Wicked World

2004-01-18T22:53:00.000-08:00

Firstly, need to put this on my journal for easy reference:-

honor bound

Don't mind about the American spelling, cos this one is one heck of excellent writing.
Really. This is story that tell class difference, honour and love. And dude, imagine, both of the main characters found solitude in war. And yet, peace aint suppose to be what they imagine. It's kinda like... no matter what your position is, it's ok if you have someone to love to be there with you. Yea... really leave a lasting impression on me- since I stayed up till 3am to read this.

On other news.... Q Detective School! Amakusa Ryu is exactly like I imagine Ruru-chan in detective environment. Cold, detach and just plain brilliant! And also, that dangerous and mysterious. Let's say... Q is almost equivalent to Sakuragi in SD, and Ryu with Rukawa. But at least Q is that smart, and is not as arrogant as the red-head. Overall, I shall wait for the next installment in this manga. Can't wait to get to Ryu!

2004-01-16T01:47:00.000-08:00

The Library of Moria: Aragorn / Sauron

Duuuude! Aragorn/Sauron! wohooo! Me is a happy happy happy lad. Cos ya know.... all those *cough* slashayyy.... yea, apart from the chemistry with Gandalf, Sauron is restless. Sauron knows. And Sauron is gonna get him!

Gah! what am I smoking? After years inside Steve Tyler's mansion.... yea.... It's the longbottom weed I'm telling ya!

2003-12-27T20:58:00.000-08:00

Lord of the rings- Return of the King

Lemme just start with the ending. When the credit rolled, I stood up, and began clapping. Yes, I'm the only one in the theater who did so. But yes, I will do it over and over again if it's suit me. shesh, I was the one that started to stand up after the excellent perfomance of Les Miserables in Bristol for God's sake. So, it's no surprise. I clapped.

And when it came to Billy Boyd as Pippin, we saluted. Cos he is involved in the most amazing scenes ever film. The Men-folk's signal of Middle Earth. wow! And of course, the most heartwarming scene I ever have previldge to witness. Faramir's useless almost-murder, and ths story that he sings, while Denethor eat. Gah! Billy delivered the perfomance of the year through his singing. That alone just... ok, you probably made from stone if you don't feel at least a twinge.

Other than that, I actually fall into those People-who-read-the-book-but-wonder-where-the-hell-is-that-scenes? group. I really really wanted them to show me The House of Healing. Because Aragorn was fantastic in that scenes. The nurse there who was like...
Altheas?
Kingsfoil
oh, we always use it for cooking, to make the smell go away you know.

And Gandalf is almost fidgeting and was about to curse the lady. mwahahaha! ok, it's war and Faramir is sick, but that is why the chapter is my favourite in the book! Ok, Extended, damm, is it November yet? And now, I'm going to go probably see it for the second time. The movie was that good!

2003-12-12T17:25:00.000-08:00

I saw me!

I saw me, beautiful me, with the gold hilt, reforged by the Elven Master, and given to Aragorn, the true heir of Numenor by Elrond. *whimper* I'm would be really excited if it's not because of all those hooplas surounded the movie, what being the last in the series and it's surprised the critics by kept on becoming the best movie year after year.

So really hope the hooplas is not going to destroy my enjoyment.

2003-12-04T19:03:00.000-08:00

Me is happy!

LOTR TT EE had been achieved.

And then, the boys gotta do something that makes the whole fandom squeal and shesh fuck me if they keep this up, somebody will be very very happy!

And the most, infamous... !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh boys....

2003-11-27T16:25:00.000-08:00

It's the fantastic redemption of LOTR, medieval style! me love love love it *g*

And this one is from Matrix: Revolution. lmao! hahahaha

For all those Backstreet Boys ppl out there! They goes medieval!

2003-11-18T19:49:00.000-08:00

2003-11-18T19:24:00.000-08:00

Time for some *nsync's recs methink. But bear in mind, since my fav is JC, lots of the story featured hi. Yea... I know, been forever. But I wanted to take the whole look and do some recs later. But na.... cos the fandom is big.

Some pic first.

This is Lance (green eyes) and JC (blue-gray)

This is Chris (brown eyes) and JC (grey)

This is Joey (hat) and JC (not tickly!)

And this is Justing (no hair) and JC (curl) in the making of What's Going On.

Ok, Finally! The recs. Hope you guys enjoy it as much as I enjoy it. wohoo!

The Last Place- Jae
Written as part of the Slash Across America Challenge (that produced some of my favs) on South Dakota, this story is one of the story where everything's went wrong. But they can't help from not be there. Chris is a PI, Justin's his assistant and Lance's his rich client. And in the middle is JC, who just being the object where everything's wrong. *sigh* It kinda grab you up and twist you and just in the end, it let you breathe. Chris, Lance:

Alberta by Bitterchick
This story is special for me, cos I started to read it in Early Oct 2003, My two years anniversary trip to the Canadian Rocky. So it's kinda fitting in my memory, hence, the story. JC is just gone, wanting to go to the castle he saw in the picture. Hence, Alberta. Chris follows. Chris:

The Other Half by BitterChick
Birtney and JC switched place. And hillarity ensured. Funny, funny with capital F! *cough* I like Britney in this one, and dang, if this story didn't make you rolled over the floor, just do it. It's good. Heck, read everything in her site, and you're not gonna be sorry. Chris, Justin:

Baby Blue by Foxmonkey
A four-years old JC appeared in Justin's doorstep. And it started from there. This story nailed it for me because of this sentence from JC's mom.

"He was about this age when he came to live with us," she began. "Such a little thing; God, Justin, he was so serious. He needed so much love." Her voice broke on the last word, and she waited a moment to speak again. "I never told him, but I cried every night the first month he was with us." She sat beside Justin on the bed. "He was such a little thing," she repeated. "He just...he just wanted someone to love him. He just broke my heart."

"Karen," Justin started, but she waved him quiet. She sniffed, and wiped at the tears on her cheeks.

"He was so serious, you know? Just...so careful around us, like he was afraid he'd do something to make us send him away." She pressed her palms to her eyes. "Josh looks just like him, Justin. He acts like he did, he sounds just like him. I don't think I can do it again. I gave him so much of my heart...I don't think I can do it again."

Why? cos JC was adopted, and the author showed what could had been in his childhood. Justin:

Two Pair and a Diamond Jack by White Diamond
It has noir written all over it. The gangsterism, the rival between three families, the PI, the mole, Read this! LA is a seedy place, and the only thing country guys can do is survived. Lance:

Montana by Rhys
Another Slash Across America thingy. Joey kinda kidnapped JC and forced him to eat. Joey is also wanted to fulfill his things-to-do-before-25. And did Joey make it? It's Joey!

Flame by Rhys
When I first saw JC in Pop, I was kinda wow! I want to grab his hair and just feel how soft it'll feel. And still do Hence, Flame, where JC act too gay to everyone's liking. Except Lance. hehehehehe.... And on the other hand, just read everything Rhys wrote. Cos she's a good one.

2003-11-12T17:33:00.000-08:00

from here.

MAY:
Stubborn and hard-hearted. Strong-willed and highly motivated. Sharp thoughts. Easily angered. Attracts others and loves attention. Deep feelings. Beautiful physically and mentally. Firm Standpoint. Needs no motivation. Easily consoled. Systematic (left brain). Loves to dream. Strong clairvoyance. Understanding. Sickness usually in the ear and neck. Good imagination. Good physical. Weak breathing. Loves literature and the arts. Loves traveling. Dislike being at home. Restless. Not having many children. Hardworking. High spirited. Spendthrift.

Music: Early Mornin's Brit Spears. Seriously, even when I was that young, I don't think about shaking moi ass on the streeet.

And Matrix Revolution has whip-bondage-leather party! Seriously, my sick mind wanted to see Ruru-chan in there somewhere! hehehehe.....

2003-11-06T17:14:00.000-08:00

A major - you love to live life to the full. You
have a vibrant social life and are not afraid
to take life as it comes. You are content,
bright and often spontaneous.

what key signature are you?
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A Major, hmm... not really my fav key. I like B Sharp better, I dunno, overall, in the end, they all combined, it'll make music.

Harry Potter spoted in the official ....*nsync's site. In Hagrid's voice, I was like... "Is that you 'arry?" I really have no idea they enjoy Harry Potter like the rest of the world. hehehehe

Stilll cannot find AA Lithium. Damm.

2003-11-04T19:09:00.000-08:00

You're TrickC. Bendy, spazzy and angsty. What more
do you need?

What is your REAL OTP?
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*nod nod* One of the first fav pairing, so it's cool man. Just need to post it somewhere.

And I'm going to watch Revolution this Saturday. Whatever the critics say about the movie (it aint gettin' no good reviews) the whole movie experience had been fun. So much fun. And funny if I recall, di Caprio was supposed to get the part of Neo, but he doesn't want to spend time in Australia. So it's Keanu's luck, I guess. Gah! I still miss River and him, together. And look how well he has become.

So yea, can't wait! :D

2003-10-29T19:27:00.000-08:00

So what the hell have I been duin'? missing for more than a month from my blog? The thing is, I want to upload my pictures I took at the anime festival somewhere before coming back here. But then, I need to find my batteries. How hard it is to find an AA size lithium?

Very difficult, it turns out to be.

Damm.

And apart from that, I indulge myself in *Nsync slash. Yes, there are some bad writings. And yes, there are some brilliant writings. It gave me tons of ideas, wonderful, wonderful! The RPS and pretty, sparkly, dancing boys. Wo! Ok, I will try to get back later with more fics. Seriously, the experience in *nsync slashdom had been wonderful. *mwah!*

On the other side:

b'day personality 'ere.

What it says:

Honesty - I'll try to be.

Of unusual beauty - huh?

does not want to impress - but why ppl think differently?

well-developed sense of justice - I could go on and on for this one...

vivacious - Gulp!

interested - I like a lot.

a born diplomat - I was born to kiss ass... nice

but irritate and sensitive in company - ppl know, and yea

often due to a lack of self-confidence - which is i think true.

acts sometimes superior - I'm the eldest! whatcha' think?

feels not understood loves only once - never been there.

has difficulties in finding a partner. - I'm quarter-century old. Yeah.

