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Am I a cynical person? It seems that, at least in recent months, I've developed a sort of suspicion -- with at least some people -- in that I always question their intentions. Because I wonder if I'm thinking too much about that thing with the Kino's trip. The guys were there at anime today; my friend (who doesn't seem to think this nearly as much of a problem) asked how it was, and they said it was fun. No explanation as to why they didn't tell us about it, but then neither did they act surprised that we knew, so maybe my friend misunderstood when she thought they were keeping it a secret. Later, one of them came over when I was telling my friend (the girl) that I'm going to Kino's myself tomorrow, and asking if she wanted to go. He just said "Oh" when he found out what we were talking about, and that was it. I mean, I'm glad he didn't say anything about being left out or something, because then I would have been pissed; but since he didn't say *anything*, I sort of still wonder. And am suspicious. >_< And then, after we watched the first two eps of AyaCere (crashing hard drive meant Angelic Layer was delayed), another friend was talking about how the show was crap. Mind you, he had watched our DVD at our house and seemed to think it was decent. Again, I'm suspicious -- not suspicious that, ooh, he's lying about whether or not he likes AyaCere, but that he's ... well, I get the sense that he's constantly negative, beyond reason, and this I think was just another example. My 'suspicions' are always centered around these certain friends who, granted, merited the scrutiny in the past, but now *should* be okay. So.
Bah. Otherwise anime was fun. Like I said, we watched AyaCere 1 and 2, and man, I wub Yuuhi. ^_^ We could only fit in two eps of Layer -- the Buranshe fight -- which I've already seen, but oh well. I wub Oujirou. ^_^* After that was Beautiful Life 4, which I just <3 more the more I watch. Shuji's internal monologue at the end, though, was odd -- he talked about memorizing Kyoko's cell number, and that number making him sad later, after she left. Now I wonder, because I've heard the last episode of Beautiful Life is a doozie -- but even if it *was* something like Kyoko dying (and d00d I already watched Kami-sama okay!? XP), wouldn't it be a little early to start foreshadowing? ^_^;; Then we ended with Noir 10-13. Chloe freaking creeps me out. And she's voiced by Hisakawa Aya, which somehow only makes it weirder. Now, I've seen all the episodes up till now, even if I didn't watch them recently at the actual showings, but it's like the X-Files -- you have to remember everything that happens. Which I don't. >.> I mean, I get it all when I'm watching the actual episode, but if you ask me about it later I'm like XD?? Oh, and I think the guy in ep. 13 was voiced by Seki Toshihiko. Too bad he had to die. (Oh come on, that is not a spoiler. XP)
Kino's tomorrow! I'm on the lookout for Yami 5-8 and Trigun Maximum 5+ (okay, okay, and 2 XP) for neechan, and Arisu 19th 2 for me. Also gonna get Angelic Layer 3 for my friend's late birthday present, and planning on stocking up on Creamy Chocolate Pocky, coconut crackers, and either green tea ice cream or ice cream mochi. :D~ I'm up with neechan pounding out plot details for Ashes ... now is it a good thing we're using a donut metaphor? XD;;
Happy birthday to the little konezumi-chan! Love ya lots, Lili-chan, and I hope you had a good last half of the day, at least. ^_^
Three day weekend~~~ *o* Oh, am I glad to be done with finals. I just crawled my way to the end, I think. This morning I got up early, like I did yesterday -- I usually get to school at or before the first bell, but wanted to arrive extra-on-time for finals. Except my dad decided to randomly do a bunch of stuff that made us late -- not just not-early, but late. I'm not really mad about it now, but you can bet your ass I was pissed when I walked in *late* to my English final. >_< I wish I could say the test went better, but it sorta ... well, didn't. Hard stuff, that, even the multiple choice section. And both essays had us comparing two poems, which irks me. I suppose I could have done well if I really tried, but as I was hardly ready to defy the odds in my state, I feel like I only did adequately. I have problems with letting go of anger at will. That was my worst final of the week; but I tried, and I suppose I can just hope for the best. Art was easy as expected, and calculus actually wasn't that bad. Making my notes sheet really helped, because it made me look over related rates even though we didn't do any problems in our review. And yup, it was one of the questions. ^^; I'm a bit worried, though, because a lot of other (smart) people thought it was hard ... I just hope I didn't massively misjudge it.
