WRYYYYYYYYY

I just got back from seeing Episode III with all the guys in lab. I think somewhere in the translation the whole cheesiness of Anakin and Padme's "lovely river of loving" (as VG Cats put it) got lost in Japanese, because a lot of my labmates were asking why I was trying to club myself into unconsciousness. They escaped the torture! Curses!

Anyways, I actually found myself better able to enjoy it the second time around, because I could tune out all the talking and focus on the action. :D The special effects were good, the action was fun, and they left the ending "NOOooooOOOOoooOO!!!11!" untranslated. I was expecting something along the lines of "usooooo!" or "WRYYYYYYYYY", but they left it as is, so I guess I can't fault them on a bad translating job. (I also can't congradulate them for making the script better, but oh well.)

Mel spent a couple of minutes on the train today trying to convince me that Obi/Anakin works, and I am still unconvinced. As forced (harharhar) as the romance between Padme and Anakin might be, they're still, you know, the canon couple. I don't care if Obi-Wan is holding onto Anakin in the elevator shaft (oh no, he's holding on for dear life, so much t3h gayxx0rs) or if he screams "I loved you!" (note the past tense), it's just not right. :/ Anakin loves Padme so much it makes him a stupidhead.

What really annoys me about some yaoi/slash fangirls is their complete and total incomprehension of the existence of a non-physical, non-gay, non-smut kind of platonic love. There definitely are friends that I `love` and friends that I might be willing to give my life for, but that doesn't mean that I want to get with them in bed. *rolls eyes* I do believe in a kind of brotherly love, and it kind of annoys me when that is twisted into something sexual when obviously it isn't. I guess I don't like it because it devalues the preexisting platonic love, and I don't that should be it. I also really don't like Master/Apprentice relationships because of the inequity of power and the trust involved...Or maybe I just hate anything other than Obi/Maul.

...yeah, that's probably it.

Anyways, I spent Saturday afternoon at a wonderful, authentic Nepalese restaurant somewhere in the Hotarugaike area. It was wonderful having actual curry instead of what the Japanese pretend is "curry," and I spent the afternoon at the Namco center in Umeda playing the hell out of Sangokushi Taisen. I finally got the guts to start playing online versus people, and I've gotten my ass smashed, minced, ground, and handed to me on a silver platter with a parsley garnish twice, and managed to play to a draw once. I think both times I got whooped was playing with people at least 10 ranks above me, so I don't feel so bad. I know people are watching behind me as I play, but given the fact that a lot of people I watch lose their online battles, it's not like I've shamed my ancestors or anything. I've just got to keep on truckin', and see if I can find a decent balance between the 'tank' strategy and the 'magic' strategy.

So Saturday night I went to Mel's place, where there was a small party for her since she's leaving on Thursday, but only about 3 other people showed up besides me. Oh well. We got up in the morning and headed to Namba, where I showed her the crack, and she actually thought it was pretty cool. :D Then we met up with Rocco, and we took him karaokeing with us (which is always a blast; I'm really sad that Mel's leaving because then my anime fangirl karaoke buddy will be gone...*looks meaningfully at Rhole). We also showed him the K-Books in Den Den Town, because we decided that Rocco needed more gay porn in his life, since he's read Mark McClelland's book and seemed interested in it. :D Go Rocco!

I spent the entire day feeling shitty. My lower back is sore, my throat is sore, and I have a headache, and it wasn't until after Episode III that I realized it's not a hangover that I have, it's probably a fever.

But given that I have a presentation this weekend, and an abstract for that presentation that I have to send out by tomorrow...

GODFUCKINGDAMMIT I have so much work.

I'm going to retreat into my dark, Sithly cave of Maul/Obi OTP and deal in the morning. *groan*

Much love to PrismGecko who seems to be willing to RP my OTP with me. GLEE, I tell you. I am full of glee.