Randomness, Jumping All Over the Place

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Am not sure thing is flattering, but quiz was kind of interesting...however, following is most flattering. ^______^

Legolas Greenleaf If I were a character in The Lord of the Rings, I would be Legolas, Elf, a son of the King of Mirkwood. In the movie, I am played by Orlando Bloom. Who would you be? Zovakware Lord of the Rings Test

Have discovered vocalist for Placebo, Brian Molko, is v. attractive and plain sexy down to his black-varnished nails. He looks a bit andrygynous, since he accents it w/ makeup, but he's still noticeably a male. I really liked Placebo's Every You, Every Me when I first heard of it and heard it from the Cruel Intentions soundtrack (mediocre movie, fucking good song) His voice is fantastic. Highly suggested you d/l some of Placebo's songs, especially Every You, Every Me, which is v.g.

Shit. So many Placebo songs on AG unavailable for download. However...will install new version (which I heard is crapshit) and get songs! *truimphant* Hate Morpheus though -_-

[Obsessiveness popped up again on Wednesday, March 20, 2002 @ 09:32 p.m.]

Quickie Laugh

Check this out. I've actually seen a smaller version of the sticker in white on an electric blue Honda Civic hatchback. The car was funky, since it had glow-in-the-dark lights and lava lamps and stuff hanging on the windows and on the dashboard. Then again, the dude driving looked kinda strange and I really wondered how he managed to drive w/o getting distracted w/ all the stuff around him...

[Obsessiveness popped up again on Tuesday, March 19, 2002 @ 10:14 p.m.]

V.G. Day

Mmmm...spent entire day indulging self in good stuff, aka sleep, chocolate, and slash fics. Was abruptly woken up at 9 by renovation people, so that was annoying, but already forgotten. Also, watched Billy Elliot. Bloody brilliant flick! I highly suggest you go see it; it brought tears to my eyes, and in the end, it's an uplifting movie and truly v.g.

And chocolate...yum, made chocolate-covered strawberries just an hour ago, so will be ready as dessert after dinner.

Currently, am reading fantastic Snape/Harry fic called "Precious Illusions". It only has 2 chapters so far, but they're bloody long. The best part about it? Believable Snape/Harry interaction. Some S/H fics just have them realizing their love for each other or jumping each other's bones in a flash, but this fic gives Snape and Harry a common base to start talking from and their relationship grows slowly from that, very much like JayKay's "Too Wise To Woo Peaceably", which counts v. high in my list of fave fics of all time. However, this fic is more dramatic and darker, as it doesn't have the humour and slight light-hearted spin that JayKay put in "Too Wise To Woo Peaceably". Still v.g. though.

Mmmm...can't wait after dinner for dessert...will nip out of room and nick a strawberry...mata ne!

[Obsessiveness popped up again on Tuesday, March 19, 2002 @ 07:58 p.m.]

Oh, the Horror... (Part 2)

Oh, the horror!!! I have just discovered that Eddie from 28 Days, the movie where Sandra Bullock's character goes to rehab, is actually Viggo Mortensen. Holy shit, I never thought it was possible. Viggo Mortensen looks completely different in both movies. In 28 Days he was...v. southern and manly and kinda attractive, while in Lord of the Rings, he was still manly, but v. attractive and ogle-able and slashing things with experience and skill. I actually thought he was hot in LotR! But in 28 Days? WTF?? The wonders of Hollywood's makeup...

Omigod, I will never be able to read an Aragorn/Legolas fic without thinking of how...shockingly different (and less attractive) Viggo Mortensen was in 28 Days. Fuck, I need an anime yaoi fix and a drink...

*goes off in search of yaoi fics and Jolt*

[Obsessiveness popped up again on Tuesday, March 19, 2002 @ 01:00 a.m.]

Don't Know, Don't Care

Quick, what movies should I rent?

I've actually quite exhausted all the possibilities of my local movie rental store and I'm so sick and tired of all the crap that's on the new releases shelf. They all make me sigh and think about the utter shit that's being generated by Hollywood. i.e., The Fast and the Furious, Don't Say A Word, The One (which has confirmed my suspicions that Jet Li has no taste at all in choosing movies), and other movies which make unmitigated asses of themselves. So, I need to return to the goodness of older movies and classics with people like Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant, who I can stomach with ease.

