Monday, February 12, 2001 :: 01:19 p.m.
    Oh wow, so you DO speak English?

    I wonder why people sometimes assume I can't speak English. Have they never seen a foreigner before? o.o; XD People have assumed I speak Greek, Spanish, Hindi, Turkish, Arabic - you name it, I'm probably supposed to speak it.

    I was a good girl and went to allll my classes today. It's amazing how I can fake knowing third declensions in Latin. ;;^^ After class I tried to pick up my Chidori-Ceres cel. It was delivered over the weekend, but I only got the slip Sunday night. The Urbana post office is not in Urbana; it's approximately in the middle of nowhere. ( Seriously; I drive through the back country roads to get to Rt. 130 and Rt. 150, which is the armpit of the universe, and that's where the main Urbana post office is. It boggles the mind; why didn't they put it, I dunno, IN Urbana? ) So I arrive there with the slip, and they said, " Oh, look, unless you call this number during normal business hours, they'll try to deliver the package again. SO try to catch your mailman!" " Um...the mailman usually delivers at 11am." " Oh good! So go catch him!" ( It's 1 am now...who's going to be home at 11 am anyways...oh hell. Forget it. I'll come back here at 5. ) So I still am without my cel. ;_;

    Um...had a fun weekend. Played Diablo II, played with my sister's new boxer, Lucius. He's pretty damn cute. I'm still annoyed that my parents insisted on 'family time' so that I couldn't go DDR with Janeru, Genri, and Ed. ._.# I went to the Mitsuwa, DDR'd before an easily-impressed audience. Six songs, average of A for all those songs. yay me. I'm most pleased about doing afro-nova, luv to me another, and paranoia rebirth and STILL averaging an A. But I swear, DDR'ing in my boots meant that my legs were about to fall off halfway through paranoia. _O_ My mom wanted to get me a DDR machine until I informed her that they cost $13,000. Then my parents wanted to get me a hard DDR pad, but I felt guilty and told them to wait until May, when i graduated, to drop $130 on a DDR pad. ;;^^

    Hm; in #fy Yak is telling me about the Chinese legend that Houshin Engi is based upon...*grin*
      Yakumo> houshen engi was an actual chinese legend too
      Yakumo> the main guy taikun wan has a slightly different name tho
      PuuGENKI> taikoubou, you mean?
      Yakumo> yeah
      Yakumo> taikoubou fishing has a famous saying
      Yakumo> it's called tai kou fishing, the willing bites
      Yakumo> Youzen is really suppose to be VERY powerful
      Yakumo> Youzen was suppose to be the niece of the heavely emperor himself
      PuuGENKI> niece?
      * PuuGENKI administers the grope test to youzen XD
      PuuGENKI> Suusu! They're molesting me again! ;_;
      PuuGENKI> wait, I thought Youzen was supposed to be Bou-chan's nephew or something in the original novel, which is why he calls him suusu.
      Yakumo> Natako is almost right.. but he has 3 artifacts..the wheels..which can also be used as weapon.cause it burns
      Yakumo> and the third weapon is his cloth..which can restrain any demon/god like creature
      PuuGENKI> i thought the manga/anime nataku was funny as hell ^^
      PuuGENKI> yeah, I remember that his clothing was supposed to be a paopei in the anime/manga too o.o
      Yakumo> nephew yeah not niece
      Yakumo> baochan? no he's the son of the Heavely Emperor's sister
      Yakumo> who eloped with a human
      Yakumo> so Youzhen was half human half god
      Yakumo> and Natako's father is suppose to be an immortal too
      Abaddon> so Taikoubou was a human who dies and then is resurrected? Or didn't he die first? ^^;;
      Yakumo> aba:no he didn't die
      Abaddon> but he's not human is he?
      Yakumo> aba:well in chinese folklore...he ascented to become an immortal
      Yakumo> the difference between immortals/gods/demons aren't that great..
      Yakumo> but demons in chinese folklore aren't immortals..they just live very long and have evil powers
      Yakumo> and gods aren't perfect, they just have lots of good powers
      *** PuuGENKI is now known as PuuCHIKO
      Yakumo> and immortals are usually human who followed a path of Tao and ascented
      * PuuCHIKO toddles around in search of gohan
      Yakumo> puu:and gohan is a monkey.:p
      Yakumo> oh wait that's gokou
      PuuCHIKO> no, i mean like hokahoka gohan, not THAT gohan!
      PuuCHIKO> yeah, the saiyuki son goku, right?
      Yakumo> yeap
      Yakumo> son goku is much more powerful than Natako
      Yakumo> nataku
      Yakumo> they actually had a fight between son goku and nataku
      Yakumo> and a fight between son goku and Yanzhen
      PuuCHIKO> o.o;
      PuuCHIKO> son goku kicked nataku's ass?
      PuuCHIKO> and youzen's too? o.o
      Yakumo> the fight between son goku and yanzhen was equal..
      * Abaddon looks for Kokutenko
      Yakumo> puu:yeap kicked nataku's ass so bad
      Yakumo> kokutenko?
      Yakumo> actually Son Goku trashed the entire Heavely Court
      Abaddon> the cat thingie that Shinkouhyou is riding in the anime
      Yakumo> aba:aah
      Yakumo> now shinkouhyou was a badass
      PuuCHIKO> was he really? *_*
      Yakumo> but he's a cool badass
      PuuCHIKO> what does he do?
      * PuuCHIKO clings to s-sama
      Yakumo> puu:what did who do?
      Yakumo> puu:what did who do?
      PuuCHIKO> shinkouhyou!
      PuuCHIKO> in the novel!
      Yakumo> I dont' remember..onlything I remember fromt he book that he was an evil badass
      * PuuCHIKO stares at yak
      PuuCHIKO> reread! ;_;
      Yakumo> puu:^^;; it was a looong long time ago..I think I was 11..when I read the series.^^
    I didn't know that Son Goku and Youzen and Nataku fought. XD What a mental image, with either the Saiyuki or Dragonball Goku. XD