After school, I was hardly in the mood to visit my Little Sister like I always do on Fridays. I was talking to a friend about whether or not I should go. I couldn't quite explain my reasons, though, because it wasn't just being tired; I'd been having bad cramps all day. And, well, yeah, I didn't want to say that to him. ^^; And I realize there could possibly be guys reading this, but ... I don't have to say it to their faces, wot? ^^;; In the end, I didn't go.
I probably seem like I'm in a bad mood, don't I? ^^; I'm not, really; I'm just really, really glad it's Friday and I'm at home. One thing is still bothering me, though; I found out from my (girl) friend that our guy friends are all planning to go to Kino's tomorrow, to make up for the cancelled birthday plans of last week. And I'm fine that they're going themselves -- guy time and all -- but I wonder why they didn't tell us. My friend only found out because one of the guys asked her if she wanted him to pick up anything there; the other ones were being secretive and calling it "the thing." I'm confused as to why we've been excluded, since we were going to go along originally; and even without that, I wonder why they felt the need for secrecy. Also, I admit, I was a bit put out, because I was just telling my mom, who asked if I wanted to go this weekend, that we should take the guys. But they, apparently, didn't want to take us. And ... hm. If I just knew the reason I would be okay.
I'm tired. Even though I have free time I'm feeling creatively drained and not up to writing ... maybe I'll fiddle with Photoshop. *yawn* I'm tired. Can I be done with finals now? ^^;;
I can do this, I can do this. I survived Government, however barely; my teacher only has one official AP multiple choice exam she can give us for practice, so for our final she took questions from a supplemental text that were supposed to approximate the official. And it was *hard* -- questions on the specific functions of the Soviet government, which we haven't gone into. (Me: "'What is the purpose of the Supreme Soviet?' What!?") But ... she did say she would grade on a curve, because she expected us not to know things; and besides, the multiple choice is worth only 20% of the final. The rest is from the two essays, which I think I did okay on (except I fudged the facts a little on the British House of Lords reform, but oh well ^^;). Anyway so that was my hard final of the day and I did all right, so tomorrow's English should be fine. It's not even as hard, really; it still requires the same amount of work (I think it's the same two essay-multiple choice format), but without the *facts* to remember. Then there's Art (hah), and last is Calculus. Which I *should* be prepared for. I have all my notes (though they seem disturbingly meager), and I've been doing the review ... It's kind of sad, isn't it, that I only have three challenging finals and I'm this tired? ^^;
BTW, how was the Calculus test for you guys? o.o
Nnh ... I wanna go to sleep. I was going to take a nap today, but I wanted to maintain a reasonably normal sleep schedule and just get a good 8 hours for tomorrow (like that'll happen). Anyway, I still need to write my open form poem for English, which I want to do, but also want to do well. So it's going to take a while. ^_^
I was going to say more. Something profound, I bet ... but I'm tired. XD;; Woo! Check my dancing Kirbies:
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I was shown these by a friend. I never had any idea they even *had* these! Ah, the wonder of emoticons. XD
So ... yeah, finals tomorrow. >o< It shouldn't be that bad, right? I mean, tomorrow I have Astronomy/Meteorology (it's an elective science, and we can use notes ^^;), Aerobics (we do have a written final ... lots of it can simply be deduced, though), and Comparative Government. Which I *can* do. Er, *should* be able to do. ~_~ This is the only test I'm really worried about for tomorrow. The things she's told us to study are sort of random; and the actual AP exam is looking to suck pretty hard, at least on the essay portion. Four questions in 80 (90?) minutes, and they do not lend themselves at *all* to coherent essays. No more of the "To what extent ..." from U.S. History; this is very defined, very specific (damn), and *very* disjointed. And have I mentioned politics is harder for me than history? _o_;;
Oh, and I didn't get to watch the State of the Union address last night. Was busy finishing my fic (and yes, it *is* scary XD;;), though I hear I didn't miss too much. Reminiscent of the September speech in parts, I've read. Though I would like to find out about Bush including North Korea in the "Axis of Evil"; aren't we trying to improve relations with that country? O_o
Speaking of Jane Eyre (I was ... delayed reaction there XD;;), I downloaded some songs from the musical while writing last night. They're not too bad, and they seem to stay pretty faithful to the story -- many are even interjected with spoken dialogue from the novel. I rather like "Brave Enough For Love," Jane and Rochester's duet from the end.
