Thursday, August 2, 2007

   I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!
Hey there, ho there, how do you do? This Hahligirl sayin' hi to you! XD

Why do I get stupid cheerleading phrases by movies? I'm not even a cheerleader (nor do I have the desire to be one...). Anyways, we went on Tues. and we came home yesterday evening; about two or three days earlier than we expected.

Why?

Because the men in our family finally saw the light. j/k XD

Actually, the real reason is because the way we slept at the hotel. We slept for about four or five hours, when we thought we slept the whole night long, when we realized that is was barely past midnight! We couldn't go back to sleep, so we started chatting with each other (and I actually discovered my family's blood types just by asking my parents. And it turns out that the theory of blood types affecting personality and tempermant is true; thank you Japanese scientists! XD) Anyways, soon after at 2:00 AM, I still wasn't sleepy, so I decided to play Knights of Honor (a strategy game my dad and I love to play) on my laptop while listening to my music I had on there. I was able to do two things at once, actually. :)
The country I played as Moldova, and for you who aren't skilled in geography, Moldova is partly a region of Romania, and partly its own country (it used to all belong to Romania until after the consequences of WWII, by the Russians). Anyways, the bad thing about playing as Moldova is that it only has one province (when there's like about a thousand provinces in the game, and the larger the country, the more provinces it had, so Moldova was PRETTY tiny.) And there's little income when you begin, you have no heirs, and a bunch of other countries nearby are at war with you. The very first I did was made peace with just about all the countries I was at war with, except one country, Wallachia, which was right next to Moldova. Still, they didn't attack me at all, so I was free to stock up, increase my income (although it felt like FOREVER) and strengthen my province. Anyways, to make a long story shorter, I made a few armies out of the money I saved, blah blah, hired a bunch of merchants, increased my Kingdom Power till everyone was happy, conqured about 5 provinces or so, and in about two or three hours, Moldova, one of the tiniest countries that you can start off with, was at the #1 spot of kingdoms, which is the list of Most Powerful Kingdoms, and even number one on the trade income list, wealthiest ruler, and most respected ruler. My mom saw I was still playing though, and I stopped at about 5:00 AM. Wow...see how much I can do in three hours at night? :D

The next morning, I boasted to my dad about my progress and achievements. Yup, I must be either a good strategist, or a military genious. XD
Maybe both. But I've been playing these types of games ever since I was 4, and even then I was pretty good...so...yeah. My dad hopes that one day, we can play against each other. (THEN we'll see who's the military genious of the family! XD j/k)

Okay...after I slept about three more hours, we woke up, got dressed, and went to IHOP for breakfast. I don't think I've ever eaten that much for breakfast, because for the rest of the day, I wasn't hungry ONE BIT. :P
Thank you satisfactory meals! :D

And we went to Schlitterbahn...twice; the day when we first got there, and the final day we left. We went on a fast river ride; the second time we took it, I kept on falling off of my tube, and I got really distressed, because my dad and brother were already way up ahead from me. Of course, we all laughed it off once the ride was over. ^_^;

And the snacks were good, too. The first day, I had two roasted corns (VERY delicious; but then, I love corn! It's my favorite vegetable...) and frozen ice cream, a kind which I had never seen before. It was chocolate flavored, and it was all mini-balls...it slowly melted into regulary ice cream, and it's quite delicious. After that, we got changed, and Kogatana and I got to go to Hastings. Man, I had never seen so many books in a Hastings store all my life! And there was a Naruto poster, too! A NARUTO POSTER! :D Kogatana showed me the mangas, but I wasn't able to read them because I was looking at the Naruto Collector's 3 guidebook, where it talked about the movie being premired in the US, several interviews with Masashi Kishimoto, and several other treasures as well, that just excited me! Eagerly, I read all I could about the Naruto movie (it really doesn't matter to me that they changed Princess Fuun to Princess Gale; I personally like 'Gale' better. And how do yo pronounce 'Fuun' anyway? O_o). Anyways, the interviews with Kishi-sensei were quite a treat, too! One question was with the love connections we see a lot in the series. MK said that it gives the characters a lot more sympathy, and when Shonen Jump commented that they hope Hinata will get her chance, Masashi Kishimoto said, "Me too!"

There's hope for us NaruHina fans! :D

And also, there was a question that said, "If Naruto became a live-action movie in the US, who do you think should play as Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke?" Masashi said that Naruto has blond hair and blue eyes, so any American child would be suitable for playing Naruto (there's hope for you boys! Personally, and this is just me, but I'm thinking Naruto as more and more American. Why? Well, he's LOUD for crying out loud! Japanese people, for the most part, are pretty polite and honorable, and he's loud and energetic. Then again, most boys are like that. XD Still, that's just my opinion. You never do see blond boys with blue eyes in Japan, do you?). He also said that Sasuke could be potrayed by someone Japanese-American, and that makes sense to me. He also said that Sakura should be someone European/-like. If they DO do anything like that in the future, I'd love to try out for a role. :D

And then we left and drove home, so we had a nice road trip and we're glad we're home. :D


Lucy was so excited to see us... :P

And I'm beginning to read The Giver by Lois Lowry. This story is kinda complex, but it DOES interest me, so I'm trying to understand what's happening in the plot.

And now, for another piano vid. :D

Naruto Openings: R*O*C*K*S and Haruka Kanata (improvisation)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc8TUS9BZe8



Man, this guy's really talented. I love listening to his work. I play the piano, but only at a beginner's level; I doubt I can get this good. *Sigh* Oh well. If I find the music sheet, I could try practicing. :P

Well, that's all for today. Bye!


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