This place is staying Flexible Square until later this week when I get my new layout up (I promise this one looks better...). Please forgive the chaos of late with this journal. I feel like I have to make excuses for the uglyness lol
So I haven't died, but I have been learning a new job. This has seriously got to be the hardest, most complictated job I've had my hands on so far. Also I have a new layout that I'm fininshing up coding, and I kept thinking "I can post when my new layout is up." It will look nicer than this I promise. Anyway, since I made this whole big calendar thing, I'm going to post the pics that would have continued the trend. Anyone who by some mysterious means reaches this journal, please don't steal these and claim them as your own since these represent hours of my life span. They are
They look better smaller lol The early ones make me cringe a bit. Anyway they're going in my portfolio now.
So in other news...April anime list is out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That means Darker Than Black!!!!!!!! Emma season 2!!!!!!! There are others, but these make me joyous. Darker than Black looks crazy good - check out the official website here the trailer's there but somewhat tricky to find if you don't know Japanese...Emma should be good since the first season didn't cover more than the intro in the manga.The 2nd season is where all the good stuff is (like Prince Hakim XD)
xxxHOLiC chapter 131 is out now, ladydarkmoon has it here. Apparently Tsubasa is now supposed to have way more exciting tie ins with xxxHOLiC now. The ladies of CLAMP said so in a recent interview (I'm getting to lazy to provide more links, so you get it if you ask).
I am in awe of some people's crazy userpics. I've seen some today that had me laughing, and then some that made me just plain envious of some people's abilities. I'm shamed this day.
It also occurs that I mostly exclude anything in my entries that you would put in a journal. I'm going to remedy this this month I think. For now I'm worried a bit because I figured out awhile ago that you can have flaws that you're completly not aware of. Like we were having dinner and this one girl was there, she was driving everyone nuts with her inflated ego. But she had no idea, none whatsoever I'm sure of it. Not one person will ever tell her unless one day her boyfriend gets pissed off enough to say something. In the mean time she's ruining her own chances at being happy. What if I'm like that? How would I ever learn of it?
Ooh this person had this on their journal (gloriousness) : "My father said to never love anything that cannot love me back." I found it interesting, even though it doesn't sound profound right away.
Baaaah I have a cold. All of last night I was all messed up, wishing noses were removeable. Seriously I wish someone would have hit me on the head with a shovel so I could sleep without all the discomfort. I'm tired of Halls now too, I'd almost rather have the sore throat. I guess I'll stop complaining now. I've been watching xxx HOLiC which has been keeping me happy, along with these fantabulous jubejubes for Valentine's Day. My mom bought a little tub of the things, and they are bliss.
I was watching "So You Think You Can Dance" (they needed a better title methinks) and now I feel like tango. I am highly impressionable, like little kids after they watch Transformers...Well that doesn't paint a flattering picture. I keep it to a very subtle minimum lol. I love watching people dance. Those guys who can do flips without running up a wall first blow my mind. It makes me wish I wasn't so afraid of spinal damage.
Until I can get that new layout going, this is February. I ended up making the portrait of Count Olaf though, which is not quite the effect I was looking for...Anyway I'm in good spirits today, got some cleaning done, and worked on my portfolio. Homework seems to have eased up a bit too. The sun's out too, so I'm looking forward to hanging out downtown with my friends today. I think I need glasses. Sorry that was random, but I've been thinking this all week. Like yesterday when I went to my sister's play, I swear the detail wasn't as crisp. I told my eyedoctor this the last I saw him, but he said "eyes go through subtle changes that only some people notice." Thanks. I'm a hypercondriac, is that what you're saying?! Actually I probably am. But this time, this time I am sure that the kids looked fuzzy. I never eat carrots, and I stare at screens a lot. We'll see, I have an appointment already set up.
Cody's Flight - The Rescuers (Disney but with flute)
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My gosh it's freezing here. Sadly not freezing enough to kill off the pine beetles. Apparently something like this happens around every 50 years and forces the trees to adjust but I don't see how that could happen soon enough to help.
I finished Tales of the Abyss at last! That took a really long time. I think that's the longest it has ever taken me to finish a rpg game. I was good though, but sometimes I felt the characters were...repetitive. If you ever play it, I think it shouldn't be too hard to figure out what I mean.
