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Friday, June 13, 2003

I don't expect this will be as long as usual. I'm not really in the mood to type and ramble. I'm more in the mood to dance around the house swinging my stick about (and trying not to hit anything, namely the dog ;) ). I'm alone! Parents left this afternoon. Dad's gone... hillwalking I believe. He mentioned something about camping. And my mum has gone to some Tai Chi trip to the Holy Isle. So I'm left by myself for the weekend! YAY! Been running around the house exhausting myself while Compy dies from running out of disk space. Oops... kinda didn't make CDs so it went all the way down to 0! ::sniff:: I lost my slot from the person with Infinite Ryvius OSTs! ... I don't even know what Infinite Ryvius is but the first OST was good (certainly 1 particularly song anyway). ;)

I've been out. I made my own dinner. 4 minutes in a microwave and wah-lah! Spagetti Bolloneise ... well, that can't be spelt right... but anyway. It's not like that's really unhealthy. And I even bothered preparing veggies! It was even more adventurous that just a carrot and a couple of tomatoes! Wow! I must be becoming capable in the kitchen! :D ... tomorrow I get to make pizza in the oven. Can't go wrong. Shove it in, wait half an hour, bring it out... and then the house goes on fire or the pizza explodes! ;)

Oh yeah, and I watched the last ep of Yami no Matsuei! (I couldn't wait to finish getting it. Just sat there playing Freecell cheering on the download ;) ) Really good! But I demand more! So I'm getting the manga. Found a couple of places. One in particular that has lots of other mangas ongoing, so I think I'll be visiting that a lot. :D

On my bike ride today, I ended up collapsing near the arch again and watched the rabbits and a learner bumble bee. Amusing! Kept crashing into the blades of grass! ;)

Oh that's it, I can't be bothered rambling here any more. I'm off to bounce around with my stick and watch anime with more bouncing happy ppl (aka Burn Up Express! ::sweatdrop::) ;)

Xilmin visited the elves at 09:56 p.m.

Thursday, June 12, 2003

Streamload seems to enjoy mocking me! I think I'm going to email them and recommend a whole load of stuff (like pull-down menus to go to different pages instead of going from one to the next. stupid method!) and ask them why when I move stuff most folders don't open. kinda goes against the whole point of moving things if I can't get to what I where I want to put the stuff. >( ::cancels what she was doing and tries again since it seems to have got stuck again:: Sheesh! I pay money for this, damn it! I expect you to make it wonderful and fast and powerful, not a piece of crap! >(

::clears throat:: Um, yeah anyway, moving on. Apparently there wasn't a puncture in my bike. It was just an extraordinary flat tire. I wonder how long I've been cycling with it flat then. That would explain why the breaks weren't working so good and why I sounded like I was riding in front of a swarm of bees. ;) My dad put air in it yesterday evening, and I was out again late this morning. Cycled to the arch again. Watched more rabbits hop about then run away when the crows start making noise. Hee hee! They so koot and fuzzee! ;) Ended up sitting on my stone, listening to Noir OST III for an hour. Didn't mean to stay there that long. Not that it was overly relaxing today. My mind wouldn't shut up, and it wasn't rambling good things either. Just cold, anti-social, dangerous things. Akuma must have been pissed off at not being able to hang about my head so often, so took the opertunity. :S Least no one came by. Got to sit and stare blankly all by myself. Much safer that way.

My legs got really tired from just going there. I'm going to need to work up to doing that more frequently. Maybe if I go there daily, and work on other things at the same time, my legs will get used to it and it'll wear off. Either that or my legs will literally fall off like they feel like they are going to. :S I shall beat the Chronic Fatigue! I shall resist the temptation to succumb to the tiredness and fight to regain my strength... maybe strength is a bad word when referring to me. Hmmm... 'power'... I'll stick with 'energy'. 'Strength' is a little beyond me. ;)