    I'm gonna grab some lunch. I bought Basara manga #1-2, and that was a mistake; I liked these volumes so I'm gonna hafta get the series. And it has TWENTY-SEVEN volumes. ;_;

    But I read the last chapter of Hameln and that was HELLA sugoi. *_*

    Oh, Kya-chan: The first two eps of Argent Soma didn't HAVE the OP. Sunrise seems to like to start using the OP with the third ep of a series; they did that with the Big-O.

    Now Playing: MASK




    Thursday, February 8, 2001 :: 11:57 p.m.
    Real quick.

    Kya-chan, the Argent Soma mp3s you wanted are here. With screencaps of the OP. Silent Wind is the OP, too. :D

    Everyone else: Screencaps from the DiGi Charat Winter Special! The dog-boys are SO cute. IT'S ALL CUTE! IT'S ALL EVIL! XD

    Now Playing: But But But - Xelloss' TRY image song XD




    Tuesday, February 6, 2001 :: 10:05 a.m.
    Today's card is the Woody.

    Thank you, Tamanyu, for that astute observation. :D

    Goddammit, Matt , don't make me come over to ISR and destroy you. Thou shalt not feel guilty for goofing off thy second semester of senior year. Because if other people feel guilty, I'll feel guilty, and I refuse to feel guilty. XD I want to be GENKI! ( And party every weekend if at all possible. o.o )

    Krisit , you can't kill me! I'm indestructible! But you can try to kill juri, because she's a h0. But then Gregly would be upset and I'd never get to steal his car. o.o

    HTkD - gosh, I remember Ebichu! About a year ago someone online was trying desperately to get me to watch Ebichu but I never had time to d/l the eps. :D

    Got a rejection from Duke the other day ;_; Oh well, hopefully I'll get an acceptance sometime soon so I can stop fretting o.o

    I'm working on my PSoH page now. :D I finished my six-page prelim report on my assigned disease for my healthcare class; I don't know how I find time to do all my schoolwork with all the lazing around I do, but I do. Wrote six pages in half a day, proofed it, added citations, printed out a slew of research to support it, and it's ready to turn in. Then I logged on for a game of TorT. :D

