So why do I love it?

A little past night owl...

2009-01-14T13:17:16Z

There comes a point at which you've gone past all reasonable extremes, far past the end, and therefore must start back at the beginning. This is a point that only arises when you've felt quite ill in the morning, and then managed to sleep until 4 in the afternoon. When you've slept until 4, what choice do you have but to live out the rest of the day in your normal intervals? If you tend to be awake for 16 hours, why should that change simply because you did indeed sleep until 4 in the afternoon? Unfortunately, that does in fact mean that you would be awake until 8 AM...

So you might think, well why don't I just try and sleep anyway? Maybe I'll be out by 5 or so. But really, you're just fooling yourself if you really believe that something so simple would fix your schedule. So, you embrace your fate. Because really, once you hit the point of no return, what's left to do but stay the course? Your sleep schedule would, of course, be horrendous if you were to go to sleep at 8 AM, so all you can really do at that point is stay awake until the inevitable crash hours later, at least partially fixing yourself, should you manage to keep this up for the full 24 hours.

You might also think, being up this long, it would be a great opportunity to view all the various stages of the night. Of course, this just turns into marathon computer use, with movement in time marked only be an occasional glance at the little clock in the corner, or the sounds of the fluctuations in traffic on the busy road outside, followed by finally turning to look out the window at around 6:53 and thinking, "Shit, it's already light out..."

Your mental state is very nebulous during this time of little sleep. There will be moments of great contemplation, where you will solve a problem that has been plaguing you for months. There will also be moments of laughing hysterically and jamming to "It's Raining Men," while thinking to yourself, "This song is fucking amazing..." There will be moments of quiet bliss, and moments of nauseous hunger. It really is not that pleasant, when it comes down to it, but this is the duty you owe to your already wacky sleep cycle, the one that was doing a fine enough job of screwing itself over without you sleeping until 4 in the afternoon.

Music makes me romantic...

2009-01-10T07:34:03Z

Those how know me may be aware that I'm not big on the sappy things. I'm not your typical girly girl swooning over every romantic comedy. In fact, most sappy stuff makes me physically ill, in the same manner that real sugar does. However, on the inside, I have to admit that I'm something of a hopeless romantic. I'm always looking out of the corner of my eye for my nerd in shining armor. I think it's caused me to set my standards a little high, actually, this vision that I have. I can feel inside that I'm bigger than what I am now, but I think I need someone to coax this potential out of me.

Thusly, my point, as well as the title. I'm always particularly affected by music, moreso than most other creative mediums. On the occasion though, a song will just stir something up in me that makes me wish I had that someone right now.

Since I first heard it and up to this point, my number one favorite romantic song is Justin Timberlake's "My Love." I'm telling you, if a guy sang something like that to me (minus the rap bit, obviously), he'd have me on the spot.

I'm afraid to admit this, but another song that got me, just a little bit, was "I Can Give You Plenty Love" by Keni Burke... Yeah... >.> My theory is that it affects me at all is because I heard it in a dream. Literally, in a dream. It came on my alarm clock radio at like 8 AM on a Saturday, when I was not really ready to wake up, and I could hear it as part of my dream... But that's another story.

Anyway, I suppose I only thought of this all because of the song I'm "currently" listening to (well I was at least), "Tus Ojos" by Belanova. The particular connotations of this song came to me courtesy this very nice video by Vinnie Veritas. Go watch it. Go watch it now.

Point is, I think it's about time I had my fun. Where are you, my handsome adventurer...?

[And in other news, does anyone know of a god damn working PSX emulator? I'm trying to play me some friggin' Japanese Tail Concerto and I don't have a swap disk...]

For the people who are...

2009-01-07T22:00:08Z

I'd just like to make it clear here, that I am, in fact, still alive. I've never been very good at keeping a journal because 1) I'm just not consistent enough, 2) I never have very much to say, 3) who would notice in particular if I didn't post? But in case anyone should be wondering, yes I am still alive.

I've been very busy lately, working on my translating and such. I think I'm actually starting to learn more complex things, slowly but surely. My speaking still isn't great, but I like to think my comprehension is pretty good, especially considering I've only been studying... Hmm... 15 months now, just about. My current project is an excerpt from a novel. Problem is it's very formal and well, literary, using passive left and right, 3 times per sentence. It gets very troublesome, especially when I have very little practice with such forms.

