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We had a half-day at school today for parent-teacher conferences, which my parents never attend. Per my birthday (which is actually tomorrow), I was out celebrating with friends, and I got a new mouse pad: One that has Shinku (from Rozen Maiden) on it. Wheeee (as I was looking up that picture and writing this, one of the Rozen Maiden openings started playing in WMP ._.) Other goodies: A crocheted Pokeball, two of those small voodoo doll things, a turtle cell phone strap, and a cube necklace. A pretty sweet day. And my friend bought a Mincinno plushie for herself when we went to the Nintendo store. So cuuute~
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I obtained it today, at a pre-release event. It is beautiful. And waiting for hours with my good friends was so worth it. Other goodies: An Oshawott/Mijumaru plushie and a [free] t-shirt. I'll have the very few photos I took up... eventually. xP
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Got anything that you're in hopeless despair about, maybe about this society? "I'm in despair! ___________ has left me in despair!"
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As I edited in the previous entry noting a screening of 2.0, I went to it today. It was insane. <3 And I expect the next two movies to get even more insane.
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(a lot of movies lately for me, eh?) Last night, I decided to treat myself for completing my finals and go watch a screening of Evangelion 1.0 in a small theater downtown. Not a lot of the content in it was new to me, but the animation was sweet, the psychological factor still crazy, and the explosions pretty explosive. It was a good recap for me too. And the theme song <3 I can only wonder what my dad thought of it, though. xD Evangelion 2.0 is expected to be playing at the same place again soon. EDIT: There's a 3:30 PM screening tomorrow. I am so there. 8D Downside was that it was at, like, nine PM. So I got home pretty late, but it was worth it. I wonder what dreams I had that night, though....
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I just can't seem to get used to the English names for the starters and the region in Pokemon Black & White. But then, when the game comes out, watch me be all cool with them. Just watch. xP As a refresher, the Isshu region as we had known it is Unova in English, Tsutarja (grass) is Snivy, Pokabu (fire) is Tepig (the pig!), and Mijumaru (water) is Oshawatt.
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How come when you run out of Pokemon in a battle and hence lose, why do you black out for that one moment? And when you lose to a wild Pokemon, how do you just 'drop' a set amount of money (if I recall correctly that's what happens)? Shouldn't a trainer be more careful with their cash?
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I was just out and bought myself a nice, long brunette wig. What for? My cosplay of Green, of course. Probably next weekend, I'm going to cut and style the wig. However, does anyone have any suggestions for how to get something like his hair? Anything would be helpful, more so if it's inexpensive.
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So I've been keeping up with the new Pokemon season, Best Wishes. Good stuff, but the narrator claims that Ash (or Satoshi, call him what you want) is ten years old. Still. And it's common knowledge that everyone has been complaining about that for years. But is Ash the only guy that has truly achieved eternal youth?
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During this week, two packages came, and both have stuff I will be using on Halloween for my Green outfit (which I did get pants for). The first package came on Monday, and had a Pokeball that contained a random figurine. Exceeept the Pokeball is a tad bit small, and doesn't open like you'd expect it to. You just take off the top part. And the figurine inside, a Pikachu, is smaller than the traditional Pokemon figurine. For comparison, my Suicune figurine can't fit inside the Pokeball. The second package came today, and contained a plush Eevee. It's head is so big and the Eevee itself it so tiny and cute. I love it~ Hopefully I can provide some pics soon. Not this weekend though - Friday is a blitz to finish all my homework for the weekend (hopefully not a lot), Saturday is a retreat upstate the whole day into the night, and Sunday is the Medieval Festival in my neighborhood. <3
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A friend and I were thinking that for Halloween, especially since my school is having the annual Halloween Parade in their theater, that we should dress up as Red and Green (and by Green I mean Blue in English, not Blue's English name) from Pokemon, respectively. She has pretty good hair to be Red, and his outfit shouldn't be too hard. As for me, Green's outfit is also easy. But should I do his HG/SS look, or more of a Pokemon Adventures look? And the hair... I'll figure that out. Preferably without using anything weird to spike it. I also need to find a Pokeball replica online or somewhere. My friend has a Pikachu plushie, so that'll serve as Pika. My friend and I were alternatively thinking of doing Silver and Blue (Green in English), again respectively, but we decided the fans would like Red and Green more.