2003-10-03T02:40:00.000-07:00

Randomness of the Day : Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely is really really good. :p

Second randomness of the Day : Mr Joshua can croon... He's like... the King of Croon or sth

and suddenly, a swordy realised... liking boyband is a...

oh heck, what the heck.

I am not ashame of pretty boys, why in the world boybands any different?

*throw confetti to celebrate the coming out*

Now... everybody can run far far away....

2003-09-26T01:20:00.000-07:00

Your POTC Man-Slave by that_one_chick
Name
Age
Slave	Geoffrey Rush
Slave chore	kinky sex. you freak.

Created with quill18's MemeGen!

Been listening to N*Sync's POP. Now, I know why people slash their favourite boyband. Just like a my first slash ... SG. Cos ya know, they sing in group, sing in harmony. When Justin sing the first verse, everyone support him, then, it´s JC´s turn, (whom, in mz opinion, has a good voice), while during that... everybody support him. What made me realised is that... they are all together in voicing their opinion, and well... I think I dont need to actually see the potential, I can hear it ! hehehehehe....

2003-09-21T23:52:00.000-07:00

There's an Otaku somewhere in the Valley on Saturday. I was sooooo gonna come. Was I said. Ficken Sie the whole Saturday is a full working Saturday. Argh!! Why in the world my company cant be normal like any others? And an off-day? I wish. No one can replace me. No one. Warum? I'm the only underpaid skilled worker who no one wants to replace.

Oh FICK!

I think, I will do the most evil thing in the world. Playing hooky. mwahahahahahaha! dammit, I am soooo gonna be there, on that Saturday itself. But really, if there is a convention on Sunday, I will be there instead.

argh!!!

2003-09-17T17:57:00.000-07:00

Gah! Went ahead and watched Turn Left Turn Right. So.. am I gonna do the whole eeeek-shrek-teenager (not a teenager anymore) or a profesional critic?

I'm just gonna be me and if suddenly I'm drooling... well, it is permissible. hehehehe...

It was good. The movie was beautifully shot, with all the colours and the personalities shown together in one movie. I mean, you had to have a certain view of the character if you want to include both of them in one shot, yet, not letting them came face to face with each other. Then, you really appreaciate Taipei as this vibrant, rainy city, and yet, with a dash pf local pride. Furhermore, there's the soundtrack. I love the soundtrack! I love the theme song that was sung by this Singaporean songstress (forgot her name, sth like shen sen or sth). I slept with that song in my head. I wanna get that song, heck, all the three versions I heard in the movie- vocal, piano, and violin.

How's the actors? How's the characters? Love to tell ya, they nailed it to the T. Gigi Leung is fantastic. She got her German understandable to my ears, although it was still accented. She's the strong women. She was afraid when she needs to be afraid, she cried when she needs to cry, and overall, she really wanted to meet Takeshi. I think all the women (minus the stalker) in this movie are strong. There's the food-delivery girl, who stood her feet against a crazy doctor, and in the end, ends up caring for him too. There's the landlady, who you know, you dont want to cross path with her. (Takeshi did /:)

And Takeshi. After all the drooling my friend did, I got to admit, he really looks good when he's all grown up. I mean, he's cute when young, but become more handsome as he appraoch 30. And as in this character, he's that violinist. He's alone, and dammit you root for him to finally meet the girl whom the name he never knew. There's a lot of Takeshi in the violinist. The shy, reclusive, man who opened up to the one woman which walk parallel in fate. *sigh* Yes, he's a hopeless romantic.

Slash possibility? well, in a movie full of hetero couple, my slashy mind pointed to one. The restaurant owner and Takeshi. I dont know, he went to take the job as a violin player in one restaurant, just... oh heck, I know I know... my imaginary is just that.

oh heck, I'm suppose to work. shhh....

2003-09-14T17:47:00.000-07:00

Just finished HP5, late at night... and now I'm sleep deprieved. Yea yea... it's been ages I know. But I kinda stopped at chapter 15 and then picked up from there. Just like the story...

So now, everyone knows the story, ya think I thould put a spoiler space here? what the heck... This review contrains spoiler. Do not read it the rest....

Ok, back to the review: The story really picked up from chapter 15 onwards. Hermione's DA idea, the togetherness in their group, the very very nasty Umbridge, Harry's personal lesson with Snape (for Snarry worshippers out there!), Snape revelation, and Sirius's death. It's so so...@.@

Snape! My dearie Snape. Now Ms Rowling had explained the rigin of Snape's nastiness, can we have an explanation why Snape is so obssessed with Defence Against Dark Arts? hm? Come on Ms Rowling, it'll be cool. And they did NOT take off his pants! My slashy mind conjure many kinds of images. eeek!

Sirius's death is so sudden. Killed by your own cousin, the last of Black family... kinda well, give the pang to your heart. He's like the coolest Godfather anyone ever had, more like a brother you wished you had. Always up to his mischievous way, untill Hermione reluctant to continue with the DA's idea cos of Sirius's support. And the whole family, yes, he is related to the Malfoy's. *cringe* The thing again, the fact that according to Harry, Sirius's was tortured and gagged and unable to move had managed to conjured lots of things in my slashy mind. *bang head*

Overall, the book is good. Although it did not kept my interest for a long... (for stopping at chapter 15 for a long time...) and the surprise is not really there anymore (Voldie in book 4 is unexpected, Voldie in Book 5 is expected), the tone of the book is still there. Ms Rowling managed to create a very nasty character (Ms Umbridge), an atmosphere of helplessness (announcing the High Inquisitor), the worst ever punishment (banned from Quilditch? what the heck??!!), some revelations (Black's and Snape's past), magical creature (Threstal), the funniest commentator (Lee Jordan's on Angelina? hehehehe.... ) and the coollest get-away ever! (The Weasly Twins! I love the Wesley twins!)

Overall, there's a good reason why I slept very late and still finished it. Very engaging indeed....

2003-09-04T17:46:00.000-07:00

Whoa! I've watch Pirates of the Caribbean yesterday. What a show! It was so entertaining! Johnny Depp was so.... Jack Sparrow! Captain of the feared Black Pearl. Arguable the worst pirate in the caribbean water. And the best! And the clumsiest. Overall, he's the coolest man every with black eyeliner.

Serius, if you want to talk about it, you got to talk about Captain Jack Sparrow (he's very particular on that one). The character was the one that carried the whole movie, the whole I'm-better-than-you and you know it confidence, he's a lil bit like me! hehehehe.... in a way, I can relate. Seriusly, I'm always walk as in I'm about to fall, which is scary.

Just go ahead and watch it, you will have a good time.

Slash potential? duh! There's the two leads.... and there's the commodore and blacksmith, and the commodore and the pirate, and come on... men on board and none of lady, you got to make sth out of it! *g*

2003-09-03T18:57:00.000-07:00

I'm the Anti-Ken!

I love my manga and anime, and I'll scream if someone tells me to stop writing that fanfic and get out more.

I'm Glühen Schuldig.
Which Weiß Kreuz Glühen Character Are You? @ Shakunetsu no Honoo.

hahahaha! Ok, I never seen Gluehen, so I have no idea. But if he is as he is now in WK, man! I'm proud! *g* I'm ok as long as it's one of the Schwarz boys... yay! So beware, this is me then!

thankfully. The only similar trait I have with Ken is that we both play football. But then, he's a goalie, I'm not.

2003-09-01T07:02:00.000-07:00

I've been watching Weiss Kreuz, up till eppy #23. wai!!!! Just when they're about to tie it all together! Waiiiii!!!!!

Ok, so, what I think??? I like Schwarz! hehehehe... yea, call me badass. *grin* Up till ep3, I think Crawford's the coolest, Up till Ep 15, I vouch for Nagi, Up to Ep 23, go Schulig!

My fav of all is Nagi! That kid is something, still managed to fall in love after a warning from Crawford, still managed to do two things at the same time: Typing using his telekinetic power AND hacking. And shesh, he could teach Yohji one or two about pickup lines! Beautiful scene. I love it. And yes damit, I cried when *waiii!!!* Nagi and Tot...

And since I only watched till Ep 23, what the heck is with Tot.... Dont tell me Nagi got in her or sth like that.

Overall, animation wise, it could still be improved, especially in th movement. But dammit, story and characters were so engaging that you forgot other flaws the series might have.

Yohji, ok, he's my fav in Weiss. Cos he smokes, he's a dang playboy and he used wire. So? It's very difficult to bend a thread to your need. So that is why Yohji is cool in that sense.

Now, I'm gonna hunt for the last remaining episodes. hehehehe...yea, I enjoyed it.

2003-08-13T00:36:00.000-07:00

Ruroni Kenshin had finished.

Finished!

For the last four years... I waited for the next edition of the manga. For the last four years, I laughed at Sano's attics, proud with Yahiko's maturing, and see the grown love between Kaoru and Kenshin. Four years of unforgettable memories, then, Saitoh Hajime came.

Man! What a sap! But....

I cried when I reached Saitoh's ending. It was autumn, and Kenshin can't fight using Hiten Mitsurugi's style anymore. But... he still walked to the police's HQ, give Saitoh the letter of invitation... to have one last fight. A ghost from the past have to lie down, so Kenshin can let go and really start living.

Saitoh didn't go. He ignored the invitation, he never says he really going. Because for him, it's no use to fight an ex-Battohsai that doesn't want to kill anymore. And the Autumn wind blew all his desire... He disappeared, the Police sent him somewhere, and the 'Aku, Soku, Zan' principle went away with the wind. Never stay, never even to say goodbye!

Gosh! He's such a beautiful character, and really, although I did sniff when Rukawa and Sakuragi hi-fived each other, the Saitoh Hajime's ending from Ruroni Kenshin, really made my eyes red for the whole night.

I just wish it never ends. Yet... it was so beautiful! Thank you Watsuki! Thank you sooo much!

2003-08-05T23:54:00.000-07:00

Muraki Kazutaka

Which Yami no Matsuei Character Are You?
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nyahahaha! Ok, Muraki would not laugh like that. But whoever see this.... I'm not evil! Honest! After I got Vicious, how could I be evil???

But I love Muraki!

2003-08-02T19:26:00.000-07:00

Which Cowboy Bebop character are you?
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nyahahahahaha! I got Vicious!! man... Let's slash all the oldies and take over the underworld! Apparently, living in Mars is very cool...