Things I've accomplished:
- my Anime Lyrics page
- a game trailer I translated/subtitled (watch in HQ!)
- Sakura no Ichiban! act 8 - A full manga chapter I translated, with a little help. I'm currently working on act 11 of the same series, plus a chapter of another manga. If you're a lazy bum you can also read it on One Manga.

I've done some other things as well, but I feel that those are the most presentable at the moment. =]

Intrinsic Irony of the Dreaming Otaku

2008-01-02T21:59:12Z

There's something a little ironic, I think, about watching certain seinen series. I'm sure you know the type. Those with fluttering pastel colors, cute, moe girls and nondescript boys, with rich landscapes and slice-of-life type stories, that give you a vague sense of some unplaceable nostalgia. Titles such as these include Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (ヨコハマ買い出し紀行), Aria, and a show I've just started, Sketchbook ~full color'S~.

What I find ironic about these shows is not necessarily something to do with the shows themselves, but rather those who watch them. Series such as these evoke a sense of quiet wonder in the viewer, one that makes you feel as if the people and places depicted are what you've been missing all your life. For some, or at least for myself, this feeling makes you want to go out and see the world. It gives you a taste of something sweetly bitter, that you can't find for yourself, though the things you watch make you feel as if it's as simple as taking a wrong turn on the walk home.

This brings us to the irony of it all. People watch these shows because they wish to experience these feelings. However, if they were not holed up in their homes watching the shows, they might be able to experience the feelings for real. Anime characters tend to lounge on scenic embankments by clear blue streams. I've never seen such a thing in person. At least, I hadn't, until one fateful day I decided to explore a bike path I had never known of. Somewhere around the outskirts of DC, I found myself on a path above such an embankment, the wind blowing gently, the grass waving on the edge of the stream, long stretches with no one else. Just me, my bike, and my thoughts.

This, to be clear, is not an attack on these type of series. I love them quite dearly, and without them I would not be able to get a fix of these ephmeral emotions that we so seldom grasp. However, if you wish to take a walk on the Scenic Route, you should try it for yourself. Letting a figment of someone's imagination take you there is never as good as discovering it on your own.

My My...

2007-04-05T22:22:10Z

Haven't posted in quite some time, have I? Well, not much to report. I'm tired. Only got like 4 hours of sleep.

Just wanted to mention, I think I've contradicted myself now. Anybody remember that lovely essay I wrote, "On the Use of XX"? No? Well, I didn't think so anyway.

In any case I realized that I've now ruined all the fun nuances of the XX. In picking birthdays for the Grey Snow crew, I decided I wanted birth years, which means that I had to give the canon story a year, which has now arbitrarily been picked as 1891... Ah well, still doesn't mean I have to actually mention the year, right?

(Side note: This post has been almost completely touch-typed, something I just discovered I can kinda do. It takes a little longer, since I'm not used to it, but it's really not so bad. ^^;)

Five Clicks to Jesus

2007-01-23T01:31:42Z

Such a silly game...

Attempt 2:
Hertzian contact stress -->Mechanical Engineering --> Human --> Religion --> Jesus Christ

Attempt 3:
Im Wartesaal Zum Großen Glück -->Germany --> Christian --> Jesus

Attempt 4:
Socket 1-->Intel Corporation-->Japan-->Christianity-->Jesus Christ

Attempt 5:
Prasanthi Nilayam-->Guru-->Buddhism-->Christianity and Buddhism-->Jesus Christ

Attempt 6:
Azeotrope-->Ethanol-->Alcoholic Beverage-->Christian-->Jesus Christ

Attempt 7:
Tivar Massacre-->Disaster-->War-->Religion-->Jesus Christ

Last post of the year

2007-01-01T04:29:49Z

Not much to say really. Just, Happy New Year everyone!

I hate December...

2006-12-07T17:01:04Z

The basement level of the Stamp Student Union is interesting in that you can hear hardcore techno, Auld Lang Syne, and video game beeps all at once. It's quite an interesting mix really. The Co-Op's whatever-we-feel-like jive along with the popular tunes piping from the book store, and the incessant sounds of the Terp Zone create a weird sort of clash.

BUT

I hate December, which actually starts on Black Friday. This is because, from then until about New Year's, all you hear wherever you go is CHRISTMAS MUSIC. Frickin' Christmas music. Sure it's great and festive and all, but it gets on my last nerve! If I wanted to listen to the same stupid songs over and over again, I'd listen to Top 40 radio all day long. So this brings me back to today...

