Memoirs of the Angst-Bitch

I meant to return to the Internet last night, but the heat forced me to lie down, whereupon I passed out. Sorry guys. I will be on tonight though. I'm also moody that my plans for posting Wednesday are defunct due to some event I have to attend in the evening.

I had a good weekend though, spending time with Gabi and Sue again. We got lost in D.C., complained that the Thai restaurant lacked bread and manga lassi (which we realize is Indian), discussed the geopolitical situation of the end of Geass while the Thai lady kept looking at us and marathoned some True Blood Season 2.

Gabi and I finished that marathon the next day. I'm not crazy about the way Sookie is portrayed in the series, as she seems to want to make everything about her in the most aggravating way possible. But I did love Godric and Eric. The writing is also way ham-fisted and outright ridiculous at times. I forgive because it has some characters I absolutely adore like the aforementioned, as well as Sam, Jessica (such a teenager) and Lafayette. I also like Bill off and on, but I have to say that I'm a major Eric/Sookie shipper because it's just much more interesting. Eric completely steals the show whenever he's around. I will have to catch up with Season 3 now.

We also watched our usual chunk of DRRR and found out the mysteries behind Anri and Kida. Gabi kept comparing Saika to Nanatsusaya from Angel Sanctuary, which I have to agree on. I want to see more episodes with Shizuo's brother like the OP promises. But I am enjoying this war Izaya is setting up. So evil. Kida and he are still my faves.

You know you're an otaku when you stay up until 4 a.m. arguing whether Hughes would have been cheating if he saw Roy on the side while he was married to Gracia.

I enjoyed my concert, but I think Toby was a bit off that night. I'm not sure what it was. He talked through a lot of his songs. Maybe it was part of the act, but it felt strange. My highlight was when the short angry hickster women in front of us got beer dumped on them by some drunkard because they refused to move out of the way when people were trying to get back to their spots. Mmm karma. Oh yeah, these are the same people who wouldn't even move for a man in a wheelchair with a bladder bag.

Gabi and I watched more DRRR. I'm really like Shizuo and Izaya more and more, although Gabi is amusing me with her references to Shinra being the lovechild of Watanuki and Lelouch. Ouch.

My monster pitbull tried to eat Gabi, but then they became good friends. He's like that. Plus, I got to share the exciting history and sights of my old stomping ground so my weekend feels sufficiently productive.

... I think I fucked up my Angel Sanctuary post-canon interpretation, or actually the canon itself. I need to figure out how I can, um, justify it.

As I had next to no interest in playing the same ole same ole UST threads last night, Gabi and I marathoned Berserk: The Abridged Series, which is awesome and quite possibly an equal to LittleKuriboh's Yugioh series. I wish there was a CG version this good. Then because the Abridged Series gives the series a happy ending because it's pretty much impossible to parody the sheer horror that is the final episode, we watched the end episode. Part of me wants to pick up the manga, but then part of me opposes extreme nudity and constant rape. Also, I'm not a big fan of Guts, and if Griffith is evil, it's unlikely we're going to be seeing too much of him. But it was still great fun!

I am stalling on cleaning my kitties and then I get to go home for the weekend for Mother's Day. I am still not sure how I feel about visiting my mother's grave for Mother's Day, but I think it's cathartic for my father so I do it anyway.

I should start on my app thingie.

Good: Listening to Crispin Freeman talk about voicing Tsume without a shirt!
Bad: Standing in line for an hour and not getting Crispin's autograph. :(
Good: Getting Lelouch and shaymin plushies from the dealer's room.
Bad: None of the manga dealers had Pandora Hearts.
Good: Awesome fun hanging with the CFUDers, partially due to some quick organization tricks.
Bad: Having to compete with the hell bitch within my personal group on Thursday night.
Good: Finding awesome tapas restaurant.
Bad: Spending an hour literally walking down memory lane of Baltimore City, looking for food.
Good: Finally buying the final Geass S1 Special Edition DVD.
Bad: Evil spoilericious Geass AMV. To be fair, both Geass AMVs were gorgeous, just the first made me waaaah. This is a bad lite.
Good: Getting a picture of a gorgeous Dietrich cosplayer.
Bad: Having two friends get conned on the Baltimore streets while this was happening.

AND THE ULTIMATE GOOD/BAD INSTANCE.

Good: Overall fun con and awesome weather. (minus the randomly "buttscratcher" screaming morons who I will hunt down and slaughter like the dogs they are.)
Bad: Car is dead and I will probably have to take another day off work to deal with the madness tomorrow. :(((


( List of Nayami's terrible impulse buys. )

( Also I think this pic best illustrates the manic nature of my con experience. I got it whilst I was standing in line for Crispin. Baw. Every other hour, I felt like one or the other of them. )

So, part of me wants to watch FMA. But part of me also remembers how FMA fandom destroyed any interest I had in that show. I don't like rabid fangirls. I also didn't like how it was considered a GOD AMONG ANIME just because it had more exposure and did better ratings-wise than other anime. I like FMA, it's fun, but I can't get into the ZOMG FMA'S BACK THIS IS THE GREATEST DAY OF MY LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIFE mentality of so many. I may wait a few episodes and then stream.

