Tales and Trails

Adventureland!

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 07:02:32 GMT

SO! I've been running around to some areas outside of Tampa lately... Especially in late evening. Being in the sunny state and near beaches galour is truly amazing, and one of the perks is the sunsets on the west coast (and I presume the sunrises on the east coast, which I have yet to get to see). But I recently went to Sarasota and Apollo Beach one more than one occassion and it's quite a relaxing experience I must say.. Here's a pretty pic as a sample!

Pretty, huh? I got quite a few good shots this last week (mostly of the sky, lol). I'e gotten into some macrame lately in addition to my hemp jewelry making.working on a small bag currently. Hope it turns out well... I'll get a pic of it when I finish it.

I found a flier for The Clues debut album... Not bad at all, actually it's pretty intriguing! Getting quite attached to it! :)

And Summertime Continues!

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:01:44 GMT

Wheeewy! This summer is awesums! I haven't had this much fun even when I was a kid I think. Went to Sarasota for the first time ever a couple weeks ago, and I'll say one thing... I'm absolutely in LOVE with the scenery and atmosphere there. If one thing I do this summer, I am going to take my bike, camera, art stuff, and trek all over the place, checking out shops and spending time at the beaches there, because man-oh-man are the beaches there amazing! Took home some sand from Siesta Beach. A whole bottle full! It's so white and fine... *sighs*

While I was there I picked up some cute beads to make some hemp jewelry with n some patches (which I've been wanting some of my own for a good while). I need to go back there too to check out the John and Mable Ringling Museum. The art museum there looks breathtaking and there's also a circus musuem which sounds interesting. But the place is like artsy- and organic-central, at least when compared to Tampa.

On a different note, I heard a new band that I'm interested in via a friend, the Silversun Pickups. They're an Indie Rock band with an awesome sound and lyrics that just draw you in and make you think. Anyways, heres a clip of the singer Brian Aubert doing a cover of Shadowplay by The Killers. (love this clip!)

It's Summer Time!

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 09:14:32 GMT

Whew... Such tiring days in the past bit, but guess what? It's summertime and I'm not taking ANY classes (for once). I'm takin full advantage of the time I got and been living live by the seat of my pants. Anyways, I've been goin on little adventures and searching for new things and places and the like.

Anyone heard of the Hare Krishna Movement? Well, I got a teaching one day from a guy that was kinda out there... It was a bit amusing at times and a bit tiresome as well, but overall a good experience. It got me into the idea of meditation and yoga as a way to reflect on life. Haven't pursued it just yet but found some nice places that give free "lessons" (of sorts) and on one of these days I get up early enough to get quality time to go, I'm headin out!

Also found some amazing antique shops really close to me. There's one that a Green Store too! Everything they sell is either handcrafted or made from recycled products and the like. It's a small shop but adorable. Theres an online store but it doesn't really put across the glamour of the place... ( www.tampastreetmarket.com/site/ )While there I found an amazing antique history book written by H.G. Wells. It's beautifully written, in great condition and first published in 1920. I only had to pay $5 for it too! (Yeah, I'm turning into a weird antique lover, but hey its amazingly cools!) I also found a pretty hip used bookstore right near campus that I need to go back and check out thoroughly...

A friend of mine introduced me to a hole-in-the-wall coffeehouse that is pretty coolios. It's called Sacred Grounds, and it's only open in the evening (which works perfect for me since I'm a night owl). They have events fairly often and theres quite a bit of artsy connections affeliated with them. They're teas are pretty good and the vegan food there is AMAZING! Quite the find I must say.

I've also been looking into some non-mainstream and new music gigs. Picked up a ton of fliers and I found one of my new fav artists, Eric Hutchinson (he sings Rock & Roll and Ok, It's Alright With Me) and I just missed one of his shows in town by 2 days! So upset, BUT I think I kinda like Gogol Bordello, a gypsy-punk band. A bit weird but some of they're songs are cool and they're live performances seem like crazy randomness, so sounds like fun. Might go see them in concert in a few weeks... We'll see!

But here check out his Rock & Roll MV:

Also on a side note, I've been drawing a TON lately, dun have any of it digitized yet though. Hopefully I'll get some of that up soon, lol!

Back~ (kinda....)

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:19:31 GMT

So, I'm rather randomly posting... I was lazy all summer and was fairly MIA. The only things I have been doing regularly is playing DOMO, watching a bit of anime and sleeping... >____> Boy is it hard to get out of that regular habit. Classes started 2 weeks ago and I have to literally drag myself from them to do classwork (especially hard since I dun have books for half my classes - gonna have to play nasty catch up). Aparently I need to go see the oprometrist as well... Eyes must be going bad.

Anyways, I'ma try to get back into my web and icon design hobby.... >____> TRY is the key word.... Too busy aparently. I at least have made a few icons and templates, haha.

(And for any who think I should be paying attention to class.... It's just simple algebra/geometry, which I proved in middle school I could do... =______=;)

A Rockin' Summer and Gamie Fun~!

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:36:40 GMT

Ahh, okies, so it's been a while since I last updated... @___@ But then thats not really that unusual. Hahaha.....

Anyways, classes are OVEEEER!!! XD I so ROCKED! my summer class I had (who cares if it was only linear systems, AKA advanced linear algebra). So, my summer already is amazingly great just because of that. On top of that my mind feels so fresh and alive which means operation REFRESH was a complete success. Ahh, and Jani not sure if you recall me mentioning this guy I had a long distance relationship for like 5 years (it was a LONG time ago) or not, but he finally came down~! X3 So that gets added to the greatness of this summer.

I've even had enough time to play this MMORPG that I'm kinda hooked on called Dream of Mirror Online (DOMO). Apparently its a free game developed by Softstar (i.e. it's originally a Chinese game). It's a social MMORPG so I've actually made some friends. Haha, I met one that lives in Japan and apparently she gets to watch all the cute lil' high school boys walk to school, ROFL, and also a bi guy (theres a lot of interesting peeps). You get to do quests, fly, create lover, teacher/student, and friend relationships, join guilds, dress up in costumes (they have a school girl outfit and kimono that I really want) and the thing I like the most, have pets~! XD~ Currently the Western version of the game hasn't implemented the Final Evo, but here's a peek at their final forms - theres 4 forms (egg, baby, teen and adult).