2003-07-31T00:43:00.000-07:00

I've been looking... well, I've been looking around. Especially towards GW. Found some interesting tidbits.

For eg:

SINCE WHEN SANZO AND KAEDE ARE TOGETHER????

ehem...

Ah yes, and Midorikawa-sama has starred in two yaoi drama cds in which his lover was played by Toshiko Seki, Duo's seiyuu. (Midorikawa-sama's character was uke in both ^___^) I haven't come across any yaoi or non-yaoi dramas in which any of the other character's seiyuu were paired up. Well, maybe Heero's and Zech's. They're in a lot of stuff together.

more here

And speaking about Heero and Zech's..

Midorikawa: Yes. Actually, I remember the first time I met Koyasu-san. It was at an audition for a certain work.
Koyasu: I don't remember that at all.
Midorikawa: That was the first audition I ever got, and Nobutoshi Hayashi was there, too. Somehow, Koyasu-san's face and other things made a lasting impression on me. So, when we started working together, I recognized him and thought, "Oh, it's that guy." But that doesn't mean I particularly remember anyone else.
Koyasu: Wasn't it that you were in love with me?
Midorikawa: Wha~t are you saying?! (laughs)
Koyasu: That's love at first sight, isn't it? Geez, if that's the case, you should have just said so in the first place. (laughs)

lmao! hahaha! my goodness, this Zech/Hotohori/Rezo is one heck of talkative guy!

more...

2003-07-24T02:34:00.000-07:00

Which Rurouni Kenshin Character Are You?

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It's the Fox!

2003-07-23T07:38:00.000-07:00

Suddenly, I feel like doing a CSI slash!

*spoiler*

*BIG SPOILER*

*DONT READ COS I DONT WANNA GET SUE DAMMIT!*

I opted for Grissom/Greg slash. Cos last week's episode,- the lab explosion, and Greg was injured, well, you gotta admit Grissom looked so concern. Totally. And tonight's, well, Grissom was the one who noticed Greg aint well, he was shaking. And he told that guy to take care.

Aww.....

Although Grissom thinks Greg is obnoxious, arrogant youth, he stil care!

awww....

*END SPOILER*

whew!

2003-07-23T00:21:00.000-07:00

You know you really really a fan when...

You squeal!

- when Rukawa kicked Maki's ass! (fan of the character, or fan of the pairing)
- when Sendoh and Rukawa teased? flirt the heck of each other.
- when Rukawa kicked Sannoh's asses!
- when Saithoh Hajime lit his cigarette after beating the heck of the bad guy
- when Spike threw a high-flying kick and move like water....

And more!

2003-07-21T08:18:00.000-07:00

Which SD bishounen are you?
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*as Maki*
Cool! and now, where the heck is my MakiRu slash fics?

*tap feet*

*while Anduril slowly edging away*

2003-07-20T07:00:00.000-07:00

Just a short note, and man! there's lots of things I want to talk about.

Firstly, Prin will be coming! To Singapore that is. She will see her Deep Purple Collection at the Comic Jam 4, (venue will be announced later). Man! I wanna go! I'm excited. And I'm probably gonna be at her booth and start drooling at those two boys in the poster.

Here it is:
Date : 6 Sep 03 (Sat)
Time : 2-4:30pm
Venue : Singapore

If anyone wants to know more, I think you have to email doujinshi@hotmail.com

And one more thing... dang! I wanna go, yet, I don't think so. shesh! But it wil be a really good opportunity!

2003-07-11T08:50:00.000-07:00

Happy SenRu Day!!

*looking at all the glares*

I did plan something, but somehow, my night classes interfere with the plan. *sigh* I really wanna make it make it memorable. Guess I got to repeat what I did last year. The posting of the ELY one week after SenRu Day.

But never fear! Everyday is a SenRu Day in my heart. awww....

MUSH!

Hope you have a good day everybody.

2003-07-02T05:53:00.000-07:00

I found this opinion while browsing, and well...dang, I do agree with it.

- Rukawa and anybody
IMHO, Rukawa can be the most sensual character in the series. See him as a man, years into the series, who knows his own sexual charm and knows exactly what he wants -- and if it's sex especially -- you'll see a lot of possibilities and a lot of lemons. There's just something about seeing that cold mask of his drop in the throes of passion (or seeing that vulnerability disappear into fierce passion)... Seme or uke, he's interesting.

soulmyre. hereda

hehehe... although I prefer him as a uke, but I really can't deny, she got Rukawa there, on the spot. Interesting indeed. For the rest of her opinions on SD slash, there it is. And yea, she is neutral in her view.

nuff rambling.

2003-06-27T21:46:00.000-07:00

Stabbing? who would want to stab me? eek! Now I'm getting totally paranoid. And besides, shesh, I'll be so old at that time! 2031... yep.

2003-06-25T07:47:00.000-07:00

oh the weirdness of the world.

Crystal can't wait for me to finish reading HP5, and I can't wait for her to finish CB session 26. She wants to talk about the what-happened in the book. I want to talk about the ending.

So, we have to wait till we actually catch up with each other's current obsession.

2003-06-23T06:45:00.000-07:00

So...

*stunt*

lol.

I lost the bet, but heck, it seems so is everybody else.

dang, just when I was thinking to slash that guy with Snape. You know, the lovely scene in Book 4, where both of them grudgingly accepted each other hand's cos of Dumbledore's order. Just when Harry might have a caring of his Godfather. Just when a sole survivor from Harry's father past appear...

and he's gone.

Dang!

And yes, I am talking about Harry Potter ere. Got a sneak peek at it, but not a full blown reading yet. Crys is right, when Harry is mad, Harry is terribly mad, even The Hulk have to stay farrr... away.

Note: The euphoria with HP#5 had even managed to take The Hulk's fanfare away.

2003-06-20T19:07:00.000-07:00

Which Rukawa-Uke Pairing are You?
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huh? Well, I suppose that's fine by me. hehehe...

Yesterday, I went to a bookstore, try to order HP#5. Well... since it was in hardback, and I don't really prefer hardback, it made went uhhh... where's the softcopy for it?

Shokeeper: It will arrive tomorrow at seven.
Adnruil: But I thought we should get it first.
Shopkeeper: No, 7am is 12 midnite in the UK.
Anduril: Oh ok, I'm sure you already received the stock. May I take a look.
Shopkeeper: No, it will arrive later.
Anduril: Puhleesee... *cue the flattering eyelashes*
Shopkeeper: No, we will get sue if we give it to anyone.
Anduril: Just the cover please?
Shopekeeper: You'll get it tomorrow.

Hence... Anduril's world adventure into the Harry Potter World....

2003-06-19T23:46:00.000-07:00

And the bet is on!

HP5.

Me: Dumbledore will die.
Crystal: Mrs Wesley.
Tim (my friend): Hermione.

2003-06-19T06:09:00.000-07:00

Sorta wish list:

1. Next chapter of BH+H
2. 'Peace', the last trilogy of Faith series.
3. A nice super-duper scoop of Haagen dazs with tons of chocolate syrup on top.
4. A big paycheck. <-- waiting for bonus.
5. Portable Mp3 player.
6. Most importantly, my concentration so I can get my writing back up.

Still trying...

2003-06-17T07:13:00.000-07:00

Firstly... thanx Crystal for insisting Cowboy Bebop to be included as one of my anime collection.

What can I say? after 20 episodes (haven't finish it),I can safely declared.

It's brilliant! Simply.

I love it! I love the whole series. I love the ergh, I think I wanna do the whole per-episodes review.

But in my opinion, from Disc 1 (3 discs altogether) I love Session #5, The Ballad of Fallen Angels. and from Disc 2, I am literally rolling over Session #11 (I think) Toys in the Attic.

Yoko Kanno's music is simply suiting. wow!

2003-06-16T06:26:00.000-07:00

*take a deep breath*

Yes. Finished posting. And now, I just got this feeling... I can't wait to continue writing.

Does this mean I have my grrove back?

Hope so.

2003-06-15T07:47:00.000-07:00

Got a quiz.

what's your cowboy bebop theme song?

hhmm...

Truthfully, I never heard of the song before. Wonder which episode that was.

2003-06-13T07:23:00.000-07:00

*mwah*

Talked to Crystal this morning. I stated in my blog that I will post TBK this week. And weekend in coming really really fast (2 more hours) and I have to really do my best here.

Crystal's having an off day, the celebration of her independence Day. I thought the Government suddenly decided to change the date into a new one. Thankfully, it made easier just by bring backward the day to have a longer weekend. If there was, I thought Rizal will rolled in his grave or something.

Then Crys was like... that's what happened for all the womanizing he did in his life. I was like @.@ LMAO! Such a classic! Man Crystal, you sure know how to make people rolled on their place. She was quite surprise that I know Rizal.

I know Rizal ages ago, ever since I read this book that told the stories of brave women in their fights for justice and freedom. One of the lady is Rizal's mother, whom the author had huge respects. I read how he became a doctor, and went back to his country, and did some sorts of stuffs. He married and then, an hour later, was executed with the firing squad.

Man...

So yea... I'm going to push myself to look at TBK, and later on, when I'm really satisfied that the spelling and grammar is ok... then... hopefully people will like the whole story.

2003-06-09T07:23:00.000-07:00

On the other hand...

Anyone for Smith/Neo? hehehe.... ya know, Keanu Reeves was in My Own Private Idaho. Rive Phoenix was in My Own Private Idaho. They played street hustlers and River's character fall in love with Keanu's obnoxious spoiled-rich kid character.

My mind doing all sorts of image. hehehe...

It's diffcult to talk about River. He had died, drugs overdoes. I missed him. And I think Keanu missed him more. It's just...he's talented. He can go really far. The circumstances that brings him to do what he did. I hope it's not happening to anyone in the world.

Utopia... yea.. I know.

Rest in Peace Riv.

2003-06-09T07:19:00.000-07:00

Talking to Crystal this morning... (if you can call it talking, she said hi, I squeezed her and all) had reawakened this... passion on writing. Don't get me wrong, I love writing. I love imagining any sorts of torture that I can do to Ruru...

Ruru: -_-

It's just I did not have the.. well... time to actually type?

I could blame it on the Internet. Ever since I have this package, I feel like I wanted to read what's on the Internet than actually writing something. Ok, I am lazy.I admit. An work is not helping at all.

