I realized I haven't posted any lists up lately! Since I've been so occupied with Otakon and... whatever else I've been doing. I don't even know. So anyway, I'm going to post my ipod's akuroku playlist....  o__o''  just to listen to while you read fanfictions and draw fanart and... other stuff.

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1. On Fire - Switchfoot (it's pretty self explanatory!)
                    "When I'm on fire when your near me                    "Tell you where you need to go
                     When I'm on fire when you speak                          Tell you where you need to be
                     When I'm on fire, Burning at these mysteries."       Tell you what you need to know
                                                                                               Tell you when you'll need to leave." 

2. Everything - Lighthouse (it's slow and adorable, and then has a total spaz/rock-out moment. it screams axel.)
                     "You are the strength, that keep me walking.
                      You are the hope, that keeps me trusting.
                      You are the light to my soul.
                      You are my purpose.... You're everything."

3. Your Guardian Angel - The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus (it mentions leaving and stay with me and i'd die for you. poor axel.) 
                       "I will never let you fall
                        I'll stand up with you forever
                        I'll be there for you through it all
                        Even if saving you sends me to heaven."

4. Flames - Vast (there's fire and there's loving. it's PERFECT!)
                        "You are the only thing, That makes me want to live at all
                         When I am with you there is no reason to pretend
                         When I am with you, I feel flames again."

5. Half Alive - Secondhand Serenade (nobodies are half a person. so i feel like this fits them well.)                
                         "And I was trying to disappear, but you got me wrapped around you.
                         I can hardly breathe without you.
                         I was trying to disappear, but I got lost in your eyes now.     
                         You brought me down to size now."

6. Gallery Piece - Of Montreal (you can't listen to this song without imagining them acting it out. it's just not possible)
                         You really gotta listen to the song to know how cute it is. :D
                         http://www.last.fm/music/of+Montreal/_/Gallery+Piece

7. Can't Let Go - Landon Pigg (i think this really fits axel's jealousy feelings when he sees roxas again in twilight town with his new friends.)
                         "Well you're the closest thing I have to bring up in a conversation
                          About a love that didn't last.
                          But I could never call you mine cause I could never call myself yours."

8. Ever the Same - Rob Thomas (this always makes me think of axel's death scene...)
                         "We were brave like soldiers falling down under the pale moonlight
                          You were holding to me like a someone broken
                          And I couldn't tell you but I'm telling you now
                          Just let me hold you while your falling apart."

9. Just So You Know - Jesse McCartney (I'M SORRY I HAD TO. It's roxas's voice after all!!!)
                          "The emptiness is killin' me
                           I'm wonderin' why I've waited so long
                           Lookin' back I realize it was always there just never spoken
                           Now I'm waiting here. Been waiting here."

10. Everything Burns - Ben Moody ft. Anastacia (again, fire. burning. i love it!)
                           "Till everything burns, While everyone screams
                            Burning in their lies, Burning my dreams
                            All of this hate, And all of this pain
                            I'll burn it all down, As my anger reigns."

 It's incredible, really; how much fabric can weight when you buy 10 yards worth of it. I just got my order today. just opened it a couple of minutes ago. I can't even describe how excited I am.
Otakon, here I come!

I've been gathering my reference pictures, making my props, ordering my fabric, and saving up as much money as I possibly can. It's my very first con so I want it to be an amazing experience. Sure, I'm nervous and I'm feeling kind of overwhelmed, but I know it'll be an adventure and I'll end up having fun! :]
I'm going up with a few of my friends, one if which just started getting into manga. I'm trying to introduce her to it gradually and not push it all on her, I don't want her to feel pressured in anyway. But, at the same time, I've never had a female friend who's ever been into this kind of stuff and I want to be able to fangirl about all my favorite shows, games, and manga with her. It's just not the same talking to all my guy friends about it. They're VERY understanding, but they don't understand why I start hyperventilating whenever I see a Kingdom Hearts trailer (see last post!) or whenever Sephiroth says something evenly mildly yaoi suggestive. They just don't get it.
So we're working on it. She's got unlimited access to all my manga and video games before Otakon, and we're having little 'anime crash courses' while we work on our costumes. It's great. :D
Meanwhile, the battle for Otakon funds rages on!!! >:DDD
It's already the twelfth, so I've got a month and five days until the big first day. GOTTA HURRY!!!

