Memoirs of the Angst-Bitch

I have very bad feelings about the Black Cat anime. Its denial of my Eve/Leon and non-return of Jenos to this point reminds me the anime has a very angst-based storytelling style. And last episode titles such as "A Selfish Cat" or "Cat's Paradise," the second-to-last episode are not encouraging.

The SasuNaru AMV contest results are in, and I'm argumentative about some of the contestants. Because I can, I might do a little rundown of all of the vids I watched with their pluses and minuses. Overall, people need to learn that a song with the perfect lyrics loses all effect when paired with the wrong scenes. In other words, do not pair loud music with the almost-kiss or Sasuke being half-dead. -_-

Realized I lost my Def Lepard CD yesterday so I decided to buy a new one. I didn't have enough money and planned on hitting up the ATM. While I'm on the way to the mall, I get smacked in the face with a five dollar bill. There's about $7 worth of cash on the ground, one more $5 and two $1. I look around to see who could have dropped it, and there's nobody. I'm not going to say I felt horrible about claiming the money as my own. It's not as if someone could run up and recover it. And it was in the middle of the street. Also, Def Lepard. *whine* So I purchased my CD with my dirty money, thinking the whole time it was probably forged because my luck is like that. That's your zen for the day.

Watched Fox and the Hound today on ToonDisney. It pointed out a lot of things that piss me off about kid movies. One, the lady raises the fox from a cub and then when his life is in danger from the hunter, she takes this house-broken animal and dumps it in an animal preserve, assuming it will survive. Has nobody seen Born Free? Wild animals raised as pets do not have the honed instinctual capabilities to survive in the wild. In the city maybe. There's always food to be found and the only major threats are cars or crazy people. In the wild, other animals might seriously injure them and they have a high likelihood of starving.

Two, the hunter is going after the fox and runs into a bear. The bear naturally roars at him, and the hunter shoots it in the arm. Then the rest of the scene the bear is the main bad guy with both the fox and the dog fighting it off, with the bear eventually going over a waterfall and knowing Disney, probably dying. What the hell did the bear do? That asshole shot him. I'd want to attack someone who shot me.

Three, did I mention the hunter broke into an animal preserve, set fire to an area of the preserve, possibly killed a bear inside and left metallic traps all throughout the place? And there is no penalty for this. He gets his foot stuck in a trap and then goes home with his dog, and they all forget about the whole thing. The guy should have been sued. I am not empathizing with some guy who just jeopardized the whole preserve. I know we're supposed to be all about balance and seeing both sides but I want some retribution. This is what you get when you take a story about the bittersweet and realistic friendship between a fox and a hound, which ends as one would expect when based from the hunter's view, and try to make it into a fluffy kid-friendly movie. Don't believe me. Look up the actual book. It's not pretty. And I quote: "The story of Tod the fox who befriended a hunting dog named Copper was originally much more realistic. It ended with a hunter nailing Tod's lifeless pelt to the wall then euthanizing Copper with his shotgun." Well, ain't that cheery? Did I mention I read this when I was 12 in an antique store one day?

Ugly mood. Not sure if it's Sunday or because Azureus is slowing my comp to a crawl. I worry that Azureus is slow due to Verizon. I'm used to a fairly quick Azureus with Comcast, and as much as I despise Comcast for randomly turning off on me, I am a speed whore. My trial period with Verizon will also be ending soon, and I need to come to a decision. Thoughts?

Watched Naruto filler. It yanked me right back into the anime, and I haven't been there for a long long time. I enjoyed that scene from the OP where Naruto's looking to the stars and thinking about Sasuke as he clutches his scarred headband. Aww. But the Anko moments and Naruto's bounce kept things rolling smoothly too. I'm tempted to make an Avatar-quote icon with Sasuke and Naruto due to Naruto's attitude in this episode. "You rise with the moon, I rise with the sun" is definitely applicable. Just one question though. When did Naruto become furry central?! That was CREEPY! I never never want to see that again. *goes to make icons of the horror*

Also back into Black Cat. Only watched episode 11 for now since all the other are being slow-asses in their arrival. I wish I knew what to think of Train. That kitten's so fickle. The Black Cat imposter was strangely cute even with his tub'o'lard self.

I was watching bull-riding earlier. I was really into it. I have issues.

Now that Train is no longer a wangst-puppet, I am able to freely adore him. I'll even let him off on the sudden change since they do say it's been several months. I still wish I could have seen more of his letting loose process. His disputes with Eve are the best. I can't get over how much he rocked when he came to save her from Jenos and had his little bell. I hope Rinslet stays with them for a while or vice-versa because I love their little Sweeper family. But if Rins and Sven are the mother and father and Eve is the daughter, does that make Train the pet? XD Icon idea!

Stable now. I've been thinking about trying to work earlier since I don't need my sleep as much as I need my nights and getting home at 6 p.m. or later makes the Sasuke-bonding, camping and any other non-work activity difficult to schedule. Last night was a big mistake, seeing as I almost slept in. No more 3 a.m. camping for this pup.

Tom's trying to set up a Halloween event for us so I don't have to spend the eve with my drunken relatives. I would go elsewhere but parties with the Comp-Sci gang shouldn't be missed. Since we're planning for a Saturday venue, that should free up the actual night for me in case anyone else has an idea for Halloween treats.

Watched Black Cat. Now, my brief intro of Black Cat occured when I was in my sophomore year of college or so. Whenever Loki came out. I was showing Get Backers and Loki to quebelly's anime club and one of the members had the whole set of Black Cat manga. From what I saw, it looked fun and sexy with plenty of twists lurking beneath the covers. Tonight's venture yielded similiar results, but also angst? There's angst in this series? Train is not how I pictured him at all. Not that this lessens my interest in the series any. I'm just confused. Sven is wonderful and both he and Train will provide plenty of eye candy. GONZO's at work again so the animation has its pluses and minuses. I could do without the chibification during important scenes and the wonky child-Train during his dream sequence. I'm all ready for the next episode. I'm just not sure what sort of series this will be.

I'm going to try to write for an hour before Lost now that I managed to ban my brother from my room for the evening.