What I can do... I can dedicate everynight to write my fic. Not Wednesday cos it's CSI night. Not really Monday cos it's the first day of week blah blah blah. Well... from the plan I have here, it seems I have no time to write fics at all!

err... that doesn't really work eh?

Ok, I wanna write and write I shall!

But first... which of these muses I should start with?

hmmm....

Ok, I'll post the second part of The Boy ,King this week. It's been four months. And that's the long time I went stagnant.

Gambatte to me! Hopefully I'll be able to err... produce something.

2003-05-28T08:13:00.000-07:00

The final of CL is tonight, or tomorrow morning, however you wanna see it.

Man! So so nervous, so bloody nervous.

I will root for AC Milan of course. The team I supported for... I don't know! Ages! And I like it about myself. Cos I saw them play, and wo! I have fallen in love with the passion and the skill. I have fallen in love with Italy, with football, with everything this world have to offer.

And my travelling bug started to bite, again. I wanna go there again. San Siro, you can feel the atmosphere of the grand stadium. Italy, they're really proud of them. The whole experience, planning, been there, and going back home... Just... undescribable!

So... I will watch it tonight. Hopefully, the best result will be the end result today.

2003-05-23T03:00:00.000-07:00

I want Mitsui's Birthday. At least I can shared some angst and cool attitudes. But a day later should be good enough? right? hmm... dunno.

So, Happy Birthday me! And I'm still young at heart last time I check.

2003-05-21T07:46:00.000-07:00

you're the bassist!

what band member are you?
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2003-05-18T06:17:00.000-07:00

I watched The Matrix-Reloaded on Saturday. And lemme tell you, well, it is fricking brilliant! I watched The Matrix back on 99', such an amazing year, lots of new directors emerged, great movies (The Sixth Sense, The Phantom Menace) and just a fascinating countdown to the millenium bug explosion. Back there, I'm impressed. Totally impressed on how they used influences from Asian cultures, 'I know King-Fu' (me and other geeks kept on saying 'I know programming'.- make our lives easier), the acupuncture for medicinal purposes, the Godfather of Logic, Lewis Carroll himself, and most interestingly, the anime style shooting.

Since anime style has a deep meaning in my vocab, I could see the movie has a whole different meaning to me.

For Reloaded, well, for me, it started quite slow in the beginning. The action wasn't as spectacular as the first one, in which Trinity kicked the donut-eating-cops' ass. Then, there's a whole Zion thing, and a lot of new characters introduced. But gotta tell you guys this, the new characters weren't as gripping as the first one, bar probably the Chinese guy who could just ask instead of showing his kung-fu skills.

The action really started to speed up when Neo sees the Oracle. The Neo vs Smiths scenes are brilliant. My friend told me it look too CGI for her, and she reminded of Shrek. But then again, Shrek also took from The Matrix (remember the kung-fu kicking princess everyone?). As for looking too CGI, well, The Matrix is actually a computer program, of course it will look CGI. That's what it do. So I wasn't totally disturbed by it. Besides, the scenes are extremely cool. And I think it's the best Kung-Fu scene in The Matrix.

Of course, everyone talks about the highway scenes. The whole action scene wasn't that original, but the way they executed it is so refreshing. The camera angle, the effects, the explosion, and they got to fights two baddies instead of one. The car chase scene, somebody was right when he said, it makes The Fast and Furious looks like The Slow and The Dimwitted. But my fav is the end, when well, it wasn't much of action, but the way Neo flew from the building as fast as he could make Superman looks.... *insert fav adjective here*

But in the end, can't wait for Revolution. Cos Reloaded, in the end, showed us, that Neo is one screwed guy.

As for the Slash potential, like the first movie, I could see Smith/Neo, probably Morpheus/Neo (his beliefs is quite scary), and don't forget the ack! forgot the bad guys's name, remember when he says to Trinity in the phone 'Look into his big pretty eyes and tell me you believe'. As for Reloaded, Merovigians/Neo everyone? He must be pretty dammed mad when Persiphone seduced him. ehem. Or maybe the guys-who-like all things French is just a pure romantic. hehehe...

2003-05-09T23:23:00.000-07:00

Just wanna say I'll be away for a week and *snif* no Internet, no Slam Dunk, no delicious Rukawa Kaede, only works....

Hopefully I'll be able to get my muse while I'm away. eek!

2003-05-08T03:48:00.000-07:00

Ok, hush now. I know I did not really post for a long time. Just because, I forgot how to write.

It's true!

Each single words, each single character that I typed now.

It feels force. It feels demanded. It's not natural. Maye I can blamed it on the mysterious sickness I've been having. This is the thrid day I never got out of the house. And man! I never realised my muscle is *that* weak. I can't even stand straight. And these same person is gonna be out and running by next weak.

shesh, fat chance. ergh, lemme sleep.

On the other hand! Saitoh Hajime, welcome to my living room! hehehe... The fight between him and Kenshin, IMO, is the best fight scene I ever seen In Samurai X up to date. Well, there's more! It gets more interesting when Saitoh appeared. And suddenly, it became something that can't be missed! Good.

2003-04-22T04:28:00.000-07:00

*take deep breath*

NANI?

Somebody... *gulp*

Ok, ok, it's not really my idea, and I will out Crystal as the person responsible for it. But somebody actually..

Well....

Somebody declared May 10th as Vice-CaptainsXHana.

Sounds familiar?

Yea... I know. Just like we had April 11th as CaptainsXRu, and they forgot the event in April, and now, it's their turn. hhmm... maybe I'm peeved off, but damm, imagine my reaction when I saw that. Guess it's all have to start somewhere, right.

Let's imagine Vice-Captains, there's Kogure. errr.... well... he's kinda, n'v mind.

That Akagie look-alike in Shoyo. no-ope.

Ikegami from Ryonan. Well... he's ok I suppose. But he does not have a strong physical existent in the anime.

The best one if definetly Hanagata of Shoyo. hehehe... read Cry's fic to know why. Nuff said.

2003-04-19T07:08:00.000-07:00

Donald Rumsfeld - Secretary of Defense
You are a hawk. You love violence, mayhem and
bloodshed. You bristle when people question
your opinions, think up charming puns and
folksy word play to dismiss your critics. The
sound of artillery arouses you sexually.

What member of the Bush Administration are you?
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I'm just pure eeeeevileee.... (can't spell)

2003-04-11T08:16:00.000-07:00

My goodness! It's been a week since my last post. Ok, talking about French language and its grammar and words with Val. It wasn't too bad. Funny thing about French was that, I kinda pick it up by myself. No formal education, no classes. Just listening to friends' conversation, and at the same time, since I have to study the theory behind human language vs machine language, the grammar tend to fit on my friend's conversation... and it really started off from there.

And today is MakiRu Day! Man! I feel so guilty for not doing anything. Thankfull, Crystal had posted The Making of Memory. Wohoo! a MakiRu! And man o man, I better go and read it, I have 45 minutes of local hour before the day officially finish.

2003-04-03T07:36:00.000-08:00

I got suck into a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine slash. Julian uke ^^ Man.... one fic after another and another.... How did I get here anyway? hehehe....

Why Julian uke? He's my favourite character, he's annoying, he's perfect in physical sense and he's a first-post doctor. He's interesting, that was it. hehehe.... oh heck, I made a coherent reply when my mind in the right stage.

*wonder when*

2003-04-02T07:22:00.000-08:00

Trillian! Day number 2 of using trillian, I like it! Now, if I could just make sure how to reconnect to it ASAP when I accidently got dc-ed....

Ruroni Kenshin started on AXN today. First episode. hhmm.... I don't know how to make of it. It's erm... quite weird to hear a slightly feminine voice for Kenshin. And Kaoru was kinda so... I don't know how to say this, too emotional? And the line when she said "I don't want a Battousai, I want a Ruroni to stay..." I think I prefer the version in my head when I read that in the manga before.

Overall... hehehe... can't wait for the appearance of everybody else! In particular, Saitoh Hajime (who else!)

2003-04-01T06:51:00.000-08:00

What is this thing that I heard... Leslie Cheung dead? Suicide? From the top of Mandarin Oriental Hotel in HK?

Spokeman confirmed the person involved is of surname Cheung, and is 46 and left a suicide note.

ARGH! If it's a April Fool's joke, it's NOT funny! But Reuters and AP had reported it.

NOOOO!!!!

And blogger publishing service is temporarily unavailable. shesh.

2003-03-31T16:48:00.000-08:00

you're quenya. you were made up by j.r.r. tolkien,
and you're not really a complete language, but
that doesn't stop you from being used all over
the place, usually with a lot of dramatics.
you like pretty things and pomp and
circumstance. watch out for those dusty books,
though; you might get mistaken for greek.

what foreign language are you?
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2003-03-30T05:08:00.000-08:00

*accidently reading previous post*

*shudder uncontrolably*

DON"T REMIND ME!

On the other hand, I like the song Clock by Coldplay. I love the music! Man! I wanna see them perform again! I wanna I wanna! I remember the bar where they performed, and I was there, before they were famous. The band came from South-West England, and some of the biggest town there is Exeter. I was in Exeter for three years, and I managed to see them perform. Chris Martin looks lol, well, he looks like a typical Brits, with fleece and crop hair, what do you expect eh?

And I've been walking around the high street trying to search for Chris Martin. Here's the thing, in 2002, they won the Birts Award for the Best Band and Best Album (for Parachute), and well, Chris sorta swore on the tele. His parents were sooo peeved off, and lmao! In their own words, they reprimanded Chris: " We did NOT raise you as good boy so you can swear on national tele!"

In which I was doing the whole... trying-not-to-laugh-out-loud thingy. Poor Chris. Poor mama and papa for having the heart attack. oh man, Chris, if you can write songs like Clock, it's ok, you're forgiven! ;)

Note: Chris Martin is the lead singer of Coldplay. I watched them performed once, in a club call The Tavern (or sth) down in the riverside in Exeter. And yes, they were not-yet-famous at that time.

2003-03-25T21:43:00.000-08:00

You're RuHana!
Quiz by Kimi-chan

I suppose to have RuHana.

That is so so cruel.

There's nothing crueler than this! (Ok, there are some things, but bear with my feelings with this at the moment, ok?)

