UNDER THLAYLI'S THRALL

Ammie, you were born under a lucky star because normally my mother would have kicked a puppy in her rage when tiny hearts explode across her precious rug, but she was a in good mood for some strange scary reason, and went into a peal of laughter *grin * It took me, my nieces, and my sister half an hour to clean it up, and I swear, if I didn’t love you so much… but the hearts were darling, and so pretty! I love the blue shimmeriness of it. The world should be filled with shimmery things. We need more shimmery things! Hell, it should rain shimmery things once a week and twice when war breaks out. Imagine the surprise on Bush’s and Saddam’s face when the skies dumped bucketful of shimmery hearts on the U.S. and Iraqi army O.o

I LOVE the puppy!!! He's now sitting on my pillows on my bed, and is has the life crushed out of him at night when I squeeze him, and my mom thinks you’re wonderful because the chocolate biscuits were so good *happy grin * FOOD! You can never go wrong with sending foot to us. I want to be a hobbit so I can have second breakfasts and third lunches. First thing we will do when we meet each other, Ammie, is to go to a fattening restaurant and gorge ourselves until we’re sick. And I’m going to dissolve the soap you gave me on the 31st in honour of a belated party and Chinese New year :D Thank-you so much, darling! *HUGS*

BTW, did my Christmas package was unfortunately delayed *curses Canada Post * But it’s going to be sent into the mail and you should get it soon. Okay, socialness!

--->The Bunny movie was scary! You know the scene where Holly told them about what happened to Sandleford? *shudders * That had to be one of the most psychologically unnerving thing I’ve seen in years. “The Blade” looked like Disney compared to it. And the “Bright Eyes” episode was haunting. I didn’t go all shriekage over the movie as I expected to, but I loved it for it sensitivity and spirit, and oh, seeing Bigwig say to Woundwort, “I’d like to see you try, you crackbrained slavedriver” and “Silflay Hraka”. ! ! ! There were many freaky moments, but they were softened down by the experience of seeing my favorite rabbit strut his stuff ;D
---> I’m one of those people who can’t make up an opinion about a movie, book, or song until I read it the second time through, which drives people mad because they’ll play me a song and I’ll say, “meh”, but a week later I’ll phone them and say, “Knock my socks off, this song is so awesome and I love it love it LOVE IT!” So truth is I didn’t really read “Skellig” until the second time, and it was just lovely. I just love the last word of the story.
--->ROTFL! Just as long as Dai-chan has flowers in his hair and lace on his purple panties, Karen can do whatever she wants with him (Ack, that came out wrong!) And of course Inuki-chan can hold the flowers. He can even toss the bouquet. Speaking of which, you are still one hot babe ;-) Even my Mumsy says so.
--->NO FREAKING WAY! Aoki’s a PORN star!!!?? Neat, mildmanner, polite, sweet-tempered, devoted-to-his-wife-and-kid Aoki!!!? I am flabbergasted. With a penchant for little boys under 7 too! Suddenly that comment about Daisuke’s kindergarten pictures don’t seem so innocent anymore O.o AMMIE! *laughs uncontrollably * You rat! No more Windcest comments from you. Don’t much fuch those two with each other.
-->Give Hinoto both wings and tentacles. She’ll be one of those two-in-one toys: doll with angelic wings wearing a long white dress that if you turn upside down, the skirt falls down over the wings and spiritual face and reveals a tentacled monster underneath :D I know that was mean, but I’m grumpy that you got me sympathizing with Ol’ Crippled again. Your comment about her sleeping but never getting any rest would break the heart of the meanest cynic in the world. No wonder she went evil *g*.
-->I know I said this on the MB regarding your excellent insight into the person Karen forgot, but You Rule!

Kerianne: You made some great points about fanon and fandom bitchiness that I never considered. Being written in another language, fanon was inevitable, so that does explain why we're so bitchy over translation, correct quotes, and accurate characterization.

I think another reason the X fandom is bitchy because the people in it are mature. Ever try being bitchy in some of X-Files fandoms? People crucify you for having a different opinion. I unsubscribed from XFMU because I was sick and tired of the “be nice” rule there. Not that I’m slamming ListMom Lara, which rocks in every way possible, but overall atmosphere of “If you have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all” from the majority of the posters made my oh-so-confrontational skin crawl. Since I couldn’t voice my views there, I went to a discreet, invite-only group which also consists of several the posters and what we can’t say in XFMU, we say there. Sure, we bitch and whine and complain, but none of our comments are even close to brutal honesty of your remarks, Kerianne, or Alison’s, Satsuki-chan’s, Ali’s, Kim’s, and a bunch of other people here. We don’t have to hide in a corner to express our views, and we don’t worry (much *grin*) if we’re stepping on other people’s toes. Therefore, since we know other people are mature enough to take it (or we don't give a rat's tail if they are ;D), we bitch.