Ah ha I was in the theatre for the preview for "Epic Movie" and I swear at least 4 people sobed when they figured out that actually there wasn't another Chronicles of Narnia movie coming out soon. Ooh but the reaction to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was off the wall. Pure crazyness ensued.
I built a snow lama, which was going to be a unicorn or horse. We decided he did the alpaca family more justice though. He's all icy now, and the sun's making him sparkle - he's a stunning specimen.
Dear Viz, I would once again like to reinforce that the Xing Prince goes by "Ling" not Lin. Thank you, BD
London Beckoned Songs About Money...- Panic at the Disco
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Forums are funny places, I was at one earlier and it can be crazy the depths to which a person will sink to protect a favorite character, an idea, or faith....The "each to his own" kind of idea doesn't seem to apply much in some forums. My forum got so touchy and tense that I've left for a bit. I don't want to leave forever, not when I've been friends which some of them for years. Just until the emotional flu passes. Not that it wasn't fun with all the drama.
I'm in some kind of slump this week, I don't feel like doing anything. I feel like vanilla yogurt* and my dog, and Grey's Anatomy. That's it, and while those things are great, this pattern isn't good for me.
* I just tried vanilla yogurt for the first time last month. Same with oranges, but I like them less. Bliss in a bowl yogurt is.
At the gym I was waiting for a cross trainer/ eliptical whatever...there was this girl with really vivid pink hair. She left , and when I went to use the machine there was A PINK INK-LIKE SUBSTANCE ON THE HANDLES! Was it sweat and hair dye?! She looked like she'd had a hard time...there are signs everywhere to "please use sanitary wipes to clean machine after use." Ah my adventures at the gym.
Today I finally got hold the first Honey & Clover dvd!!!! I was missing it deeply. I ordered it about 4 weeks ago, I was starting to worry it wasn't going to come. If I worked in a postal office, I'm not completely sure that I would get it to its proper recipient.
So way back in the day I mentioned the disorder of my home. Does anyone one remember the Shinra building in FF7 after Sephiroth escaped? Ok well some red paint got loose in my room again (it wasn't me this time!) and my sister came in when I wasn't home to get something. She couldn't walk on all the stuff, stumbled I guess, and now there's hand prints all over the wall from her trying to keep herself up. I really really looks like Sephiroth was there. There's smears and everything.
That might sound like a big deal, having red paint all over bedroom walls. Not really, here's why: My room was aweful when I first moved in, gross colors everywhere. A few months after I decided to paint in there in hopes of having a nicer room (one I would feel like having clean). But I was in the mood for immediate change, and so I started painting without clearing out the room first. I have paint at my disposal anytime I want so that was possible. Anyway the walls blend into the ceiling, so I had to paint that too, then I ran out of paint because I didn't realize when I started how absorbant the walls were. So the room ended up being half painted. So red paint doesn't matter. Fun note: my bed was in there when I started painting at 6pm, so I ended up sleeping in there that night (no other option) and when I woke up it was like "hee hee my room's GREEN!" Paint fumes.
I'll get some starved student to come in there and fix it someday.
Ooh as pleasant note of surprise, Shinshi Domei Cross (or The Gentleman Alliance †) is in the Viz Shoujo Beat this month, which should be nice since I think Arina Tanemura's getting better. FullMoon was good in my opinion.
I actually still haven't finished Tales of the Abyss. I don't believe in cheating until the 2nd time around, so the side quests are taking a super long time. My problem with this game is it seems like I spend all my time on the Albiore looking for the next location. Anyway I'm cathing up on some Bleach today. I never realize how much I like it until I'm watching it. I'm behind with almost everything lately. Especially DN which I can't seem to make myself watch, maybe since it follows the manga so very very closely. I miss L. I got to see Casino Royale right before it left our theatres, and damn it was cool. The opening was the best part though. It was really creative in a tasteful way. I was accused of "acting like an agent" afterwards.
I got the picture for the month of April finished, which ended up way better than my little fish up there. So now I want to skip February and March just so I can use April. At the same time I don't plan on having this layout by then. Surely not. The vector layer pics are super good practice though.