Anyone who knows me well enough knows that I love bookstores. Just can't get enough of those books. On a good day, I can spend an upwards of 1-2 hours in one. However, today I was driven out of the book store in the Stamp over one little thing:

IT'S DECEMBER!

So... It seems whoever picks the music for the store sat down and made a playlist of the most inspid, annoying, ear-grating songs of the season. Normally, I could stand this, but they had to take it a step further and blast the songs AT FULL VOLUME.

Needless to say, after about two and a half songs, I was out of there.

Gawd do I hate December... -_-

I hate Nick

2006-11-18T01:18:06Z

I hate Nick. I hate Nick. I hate Nick.

Those corporate bastards at Nickolodeon should just die.

...

Thank you for your time.

On the Use of XX, an essay

2006-11-13T15:56:18Z

This came to me as I was leaving English, on my way to McKeldin as usual. It's a little rant/essay on using xx to define your year.

Many times in stories, comics, movies, or such, you will see the year given as something-xx. For example, 19xx, or the ever popular 20xx that has become so prevalent in sci-fi works. I myself have set my current story, Grey Snow, in the year 18xx, because the setting is in a sort of pseudo-Victorian England.

Now notice it's a pseudo-Victorian England and not the real Victorian England, which I why I choose so ambiguous a year. The way I see it, using the suffix -xx is a means of breaking from reality. When you give a year, say 1987, you are now confined to the established world and dynamics of the late 80s, and of that year even, unless you make it specifically that your story is not plausible in the real world of that year. So maybe you go up a level, and now the story is set in 198x, which means, anywhere in the 80s. That's a little better, but unless you know you want your story to be set in the 80s, it won't cut it. A setting only related to the real world in certain features, with a mostly fictional environment, cannot be tied to a slice of time like that and still remain ambiguous.

So that's when you zoom out again. When you list the exact year, you are bound to that year, and when you list the decade, you have a little more freedom, but are still trapped. But once you list only the century, then you're practically free! You have an entire stretch of 100 years to work with, and so many things can happen in that time, no one can argue any supposed historical inaccuracies. With such a wide time period, you can mix and match features from all parts of your chosen century (within reason), and still have your story seem semi-realistic. For example, I don't need to know the exact year a certain improvement on the printing press came about, as long as I know it happened in the 19th century. It seems like cheating, I know, but it frees your creativity to work more on character development than world-building, and it's the characters that make the story, as I see it.

Of course, there are problems with this ambiguity. For one, the use of 1987, or even the 20th century at all, perhaps was not the best example. The 19xxs were such a volatile time, with each decade being so different from the next and the previous, that it is difficult to widen a setting window to more than a stretch of a decade or two. However, when you move out of the 20th century, that problem all but dissolves. For example, the 20xxs have yet to come, really, and since we can't predict the future, an number of things could happen in this century. Then, of course, there's my focus, the 18xxs. While it is true that the 1850s were different from, say, the 1890s, they weren't so dramatically different that it would completely jar a story to move it from one decade to the next (unless of course the story relies on real historical events and settings of that decade, in which case the device of -xx couldn't be used anyway).

Once you get around that issue, there still lies the problem of implementation. Sure it's all good and well to give the year as 18xx in your narration, but what about within the story? Doesn't anyone at all care what year it is? That is the major issue of -xx, as I see it. One thing you can do is just never have it brought up. If characters need to talk about the year, they can do it on their own time. And if needs be, they can simply mention the century, as for them to try to give an exact year is something like, "And I claim the land, in the name of our benevolent Queen, in the year 18-*mumble**mumble*..." which, though amusing, may not be the tone you're looking for.

Then, course, there's the implementation of -xx in writing. Say your character receives a letter that has the date written in the corner. Surely the person who sent it to them has not written "August 30, 18xx," as that would seem quite strange to someone who does know what year it is. The way to get around this is to simply mention, "The date was written in the corner, above his address. Was he really living on Kendall Street now?" or perhaps a bit sillier, "She guessed that he had written the date in the corner, though it had been penned in the same smudgy, scrawling handwriting as the rest of the letter. With such writing, it would take her quite a while to read through the three-page note." (Note that I just made up these examples, and so have no idea of what they could refer to...)