Note the new addition to the Link Fixations on the side. Visit that site, it's cute, but not trashy cute. ^_^

Have suddenly realized anime series have good j-rock songs as openings and endings when listening to Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne OPs and EDs. However, the reward for best j-rock/j-pop songs as OPs and EDs in a current anime series has to go to Inuyasha. V6, DREAM, Ayumi Hamasaki, and BoA are among the few who have sung for it. Yes, the first OP and ED were utter crap (V6 and DREAM), but the latter OPs and EDs have more than made up for them, especially BoA's Every Heart. Initial D gets the reward for hippest/cheesiest music that can get you addicted to it within a heartbeat. Kaikan Phrase gets the "sole reason why a whole band was created in the first place" reward, since Aucifer was, indeed, created for manga and anime.

Hmmm...should delve into issue of anime music awards more deeply...*goes off to listen to entire winamp list*

[Obsessiveness popped up again on Monday, March 18, 2002 @ 09:05 p.m.]

Almost Dearly Departed...

Have suddenly realized love for IniD music is waning. NOOOOOOOOO!!!! *sigh* I know it eventually happens, like it did with my Gundam Wing and Slayers music addictions. With Slayers, I couldn't bear to listen to "Breeze" and even went so far to delete my Slayer mp3s permanently.

However, I do listen to IniD music a little bit...like Night of Fire. That's one of my favourites, even though the lyrics are completely nonsensical. But then again, every song has nonsensical lyrics, so that's a moot point.

Anyway, stumbled across this just now:

How much of a freak are you?

Someone is d/l'ing Maaya Sakamoto's Taikutsu to Yuutsu from me on Audiogalaxy at a rate of 88 bytes/sec. They must have a really slow modem...

Going to cut this short, so bai bai.

[Obsessiveness popped up again on Monday, March 18, 2002 @ 01:19 p.m.]

You Make Me Love You...

(Title borrowed from Jamiroquai's Little L) *hums Jamiroquai* Still can't get over the v.g. music. Funky and fresh, I have to say, even though I'm actually not listening to them at this moment, but rather Maaya Sakamoto's Hemisphere, the opening for Rahxephon.

I really like this song; her voice suits the lyrics and melody and it enraptures me utterly. However, the actual animation for it doesn't always suit the song. i.e., during the "heartbeat" parts of the song, the cuts from shot to shot don't always match with the beat in the background. I think that quick cuts to a different character/mecha/scene would suit it much better. However, I like the opening anyway, the animation is v.g. and it captures my interest in a minute and a half, even though I'm over the whole mecha anime thing. The male lead looks like a Kaworu from Evangelion with unruly hair, deep blue eyes, and a taller, more muscular frame and the female lead looks like a brown-haired Asuka with a sweeter, gentler personality in a yellow summer dress (similar to the one that Asuka is dressed in in the pic that everyone skins.) Of course, the song was composed by Yoko Kanno, who I must fall down and worship. She can do orchestral, jpop, and jazz and make me love her pieces every single time.

Jumping to a note related on what I am doing at this moment, I am re-reading Telanu's "Your Horoscope For Today" and its prequel "Oh, Just This Once", two of her fantastic Snape/Harry fics. She is partially responsible for turning me into a Snape/Harry fan w/ her v.g. fics. "Your Horoscope For Today" and "Oh, Just This Once" are more humourous and better than her Snape/Harry series that started w/ "A Most Disquieting Tea." Characterization of Snape, Harry, and McGonagall is amusing, especially McGonagall, whose conversation w/ Flitwick is fabulous. I'll quote it here:

"What happened to it?"

"Peeves," replied Flitwick succinctly.

"I'll kill him," rasped McGonagall, taking another very resentful sip of tea.

"He's already dea - "

"And with good reason, I'm sure. But I'll think of something."

And there's bitching about coffee, which I have to say was written very accurately. Some people think the whole irritation b/c you can't get coffee is just a gag, overly exaggerated for humourous purposes, and doesn't really happen, but it does. I've been through it, and as God as my witness, if I'll never go without coffee again when I have to wake up at ungodly hours.

Which leads me to a puzzling point...if you're an atheist and you suddenly say, "Oh my God!", which is commonly used by many people, are you being blasphemous, since it goes against your beliefs to acknowledge any sort of deity? Does blasphemy only apply to religion, or does that encompass beliefs and morals? Or does that just mean you're just a hypocrite? I'm a skeptic, so I'm supposed to doubt if there's a God, so am I a heretic when I say, "Oh my God!"? Or does being a skeptic let me straddle both sides of the fence?

