November 2003 Archives

Mike Sokolsky came over today. I've known him since I was a little kid, and when I say "little kid" I really mean "little kid." O_O;; Technically the first time we met was when I was a year and a half years old, but naturally I don't remember him from that time. Needless to say, we've been friends for ages. ^_^ He's here until late Sunday, where he catches his train back to Carnegie-Mellon University.

Talked on the phone with the Roni for a long time, working out our plans for a long-ass SolxKy series, and discussing random things that Ishiwatari never clarified in GG canon. Like...how magic works for example. "Inexhaustible source of energy" is oh-so descriptive. >.<

And for those of you who are curious about what I look like...here, satiate your curiosity. ^_^ That is me, with a Planet Hollywood Amsterdam shirt and a gray bandana, sitting at my chair by my desk (and in front of my DVD/Tarot Card/Video collection), looking away from the camera. ^_^ Whee. For once, a non-cosplay picture of me. XD

New blog layout!

You all love Haibane Renmei. I know you do, so here's a layout of Rakka. Pretty, isn't it? I was rather fond of Sol...until I found this image and went, "O_O! Must use for layout!" So there went the Touya/Yukito layout idea, and out the window went my Sol layout (may it rest in peace). I really like this layout a lot. It's got simplicity to it, nothing overly complicated or convoluted. Just some playing around with filters and blending options in Photoshop 7. ^_^

Talked with Twig over IM for a bit; told her to play Guilty Gear. ^_^ *huggles Twig* I also interrogated her on writing *sweatdrops* and gushed about Long Hard Road. This happens to me periodically. I'll pick it back up, read a few chapters, and be overflowing with how good and wholesome family fun that fic is. ^_^

Woke up at 3pm this morning, went to bed at 8am after trying to find something besides Adobe Acrobat to convert into PDF. -_-;; *sigh*

Not doing much tonight. I should do some studying...or try to shift myself back to a regular sleep schedule.

I have completely night-shifted myself. ^^;; It's 4-something in the morning, and I'm still wide awake. O_o;; I better shift myself back before Monday, or I'm so fucked. ^^;; First day of the break, but already feels like it's halfway done. Three more days of punting left! Whee! ^_^

Hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving. ^_^ Skuld went to bed at 7am yesterday morning, and slept most of her morning away by waking up and showering at 2pm. Then she went downstairs and cooked, played a little bit of GG (oh my god, I am SO RUSTY >.<) and Smashies with Adam, and then ate a really large Thanksgiving dinner, and proceeded to go into a tryptophone induced coma for an hour before watching the extended edition of "The Two Towers."

After that I went to Adam's house, and we smoked up. O_o;; Damn were we really high. It was the first time I'd tried weed, and it was nice. Now I know what it's like for everyone to just be sitting around in the room quietly content and mellow. ^^;; And then Phil went and threw up all over Adam and his floor. -_-;; Smooth move, Phil. He drank way too much bourbon.

Came home, sat around, did some discussing on the SolxKy mailing list, and then played GG with Ray and his girlfriend, Lori. Like I said...I'm really rusty. ^^;; But I enjoyed myself with Robo-Ky and watching the uber-cheesy GGX+ extra movie. That thing never fails to crack the hell out of me. Bad dubbing ahoy. ^_^

And now, I am set to keep up my nightshifted schedule by finishing the writing that I have to hand in for workshipping. Yay...I think. -_-;;

I've made a new layout, it's Touya/Yukito, but I'm way to fond of Sol to take him down. -_-;; Speak of Sol, does anyone have the image of Sol from the arcade ending of GGXX? I'd really like to make that into a layout.

Pulling an all-nighter tonight. Been punting my novel for way too long. I need chapters ready by Friday morning, and I need my final drafts of what I turned into Haldeman on Wednesday. Needless to say, this is going to be a long night of Skuld just sitting here and writing...and praying the muses give me inspiration. I will be fucking dead tomorrow night. Good thing I have a whole two liter jug of Mountain Dew, lots of candy, and a can of Red Bull with me. I might have to stop at the store and get more. -_-;;

To get me through the night, I have Stepmania. No pads yet (they should be here soon, before next Wednesday, for sure. XD Yesss!), but the game itself is enough to keep me awake. ^_^ So I guess I'm all good.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone out there, hope your day is fun filled, if not turkey-and-stuffing filled. ^_^

And now for something completely different taken from Ari.

Ten Things I Hate About You My Fandom
I'd write in the X/TB fandom, but I believe that Ari has already covered that. Okay, onto Guilty Gear, which still has Skuld's Sol soul. *cough*

1. Ky is not uke, and Sol is not seme. In fact, it really doesn't matter! The whole seme/uke point is moot because they, like most slash and yaoi relationships should be, are in an EQUAL relationship. That means that Sol gives it up the ass as much as he takes it. Last I checked Ky wasn't a woman. I'm sure he isn't now. Ky has a dick too, so stop drawing Ky like a pre-pubescent mockery of a female, and make him a MAN. We're talking yaoi and slash here, and that's MALE/MALE, not MALE/mockery-of-woman. Yeesh. You yaoi fans should be ashamed of yourselves.

2. Sol is badass. That's great, I love his badass-ness. But badass-ness is one dimensional, and we know that Sol goes far beyond that. So all you writers out there stop pretending that he doesn't have a past, that he doesn't have reasons, motivations, or angst. Write a fucking round character for once.

3. Sol is not stupid. No really, he's not stupid. He may not talk much, but that's not because he's a dimwit, it's becaue he doesn't want to deal with idiots like you. Remember, this is the man who helped create the Gears and is the Gear prototype himself. He probably holds a Ph.D in more scientific fields than you can fathom.

4. Ky is not naive. Ky is not one of those little boys who runs around with a smile on his face believing he world is all happy and good. Remember that he grew up during the war, and has led the Holy Order to victory over Justice. Remember all the battles he's been in, the men he's lost. Ky is not naive. Idealistic, yes. But not naive, so stop writing him that way. Ky knows what's going on around him, though he may not yet know why. Cut the guy a little slack, and give him the brain he deserves.

5. Justice is female. It has been confirmed in the canon Drama CD Side Black. Just fucking deal with it. Dizzy refers to her as her "mother" and there is no ambiguity in gender in that Japanese word. And no, I don't know what that big blue sheath is. It's a nightlight.

6. Sol is not Dizzy's father. Since Justice is Dizzy's mother, and Dizzy is half-Gear, a Justice/Sol coupling would make Dizzy a full Gear, which is definitely not true. I wouldn't put it past Daisuke making That Man Dizzy's father, but Sol is right out. Unless of course, Daisuke decides to contradict himself in which case I will be out for his blood.

