Name: Karen

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[Saturday, November 30, 2002 | 06:07 p.m.]
[Theme muzak: Houshin Engi - Friends]

What a day. Very interesting, but now I'm sad because it's passed by.

Greg told me about Laura, the Shampoo cosplayer from CNA, coming to Toronto last night and of course, to escape the monotony of work, I went. Woke up at 8:30 am, scurried around trying to get ready and got to Don Mills.

The new subway is ugly. Sure, it's supposed artistic, but it's ugly.

Very coinicidentally, I met Greg on the train when he boarded at Bayview. What are the chances of meeting on the same train and in the same car? We went down to Queen to meet up with Laura, Eric, Dani, and Mike, who were all cosplayers at CNA. This was my first time actually meeting/talking to Laura, Eric, and Mike, but they were all really friendly and terribly nice. Especially Laura, who gives very good hugs. And is very tactile. And is somewhat exuberant, energetic, and very, very tactile. Did I mention she's really tactile? Everyone got m0l3570r3d by her, especially me and there are photos. Well, better me outright admitting it than Greg, Eric, Dani, Mike, or Ivan broadcasting on the internet. Yes, they are incriminating.

We t00bed around Eaton's Center for a bit, then met up with Ivan, who of course, only gets up when we call him. We t00bed around Eaton's Center some more, went to Hard Rock Cafe, nibbled on some food. Laura, Eric, Dani, Mike, and Ivan went up on the bar to do YMCA. Most amusing. XD

Went to an arcade, did all sorts of stuff, walked to Kikiwai singing and doing some stuff which I don't quite remember. Bumped into Jock & UCC possee coming out of Kikiwai and for some reason, they followed us back in. Had the usual strange conversation with her, half animosity on both parts, half indifference.

I always come away really confused by the conversations Jock and Peter try to attempt. They do resent that we mutinied on ISA, but they're trying to re-establish communication. Jock and Peter told me to call them up sometime so they could hang out with my friends. Eh...I don't really think so because Jock and Peter were friends only to certain extent. I wasn't close with them and Peter's become quite a git now. Jock still has some dignity and the dignity to be angry about the mutiny of ISA. Peter just blames everything on Jock. And I'm just puzzled and I'll maintain my distance from now on.

Bought TenniPuri 2-5, then had to go b/c my mum was being quite insistent. Had to leave everyone, take subway home alone with own thoughts, but followed by Jock & Co. to have a "nice little" discussion.

I'm sad; I didn't want to leave so early and we were supposed to go ice skating at 9 pm. We've all become fairly good friends in the process of one day and I adore Laura, Dani, Eric, and Mike now; they're so fun, crazy and energetic. Have more new friends. Yay! XD But I'm still sad because Laura lives in Michigan and if we're lucky, we'll see each other at CNA or AN in six months. ;_;

Hmm...I now have a very wide, diversified variety of friends now. Incredible how far one can come in one year after 15 years of being a social outcast boxed in by the limits of the independent secondary school system.

I loff all of my friends. And it definitely includes you. XD

[Saturday, November 30, 2002 | 12:24 a.m.]
[Theme muzak: Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up]

Went to see the LotR exhibit at the ROM. It was amazing and I have to hand it to the producers of LotR for doing this exhibit to rouse excitement in Toronto. It's a brilliant advertising ploy and they made it even better by making the exhibit chock full of incredible eye candy. Most of all, I'm stunned at the amount of work and detail put into just the props, costumes, and sets. The costumes were astonishing up close, even the extras' costumes, much less Arwen's, Aragorn's, Frodo's, Sam's, and Legolas's.

Legolas's bow is taller than me! And that's when it's strung, which says quite a bit. And the swords! Go see it, even if you aren't a LotR fan because the swords are so cool! XD

Would you like to blow the Horn of Gondor? =P

Went back to friend's house, demonstrated GTA3, played Timesplitters 2 (the controls 5uxx0r like mad), developed an adoration for my friend's fat black cat and just had fun. ^_^

Errant Story, a new comic, by the artist of Exploitation Now. Very intriguing...

Desperate urge to see Two Towers. The ROM exhibit has done a very good job in whetting my appetite for the next movie.

I'm tired. *collapses into bed*

[Thursday, November 28, 2002 | 06:57 p.m.]
[Theme muzak: The Wiseguys - Ooh La La]

Xmas/New Years Party

When: Saturday, December 28th Time: Unspecified (Afternoon/Night to whenever) Where: My house, Warden and Hwy #7 Meeting place: Pacific Mall, Kennedy and Steeles

Bring cameras, PS2 games, other consoles with games, movies, anime, amusing things, and basically almost anything you want.

And cars. We most definitely need people who can drive and who have cars.

Don't forget some cash for the food and drink pool because we all pool in a few bucks, which enables us to buy refreshments. Of all kinds.

If you know you're going to be unable to go home late/out of it, then you can sleep over. I've got some extra rooms/beds. I'm sure girls can sleep over, but as for guys...I'm not too sure, but it might be ok.

Or, as birdy said, we could not sleep at all. Which solves a lot of problems! ^_^

20-ish people of the blog/friend/other types sound ok to me; If you're coming, leave me a message below. ^_^

You know you want to come. C'mon...please?

Watched Boondock Saints. Love it. A bit on the bloody side, but it's great.

Somehow the brothers in the movie have become like FrednGeorge. I have a sick mind. Bad mind!

