January 30, 2004

It was raining.

Which isn't normally quite so bad except that it was not raining outside, it was raining inside. On my stuff. My belongings consist of clothes, books, computers, and, well, not much of anything else, really. (Well, stuffed aminals, but luckily they're not kept in that room.) Books and computers very much do not like getting rained on. I can't say that I blame them. I am very unhappy. Sigh.

It used to flood and rain inside a lot when I was living with my dad in the basement, but we knew where the water would come from and why, so the entire area was set up for it: everything was on stilts and paper-type things were kept away from the trouble spots. But I was completely unprepared for this because there's another floor between us and the roof.

And the icing on the cake was that I lost a bag of manga yesterday when I was getting off the train. Well, it wasn't really a bag full, but it was the last 5 volumes of a series I was reading. I have left something on the train maybe 3 times in my entire life. It's not something I usually do because I feel naked when I'm not carrying things. It's not really a big deal, it's just that I don't have any money to afford to be losing things. I also am the type to get really attached to my belongings (one of the reasons I can never throw anything out) so I'm just sad.

*mope*

Usa-p internally wept for Kyou at 21:00 | link |
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January 28, 2004

Aha! New layout! Still needs a bit of tweaking, but is otherwise functional. I'd hate to see what it looks like on other browsers - I had to resort to some funky HTML. A couple of days in the making, I finished it at 4am this morning. I republished 3 times; each time intending to remove the Lorem Ipsum text and each time forgetting.

This picture of Kyou is from this week's chapter of Fruits Basket (87). I just couldn't resist. The bottom left of the page has a corresponding image. He's all angsty and sulky. *hearts* The Japanese quote nicely expresses Kyou's "no one understands me!" mentality and is something he yells to Yuki about 2 pages later. I couldn't think of something appropriate for the upper left space, hence the duplication of the title. I'm open to suggestions.

This is what the layout should like as a whole (50% size).

Usa-p internally wept for Kyou at 03:50 | link |
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January 27, 2004

I'm working on a new layout inspired by the latest chapter of Fruits Basket. It's not cooperating, but ARGH, I'm going to make it work! Obey me, puny code! Obey your creator!

The newest Furuba chapter was rife with stuff, as usual. Ayame shows up at the school to make the costumes for the play and supposes he could make Kyou into a slender prince. (If any of you are studying Japanese formally or informally: I've been wondering about the -mae endings that Ayame uses. I've heard other characters in other shows use it too, so I've got a feel of it, but I want to know the textbook meaning and I haven't had any luck looking it up on my own.) Machi says flatly that there is nothing princely about Yuki which makes Yuki go wide-eyed in a very 'omgsheseestherealme' kind of way. Kyou is sulking about the play and about what Yuki said to him about the red cap. Yuki tells him off for sulking and for worrying Tooru. Kyou yells at him not to bring her up, and desperately holds on to all the issues he can't let go of. It seems that Yuki baits him - knowing this. Giving it to Kyou because he needs it. Am I the only one who reads it this way? Yuki says (not out loud, but in the narration) "Sou deatte. Hoshi n' darou? "Iya na sonzai" ga itekurenai to jibun ga komaru n' darou?" Where the furigana for sonzai is yatsu. He thinks it with a look - is that aah, I don't know what that is!

Immediately afterwards the Kyou x Tooru (sub)text drips all over the pages. Be sure you have a mop handy. Tooru convinced the playwrights to create a prince character that is more suited for Kyou and easier for him to play. Heehee the perfect prince for Kyou. And of course there is nothing that Kyou can do but surrender to Tooru. *mad cackle* The blushing! The blushing!

Usa-p internally wept for Kyou at 08:29 | link |
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January 22, 2004

I've been watching Full Metal Alchemist and am enamored by Ed, with his pretty little braid (I love braids), and Al, who is illegally adorable. I've affectionately dubbed them "Braid" and "Tin Can" because for the life of me I can never remember their names. Their love for and devotion to each other melts my squishy little heart! Into goo! They are poor wounded boys. As I watch I keep thinking, kawai sou! Kawai sou!and I want to personally kick anyone who is mean to them or gives them a hard time. While the plot is also moving nicely, and it's interesting and intriguing and all that stuff, as usual what matters most to me are the little moments between Al and his Onii-san that show the intensity of their bond. In episode 15, after yelling at Ed for being stupid in a loving sacrificial hero kind of way, Al cried in frustration and his arm fell off. He said something to the effect of, "*sob**yell* and now look! My arm fell off! *frustration*" and Ed smiled softly and looked up at him with such an earnest, endearing expression of love! Oh, it was just beautiful, so beautiful I weep for how beautiful it was and repeat the word three times in a single sentence. They have stolen my heart away.

Usa-p internally wept for Kyou at 20:41 | link |
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January 18, 2004

This is going to be WAFFy, sappy, and disgustingly cute. You have been warned; proceed at your own risk.

