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| 11:42pm 17/10/2007 |
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mood:  weird music: Varios Phoenix Wrong Flash Movies.
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...I went on a date tonight.
We saw a zero budget version of Gilbert and Sullivan's 'Mikado'.
We both had a good time.
We might be going to a halloween concert the College Orchestra's putting up next week.
I'm not really sure what to think.
*pinch self*
Yep, it happened.
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I go sleep now. |
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| A trivial memory makes me post... |
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| 05:27pm 28/06/2007 |
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mood:  nostalgic music: "Space Halo" by Olivia
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...for those as old as I am may remember a pair of poor systems called the "Turbografx 16" and "TurboDuo" by NEC. Their games were just like any others'. Had some good ones, had some bad ones. However, their claim to fame was having the first CD system of it out and as a result, had a few games that were able to enchance their story telling by using actual drawn cut scenes.
This is a tribute using a few scenes from a few games of that gone by era, one of which, was made by Working Designs. And the song's not bad either.
Makes me realize just how old I'm starting to get... guess that means I have to start doing young stuff again... whatever the heck that's called these days. :p |
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| I'm writing again! |
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| 10:40pm 11/05/2007 |
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mood:  ecstatic
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Through various converstations with ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) tyraarane, we were coming up with ideas for a Warcraft story idea that I've been stirring around in my head for a little while. Though I'm still stuck on the first chapter, I do think that the ideas are starting to materialize as to exactly how I want these characters to be, make them interesting, and distinct.
Like so.
( Fanfic? Nonsense! )
End Segment here.
Which explains part of that particular character, which I like since there aren't enough like her in stories, really. *nod, nod*
Now, we move onto another one, ( like so. )
End Segment here.
Now, I know that the character archetypes I'm trying to write about here are not new, but at least it kinda breaks the mold from your standard Warcraft fics, which hardly ever feature Gnomes and Female dwarves. However, that still will not be able to hide the fact that I need to write more to get the feeling of writing something funny. So, if I do get into full speed writing this story, here's hoping that the funny scenes that I keep thinking up in the first place actually become funny when they get into word form. |
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| Starting over again... |
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| 07:52pm 09/05/2007 |
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mood: chipper music: O Freude, nicht Diese Tone - Beethoven
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Thought I'd give this whole Journal thing another shot and see if I can actually make the nonsense I say worth the time people take to read. So, I'll start with two simple statements.
One:
Nodame Cantible is the greatest anime in the whole wide world... to music students like myself. The main character is an ego-centric composer that personifies all the snooty, self-righteous, and egotistical aspects of being a music student. And of course, the crazy piano girl, Nodame, that thinks half of her age, but I love her anyway. A plus is all the classical music I'm familiar with that gets played a lot as part of the series and it flows rather well. Since Del Rey is translating the manga, which makes me happy, I guess it's only a matter of time before the anime gets brought over here... though I doubt the Live Drama will, since there's not much of a market of that here. I'd still watch it if it were subbed.
Two:
Last month, I went to Sakura-con, won the 'Best Vocals' in the Karaoke contest, naturally; being the only classically trained person there, (Ego, folks! Ego!), and from there, I've discovered my most favorite AMV in the whole world. And why is it such? It takes something cute and adorable, and messes around with it, until it becomes a psychotic, in a fun way, misrepresentation of itself.
I present to you; Hell Fairy. (Though mostly Work-safe, it's usually best watched at home.)
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| Breaking News... from four days ago... |
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| 10:56am 07/03/2007 |
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mood: cheerful music: Pope Marcellus Mass: Credo, by Palestrina
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At the risk of sounding silly, I feel it must be said....
Join us next post, when I show my failings at fanfiction writing in stories that are on hold and/or will never be written because I think I've lost my touch. :( |
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| ~That's what I want. (That's what I want) *doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo*~ |
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| 07:21pm 06/02/2007 |
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I'll not mince words.