Whee! I get to go see the LotR exhibit at ROM tomorrow! ^_^

[Thursday, November 28, 2002 | 09:55 a.m.]
[Theme muzak: Our Lady Peace - Somewhere Out There]

ROFL! Engrish.com, funny beyond belief. Make sure you don't read this in front of others who don't understand or else you will be deemed insane for laughing out so hard. Sperm Mouse!

[Wednesday, November 27, 2002 | 09:15 p.m.]
[Theme muzak: Three Doors Down - Be Like That]

I really hate my own capricious nature sometimes. Sudden whims for things will seize me, shake me, and then if I'm lucky, reluctantly, very slowly, release their hold on me. Right now, I've got a longing for Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner, which is out of print, The Fall of Kings, and any book by Mary Renault. I want to read those so very badly, especially The Persian Boy.

Haloscan is not working. ¬_¬

I'm also not working. Should be so I can finish watching Boondock Saints in time to return it on Friday. Need to organize time more effectively. Argh!

I'm not supposed to be frazzled yet. I will be very stressed later, so I can't be stressed now. Am stressing. x_x Am idiot.

ROFL! Just A Little Ecchi, the art site of Ko, who is brilliant. Check out the comics, which has the KekkaiCaptor Kamui comics in it. Whee, alliteration! XD KCK is enormously funny and I've nearly died from laughing so hard.

[Wednesday, November 27, 2002 | 06:08 p.m.]
[Theme muzak: FF8 - Julia]

w007! I have my OUAC number! XD I can apply now!

Upcoming Hell Weeks: December 2-19. Watch me cry, rant, complain, whine, and be an annoying git/bitch up until Christmas. Bear with me please.

I will be in Montreal from December 20-22. *shudder* My family's driving to Montreal. 5-6 hours in a van with my family. x_x Predicted topics of discussion: university, applications to university, future employment, my faults, my sister's faults, our lack of tidiness, ambition, effort, and skills, our inability to get along, and various enormously enjoyable issues of discussion. Oh yeah, my Xmas vacation's going to start off well.

I'm not really for Christmas presents, since I'm somewhat of a humbug, but I've already given in when it came to collaborating with another with a certain someone's gift. It pretty much tells me I'm getting presents for people not only to be fair, but because I have a feeling giving presents will be a good thing. That leads me to the inevitable, oft-repeated in an exasperated, desperate, but honestly-wanting-to-give-you-something-good tone, "What do you want?"

I'm willing to hold the Xmas/New Years party at my place, but it's kind of north and not easily reached by public transit. It can go as late as we want it to, as long we aren't too loud. I haven't asked my parents' permission yet. It might be ok; it might not. For refreshments, let's pool together money and then go and buy them. As for numbers, birdy, you said twenty-odd people?

Most importantly, when is the party? Let's specify a date when we don't have other things to do, so we be certain of it.

Greg: I don't think I'll go to ImportFest anymore. I've looked at the week and I have work due that week and the next.

[Monday, November 25, 2002 | 07:42 p.m.]
[Theme muzak: Z.O.E. - Kiss Me Sunlights]

Wore the Cat Hat to school today. Put it on for friends and the reactions ranged from "Oh, cute!" to "What the frickin' hell?" My friend borrowed it for AlGeo and went so far to wear it for the whole class. Mr. Allen, the AlGeo teacher now thinks of her as "the girl with the weird headgear." Took the subway today, got a lot of stares with the Cat Hat.

Mondays are bad things. x_x Kill Mondays and you will be rid of many of the problems that plague the world.

Northrop Frye is my new deity, that is if I believed in deities. The guys who produce the music for QaF are also my new deities. "Let's get soakin' wet!" XD Not literally, but that's the most amusing chorus line I've heard so far.

[Saturday, November 23, 2002 | 09:43 p.m.]
[Theme muzak: Bonnie Pink - Take Me In]

So true. I may act young and innocent and naive, but I am evil underneath. Or I just blatantly flaunt my evilness in front of people. XD

Went out shopping w/ birdy, kitch and Greg today along Queen. Met Alex and Samantha at Kikiwai. Have made new friends who are quite interesting. Bought lots of stuff, manga and a shirt and best of all, a cat hat! XD It's a hat with cat ears! Mrowr...I now have an excuse to purr. XD All I need is that cat sweatshirt with cat paw mittens that kitch has.

Bought the Maclean's Ranking Uni issue. *head falls on table* Why is there no McGill mark? WHY? Why are marks so high? Why is the cutoff so high? I'm so very scared right now...

Excellent article on Much's VJs in Macleans. I respect George Stoumboulopoulos (hope I spelled his name correctly) a great deal because he's sincere and he's subversively rebellious. He does the Punk Show on Much and isn't at all like that new blonde VJ who I cannot stand. I especially like what he says in the article: "I guess I talk to a weird middle group of people who don't fit into a corporate structure and are not the black block [extremist] protestor types. We're more like 'Well, I believe in universal health care, so that's my starting ground. And I think that song is shit and that song is good.' We're generally all slightly pissed off. We're happy, but don't want to be too happy." That is so goddamn true.

KKH manga...Bleach...TenniPuri...aaaaaaaahhhhh...XD Happiness is manga with which you can use your mind to manipulate into yaoi goodness given that your mind is in that mindset. XD

Spent way too much money. Will live off bagels and water for lunch at school caf from now on. Not shopping with birdy for a long time now because she knows way too many good places to buy stuff and we all have insufficient amount of funds to purchase goods and services tailored well to our needs and wants, but wants more than needs. ^_^

Saw HP again. Twas fun, but was twisting head to side and seemed so long. Had fun laughing at parts that could so very easily be turned into slashy moments.