7. Stop raping Dizzy. No really, stop raping Dizzy. She's not as helpless as you think she is. Remember Gamma Ray? Yeah, Gamma Ray hurts. She has Necro and Undine protecting her, so stop pretending she's helpless just because she's nice enough not to have an Instant Kill.

8. Dust loops suck, no they really do. You know what people try to do at tournaments? Every fucking person and their sister/brother/cousin/mother plays Sol Badguy and tries to dust loop. Just stop it already. Use Sol the non-cheap, non-boring way, or pick another character who takes some skill to use, like Bridget.

9. Stop slashing together characters who don't make sense. Sol/Chipp? What the fuck? Sol/Anji? Hello? Last I recalled Sol didn't give a shit about those people, so you better give me a good reason they're boinking in bed besides "mindless smut" and "OOC fangirly goodness!" >.< Can we have some pairings that make sense please? Remember that yaoi is beautiful because of the dynamics of the relationship, not the fact that there are two dicks in the picture.

10. And SBZ...go fuck yourself.

Holy interconnectedness Batman! O_o;;

Eike knows me through Mai, and Eike is into almost all of my fandoms. This is getting really scary. XD I hope that the next time she's around here we can hang out together. ^_^

Feeling spiffy again. Dunno what hit me back there, but all my friends and my family seem to be all right. O_o;; Maybe I just had too much caffeine and chocolate and got all jittery. Sorry, about that, but thanks to Cocoa who called me to make sure I was all right. ^_^ My friends rule.

And for those of you Monty Python fans...a tapestry rendition of a certain scene from "The Holy Grail."

And for those of you who like random animenations, look here, courtesy of Ed.

I'm feeling angsty right now, and I can't figure out why. I'm restless and anxious, and it seems that no matter what I do can't sit still, like I'm waiting for something to happen, and it hasn't happened yet. I have no idea why I'm so fidgety.

I think I've got this feeling inside, that somehow the world is not quite right. That something catastrophic is going to happen anytime, and at the moment, there is nothing alive, nothing changing to occupy my attention. If I was at home, I would sit down and watch the Extended Edition of "The Two Towers" again. If AIM were alive I would get online and chat with someone, anyone. But the library is quiet, I do not have TTT with me, AIM is dead, and I feel as if there's a large black thundercloud about to dump a whole shit of lightning and rain on me, and I am not going to like it.

At times like these I want to crawl in my bed, pull the covers over my head and pretend the world doesn't exist. Pretend I'm not suddenly feeling sick to my stomach, pretend that I haven't somehow screwed things up for myself. And I am screwed and right now, I just want to run away.

This is one of those off days. I've done badly at DDR, I didn't pay attention in class, I don't know what my research expects of me, and I feel like something is just going to explode in my face. ;_;

Arrr, they're nasty ass.

I love my housemate, BoingBoing especially. ^_^ We're the two loudest people in the house. Oh yeah.

Failed on "Twilight Zone" but managed to somehow pass "Xenon" without a hitch. ¬_¬ Weirdness, I can already tell it's a Monday. Lots of work to do tonight, but on the priority list:

1. Finish beta-ing Azure.
I was going to do it this weekend, but I ended up punting and going to Will's party instead. -_-;; Bad Skuld. It will be finished tonight, even if I don't sleep.

2. Review manga inventory and send list to Ben
Sorry I've been late on that! O_o;; I keep forgetting!

3. Pull up literature on "release assays."
I hate doing shit like that. >.< Need a computer with EndNote too. -_-;;

4. Study for Japanese and finish Japanese homework.

5. Review Haldeman's comments on my novel and e-mail him
*grumble*

6. Work on novel parts for workshop class next Wednesday.

7. Read 9.03 papers.

8. Put up new blog layout.

9. Shop for Christmas presents for Avatrix and Ali-chan.

Oh, it's definitely time I got cracking. @_@ I hate it when my "to do" lists are this long. ;_; At least it's a 4-day weekend this weekend...and boy I do know it's going to pass quickly... -_-;;

Still at Will's house. @_@ Damn, he got trashed last night. 6 shots in 10 minutes, of things varying from Johnny Walker Black, to Vodka, to Captain Morgan's Rum, Melon Liquor, and what have you. @_@ He must've puked at least 3 times last night, and both his arms are heavily bruised from his birthday punches. Poor Will.

I got pretty drunk too, but not enough to puke, though I did fall asleep after I got sober. ^^;; I dunno. alcohol just makes me tired, even after I recover from the drunkenness. @_@ Oh well.

Heh heh, I'm a lonely drunk, so I called up Roni and Ed. >_>;; And hey, it gave me something else to do besides play MahJongg. Now don't get me wrong, I absolutely love MahJongg, but you know, I figured I'd quit while I was ahead. ^_^;;

Ray's been playing FFX-2 all morning...and a lot last night too. @_@ It actually looks fun, I may play. And I'm not playing for the fanservice, the gameplay looks interesting. ^_^ I think I'll have to wait until January when I have some free time. Cause finals are coming up soon...in three and a half weeks or so. augh. @_@

It's Seishirou's birthday today! ^_^ I guess he'd be celebrating if he weren't...uh...dead. ¬_¬ (sssshhh~!)

Anyways, off to Will's party tonight, he's here already to get some alcohol and pick us up. Damn, I've got work to do, I might bring a little with me since the party's not going to be starting for a while. ^^;;

*snugglies* To all my friends whom I will most likely not be seeing online tonight. Feel free to give me a call tonight if you want to talk to Drunk!Skuld playing Karaoke Revolution and MahJongg. ^_^ Oh yeah.

Yay for essays! Damn, makes me wish I wrote good shit like this in elementary school. *falls over laughing* That's my amusing link of the day. ^_^

It's Friday again, and this layout has been up for a month, so I need a new one. You know, not that I'm complaining that I've gotten to stare at Sol for a whole month. :P~~~~0

Alex just sent me DDR Extreme last night for Stepmania. Yes. ^_^ Now all I need to buy is one of those happy USB/Playstation converter things (go ebay), get my own set of soft pads (go ebay again), and then world is suddenly good, and I will never be online ever again because I will be playing DDR from the comfort of my own computer.

Okay, just kidding. ^_^ You will be seeing me online, because after half an hour of non-stop DDR, my stamina will run out, and I'll will come back online and be like, "@_@ I just failed 'Legend of Max' for the 234956789th time..."

Speaking of which, I promised Mark I'd learn to time songs so I could make my own steps to "Keep Yourself Alive II." I should do that. Tricky rhythms, waaaaaaa. *cries* "Holy Orders" is easier, but the only versions I've been able to find are crappily done. *grumbles* Stupid DDR/GG fans doing half-assed timing jobs.