I've got a Rock (second one shown), Sapphire(first one shown), metal (3rd shown), Jade (first shown X3), and 2 Loves (blue and pink ones). Ahh, how I adore my Jade and Loves. Can't wait till they can evolve to final stages! Haha, 3 of them are mountable so you can ride them too.

Anyways, felt like ranting on that~!

Does having a mixed personality mean you have multiple personalities I wonder....

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 06:59:24 GMT

Since boredom has chased me to playing MMORPGs and loitering on the internet I figured I'd go ahead and join the PT lead... @____@

So, guess what? It says I'm an...

Although it says that, I'm not entirelt as it says... Maybe I'm an adapted AT...? O.o

Oh, don't get me wrong. This...

"The analytical thinker is a reserved, quiet person. He likes to get to the bottom of things - curiosity is one of his strongest motives. He wants to know what holds the world together deep down inside. He does not really need much more to be happy because he is a modest person. Many mathematicians, philosophers and scientists belong to this type. He loathes contradictions and illogicalness; with his sharp intellect, he quickly and comprehensively grasps patterns, principles and structures. He is particularly interested in the fundamental nature of things and theoretical findings; for him, it is not necessarily a question of translating these into practical acts or in sharing his considerations with others. The analytical thinker likes to work alone; his ability to concentrate is more marked than that of all other personality types. He is open for and interested in new information."

But it starts the differentiate in the second portion.... @___@

"The analytical thinker has little interest in everyday concerns - he is always a little like an “absent-minded professor” whose home and workplace are chaotic and who only concerns himself with banalities such as bodily needs when it becomes absolutely unavoidable.The acknowledgement of his work by others does not play a great role for him; in general, he is quite independent of social relationships and very self-reliant. He therefore often gives others the impression that he is arrogant or snobby - especially because he does not hesitate to speak his mind with his often harsh (even if justified) criticism and his imperturbable self-confidence. Incompetent contemporaries do not have it easy with him. But whoever succeeds in winning his respect and interest has a witty and very intelligent person to talk to. A partner who amazes one with his excellent powers of observation and his very dry humour."

Though, I am only dependent in my close relationships, I do have a soft side and I most certainly DO try to softly put out whats on my mind. I have not had one yet to call me anything near snobby... Rather emotional person... *ahem*

"It takes some time before an analytical thinker makes friends, but then they are mostly friends for life. He only needs very few people around him. Their most important ability is to be a match for him and thus give him inspiration. Constant social obligations quickly get on his nerves; he needs a lot of time alone and often withdraws from others. His partner must respect this and understand that this is not due to the lack of affection. Once he has decided in favour of a person, the analytical thinker is a loyal and reliable partner. However, one cannot expect romance and effusive expressions of feelings from him and he will definitely forget his wedding anniversary. But he is always up to a night spent with stimulating discussions and a good glass of wine!"

Ok, that first one is only partially true... with acquantances.... And that last one I completely detest to! If anything I have to control the urges to express myself in any fashion whatsoever.... haha....

You know, I think it might be b/c I originally wasn't an analyst..? Only became one after college and relationship influences allowed me to grow. So would that make me an adapted SD (haha, I actually went and checked what I used to be! And... still am for the most part... So I'm a mixed breed?).

Gaming Rant

Sat, 31 May 2008 08:16:49 GMT

Mmm, so summer started like almost a month ago, and I have done absolutely NOTHING but laze around~! Ahh, how refreshing that can be at times. Mm, anyways, near the end of April, my sister introduced me to the Shin Megami Tensei trilogy (?) games. My sister was telling me they're a bit hard to find (took her a few months to get hers, after frequent checks at Game Stop), but I managed to get a hold of like 4 of them in 2 weeks miraculously.

Persona 3: FES
    JAP - http://p3.atlus.co.jp/
    ENG - http://www.atlus.com/persona3/

Digital Devil Saga
    JAP - http://www.atlus.co.jp/cs/game/pstation2/ddsat/
    ENG - http://www.atlus.com/dds/

NOCTURNE
    JAP - http://www.atlus.co.jp/cs/game/pstation2/dds3/
    ENG - http://www.atlus.com/smt/main.html

Devil Summoner
    JAP - http://www.atlus.co.jp/cs/game/pstation2/summoner/
    ENG - http://www.atlus.com/devilsummoner/

I've played some of Digital Devil Saga and Persona 3 FES and both I was addicted to for quite some time (especially for me). The only reason I had to stop is because I was getting too into them and isolating myself in my room, lol!

On a different note (yet, still on the topic of games), my family recently got some new Wii games too. (Don't have too many of those, many because the plots are very limited, probably due to the target audiences for the system).

Firstly, we got Mario Kart for the Wii and I have one thing to say about it, once you play it Wii it's oh SO hard to not treat any other controller/system like a steering wheel, LOL! I keep turning my DS with I play Mario Kart DS!!! I sit there and chuckle at myself, when I'm playing it. Mmm, but it's much more fun when you have that positive physical mimicry. I play it now and then and apparently I'm not half bad at it.

My mom got Wii Fit, which is quite interesting. It's not for any real heavy workouts but great for like a 20 minute a day light workout in the convenience of your location/your time needs. The whole "game" aims at improving your posture, which will benefit your overall health significantly. And considering my back hasn't been bothering me nearly as much as it had been I'm plenty happy ( >___>)

Anyways, I felt like ranting on gaming, so yeah~! It's not like I do it often anyways....

Icon Post

Wed, 28 May 2008 01:13:33 GMT

OK, so I finally am getting down to my first icon post. I've been meaning to do this. Well, hopefully they're liked... I'm still not that great probably, lol.

Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle ...................................	Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle ...................................
Megami Kouhosei ...................................	Gouhou Drug ...................................
Monster ...................................	Peacemaker Kurogane ...................................
Hana Kimi ...................................	?? ...................................
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon ...................................	Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon ..................................
Samurai Champloo	??

Hope you all like them!

Anybody want a chance to get a free 16GB/8GB iPod Touch

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:08:00 GMT

I was looking up the Touch iPods on eBay today and came across this. Since it doesn't require any payment whatsoever the way I found out, I just went ahead with it. Maybe it'll work maybe it won't, but hey it won't hurt right!

It's a referral or points system. You complete or refer others to complete offers the site offers and you get your iPod sent in the mail to you free of charge (unless one of the offers requires some payment; which not all do). Anyways, here's the link if you feel like trying it out...

http://www.youripodtouch4free.com/index.php?ref=4414894

The steps to not have to pay are on my seller page: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESEX:IT&item=160187261638&_trksid=p3984.cSELL.m315.lVI

Check it out if you want.

Feeling a bit morbid....

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:30:51 GMT

You'll all have to excuse me but I'm feeling rather hopeless right now so I have to do something to help.... Sometimes, I wonder, if I'm just too out there and strange for the norm of people. Normally I don't even pay attention to any of it because I tend to have the eccentric types of friends or ones that at least, I'd assume, find me interesting. It's truly amazing how people view each other and though most times I don't get bored by it, I realize how little many understand me. I just don't see why some people don't try to see from different views. And with a quirky personailty that molds to changes and slides more on the eccentric side (aparently) to only have one set view towards me and my ideas kinda pains me a tad. Ehh, but I guess people aren't inclined to do what thet don't need to, and if they aren't interested in it, you really can't blame them too much especially if they're a stranger. But it still makes me feel like loner... and still very painful....

(This is why even though I'm interested in the brain, psychology would not be a pleaseant career; the scientific approach(nuerology) is probably better for my mood stability.)

the choices, the choices~!

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 23:43:00 GMT

Ahh, new round at LIMs! XD I've been having fun cropping and colorizing, but I can't choose which one to use!! O__O What to do.... I guess I'll hold onto 'em until I get some more inspiration, like a theme for them or something... Something that fits the graphics... either way I've got 3 icons coming out and around~! Shocking from just one picture, at least for me. Taking a lil bit of a different approach. We'll see how it works out!

Maybe I'll be able to do an icon post sometime soon~!

comebacks......

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:18:08 GMT

WEWT - WEWT!! Classes start today and guess who didn't get any sleep...! Yep, no sleep. But by the time I was tired it was pointless cause I have to go to the bank, buy some batteries, buy a clicker and get a parking spot early before class. I.E. I have to be leaving the house probably around 8, or whenever the bank opens... (I'm assuming 8 though it'd really suck if it was later cause parking is impossible at like 10 on the first week, not to mention I wanna get a GOOD spot - as in not all the way out in BFE!) But I got all my books ready and my scedule written out, my notebook, scrap paper, pencil case and recorder packed and ready - heck I even had time to pick out the clothes I was gonna wear today since I had nothing else to do! Just gots to take a shower, change clothes, pack the laptop up and head out when I'm ready!

Anyways, these last few days I've been busy watching an old favorite series of mine, Hunter x Hunter! XD I'm in love with the series again. I went stir crazy and watched the whole series, plus the 3 OVAs and then after that read the Chimera Arc (which comes after the GI Final OVA), or what there is of it. It couldn't have been at a better time because I heard Togashi Yoshihiro is coming back from his sick leave in October! Though the series isn't expected to move very fast, according to a lot of fans.... (However truthful that is I dun really care, but I would like to see the ending - and not a rushed uprupt one). Once the series is done I'm sure the last OVA set(s) will come out on the Chimera Arc, which in my opinion is awesome, at least once you get a good ways in it. The last like 20 chapters were the best in the series so far, if you don't look too far into the art (though the slightly messy art does give it a bit of character) for those aesthetic-oriented people. I will say the messy art did turn me off when I started the Chimera Arc when it first came out but I actually enjoy the art with it now for some reason, lol. And I'm still curious when Gon's dad will show, I mean he has to right? I'd be a tad disappointed if he didn't. I really wanna see hpw their meeting is gonna go, cause I'm really gonna cry if the series ends with Gon and Gin just like standing there staring at ech other and thats it..... They have a LOT to talk about I'm sure! X3

Fri, 17 Aug 2007 03:40:40 GMT

Ahh~ It's been a while since I last posted... Well, not much has happened but a lot has at the same time. >___> Kinda....

First I have to say the bad news.... My External HD fried on me and it'll cost a pretty penny to get all the info off it. The motor died completely on it and aparently I have to go to a personal PC shop where they'll charge like an arm and a leg cause its some specialized process.... So there goes 250 GB worth of anime......... 250 GIGS!!!! That's.... TT____TT makes me wanna cry.... Well, I got a new one and I'm trying to get it all back downloaded. Got a bigger one too. I won't ever have problems with space, and its got a 5 year warranty so it shouldn't die on me after barely a year! Man, what is it with these HDs nowadays. Makes me wonder if I'm just buying scraps that is camoflogued over mysteriously.... The worst thing is all my BSSM was on there........ =____= I got about 1.5 seasons burned on DVD I thinkn but I can only get it as one batch (all 166 episodes plus the movies, excluding the Stars season). Normally I'd buy the damn DVDs but I sure as hell don't trust the licensed version sold here and there are missing episodes. So I gotta spend forever to get it again.... But on the other note I've gotten a lot of my subs from Shinsen and all my LabuKon. Still got a LONG ways to go though. I dun even remember all the stuff I had on there. Ahh, I'll get it eventually..... I just have to find it all again *whimper*

Ahhh, I've had such a refreshing break from classes (it'd be heaven if it asn't for my hellish job....); playing games, watching anime, redesining my TCG site, tinkering with other site designs, and doing LEISURE cleaning and preps done. Cleaning isn't so bad if you can do it at your own pace. Just got half my clothes washed today~! I bought my domain/hosting, but the domain isn't connecting properly. It might be just my network here (something about the ISP) If you guys could check http://neturetu.net out for me and see if it works ok I'd appreciate it. Cause if it isn't working I have to contact them about it to get it fixed....