Cat hat! Mrowrrrrrrrrr...

[Friday, November 22, 2002 | 11:16 a.m.]
[Theme muzak: Lifehouse - Spin]

*whimpers* Kingdom Hearts Final Mix...only released in Japan...

Looks so cool...Unknown looks SO GODDAMN COOL! XXD

only released in Japan...*cries*

[Friday, November 22, 2002 | 12:21 a.m.]
[Theme muzak: Three Doors Down - Be Like That]

Have you ever felt so confused with life that you don't even trust anyone or even yourself anymore?

Have you ever felt divorced from your emotions, like you were taught to show and experience the milder emotions and in order to compensate for your lack of the deeper emotions of hate and love, you showed the milder emotions as intensely and outwardly as you could?

Have you ever felt swept up in a whirlwind of emotion, but distrusting your emotions and instincts, told your intellect and emotions over and over again the emotions didn't exist?

Have you ever felt incapable of love? Have you ever felt incapable of hate? Have you felt you were unworthy of either emotion, as the person experiencing the feeling or on the receiving end?

Have you ever felt such uncertainty towards everything and everyone, including yourself, that you want someone, anyone to sort you out because you're too confused to do it for yourself? But that person never comes along and you're never sorted out and you'll end up a fucked up mess, broken, shattered, and unwhole forever. And the people around you who should know, but don't know and shouldn't know don't do a damn thing and can't do a damn thing because they've got their own obligations to attend to. You feel confused in the first place about everything, then feel more confused and guilty because you want help, but don't want it because your pride tells you to suck it up and be independent and strong.

You know you shouldn't feel this way because you've got a good life and good friends, who aren't close to you, but still, to a degree, care, but don't know how fucked up you really are. You don't tell, but you do and you feel like a walking mass of contradictions. Ultimately, you're confused about everything and you can't do a damn thing about it but put on a semi-smile everyday and go through the routine, trying to figure it out in the silence of your noisy mind. You act normal as possible, as normal a person like you can get and you feel like the worst person to exist on the earth because you're nearly broken and you have no help and you feel weak because of it. You can't feel emotion deeper than dislike or delight; love and hate are always beyond your reach.

And you feel alone because it seems like no one really understands you. Your conflict is the biggest thing in the world, but the smallest thing at the same tine and it's pathetic. You feel like you care only for yourself and you're selfish and self-centered while others out there are worse off than you, slitting wrists, putting guns to their heads, or dying not because they want to, but because someone else decided they should die. Or worst of all, those who only exist in a state of being that is so low that death is the only escape. You feel horrible for wanting someone to fix you when you want to fix others, but can't because you're a fucked up mess.

Your conflict is simple but horribly jumbled up one where there is no/some/a solution in sight, but you feel like there's nothing left but to eke our your existence like this. You don't want to die, you just want this mess that's inside you, no, that is you, fixed. You just want some direction, some coherence, some balance, some rationality, some emotion, some meaning, just something that is worth something to live for.

You want to live, but you can only exist, struggling to live.

[Wednesday, November 20, 2002 | 05:27 p.m.]
[Theme muzak: Maaya Sakamoto - Yubiwa]

The Brain Trust, Brit satire site, akin to The Onion. Satirical humour with that touch of British.

So what's up with Saturday? Kikiwai, HP2, _____?

It was incredibly hard to get out of bed at 6:30 am with a screaming sore throat and tons of aches and pains. I can't look sideways without my neck protesting loudly. I think I have a fever now and I feel very sick. However, I now have antibiotics and know that I do have a virus. Hopefully, I will get better by Friday and Saturday. However, I still feel like utter shit and incredibly tired. *collapses on bed*

[Tuesday, November 19, 2002 | 05:31 p.m.]
[Theme muzak: Cowboy Bebop - See You Space Cowboy]

I'm going down to Kikiwai this Saturday to pick up my manga. Can anyone come along with me? The more the merrier, but someone please? It's a lonely, lonely trip downtown...

Hmmm...I'm definitely sick now. Sore throat, headache, achiness, tired, cold. Not sure if it's bacteria or virus, waiting for the doctor to call me back to see if I need antibiotics or not.

The great thing is that I've got a Mod West salon thing where we roleplay as 18th century people and discuss issues like they did in the salons in the Enlightenment. I'm RPing Goethe, a German poet. Have no frickin' idea what his views are and now must research. Problem is that a lot of the mark is based on talking. And talking. And the rest on a "diary entry". And I have a sore, very dry throat. Bye bye decent Mod West mark.

Wrote and bombed AP Calc test, as did everyone else in the class who agrees it was pretty brutal. I'll be lucky if I get 50s/60s with the 10% boost, but it looks dismal at this moment. Will not think about it. Doh! Am thinking about it.

When people say, "Don't think about it," it being the "banned topic", others will immediately think about it? It is not possible to not think about something when someone mentions it. I wonder why? Is it because the mind controls everything else, but cannot control its own natural impulses?

...ok, not going into that area of thought. Mind is hurting and incredibly tired. Want to curl up in bed and sleep until 12 noon tomorrow.

What colour of Skittle are you?

[Tuesday, November 19, 2002 | 12:00 a.m.]
[Theme muzak: X - secret sorrow]

*sniff* X TV 16. So good. So sad. Favourite episode so far because it's Subaru-centric.

Need. X. Manga.

