湯女のメモリア

So my internet just stopped working last Friday. The DSL wasn't going through. According to Mac, it was either because of the modem or because of an unknown outside source. The modem is fine, though. Personally, I think it was divine intervention! I woke up this morning and started cleaning my room (truly a spectacular site, if you have the stomach for it). And what happens as soon as I'm done? The green light on the modem begins flickering and the connection goes through! What. The. Hell. I fear that it may turn of at any given moment again, though.

On another note, I got a new monitor (for free - every piece of technology I get is free ^_^). Byebye you big, grey, box of a thing! Hello, flatscreen =D -My LJ looks so tiny on it though! And you can see where the background image cuts off. Grr. Whatever. Kaname is currently occupying my desktop, in all his glory (along with Zero's right hand & his Bloody Rose).

I don't know what to do... I feel like creating more icons, but I also wanna start reading some new manga. I haven't read any in 4 days now. Hm. What to do...

And when did this happen!? 'Anime' and 'manga' are no longer showing up as misspelled words on the LJ spellcheck thingy. About time.

This morning I had a very bad dream. The Grim Reaper popped up. Normally I'd be like, "awesome! I get to meet up with death!" but... it was just extremely unpleasant and not at all to my liking. I'm seriously afraid of being in the dark as of right now.

But onto manga updates: Since I was completely outraged with the ending of Hot Gimmick, I decided I would read Hot Gimmick S (short novel with an alternate ending). Even if the writing was like that of a elementary student, it was still enjoyable 'cause I got my happy ending. Then I read Cherry Juice (4 volumes total), which was cuteness. When that was through, I proceeded to read Monster Love. The first couple chapters led me to believe it was a typical shoujo - nothing extraordinary. But the final 3 or 2 chapters touched my soul! I love a man with wings of a crow who would obliterate the world for the sake of his beloved! It left me with such a happy feeling!!! Soon as that was done, I realized that Ch.140 of Skip Beat was FINALLY out! Yeah, it was okay-ish. I'm just getting REALLY impatient with all these fillers. I want some lovey-dovey action! Anyway, afterwards I went for Koukou Debut, which was just 'Aw'-ness (yeah, I'm stuck on romances. can't live without them). I finished it about an hour ago or so, after which I immediately headed for Ch. 50 of Vampire Knight. I'm not gonna lie, I'm feeling extremely stressed out about what's to come. It seems as though Zero has matured, which is very smexy (I still love Kaname more). But... I'm just really worried. As soon as I'm done with this post, I'm gonna read ch. 28 of Hana to Akuma.

Why am I eating up so much manga? Because I may not be able to do so later on. Where do I get the time to read all this? I have no life. Does it matter? Not really, because things are still pretty terrific. (I'm still really sick, but I'll just think of it as some sort of punishment for being allowed to do all the things I can and not have to worry about it). ~Here I come, Vivi!

I'm sick! GRARGH!!! Dammit, dammit, dammit! Aw well, what can you do... On another note, I has been tagged. I've had this journal since '07, yet not once have I ever done a meme. Oh the shame.

Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to answer these questions about yourself. At the end, choose 10 people to be tagged. If I tagged you it's becasue I want to know more about you.
tagged by: darlingpink

1. What is one of the most embarrassing things that has ever happened to you?
I'm very good at wiping embarrassing moments from my memory ^_^
2. What is the one guilty pleasure you indulge in?
Music. Only because I listen to it to the point where it's unhealthy. (Hah, as if there's such a thing as listening to too much music)
3. What was your favorite show as a child?
Sailor Moon :P
4. How much time a day do you spend on Facebook?
...Maybe once or twice a week? Not really a big fan...
5. How old where you when you fell in love for the first time?
I was 8. Prince Diamond (take that, Tuxedo Mask!)
6. Do you collect anything?
Manga, anime, pencils, pens, earrings... those are the big ones.
7. What is your favorite Song?
:o Only 1!?!?!? That's near impossible! (Bitter Apple - Dave Gahan) ... (maybe)
8. Have you ever written a sappy love poem?
It didn't turn out sappy at all!
9. How different is your adult life from what you imagined it to be at 16?
I'm more of a kid than I was back then? (2 years makes a big difference)
10. If you could stay any age for the rest of your life what would it be?
My current age: 8,666 (aka 18)

I tag:
Wait, 10 people!? That's a lot of freaking pressure right there! Lets just say anyone who wants to :)

So I stepped out back for a little bit of fresh air a little while ago. The next thing I knew, Kitty had jumped the fence. It scared the hell out of me - she practically flew. No more than 3 minutes later I brought her back inside, though ;) (that's right! she may be faster, but she can never escape from me. mwahahaha!)

