Ninjas STILL can't catch you if you're on fire

LAST UPDATED: 3/01/2012
2005 - THE PRESENT, lol. Also mainly for my own personal reference, since I must admit to myself that my previous one isn't all that up to-date anymore. Clearly I just need to sign-up for more fests and challenges. And wow are a lot of my old Pbucket links broken. Whoops.

___ ART BY FANDOM:
TV SHOWS/MOVIES:
( Supernatural )
( American Idol )
( Star Trek )

( XMFC )

BOOKS:
( The Hunger Games )

ANIME/MANGA/VIDEO GAMES & ASSORTED RANDOM:
( Naruto, Bleach, Ouran and more )
( Assorted RANDOM )
( RBR and Punditry )

___ ART BY FESTS:
Yuletart
( 2010 (The Hunger Games) )
( 2009 (Pushing Daisies) )
( 2008 (Katekyo Hitman Reborn) )
( 2007 (Fullmetal Alchemist/xxxHolic) )

Reel Star Trek
( 2010 )

SPN/J2 Bigbang
( 2011 )

I meant to do something else, probably be all productive for uni and all, but then I reread 'Good Together' AND IT BROKE MY HEART ALL OVER AGAIN. Waaargh, Asapin TAT. Was hungering for moooar afterwards, but shame that 95% of the rest of the Karekano fics on FFNet continue to kind of well, suck. But I guess it's one of these fandoms that don't actually leave much room or give an urge for fic-writing? I remember being on Rhoddlet(of HP fic fame)'s webpage once and seeing a Karekano section on her fic page and there was this ficlet that featured the trio? Or referenced to Asaba's interest in Arima and I wanted so badly to click it but the link was incorrect or something like that, and I was so very bummed, heh. It is obviously one of the great fic losses that will forever haunt me, much like how I wish Rage Point's "On Moonlight's Leash"(HP AU, what-if James Potter didn't survive coming between Snape and Werewolf!Remus during the night of the Prank and the rippling effects this would have had on everybody. Super gritty and very noir-ish and exceedingly awesome) was a)continued and b)still be able to be found in some form on the Internets. Ahh :(.
But back to Karekano-- got around to reading some of the later volumes again and besides admitting to myself that I was kind of let down by the later bits/the end resolution, I was also kind of sad to note how Masami Tsuda's art style seemed to be getting blander and blander. Could hardly tell some of the characters apart and I must say that the 'not showing the eyes of a character because the ANGST/undefinable emotion is so strong' tick is fine and dandy, but not when it's executed as such that it looks more like the mangaka forgot to fill in the eyes. So I guess the point of this blather is that I will always love Karekano with a fierce love, Yukino, Arima and Asaba are just such great and lovable and interesting characters-- but my selective-perception shutters fall after around the halfway point of the manga, with certain scenes in the end being well and good, yet. I always wonder how it all would have been shown in the anime version, had it not sputtered off and died in the end a la GAINAX...

Guess who, after obsessively replaying the 'Dear You' songs for ever and ever, has started watching Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni on Youtube today! At like nearlly 2 fucking AM, which is of course THE BEST TIME to start watching something that will undoubtably freak the beejezus out of me. ._. ...Heck, I only just finished the first episode and I was twitching in '...will the bad things happen yet?!'-anticipation! And I must agree with the general gist of what I've read so far about the series is that the charas are all surprisingly sympathetic and likable, despite their initial SUPAA MOE WAI WAI appearance. Rena's desire to save Kenta-kun(...a fucking Colonel Sanders statue) from the dumpster made me lol

Oh and let me paste my take on the 'which animanga chara would I do etc.' meme that the lovely storyteller posted on her LJ. With additional tl;dr comments from moi, o' course.