Checking up on my finances, I figure it's time to let go of some of my older stuff so as to both open up some space and hopefully, though I'm not completely confident it will, bring in a bit of revenue.
As I am gathering together all the stuff I know that I can sell, since I don't use it anymore, I need to find an avenue to make these things available for those that do want them that's not eBay or Amazon, since they charge you for 'the privilage' of selling on their site. So, if any of you wonderful people on my f-list have any suggestions, my ear is yours... but do be dears and hand it back once you're done, 'k? I'm rather attached to it. |
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| 12:37pm 30/01/2007 |
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mood:  aggravated music: Elfin Dance by Grieg
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Trying to decide to get a PSP with a protective case that can hold four games, a connector to a PC, five games (Four of which are pretty much Gamestop Fodder), and a charger for $200...
...or...
holding out for a Wii and Zelda: TP.
ARG! |
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| Attention, Peasants.... |
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| 10:13am 23/12/2006 |
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mood: Regal music: Car Talk - NPR
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From henceforth; you shall all address me as follows;
After much introspection and meditation, I have hereby come to the conclusion that I am simply beyond awesome to the point where I am nigh kingly!
...or not.
It's all in fun.
Oh, by the way, I went on a group date last weekened, despite being in the beginning stages of being sick and saw Pirates of the Carribean 2:
( Spoiler! )
Dang, that was a good movie. Can't wait for the sequel.
Don't you love how the level of discourse simply goes through the roof when you're sick? :D |
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| ATTENTION WORLD! I AM NOW 28 YEARS OLD! WORSHIP ME! |
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| 08:32pm 21/09/2006 |
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mood: content music: Nightiwsh - Bless the Child
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Or not.
Hmm...
At this point in my life, I should come up with something insightful, thought-provoking, and intelligent to write concerning growing older, wiser, and more mature.
...
Nah. I'll just go order Chinese Delivery and play World of Warcraft, waiting for the US forums to come up again so I can complain about the developers obvious anti-paladin bias. :p |
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| What's up and what not... |
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| 11:26am 01/07/2006 |
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mood: awake music: Wait, Wait, don't tell me - NPR
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First off;
Happy Birthday, elisteran. For your present, how about a drabble? Non-Ranma and less than 500 words about anything you and I know about. All for you.
Next;
World of Warcraft is a timesink. Saying it's a timesink is a frickin' understatement. However, it is providing ideas that I will eventually use for my attempt at humor using a few establsihed characters from the Warcraft mythos and a few characters I made myself. After all, the best stories are the ones which feature the ordinary, pulling off the extraordinary... now the only problem is hoping the readers will like the characters... and the story doesn't stink.
Moving on;
I finally got a job. Granted, it won't pay as much and I won't be working as much as I would like, but a job's a job and I will do all I can to keep this job and earn money once again! Woo.
Recent events;
Little brother got married yesterday... yikes... makes you think. Since I too wanna get married someday, I'm gonna have to actually get out of the house! Zounds! What a concept! (Eventually, there's gonna be a long and lengthy post about my hopes, dreams, and loves. So, if you want to avoid the sacchrine, beware!)
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Rats. I knew there was other stuff I wanted to write about, but it escapes me. |
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| Final "LIVE from Japan" Post |
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| 09:53am 09/06/2006 |
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mood: frustrated music: O'Hare Airpot's bacground chatter
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Finals are over and good riddence, I say. One held Kanji which spanned the entire month of 200 kanji and required roughly thirty of them. ARG!
Now, that's out of the way, I shall be making my triumphant return to the states, complete with fanfare, confetti, and hawt ladies in swimsuits... or not. Instead, I'll probably just pass out in the care when my sister picks me up, then pass out again at home, then pass out again after passing out, only to wake up another day later to pass out again. Then I shall get my act together, get a new job, then spend a week playing nothing but World of Warcraft.