And kyaa! I really hope it is true ... though it hasn't been long at all since I finished Goblet of Fire (less than two months, I think), and it almost feels like I don't deserve it yet. ^^; "Overload ... pleasure overload ..." Oh, and to answer your question, Vinita-san, it is the picture you're talking about. I really like Yui's miko outfits; I think I prefer them to Miaka's (though I'd like to cosplay as either of them, if I could XD).
Yosh' ... off to study. Wish me luck! XD There it is. Huh. o.o
Where the hell did my blog go??
Mmm ... chocolate cake ... =D~
Actually, even though I'm in a rather good mood, I have some complaining to do. XP This might be boring to people, so skip it if you want. I just have to rant for a little bit about attitudes; a few things happened today that made me think about why some people feel the need to act like total asses.
It just bothers me, the way some people act. I think one of the most fundamental improvements we as a whole need to make is what kind of attitude we take. I mean, hell, is it so hard to act nice -- or not even that, but at least maintain a marginally positive outlook? I'm not looking for touchy-feely hippie-style love for all; it would just save everyone a lot of grief if we all tried to be generally optimistic. Really, bad attitudes only worsen existing problems. Not to say I'm some shining example of behavior; I still act like a jerk sometimes, but I try not to. And I know everyone knows all this already, how attitude can define your life ... it's just that there are some people who are so singularly determined on maintaining a negative outlook on life, and taking it out on others in the process. They have some kind of fixation with self-victimization, and take everything unsatisfactory in their lives as some kind of personal attack from those around them, or the world in general. These are the people you notice complaining *constantly* about what other people do to them -- "my parents are assholes, my teacher's such a bitch, you're pissing me off" etc. etc. -- but you also notice they never *do* anything about it. If their problems are so rampant, there must be something they can do to alleviate one of them. But no, they're content stewing where they are in some kind of self-imposed martyrdom, just so they can be in the right, just so they can say "*you* are doing this to *me*." Of course this attitude hardly lends itself to pleasantness, so they're usually angry -- but that anger, I think, is probably directed in some way at themselves, and their own inability or laziness to improve their own situation.
Twice today, I've seen people who act like this grumbling to themselves -- about, but never at, what is bothering them. They're doing exactly nothing for themselves, just like I said above. Lashing out while careful not to allow anything to happen that would affect improvement. This is why you have people who mutter to themselves, just loud enough so you can hear but without talking it to you, or those who loudly talk *about* you to people nearby, or give you the silent treatment. Whenever people do this -- whenever *I* do this, I admit it freely -- I no longer care about fixing what went wrong. It's just a petty way at getting back at someone, nevermind the perceived injustice and who's in the right.