And thank goodness for that.

Lika frolicked in the snow at Saturday, January 25, 2003, 07:08 p.m.

I got my birthday well-wishes from my three ultimate babes which made the day for me, and some more from this these darlings which was the icing on the cake :) Twenty-three isn't so bad afterall.

I'm finally catching up on some X, none of which I could do without Alison`s website. It`s easy to use, the updates are easy to find, the archives is wonderful, the scans are a godsend, and the summaries are very well written, and the Sakura Board is still the place to be. It`s an invulable site for all X fans. Thanks for doing such a good job maintaining it, Alison *hugs*

Anyhows, the last few Asuka issues rock. There`s plenty of Karen *big grin*, a few hints to some bad character choices, some great reference to the older mangas, and the plot is starting to move along. I am so looking forward to seeing how the story resolves itself. CLAMP is writing a tighter, more thought-out story than most people are giving it credit for. I`m really enjoying it.

((I need to run to work, but I`ll finish this entry tonight hopefully))

Lika frolicked in the snow at Thursday, January 16, 2003, 01:11 p.m.

The first person to wish me happy birthday was the university's automatic phone operator when I went to call in to see what my tuition fee was:

"Your current program is English Honours Fourth Year. Your current course load is two point five. Happy birthday!"

Thanks to the all sweet bunnies who wished me a Happy Birthday. I love you all and I swear I'll give you all a holler on this blog tomorrow, after I wrangle out the details for this party I'm determined to throw to celebrate the fact that I am one year closer to menopause #^____^#

At least I have someone else to share the occasion with *LOL* May you age gracefully and well, my darling. All the best in the coming year *HUGS*

Lika frolicked in the snow at Wednesday, January 15, 2003, 11:13 p.m.

The only harder to find than the second installment of the Coldfire Trilogy in Ottawa is a video copy of "Watership Down." One blockbuster didn't have it, the other blockbuster couldn't find their copy, Chapters don't carry it, and Public Library lost their copy. Luckily for me, they bought another one and it's being catelogued so I should get it in a week in which you will find me in dizzying heights of bliss and ectascy everytime Bigwig appears on screen. Expects incoherent shrieks next week.

*Bounces* I spend yesterday re-living my childhood again. After reserving "Watership Down", I spent an afternoon reading Babysitters Club books and was shocked to find out that Dawn moved out of Stoneybrook somewhere in the ten years I stopped reading the series. And did you know Mary Anne cut her hair? Shockers! Then I went home and watched "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and wondered if Marina Sirtis ever got annoyed with playing the victim of every single "mind game" that plagued the Enterprise ^^

CHEERS! I'm so happy you got that job in the library!!! As long as you're in a library and I hope it's a nice one, though the old one sounded wonderful. You never told me about the bunnies though! There were BUNNIES on the way there? And hills? Talk about an ideal spot to re-create Watership Down!

Oh, this Watership Down obsession is getting out of hand...

But I know what you mean about not going months without reading and then reading a bunch in a week. If I never read another book in my life I'd be fine, but when I'm reading a book that I'm totally into, you couldn't tear it out of my hand with a monkey wrench. I have to admit, while I did like "Skellig" the first time I read it, it didn't really touch me then. It wasn't until re-reading it that I realize what an incredible delicate and beautiful book it was. It's like "The Great Gatsby" (*glomps Satsuki-chan*). The first I read it I didn't think it was that great, but re-reading, I get sucked into the story and the characters and found it totally gut-wrenching. Then it stayed with me. I love what the Mom in "Skellig" said about wings and why the baby was having so much trouble staying on earth. And the ending was so happy there was almost a fragile element to the happiness that made want to cry and laugh, if you know what I mean. It was so Charles de Lint-ish. I love magic like that.

Inuki and Dai-chan can be bridesmaid as long as Karen gets to design their clothes *BIG GRIN* And tell me this shocking truth about Aoki. I've been out of the loopey for a long time so all new founded secrets about the "mild, well-meaning sweet man" have not been revealed to me ;)

Lika frolicked in the snow at Tuesday, January 14, 2003, 02:17 p.m.