*goes off with her head aching from epistemological questions*

P.S. Found new acronym for yaoi. "YAmete! Oshiti ga Itai!" which means "Ouch! My butt hurts!" instead of the usual, v. well-known, "yama nashi, ochi nashi, imi nashi" which means, "No Climax, No Resolution, No Meaning". I think I like the new one better. It's more direct and expresses up part of the true nature of yaoi better than the old one because, to be quite frank, the seme always gets off, so the first part, "no climax" simply does not make sense when taken into context of the content of yaoi. In other words, it's funny smut and I happen to like funny smut. (I sound idiotic, don't I? =P)

[Obsessiveness popped up again on Monday, March 18, 2002 @ 12:35 a.m.]

Unzip Yourself on Stage

Today's title comes from Gackt's Vanilla live concert video which I d/l'd from God knows where where he surprised/pleased a yaoi fan like me. He did v. slashy and naughty things with his guitarists/dancers/back ups on stage that rivaled Velvet Goldmine's infamous Brian licking Curt's guitar on stage during Curt's guitar solo. I can never listen to Vanilla without blushing and remembering what Gackt did on stage. =^_^=

Watched Very Bad Things today. Ugh. Dislike the movie, except Cameron Diaz going psycho when troubles pop up to disturb her wedding.

Also caught a glimpse of Pocahontas 2. Errggghhh...Disney is either seriously desperate for money or just wants to subject another generation to a shitload of crap for the pure sadistic pleasure of doing so. Can't stand Disney's further butchering of originals. They shouldn't mess with originals, like they did w/ The Little Mermaid and Cinderella. I loved those movies when I was younger and now that they made them into unbearable sequels full of tripe, my memory is tainted.

Mmm...watched the The Naked Chef episode where Jamie cooks for Jamiroquai. Totally addicted to Jay Kay now. And hungry for roast beef since that was what Jamie cooked for Jay Kay.

Bai bai for now... *goes off humming Canned Heat*

[Obsessiveness popped up again on Sunday, March 17, 2002 @ 06:07 p.m.]

Oh, the horror....

Horrifyingly enough, I'm blogging from AOL, aka, AOHell because I'm still stuck at the office and my parent's company uses AOL for some odd, obscure reason which I still haven't discovered. Hate AOL. Already, I've gotten three "illegal operation" notices, which I've ignored, then had to pay attention to.

Anyway, having v. busy day at office. Working on Saturdays is strange, everything's quieter. I finally understand how the supermarket clerks feel now. Some customers are truly bitches. One, on the phone, kept on pestering me to sell her an archway, which I had specifically told her was for sample purposes and a shipment was coming in May. She kept on bitching, saying that she needed it in April. She didn't understand if I sold her the damn thing (having to take it down and remove the flowers and ruin the showroom) I wouldn't be able to show other customers the archway. Quite obvious the company would lose money from potential buyers. Ahou...

Anyway, I had a v. weird dream about Trigun. My mind is obviously seeped into Vash, Wolfwood, Milly and Meryl v. deeply. All I can recall is that Vash got into trouble (again) at an inn and Wolfwood, Milly, and Meryl were roused out of bed at an unearthly hour and got chased out of town. It's all v. vague now, but it was quite amusing. V. disappointing Trigun yaoi fics. I want decent Wolfwood/Vash fics, damnit! There're too many songfics and het fics. Some yaoi fics were pretty good, but some were sappy/OOC beyond belief and...ugh. I want a good, solid Wolfwood/Vash or Knives/Vash fic that isn't cheesy or overly sappy or saccharine to the point where I'll have to inject myself w/ insulin. Something that incorporates some angst, a soliloquy, and a good resolution would be v. nice. And something citrusy wouldn't be bad either. ^_~

I really loathe songfics now; songs don't do a thing for a fic except it's a way for the writer to jump to another POV or paragraph. An author could just say, "This fic was inspired by ________." and leave it at that. The only good songfic I ever encountered was kumiko's GWing Beautiful Stranger. Her fic could stand alone, w/o the song, it would have similar impact. Sadly, kumiko is no longer posting her works as a result of certain incidents.