I hate it when people respond to one wrong with another. Today, at lunch, there was a table of underclassmen making a public display of something or another. Some guys at my table told them loudly to shut up. So one of the underclassmen came and shoved two of the people at my table -- one of whom, btw, hadn't said a thing. Okay, stupid action #1: responding to a source of anger with undirected violence. Sure, my friends' comments were rude, but what on earth is mindless pushing supposed to accomplish? It's not going to get anyone to stop; plus, it's a little sixth grade, don't you think? Stupid action #2: one of the guys at my table goes over and starts telling the underclassman off -- *not* by saying he shoved the wrong guy, or shouldn't have done it at all, but that he should show us *respect* because we're *seniors*. GAH! Responding to stupidity with affected superiority isn't going to help anything. (Yeah, it's a little thing, and friendly class rivalry is good; but I emphasize the 'friendly,' and can you imagine if we acted like this all the time?)
The area now awash with testosterone, my friend returned to the table and stood like some triumphant alpha male, with his foot on a chair. I thought he was going to start beating his chest then and there. >.> I really wish I'd had the guts to say something to the both of them right there, but, alas, I can only think of what I want to say afterwards.
Good things happened today, too. ^^; For our book responses in English, for one thing, we basically get to do whatever we want. There was a suggestion list for projects, but she also allowed us to come up with our own "creative and original" idea. Therefore, I am now writing a fanfic for Jane Eyre. No, I have no shame. XD;; I've done this before, actually -- something in eighth grade for Mercedes Lackey's Oathbreakers in which Kethry actually died in a battle. I also remember neechan writing a scene of Haemon visiting Antigone in jail; and neko-chan did one for the drunken choir conductor in Our Town. It was quite good, from what I remember. Of course, this *was* in seventh grade. ^^; Anyway, I'm doing a vignette about Bertha Mason (I'd say more about her, but it's a spoiler to know who she was, even if it isn't to know her name) and why/how she does the things she does. Maybe. Hopefully this'll work. ^^;
New favorite song: "Secret Sorrow" from the X TV series. XD Actually, nope, we didn't get to go to Kino's. :( The snow really wasn't that bad; it melted in Vancouver, and on the weather cams Beaverton and the surrounding areas seemed doable. The guy who would be driving was fine, at least -- but some people were, imo, being paranoid. I mean, even my parents were surprised when I told them we hadn't gone -- and they were the ones scaring me with horror stories about the condition of Hwy 26 this morning. O_o Maa. Hopefully this means that when I *do* go, I'll not only be able to get Bean's present, but they also might have Alice 19th 2 then.
Oh, and one of the people there hadn't given out his Christmas presents (he got them after, and never wanted to bring them to school). I got a FushiYuu wall scroll. I like it -- it's Yui and the Seiryuu Seishi, I think from an image on a phonecard -- but I literally have nowhere to *put* it. @_@ I don't even have space for another poster, let alone a free wall to put a wall scroll on. ^^;;
Since we didn't get to go to Kino's, we just stayed in, ordered pizza, and -- of course -- watched anime. XD When I got there they were watching the first episode of Mahou Yuugi -- that CG series with the mahou shoujo in the fish costume. ^^; It's rather cute. There was one character I saw whom I thought could be quite bishounen -- but nope, she had breasts. Dang. XD;;
Also watched was the Initial D Third Stage movie. Maybe it was partially because of the horrid subtitles -- white with a *lime green* outline, placed on the picture even though the thing was frickin' widescreen -- but I didn't like it as much as I'd hoped. Takumi does race Kyouichi, as well as some new guy who's the son of Bunta's Ultimate Rival ... but it somehow wasn't as much fun as the TV series. Even finding out about Natsuki's Papa (she speaks in first person! Only once, but still ^^;;), which I thought was going to be dramatic and scandalous, was sort of anticlimactic. You don't find out who was leaving Takumi the notes, either, which I thought you did. Not to say I didn't like it at all -- I'm glad I got to see it. Nakazato and Shingo, as well as Mako and Sayuri (that *is* her name, right? ^^;), make appearances, as do the Takahashi brothers of course. Ryousuke is his usual delightfully fruity self. XD
