Saturday, June 7, 2003
I honestly don't know where the day went today. I woke up in the morning, and other than watching TV for an hour and having a shower, I don't remember doing anything else. Then I went on the computer and checked mail, sent requests on Anime Shelter, started up some downloads, the usual daily stuff... ::snaps fingers:: Oh yeah, my dad pulled the plug on me for a bit cos he wanted to look about for holiday stuff. I'll get back to that in a bit. But when he finally put me back on the net, I finished downloading Saint Beast ep 1. I liked. ...well, I would. Although I was rather surprised, and kinda disappointed, when women started showing up! They weren't even cool women! Normal ones, and an annoying small thing called Pinky. ::laughs:: I nearly spewed my juice all over the screen when I was watching it. All serious, with a waterfall and looking high up and very cold, and then in floats this thing called Pinky! I can't help but immediately think of Pinky and the Brain. Hee hee hee! But moving on, to the bishounen! There just wasn't enough... ::searches for the right word, and can't find it::... just not enough something. But it is only the 1st ep. I'm sure in future eps, they'll be in battle and getting their clothes ripped and everything. ::big grin:: ...eh hem... ::sweatdrop:: What? They all weren't half-bad. ;) I've already picked my fav: Gai! He's the spirit of Byakko, a white fox (I think)! Grrrr! ;) And he's got a whole load of pet kitties! :D Kawaii! Plus, he's got cool hair! ;)
I spent the rest of the afternoon in the outside world. Went a cycle ride again. I was being too ambitious, but least I realised it soon enough, so I could turn back before I couldn't make it home. Certainly lots of hills make the route somewhat off-putting. So I ended up cycling about and going past the stream and collapsing at a bench in a field. Sat there for a while and listened to Jungle wa Itsumo Hale Nochi Guu soundtrack. Must be pretty vitalising stuff that, cos it seemed pretty easy getting home from there. Certainly easier than normal anyway. :)
Ended up going to Pizza Hut for dinner cos my parents didn't feel like cooking. I'm still stuffed from the huge pizza we got. I demanded that we get the stuffed crust thing, so I put up with not getting the usual hawaiian topping. Really really tasty pizza though! :D Need to do lots of exercise tomorrow to work that off though!
As to where the rest of the day went, I must have just spent it organising the MP3s I've been downloading. ::sweatdrop:: Maybe I'm getting a bit too many. :S The ppl who had the Jungle Drama CD haven't come back so I haven't got any more of that. ::sniff:: And that's what I really really really want! So I end up looking for random stuff, noticing these ppl have other stuff that I quite like, or I think I like, and downloading that too. Only to find that I lose the connection and go looking for more ppl with it. And thus I start all over again adding yet more stuff. Eh heh...
Oh yeah, oh yeah. The holiday thing my dad was doing. Apparently we are heading to the western isles, going from Oban, to Uist then over to Harris and Lewis, and coming back to the mainland at Ullapool (or something like that anyway). The ferry is booked, so I'd better want to go once I realise what this entails (the mind is still getting over the suddenness of the booking. Before it was just a vague notion that we might do something). Apparently we are taking my dad's truck, with the bikes, and a tent (or hopefully tents). And to make things even more interesting, I think we're taking the dog too. :S What the hell is he supposed to do when we are going a bike ride. He sure wouldn't manage to keep up (and he wouldn't want to since he's scared of bikes :S ). And if we left him, putting him in the tent might be cruel if it's warm... and... well, I don't know if being house-trained will have any effect on his actions in a tent. :S Then again leaving him outside to 'guard' the tent may not be the best idea either. If he got loose... well, he's not the greatest when it comes to behaving himself either. :S Hear a diesel engine, or see a postvan, or whatever, and he can be as irritating as hell! Still, I will have no worries in that area. I leave everything to parents. I just worry about leaving my Compy for a whole week! ...or rather leaving the net for a week! :'(
But I don't think I'll have to worry to much about missing releases or anything. I have been informed that the prices of internet connection have gone down. So, instead of getting the same package for a lower price, my dad is paying the same price for a better package. Which means 4 times the bandwidth! YES! ... ok, he's doing this cos he's fed up of having to disconnect me every time he wants to do anything. I'd better be careful not to do too much with the new connection. Otherwise he'll start restricting the stuff I am capable of... or worse, just disconnect me for good! NOOO! I need my net dose! :S
Oh, one other important thing I should mention: My mum wants to get me started with some sort of job. Yet since I don't think I'm capable of working properly yet (which is why I don't try for a job now), she's suggesting I do volunteer work instead. That way, I get flexable hours, and if I can't make it, I don't need to go in. But there is one thing I can't stand: wasting my time! I don't want to do work for nothing! No money! She's got to be kidding me! She wants me to work more on the mental side, yet my Occupational Therapist wants me to work more on the physical side. Conflict of interests, and I don't get a say in the matter, I just got to somehow manage to do both! :S I'll see what the therapist says this Wednesday. My mum phoned her, so apparently she's going to be getting me a list of jobs I could do (for free! The HORROR!). My parents are already suggesting I help ppl learn how to use a computer. I'm not good with ppl, never mind (I shouldn't say this but) idiots! "Now you move this thing here called the mouse, and it moves the pointer on the screen corrispondingly. If you want to open something, then you click this button twice quickly when the pointer is over the object." ::shudders:: I'd too quickly lose my patience! Either that, or I laugh in their face, and neither of those would be the best reaction. I can't help it if I find ppl who aren't carbon-bonded to a computer simpletons. ;)
Anyway, I'll just need to wait to see what happens with that. For now, I want my bed. My head hurts and I'm tired. Plus I want to get up for 9 again. Farscape is on on Sunday mornings! ;) See yah!