    The real problem with my Celexa is that it's making me sleepy all the damn time. Celexa is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor ( SSRI ), so it gives me elevated serotonin levels, but elevated serotonin levels make you very sleepy as well as genki. ( You know how after Thanksgiving, and you're full of turkey, you're full of goodwill towards the world but you just want to sleep forever? Turkey contains some amino acid...Trp, I think - which can be converted to serotonin. That's why you're genki and sleepy. ) I'm happier than I've been in a long time, but I'm so TIRED all the time, too. I sympathize with Yukito's never-ending urge for sleep. X_x I need to stay awake 12-2am to listen to Loveline for my healthcare class, but I'm always ready to fall asleep at 10:30. Of course, the fact that my parents make me go to campus at 8 am when I don't have class until noon isn't helping the situation any. :P I have to choose between getting enough sleep to last through my classes and doing my class assignment. :P

    I don't know if I prefer this. I like how Celexa makes me feel human again ( as opposed to a seething, sleepless mass of irritation and self-loathing ) but goddammit, I need so much sleep now. I wish I could still pull off 20-hour days like I could before I was on medication.

    I gotta study my Latin now. :D

    Now Playing: Gary Numan - Down in the Park( God, I'm sleepy... )




    Monday, February 5, 2001 :: 09:44 a.m.
    NAOKI oWns j00!

    I dreamt about oWning b2u ssr. I guess I should try to learn that o.o Never tried it. With my luck, it'll be a 9-footer :D Waiwai! As my dad told me this morning, " Some people climb mountains because they're there. Other people just DDR."

    I'm trying to work on my Big-O page, but since Juri is a H0...I haven't finished a page in so long. It's making me twitchy. :D

    Ka-chan, I hope your father hangs in there. :/ *big hug* You hang in there too! If you need someone to talk to, just log on some night to #y. We wub j00! ( And so does Pander. )

    I'll just redesign my personal page until then.

    Now Playing: Nothing. I still want to get a double fever-time with Pander vs. Pander in Pander's stage. XD




    Sunday, February 4, 2001 :: 07:47 p.m.
    Puu: That part looks like fun to dance, it's all corners!
    Gregly: Yeah, it's also fun to watch!
    Puu: Yeah, I BET it is. Bouncy, bouncy, bouncy!


    We figured Pander would code like this.
      He'd walk into work late, sit down, and smile at the monitor for a while. Then he's start typing very slowly, waving his mouse in midair dramatically, clapping his hand, and fanning his computer randomly. Then after about 15 minutes, he'd stand up, bow deeply, and walk out, leaving shell-shocked co-workers sitting there not quite daring to stop him. ;;^^ And his typing would probably drip. ;;^^


    Koukou: Yeah, I liked the Kuronekosama layout too, but it was making my eyes bleed. :D

    Fenya: Heh heh...I LIVE to crush people's souls. And of course you can use a Di Gi Charat scan for a V-day layout. I bought two old mags yesterday and it had a Di Gi Charat article and a poster! :D

    Yeah, the visit to Lix yesterday was much fun. ^^ The girl behind the counter ( no, she wasn't dressed like that at the time ) was very helpful, and pointed out lots of stuff. She also told us when to come to the Orchid and to C Street - you guys~~! Let's goo~~! She was trying to get a theme going so that people coming to the clubs will wear something different than their usual 'clubbing uniform.' Last time she said she wore a Saran Wrap dress.
      Me: Colored?
      Her: Yeah, purple. With strategic electrical taping.
      Me: Had someone to help you with that, eh?
      Her: No, I'm pretty flexible. *demonstrates*
      Me: ......

    Kya-chan - heh heh heh heh. You've summed up the first two eps nicely there. XD But it has KOYASU in it. And much angsting by poor traumatized bishy. :D ( Although you'll REALLY want to kill Hattie. She's so...so... ) And I just got the soundtrack today ( it shipped from Japan on 02/01, and I got it today, 02/04. !_! Friggin unbelievable.) It IS a pretty good soundtrack. Not as unbelievably good as the Bebop ones and the lain ones, but good nonetheless.