So I recently discovered the PlayStation Network; aka THE GREATEST INVENTION OF ALL TIME. Seriously, it's awesome that you can access it straight from your PSP and download games, demos, wallpapers, themes; basically whatever you want! I downloaded FF7 because I've been meaning to play it and managed to get a copy, but then realized I couldn't save it on my PS2 memory chip. So I started playing it again and am having an awesome time! Also, I've had like 5 different random people come up to me while I was playing it and start talking to me about PSP mods and hacks and all sorts of stuff. It's really cool! 
[spoiler paragraph] Also, I just got to the part where you get to play through Cloud's memories of Sephiroth and the whole Nibelheim incident ad I gotta say, I'M REALLY CONFUSED. Mostly because I played Crisis Core before I played FF7, and I feel like all of Cloud's memories are exactly what Zack experienced. I mean there's a couple of varied parts (the bridge breaking, Tifa's dad, Cloud's mom, lack of Genesis) but really the whole idea and story is the same. Even that part when they first arrive and Zack shows the guard how he's supposed to pose to look all cool. That's something Cloud would NEVER do. Especially after seeing how he acted in Crisis Core, it's really not possible. I just find it hard to believe that all that would happen twice; actually it's pretty much impossible. It's not like Sephiroth would go insane, burn down the town, then go back to Shinra and do it all over again. So I was wondering if maybe Cloud's memories got mixed up with Zack's? I'm not really sure how that would work, but at the moment it seems like the most logical answer. I guess I'll just have to keep playing and find out! 
[spoiler paragraph] I also found that one little cutscene at the beginning of Cloud's memories to be HILARIOUS! When he and Sephiroth go on that mission to kill the monster and Cloud gets K.O's in one hit. Then you peek down at Sephiroth's stats and he has like an HP of almost 4000 and kills the monster with one basic attack. I laughed so hard at Cloud's pathetic-ness!

Anyway it's really a great game. I like how interactive it is and how they give you a variation of scenes and things to do (drive a motorcycle, etc.). And to know that it was made when I was just 4 years old is really incredible. Gaming production has really changed since then. I mean look at the difference between FF7 and FF13!!!! xD

I'm off to go play some more. I got out of school yesterday so I've got all the time in the world!!!
Happy summer!

 So I just got back from running in a 5k race. It was total hell when I was actually running it, but now that's it's over I'm really happy I did it. I feel really accomplished. Me and a couple friends from my kung-fu class were forced to decided to run the race as a sort of end of the year thing since we don't have any classes over the summer, so we have been training for a month or so. It was still really really hard to finish!

I think for this post I'll basically be talking about e3 and everything that was announced. I still haven't watched all of it since I have it recorded; I'm working on it slowly and trying not to get TOO excited. But, knowing me, that just isn't possible. I'll probably end up spreading this out into two posts, since there's more to be watched!!

Wii MotionPlus. If you watched e3 at all, you heard about it. It was in a couple press conferences and even in a few commercials. I gotta say, it's going to be awesome to be able to play games like Red Steel 2 with that kind of detail and control. Speaking of RS2, I'm thinking that's the first game I'll be getting for the Wii MotionPlus. I think I heard somewhere that they were going to do a bundle of those two together? Not sure, I'll check when the time comes. It looks like a pretty boxy game, but I feel like that kind of look works well with the kind of game it is. I also love the fact that you have both a sword and a gun; it's both lone samurai and very western at the same time, which I though was way cool. At first I though that the game controls would end up being a lot like Zelda: Twilight Princess, but later when I watched the Nintendo conference and saw how precise the Wii MotionPlus is, I forgot all about that problem. Sucks for me, I'll actually have to get up to play the game right!
This is the first e3 that I've been 1) old enough, 2) cared enough, and 3) remembered to watch. So I'm sitting there the day before it started scrolling through it all on g4 to see what they're covering and who's conference is on what day. I'm scrolling I'm scrolling I'm scrolling Final Fantasy 13 I'm scrolling Kingdom Hearts I'm scrolling I'm scrolling Crystal Bearers I'm scrolling. WHAT. THERE IS NO SQUARE ENIX CONFERENCE. Please tell me I'm not the only one who had a total meltdown. I mean they covered the main games and everything but really, I was hoping for the little peek into some of those mystery games I've been hearing about! Even a screenshot would have been nice! (like the new metal gear solid THATWASWEIRD)  Anyway, even though they didn't have their own conference, g4 showed a demo of final fantasy 13, and nintendo showed the newest english KH: 358/2 Days trailer. When it first came on, I fell off the couch. SO EXCITED. I'm definitely pre-ordering that. It looks really good, but I'm worried about it being on the DS, I really really am. I mean, they must have done it for the double touch screens because I feel like it would have been a much more awesome liked popular worthy . I seriously don't even know the right word. No doubt the graphics would be about 20 thousand times better on the PSP, but also the screen is bigger and I'm one of those people who think that Square Enix should really stick with Sony for their main games. Like the fact that they're releasing Final Fantasy 13 for both PS3 and XBox. That upsets me. Greatly. But at least now I can force all my friends to play it as well. One thing that g4 was talking about though was that they might compromise the game just so it'll fit on the XBox console. WHICH WOULD SUCK. So I think that if releasing it for both systems would limit the  game in anyway, then it's a bad idea. There's also Crystal Bearers, which is coming out for Wii. But that I can kind of understand because of the whole interactive thing. and the aiming and the shooting and stuff looks pretty cool. To tell you the truth, I looked into this game a while back but there wasn't much so I completely forgot about it until now. It looks awesome, though I don't know the whole crystal bearers story and everything. I'll look into it!