Speaking of DDR and GG, Extreme has two Queen songs. ^_^ Not the versions performed by Queen (you know, it's not fair they have the Duran Duran version of 'The Reflex' and yet get other stupid bands to do Queen songs. *grumble* I want to dance to Freddie Mercury dammit! The least you could do was remix it! >.<), but hey, it's better than nothing. "We Will Rock You" is ridiculously slow at 90bpm (I have to put it on x2 speed), and "We Are the Champions" has really confusing rhythms, and is sung by an annoying-voiced chick. >.< Freddie Mercury is rolling in his grave, and Sol Badguy is having a heart attack.

"We Will Rock You" is on my list of songs to play when I cosplay Sol (that is, assuming that whatever cons I go to will have Extreme. If they don't, I think I'm going to have a fit), along with "Candy Star" (because it's just too cute not to), "Senorita" (I'll be your dancing flower, dancing flower, dancing flower, dancing senorita, hoh-oh!), "Irresistiblement" (it's the French SolxKy song), and "Mahou no Tobira" (go Pop'n Music). And that goes along with my usual songs I like doing, like "Healing Vision" (both versions), "Twilight Zone," "Rhythm and Police," "Vanity Angel," "Xenon," and "Burning Heat."

Now I just have get Alex to send me those songs, and I will be in DDR heaven. <3 <3 (In addition, if any of you want "M"...it's t3h c00l. Let me know, and I'll send it over.)

Oh, and it is now okay to call me during the day, because it's the end of my billing period and I have fresh minutes. ^_^ I'm going to be at Anime Club tonight watching Planetes and One Piece...or on the computer watching my auctions for the pads and the USB/PS converter. ¬_¬ I want stuff...NOW...

Y'all suck. Surprisingly the only person who bothered answering was Avatrix which just goes to show that he, and the other Alex I know (and I'm sure he knows these answers, as we have had many a Tolkien discussion in the past) are cool. Yes, the two Alexes I know are hardcore Tolkien fans. ^_^ Guess Alexes rule or something. Here are your answers to Skuld's trivia:

1. Actually, this was a bad question because the answer is very vague. Gothmog, Lord of the Balrogs, met his demise in Gondolin fighting Ecthelion of the Fountain. They slew one another, but is unclear whether or not Ecthelion had any help. Glorfindel, also in the Fall of Gondolin slew a Balrog to help Idril, Tuor, and their son, Earendil, escape. So technically there might be two, but definitively there is only one.

2. Finrod Felagund built Minas Tirith.

3. The "Dark Elf" was named Eol, and he lived in the forest of Nan Elmoth on Thingol's lands. He actually made two swords, but the one of note is Anglachel, which eventually passed into Turin Turambar's hands.

4. Feanor died at the "Battle Under the Stars" as he drove onto Angband searching for the Silmarils. He was slain by Gothmog.

5. Aule created the dwarves, because he had not yet known of the coming of the second children at the time. ^_^

So the Alexes win. And those of you who haven't read "The Silmarillion," it's so much better than the trilogy. The writing is absolutely god-gorgeous beautiful, and most of it is about the ELVES. You can't even claim to be a fan of Tolkien's elves until you've read "The Silmarillion." Don't even try.

Yes, I'm going to be elitist about it. >P

Saw "The Two Towers: Extended Edition" last night...on a 10-foot screen with a bunch of kids in Random Hall. w00t. MIT kids are nerdy, yay! Still almost makes me wish I lived on campus...anyhoo...

I like the Extended Edition a lot more than I liked the original movie. Most of what was added in were comic scenes, but they also brought out a more in the story. I believe they extended the Aragorn/Arwen scenes, but I'm not entirely sure, as I was not watching it and I was hiding my head in Alex's (of the not-Avatrix variety) shoulder. He's a big-ass Tolkien fan too. Hooray for Tolkien fans. (Note: you are not a Tolkien fan unless you've read The Silmarillion, The books of Lost Tales, the Unfinished Tales, and know what The Encyclopedia of Arda is. ^_^)

I remember them adding a few Frodo/Sam/Gollum scenes, some cute Merry/Pippin scenes, a couple nice Aragorn/Eowyn scenes, and several extensions post-Helms Deep, such as Merry and Pippin finding Saruman's storehouse, the Ents taking their revenge on the escaped Uruk-Hai from Helm's Deep, and Faramir sending Sam, Frodo, and Gollum off from Osgiliath. It's definitely worth owning, and my copy from Amazon is expected to arrive within a few days. ^_^ w00t. Who's up for drukening Tolkien fangirl/boy-ing?

Lots of work today, shit to finish before I haul ass off to Haldeman's class. -_-;; Anyhoo...*huggles Amberlee* guess I'm off to tool. Hugs for everyone, and extra hugs for those who can answer these questions: (NO CHEATING!)

Skuld's Tolkien Trivia:

1. Name the only elf to have single-handedly slain a Balrog.

2. Who built Minas Tirith?

3. Who is the elven smith to have been referred to as "the Dark Elf" and what is the name of the sword he crafted?

4. How did Feanor perish?

5. How were the dwarves created?

Today is a good day to live in Massachusetts, though the situation is actually more complicated than I am willing to let on. At any rate, I am not a political activist, so I'll take what I can get. ^_^

Two Towers tonight has been moved to 8:17 and not 7:17. @_@ Oy. I'll show up at 8pm anyway...hopefully the room won't be too crowded. If it is, I might just leave and go home. If it isn't, you can bet I'm gonna be sitting down there and watching until I drop.

I slept for 7 hours last night, which was really bad of me. I've got to stop sleeping for anything over 6.5 hours. *grumbles* That's my optimal sleep time, and any more or any less than that always makes me tired. (Unless that 'more' is 9+ hours.) *sigh* I better not sleep during TTT tonight, or I will be angry. *mumble mumble grumble* Must down caffeine. @_@ CAFFEINE!

I'll have my phone on after 9pm. Gimme a call and I'll tell you (quietly) what's happening.

Today is the 18th. You know what that means folks...yes, that's right, the Two Towers: Extended Edition is out! That means 4 fucking hours of Tolkien goodness! Oh, how I tremble!

Random Hall is showing it on their 10-foot screen downstairs tonight, so you can bet on where I'm going to be all night. Random Hall basement, 1917 hours, be there or just suck. XD (Or in Roni's case, ummm...¬_¬ just snuggle me lots. ^_^) I'm not getting my copy from Amazon for another few days, so it looks like the LotR: Extended Edition drinking game will be put off until Thanksgiving. And then... the w00tness!

Speaking of which...Will's birthday is this weekend. Oh yeah, guess who's getting trashed. ^_^

Spent a lot of time on the phone with Roni and my clone (Ed). Ed and I are nerds. Really really scary nerds. I thank the fact that Lewis was not in the room otherwise my nerdness would have surfaced. ^_^

Will you take your place with meeeeeeeeee?
the time is now, the day is hereeeeeeeeee!