Anyway, a couple days ago I decided I would try and spice up the manga I read. I have just finished Desire Climax and Hot Gimmick (both have very similar story lines). Never in my life have I had such issues with the lead male characters as I did with these two stories (with one exception). I don't know how many times I cried while reading the first story. I'd probably die if I had to put up with the main guy. As for the second story, I was just like 'oh hellz no!' HELLZ NO. Yeah, I feel (a little) bad for the guy, but no freaking way is he going to be able to slap me without expecting a fist to the face in return. Ryoki Tachibana earns second place as my least favorite lead male character (in the romance category). Oh - so who was the exception? That's right, first place of my most hated guy goes to the one and only Naoki Irie (Itazura na Kiss). I despise him! I'm sorry, but 30 (long) chapters of being a heartless bastard is a bit much for me. Not even his somewhat sweet moments cut it for me. Sure, he gets better later on, but... *le sigh*

Now that I'm done with my little rant: Kaname! I have changed my header to KanamexYuuki. Again. Big surprise, right? (It's not my fault automatically become happy knowing that he's on my lj...)

Well, I'm off to read ch. 27 of Hana to Akuma (since I didn't get to yesterday). Yes, a manga with a very lovable lead male ^_^

In the last two days I've created over 100 icons... just because. When the only problem is having to decided between which brushes/textures to use, you know that life is very good.

On another note, dreamwidth sent me 2 extra invite codes, and once again my f-list gets first priority. So if you don't have one yet & you're interested, feel free to ask ^_^

...I seriously need a new layout...

Hazaa! From now on I should be able to update every so often. Things have been rather hectic lately (in a very slow & lazy fashion - if that makes sense). This past week I went into a total shojo frenzy and began devouring manga. Good stuff. I also looked into Hetalia so I wouldn't feel so out of the loop anymore. Two words: pure genius.

But anyway, the actual reason for the post is that I have one invite code left over for dreamwidth, and of course my f-list gets first priority. Even if we don't talk that much (or we don't talk at all), feel free to ask for it. Chances are that it'll end up going to a complete stranger anyway. It's been taken ^_^

Well then, I'm off to read some more manga!

For some reason I feel extremely anxious. Scared almost, but I don't know why. Today has just been... weird. Nothing out of the ordinary, but it seems wrong somehow.

But anyway, I finally read ch 70 of Ouran. Cute, as always. But if I don't see some HaruhixTamaki action soon, I will have to hit something. Also, I got my dreamwidth up, so yay! But I'm so confused as to what I should write in it. I guess I could cross-post or whatever but... I don't want to ruin it.

So now I have a question to ask you guys! I was wondering if you think Nero would be an okay name for a guy. I want to use the name for a character in one of the stories I'm writing, but due to the history of the name (lunatic-ruler of Rome), it seems unlikely that a parent would name their child that. True, my story is totally fiction, but I'd still like to give the characters (somewhat) normal names. So what do you think... does Nero sound too... uncool?

So: within the last 24 hours, I have gotten no sleep. It seems that we have seriously pissed off Mother Nature down here in SoCal. Earthquakes are to be expected, so it's not like I'm especially scared. But I'm definitely feeling edgy. We've had about 8 small ones in the last two days. Obviously, we're WAY overdue for 'the big one,' so people are saying that these little ones are going to lead up to it. There was the horrible wildfire that took place just a few months ago, and I'm pretty sure there were some bad mudslides that happened not long after that. Yes. Mother Nature is angry. But hey, other places have it a hell of a lot worse, so all is well.