I'll post more later once I finish watching all of e3!! 
Happy Zexion month! :]]

 Sorry for not posting the day after.... it's now the day after the day after that. I could make up a bunch of excuses about how tired and busy I am, but that would take too much time and energy on my part so I'll skip it for now.

So the other day my friend brought this horoscope-like book to school, and it basically tells you what kind of person you are and our good and bad qualities based on what day of the year you're born on. At first I was like, yeah yeah it's a bunch of crap. But then I read mine..... Creepishly accurate.
First of all, I'm one of those people who can postpone everything until the last second, not stress at all, and someone manage to pull it off in the end. It doesn't bother me at all and I hardly ever stress or freak out about not getting things done. But that's true only concerning small projects, like school work and stuff. That's why when I read my page of the book, I totally spazzed out. It said something like 'People born on this day never think there are enough hours in the day or years in a lifespan to accomplish all their goals and ambitions.' It's weird because the only thing I DO freak out about (quite often also) is how life goes by so fast, and I want to be able to make the most of it. I was to learn things and make things and be remembered. I'm constantly stressing that I won't be able to accomplish anything, and then suddenly I'll be old and unable to reach those goals anyway. It's a scary thought.

It's scary how much weight someone can put on in just a few months of winter. I'm guessing I must have gained 5-10 pounds this year.... I'm not overweight or anything; I've got an athletic body, very strong. Still, I've decided that this year I want to become a lot leaner and stronger than I've ever been before. I think that dieting is silly, especially for someone my age. I'm way to young to be going to such drastic measures. Plus, I'm WAY too spacey to keep track of everything I eat, so I figured exercising more and cutting down on snacks would be good enough for me. 
I also did some research on how to speed up your metabolism.... Apparently eating smaller meals more often can help people lose weight, because your body has tim to digest and use the fuel you give it, instead of storing it as fat. Another thing I came over again and again and again was to drink a ton of water. Also, lots of fruits and veggies! :]

I'm going to be a healthier, happier, and more adventurous me from now on. Especially for this summer and year to come. 

Wow. I haven't posted in a while!
Not much has been going on really. I've been wasting all my time with procrastinating and freaking out about: AP exams/piano recital/final exams/ etc., etc. Also, I've been having random panic attacks about my summer. First of all, Otakon. It's my very fist convention and it's a HUGE one. I'm already saving up money so I can go absolutely insane in the artist's alley but I've been procrastinating about my cosplays. I'm really not sure which ones I want to do yet and, knowing me, I won't know until a week or so before. So I'm not sure what to do with myself. Next weekend I'm going to force myself to sit down and work on at least one. Hopefully I'll get most of it done, but no promises there!

Me and my friends have been talking about joining a local anime club. It looks really fun and they go to a lot of events together. Also they have cosplay photo shoots and watch anime together. Up until this year, I've pretty much been an undercover otaku so I think having something like that would be fun, but a little overwhelming. But it WOULD be nice to have people to talk to about cosplayand how to make them. There's also obvious advantages of being in a club, like that you can get group discounts to conventions and various local anime stores. We're still thinking about it, but most likely I'll be joining that eventually.

OTAKON OH MY GODS.
I'll write more tomorrow I PROMISE but for tonight I've got to get to sleep!

So I didn't really have anything to do today besides a dentist appointment (no cavities... yet.) so I was all 'this is a good chance to catch up on KHR episodes!' I started watching at 73 and now I'm at 78-ish I think? I got blocked from megavideo for a second time... They've just started into their little journey in the future and I'm actually addicted to it. I really like the new characters so far, and I like how they developed the characters personalities so that they're the same but different in the future. I won't give anything away though, in case people are watching it and come across my blog. Then they will hate me. 
I've decided that, this weekend, I'm going to do a test run of making part of my Lal Mirch cosplay. I heard that it's easiest to make the ape mask thing she wears on her shoulder out of paper maché, so I'm gunna try that and see how it turns out. 

