+ + Tuesday, January 8, 2002|03:52 a.m. + +
Eh?
Can someone who reads kanji tell me what this means?
+ + Tuesday, January 8, 2002|02:47 a.m. + +
*coughs* Well, that is because I haven't had time to complete the new one. ~_^ Which, by the by, is titled "Muraki Must Die."
Thank you. ~_^
pssst... he's not on my main page any more...
+ + Sunday, January 6, 2002|04:23 a.m. + +
Mou, Vega-chan, I'm back in PA now. ^_^ We're going to have to schedule a time - I have conferences all this week, but I'll definitely be online more than I was LAST semester. We'll work it out! ^________^ RP! Wai!
+ + Sunday, January 6, 2002|04:02 a.m. + +
Oooh, how ironic, Leareth-chan... I just ASKED for a White Hands update, and there it is. ^_^ Dang, I wish life worked like that all the time...
+ + Sunday, January 6, 2002|03:55 a.m. + +
You have DSL. I hate you.
+ + Sunday, January 6, 2002|03:53 a.m. + +
Ooooooh, yes, Gwen - I'm interested in said group blog. ^_^ You'll have to let me know what it's "about," though...
Oh, and I'm SO glad you see what I mean about the LOTR movie. Excellent movie. ...baaaaaaaad book-to-film translation. ^^;; and he PROMISED! *cries*
+ + Sunday, January 6, 2002|03:47 a.m. + +
*laughs* Oh, ig, Crono - you're reading Promises to Keep? *chuckles weakly* Meeeeep. *refrains from spoilers* That was my first "fanfic," so...ah...be warned. *coughs* I think you can already see the Mary Sue business, na no da? ~_^ I'll look forward to see what you're planning to do with your new idea...
Oh, and that thing you sent me - now that I'm back in PA and have some time to myself, I'll take a look at it. ^^ I'll let you know my reactions quite soon. ^_^
+ + Sunday, January 6, 2002|02:08 a.m. + +
Hello, world. Guess who just got back "home" to PA? ^^;; Yes, it's 2:00am. Gotta love cross-country travel. >_<
+ + Saturday, January 5, 2002|04:06 a.m. + +
Oh, and btw - my mom's nuts. -_-;;...Manzai and Takira both were there for the second half of it... gah. *glueing her hair back onto her scalp*
Oh, and I redid my main page. Nothing fancy; I just wanted to see pretty bois at the turn of the new year. ^_^ Oh, and the Wufei page is completely finished, picture gallery and all. ^_^ Enjoy!
Blah. Finishing my packing now. :p
+ + Saturday, January 5, 2002|03:56 a.m. + +
Woo... I live... and tomorrow, I'm flying back to PA. ^_^;; Hopefully I'll have a little time to do stuff after that.
Thanks Juunigou and Crono for agreeing wiht me regarding the LOTR movie. I'm glad to see that I'm not crazy. ~_^
Oh, and I'll look at Seasons later, Vega - I've had no time to do ANYTHING just now. >_< However, as of tomorrow night (I'm arriving after midnight...gah...) I'll be back and I'll have time. ^^;;
Isa is going mad. Which is okay. We all are, na no da? ^^;;
Ne, Leareth-chan - any chance of more of White Hand being written? I wanna see more Seishirou-vs-possessed-Subie stuffs.... *craves more CLAMP*
And on that note....
I HAVE X 17!!!!
Thank you. ^_^
+ + Sunday, December 30, 2001|03:35 a.m. + +
c.a.t.h.a.r.s.i.s.
I just finished watching EVA. That link up there is exactly what I named it - welcome to Toasty Frog's Thumbnail Theatre of Neon Genesis Evangelion....
And Kaworu got a bum rap. >_<
+ + Saturday, December 29, 2001|10:21 p.m. + +
"Social problems my ass. It's all about the cramps." And with those words of wisdom, Isa sums up the problem of being female. ~_^ Perfection.
+ + Saturday, December 29, 2001|01:59 a.m. + +
....am I the only person on this earth who is not 100% in love with the Lord of the Rings movie?
Apparently so. Oh, well. ^_^
*coughs* I won't rant, because I promised, but...
Okay - the movie is one of the best ones I've ever seen. Literally. The music, special effects, acting, etc. (and of COURSE plot) were phenomenal; but... eh. I LOVE Tolkien's works. As in, next to the Bible. As in, I KNOW them very well... and...