We watched a few other bits and pieces, like eps. 0 and 1 of the X TV series (I like the animation, even if I don't get the story. ^^; And the music), the second episode of the Weiß OAV, "Strafe" (twas Odd, I tell you o.o), and, for some reason, Tokyo Breakfast. @_@ As well as a little something called Metal Pr0n Solid -- *I* didn't actually see it, though, and I'm glad. X_X;;
I want to fic. Not Ashes, per se -- because that's big and requires Thought and Planning -- but something that will be nice and short and *done*. But I have no idea what. ^^;
Finished Jane Eyre last night. Liked it lots. Also read the first chapter of Triple Strike, which is cool, and will get to the next one when I'm not feeling lazy. XD;; Let me say, first off, that I am one lucky biznatch. O_o It seems I have a tendency for near misses: when I took the SATs, I managed to not notice when my group left for the testing room, but managed to get in in time. This morning, for the SAT IIs, I lost my registration ticket. -_-;; Luckily, the registration guy was quite nice and let me in since my name was on the list and I wasn't like carted off by security or anything like I feared. o.o;; The tests themselves weren't bad, though I had *nothing* to say about the essay prompt on Writing and managed some sort of mangled half-essay; the Literature test was nice and easy, and the Math (IC, of course ^^;;) was doable. Though one of the questions, which dealt with i, confused me and I only figured it out afterward. Here's hoping my guess was the answer I realized ...
I'm (obviously) not at anime, because I sort of got snowed in. ^^;; Well, not really, but enough so that my parents were iffy on the drive, especially at ten at night. So ... no Beautiful Life for me. :( I'll have to find out how they resolved that @*$&%! cliffhanger from episode 2.
Quickie update to my site -- the poems from my English assignment. XD;;
I want to do a new layout ... it'll be Noir, definitely; I have a few designs in my head but no pictures to match them. :/
And for some random goodies: Merry's diary is up, the poor boy. The comment about the high kicks made me choke. XD;;
And LOOK! at this fanart. Especially the RuroKen. ESPECIALLY the AoMisao picture. *happysigh* And the SanoMeg, and, hell, even the Sano x Saitou ... I love Saitou's expression. T_T And Sano's hair. XD
Hm ... neko-chan, I wonder if you're still on; I checked a few minutes ago and you weren't. ;_; Brain feels drained. _o_;; Managed to write my five poems last night -- the most I've ever written, poetry-wise, in a single night, though I don't know how much I like them. :/ They're not *bad* (for me), and it's not like I want to get rid of them completely; I like the concepts I used (well, they're the usual: life, death, love, the works XD) but perhaps not so much the execution. Like something is *there* but I didn't quite realize it. Ah well, that's what I get for cutting off to get to bed at a semi-decent hour. I've yet to pull an all-nighter, and hopefully will hold that off until college at least. ^^;;
Plans for the weekend may be altered without will due to the forecasts for snow in the area. If it comes tonight, SAT IIs and possibly anime are out; if it comes Saturday night/Sunday morning, Kino's is a bust (and I want to see if vol. 2 of Alice 19th is out ... curse my shoujo weakness XO). I wouldn't mind missing Monday or Tuesday, except that would mean we'd have to go into finals with even less preparation, and then lose a holiday or two to make up for it. *che*
I wonder if I should be worried about the SAT IIs? I haven't prepared in any way yet, and all I will be doing is getting to bed before 11. It should be fine -- I'm taking Writing, Literature, and Math I -- right? ^^;;
Maa. Movies I want to see, somehow, somewhen: Amelie, Black Hawk Down, Brotherhood of the Wolf, and The Count of Monte Cristo (sort of). The last two are purported to be cheesy but fun; and besides, the director of Brotherhood also did the live-action adaptation of Crying Freeman, which must mean it'll be cool. ^_^ I don't really have anything interesting to say, and I should be doing English homework anyway. ^^;; It's good stuff, though -- I have to finish Jane Eyre this weekend, which I'm enjoying a lot, and also write some poems. My only complaint is that I need to write five of them in closed form by tomorrow. O_o I'm currently reading a bunch of my favorite authors (online and off) in hopes of reviving my poor atrophied RhymingMuse. T_T Or finding inspiration in general. Like a bitch, yo. Does that count as an epigram? XD;; Current plans for the weekend include: homework on Friday, SAT IIs on Saturday morning, anime showing on Saturday night, and birthday trip to Kino's for a friend on Sunday. 'Twill be fun, if I manage to get through it all. >_< *hugs* I know sometimes you just need to let it out ... hope you've decompressed and can now step back and realize you're one cool chickie. XD