Since I really don't have anything to write about, I'll post up links to my other internet accounts in case anyone wants to check them out.
Deviantart - http://ceschiii.deviantart.com/
Tegaki - http://www.unowen.net/tegaki/about.php?u=50049
YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/user/ceschiii
I've also got a GaiaOnline account but I don't really use it anymore.... I got so frustrated because I couldn't afford anything. Same goes with Neopets. They all starved... My bad.  O__O

[edit] I just realized that I posted all of those in my first post! Oops!
Back to watching KHR! 

I was going to log on to rant about how addicted I am to shoujo manga at the moment, but then I signed onto IM and started talking with my friend about what we have planned for this summer. So that kind of ruined my mood but also added to it in a way. When I'm reading the adorable love stories of these 'heroines' from the shoujo mangas, I can't help but wonder if any relationships are really like that. I mean some must be, otherwise where would the inspiration for the stories come from. Everything is probably much different in Japan than what I'm used to here... Still, it'd be nice to have that sort of relationship, wouldn't it?
At the beginning of every summer, I fantasize about meeting the most perfect guy either at camp, a beach, or while I'm traveling. We'd spend amazing days together just wasting time. Then there might be a tearful departure only for me to come home and find a letter from him or something amazing like that. But, seriously. Nothing like that has EVER happened and probably won't ever happen. Still, every year I can't help but be hopeful. Maybe this year. Maybe not. Only time will tell! :]

For this summer, I've decided to keep a journal because I really DO feel like it'll be a little something extra this year. There's an anime convention in June near where I live. It'll be my first one ever! I'm also trying to get my parents to sign me up for a an organization that does student trips abroad. There's a really interesting month-long one going to Japan that I really want to go to. Then later I'm traveling around with my dad while he goes to his business conferences so that'll be a big experience for me. We're making a stop in Africa for a few days. I've never been to Africa so that'll be really exciting! On our way back, we're stopping in San Francisco to visit old family friends. One of them has a son my age who has a bit of a crush on me.... So maybe my life will turn into a shoujo manga after-all... o//w//o

Anyway, for shoujo manga... Right not I'm reading High School Debut. It's really really cute. I actually think that the plot was moving a bit too quickly but I think most manga's like this work that way also. The introduction of characters is quick and then there's a section of minor incidents or whatever. Then something will happen that really gets the main story going. I felt like the minor incidents were speeded up and kept changing very quickly. Then once she realized she liked that certain guy, they ended up getting together very fast. But then things went bad very fast. It just felt a little rushed but still, it's an adorable manga and I can't put it down! I read 3 volumes just today! Seriously addicted I am..... -___-'

Another thing I did today was go to see the new Dragonball:Evolution movie! It was WAY WAY weird. Much of the acting was shaky, many special effects were really nothing to be proud of, and I feel like they left out a lot of things. I know it was meant to be modernized, but it felt like they skimmed over a lot of it. I've never been much of a dragonball follower, but I've read a couple of the comic books and watched a couple episodes when I found then on TV. I thought they didn't really stick true to the characters, and completely skipped over a few that would've been cool to include. For example, Goku has always been a clueless little kid in dragonball... even though they make him awkward and unpopular in the urban setting, he gets over it so fast that it's hardly worth introducing that problem. AND HIS TAIL. I really really missed it!

Tomorrow I am officially starting my quest for cosplay! Going to the mall for a pre-made shirt that I can alter with the cuts and possibly black shorts if I can find some that would look okay. Then I'm running to the fabric store to get cloth for the cloak Lal Mirch wears. I'm clueless about how to make the goggles though.... Ideas?

That's right. I've decided to try out cosplaying! I wanted to start off with a simple costume because I wanted to make it myself and I have almost no prior sewing experience.... Help?
I want to cosplay as Lal Mirch from the series KHR. It's a series I've been watching for a long time now and I absolutely LOVE, but I'm only around episode 70 so I really need to hurry and watch seeing as she mainly shows up later in the series. Her outfit seems fairly easy as much as I can tell, but then again I've never done this before. I was thinking of dressing as either May or Jam from Guilty Gear, but then realized that a beginner like me trying to make their outfits would be a total disaster! So I ditched that idea. Fast.
I've got a bunch of reference pictures of her as well as other cosplays of her. So hopefully I'll be able to pull it together! If you have any tips or advice for cosplaying (in general) please let me know! I'm clueless... -__-'

Has anyone ever read the Grapes of Wrath? It's really not a bad book considering it's school required but still, it's not something I WANT to read either. I'll get through it though... Somehow!

My horoscope said I should meditate. I'm not really one to follow those sort of things but I feel like meditating (or trying to) would actually be really fun. So I've decided to put aside Sunday for sitting on the roof of my porch and just relaxing. As long as it's not cold, I think that'll be really nice.