On a side note, does anyone wanna trade friend codes? I've Animal Crossing and no friends to travel to see. I want FRIENDS~!

Lucky~~~~!

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 02:16:10 GMT

OK, so yesterday I told myself I wouldn't spend any money except for the $15 for Picross, which was just release today~! But, my sister dragged me to Dillards to look at the Clearance dresses, thank god they were clearance (they were all like originally $50-$70!!). Even though I actually ended up forgetting my wallet, my sister hd me try on some of the dresses I liked and I ended up buying one.... Well,she bought it for me and I ha to pay her back. =____= She's a horrid influenc on me financially, lol. Anyways, its really cute and PINK~!

But anyways, the Picross game came out today for the DS and I couldn't hlp but buy it because Pircoss is amazingly fun~! I got through the easy section in an hour but the normal mode gets harder quick~! XD Hohoho~! It's fun fun! But that might only be becuse I'm a nerdy geek...

And yesterdayI saw I Now Ponounce you Chuck and Larry and OMG it was so flipping hillarious! I was laughing a good portion of the movie. And going with a few guys is even better cause their reactions just make it even better! Everyone should see it whether its in the theaters or t home later. But another good note is one of the guys who came was recruiting for the Robotics Team! XD I was so psyched when I was offered to work on a team. I'm super-uber interested in Robotics (among other thigs) so this sould be a great experience. All in all I've had a great few days. I'm just reall lucky at the moment~ <3

Manga, anime, life, and cuties~!

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 07:22:39 GMT

Waai~! First of all I'd love to thank soifon for this pretty, pretty icon~! X3 I absolutely love it~! Haha, and I find it so funny cause I'm usually on my comp the most (for leisure) at around mindnight so i suits me soo well. I'm so gonna use it for my midnight posts~! Ok, so its not really midnight but it's late!! And~ now that thats out and since I'm on the icon note... I just missed voting for clamp_lims.... u___u; I wasn't expecting to be at work until like midnight... @____@ poohy~! It was WAY bad there tonight because of low staffing from the morning. I worked so hard that my arms and shoulders are stiff and sore and my feet and calves ache. But onto clamp_limsagain, lol. It's getting slim over there isn't it? Thats good, it means round 2 is around the corner~! woot! I need something to do.... I mean I had to fill in time spots with cleaning of all things. That RARELY happens, very rarely... Heck I don't think I even PLAN cleaning! But my room does need cleaning and organizing. It gets so out of whack during uni season~!

On top of that I really need to catalogue my manga. I just got my shipment in and I'm still letting it ooze into my mind. I look at half of them each day to absorb them in well, hohohoho~! Not to mention reading Darling wa namamono nitsuki is just hillarious~! I laugh so much and I can't even understand all of it. BUWAHAHA~! But I'm mostly looking at my BSSM parody anthologies, Moon Fight! volumes 1 - 4. Once I get enough of those I'ma move on to the more anticipated ZeroSum Anthologies~! Wewt, smexy art is always awesome! XDD Now to just solve that space problem... I think I'm completely out of shelf room, hahaha.... and theres no room in my room for another bookshelf. >____> *ahem!*

Which reminds me I need ot get my site first before I can catalogue anything. I think I'll get it on the 1st of August. It marks the start of a new year for me, as the new school year starts in August, lol. SO! I'm trying to prepare stuff. But whether its ready or not I will buy my domain and host on the first! X3 Then you'll get to see all my pretties!

Today I also went shopping a lil at my work. I found this dress that went clearance a while ago and we didn't have my size but one got returned. ^^ So I hid it and went and bought it today. I also bought these awesome Patrick Robinson jeans that were clearance too. You can fit like 3 mangas in each side pocket! And they so have style. It's a shame they dun help my figure any, but oh well! And on top of that I got these really cute red flats! Theres not much I have to wear with them, as very little of my wardrobe is cutesy (I just recently got into the cute apparel) But I will find ways to wear them! I will!

Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo - OMG, if you haven't seen Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo you need to! I loved the movie so much. I mean com'on, you know you wanna see a movie about a boisterious caring girl who gets the ability to jump through time. Plus you should watch it to see her tumble around after exiting the spacial time frame. It's SO funny to see her crash into crap or do a rolling leap topped off with a gymnastics landing stance! I laughed every time! XDDD But seriously, it's funny, touching, and still has room for stimulating your brain.

LabuKon - This series is finally taking a turn~! Not that I hated the ride in the least, lol. Now it's Otani-kun's turn, wahahaha! Maity-sensei creepies in action~! Go for it, Otani~! *sends telepathic waves*

Zombie Loan - Ok, this series is one that I have known about for a long time but only read one chapter. Back when I used to buy monthly manga phonebook sized manga mags (like 7 years ago....) I used to get G-Fantasy. THIS was in one of my publications. I think it was when it first came out, whenever that was... t sounded interesting but it was a hassle to get them through the provider so I ultimately stopped buying the mags... So, when I saw itfansubbed I decided to take a peek. It;s nice but not really amazing but I think its because the series hasn't picked up. But then again, it's about 2 guys who are dead (alive through a contract with the Ferryman) who hunt down zombies and kill them for the bounty to pay off their Zombie Loans. Then theres this girl who can see the black collars that indicate ones oncoming death (or in the main case if they're zombies) It started getting interesting in episode 4 when Shiba comes in, I like him a lot, hehe. He's funny~! Thats the rough run down. Zombies, two dead guys who hunt them and a girl who can recognize them. Plus this mystery girl who has split personalities... o.O But, yeah, there you go...