I spent most of the afternoon looking up stuff on wireless headphones. I've finally got fed up buying new ones every time the wire gets screwed up and I can only hear out of one ear or whatever. There are various types. But the radio type is better than the infra-red type cos infra-red apparently needs to travel in a straight line, yet radio will be able to go through objects. Just as long as the adaptor is the right size to fit into my stereo equipment then it's perfect and hopefully won't break so quickly. I was looking on the Argos site, and tried to reserve the one I wanted, but it's out of stock just now. Sucks! So I'll have to try again tomorrow. That means I'll have to do exercise to get into town. That'll be good for me too. :) Hmmm... while I'm there, I think I'll see if I can see the Animatrix DVD. I can't resist much longer not having it! :S Doesn't help that I can't see if channel 5 is going to play any more of the episodes from it. ::sniff:: Need! Need! :S

Spent some time watching anime today. Shadow Skill TV and Narue no Sekai. Afterall, I've got to give my mind a break or it attacks me and really really really hurts more than usual. :S

Shadow Skill I'm watching because I really liked the movie that was on Sci-fi Channel. I wanted to get to know all the characters, since it didn't mention a thing about the ppl who kept popping up and talking randomly. So I watch the TV series that Ricebox are doing in high quality right now. Yay! Makes it so much easier to find when it's being released right now! ;) Although I'm not overly impressed with the art (after all I thought Elle Ragu was a guy cos of how she was drawn until I noticed the breasts ;) ), I shouldn't complain to much, since it is older and so they didn't have such hi-tech computers that helps with the animation. Plus it helps that Matsumoto Yasunori is Scarface! Hee hee! Always helps if there's a cool seiyuu. ;) Oh yeah, and I think Koyasu Takehito is in this as well (and probably more but I don't know the secondary characters well enough to figure out who is who). Got to keep trying to get this. I'm interested. It's just annoying that most anime series take a while to get going, and this is no exception. :S

As to Narue no Sekai, I don't know why I like this one. Kinda simple animation, no spectacular seiyuu that I know of, not to mention the rather mushy relationship stuff. However, there is something about it that I like. Maybe it's the aliens. Maybe it's the spaceships. Maybe it's the fact that nobody cares about the aliens or the spaceships. Except for one girl, who reminds me of me in some ways. Complaining to Narue, doing the "You're not an alien! You're not allowed to be an alien! You're too normal! I demand monsters and little green men, etc etc etc blah blah blah!" Plus the telescope and appreciation of the stars certainly hits a spot with me too. ;) Whatever it is, I'm looking out for more. :)

Apparently my parents are both leaving for the weekend (I've got a feeling I was told this a while ago, but I'd forgotten, or at least not realised it was now). That means it's up to me to cook for myself! Uh oh! Prepare for explosions and the creations of new creatures out of what was once edible organic matter. ;) It also means I'm in charge of the dog. I've got to feel sorry for him slightly. Not that that is going to make me treat him nicer. If he is going to walk so slowly when we go out, then he is going to be dragged. If he is going to bark constantly, then he is going to be hit. If he is going to run away, I am going to stalk him down and shut him in with his bed. He shall learn not to piss me off. >) It also means he's not going to be getting that much food. Afterall he is one fat lazy mutt. :S He's also going to be left alone most of the time, whether I'm out cycling or on my computer upstairs, it doesn't make much of a difference (unless the doorbell or the phone goes in which case if I'm home, I come stampeding down the stairs and scaring the living daylights out of him ;) ).

Ooooh! Purty sky! Sun shining on the sea through the clouds. Makes pretty rays of light. :D Just thought I'd share. ;) It's really a miracle that my curtains are open, since the sun always likes to shine on the screen in the afternoon and the curtains just stay shut for the rest of the day. That's what I get for having a window that faces west, even if it is the best view in the entire house. :P Awww! Sun light disappearing again. ::sniff:: Ah well, I can bring all my attention back to Compy now. :)

Yay! I'm obsessed to this song right now. Aka to Kuro [red and black] from Noir. So catchy!

Nemureru shishi wa mezame mihatanu yume de o ou
Nemuranu machi wa towa ni...