Dammit!

Ok, take a deep breath, maybe the whole fandom of RuHana had ruined it for me, maybe, there are some things that can still survived the case.

But what the heck?

I am NOT a RuHana fan and I got the pairings? Well, how can you tell with only four questions only?

*still NOt believing for getting a RuHana*

2003-03-23T07:38:00.000-08:00

Ok. erm... I wanna discuss something, but now I sorta forgotten.

Firstly, I don't know what type of fic-writers are you. Are you easily sway to the way of the critics/reviewer/readers/others? Or are you the type of person who will stick to your plot no matter if you'll loose your readers/fans?

It's just... some reviewers can be so dammed persuasive. Like... "I want Sendoh to come and take Hanamichi away, then, Rukawa will realise his love for Hanamichi" or "Throw Sendoh into the plot and making it more complicated for Rukawa to get Hanamichi." Sure it's ok, but the reviewers also had it for a HanaRu type of story, where Sakuragi seems to be the one who takes the initiative to pursue Rukawa in the fics.

It just seems wrong isn't it? When the fic is concerned, where the author is concerned, she might succumb to pressure and write the fics according to the popular demand. And in the end, it feels wrong, the promising fic started to become like countless of other fics out there, its formula being repeated, since maybe, some of the reviewers had wrote that type of fics herself.

I don't know, I always got scared when I read a good fics, a fic that shouted "Finally! A well-written, exciting HanaRu plot" but somebody got to spoil it by writing that type of reviews, and I'm afraid the author will decide to just destroy it. Shesh! I feel like I want to shout to the author, "Write what you want to write! It's yours dammit, not others! Take pride."

But I'm afraid I will only push her away with the type of shouting. :|

2003-03-21T20:12:00.000-08:00

Everyone's talking about the war. The stupid war where nobody wanted (apart from the stupid moron who lives in the saved confinement of his tattered white house).

And yea, it really depressed me. I can't watch the conventional TV without being reminded of it. Not with us getting live feed every second or so. Ergh.

I emailed my friend in the US, she an American of the voting age, told her:

"You have a stupid moron for President."

She replied: "Yea, I know :\"

And she's from Florida.

2003-03-16T22:01:00.000-08:00

Take the Which L.O.T.R TTT quote are you? Quiz
Created by Belle_Douleur

blergh, it does not appear. I was suppose to have the...

"The closer we are to danger, the further we are from harm."

:p

*cough* I think that's me awwight.

2003-03-12T04:56:00.000-08:00

What type of slash writer are you?

2003-03-11T19:28:00.000-08:00

SD's Horniest Character

Goes to...

*drum roll*

Sakuragi Hanamichi!

NANI???!!!????

Think about it this way. He got dumped by 50 girls, and yet, he still continue his pursuit? oro?

Why?

You didn't see Yohei chased after girls. You did see Takamiya and others chased the girls, but the anime made it look like they're looking for some good times. Some good times it turned out to be, as they were the one who's being whacked instead.

What am I saying here, well, ya know, after one heartbreak, and then two and then, it accumulated till 50, one must have been too stupid to not just give up on the pursuit of girls. What was so great about girls that he always wanted to go and find his partner anyway? He might have some sort of bliss with the girls that I just could not phantom how. When I'm 16, I don't have a partner, and I live till now. No problem there.

Unless his hormone is too wild to control, then, he will continue. And in this case, I I'm grateful Haruko had a brother like Takenori.

Imagine all those private one-on-one. Where Sakuragi accidently touched her, he blushed. When his imagination gone wild ragarding Haruko, he blushed. When he was jealous of Rukawa just because he is at the centre of the girl's attention. When he was blushing and happily accepted the love-letter meant for Rukawa.

I would like to say, yes, Sakuragi likes girls. Sakuragi enjoys girls. Sakuragi wants girls to adore him and to the extent of be with him. If, based on assumptions that had been bombarded by media, guys-who-talk/chase-girls-are-horny, then, Sakuragi would be the horniest character in SD's World!

Sendoh Akira does not even come close! hmpf!

2003-03-09T23:57:00.000-08:00

Talked to Crystal last night, and we reminscence on the good 'ol days of the babble, esp the chaos of MakiRu day (later became CaptainsRu Day, and later became the EveryoneRu Day,) who in the end, became a Ru-uke Day!

wohooo! Out of boredom probbably, I searched that particular post and I found it here. And now, I don't know how network54 moves its posts, but this is the link, valid on the 10th of March 2003, 3:56 pm, page err... 60 + of the babble, just find the date of 11th April 2002 and you pretty much can find it.

here tis'

man! that was a laugh.

2003-03-08T07:46:00.000-08:00

You Are Heroic Mary Sue!
Strong enough for a man, but made like a woman. You're stubborn and rebellious, but underneath it all you're beauty personified. You'll beat him at his own game, and with good hair to boot!

What Lord of the Rings Mary Sue are You?

2003-03-06T05:34:00.000-08:00

hehehe... talked to Crystal when I'm supposed to take my shower, and somehow, I told her I did the most 'unbeliverabya' thing today. I posted a reply in the Babble! here

Then, one thing leads to another, royalty, droolworthy princes, and RPS. Ideas or new obsession? I don't know, somehow, the project for tonight, is to find a William/Andrea RPS! William, as in Prince William of England, that droolworthy bishie royalty(the second in the line of throne), and Andrea, as in Andrea Casiraghi-Grimaldi of Monaco, that droolworthy bishie Kaede-type of royalty (third in the line throne). After like an hour... no such lucks. So, ganbatte ne!

If not, I might bug Crystal to write me one! :p

2003-03-04T04:22:00.000-08:00

Today... I tried reading 'Akira.' It was the first time I attempted to try reading it after my laptop busted. And since I'm used to the original Wordpad document, the one I'm writing it on, having read it via html-ized file looked... big!

The whole format, the spacing, it was so big! So big that I could not, well, continue reading it cos I felt.. wait-a-sec! Did I really write this stuff almost a year ago? Did I? I don't recognise it anymore.

In the end, I stopped reading it after two paragraphs. Just because I couldn't bear to look at it again.

eek!

2003-03-02T07:11:00.000-08:00

Truthfully, why must they chose that picture? lol! It wasn't the best Rukawa picture available. And when you go there and reading about the profile, I don't mind about rukawa's profile. But fanon partner: Sakuragi Hanamichi?

Only him? Where is Sendoh Akira here as the fanon partner, since regarding the preference, SenRu is still the most popular pairing there is in the SD world. What the heck? arghh! Can I like rambling this is so biased? hmpf! And then, when you got to Sakuragi Hanamichi, they listed everyone in the fandom. I mean... oro? what the heck again? I mean... yea, I have my own preference, but... oh heck.

2003-02-27T07:12:00.000-08:00

I posted The Boy king to UKML. Man! During-posting personal feeling?

That fic was kinda difficult to write. I have to refrain myself from using modern words, cos I'm trying to achieve the poetic-English feel. No: Hey Gorgeous, you look hot in that sword. And definitely not the: Is that your sword or are you happy to see me?

ergh, I'm babbling again. But yea, I even go crazy with the word 'approximation'. I was thinking, waita sec, do they already have an idea of approximation at that time? Ok, which timeline is this? Does mathematic exist? Then, of course it is! They have market place and money and they do have the idea. Hence, I leave the word in the fic.

What more, since the song I'm used is mushy, this fic was such a mush! So so many mush!

Man....

2003-02-26T01:32:00.000-08:00

Oh, one more thing, Saitoh Hajime shared the same birthday as Rukawa Kaede. ^^ hehehehe... gotta love that!

2003-02-25T23:11:00.000-08:00

Just realise something...

I love Saitoh Hajime!

hehehe.... I'm telling ya, it's all in the attitude! It's the I'm-still-alive-therefore-I'm-the-best! It's the Aku, Soku, Zan's principle. It's the left-handed strikes (I'm ambidextrous, hence...), It's the no-hesitation, no-regret view. It's the WHAT?-WIFE? thing. It's the sarcastic and weird imagination. It's the cool-ciggy guy. It's the dangerou aura. It's the wolf's motto. It's the deadly killer eyes. It's in how men in uniform always look good. It's the way how he unbutton the his shirt when he's prepare for battle. It's his tall, yet agile body. It's his wit.

And man! This man is like... so real! (ok, he is a real-life figure), but somehow, man! I applaud him.

2003-02-24T18:54:00.000-08:00

*SQUEAL*

I got... a Saiyuki mousepad! And and... a pen case! And and... the most amazing thing about it was... it was a gift from somebody in Japan! WEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok, ok, about last year or so, there's this Japanese whom I always talk with. And he looked at my laptop, I got a Saiyuki wallpaper there. He asked the name of the character, something like trying to test me whether I really know the story, cos he knows the anime! hehehe....

So anyway, yesterday, when I'm packing, somebody suddenly turned up, another friend of mine who got some stuff for me and well, ya know, I thought it was work-related stuff so I kinda doing the oh-well, but when I saw the aluminnium foil, I feel... waitasec, and I opened it and I was like... eeek!!!!

SAIYUKI!

OMG! I am so excited I could like hug everyone! and it's really really nice he remembers my favourites, and it's just so nice! And best of all, I got Saiyuki merchandise, from Japan! OMG! Just wow! Just really really WOW!

2003-02-21T21:05:00.000-08:00

SD had finished.

And I found myself with no idea what to write in my blog.

lol! ok, ok. Just remiscence, the last episode of SD, when the show provided the character's flashback... I so remember that counter-attack against Shoyo. and I remember how I love his eyes then. The determined look that says.. "I will damm ge the ball into the basket even if I have to fly!" Man! those blue... I could never stop looking at those blue, cos there's a lot of hidden personality that just need to be explored, that one split second that demand the whole viewer's attention, that moves that just blown the whole Shoyo team away.

*grin* And to be on the plus side, they even got the scene of Rukawa-Maki slam dunk!

*is happy*

Oh I love Ren's description on Maki. The Abs! wohoo! Me like. And it'll stays!

2003-02-20T19:08:00.000-08:00

After missing so many SD's eppy, I finally managed to watch its last episode yesterday. One thing that kinda... made me looked twice.

Akagi Haruko.