Claymore - Still muchly enthralled in this series! I especially like the Riful~! X3 She's so cute but serious and very amusing when she talks. She seems the type that doesn't really like to bring about problems but won't do to have her enjoyable life jeopardized. Long live enjoying life! She only wants some nice, strong, pretty comrades, thats all. She only wants to awaken them, not kill or cause them harm, right? XD~

Code Geass - OK, so I ended up watching ep 24.... >___> I couldn't help it... plus the break made my ranty-ness disappear almost. It seems to have set an interesting stage. And Lulu doesn't seem insanely evil, not too much.... Although Suzaku is fairly crazy.... All I have to say is poor Llyod.... And hohoho~! Things are getting rather interesting. How sill all the characters react, after all a lot happens! (I tried not to put any spoilers, after all we knew Suzu would go crazy and Lulu turn evil) I'm just happy my LuluXShirley is still in grasps!!!

And now there a drama I've started watching too. Hana Kimi! I saw the Chin one with Ella, but now its time to watch the Jap one~! Wo, the characters give a different feel. But it's nice and the happenstances aren't as twisted as the Chin version. I truely anticipate epiode 3 <3

And since this entry is SO FREAKIN LONG!!! Time for some cuts~!

A tool for procrastination...

Sun, 22 Jul 2007 10:59:22 GMT

I'm randomly on my laptop at like 6:30 AM by happenstance and I just realized I haven't brought up PhD comics (Piled higher and Deeper) anytime since I found out about it. It's completely awesome! It's not manga that' for sure but they're pretty darn good comics all about the procrastination of a group of grad students. XD You should at least check it out sometime! It's always a good procrastination tool (and reading the new comics is tons of fun) Plus I have a semi alter-ego in the comics. Celcilia, the computer programmer! Anyways for those procrastinators, heres one cute lil nerdy comic all about procastination. (OMG it's some crazy proof that you don't really have to understand!)

PROCRASTINATION:
IF NOBODY MINDS, IT DOESN'T MATTER.

click me to go to PhD comics

Playing Catch-Up

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 18:24:39 GMT

Exams are OVER~! Wewt! OK, so I'm a tad depressed the semester is over but even though i love my classes I'm sure it's healthy to get a break for once... right...? Ahh, but what to do now... I guess I can finally get my layouts done. >____> Then buy my host and domain.... >____> Hmm, yeah.

OH, since things have been so busy and hectic, it seems I've been accepted for adopting my first FL. I'm excited. It happened right before exams so all I've got done it the graphical representation of the layout. None of the coding is done, but I'll get on that fairly soon. You'll have to wait and see what the FL is for, but I will say one thing it is for a relationship FL.

And I finally got the money today to pay for my shipment from JPQueen. XD~ I'll be getting my first anthologies (Moon Fight! 1.4 set and Arcana 1-4 set which features awesome mangaka, like Minekura Kazuya, Kouga Yun, Takayama Shinobu, Miyamoto Fukusuke, Yoneyama Setsuko, Nanjou Tsugumi etc. And~! I'm getting an awesome xxxHolic clear file. I spent more han I usually do per item but thats fine. I'm sure I'll enjoy them all~! AND I only have to wait a few days to get them, cause I paid for Yamato shipping, which is insured and just as fast as EMS. Maybe I'll get it on Monday or Tuesday. A nice way to start my refreshing summer holiday, ne?

And since I should be getting my site up within a month, that means I'll be getting my extensive collection up on the net. I'll get a FL site up too, plus probably move my TCG colletive there too. I'll have to make a new layout for that too. Hmmm... That mean I gotta come up with a new theme for it, maybe somethihng Fall-ish? Most of my recent layouts for it hve been summery or spring-like. The ones before that though were darker... I dun keep dark layouts much though. Pretty colors are SO nice~!

And on another note, I have managed to keep up with some anime, this week despite spending all other time studying for my 4 tests and 2 final projects. @___@ (I really am insane with my course load all that crap in 3 days) I saw the most recent Capeta, and OMFG! That anime still has me sitting in front of my laptop with my eyes glued to the screen, sitting on the edge of my chair from anticipation. I get so into that anime it's not even funny. And it's just on kart racing, lol! But this last episode was awesome, and full of emotion and action and just, excitedness! I can't wait for the next one to come out, as usual. I also watched Claymore, which is getting very ineresting. I like the direction its been going. I really liked the characters that came into this episode too. Seirei no Moribito, although it seems to have slowed a tad bit looks like it'll be picking up pace really soon. Hoho, and isn't it nice how the history they've been told and known their entire life is wrong. Oh, that seems so much like some history lessons in real life, don't it? They tell us what they want us to beleive, so biased. *shrugs* It's all a plot~! xP And finally I've managed to watch the episodes that made me lose interest in the seres. And after like 2 episodes t gained back my iterest almost full blast. So I;ve been scrambling to catch up, lol. I'm at like episode 103 (watching it via YouTube). And one last thing to say Opening 4 (tonight tonight tonight) and Closing 8(movin) are AWESOME. I've been listening to Movin' for like 4 days. Takacha's music is SO interesting. The blend is SO addicting~!! XDDD

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 23:22:23 GMT

OK, so I haven't touched LJ for over a week. The reaseon: UNI. Plain and simple. Last week I really really wanted to compete in the Comeback challenge at clamp_lims and because of work, class projects and all the freaking exams I have this week I wasn't able to even try. It's been so crazy and hectic, you wanna know what I feel like. I drew a pic of it on my Graffiti wall on Facebook. Here's the pic:

That is how I feel and have felt since yesterday. I had review and right after worked on a final project I had... It took 9 hours! 9!! It was horrible. We did not expect it to take that long and because of that I didn't have much time at all to study for my test today. *sighs* I didn't know how to do 2 out of like 10 of them... I did a wild 'figure it out' attempt. Dunno if I got it right, but hey it's better than blank. If I did horrible on it I guess I'll have to drop it and take the final. *shurgs* But yeah, thought I'd update it. I gotta last until Thursday. Up to Thursday evening. I still have 3 more finals and a final lab project to complete. So once that lab project is done I'm crashing~! XDD

Metrocon

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 08:18:58 GMT

OK, so I ended up going to the Metrocon. Friday my sister dragged me out of bed to give me a guilt trip cause I didn't feel like going, so I said I'd go (it was gonna b free so why not I guess). So since I was going, and since I had said this before, I had to wear my yukata.....

