Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Not Funny, Adam
Or SomeGuy, whoever implicated this sick joke on the masses of theO. Sure, I’ll admit I’m a Twilight fan (those among my friends/subscribers who hate it, I wish not to argue about it. You have your opinions, I have mine), but of the BOOKS! NOT THE MOVIE! And CERTAINLY not stinkin’ PATTINSON!

In other news, no school tomorrow for me because of AIMS! =D ‘tis so wonderful being a senior at times…

So today, pretty much same old same old… started watching a movie in English called “Good Night and Good Luck,” but that’s pretty much all that happened out of the ordinary. Mutual, we brought a lot of old clothes we no longer wanted and had a fashion show with them, then later went through them to see if there was anything we wanted before they were hauled off to DI or Goodwill, whichever. I actually got a couple of good pickings, but most of the stuff I chose to take home was stuff I knew I could use for cosplay. XD; basically as follows: a black pinstripe dress, which I’m already cooking up some ideas for which to use it. Fem!Soul being one, and then the other is either a random kitsune OC or an alternative costume for my OC Yuki to wear on like a chapter cover or something if Kitsune Assassin Yuki ever gets past the “written version in-progress, manga version yet to come” stage… and if the setting’s right, she might wear something similar in an actual chapter of the story. I’m sure Kai can think of something, knowing his semi-manipulative mindset…; a black jacket (no hood) that could possibly be used for Soul’s later outfit, if I could find an orange shirt and temporarily style my Allen wig to specs; and a plain white dress shirt, just in case I may ever need to use it. There was a sweater that I got too, but with it warming up pretty fast here, I probably won’t be able to use it any time soon.

Ren: one of the sentences in there… a disgusting form of a run-on.

CCR: I know, I know. At least I don’t do that when writing fanfics, stories and essays though right?

Ren: doesn’t justify it here.

CCR: =Y since when did you become such a grammar-Nazi… especially in English of all languages? Sure, if I were attempting to speak Chinese, I would kind of expect you to get on my case if I got something wrong (and Tsubasa for that matter), but English…?

Ed: she’s got you there Tao-baka.

Ren: Fullmetal Shrimp

Ed: WHATWASTHATYOUSLIMYNOGOODPOINTYHAIREDFREAK - *CCR knocks him out momentarily with a frying pan*

Ren: I thought the frying pan was Hungary’s thing… (a/n: speaking in Hetalia terms, FYI)

CCR: *shrug* it was that or I Maka-chopped him. And I didn’t hit him too hard… just enough to stop you two from getting into a fight. Again.

Ren: oh, and you have to reply to Tsubasa’s comm -

CCR: oui, je sais, je sais.

Ren: and now you’re speaking French on me.

CCR: meh, I was being random.

Well… not much else to say, is there? Until next time, ja ne!
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

My Goodness
Why must Hetalia fanfiction be so addicting (heck, why does the series itself have to have such appeal)?! I’m almost tempted to read some of the more slash-ish ones (which is like every other fic listed, at least on ff.net)…. > . > and on top of that I’m tempted to write some of my own (it wouldn’t have any pairings though because yeah… kinda can’t when I’m still trying to avoid the partially fan-made yet partially implied bl elements in Hetalia, and most of the nations are male. But then one of my ideas involves some form of crossover with one of my original stories (Kitsune Assassin Yuki) since some of the characters in there are of nobility, and since the kings/queens/presidents (timeline dependent) are often portrayed as the “bosses” of the Hetalia nations… but I could get slaughtered for that, especially with one of my ideas… dang it, why don’t they teach World History more in-depth American high school courses?! I barely knew Prussia existed until I read Hetalia and started to learn a little more about it, much less the Holy Roman Empire – news to my uneducated American-ness!

Ren: -_- I’m half tempted to attempt to ban you from Hetalia for the rest of this week at least.

CCR: noooo! D:

Ren: what if you start writing a fic you regret writing and delete later from it though?

CCR: true… meh, maybe I do need to take a bit of a break from it. Okay, this humor nation-q&a fic I just clicked on will be my last for the week, and possibly a long while until The First Waltz is completed, since I have that one on my alert list and there’s one chapter left.

Ren: I never thought I’d say this, but I’m almost wishing you would hurry up and get Shaman King volume 21 already – it’ll get you off the bandwagon for a little bit. > /// >

CCR: what’s that blush for?

Ren: knowing what you’ll do if I remember right and I - *covers mouth*

CCR: if you what?

Ren: I spilled enough already! Anti-spoiler code! I can’t say any more if I wanted to!