It was the time when Sakuragi and Rukawa were chasing the ball and they got a hold of it at the same time. And then, one of the gundam, Ookutsu I think, commented: "They always been a rival since they met." And the camera zoomed to Akagi Haruko. She had this... look. Then, she remembers how the first time both boys met on the rooftop, the headbutts and the punches. It's the the satisfied look on her that kinda peeved me off. It seemed to say... "Yes, this is how I plan it. And finally I achieved my target."

Haruko's a bitch?

Yea... from the look of it, she is!

And the statement from the gundam, about them being rival... it felt wrong.

Sakuragi hates Rukawa because of stupid thing called jealousy (what is he? having PMS or what?). Rukawa just don't give a damm about Sakuragi (he's more interested in beating Sendoh anyway). So, no, I don't think they're rivals or anything. Nope. In this sense, I wish Inoue-sensei will make it clear, story/character wise.

Just one of the thing...

2003-02-19T19:42:00.000-08:00

Just wondering...

You write yaoi, which means lurve of the same gender. And you wanted one of them to be an uke. Fine by me. And it doesn't matter if the uke originally in the animanga had been depicted as a total macho guy, there's absolutely no way he's gonna get all girly-lurly style. But you still want to see him in that characteristic. Ok, fine. Which is like totally, majorly OOC that the readers that made the readers cringed in their seat.

Fine?

*shrug*

But.... it's not enough. Now, they wanted to make him a girl. *cough* *splutter* WHAT????

Why?

No idea... maybe it's fun?

*another cringe*

So, ok, he's a girl who acts like a girl and talk like a girl and not to mention his previous seme had been depicted with the same characteristics over and over again....Yea, it's boring.

So, you have a guy, who in order to make him an uke, you had to change his character, and the, he became a girl, and then, he had a totally girly look/character, and then, the setting of the storyline had also been changed, and then, you made it an AU.

You know what I think it is?

Mary Sue in disguise.

I mean, come on people! You wrote a character, you lied to the public in your summary, and some of the readers who had so into Mary-Sueism praised your fic. Said it was good, it was fantastic, etc etc...

Ergh...

Can I like... knock some senses into these people's heads?

2003-02-17T22:50:00.000-08:00

whew... I can signed it, finally, cos I refreshed the site twice and I thought... well, now that blogger had been taken by google, some changes might have happen or something. Ya know... all those corporate take-over thingy that just sometimes made the customer more frustrated....

But I'm here, and not to talk about customer-relations or anything. Just wanted to say, well, apparently, they figured out the reason why I couldn't get connected. Ya see, I'm applying to change my phone number for the Net connection, and walla! they're in the process of doing so without informing me. Hence, now, I dunno whether they already confirmed the new number, or whether the connection still using the old number. Got to check with the com-company about it. And yea... the same ol' Terrorkom.

So anyway, I got Kenshin #24 yesterday. *mwah* one more manga and it'll be the last! Btw, I love Aoshi in that way, my my...so cool! so smart! And he is definitely the Leader of the Spying Group (or sth like along my translation). I squealed when he appeared. And my sister was like... she was wondering what the hell Saito and Aoshi talking about in the library. Then, she realised, oh! they tried to put each other down. mwahahaha!!!! I love it when men just.. I don't know, having a verbal spar where no other persons apart from themselves knew about.

Oh, and Cheeky just gave me this... ELY's review. The whole fic as a review, and it was a strong review, that kinda blown me away? Cos I'm used to chapter-by-chapter, and to have somebody written the whole-fic review, ya know how well really the fic end up. So I suppose, yea, I believe, and yea, with all those grammar mistakes, I really wrote a good fic. ^_^

hehehe... just feel like a pat in the shoulder.

2003-02-15T01:50:00.000-08:00

I posted a poll in AKML. *whistle*

Eyes Like Yours: Sequel?

o No. Don’t you dare write another crappy fic! Sequel or NOT!
o Yes. Si vous plait. Write a SenHana sequel and called it Hairs Like Yours!
o Oh oh… what about a MakiSen sequel and you could call it Mole Like Yours?
o Seriously, write a SenRu sequel and let's torture Akira some more. Let
Kaede die! Mwahahaha!!!
o Ok, what about this time around, we torture Kaede and let Akira die? Ooohh…
* rub hand *
o Write a SENRU sequel and LET them LIVE happily ever after… TOGETHER! * just
in case Anduril has some twisted plot up the sleeve *

To vote, please visit the following web page:

Click and Vote

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2003-02-14T22:19:00.000-08:00

Eyes Like Yours

Criticism: This is where I criticise my own ficcie, and oh dear… I am my worst critic!

1. OOC.
Yes. I do have problem with OOCness in this fic. Firstly, I have a certain definition of how Sendoh and Rukawa should act. I believe both of them were pretty much in character during their time in Kanagawa. But as the story continued… well, when the setting had switch to Karafuto, it felt so out of place. And personally, I kinda feel Sendoh especially, had become OOC. It sounds like he is this whiny teenager that just didn't seemed to fit in.

Well, in other consideration, he could act like that because he * is * out of place, and he definitely don't fit in.

But still, since he was so fricking confident in the beginning, and to have him helpless in some of the bleak situations, I just feel the contradiction might have ruin it for me.

2. Continuity.
I wrote this fic in one go, most of the time. Took about a month to lay the important foundation, and I sometimes switched between editing a particular chapter and writing new part. The process can be quite confusing sometimes, because I have to keep track on what I am doing.

The problem with continuity arise when I posted a new chapter each time. I need to explain a certain behaviour, or describe a certain action. I usually concentrating in editing my fic one chapter at a time. And when I realised there's something missing, I tend to write it in, without realising I might have done it in the previous chapter.

So, I believe there are some redundancy in this fic. And it might be obvious for somebody who read the fic in one go. Not to mention some chapters kinda started awkwardly. A chapter could a lone-standing chapter, and it could continue to the next one. My fic kinda jumbled between these two types. Totally mushed up.

3. The Story
Well… I was kinda wondering about the story. I mean, of course, I never read this type of story being attempted in the SD world before. Hence, my novel attempt. If there is any similarity, well, I wasn't aware of any. It cannot be help since the fandom had existed quite a while. Trust me, plagiarism wasn't my intention. And all the ideas and words came from my mind.

Back to the story. I believe the Kanagawa part was sweet, really nice, it's just a simple situation.

Then, when it shifted to Karafuto, it gets darker. It was like… I don't know. Some people might feel cheated with this progress. They might have felt I should have warned them regarding the change of mood. For me anyway, I was also wondering at one point in this story… should I shift everything to Karafuto? Then, I think about it, it was like… I wrote one whole chapter regarding Kaichic, and he didn't even appear? He has to appear, just as simple as that. Hence, the whole shift in the story occurred because of that.

4. Pace.
Twenty-one chapters + 3 parts. That's a lot. At one point in this fic, esp part 12, I just feel like I'm dragging this. I don't know, I think I am action-orientated person. So, to feel myself being dragged… it's just.. ok, boring. Lol! I could also be the lack of mood in my part, or somebody would like to call it writer's block.

But yeah, even I was scared with the amount of words I had typed. My goodness!

5. Grammar.
Yes. There are some mistakes. And yes, I was kinda aware of it. And yes, sorry for that. English is not my first language, Bad English is. :p

6. Language.
I am aware it does get a little poetic towards the end, as opposed to the beginning when the language was mostly descriptive. I was thinking, well, Sendoh's changing. He is one dynamic character I love to portray. He's growing up, mentally and physically. He'd been in a relationship, he's been through death and survived, he got to experience things probably only his father could ever imagine. He's maturing and his view on life changes gradually.

That's why I supposed, as much as I would love to write in abstract way in the beginning, I know I have to refrain myself just because I'm hoping readers could see the changes.

Or I'm just growing up over the past six months and getting mushier! :p

And those Russians… okay, I admit it! I'm suck at Russians! The language is quite difficult to understand (for me anyway…), hence, the lack of Russian words in this fic. Besides, I'm not too sure if those people in Karafuto speak pure Russians, cos I suspect they have some other sort of dialect in which I never heard of, so I couldn't do anything. Sorry ne! ^_^

***endofcritique***

Man... if you still reading this... well... it feels good to be able to let it out,ne?

2003-02-14T17:52:00.000-08:00

Looking at all the fan-made arts, and to some extent... Inoue-sensei's art, I had decided that...

Rukawa Kaede doesn't exist!.

duh!

lmao!

Ok, I know he doesn't exist. and to tell you the truth, I also don't want him to exist, cos it will shattered the image I had on him in real life. I'm talking from the aeshetic point of view. Inoue's illustration was the nearest manga character that I seen reflected the reality. He doesn't draw them in typical big, glassy eye anime. His character that is nearest to the anime-style is Fujima, ya know, big blue eyes, classic feminine look.

while Rukawa.... As his most beautiful character, he was drawn in such a realistic way that people can actually believe he exist. That flowing hair, I had hair as that, and yes, it does cover my eyes, and yes, it's so damm hard to style it cos it's just seems to have life on its own. That eyes... it's kinda an almond-shape eyes, familiar to the oriental look, yet, it's really unique in a sense it's only belong to Rukawa. That pale skin, I'm not surprise. It's not really healthy, but I did see some people with skin as pale as his.

Hence... my perception that Rukawa, at least physically, could really exist.

Then again... as much as Rukawa looks.. should I say, normal? From certain pictures, and certain moves, certain view, nope. There is no way somebody as... beautiful as this really really exist. Nope. cos he looks so, so... inviting. Gorgeous. Just perfect.

Man! Blame Crystal, three BH+H chapters and I'm bambling like lurve-sick teenager. hehehe....

2003-02-14T00:32:00.000-08:00

I'm posting my drabble here, all for the sweet Valentine's! ^_^

Drabble- Valentine.

“Do you think St Valentine exist?”

“Kaede…He’s part of history.” Akira explained to his
beloved. “He was beheaded by the King because he
united a couple, a marriage against their Rulers.”

“Do you think he’s willing unite us?”

Akira understood the course of this conversation.
Their relationship hadn’t really been beds of roses.
Some people from the society had looked down on them,
and they could be downright nasty. It made Kaede sad
sometimes.

“I don’t need St Valentine to do that.” He put his
hand on his lover’s heart. “For we already united, in
heart and soul… as one.”