Owatta~! ^_^ I had the interview this morning, was surprisingly not very nervous during the actual meeting (or half-asleep ^^;;), and the guy was nice and non-intimidating. I don't think I did too well in the beginning, and I probably left nothing in the way of a memorable -- i.e., beyond passable -- impression, but hey, that's okay, it's done and I'm happy. ^_^
Okay, I promise not to get myself into the Aesthe article-fanfic creed debate, because so much is being said on all points already, but ... I just have to comment on this:
"People want to belong to a fandom. They want to feel part of it, and one of the best ways to feel part of something is to produce for the other members of the organization. Then the other members will say Oh gee what a great story thank you for writing this! and the writer will feel connected and good."
Why? I mean, why does having a fandom community entail people heaping mindless praise on one another? (And furthermore, why does fanfic, which involves *effort* and *meaning* and *creativity* for so many people, have to be the exploited tool? T_T ... But anyway) Having interaction doesn't mean we all play nice and giggle over each other. We can disagree with each other and not get along with some people and, well ... socialize like normal people. Just because we're nerds doesn't mean we have to give into stereotype, ya know. XD I mean, this brings to mind images of gangly adolescent Trekkie fanboys pumping each other up by saying things like, "Yeah, your Spock ears look way cool! No way they wouldn't look good with your graduation robes!!" etc. XD;;
BTW, I still do stand by my assertion that "bad" writers shouldn't be ostracized without suggestions for improvement and that people *can* write fanfic without wanting to go pro/original or substantially improve. But writing something -- hell, doing *anything* -- solely for the purpose of squeezing adoration out of people you want to be your friends is sort of unhealthy. O_o
*pokes* How did your o-chem test go? Current state of mind: scared sh*tless. O_O
I think it would have been easier on me if the Whitman interview had come first, to ease me into the experience -- I know that college doesn't necessarily determine a person's intelligence, but you have to admit it's much more intimidating to be speaking to a *Harvard* alumnus than one from Whitman. And from what I've read, I like the school well enough, but it's not an attend-or-die one for me. Does passing interest count as enough to merit acceptance into a school? XP Ugh, I really don't want to do this -- I don't have anything I really want to know about Harvard that I can't find either in a decent college book or online; and I don't want them to look at my non-commitment to attending the school as a sign of indifference. >_<
(As an indication of what I like about the school: Here's one of the Freshman Seminars offered at Harvard for 2001-2. XO They also have an anime club, nya. Um ... that's not all that I pay attention to, though, really. ^^;;)
*sigh* I'm kind of glad the interview's tomorrow, so I can hurry up and get it over with before the SAT IIs on Saturday. But ... that means I have to *do* it tomorrow. >_<
Must ... distract ... self ...
I was going to write something as a semi-response to the recent purpose-of-fic debate (in a sort of distantly related way ... it's how my mind works) concerning fan interpretation and authorial intent (I've only read like one chapter of Textual Poachers but that's an idea that really stuck with me). But ... I'm too lazy. ¬.¬
It's snowing. o.o And what's more, it's actually sticking. I'm quite surprised, even though it's been cold this past week, because it's actually been getting warmer, or so I thought. I wonder if we have tomorrow off ... *crosses fingers* The only bad thing is that, rather than have a snow day at the end of the year to make up -- which we seniors wouldn't have to attend anyway, seeing as we graduate June 20th -- the school district plans to make up days missed for snow by taking out one of our inservice days later on. XP But! More time for me to read Jane Eyre, which is good if I want to have a semi-free weekend this week.