Go us! So yeah, lots of work, so it looks like another night of no sleep. Oh yeah, that's what it's all about. XD Down with sleep!

OMG... ¬_¬
Okay, no body call me before 9pm EST until the 21st. Can we say Skuld has no minutes? @_@ I have like...2 anytime minutes left on my plan...so...yeah...I will not be answering my phone before 9pm. Holy shit, I need to get more anytime minutes. I'm changing my plan soon. @_@ But yeah...anyway...*whistles* unless it's a dire emergency, no daytime or early-evening phone calls for Skuld for a couple of days. *is sad*

Stupid Sprint only giving me 200. Those cheap bastards. I think I'll fork up the $5 extra to change to 300 day time, and unlimited nights and weekends. -_-;; Yeah, that sounds like a good idea. ^^;;

Anyways, that's all the news for now. *eep!*

Oh, and Roni if you've seen Milliatantrum's post on Guilty Gear yaoi...
Here we go! SolxKy fangirls to save the day! We'll show him how Sol and Ky work, yes we will. *snuggles and high-fives* I'll meet you online when I get home.

Monday weirdness. Seriously, shit is always out-of-whack on Mondays, and I can never figure out why. Probably because Mondays are Mondays...or something like that. I am so looking forward to Thanksgiving next week, oddly enough, because it's the first time I've spent it at Fenway House. It'll be nice to hang out with everyone for a change, though I won't get to see Chiko, and that makes me sad.

I didn't do as badly on my Japanese test as I thought. In fact, for my total lack of studying I did better on it than I did on all the previous Japanese exams. @_@ Wha? And I also was sleep deprived that day. Wha?? Go figure.

Blah, I have a really shitty sense of rhythm. It makes me sad. *looks at all the 1337 DDR peoples* ;_; Ah well, it's not like I've ever been hardcore about any of the games I play anyway. Being a really good casual DDR player satisfies me. Though I have to say seriously, I don't think I've ever been hardcore about anything. Maybe it's because I lack drive, or because I realize that in the end, it doesn't matter. All that matters is how much fun you have, and I'm okay with that. Sitting around training for hours at DDR isn't fun, neither is memorizing songs. *rolls eyes* You just do what makes you happy for the moment, I suppose, and shit will go along swimmingly.

I am hankering for a game of Hearts. Dammit, I want to play Hearts. Or Free Cell. Yeah, I'll sit here and play a game of Free Cell before starting on my homework. ^^;;

Woke up this morning/afternoon at 2pm, and without even showering made my way to the MIT DDR Tournament which started at 3pm. I got totally nervous and fucked up the qualifying songs. *grumbles* Oh well, not like I would have had a chance anyways. Let me point out to you that Joe G., who got 4th place got 1 great on "Candy Star." @_@ The rest were perfects. I mean, everyone in the higher places were AA-ing their songs. That includes "So Deep" and "Cartoon Heroes." Guess who's not that good?

The tournament went until 10:30pm. -_-;; Yes, I was in a room watching people play DDR for EIGHT HOURS. @_@ Am I crazy? Yes. Did I get nothing at all done this weekend? Yes to that too. I've done NOTHING AT ALL this weekend. -_-;; Thankfully there is nothing much to do that I can't do if I scramble for a bit Monday and Tuesday night. ^^;;

On another note, Roni has sent me all of her Sol & Ky fanart. ^_^ *love love love* She tried to call me during the tournament, but you know how loud the machines are in the MIT game room. -_-;; I had to call her back, and by then my phone was dead. *kicks stupid thing* Ah well. Remember that if Skuld does not pick up the phone, it may be wise to call her again, just to make sure deaf!Skuld has a higher chance of hearing it. ^^;; And leaving voice messages is always good. ^_^

Tourney results:

1. Jeremy
2. Craig S.
3. Rob S.
4. Joe G.

Not too bad. ¬_¬ Now I go to sleep. *snore*

Ed and I are the biggest nerds in the world right now. There is something to be said about 'singing' "One Day More" together over IM. Aaah, I love my clone. He does wonderful things to cheer me up when I am down. I hope I do likewise for him.

Yay! Asphodel and I went to see "Les Miserables" last night. ^_^ They were really good. @_@ The guy playing Jean Valjean (damn, I lost the program, so I can't give you any names) was really really good. @_@ He was understudy, but damn, he did Valjean really well. I was impressed. ^_^

Naturally, Javert is the hardest role to live up to in my eyes. No one will ever be as good as Philip Quast. I am certain of this. I will never see a Javert that is as Javert as Philip Quast was. ;_; So the guy was all right, but he didn't hit the low F in "The Confrontation." >.< He sort of...uh...breathed on it...and it wasn't really there. I wanted to throw something at him. *grumble* But they did do the rest of the duet really well, so I was happy. But he's no Philip Quast. ;_; Can you tell I'm a total Philip Quast fangirl? Go watch/listen to the 10t Anniversary concert recording they did at Royal Albert Hall. Best cast ever *nods nods* And Philip Quast is just at his best there. ;____;

You could tell the Eponine was a Lea Solonga fan. She did a lot of the voice inflections that Lea Solonga did. ^_^ Yeah! She was really good. The Fantine started off kind of weak, but later her voice came through. And damn, her voice is strong. The Marius was very good too. He had a nice strong voice, and he could hit all the top notes of Marius's range without sounding like he was stretching for them. And the Cosette...well, she was just Cosette. >.<

The Thenardiers were amazing. @_@ They were just...Thenardier to the core. It was so cool. ^_^ I love them. Umm...*thinks of more cast members* The Grantaire did a good job of being the college-drunk type of kid XD, but the Enjolras had a really nasal voice. I didn't like him much. -_-;;

The kids, Young Cosette and Gavroche didn't really do much aside from sing the notes. No emotion, no real action, no real feeling behind it all. But hey, they're kids. *shrugs* Can't expect too much out of kids...but if I recall correctly the kid as Gavroche in the 10th Anniversary Concert was fucking amazing.

Okay, I'll stop talking about Les Mis. Overall I was satisfied despite the obvious lack of Philip Quast-ness in the show ;_; Uh oh, I think my Philip-Quast-as-Javert crush is coming back. >_> *shoves it back down* There we go.