I wouldn't be upset, you see, if the director had not been promising for TWO YEARS that this was going to be accurate to the books. I understood some things would have to be changed, certainly, for the sake of time and coherency. However, there were unnecessary changes that really hurt the plot.
Example - Merry and Pippin were stupid, comic relief in this movie. Nothing more; and yet in the books, while lacking in street smarts, they were actually relatively clever - and play a LARGE part in book two. I'm not entirely sure how he planned to resurrect their IQ's for the next movie.
Then there's the entire issue of Lothlorien. Yes, it's beautiful. But the woods were GOLD. Remember? GOLD. WARM. HEALING. As opposed to CREEPY. COLD. GREY.
Galadriel - warm and lovely. Galadriel - freaky and drugged.
Do I really need to go on? I don't mind things that HAVE to be changed... but REALLY. There comes a point when changes are being made just because the director believes he CAN, and that annoys me.
And let's not even go into the odd Predator-Orc issue (not to mention the being-born-from-mud bit... where did THAT come from? o_O)
Eh... so, as you can see, the movie's marvelous, IMO. But the accuracy is WAY off. I'm not going to list the rest of the problems, because that would be bitchy, and I'd probably get flamed, and I'm sure no one else was bothered by such things as the orc-mud-bits which were obviously thrown in just for the gross value. ~_^ Just... don't say it's gonna be accurate if it isn't... *stops now* *see, Isa?* *being good... it wasn't TOO bad a rant....*
+ + Thursday, December 27, 2001|12:38 a.m. + +
A REALLY Short One-Shot
Just a wee Christmas-thought-bit from Fuuma's point of view. ^_^ Enjoy! (and yes, Isa, it IS very short - but... my muse didn't want to add any more. ^^;; Gomen!)
+ + Wednesday, December 26, 2001|05:10 p.m. + +
Time for blogging.... *goes through her list*
Allow me to take this lovely Christmas Evening to point out that April is not dead. Huzzah. ^____________^ (now THAT'S a good Christmas present - and gomen for not noticing sooner. ^^;; )
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*beams at Gio-chan* Woo - pictures! I have to put some of my own up one of these days...
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And it looks like Gwen moved - I shall be updating said link shortly. ^_^ (pssst - hope you enjoyed the third chapter of the Vejiita thing...)
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Not touching it, Isa. I don't have time yet to properly Do that movie...
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Juuni - I. Love. Your. Layout. ^_________^ And gads, those people are idiots...
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Woo - sounds like you guys made out as well as I did. ^_^ And WHERE DID YOU GET THAT YAMI NO MATSUEI!?!?
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Wah, Lilack-chan, your new layout is so CHEERY! I like! ^_^ And... "Coldfire Trilogy?" o_O
-----And you're absolutely right, Liz - I'm a practicing Christian, and I get so, SO sick of so many of the people around me who claim to be and yet follow tradition or something rather than the actual Bible. I feel sorry for them. ~_^
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Manzai's still celebrating. I can't really blame her. (*is NOT going to be a teacher is not is not is not is...* *...oh, who am I kidding...* -_-)
-----*giggles at Natalie* I fear that it's not Satsuki's fault... although it WOULD be rather interesting if Paintshop Pro had such a CLAMP-nekked filter. @_@ ...and WHAT book?
-----....VEGAS? o_o erm....happy holiday? Eh, heh...
-----Happy belated birthday, Taryn. ^_^ You're ALMOST legal.... ~_^
-----Mou, Vega-chan... there ARE other ways. Check your email. And... DANG I'm glad that truck missed you! @__________@
-----Woo... I'm glad you're feeling better, Meg. ^_^ We all need decent days. ^^
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Woo... so you're looking for colleges, eh? ^_^ Well, good luck! Lemme know it it goes...
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+ + Wednesday, December 26, 2001|12:00 a.m. + +
Meeeeeeeerry Christmaaaaaaaas! ^_______^
+ + Monday, December 24, 2001|10:41 p.m. + +
Lookit! Mary Sue on Meth!
Remember that Mary Sue in Hell fic I started a couple of years ago? Well, I finally have time to work on it. ^^ I acutally have two chapters up!
