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er.... hehe... ooops
2001-10-27 18:17:52
you know how yesterday i said i was do all this stuff in the evening? well, i ended up going out for sushi with a bunch of people (including two cute japanese guys.... yum yum!) and then we all went bowling. didn't get home til one. ^_^ and then i had work at 8. in fact, i'm still at work. why? cause my boss is an incompetent moron.
so, guess i'll write more later. i want to get the hell out of here.
ps. cowboy bebop dvd set is $150.00 at planetanime.com. same for trigun boxed set. ^_^ -
maybe if i post it here i'll actually do it.
2001-10-26 14:51:51
OK, so tonight is going to be my catch-up night. It will. Honestly. I'll finally review all those amvs I've downloaded in the last couple months and have been meaning to review. And I'll reply to a couple emails (like knghtbrd, alternatefutures, dabst, fellowhoodlum - I promise I'll reply tonight!). And then I'm going to soak in the bathtub and get a ton of sleep, becaaaaause... tomorrow I have to work. bleh. And it's going to be a CRAAAAZY day, since my boss has this stupid gala thing tomorrow night, and of course he's not ready for it. I swear he can't do anything without me.
Ein - I just noticed your journal entry directed toward me! Sorry I didn't see it earlier! My mom and I are okay and close once again. :) She bashes anime, I bash soap operas. We have a very healthy relationship. :) Got over that fight we had a couple weeks ago, thankfully. But thanks for your concern!
Oooh! I got the X oav and eps 1 and 2 of the TV series last night. *drools at the prettiness* I can't wait for the rest! I love CLAMP. ^_^
And Fruits Basket is cute. Sappy, yet funny and cute. Despite the fact that most anime I like is a bit dark (a la Angel Sanctuary or Bebop), cutesy shoujo still has a special place in my heart. :)
Oh, and on the off chance Ermac reads this - because of your Lord's Prayer video (one of those amvs I've got to review tonight) and how bloody good it was, I bought the E Nomine "Das Testament" CD. Very, *very* good CD. I love German music. :) Being a DJ and all, I don't suppose you could recommend any other lesser-known bands? (This actually goes out to everyone. My CDs and playlists have been played a bit too often.)
You know, I never ceased to be amazed by my capacity for rambling. Have you noticed how long most of my journal entries are? Yai yah! (<-- yeah, I know that's weird. I'm well-known for my range of strange sound effects.). No wonder my family jokes about duct-taping my mouth shut. ;) -
something more light-hearted today
2001-10-25 13:57:26
First off, it seems I post in this thing every day. Why is it I can't do that with a real journal? I've tried in the past, but after 3 days I give up. Maybe it's cause I don't feel like reporting the intricate and bloody *boring* details of my life. I usually end up lapsing into all sorts of philosophical ramblings. Don't get me wrong, I love philosophizing and debating such things, but it can also really weigh a person down. Esp. since I'm not at all religious.
At any rate, I'm really disturbed. A guy ten years older than me (or thereabouts) told me he wanted to snap my bra. 0.o I have noooo clue why. Weird as hell.
I stopped at a costume shop to look at some stuff, since I'll be in Boston for Halloween and want to do something fun. I briefly considered the highly amusing Sailor Moon costume, but considering what the weather's like, I'd prefer not to freeze my little booty off. Maybe I'll go as the Fleece Monster or an alpine mountain climber. :) I really don't like the cold. I like the fall-version of cold - nicely brisk, just enough to make your cheeks pink. I don't like the blasting-freezing-make-icicles-from-your-breath-on-your-hair-cold. I take the subway to work, and man do you get the freezing air shoved down your throat when you walk up to street level. Chicago's called the Windy City for a good reason.
So in light of the fact that it's supposed to *snow* this weekend, what shall I do Sunday? One of my friends moved up here from Texas in May - the poor boy's only experienced weather like this when he visited Colorado. I *was* going to take him to Starved Rock State Park so he could see the beautiful fall colors and landscapes and whatnot. And for a while I thought about being a sadist and subjecting him to hiking in the cold all day, but he's actually more immune to it than me, so *I'd* be the miserable one. Why is it that all my male friends are impervious to cold? So I'll have to think of something else. Maybe we can go to a hay ride at a nearby forest preserve. I've always thought those were fun. :)
Haven't gotten any work done on my amv recently. I doubt I'll get much done before I leave for Boston. Oh, well. I'm not in any hurry. :)
Ooh, and I have Sapporo Ichiban Ramen for lunch! I challenge anyone to find a better prepackaged ramen than that. ;) -
should i feel bad that i'm not depressed?