Spoilers for X TV

Forget about Kamui and Fuuma; I almost don't care about them. Seishirou and Subaru and their story is what tugs at my heart-strings for some reason. I think it's because the SxS story has Hokuto in the mix, who I adore, and it deals with appearance vs reality. The distinction between the two is never clear and I think never will be. What is/was real in the SxS story is hidden and probably will never be known. Fuuma and Kamui's story still has promise in the department of things getting revealed.

Hmmm...Dark Hinoto has shown up. Daisuke has died. Went syrupy when I realized he wanted to protect Hinoto and Hinoto knew of his fate. Love fatalistic destiny of Daisuke; makes him so much more likeable as a character.

Angst factor in X going up exponentially now. XD Me happy.

[Monday, November 18, 2002 | 07:20 p.m.]
[Theme muzak: .hack//SIGN - Obsession]

Mac Hall is brilliant. I think I have to go play some more GTA3 and run over some more pedestrians to generate conversation later in life. But later...

Reinselft is holding a gorgeous, new SxS wallpaper for ransom. From the ittybitty screencap I can see of it, it is pretty. More than pretty, I want it. Argh! d4 p41n!

It is a bad day. Not quite a Bad Day, but still, quite crappy. Sleepy, email got messed up so I had no assignment to hand in, AP Calc plaguing my life like it always is with the assignment and test tomorrow, and general pissiness/bitchiness/whingingness on my part. I really despise myself at those times.

Elbow hurts. Eyes closing. Throat sore. Nose running. No, must open eyes. Must study. Stuuuuuuuuddddyyyyy...

Hate AP Calc. *growls*

Spoilers for HP:Cos: (Highlight) Draco looks like a pimp when he's on the couch in the Slytherin common room. I honestly swear he does. If someone gets a screen capture of that, I want to put a speech/thought bubble of "Yeah, I'm Pimpin'!Draco. Wassup?" or something appropriately slashy. ^_~ Also, was very amusing when he said, "Reading? I didn't know you could read." Have desperate urge to see HP:CoS again. Anyone going?

[Sunday, November 17, 2002 | 01:41 p.m.]
[Theme muzak: Placebo - My Sweet Prince]

Anyone who has ever taken the TTC please go sign the TTC Funding Petition. Please.

Here's a question for everyone: We call how far we've come along in the world progress. Civilization and society has progressed. What if it isn't progress? What if it's regression and all we've done is to further move ourselves further and further from what real progress is? And what is progress? Is it what we define as progress? And by shaping progress to our own definitions, expectations and goals, are we just avoiding the truth that we are not progressing, but regressing?

X r0xx0r5. Good X fics r0xx0r5. The Ten no Ryu r0xx0r5. The Chi no Ryu r0xx0r5 even more. Yes, if I had to decide, I'd go with the Chi no Ryu. That inevitably leads to question that has probably been asked many times: What if Kamui chose the Chi no Ryu instead?

Of course, that question in of itself is ridiculous because there's no hint of Kamui becoming an environmentalist and wanting to protect the Earth. But what if?

I've put X (manga, movie, and anime) into the highly respected (yet somewhat reviled) "Mindfucker" category, where notables such as Evangelion (the "Hamlet" of anime), Lain, and Perfect Blue reside, because I've questioned and contemplated fate, destiny, death, life, love, hate, the human mind, civilization, society, humanity, and the state of the world more than fifty times because of X in all its mediums.

Contrary to what some of you might think, I have not been playing GTA:VC. I only played it once last Saturday and beyond that, nothing. I've lasted one week, I'll last a couple more until Christmas Break, which is so very far away...

Why is it still snowing? I don't want it to keep on snowing. Driving to school tomorrow is going to be terrible. Damnit, stop snowing!

I wonder if is it so very wrong of me to hate AP Calculus with a passion usually reserved for certain types of despicable people. Fuck AP Calc.

[Saturday, November 16, 2002 | 02:25 a.m.]
[Theme muzak: DDR - 7th Mix]

Just came back from HP movie. It's good; loads better than the first. Will not mention anything else but Tom Felton got taller, da boyz with their brooms *wink*, and Harry is somewhat foolish at times. Correction: foolish (to the point of complete density) a lot of the time.

But it's HP spoiler stuff beyond that. I bumped into Kim & BSS Co. there and got to talk to Emily and Evelyn about Western. Very cool. ^_^

I am easily amused when tired. And I am definitely tired now. Amuse me!

Want to highlight hair bright red again.

Have also decided in a fit of Frye/HP-inspired frenzy to be the next Northrop Frye. As much as I'd like to fulfill that dream, I seriously doubt it'll come true, but I'm thinking about it.

Ooooooooh...YnM TsuHi fics...*wanders off*

[Thursday, November 14, 2002 | 07:15 p.m.]
[Theme muzak: Lifehouse - Wash]

[Added] Damn this stupid Philosophy shite! Cannot write to save my life... [/Added]

Why I can't write this damned Philosophy essay outline? Hate organization of thoughts. Am v. disorganized in thoughts. And Socrates is so bloody dry. Sure he was brilliant, but it's gawdawful reading Aristophanes' Clouds and Plato's Apology of Socrates. Why can't I be smart and understand wtf he's saying?

Still have to study for Econ test. Did moronic mistakes on last Econ test.

Sleep-in...mmmm...delicious. Don't have to wake up til 9 tomorrow. Can work until 1 or 2 am w/o fear of being a complete bitch to everyone the next morning.