( Doo daa daaa MEMEME )

So it's uh been two weeks since I last posted? Ahehe. Um. Well, the first week was Krimml-induced doom and this one was due to the gleeful invasion of my domicile from dear Frank and La, who both have left meeeeee since like 10AM today(WAAAAAAAH i am still kinda mopey and alternating that with a sudden urge to now just not do anything until uni starts and aaah so much?? work to do? People to catch up with etc etc). ;___;

Was a fantastic time, seriously-- what is better than having guests who do all the (very tasty and healthy--duh it's LA)cooking for you? :D Ah, and shopping for grocery together made me so quietly happy, because what point or fun is there in cooking something elaborate for yourself? It's the little discussions of carrots vs. cucumbers and what weird bargain bin bio crap to buy(note: Bio Lachs Schinken is bullshit) that make the experience. As are impulse buys of bubble blowing kits(? sp?), ahh ♥

We walked around a LOT and started early on in the day(...the perils of being the only long sleeper with two morning people guests XDD) and I like to think that though I managed to FAIL in showing them the viennese nightlife(..lol like I am an expert) we made a sizeable dent on the cultural attractions~ Some of which I had also not seen yet-- like the originals of the works of Gustav Klimt('The Kiss'!) and Egon Schiele etc. in the Belvedere castle. CULTURE POINTS GET.

I was almost a bit jealous of La today though-- she and Frank might have had a five hour drive from here back to Münich(where she'd get her train back to Versailles) but it'd still be a continuation of the RRROAD TRIP and they made stops at pretty sounding places like the Kaiserssee and castles! Or even the idea of wandering around Münich is appealing... My own memories of that are fuzzy at best, ahh time.

But I dragged my ass over to Clemen's place after bumming around for a long while and used his washing machine to do some laundry while we watched some 8 odd eps of Samurai Champloo. Have left him with a large list of to watch anime, too aaand probably offhandedly outed myself as a yaoi fangirl while I was at it. Go me >_>;; (I probaaably was a wee bit obvious when I made him watch the first ep of Gankutsuou and made flailing noises about Albert and Franz. Gah)

Now my eyes are burning and I shall go to sleep now. Pictures and more words to come tomorrow! OR something.


Oh, and Kaaat ♥-- we have a postcard for you! A group effort so to speak, though it took my klutzyness as a catalyst, but hey I shall prevail through the teasing if it gets Frank to actually write things!!! SHOCK, I know ;D Will send it mondaaaay along with some other stuff :D

ALSO, OLGAAAA dankedanke for the magnetkarte! When should I give it back to you? I really owe you, man! LOVE

...I always had heard people raving about it, so I decided yesterday to trawl Youtube for some eps and.


...holy shit, this is how every so-called 'magical girl' anime dreams to be like. Gah. SO GOOD. Ahiru is such an adorable lead and I love that her voice really DOES sound like the duck she really is AND the fairytale motif throughout the anime is wonderful. The meta! Talking back to the 'omniescent narrator'(who is kinda creepy and awesome) ...it brings to mind Utena, except I don't feel like I need to be pumped up on LSD to understand it lol.
And to think I was snorting at the ballet and everything at first. Thirteen eps later(and more to go!) I am hooked and gosh my inner 6 year old that wanted to dance ballet so bad is thrilled ♥
DANCE-OFFS! BALLET-FU akfdlkasjflkjfj :D :D :D
It's fitting that they seem to only use classical music too, and how this really amps up the dramatic factor. I think I was gasping quite a bit during the last eps of 'Der Kapitel des Eies'(=correct german usage also A++)

Oh and NEKO-SENSEI is AWESOME ♥ nyaaaaaaaaah :D :D


PS FAKIR/AHIRU OTP!!!1

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Oh and in other news -- WHO KNEW THAT I ALSO HAVE INTERESTING LECTURES(besides the comic tutorial but that doesnt really count soo)?? Altho it figures that Prof Vitouch won't be here for next weeks Medien-pyschologie. And ahahaha the hall-wide groan that followed his announcement...seems the fill-in is well hated XDD We shall seee~

...and I have to get up at 6.30AM tomorrow again. JOY. But at least this time there actually will BE a lecture lololol

Oh, Samurai Champloo. Oh oh oh. YouTube is currently the Happiest Place on Earth right now and finally getting to watch eps 18-fin of Samurai Champloo is joy indeed (am starting ep 22 now!). Oh Jin, Mugen, Fuu. This anime has it all. A fun and funky plot, smooth and interesting animation and anachronistic music that some how, along with all the sheer CRACK that appears, just works (oh when they do use traditional music alksjfklaf o god *HEART STABBY* DD:). And of course, most importantly-- beautiful, beautiful characters, seeing their interactions together is just lovely~ The petty squabbling! The fights when they build little groups and team up against each other! Ahahaha the Jin vs. Fish scene in ep... 12? or so will always be ingrained into my mind ♥