But onto other stuff! After waiting what seemed ages, I finally got to read ch. 49 of VK yesterday *super fangirl moment* and I must say, it was very satisfying. Especially near the end! It's exactly what I had been waiting for from the moment I first got into the story (which was oh so long ago...). I also read ch. 139 of Skip Beat, which was utterly adorable, and I was going to re-read Godchild again, but for some reason my internet is being stupid and won't load the pictures. I'm still waiting for the next chapter of Ouran!!! I'm trying my hardest not to look at the raws, but my patience is running very thin. It came out how long ago? It should be translated by now!

And that is the story of my life. Yep yep.

OMG, I just had to make another random update. No, nothing new has happened in my life - it's still the same, boring, horribly sucky thing that it is every single day. So what's the reason for this post? I guess there isn't.

I will say this though: Music is one of the (if not the most) beautiful things in the world. I honestly don't know where'd I be without it.

Random, I know, but I need to express the extreme joy I am feeling at the moment. 'Extreme joy' doesn't even do it justice... I'm so freaking happy at the moment to the point where I'm actually crying. Not a lot, but enough. I need to go hug something...

It's been a couple weeks since my last post. A lot (or a little) has been going on, depending on how you look at it. But I don't really feel like writing about my personal life, so whatever. I will however mention this: we got bunnies 3 weeks ago! Two sisters. Maybe I'll post some pics of them later on (I don't believe I've ever posted pics before...).

Also, I changed my layout again. For some reason the previous header of KanamexYuuki didn't match the color of the background on Safari (yes, I'm a Mac owner and proud of it), but it showed up fine on Firefox. I decided to change it rather than switch my main web browser. So my new header features The Turks! I feel bad for Tseng though, he doesn't look nearly as good as he should. I'll probably change it again soon ^_^

Speaking of Turks (and FF) in general... I've kind of been wanting to kill Square Enix. With a passion. One because I just really miss hearing Squaresoft. Two because they're releasing The 3rd Birthday for PSP. Damn you PSP!!! It's not freaking fair! If the first two Parasite Eve's were for PSX, then it's only natural that the third installment should be for PS2... Gah! Damn you new technology! Though technically it's not THAT new... But still. I refuse to buy a PSP. I'll only do it as a last resort. I'm praying that they'll make it available for the PS2 one day, that along with Dissidia (my hopes aren't set high for that though - they'd have to do quite a bit of changing). Chances are I'll just end up buying the damn thing when I have enough money saved up. Now I have reason to hate Square Enix even more. They know that people will buy a PSP exclusively for their games... Fine. I'll buy GTA too, and every time I kill someone, I'll be thinking of them... (This is what happens to a gamer when they haven't been allowed to play anything in the last year and a half.) ^_^

Must comment on how extremely 'giddy' I'm feeling, among many other words. Probably overdosed on sugar (!? I only had 1 soda today... pretty rare, considering I never drink soda).

Anyway, so I changed my LJ layout. It's now dedicated to *drumroll* KanamexYuuki! I have to fix it though - the image isn't set exactly right... But that can wait though (until I decide to have a completely different layout, probably). Brown has never been my color, but it reminds me of chocolate, so every time I open up LJ I get really hungry ^_^

(5 minutes later: the 'giddyness' has slowly faded away. Now I'm feeling a bit mellow...) So I finished reading Millennium Snow a couple hours ago. I'm hoping that Hatori Bisco will finish working on it once she's finished Ouran (I'm scared to think how long/short that will be). And now I'm caught in the decision between re-reading Imadoki Nowadays, Alice 19th, or Absolute Boyfriend. Not sure why, I just have this mega urge to read some Yuu Watase. Hm... I think I'll go with Imadoki for right now. *nods to self*

(1 minute later: giddyness has returned and I can't stop laughing for some reason. The waltz is sounding really nice at the moment...)

Fuck them all! It's rare that I get this angry, but it does happen. I mean, who the hell do they think they are!? Who the hell does SHE think she is!? Miss Holier-Than-Thou, Too Good For Humanity.

So apparently because I hate work and I can't cook that well, I'm going to grow up into some bimbo housewife. Because I like to jump when I'm happy, I'm autistic. Because I'm not afraid of the word 'sex,' I'm a perverted weirdo. I don't like talking to people and family because when I don't, I get more attention that way. And I'm also stupid and don't understand anything about this world because I don't agree with every damn thing Lady says.