I lost my entry which I wish I could blame on the vodka and the beer, but the truth is I'm just stupid. And thank goodness for the entry was me whining and being a crybaby over work, school, life, how freakishly lonely I am now that my brother is gone, pretty much everything (and no that does not explain the vodka and beer - that was an act of stupidity, not depression, and thank goodness for that). So to drag my soon-going-to-turn-into-a-first-class-bitch self out of this depression I've dug, I'm going to have a nice party to celebrate my twenty third birthday.

And wait patiently for the next installment of the Coldfire Trilogy to come in. Ah, Gerald Tarrant. An fiend with a personality. Those smooth ones who never get mad don't do anything for me. I'm not into the whole unruffled thing, but give me a guy who's arrogant, bitchy, flawed, relunctant to put themself in pain, and who you can undermine and insult but that only makes them get back at you harder, you ain't getting him back. He's mine. They're mine. Tarrant and Howl, both mine. The world needs more arrogant preeners who'll throw green slime on you if you do so much as move one impeccably place hair out of line. Killing is banal, but green slime? Now that's sexy.

Alison, Michael Whelan's art is awesome and would make a totally Faboo layout, but your current is eye-candy enough.

Lika frolicked in the snow at Sunday, January 12, 2003, 09:37 p.m.

I am not, by any means, a bookworm. I only read about ten books a year and that’s only in a “good” year. Music majors may have to know how to play an instrument blindfolded, but English majors don’t necessary have to be voracious readers to get their degree. So I’m not a voracious reader. I am, however, an enthusiastic readers over the few books I get around to reading. If the book is to my taste and moves me, I’m in my glory. They’re like tasty morsels that I lick the last vesitage of juice off. I totally throw myself into the story, the characters, the ideas. It brings me so much pleasure and joy. I can’t even describe it. I pretty much love everything in the world for the week following the reading, and am in such a good mood it’s scary.

That said, I don’t lose myself in a novel. I don’t think anyone loses themself in fiction. Fiction is not a cold medium that dictates your consciousness until you reach the evitable ending. Rather, I think we construct the world using the words and phrases the author gives us. We don’t get lost in their world, but rather use their book as a map for creating our own. A better author will just give you a better map so you can create a richer world. But you’re still able to retain a part of your consciousness to be critical and analytical in regards to the plot and character.

I know when reading “Black Sun Rising” that the Lovely I-so-owe-her!Alison (*glomps*) sent me, I had to put the book down several times for my brain to marvel in how awesome the characters were and how incredibly complex and brilliant the plots were, and how well thought out her concepts and ideas were. None of us would have the capacity to enjoy characters and be aware of how well done or poorly done a plot point is if the story was so powerful that it blocked out our self-awareness and consciousness for the duration of the fiction.

So did I lose myself in “Black Sun Rising”? No. But did I find myself creating a setting of wonder and mountains and trees, as well as scenes and moments that I’ll never forget and characters that felt as real to me as my family? Hell yeah.

Hell yeah.

Same goes for “Skellig”, a beautiful, delicate story that tore my heart out. And many kisses and glomps goes to Always Bodacious Ammie for that wonderful day spent reading it. Wings had never been so beautiful, or so well explained, and scientific, but also touching. I’ll never look at a shoulder blade the same way again *hugs*

Much thanks to you two darlings for a Christmas holiday that had me licking my fingers. The books were wonderful. Now if I could amuse myself until my order for “When True Night Falls” comes through in three weeks *grumbles for the four hours spent on a bus going to everyone bookstore looking for it*

Social Blogging!

Alison: What’s it with bishounens and ties? ;) But the best interaction between two men still goes to Tarrant and Damien. Tarrant is THE guy. For all you Lestat and Seishirou fans, do yourself a favor and read the Coldfire trilogy and discover the awesomeness that is Gerald Tarrant. Hey, Alison, think you’ll ever do a layout with him? Please! *kitty eyes*

Ammie: WINGS! WINGS! I’m going to put wings on everyone from now on. Even that rat Hinoto. They’ll balance out the tentacles ^___^ And you are not a perfect match with Hinoto. I don’t care what that Tarot Card test said, you’re not, even if I agree with the line “Spiritual enlightenment, inner illumination, hidden power”. We all know you were an angel underneath all that foul language *grin* May Daisuke and Aoki sex fuck much, but not with each other. Oh, and Percy, he is totally IT. They better have more of him in the next movie. I need my fill of Percy Boy.