So that solves that problem... maybe. I realised the other day, that at some point I wanted one or two characters to visit a graveyard. Now unless I'm mistaken, graveyards are typically full of tombstones and other such grave markers, which typically have years of birth and death engraved on them. So how do you get around the year then? Sure you could mention some random year, but then that automatically means that your story is set during or after that year, which detracts from the ambiguity. Then, of course, you could always have the gravestones be weathered to the point where you can read the year, but then again, would you even be able to read the name? And unless it's an old, unkept graveyard, there would have to be some newer, more legible tombstones. My solution to this lies solely on the characters. First off, at least half of my major characters do not have even a basic school education, and so cannot read much, and can do little more than simple math. Even if they do manage to identify the correct grave marker, they are more likely to ignore the year in favor of the moment (unless the year becomes a plot point, which I doubt it will). In this way, the exact year can be ignored at this time as well.

And so, that's what I think of the -xx extension. It's a real pain in the ass to make it work, but when it does work, it does your story more good than harm. Without being constrained by your setting, you, as a writer, have more breathing room, and can play around more in a real world-type setting without being defined by it, and can put more effort into the character and the story than the actual world. This is not to say that you still don't have to research, as I do a lot of that, to keep my story as accurate, at least technologically, as it can be. However, I don't limit my story by linking it to true history, and because of that, I believe it's turned out for the better.

We are all playing The Game...

2006-11-06T16:33:24Z

And you have just lost it.

I've been thinking about my strategy for playing The Game, and I figured, rather than trying not to lose, I'll lose, and make as many other people lose as possible. (By the way, if you're reading this, you have just lost.)

If you don't know what I'm talking about, well then you're better off not knowing, but if you are that curious, mozy over to losethegame.com

That is all.

All I have to say is...

2006-11-03T03:51:58Z

...

Steff's mom is hot.

.....

Thank you for your time. *lol*

Seriously though, I was noticing I hadn't mentioned Steff's b-day party on here yet. Then again.. I'm tired and headachy, and have a novel to work on, so... TTYL

Death Cramps!!!

2006-11-01T04:02:06Z

Yeah, so I had the cramps from hell for the first time in several months. Thank god for for running into Kori, or I would've been at school when they struck. I used my usual cure, which is essentially crying myself to sleep then passing out for a couple hours. But, I feel a bit better now. At least it only got to the crying stage and not the vomiting stage.

Guess what I found! I got the soundtrack to The Labyrinth, which I think is fucking awesome. I mean, c'mon, you gotta love Bowie's bulge. ^_~ And anyways, the movie has great songs. Surprisingly their kinda hard to find. But... eBay is your friend.

Eep... 11 PM... Only one hour to NaNoWriMo! And I have a LING test tomorrow. God, my soul will be devoured by November...

Under the Knife

2006-10-27T15:24:45Z

Yeah, so Trauma Center is my new addiction. It's a fun, high-pressure little piece of work that, at the same time, makes me never want to be a surgeon. At the moment, I'm stuck on this surgery. See, there's these fucking tumors. This would not be a problem normally, except that these are not just any tumors, no, they're EVIL, MOVING TUMORS!!! You see, there's this disease called "GUILT", which is like some little medical terrorism thing. There are a bunch of different strains of it, one of which makes lacerations inside of people. This one though, it "replicates" its genetic data and makes it look like the tumor's moving.

There are two parts to these, as well, a red one and a blue one. The move around, making little tumor spots, and when they combine, they start to form into an actual tumor, which is when you strike. Now that's all fine and dandy. The problem begins when you go to the girl's lungs, where there's two pairs of the little buggers, and when the same color ones bump into each other, its takes away like 10 life points, or when a tumor is forming, and another one interferes, it stops, so you can't drain it.

So anyways, it pretty much really sucks. That little girl keeps dying on me. I've just about given up after trying it like 10-15 times. I'll try once more before Linguistics, but I'm not hoping for much... -_-

Thankfully, if I haven't already mentioned it, the eight page thing in my portfolio was only required to be an excerpt, so I gave them EP 1 of Grey Snow, as well as "Down by the Tracks", which, for those who don't know/remember, is a short story I wrote back in March of last year. It doesn't necessarily represent my current writing, but it's one of the best short stories I've ever written, so yeah. It looks all nice and professional... I even bought one of those little report cases for it. ^^

Anyways, I'm sleepy. Let me go try and work on that little girl once more, though it's about gotten to the point where I don't care if she dies... Fuckin' evil GUILT... -_-

Edit (11:30):
*dances and sings* I beat the fucking tumors! I beat the fucking tumors! And what! Guess I just needed to take a break for a little while...