Harry Potter tomorrow. *squee*

[Thursday, November 14, 2002 | 01:37 a.m.]
[Theme muzak: Shifo - Real]

Don't know whether to feel enormously pleased and satisfied with myself or really guilty. I succumbed to aesthetically pleasing winamp skins again at Spirit Designs and again, became a pretty skin whore. ¬_¬ People should stop make things so aesthetically pleasing or I'm going to run out of space on my hardrive. Must stop d/l'ing skins, but one can never have too many. Does anyone think that 261 skins might be a bit too much?

If I haven't promoted Gay Baker by baby_pen enough, I'm doing it again because it's that funny. "You're brilliant Destin!! I commend your managerial skills...isn't it the the dream of every teenage human to at least grasp the concept of power in an otherwise hopeless existence and verifying it all in a minimum-wage second low-bit need for some self re-acceptance and to have sticky sticky hot hot with a really reallllllllllllly hot boss that knows how to work my buttons. I am your pawn!"

Try saying that in all one breath while desperately longing for some of that sticky sticky hot hot with said really hot boss right in front of you. ^_~

[Wednesday, November 13, 2002 | 07:34 p.m.]
[Theme muzak: Eve6 - On the Roof Again]

Mmmmmmm...sleep is good. Fell asleep after I got home, slept until dinner and am feeling much refreshed. Am wondering if sleep schedule is now messed up and will not be able to sleep tonight.

Happy birthday, Gigi! ^_^

¬_¬ Hate you DDRers. You've all made me obsessed and distracted. Damnit, I need to DDR...*whimper*

HP: CoS, 2 days! XD Hurrah for Sean Biggerstaff! XD

Greg, ice that cold sore. Eat ice cream or a popsicle, put an ice cube on it, or something very cold. It works.

which musicgenre fits to you?

[Tuesday, November 12, 2002 | 10:57 p.m.]
[Theme muzak: DDR 7th Mix]

There is a song by the title of LITTLE BOY (Boy On Boy Mix) by Captain Jack in the DDR 7th Mix.

Just thought I should mention it and that it is very amusing. *snrks*

[Tuesday, November 12, 2002 | 08:58 p.m.]
[Theme muzak: GLAY - Mermaid]

Missing friends a lot right now. Want to see all of you now and have fun like fun of Saturday.

*cringes* November calendar boy. o_O

*falls over from laughing* Coincidentally, I've stumbled on three rants/comments/essays on Canada, USA, and Britain all within the last hour by people from the countries themselves. I'm especially fond of the rehashed Canadian anthem. XD They're all priceless.

Watched the Jay and Silent Bob series of movies this weekend: Clerks, Chasing Amy, and Mallrats. Couldn't rent Dogma, which is my favourite of them all, but Mallrats made up for it. Hilariously funny and I feel very sympathetic towards Dante Hicks.

Look! A site that sells custom and commercially made plushies. There's a custom Sanzo plushie with a gun and a custom Ed with a mini Ein. I want a custom plushie Kingdom Hearts Sora, Riku, Cloud, or Squall (Leon)! Ack...commissions are closed right now.

*dies from chibi-overload* This layout is beyond chibi; it's chibi TenniPuri. Cute and if I could hug it, I would; that Ryouma is beyond adorable.

I can finally access technomancy again! XD

I have discovered the other more amusing side of ff.net. Go into the fanfiction section, click on any series, go find the Mary Sue-est/worst summary you can find, read the fic itself until you can no longer stand it. Then, go read the reviews. Most likely, people have already voiced their sentiments in several ways:

1) Harshly, but fairly honest (i.e. This sucks.)
2) Harshly with an dose of cursing (i.e. This fucking sucks.)
3) Flames with poor spelling (i.e. THSI FUCKING SUX!!!!11111 YOU SICK FUCK!!!!!1111)
4) Flames with good spelling (i.e. This fucking sucks ass and you're a sick fuck!)
5) Honestly with tact (i.e. Perhaps you should work on your fic and get a beta-reader to look it over. It has promise, but you should rework it.)
6) Honestly without tact (i.e. You need a beta-reader. Find one now.)
7) In a 11 year-old Sailormoon/Gundam Wing/DBZ fangirl/boy manner that makes you want to choke the reviewer and/or the author (i.e. OMG!!!!!!111 I luv ur fic! so great! rite more, k?)

I think these are the most common kinds of reviews found on ff.net, but there are more, of course.

FicRant: And I found a very curious review on an X fic here: "wai!! finally an x fic without malexmale relationship! thanks god!!"

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't X canon blatantly, obviously, and unsubtly shonen-ai? Fuuma isn't interested in torturing and fondling the curvaceous Kasumi Karen in her clothes or lack thereof; he's too busy doing that to Kamui, who is too obviously enjoying it (or doesn't make an attempt to stop him.) Seishirou doesn't want to chase after Kanoe; he's been chasing Subaru for decades now and doing a damn good job of it (until *spoiler*.) Seishirou and Subaru have each other by the heart, both figuratively and almost literally.

Maybe I'm being harsh and turning my eyes away from the other possibilities. Yes, it's nice to read an Sorata x Arashi fic sometimes, but this fic is Subaru or Kamui x Mary Sue.

*too lazy to re-state points, points reader to above reasons pertaining to shonen-ai in X*

And the fic the reviewer was commenting on, quite frankly, was bad. If you want a het X fic, at least go for something along the lines of Sorata x Arashi, Yuuto x Kanoe (heaven forbid), Yuuto x Satsuki (to go towards the statutory rape side), or Kusanagi x Yuzuriha (to be extra-squicky and almost lolicon). Just don't mess with the X characters who are canonically gay. Yes, I said gay. If you didn't hear it the first two times, Subaru and Seishirou are canonically gay. Kamui and Fuuma are still in that questionable area, as they do questionable things, but I don't know or know of many guys who grope their male friends like that.