CCR: fine… wait… random out-of-the-blue question at Makademia, if you read that far into the series or remember: is Ren revived in 21 or 22?

Ren: *face palm* what the heck did I get myself into…?

Ed: be happy the anime version of your series isn’t getting a revamp following more closely to the manga… like mine is. She’ll be all over that, even if it’s just the raws out because she already knows what’s gonna happen up to volume 14.

CCR: but that won’t be until at least next week, considering…. Still, a fun thought to think about.

So, moving away from fangirlings for a moment, today was pretty much another average day. Found out we got our vocabulary packets on Friday in English (didn’t get it then because I went home at the start of 4th hour – English is my 5th hour), started working on that, turned in my essay for that class, did work throughout my 1st hour Econ class like everyone else, and in French I think we’re already getting started on the deuxieme etape for this chapter (pardon the lack of accent marks) – and we barely stared the premiere etape. Found out in choir we’re hosting a choir from Utah in the coming weeks – with a possibility that we might perform some stuff from our last concert as well, if they don’t have enough music to cover the entire time slot. But since it’s 6th hour that we’re doing it… I hope if we sing we don’t do Marchin’ On Up – everyone else says my solo in that song was great, but to my ears, at least on the recording from the concert… gah. X.x hopefully if Mrs. Parrot (student-teacher who’s directing a couple of our pieces) even lets me audition for the solo in I Am the River (she was there when I sang for Marchin’ On Up) and I get it, at least that one’s shorter, and doesn’t require as much effort to have the feel of being in character. Borders… didn’t happen. Because Mom was too tired as usual/I thought it would be more beneficial if we worked together on getting my FAFSA filled out… but mainly because of my forgetfulness that didn’t happen either.

… Wow. Much of that sentence was a run-on and yet I still managed to get my day in a nutshell in there. And it’s late again – until next time, ja ne!

myO – comment responses! =D

Xaos: true, there is always an upside (and thank you). Ooh, I’ll look into both of those when I finally haul my butt over there.

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Sunday, March 29, 2009

One More Week...
Geh, almost the same title as the post I just uploaded on my LiveJournal. ^^; except this one I hope isn’t as serious-sounding.

Ren: if this is another one of those freakouts about your birthday, I don’t wanna hear it.

CCR: well, not entirely. I just posted that on my LJ because I needed to post something.

… Though I am still kinda in that “wow… time’s a wastin’ on my life” state. Seriously – as of the 4th, I’ll legally be an adult. Heck, if my dad could help it I’d be out of the house or married, barefoot and pregnant by now. Okay, so it wouldn’t be that extreme, but you get my point. He’s already telling me the same thing my English teacher said at the beginning of the semester in briefing us on the go out on your own vs stay with parents while going to college theory – “you’re not a child anymore, you’re an adult.” My mom’ll still accept the fact that mentally I don’t feel I’m quite there yet, but with my dad… no exceptions. And it’ll get him to nag me even more about driving. D:

Ren: I would consider that a rant.

CCR: > . > okay, so it was a rant. So I’m a spoiled, sheltered child who should be grateful that I even got this long to be a kid when women my age not even a century ago were already married to guys twice their age and had borne three kids by the guy.

Okay, seriously, this time enough ranting! I’ll save the rest of the vent for my mom or grandparents! … when my brother gets out of my face, anyway.

So I’ve been feeling much better than I did Friday – turns out it was just the 24-hour flu. Sorry if I worried you guys at all (but thanks for the pick-me-up all the same, Maki). Yesterday was pretty much a lazy day until the Young Womens’ Broadcast, and then today was church, nap, wake up, eat, fireside. And I started a fanfic – well, the opening author’s note and one line thereof, anyway, but it’s getting there.

Tomorrow, I think, Mom’s taking me down to Borders to get my birthday present from my dad (since I can’t think of anything else, I asked him for Les Miserables – the book, not the musical). Maybe THEN while we’re out I can drag my mom to Goodwill to fit her into some ice skates for Saturday get the finishing touches for my cosplay – something I thought we were gonna do Saturday before the broadcast, but ended up not getting done. But we’ll see what happens. I’ll just have to do everything I can this week to live up the last week of my legal childhood…

But just because I’m about to become an adult does not mean I should be up excessively late. Until next time, ja ne!
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Friday, March 27, 2009

Let's Have a Toast from a Boot!
Not sure if it’s an exact quote, but yeah, ‘tis a line from the Hetalia ending theme.