-theend-

100 Words.

2003-02-11T01:08:00.000-08:00

I want to say something, but now I forgot. hehehehe....

So anyway, I'm listening to Call me Call me, Cowboy Bebop's sountrack by Yoko Kanno. Man! And people thought only the boys could write songs like this, by Yoko Kanno, being the genius SHE is... yes, he is a she, proved everyone's wrong. It was so rock, with lyrics that one can found meaning to it. Which surprise me cos well... I haven't listen much to a Japanese that tried to write in English, and she managed to do it just fine. Cool!

2003-02-08T20:06:00.000-08:00

Michy vs Ruru....

After gthe fourth repeats of the game in AXN (in which I still laughed my ass off), and countless analysis in the manga, I had decided...

Mitsui won the game.

When he got the ball from Rukawa and he immediately shoot the three pointer, man, that is sneaky. But at the same time, it really showed the large amount of talent Mitsui had. He skipped basketball for like.. three years, and he still shoot the three pointer with a natural flair. Good on ya Mitchy.

And now... their arguement. Does Mitchy really stepped on the line as Ruru proclaimed?

No. We saw by the time the ball had been released into the air, Mitsui's feet was definitely outside the three pointer line.

Does this mean Rukawa is lying, being a bad loser when he proclaimed the position of Mitsui's feet?

No. In a sense, I will get some benefit of doubt to Rukawa. Firstly, we never seen where in the world Mitsui's feet is at when he shoot the ball. The manga and the anime never showed us this. Rukawa could probably be right, we never know. Unless he suddenly materialised into a breathing, living, human being... (in which I rather do something to him than asking him who won *cough)

Secondly, let's say... Mitsui's feet were really outside the line. Well, from Rukawa's point of view, he can still see Mitsui's feet touching the line. It's all in the matter of perspective. Here he was, stood in front of his opponent, a tall guy with bangs covering his eyes, and form the corner of his eyes, he took a glimpse on the court floor, and yes, from his limited human viewpoint, Mitsui had stepped onto the line.

On the sidenote, I believe, Mirodikawa Hikaru (Rukawa) and Okiayu Ryoutarou (Mitsui) were having a blast playing that scene. Since they were suppose to be close in real life. hehehe....

2003-02-07T01:18:00.000-08:00

+The Yaoi Survey+

1.When Did You Get Into Yaoi:
Does Yaoi equal to Slash?
No: Winter 2001
Yes: Summer 2000

2.How Did You Get Into Yaoi:
No: Just feeling the sparks of electricity between Rukawa and Sakuragi, right after the former kicked the later's butt.
Yes: Just feeling the sparks of electricity between Darren and Daniel, in one of the picture of Affirmation Tour book.

3.For How Long Have You Been Into Yaoi:
No: One year.
Yes: Almost 4 years?

4.Truthfully, How Obbsessed Do You Think You Are:
I can still read a hetero couple's fic. So, maybe not that obsessed, not that I squeal everytime somebody showed any hint of interest or anything.

5.All Time Favorite Couple:
No: Don't have actually. hehehe... although I am obsessed with Rukawa Kaede of Slam Dunk, doesn't matter who paired up with him.
Yes: Darren and Daniel of Savage Garden.

6.Five Top Favorite Couples After Your All Time Favorite:
Yes/No combined in no random order.
1. AnyMale/JC (N'Sync)
2. AnyMale/Aragorn (of LOTR)
3. AnyMale/Daniel (of SG)
4. Matt Damon/ Ben Affleck
5. Gerard/Kimble (of The Fugitive...hehehehe.... )

7. What Yaoi Couple Do You Hate Above All:
Since hate is such a powerful word... nah, don't think I'll waste my time of hating. Probably just don't read anything that features something other than #6.

8.Five Top Most Hated Couples After Your All Time Most Hated:
See #7.

9.What Five Yaoi Couples Do You Wish There Was More Fanfiction/Art About:
1. Sauron/Aragorn. (yes, it is probable dammit!)
2. MakiRu
3. Snape/Black (of HP-come on... luv the handshake at the end of HP#4)
4. Gerard/Kimble
5. Muraki/Rukawa (*g* Yami no Matsuei and Slam Dunk.)

10. What Five Yaoi Couples Do You Wish There Was Less Fanfiction/Art About:
1. RuHana (just feel Rukawa as uke gives a more interesting insight on his character than while he is a seme)
2. Aragorn/Legolas (just cos...)
That is all, cos if there's anything slack of my fancy, I just don't read or look at 'em.

11.What Five Yaoi Couples Have You Writen About:
1. SenRu
2. Makiru
3. HanaRu
4. MitKo
5. D/D

-endofsurvey-

2003-02-05T20:26:00.000-08:00

I'm like... in the mood of doing my job, alas... yes, I'm still doing it. But at the same time, since my brain is kinda active, it felt... I don't know. Ya know, you have got to post some irrelevant post in your blog.

Hmm... I'm thinking of doing a post that actually has a meaning to those who read it. But nah... wait till I am fully satisfied with my work now. So, maybe later?

2003-02-04T05:02:00.000-08:00

Just watched SD today. The episode of 'Rukawa in Full Swing', featuring... Akagi Haruko.

Yep, gonna talk about Akagi Haruko.

In the beginning, I perceived her as just that- sweet, yet, totally (stupid wasn't the right word) oblivious to Sakuragi's infatuation towards her. Until today's episode that is.

She was walking to watch the team practising, blushing because her friends teased her about Rukawa. Then, Takamiya said there was a war inside the gym, as you can see, Rukawa was in full swing. Everyone was literally mystified. And who can blame them. Because Rukawa was really on fire.

Then, Rukawa smashed the ball away from Sakuragi's attempt of 'common shot'. The ball bounced against the fence, with such a force that you got really scared of what really drive the quiet guy. And Haruko was reminiscence of all the Rukawa's games in her memories. Then, she did a monologue to herself: Rukawa could never look at me. All he thinks about is basketball. Only basketball.

awww....

I can relate to that. Truly I can. Imagine you're at the rock-concert, of your most favourite artist. Whom you saved a lot of money to see. And it was once in the lifetime experience for you. Then, your singer performed brilliantly, with the sweping music and the most wonderful lyrics to your ear. You just had to cry, show an emotion there, appreciate it all. And nobody blamed you if you have a crush on the singer. It is expected.

Yet... deep down in your heart, you knew, he is somebody unattainable.

Imagine the rock-star is Rukawa. The person is Haruko.

*sigh*

I've been there, I've done that, and yes, *nod nod* There might something more in Haruko than meets her eyes.

-endrambling-

2003-02-03T00:47:00.000-08:00

The talk of the whole South-East Asia and Equatorial region.

-Anduril has gay cats-

@.@

Once, I came out of the kitchen, ya know, hanging around, wanting to breath the fresh air instead of getting stuck in the stuffy room, and seeing my beloved kitties. Alas! a black male cat, is doing IT with the orange male cat.

@.@

I'm going like... *cough cough* Sorry to disturb you guys, but really, to make sure your breed really survived, aren't you suppose to do it with the female cats instead? *end of coughcough*

Both of them were looking at me like I'm gone crazy, which I was I supposed. It's not everyday one finds out the cat inclined that way. ehem... Other cats in the community just ignored them I supposed. So yea...

Apparently, I suppose their hormonal charge is quite high, and since they're lack of female cats around (the only female cat is just a kittie, can't have them yet). So I left them there, and the story ends there.

Supposedly.

Before I resurfaced them upons seeing Kataren's 3-some kitties. My goodness!

@.@

So, hence, ends the story of my cats.

2003-01-31T19:15:00.000-08:00

Omae wa dochira anime no VILLAIN desu ka?
[koyasunomiko.com]

Ano... Akito came from which anime again? lol!

2003-01-30T01:34:00.000-08:00

EEEEKKK!

lol! Ok ok. hhmm... apparently, in LOTR:TTT, the scene of Arwen in the future, where she looked at Aragorn in his tomb (I was crying my heart out cos it was so powerful), well... Aragorn was attired with Boromir's bracer. The same bracer he took off Boromir's hand when he died.

Meaning... Boromir affects him that much up to the point of his death. He was even wearing something that belonged to him. and maybe, well, Aragorn will give Boromir back his bracer when he saw in the after-life? Who knows? awww... sweet thought it was. Wonder if I (the sword) will follow my master to the grave. I believed it is the case too.

2003-01-29T23:40:00.000-08:00

I just want to say one thing- Sendoh Akira is soooo bad! lol! I mean, I couldn't find any hint in the SD that says he's a clumsy one. Nor I couldn't really find any hint that says he's a hentai one. He's a manipulative, smart, intelligent and best of all, he made basketball so easy. Almost effortless.

But then... yes, he does have his weaknesses. He's too perfect. I believe, if my memory serves me correct, he was the only player who managed to keep a 100% percent records in all his game. Every single damm shoot he made, went into the hoop. You never heard he shouted 'Rebound' or anything to that extend. lol! No wonder I hate him the first time I saw him. Just because of that. *shakes head*

2003-01-28T23:56:00.000-08:00

Just re-read Shohoku vs Toyotama game. I could always do an in-depth analysis of this game, just because it really shown Rukawa's other side. The more vulnerable, tender side. I mean, look a how he received the pass, where he almost missed it because he couldn't see clearly. And then, when he said thank you to Miyagi. I mean, awww... I just want to huggle him. Of course, not to mention, the way he silently motivated the whole team. When the team finally realised their way of playing and started to plan it properly.

Minami... I like him. Yes, I do. And yes, he's the bad boy. But there's something about him. He's a good leader. The whole team pretty much depended on him, and his mood. And he adored his coach so much that he rather do anything to justified their way of fast-attack. But man, Rukawa kinda hit him hard. Really hard. He was one of the player who never gives up, not even with only one-eye available. He still continue playing.

I guess, yaoi-wise, Minami was there with Maki. Both of them noticed Rukawa first, somebody who really dazzled them with his skills. And I like it. I like it if people really noticed Rukawa because of his skill, and nothing else. Gosh, I could babble all about it. So, later.

2003-01-22T01:37:00.000-08:00

Slam Dunk episode... err... I think 70 and above. The one with Sendoh on fire, versus Rukawa. The one where they have a personal one-on-one amidst the whole Ryonan vs Shohoku game. The one that just got me squealing.