Xilmin visited the elves at 09:39 p.m.
Friday, June 6, 2003
Been a few days since I last blogged here. Why? I honestly cannot remember. :S I know I was home in the evenings. I guess I just 'didn't feel like it'. :S
As to what I've been doing. Ah, I'm quite impressed with myself. Been managing to keep up with the 2 bike rides a day thing most days (I'm allowed the odd day off when I'm not feeling up to it. No point wasting what energy I have making myself feel worse). Starting to get back into the wandering spirit that I used to have. Going down streets I don't know and hoping I'll find another road I know to find a different way home. So far I haven't got lost. But I'm still trying. ;)
I've been trying to pick out some favourite routes, so that I have things to aim for instead of going in loops, crossing paths I've already gone on. I've decided on one, but I've yet to find another one that nice. After all, I don't like cycling about streets, but I can't get too far out of town yet. :S My fav route goes by the stream I like to sit at, and then through a park where I can find somewhere in the sun to collapse as well.
Sure with all this extra stuff, my head has been killing me a lot more than it used to when I sat at home all day. But I've decided that I'd rather be doing things with a headache than have nothing at all. :) It's not like I lose my sense of fun when my head hurts anyway, it's just somewhat distracting is all.
I did something else amazing today. I picked up the book I've been trying to read! Twice! Read a couple of pages! Ok, it's large print, and very simple language, but I guess the point is I looked at it again. I hadn't touched it for a while, but I know I have to work on the reading as well, cos if I don't then there is no way I'll manage in college. It's just that facing a book and realising that I can't concentrate to read it is just so... 'depressing' I guess...
But speaking of college! I've got an interview on the 16th! Yay! ... oh wait... this means talking to a human... ::cries:: I don't wanna! :S Still, least things are moving in the right direction for me to make up for the work I couldn't do last year! :) The guidance teacher that I was trying to get a hold off finally phoned back. He said that he's going to take care of the leaving form and everything. Saves me wandering around meeting scary teachers, so that works out great for me! :D
Oh yeah, and I just finished updating Anime Shelter a little while ago. Updated the MP3 list and finished encoding Jubei-chan for freeloaders. ::sniff:: I was skimming through the episodes to make sure they worked before I uploaded them yesterday, and I ended up watching most of the last episode. It's so sad! Ah! Koinosuke! WAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!! I really need to write that fic I have planned. I get to change the ending of the series with that. Hee hee! That's the great thing about writing! My world, my rules! >D ... if only I had the concentration to write now though... WAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!
Oh, and one other thing: This morning I was watching the Burn Up Excess that had been on TV last night. Don't know why there were so many bad reviews for it. It was quite funny. I've certainly seen worse animes. Ok, I was just imagining it was Okiayu Ryoutarou's voice every time Yuuji spoke, but that's hardly the point! :P So there were several underwear shots, and even the plot of one of the episodes resolved around bras, but there's no denying it, I was amused! ;) I'm looking forward to more of it. I wanna know who that woman was that kept cropping up and acting all evil in every episode!
