anal probes...and tentacles!

My life is full of irony, in very many ways. Before I get onto the fun stuff, let me tell you how my life continues to mock me.

So, I was playing Sangokushi Taisen at Namco City in Umeda today, usually my favorite place to play. I was standing in line and reading the latest Harry Potter at the same time, for all the world looking like a clueless gaijin with my awesome record of 0-6 at the game playing versus other players.

Anyways, one of the guys waiting next to me offered me a card, and I graciously took it. It was a rare Ma Su card, and since the guy was being sweet to me (probably because I was both a cute girl and a foreigner) I was very happy. He offered me a card slip too, but I told him I already had one. Later, when I was starting to play, he raised his arms in a "fight-o" pose and said, "Ganbare!" I was totally beaming, even though I got my ass handed to me that round. (That's been happening to me all day, practically.) The gift was really sweet, and even though I don't play Shu, I really appreciated the sentiment.

So I usually get one rare card per 3 or 4 games I play. That's pretty good considering the odds, sometimes I just get lucky and the machine likes me. Unfortunately, I think my life mocking me takes predence over everything else, cause guess what card the machine spit out at me after I finished playing. A rare Ma Su card. =_=

Stupid life.

I opened the card's package from the back (that's where the little flap is) and as soon as I saw the little character icon the back, I was like, "No, don't do this to me." :/ My life hates me. I have two rare, shiny Ma Su cards and I can't play Shu because the neither the machines nor my life likes me enough to...say...spit out the super rare Guan Yu or maybe the super rare Cao Cao card would be nice too. Or just any Wei cards in general, cause those are my strongest so far.

*sigh* I am continuously mocked.

Met up with Ari today, and it was awesome. It's a pity she doesn't troll 4chan, because she totally belongs on /b. /b would be her dream board, the way it is mine. She's a nice kid, and we had a good time making fun of shoujo and shounen manga. ^_^ Hopefully on Monday I'll get to hang out with her and Rhole. I hope she has fun in Kyoto this weekend during Gion Matsuri, while I sit here and give into the temptation of reading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince because it's more fun that reading papers, despite the fact I really need those papers read. (I might just spend all of Monday morning/afternoon in my room drinking tea, eating cup noodles and reading papers because I have to. Got a presentation to give on Friday too. Boo.)

At any rate, here's a couple quotes from Harry Potter that are hilarious and non-spoilery:

"Two days ago Arkie Philpott had Probity Probe stuck up his..."

"...but at least they were allowed to swear loudly if the Venomous Tentacula seized them unexpectedly from behind."

J.K. Rowling's new book has ANAL PROBES and TENTACLES...seizing you from the behind. Man, this new Harry Potter book has a lot of ass. I hope Draco and Harry finally do it. :/ Or at least something anal happens between those two.

I am laughing my ass off. Holding two Ma Su cards. In plastic cover slips. Being gaijin-y and smelly because I am homeless tonight (I thought I'd be homeless on Monday, but apparently I was wrong) and sleeping in lab in a sleeping bag. Or maybe I just won't sleep, so I can finish Harry Potter and read papers. >_>