| Where to go? When to stop? |
[01 Jul 2009|09:16pm] |
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I always mean to update. Haven't I been starting a lot of posts the same way lately?
( life )
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| Slideshow of shelves |
[23 Jun 2009|03:21pm] |
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I'm trying to find a way to share pictures that is not so tedious as the photobucket way (that is, where I slowly upload all the pics to photobucket, then laboriously copypasta all the links here and write about them -- it looks fine that way, but it takes *forever* which is why I've been loath to share the pics from my UK trip and the others I've taken the last nine months).
So. Since I have a yahoo account already, I signed up for flickr, and have a slideshow of my new bookshelves. Let me know what you think of this way -- I'm not sure I like the presentation as much as the photobucket way (you have to click "show info" to see my comments on the stuff, so please do that!), but it certainly seems easier. Of course, I only had like, 9 photos this time as opposed to the hundreds I dealt with during my Japan semester ...
Slideshow HERE!
Anyway, enjoy!
In other news, I've been re-watching His and Her Circumstances. It's the anime made of my favorite high school genre shoujo manga (Kare Kano -- as opposed to Please Save My Earth, which I consider my favorite shoujo manga and my favorite manga period), and I forgot how much I love the first 3/4 of the show -- in the last part, the production staff seemed to have thrown up their hands and given up, as there are a bunch of recaps, a filler episode right before the end, ridiculous animation techniques (well, that's the rest of the show too -- can we even call this animation when we're just staring at stills basically pulled right from the manga?), and well, the story stops in a pretty bad spot with no real attempt made for closure. But like I said, before that, the series is a pretty good adaptation of the first few volumes of the excellent manga, with a little bit more "crazy" thrown in, perhaps, thanks to the wacky animation decisions (let's make them look like crayon drawings done by an 8 year old!). Yup. I also forgot that Akira Ishida voices Kazuma! No wonder I love that kid (not to mention that he's a sweetheart in a rock back. And I love pretty much all the characters ...).
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| Updateage (short version) |
[19 Jun 2009|11:04pm] |
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Well.
-My parents procured for me three 7-ft-tall bookshelves. Massive! I'll post pics soon. It's so nice to have a place to put books, though they really dominate my room ^^; Thanks is due to craigslist and my mom's slight addiction to browsing stuff there XD
-I finished watching Eden of the East (the series) today. Whooo, good stuff, but there are still two (2!) movies to go, so the story is not finished by any means. I haven't decided yet what to rate Eden. There are so many good things about it (the humor, the intrigue, the characters, the hoards of naked man-flesh and johnnies), but it's hard to say before seeing the movies if everything will have come together. So, now the wait until November, January, and then whenever someone subs the movies x.x In the meantime, I'd definitely like to re-watch the series so I can try to catch hold of all the nuances.
-lol Yuri Lowenthal you are everywhere. In my Ultra Maniac (Tsujiai!), in my Persona 3, and even in my Scrapped Princess?! Yes, Yuri Lowenthal voices Leo. I feel more desire to watch the dub of Sutepri than ever before.
-Speaking of P3, I'm nearing the end of the game. I'm on the final month, and I took the opportunity to watch the bad "happy" end before again steering toward my true destiny. (Bad as in, it's not the "true" end; "happy" as in, on the surface it's happy until you remember, oh, right, the world's gonna end.) Persona 3 is such an interesting game ... the bulk of it is non-linear, but in this case, I don't mind. You get to know so many people through Social Links ... even the NPCs who just sit at the train station or hang out at the club have different things to say every month or so, and I feel like I've even gotten to know them pretty well. I don't think P3 will displace any of my current favorite games, but it's definitely been a good one thus far. (Well, and even after I play the end of the game, I have FES, so then I get to play the "extra" portion which is like 30+ hours orz)
Erm, that's all for now. Tomorrow I have another wedding to attend in GR, so I'll be hitting the road once more.
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| Meme |
[15 Jun 2009|08:43pm] |
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Meme time. It was incredibly hard to resist the urge to explain things XD And some of them, I'm not really sure if it "counts" or not, but oh well.
1. You can ONLY answer 'Yes' or 'No'.
2. You are NOT ALLOWED to explain ANYTHING unless someone messages or comments you and asks.
( Yes ka no? )
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[07 Jun 2009|11:04pm] |
She probably won't read this until tomorrow, but ... HAPPY BIRTHDAY ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) yaminokaitou!
Sorry I didn't post sooner -- I was at my family's cottage today, which meant no computer. I hope you had a great day :D
(Erm, update where I can tell you all about the crazy writers group and my day at the cottage later? That's what I always say, right? ^_^;)
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| Poor Claude ... at least he has his mom. |
[05 Jun 2009|11:41pm] |
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I keep meaning to update, but somehow never get to it. Not that there's terribly much to say, but ...
1) I finished Star Ocean Second Evolution. Good game. 80+ endings. Unfortunately, because of all my pickpocketing (which, if you do outside of PAs, will cause random members of your party to lose relationship/friendship points with you -- I didn't know this until over halfway through the game), Claude ended up alone T_T Well, next time, I will get one of the other endings!
(Also, Rena, who is obviously supposed to be with Claude in the cutscenes, ended up with Ashton, who is adorable but kind of gay. WTF. I should say, it wasn't really a romantic ending; she just took him back to her hometown and he became friends with everybody.)
