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Version: 10.0
Featuring: Souma Kyou
From: Fruits Basket
By: Takaya Natsuki
Why: Give Kyou some love! Furuba pwns me.
Why: 'Disorderly Coconuts'
Misc: I've discovered the fun of embedding subliminal messages the text. Can you find them?

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Coconuts:

About Me:

Alias: Usa-p
Age: 24
DOB: May 8
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Sign: Taurus; Monkey
Homepage: Viola Tricolor
Anime/Manga Collection: List
Scans: Suspicious Acorns
UM: Magically Delicious
Email: MacsBrains@aol.com
AIM: MacsBrains
Keirsey Personality: INFJ
Keirsey Temperment: Idealist
Portrait: Pic from Dec 2001
Partner: Pic from May 2002

Favorites

Books: The Last April Dancers; Harry Potter series; His Dark Materials series; Dune series; Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series
Authors: Ursula K. LeGuin; Jean Thesman
Manga: Fruits Basket; Clover; Card Captor Sakura; Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne; Yami no Matsuei; Tokyo Babylon/X; Naruto
Anime: Fruits Basket; Princess Tutu; GetBackers; Trigun; Card Captor Sakura; Yami no Matsuei; Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou; Naruto
Mangaka: Tachibana Kaimu; CLAMP; Kouga Yun; Tanemura Arina; Yoshizumi Wataru
Mangazine: Ribon & occasionally Hana to Yume
Video Games: Lunar: SSS; FF IV + VI; Rhapsody; Zeldas
Board Games: Settlers of Catan
Fic Authors: See below

Favorite Fanfics:

Bluebird by Canis M.
Irresistible Poison by Rhysenn
DD/DS/DV series by Cassandra Claire
Shadows of the Moon by Leareth

Current Obsessions:

All things Furuba
All things Full Metal Alchemist
Harry Potter Slash
Shounen ai/Yaoi/BL
Ban x Ginji
Ribon Mangazine

Would Sell Soul For

A Gourry as Jellyfish plushie
Those Furuba figurines!
Any Furuba figurines!
Full Metal Alchemist figurines
An FMA National Alchemist pocket thing
Plushies of Tare!Ginji and Chibi!Ban-chan
Any clue as to what the Flip is going on in Full Moon
Tachibana Kaimu doujinshi
Toshimi Arina doujinshi
Artbooks, especially of the CLAMP persuasion
A pile

I Frequent:

Boondocks
Friendly Hostility
Moon Phase
KoDT Online

Big Attractions:

SHOUJOCON
Nimbus 2003
Random Fandom.org
Redbutterfly.net
CLAMPnet
Official Ribon Page
Bookslut

Blog Reading:

LJ Friends list
Castle in the Wind
Le Petit Livre Noir
Wingless Angels
Hinoko
Exaggeration
A Fine and Private Place
Killing Me Softly
Access Aelice
Passing Fancies
Open Up Your Mind
Furenchikisu
Star Scream
Gestalt
dust from a distant sun
Bookslut Blog
Ordinarily Whimsical
Antifreeze
Alchemy

Archives:

02/01 | 11/01
01/02 | 02/02 | 03/02 | 04/02
05/02 | 06/02 | 07/02 | 08/02
09/02 | 10/02 | 11/02 | 12/02
01/03 | 02/03 | 03/03 | 04/03
05/03 | 06/03 | 07/03 | 08/03
09/03 | 10/03 | 11/03 | 12/03
01/04 | 02/04 | 03/04 | 04/04
05/04 | 06/04 | 07/04 | 08/04
09/04 | 10/04 | 11/04 | 12/04
01/05 | 02/05 | 03/05 | 04/05

Links:

Doesn't Sei-chan look all evil and suave?
The original sadistic fondler of young bishounen uke boys. 
Fuuma has that title now Hehe... his trenchcoat is blowing...
Subaru-kun should be blowing other things... *cough* Stop waving that sword around, Kamui, 
or someone's going to lose an eye... This is a blob. 
He is googly, squishy, and cute.
He is also useless and green.
It's not easy being green.

Booger
Bay Ridge R line
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Globe of Blogs
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Spread the Love: SukiSho
The Menthol CondomClique! XDMenthol Condom Clique
< ? CLAMP Logs # >
If I were a video game character I would be Kong.
"Strong and passionate,
I tend to be misunderstood,
sometimes even feared.
I don't want to fight,
I don't want to cause trouble,
all I ask is a little love,
and a little peace.
If I don't get what I want,
I get angry,
and throw barrels
and flaming oil
at whatever's stopping me."
What Video Game
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February 28, 2004

Hissori, did you see this?