Why?

When Rukawa did the dunk, and minutes before, everyone in the whole gym dismiss Rukawa as being too inexperienced (Maki's word), cocky, and he will definitely fail... but he proved everyone wrong. Then, Sendoh, looking like a satisfied person, smiled, and when he's having a monologue,

"He would never give up... interesting." *smile*

Ya know, after the squealing and everything, I kinda like... OMG! Rukawa! I am bloody jealous of you! He smiled that evil and smile and my goodness, I want to be in your place and have his smile instead. Arghh!!!

Yea,I did think of that. And then, my heart was beating quite fast, just because it was so exciting to see them, them, doing the best they could do, teasing the hell out of each other. The game just brought up into a different level from what was being perceived. It was their personal battle-ground. And man... in the end, after the very entertaining game, I believe even the viewer's choice had been switched better Shohoku and Ryonan.

Yes, Slam Dunk did have some lesson if one could just observe and learn.

2003-01-21T05:37:00.000-08:00

Ha!

I found out that the song Rukawa listened to while riding his bike, in manga #9, the one before the game against Miuradai. It was actually Prince's Diamonds and Pearls. I can't believe it was too damm obvious, and I suppose to l ike Prince! Now, I got to go and hunt for the mp3, just trying to get into the mysterious Rukawa's psyche. These are the full lyrics:

This will be the day
That u will hear me say
That I will never run away

I am here for u
Love is meant for two
Now tell me what u're gonna do

If I gave u diamonds and pearls
Would u be a happy boy or a girl
If I could I would give u the world
But all I can do is just offer u my love

Which one of us is right
If we always fight
Why can't we just let love decide (Let love decide)

Am I the weaker man
Because I understand
That love must be the master plan (Love is the master plan)

If I gave u diamonds and pearls
Would u be a happy boy or a girl
If I could I would give u the world
But all I can do is just offer u my love

D to the I to the A to the M
O to the N to the D to the pearls of love
D to the I to the A to the M (To the M)
O to the N to the D to the pearls of love

There will come a time (There will come a time)
When love will blow your mind (Blow your mind)
And everything U'll look 4 U'll find (Take a look inside)

That will be the time (That will be the time)
That everything will shine (Forever)
So bright it makes u colorblind (U will be color blind)

If I gave u diamonds and pearls
Would u be a happy boy or a girl
If I could I would give u the world
All I can do is just offer u my love

If I gave u diamonds and pearls (Pearls)
Would u be a happy boy or a girl (Yeah yeah)
If I could I would give u the world (Give u the world)
All I can do is just offer u my love (All I can do)

If I gave u diamonds and pearls (Diamonds)
Would u be, would u, would u
(Would ya, would ya, would ya be happy little baby)
A happy boy or a girl
If I could I would give u the world

hehehe.... ya know, there are kinda like a lot of hidden meaning, of Rukawa listened to this song. hhhmmm....

2003-01-17T00:56:00.000-08:00

It's been a day since I said I wanted the quotation in. And it's been a week since I lkast write any fics at all. And it's been one boring week without my Al and my fics.

Much ado about power supply unit.

Dammit, without that box-thingy, I wouldn't be able to access my fics. And without that fics... arghhhh!!!! this is so fucking boring. And they said the psu might arrive 3-4 weeks after I placed an order. And when I tried to place an order, they said I got to agree with the quotation first. What the hell??? I told them to send the bloody quotation and did I receive anything? NO!

And today, I finally cancel a direct debit to my mobile company. I had enough. I'm not letting them take my money if I don't even use their service. And it's not that I never tell them my intention. I did. Twice. And they still kept my contract on. Dammit. So, maybe, if I cancel my direct debit, they will have to cut their service. hahaha!

Good on me. hmpf!

And one more thing, I kinda feel Aragorn and Rukawa were alike in one way. Both of them seemed so mysterious and at first glance, they're not what they seemed. Although with Aragorn, Tolkien at least provide him with a past, a present, and finally, a future. But Rukawa... I had to satisfy my needs to know by reading fanfics. And you do know how some SD fanfics go...

2003-01-16T00:58:00.000-08:00

Ya know, after all the glitters and discussions regarding Rukawa Kaede... I'm kinda gad that he is my most fav character. There was something there... something unexplainable. He doesn't have the constraint character like Sakuragi (I mean, when you want to write about him, you got to follow Sakuragi as he was depicted in the manga), he doesn't have the boring personality like Kogure (ok, this is just personal point of view, bad boys tempt me more), and he also doesn't have the... I don't know, he has something that other people don't have.

And having a want-to-know-everything personality, he tempt me to write and to imagine and to just... be him. :Paint him in anyway you want, bend him to your will and wish him to your thought, he will be there.

And for me, he was already there.

2003-01-14T17:46:00.000-08:00

Which Ringwraith are You?
By Lisa

mwahahaha! But why in the world they have to put Liv Tyler's face on it?

2003-01-12T19:05:00.000-08:00

So many things have happened this weekend.

Firstly, I got a flat-rate internet account. Ok, ok, it costs us a lot, but hey! for God's sake, I am a self-proclaimed addict and I need it to live and man.... I'm doing it! Although the person who came into my house to fix the line was sooo late, I got another appt coming and I got to live him with his job. Damm! At least the phone line had been fixed. Please if anybody can say that to my ungrateful parents.

Got myself an Extended Edition of LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring. what can I say? I love it! It was GREAT! It stays true to the book more than the thearetical version. I love the cast interviews, love the behind the scenes and everything. I love the Galadriel-Aragorn moment. Come on... that Lady has a hot for him. Isn't that obvious? And Lord Celeborn finally made himself useful instead of being a Prince Phillip to his Queen Liz. Love the Concerning Hobbits scenes, and I love the Gildraen scene. Okie, yea, cos it's because of Aragorn. hehehe...

There are still couple of scenes that seem to disrupt the flow. For example, the day-night weirdness in the Lothlorien forest. The unwanted scenes of the river-bank. And the extended version still didn't explain the appearance/disappearance of Bill the Pony. Guess it wasn't as perfect as it seems. *sigh*

The worst news? I can't access my fic. Well, my power supply box thingy is broken, hence, my laptop cannot be powered on. And don't mention about the battery. It's a six-years old laptop, and battery was unheard of dammit. So yea... I hope I can get a replacement for it soon. I am kinda itchy to read and working on my fics again... it was a great hobby to have I'm telling ya!

So... that's it I suppose. hehehee....

2003-01-08T22:09:00.000-08:00

Okie. I'm having the sudden inspiration in the middle of the night that prevent me to fall asleep earlier, and now, well, as you can see, I just couldn't think of anything to write! arghhh!!!

2003-01-07T18:27:00.000-08:00

Yesterday, when I was back, I switched on my Al (Al is the name of my laptop), and guess what? I did a whole lot of spring cleaning. I got rid of the fics that I don't think I wanna read anymore. Got rid of all those stupid typical RuHana moments (if I read one more line with the words Rukawa and jealousy together, I'm gonna puke). Got rid of all those fics with no writings whatsoever, only dialogue. Got rid of all the author's self-inserts. Heck, I even got rid of the fics that had useless author notes in the middle of the fics.

Yea... some people might wonder why? Why did I collect all this fic if I want to get rid of it later? It's because in the beginning, I just want to read. I want to read more about Rukawa. I want to read the depth of the SD characters that maybe be missed in the watching of the anime. I want to know their secrets, their motivation, what they do if they don't play basketball, not going around lusting of others.

My goodness! You can see how fucking disappointed I am. Only some of the fics that are truly a gem. But others.... nah, it's just not my taste ok? At least now, I think, my precioussss hard drive space had been cleared of any useless, stupid fics. Gah! Can't believe how strong my language in this post. But that's how I really feel.

2003-01-06T23:02:00.000-08:00

Best SD one-shot.

Last year (2002), I've been involved in the realm of Slam Dunk's fics. So, this is the best one-shots that i ever read, of all past year or so. I think every single fic that I'm going to mention made their appearances in 2002. Hence, this is my collections, and the view that I presented here is mine.

In random order...

Lullaby by Tea Rose

I chose this fic because it was well-written. And upon reading it, I found myself shaking with the thought of the scene that was depicted. Maybe, this fic had hit me in personal level, cos I can relate to the subject mentioned. It's all about Rukawa's psyche. The author, in her notes, had also noticed how Rukawa's personality in his high school years hinted a lot of secrets that just cannot be revealed. Which is always been my point. Last time I heard, she's gonna write a RuHana as a follow-up. Hmmm....

Colors by Annie D

Don't mind the American spelling. At least I think she wrote it in American spelling. Way beyond title, you found a very heart-warming RuHana. Sakuragi was depicted differently from his usual idiot self. While Rukawa, he was more than a jealous lover. He was the person who sees things differently, things in colours, hence, his ability to look pass the barier of each person and to actually see what underneath it. As for their relationship goes, they're on equal footing. And I'm really glad a fic came out in the midst of usual RuHana fare. Bravo!

Purification by Crystal

A Dirty Old Man x Rukawa! *throw confetti* A twisted look into the twisted mind of Rukawa. wohoo! I mean, seriously, firstly, although some people might get put off by the way Rukawa being a lil OOC, it was so well-written that you tend to believe it could really happen In another way, this is the Rukawa we've seen in the anime. It's a canon characteristic. And man o' man, it does bring another meaning to the saying... 'Survival of the Fittest.' Bet Darwin is turning in his grave now.

Still Waiting by Kataren

The fic that made me go teary eye, and eventually made me toughen up cos I was reading this next to my office-mate. Damm. It reminded me of The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde, how both of them play the emotion is a simple and straightforward way. And no, it's not sappy, this fic is way beyond sappy. But it made the reader felt the sap, and ok, you may be ashamed of it, but hey! if a lot of people feel the same way, how are you going to tell yourself logically? So just enjoy the emotion and get the result. *snif*

Hence, four of the memorable one-shot fics for me in 2002. Tchuse!

2003-01-06T00:52:00.000-08:00

err... how in the world did I get... *that???*

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I don't even cheat! just taking day-by-day by a shrug. Soooo... that's why I supposed. On others words... hahaha! I got Rukawa! *huggled Ruru*

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