"Let me show you how I work. Let's get out of here. Come on let's get out of here. I wanna take your hand and disappear. Come on let's get out of here. I whisper in your ear. You like it fast. I like it hard. You like it fast. I like it hard."
Strangely, I like that song. Jefree Star.... >n<'

Okay 'bye! :3

It's starting to get warmer. Not very much, usually just for a couple days at a time. Still, I can't help but be grateful when I leave my house in the morning for school. Summmer is cominggg!!! :3
I know I'm not the only one who puts on some extra flubber weight in the winter. I mean, a girl's gotta keep warm somehow, right? Well, no. That's a bad excuse EVEN THOUGH IT IS TRUE. I'd rather be a cozy, warm whale than a little frozen squirrel any day. But squirrel's are cool in their own way. They get to sleep all winter.... That might not be so bad either!
Anyway, since summer is on it's way I've decided I need to start getting in shape. So I've decided to wake up earlier, eat lighter meals, and get a TON more exercise. I'll be at the gym twice a week, I've already got weekly martial arts and I've decided to try biking to school. So tomorrow I'm leaving my house half an hour earlier than I usually do. I'm crazy. It's practically all uphill from here to my school and it's about 15 minutes away by bus. I decided I want to avoid the hills, so I'm going the long way.... I just hope I can make it to school on time. xD

Recently, I started reading Tsubasa again (the one by CLAMP). Just finished volume 16 and I gotta say that I didn't understand it AT ALL. I was having some serious Naruto Shippuden deja vu. I don't want to give away spoilers though! This is the first CLAMP manga I've ever read but I think it's really cool how all their stories connect together and how they 'recycle' some characters. But, I think if I read any of the other stories I might get too confused. Already with this one, I sometimes don't really get what's going on and have trouble remembering all the characters and their names and everything. I'm too scatterbrained for this!!!

I watched the first episode of the new Full Metal Alchemist series today. I'm really really really confused when it's supposed to take place. It's obviously before the end of the first season, seeing as the brothers are still together, so I'm curious to see how they're going to make the new story connect to the old one. I remember from the first episode of FMA that I had NO IDEA what was going on. They didn't explain it much the first episode, i think they were just trying to capture people's attention by diving straight into the story. Later on though, they went really in depth with an entire episode dedicated to their past and to flashbacks. I think it would have been really interesting if they had continued the series from where the movie left off... But then again, I haven't been reading the manga so I'm not sure if this is a completely new series or they are continuing it alongside the manga. I'll go to the bookstore tomorrow and check....  It's complete TORTURE to have to watch it in japanese though. Without Vic Mignogna, Aaron Dismuke, and Travis Willingham it really just isn't FMA. For me at least!

 

ANIME NERD
 

[x] You watch anime. (addicted)

[x] You read manga. (addicted)

[x] You buy/collect anime DVDs or manga volumes.

[x] You own some other form of anime/manga merchandise. 

[x] You have referred to an anime character as 'hot' before. (story of my life >>)

[ ] You have cosplayed. 

[ ] You have done so in public. 

[ ] You have been to an anime/manga convention. 

[x] You have created/joined a fanclub for an anime/manga character. (on da..?)

[ ] You have created/joined a hateclub for an anime/manga character.

[ ] You have squealed when you found out somebody had the same name as an anime character you knew.

[x] You enjoy drawing anime. (YUSSSSS)

[ <] People you know know you as the 'anime' person. (half an x)

[x] You know that it is pronouced 'mawnguh' and not 'manga' like it is spelled.

 

Anime/manga nerd = 8.5 :3

 

 

ART NERD

 

[x] You like art.

[ ] You actually consider yourself an artist. (IN DENIAL)

[ ] When using art supplies, the brand of them matters to you.

[ ] You have a favorite brand.

[x] You have asked for art supplies as a Christmas/birthday gift before. (does a tablet count?)

[x] You give people your drawings as gifts. (im too cheap to buy actual cards xD )

[ ] People actually ask for your drawings. (i am unworthy)

[ ] You are/were known as 'the art person' at your school.

[ ] Instead of just 'brown' or ' pink', you'd be specific; it's 'sienna brown' or 'blush pink'.

[x] You have taken an art class outside of school. 

[x] You have considered a career as an artist.

[x] Your school papers are always covered in doodles. 

[x] You have a favorite artist. (mostly online people that I can actually relate to!)

[ ] Your drawings have been framed. 

[x] You carry a sketchbook with you everywhere you go. (FISH CRACKERS YES. TOP SECRET FANGIRLNESS)

 

Art nerd = 8

 

 

MUSICAL NERD

 

[x] You play a musical instrument. (learning piano and flute)

[x] You play more than one instrument. 

[x] You actually really enjoy playing your instrument.