I'm distressed. And frightened and agitated. An alumni from Harvard called over the weekend while we were in Seattle visiting neechan to schedule an interview. I just talked to him tonight, and it's tentatively set for this Wednesday at school. ARGH! I don't WANT to do an interview! Anyone who's been reading this for any length of time should know of my convoluted and seemingly irrational college application plans and why I'm definitely not going to Harvard even if I get accepted, but I can't imagine explaining this to a guy who's supposed to be interviewing me to see if I'm good material for their school. "Why, sure, I like Harvard, but you see, I'm not going there, even if you want me too. Yes, I am applying, but only as a judgment of my 'acceptability.' Like trying on fancy dresses when the next formal dance is eight months away, you know?" -_-;; Plus there's the fact that I know next to nothing about the school, besides what varied and unusual bits that made it sound good to me, and have never been to visit the campus ... argh, I'm going to look like such an idiot. >_<
Lili-chan, I wanna see your dress ... XO
. Just let the sparkles come, Ruby-chan. XD Not much time to blog. I really should be reading Jane Eyre right now. Ah well, I'm skimming while waiting for pages to load. ^^;;
New chapter of the Very Secret Diaries -- this time it's Saruman's. "Showed him my Wizard Wrestling Federation moves. Have delivered smackdown. Go me." Ah yes, and Sam will kill him if he tries anything. XD (BTW, hope you're feeling better soon, neko-chan. ^^;;)
Happy birthday, Ayuru-san! ^_^
Ouch. Poor Willie. XD;;
So, anime tonight was fun, as expected. Half the group was gone, mostly because of Winter, but that's okay. I was sort of sleepy and not much for conversation making anyway. One girl was there all dressed up and obviously ready to go to the dance ... I'm not going to knock her for it; that's what I did last year. ^^;; But she and her date -- who changed into his tux in the bathroom or something -- didn't leave until close to nine o'clock. It takes about half an hour to get from the showing location to school, and the dance started at eight ... I suppose she didn't want to dance all that much.
But! The showing. That's what I wanted to talk about. ^^; Our program director -- who was on some serious crack tonight, even moreso than the night he made a box with "Akari House" written on it in katakana and ran around the stage -- made little mini-trailers to go before each show that tells the "rating" of the series. Like "Rated AL: Angelic Layer." Because it "may contain" -- among other things -- "Oogata punishments." XD They showed eps. 5-8. which was nice, because even though I've seen through 12 I'd missed 6 and 7. I swear, even though he barely appeared, just seeing Oujirou made me happy. I'm so pathetic. XD;;
Next was episode 2 of Beautiful Life. Unlike Kami-sama, however, all the episodes other than the first one are short. As in, forty-five minutes, tops. And with a horrible, horrible ending! XO!! Even my guy friend wanted to see more. The series seems to be living up to the first episode, especially in terms of Kyoko and Shuji's relationship. At one point after an awkward moment, he follows her and begins pushing her wheelchair; instead of something mushy, she just tells him to stop and he tells her to shut up. XD;; Plus, we're beginning to see the angst that is a requisite for any male romantic lead ... >o<
Anime Exposure was something called Tiny Snow Fairy Sugar, written in Japanese as "Chicchana Yuki Tsukai Shuugaa," which should be an indication of what the show was like. CUTESY. X_x The character designs were Di Gi Charat style, and the cute/squeaky/hyperactive fairy was played by Kawakami Tomoko. o.o Man, that show fried our brains.
Before Noir, we had a special "treat" ... after the break, everyone was called in and told that the next show was starting up; then, once everyone was inside and the doors shut, they played the "Yatta!" video. X_X;; Yes, neechan, the one from the Seisou Hen showing. Bean put his hand on my shoulder afterward, saying he had to touch a girl after seeing that. ^^;; But, um, Noir was cool. Yeah. ^^;;
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