Life runs at a mile a minute here. :p
Well, have some drabbles for a few folks on my F-list:
For myaru:
( Wait! Could it be? No! Impossible! Stella Deus drabble!! )
Note:
The following is being written from O'Hare Airport.
We is NOTS a happy camper, precious!
Our fights from Narita is a half-hours late. We needs to get our baggage since they won't be sent to the next flight, precious. Then, we MISSES the flight because of wicked, tricksey, false flight attendants! Nows, we's given a new flight leaving FOUR HOURS later, precious!!!
Precious is not happy! :(
Cath, if you've read this before the email I'm sending, could you pick me up at about 5:30 later today? I just wanna cry right now... ;_; |
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| 07:01am 28/05/2006 |
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mood: apprehensive music: none
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From what little I can actually download in anime, this little diddy caught my eye... but this. Surprised me even more... scared even... I was able to download the episode somehow, considering the bad connection I got, and found out that a shounen harem anime CAN be interesting... when you replace the girls with schizos, murderers, and psychos. You see, in the second picture, when compared to the girl's eyes earlier in the episode of this show, contain... something that brings out the trainwreck watcher in me. I can't stand slasher, horror, suspense, and other stuff like that... but this... the way the eyes are drawn, are shown in a manner I've hardly ever seen... and I kinda like it... and it scares me...
Secondly, I've watched up to episode 10 of Kyou Kara Maou on my comp, with episodes preloaded on the harddrive and I've come to the following conclusions:
1. Yuuri's not that bad of a lead character.
2. Wolfram deserves to be eternally single... and whacked... repeatedly... with a hard, blunt object... in a place where the sun don't shine... mercilessly.
3. Konrad's awesome. 'Nuff said.
4. Gunter's a woman in a man's body. He just needs to get the operation.
5. Gwendal needs a vacation... or a woman... the nice inventor lady would work perfectly! :D
6. Cheri... She's funny... and since I'm shallow, I'm also saying she's not badly designed in the least pig-like manner possible.
7. Nice inventor lady whose name I can't spell yet... we need more of her!
Finally;
the host family and I watch a samurai drama called 'Koumyou ga Tsuchi', which basically translates into meaning 'the path you chose towards glory'... I think. It's corny japanese drama... almost soap opera like... but it has Nobunaga Oda, psychotic as always, Mitsuhide Akechi, pre-Nobunaga'ed, Yamauchi Kazutoyo, a well worn and traveled samurai, and many more in the delightfully corrupted Feudal Era japan. The actos are SO intense, it's high-larious to watch. I definately recommend it, despite it plays out like a soap opera... and that it kinda moves rather quickly. I mean, one scene takes place in the spring of the 1570's and the next one has it taking place several months/years later. But, eh, what can ya do?
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| 03:16pm 27/05/2006 |
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mood: aggravated music: none
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...no matter how easy it looks to get a DS Lite from one of those mini-game stalls where you have to make the platform go up five times, IT NEVER IS! You'll end up spending more money than you'll realize and you'll look like an idiot.
...I swear, those things are rigged.
...and I may as well just get a DS Lite on Launch day and use my current DS as a trade in... che... |
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| Exciting news from overseas... |
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| 12:05am 26/05/2006 |
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mood: ecstatic music: All Improvisio Amore - Josh Groban
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...or not.
The past three weeks have been pretty eventful, so I'll try and explain what I can before I have to go for the rest of the afternoon.