[ ] You've given your instrument a name. (doesn't belong to me...)

[ ] You've participated in an extracurricular activity for your instrument. 

[ ] You are known by what you play. 

[x] You listen to classical music. (some. i like the nutcracker!! :] )

[ ] You are wondering whether that refers to the classical music genre or the classical music time period. (wut??)

[x] You have a favorite composer. 

[ ] All of your friends are from your band/orchestra class.

[ ] You write music. 

[ ] You've had discussions with your friends about music; your favorite composers/instruments/musical time periods/key/etc... 

[ ] You have considered a professional career with your instrument.

[ ] You are never nervous playing for other people.

 

Musical nerd = 5!

 

 

VIDEO GAME NERD

 

[x] You play video games.

[x] You own more than 4 different video game systems. (All gameboys form pocket to SD, nintendo ds, wii, playstation 1-2, PSP)

[x] You've had debates over which system is the greatest. (constantlyyyy)

[x] You play video games every day. (ds and psp are PORTABLE! i play between classes even)

[x] You have played a video game for over 10 hours. (can you say KINGDOM HEARTS)

[x] You have songs from your favorite video games on your MP3. (so many... i play them on the piano too!)

[x] You love to talk about video games.

[ ] You memorize the dates for when a new game is being released. (only if i've pre-ordered!)

[<] People know you as the 'gamer' person.

[x] You spend more time on video games than you do hanging out with friends. (well that makes me feel like a LOSER)

[<] Your gaming system is in your room (Only gameboys, DS, and PSP)

[ ] You have preferences when it comes to what company your game came from. (as long as it's good!)

[ ] You've had debates over which company is the best.

[x] You keep playing a game until you beat it. (with the exception of final fantasy...)

[x] It makes you angry when you found out somebody looked up cheat codes on the internet to beat their game. (MY SISTER >A<)

 

Video game nerd = 11... Dx

 

 

COMPUTER NERD

 

[x] You use the computer every day.

[x] You have an account/username on some sort of social website. (got 'em ALL)

[ ] You go into random internet chatrooms.

[x] You spend at least 2 hours a day on the computer.

[x] You use computer faces. ( -_- )

[x] It is hard to go a day without using the computer.

[x] You spend time in online forums. (not participating... just lurking xD)

[ ] In the forum/chatroom you use, you are known there by everyone else.

[x] You have friends you have only met online.

[ ] You have/have had a girlfriend/boyfriend you have only met online.

[ ] You have actually met an online friend in person. 

[x] U cn ezly rd 'txttlk.' (i dont even know what that is and i can read it! IM SO PROUD)

[x] You have said 'lol' or 'omg' in speech that is not online. (sorry.)

[x] You can type really, really fast. (my mom limits my computer time... so i've learned xD)

 

Computer nerd = 10!

Video game nerd.... i kinda saw that one coming. xDD

 March 23, 2009

 

It's officially spring break! I'm writing this from Steamboat, Colorado where I have limited internet access, so I'm typing this all up on the sticky notes application and I'll most likely post this tomorrow.

I spent the entire day snowboarding. It's incredible here, the snow is actually REAL! It actually snowed all day today so, when I was on the mountain, I could barely see anything. Hopefully, it'll be less snowy and windy tomorrow. 

I just wanted to write really quick about how different I feel. I'm sitting here trying to write the 'physical' bits of my AkuRoku fanfiction, and my friends (who were 'inspired' by me) are sitting on the other side of the table writing a mystery story together... So while I'm writing about two video game characters making out in an airplane bathroom, they're writing about detectives and autopsy reports. I feel ridiculous.

Another thing is that, when I write, I almost always have a reference picture out to inspire me. So I've got this one out...http://Atomic-Clover.deviantart.com/art/KH-I-Kissed-a-Boy-Nijuuni-91407419. I'm so secretive. And weird.

I'm writing this and all I can think is 'Wow. I'm such a pervert.' Well since I've never been molested in a bathroom (I swear I haven't!!!) it's kinda fun to write about! Still, maybe I should try writing something other than fanfiction once in a while...? 

Ah, another thing. Does anyone else have major difficulties writing about things they've never experienced before? I know that the authors of fantasy novels could never have experienced what they right about, but whenever I write about something I've never done before (like drowning or something) I just feel like it comes out really inaccurate. 

But people seem to like my writing, so I will continue on!! 