As for this:
*returning from lunch* HAHAHA! Ma was tapping her finger at this little spider, & it jumped at her! XD It was pretty, all black with white stripey legs. Wonder if it'll go for the jugular next? XD There was also a Monarch butterfly eating nectar from these purple flowers (Hebe? or something like that)...they're all over white spots. Insects are so fascinating. ^_^

You are a sick person.

But I’ll still marry you ;D

Kerianne: Meh, I always get burned with people who get all offended and worked up when I voice my opinions, particularly on XFMU where I do it ceaselessly. But the thing people don’t realize about people who ask for more variety is that they are giving courage to people who want to write that variety but are afraid that no one is reading it. That’s why whenever I post on XFMU, I let people know that I want more DSR and DOR and DOF and whatever. Hell, I go as far as saying that there’s too much DRR and for goodness sake people it’s not a DRR forum and 99% of DRR sucks anyhow so you might as well stop torturing me with such incredibly badly written fanfic. I don’t do so to make DRR writers stop writing DRR (well, I do encourage a little something called “effort”), but rather to let non-DRR writers know that there are people who want to read something different. I know so many writers who write non-DRR who don't contribute to the place anymore because it's being overrun by DRR. And those are the majority of the few authors I can stomach *scowls* Anyhow, it’s my opinion, and no one has to accept it or respect it. I have the IQ of a buttertart and the attention span of a five-year-old, so my opinion shouldn’t upset anyone, but it does. Go figure. You keep on spewing your opinions and arguments. I love every one of them, even if I disagree with them. You’re right, they make the fandom interesting :)

Oh, I found the flute recording for “Bright Eyes”, the official song of “Watership Down.” Was literally bawling when I heard it. Spend the whole hour going “Bigwig… Bigwig… BIGWIG…” But sadly, no I haven’t found the movie. Like the elusive “When True Night Falls”, no decent store that should have it seems to have it in stock. But never fear, I have a credit card now, and ebay is only a click away *happy grin*

In the meantime, "Bright Eyes" is playing, and I'm going on weeping rampage, so until then: Bigwig *sniff* Bigwig *sniff* BIGWIG *sniff*

Lika frolicked in the snow at Wednesday, January 8, 2003, 01:00 a.m.

Alison, my sweetest and dearest of my Ultimate Babes,

I'm here to let you know that I'm so very very VERY sorry that I missed wishing you a Happy Birthday on the actual day *sniffle* I hate working on weekend and having no internet, and I trust Canada Post to have screwed up the package I sent to you two weeks ago in hopes that it might get there early *growls* Five to seven business day my foot. Well, I'm going to have to work extra hard to make this day special. I think I'll write a poem or a 155 word fanfic for every week until Christmas ^_^ Might as well drag your birthday out and make it a special month *LOL*

In the meantime, Alison my sweetie, I wish you a year of laughter, love, peace (which should be easy now that you don't have to worry about your mother screaming at you to clean up your room ;D), and Good Awesome Entertainment. Just don't enjoy them too much with Xandra *looks threateningly at poor Xandra* Speaking of which, your weekend with her better had not been too "cosy"...

*HUGS* HAVE A FUCKING AWESOME BIRTHDAY, ALISON!!!! *GLOMPS!*

As Ammie-Love will tell you, I only swear when it's important *grin*

Lika frolicked in the snow at Monday, December 2, 2002, 07:31 p.m.

I believe birthdays are much more special on an individual level than Christmas is. It's about the day you were born! How special is that? So I spend more on birthdays than I do on Christmas. Yes, this is me telling everyone that I'm going to be extraordinarily stingy this year for Christmas. But it doesn't mean I like you any less. Just that this blasted institution called university is milking me for all I'm worth, and preventing me giving out the truly lavish gifts that I really wanted to buy. But if I had the money, know that you all would get the world and a gumball machine to go with it :)

But I won't turn this into a I-hate-university rant that I'm so famous for. True, people who say, ", but you'll missing out on so much if you don't go to university" still tick me off to no end, but I'm slowly rediscovering the beauty is Christianhood, so here's me trying thank God in every situation.