Then I get lost. :S Don't I know so much! ... I don't even know what any of that means... oh wait! Yume means dream! ::is proud of herself:: ... ::sweatdrop:: I'm really going to need to work hard if I ever planning on learning Japanese. :S

I might as well go now. I've got 2 eps of Stellvia of the Universe so I can just watch 'em both now since I'm earlier than usual (for once!). ::sniff:: If only I had downloaded the rest of the last ep of Yami no Matsuei! It's so cruel to just leave it like that! I'll get that tomorrow! ::determined:: Anyway, I'm off! Mata ne!

Xilmin visited the elves at 09:00 p.m.

Wednesday, June 11, 2003

Stupid bike! Stupid puncture! That ruined all my 'great plans' (or rather vague notions) to make up for the un-precedented rest-day I had yesterday. So in other words, it's been another uneventful day. :S

Just got back from a walk with my mum and the dog. I think she's trying to have a conversation with me or something, but since I don't have anything to say, it's pretty much a waste of time really. Although she did talk about something that started the mind going. She was saying I should have watched this TV program about dolphins and how smart they are. They measure this by how the can immitate and understand gestures, etc. But why does this make them smart. To me it just means they can be bothered listening to do stuff so they get the reward afterwards (since no animal would do that sort of thing for nothing, surely!). For all we know, all animals are of equal intelligence to (if not more than) our own. Just most think "oh screw you! I can't be bothered with that. Just give me the food now and bugger off". Certainly that's how I see it. Intelligence can't be judged on how well the animal obeys us. Actually, that kinda makes them less intelligent to me, but there we go. ;)

I did go to the Occupational Therapist again today. Actually had a reasonably long conversation this time. She's gone to talk with ppl in a careers thingy to see if there are any jobs open for the summer to with computers or something behind the scenes of a store. I refuse to do the volunteer work. I never waste my time for nothing. :P Need to wait to see if she'll get back to me with something. Otherwise I'll just meet her again in a fortnight.

The rest of the day, I was reading the Time Stranger Kyoko manga. I had started getting it ages ago, but the site it was on died, so I was stumped to find it. But someone posted a link in one of the many mailing lists I'm a member of but never post, and I got the entire thing. Read from beginning (had to recap on everything since I'd forgotten) to end in one day (it's only 3 volumes. ;) ). It has everything yaoi/yuri/incest! ;) Sure, that leads to a lot of mush, but I coped cos of all the humor... Ah, I'm spelling american! I mean 'humour'! ;) Plus, some of the bishounen were pretty cool. Particularly ... what's-his-name... Hisoki... Hizuki... or something. The older brother of the 'dragon clan'. Amusing, but hides things. Sure when it was revealed exactly what he was hiding, I was severely disappointed, and have decided that there's more to him than was mentioned. Afterall, he kept popping up in the shadows everywhere, so how can I not hope for something more. Although he is rather devious, and I like that. Then there was... crud... he had two names which didn't help and he wasn't in it as much as I would have liked. Akito or Akira or something like that, I think. He acted like the wife of the guy that reminded me of Jeice, but that's not the point. He was hot! ...sure, I thought he was a she when he first popped up, but that's not the point either! :P Anyway it was good. Intrigue, action, dragons, demons, giant snakes, an annoying yet cute neko-droid with an obsession for chocolate, an arrogant yet amusing staff/wand thing, a whole load of magical stones... oh yeah, and the relationships. ;)

And after I finished that, I watched another ep of Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne (done by the same person). Fin finally returned! Only 3 more episodes! Sheesh! Cutting it a little late, aren't we? I was amusing myself with Chiaki as he tried to fight the mini demon/dragon things. It was hilarious. I'm sure it was supposed to be dramatic as Maron was taken away by ... the guy... ::sweatdrop:: But I was still laughing my head off anyway. ;)

I need to get out tomorrow, preferably for the 2 cycle rides again. I know! I'll make more CDs, this time with the Azumanga Daioh and Noir soundtracks, then I have something fun or cool and different to listen to while I'm there (whereever 'there' happens to be). The question is how far will I be able to go. I could go back to that arch again. See if I can see more rabbits there again. They're so cute! :D Or I could head to my bit at the river, although that might be kinda chilly. Or that seat in the field. Can watch the crows wander about and fling cut grass about. ;) Could even head to the beach like I used to. I'll just need to wait and see where I feel like going. Afterall, it depends on weather and my mood as to where will be most suitable. ;)