Fudge Fudge Fudge Fudge

2006-10-23T21:06:15Z

I think the UMD English department has redefined my idea of fun. Turns out, I have until next week Wednesday to submit my portfolio to get into Intermediate Creative Writing workshop. They want 10-20 pages of fiction, and it says that one story must be at least 8 pages. 1) Is that double-spaced? 2) What about partial stories? I know that any one EP of Grey Snow could clear that requirement on its own, but do they want a full and complete story?

If that's the case, then I think I have less than a week to shoot a short story out of my ass...

Quick Master - WTF does that mean?

2006-10-23T18:26:31Z

Wassup, everyone? I'm a little tired and sore, but generally feeling fine. The concert was really fun (for those who don't know I'm referring to the concert GSO played Saturday to open the Rocky Horror Picture Show). There was a lot of energy and the crowd really seemed to get into it, especially Hikari and Time Warp, our "bonus" song. Things were really hectic and we started with little warning, but it was a blast. Plus, I figured out that I actually can play violin, a bit moreso than I give myself credit for. Before the concert started, I was playing with vibrato a bit, and once we were playing, it just sort of kicked in. I don't know what snapped in me, but it's really neat. I should keep practicing and improve that. I didn't do so terrible on those shifting arpeggios either...

Anyways, thanks to anyone who came out to see us, even if they were just coming anyway for Rocky Horror. Speaking of which, that was really fun too. I'd definately go again. I'd like to learn all the lines, too, so I can shout 'em out with everyone else. ^^ But yeah, that was fun. We ate at the College Perk after it, so I didn't get home 'til like 4:30, after which I crashed. I didn't get up 'til like 12:30 yesterday.

Oh yeah, yesterday. It all sort of went by in a blur. We recently purchased a copy of DDR SuperNOVA. Let's just say, the song list doesn't disappoint. I should know, since I went through almost all of the mission mode without stopping. But yeah, if you would care to direct your attention here, you can get a look at the song list. It's very sweet. However, that doesn't change the fact that I played DDR FOR 5 HOURS STRAIGHT. ><

Pretty much, after that, I showered for like 40 min, then watched Desperate Housewives, ate, and helped Jaz with her English paper. I hate the way their teacher wanted them to format it and I think she's dumb, but hey, it's Kenmoor Middle School. When were the teachers there known for their knowledge. (This, however, actually somewhat applies only to the past few years, since I did have a few decent teachers there, though mostly in 7th grade; like Mrs. Fadli, Ms. Kelly, Mrs. Guillard [yeah, she's a kook, but she taught well], Ms. Wright, etc.)

But anyways, I digress. Of course, then I didn't go to bed right away and was up past two, so I'm a little sleep deprived at the moment. Perhaps I'll nap until class starts... Who knows... I'm all full of fat and sugar since we just threw a surprise party for our German teacher's birthday. He turned 22 today, so he's very young. Then we were making fake ads for random products. Our group ended up, on the advice of my eccentric friend Janet, making an ad for... homework elves. They're elves... that do your homework for you... Yeah... Supposedly the elves are happy with this arrangement, but it seems to me more like an evil marketing scheme to hide the fact that we're dealing in slave labor... €5.000.000 per elf, apparently. But I have a fundamental problem with that... So I'm starting the Save the Elves Campaign, right now. Sign this invisible petition if you agree!

Oh wow, I think I need more sleep...

So, the beautiful world...

2006-10-20T22:45:31Z

I think there are probably very few things that can compare with the feeling you get after reading Kino no Tabi. We finally got the first volume today, and, oh my goodness... That was 2 1/2 hours and 205 pages of bliss. Even though I already knew the outcome of each story and had watched certain episodes multiple times, I felt absolutely nothing wrong with reading it again. Seriously though, they had just as much impact as they did the first time around. And as far as a comparable feeling, I'd definately put it, at the very least, on par with watching something like Princess Mononoke. After it all, you feel almost... I dunno, haunted, yet at the same time appreciative and relaxed. It's really one of though things you can just get completely caught up in, ya know?