1. I thank God for my medieval studies class, which I enjoy and can now go into great details about King Arthur's court.
2. I thank God for my totally AWESOME black African studies class that has taught me to look at the world through a new set of eyes.
3. I thank God for the wonderful girls at Bible studies that I have met, and in particularly, my "therapist" has never given up on me during the last year.
4. I thank God that I am not in debt, despite how the university has overcharged and overpriced every little thing I've done.
5. I thank God for the exercise I get walking around campus.
6. I thank God that I get free internet here at the university.
7. I thank God that I can go to university. (And may I stop saying, "YOU'RE SO LUCKY!" when I see TV shows about people who claim their religion/gender/race kept them out of universities *grin*)
8. I am thankful that I have brains -- may God now help me learn the discipline so I actually use them.
9. I am thankful for my friends, and the memories they'll give me when we part.
10. I am thankful that I got to spend a day with my older sister, and actually be nice and civil to her, something I hardly am with her. I guess I should stop bitching about the parking ticket we got, and just be happy that God did give me a chance to be nice to her, and taught me the importance to follow parking laws and school rules, no matter how small they seem. Even the smaller things build characters.

So maybe God has blessed me throughout this university hell. What a swell guy!

Lika frolicked in the snow at Thursday, November 14, 2002, 01:23 p.m.

To the Senator and the Jedi:

MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU ON YOUR BIRTHDAYS! *HUGS!*

May you find happiness, love, laughs, and chocolate covered, whipped creamed, beribboned Hugh Jackmans and Oliver Woods in the coming year. Jeannie, if you want Hugh in spandex, it can be done! ^_~

Lika frolicked in the snow at Monday, October 7, 2002, 01:50 p.m.

It's over and thank goodness -- "it" being the three months of harmone inbalance that had me wanting, if you could believe it, to get married and have kids. It's over, it's over, and it's about time. I blame any ippiness and squealiness and bad-fanfic-reading-ness that. At least I had to the good sense to be disgusted with 80% of the fics and make the totally unromantic The Truer Lie my favorite D/R on XFMU. Even when I'm brainwashed, I still keep a semblance of myself ^^ Dark, gritty, uncompromising fics gets it each time, no matter how fried my brain is. But it's wonderful to have it fully back. I'm back to my unromantic, noromoic, single-blessedness-is-the-way-to-go self, and all I've got to say is THANK GOODNESS! May I never tread those dark waters again :P

So now that I'm back in my genki old self again, The Blade is, by far the best movie I've seen all year. It's my kind of stuff: dark, unforgiving, relentless, edgy, not an ounce of sappiness or romance in it. Melodramatic, yes, but only melodramatic in its brutality and rawness, not in its sentimentality. I totally ate it up. I love that movie, good Frith, how I love that movie! It's not a movie for everyone, being shockingly brutal and bloody, but it's totally my type of movie, done right too (for I rather watch an awful romantic comedy than a gritty movie done wrong). Most reviews hailed it as a masterpiece (and I thoroughly agree), but I found a few that bashed it as a movie by Tsui Hark has a tendency to be bashed. They only made me love the movie more, particularly this one:

I guess "different" is the best word to describe this movie, but it's different in sort of a bad way. This is perhaps the SECOND most disturbing, dark, heart-blowing depressing movie ever. YIPPEE! ^_^
Its message: Everyone is worthless and a victim, and heroes are no exceptions. That was the fourth or so reviewer who said there are no heros in this movie and that if there were, he was worthless. I didn't see it that way. Victim, yes, oh yes, but I don't see where worthless or unheroic came from. I thought On was one of the most believable, relentless, and well-thought out hero I've seen in a long time.
90% of the movie has people screaming and yelling and over-reacting. Indeed, nobody ever opens his mouth peacefully, so don't even think about calmness. All The characters are totally out of control; everyone is on the verge of becoming permanently insanne. You, too, may need to be institutionized after watching this movie. *LOL* And to think, I came out of these movie feeling uplifted and gratified.
Instead of the usual polished fight scenes), the action here is smudged, unclear, sloppy, violent, furious--with purpose of course. If you're a real kung fu fan, you will not find adequate action here. Reviewer's right. The movie is bloody, but it's NOT excessive violence like John Woo. The brutality and violence seems to be a more mental one than a physical one. And the fight scenes looked liked how martial arts must have looked like 500 years ago. No ballet dance with kicks, just choppy, smudgy, barbaric fights.
But it truly saves the best for last, for the finale contains some of the most fierce, brutal, and barbaric action ever captured on film. It will blow anyone's mind. THAT LAST BATTLE WAS A-FREAKING-MAZING! Talk about speed and power and vengeance -- that was just incredible, the best fight scene I've seen in years.
The behavior of the characters are so dramatic, they're not funny (really, they're not). They reveal the worst side of humanity. Totally, utterly, it made me so happy *sparkles*
But the ultimate horror is, all this uncivilized behavior and eccentric fighting is probably the most accurate portray of life in China 500 years ago. That's what everyone says. Every reviewer mentioned that this was probably the most accurate protryal of medieval China, and that's what I loved about it. There was an authenticity to it, marked by the multi-culturalism, by the dirt and the whores and the barbarians, by the primitive nature of the characters and their actions. I particularly liked the painted horsemen.
It raises the most thought-provoking question that even Ashes of Time fails to bring up: Was this the REAL Jiang Hu, the actual Martial World? I think so... it does have is never-before-seen footage of realism; and as we all know, reality can be disturbing and disgusting--and it is. So glad one film-maker decided to make a realistic medieval China piece
Not sure if I should recommend this. YOU SHOULD!
I almost regret having seen it. In many ways, this is the one film that should never have been made, Tsui Hark's most ambitious attempt, and Tsui Hark's worst movie ever. No freaking way, this is his best movie (well, after the Swordsman movies).
YOU WILL FEEL LIKE DOGSHIT WHEN YOU WATCH THIS, and you will question your worth. I did question my worth and I felt proud to be a human being =D But then, I'm a sucker for anything that shows the primitive part of the human being (why I love Truer Lie so much - forget dignity), that shows our ugliness and pettiness, how really, we're not all that different from animals. It's like the villian of the movie said, when he slaughters people, "kill the pigs, kill the pigs, kill the pigs."