    Ka-chan: *big, big hug* ;_;

    OH FUCKING AWESOME! ( reads the last chapter of hameln and DIES of sparklies )

    Better run. *_*

    Now Playing: Ladytron - Play Girl




    Sunday, February 4, 2001 :: 12:41 a.m.
    Julie wants my pickle. o.o

    And yet another thrilling installment of the Saturday adventures of the IL-gumi. Today ( or yesterday ) involved the triumph of Team Hentai at Damon's ( with photographic evidence ), making Krisit feel violated both with Pander and with Disney Rave...much Disney Rave...dubbing me 'The Enabler' when I ride shotgun with krisit ( me: FASTER! FASTER! ) and Matt's first trip into Lix. Oh, we also discussed how Pander would h4x0r or work as a coder...we played Crazy Taxi in Krisit's car...interesting fortunes...and much, much Disney Rave. @_@ ( I didn't even get to show krisit Pander vs. Pander in Pander's stage. ;_; She told me to turn it off after only three stages! ;_; )

    Y'know, stiletto heels are a bitch to walk in. You can't balance in them at all, you have to walk really carefully, and you're standing on the balls of your feet. O_O It must hurt.

    Hopefully Matt will blog about he injured himself in the fetishwear store.

    I'll blog more tomorrow. Heh heh heh.

    Now Playing: Oh Nick. o.o




    Friday, February 2, 2001 :: 07:41 p.m.
    The 11th Commandment: Thou shalt not hump thy TV, no matter how many of thy favorite seiyuu are in one show.

    I watched the Saiyuki OVA #1-2 and Saiyuki TV #1. I suppose it's not normal to break into maniacal laughter when you hear all the main character speak for the first time. o.o I'm afraid that I am SUCH a Ishida-kun and Seki Toshihiko h0. I'm even starting to become a total Hoshi Souichirou fan. o.O Here's the seiyuu list. I will note, however, that the seiyuu for Sanzou in the Saiyuki OVAs is NOT SekiTo.

    The Saiyuki character designs are rather interesting. Sanzou, the chainsmoking, drinking, gun-toting priest, looks like he has a perpetual hangover, and usually is scowling and veinthrobbing. He can pull a halisen out of hammerspace to smack the hell out of the three youkai accompanying him ( usually Gojou and Son Goku, who are always fighting. ) Ishida-kun's character, Hakkai, is perma-niko-ing, as could be expected, and has a pet chibi-dragon, Hakuryuu ( natch ) who can turn into a Jeep. No, seriously, that's how they get around; they drive. When faced with a crisis, they a) smoke. b) get really smashed. ( even the chibi-dragon drinks. ) and then c) kick ass. It looks like it'll be an amusing show. But I must NOT hump the TV.

    I also did a LOT of screencaps from episode 13 of the Big-O. I also made some mp3 files of R.D screaming; you can find them here. I'm going to work on that page now that I have the VCDs! *_*

    Kya-chan - thanks for the mp3! *_*

    Katie - did G. get his heart crushed again? Or was this just a reflection in general? But I agree with you; that's how guys and girls ARE expected to act o.o

    Here's a blog you all should read. Hell, I'm adding it to my links. :D Did any of you catch the 20 minutes of SNL they showed last night, with Clinton constantly interrupting Dubya's 'speech'?

    I slept most of this afternoon. I must have been exhausted - a four-hour nap? o.O;;

    I wonder if Krisit's going to drop by tonight.

    Now Playing: Pander's Theme - Enka 1




    Thursday, February 1, 2001 :: 08:23 p.m.
    You can't argue with the religious, or the overprotective.

    Should be obvious, but I realized it today, when trying to discuss something with my parents. ;;^^ I was supposed to go to Chicago tomorrow with Krisit, for half a day, to pick up Gregly. We'd leave at noon, and come back in the evening. I asked my parents, and at first, they were like, 'fine.' Then about six hours later, they asked, ' when are you leaving?' ' She said about noon.' ' Why not in the morning?' ' I don't know.' ' Why don't you go on Saturday?' 'She has to work. I'm going with her, I can't tell her when to go!' ' So she's leaving at noon tomorrow because she's working all night tonight and will be driving sleep-deprived?' ' NO! I didn't say that!' ' You can't go because she might be sleep deprived.' So I call her up. Turns out we're leaving at noon because she has class until 11, and she's going to bed early to get enough sleep. So I tell my parents that. ' When will you be back?' ' 8 pm, she says.' ' That's too late.' ' WHAT?' ' It's after dark, in winter. We don't want you to get stranded after dark.' ' .......!' ' Puu, you're kidding me.' ' I can't question, I just obey. Sorry, kristi.'