I should be going. I'm later than I meant to be cos of that walk. Hmmm... now what to watch for tonight? Narue no Sekai? Stellvia of the Universe? Last Exile? E's Otherwise? ::deep breath and squeaks:: Yami no Matsuei! ... but I don't want to watch the 2nd last episode too soon cos I need to wait 'til after the 12th before I can download the final parts of the last ep. And it's bound to end on a cliff-hanger, and it will toy with my mind, and believe me, my mind does not need to be toyed with! ...but it's just so... nyahhhh! Oh, it'll just torment me at the thought that I don't know what's going to happen in an episode I already have. And it's not too long until my Streamload downloads will be refreshed. I'm sure I'll survive! Yay! Well, that's decided. Gotta go! Ja!

Xilmin visited the elves at 09:53 p.m.

Tuesday, June 10, 2003

Wow! Look at all the wonderful pics I have here now! Doing those tests earlier may not have had much point, but it makes this place look so much prettier! ;) Plus, I really like that Kakashi & Iruka pic! ...well, I would, but that's hardly the point! ... there ain't no point. I'm just here for my daily ramble. :P

I've got to take the dog out later... ::sigh:: Well, considering I haven't taken one step out of the door today, maybe it's for the best. As long as I don't bump into anyone then everything's just dandy. ;) ... 'dandy'? ... why? why did I use that word? I don't use that word! ... oh dear... I shall blame the Full Metal Panic OST! It's not exactly all that serious right now. :S Hee hee! Damn, that's a good anime. Just one more ep to get. Only I've got to wait until after the 12th before I can download any more from Streamload. ::grumbles:: There's a new series coming out in August apparently! Yay! Can't wait! :D

What I have been doing: Making CDs. A lot of CDs! I discovered I have 200MB left. Crap! ... then I forgot to stop the download I had going so by the time I realised where the space was disappearing to, I had 90MB! That ain't good! It doesn't help that the average size of episodes these days don't fit well on to a CD without leaving a load of space. And I hate wasting space! So I made music CDs instead. Got Read or Die, Hoshi no Koe, Nadesico, Hack Sign OST 2 & 3 all on CD now, along with the Matrix Reloaded soundtrack that I swear I didn't download. I bought it through traditional methods, however the original cover got screwed up and I had to make a copy and throw out the first one. Trust me! ::sweatdrop:: Ever convincing, huh? ;) If only the music didn't need special formatting cos it barely changes a thing with just deleting MP3s. :S In the end I 'forced' myself to watch some anime episodes that were the sort of size I could shove in spaces that were left over. Yami no Matsuei & Wolf's Rain.

Hopefully the 4th re-cap episode is the last. I mean, seriously, I know the plot is kinda confusing (for me anyway) but it doesn't need that much repetition! I want to find out what happens to Toboe, Hige & Hubb, damn it! >( Oh yeah, and Kiba & Tsume and the rest of the characters. And the only reason I want to find out about Hubb is it's Ayame's voice. Such a different character, but it's still the same voice. >D

As to Yami no Matsuei: Damn that is a good series! Ah the wonderful yaoi/blood/bishounen/humor! Just great! ;) I should start collecting the manga since I stumbled across the first chapter or so ages ago, but I didn't know the characters and I was just confused. It's different now! Tsuzuki (I think that's the right name. I'm on ep 10 and I'm still not caught on yet! :S ) rules! Plus, the boy... Hisoka... cute (when with Tsuzuki anyway). And... ::gets stuck:: ... evil doctor doll guy person... name begins with an M... I think... ah I don't know. He intrigues me. He also freaks me out (scary eye!). Plus cool seiyuu all makes for coolness! I hear Inoue Kazuhiko's voice today (Kakashi, and Yuki [from Gravitation]). He owned a brothel! That cracked me up! ;)