Lika frolicked in the snow at Monday, October 7, 2002, 11:51 a.m.

I am SO GLAD she didn't leave me for a man *^__^* I'll even forgive the tentacles for that.

Okay, fifteen minutes to let you know where I've been this week: school, brother came home from Toronto for weekend, re-arranging house for new room-mate to move in, watched Buffy and thought it rocked with the new Sunnydale High and Poor Spikey being tormented by his soul (and did not that last part of the episode kick mad booty?), and am currently turning into a lovesick puppy over Jet Li's fake eyebrows.

It's getting really ridiculous. I was late for class this morning because I couldn't get enough of his fake eyebrows. Just kept watching the tape over and over again. They're sexy, the sexiest thing I've ever seen done with Jet Li since they put him in drag. The movie was entertaining and enjoyable (anything with Jet Li and Chingmy Yau has to be enjoyable), but I have to agree with YTLS that the humour and CAR part of it really brought it down, not to mention the overuse of slow-motion and stupid long death scene. Bah. It would have been much better had it kept it serious and straight-forward, with some humour from Chingmy's character (who was saved only because Chingmy is one of the most adorable actresses in the world), but not to the point of low-brow comedy that it hit. Still, Jet Li all stern and fierce and manly, in late 19th Chinese clothes, with a few wisps of hair over his face, and those eyebrows doing amazing martial arts that shows his grace and agility... *melts* He should play stern, vengeful, and no-nonsense more often. He's just so sexy like that, especially with those eyesbrows. And I love how he proposed to Chingmy's character:
Him: "Shut up. Okay or not okay?"
Her: "Okay." ^^

Lika frolicked in the snow at Monday, September 30, 2002, 01:46 p.m.

Seeing guys looking for something in the sanitary napkins section in a drugstore always amuses me. They must be either awesome boyfriends or terrific brothers. I'd love to housebreak like a guy like that =D

*pulls out hair* I've worked more in the last two weeks than my three previous year put together >_< FINALLY got around to cleaning to house, had a nightmare paying the bills (stupid cousin calling Hong Kong made the freaking phone bill $83 WHERE DOES HE THINK I GET THE MONEY!?), course overload SUCKS and I'm still behind >_<, and due to the parents who have lower than average intelligence, I'm officially the guardian of my two niecee i.e. I'm in charge of seeing them do their homework. For all future parents, you will waste an unfrithly amount of time helping your kids with homework, and double it if your kids have learning disabilities as my younger niece does. Do not have more than two kids if you can help it.

Okay, fine, it's nothing at all. I'm just lazy and shiftless and not used to work. Come on, you're talking to the girl thinks doing a batch of dishes is like spend a week plowing in the field. But I am busy so if you don't hear from me in email or elsewhere for a long time, it's because the nice plush life as I have known it has decided to give me a much needed kick in the rear and I'm learning some responsibility >_< BAH! It's making my head spin. Literally!

I want to blog about racism and how much I hate the whole stupid "Let's Get Tough On Crime" attitude on North America that I swear will only create more violence and will end up in locking up more black, Hispanics, and Natives, but I've got no time. But I will say, Spike Lee was right about the blacksplotation on both screens (which explains why I haven't met a black fan of X-Files), and "The Dispossessed", a book about the shameful ways Canadian Natives got neglected, abused, and robbed is a highly recommanded read. Oh, and Socrates is THE MAN and I love him and adore him and want to make him my hero and think he's the coolest, most brilliant guy ever, even if he was a social idiot.