Ali-chan has her birthday today. ^_^ We'll not say how old she is. Going to dinner with her and her group of friends tonight w000000t. ^_^

Let me also express my hatred of soft pads that don't have the rope taped around them. How am I supposed to dance if I don't know where the arrows are?! >.< Someone port me some songs for Stepmania. I'm going to get my own pad and do it that way, dammit! @_@ And I'm going to poke all of you who don't already play DDR to play DDR. ^_^ *poke poke poke*

Going to see Les Miserables tonight. Yes, the musical. God, I haven't seen the musical since...*thinks* 1997? 1996 maybe? Whenever the 10th anniversary on Broadway was. -_-;; It's a bit of a nostalgia trip for me, because Les Mis was the first fandom I ever got into when I was a wee little 13 year old in the 8th grade. ^_^;; It's scary to think about my days as teeny Les Mis fangirl, and if Charm ever leaks any of the stupid shit I did, she is so fucking toast. ¬_¬ *shakes fist*

I really liked Les Mis way back then. I picked it up right on the tails of a dying Phantom obsession. It has the most beautiful music, and it had a whole bunch of really talented actors, especially for the 10th Anniversary recording. Colm Wilkinson was the bomb, and everyone who knew me back then knows what I thought of Philip Quast. ^_^ (Okay, okay, I admit it, I was a rabid Javert fangirl. The depths of my Javert fan-ness scares even me to this day.)

So Les Mis tonight will be trip down memory lane. I hope whoever plays Javert tonight doesn't choke on the low F (if I recall correctly, it's an F, correct me if I'm wrong) like Robert what's-his-face did my night on Broadway in "The Confrontation." *grumble* That is one of the coolest songs in the whole show. (Excuse me while I relive my days a Les Mis fangirl. Yes, I know I'm a total nerd. -_-;;) "The Confrontation" is amazing (I love the beauty of the concept of a Valjean/Javert duet. Oh, the [slashy] goodness.), "Stars" is so beautiful, and "One Day More" is so stirring. So much more so when you're listening to the whole choir in the 10th Anniversary recording back it up. @_@ It's stunning. I love Les Mis. *snuggles it close* (And I love my Valjean/Javert slash. ¬_¬ *cough cough* Now I know you'll all be sending hitmen after me. ... ... but they're so cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuute! :3 So cuuuuuuuute! <3 <3 <3)

Okay, enough fangirl-age. Talked with a good friend for long hours on the phone last night, and I hope she's feeling all right today. *snuggles* ^_^ <3
I'll call you again when I get back from the night of Skuld devolving into an 8th grade fangirl. @_@ Oy, scary.

My grades are going to suck this term. On the bright side, my parents really can't blame me for the C I'm about to get in my novel writing class. The only reason I can figure out why Haldeman hates my novel is because it's fantasy. It's science fiction in a very fantasy-like setting. I tried to mix the two, but I don't think I'm doing a good job of it, because Haldeman keeps telling me, "Anything can happen with magic, so why should I care?"

The correct answer is, "Umm...because you want to know exactly what out of the subset of 'anything' actually does happen..." alternately, "Umm...because you want to watch my character interact," is also correct. I don't see a good reason why I'm getting a C in the glass other than Haldeman has a deep hatred of the fantasy genre. I guess Tolkien scarred him for life or something. >.<

But...GRRRR! GRRRR! I'm making the same fucking mistakes as the rest of the kids in the class, and they're not getting C's! They getting A's and B's, and hell, my mistakes aren't half as bad as theirs. The only reason I can figure out why I'm getting a C is because Haldeman doesn't like fantasy, so tough it out, Skuld. My writing teacher sucks. >.< He's a nice guy, he's fun to joke around and talk to, but damn, in terms of grading he really bites. Thanks for helping me improve my story, Haldeman, all you're telling me is that you don't care and you hate fantasy. Thanks. Thanks a lot.

Oh, he did say that my writing was "too purple." Which means it's too flowery, descriptive, and elaborate. Sorry man, that's my style. I don't think you can do anything about that. -_-;; I don't think I can do anything about that. He says that my writing style is "appropriate for the anime/game genre in which you're writing." Okay, that's great. That doesn't tell me why I have a shitty grade. I think I'm going to have to go to this guy and bitch. >.< I'm so pissed off. This has convinced me once and for all that:

1) I don't want to be a writing minor
2) I am never taking another creative writing class EVER AGAIN.
3) Published writers suck

I guess I learn my lessons the hard way, because Cooney hated me last term too. Why do I never learn? Because I'm a total fucking dork. >.< *sigh* Should've listened to Amberlee the first time she warned me away from them.

Last four things:

1. The nihongo no shiken bent me over today and had its way with me. Projected grade for Japanese this term: B, B+

2. I made a SolxKy Mailing List. Feel free to join it.

3. I am so hosed with work tonight it's not even funny. Hooray for tool-age. Hopefully I can get most of it done before I have to go home. -_-;; *cry*

4. To user "mtyung"... do I know you? @_@ Because if I don't, I should. You go to my school, for crying out loud. Come and assault me.

I was talking with a friend a couple of days ago, when we were both sitting at the bus stop waiting for our respective buses to come. I was waiting for the #1 to take me home across the bridge, and he was waiting for the Tech Shuttle to take him to Westgate. Westgate is MIT on-campus housing for families, both graduate and undergraduate. I was surprised to hear this, as I last I remembered he was still living as his frat house, PKT. Apparently over the summer, he got a wife, and had a kid. @_@

Holy shit. Maybe it's just me, but this guy is my age. Isn't it a little early to be starting a family when you're still an undergraduate junior? I mean, how can he support them if he's just a student? At least grad students get stipends and some get paid to do their research, but undergrads get jack shit. In fact, we're paying MIT for the priviledge of going here! His girlfriend is a Wellesley student even, and that's almost a one hour commute every single day from MIT to the Wellesley campus.

I dunno, it just sort of blows my mind to think that MIT undergrads are getting married and starting families. It's just too early, you know? It makes me wonder if he was planning this, or it just sort of happened by accident and he was forced into this situation.

Whoa, it's scary to think that kids my age starting to settle down like that already. @_@ I mean, there's so many things to do, study, socialization, work, extra-curriculars that families get in the way of that, you know? Maybe I'm just old fashioned or something, but I know I'm not ready to start anything even remotely resembling a family or a domestic union (I will never have kids. Never. >.< Ew, that would mean banging with a guy, and that's just not my kind of thing. >.<) at least until I'm 24 or 25.

I guess some people are just more mature than me. Or they just have accidents.

The world hates me today. I made my dinner, ziti with marinara sauce, and decided to throw along a glass of juice, a cup of jasmine tea, and a pot of green tea in the mix. I was carrying it up the stairs on a tray, lost in thought of SolxKy, and WHAM! I trip, and my dinner, including its many liquids ends up on the stairs. >.< I am very unhappy about this and am blaming this on Sol for not paying attention to where I was going. *grumble* ¬_¬ I am willing to bet he also is the direct cause of me falling over, because I have never, ever tripped up those stairs in all my two and a half years of living at Fenway House. >.< Grrrrrrrrr. No hawt ky boysex for you tonight, Sol. That'll teach ya'.