@____@ I have one thing to say. Obi's are huge killers and online guides are so vague and uncomprehensible. Somehow I ended up getting no wrinkles and a fairly decent butterfly obi with my sister's helpl after an hour of trying to figure how to get it all on properly. It got a lil frustrating when the stps to doing a butterfly obi were so vage and undescriptive. not to menton they didn't clarify the terms they used. Holy cow is all I have to say. BUT! It was worthwhile, cause I think my sis and I got discounts at some of the vendors cause my yukata looked so pretty~! Ja-Jaa~n!

But anyways, a guy from work has been bugging for me to come cause I've never been to an anime convention and all (my sis too, but since I'm headfirst into anime practically he emphasized that I HAD to go more). I haven't gone because I know how a lot of American "otaku"s are like.... and it makes me wanna cry... But my sis dragged me there solely to see the vendors, lol. We spent all the time I had Friday down in the shops and a lil time in the artist alley. I got some nice deals and some cute stuff too~!

OK, so there was this J-pop vendor right? They had like 3 boxes of discounted anime CDs, only $5 each!! So, of course my sisterjumped on that when she saw it. And since I wasn't with her I went looking for her cause I wanted to spend time with her.Yeah, a lot of them were pretty obscure series that I had not heard of (which makes sense) but there was some ones that made me wanna scream at whoever didn't buy them before they were discounted. There were FOUR Escaflowne OSTs, two CCS OSTs and a Fushigi Yuugi OST(plus the 4 esca my sis got, the BSSM OST (she wouldn't let me have that one TT____TT ) and a few other) But yeah so I walked out of that with Original CCS OST, Original CSS OST 4, Fushigi Yuugi SONG Collection, Escaflowne ~lovers only, Escaflowne OST 2, Escaflowne OST 3, and Escaflowne the Movie OST.

I was very happy. I <3 Esca music~! And I saved a TON of money had they been bought at the original price they were marked for (it's obsenely high!) Each was priced originally at around $36! Thats way too much..... @___@

Another thing I found at a much smaller self owned vendor was 2 sets of playing cards I couldn't pass up on. I already have a Kenshin set from 4 years ago and I saw these which were marked $5 each. I got another Kenshin deck (I couldn't resist it, the pics are so nice, theres even OVA pics!) and a CSS deck (full completely of artbook images~! Of course I couldn't resist that!)

And on top of that here's all my other lil cute stuff I found! Cute lil' trinkets~!

OK, starting from the top, The lil blue case is probably what you're thinking it is, It's a cute pencil case! Completely Japanese! You can't resist the Kuma's can you. Anyways, it's a 2 layer case with the upper half having a removable devider in it. It's very nice, very much worth the $9 spent on it. X3 I've been wanting a cute pencil case for the longest time but haven't found any nice ones I liked enough. That one is defenitely nice enough~! Next, is the cute lil Gaara mirror. I dun have a mirror and lil'Gaara was so adorab;e that I ended up buying italong with the bleach keychain and the Full Moon wo Sagashite small tin box. The rest of it is actually bought by my friend from work. I love the black Mokona so much, and since Byakuya and Kitsugaya are two of my fav characters of Bleach (which I just got back into) I was gonna buy em, and he slipt in the money first.... @___@ Meeh.... Ah, well. The lil badge there, *cough* has a story to it.

When we were up in the artist alley, there was a stand with lots of shirtless bishounen, smong them that Kouga and a Sephiroth. Fredo asked me whih I though was hotter and I had to go with Kouga, and the whole evil darkness of Sephiroth was mentioned which is good and I;m not even a fan of Kouga to tell you the truth either, but the image of a sexy guy in a loin-cloth like garment drenched to the bone is just WAY too appealling, LOL! So aparently after I left to go to work, he bought me that badge and told my sis something about needing to have a man around all the time. I find that a lil amusing...!

But anyways, I went for a few hours today and the last hour we browsed around the vendors again, and I ended up buying 2 mystery figurines. I kinda wish I had gotten one or two more, but moeny is money~! So Here they are:

I got Alex Row, but I realy wanted Lavie or Alvis or Dio/Lucciola

The figure I was going for was Watanuki (of course), but I;m content with Hinata. n___n Teddy's are the best~!

So thats all the stuff I bought this weekend! XD

Now I actually did go to one event... The Human Chess Match.... and ummm....

They killed my OTP..... They killed Usa and Mamo, I mean Mamo showed up to save Usa and he got shot before he even got 3 words out. THEY KILLED MAMO-CHAN!!!!! At least it saved me from crying at them screwing up one of my fav characters.... But I forced Fredo to say it was only the anime version of him and once I heard that I was fine, lol. The manga Mamo is very precious to me, more so than the anime. But besides my OTP being shot up, the guy who played Dilandou totally fucked up his personality.... He didnt seem crazy at all. That Dilandou's strong point, he HAS to be sadonic lunatic who loves to burn things and destroys crap. *sighs* And Ichigo.... though the quarrels with Rukia happened, both of them were.... ehhh.... Ichigo totally looked like a whimp, and they turned Rukia into a game fighter. She was fighting like she was a Soul Caliber character..... >____> And then there was Kenshin who looked like a scrawny, hunched pushover.... Although he did get thrown in a match. It was kinda funny.....

But, putting the horrible cosplayers, there was a few I loved. Yuffie was so adorab;e and well played out it was so fu to watch ( a shame she didn't last long, she got tricked by Eriya and Naria by Materia. She chased after it and out of the match, lol. Mario and Luigi were pretty darn good, minus the slightly too squeaky Mario voice) Mario died out pretty soon too though. Eriya and Maria were pretty good too. After a while though things got excessive so I left. None of my friends could manage to stay and watch it all, it got a tad too much. *shrugs *

But yeah thats my SUPER long post on Metrocon. I might go next year just for the vendors... Most of the anime they were showing was stuff I've already seen, lol. And the events... I'm still incredibly wary of. >___> We'll see, it's a year away.

nerdy brain-fanatic high on manga!!