It just struck me how large the vernacular of fanfiction is. To another person who has never encountered fanfiction, the terms "Mary Sue", "lemon", "slash", "AU", and countless more, would be absolutely nonsensical and mean completely different things. I rattle off words like "slashy", "PWP", "self-insertion", and "fusion" constantly and I realize I get a lot of weird looks. It's astounding that fanfiction has grown to produce its own jargon and within each fandoms, the slang personalized to the fans and the fandom itself. ie, anime fandoms will often use romanji Japanese while conversing; the Harry Potter fandom has a specific way of describing a character with an exclamation mark like "Gangster!Harry" (courtesy of Snitch!) "Leather Pants!Draco", while the Boy Meets Boy fandom has the word "shibby" for "cool, awesome". It's truly amazing how fanfiction and fandoms grow.

Ja~! *runs off to read Trigun yaoi*

[Obsessiveness popped up again on Saturday, March 16, 2002 @ 01:36 p.m.]

Oh, The Angst!!!

*sniff* So sad...Trigun is so damn sad. I love it anyway. I just finished watching it (in one whole day constantly being interrupted to do idiotic things like doctor's appointments and fancy three-hour dinners) and one word. Wow.

Trigun Spoilers Ahead

So sad what happens though...Wolfwood...it completely rent my heart to see him on his knees like that, life trickling out of him, begging God to save him. Reminded me slightly of Moses, pleading God to let him step on the Promised Land, but God doesn't. The story of Moses broke my heart and Wolfwood's does too. Vash's guilt nearly overwhelmed me with its intensity and his suffering cuts so deep. He's one of the most determined characters I have ever encountered, defending a cause to the point of death and, at times, absurdity. In a way, he has a core of naivete and goodness that no one can take away from him. They can attack it, hurt him, use it against him, but can't remove it from him no matter what kind of abuse they heap on him.

I must commend the wonderful people who created Trigun. They created a series blending humour, angst, drama, action, romance, and suspense together into a highly charged, emotional flawlessly told story. I have rarely been captured by characters' plights so fully and Trigun had me begging for Wolfwood to live, for Legato to realize how Knives had poisoned his mind against himself, humankind, and Vash, Knives to see the other side of the ball, and nearly crying for Vash's sorrow and guilt.

So go watch Trigun. Trust me. You'll love it. And cry. Bring tissues. *thinks back to Wolfwood and tears up*

[Fangirl Mode] Oh and the yaoi subtext! *rolls eyes upwards in ecstasy* So much Wolfwood/Vash, Knives/Vash, Knives/Legato hell...possibly even Legato/Vash (am I being blasphemous for thinking that Legato is kind of bishonen?) I'm reading Trigun yaoi fics right now. Yum. No offense to Milly and Meryl. They've got spirit, they're not wimpy (unlike Miaka from FY), and they can defend themselves, which is a major plus in my book, but the spirit to slash is inherent.

So, Trigun has semi-happy ending in a way. I mean, Vash probably gets Meryl, they live w/ Milly, maybe have kids. Milly will be the nice aunt who helps bring 'em up, blah, blah, blah. And the planet they live on will be one filled with (you knew this was coming, anyone who has watched Trigun) LOVE AND PEACE! ^_^V

Bai bai and oyasumi cause now I'm just rambling...

Chibi!Legato (Muse of the Moment): It's ohayo. And you're always rambling.

Oh...*looks at clock* Errr...ohayo then...and shut up, Legato. *exerts personal mind control*

[Obsessiveness popped up again on Saturday, March 16, 2002 @ 01:10 a.m.]

It's Alive....IT'S ALIVE!!!

Am feeling totally normal right now, fantastic to feel okay in health! Am alive! Nice day today, friends came over and went to bowling, then just hung out and chatted and played @ arcade and then sat down again and played cards, sipping bubble tea.

No talk about being FOB or CBC, please. I get that enough from my friends... (who cares about being FOB or CBC?)

I found two wicked X/Tokyo Babylon sites. So hilarious, I killed myself laughing. First of all, the Humour section of What the Thunder Said of technomancy productions. Check out the "Dead Meat" section, I died laughing. Then, asphyxia's X fanfiction section: The Art Of Asphyxiation. Read the X Therapy and Closer fic. Especially the X Therapy. Three chapters of unmitigated amusement, I promise.

The following is a public service announcement brought to you by the Committee for the Prevention of SPYSS.