Now I'm going to play the devil's advocate to my own argument and personal feelings about fanfic with the oft-repeated, almost trite phrase: "Hey, it's fanfic!"

*watches her argument crumble like the hopes for actual Seishirou/Subaru in X* Seriously though, that fic was bad. If the author's first language is English, I'd advise the girl to go to English as a Second Language class and learn how to express her own idiocy in the form of a grammatically correct sentence like "I'm such an idiot" instead of her own stunningly brilliant "How idiot am I" (as quoted from her very own fic.)

Sometimes, it feels good to bitch about fic. ^_^

[Monday, November 11, 2002 | 02:00 a.m.]
[Theme muzak: Joydrop - Sometimes Wanna Die]

The terribly talented baby_pen's site is back up. She has a sketchy style which is lovely black and white, but even more gorgeous when coloured in her light, "blush" style. Read her comic Gay Baker too. It's startlingly hilarious and its characters are humourously endearing, especially Destin and Mika. Destin corrupts kids through the use of baked goods and Mika really wants stickystickyhothot with Destin. ^_~ I'll let you read and figure out what that is.

Next, Affinity Uncertain, which is cute. Tet-chan is simply that, cute. Masao is so very like Yuki from Gravi, except he's a bit less of an arsehole.

For something different, Lunaris, which has stunning Painter work. Not shonen-ai, but the artwork is breathtaking.

[Sunday, November 10, 2002 | 03:59 p.m.]
[Theme muzak: DDR 7th Mix]

Yesterday was great. Thanks everyone! Got smashing presents - GTA:VC, vibrating Totoro, and a HP:CoS movie poster. Again, thanks!

Briefly, Andrea, Sohni, Greg, Ivan, Monica, Gigi, and Val came. Met up at Pacific Mall, did the usual thing at orbit. Ate at Mongolian grill and we all pigged out, except Greg. Went back to my house, t00bing around with Monopoly, PS2, Twister, pingpong, and mahjog for a few hours. Lots of fun w/ various humourous things, dirty jokes and lack of creativity in swearing. Let's get a bit more interesting when swearing from now on, k?

Am mentally scarred for life from the Bigarse (my kungfu hamster) x Totoro thing. Am separating them so there will be no more non-consensual bestial plushie pr0n from now on.

And it was very fun to the point where everyone at one point or another was laughing so hard it hurt.

Hmmm...Xmas/New Years party at Greg's house anyone? XD

The Generally Sarcastic Guide to Anime - a bit more snark would make it even better.

[Friday, November 8, 2002 | 11:27 p.m.]
[Theme muzak: Our Lady Peace - Life]

*snrks*

Alex: You told me he was just physical!
Sarah: Physical is one thing. Cramming your tongue down someone's throat...that's another thing entirely.
Alex: You saw that...?
Sarah: We all saw it. Marius took pictures.

I love My Life In Blue. I would like some of those pictures. ^_^

Nice day. Met up w/ Kitch, Kim, langey, Karmen and Greg today. t00bed around Yorkville, Greg's house, Eglinton, and bubble tea place at Empress. Got a lot of stuff, buying-wise and present-wise.

Thank you langey and Kim! I LOVE my presents! *massive hugs*

Everyone must see the singing, dancing Kung Fu hamster that Kim bought for me. Its name is Bigarse (spoken w/ a British accent or something like that) and has nunchuks that it swings around! XD Could take someone's eye out with that though...

langey made me an origami Snitch. S'cool. ^_^ I also got a Lego Harry Potter Sorting Hat Set. Interesting...must go build...

I do not want the whole HP set of Lego for Christmas! Love and peace is all I need... *keeps a straight face, then doubles over with laughter*

Bought 3 CDs and Tony Hawk 3. My manga phonebooks, Double Call 7, and Naruto 12 came from HK! Hurrah! Can finally read rest of Naruto and DC! XD This weekend r0xx0r5 already! *knocks on wood*

*laughing* "I Feel Like Yaoi Tonight." I always feel like yaoi. XD That was my first try.
"It's Good To Talk Yaoi." *nods vigorously*
"You Deserve A Yaoi Today." I agree! XD
"With A Name Like Yaoi, It Has To Be Good." XXDD
"Just Do Slash." My first try. XXXDDDD
"Slash Is Our Middle Name." I know it's almost mine. ^_^
"I Want My Slash." So damn true.
"The Gay Pr0n That Refreshes."

Ok, must stop. Is way too much fun.

Remember, Pacific Mall (Steeles and Kennedy) at 1 pm in front/inside of orbit tomorrow (Saturday). If you can't come until later, call my cell or someone else's cell who you know is with me to find where we are because we're going to my house to hatch wicked, nefarious schemes of world domination/destruction. Or ending up at the Markham Police Station because someone <_< >_> did something.

[Thursday, November 7, 2002 | 07:45 a.m.]
[Theme muzak: The Calling - Unstoppable]

Feel dead. Can only speak in short sentences.

Stayed up til 3:30 doing English essay. Had 3 hrs of sleep. Still need editor. Grumpy. tired. Lower eyelid twitching uncontrollably. Want to sleep or hit people.

Hitting people would be good. Or reading X.