Wed, 04 Jul 2007 22:41:00 GMT

OK, so last semester I got accepted into Tau Beta Pi, right? Well, with that you get a subscription to their magazine, The Bent. I just got the Summer and Spring 2007 editions today and O.M.G! I'm in love~! XDDD The articles in here are so interesting, especially for lil' miss ami here who thrives on a variety of information, ideas and views. i just can't get enough of it all, lol! But anyways, on top of that there are these Brain Tickles that actually give me a tickley feeling looking at them! WAI~! I can't help but get overly excited and bouncy from the anticipation of getting the issues every quarter!

Now that thats out, lol. I've been seriously considering buying another shipment of manga, and possibly some manga anthologys and SM doujin. I'm thinking about my bank account and not having any room and all, but I think I'ma end up getting them. LOL. They all look interesting, too and I think I won't get bored with the genre's they come out of easily too. All the more tempting to get them. But that also got me thinking that I seriously need to cataloue my manga, artbooks and all. Cause I have a ton of manga and if only for emergency urposes I might need to know what the hell I actually have. You know if it floods r hit by a hurricane, or theres a fire or something. That way I'd have a list of all my pretty lil assets lost/damaged. You have to have records of them I'm presuming, and thankfully al mine are online. (Ah, the benefits of online buying) Anyways, I was thinking about making a custom DB for manga, but since theres MangaDB I dun think I really need to. I can deal with a lil' limitation on features. Plus I can make a spreadsheet if I really need more for emergency purposes. *shrugs* Having it online will just help me know what the hell I actually have. (I have so much I can't keep track, probably close to 450 manga, *__* )

OMG I might be buying my first doujin!

Living off Herbal Tonic~!

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 20:22:48 GMT

Wow.... it's one of those crazy, no sleep weeks. @___@ Got a test in 5 hours and I'm functioning off Arizona Energy Herbal Tonic, which is a miracle cause I rarely ever lean on any type of energy supplement. (i.e. they go straight through and make ami crash). Yeah, I'm on a fine line. > , < Not to mention this is a logic design exam, all these 1s and 0s. Not quite sure how good for your health it is, lol. Especially if you've been out of class due to tummy problems and are having to learn it the night before. Although I will say a lot of it is pretty fun-like. I mean makin a comparator, manipulating adders, and making truth tables. Hell, why does it all seem so damn easy. I hope it really is, lol! Thats ok, I will gratefull go to the gym, do some DDR with friendy and totally turn into a movie hog after this is all over. I just have to make it that far.... >____>

Oh, God it's ALU time....

Later:

So, umm... yeah that testws like, WTF!! *shoots self in head* I dun think one person finished all the problems, like all 9 of them... There is good news though. I got a 94 on my Data Struct exam~! Which I really needed to boost my grade. So to get our minds off that stupid freaking test we're sitting here playing massive DDR. And then watch a movie. And then maybe a lil of our Data Struct project. And then SLEEP! X3

So anyways, I think I'ma get pulled out to MetroCon.... So I figured I might as well dress up a tad. So I'm wearing my yukata I think. I'll have Kim help me put it on. My only thing is how to do my hair.... It's curly and about 1" above my shoulders. Hmm... wonder what to do with it..... @___@ Anyways, thats my lil update, hopefully MetroCon won't be horrible and filled with wanna-be otakus who think they are. >___> Kinda get a lil irritated cause they can be SO annoying... Maybe there will be some interesting merchandise there.... maybe....

My OTP is Crashing Down to Poo.......

Sun, 24 Jun 2007 08:54:29 GMT

After that last post who would expect me to go watc the next episode so soon....? *sighs* well it hasn't gotten any better at all....

OMG! Right when I figured it wouldn't get too much more screwed up... Well, I was wrong. I think they're trying to edge in a Emma X Hans! >.<' Egh... And the dramatic "OMG it's him!" throws yourself in his arms scene is GONE too. Why are all the crazy amazing, romantic scenes GOING AWAY?! WHY?! For me that was the highlight of the series...! And now it's gone..... all gone....... TT____TT *sniff*

And another thing, not only is Emma's character all screwed up but so is Eleanor. They practically flip-flopped them! Eleanor was supposed to be hit so terribly that she was bed ridden forever, weeping her lil eyes out to the point you pitied her. Emma should be the exact opposite, who sees things around her and at first runs away to save Will's situation and later finds she can't run away and embraces her love for him. That brings the kidnapping and shows her true strength that she's always shown (from the lil girl who grew up in hard circumstance, ended up getting away from slave trade, lived on the streets at a young age and worked her way up dedicatedly (and with help of course) to a quiet, intelligent, poised, strong, courageous woman who loves with all she has. It's painful seeing hr run and hide away after being gien that kind of image. It really is. And I mean, at first it was like, "OK t least Will is still the same. At least one of my OTP is still the same full-fledged lover." But his last lines in episode 9 just shot that all to hell. "I wil protect you for the rest of your life. You will never be made to suffer , ever again." WTF IS THAT?! AGHH!!! Hearing that literally broke my heart. All my anticipation is gone, it's just one of those normal lil twisted romances now. It's left me feeling hopeless and desperate.... In the most horrible ways, and not for the actually characters but for the future of the anime. I've lost my motivation. The only thing will watch it for is just in case they pop in those scenesI love so much about the manga.

And just a side note... The ending was in no way a cliffhanger. You could tell what she was going to say and the previews feel like it gives it al away. I aready know that Hans is so coming into play... Why do they have to ruin my OTP.... Why? *cries in a corner* I've waited so long for the moment to actually get to see it.... And now... *weeps*

Progressions (good and bad)

Sat, 23 Jun 2007 05:00:18 GMT

Whew! Finally got that darn coding done... @___@ Who knew I'd have such a darn hard time trying to get the layout to take up the whole screen and also hug the bottom... It took me a while to get it to work on both Firefox and IE6. I mean geez! Kinda a pain but its all good. Just gotta set the overflow and the like for the content area and then decide on a nice font scheme. Once thats done all I have to worry over is getting my paychecks in the bank and buying it all.