And since everyone is doing this...

FEBRUARY:
Abstract thoughts. Loves reality and abstract. Intelligent and clever. Changing personality. Attractive. Sexy. Temperamental. Quiet, shy and humble. Honest and loyal. Determined to reach goals. Loves freedom. Rebellious when restricted. Loves aggressiveness. Too sensitive and easily hurt. Gets angry really easily but does not show it. Dislike unnecessary things. Loves making friends but rarely shows it. Daring and stubborn. Ambitious. Realizing dreams and hopes. Sharp. Loves entertainment and leisure. Romantic on the inside not outside. Superstitious and ludicrous. Spendthrift. Tries to learn to show emotions.

Now, back to our regularly scheduled program: the toolage.

I am so hosed right now. I apologize to all you people who I've been meaning to chat with and haven't because I have buttloads of work that I punted the first two days of my 4-day weekend.

*huggles to all*
If you really want to talk, e-mail is probably the best way to do it for now. ¬_¬ Gomen ne. -_-;;

Omi seems to have gotten the shaft. Poor Omi. We should all give him a pat on the back and on the head.

On the bright side, I have a partner in crime for No Mercy. Oh, the bad fic goodness. *laughs* I have never heard the female genetalia been referred to as a "honey pot." ¬_¬ This is just too good.

I also managed to find a really bad SolxKy tonight. Really really bad. You first time ficcers need to read more good fics and learn from them. The SolxKy will be up in a couple of days. Don't wanna steal the spotlight from the "honey pot," because it deserves its time up there. *cringe*

Roni has made me a new LJ icon. ^_^ <3 <3 <3 I love it muchly. It goes along with my other one. XD Mmmm. Nothing better in the world than SolxKy 69.

Thanks to Cali-chan for sending me an absolutely adorable ZoroxLu shounen-ai doujinshi. ;_; It was so cute. Luffy's so adorable. ^_^ *cuddles* Supposedly I'm missing lots of stuff over in the yaoi part of the Kaizoku-Fansubs part of the forums. ^^;; It's been a while since I've been into One Piece yaoi. ¬_¬ Maybe I'll pop by there sometime if I have the time. In the meanwhile, I have work to do...

Drunken roleplay with Roni last night. I think I was mostly coherent, but I can't quite exactly remember what happened, except for the few tidbits of conversation I am not at liberty to repeat. ^_^

Oh, and this idea came to me between my two periods of drunkeness (Yeah, I got drunk twice), so you can guess what might have been going on the Wonderful World of Sol and Ky (tm) last night. XD

Ali-chan slept for 31 hours this weekend. I am envious. I wish I could sleep for extended periods of time like that! Goddammit! Though it would have been amusing, because then Roni and my clone would have been scratching their heads going, "Where's Skuld?" while I snoozed on under the bedcovers. ^^;;

Oh, and I am trying to get Chamber of Snogs back up and running. If you want to do Harry Potter-verse original character roleplay, this is the time to do it. If you don't and you tried already, this is the time to tell me and drop out of it. ¬_¬ Our characters are still in the preliminaries of getting to know each other, so jump in right now, ne?

Dim Sum, again with Yang this morning. Then we went home to play Guilty Gear where I yelled many curses at her EX Jam, her EX Dizzy (CHEAP! CHEAP BASTARDS!), and her Zappa. *glare* ¬_¬ If I wasn't so rusty with Sol...*shake fist*

Slytherin! You're classy to the core, favoring the
traditionally finest things the world has to
offer. While you may or may not be evil *wink*
you certainly have the power and attitude to
get what you want. You're clever as all heck,
and tend to be a couple steps ahead of even the
most astute Ravenclaw.


A More Unique Hogwarts Sorting Quiz
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Yeah, that's right. Slytherin Pride. ^_^v

No hazing here!

Showered Mark today, because it's his birthday! He is now 18 and has lots of Pocky and a breadmaker in his room. ^_^ Played a whole bunch of GGXX (god, I am SO rusty) and a whole bunch of Soul Calibur II (which I suck mightily at), had a light dinner, and then proceeded with the hazing. Mark put up quite a struggle, but we finally managed to get him together and shove into the shower. ^_^ Hee hee hee.

There was a lunar eclipse tonight, very beautiful. Kudos if you missed it, if you didn't...aaah, too bad for you. ^_^

Talked with Roni a lot on the phone last night, most of the conversation being SolxKy goodness. ^_^ mmm...SolxKy goodness. Somehow the topic of last night's conversation got turned to Ky's big white suitcase (you know, the hard-shelled Samsonite kind with the wheels), and Sol's plastic bag (the kind with "Thank You" written on it and a smiley face), and them going to Vegas together. ^_^

Ky would so totally go see the Siegfried & Roy show. *giggle* ^_^

And that brings me to the point that after seeing Mystere at Treasure Island this summer, I must now go and see "O" at the Bellagio (that hotel is SO gorgeous *cry*) and "Zumanity" at New York, New York. Goddammit! >.< Why does Vegas have three Cirque du Soleil shows? No fair! I think I missed Quidam this summer too. -_-;; *sigh* Maybe some other time.

Everyone has these nice "My fandom" LJ icons. -_-;;
Cocoa has "My fandom makes people gay" for the X fandom, which is pretty fucking sweet. ^_^ (Spot the Skuld in the Fuuma costume! XD)

Amberlee has "My fandom likes necrophilia" which is also pretty fucking sweet for the Jecht/Braska/Auron fandom.

What can Skuld say about the GG fandom?
"My fandom has stupid fanboys." ... no, not a good idea.
"My fandom has cornercheese." ...annoying, but true.
"My fandom has an overpowered self-inserted character." ... why hello Daisuke/Sol, how are you today?
"My fandom is t3h crack." ...need more... @_@
"My fandom has dust loops." ...*rushes to defend Sol from rotten tomatoes*
"My fandom likes Queen." ...that I approve of. XD

It's Friday! I spent most of my night last night talking on the phone with Ed, about a variety of random things, half of which I don't even remember. @_@ I dunno, I'm just bad a remembering the topics of my phone conversations. ^^;; *sweatdrops*

Then Big Hentai Mike came into the room, and we sat around and bashed "The Matrix: Revolutions" for a while. Blatant symbolism, yay? That was the Wachowski Brothers kicking me in the nuts. Okay, so CLAMP does it too, but you don't notice it so much in X because CLAMP has put it on hiatus. And besides, there's Seishirou x Subaru to distract me. ^_^