*runs away*

Ugh, the villians' special abilites are each more digusting than the last. At the risk of spoiling, the dude pulled his own humerus out and wielded it as a sword. How did Kishimoto-sensei come up with this one? It just boggles me that it would be a good battle strategy in any way to pause while you pull out your arm bone through your shoulder. It does seem to have the effect of dumbfounding your opponent for 1d4 rounds, but aagh!

Aww, Kiba loves his puppy.

And Shikamaru is teh really cool adjective. I want to smush his brain. He ponders the mathematics of music ♥♥♥

Usa-p internally wept for Kyou at 05:02 | link |
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I went to the Cloisters with my dad a few days ago. It's a section of the Metropolitan Museum of Art which houses much of their artwork from the Middle Ages. I'm not really one for art museums, but my dad is an artist and will often say the strangest things about the things he sees so he's fun to listen to. I also got to find out exactly how rusty my Latin is when trying to read the inscriptions. The exhibits were mainly architectural pieces (rooms from churches and monasteries, windows and doors, and of course some cloisters) and sculptures. I really enjoyed it. I prefer solid, tactile objects over drawings or paintings, although obviously I like those too since manga makes me all googly-eyed. Maybe it's because paintings are representations of objects, while sculpture is an object. (You could argue that a painting is an object.)

Argh. I'm tripping over my words here trying to find the right ones to express what it is that makes me prefer one over the other. I hate to write because it frustrates me that I can't communicate my feelings adequately, much less precisely. How can I explain why I find math pretty? How else can explain how much I wanted to fondle those illustrated manuscripts and drool over the calligraphy? Bah on my inability to write.

This post is an incomplete thought.

*grumbles and bites*

Usa-p internally wept for Kyou at 00:51 | link |
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February 24, 2004

Yesterday my eye doctor focused ultrasound on my eyeballs. Let me tell you that is the weirdest sensation O_o. (Ultrasound Pachymetry)

Usa-p internally wept for Kyou at 15:42 | link |
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February 22, 2004

Chapter 89 of Fruits Basket came out and somehow I missed it because I'm a bad girl who doesn't read her e-mail.

I shall comment as I read:

-- But Kyou, if Hana-chan married Kazuma think of how eventful life would be. *hee hee*
-- Kyou... Kyou's catching a clue? Can it be? Can it really be? Teh Blushing!
-- Tooru doesn't know what a DVD is, OMG so cute.
-- Momiji, you are an intuitive little bunny. Can I hug and kidnap you?
-- What's with Mogeta popping up randomly?
-- Haru and Hiro - what strange interaction ^^;;
-- No! No, Kisa, don't you dare angst about that. That will irritate me.
-- Sometimes I think Manabe is like a cross between Shigure and Momiji, as odd as that seems.
-- Princess! *chokes on drink* *falls over* *dies* Manabe, I <3 you.
-- No, no no no! Kyou, don't be stupid, you had a clue! You can't forgive yourself for thinking that? Well, I can't forgive you for thinking THAT!

*fangirls to death*

Usa-p internally wept for Kyou at 22:39 | link |
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February 20, 2004

Because am sheep...

Meme: Where and when did you first hear my name/see my work/meet me? with what people/series/groups etc. do you associate my LJ?

Wow, what a substantial post this was!

Usa-p internally wept for Kyou at 10:24 | link |
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February 18, 2004

Say it ain't so, say it ain't so! (via Hissori)

Ahh! I need confirmation of these spoilers, or I will burst!

*is depressed by FMA rumors*

Usa-p internally wept for Kyou at 18:04 | link |
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February 16, 2004

Erk. I took a nasty blow to the head during a spirited game of poke-the-nose. Owww, it hurts. If my IQ dropped a few points we can blame it on this. *clutches brain* This is also why this post consists of short fragmented thoughts.

Do the Full Metal Alchemist subs have a regular release day? It seems like 19 should be out already. *needs fix*

Re: Naruto anime ep 70 - One of many reasons why I <3 Shikamaru. They are doing a good job bringing the manga to life. Speaking of which...

Re: Naruto manga ch 204 - !!!%&#$ *spoiler*

Lastly, Hikaru, you especially should be interested, we're having an Aishiteru ze Baby wallpaper contest over at Suspicious Acorns to have some buzz before the anime starts. Prizes are yet unnamed goodies, but, yes, there are prizes.