On a side note I just watched Emma Second Act episode 8... It's starting to disappoint me... it started last episode and I was slowly being pushed off the lil bandwagon. They add in all this stuff that wasn't even in the manga, and some of it has me questioning whether it even fits in the storyline. Not to mention they totally just screwed up the kidnap scene! I mean geez that was a highlight. Instead they had Emma run away. WTF! Totally not her character at all. Agh! nd on top of that they have Hans coming in a lot more strongly. He's a great guy and all but, ahh.. they're trying to make this love double love triangle between Hans, Emma & Will and Emma Will & Eleanor. And the Viscount just got wussier and less prideful. They're ruining the characters! Ruining them! What are they thinking~! Ahh, I was so excited for the second series, especially since the first stuck the the manga so well, but I'm really thinking about giving up on the anime. *sighs* Right when my favorite part in the entire series comes up they just have to go and screw it all up...

Emma has to have a dramatic meeting with Will just before his weddding. They have to try it again, Will calling off the engagement, and me getting to see their cute lovey-dovey side. Then since the Viscount is so prideful and pompous he has to kidnap her and ditch her in the middle of nowhere. Then William will find her, chase her, hug her, comfort her and all the awesome stuff a romantic-crazed person such as myself loves to see. Then they have to get married! NONE of that is going to happen the way the anime is going! They've skipped the lovey-dovey letters part, the kidnapping, and Will isn't going after her even though he called off the wedding. Wheres the love is all that matters air?! Why doesn't he pursue her at least. I mean come on! Heck they even messed up the dramatic meeting up. Will's mom was supposed to see them! And on top of that they throw this secene which Hans thinks Emma i trying to kill herself! I mean come on that isn't anywhere near her personality... He should have never expected her to do something like that.... Grrr! I just keep getting more and more worked up over this. It was the series I was most anicipating and its now gone to poo practically. If they dare put Hans and Emma into a relationship I'm gonna blow a gasket. Seriously.

NET plus~! XD

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:24:47 GMT

OMG~! I think I almost got a good layout that I'ma actually ike for my prospective shiny domain, neturetu.net! It's very vibrant though, so far at least...I'm still working on the color scheme for the images but so far I'm liking my LabuKon themed layout! I've been cracking to this series for the langest and it's like the perfect series to capture the excitment I've been in. Not to mention neturetu ust sounds so shiny and cute~! Although it doesn't catch the entire meaning of the name, I can't help myself. But MAN LabuKon images are freaking hard to get a hold of online. I had to cut this one out of an official Aya Takahara wall. (Haha, it's even set up as my desktop) Hopefully this layout works out well and I'll be on my way to my shiny domain. X3 If that does happen I'ma SO gonna need connections... Well, maybe once I have some actual content up, LOL!

But seriously, I'm completely amazed at the outcome of the layout so far. It's my best yet~~~! And since I'm so impressed with it that means my domain is coming closer to existance. Not to mention this is a HUGE boost for my views on my designing potential.... Hopefully it'll transfer to my icon skills.... >___>; *ahem!* Anyways....

ALRIGHT~! Neturetu.net V1 Featuring LabuKon

ENLARGE IT HERE

Please tell me what you think of it! And I desperately need help with a nice color scheme for my fonts and all. Whenever I do a beautiful layout,I end up ruining it with the text... hahaha.... But anyways, the only possible change would be to add something in the space above Otani and Risa, probably a series of stars and hearts, lol. I think the heart suits Risa so well and the star for Otani is perfect.

But anyways, any and all help is appreciated! Hell you can show others for all I care and have them commet!

HOWLING in the Moonlight

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 23:08:31 GMT

Ahh, well I finally got down to watching Darker than Black. Before I go on about the anime let me say the opening and ending themes are just amazing. Though I get a completely different feel from both, but I can't help but be pulled into them both. Reading the lrics they're both about the same thing on a basic level, but the approach is so different and its incredible how well it's displayed through the music as well, at least in my opinion. Howling is more urgent and forceful, while Tsukiakari is very passive and peaceful with a twinge of sadness. They both tug on me, suprisingly. The vocals pull me in totally different directions, the notes practically vibrate in my head and I find myself becoming addicted to both~! XDD Well, I guess one can be tempted by both songs... Afterall the human soul is complex and deep, having so many corners and rifts (especially mine, lol) If they didn't they wouldn't be oh so interesting~! I just can't help but think of all this with my head stuck to these two songs. Ahhh~!

I tried so hard not to rant about all that.... @___@ Now onto the anime~! Hmm, it's hard to sum up my feelings for this series, but I'm becoming more attached to it the more I watch. Bits of it appeal to me and bits just totally give me a blank impression, however, I find myself becoming much more compelled towards it during episode 4 when Mai starts hitting off more majorly (is waiting for ep5 to DL). It's such a mysterious series~ I mean Li's powers are kinda hard to link to something, and theres a talking cat in a very realistic scenario (for the plot at least) and the doll, whom I don't think I know a name for (the one who can use water as a way to survey things) is completely blank. The only person so far that I'm not quite fond of is the dudethat works with Li. Not fond of him in the least. The scenario for the series is very interesting, however the plot I'm not sure of yet. Maybe thats why I can't get a good hold of my feelings for it. Well, it seems like the episode is done now. I'll be BACK.

LATER THAT NIGHT:
OK, so no I'm hooked...Not to mention I think I'm getting a bit fangish for Li. >___> His personality is blooming spectaularly~! I mean he's so complex and deep and emotional but also somewhat complacent and logical. @__@ Not to mention that that makes him an abnormal contractor (OMG he has an emotional and logical side!) ^ , - Thats always the best way to go~! Wellroundedness with some personality twist is THE BEST!! XD I think it's kinda funny, cause he's a mix of me and my ideal guy, kinda. ROFL~!