I tried to finish up my PS1 version of SO2 since I was near the end when I quit (and I wanted to see a different ending). I made it to the final boss, but ... I think the PSP version is a whole lot easier (not to mention, the graphics are smoother and the anime characters prettier). My PS1 party members are 10 or more levels higher than my PSP ones were, but I couldn't seem to manage. Well, maybe I'll try again later ...
2) Apparently, L.J. Smith's Vampire Diaries book series is being made into a TV series. ROFLs. I found this out by seeing a commercial on channel 9 (the CW? Something like that). I couldn't believe it. And yet, I can, because TV execs are not so blind as to not have noticed the Twilight mania. Hot vampires and human girls? It must sell! (Anyway, L.J. Smith's characters could kick S. Meyer's characters' butts any day of the week.) More info can be found on Vampire Diaries Online. Even though it's kind of ridiculous, I'm pretty excited for it (since, OMIGOSH, L.J. Smith!), and I'll definitely be watching it come fall 2009.
3) Read some books too. Good Omens, by the esteemed Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, was very good. The Raging Quiet, by Sherryl Jorden, not as much (matyr!Sue for the win!). I might rant on the second in the future. Right now I'm reading Magic Kingdom for Sale -- Sold!, and it's interesting though very slow at this point. Ah, well.
Tomorrow I'm planning to go to a writers' meeting at a local library. I still haven't decided if I want to bring anything of mine to read -- I've never gone before so I have no idea what kind of environment it is, and I don't know if I'm quite ready to share my stuff with complete strangers. I don't even know if it's a regularly meeting group; I guess I'll find out. Wish me luck!
OK, that's all for now.
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| Top 12 male and female anime characters |
[27 May 2009|09:36pm] |
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Some anime blog was doing a collaborative list of top 12 male and female characters, and it inspired me to do the same. ... Which, I should say, was pretty hard. My listings are fairly fluid (certainly affected by which anime I've watched recently), and it was tough to limit myself on the guys' side, and tough to think of enough characters on the girls' side. But, here we are, ridiculous list and reasoning ahead ^^
( My Top 12 Anime Characters -- in no particular order )
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| Meme |
[18 May 2009|09:02pm] |
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Oh goodness, two finals tomorrow -- been studying half the day (the other half was spent working on the take-home/project final that was due today), need a short break before I go back to studying, WAAAH I HATE YOU RUSSIAN LIT.
ANYWAY.
meme from kazenokaitou
Comment and I'll give you three fandoms to meme.
( Jyu Oh Sei, Honey & Clover, Gundam Seed )
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| The Friends' Trip |
[11 May 2009|10:14pm] |
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So, for Japanese class, our final project is a puppet show. Yes, a puppet show. We had to write it, make puppets, and perform it in class. Since there are only three of us in fourth year this semester, Sensei had us all work together. This ... made things a good deal more complicated, but oh well. Since I had to type up the script anyway, I thought I would share it for your pleasure and/or derision (with bonus, made-up-on-the-spot English translation and snark in []s). Notes: Three writers on one script is too many at once -- conflicts arose; there's only so much you can do in 4.5 pages (that's hand-written, every other line); the Japanese levels of those in my group varied wildly, and although it sounds horribly snotty, I think my skills are sturdiest (not to say "good"), but remember, it was all three of us writing the script; so in short, yeah, this is pretty elementary Japanese (we use the same basic phrases over and over and over) and I'm blaming it on everyone else ^_^ I'm not looking for crit, just ... hoping you might get a giggle over it. And remember, this is a *puppet show*
( 友だちの旅行 )
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| Materialism + whinging |
[07 May 2009|08:04pm] |
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I finally gave in and ordered Star Ocean: Second Evolution.
Well. I had good reason. *ahem*
I'm been stalking keeping an eye on the amazon.com page since the game came out, since I knew a price drop was inevitable (after all, it happened with the first game!). And finally, it has dropped. Yay. I found I could get the game slightly cheaper from an online retailer (Newegg.com -- never used them before, but I've heard they're good) than from Best Buy or GameStop, so that's that.
MATERIALISM, HEY!
( in which my chirpiness turns to baaww-ing )
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| Life in bullet points (or rather, dashes) |
[04 May 2009|06:24pm] |
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I've been very up and down lately.
Oh, wait, no, mostly "down."
Part of me really wants to let all of my fears and worries rip here, because I don't have anyone to talk to at college -- I've been bottling everything up, and it's painful. But every time I even think about putting it here, I get stuck. I can't write.
(Anyway, it's pretty self-explanatory. You know, graduation, adulthood, lack of plans, etc.)
So, I'm not going to talk about that (and I don't want you to respond about that either; my way of dealing with things at this point is to pretend that they aren't happening). SO!
Stuff that has happened to me lately:
( Weather, boys, events )
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| Yoisho ... yoisho ... yoisho ... |
[23 Mar 2009|11:45pm] |
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I'm not going to let myself get away with not posting; if I do nothing else constructive this break (perish the thought), at least I will write here.
( Sagashimono wa nan desu ka? )
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| SPRING BREAK. |
[20 Mar 2009|12:03pm] |
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So, I did get a ride, in case you were wondering.
Now, just one more class, and then I should be on my way home. YAY DESU.
I hope to be seeing some of you ... soonish?
(My tomorrow is busy -- I have a wedding shower at noon -- but mebbe next Saturday if Sat. is the day that works for you guys?)
My compy is going off now.
Jaaaa~
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