Sarto commented that he thought the battle for Zion was one of the most amazing, and large-scale science fiction war scenes ever. Okay, I'm willing to buy that. Saying that it is more massive than Helm's Deep in "The Two Towers..." eeeehhh...maybe. Helm's Deep was fucking impressive, and The Matrix didn't have the Massive program. I say wait until "The Return of the King." Wait until the Battle of the Pelennor fields. I have faith in Peter Jackson. He and those guys at WETA digital will kick Wachowski brother ass. I know what they have to live up to, and I know they'll do it. *plugs LotR some more* At least the series can't be ruined, because we know how it's supposed to end already. ^^;;

This is what happens when I don't get enough sleep! I wasn't sleepy last night so I didn't climb into bed until 4am...and boy, was my brain not communicating with my body. Because I slept through my alarm clock (which meant I slept through: "Inner Universe," "Zodiacal Sign," "Obsession," "Fruits Candy," "Noontide," "Keep Yourself Alive II," and "Holy Orders") and on until 1pm, when my roommate woke me up. @_@ AAAAA! Guess I was way more tired than I thought I was.

Yes, that meant that Skuld slept through all her classes. -_-;; And I was awake and contemplating staying up all night again for kicks! Boy, am I glad that didn't happen, otherwise when I crashed tonight I may have well missed Friday completely. XD

So yeah, finally getting my research job with Schneider on the road. And my proposal is due, TOMORROW. GODDAMMIT! *bangs head against wall* I hope they give me an extension on it, or I will be taking 72 credits next term. Yes folks, that's the equivalent of 6 classes. *dies* That will be when Skuld drops off the face of the planet, and no one but those who are in her classes will ever see her. >.< Let's hope it doesn't happen folks, because I do live online and have a lot of online friends, and it would be such a pity if they had to put a bounty on my head in order to get someone to find me. ^^;;

And last of all, for those of you who are into Go (god, I haven't played Go in ages), Kamitra has put up a Go questions for you all to solve. ^_^~ cheers to everyone.

I seem to have this lovely fascination with death, particularly involving the maiming of the body. I blame Poppy Z. Brite and her book, Exquisite Corpse, though in truth, I think I had that fascination before I read the book.

I sat down to write my novel today, and what had come out? Nothing but people dying. Lovely, isn't it?

I'm actually awake. I caught two hours of sleep from 3-5pm, and I'm wide awake. I'm horribly sleep-deprived, but I don't seem to mind at this point, as I have a lot of homework tonight too. Whee! *lalalalalala*

Oh, and I joined the NaNoWriMo thing. Hey, I'm writing a novel already, what the hell? Am I going to make it? Probably not. But I can try.

Speaking of writing...*whimper* Roni! do you have your Ky fic finished? Because I know I'm going to want to write the Sol counterpart to it this weekend. It's a four weekend... ;_; Ne ne ne, onegai shimasu?

and lastly...Destra's new layout kicks ass. *love love love*

I am approaching the 22nd hour of my consciousness. It appears that Skuld will finally have pulled an all-nighter. And mind you, this is the fall of my junior year when I only have THREE classes. I fear for next term, where I will have five classes. @_@ Augh. Spring term will be certain death.

To amuse myself and keep myself from falling asleep, I think I'm going to watch some Get Backers or chat with someone online. I really want to sleep right now (my bed calls to me), but I know that if I touch it, I'll fall asleep. -_-;; And that's the last thing I want right now, because I have to be awake in two hours. >.< Two hours worth of sleep just isn't worth it. @_@ I hope I can somehow stay awake to work more on my novel this afternoon. *grumbles* The only think I can look forward to is the four day weekend this weekend. Oh joyous four day weekend. ;_; How I love you so. I already know I'm going to collapse into bed on Thursday night and SLEEP. SLEEP, wonderful oblivion in which I dream of Sol and Ky goodness. God, don't I want some of that now.

I started a new piece of SolxKy fanfic by writing the very end of it. -_-;; Why isn't my novel writing itself the way my fics are? GODDAMMIT!

I watched his back, watched it disappear off into the distance, lose itself amongst the people, once more insignificant amidst the daily affairs of a world recovering from war.

Until we meet again.

Wow, Ky point of view. And I'm the Sol type. I wonder if I can do this...we'll have to see.

I have just seen "The Matrix: Revolutions." There are no spoilers here, never fear. Just my thoughts.

The Ending
Not too bad. It's hard to find an appropriate ending that wraps everything up. I don't think I could have come up with an ending that would have satisifed the audience, so the one they have is acceptable. I mean, for an epic like "The Matrix," finding a good ending is hard. @_@

Keanu Reeves...
...still can't act. He actually comes close in here. He does pull off looking badass though. ^^; So kudos to him, and for those of you who were afraid of seeing his bare ass as in "Reloaded," fear not. No bareass!Keanu here.

The Twins...
...aren't in Revolutions. *cries* But Persephone is, showing off her boobs.

The fight scenes
are okay. The best one was obvious the Smith/Neo fight...the other fights were kind of 'bleh.'

The special effects
are fucking amazing. "Return of the King" has a movie to beat. XD

The dialogue
sounds like it was written by Squaresoft. Surprised? No.

I suppose that is all. ^^;;

Skuld has tickets to "The Matrix: Revolutions" tonight. ^_^ w00t. Okay, so officially it's not supposed to come out here until Wednesday 9am, but luckily for us, MIT has gotten tickets to a couple of pre-showings. w00t. I've read some reviews, and supposedly it's really good. Almost as good as the first movie in fact, but I'm not going to keep my hopes up too high. ^^;; I want a good action movie, I want my Neo kicking ass, I wanna see Seraph fight again (because that man is the embodiment of what it means to have Yuen Wo Ping choreograph), and they better have the Twins in it or I, and my Twin Mailing lists (which I have been neglecting since the release of Reloaded) will collectively explode. Wah.

I have a feeling I won't be sleeping tonight. Why? Too much work. So much fucking work that I punted on the weekend until now, and it's fucking me over. Oh well, as if anything is new. It'll be late when I get online tonight, because you can bet I'm still going to be on a total Matrix high. <3 Now to wait for "The Return of the King." *twitch twitch* Oh, beautiful loveliness. ;_;

And now it seems that one of my other tasks this weekend, besides reinstalling my operating system because Omi's RAM fucked up Win2K, is to move all of my fanfiction site over to my MIT server. *grumble* Because of the stupid pop-ups that Brinkster has put on their free pages, it seems I have no choice but to move my fanfictions over my webspace. That will take less time than the burning and reinstallation of Win2K. @_@ Hopefully.

Expect a new fic for No Mercy soon. Ed has shown me goodness. But first, I must tackle the homework...and the novel. Must not forget the novel. ;_;

Lise is bad influence on my life. Or maybe a really good one. ^_^

In grand snarky fashion, I have opened up a Guilty Gear Yaoi fic review site. Why? Because some fics just deserve it.

