Memoirs of the Angst-Bitch

Birthday is coming! I really want fic to go with my trip to The Lion King on Jan. 3. Yes, I actually did convince Tom to go with my to New York. Super excited!

I apologize for my zoning lately. I'm just having family time and trying to avoid the icy mess of death that's probably my outside. I need to go shopping for Dad's present. Also, I'm skipping out on the newest anon meme since I only have one game and we already did our love-ins.

ETA: Why can't more of VK be Yuuki hanging out with Aidou? He always brings out the super cute in her. That's why I think Aidou is such an amazing part of the VK cast. He is a catalyst for bringing out the most interesting, hidden sides of everyone. Aidou is more than the fanservicey pretty boy that a lot of fans seem to take at surface level. I think I'm beginning to understand why Hino is using him sparingly now. Too much is revealed whenever Aidou is around and she wants to space it out. Fair enough. He's still my absolute favorite.

I really did enjoy Yuuki in this chapter, especially at the end. Zero and Kaitou too. ( Mild spoilers? )

I am debating renaming my main OC from "Psychosis" to Desmond because I feel the name is more in line with his characterization than Ty or Tyrell. Plus, Desmond means gracious protector and that's pretty awesome. That and Des is a cooler nickname than Ty. I think way back in the day I had an Australian shepherd character named Desmond. He fought a tiger or something. Either way, I love the name and want to use it for one of my novels. Yes, I realize this will cause some clashing between Desmond and Dominic, but since Dominic is mostly known as Nicky, I think it will be doable. This change will go along with me actually making Des (Ty) into a semi-formidable fighter/swordsman as he was originally supposed to be, to harken back to his Alistar ancestral linkage, and less of a throwaway. Desmond and Kathryn Fatine. I like it!

I am going to make my cookies tonight! I'll probably be baking forever but it'll be awesome. Provided my roommate does not decide to give running commentary.

I've been slack on my political commentary since I like to be perky during my holidays. We might even get snow Friday. So I just want to laugh at the term "aughties". Dorks. Speaking of dorks, I am still so hyped up about the Princess and the Frog. I think I've decided that Tiana is my second favorite princess, just under Belle. Mulan ranks three, even though she's not really a princess. I guess that makes this list a Top Disney Females list or something. And well, the other princesses all kind of fail. They're adorable but examples of strong-willed women they aren't. Ariel was close but loses credit for being willing to risk losing her life for a guy she knew for 10 seconds. Jasmine... well, Jasmine is a bitch. Enough said. Honorable mentions include Jane, Nala, Esmeralda, Megara (who loses some points for the terrible writing at the end of Hercules) and yes Bianca. Pocahontas was a bit dull.

I loved the Lost chat on WaPo today with Doc Artz. Great theories getting thrown around there.

I have spent the last few days either watching kiddie shows or Disney movies. I have to say that I was not at all fond of Mulan 2, mostly because they destroyed Mushu's character beyond recognition. Shang was kind of lame as well. I think the only person who retained any of her original personality was Mulan. I guess that's something. I also found my old Russian favorite The Magic Pony, but ironically it's only available in Russian with English subtitles, and I don't want to listen to the original. I'm used to the English dub.

Tom and I hung for a bit yesterday and watched the Dr. Who Christmas special. It was meh. I'm tired of 10 and his saaaaaad and alone emo. He is the most emo Doctor of all of them. I also want to figure out what's going on with Torchwood lately since Tom's explanation of its airing schedule confused me.

All in all, it's been a lackluster weekend.

So I'm now addicted to the silly Enchanted music, which means I have to sit through AMVs of the Disney Princesses. Have I expressed my hatred for them lately? I can't believe Disney wants the early ones to be role models. They are passive, useless bimbos who depend on their animal friends or their equally dull prince for everything. It's why I hate that Ariel, Belle, Jasmine and Mulan are included in this set. The latter group represents some sense of empowerment and personality. Jasmine is the weakest of these four, but she was smart in tricking Jafar so I'll give her points. I can't put my hatred of Snow White into words. Cinderella at least stands up to her family once in a while. Aurora was somewhat playful if still clueless as all get-out.

That said, the Disney princess meme reminds me of that hatred. I just wanted to share that.

All those things I said I was going to do didn't get done because I decided to go off on another one of my fruitless SuzaEuphieLulu or LuluEuphie hunts. Found nothing naturally, but I did happen across a gem of its own.

http://alice.x0.com/: Not only does this site have one of the hottest original outfits for Lelouch ever, but it centers on Cornelia. Before this site, I would have said the cutest thing in Geass is Euphie. Now I know it to be child!Cornelia. Young!Cornelia/Young!Guilford takes third place. I should warn though, this site is much of the incest. Cornelia gets around. At least she looks like she wants to punch Lulu in the face in some of these.

I also saw Bambi II, which I expected to suck. It didn't. It wasn't really the usual Disney sequel fare in that it was sweet but not syrupy (I could have done without Thumper's sisters). The storyline of Bambi trying to win his father's approval and trying to find his own inner strength was touching, I admit it. I liked the movie. It was pretty and had nice music. I think I liked it better than the original Bambi because the original Bambi has very little dialogue, and I prefer the actual novel either way. Bambi II I could almost entirely distance from the novel and enjoy it on its own merits. Ok I think I've gone on long enough about the kiddie movie now.

ETA: I lied. I link to the pretty lyrics of the Bambi II songs now. They're far too happy for my soul, but I don't mind. They make me smile. Also, the third song isn't as great as the other two since it's a bit poppy, but when combined with the scenes from the movie it's all right. I'm too lazy to find OST so I just mooch off YouTube.

There is Life
Through Your Eyes
First Sign of Spring

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?