I think, because it's been so long since I worked on it, I'd better give you the intro to this thing first:
We all have Mary Sue fics in our subconscious. They're horrible, wonderful, self-fulfilling things; we think how nice it would be to have all the attention, be the focus of every war, just happen to have inside the magic/power/song/DNA necessary to win the day, make all the friends, have all the love-relationships, and be THE hero of every story.
Well, you know, I got to thinking one day, and it occurred to me that that's an awful lot for one person to do. I mean, really - with my bizarre interests, my Mary Sue has so much on her platter that I'm surprised she hasn't rioted.
...and then came this fic. My apologies to all of you. ^_^;;
There, see? Now, I warn you - it's fairly weird, and I mention a lot of characters just by name. Almost anybody I've ever incorporated into a fantasy ends up in this thing, at least by mention...
Suffice it to say the concept of a Mary Sue who'd gone crackers is an amusing one to me. ^_^ Enjoy!
The True Mary Sue
+ + Monday, December 24, 2001|03:45 a.m. + +
Three chapters of the Mind of Vejiita are up! Read them here -
Part one
Part Two
Part Three
You might want to re-read the first two chapters if you've read them before - I changed something. Nothing major; you might just say I added a point of view. ^_^ Eh, it was an idea....
+ + Monday, December 24, 2001|10:18 p.m. + +
Oh, and BTW - I have seen the Lord of the Rings movie; twice. I have a review to give, but later. It'll be... rather long.
Let me just say this: Peter Jackson made a beautiful movie. An excellent Hollywood production, filled with excellent acting, and some of the best special effects I've ever seen.
However, I am very, very disappointed.
For two years, Jackson has been promising that he would create a movie ACCURATE to the film; yes, some things would be altered for the sake of time, we all understood that - but that he would, in truth, maintain accuracy to the book at every point he could afford.
This, he did not do; in fact, there are many things that were altered that not only did not need to be, but are in DIRECT OPPOSITION to the book itself - as in, opposite. As in, inaccurate. As in, Jackson lied.
I'll go into it later; believe it, I've seen LOTR twice (weird story - don't ask), and I have a rant coming. I'm actually trying to calm DOWN before I go into it.
Two years I waited for this... and to see what he COULD have done with it - and did NOT do...
Kay. *pulls rant back in by its tail*
+ + Monday, December 24, 2001|01:12 a.m. + +
Oh. So he wasn't raped. No, he just got dragged naked into his house and had cursed symbols carved into his body. That's EVER so much better... :p
+ + Monday, December 24, 2001|01:06 a.m. + +
...note to self. Muraki does not like being ignored. Erm... at all.
..............yow. @_@
+ + Monday, December 24, 2001|12:23 a.m. + +
Yup. Muraki's a freak. Not only is he a freak, but his dolls are quite disturbed.
Good subject choice, Leareth.
+ + Sunday, December 23, 2001|11:50 p.m. + +
Eeee... angry-spooky Tsuzuki.... wooo....OOOOh...*shivers appreciatively*
+ + Sunday, December 23, 2001|11:33 p.m. + +
AAAAAAAAAH HE BLEW UP!!
...okay, maybe Hisoka DIDN'T blow up - but it LOOKS like he went splat. ;_;
Erm... for your information, I'm (finally) sitting down and watching the Yami no Matsuei sub that Leareth was kind enough to send me. It's excellent! Makes me feel quite badly that I haven't been able to send out the things I mean to yet. -_- Oi... STUPID life......
Anyway. On with the show. @_@
+ + Sunday, December 23, 2001|11:00 p.m. + +
Hm. You know, I'm beginning to hate Muraki in the same way I hate Akio - and ooooooh, is that quite the hatred... oooooooh.... *glares with eyes of fire*
+ + Sunday, December 23, 2001|10:52 p.m. + +
....everyone forgot to MENTION that Muraki had raped Hisoka... *cries*
+ + Sunday, December 23, 2001|07:58 p.m. + +
Eeeeee! What's the OWL! The owl on Watari's shoulder? Somebody tell meeeeee!
+ + Sunday, December 23, 2001|05:26 p.m. + +
Looks like I'm not the only one who's glad the semester is over. ^_____^ *dancing*
+ + Sunday, December 23, 2001|02:48 p.m. + +
I GOT STRAIGHT AAAAAAAA'S!!!! ^_______^