My homestay family are an interesting bunch that go by the name Kanai. The father, Akinobu is good about helping me with my Japanese, since he's such a nice guy about the mistakes I make. The mother works with him at their shop nearby, so no one's home until six at night usually, but she's also helpful and mindful about the large cumbersome man living in her house (me. :D). The eldest son has moved out and has two girls of his own, which are named Mikan and Suika (orange and watermelon, respectively). Sometimes we play little games to pick up the slack on their mother and Mrs. Kanai... and the best part is that Mikan, the elder of the two (three years old) has called me 'Onii-chan'. ...it was ready to burst from that. Instead, I giggled like an annoying school girl after they left. :) Next, is their second son, Nobuyuki. He's often gone because of work, but he's got no real plans, not going to school, that sorta deal. Don't see him very often, but he seems decent enough. Lastly, is their daughter, Chie, who just graduated from high school and is about to go into nursing school. She's quite a vocal girl, and she's not shy when it comes to her opinions. :) Come to think of it, neither is the rest of the family. In my opinion, I think it's good that people are open and honest with each other. Gets tension out of the way and identifies problems sooner so they can be solved... if they can... but I digress....
Every Wed. we've been going on field trips. A week ago, we went to a real life Ninja Training villiage... and though my shuriken skillz are up to snuff... my agility and maze wandering skills leave much to be desired. I got a free fan for hitting a bullseye five times! Woot! Go me! :D In short, I don't think I got what it takes to be a ninja... unless I'm Lee Van Clef. :p
A few days ago, we went to Matsumoto, near the place where the legendary warlords, Kenshin Uesagi and Takeda Shingen, did battle. We also saw the amazing Matsumoto castle. I got plenty of those pictures... but since they're on my sister's digital camera, and I've no means to transfer them to my lap top, you're gonna have to take my word for it until I do get pics up. The only bad thing that happened was, on wed. my friends and I were walking so much, I developed a high fever the next day. Thankfully, it's almost gone and I'm feeling better. I think my body was telling me to get my butt off my feet and rest since it's not used to so much walking in one day... and I did a lot of it.
I'm learning a lot of kanji and I'm actually reading what the stuff is saying in the news recently. It's eerie. I can actually understand what's being said... to an extent... and those gameshows are still downright wacky to us Gaijin! Granted, there's not a lot of time to watch anime... though, I have had the chance every now and then... but it was just another Naruto filler... laughing Aburame Shino... geez... anyway... it's been fun.
I have also been lucky enough to make out like a bandit for finding gag manga and manga anthologies for cheap from stores... I think there'd be a few interested parties to have these nice little books... for a price, of course. :) Oh, and kyaa, I've been looking for the doujin you wanted, but no dice. The best I could find was a few angsty Ichigo/Rukia doujin... and a humorous Ichigo/Ishida non-shounen ai gag doujin. I'll keep looking, though.
That's all, over and out, peoples! More as it develops. |
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| The Big news... |
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| 10:54pm 05/05/2006 |
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...I hereby announce that tomorrow morning, I will be on my way to Nagano, Japan for a month for a study abroad program! I will spend a month at the campus in the town, stay with a host family, and learn business level japanese with another student that's taking the same class as I am.
And no worries, I'll still have internet access since my dear and wonderful parental unit will be lending me her laptop and with an affordable wireless modem connection, I will still be in touch, despite being about 18 hours ahead of where I am now. At the moment, I'm rearranging all my stuff to make sure I can transport it the most efficiently. The only bad thing about tomorrow is the next 18 hours required to get to Nagano. What a time to wish there were Star Trek transporters. Bleah. Jet lag is not fun, I'll tell ya that for free.
When you hear from me next, I'll be elsewhere.
Until then, be excellent to each other! |
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| Update-ness! Part 1! |
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| 05:02pm 31/03/2006 |
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I meant to post about some stuff I did the last week because of some significant significance;
I went to Sakura-con once more! After a year long break, no thanks to my school's poor scheduling, I have returned to the first convention I have ever gone to. Woot, I say! Woot!
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| 10:09am 26/02/2006 |
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The rules:Reply here, and I will pick two things out of the interests list in your LJ userinfo to combine in a bit of writing. This obligates you to take on the same challenge in your journal, so consider the size ofyour friends list before you do!
If you can't write at all, come up with something like drawings, microfiction, acrostics, or webcam interpretive dance for your version.
So, lay it on, my collective friends and well-wishers! |
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