Alison: No, a whole year without mooncake is torture!!! You better had gorged yourself with mooncake yesterday, sweetie, to make up for the ten months we won't have it in the coming year *sheds tears* We went through our mooncakes faster than usual this year, which is surprising because my mother claims that she never brought them out for anyone to eat. People have got to learn that no matter how well they hide it, I will find them ^__^

Jeannie: *LOL* Yup, fifteen indeed ^^ And the guy you met on the bus, what a really stupid way to pick up a girl. Thanks for the advice. Moving is the best thing to do. And I'll get back to you on the Hollowe'en MacBeth thing as soon as I find X Press that it was in. There was something about a snack stand and pop O.o

Satsuki-chan: This page was absolutely delightful. I want the Allistar Black interview and more on that President and his "cat". You add a flavor to everything you do. Good luck on your entry to the theonering.net fanfic contest.

Kerianne: Your last A/K fic was lovely, and probably the best of your writing and the tightest in term of storytelling. I had some problem with Aoki's character, but overall, I thought it was a great read and am very impressed!

Sarah: I stepped on the body of a dead bird once on my way to school. Ruined my day too.

Lanie: MALE STRIP CLUB IT IS! =D With lap dances and table dances of course ^^ No need to buy me a stripper, though the thought warms the cockles of my heart. You are a dearest of a best friend, you really are *hugs*

And one last abuse of capital letters, all for the Very Lovely Miss Ammie:

HINOTO HAS LONG, FAT, SLIMY TENTACLES WITH HUGE SUCKERS UNDERNEATH!!!!!!!!! :P

Lika frolicked in the snow at Saturday, September 21, 2002, 03:46 p.m.

Hinoto does TOO have tentacles!!!:P

Lika frolicked in the snow at Tuesday, September 17, 2002, 09:42 a.m.

If you haven't read Toni Morrison's "Playing in the Dark", I highly recommand it. What a fantastic look at the history of American Literature, with a great look at Freud's idea of the "Other", if anyone has read "The Uncanny." The whole idea that America has defined itself primary by saying it's not like the black slaves, that they are dignified, civilized, and most important, liberated. Yeah, I know, hyprocrisy, but she deals with them in a brilliant way. A great read, and one of the most illuminating looks of American Literary History I've ever read.

As for the Canadian in me, I apply it this way: That we mostly identify ourselves by saying we are not like the Americans. Seriously, we do. I'm taking a Canadian Film Studies course, the idea of identity is a huge one. Canada's a nation that really did define its idenity, but then again, after reading "Playing in the Dark", I don't think America really did either. They defined theirs in how different they are to the black slaves, which was nonexistent. Canada defined their identity with how different we are to the states, which, and Young Mikey Boy will kill me for this, is equally nonexistent. But trust me, Young Mikey Boy, Americans are awesome people. I haven't met one I didn't like, which is more than I can say for those Mainlanders :P

I took my nieces and younger cousins out to see Spy Kids 2 on Saturday. I lost my wallet, then found it, and discovered that five dollars was missing. What a thoughtful person! I had four more dollars in the coin purse, but s/he didn't take it. That left me with enough money to take my nieces home *beams* Oh, and I saw commericials for...
THE VEGGIE TALES MOVIE!!!!!! *SHRIEK! SCREAMS!* LARRY THE CUCUMBER! LARRY! LARRY! LARRY!
They're doing the story of Jonah, you know the guy who was swallowed up by the big fish in the book of Jonah, and they have The Pirates who don't do anything!!!!!!! *squeals*!! I told people at church and we're all going to see the movie on opening night, then buy the soundtrack. I can't wait!!!

I am also deeply into the Indigo Girls right now. I'll write about them later, when I'm in one of my more coherent moods, but trust me, "Ghost" is the loveliest song I ever heard, and "Closer to Fine" just rocks, as does "Song of Devotion," "Least Complicated", "Shame on You", "Power of Two", "Galileo", "Go", frith, all of their songs rock. Go buy their CDs.

Kerianne: I seriously doubt that the solution of FF.net will end up in being an yaoi-only archive :) Like you said, less than half the NC-17 stories are slash, and there are many other fandoms who use FF.net. The folks at X-Files uses it too and are upset they can't post their smut there. So I think the result will be an NC-17 version of FF.net, for all genre and all fandoms, where all members have to be 17 and older and the list would mostly likely be "member view" only. Which if you ask me, is a REALLY good idea!