Fine, if that's what they think then whatever. I'm just so confused right now. How am I supposed to leave this place? I have no money, I can't get a job because I don't have my ID. I can't get an ID because Lady lost my birth certificate and the only way to get it is to go back to LA and pick it up because the stupid bastards won't just send a fucking copy of the damn thing. Going to LA is just out of the question right now, as I've got no transportation and wouldn't even know where to go.

What I need to do is calm down. It's not the end of the world. Haha, this post probably doesn't make much sense, but whatever. Maybe I'll go have a little crying fest in the shower... That'll probably make me feel better. Or it'll give me a really bad headache. I just need to get away.

Note to self: It could be worse! (I'm feeling better already ^_^)

So I'm back from my little journey. I ended up taking a little break from life in general - and LJ is a part of that, of course. Most of this past week was spent in La-La land, where I happily dreamt of yada yada yada. But I did learn a few things:

-Curling irons should be considered weapons of mass destruction
-Instant-drying nail polish can't be trusted, even if it does dry fast
-I'm more girly than I gave myself credit for
-Kitty really DOES love me ^_^
-Cooking apples in the microwave should be strictly prohibited

And that's about it. Also, Lady wants to get another bunny. She thinks it's in my karma to live with them. Chances are I'll have moved out by the time it dies, but still... Once the attachment comes, how'll I be able to leave it behind? Whoa, there's some weird noise coming from... somewhere. Sounds like a UFO or something. Creepy ^_^

On March 3rd, at around 3:17 a.m., Rabbit passed away. Just like Bunny almost two years before, she died while in my arms. I've lost both my babies. But as long as they're in a happier place now, it's alright.

I spent the last 2 days crying (in turn getting the worst headache I think I've ever gotten), sleeping, cleaning, sleeping some more, and eating a large amount of sushi by the little 'Bunnit' memorial I set up on my desk. It's strange though. Ever since I was 13, I've never slept alone. I've always shared a room with them. After Bunny left it was horrible, but at least there was Rabbit. Now that she's gone, my room seems really lonely.

I'm really hoping that having my precious babies die in my arms is the most traumatic thing I ever experience. I don't know what the hell I'm going to do if a close relative dies. But anyway... it'll be okay ^_^

It's not March yet... Why the hell is it so hot? I HATE, DESPISE, DETEST, and LOATHE the heat! I can't work like this - it's just so hard to try and concentrate when all I can think about is how I wish it were raining and thundering... Damn you, heat! DAMN YOU!!!

I wanna cry, I'm so bored! I can't write, there's nothing to watch or read, no one to call, nothing to eat, and sitting here and doing nothing is killing me... Waaah!

Now that I've ranted, I feel a little better.

(Totally random, but I think I shrunk 2 inches. I mean, I was already short enough to begin with, so I'm really hoping I counted wrong.)

So I finally start updating my LJ, and what happens? While I'm taking a shower, Rabbit finds a way around the blockade I have set up around the computer and starts chewing up the ethernet cord or whatever. Had to wait until yesterday to buy a new one. Once the internet was up and running again, I started going on a downloading frenzy. I got Wakeshima Kanon's album, the Skip Beat OST, both of Dave Gahan's albums because I couldn't deal with having just 10 songs by him, and both of Lily Allen's albums (not sure why, but hey, i ended up liking them). I would love to go to the store and actually pay for them, but I have no money on me at the moment - and there's really no way for me to actually buy the 1st two CDs mentioned.

Then I caught up on some manga of course. Ch. 48 of VK, though mostly about Akatsuki and Ruka, was nice. I ended up reading all four volumes of Meru Peri - it was one of the most adorable lil' stories I ever read! Ch. 136 of Skip Beat was alright, but I'm just really impatient for some romance. And I just finished looking over a (chinese?) ch. 69 of Ouran. I ♥ Tamaki! Also I've gotta continue reading Nabari No Ou... I think I'm on chapter 24? Something like that.

I'm just surprised that my computer's still going (for the most part) at normal speed. Also, I'm not as tired as I should be for getting 2 hours of sleep. It'll probably hit me later today, though.