Anyway, I'm rambling (unsurprisingly). What else is there to say? I don't think there is anything. Today has kind of been a self-promoted day-off. I blame the weather! It looked so crap when I got up, even when it cleared up, I didn't want to go out. Plus, I felt my legs were going to cave in. I've been up and down the stairs all day and I think even just that has been getting to them. Crud! Why have they suddenly got all weak again? I thought I was getting better! >'(

So in other words, I spent the day, making CDs (not all for myself, I did do that work for my dad which took ages, even just setting it up since he had to change the authorities to let me in at his work files) and playing Freecell. Damn I hate that game, and I'm depressingly good at it! I also did play some games of Minesweeper as well. I believe I beat my record again. :S It's really very very sad. Why couldn't I have just accepted I wasn't going to do any work and played something that I enjoy, like Grand Theft Auto. I haven't touched that, or any decent game in ages! All work and no play... what would it make me? Just 'me' I guess. There surely can't be anything different that I could become... ::becomes disturbed:: I don't wanna think that sort of stuff.

Anyway, my dad is telling me the dog needs out, so I guess it's time to go listen to music, drag the mutt and use my stick to attack flies like usual. ;) Mata ne!

Xilmin visited the elves at 08:49 p.m.

Tuesday, June 10, 2003

I just had to add this, cos I'm overjoyed with it! >D

Kakashi and Iruka
You are Kakashi and Iruka from Naruto!

What Implied Yaoi Couple Are You?
brought to you by Quizilla

My reaction to that was classic! Screamed YES! with arms in the air (then of course collapsed in a fit of laughter ;) )! Question: when was this implied though? If it's in the manga, I'm missing out. Hmm... still, there still is plenty of episodes to go though ::grumbles about Naruto becoming DBZ-like in dragging things out:: so with any luck, I've got that to look forward to. >D

And now for more tests (well, the tests I agree with the results anyway. ::hisses at all those tests that claimed she was normal/good/sane/etc::)


What Anime Stereotype Are You?

Maybe partly true ::glares grumpily at the bit about becoming a sap:: but I'm usually pretty calm! Takes some doing to aggrivate me... at least, I think it does... :S


I am the mission.
You're a mecha pilot!
You might be a sub-category of bishounen, but this hardly matters since you don't notice anything that didn't feature in the last edition of Guns'n'Ammo magazine. You have been trained since an unfeasibly early age to be a machine of death and destruction. If you've noticed an annoying girl following you around and repeatedly getting into danger and requiring rescue recently, run like hell - she's probably your love interest...

Which generic anime character are you?

Well, I can't say I'm overly surprised. ::sweatdrop:: That's what I get for not understanding ppl and relationships and emotions and... so on... ;) I need to start quoting the 'run like hell' part though. ::laughs:: Probably quite good advice. ;)


Check it out, man! I'm evil, are you?

I need to get more Slayers. I don't know this guy. ::pout:: However, I know his seiyuu and he rules. Ishida Akira (or something like that) ::procedes to drool over Eyes Rutherford and Hayami Something-or-other::

::goes in search of info on Xellos:: Oh he sounds cool! And he has a staff! >D Alright, he does sound kinda like me. Annoying, enjoys taunting ppl when they're down, is infuriating to the core, never tells ppl quite all of the truth (if the truth at all). Plus a real up-side is there are hints of something between him and Zelgadis. Woohoo! ... ::coughs:: What? :P

::finds some sound clips of Xellos speaking:: AHHHH!!! The english voice is terrible! It sounds like... it sounds like... what's-his-name... that comedian... Greg Proops or something like that. It's not right, it really isn't! ...or maybe I'm just getting too used to used to hearing Japanese voices, but the American accent sounds so wrong! :S ... ::finds the name of the voice actor:: His name is David Moo! ::laughs, then listens to more clips:: Oh dear... wrong! I haven't even seen Xellos in Slayers yet, and it still sounds so wrong!

But anyway, I'm done for now. Plus, I'm supposed to make some CDs for my dad's work so he can post them today, so I'd better get on with it. Be back later, no doubt! :)

Xilmin visited the elves at 03:58 p.m.