Ren: please don’t tell me you’re still on a Hetalia-high.

CCR: no, not really… maybe. Okay, you got me, I kinda am. A little. But watching a certain vid may cure it or make it worse… *glances at browser, tempted to look it up on YouTube*

Ren: if it’s the one with Ivan, no.

CCR: meh, fine… (still might include it at the end of this post though)

Anyway, updates on the stuff that occurred throughout the week! Pricing for Prom Dress Closet… hasn’t even been a problem really, because so far no one’s rented any (unless some people rented today after the Prom Fashion Show that Student Council does each year – and invited us to work in conjunction with yesterday. Otherwise, we just have the rentals out Tuesdays and Thursdays). But then I wouldn’t know if anyone rented today, because I got sick – but more of that will be covered later.

As to the senior number, it looks like we’re gonna do it! Rehearsals I think are gonna be once a week at lunch, and we’re buying our own scores for it (and keeping them as a momento of senior year). It’s a good song – yet depressing in some ways because of the subject-matter… and a little cheesy. But the cheesiness makes the depression factor even worse. That and our finale (“For Good” from Wicked – if you don’t know it, YouTube it. You’ll get what I mean)… I think both are gonna make over half of the seniors start crying on-stage. And since I’m one of those seniors, yeah…

The ice-skating party looks like a definite now (just gotta get confirmations from people – so far all I’ve gotten in that regard was from Rae and Shana, saying it’s likely. *stares at Rae and Kyarri* dang it, I need a more solid answer! Soon-ish!). The thing is though the only public session Arcadia’s got open that isn’t in the middle of Conference is from 7:30 to 10 (pm), so it looks like Cici’s will be beforehand. So might cake and ice cream for that matter…

Geh. I don’t wanna grow up dang it!

Ed: it’s not like you have a choice in the matter. And turning 18 isn’t that bad – look at Kyarri. She’s been 18 since November, still acts crazy.

CCR: true. And heck, look at Mr. Jeff – he acts more like he’s half his age.

Ed: exactly.

CCR: okay, I’m better now! ^^

… Now if only my body would stop acting up on me.

Yeah, I went home sick. For what I think has only been the second time since I started high school. I thought I was fine after second hour, but then the nausea came back at the end of 3rd. Been home since. Heck, technically I should’ve been on my way to the nurse’s office after 2nd hour, considering I barfed in the bathroom. But then on that I kinda owe one to the Man Upstairs – at least this time it wasn’t in a trash can in the middle of a test like in 6th grade…. With everyone staring at me, I’ll bet.

And I started filling out a scholarship acceptance form (it’s one of those they offer to any student within the top 30% of the class) for CAC earlier this week, along with starting the student registration form. Now all I need is my… CAC student ID #? But in the letter that came with it it implies I can send in the acceptance form along with the student info form! Any college students out there reading this who might have experienced a similar thing: help please?

On top of that, to get the scholarship I have to have completed the FAFSA. Something I was HOPING to get done today. But yeah, after I got home I slept until about 3:30 and Mom had errands to run, and I had to get a couple Randomosity comics done, so that’s been pushed back to sometime next week (tomorrow I HOPE to be able to get the last few things for my cosplay… and find my Yoh plushie. Not sure if I want to entertain the RenxTamao idea by using my Ren plushie as s substitute prop, even when originally I was gonna use both before I decided to make the Ren one better, and of course that one was still littered with imperfections.)

Well, guess I better go now. Still feeling a tiny bit nauseous and I still need to read my scriptures today anyway before I crash and burn into the dream realm. Until next time, ja ne!
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Monday, March 23, 2009

Hetalia~
Yes, today seemed to be full of Hetalia-ness…

First, Ri brought her laptop… which now has a Hetalia wallpaper. And a gallery full of Hetalia fan art. And six episodes of the anime and several of the original comics downloaded onto it. Needless to say, this was the perfect opportunity to introduce Kyarri to Hetalia, which we did at lunch. And so far I think she likes it.

Ren: that’s all you have to say?

CCR: not quite – there are other things too.

Well, we begin renting out dresses for our Prom Dress Closet tomorrow. Thing is, we forgot to set up the prices today at lunch. All we know is that we’re sticking at a range from $5 to $15. And one of the club sponsors was sick today, so there’s the possibility we may have to explain this whole hullabaloo to the sub (wow… I think that’s the first time I’ve used that word in my entire life).

Second… apparently if we get enough seniors on Wednesday at lunch to show up, the choir’s seniors may have their own number in the final concert (aside from all of us singing the solo part simultaneously on our finale). I just gotta remember to go to the choir room on Wednesday… since I have no senior choir friends who sit with us at lunch, I’m on my own.