Ladies and gentlemen, I ask, do you read get jokes and amusing pictures in the email or read them on the internet? Have you ever found yourself in the throes of uncontrollable laughter on occasion? Have you ever had an...accident during these times? Say, you were drinking your morning coffee when your best friend sent some witty repartee to you that sent you into gales of laughter and, by default, the large Venetian Roast coffee onto your computer screen, keyboard and your spotless Armani suit?

Fear not, you are not alone. This disorder is termed SPYS, Splattering Your Screen Syndrome, an ailment which has affected millions of people around the word. It is generally a symptom of a good sense of humour and drinking/eating while laughing. People with sticks up their asses will not contract SPYSS at all costs, no matter how hard they try to take the stick out. To prevent such embarassment, it has been decided by general consent that sites that induce SPYS will post the SPYSS banner to warn unsuspecting, innocent victims the embarassment of buying a new keyboard and dry-cleaning their thousands dollar Armani suit.

The Committee for the Prevention of SPYSS has already gained much support and has the good chance to be endorsed by well-known celebrities, such as Yatouji Satsuki of X/1999 fame, Tsukiyono Omi of the hugely popular Weiss Kreuz, and most (extremely evil and demonic and bent on world domination) of all, Bill Gates of Microsoft. So, if you have ever suffered or are suffering or know someone who has or is suffering from SPYSS, know that help is just a click of a link away. To spread the word of preventing SPYSS, banners are being posted to sites everyday to help those afflicted with SPYSS, you, me, the computer geek who lives next to you who you know never comes out of the house. But this requires spreading the word of the Committee for the Prevention of SPYSS and so, please take the time to send these SPYS banners to sites you know that induce SPYSS. For every SPYSS banner you send, please accept a choice of two gifts featuring our supportive celebrities:

• X/1999: A picture of Satsuki and BEAST enjoying a SPYSS-free afternoon with a chained up Yuuto in leather pants, autographed by Satsuki in specialized, permanent ink and by Yuuto in blood.
• Weiss Kreuz: A personalized message from Tsukiyono Omi and Naoe Nagi about the symptoms of SPYSS and a doujinshi that will not open at certain pages because they're stuck together...as a a result of a "thick adhesive" spilled on them accidentally.

Thank you for your time.

The preceeding was a public service announcement brought to you by the Committee for the Prevention of SPYSS.

SPYSS seriously does happen, I'm often a victim of it. Quite often. And how does it relate to those X links above? Don't drink or eat anything while reading them.

Chibi!Ryousuke from IniD: You could have just told them not to drink while reading the stuff and cut out the whole prevention of SPYS.

...it was amusing.

Chibi!Ryousuke: Keep telling yourself that one day and it will happen. Maybe.

Shut up. Don't you have to woo a Mary Sue in some het IniD fic right now?

Chibi!Ryousuke: That's Mary Sue!Ryousuke's job. I'm Chibi Gay!Ryousuke.

Oh yeah, I forgot. It's hard telling you two apart.

Chibi!Ryousuke: I'm gay and have wild monkey sex with the male members of IniD in hot steamy yaoi fics. He's forced to be straight and fall in love with Mary Sues in het IniD fanfics. Do we need to wear nametags?

Oh just shut up and shag Chibi!Takumi! *tosses Chibi!Takumi w/ clueless expression to deviously smirking Chibi!Ryousuke*

There are actually Mary Sue Initial D fanfics. I cringe at the thought of that...I'm v. frightened. Initial D oozes slashiness, all the testosterone is overwhelmingly channeled into yaoi. The line from First Stage: "I've never been so excited in my life" is such proof! That line is from when every driver learns about Takumi and wants to race him. So obvious they want to shag the boy like mad as well and show off their |\/|4|> sk|[[z in more areas than one...

*cough* Sorry, lapsed into major fangirl mode there.

Chibi!Ryousuke: *breathless* When are you not?

Shut up and be a good little chibi!muse and keep on doing whatever you happened to be doing.

Chibi!Ryousuke: Yes, ma'am! *jumps Chibi!Takumi's bones again*

Anyway, am registering for SATs, such a bitch. No space at UCC, have to go to U of T for testing. Fuck. U of T so inconvient. My fault I suppose for registering so late, no space at UCC...

Good mood gone. Bad mood is here. Ja. *goes off in a huff*

[Obsessiveness popped up again on Thursday, March 14, 2002 @ 07:57 p.m.]

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