Monday, June 9, 2003

::cries:: I can't find any decent Ayame winamp skins! I found one, but it used the pic where he looks even less like a 'he' than usual. I mean, he's wearing a kimono! Plus the colours suck! ::uses a new Shigure one instead:: And I would have thought Ayame would have been popular enough. I was expecting millions. Instead I just ended up going from blog site to journal to blog. ::sniff:: No fair!

Anyway, moving along. I updated Anime Shelter. Started encoding Mouse! But I need to get more CDs off of Saku when she gets back. I wonder if she even watches them. She probably forgot that I gave her GateKeepers 21. ::sweatdrop::

I also did different work today. Work that earns money. My dad is wanting to redesign his site. He initially asked my brother to come up with something. Then he asked me cos I'm supposed to be good at art (supposed to). The company is called Castlehill Computer Services (deals with AS400 computer stuff [stuff that's way beyond me!]), so I had to draw a castle on a hill (ingenious stuff there)... I wonder why this place is called 'Castlehill'... there ain't no castle here. There might have once been a big house, since there used to be the walled garden, etc, out the back (before they knocked it all down for housing ::hisses at council and the new humans that stole her hiding places::, but it couldn't have been a castle. Although that would have been kinda cool. Certainly, as a kid, I always wanted to write stories about 'the big house' and all this stuff that happened around it. There was one about a Devil Dog (cos I found a giant dog's-footprint-like hole). Another one with aliens that could effect ppl's memories so no one found out about the colony in the woods. ::tries desperately to remember:: Aw, crap! I've forgotten them all! I think there was one to do with the stables down the road, and a horse that got killed/escaped or something. And I'm sure there were several to do with crows. ...But I've strayed from my point...

About the design of the 'castle on a hill' thing. For some reason, my brother was in control of what I had to do rather than my dad. ::grumble:: Power-hungry arrogant... eh hem... I draw a castle (thank you, encyclopedia, you're always a great help when I can't draw ;) ) and he complains that he doesn't like the pointy turrets! So I change them to the battlements. But of course the first try wasn't good enough. Apparently they looked like teeth. :S Then when it came to the colouring, that was even more fun. He wanted me to make it blue and red. Obviously that didn't look right. Although when I inverted it and made it yellow on black, apparently that was better. GRRRR!!! Thankfully my dad came up to see, and all he wanted was a grey castle on a green hill. Oh why couldn't my brother see simple concepts work just fine! After some battles with getting the shading on the hill 'just right' for my brother (where he got to break my graphics tablet pen thing), I finished. And it only took me 2 hours! :S But least I'm owed £10 for it now! Yay! Gotta adore the money! :D

I did go out as well. The weather was nice this morning, so just leapt on my bike and cycled off (like I'm going to care if my hair is still wet or not ;) ). I had a route planned. However, my legs had other ideas. They got all sore and I could barely get anywhere. So I had to cut the trip short and sat on a stone by an arch-thingy. Ah memories! I remember that arch. Out with Saku & Pan (although by the time we got to the arch, Pan was wondering off and we lost her after that). Me and Saku looked at the arch, back at each other, then leapt off our bikes and ran through the arch. Well, it might have taken us to some wonderful land where we can adventure and earn our riches. Only, for some reason, it didn't work. So we hung about there, trying various things. Still didn't work, so we tried searching for Pan. We never did find her. Then we lost ourselves too. Ended up in someone's back garden. ;) That's what I get for following Master. ::rolls eyes::

Back to now... or rather this morning. I cycled onwards, and stopped at my spot on the beach again. Been ages since I've been down there. Although I do prefer being in a woods rather than by the sea, it's still relaxing. Just watching the dogs there running and running and running and occasionally leaping then running some more. Sheesh! No wonder I was tired! ;) But the sun decided it was fed up hanging about and buggered off, so that was my que to leave. Don't know what it is that killed my legs... or maybe it's cos I ate that huge pizza yesterday... nah... couldn't be... I don't think... although there ain't much else. I was getting pretty energetic for a while there too. Must have used it all up, I guess. ::sniff:: Can't last forever though! ::determined::