Usa-p internally wept for Kyou at 03:47 | link |
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February 14, 2004

In the spirit of geek-dom:

Library of Congress Classification System or Dewey Decimal System?

Why?

(Seriously, I'm curious. Although I'm sure some of you might also be up for some LCCSxDDS action. ^_~)

Usa-p internally wept for Kyou at 05:18 | link |
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February 11, 2004

It's a little late, but I finally read Fruits basket chapter 88...

Cinderella-ppoi mono ^^;;

^___________^ <-- This is only a goofy grin on my face from that zen-like inner peace one feels after experiencing a moment of great glee when all is right with the world. This chapter was hysterical! What I wouldn't give to see it animated. The Kaibara High School playwrights outdid themselves.

Don't just take my word for it, I've compiled a collage of the shots of the audience throughout the play. Their expressions speak for themselves...

Usa-p internally wept for Kyou at 09:29 | link |
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February 8, 2004

Not happy.

So it rained in here several days ago. This was due to the ton of snow piled up on the roof which, when it began to melt, couldn't flow down the frozen gutters and decided to come into the house instead. Roof guy said he'd fix it once the gutters were unfrozen (i.e. let it continue to leak until it's all gone >_<. Which it did.) Finally he came and supposedly fixed it. Since it rained a day or two later, both inside and outside the house, we supposed wrong. Very, very not happy. Steve told the roof guy in no uncertain terms that he was going to do it right this time. Later that night a pipe in the closet between the kitchen and bathroom started leaking. Even here it's not the easiet thing to find a plumber at 5:00 in the morning. Then something happened to the phone line and Steve had to use my cell phone to call the phone company to come fix that too. The pipe is going to cost an arm, a leg, and six kidneys to fix, which we don't have, so the plumber went home and we have a bucket in the closet which we empty every couple of hours.

So he's tired and cranky, I'm tired and cranky, and things are generally sucking very much.

Usa-p internally wept for Kyou at 19:15 | link |
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February 5, 2004

That was just the worst Final Jeopardy question ever. I've wondered over the last several years whether Jeopardy really had become "Jeopardy for Dummies" or if it had always been this way and I didn't notice because the last time I watched it on a regular basis I was still a kid. This question pretty much cinches it. I'm quoting it as accurately as possible; the category was "Ripped From the Headlines":

"A November 2003 report said that simple tree-trimming could have prevented this event that affected 50 million people in August."

(A) - What's the deal with Jeopardy asking a final question about something non-obscure that happened ONLY SIX MONTHS AGO?

and (B) - None of them could answer it! One left it blank (inexcusable) and as for the other two, I'd like to see 'forest fires' affect 50 million people, because you know, it makes perfect sense for 50 million people to be in or very close to a forest.

I missed the intros but I'm sure it's safe to say that none of the contestants were from the east coast. They'd remember a little thing like a black out on a really hot night in the middle of August.

[/end rant]

Usa-p internally wept for Kyou at 20:01 | link |
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February 3, 2004

This season's new Ribon anime will be none other than the silly-titled Aishiteru ze, Baby. I'm looking forward to it and I have high hopes because it'll be difficult to mess it up (looks pointedly at Ultra Maniac and especially DNAngel). It's a story that can handle filler episodes without a problem. Much obliged toHikaru for informing me.

Now for the requisite pimping. For those unfamiliar with Aishiteru ze, Baby, Hikaru has a short summary here, and I posted a cracked-out summary in her comments area that I'm reposting here:

AiBaby in one paragraph or less:

Yuzuyu's (baby 5) mom went AWOL. Staying with family now. Cousin Kippei onii-chan saddled with a good portion of the duties. He's a decent average high school guy. Brings her to and from Kindergarten. They bond. Oh, how sweet. Kippei is popular with the girls. This is very good from a guy standpoint. Kokoro (yes, Kokoro) is girl with issues. Kippei picks her. They bond. Oooh, how touchy feely. Yuzuyu's mom shows up again only to continue to be deadbeat. Goes away. Aww, how sad! But then the story wouldn't go on if she stayed, so it's ok. Other stuff happens, mostly alternating between Kippei trying to be responsible with Yuzuyu and Kippei wanting in Kokoro's pants.

It seems that I don't have many AiBaby pictures up in the Ribon section at Suspicious Acorns. I'll have to rectify that on the next update.

Usa-p internally wept for Kyou at 21:10 | link |
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