Alison: Well, sweetie, if you can't scan the pictures, spent a blog entry describing each picture in loving detail, right down to exact shade of their shoes.

Okay, I've got to run. Have to go to class... have to plan my birthday party... I know it's not until January, but dammit, I want one BIG party before I turn 25 and while I still have some friends left. Currently trying to decide between a male strip club and bowling. Though if enough people wants to have a Veggie Tales Marathon, I'm willing to do that too :D

Lika frolicked in the snow at Monday, September 16, 2002, 10:04 a.m.

AUGH! Goofing off for three years does not pay. Course overload sucks!!! I'm beginning to wish I did take summer school, just so I wouldn't be so swamped now. It wouldn't be so bad if I didn't need straight As to get into Library Science, but unfortunately I do >_< On the bright side, I really enjoy four of my six classes, and my professor for my African American studies is hilarious and adorable, just a bundle of energy, and I got into the Medieval Literature class that I wanted :D Had to drop Christianity, much to my displeasure (talking about Jesus Christ for three hours, could you spend a more interesting three hours?) but I finally get to share a class with Lalonde and have my very favorite professor ever. It's going to be sweet =D I just wish I didn't have two seminars to give next week! >_<

Alison: Love your new layout. Very clean and neat, and I do mean that in a complimentary way. I'm so jealous that you got those new artbooks. SCANS! SCANS!

Satsuki-chan: Thanks for sending me Gravitation. I sat there and I laughed and howled and clapped my hands and cheered and bunch of other embarrassing things. It's been a while that I've watch something that got so many reactions out of me. The show is a hoot XD And I still love Hiro. But I'll never see the appeal of "cool" characters such as "Yuuki" who just look at everything with distaste. Well, in male form at least. If they were female, they'd be Arashi and that would be sexy. Yup, everything is about gender.

Maria: Love your new layout too. The costumes look cool! And thanks for the advice on husbands. Yeah, from seeing my brother's marriage, I think people do go into a marriage expecting the other person to be perfect and they explode when the other people isn't. Worse are ones when they want the other person to change just for their sake. I want marriage and kids too, but I don't want to be delusional about it.

Kerianne: I will sign it after I think of something witty to write under "comments." Take out the NC-17 indeed! Hell, NC-17 doesn't always imply smut. It can be horrific violent and evil psychological damage, all which I'm a great supporter of. But smut's my baby ^_^ So may it long and prosper in FF.net, even I never visited there *lol*

Ammie: ! Darling, I am SO SORRY for taking so long to get back to you!! And you're still the Ultimate Babe. The picture proves it. You're totally hot. So hot I'll let you call me Miss Tentacles. You can call me whatever your sweet little heart desires, even Ratface and Spanky ^_^ And if you want me to call you Mothercat Hopkins Data when we're in the broom closet, I'll do that too. Particularly if you talk your crazy talk. It cracked me up! I couldn't stop laughing at CaveWoman!Amelia LOL! Going back to primal urges. Poor Daisuke's going to end up black and blue with ripped clothes, and not solely from being clubbed by you *snickers* But the boy does need a lesson in better wishing.

Jeannie: Sorry to hear about the trouble with the government to get your loan STILL. I think it's stupid that you can't get the federal loan, sovereign state or not, Quebec is still part of Canada. Lord knows you spend enough time in Ottawa to pass for an Ontarian. But I'm glad your jazz class are going well and let me know if there's a recital *grin* Pain is not having the internet because school won't let me download X-Men trailers. I guess I'll just wait to see Hugh Jackman in all his gorgeous manliness when it comes out. Patience is a virtue, Lika, patience is a virtue. Oh, and yes, I like the new layout muchly :)

Lanie: You better not commit suicide for another four days at least! We have to have to celebrate your birthday... as soon as I find some time Luckily, Toni Morrison's Playing in the Dark is a short read. The Arthurian romances on the other hand >_Linh: Another layout change! And it looks good. As does the new stuff at Yumemi.net. If I could play mp3s of course T_T Gah! I'm going to get Young Mikey to download those Shiina Ringo's song. I think Fruits and Passion is the only store I've been to in Rideau that plays J-Pop ^^ And do you, Jeannie, and Lanie want to go a Hallowe'en rendition of MacBeth with me sometime in November? It says 2 dollars off with costume!

Lika frolicked in the snow at Friday, September 13, 2002, 10:11 a.m.