So this morning Steve was sitting at the computer minding his own business...
Me: "My feet are cold!" *sticks feet under his butt*
Him: "No! No! You cannot skin me and turn me into booties!!"
Me: O_o??? ^___^ *giggle* "You cute."
Him: "Wait, so if they skin an otter, you'll cry, but if you skin me, you think it's cute!"

::flashback to night before::
Me: "There's a backpack that looks just like a real otter! It's cute!"
Him: "How do you know it's not a real otter?"
Me: ...*pause* "WAH You're so MEAN!"

Later, I hugged him and said "BOOTIES!"
Him: "No! No! You can't call me Booties!"
His nickname is still Grr, but I think every once in a while I will have to threaten to turn him into booties.

Yes, we're often like this...

Usa-p internally wept for Kyou at 21:59 | link |
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January 17, 2004

I watched the 1 hour Naruto special (eps. 66-67) and am delighted all over again at how Sasuke is a spotlight hog. There was a full screen shot of his crotch in his new black outfit, but it simply didn't do him as much justice as the original shot did. (Switches her LJ icon back to the original). I've decided to keep a catalogue of the occurances in the form of an army of icons.

Usa-p internally wept for Kyou at 19:25 | link |
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January 13, 2004

This seems to be the week everyone taunts me with Furuba figurine sets.

Usa-p internally wept for Kyou at 19:35 | link |
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January 12, 2004

I would sell my soul for THIS.

I can't be the only one.

And my favorite Yuki panel from Fruits Basket vol 13. I dub it the 'Talk to the hand, Manabe' picture. (No, that's not really what it says, but this is more amusing.)

Usa-p internally wept for Kyou at 20:59 | link |
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January 10, 2004

This is for Hikaru. When I went to pick up my Ribon I came home with both December's and January's issue because I apparently didn't pick up my issue last month. I haven't had time to read AiBaby yet, but I did flip through it on the train home. The major plot point at the moment seems to be Kokoro and Kippei's class goes on a school trip where they can afford to give each of the kids their own room (oooh!) How convenient! Then they have sex (remember I haven't read the dialog yet, so) ^_~. But oh no! Kokoro gets caught coming out of Kippei's room! Sensei has an aneurysm!

At this point I was so delighted and amused that I didn't look further. I'll give a better summary when I read it properly. If I have time maybe I'll scan it.

I love Ribon <3

There's also a new icon debuting on the LJ. (That one's for you, Hemlocke.) And new scans posted to Suspicious Acorns.

Usa-p internally wept for Kyou at 11:31 | link |
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January 8, 2004

I am plagued! I am germ-ridden! <3 I am now the proud owner of Orthomyoxvirus, Rhinovirus, Shigella, and Streptococcus microbes! I had completely forgotten these existed until Steve surprised me with them and I made my 'happy face'. They have ebola and the bubonic plague now!

*shuffles off to snuggle her obscure underappreciated plushies*

Usa-p internally wept for Kyou at 19:41 | link |
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January 7, 2004

I'm back and it's been ages. I'd blame it on the jet lag, but that'd be a lie. Since I have no normal schedule to begin with I can't very well mess it up, can I? I flew somewhere that was 3 hours behind and I still went to bed at 3 in the morning. It's just one of those things. I am just very physically and particularly emotionally exhausted.

I don't know if 'fun' would be a good way to describe the trip. I definitely enjoyed taking the trip down to meet Q and her fuzzy cats, and I was glad to meet up with her at the Seattle Kinokuniya. I also visited some old family friends and a good time was had by all.

Well, that is, except when the immediate family was in the same room with each other. Sigh. If I was wondering why it was that I decided that I will not travel with my family, (a decision made at a very early age), this was a sharp reminder. I have learned a good many things on this trip. Things such as, do not go on trips with family members who are having big emotional crises, especially if such family members have decided that you have not grown up to their liking and have decided to not acknowledge you unless it's to publicly shoot you down when you open your mouth. I have also learned that curling up in a ball on the floor in the corner behind the couch with the hopes that no one will see you and remember you are there only works for so long as they will inevitably get up and move into a position where you are no longer as inconspicuous as you had thought. I forgot not to eat in front of the family... that one ended pretty badly. Sigh. I seem to get in an awful lot of trouble for not saying a word. Is there something inherently offensive about not wanting to cause conflict? I get screamed at a lot simply for existing (and more often than not that really is the reason I'm getting yelled at). Blah. Well, out of four nights there were only two (separate) instances where I went off crying in the bathroom, and they were both in the same day, so I could probably consider that an improvement.

On a brighter note I'll be picking up my Ribon on Friday and I got Fruits Basket volume 13 while I was at Kinos. This is the volume that had a lot of the student council chapters which were difficult to follow when they were first released because of the lack of pictures. I didn't remember much and it was like I was reading it for the first time. There's a lot in there and will be raved about either this weekend, or when I figure out where on earth I put it because I seem to have misplaced it... >_<

Usa-p internally wept for Kyou at 23:17 | link |
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