...heeh and I actually set out to watch Ouran 13 at first, which was also one of the more better episodes in a while~ Ahhh Tamaki why you so sexy :DD
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Oh and since I always have about a gazillion windows open, here are some prettys from DA:

_ http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/5608623/ ...Roy Mustang a la tongari, who has this wonderful, almost ethereal way of drawing and coloring... Check out her gallery for more awesome!
_ http://www.deviantart.com/view/6160526/ ...Marui Bunta(PoT) vs. Sawada Shin(Gokusen), also by tongari. Haaah great idea! And I am digging the colors- so red and vibrant! ...also, they do look awfully alike from the chara design if you really think about it~
_ http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/34613201/ ...a sekushi Draco--who kinda looks like Raito but whatever, by Kogepan. I think I might've posted a link to this one on LJ before? Heeeh my memory seems to be failing me D:
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Oh and dentist went fine, although Dad is now 3000 baht poorer. But really, why did the lady dentist feel it necessary to start gossiping to her assistants while she was digging around in my mouth? I mean, she knew that I could understand every word and acting like that is just kind of ...well, unprofessional yanno? But eh, whatever.
Managed to finish all the food I overstocked on, yaays and took the plunge and bought my DREAM CHASE-STYLE sexy green jacket~ ♥ It has such lovely long arms that cover half of my hands- without even having to stretch them or anything~~ *glees* ignoring its tidy price of about 3000 baht too s-shut up I didnt buy a swimsuit so it balances out...D: speaking of which buying bikinis here sucks! Sorry for having hips and an ass and 'all that junk inside my trunk'! Che H&M wien, here I come then :(

Fiiiinally, finally got to watch the THAI edition of Saiyuki Requiem DVD I searched for in vain at the import anime store since ...last year? Damn.
But. General impression? D:
I dunno if these are my impossibly high expectations for anime speaking, but the animation -and this was a movie- seemed so very shoddy and bad filler ep from the anime-like.
The baddy was campy as fuck, and okay, fun at times- especially with his Sanzo-Shikigami NC-17 hinted actions-blink-and-you'll-miss-it scene. There were good Ikkou bits aswell, must say that too but shame that it was all in all so very mreh. My DVD copy didn't help the fact by freezing every five seconds in the last 20mins of the movie. AND I can't check out the extras. Wtf whyyyyy :(

ALSO: EVERWOOD SEASON THREEEEEEEE!! Oh how I've missed you sooo~~ :D!
Ephram- your hair is fugly and stop being an emotional retaaard!
Treat and Patch- TRUE OTP OF EVERWOOD ahaha so cute and married-couple ish they even have a shared fish named Hootie and tender loving looks are copiously exchanged XD!
Delia- Fuck, she's gonna be one pretty teenager someday...
Amy- Looked like a hamster in some shots ahahaha
New Doc chara- Blah
BRIGHT- DO ME NOW PLZ I LOVE YOU BABY ♥ ♥ ♥ BRIGHT NEEDS LIKE 30 MINS SCREENTIME IN EVERY EP K? UNF!!

...that is all for now. Have new part one of "Wind That Shakes The Sea and Stars" to get cracking in AND Ravenclaw!Draco fic part 8 to read~ Ahhh...

Finished the last 14 eps today. OH GOD YES GOOD SIOFIHAFLFAKH.

( just in case...spoilers for the end )

Other News- Wanna go watch "Tom Yam Goong" Aka the thai boxing movie part2, eventhough it's sooo obvious they named it that way as to advertise the dish more/market the movie better overseas. But eh, whatever. The fight scenes will surely be cool and the huge wrestler guy looks interesting. Saw the premiere TV scoop where he just picked Mam Jokmok(Comedian who's also in the movie) and twirled him around. HUGE DUDE, there was like a meter height difference.

Ahh. Off to sleep now.

PPS. Kat!! Meant to call you, but uhh, stupidly forgot your number at Dad's place... Email it to me again pls? :O