Oh oh oh! That's not the last thing! ::big grin:: Guess what guess what guess what! I know there's more Jungle wa Itsumo Hale Nochi Guu to get! Ok, it's not more anime as such, but the point is it's Jungle and it will keep me surviving while I await the moment I go hunt down the creator and demand more. I've found there are Jungle Drama CDs! ... hmmm... does it really count as 'drama'? Ah well. It's amusing. But there's just the problem of getting ahold of it all. I've got the first few tracks of both. The 1st Drama CD seems to be set near the end or sometime after the end of the series. Certainly Bell and Asio and Robert are about. Yay! >D Ok, since it is a Drama CD and I don't know much Japanese, I don't know what they're saying. But I am happy I can catch the gist of what's going on. I think Weda was refusing to tell her mother who the father of Hale was. Then she said it was Bell. ::laughs:: I need to mock Saku when she gets home. >D Ok, it was obviously a lie, but it was amusing to listen to Bell's imagination. ;) Then Hale couldn't sleep, so he gets told bed-time stories from various ppl. I don't know what any of the stories are, but ... ih... whatever, it keeps me happy. I just wish there was more Guu! ;) As to the 2nd Drama CD, I haven't listened to all that I have yet. I got scared. The doctor was acting nice. It was freaky! Plus, I want to listen to it in order. Then again, the plot does seem to be exactly the same as the OVA. Certainly when the doctor and Hale get together to find out if Weda is pregnant. >D Must mock Saku some more! ;)
Oh oh oh, wait! I swear, this will be the last thing! Right now I'm downloading what I hope to be something that will provide me with a bishounen-overload! >D Saint Beast! I'd noticed the pic every so often on AnimeNfo.com and just seeing that made me 'grrrrr' and claw at the screen. ;) Sure all the reviews seemed to be bad, going on about lack of plot and characterisation, but they'd all only seen the 1st ep. Plus, if it's the same ppl who reviewed Burn Up Excess, I'm just going to ignore them anyway. I have my own taste, and I like what I like! :) There were mentions of the plot being similar to Juuni Kokki and Fushigi Yuugi, and there were also mentions of yaoi-ish-ness. ::grin grows and grows:: I can't wait 'til the download finishes! Must see! Must! I've still got another 3hours 20min at this pace, and I'm not staying on the computer that long. I guess I'll just have to hope there are some good seeds tomorrow. ::crosses fingers:: Just gotta hope!
Alright alright alright! I'm outta here! I started blogging earlier today too, and I'm still not finishing any sooner! :S Ja ne!
Xilmin visited the elves at 09:41 p.m.
Tuesday, June 3, 2003
Just went a little crazy there. Was having a battle with Streamload. Slight problem in that Streamload isn't actually living and I can't kill it. I was desperate to punch or throttle, so I just hunched, clenched fists and had a little shaking fit instead. What can I say? I lost my patience. :S After that, I decided my work for the day was done. Evil thing! Didn't get very far in the 'organising of MP3s' that I've got to do for the next update. I'm going to need to do this in very small installments at this rate. Still, I do have a slight excuse. I used up all my energy outside! Really momentous thing, that!
Like I planned, I got up and before even touching Compy, went a bike ride along the river and back the other side. I was in high spirits. It was still warm, even if the sun wasn't out that much, so I still wore my shorts. :) Hee hee! I think I'm the only person who would ever dare to wear what I do. Turquoise-green T-shirt, purple shorts & yellow socks! :D I like my style! Least my shorts matched my bike. ;)
Ended up having to take the dog out at lunch time since my mum couldn't make it back. By the time I got back, I was seriously contemplating abandoning the '2nd bike ride' idea. My legs were already aching and my head was seriously bugging me (still is! :S ) But out of pure determination and stubbornness I went anyway. Ended up cycling in places I've never been to before. There was a map. I was impressed. ;) Went through little lanes and whatever until I found the road I had been aiming for. Then on the way back, just at the most awkward junction for me to go through (I don't like turning right from the left-hand-side of the road with loads of cars about). A car was driving right at my back wheel, so I ended up fleeing down the wrong way. ::sweatdrop:: I got scared! Leave me alone! :P Maybe I should have taken that 'cycling proficency test' or whatever it was that they did at the primary school. ;)
I'm desperate for an early night. Must learn to turn of my music sooner and not get bogged down in thinking/imagining stuff, so I actually get more sleep. ::pouts:: But that's about the only time I really get to spend any time in my own world, with Fusage-kun, Ifeti-chan & Idosadi. It's just plain rude to ignore them. ;) But I really really really need sleep, so the sooner I get to bed, the more likely I can have time to spend daydreaming, even although it's night, but nightdreaming doesn't really make any sense, and if I just said 'dreaming' then that implies I'm actually asleep... Rambling. ::sigh:: Sleep! Sleep! Sleep! Anime! Then sleep! ;) But what to choose, what to choose? Macross Zero ep 2, that I've been waiting for for months, Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne, just to see if my character returns yet (Fin has buggered off for the past 20-or-so episodes, and bar Access, she's the only reason I watch it. Access just doesn't have a big enough rule. ::sniff:: No, it's all 'bout Chiaki... well, actually it ain't. It's 'bout Maron... and the mush! And the horrible mush! I demand to return! ... well, I demand Fin returns, that is. I can always make things interesting! ;) But then I also have E's Otherwise. Ignoring the cool action and interesting idea behind it, there's Yuuki! Kakkoi! ;) Such choices! I don't know. I'll just close my eyes and hope I actually pick one of those 3. ;) Anyway, leaving leaving leaving. Need sleep soon! Very soon! The sooner I leave, the sooner I sleep. So I have to ask, why am I still typing? Baka! ... hai... :S mata ne!
Xilmin visited the elves at 09:19 p.m.