It's Monday! Had a great weekend with Charm and Rah. ^_^ There was much consumption of alcoholic beverages (mainly along the lines of Parrot Bay rum, but there was some Midori too), and lots and lots of Skuld being very red faced. (w00t for the AZN glow. ^_~)

The 4th Mix Plus machine makes me sad. The frame rate is horrible, so the arrows look funny, and there are no speed mods (I need my 1.5 speed, dammit!) and no solo arrows. How am I supposed to read 9-foots? @_@ This is going to take some getting used to I think, because the 4th Mix Plus arrows also scroll by slower than in Extreme, so my really bad rhythm is now really bad and slighty off. ;__; Hoeeeeeee!

And now... *fanfare* Skuld's rant about Guilty Gear yaoi.

[rant]

Guilty Gear yaoi needs to be unified. It really does. Okay, so we've got the Guilty Gear Yaoi Mailing List at Yahoo!Groups, but from my experience, for a fandom to truly be a cohesive group, you need a forum. A real forum. Something like CLAMPesque or Dreams of Sakura. Note that CLAMPesque has been declining lately because all the good/popular authors have stopped posting there. As for Dreams of Sakura, I don't go there often, but there's enough discussion there that it keeps the fandom going.

Besides the mailing list, I think Guilty Gear yaoi needs a permanent home. Katzy is MIA and therefore Heaven Coming Down isn't being updated, and just having a Yahoo!Group is not enough. So what Guilty Gear Yaoi needs is a forum to post in, dedicated all to GGyaoi of various shapes and flavors. I would do this, but I don't have my own domain yet (and here is yet another reason for me to get one), and at the moment, I do not have the time to devote to its creation.

As for the SolxKy fandom, which oddly enough, seems to consist only of me and Roni at the moment... (where were all the SolxKy fans this summer when there was a huge bru-haha in GGYaoiML, when we were the only two truly defending SolxKy's validity as a couple?)
I know there's more people, but where the hell are they? We're scattered all over the place because there's no real place for us to gather. The GGYaoiML is a bad place for SolxKy fans (because I swear there are none, and if there are, they're lurking) and there's no real central place we can meet up and have our discussions. Therefore, Sol and Ky need a place on the 'net that they can call home (probably some corner of a greater GGYaoi Forum).

But what SolxKy really needs, to truly make it a specialized niche of the fandom, is a really good fanfic that everyone can look up to. (As for all you fanartists...well...¬_¬ you should start reading fanfic.) Seishirou/Subaru has Sakura and Snow. Harry/Draco has Love Under Will (amongst many other wonderful authors, Cassandra Claire, Olympia, just to name a few), Snape/Harry (though I'm not a fan of that pairing) has Mirror of Maybe, Sephiroth/Cloud has Long, Hard Road...

Sol/Ky needs a great, epic, novel-length fic that brings everyone together. This is not to belittle Katzy's Amor Exitiabilis Est series, but it's not on a grand enough scale (and it's a little outdated, as it seems to have been written before GGXX's release). SolxKy needs a groundbreaking fanfic series, something to set the precedent, something to just totally blow everyone away, as all those fics I mentioned above did.

Heh, looks like I have my work cut out for me as soon as my winter vacation begins. With no one to bother me these winter holidays, I may just get what I want written. Let's not forget that Skuld turned out no less than 5 fics in the month of December 2002. Let's see what she does this December, ne? ^^;;

[/rant]

Shit, that was a long rant. Anyone still with me? ^^;;

No luck yet in catching the mouse. -_-;; Oh well, it's just a mouse, it'll probably starve to death on my desk (as if anything edible hasn't been eaten already XD) and start reeking come the end of the month. Yay. @_@ Or maybe it will give up and decide to live elsewhere, like Brad's room. Brad's room seems like a nice abode for a mouse.

I have tickets to The Matrix: Revolutions on Tuesday night at 8:30pm. ^_^ w00t. I could only get two tickets though, and since I never saw Mike's reply (did he delete it?), I guess I'm taking Mark. w00t. Last Matrix movie coming out on Tuesday, not to mention Lord of the Rings should sate me and my movie fiendness for now. ^_^ Oh yes, pretty pretty movies. I wonder who is going to win for special effects for the Oscars. It'll be a toss-up, but I plan fully on the gorgeousness of the Battle of the Fields of Pelennor to wow me away.

There is a mouse living on my desk. Goddammit, I knew it as soon as I heard it picking at the leftover pizza crust, but I never was quiet enough to see it...until now, where it just happened to step out from its hiding place.

Dammit! There's a mouse living on my desk. -_-;; This sucks. *sigh* Okay, time to break out the mouse traps (god, this mouse is tiny!), bring a knife in (I was lucky enough to manage to stab a mouse while trying to trap it once), or bring the cat in. I like the second option, but I don't think it's going to happen. I think the third option is best. Okay, off to find the cat.

Mr. Deja Vu, kimi ga inai...

I am so addicted to Get Backers. I can't help it...the yaoi suggestions are COMPLETELY rampant. @_@ They're everywhere. And that's not just me saying things either. @_@ They're everywhere. What's up with Natsuhiko and his brother? I do I see incest in the ending? *cough cough* Not to mention lots of Juubei/Kazuki, and Ban and Ginji about to kiss. <3 ^_^ *love love love* That series is after my own heart, really. Now if Ban and Ginji actually kissed in it...you know I'd be the screamiest, happiest, biggest Get Backers fangirl ever. @_@ *love love love love love*

Went to Dim Sum and the MFA today. ^_^ Whee! I love Dim Sum! Must go before the month is out to redeem my happy little card thing. ;_; *sniffles* Aaaa, might not visit Princeton this Thanksgiving. Too lazy. -_-;; Too busy too. We'll see, ne?

I hope Rah visits tonight, or I will be very lonely, since Charm has gone to see her other friend, Maxine. I should be doing homework, but I don't feel like it. -_-;; Le sigh. Maybe I'll watch more Get Backers. ^_^ <3

Blogging at 5am! Why? Because Charm and I got drunk, and we crashed on Mike Lewis's bed at around 12am. She called her friend, Jon, and I called Roni. ^^;; *sweatdrops* Oh god, the things I do when I'm totally drunk. XD Ed and Jason were over, and I just wanted to say 'hi'. Rah's coming over tomorrow, because she wanted to do Halloween things tonight. ^^;;

So I just woke up, Charm and I were still sleeping in bed. Time for me to go climb into my bed and go to sleep. Whee! ^_^ Good luck to Ed and Jason in the tournament tomorrow. XD

Or rather...today. @_@