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Congratulations! You caught a wild Mareep! But, like [most] trainers, you wish to evolve your Mareep. Yet you hate fighting wild Pokemon and other trainers, or you just suck at it. What do? Simple! Let's start by shaving some of the fluff off your Mareep and standing it on its two hind legs. It looks taller now! The blue isn't attractive, though. Let's dye it pink, and make the silly yellow fluff a brilliant white! And the yellow sphere on it's tail just has to go, so you instead attach a blue one. Wow! Looks much better now. In fact, let's call it Flaafy. But it's not good enough yet. Shave off all the fluff. All of it. You can make a nice garment with it, anyway. You're kind of favoring the yellow again, so you dye your Flaafy yellow. However, you make the chest and stomach white for the sake of aesthetic. Attach a red jewel to its forehead, and change the tail's sphere to red to match. Now, take your Flaafy to the gym, and let it work out a little. When some muscles form, you'll have a nice, larger Pokemon. Amazing! From here onwards, you call this Ampharos! And that, my friends, is how you can evolve your Mareep! No long, difficult adventuring needed! All you have to do is buy the materials in town and work right at home!
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I've noticed that in some anime/manga illustrations, artists choose to represent water or wetness with something that looks like a stretched out bit of thin wax that got holes in it as it was stretched to cover the character or item. I can only find one example image for now, from CLAMP's manga X, seen here (notice on his skin). I mean it looks pretty and all, but I wonder why artists might draw it as so. I, for one, fail at drawing and coloring water and/or wet things.
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I drew the guy I have a mini-obsession on. Fai D. Flourite from Tsubasa. (Colored pencil on printing paper) It's a bit tilted cuz that's how the sketch came out in my sketchbook, and then I traced it onto paper and forgot to turn it slightly. Oh well. Tsubasa may be confusing towards the end (srsly), but Fai is still awesome. Oh and happy birthday, Spink. You're awesome as well. <3
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Today was a day off from school, so I took advantage of it to shop for a gift for my friend, whose birthday is this Saturday. Yesterday and today, I drew a card with Roy Mustang (FMA) on it. Then today, I went to an anime-dedicated store downtown. When I got there, I was the only customer, but the store was full of so many beautiful figurines and kits and merchandise that I didn't care. Despite the loneliness, the guy at the register was easy to talk to, and we discussed FMA a little bit. He also helped me pick out the gift (FMA-themed, mind you). Then I got myself a Sebastian (Kuroshitsuji/Black Butler) cell phone thingy (it's really cute <3). After that I wandered around the city, went to the used bookstore but bought nothing, and then wandered around some 30 more streets before going on the train home. At home, I turn on the computer and go check out what manga series had updated. Sure enough, FMA has a new chapter. But, it's the last chapter of all time, and it's at least 100 pages long. It was a good ending, but this day has sure been freaky - hints towards the end of the series have been bombarding me the entire day. And then Dudebot and I cried together about the chapter. ;_;
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Link. This is Vocal from the Violinist of Hameln manga. Made on 9" by 12" Bristol paper and with Micron and calligraphy pens. First thing - on stuff I noticed in the picture that could have been improved: Some of the black parts meld into other parts and make them hard to differentiate. The characters on the ball seem placed a bit unevenly and mess up the inside circle. And his hands might be too small? Second - Let me tell you about Violinist of Hameln. About 140 chapters of stuff, written/drawn in the 1990's, and it can be fun. The only issue that stood out is occasional confusion with setting. While they're in a fantasy world, the characters sometimes mention locations in Europe and Asia and composers from real life (since they place music often), there are some technological aspects such as when Hamel's violin gets "upgraded", and once or twice there was a Gundam Mobile Suit stuck in there. Another thing is that they break the fourth wall a bunch of times, but I'm not sure if that's good or bad. Otherwise I really, really enjoyed it. But the anime was terrible. Anywhooo rant over now enjoy the art.
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When I watch something like Vampire Knight or Rozen Maiden where Pocky is involved at least once, I just have the urge to eat Pocky. But I have nowhere nearby to buy it.