Yeah, now I think I’ve got everything covered. Except that my dad should be home any minute, but that’s kind of a “meh” because he’s just coming down to finish up taxes, then he’s going back to work in a couple of days. Oh, and my grandma called, and apparently if they have any times open on my birthday at Arcadia AFTER General Conference, looks like I’m getting that ice-skating party after all. I just hope I don’t break any bones in the process… that, my grandma says, will most definitely cancel our trip to Japan. And then we don’t even know if my mom can get that Saturday off, which is kind of essential to getting everyone there.

The downside to that, though. I’m only permitted to take four friends (Rae, Shana, Kyarri and Kana). Ah well, I’ll plan something else with the rest of the group or see if we can’t squeeze more people in for my graduation party to make it up to them. Still… I can’t believe it. Two weeks and I’ll be 18.

But alas, I have stuff to check before my dad gets home! Until next time, ja ne!
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Sunday, March 22, 2009

R.I.P. Spring Break 2009
Holy crap… I’m about to end my last spring break before I graduate. D: But then in college it’ll probably be a much more welcome release than it has been in HS.

So, yesterday started out with being kidnapped by one of my young women leaders, along with Kana. Yes, we were “kidnapped.” The YW leaders planned a breakfast party at one of their houses (I knew where we were headed after a certain point though because I’ve been to her house for mutual activities several times before), didn’t tell ANY of us except our parents (so that’s who called Mom Friday…), and came and picked us up at 7 am, waking us up in one way or another.

Since the one who picked Kana and I up knew my mom was at work, but didn’t know that my brothers were both gone as well, she didn’t want to wake them up by calling the house. No one was in the living room. She picked up Kana first just so she could tell her where my bedroom window was… so she could BEAT ON IT WITH A STICK TO WAKE ME UP! And she was yelling my name too… and she sounded like Rae’s little sis… *shudders*

So, that was my big event of the day, but in other news, Rae came over sometime in the afternoon. We got bored at my place, so eventually we went over to her house in hopes of relieving that boredom. I learned how to play Phase 10, ate dinner there, and introduced Shana to Hetalia while watching Twilight for the first time…. And throwing my rolled up socks every time Pattinson was on the screen. Yeah, I was not pleased with the movie at all. Hence why I spent much of that time reading Hetalia with Shana

But then I slipped and told my brother after I got home that Rae’s family had bought it.

After church today, guess what he did? He went over there, ON A SUNDAY, to borrow it because he’s been wanting to watch it forever. And he loves it – has seen it at least three times now! And it’s driving Andrew and I both up a wall… Worse yet, my mom might want to sit down and watch it. I told her she and I, at least, weren’t watching it until she finished reading the book. She’s only about halfway through, and my brother’s taken refuge in her room until she gets home to watch it.

Can anyone else see what I fear’s gonna happen here?

Ed: so what, Twilight sucks anyway.

CCR: I’m well aware that most people don’t like it. As it is, my fandom’s kinda waned a bit (but not because the “rabid fangirls” are ruining it for me – oh no. It’s the haters that are getting on my nerves actually. Before Breaking Dawn I had never even gotten wind of anyone other than maybe a few guys I knew loathing the series as much as the populace does now). To the point where when my mom says my writing style reminds her of Stephenie Meyer and I remind her of Bella, I don’t know if I should take the former as a compliment or as a concern because of what Stephen King said a while back. Having any association with Meyer style-wise could seriously damage any possibilities in my writing career.

But then you know, the article SomeGuy wrote also brought me back to earth on that one too. Just because my grandpa says I’ve got potential as a writer doesn’t mean it’ll be convenient for the publishing companies when I get my first book put together to publish me – and it sure as heck doesn’t mean I’ll be successful.

In fact, part of me doesn’t want to be successful. If I, say, write a hit on the first try, and everyone loves it, eventually a larger mass will be utterly repulsed by it, and it’ll backfire on me. I might get flamed by senior professionals who’ve been around longer than I have like Stephen King did to Stephenie Meyer. Worst yet, it might be an author I admire, such as J.K. Rowling (can’t mention many of the others because, due to my taste in literature, most of ‘em have been dead since the turn of the century or earlier). That would burn. I don’t know if I’d ever recover. Or if things don’t backfire, what if I let it get to my head? What if I become puffed up, prideful? If literary success comes at the cost of my faith, then it’s not worth eternity just for that little blink of fame.