I had some strange dreams last night. In one, I was talking with this girl, who was supposed to have gone to my school, only I'd never seen her before, yet I was supposed to be a friend of her's. Actually, that idea isn't all that weird. I know a lot of ppl, I just don't usually talk normally with them, and for the most part, I forget them as soon as I'm away from them. :S Anyway, we were talking about Fruits Basket as we were walking straight into the sea. Don't know why. I'm pretty chuffed that I wasn't scared of the water! ;) She wouldn't believe that I was like Shigure. ::pout:: I am! But then I came up with the theory that if you know me well first then see Fruits Basket, you notice the similarity. If you don't, then you just think I'm another fangirl desperate to be like her crush. Bah! Like I'd do something like that. I am me! ... well, 'me's. And there ain't no changing them. Not even when they don't like themselves, they will not change. ::rolls eyes:: Probably stupid really, but I am proud of me, even if the parts that make up me are scum. ;)

As to the other dreams: There was this colony of what I think were bears. Bears that walked on their hind legs and talked and everything, just like ppl, but the ears and the fur gives it away. ;) They created this robot (or did the robot stumble into their colony from somewhere else? I don't know. Can't remember). Anyway, they tried to make the robot part of their civilisation. As a test, they gave it a child to look after. Only the child didn't learn to walk and talk, etc, at the same rate as the other kids. So they threw out the robot, saying that it could never be one of them. Only the kid (who might actually have been me, I don't know. But I was watching it from the 3rd person's point of view, but that doesn't mean it wasn't me when it comes to my dreams) had somehow become part robot, and developed different abilites. Like able to hotwire cars! >) Then I (the kid) went in search of the robot, and discovered that it has created its own colony (or it might have been the colony it originally came from. can't remember that part either). I decided that the robots deserved to live in the same style as the bears did (since the robots had such crappy living conditions), so I went back to the bear colony and... and... oh crap... it's all falling apart. But I do remember there was some revolting, and everything fell apart so me and the robots fled with the car I hotwired.

Hmmm... that's all I can recall. I'm sure there were more dreams, but I think I'm concentrating too hard, cos my head is hurting again. Might as well be off. Late enough as it is, without me rambling some more. I wonder what anime I have for tonight. ::shock:: Oh! Hikaru no Go! Haven't seen any of that in ages! I've completely forgotten what has happened so far in what I've seen. But I don't care about that. I just want to chase Sai's hat! >D Itekimasu!

Xilmin visited the elves at 09:30 p.m.

Sunday, June 8, 2003

For those that come here frequently, I'm sure you can take a guess as to what I spent most of today doing. Yup, the new 'layout'. I use that term loosely. This hardly qualifies as a layout. It's just some screen shots, cropped and resized, with a coloured fuzzy line around the edges. And very purely done too. I was just desperate to do a Shigure layout, and I couldn't be bothered using whatever passes for my 'artistic skills' (not that they are much use on a computer ;) ).

I started this all cos I was listening to the Fruits Basket Drama CD. Not that I understood any of it. I read it was something to do with going on a picnic, and I looked up 'soumen' (what they were saying a lot), and it's 'fine white noodles', so I guess that fits. Only from the sounds of it, they were then attacked by the noodles. :S I think I've misunderstood something somewhere. ;) They were also going on about 'nagashi' which apparently means 'sink' and there was the sound of running water a lot. ::recalls an episode of Sister Princess:: Oh yeah, there was that machine thing that was water flowing in a circle with noodles in it. That must have been it. But I'm still confused, since they did a lot of talking, and i couldn't understand a word. Except 'baka neko' when Yuki was talking to Kyou, but that's pretty obvious (He may be a stupid cat, but he's a cute cat too. ::is desperate to tickle the fur at his ears and toy with his tail (like she does with every other pet she can get her hands on)::)

Oh yeah, and I discovered a wonderful thing from the drama. Koyasu Takehito did the voice for Ayame! Shame he didn't do it for the anime too. It just fits to perfectly. Plus Koyasu Takehito rules! >D ...but of course, no one can beat Okiayu Ryoutarou, the seiyuu of Shigure (aka, me!). But he's in a whole other ...'place' in my mind when comparing to seiyuu. But the seiyuu that did do the voice of Ayame in the anime is Miyamoto Mitsuru. He's in Wolf's Rain as Hubb! I always did think the seiyuu of him was pretty cool, but I never imagined that it could be Ayame's. Probably cos Hubb seems sane. ;) ...::sigh:: I really wanna find someone just like Ayame... ::figits:: ...maybe I could try and go on an Ayame hunt one of these days when I go out a cycle ride. ::laughs evilly:: Plus, I really wanna have the same sorts of conversations (naturally) ;)