 

Ciao ragazzi! Come state? I'm in the middle of studying for my AP Italian exam... I bought a few reference books and stuff but my Italian teacher's father died so she flew off to Italy. So I'm basically on my own until testing time, two months from now. I've never taken an AP exam before so I'm really nervous. On top of that, my school isn't offering the Italian test so I have to go take it at another school. Greeeeeat...
I haven't been updating mostly because of school work. I have no time for myself anymore! For example, the only things I've eaten in the past 2 days are Cup Noodles and microwavable pizzas. The third advisory is about to end so I'm very very busy doing all the making up all the work that I missed! I'm so responsible, right? :P

For now, I guess I'll just do another list... 
I'm just gunna jot down all the manga volumes I own. Well, these are the ones that are on my shelf right now... I've lost a lot of random books here and there. I also have a lot of random ones because my dad sometimes buys me ones in Italian so I can practice reading but he never really knows what to get me. Plus, he doesn't have the common sense to buy volume 1 of whatever series he chooses. So I've got volumes and numbers scattered all over the place. This is partially for myself as well, to help me keep count! :D

Azumanga Daioh (1-4)
Absolute Boyfriend (1-4)
07-Ghost (1)
.Hack// twilight (1-3)
.Hack// G.U.+ (1-2)
Beauty Pop (1-3)
Black Sun (1)
Blank Slate (1-2)
Blood+ (1)
Blood+ Adagio (1)
Chobits (1)
Culdecept (1)
Dragonball (1)
D.Gray-Man (1-7)
Dramacon (1-3)
DNAngel (1-11)
Elemental Gelade (1)
Elemental Gerade (1)
Free Collars Kingdom (1-2)
Fruits Basket (1-21)
Full Metal Alchemist (5-7)
Genzo (1-4)
Gravel Kingdom (10)
Gravitation (1-12)
L'Immortale (1)
Inuyasha (3-6, 8-10, 44-45, 50)
Kingdom Hearts (1-4)
Loveless (1)
Metamo Kiss (1-3)
Mirmo (1, 3-4, 6)
Naruto (1-2, 27)
Negima (1-2)
3x3 Occhi (1, 16)
One Piece (35-36)
Ouran High School Host Club (1-2)
Otomen (1)
Pita-Ten (1-2) 
Pokémon (2 random ones)
Psycho Busters (1)
Rave (26)
Reborn (3, 26, Extras Book)
Repure (1)
Shaman King (1-5, 24)
Shinobi Life (1)
Tokyo Mew Mew (1-7)
Tokyo Mew Mew A La Mode (1-2)
Tsubasa (1-20)
Tsubasa: Those WIth Wings (1)
Ultra Maniac (1-5)
Wish (1)

 So I'm feeling pretty dumb for obsessing over Netflix in my last post... I found something even better. Something that doesn't even require me to walk to my front door to check the mail. It's called Veoh.com. xD
I ended up downloading The Cat Returns and watching it last night instead of doing homework. It was worth it! The movie was really cute and full of fantasy, kind of Alice-In-Wonderland-ish. I was talking to some friends about it and I told them how the main character fell in love with a cat and they made fun of me. But I promise it's not creepy or weird at all! Just watch the movie, yah??
Here's my top 25 on iTunes because I'm bored and am procrastinating!!

1. One and Only - Teitur (I saw this song was mentioned on a Quizilla.com quiz and I haven't stopped listening to it since)
2. Killer Likes Candy - I Am Ghost (you will WANT to sing along)
3. I'm Yours [acoustic] - Jason Mraz (because the actual version is so overrated)
4. Guilty - The Rasmus (loveitloveitloveitloveitloveitloveit LOVE IT)
5. Sadness and Sorrow [Piano Version] (a theme from Naruto adapted for the Piano)
6. The Horror Of Our Love - Ludo (I seriously can't decide whether this song is terribly creepy or insanely adorable)
7. Love Me Dead - Ludo (the singer's voice is absolutely gorgeous and the lyrics are just plain WEIRD)
8. Kingdom For A Heart - Sonata Artica (lyrics by Xemnas of Kingdom Hearts)
9. Remember - Flow (one of my favorite Naruto openings)
10. River Flows in You - Yiruma (beautiful piano song... I listen to it while I do homework)
11. Hikari [piano] - Utada Hikaru (very very pretty song from kingdom hearts)
12. Closer - Inoue Joe (another Naruto opening. it's one of the more recent ones from shippuden)
13. Walking On Air - Kerli (freakish but cute. it was a free song on itunes a while back)
14. Roxas's Theme - Kingdom Hearts 2 (this is the only song that can actually make me CRY)
15. Different - Acceptance (super duper sweet lyrics... it's my akuroku song!)
16. Sacred Grove - Zelda (this song drove me insane while I was actually playing the game but now I like it lots lots!)
17.Sadness and Sorrow [Benassi Remix] (remix of a naruto theme. PURE AMAZINGNESS)
18. Final Day - Tokio Hotel (Yes... I like Tokio Hotel)
19. Caramelldansen [Piano Version] (I'm learning to play it on the piano so I listen to it a lot)
20. Memory - Sugarcult (another one of my akuroku songs.... I enjoy)
21. Mesamero! Yasei [live] (a naruto closing performed live)
22. Blue Bird - Ikimono Gakari (yet another naruto opening... I might like that show a LITTLE too much)
23. Crisis After Crisis [Gaara's Theme] (.... read above)
24. Sakura Kiss [Ouran High School Host Club Theme] (that show made me laugh just about the most I have EVER laughed! well not really... but it's up there)
25. Devour - Shinedown (this is THE SONG if you need a super energy boost in the morning)