And if I don’t even hit off well, if my book becomes a total dud, if no one even considers buying it, not even my friends and teachers… that might be an even bigger blow to me than if I was successful at first and bombed later. Heck, if that happened, I don’t even think I’d show my face on fanfiction.net ever again. Writing would become to me just a hobby again. Just as art just about has – do you think anyone’s gonna be crazy enough to pick up an American greenhorn like me when it comes to my manga? Probably not, especially in this crap-tastic economy that I don’t really see getting better until the Second Coming – and then none of those trivial, worldly things will matter now, will it?

Ren: -__-+ you’re going emo again…

CCR: I’m not going emo, I’m just facing cold hard reality. To deny such would be childish, especially when I’m about to be flung into the real world against my will. Fantasies never get anyone anywhere. Much as I hate to say it… it’s time to be practical, and as Paul wrote, put off childish things.

Ren: but then you’ll be back in touch with your posse tomorrow and this’ll all dissipate until you’re compelled to write another reflective essay in English. I know how you are with these things.

CCR: yeah, that’s probably true. But you know, maybe it’s things like that that made my mom the person she is today… depressed, sleeping when she doesn’t have anything to do -

Ren: that’s part of her bipolar. On top of that, do you really want to turn out like that?

CCR: well, no… but who knows if I even have a choice? For all I know, I could’ve inherited her disorder!

Ren: can’t be; you’re far too chipper most of the time.

CCR: there are different forms of bipolar you know. There’s the type with constant mood swings, the time with extended periods of mania or depression (my mom’s type) – there may be a type out there where the patient only shows it in times of stress, for all I know.

Ed: but this isn’t stress you’re going through, it’s just babble and self-induced panic.

CCR: and being faced with a chunk of reality again.

Ed: that too. Hey, at least you’ve been able to live in this perpetual childhood for as long as you have. Al and I -

CCR: I know, I know. I’m not THAT far behind in the manga. I guess it’s like in the George Strait song, “I Saw God Today.” I’ve been to church, I’ve read the Book, I know He’s here but I don’t look near as often as I should.

Ed: -.- I wasn’t referencing religion at all.

CCR: but that’s how I interpreted it – I need to work a tad harder at acknowledging God’s hand in my life.

O-kay, this turned out way longer than I thought it would. Forgive me everyone for the rant/vent and for my religious references at the end, and if you read through this all, I thank you for your patience. Until next time, ja ne!
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Friday, March 20, 2009

Fun Day? Down the Drain...
First I woke up to a text from Kyarri saying she had stuff to do today and couldn’t come over. A few hours later, I try to call Rae… turns out she’s caught a bug (good news though is that it seems to only last for about a day – her brother had it yesterday and he was fine this morning). And Kana’s likely helping renovate her house. If I had called Tawny, it’s likely she would be doing something with her family and/or Ivette, which isn’t all that bad of a thing.

But then it wasn’t all that bad. I got some positive feedback on the fic through ff.net (don’t know if it’ll get approved yet though. But for those who want to read it, it’s in my fanfic world, the one with the title with toast all in caps). And I’ve been in a texting convo with a friend of mine that I met at an anime fest last year (we haven’t talked much since then). Other than the fact that it seems I have competition now (a.k.a. she apparently likes Ren now as well), that’s been kinda fun. And now I think that’s turning into an RP slowly with our ManKin OCs… >. >

Ren: you should tell her soon that you don’t have that many texts per month…

CCR: I know, I know. I’ll probably tell her in the next few texts, depends on where this goes. But then it’s almost 7 over here, and she said earlier today when she started texting me that she’s in New Hampshire for the break (and got to go snowboarding… T^T). If NH is within a similar time zone as, say, New York (I think it’s East Coast… gah, I’m so geographically challenged!), then that means it’s almost ten over there. She may hopefully call it a night soon.

Ren: but then she’s also a bit younger than you, and it’s Spring Break. Unless she’s got something big going on with her family, she might stay up all night.

CCR: that’s true too… dang it.

But yeah, that pretty much sums up my day, I guess. Mom slept like a rock through most of it, too… otherwise I might have dragged her to Goodwill so I can get the skirt for my Tamao cosplay. Or maybe Bubbles of Joy for the wig… or both. Ah well, the time away from my brothers has been good for me. ^^

Until next time, ja ne~
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Thursday, March 19, 2009

Nuuuu..........
Spring Break’s almost over! T^T And I feel like I hardly did anything until today!