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I started watching it last night, just finished episode 5 upon beginning to write this entry. I like this show very much so far. <3
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There are some moments where you just know art is awesome. So today in art class I brought in a mango to draw and paint in watercolors. Our new assignment was to paint it and then fix it up in pen, such as outlines, extreme shading, details, etc. I was like "man I need something more awesome than just a mango" Then I realized I had Gunslinger Girl volume 1 in my bag, which I borrowed from a friend. So I took it out, and put the mango on the book (lol mango on manga) so that it replaced her head. And then I managed to use my time to sketch out the image. Tomorrow I'm going to paint it~ The sad thing is that it's not on watercolor paper, so that's a shame. But yes. One of the many moments in life where you really see the awesomeness in art. if someone wants to shop a mango onto her head go for it, cuz I'm lazy
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Annataz seires yb lauP iniD dna tra yb Rm. Xour! Semoc tou ni yam! T'nac tiaw rof siht!
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I watched the so-dubbed Season 0 of Yu-Gi-Oh this week, and I see a lot of connections between this show (the original, based off the first few manga) and the show we've all (well most of us) seen (along with the game). This shall be a very choppy entry on my thoughts, so bear with me. xP But to a overview of the show overall! At first, I found the voice actors completely different from the English show, so it took a while to get used to them. There was also an extra character in Yugi's group, Miho. In this show, she's apparently a ditz. Not bad of an addition. Now then! The majority of this show isn't even about Duel Monsters. Duel Monsters only occurs in maybe five episodes out of the total twenty-seven. Another popular game that lasted more than an episode is Capsule Monsters. But the entire show was all about games, and almost every other character loved games as much as Yugi did. Many of the other episodes were focused on other games, such as Digital Pets, Yo-yos, golf, and more. And most of the episodes focused on a villainous character (which changed almost every time), and trying to show them how their evil is bad through games. On that subject, Yugi has his Millennium Puzzle. But he doesn't figure out that he has another self, or why he gets memory lapses often, until later in the show. Our beloved pharaoh is always brought out by a threat to Yugi's friends or to Yugi himself, and is most often seen playing a Shadow Game with the villainous character of the episode to teach them a lesson. Of course, there are some exceptions to this. Kaiba makes several attempts to bring out the pharaoh and defeat him, but fails pretty much every time. He has this group of amazing game players, but Yugi beats them all. The show doesn't get a real plot until Kaiba [finally] kidnaps Yugi's grandpa. Then they go to Kaiba Land and go through some pretty crazy games and near-death situations (where Yugi and pals finally realize the pharaoh's existence). Mokubah as a character is totally different. He's dressed real fancy, with some velvet cape, and his personality is evil-ish until Yugi beats him at Capsule Monsters. After Yugi beats Mokubah, he and Kaiba play Duel Monsters and when Kaiba has his three Blue Eyes, Yugi gets Exodia and yahoo he wins. And he does Mind Crush! =D And in the aftermath, Bakura pops out, is taken over by his Millennium Ring, and then they play this RPG board game where Yugi and pals become the player pieces and pharaoh has to control them. Pluz there's Zorc! Now then, connections to the show we all love: Joey being all bully at the beginning with Yugi, Kaiba vs Yugi (and the gramps kidnapping), Duel Monsters (although the rules are all screwed up and often requires you know mythology or something o_O), Tea as a waitress, Bakura vs. Yugi (with something where Bakura messes with the group's souls), Capsule Monsters?, etc. So I guess I enjoyed watching this Season 0. I noticed a lot more things about what I watched in my childhood, and I also got a little memory boost for that. Oh, and most importantly:
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Years ago, I lurked the epic forum, reading nearly everything I could find. Over time though, my interests changed and I started to RP more. Combined with a lack of interest in the canonical Bionicle storyline, this was enough to make me stay out of all sections except the CoT and BRPG forum. However, my interest in the other forums and Bionicle in general has peaked. I've always loved writing and I look up to the best, striving to better myself. So I browsed the epic forum. So many great stories! So I would like a few suggestions on what to read.
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So for the next few weeks, I will be experimenting with my RPing style and by extension writing style. Yunno, trying out some new things, using new words, and writing differently. Basically, I want to create my own unique style of writing/RPing. *shrug*
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http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=317854 I actually created a long short story! Feel free to stop by and review. Please be constructive though.