Ayame: It's been since New Year, Gure-san. Have you been unfaithful to me and seeing someone else since that time?
Shigure: I can't do such a thing with another person when I already have you, Aya.
Both: Yoshi! [alright]
Everyone else: What is!?!

Kyou: Why didn't you sleep in Shigure's room the same as yesterday?
Ayame: But Gure-san won't let me sleep.
Shigure: Oi oi. Not in front of the children.

Plus, the stories of Shigure, Ayame & Hatori's school years are the best! But I wouldn't want to spoil anything for anyone interested in the series. ;) Why couldn't there have been a 'True Mabudachi Trio' in my school? Hee hee! 'Super Handsome Blossom Trio'. I can't help but feel disappointed. ;) ::laughs (actually hasn't stopped laughing for the last few hours, and her face is getting tired and is running out of oxygen)::

Alright, alright, alright! I'll shut up! Geez! Once I get started... Oi oi! :S ::takes another look at the new 'layout' again and collapses into hysterics again::

Air! Need air! ::deep breath:: Ok. Right. What else is there to mention today. Well, I did do some work on Anime Shelter. Uploaded the Chobits episode anyway. I tried uploading MP3s to the mailing list, but it was being evil and I gave up. I should probably update the main page... but that can wait 'til tomorrow, when I need to update anyway for the new freeloader series. About that... I forgot I lent Saku some CDs (well, I knew I'd lent her CDs, it just never figured to me to actually think about whether I need eps off them or not). Last time I checked the poll, the series that I don't have is winning. ::sweatdrop:: Still, if I leave it up for tonight, there might be a change ::hopes::

I did go out today, albeit not the usual long cycle rides. The weather was being crappy. The most I did was go to a shop to pay for the papers (that I don't even read, 'cept for the TV listings). I ended up getting there 5 min after it shut. ::grumbles:: If I had actually been told I needed to go sooner... ::sigh:: But it was really weird, walking without a stick slung over my shoulder. I felt naked! ::sweatdrop:: Maybe I'm becoming a little obsessed... yeah, probably, but I want my stick. ::leaps at it across the room:: Yay! ::strokes and glomps it, then mock-attacks Compy with it:: YAY! :D

Anyway, I've now been here for an hour, and I'm always regretting not going to sleep sooner every morning, so I'd best be off. ::heart suddenly stops:: I HAVE MORE DN ANGEL! ... deja vu... but anyway, Okiayu Ryoutarou, here I come! ::cackles off into the distance!

Xilmin visited the elves at 09:21 p.m.

Basics

Name: Xilmin Nerrar (might as well be when I'm on the net ;) )
Nick: Xi (I have more, plenty more!)
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Birthday: 1st Nov (gimme a pressie! :P )
Sign: Scorpio
Home: Scotland
E-mail: xilmin@yahoo.com

Favs

Food: Ketchup (or anything with ketchup! [I mean anything])
Drink: Irn Bru!
Colour: Red, Blue, Yellow, White, Black, Green (depending on my mood)
Time: Night
Season: Summer
Weather: Calm, warm & dry
Activity: Computer, anime, drawing, writing, reading, dreaming and thinking
Music: Anime/J-pop, Rock, Metal, Classical (anything but boy-bands and opera!)
Author: Terry Pratchet
Movie: Lord of the Rings, Matrix, Star Wars (there's loads more)
TV show: Red Dwarf
Anime: Gravitation, Jubei-chan, Jungle wa Itsumo Hale Nochi Guu, Hyper Police, Fruits Basket, Wolf's Rain, Hoshi no Koe (There are very few anime I don't like ;) )
Manga: Chrno Crusade, Houshin Engi

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