Ren: but at least you got your dress… >/// >;

CCR: what’s that look for?

Ren: nothing.

CCR: moving back on-topic, yeah, I did get my prom dress today. … and it’s from the same designer as the dresses for my past two formals this year… and of a VERY similar design, at that.

Almost same color scheme as my red one except it’s “Cinderella blue” and white, as Kyarri puts it. And it’s kinda got a neck-halter-thingy… ish. I can’t describe it, but considering there’s one particular challenge out there for which I can draw it and the fact that I can see two cosplay opportunities coming from it (kind of a formal!Rinoa and one of my OCs). Mom might strangle me for picking a dress with a slight train in the back again, but hey. It’s one of the only dresses I liked other than a few others, but yeah… my prom dress last year, a rental from the bridal shop down at the Chinese Cultural Center, was probably one of the prettiest I’ve ever worn – it’s a hard one to trump (but then junior prom was kinda suck-ish because I didn’t have a date for one (probably for the better though) and none of my friends were there – it’s kind of a shame). But there was this gold and white one that almost… but nah. I didn’t know why, but after I saw that blue one my mind was made up. ^^; And I’m probably not gonna have a date for this prom either, but at least Kyarri will be there. If nothing else we could make the best of it.

That line reminds me – I’ve got another SouMaka fanfic in the works. It’s almost done, not quite… in fact, I’m not sure how I’m gonna end it, but I’ll try to hurry up and get it done so I can upload it here. After that, I’ve gotta start writing a Shaman King fic that I can actually try to get on the main page this time! (I didn’t do that with Insomnia because of Hao’s purposeful OOC-ness). Why? Because there needs to be Shaman King fan fiction here, dang it! And it seems like I’m the only one willing and able to write it! Yet for some odd reason, the only ideas that are coming to mind are emo-ish Ren-centric one shots…

But yeah, other than getting the dress, we just kinda hung out the rest of the time – partially at Borders because Kana had to get a birthday gift for her dad. And because I was hoping to get Shaman King volume 21 there… the latter ended up not happening because they didn’t have it. Why must you torture me in this way Borders, why?! I need to know if Ren’s revived or not yet dang it!

Ren: -_- calm down. It’s pretty obvious at least within the next two volumes it’s gonna happen.

CCR: o.O did you just break the anti-spoiler code?

Ren: no; you already know I’ll be alive by volume 23. That’s within the next two volumes, is it not?

CCR: true. But then looking at the cover for volume 22… I’m thinking Chocolove’s gonna die next and then do his whole revival-at-the-cost-of-his-eyesight thing.

Okay, moving AWAY from spoilers. So yeah, that’s pretty much all I did today. Tried watching Soul Eater 49, but my lappy just doesn’t like the video service souleaterepisodes.com got it off of this time or something. It was taking a horrendously long time to load even a second! But ah well… maybe it’s about time I just sit back and wait for the FUNi dub to come out. If I don’t finish the series, then I’ll be more compelled to buy the DVDs so I can see the ending.

Ed: but that won’t work because your friends will tell you the ending anyway.

CCR: but I’ll still want to see it for myself. See, I know how my mind works. Now let’s just hope I’ll be able to find a place outside of a convention that sells anime DVDs… oh wait, Best Buy! But then we hardly ever go there… dang it.

Ed: here’s some advice: save your money, then come November or whenever the dub DVDs are released, go and buy the first volume or box set or however they’re gonna release it.

CCR: let’s hope I remember and have time to do that – I’ll be in college by November if we’re lucky. Even if I have the time to go and pick them up on the way home from school, who’s to say I’ll have the time to watch them?

Okay, I’m just defeating the purpose of that. Until next time, ja ne~!
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Of BBQs, Renaissance and Plushie-Making?
The subject pretty much sums up what happened over the last week or so… all the eventful stuff anyway. But I probably ought to go into some more detail…

Wednesday – the half-day-before-two-full-school-days-again of doom! D: but ah well, it was also my last Seminary BBQ ever – and this time, I got Kyarri to come (finally!). In the past she’s either had stuff to do after school or other complications, but this time it actually worked out. After school we went over to her house for a bit, and instead of going to Enrichment with my mom that night like I thought I was going to do after Sister Nielsen told me at mutual Tuesday night that I was invited, I went to youth group with Kyarri. But honestly, it was probably better than just eating dinner with a bunch of old ladies. ^^; (Enrichment is kind of equivalent to mutual for the adult women, except it’s only held on a trimonthly basis if I recall correctly)

Thursday – I actually don’t recall much of what went on at school Thursday. But then after school was spent getting ready for Dad to come home because he left late and for once wasn’t there when I got home.