But let me stop ranting and talk about things you (maybe) actually care about. So remember that doujin I was fangirling over? I got it, as well as two others. They're very cute, and very pretty. ^_^ And the Kukule (Angelo) x Eito (Hero) pairing is actually more interesting than I thought it'd be. Though I'd still love to see how Yangus x Hero would work... XD

So, if you didn't hear, I didn't get a job at that silly place. Mostly because I'm doing study abroad or transferring next year (though likely the former) and won't be there particularly long. At least, not long enough. So, I suppose I should look into finding another job. I wonder if the Linguistics department needs any research assistant/secretarial type people... It just keeps getting more and more interesting, and I think I'd rather spend my time researching and honing my skills than doing "actual work" out in the "real world" (which is actually what my LING professor jokingly referred to it as ^^;).

It's Friday, isn't it... That means a new Avatar in 1.5 hours! Squee!!! ^___^

I can't believe the concert's tomorrow... I suppose I should go practice or something... I really feel bad for my violin. He's a beautiful instrument, both in appearance and sound, yet I'm not skilled enough to use him to his full potential. I can't even start taking lessons again unless I find another teacher, since Howard's wife Anise just popped out that giant, almost-12-pound baby girl. Which means, of course, he has no time to be teaching. But, whatever.

That seems do be my life. Just... Whatever. Shit happens. Life happens. You get over it, move on, and continue to grow as a person, as long as you let yourself do as such and never take anything too seriously.

Ah... How do I get off on these tangents...? Anyways, let me leave you on a more amusing note. Shakespeare's works, as I've discovered through ENGL 205, are all full of porn. Sometimes it's just implied or euphemized, but other times... well, let me give you this excerpt from The Winter's Tale, one of his last plays:

Servant: He hath songs for man or woman, of all sizes. No milliner can so fit his customers with gloves. He has the prettiest love songs for maids, so without bawdry, which is strange, with such delicate burdens of dildos and fadings, "Jump her and thump her." And where some stretch-mouthed rascal would, as it were, mean mischief and break a foul gap into the matter, he makes the maid to answer, "Whoop, do me no harm, good man"; puts him off, slights him, with "Whoop, do me no harm, good man."

"Jump her and thump her."

W. T. F.

However, this is also the play that has the world's greatest stage direction (this of course being, 'Exit, persued by a bear.'), so I can almost forgive it.

Almost... -_-;;;

Early Christmas List

2006-10-14T06:27:33Z

Okay, someone would like to buy me this, right? Pretty pretty please??? I knew it had to be out there somewhere, and I finally found it...

Why did the temperature just drop so suddenly? It bugs me... ><

The Co-Op is hiring this Sunday. I really hope I get the job... *sighs*

I'm tired, but I want to play a game. I haven't played video games in a good while, other than a bit of Okami.

Disney songs in other languages are quite amusing. And Aladdin sounds hot as hell in Japanese... I should stay off that site... ><

All I can think about lately is frickin' Grey Snow, and yet I can't write any of it... It's really pissing me off... ><

I think I need a new blanket now. All this cold is making me cranky. That and the fatigue, but yeah... -_-

D & D Lawn Products

2006-10-11T23:24:42Z

Look at the name of this thing. I heard the commercial and the first thing that came to mind was a LARPer spraying their lawn and going "+2 Weed Control!"

lol ^^

It Came from AIM, vol. 3

2006-10-11T04:02:12Z

We're so different...

