didn't keep a con diary like I'd intended to. ^^;; It was Saturday night when I realized I hadn't been writing everything down, but that's fine. I remember most of everything, anyway. ^^;; I didn't take as many pictures as I'd thought I would, but I spent probably as much money (if not more) than I intended. Eheh. ^_^;;

Starting Thursday, the DCB wasn't there when youko-twin and I got to the house, which was after L-chan and before Sharky-twin. He had to get a seatbelt in his car replaced, so we hung out at his house for a while. And then, about a minute before he gets back, I realized I'd left the tickets in my desk. >_____> So it's rushrushrush back to my house, where I grab my CD and the tickets, and we go back. A few more last-minute preparations, and we're off at around roughly three o'clock. There's not much really to say about the drive up there - we sat, the DCB drove, and that was about it. ^_^;;

Friday, we got there a little too early for the dealer's room, so we ended up hanging out in the upper hallway of the Westin (and got yelled at a few times by security peeps >___>). We managed to find Ruaki and Nicole-chan within about five minutes of getting there, so that was all good. ^_^ And once the dealer's room opened ... *sparkles* Doki Doki Station was there, and one of the ladies was quite nice about letting us look at the doujinshi before getting them. My collection has substantially increased. *snrk* Not counting the three I got from Ruaki, I got several Trigun and two Inuyasha ones. ^_^

My biggest disappointment, really, was that I couldn't find Trigun Maximum #5 there, even though Planet Anime had brought some Trigun. Apparently, I was fifteen minutes late Saturday, and someone snatched it up before I got there. And after I camped out all Friday, tooooo~~! *shikushiku*

It was a little bit more hectic this year than the last, since for one thing, the con was being held in two hotels (the Westin had most of the stuff, but the RPG games and video rooms were in the Sheraton, across the street). So it was a little annoying, having to dash back and forth to see things you wanted and still maybe swing by the dealer's room or the art show. (Kitsune was there! And we couldn't find her! *shikushiku*)

The best part, I think, was Sunday afternoon, though. XD They were slated to show the last volume of Trigun at two, so by one-thirty, the room was packed. As the guy was putting the tape in, everyone took up the chant of "Love and Peace" - some with the requisite hand motions, too. XD We got through the first three episodes (with people reacting accordingly to all traumatic events contained therein), but! Before we got to the last episode, the guy took it out, which of course pissed everyone off. XD He was arguing that they were on a schedule, and he had to move on to Initial D, and he even went as far as to put in a filler music video to get things ready, and the whole room started up the chant of "Love and Peace" once more.

Me and my friends left after that, because we thought we wouldn't be able to see it, so we were going to eventually steal it from Tomo and watch it at home. But then, you could actually hear the people chanting for Trigun down the hallway, so I ended up running back and taking up the cry myself. XD One of the girls there had bought a large poster and she had it right in front of the projector while everyone chanted.

And we WON damnit, we WON. XDXDXD So we played the final episode, watched the big showdown between Knives and Vash, the end. It was too bad we didn't get to watch the credits (which were different for the last episode - that last screenshot of Vash waving and smiling is cute ^_^), but the others can always catch that on Tomo's DVD later. ^_^

As for new series ... sort of yes, and sort of no. ^_^;; I got lots of new Hameln manga (I only need volume 23, and I'll have 1-28 *_______*), and I'm desperately seeking both the one I'm missing, and volume 29. (O-ca-ri-na! ;____;) I finally got to see a few new episodes of Orphen, and I watched Lost Universe. For some reason I can't explain, I really, really, REALLY liked Lost Universe, especially Kaine and Canal. >_____> I ended up getting some of that, too. XD;;;

Saaaaaaa. Summer school starts next week, so I have the rest of this one to veg and read my new manga and whatnot. ^_^ And hopefully, Tomo can finish her Trigun fic (I'd be glad to at least try and translate that manga line for you, but I'd need to see it first), so I'll have something fun and new to read. ^_^

And yes, finally I have a new layout. And this time, it's got an actual PICTURE to go with it. Go me! XDXDXD

Nnja, neko-chan's going to eat something now. 'M HUNGRY. @_@