Thinking time: If a werewolf bit (ate?) a human while transformed, would he count as a cannibal? Dorky and gross question I know, but my class argued this for a whole hour. Basically the sides went 1) He technically isn't the same species when transformed 2) No, he's still a person, just an enchanted one and 3) Since he's still an enchanted person you could say that he's just not in his right mind, but then you could say that if a girl's boyfriend got drunk and slept with someone else, he could still be blamed, even though he wasn't in his right mind. Now we know that he can be blamed, so that must mean we expect him to know better while transformed, so he must be a cannibal. Anyway what do you guys think?This definitely went off-track, and I think it was the decision to get drunk that he should be blamed for, btw.
I've been visiting my cousin in Vancouver this week, which is pretty nice. The snow has been exchanged for rain. Anyway he let me borrow his laptop so I thought I'd check out meh live journal. Thanks so much spiritto and xtrek!!! I had a great birthday. Also, thank you for offering to help!
Things have been busy lately, I've been bogged down with schoolwork, and checking out the downtown area. ← Ok that last part was optional but still. Also I got hold of the first Ouran dvd!!! I really enjoyed the fansubs from Lunar & Frop, but the original dvd is still wonderful. The dialogue doesn't differ much.
A last thing before I fork over the laptop, we watched these clips in my french studies class, and had to translate them. The one I got to translate was pretty funny, and since I don't think you need to speak Français to enjoy them, I'm providing a link here. Just getting some extra use from the work. Anyway if you're bored and feel like having the translation it will be
♪ It's my birthday! ♪ I'm having a good day so far, my sister skipped school again so we could go to Starbucks for a latté. My little brother got me breakfast in bed (cheerios!) and hotchocolate. I also got this really nice sweater. I think we're going for sushi at my favorite restaurant later.
So I'm taking advantage of the remaining shows on crunchyroll, which means I've been watching Elemental Gelade, and this other show Yamato Nadeshiko Shichihenge. YNS is surely one of the weirdest shows I've beheld. Check out the story and imagine all the weird goth-y ways they could make this outrageous. They do, and it can be pretty funny, but more in a "I can't believe that happened" kind of way. I like it though, so far anyway. I'm refreshed by the new and unusual ways to make something like that funny. It definitely isn't what I'm used to. Elemental Gelade is not challenging or anything. I've been watching Honey & Clover, and Death Note, so switching to something like EG was an odd transition. I don't mind though, it's ok. Part of me hates that crunchyroll took down all the licensed stuff. They did that two days after I found the site. Not that I don't want the producers to get their money, just it was kind of nice to not have to risk $40 for a DVD that might not be that good. Of course Samurai Champloo was one of the best risks I've taken.
I've been looking at some nice templates - some people out there have incredible design skills. I'm just worried because of all the potential little flaws from not knowing much html or css. I'll have to put some more effort into getting better at that. I found a few really nice ones I'm thinking about.
Man, I'm tired of messing with this. This will have to do. I switched to Nebula, which is easier as far as parts go, but I'm annoyed I can't (at least until I gain more html knowledge) fix the header area. Is it wrong to actually not want the title of your journal to be that big? My little calendar pic was (when I first made it) intended to be switched every month, but the other months don't match this color scheme. So when February rolls around I'm going to have re-adjust everything to match, or tolerate excessive tacky-ness. I like my fish though.
Ihave got to fix this journal. Yesterday I was asked by my friend to keep her company while she worked out. I thought it would be good since I hadn't been to the gym yet that day, so I got in her car. She parked outside of the arcade, got her gym shoes on, and headed for the DDR machine. Not what I expected but it works. I almost killed myself on "Holic." Also I went to the cornerstore to grab a milk so we could make french toast (didn't know you needed milk...) and when I got to the counter the cashier lady punched the side of my milk jug. She explained it was so she could scan it (the dent in it makes it so it can't be read by the thingy), and goodness knows I don't know what came over me but I answered " That's ok, you can punch my milk all you want, no worries." Like she has anger issues or something. My tone was friendly, and I didn't mean to be sarcastic either...Anyway it made her day, she was laughing like crazy.
That's all that's even remotely interesting with me. Oh yeah, I'm sorry for all the missing letters & words my entries and comments have had lately, I don't know what's wrong with me besides being freezing.
Oh hey if the colors look odd, I'm messing with things in hopes of improving the place. Sorry if it is tacky enough to offend :s
Meme here from pos_praiser_01 , I thought it would be a good way to get to know people so it will be here:
My productivity continues with yet more Tales of the Abyss. My friends tell me I'm being neglectful...right before I imagine getting some gald off 'em. Anyway fun things are in my future, my birthday is on Friday, and my friends are holding a dinner for me on Saturday! Yahoo! My actual birthday is usually spent with my family, we're probably going to go get some sushi and see a movie - either way it sounds fantabulous to me.