11:35:53 PM veronike6: now, I silence you!
11:36:05 PM veronike6: SILENCE WALL!!!
11:36:18 PM animegal489: NEV-----
11:36:26 PM animegal489: ......
11:36:29 PM animegal489: .................
11:36:31 PM animegal489: ><
11:36:35 PM veronike6: yesh, sailor saturn's attack worked!!!
11:36:43 PM animegal489: ........!!!!!!
11:36:52 PM veronike6: ^___^
11:37:11 PM animegal489: ...........?!?!?!!!
11:37:15 PM veronike6: ^________^
11:37:26 PM animegal489: ................. -_-
11:37:45 PM veronike6: i am teh weiner!!!
11:37:51 PM animegal489: >< >< ><
11:38:10 PM veronike6: ^^
11:39:33 PM veronike6: *pats* it's ok ^^
11:39:44 PM animegal489: *shakes fist*
11:39:56 PM veronike6: and since you're silent.....i can do whatever I want with the gs characters! ^_^
11:40:15 PM animegal489: O_o
11:40:17 PM veronike6: *kidnaps A-kun and button* bye! *runs*
11:40:23 PM animegal489: O.O
11:40:43 PM veronike6: mine!!!
11:41:02 PM animegal489: ><
11:41:17 PM animegal489: *thinks*
11:41:20 PM veronike6: *makes out with A-kun somewhere*
11:41:39 PM animegal489: (that's okay... ninjas dont have to talk)
11:41:47 PM animegal489: (hmm...)
11:41:57 PM veronike6: let's have sex, A-kun!
11:42:20 PM animegal489: (then again, ninjas dont have guns...)
11:42:27 PM animegal489: (but assassins do...)
11:42:36 PM animegal489: *finds sniper rifle*
11:42:49 PM veronike6: I love you, A-kun!
11:42:55 PM veronike6: marry me!!
11:42:58 PM animegal489: *looks through sight*
11:43:06 PM veronike6: ....ehh?
11:43:20 PM animegal489: *pulls trigger*
11:43:31 PM veronike6: O.O
11:43:56 PM animegal489: (ha there's no sound cuz i used a silencer...)
11:44:12 PM veronike6: *falls in slow motion*
11:44:17 PM veronike6: A......kun.....
11:44:43 PM animegal489: (haha!!! sniper rifle FTW! FTW!!!!)
11:44:59 PM veronike6: *ish bleeding*
11:45:25 PM animegal489: *jumps down* *motions at dana*
11:45:29 PM veronike6: A-kun.....help....me.....
11:45:33 PM animegal489: (UNDO THIS AND YOU LIVE!!!)
11:45:40 PM animegal489: ......
11:45:43 PM animegal489: !!!!
11:45:46 PM animegal489: ><
11:45:54 PM animegal489: ????
11:45:58 PM veronike6: A-kun.....please.....*coughs*
11:46:11 PM animegal489: *waves arms and points to throat*
11:46:19 PM animegal489: (UNDO IT! UNDO IT!)
11:46:26 PM animegal489: ......!!!!
11:46:34 PM veronike6: you....want me to undo the spell?
11:46:38 PM animegal489: *nods*
11:47:04 PM veronike6: *uses an echo screen on Diana*
11:47:10 PM animegal489: gah!
11:47:13 PM animegal489: i can speak!
11:47:14 PM animegal489: here
11:47:25 PM animegal489: *gives elixer*
11:47:34 PM veronike6: *gets up* yay!!
11:47:37 PM veronike6: i'm healed
11:47:46 PM veronike6: and can now have sex with my A-kun....
11:47:54 PM animegal489: haha ur funny...
11:47:58 PM animegal489: -_-
11:48:07 PM veronike6: *bites*
11:48:13 PM animegal489: aaaaahhh!!!!!
11:48:14 PM veronike6: yesh I can!
11:48:16 PM animegal489: the rabies!!!!
11:48:23 PM animegal489: *convulses*
11:48:27 PM veronike6: -_-
11:48:37 PM veronike6: *walkes away with A-kun*
11:48:59 PM animegal489: things...!!! strange...!!!
11:49:09 PM animegal489: GAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!!
11:49:13 PM veronike6: *continues to walk*
11:49:19 PM animegal489: *chases Dana, foaming at the mouth*
11:49:27 PM animegal489: GRARARRRRR!!!
11:49:35 PM veronike6: ....zombie?
11:49:43 PM veronike6: *takes out gun*
11:49:55 PM animegal489: RRAAARRR!!!!!
11:49:57 PM animegal489: *bites*
11:50:04 PM veronike6: ><
11:50:22 PM animegal489: *continues to attack*
11:50:24 PM veronike6: now...how can it affect me....IF I GAVE IT TO YOU?! *slaps*
11:50:33 PM animegal489: *falls*
11:50:42 PM animegal489: *still convulsing*
11:50:48 PM veronike6: fine....you can have A-kun back
11:50:54 PM veronike6: and your stupid button
11:51:06 PM veronike6: *throws them at Diana*
11:51:25 PM animegal489: GRAARAAneedRARARRRRRantiRAGRARAdoteRAAAAAAARRRR
11:51:32 PM veronike6: oh
11:51:39 PM veronike6: *gives antidote*
11:51:49 PM animegal489: ugh
11:51:51 PM animegal489: thanks
11:51:59 PM animegal489: hey
11:52:05 PM animegal489: why dont u use it too?
11:52:08 PM animegal489: rabies woman!
11:52:09 PM veronike6: oh yeah
11:52:18 PM veronike6: *uses on self*
11:53:04 PM animegal489: there now
11:53:40 PM veronike6: lol
11:53:51 PM veronike6: you can keep you stupid sexy men
11:53:58 PM veronike6: i don't need them ><
11:54:39 PM animegal489: thats a lie and u know it
11:54:40 PM animegal489: lol
11:54:57 PM veronike6: yeah, it is