Woot! I have finished chapter 7 of my story, so cookies & milk to me! Also, I made a few changes to my profile and spent a good amount of time (a couple hours) changing my mood theme. I couldn't choose from a single anime, so I'm using GH, FB, VK, ZL, DN, and G (too lazy to write out the names), and I think that's all. But seriously, I'm never doing that again. They could have at least put the moods in alphabetical order - it took 2 minutes just to find 'confused.'

I'm not entirely thrilled about the new header, but it'll have to do for now. I wanted the Alice in Wonderland image of Ouran, but trying to make it into a pretty header was becoming a bitch, so I just left the sides black and added random stuff around it. Whatever, it fits with the 'random rainbow' phase I'm going through at the moment.

And yay, I have just finished downloading the OST to Ringu *dances again* The song during the credits is just too awesome. I think I'll retire for the night... yes, sleep sounds good at the moment.

Happy happy Valentines Day! The only reason I like it is because I get free candy & money sometimes. If I don't get anything, then I can just steal some candy from the lil' sis. This year I got $10, though! It's going in my savings... And what makes this day so much better for me is: Friday 13th - in my opinion, one of the luckiest days of all! Yay *dances* I've seen so many great things takes place on Fri. 13th.

Anyway, on to the dilemma. I'm having extreme difficulty writing chapter 7 of my GH fanfic. I know where I want it to go, it's just hard to get in the mood. It's not really supposed to be a happy chapter, but I keep on throwing random fits of laughter midway through writing (luckily the family is used to my random outbursts). Hopefully I'll finish it today. In fact, I'll just deny myself any type of sweets until it's done. (Ha! Lets see how long that holds up)

Oh well, I'm off to go pick up the lil' sis. Her candy should be safe from me. For now. (...I seriously need new icons...)

~hm... the white fuzz around the image is bugging me, but ah well~

Today is the twelfth! Which means there's only six more days until Wakeshima Kanon's album is out! Haazaa! I believe the OST to Skip Beat is out on that day, too. I can't wait!!!

Anyway, so I've been having some serious issues trying to come up with a new LJ layout. I still want sparkles in the back, but I've been thinking about making them rainbow-colored. I dunno, lately I've just been drawn towards multi-colored things (along with puffy lace dresses, crowns, and wings). I'll probably end up keeping the blue sparkled background, though... Probably.
Then there's the header issue: what fandom!? The one I have is nice, but I made it a little too small (width-wise). So I was thinking maybe I could do one of Ouran? That would certainly raise the chances of it being colorful - unless I decide I want some deep TamakixHaruhi image...

~Approximately 11 minutes and 20 something seconds later...~
I can't choose. At this point I don't really care what fandom it is, just as long as it looks 'pretty.' What to do... Well, since I have nothing else to do for the time being, I'll just make a bunch of random headers and see which fits best. Meh, I'll do it later... At the moment I have the sudden urge to watch Pulp Fiction. ...I just don't know me anymore... ^_^

Just felt like posting again after a two month hiatus or something like that. Reason: extreme boredom. At first I was gonna make this post private to prevent any spam, but then I decided what the hell.

So I've been going through my f-list for the last hour or so... Wow. A lot of posts made me laugh, some made me angry (not in a bad way ^_^), and there was even one or two that made me shed a couple tears. I haven't commented on any of them, though. At the moment my computer's being stupid and won't let me (yet it'll let me post this? what the hell...).

Anyway, hopefully I'll start updating like I used to - there's really no reason for me not to. Here's a little review of what happened during my break from LJ:
~I officially hate Christmas
~My mother's been ripping me off
~I put on a few pounds (nooo...)
~I started writing a fanfic (weird)
~Tried doing a seance with my closest family members and ended up getting hit with a lighter
~Had more nightmares this past month than usual
~Rabbit chewed up my beautiful pink sandals...
~Almost fell down the stairs (not that unusual)
~Started despising Kristen Stewart...
~Went through hell trying to help my friend edit her video project for her film class (but in return got an armful of strawberries!!!)

And that's all I can remember. Now I'm thinking about how I should change my LJ layout. Something sparkly perhaps... and fluffy. Maybe.