2001-10-24 15:29:13
OK, so we're at war, and anthrax scares are popping up everywhere. But somehow, I don't feel depressed/anxious/what have you.
Maybe I'm insensitive or something, but I'm not going to let these assholes ruin my life. On Halloween I'm flying to Boston, even though most people I know are convinced something is going to happen. Yes, I'm going to be careful, yes, I'm going to keep my eyes for anything suspicious, but I'm still going to Boston. I refuse to hole up at home and wait out the day.
I come from an Air Force family, and right now I'm wishing that I had joined the Air Force. On the cover of the Chicago Sun-Times is an article about a female fighter pilot - her name is Sara and she flies an F-14, bombing Taliban targets. *That's* the way we should feel - like we want to fight.
So actually, I guess I'm angry. I agree with EK (who's a girl, Gline. Just thought you might want to know. ;) ) that the anthrax is being done by individuals. Professionals would have much more sophisticated and widespread methods of distributing it - even though what's happening now is certainly effective enough. The point I'm getting to, though, is that *everything* these people have been doing is utter cowardice. Bin Laden is holed up in a cave somewhere. If he's so damn confident he's right, why doesn't he come out and fight for it? Well, because he knows he'll lose, but I still think it's cowardice to simply hide and stick your tongue out at the "big American bullies." The jerks who are doing all this need to get some backbone and actually fight for what they believe in - something I am all too willing to do.
Grrrr. I won't even go into the whole politics of their cause, most of which is BS. I hope that two things come out of this, though - 1) the US rethinks its policy toward the Middle East (which it severely needs to do) and 2)terrorism is proven to be ineffective across the world. Because it really is. Yes, a lot of people here are scared/sad/anxious/frightened, but we're also *pissed off*! What, do these idiots think knocking down the WTC will cause us to go crying home, submit entirely to the rest of the world, and hide like they're doing?! Hell no!
...ok, I got going there. But like I said, I'm *angry*. And I really want to do something about it. Just wish I knew what. -
before doing dishes...
2001-10-23 21:02:21
just got done eating dinner. spaghetti. :) simple and tasty. also a mess to clean up. so i thought i would procrastinate a tiny bit by posting here.
went to the general forum today - one of the notes (called "anime...") started off a lot of chatting in German. ah, i miss german! that was a pretty fun class, despite the fact that i didn't learn much. :) it's been a while since i last studied it though, so it's starting to slip. makes me want to round up all my german-speaking friends and eat bratwurst with them. except they've probably forgotten more german than me. :p
i'm sooo bored. i really don't want to do the dishes. sigh. but i have to. actually there are several things i could be doing right now, but i don't feel like doing any of them. isn't it annoying when that happens?
oh, i recently bought vagrant story. niiiice game! i can see why some people call is "medieval gear solid." But damn, this game is cool. I quite like the combat system (yes, I did just say 'quite.'), and the characters all intrigue me a great deal. Not to mention that it's refreshing to have a hero who's over the age of 20 - something Squaresoft hasn't done for a while. Before you know it we'll have 12-yr. old Final Fantasy characters. Oh, wait! We already did! I like Final Fantasy IX and all, but the characters all look like they're around 10 (though I have gotten used to the look). Ashley Riot is nearly 30 in Vagrant Story. So for a change it makes *sense* that the main character can deal a ton of damage with his [insert weapon of choice here].
hey, knghtbrd - nice to know i was missed. :) i think everyone here is continually surprised that people actually find each other's journal entries entertaining. i know for me, at least, i'm much less inhibited here than in the forums, so perhaps people see more of my exremely strange wit. ;)
and alternate - don't worry, i haven't given up. ;) not by any means! trying to get you off guard, but guess it didn't work. all right, time to send it my spies! ::rubs hands together evilly:: i can't lose to a part-time cheesehead! :D
(hehe, i love teasing wisconsites. ;) )
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