    Today has been a middlingly genki day. Nerrie-sama sent me a shitload of stuff. *_* Saiyuki OVA 1-2, Saiyuki TV 1-26, Orphen Revenge 1-26, Yami no Matsuei 1-6, and the Big-O VCDs ( eps 1-13. ) unfortunately, the last VCD only has 13 on it - there ISN'T a final ep >_< Whaaat?

    I'm going to go let my parents try to appease me. :P They're going to pay in spades for this. I'm fucking 19! What the hell is this overprotective bullshit?

    Now Playing: Nothing. I'm going to go watch some anime.




    Thursday, February 1, 2001 :: 11:26 a.m.
    Quick link.

    Magdalen.

    Read and weep. ;;^^You would think one of her personalities would be able to write WELL.

    Now Playing: Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science




    Thursday, February 1, 2001 :: 10:10 a.m.
    " No, you can not *die* from insomnia."

    Wow, this is a wrong-looking ad.

    Well, I finished my 12-hour-notice paper on my research project, and now I want to die. >_< Stayed up far too late, goddammit. I am so dead tired.

    I don't know if I showed anyone my new keychain - probably not - but I went to ArtMart Toys to try to find a replacement for my Badtz Maru keychain. I hunted through their Sanrio corner, but the only keychain I could find was this tiny clear one of a Sanrio character I didn't recognize. So I'm like, eh, fuck it, and I bought it. Then I hunted through the Sanrio page to find out who the hell this was. And I quote :
      " Landry is a cute little boy raccoon who loves to wash everything and anything he can get his hands on. His best friend is a rubber ducky named "Pea" who understands everything Landry is thinking. Besides washing things, Landry's hobbies include dancing and running on top of his tub, sliding, taking Pea for walks, and listening to music. (Mozart is his favorite). When he dances on his tub, Pea gets very excited. Landry also loves to eat. He likes donuts, sausages, nuts and ice-cream, but chocolate is his very favorite. When he's surprised you'll often find him hiding under his tub with his striped, mink-like tale sticking out. Landry's birthday is December 8th."

    Words fail me. Rubber ducky...who gets excited when he dances on his tub...o.O;; And his favorite foods are donuts...nuts...sausages...

    Anyways, the keychain is darn cute. It's clear plastic, and it's got a shiny metallic star on Landry's tummy. On the keychain there's also another charm which is a little plastic bottle about the size of my thumbnail. If you unscrew the top, inside there's a tiny tiny chip of rose quartz and a folded up piece of orange Landry stationery, about the size of my little fingernail when it's unrolled. It's so incredibly cute.

    But, of course, if anyone feels like replacing my flashing-head Badtz Maru keychain for my birthday...:D ( yeah, yeah, I know they're just charms to be hung from your backpack. But they function best as keychains here. )

    My Argent Soma soundtrack got shipped today! Waiwai!

    I should be working on my Chronic Fatigue Syndrome paper for my healthcare class. But fuck it. I'll work on it later today. It's due on Tuesday.

    And I still REALLY like Fight Club. Damn, that's subtle - you know that scene in the beginning when "Jack" calls Tyler, and he hangs up, and Tyler *69's him and calls him back? ( heh ) - well, there's a sign on the phone which says " No returning calls." @_@

    Sure, krisit, I'll drive up to Chicago with you tomorrow. *huge yawn* But as I said, since I finally got Pander as a playable character ( seems that all you have to do is beat the game with all ten characters + Robo-Z in normal ) you must see. :D Man, Pander's Fever-time dansu is scary. It's...slow-mo. @_@

    Ok, now I *am* going to work on my paper.

    Now Playing: Nine Inch Nails - Twist









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