Friday – school was pretty much the norm, ‘cept in French we started watching a film version of Les Miserables (not the musical, sadly; I think Mme. S views it as being too Americanized, considering she compared it to the Disney version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame (for those not savvy in French literature, both novel versions of Les Miserables and Hunchback of Notre Dame were written by Victor Hugo, hence likely why two of the gargoyles in the Disney version of the latter were named Victor and Hugo, but that’s besides the point).). I was so tempted to spoil what happens next after she stopped the movie (she stopped right at the part where Javert tells Valjean about Champmathiew (not knowing that Valjean was, well, Valjean). Then after school I went home, got ready, and then went to Kyarri’s house to spend the night. Why?

Saturday – in preparation for the Renaissance Festival, of course! For my first year there, it was actually quite fun. I ended up missing Hey Nunnie Nunnie (one of the shows I wanted to see there), but oh well. I guess hanging around the royal court all day was more fun than listening to nuns sing about how Solomon was constipated anyway. And I bought a dragon! :3 And… should I mention it here? Nah, probably not.

Allen: mention what?

Abel (Trinity Blood): you don’t remember? I think she was talking about that minstrel she -

CCR: and it came up anyway. Yes, I thought one of the two minstrels there was cute, big deal! I wish my mom hadn’t told my dad about it, though…. -///-

Sunday – went to church, some family drama-llamas that Dad blew out of proportion, including but not limited to putting our coffee table back together in the middle of the living room when it just needed a screw put in, and threatening to ground my brother for two years if he touched Daiki (my dragon; his name was derived from Daisuke; occasionally I’ll call him Wiz as well though – proof I watch too much DNAngel). And then later he compelled me to sit down and watch Fireproof with my mom and brother (why is it Andrew gets out of these things?), but before the movie finished Aunt Mary called and invited us over for brownies. Dad made dinner real quick, we ate, and he pushed us out the door! XD but then it’s Aunt Mary we’re talking about. You don’t turn her down when she offers sweets, ‘cause she often makes them herself.

Monday – ‘twas a day of cleaning. I cleared my desk in the living room (the one where my old computer sits, and used to be my manga and DVD shelf – now those are in my Hope Chest that the P.o.D made for me for Christmas a while back (for the newer folk, P.o.D stands for Prince of Darkness, a nickname I often call my biological father; when I refer to Dad or my dad, that’s typically my stepdad unless I’m in the presence of the P.o.D)), and then made monkey bread and pizza for dinner. There’s still plenty of pizza left, but the monkey bread’s all but devoured.

Yesterday – spent the entire day making another plushie… this time Ren. I wish I could have made it better, but I guess my plushie skills are still sub-par because it turned out a little… weird. I think my pattern I use, while cute in concept, is no good. -.-; Then at mutual I found out I have to complete reading the Book of Mormon before I graduate to complete my Personal Progress because they’re saying if we’re not done we have to complete Virtue as well (a newly added Value they just put on this year). I got three of the four value experiences done (didn’t get the fourth done right then and there because Alma chapter 5 is loooonnngggg). Ah well, the way I see it the Lord wouldn’t have dumped this on my plate if He didn’t think I could do it.

Today, so far, all I’ve gotten done is get up and dressed, and type this post. I thought I was gonna get some stuff done on my cosplay for the AniFest coming up (it’s on the same Saturday as AniZona day two, it’s a heck of a lot closer with a lot of the state’s anime organizations in attendance and it’s free – which would be the logical choice?), but I can’t do that until Dad leaves, which probably won’t be until the evening. It looks like all of my Spring Break shenanigans are squeezed into last Saturday (RenFaire) and tomorrow and Friday (tomorrow I’m going shopping for my prom dress with my grandma and a few friends coming along, and then Friday Kyarri’s coming over). The middle… just stuff where all I’ve gotten done is catering to my dad’s whims and slaving over a plushie that didn’t turn out how I had hoped.

Ren: and whose fault is that?

CCR: pretty much mine, but meh. What else was I supposed to do? Dad was home yesterday and said he had something for me to do (yet all I did was clean the bathroom and a bit of my room), so I couldn’t just go run off to Rae’s. And I thought I had to get that plushie done eventually anyway, so I got my sewing stuff out and went to work. It was a choice of doing something productive with my time or doing nothing. I chose the former.