Kamui getting on nerves. So is Kotori. So is Hinoto. Need more Fuuma/Kamui lurvin'. Kanoe da h0 has a chair that looks like a dildo.

Am ruined for life now. Everytime someone thrusts their hand through someone else's chest to kill them, I automatically think Seishirou and "Oh yeah, that's not a homoerotic way to kill someone." technomancy is a very bad (or good) influence.

Am so random will pass out soon. Should have brought Jolt espresso-cola to school. Is definitely emergency.

x_x

[Wednesday, November 6, 2002 | 09:26 p.m.]
[Theme muzak: NAOKI - Brilliant 2U]

I wonder if it is so very wrong of me to cackle with laughter when Kamui makes Kotori cry by being a callous bastard in the first chapter of X. Kamui is being a bitch, but it's Kotori. I should technically keep my mind open and not be prejudiced by others' dislike of her. Oh well, I can claim she was getting in the way of Fuuma's m0l3570r1ng and she had to die in order for Kamui to become a broken, angsty, bleeding mess to move the plot and characterization along. ^_^

I think I'll borrow my friend's copy of the X movie so that I can go watch Kotori die four times and Fuuma's severed head singing "Forever Love."

Mage, you were looking for the picture of Subaru in the white wedding kimono, but opened up, right? If you still don't have it, it's at this site. Go to CLAMP, scroll down to X, it's in the Scanned Pages section.

There's more shounen-ai implications within the first volume of the manga than in the first six episodes of the anime. XD

Yuuto really does look like a pimp.

Pimpin!Yuuto is coming to stores near you. Dress him up in his "government official" clothes during the day and put him into his pimp!suit and let him cruise the town in his pimp!mobile at night! Accessories and additional Uke!Sorata and SlutHoSkank!Kanoe not included.

Sorry, couldn't resist. ^_^

I keep on finding fanfic readers/authors in my school. A surprising amount of people visit fanfiction.net and I'm pretty amazed and chuffed. I think there ought to be a fanfiction club at my school now to discuss fic in fandoms and the general subculture. Must look into that...

[Wednesday, November 6, 2002 | 04:21 p.m.]
[Theme muzak: Goo Goo Dolls - Here is Gone]

*vastly amused* Another Cassie Claire thingy...

Interesting...

Linguistic: 38
Mathematics: 30
Visual/Spatial: 20
Body/Kinesthetic: 26
Naturalistic: 26
Music: 34
Interpersonal: 28
Intrapersonal: 28

Look at my poor interpersonal/intrapersonal skills. Frankly, I have none. I'm surprised I can even communicate with people sometimes or even know what I'm feeling.

Thursday night will be devoted to watching the rest of X TV and renting movies. This time, I'm spending my money on worthwhile films, instead of the teenage movie fest I stupidly killed my brain with last time. Or will just rent Crazy Taxi (if ever available) and/or Tekken 4.

DN Angel. Daisuke. Satoshi. *squee* I suspect I only like Satoshi because he "gets lucky" with Daisuke in various, unintended ways far too much for both their own good. I love Sugisaki Yukiru. He/She/It does such pretty, pretty art. Next manga on Re-Read List: One Piece, Yami no Matsuei, Naruto.

I feel like going shopping for clothes and at Kikiwai on Sunday. Does anyone want to come along? birdy, if you're available Sunday, can you show me where that Queen's Street place with all the Emily t-shirts is?

[Tuesday, November 5, 2002 | 07:46 p.m.]
[Theme muzak: Sakamoto Maaya - Call Your Name]

Am v. sad that langey cannot come Saturday. Kim, please, please come?

Argh! Why is it when I try to arrange things, people always have stuff they arranged beforehand? >_< Do I have some curse or something?

Again, people, please come on Saturday. Leave a message and salve my poor, wounded heart.

I'm very stressed because my English personal essay is due on Thursday, it's worth 30% and I just got my English mark above 80%. I've only written the intro. Crap. I also got my Calc test back. Not bad, but I'm still incredibly unhappy in that course. I don't think it's normal to come out of every class wanting to cry.

I'm so tired, I just want to curl up in my bed and read manga. -_- My essay's not just beckoning to me, but telling me "Bitch, get your ass moving and write me!" >_> I loathe school with every fibre of my being right now.

Only good thing: I've passed 1000 hits on this blog. I wonder who was #1000.

[Monday, November 4, 2002 | 08:43 p.m.]
[Theme muzak: Boa - Rain]

To clear up confusion, my birthday shin-dig, as Sohni so nicely put it, is on Saturday, November 9th and we are meeting at Pacific Mall at 1 pm (Steeles and Kennedy) outside the upstairs arcade. Again, practically anyone can come. In fact, I'd prefer if there were more people because the more people, the more fun there'll probably be. Please call me, message me or leave a comment on any comments box so I know for sure who is coming. Something like "I'm coming on Saturday" and your name would be most excellent. ^_^ For more info, scroll down to the previous two entries.

People! The Ville on Friday! Swing on by and we'll do extremely random stuff!

I have a ticket for Harry Potter: CoS on Nov 15. ^_^ Mary, who is in my Philosophy class, has offered me her extra ticket. Hurrah for 10:40 pm showing at Empress Walk! Will not have to deal with kids being even more fan-ish than me.