At first I was going to post my recently added playlist, but then I realized that it's over double the size of this one and that it's basically all Vocaloid songs... I just discovered them and now I'm hopelessly addicted!
If you're bored, try checking these out! 
~ http://www.veoh.com/search/videos/q/5+centimeters+per#watch%3Dv17182828k7PnDaWE
~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgrrQwLdME8
~ http://s289.photobucket.com/albums/ll202/f33lgoodes/?action=view&current=comic_1337.gif
~ http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll202/f33lgoodes/1223008414918.gif
~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5MlrOtoNXw&NR=1
~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzqumbhfxRo&feature=channel_page

I love netflix. Really I do. It saves me from having to take the bus half a mile to the video rental place. I'm just so lazy that I can't really deal with that. Here's what's on my Netflix at the moment:

Let the Right One In
It's about murders and vampires. How could you go wrong??

Whisper of the Heart
I actually just watched this one last night. It's a Studio Ghibli film directed by Yoshifumi Kondo. It's a really cute love story and the English voice actors did a really good job. Watch it, you won't be disappointed!

The Cat Returns
Another Studio Ghibli Film, this one is much older though. Turns out that this movie is a sort of prequel to Whisper of the Heart. Funny, since it's practically the only Studio Ghibli film I HAVEN'T SEEN YET. I kinda flipped out and ran all the way to the video rental store to get it after I watched Whisper of the Heart. But they didn't have it, so I ran home to order it on Netflix. Hooray....

Gurren Lagann Vol.1
I've already watched this entire series online in Japanese but decided I wanted to watch it again in English because I heard Vic Mignogna was going to be cast in it. Ends up he isn't, but I'm still going to watch it. :]

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
I've been looking for this movie for a long time. I found it in a book store a few months ago but didn't have enough money to buy it. Then, when I went back, it was gone. I looked for it online but the only one I could find had a really terrible audio lag... So now I found it on Netflix but it has a LONG WAIT. I'm pretty pissed off. Hopefully, it'll be worth it!

Death Note II: The Last Name
I saw this in theaters already, but am renting it to re-watch with my dad. He saw the first one with me and really liked it, but was away on a business trip when the second one came out. It's deathnote... BUT WITH REAL PEOPLE xD

Genshiken Vol.1
Just some random thing I found while surfing around Netlix. It's an animated show about kids who are total nerds for anime and everything that relates to it. It reminded me of myself, so I ordered it. :]

That's it for now... I'll have to find more because Netflix says you have to have at least like 16 movies on your list at a time... Any suggestions?

I'll start off by saying hello. Hi. I'm ceschiii. I'm basically starting this journal thing so I can post up my thoughts, random ideas, stuff I'm into, etc. etc. It's just for fun so I'll be basically posting whatever I feel needs posting. :]

My Current Favorites-
Bands and Musicians: Billy Talen, Vic Mignogna, I Am Ghost, Shinedown, and a million others. Also, I've been really into that Vocaloid music stuff lately xD
Movies: Tada Kimi Wo Aishiteru, Whispers of the Heart, Sword of the Stranger
Poets and Writers: Edgar A. Poe, Stephen King, Sarah Dessen, Peter Cameron, Christopher Paolini
Gaming Platforms: Playstation 2, PSP, DS
Game Series: KH, FF, Jak, Pokemon, Zelda, DMC, Ace Attorney, Shadow of the Colossus
Books: Inheritance Series, Harry Potters, Tell Me What You See
Foods: Pasta, Sushi, Pizza, Mango Sorbet, Pocky
Drinks: Pear Juice, Milk, Honest Tea (and tea in general), Vitamin Water
TV Shows: FMA, KHR, Naruto, Ouran HSHC, Ninja Warrior, New Pollution, Happy Trigger TV and Pokemon!
Ways to Waste Time: Sleeping, Drawing, Playing Piano, Tegaki and Deviantart, Writing Fanfictions

My Websites-
Deviantart: http://ceschiii.deviantart.com/
Tegaki: http://www.unowen.net/tegaki/uentries.php?u=50049
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/ceschiii