Later today (this post being added onto at 8:30 or so after being started around noon-ish), Rae and Shana came over. Since I had completed those paper dolls that Shana requested… yeah, guess what ended up happening part of the time until Rae thought to steal my laptop and finish a drawing she had started there and start another one? (Nothing against you Rae; still look forward to finding out what that drawing is, by the way) After they went home, we had dinner and pretty much I’m just waiting for tomorrow. Half-tempted to watch Soul Eater episode 49 though, but then I’d probably cry and/or have nightmares. Dang it, why must the anime go the way of Shaman King?! (no seriously. SPOILERSoul’s soul getting absorbed by Little Demon is almost exactly like Hao absorbing Yoh’s soul near end of the anime – same difference between ep of occurrence and the final ep too… I think. I haven’t seen ManKin in a long time. Let’s hope though that means Maka’s successful in saving Soul like Amidamaru with Yoh…/SPOILER) How do I know before I’ve seen it? Kyarri. Calls to tell me I’ll hate the ep and proceeds to tell me what’s going on.

Ren: -_- why did you have to make that connection there?

CCR: *shrug* what can I say, I’m a Shaman King fan. It’s in my nature. (don’t ask how I got my logic)

Well, that’s pretty much it for tonight. Until next time, ja ne!
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Osorezan, Au Revoir
Taken from the last line of Osorezan Revoir. Gah, I want that drama CD SO BAD! Even if I can’t understand it, I can just read along with the manga version of the story (volumes 19-20; YohAnna flashback). And to hear Matamune’s poem put to song… I’m crying already! TT^TT

Ren: why is it you’ve talked so much about music of late?

CCR: choir influence, maybe. And you know, maybe ‘cause I’m listening to my mp3 player right now…

Speaking of which, I finally cleaned out all of the stuff I downloaded. Sure, my mp3’s bare except for some country songs and stuff I got off of the CDs I actually bought, but hey, I’m one step closer to true repentance for my actions there – and I’m talking religion again. Moving on…

The rest of the day was spent… well, you know, just the typical school stuff. Except I got a good scare out of Kyarri and a couple of the others. Since it’s semi-spoiler-related, I can’t really say here. I finished my essay for English (le gasp!). I can’t quite say it’s my best work – it’s far from that actually. Honestly, this teacher might say he doesn’t require us to write a rough, but at times I think I need that pre-writing step if nothing else. There’s a reason I write a rough for all of my original story chapters (my fanfics are a different story altogether, but those I can fix out the kinks right then and there. My chapters are a bit longer for my originals since, well, I plan on getting those published someday!). And since the paper’s technically not due until we come back from Spring Break… *ponders* should I type up a final draft over the break?

Chibi Piyoko: *poofs up on shoulder (note for newer people: my shoulder angel and shoulder devil, at least in these posts, often take chibi forms of Piyoko from Di Gi Charat (shoulder-devil), and Misha from Pita Ten (shoulder angel))* well, you have it done! And if you fail the class, you’ll get to be in choir for another year! Isn’t that what you want pyo?

Chibi Misha: *pops up on other shoulder* if you think it’ll help your grade, I would su. If you think it’ll do, then you can go ahead and turn it in as is. And since when have you failed a class? Your parents would be disappointed su!

CCR: I know they would be, and I’m not gonna purposely fail, I decided that! As far as I know, my grandparents might go and refund the trip to Japan they planned for me this summer if I don’t graduate! Besides, I honestly that C was because I forgot to put my name on some papers.

On top of that, I’m tired of writing about the history of country music and Garth Brooks. Of all things, why did I have to pick that for my topic? On top of that… I think I’ve found another writing-weakness aside from persuasive essays (which I absolutely DETEST writing!): critical analysis. All of the ones I’ve had to write for Caruso’s class have been not exactly my best.

*listens to one of the tracks on her mp3* … dang, I’ll admit the lead singer for the J-pop group Angela is a tad annoying with some of her vocal techniques, but she’s got some skillz no less. Ack! That reminds me! I’ve gotta probably catch up on my Japanese! Only three months before I go there after all. Until next time, ja ne!

Ren: now let’s hope you actually intend to study instead of going off and checking your dA and forgetting about it!

CCR: I will! I hope… I might have to check dA first. But hey, there are those audio instruction CDs. I bet I can get those onto a playlist on my mp3 and listen to those. Learning by osmosis… >D

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AnimeIsForever - thanks! ^^ sorry for not signing your guestbook, but I will after this post! ^^b

Yeah, my choir director's cool like that. But then he's also a Sweeney Todd fan, so that might have something to do with it. > . >;
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