Reading fanfiction is absolutely one of the best ways to forget about school and work. What's your poison in terms of fanfiction? *stares at your layout again* I cannot get enough of your layout. River Phoenix has the James Dean look there, very secksay. And yes, you are definitely a people, thanks. ^_^

This is something Yoshi would say in a very profound moment, except he would prefer a flamethrower as the weapon of choice. Or just really big-ass lighters. XD

XD I'm getting X 1-18 and Tokyo Babylon 1-7 as a birthday present from my parents. My mum's ordering it for me from HK and I hope I get it in time for Christmas or New Years. XD This is the best birthday present I've ever gotten from my parents. I just hope they don't flip through and find the compromising scenes.

Hate applying to universities. Always worrying if I have put down wrong info, wrong numbers, etc. >_<

[Sunday, November 3, 2002 | 08:44 p.m.]
[Theme muzak: Blur - Girls and Boys]

Looking for
Girls who are boys
Who like boys to be girls
Who do boys like they're girls
Who do girls like they're boys

And just like birdy said, this song is so me. XD

Unfortunately, I cannot compare with you, I only have 992 songs.

Note: the birthday thing will happen on November 9th. Please meet outside of orbit, the upstairs arcade at Pacific Mall, at 1 p.m. And I should mention there's at least one free round of DDR/ParaPara/DDM/any arcade game for everyone. ^_^ (If you don't know what I'm talking about, scroll down to the previous entry.)

Watching X TV. Ooh...delicious wonderful angst. Very high calibre angst at that. Althought Kamui and Fuuma aren't having a "good time" (yet), the feathers, gears and swords seem to be.

I refuse to believe that Yuuto is sleeping with Kanoe the ho. o_O Yuuto/Kanoe is too squicky for my fragile mind...

Someone kill Kotori, please. It's only been 4 episodes and I already want her to die. And Fuuma is already creepy without becoming "Kamui".

As for the real Kamui, someone give him a nice hug (preferably someone without sadistic tendencies) and a good, firm kick to the arse because he deserves it.

X TV's all right so far, but the manga would be much better...

[Sunday, November 3, 2002 | 12:48 p.m.]
[Theme muzak: Cowboy Bebop - Adieu]

Does no one read my blog anymore? I have no comments...

*feels cast off*

I have not held a birthday thingy. I didn't because I've been loaded down w/ work. Poor excuse, I know, but I highly doubt that most people would like to have done something on Wednesday.

So there will be a belated birthday thingy either on November 9th or 10th at 1 pm. It will be a "Do Almost Whatever The Hell We Want" day. It will begin at Pacific Mall, but will probably end up at the Markham Police Station.

I'm joking. Really.

Basically, we will begin at Pacific Mall and do whatever we want from there on, as long as I have sufficient funds and a certain amount of people arrive with cars. We will probably jump from place to place, given that we have transportation and probably end up at my house and just hang out.

It's a sketchy plan, but pretty much anyone can come. If you know me/talked to me, then drop a comment down below, call me or get someone to tell me. And please do tell me beforehand because certain things need to be arranged.

I managed to go through Saturday without blogging. Wow.

[Friday, November 1, 2002 | 10:53 p.m.]
[Theme muzak: Vertical Horizon - We Are]

Today was a good day. I got to sleep in and got enough sleep. Also, it snowed while I was in Economics, so I just stared out the window, trying to keep up with notes while appreciating the beauty of the snow. It looked like the earth covered itself in a sprinkle of powdered sugar or in a lacy veil. Very lovely.

After school, went to PMall and met up with Ivan, Rain, Sohni, Greg and Kitch. While waiting for them, I witnessed a "gang war". Chinese gangs, it was just chaotic, people could only stand by and watch in shock. It was a kind of curious, hungry tension where you don't want to be involved, but want to watch. I just stood and watched these Chinese guys race up and down the escalators, running around, beating each other, but running around more and I was thinking "This is so idiotic" with an uneasy feeling in my stomach that these people are doing something for a reason that I cannot comprehend at all. It ended soon after I watched for a bit because one gang was losing and it got broken up by security. And I'm very glad I'm not involved in those kinds of things and I felt sorry/angry at those involved.

Did DDM, bubble tea, played Big 2, then did some DDR and some more DDM. I wanted to buy Mankin Part 2 from the anime DVD shop, but the guy was "on dinner break". He had been "on dinner break" since 5 pm! Does the guy reallly need 3 hrs for a dinner break? His loss for not taking in business. But I want Mankiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnn... Ivan and Monica left and the rest of us went to my house just to hang out. And we talked.

It was a wonderful and honest experience. I'm kind of sad that it had to end. We should do that again with other people sometime soon. Talking, ranting, raving to other people really clears up your mind and your heart/soul, as cliched as it sounds. I think it would benefit us all.

And today, I discovered Tanya, a Ukrainian girl in my Calc class, likes manga. I did not expect that. Anyway, it it my new mission to get her hooked on Shaman King, One Piece, Saiyuki, X, or Naruto.

Sparkling Generation Valkyrie Yuuki is so dirty now. I'm nearly blushing and I'm usually immune to this kind of thing.

Arcana Yami no Matsuei cosplay. Cute. ^_^

*drools* Look at Lethe's new layout! It's so...gah, just look at it! XD The thing is, who is the person on the layout?

It seems like at least half of the people whose blogs I read are registering for NaNoWriMo. Hurray for those people and their dedication to writing!

I have more than one 50 000 word novel jumping around in my head, but I'm not the type of person to go write a novel in month. I need something like a year. Eventually, I would like to take a year off after getting my undergrad and write the fantasy epic that's been gathering dust in the back of my brain. I might forget it by then and lose inspiration, but I want to do it.

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