Surreality

2006-10-11T03:15:10Z

So, so, I went to that protest today. The one outside the Stamp? Man that was weird. For those who don't know, there were some freaks on stage (who knows how they got a permit!) ranting about how homosexuals were going to hell and blah blah blah and twisting the Bible beyond all recognition. I mean, I'm not even Christian and I felt offended by what they were doing to the religion. Like, apparently, God does not love everyone. And I like how the people talking were declaring themselves to be without sin. Last I checked you can't proclaim yourself a saint, but, what do I know. And this one guy, the one talking the most, sounded like a goat. He kept running across the front of the stage, pointing to the people in the front and shouting, "ho-o-o-o-mo-o-o-o-o-s" and "ma-a-a-sturba-a-ter-r-r-r-r-r-s", all stuttered like that, but rapidly. The sad thing is though, there were like three of them. Just three. And a baby. And there were like 50 people who were totally against them and no one agreeing with them. Fuck, there were hardcore Christians quoting the Bible against them.

But yeah, it was all quite strange. I don't understand what they were trying to accomplish. Life is surreal...

Oh yeah... *points below*

Current Fish Count: 0/8

Yeah... -_-;;;

Confusion/Boredom

2006-10-09T18:12:21Z

Today a Fall Out Boy song came up on my iPod, and at first I thought it was by Panic!... They really do sound alike, don't they...?

I'm so bored... And hungry... I was thinking I would hijack a computer lab and watch me some more Naruto, but now I'm in my classroom and too lazy to move... I'll just sit and work on my story then...

Somewhere down the hall, some child is screaming...

Good thing it's Columbus Day... My mommy's off so I get to go home early... Maybe I'll watch some more... Though maybe I shouldn't now that it's gotten to the point where it invades my dreams... Hmm...

I'm a Dork, I'm a Dork

2006-10-09T04:12:04Z

So there have been two technological revolutions in our house today. The first being our new Mac Mini, Minmei (y'know, like from Macross?). The second is our new 20" pivoting monitor. Watching fansubs on the big screen is the hotness. ^___^

Speaking of which, of course I watched more of that silly show today. Eight more EPs, to be exact. I actually do have some respect for Sakura now. lol

Oh, and somehow another fish died... Man this pisses me off... ><

Naruto EPs Watched: 42

Current Fish Count: 1/8

Fangirls Go "Kyaa~~~"

2006-10-08T06:06:21Z

So, I did it again today... Except this time I watched 16 episodes. Fortunately I didn't marathon them as much as I did yesterday... -_-;;;

Sadly I must give into many of the things I've heard. Anko is pretty cool, Orochimaru is frickin' creepy, and damn it! Why does Kabuto have to be so god damn sexy?!?! >< *dies* I just always fall for the guys with glasses, don't I...?

My grandmother came down today. I'm guessing she's staying for the next few days or so, so that's cool. I officially hate "Bombing Mission" from FFVII now, cuz it's frickin' hard to play, even on the 2nd part. Or maybe I really just suck... -_-

Gah... Who knows... Life is weird... And I've essentially determined that any guy that wants to go out with me must wear glasses... And possibly grow his hair out and don a pony tail, though that's another matter... -_-;;;

Edit:
Good lord I'm a dork! I saw some random fly in my room and the first thing I thought was, "Shino!" Gah... -_-;;;

Naruto EPs Watched: 35

Gyahaaa!

2006-10-07T21:08:29Z

We lost another fish... Bye bye Hitler... Although, he was pretty doomed with a name like that anyways... Maybe he killed himself...?

Current Fish Count: 2/8