Winning quote of the day:
"I think rape is when the rapist is the unappealing villain so the victim has no chance of loving him, and non-con is when the rapist is attractive and sympathetic so the victim gets into it and falls for him by the end. That's just my rudimentary understanding, though."
-yaoi fangirl rationalizing warnings for posted yaoi manga

Wow, fangirls, just wow.

I'm watching Digimon Frontier again. Lol. I know why most Digimon fans hate this series. Because 1.) it's slightly derivative and 2.) it eliminates the premise of digimon partners. I personally don't feel the loss that heavily. I really like the darker and more intense nature of Frontier and of course those silly twins. I think were the series not labeled as part of the Digimon franchise, people would be much more approving of it. Because there is some real character development that goes on here.

And that is my thought of the day.

1. SEA KITTENS (I hear they're very tasty, so says my land kitten)
2. NEWTYPE CHARACTER RANKINGS (bonus for comm reaction)
3. JOE BIDEN'S TWO-HOUR LONG SENATE STORIES
4. BUSH ON LARRY KING "Do you think we came close to catching Bin Laden?" "I don't know."
5. $150+ MILLION INAUGURATION CELEBRATION (oh yeah most events don't come with tickets for public)
6. HETALIA ANIME OFFENDS KOREA
7. NOTORIOUS (protip: don't write bioptics about your buddies and then give yourself practically the star role. wtg puff.)
8. OBAMA VISITS BALTIMORE ON RAVEN DAY.
9. BUSH'S PLAQUE OF FOREIGN ACHIEVEMENT
10. CIRCUIT CITY WHERE SERVICE IS STATE OF THE -- bzzzzzt!

I burned my fingers on my cookies. I think that's what happens when my instructions tell me to roll them in confectioner's sugar AS SOON AS THEY ARE OUT OF THE OVEN. Gabi suggested using a spoon. She is the smart one. Hopefully these cookies will turn out better than the ones that told us to put cream cheese frosting on them. The cookies themselves are cool without the frosting.

Marathon is going well though. D.C. Part. 2 will happen tomorrow. Maybe I'll finally be able to save Suzaku figma from the post office.

I think before I lol at my New Year's Resolutions this year, I should do a tally on how I fared with those last year.

2007 Resolutions:
1. WRITE MOAR!! Find some way to manage time or whatever to write again or at least attempt.
2. Take more assertive role in career.
3. Conquer fear of driving to certain places like airports and convention centers.
4. Stop being such a damn chicken when it comes to the Internets.
5. Finish Psychosis. Hah I'm laughing at that too.

2007 Results
1. FAILURE.
2. SUCCESS. New job and people that don't treat me like shit. o/
3. MOSTLY SUCCESS. Can drive people to airports with ease. Baltimore driving still scares the living fuck out of me, but I can transit to Otakon and Katsucon so yay.
4. EPIC FAILURE. This just got worse. :(
5. EPIC FAILURE.

2008 Resolutions:
1. WRITE FUCKING PSYCHOSIS/HERITAGE. Manage time in non-crappy way.
2. Doing pretty good with the socialness. Up that some!
3. Cook more than just cookies. That way I won't die of not eating.
4. Find new series to obsess over in unhealthy ways. :D
5. READ ACTUAL BOOKS.


In other news, SE 6 summary made me happy. Casshern Sins is almost HILARIOUSLY emo, and I am holding off judgment on that one until I get a few more episodes in. I like the girl though. She's badass. I have to figure out what to do with my day since I just realize it's EXTREMELY STUPID to go to D.C. on New Year's Eve. Oh and I bought Gabi a new Stage 0 book since I put a carton of blue cheese dressing in my purse, where the book happened to be. I know. I r smrt.

I am an incredibly lazy person so I will probably not join in on this inksome trend until more substantial communities do. I might bookmark some friends' pages to stalk if they are truly abandoning LJ, but we'll see how this works out. Because when push comes to shove, LJ truly does meet all of my journaling needs outside RP ones. I like icons for my personal LJ sure, but I don't need them. I don't even really care about having ads on my screen. I just like rambling. I do think though that if LJ wants to maintain its base, IT BETTER GET ON THE BALL WITH THE USERPIC PROMISE.

My marathoning has been going well, and I'm in prime analytic mode. For anyone who knows what I'm talking about, please do not comment specifically about it, k?

I love how I can always find my car in parking lots by looking for the one that is worst parked. That is an accomplishment.

I am excited about an assignment again. I do so love my happy news, and this one is wild! Watch it devour time that should be spent working on my larger project.

As I haven't said anything about Veterans Day, I will point out that I celebrate it the way I always do: putting "Riding with Private Malone" on repeat for hours. I still cry.