New D.Gray-Man ep, and Death Note ep came out Tuesday...I'm excited for them...but I sense filler-ness with D.Gray-man. I imagine there will be lots and lots of fillers with this series. That's ok though, as long as they refrain from whole big long ficitional story arcs. That's what (temporarily?) killed Bleach for me. I let Naruto sit for awhile and now I hear the fillers are over so I'm heading over to crunchyroll to check out what I missed. Lots of Shounen titles lately. What is it with Shounen manga-ka that they need like fifty volumes of any series they start? Then the anime has to beat it with 100 extra episodes.
It has been awhile but I'm still somewhat frustrated with Bisco Hatori for never finishing A Thousand Years of Snow! Dammit, I want to know what happens! Argh! stupid lady...hope she gets poked in the eye with no lasting damage just several minutes of stinging....
Y ah, still no resumes out. Tales of the Abyss won over my day. There's this casino in the game where you can gamble by picking five balls out of thirty, and if you draw matching balls you get "gald." Turns out I shouldn't ever gamble. Not that I wasn't getting lots of gald, but I racked up 2 hours of nothing but gambling action. That was efficient of me. Anyway, thanks to my brother, I've decided that dropcaps look rather nice to me - even if they're only used to say "yah."
I am freezing. Very much so, I can't even type properly because my hands are too numb. That's dumb. I feel stupid today.
Anyway my day so far has been nice, my sister skipped her first block of school so she could come to starbucks with me. Then I came home and accidently got addicted to gambling. Then internet time for me. I also just realized I lost out on my chance to get my ultimate weapon. Turns out I was supposed to fight the sword dancer before the next event...Ugh well maybe next time 'round.
Everytime I pick up Shoujo Beat I end up glancing at Nana and she's doing something stupid and/or anxsty...Yet I keep making this mental note to read it sometime since I am easily swayed by it's popularity.
Look at that sexy "Y" - dropcaps please me.
I learned today that caffeine makes one jump from topic to topic.
This is the year I practice good resolution-keeping. I have "Harry Potter Syndrome" where my hair never changes (mostly because I end up growing impatient and cutting it) so this year I'm growing it out. I promise. I've also decided to eat fruit more, since I'm worried bad things will happen if I continue to avoid citrus like the plague. We'll see what happens. The rest of the things are more like goals, but I want to get to school, and visit Machu Picchu. I'll make time later to view the rest of Peru, but for now I just want to hop on a plane, quickly run up the mountain, look around, and depart.
I have had the pleasure these last few days to enjoy Tales of the Abyss. I'm having a great time with this game. I'm going to try the other Tales games I think. Luke's spooky character development through me off a bit, but I'll chalk up the super-sized change to his new cut. This game has caused me to neglect all other aspects of my life, like eating, or having coffee. Sadly I didn't post much this week partly due to this game.
I did find the time during all that gaming to go see The Pursuit of Happyness ( and yes, I recognize that there should be an "i"), which is surely one of the best movies I've seen in awhile. People cried. I have come to the conclusion that I would have been a whimpering mess on the floor in the fetal position had I gone through half of what Chris did.
So I quit my job. I was very cowardly about it, I just didn't show up. I actually sent my sister in to get my paycheck, and over-all I feel like relieved dirt. Funds are low though, so I'll get some resumes out this week I suppose. Maybe I'll work at Starbucks ;)
Gah I'm going to do a year in review, and catch up on some of the crazy things that happened these holidays, but that will take too long right now. I'm on the run. For now I'm going to keep a promise to demonstrate a little bit of why Ruby Gloom the tv series is so darn great. I think I said this in my first entry here. Some lovely person uploaded the opening on YouTube: the quality sucks, but I'm appreciative. Check it out, and I apologize for the fuzziness. Please note that the opening only roughly speaks for the show.
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Today I finally got hold the first Honey & Clover dvd!!!! I was missing it deeply. I ordered it about 4 weeks ago, I was starting to worry it wasn't going to come. If I worked in a postal office, I'm not completely sure that I would get it to its proper recipient. 
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